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Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Wilbur Wright College located at 4300 N Narragansett Ave

#FreeCommunityCollege, #ThinkingOutLoud

Robin Bridges, Editor in Chief February 16, 2015

When I first saw the video of President Obama pop up on my Facebook feed with #FreeCommunityCollege, I applauded the video. So much so that I even shared it on my wall. I’ve always appreciated this president’s...

The beautiful aspiring actress’ murder remains unsolved.

Black Dahlia Pictures Should Not Have Been Printed

Hailey G. Boyle, Arts and Life Editor February 16, 2015

Most people under the age of 25 have no idea of who Elizabeth Short was, or of the shockwave she sent across the country. If someone is 25 and knows of her, they know her better as the Black Dahlia. Short...

Man on the Street

Man on the Street

January 13, 2015

Tiffani Lee

Pulaski and Foster Avenue after it has been plowed

Unplowed Streets Cause Pain & Suffering Amongst Chicago Citizenry

Steven Villa, News Editor January 13, 2015

January in Chicago is always humorless and depressing. The winter takes its nose-dive into unlivable, borderline Yukon temperatures; the skies, for weeks at a time, remain the same dull and impassive...

The enrollment office

Financial Unaid

Emmanuel Gonzalez, Managing Editor January 13, 2015

Good news: you haven’t paid off your tuition from last semester, but you can still register for classes. Bad news: you mistakenly registered for a class you don’t need and now you can’t change it...

Sorry, you're going to have to do your chase scene on a regular skateboard in 2015

Back to the Future II Got More Right Than You Think

Luis Badillo, Writer January 13, 2015

No hoverboards. No self-tying laces, flying cars, dehydrated pizzas or even holographic movie displays propagate our lives like it did for those living the futuristic Hill Valley featured in "Back to the...

A National Day of Action Against Rape Culture.

The Case for ‘Yes Means Yes’

Maya Wagner, Opinions Editor October 21, 2014

On Sept. 28, California governor Jerry Brown signed into law the “Yes Means Yes” bill. The new law is aimed at reducing sexual assault on California’s college campuses by requiring affirmative consent...

Gubernatorial Candidate.

Big Money’s Big Candidate

Steven Villa, News Editor October 21, 2014

The image candidate Bruce Rauner has cultivated is somewhat unique: A Midwestern cowboy-businessman; a common man who rides Harley and wears plaid, whose morning alarm is an $18 Timex watch, whose first...

With the television in the room the kids watch cartoons on the tablet and phone.

The Decline of Saturday Morning Cartoons

Antonio Magallon October 21, 2014

On Oct. 4, for the first time in 50 years, there was not a single cartoon on Saturday morning. The old glory days of getting up at 7 o’clock in the morning, eating breakfast, setting the popcorn ready...

People texting on the El.

Connectedly Disconnected in the Smartphone Culture

Michael Dunavant, writer October 21, 2014

The phantom ring: it’s that feeling when you just know your phone vibrated in your pocket. You know it was real, you can sense it, that someone is trying to contact you. But when you take a look,...

“When I was a kid, it was a real clean-cut Halloween; we always respected each other, we didn’t prank anybody, we didn’t throw toilet paper on people’s shrubs or trees. We were responsible for what we did.”
-	Quinton Brooks, Freshman, Computer Science Major

Man on the Street

Emmanuel Gonzalez, Managing Editor October 21, 2014
How has halloween changed since you were young?
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