For the first time ever Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) newspaper, The Independent, will be featuring work from NEIU’s artists on a biweekly basis in conjunction with our print and digital releases.
It’s...
Toward the end of Fall 2021 semester Stella Kuwonu, a 28-year-old political science major at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), self-published her first novel, “30 Ans: When Everything Fails at...
Howard Beach, located along the north shore of the city, has always had a personal significance to me. It was where I met Lake Michigan—and really, the beauty of Chicago—for the first time seven years...
Leslie Lozada, Campus Life Editor
• December 15, 2021
Eternals (2021) is a new Marvel movie about a group of super beings known as Eternals who were sent to Earth thousands of years ago by the Celestial called Arishem, a Celestial ancient being, in order...
A great read. I highly recommend that you read this coming-of-age young adult book. Take that well-deserved break from studying, curl up with a good book and enjoy the memories this book invokes in...
Leslie Lozada, Campus Life Editor
• October 28, 2021
What do you get when you have a trio of high school girls, one newcomer, and magic? Well, you’ll have “The Craft”!
“The Craft,” released in 1996, is a film where a group of high...
Leslie Lozada, Campus Life Editor
• October 28, 2021
“Candyman” is a 1992 classic of a film. This film, about the mythological figure called Candyman, centers on Helen as she is writing a thesis at her university about the residents of Cabrini-Green,...
“The Anarchist Handbook,” organized by Michael Malice, the author of “Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il” and “The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics,”...
Leslie Lozada, Campus Life Editor
• October 22, 2021
“Let your life be your dream
Integrity, honesty, its too late for me
Don't look back till your free to chase the morning”
From “Repo! The Genetic Opera”
Are you in the mood for a gorey...
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Podcasts have been around for a while now. In fact, the first podcast to air was actually called an audio blog and it was not until 2004 that the first podcast...
Pitchfork 2021 Review: Day One
The indie festival made a pleasant return to Chicago’s Union Park.
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On Friday Sept. 10, Pitchfork Music Festival returned to Chicago for its 15th time.
After...
“The Closer” by Dave Chappelle has been labeled by many groups and individuals as transphobic and harmful to the LGBTQ community. The hour of comedy is not hateful, but rather contemplative in many...