Energy has become a growing debate for everyone regardless of their party affiliation, religion or social class. It is something that affects us all. So who is going to throw some ideas out to the public? Kilowatt Ours, a not-for-profit group, put out an award-winning solutions-based documentary by the same […]

You have heard about it from your parents, or you may have experienced it yourself- a time when you had to go to the library and spend hours looking in books and journals to find any sources for your paper, and if the needed source was not in that library, […]

Does earning $10 for 10 minutes sound too good to be true? Normally, you would be right, but not today. Nope, no typos here: this semester, up to 200 NEIU students can receive a $10 gift card for 10 minutes of their time. For the next 10 weeks, Microsoft is […]

Weblogs come in many shapes and sizes. Some are filled with useful information and some are more personal to the author. Some are updated regularly and some look like the author dropped off the face of the earth. There are many that cater to prospective and current college students. Here […]

As some of you may have noticed, NEIU’s Book Exchange recently went through an upgrade. And it’s about time! Not only does the new Book Exchange have its own search capability, but students can also delete their own posts!  Originally started by the 2008-2009 Student Government Association (SGA), the NEIU […]

It’s not hard for the karaoke enthusiast to find a place to do their best Queen rendition on any given night.  Plenty of Chicago bars offer karaoke once or twice a week, but the karaoke-goer must often put up with dismal song selection, rude or otherwise uninvolved crowds and old-man-bar […]

On August 29, the Student Activities Office held “Class Act: New in ’09,” an event for incoming freshmen and transfer students to kick off their first year at NEIU.  The event was an opportunity for new students to meet their fellow classmates and NEIU faculty and staff.  Different academic departments […]

Every semester we walk into our classes expecting to learn something, but it’s usually the “in one ear, out the other” variety. Whether the class is Intro to Medieval Art or Forensic Anthropology, we end up with pages and pages of notes neatly tucked away in our psyche. But once […]

There are plenty of things for college students to do without having to cough up a lot of money. With the current state of the economy, having some FREE things to do in the city would be fun. Some of these are city sponsored events but most are local and […]

Eduardo Arabu Jr.Position: President First action:Unlike the other SGA presidential candidates, I have developed a series of relationships with professors, department and college leaders, staff members, and key university executives, therefore, my first planned action upon installment into office is re-positioning the Student Government Association within the university community. I […]