Internships that pay $450 to $480 a week are ideal for a recession time like now. Northeastern Illinois University, through a partnership with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, offers such internships. The internships are in different fields such as Justice Studies, Communications and Education to name a few, […]

As I sit down at a computer, preparing to register for my summer classes, I quickly find myself frustrated with the schedule. I had planned on getting a full-time job this summer. My plan was simple: get a full time job and take online courses. Except for one problem, there […]

In America on April Fools’ Day, many people celebrate by prank calling their friends, using a whoopie cushion, switching salt and pepper in the shakers, super gluing coins to the sidewalk, having various alarm clocks in a family members room go off at various times, putting holes in a plastic […]

On Friday March 13, online social networkers around the planet felt the foundation of their internet world crumble beneath their very feet when they signed on to their Facebook accounts and saw that the layout of their homepages had been radically altered. The reaction to this violent upheaval of normalcy […]

Set in the heart of Chicago, the longest running medical drama in U.S. history will be closing it’s doors after 15 seasons. “ER” premiered on Sept. 19, 1994. It originally starred Anthony Edwards as Dr. Mark Greene, George Clooney as Pediatrician Doug Ross, Sherry Stringfield as Dr. Susan Lewis, Eriq […]

At NEIU, music students have the opportunity to participate in different kinds of ensembles for academic credit, including opera, choir and orchestra. For 35 years, the Opera Workshop Program has put on nothing but -you guessed it- operas. This spring though, they are offering a new option: musical theater. Opera […]

Les Claypool is not your everyday name. Then again, Les Claypool is not your everyday rock star. If you’ve never heard his music or seen him perform, you’re missing out. The former lead singer and bassist of Primus is currently promoting his new album ‘Of Fungi and Foe’ and headlining […]

The “World of Watches” series is something that quite a few people don’t know about. It’s surprising because of the fact that it, as a whole, is a great story that will catch your attention and grip your imagination until it decides to let go. The background of the series […]

It’s surprising when a film, let alone a horror movie remake, actually does well. “Friday the 13th” is no different. It’s hard to see a new installment of something that has been diluting itself since the 1980s as a serious movie. “Friday the 13th” has gone through good (the first […]

The Internet has spawned many ingenious ideas since its conception, and for each creation there seems to be a legal battle against it. One of the strengths of the Internet is its wealth of information available to all who access it, and with that strength come those who seek to […]