What would you love more than bundling up in all eight of your winter layers, strapping on those huge boots and trudging through the latest foot of snow tomorrow morning?  Oh that’s right… anything.  We, as a city are all absolutely, irrevocably over winter.  I can’t think of a person […]

In these tough economic times, not everyone can afford to take a week off  from work and fly off to some exotic destination for spring break. Fortunately, we happen to live in (or near) one of the most interesting cities in the country. Even though Chicago is not a typical […]

VT: What Clubs or orgs are you apart of?AC: I just finished my last year in Model Illinois Government. I also served as a senator in the SGA. Why are you so active?I come from a very politically active family, and I was raised to believe that if I see there […]

Did the late Heath Ledger truly deserve the Oscar for Best Male Supporting Role as the iconic Joker in the film “Batman: Dark Knight?” The question is not brought up because he did not deserve it. He took a familiar character and transformed the familiar into a twisted variation that […]

While this column has focused on many technological aspects in the lives of college students, it has rarely focused on the medium in which it is presented. That is, the newspaper here at the Independent. As with many things, times are changing. Newspapers are no longer content to be a […]

Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) has a new advertising campaign that includes billboards and advertisements as a way to increase student enrollment. The NEIU logo is still the same, but the new tagline is “Learn in the city. Lead in the world.” The logo was designed by Matt Byerly, and the […]

#8220;Absolutely, because they’re not going to know where to go. If they come from a different school, they’re not going to know anything about this school. They should definitely keep the orientations running.”Fayth WilsonFreshman “I would think it would be a good idea to learn the layout of the school […]

It happens at least once a semester. On your way to your class, you are stopped by a piece of paper on the door that says class is cancelled. Although you may be frustrated if you drove to NEIU just for that one class or you stayed up late doing […]

Creative Writing The English department is offering a new course for the summer semester. An intensive creative writing class offering workshops, discussions and presentations of poetry and short fiction will be led by three faculty members: Brad Greenburg, Olivia Cronk and Debra Bruce. This course will meet Mon. – Fri. […]

Experiences on the first day of arriving to a new campus can cause confusion, a loss of direction and frustration. Most campuses can be laid out in a completely different manner and have various systems to organize buildings. There are different terminologies for various sites to talk to about tuition, […]