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Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

President Obama during last week’s state of the Union.

State of Congress

February 16, 2015

Last week, President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union speech, but will anything actually come out of this? By the end of the State of the Union, many Democrats felt a much needed boost of morale...

Democrats on Tuesday applauded for Obama’s proposals to support the middle class

The Middle Class Illusion

Michael Dunavant, Staff Writer February 16, 2015

During President Obama’s state of the union speech, I could not help but notice the constant reference to the American middle class, rather than the working class, or the lower class.  It seems like...

Protest November 25 2014

Remembering Martin Luther King’s Message

Harry G. Karadimos February 16, 2015

The recent passing of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday should remind us of the senseless sacking, looting and burning in Ferguson, Missouri back in November of last year. This event has become another...

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...

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