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Letter to the editor in response to the “150 Strong” Commercial

Alex Brown, Writer April 10, 2018

I believe the marketing at NEIU to prospective students and the general public is misleading. NEIU is promoted tirelessly as the "Most Diverse Institution in the Midwest," based on a report from The Wall...

Makeup brands are failing in diversity

Sarahy Lopez, News Editor April 10, 2018

Makeup brands have been scrambling to produce more inclusive products after the launch of Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty collection. Brands that have seemingly only catered to lighter-skinned women, such...

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NEIU struggles to help homeless students

Amaris E. Rodriguez, Opinions Editor April 10, 2018

In the last year, about 10 percent of NEIU students experienced some form of homelessness. 44 percent had housing insecure and 41 percent had low or very low food security. There is a running joke about...

Domestic Terrorist: a title for people of color

Robert Kukla, Arts & Life Editor April 10, 2018

Earlier this month, Mark Anthony Conditt set off a series of bombs in Austin, Texas killing two people and wounding three. Once again, a mass killing of people has occurred in our country and this seems...

Pay the Players: NCAA makes millions off of broke college athletes

Nicole F. Anderson, News and Co-Managing Editor March 27, 2018

With millions of people across the U.S tuning in for March Madness, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) will pull in a big profit and keep most of the revenue from their student-athletes...

A Cry for Gun Control: U.S. Students are warned against protesting

Amaris E. Rodriguez, Opinions Editor March 14, 2018

Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida and students across the country are demanding action from our government through protests after nineteen-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire and killed...

Gun Safety: School Shooting Raises Questions Once Again

Amaris E. Rodriguez, Opinions Editor March 1, 2018

I wrote previously in our last issue about people’s right to conceal and carry a gun. Within a week, another mass school shooting occurred. Within a week, another 17 people died. 19-year-old Nikolas...

Arming teachers wont end school shootings

Arming teachers won’t end school shootings

Sarahy Lopez, News Editor March 1, 2018

What’s worse than the rampant violence and death going on in our country today? Requiring teachers to carry firearms and trained to be sharpshooters against someone with a semi-automatic weapon designed...

NEIU Stage Center Theatre lacks diversity

Cecilia G. Hernandez, Writer March 1, 2018

Show after show, I keep seeing the same faces at Stage Center Theatre productions: white, predominately male-leading actors and directors. While their performances are good, Stage Center does not showcase...

Concealed Protection: Allowing People to Carry Guns

Amaris E. Rodriguez, Opinions Editor February 13, 2018

My hands were sweating the entire time I was at my first shooting range. My mind raced through different imaginary scenarios where someone in the neighboring gun lanes would go crazy and decided to shoot...

Latina and Female Representation Gets ‘Dolled Up’

Latina and Female Representation Gets ‘Dolled Up’

Amaris Rodriguez, Staff Writer January 30, 2018

Earlier this January, American Girl announced its 2018 “Girl of the Year” Doll and to much surprise, they tackled two important issues with one doll release, lack of minorities being represented as...

Are We Addicted? Big Time Investors Say Yes

Are We Addicted? Big Time Investors Say Yes

Jennifer Soboroff-Long, Writer January 30, 2018

It’s no surprise as I enter one of my classes early that instead of walking into a room of people engaging with one another, I see them staring blankly at their phones. Within in the past twenty...

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