Ah, this is the green issue, and I’m sure that there are all kinds of wonderful things in the entertainment world that I could talk about which have to do with environmental issues. According to National Geographic’s webpage, http://www.thegreenguide.com, “John Mayer, The Fray, Bon Jovi and Incubus, are working with […]
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Hug a tree today @ treehugger.com
For all you web-savvy, environmentally conscious readers out there, there is TreeHugger.com. TreeHugger.com is the most popular and successful site related to environmental issues on the web today. Their own words would not be an exaggeration, “Tree Hugger is the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. Partial to […]
The Deep End: Straight talk and making up facts
Senator Obama is claiming McCain is “making up facts.” Senator McCain is asking Obama for “Straight Talk.” Both would be nice but are they to blame? With the influx of internet blogs there has been a lot of people getting their news information from other news sources. The question is, […]
President Hahs approves pay increase for non-negotiated employees
President Sharon Hahs has implemented an across the board pay increase for about 450 non-negotiated employees. This salary increase will cost the university $1.9 million dollars in pay raises for the year. Non-negotiated employees are employees that do not belong to one of the five unions of the university. “There […]
University departments closed, replacements a success
Printing services and vending have been closed and outsourced to other companies. It was brought to the attention of the Independent in a letter to the editor printed on Aug. 12, that said printing services closed on July 31. Unrelated to the letter, vending closed shortly after. This resulted in […]
Budget approved with $2.6 million more
The school received $2.6 million more in state general revenue fund appropriation, Despite Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s cuts in the state budget. This will bring the total state general revenue fund appropriations to $43.4 million in the operating budget, which was approved by the Board of Trustees on Sept. 18. On […]
Tomorrows NEIU Leaders
The Freshman Leadership Institute (FLI) allows the freshman to engage in leadership development as they begin to navigate the university and become involved in their collegiate experience. The provision of establishing long term relationships with fellow students and the administration is also provided. Claudia Mercado, the Assistant Director of the […]
NEIU and area feel the effects of Hurricane Ike
var uslide_show_id = “e36c914d-e193-4154-8842-3d2d44a3ad7d”;var slideshowwidth = “468”;var linktext = “”; A rain storm dumped more than 12 inches in three days on the city and surrounding areas two weekends ago, flooding the Albany Park neighborhood and causing leaks in some buildings around Northeastern Illinois University’s main campus. The Independent was […]
NEIU debates the PhD question
Board of Trustees members Carlos Azcoitia and Grace Dawson pushed for a discussion for a possible implementation of a doctoral program. The issue was pursued during the Sept.18 Board meeting and a motion was set to ask University President Sharon K. Hahs to give feedback to the feasibility of implementation […]
Godliness not necessary in politics
With the election looming in the near future, there will be a lot of coverage of the two major parties, the Democrats and Republicans. There will be attacks on the character of candidates on both sides, attempted assassinations of the legitimacy of their attempts at office. Another thing that you’ll […]