NEIU Independent

07/23 Police blotter

July 23, 2019

The following Incidents occurred on NEIU campus property for the dates of May 22 to July 18. 05/22 - NEIU NEIU PD assisted outside agency regarding social media posts by possible former student. 05/24...

Upcoming state budget decision

Marco Mendoza, Production Editor • May 28, 2019

The NEIU Board of Trustees met in regular session to discuss the 2019 - 2020 budget on May 23. Questions were asked at this gathering, but some of them were left unanswered, one of which was the...

05/28 Police Blotter

May 28, 2019

The following events happened on NEIU’s campuses from April 15 - May 22, 2019: 4/15 - El Centro Student reports verbal threats made to him by classmate during a verbal altercation while discussing...

Chicago’s New Mayor

Edwin Gramajo, Opinions Editor • May 28, 2019

In April 2019, Lori Elaine Lightfoot (Democrat) was elected mayor of Chicago after a runoff election. Lightfoot was sworn in as mayor on May 20, 2019 at the Wintrust Arena. According to Mayor Lightfoot’s...

Spring commencement speaker inspires self-advocacy

Rebecca Denham, News Editor • May 28, 2019

Maria Woltjen gave the commencement speech at NEIU’s 2019 graduation ceremony on May 6. The founder and executive director of The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights at the University...

NEIU’s pantry helping year round

Rebecca Denham, News Editor • May 28, 2019

Located in the basement of building E, next to the cafeteria, NEIU’s Student Pantry provides perishable and non-perishable food items to students year round at no cost. Ranging from fresh produce and...

Queering sex education in school

Nicole F. Anderson, News and Co-Managing Editor • April 27, 2019

You can tell people to not have sex but if both parties are consenting, sex is going to happen. But what do LGBTQ+ students do when they want to have safe sex and were only taught about heterosexual sex?...

Journalist on antisemitism comes to NEIU

Nicole F. Anderson, News and Co-Managing Editor • April 27, 2019

At the end of 2018, there was a swastika drawn on a door in the Ronald Williams Library, just a few weeks after the synagogue shootings in Pittsburgh that left 11 dead. NEIU facilities were notified to...

Computer science panel succeeds without a glitch

Joanna Vaklin, Comic Artist • April 27, 2019

In the 28th annual alumni panel, former computer science (CS) students came back to share their experiences after NEIU. The event was on Thursday April 11 and went glitch-free. The five panelist...

HIV/AIDS: the epidemic is far from over

Nicole F. Anderson, News and Co-Managing Editor • April 27, 2019

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency virus (AIDS) claims lives by the hundreds of thousands and wrecked entire communities. Though the most devastating number...

Earth matters: journalist and author come to NEIU

Edwin Gramajo, Opinions Editor • April 27, 2019

A crowd of roughly 75 people gathered to listen to world-famous journalist Bill Kurtis and best- selling author John St. Augustine speak about what responsibility each human has in regards to keeping our...

4/23 Police Blotter

April 23, 2019

4/2/19: Access Road Cemetery staff was notified of a hazard posed by large tree branches overhanging onto NEIU property (main road). Cemetery staff will trim the branches down in coming weeks. 4/8/19:...