The State of Illinois minimum wage was increased on July 1 to $7.75 per hour. This is part of a three year plan to have minimum wage at a rate of $8.25 per hour by 2010. The increase affects many campus student workers on many different pay levels throughout the […]

Metallica has been around for about 25 years, and their newest release, titled Death Magnetic, gives the same feeling as Metallica between the years 1983-1991. Honestly, their previous CD, St. Anger, was an interesting gambit for the group. Unfortunately, it didn’t pan out quite the way they were expecting it […]

Somehow when people discuss going green, computers are inevitably left out of the conversation. Wind power, solar power, oil dependency, conserving fresh water, and even turning the lights off come to mind. But we forget about the personal computer. It’s confusing why as a society we’ll get so bent out […]

On Sept. 3, an eclectic crowd of university members, press, and visitors from various parts of the globe gathered on NEIU’s campus for a vegetarian luncheon in honor of Venerable Chi Chern, President of the Malaysian Buddhist Institute. Thanks to the efforts of NEIU’s Chinese Students Club and University Honors […]

Like the oven clock that still flashes 12:00, or the extra buttons on a TV remote control, some of the options on a treadmill function panel can be downright confusing. To ease the burden, Campus Recreation staff now offers orientation tours of Northeastern’s fitness center. Located on the second floor […]

While there are many college students across the nation who choose to live a vegetarian lifestyle or have strong beliefs about the treatment of animals, not all campuses offer a club for the aforementioned population. NEIU has recently added to their list of diverse student groups with the Animal Rights […]

If you happened to find yourself within the confines of the NEIU library recently, between the 25th of August and the 5th of September, you probably couldn’t help but notice a major transformation had taken place. Siew Lian Lim presented her senior art show, an installation, entitled “Within”. Siew Lian […]

The connecting points between communities, local economy, health conscious eating, and global ecology meet at the center of a dinner plate. This is the basis for an international movement that is spreading slowly. “Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is a […]

The exact environmental impact of animal farming is difficult to calculate because of the complexity of the variables involved, but it is no overstatement to say that it is devastating to our planet. According to Henning Steinfeld, a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization official, “Livestock are one of the […]

Recipe for fun: Mix together 2 hot chics and 4 smokin’ gents Add a handful of instruments And toss in a couple of microphones Stir together and you get Jin and Tonic Band, a Chicagoland cover band that really knows how to shake things up. Now, I’m not one to […]