Amy Goodman, host of the nationally syndicated radio show Democracy Now! spoke at Northwestern University on Sept. 20. This was a part of her “Breaking the Sound Barrier Tour,” promoting a new book that she wrote along with brother David Goodman, which is entitled Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders and […]

Dr. Conrad Worrill, director of the Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS), recently attended a conference of U.S. and Cuban leaders, including Cuban President Fidel Castro and U.S. Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan, to discuss disaster relief and the U.S. government’s poor response to Hurricane Katrina. The […]

Earlier this year, Congressman Charles Rangel, a Democrat from New York, proposed a bill that makes the typical fears about military drafts pale in comparison.  The bill proposes that all civilians should be required to serve two years of civil service for the United States government.  Those drafted for civil […]

Daniela Truty knows what it means to be politically savvy, sharing her insight with students during a workshop entitled “Political Savvy in the Workplace.” The session was part of the annual Survivor Challenge Workshops hosted by the student activities office. Truty, undergraduate advisor and faculty member of the educational leadership […]

The NEIU Image Art Club wants to be seen. Rather than being relegated to the confines of the classroom, they are determined to find a way for the university’s students to show the fruits of their labors beyond a meager allotment of wall space in the Fine Arts building. During […]

About one in every six students that enter the halls of NEIU as a freshman graduates within six years. Two summers ago, the Chicago Tribune published data from a study of Chicago Public School students who went off to college that showed that graduation rates lower than 20 percent were […]

The Peace Garden has been a labor of love for students at NEIU, no more so than for Joe Hertel. It received official status last month by President Salme Steinberg after the Student Government Association (SGA) passed a resolution endorsing it. As reported in the Sept. 26 issue of the […]

Los Angeles-based artist and satirist Eduardo Lopez, known as cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz, continues to garner attention for his gripping political cartoons which demand equality and justice for immigrants, Latinos, and so-called minority communities. A son of Mexican immigrants, Alcaraz has drawn editorial cartoons for L.A. Weekly since 1992. He is […]

Excellence. Access. Diversity. Community. This alluring promise that is NEIU finds today’s administrators scurrying to carry its proud banner as the Midwest’s Most Diverse University. As the higher-ups cling to this cherished title, few of us actually manage to walk away with a college diploma in our hands. Admittedly, hearing […]

The Independent has criticized the university administration for a “don’t make waves, don’t rock the boat” mentality. A mentality that often caused administrators to fear taking action to solve what might be universally accepted as a big problem. Finally there is one who has, for all the right reasons, rocked […]