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It is our privilege and honor to share with you who the women of Gamma Phi Omega, International Sorority Incorporated, are and the work we do nationwide.
Gamma Phi Omega was established...
Every ten years, the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) — from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools — conduct a formal evaluation of the educational policies and missions of...
In this latest installment of Meet the Police, the Independent sat down with Patrol Officer Alina Ignatoff who works the night shift at NEIU.
Independent: What is the craziest thing you’ve...
September 24, Parking Garage: A driver was issued a citation for driving with a suspending driver’s license and using an electronic device while driving.
September 28, Main Campus: An unknown offender...
President Sharon Hahs spoke to an assembled NEIU community, and on the many issues facing it, at the State of The University Address on Sept. 24 2015.
After being introduced by Faculty Senate Chair...
Sprouting leaders is proud to be at NEIU. We’re a volunteer-based, non-profit, organization dedicated to promoting continuous academic growth and personal development amongst some of Chicago’s most...
If there’s any single experience common to the whole NEIU community, it’s the commute. On any given day — whether it’s on foot, by wheels or on rails — students, staff and faculty alike condemn...
Many students work to pay their way through college. Yet some do so with the additional anxiety of possible deportation. NEIU’s Undocumented Students Project (USP) hopes to provide aid for these students...
A saved seat is typically expected by anyone who registers on time for their class — having a chair to sit in is seen as a given. But early this semester, in classrooms with fewer chairs than registered...
Planning for the unexpected
Every public university’s administration in the state faces the same question: How much of their budgets can they expect will need to be cut for the next fiscal year?
At...
In the beginning, there was nothing…unless you believe in the cyclical universe theory, but that's not the point. The point is, as the universe expanded, it grew infinitely beautiful in it's complexity,...
Independent: Where are you from?
I was born in California, but I was only there for two years.
Independent: What part of California?
Monrovia, it’s around Pasadena. I didn’t move, my parents...