When first picking up ‘The Alchemist’ by Paolo Bacigalupi, I admittedly confused it with ‘The Alchemist’ by Paolo Coehlo and even felt somewhat duped. A similarly named author putting out a novella with the exact same name as well-known, highly-acclaimed novel? Shenanigans, I say. But the hegemony-rich world Bacigalupi […]
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Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night: A Play Review
Have you ever really liked someone and been crushed to find out that the person you like really likes someone else. To make matters worse, you are shipwrecked on an island and can’t find your twin sibling, so you go to town in disguised as your sibling. Ok, well […]
Music Playlist
Lluvia Carrisoza, Visual Media Editor 1. Calle 13 – “Latinoamerica” 2. Flobots – “Handlbars” 3. Behold the Pale Horse – “Die for Me” 4. Art Brut – “Emily Kane” 5. Blondie – “Rapture” Nicole Lela, Staff Writer 1. Kari Jobe – The More I Seek You 2. Casting […]
Dr. Martha Biondi: Women and the Civil Rights Movement
Dr. Martha Biondi came to Northeastern on Thursday the 19th do give a talk on “Women of the Civil Rights Movement,” focusing on female student involvement. She lauded women such as Irene Morgan, Eva Jefferson Paterson, Ella Baker and more. Dr. Biondi focused on activism that women participated and […]
Eagle Eye Advice: Timely Advice for Real Problems
Eagle Eye Advice: Timely Advice for Real Problems Lakeesha J. Harris, Senior Staff Writer You know how you’ve been dying for an answer to that question that you just can’t seem to find anyone to answer in a no-holds-barred kind of way? You know – the one that’s been eating […]
President’s Pen: Model Illinois Government
Paul Harris: I’m in my second year as the NEIU MIG advisor. It has been an honor and privilege to take on the advisory role after several years as a participant. I have especially enjoyed mentoring the student delegates and coaching them throughout the year of preparation and at […]
Late Night Breakfast at NEIU
The staff members of the NPB and the Division of Student Life held a free late night breakfast event last Dec. 12 in the NEIU cafeteria. Tickets were distributed via NEIU email a week prior to this event, and in the Village Commons the day of the event. NEIU Student […]
The Island of Misfit Electronics
As of January 1st, 2012, all Illinois residents are required by law recycle their old electronics. When a persons cell phone can no longer recover from being dropped on the floor too many times or their PC has finally been taken down by a virus, most people would erase […]
Mitt Romney and Ron Paul – A Republican Candidate Overview
With two primaries behind them and the 2012 Presidential election just ten months away, the two front-runners for the Republican nomination are Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. After two primaries, Romney leads with 25 delegates to Paul’s ten. There are 2,286 delegates available and a candidate must accumulate 1,144 delegate […]
What The U.S. Public Really Thinks About Barack Obama
Northeastern Illinois University closed out their Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration Thursday afternoon, Jan. 19, in Golden Eagles with a presentation by Dr. Mark P. Orbe, a professor of communication and diversity at Western Michigan University and author of “Communication Realities in a “Post-Racial” Society: What the U.S. Public […]