NEIU Independent

Liar Liar Fox on Fire

Christos Liardakis, Opinions Editor • March 6, 2013

Big news today, “Global warming has officially ended.” Not. Unfortunately some people believe this to be the case. While everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and opinions, unfortunately when these...

Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Oppression

Chris Tormos, Staff Writer • March 6, 2013

It should not come as a surprise that corporations run our country. Using finances to influence political agendas, Monsanto is just one from a long list of corporate greedheads that uses...

The Untold History of Gay Marriage and Two-Spirits

Hiram Crespo, Staff Writer • March 6, 2013

The film Two Spirits is a sad but empowering film about a hate crime committed against Freddie Martinez, a Two-Spirited transgendered Navajo youth in Colorado. 16-year-old Freddie was brutally...

Letter to the editor – Students Voice in NEIU Campus Dining Experience

February 20, 2013

- [post-date] - Many students know what it feels like to have an empty stomach or to have their last few dollars in their wallet or bank account to spend on a snack or a small meal to hold them over...

Republicans Say the Darndest Things

Juan Gonzalez • February 20, 2013

- [post-date] - Republicans have always been known for their right winged ideologies, but recently they have become infamous for their idiotic comments. It all became too much to ignore...

Putting a Crack in the Silver Spoon

Desiree Dylong • February 20, 2013

- [post-date] - Remember the days when the tooth fairy used to dish out 50 cents or a dollar in exchange for a lost tooth? Well, these days, it seems that kids are getting $5, sometimes even...

Standing up to the Monster Called Standardized Testing

Amanda Lingwai • February 20, 2013

- [post-date] - “What’s really the purpose of education,” when education is teaching to the test? That is a valid question posed in a Chicago Sun-Times article by a CPS parent,...

Secession of Stupid States

Lauren Gugwor • February 8, 2013

- [post-date] - Weeks after President Barack Obama’s re-election, Republicans around the country are still finding ways to come to terms with it; be it waiting for the Ohio votes to...

Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks

Chris Tormos • February 8, 2013

- [post-date] - The Westboro Baptist Church has unfortunately wriggled their way into our lives through the bizarre, attention-seeking behavior they have become known for. The...

Letter to the Editor – Sandy Hook Shooting

Harry G. Karadimos • February 8, 2013

- [post-date] - On Dec. 14, 2012, Adam Lanza walked into the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown CT and murdered 26 people with firearms that he reportedly took from his mother. Twenty...

Gun Control

Ari Guttman • February 8, 2013

- [post-date] - The recent large-scale shootings across the U.S. have brought the issues of gun control and gun sales regulation to the forefront of conversation and legislation. Also...

Will Egypt Degenerate into a Theocracy?

Hiram Crespo • February 8, 2013

- [post-date] - Egypt in 2011 had a revolution where people died on the streets thirsty for freedom and furious against tyranny. Now, as the dust is settling, the draft of a new constitution...