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...

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,...

The U-Pass is a devious point of contention; on the one hand, it allows carless commuters an affordable option for traversing the city. On the other, it is enforced on all full time students—regardless...

Last week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a proposal to lower drug possession penalties from felonies to misdemeanors. Police officers in the suburbs responded vehemently against the proposal—they would...

The Federal Government of the Unites States has dropped the ball once again. On Sept. 30, the Centers for Disease Control announced that a critically ill person who traveled to and from Liberia is infected...

One of the greatest disappointments since America’s involvement in Vietnam, lasting from the 1940’s until 1975 (when the United States left defeated), is America’s involvement in Iraq. Both...

A wave of controversy has surrounded the salad bar in the NEIU cafeteria—the flat prices are gone, and in their stead is a new weight system; 39 cents per ounce of ingredients. The new system has been...

The recent slew of male professional athletes committing violent crimes has rightfully brought the issue of domestic abuse to the attention of American mass media. But the outrageously lenient criminal...

Apple unveiled the iPhone 6, the best worst kept secret since the public acknowledged the phone’s existence online long before the official announcement. What’s the hype? The iPhone now has...

  More than a year removed from the closing of 50 schools, Chicago Public School (CPS) students are back in class this week. After the largest mass closures of public schools in American history,...

What if someone limited your usage on your phone to eight text messages after you’ve already paid your bill or was limited to eight ounces of gasoline at the pump even though you purchased an entire...