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NEIU Independent

Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Police Blotter

July 25, 2024

  6-1-24  Missing Person  Student Union  Unfounded  A person was reported  missing during an event.  They were later located by a police officer   6-4-24  Criminal...

Dr. Claudia Mercado, Picture provided by Dr. Mercado

The Return of Dr. Mercado

Samantha Helgerson, Contributing Writer July 25, 2024

fter more than a decade, teaching only as an adjunct professor and returning for workshops hosted by other faculty, Dr. Claudia Mercado has been welcomed back to NEIU’s administration with open arms...

Facilities Management white panel van that was located in the parking garage behind the police station on March 26, 2023. The van in the picture is covered in a visible layer of dust and has a flat tire. Words and pictures have been drawn in the dust on the van. One dust tracing, reportedly made be a BSW, changes the logo to "Facilities 'Mis'Management."

NEIU Janitors Fear for Jobs, Police Presence in Union Meeting

Dan Maurer and Leslie Lozada May 23, 2024

  Updated 5/23/24: This article has been updated with a statement from Chris Childers, NEIUs Executive Director of Marketing and Communications. Janitors at NEIU, also known as Building Service...

Several tables full of people at Passing of the Gavel Ceremony on April 23, 2024 hosted in Alumni Hall.

NEIU Star Awards/Elections Recap

Zachariah Simmons, Opinions Editor May 19, 2024

Recently the NEIU Student Government Association (SGA) Elections were held from Saturday, April 6 until Friday, April 12. After the week of voting, ballots were tallied and the results were ratified on...

[click to see full image] Military figures each representing a military branch. The third figure is in a wheelchair to represent veterans who were left injured after serving.

NEIU Receives Grant to Create Veterans Resource Center

Gabriel Gurrola, Campus Arts & Life Editor May 6, 2024

NEIU will receive a federal grant of $145,000 to create a Veterans Resource Center due to the efforts of Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL). This announcement was made by Interim President, Dr. Katrina...

Letter NEIU in the middle surrounded by circles representing connectivity. The Side of letters contain a broken wheel indicating disruption.

Service Disruption

Jiaming Lou and Dash Vallath May 6, 2024

After multiple schoolwide announcements stated that NEIU’s network would undergo disruption over the span of four-and-a-half days, it turns out services were working after all.  NEIU’s University...

Police Blotter

April 17, 2024

2/27/2024 Disorderly Conduct Parking Lot A Suspended An employee found a disturbing note on their car after being involved in a road rage incident off-campus   2/28/2024 Reckless...

Two janitor carts located in the second-floor computer lab in Lech Walesa Hall. The current schedule has the majority of BSW's working in the morning.

NEIU Eliminates Overnight Cleaning

Dan Maurer, News Editor April 9, 2024

In a memorandum sent to NEIU’s Building Service Workers (BSWs), Facilities Management Superintendent Wilfred Rivera announced that all BSWs would begin work at 5 a.m. starting April 1, 2024. According...

Chicago Fire Department pulled up their engine to the Student Union entrance. A firefighter (center) carries extinguisher to the cafeteria

“It’s a nice day for a fire” a student says as Smoke from the Cafeteria Kitchen causes the evacuation of the Student Union

Ryland Roberts, Online Editor April 2, 2024

A fire alarm in the cafeteria prompted an evacuation of NEIU’s Student Union building on Thursday, March 7th. Eyewitnesses said that, while in line to order food, there was “a little” smoke coming...

Volumes Bookcafe at prior location in Wicker Park, taken from Instagram of Volumes Bookcafe

Connections in Community: Local Independent Bookstores and Barnes and Noble

Leslie Lozada, Editor in Chief March 6, 2024

Rebecca George, the co-owner of Volumes Bookcafe, posted a video on social media in response to an email received by one of her customers from Barnes and Noble (B&N) CEO James Daunt. The email was...

J. Todd Phillips Replaces Jose Rico as Board of Trustees Chairman

J. Todd Phillips Replaces Jose Rico as Board of Trustees Chairman

Gabriel Gurrola, Campus Arts & Life Editor March 6, 2024

Todd Phillips was named Chair of NEIU’s Board of Trustees (BOT) by a unanimous vote on Feb. 15, 2024. Phillips’ appointment as Chair of the BOT was announced in an email sent to NEIU students,...

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