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Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

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...

Sachs Administration Building (C Building) on NEIU's main campus.

The future in the face of furloughs

Rut Ortiz, News Editor March 14, 2017

Students who will be fired from their campus jobs during the furloughs imposed during spring break can expect to get back to work soon after. “We’re going to try to do that immediately after the...

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

Police Blotter – 3/14/17

Rut Ortiz, News Editor March 14, 2017

The following offenses occurred at NEIU’s main campus between Feb. 20 and March 7.   Feb. 20 - The Nest: Assault. A victim reported that she received a threat of physical harm from her ex-roommate....

Northeastern Illinois University Professor Cyndi Moran protests the budget impasse in Feb. 2016, just prior to NEIU's first furlough.

Furloughs to begin Spring Break

Press Release March 3, 2017

NEIU will shut down its operations during Spring Break as it begins a furlough program for employees beginning March 20, Interim President Richard J. Helldobler announced. A university-wide shutdown...

Various universities participated in a rally held in Springfield urging lawmakers to fund higher education.

Inaction speaks louder than words

Rut Ortiz, News Editor February 21, 2017

Furlough days will be imposed on faculty and staff for the second time in nearly a year without state appropriations or stopgap funding. The difference this time around is that student workers could be...

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

Police Blotter – 2/21/17

Rut Ortiz, News Editor February 21, 2017

The following offenses occurred at NEIU’s main campus on Feb. 1 and Feb. 14: Feb. 1 - BBH building: Simple Battery. Witnesses reported a man who slapped a Northside Learning student. The incident...

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