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Sowing Experiences Across Fields of Students

Josefina Esparza November 4, 2014

NEIU is home to a variety of different natural habitats. Many are aware of the peace labyrinth or the community garden, but what about the banana tree? The banana tree is just one of the many greeneries...

The Poll Booths are Coming

The Poll Booths are Coming

Rut Ortiz, News Editor October 21, 2014

If you don’t know who the judicial candidates are for the upcoming election in November, now is the time to find out. There will be a vote as to which candidates will sit in open slots within the...

Police Blotter

Police Blotter

October 21, 2014

The following offenses occurred on NEIU’s main campus between Sept. 18 and Oct. 8. 1. E-Building, Sept. 18, an unknown offender wrote graffiti on bathroom walls in men’s bathroom. 2. P.E. Building,...

Where Has All the Club Money Gone?

Where Has All the Club Money Gone?

Steven Villa, News Editor October 21, 2014

Though the main attraction of any university is academics, life at NEIU would not be the same without its 100 or so student-led organizations. Student media (such as WZRD, or the Independent), student...

Protesters choose rhetoric as the image of their discontent.

University Daze at University Day

Luis Badillo, Writer October 21, 2014

Just outside Alumni Hall where professors, staff and administration discussed the future of NEIU was a gathering of a different type. Forty to 50 students and professors collected in the Student Union...

Hahs listens intently as speakers present.

Revisiting the Past to Reclaim the Future

Emmanuel Gonzalez, Managing Editor October 21, 2014

  Are they still useful? Do they need rewording? And is an idea missing? These are the questions proposed by President Sharon K. Hahs regarding NEIU’s strategic goals. “Now, we are not...

Hahs speaks of NEIU’s future plans to improve enrollment.

State of the University Address

Paloma Porte October 7, 2014

Each year, NEIU President Sharon Hahs addresses students, faculty, and administration with the state of the university address; the purpose of which is to highlight the mission of NEIU along with values,...

Kay McCorker from Illinois State University (left) and NEIU’s own Rifka Joly (right) giving a presentation on shared research.

50% Science, 50% Students, 100% Symposium

Maya Wagner October 7, 2014

Though NEIU is home to many English, Art, Music or other majors from liberal arts programs, every year is a chance for the students of the Science programs to flex their science muscles and show them...

A field of 9,000 poppies, each representing 1,000 war com- batant deaths at The National World War One Museum of America.

Can a Socialist Revolution Lead to Peace?

Rut Ortiz, News Editor October 7, 2014

  Picture this woeful past: the dying groans of men waft in the air amid gunfire. Pain basks in its ill obtained glory as to the chilly reality that is war. War gives birth to death and death...

Special Education teachers are in high demand and NEIU would be the second city school to offer a PhD in that field.

NEIU May Get its first Doctoral Program

Hailey Boyle October 7, 2014

While still in a developmental stage, there are early plans to start a doctoral curriculum at NEIU. The College of Education has sent plans to the Board of Trustees for approval that would allow NEIU...

Rahm shares how his mother attended Northeastern to continue her education.

El Centro Opens Its Doors, Students Open Their Minds

Antonio Magallon October 7, 2014

                      Despite the weather conditions, hundreds of people gathered at the new El Centro building,...

Police Blotter

Police Blotter

October 7, 2014

The following offenses occurred on NEIU’s main campuses between the dates of Sep. 1 to Sep. 18. A portion of offenses is listed that were not listed last issue between Sep. 1 to Sep. 15. 1. Parking...

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