NEIU Independent

Penny wars build scholarships

Amina Murati, Writer • February 11, 2020

“All is fair in love and war”, penny wars that is. The third annual “All is Fair in Love and (Penny) Wars” will be held Thursday, Feb. 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Several student organizations...

Students urged to partake: Census 2020

Earnest Beeson, Writer • February 11, 2020

On Jan. 30, the director of Career Development and Community Partnerships, Kris Pierre along with student organizer Susana Ortiz, held a campus-wide meeting in Alumni Hall to discuss this year’s edition...

Highschool students experience College of Education

Amina Murati, Writer • February 11, 2020

With the teacher shortage in our state, NEIU decided to help the College of Education grow. This fall, NEIU partnered with Ridgewood High School to start the Career Pathways and Education, also known as...

Alumni speak in series of Hindsight

Montgomery Blair, Writer • February 11, 2020

On Jan. 29 the NEIU psychology department hosted the first in an event series titled Hindsight 2020, featuring NEIU alumni speaking on post-graduation options. This is not the department’s first alumni...

Part II: Ten (more) bands from the 2000s still producing great music

Matthew Rago, Editor-in-Chief • February 10, 2020

With mainstream rock radio expanding its parameters in an attempt to recruit fans of neighboring genres, many of the artists who helped solidify rock’s place in the music landscape tend to get overlooked. ...

INTERVIEW: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus discusses new EP, upcoming tour

Matthew Rago, Editor-in-Chief • February 9, 2020

On Jan. 31, Florida punk rockers The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (TRJA) released “A Long Time Ago In a Galaxy called LA,” the first single off their upcoming The Emergency EP. The band’s first original...

LeBron vs. Jordan: Settling the debate

Matthew Rago, Editor-in-Chief • February 2, 2020

From the moment he was drafted first overall in the 2003 NBA Draft, it was apparent that LeBron James was a special talent. Anointed “King James," James elevated a desolate Cleveland Cavaliers franchise...

NEIU’s Department of Counselor Education offering free family counseling services

Matthew Rago, Editor-in-Chief • February 1, 2020

Between Feb. 29 and April 25, Northeastern Illinois University's Department of Counselor Education will invite couples and families to attend its annual counseling services, according to a targeted announcement...

Like Machines release new EP, brand new single

Matthew Rago, Editor-in-Chief • January 31, 2020

At the stroke of midnight on Jan. 31, Atlanta hard rockers Like Machines made good on their ominous promise, releasing, Hear Freedom Ring, their first EP under the Like Machines moniker. While the EP is...

Five bands from the 2000s still producing great music

Matthew Rago, Editor-in-Chief • January 31, 2020

With mainstream rock radio expanding its parameters in an attempt to recruit fans of neighboring genres, many of the artists who helped solidify rock's place in the music landscape tend to get overlooked. ...

My Chemical Romance announce U.S. tour, Riot Fest date

Matthew Rago, Editor-in-Chief • January 29, 2020

My Chemical Romance announced their first U.S. tour in nine years, including a stop at Riot Fest in Chicago, Ill. The band teased a major announcement through a series of ominous videos posted to social...

INTERVIEW: Mark Tremonti talks Walk the Sky, history of Alter Bridge

Matthew Rago, Editor-in-Chief • January 29, 2020

Throughout the band’s 16-year tenure, Alter Bridge--the Florida hard rock phoenix born from the remnants of Creed--has stood at the forefront of rock n’ roll, valiantly defending the principles that...