Chicago Teachers Union strike
Matthew Rago, Editor-in-Chief
November 5, 2019
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) decided to go on strike in pursuit of higher compensation, smaller classroom sizes and increased access to academic and counseling resources. In response, the City of Chicago offered hundreds of additional support staff workers and a 16 percent salary increase, which ...
How is NEIU spending their money?
Chuck Sipps, Arts and Life Editor
October 22, 2019
When it was announced that T-Pain would be the headline attraction of NEIU’s Fall Fest, there were two questions that usually followed the news. The first, why T-Pain? The second, how much did it cost? While the first query is a more philosophical one, the second is more definitive. It took $...
Renaming Columbus Day just a symbolic gesture
Ata Younan, Opinions Editor
October 22, 2019
If you need any indication on how the renaming of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day is coming along, take a look at our country’s capital. While the city council in Washington, D.C. has formally renamed Columbus Day, the District of Columbia is still named after Columbus. We’re all over the ...
Letter to the editor: You didn’t die. Get over it.
October 8, 2019
Brian Langenberg is an NEIU Instructor in the Department of Accounting, Business Law and Finance Some thoughts on our Spicer “crisis.” Dr. Gibson – no congratulations on free speech. Protesting is free speech; disrupting the event and charging the stage is not. The next time the socialis...
‘I was unaware’
Robin Bridges, Editor in Chief
October 8, 2019
On Tuesday, Sept. 24, university President Gloria Gibson finally presented herself to face her students at a town hall meeting. The discussion was enlightening. For example, we learned that Gibson herself chose political pundits Sean Spicer and Donna Brazile to speak at the Daniel L. Goodwin Disting...
Cancel culture: use responsibly
Matthew Rago, Editor-in-Chief
October 8, 2019
Social media has revolutionized the way we communicate. In 2019, we are able to share our thoughts and opinions from the intimacy of our own homes while hiding behind the veil of anonymity. At the same time, social media has also become a hub to disseminate information. When a newsworthy event occurs,...
Shooting down gun law misconceptions
Matthew Rago, Editor-in-Chief
September 24, 2019
“The intensive, three-week Kinderguardian course introduces specially selected children from 12 to 4 years old to pistols, rifles, semiautomatics and a rudimentary knowledge of mortars. In less than a month — less than a month — a first-grader can become a first-grenade-er. Happy shooting, kids.” You...
Cuccinelli as Trump’s secret weapon is terrifying
Eric Rodriguez, Writer
September 24, 2019
In an era of Trumpian appointments who bear little to no qualifications, such as Rick Perry (Department of Energy), Betsy Devos (Department of Private Education), and Ben Carson (Department of HUD), it is hard to register Ken Cuccinelli’s appointment as acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigra...
A good win for civic engagement
Ata Younan, Opinions Editor
September 24, 2019
On Aug. 22, at 1:06 p.m., President Gloria J. Gibson sent an email to students and faculty at NEIU, announcing that former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer would speak at the sixth installment of the Daniel L. Goodwin Distinguished Lecture Series. A limited number of free tickets were reserved f...
The Trump administration has adopted the Southern Strategy…And it’s working to perfection
Matthew Rago, Editor-in-Chief
September 10, 2019
Once perceived as a political outsider, Donald Trump burst onto the national scene when he insinuated that migrating Mexican nationals entering the U.S. were not part of the upper echelon of Mexican society, but rather the rapists and criminals that had been ostracized from Mexico. Phrased in a manne...
Greta Thunberg is the coolest girl in the world
Grace Yu, Campus Life Editor
September 10, 2019
Greta Thunberg, the coolest girl in the world, arrived on U.S. shores about two weeks ago, on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at a Lower Manhattan marina up the Hudson River. Thunberg, a climate activist, arrived on a carbon emissions-free yacht named Malizia II with her father and a small crew provided by Team M...
A letter to the Editor
September 10, 2019
Sean Spicer is the former White House Press Secretary and White House Communications Director. In a time where alternative facts are valid points in the day to day discussions, we can’t ignore that this position of power retains an enormous amount of influence in what we believe now a days. Comin...
