NEIU Independent

Students Explore Nearly All Domains of Health at NEIU’s Biannual Health Fair

Ananth Prabhu, Health & Sports Editor • January 28, 2024

NEIU’s Office of Student Health Services (SHS) recently hosted the Fall rendition of its biannual Health Fair on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023 in the Main Campus’s Alumni Hall from noon to 4 p.m. The event...

Tales from an undocumented youth: Yosimar Reyes

Pablo Medina, Editor • April 12, 2017

The word ‘undocumented’ does not indicate identity or lifestyle, but is instead a social condition that separates one’s home life from a native-born citizen. On Apr. 7, Yosimar Reyes, a nationally...

Louis C.K. Takes The Chicago Theatre

Steven Villa, News Editor • January 13, 2015

Louis C.K. has embarked on another tour, one which just passed through Chicago on the fifth and sixth of this month, and will have hit both Los Angeles and New York by the time this article is published....

Rumble 2012: If Debates Were Actually Informative

October 17, 2012

By Matthew Greenberg – Sports Editor When Al Gore invented the internet, he forgot to account for server overloads during live-streamed events. As online viewers began to download the live-stream...

NEIU’s Annual Research Symposium

October 17, 2012

By Christos Liardakis – Opinions Editor Michelle Kuehlhorn – Staff Writer Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) hosted its...

Legacy Project Honors GLBT Community

October 17, 2012

By Joe Daddario – Staff Writer Emily Haddad – Editor-In-Chief Photo by Joseph Daddario Legacy Project creator Victor Salvo. Photo by Joseph Daddario The area of Boystown along Halsted...

errant particles

October 17, 2012

By George Borawski – Visual Media Editor Photos by George Borawski Joan Truckenbrod's "errant particles" gracefully dances the line between a singular serenity and a frenetic perplexing...

Common Sense Up In Smoke

October 17, 2012

By Chris Tormos – Staff Writer For medical practitioners and hobby enthusiasts of marijuana alike, Colorado’s proposed Amendment 64, legalizing and outlining the regulation of marijuana, holds...

Chinese Products Endangering Us, Our Pets

October 17, 2012

By Yesenia Taveras – Staff Writer Commercial pet foods, or in this case pet treats, bearing the label...

Biden’s Smirk Said It All

October 17, 2012

By Patrick McIntyre – Staff Writer Joe Biden and Paul Ryan came out swinging in the solo vice-presidential debate Oct. 11. Both Democratic Vice-President Biden and Republican challenger Ryan...

Asian and Global Resource Center

October 17, 2012

By Jacklyn Nowotnik Photos and story by Jacklyn Nowotnik Photos and story by Jacklyn Nowotnik Students involved in the Asian & Global Resource Center at Northeastern Illinois University...

Standardized Testing: Help or Hindrance

October 17, 2012

By Karina Rivera – Staff Writer The process of acquisition and application of knowledge is currently being tested in the youth of America through the American College Test (ACT) and the Scholastic...