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North Campus Parking Structure Construction Continues: Limited Access and Parking Available

Ananth Prabhu, Health & Sports Editor • July 7, 2023

Significant construction work is currently underway at two of NEIU’s Parking Facilities, as part of the ongoing efforts by the Capital Development Board (CDB) to address postponed maintenance at NEIU’s...

President Gloria J. Gibson – The Same Mistake Twice

Gabriel Gurrola, Campus Arts & Life Editor • July 7, 2023

On March 15, 2018, Gloria J. Gibson was appointed to become the seventh president of Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) by its Board of Trustees. Gibson was sworn in as president three months later...

Riding the Repair: Broken Elevators at LWH

Scott Andrews, Writer • July 7, 2023

On June 13, 2023, and June 21, 2023, the University issued two Targeted Announcements confirming that both elevators at Lech Walesa Hall (LWH) will be out of service for repairs due to a faulty safety...

Supreme Court Guts Affirmative Action

Dan Maurer, News Editor • July 7, 2023

In a historic opinion handed down by a super-majority of six conservative justices, the Supreme Court ruled that Harvard and the University of North Carolina violated the U.S. Constitution by considering...

Board of Trustees Pass Motion to Approve a Master of Science in Nursing Program

Gabriel Gurrola, Campus Arts & Life Editor • July 7, 2023

On June 15, 2023, NEIU’s Board of Trustees unanimously passed a motion to approve a new graduate major: Master of Science in Nursing - Entry Into Practice Program. According to the President’s Report...

Chicago’s Air Quality Is the Worst in the World

Leslie Lozada, Editor in Chief • June 29, 2023

The Air Quality Index reported that Chicago has the worst air quality out of all other major cities in the world as of June 27, 2023. Due to wildfire smoke from Canada, air quality has dropped in northeastern...

Katrina Bell-Jordan as NEIU Interim President

Leslie Lozada, Editor in Chief • June 24, 2023

As announced by the Board of Trustees yesterday in their Friday meeting, Katrina Bell-Jordan has been named the Interim President of NEIU. Bell-Jordan was one of three finalists presented...

NEIU Faculty Assembly Passes Vote of No Confidence in Interim Provost Evans

Gabriel Gurrola, Campus Arts & Life Editor • May 23, 2023

With 179 votes counted, 145 (81%) of Northeastern Illinois University's Faculty Assembly indicated they do not have confidence in Interim Provost, Andrea Evans with only 34 faculty members (19%) voted...

Breaking News: Faculty Senate Passes Confidence Vote in Interim Provost to Assembly

Dan Maurer, News Editor • May 9, 2023

The NEIU Faculty Senate passed a resolution for the Faculty Assembly to hold a confidence vote in the Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Andrea Evans, in a special meeting on May 4,2023. Evans...

Trustees Attend Faculty Senate

Dan Maurer, News Editor • May 3, 2023

Two members of the NEIU Board of Trustees (BoT), J. Todd Phillips and Betty Fleurimond, attended the Faculty Senate meeting on April 25, 2023, where they heard the concerns and frustrations of the senators...

The Board of Trustees Intervention Prevents Union Strike

Scott Andrews and Joshua Lasko • May 3, 2023

University Professionals of Illinois (UPI) and the NEIU administration reached a tentative agreement late in the evening on April 22, 2023, averting a strike by NEIU faculty. A strike was authorized after...

How Long Will Seized Bryn Mawr Buildings Remain Vacant

Gabriel Gurrola, Campus Arts & Life Editor • May 3, 2023

A once lively 3400 block of West Bryn Mawr Avenue now stands deserted. This is the result of Northeastern’s attempt to acquire student housing through their Decade of Dreams initiative proposed by then-NEIU...