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NEIU Independent

Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

NEIU faculty and staff went to Springfield to protest the first round of furloughs and are now experiencing the same thing again.

What, the furlough?!

Jason Merel, Writer April 3, 2017

The university is rapidly approaching a financial wall. The administration and faculty are working to reduce it to a speed bump. It won’t be an easy journey but by working together both seem convinced...

Illinois Writing Project makes leaders out of teachers

Illinois Writing Project makes leaders out of teachers

Bisma Zafar, Arts and Life Editor March 29, 2017

The Illinois Writing Project has made NEIU the home of one of its five university-based writing project sites. IWP is an affiliate of the National Writing Project and made the move from its 30-year...

An incident of road rage ended in a driver shooting bullets around the corner from the El Centro campus.

Shots fired near El Centro

Laura Rojas, Writer March 29, 2017

Two vehicles were involved in a traffic incident that ended with shots fired on March 14. The shooting occurred at 10:45 a.m. on the Kennedy Expressway where the shots were reported to have been...

Left to right, back row: David McCoy, Austin Leatham, Ashiya Patel
Left to right, front row: Lauren Rabe, Dikshya Acharya, Rachel Trana, Emmet Hilly, Yaakov Kalman, Joseph Rodriguez

Google funds student-proposed computer science grant

Sarahy Lopez, News Editor March 29, 2017

NEIU students Julien de Castelnau and Austin Leatham wrote a grant proposal that was recently funded by Google to help inspire high school students from low-income or first-generation families to pursue...

Anger and disappointment were themes of the day during the ral- ly that attracted more than 100 at- tendees.

Impasse brings out NEIU’s resilience

Rut Ortiz, News Editor March 29, 2017

Speakers and protesters gathered in front of news cameras while chants of “Bruce better have our money!” and “¡Un pueblo unido no sera vencido!” echoed throughout the northeast entrance of...

WZRD 88.3FM will be celebrating 43 years on 04/06/17

WZRD 88.3FM celebrating 43 year anniversary

Tara Shedor and Sean Carey March 28, 2017

Dear NEIU Community, Beginning in the early ‘70s WRNE (Radio Northeastern) was chartered as a station broadcasting within the walls of Northeastern only.  In 1974, the then called WZRD, or the Wizard,...

Students can request a police escort to their vehicle when leaving campus late at night.

Police Blotter – 3/28/17

Rut Ortiz, News Editor March 28, 2017

The following offense occurred at NEIU’s main campus on March 13. March 13 - LWH: Disturbance. A verbal dispute between a passenger and a Lyft driver outside of Lech Walesa Hall was reported to police.

NEIU faculty and staff went to Springfield to protest the first round of furloughs and are now experiencing the same thing again.

Imposed furloughs affect faculty

Bisma Zafar, Arts and Life Editor March 24, 2017

Since fiscal year 2015 NEIU has had a 47 percent reduction in state funding according to the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability. The university is now in its second year without a budget and legislators...

An empty Center for Academic Writing will only become more common as furloughs continue to be pushed on staff and faculty  by the NEIU administration.

Students voice concerns over campus furloughs

Grace Yu, Campus Life Editor March 14, 2017

An email went out on March 3 announcing the shutdown of NEIU over Spring Break, along with the introduction of furloughs for faculty members. Approximately three hundred student jobs will also be lost,...

All aboard! NEIU’s new shuttle takes students where they need to go.

NEIU shuttle takes off

Sarahy Lopez, News Editor March 14, 2017

NEIU’s new shuttle program takes students directly to campus, the Kimball Brown Line station and other NEIU locations. This service is free of charge. For now, the shuttle is a pilot program, funded...

Good vs. bad borrowing: students invest in themselves

Good vs. bad borrowing: students invest in themselves

Rut Ortiz, News Editor March 14, 2017

The NEIU Economic Inequality Initiative set out to teach students the value of financial literacy. Dr. Scott Hegerty, associate professor in the department of economics, led an open discussion...

Assistant Professor Orin Harris wants to bring a small dark matter chamber directly to NEIU’s physics department.

Dark Matter and the PICO collaboration

Laura Rojas, Writer March 14, 2017

An NEIU physics professor is making his mission to research dark matter within our universe. Matter in general is a substance that has mass and takes up space. Dark matter is a type that is invisible...

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