The ends of many college careers are approaching this December, and a large number of graduating seniors have finally wrapped their heads (if not their hands) around potential careers. Perhaps NEIU has steered students in directions in which they feel capable of professional success, yet many still find themselves panicking […]

The Indonesian Performing Arts of Chicago (iPAC) held its first annual Indonesian Cultural Celebration on Oct. 28 in the Northeastern Auditorium. They also presented many speakers, which included a representative of U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush and a representative from the Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia. The President of iPAC, […]

A note of controversy surrounded the proceedings as the Student Government Association (SGA) ratified the results of the fall election for the senate and the Northeastern Programming Board in a special meeting on Nov. 2. Before the vote to ratify the election and the swearing-in of the seven senator-elects who […]

Veronica Cruz, 2006 Human Rights Watch Award recipient, stressed the importance of education in human rights at a talk in the Golden Eagles room on Thursday, Oct. 26, which was part of a week-long visit. In attendance was Jackie MacKay, a representative of Human Rights Watch in the new Chicago […]

The Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CICS) has been given a $400,000 grant by the State of Illinois to study the African slave trade. CICS is now the fiscal agent of a grant that will allow the university to set up this study. This was in addition to the […]

Many people come upon revelations and realizations while on the job which enable them to discover just exactly what they can and can’t get away with. In Corinne Maier’s new book, Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn’t Pay, she addresses hypocrisies, idiosyncrasies, and banalities in business in a humorous light. […]

I started my college career a few years ago at Syracuse University, playing bass in the basketball pep band. There was something uniting for the school in those games. It could have been the Orangemen’s trip to the Final Four or just the shared experience rooting for the home team. […]

The Blue Man Group did not compete in NEIU’s pirate-themed talent show (unless they were out-of-disguise and performing as a college rock band), but they were there in spirit alongside “Guys With Drums”, whose glow-in-the-dark, audience friendly percussion earned them first place and $1100. Each act was given up to […]

The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson visited NEIU to address the notion of social justice, including the role that people must play in representing their own interets. “Vote for your interests. Vote to lower tuition. Vote for better teacher packages. Vote for a job that pays when you graduate. Vote for […]

Victor Montañez addressed an audience on Sept. 15 at El Centro to accompany the unveiling of a collaborative mural that he oversaw entitled “Sophia in Society.” Montañez spent his summer creating the mural alongside students of El Centro’s Summer Transition Program in the hopes that incoming Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) […]