Out with the old and in with the new.   Many technology upgrades and updates have been made for fall 2009, courtesy of University Technology Services. Wireless Access.  In the past years, students have encountered varying experiences accessing wi-fi within the university.  Some of the popular spots where students use wi-fi […]

Have you ever watched a medical drama and seen a patient suffering a seizure? Would you know what to do if someone was having one right in front of you? According to www.epilepsyfoundation.org, about three million people in the U.S. suffer from some form of epilepsy, now commonly known as […]

The P.E. complex is easily one of the most underused resources offered at NEIU. Located near the Child Care Center and baseball diamonds on the NEIU campus, it is easy to understand why most students don’t even know of its existence. If you get past its inconvenient location however, one […]

It may seem like there are not enough environmental initiatives happening on campus, but in fact, there is a very active community of students, faculty and staff working to make NEIU have a slightly smaller ecological footprint in the future than it did in the past or even does now. […]

Question: What is the difference between a social and professional fraternity?Fraternity is the Latin word for brotherhood. Both are organizations that are composed of a group of people with similar interests, academic institution or major. Both work toward the betterment of their members and usually have a common goal. Social […]

When a 40-year-old merchant received his first revelation from God in the caves of Mecca during a specific month, both man and the month became agents of a beautiful divine intention. The man chosen by the God was Muhammad Mustafa and the month was Ramzan (Ramadan). Ramzan-ul-Kareem celebrates the revelation […]

American’s deserve a better health care system than the one that is available right now. According to The New England Journal of Medicine, over 45 million Americans are currently uninsured. Nearly 29 percent of those between the age of 18 and 24 are without health insurance. The United States is […]

Over the past few weeks, heated argument has stirred up over the health care issue with the public option becoming the prominent object of debate.  The public option is not an overhaul of the system, but rather a separate insurance entity to be created to compete with the already established […]

Meeting new people and making new friends is an important aspect of college, but how easy is it? Certainly one’s willingness to be social and meet new people is an important factor. However, shouldn’t the school take some responsibility as well? Schools are charged with the responsibility of helping freshmen […]

My back hurts. A lot. All the time. While I have put the lumbar portion of my spinal cord through much abuse in life, right at this point in time I am blaming this pain on physics and psychology. (I think…) that the matter and energy of my vertebrae, the […]