Maria Bevacqua, Assistant Professor for the Department of Women’s Studies at Minnesota State University, states in her definition of “rape culture,” that “images of rape and other forms of violence against women abound” in our culture, and that “images of sex and violence are intertwined.” Bevacqua argues that our culture […]

Combine Jack Ass: The Movie and the show Nature and you might think, “This is stupid,” but it works out to be hilarious. The new lowbrow humor flick from Happy Madison Productions, Strange Wilderness, encompasses the whole, so-wrong-it’s-so-funny” type of filmmaking. Steve Zahn plays the son of a beloved nature […]

Multiple students’ safety was threatened on their way to the cafeteria on Tuesday, Feb. 26. On the stairs leading to the Peace Garden, one student slipped and another fell on the ice and snow that accumulated Monday night and that day. Ryan Trauger, the student who fell, said that he […]

Students, faculty and members of the community gathered in Village Square on Feb. 26 to mourn the five victims whose lives were ended abruptly in the NIU shootings. The lives of Daniel Parmenter, Catalina Garcia, Ryanne Mace, Julianna Gehant and Gayle Dubowski were honored at the remembrance gathering. Faces filled […]

The Apocalypse Literary Arts Coalition is accepting submissions until March 15 for publication in their next issue. Apocalypse is a great venue for new and experienced writers to have their work published. Magazines are distributed not only to the university, but also across the Chicagoland area and even across the […]

NEIU public safety officer Lieutenant Kruzynski stopped by the SGA meeting on Feb. 26 to discuss campus safety and the campus emergency plan in the wake of the NIU tragedy. He says that there is a plan in place if something happens here on campus, and that there would be […]

The Muslim Student Association (MSA) held an event on Feb. 11 in the NEIU Auditorium, which was a part of the Find Your Bridge to Faith tour. MSA organized the event with the intention to help others understand the religion of Islam. MSA Vice President Imran Nanlawala said, “This will […]

After the Feb. 14 NIU shooting, the DeKalb County Health Board sent out a letter to the Illinois Mental Health Counselors Association asking for volunteers. According to an ABC 7 Chicago TV broadcast following the shooting, 300 volunteer counselors are working with NIU to provide quality counseling for college students. […]

According to e-mails obtained by the Independent, the SGA has been engaged in an on-going debate over how to respond to the recent NIU shootings. Some senators favored a sympathetic response, involving commemorations and vigils. But at least one senator, David Benjaih, took a more aggressive approach, suggesting that trained […]

People crowd into a hospital ward for the mere sake of having the possibility of a safe night’s sleep. The torture or murder of a child, while others who were kidnapped watch in horror and fascination. Finally, children march off into battle, and some are so desperate, they pray for […]