Efrain Montalvo is more than a participant for the disadvantaged youth; he is an activist for the Immigration Rights Movement. This movement helps the general public voice their opinions on racism towards immigrants and their opposition towards the rights of refugees.   In the recent interview with the Independent, […]

  This year’s International Business Conference (IBC) focused on Asia Pacific, which consisted of 14 sessions, including a closing keynote presentation from the Book Per Semester The Art of War- Spirituality for Conflict”: Annotated and Explained by Thomas Huynh. IBC has been a successful conference at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU). […]

  “The Creating Grassroots Education Forum creates a space for Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) students, who want to become teachers, to engage with professional educators who practice a social justice philosophy in their everyday job,” Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Development Gabriel Alejandro Cortez, Ph.D. said.  On March 10, […]

  The Hunger Games seems to be one of the most anticipated movies of this year, probably because this futurist story is based on a novel written by Suzanne Collins. After an apocalyptic war in what used to be America, a new country emerges called Panem. The capital is full […]

  “The Girl with the Dragon Tat- too” book trilogy and movies have resonated well in American pop culture. With modern characters and ideas, the stories are engaging, effective, and unrestricted, especially when disturbed protagonist Lisbeth Salander participates in a grind-house style revenge scene that speaks to all sexually mistreated […]

  Homeland is a collection of stories from undocumented immigrants in the United States. All the stories are moving on their own, but the young actors acting them out give life and power to these stories. The stories are all different and highlight a different struggle for undocumented immigrants, such […]

  Nergal Malham is a second-year student and the president of the Feminist Collective. She has been active in the club since her first year at Northeastern. She also works on campus as a First Year Experience Peer Mentor. She spends most of her time sleeping, filing paperwork, and insisting […]

Northeastern Illinois University boasts an organization that has been promoting green-mindedness, known on campus as the Green Cycle Group (GCG). They have done some noteworthy things like implementing the changeover to more energy saving campus lighting systems, and getting the grounds department to drive around in energy efficient and less […]

  Kony 2012, the viral video directed by the Invisible Children Inc. co-founder Jason Russell, is getting a lot of attention nowadays, and thanks to social networking and video sharing sites, Joseph Kony, the leader of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has become a reviled household name. The video showcases the […]

  As the Rubber Man stalks through the ominous mansion, he is avoiding comparisons but still conjuring up images of Green Man. The audience of the new TV series “American Horror Story” is bewildered in their realization that ghosts possess the ability to work themselves tangibly against and interact with […]