Jennifer L. Pozner, over the span of a year, watched more reality television than she cares to remember. In her discussion entitled Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV is Bad for Women, on Monday, April 4 – she asserts that misogyny is in the DNA of reality television. “My goal […]
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Unresolved issue between faculty and administration leads student to hunger strike
Like many students at Northeastern Illinois University, Daniel McCracken cannot understand why negotiations for a fair contract between administrators and UPI members are still being debated after nearly three years. However, unlike most sign-wielding protesters, McCracken decided to take his activism a step further by going on a hunger […]
Left-Right Politics – Deadlocked Policies
Where exactly is the middle ground? Is it possible to ever find it? In our political system, we have two sides in a constant dispute over the best policy for the American people. The Left argues with the Right, the Conservatives dispute with the Liberals, and Republicans and Democrats […]
Get Your Garden On: Planting
Now that your garden bed is tilled, loamy, level and ready to go, you are set to start planting. We will now go over how to plant the two staples of any garden: tomatoes and peppers. If it has rained since you tilled and leveled your bed, you are […]
Bad Business Protocol in Our Modern Era = Doesn’t Compute
What happened to the days when a small “ma and pa” shop existed where you could ask questions while getting straightforward answers which included eye contact and an authentic thank you? Do you remember a time when you could actually find a friendly cashier to ring up your sale, […]
Quality highway requires attention and hard work!
Imagine a highway (I-94). A nice, dark asphalt or concrete road shines under sunny weather, its bleak under gloomy conditions, and it cracks under smashing winds, snow and too much salt. We keep repairing it every summer, or sometimes (in a few years) we decide to execute a full […]
“King Lives”: A Personal Reflection on the Modern Impact of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy
On Monday, April 4th, 2011, America celebrates a legacy of a constant struggle for social equality, peace, love and justice with the 43rd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination. When I think of Dr. King, I think of truly loving your enemies. King was not a man of […]
Movie review: The Adjustment Bureau leaves little to rave about
Fresh off the heels of Inception, The Adjustment Bureau takes a stab at recreating the compelling feeling that could best be described by a Keanu Reeves as “whoa” with Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, and John Slattery. The movie shoots for a mental thriller, as the youngest member of Congress […]
Zac’s Coffee Quest: Safari Cup Coffee
The large windows in the front of this Southport corridor shop automatically show a different dynamic than the usual coffee shops I’ve reviewed, but despite the huge volumes of sunshine coming in, Safari Cup on 3404 N. Southport is still quite the cozy place. Instead of having old furniture that […]
Filmmakers show off their work at the 16th annual Asian American Showcase
Over the past 16 years the Gene Siskel Film Center, one of Chicago’s most prominent venues for foreign, independent and otherwise artistically significant films, has played host to Asian-American Showcase. This year, the Asian American Showcase ran between April 1-14, showcasing comedies, dramas, coming-of-age stories, documentaries and a variety […]