Editor’s Note: The Independent is republishing the following editorial on former NEIU student Rebecca Makridis. The editorial was nominated for, and won, 1st place at the 2007 Illinois College Press Association Convention last weekend. — There is no better example of what Northeastern Illinois University embodies than Rebecca Makridis Georgakis. […]

Many plays about African American history have been hitting Chicago’s theater scene for Black History Month 2007. The outstanding Jeffrey Sweet’s Court Martial is the 12th production at Victory Gardens and has the potential to impact people of all walks of life through important information about African American history. Based […]

Sometimes college students take creative writing assignments a little too far. Would it be crazy if the most outrageous creative writing assignments turned out to be less fiction and more truth? Timeline Theatre brings a play called Harmless that speaks of a college student by the name of Ben Navarro […]

Tales of anger, military orders, and armed violence, peppered with racism, make A Soldier’s Play a complicated social commentary. It showed at the Metzli Galleria in Chicago this February. It was staged by the New Branch Theatre Company (NBTC) and directed by Calvin Gibbs, Jr., the president of NBTC. This […]

What allows you to transcend into a deeper awareness? Until March 2, 2007 there will be a show called Glimpse/Stare in the Northeastern Fine Arts Center Gallery. It features work from painter Rhonda Wheatley and sculptor Isaac Duncan III. It will be out during Black History Month, though it is […]

Less Than Jake, In With the out Crowd offers a fresh new sound to its listeners. Most of the songs are nothing out of the ordinary but then they throw the ska element in by adding horns, and it gives it an interesting twist. If you were to take all […]

All That Remains is one of the few more modern hard rock acts that actually show some promise and hope. Their newest release The Fall of Ideals shows their power, which lies in angst-ridden odes pounding away at various aspects of life. In terms of the music it is essentially […]

Depending on your taste in music, Tom Petty is usually a hit-or-miss artist, and that is open to the listener’s opinion. His release, Highway Companion, is no different. For those of you who are fans, though it won’t seem like his most accomplished release, it is something that will get […]

Due to weather conditions, the University will be closed for all evening classes beginning at or after 5:00 p.m. today, February 13, 2007. The status of tomorrow’s classes will be determined early tomorrow morning. Check the Chicago Emergency Closing Center website for the latest update.

Although the referendum to put a proposed $3.00 green energy fee on the April Student Government Election (SGA) election ballot passed and Steven Jerome was sworn in as a new justice, Tuesday’s Student Government Association meeting was not without hostility. President Eron McCormick started off the meeting with the president’s […]