I remember when I was five years old and had my first severe asthma attack. I remember the intense gasping for air as my mother tried to calm me down while they helped me to the car because we didn’t...
The 2016 election has not for one moment been a dull one. But, in this whirlwind of slander and polarized stances it can certainly get confusing. So let me break it down for you: left wing, right wing,...
Former congressman Anthony Weiner was caught in a public scandal after he sent a sexually suggestive picture of himself and Anthony Jr. (as well as his toddler son) sprawled across a bed to a seemingly...
‘Just keep swimming, just keep swimming…’
If you grew up watching Disney’s animated films like I did, “Finding Nemo” could have been on your top five best-Disney-film list, along with “The...
It is the end of the road for Bernie Sanders. There are no more primaries to win, and no more delegates to collect. All that remains is the Democratic National Convention (DNC), which convenes...
This is my last issue as the Arts and Life Editor for the Independent. Wow, that was hard to type, but it’s true. I’ve finally graduated college and I have a degree, but in all honesty, the thing I’m...
"What is it campus like during the Summer semester?"
Angelica Hernandez
Student Worker
Last summer I was in a different space (department), so I didn’t see a lot of students. I’m new to the...
It’s one thing to kill a person, but it’s another to sell the weapon used to murder that person in the public domain.
According to the Associated Press, the auction for George Zimmerman’s...
Illinois Representative, John Cavaletto, surely has plans to financially support all the unmarried mothers in the state. That’s the only reason I can think of for why he would submit a bill making it...
When most people think of the negative impacts of the water bottling industry, they associate it with an image of billions of plastic bottles filling up landfills. But, that is only the half of it. What...
The moment that stood out to me the most this semester occurred Jan. 19, the day of NEIU’s Student Involvement Fair. The semester was only just beginning and our Tuesday open meeting also...
Q: Everyone keeps asking me what I’m going to do after graduation. The truth is I don’t know. I want to be able to say something smart since I’m getting my degree. I don’t know what to say though...
