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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...

Faculty Senate Demands Communication, Action from Board of Trustees

Dan Maurer, News Editor • April 21, 2023

The NEIU Faculty Senate passed a resolution on April 11, 2023, demanding a better working relationship with the Board of Trustees (BoT) in its new makeup, after five new members were added in recent months...

Student Journalist Files Ethics Complaint Against NEIU Administrator

Monty Stites and Dan Maurer • April 21, 2023

A NEIU student journalist filed an ethics complaint against Manish Kumar, Vice President of Finance and Administration, at NEIU on April 17, 2023. The complainant alleges that he felt pressured by...

UPI Authorizes Strike as Early as Tuesday

Scott Andrews, Staff Writer & Dan Maurer, News Editor • April 21, 2023

The University Professionals of Illinois (UPI), the union representing faculty, librarians, and advisors at NEIU, has voted to authorize a strike. A mediator will work with the union and the administration...

A Deep Dive into the Pool Problem

Josh Lasko, Staff Writer • April 21, 2023

The once-bustling pool area now stands empty and silent, a far cry from its glory days as a top-notch facility at NEIU’s Campus Recreation. In previous decades, many people learned how to swim or taught...