Sandra E. Gonzalez Age: 23 Year: Senior  Major: Social Work Position: President             L.I.P has been an amazing outlet for me. It has taught me many different skills and has helped me build professional character. I believe that this organization is one that many women can benefit from. L.I.P has […]

While doing her homework in the LWH lower level computer lab last week, my 17-year-old daughter was verbally assaulted. The assailant wasn’t a student of NEIU, and gauging from my personal interactions with him, he was not mentally stable either. In the effort to stabilize the situation, I found myself […]

Reduce, reuse and recycle; those three “R”s are the mantra that all ecologists preach to their students as well as to the public to preserve the planet’s precious resources. Dr. Nahid Brown, an Environmental and Earth Sciences professor at NEIU, has taken the phrase a step further by adding […]

Ingredients: Olive oil 2 medium eggplants, sliced and peeled ½ cup ricotta cheese 2 eggs ½ cup of half and half 1 Cup parmesan cheese Salt Pepper 1 cup marinara sauce,   Directions: 1. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. 2. While that is warming up, in a very […]

NEIU’s own .:.SEEDS.:. Literary Arts Journal is known around campus as an up-and-coming star and as a bastion of exciting ideas and free thinkers, so when the flyers started appearing on campus promoting a .:.SEEDS.:. 80’s Prom fundraiser, people jumped at the chance to be at one of the […]

May is right around the corner and Chicago will be welcoming the G8 and NATO summits May 19-21 but the question that lingers will be, is everyone going to welcome this as a great monumental event for the city of Chicago? The simple answer is no, Emanuel’s own city leaders have felt […]

Ironically, human rights” and “civil rights” are often times mistaken for having the same meaning and are used interchangeably. Usually, the term “civil rights” is associated with the Black Power Movement of the early 1950s through the 1970s. The term “human rights” has a connotation with the negative catastrophic effects on […]

MTVU is a channel that Viacom created to extend the reach of its artists and advertisers into the hearts and minds of college students. It is the Student Union’s one and only choice for entertainment on four different 42″ flat screen TVs in the downstairs cafeteria. It broadcasts throughout the […]

The fight for Republican nomination has been one of uncertainty, with each state election a new candidate jumps ahead, only to fall behind again.  The Republican field has been narrowed down to four candidates but even with the narrowing of the field, the Republican Party is still having trouble […]

Many of us have classes, work and other responsibilities to attend to, but it is important to schedule some quality work out time. A regular workout routine may be nice but the monotony of typical cardio or the treadmill may decrease a person’s motivation to work out over time. If […]