As to his professional relationship with NEIU prior to his appointment to the Board of Trustees on Nov. 16, Carlos Azcoitia said “I’ve had none whatsoever. This is my first meeting.” At that first meeting, Azcoitia abstained from voting to confirm the new university presidential appointee Sharon Hahs, saying “I […]

The university has proposed tuition rates for the 2007-08 school year that would include a 14.7 percent increase for continuing students enrolled before fall 2004. The proposed tuition hike comes one year after increasing tuition 7.9 percent for continuing students and 9.4 percent for incoming students. For the incoming freshman […]

#8220;Keep the symmetrical power between minority and majority, even if it means sacrificing equality in numbers,” Professor Ilham Nasser, Ph.D., told her audience at the panel discussion, “Social Justice and Peace Education.” Nasser studied a school in village called Neve Shalom/Wahat Al Salam (NSWAS) in Israel, a place where Jews […]

Leticia Hill and her 15-month-old child sat in the back of the classroom. The child became restless and began to cry softly. The professor stopped her lecture and asked if everything was all right. Leticia apologized and said she was on a waiting list for the campus Child Care Center […]

The votes are in: the Democrats hold the power in the House and the Senate. History is the only thing in the way of the Democrats to see if the election has done anything for America. “This election was a good day for democracy,” said Assistant Professor of Political Science […]

I was picking up the typical bread, milk and eggs recently at my local Jewel store when I noticed a new addition at the cash register. Next to the credit card reader was a little green box with a small pane of glass on it and a scanner underneath. The […]

Fighting Chicago City Hall isn’t easy with Mayor Daley at the helm, and for people like the 49th Ward’s Alderman Joe Moore, it can be polical suicide. Moore, for rattling City Hall’s cage with the Big Box Ordinance, spoke about those issues and his work in city politics at a […]

As a person who used to weigh over 265 pounds, that I found myself in a position to even consider running a marathon, or 26.2 miles, in one stretch represents some kind of a miracle. The name “marathon” comes from the legend of a soldier who ran from Marathon to […]

To most students, the Student Government Association (SGA) is unimportant. For the students involved in campus activities, SGA is essential. But what does SGA really do? And who better to talk to than SGA President Eron McCormick about what the SGA is up to? Sitting down with McCormick is great […]

Everywhere you look at NEIU, it seems as if students are being given less than what they’ve paid for. Whether it’s a lack of available classes, inadequate access to food options on campus, a library that has limited hours, or a physical education complex that sold its soul to a […]