About Us

The Independent is a public forum for the community and university around Northeastern Illinois University. The Independent is completely student run and receives no prior review of its content  by anyone other than its student editors. The Independent is published every other week except during summer and semester breaks.  Deadlines are nine (9) days prior to the issue in which a contribution is to appear.  Views expressed in letters are those of the university community and not those of the Editorial Board. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the content of the Independent, and views presented do not necessarily represent those of the  administration, faculty or students. The Independent is a member of the Illinois College Press Association and Associated Collegiate Press.

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The Independent is:

Editor-in-Chief:

Ivan Favelevic

Managing Editor:        

Davra Franklin

Production Manager:

Tracey Washington

Business Manager:

Chakira Hamilton

Event News Editor:

Janean L. Watkins

Investigative News Editor:

Sadaf Z. Syed

Opinions Editor:

Neda Jared

Arts & Life Editor:

Dulce Arroyo

Sports Editor:

Marcin Chojnowski

Online Editor:

Gordan Kalabic

Visual Media Editor:

Tamara Susa

Production Editors:

Stephanie Santos

Copy Editors:

Galini Grartzonika

Peter Crowell

Senior Staff Writer:

Syed Ahad Hussain

Staff Writers:

Zac Schon

Vasilka Atanasova

Farheen Mashhood

Jonathan Gronli

Cathleen Schandelmeier-Bartels

John Hohenadel

Richard Samuels

Distribution Manager:

Richard Jones

Media Adviser:

Tasha Neumeister