With the upcoming change of Activity Hour next semester, both student organizations and other on-campus groups are scrambling to come up with a plan to work around this new 3 p.m.-4 p.m. slot change. With students considering the school cafeteria to be one of the major social places at the […]

People have fought for freedom and civil rights in this country, and have won.  It is important to remember this struggle in our nation’s history. The Civil Rights Movement changed not only the law, but people’s perspectives of themselves and how they interacted with one another. It tackled issues such […]

Jonathan Rhys Meyers and John Travolta star in “From Paris with Love,” a movie about secret agents who are lousy at keeping secrets. Add a lot of violence and a lack of comprehension of the word “discreet” and you have the main idea of this movie. The movie is confused […]

#8220;The Wolfman” is a remake of the 1941 movie of the same name. The main character, Lawrence Talbot (played by Benicio Del Toro) receives a letter requesting that he comes home to Blackmoor, England. He has been estranged from his family ever since his mother died. The letter is from […]

A mother fetches beer from the fridge for the abusive alcoholic stepfather playing cards with his friends.  Sound familiar?  The back story of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” directed by Christopher Columbus, is one that will resonate deeply with children of single mothers everywhere.  Percy is forced […]

Brand new in the music scene is the underground band The Hue. Unique to the core, these guys provide a completely instrumental arrangement of songs. Now you may be thinking, “Oh, well they must be a classical group or the like,” yet what makes these guys so different than any […]

If you’ve been on top of the current gaming gossip, there has been a huge hype machine on Electronic Arts (EA) and Visceral Game’s “Dante’s Inferno.” Considered to be a unique mixture of literature and gaming, “Inferno” has a big weight on its shoulders: attempting to convert the main plot […]

Being a commuter school is not easy for NEIU students. Some people claim that this place becomes a ghost town after a certain hour, some claim they have nothing to do during activity hour (since joining clubs was not in their best interest) and others don’t complain because they simply […]

Valentine’s Day is supposed to be a day where couples show how much they care for each other by purchasing gifts for one another. However, the ones who really benefit from this day are the companies that promote Valentine’s day. Companies promote the day as an event vital to any […]

Winter in Chicago is horrible, not just on your health but on your social life. It’s too cold to go outside and staying inside loses its appeal after awhile. For those of you who are restless to get out and explore Chicago, here are some things that you can do […]