To many people, the church is a place of sanctuary and refuge, a place where one can go to escape all of the problems of the world. Churches in Hispanic communities where undocumented immigrants tend to live often act as a point of reference, a center where many of the […]

We’ve seen this before: celebrities and rock stars banding together in a bold effort to save the world. It began with “Band Aid” in 1984 in response to the famine in Ethiopia. There was the “Free Tibet” concert, where it was painfully clear that political consciousness was lacking; both on […]

Over the summer the Independent followed several significant developing stories. The following is a re-cap of those events. Summer storm batters main campus shutters El CentroOn June 26 heavy storms flooded and closed the main campus for a day and caused damage at El Centro that closed it for the […]

The Apocalypse Literary Arts Coalition (ALAC) is one of several student run media organizations at Northeastern. It is an annual publication that features an assortment of literary submissions like poetry, creative non-fiction, prose, plays, and art. In its more than 20 year existence on campus, it has continued to bring […]

Love, Peace, Acceptance, words that sound good together. Having those three things would be even better. Utopian ideas have always been desired in our world and one band that put those ideas to music was the Beatles. If you wonder what it could feel like to live in a world […]

Clive Barker has brought us hidden gems in terms of games, incredible short stories, incredible novels, incredible movies and plans to be involved in many, many more. The Great and Secret Show and Everville comprise his magnum opus, the books of the art. Well here is the basic gist of […]

In mid-August, a video and theater production entitled, “History in Voices: Capturing Stories About Growing Up in the Era of HIV and AIDS” was presented at the Hoover-Leppen Theatre in the Center on Halsted. The event featured spoken word, music, and dance by members of Chicago’s About Face Youth Theatre. […]

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows is allegedly the final book of the Harry Potter series and as soon as the movie is released it will be kicked out of pop culture faster than K-FED from Britney’s mansion. This series is far from becoming a classic work of literature. It […]

Zeitgeist hit the market as Smashing Pumpkins’ newest album. Contrary to expectations, and several predictions, there were no additions to the Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin duo on the actual album. Music credits were as follows: Jimmy Chamberlin: drums, Billy Corgan: everything else. Produced by Corgan, Chamberlin, Terry Date, and […]

Falling in love with Stardust is as easy as being awestruck by a shooting star, quite literally. In a story that melds the quick wits of The Princess Bride and Midnight Run it is simple to understand the charm of love. This is not an arbitrary comparison egotistically concocted by […]