Apacalypto: a controversial thriller
It's safe to say that indigenous peoples welcome Hollywood depictions of their culture about as much as they await yet another film...
Instructors at forefront of Faculty Senate debate
"I am NEIU," was the call for solidarity during the teacher's strike of 2004. Since then, the number of instructors at Northeastern has...
Latino stereotypes explored on stage
The Ultimate Pendejada was performed as a Stage Center Studio Series production on Nov. 14 and 16 during activity hours and at 7:30 p.m....
Chicano homesickness
NEIU alum Michael Villarreal directed The Ultimate Pendejada as part of the StageCenter Studio Series. It definitely struck a chord for...
Blood on our hands
Early Nov. 3 on a Kennedy expressway off-ramp, 52-year-old Malachi Ritscher set himself on fire in protest against the war in Iraq. His...
Reaction to Haggard scandal focuses on hypocrisy
Only days before the Nov. 7 midterm elections, Reverend Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, resigned amid...
Borat
"If it is not success I will be execute," says the fictional Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, who is played by British comedian Sacha...
Wal-Med
"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane," said Martin Luther King, Jr. There is no...
Human Rights Watch award winner visits NEIU
Veronica Cruz, 2006 Human Rights Watch Award recipient, stressed the importance of education in human rights at a talk in the Golden...
Study ranks NEIU graduation rates near bottom
A report released by the Consortium on Chicago School Research reports the graduation rate at Northeastern Illinois University is one of...
Suicide among Latinas
Suicide continues to be the third leading cause of death for 15-to-24-year-olds. Women attempt suicide more than men, but men are about...
Administrators and other cruel jokes
As an SGA senator in the Spring of 2006, I had the chance to meet two professional consultants hired for the new presidential search....