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A confusing room with a view

Everyone loves a love story. Girl meets boy, boy kisses girl, girl’s life is changed forever. Well, that’s exactly what happened in the play A Room with a View at the Lifeline Theater. Lucy Honeychurch (Hillary Clemens) and her much older cousin Charlotte (Sandy Snyder) go on a trip to […]

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Japanese reality game show Takeshi’s Castle is strange enough on its own. A huge group of Japanese contestants (many dressed in random, bizarre costumes) run through obstacle courses to “storm” the castle and win. The show is fascinating to watch, with creative obstacles that are almost impossible to overcome. One […]

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What goes around really comes around

As many fans of the hit NBC show My Name is Earl may know, the lead character Earl decides to live his life making amends for the bad things he has done in accordance with the divine principle of Karma. In his simplified words, the truth behind karma is, “Do […]

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Fitness Matters

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that 75 percent of health problems in the United States result from stress. Not only are most illnesses a result of stress, but stress also destroys the body’s ability to repair itself and to fight disease. There are several ways to reduce […]

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Belly dancing 101

For most of us, the thought of belly dancing brings visions of Hawaiian hula dancers in grass skirts, or international pop sensation Shakira shaking her hips like someone inserted a quarter into her back. An art form that can be traced back over 6,000 years, belly dancing is far from […]

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Honoring the heroes

Every year on Nov. 11, Americans take a moment to honor and remember those who have graciously and honorably offered up their time and lives to defend our country, our people, and our ways of life. Veterans Day is a moment when, for one day each year, to thank the […]

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NEIUworks, NEIUport – what are they?

On Jan. 2, 2007 Northeastern students will be able to use a single log-in to access the university-wide Internet portal, as they are created To access the university e-mail and Blackboard. group functionality and RSS feeds will be added eventually to the NEIUport system. According to an online PowerPoint presentation […]

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Five student clubs reactivated

Five student organizations have been reactivated after 26 of them were deactivated due to missing “basic training” sessions required by the Student Activities Office in September. The five reactivated clubs include the Financial Management Association, the Justice Studies Club, Hillel, the Student Council for Exceptional Students, and the Sociology Club, […]

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Students show talent to support St. Jude’s

Alpha Psi Lamda presented its first-ever variety show Friday Oct. 27 in the Auditorium, hosted by Maurice Davis, Alberto Higareda, and Violette Torres. The show presented a total of eight acts, ranging from a flamenco-dancing youth troupe. During the show, donations were taken for the St. Jude Children’s research hospital, […]

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University asks Springfield for $105.6 million in capital development

It is almost time for the holidays, and the university is looking to cash in on some much-desired construction projects. Much like the eager child in the midst of preparing for the upcoming shopping season, NEIU has submitted its wish list to the powers that be in Springfield, hoping for […]