When the word “mix tape” is used, the first thing that comes to mind are those mix music tapes people use to give each other back in the day. So I thought this documentary would be about music, based on the titled. In actuality the title refers to all […]

On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 L.E.A.D. NEIU welcomed many student leaders from different organizations on campus to Leadership 101 with the gift of Starbucks. Dr. Frank Ross, who is the Vice President for Student Life at NEIU, as well as an avid Starbucks […]

This year’s Oscars have some strange, if not surprising, nominees. The two most talked about movies of the last year definitely were ‘Moneyball’, starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, which only got six nominations, despite huge popularity and critical acclaim, and ‘The Help’, which starred Viola Davis and Emma […]

The NEIU community was offered a night of Jazz On Thursday, Feb. 16th, featuring NEIU Jazz combos with Mayo Tiana on the Trombone and Tuesday’s Children. The event jumped off with NEIU’s Jazz combos. The Jazz combos, just like the name suggests, are different combinations of different artists that […]

Invisible Man, a play based on Ralph Ellison’s 1952 classic American novel of the same name, premiered at the Court Theatre in Hyde Park on Jan. 12 and ran through Feb. 19. Adapted for the theatre by Oscar-nominated writer Oren Jacoby and directed […]

While waiting for the play to be- gin at the famous Goodman Theatre, it’s hard to know what to expect from a play called RACE with a picture of a red sequined dress on the front of the playbill. I made a note not to look at the synopsis […]

The Hunger Games, a fictional young adult novel written by Suzanne Collins, has grown in popularity within the past year. With a board game already created inspired by the book, and a feature film due for release March 23, many are curious to know what all of the buzz […]

The spotlight is bright center-stage as the story of Jackie Wilson opens on a scene with Mr. Jackie Wilson lying in a hospital bed, presumably in a coma. Nurses attend to him, and one in particular begins to talk to him as if he can hear her…if only they knew. […]

Renowned musicologist Alan Walker, Ph.D., will be presenting a lecture as part of Northeastern Illinois University’s (NEIU) Presidential Lecture Series on Thursday, Feb. 23. The lecture is titled “Franz Liszt: The Cultural Ambassador of the 19th Century.” Walker’s presentation is a part of NEIU’s Year of Liszt celebration in […]

Unveiled, a dramatization of the Muslim woman’s experience after 9/11 was performed to a full house at the NEIU auditorium on Friday, Feb. 10. Written and performed by Rohina Malik, Unveiled aims to bring out the spirit and strength of Muslim women and answer many of the buzzing questions […]