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NEIU Alumni Association Reception and HACU 17th Annual National Capitol Forum

April 17, 2012

                                  I left Chicago...

More Than a Month Later and Still No Justice for Trayvon Martin

Lakeeesha J. Harris, Staff Writer April 17, 2012

  Who hasn’t heard of the case of Trayvon Martin? Virtually everyone knows his name now. More importantly, we know the name of the man who took his life, George Zimmerman. So often the killers...

Letters to the Community Part 2

April 17, 2012

By NEIU Roger That wit Mo Information, is a new Student Union Podcast Series, hosted by Roger Byrd and Mo Partowie. It is a live podcast that is regularly scheduled on Tuesdays from 11am to 1pm. The...

Letters to the Community

April 17, 2012

  Attn: NEIU Community! Congratulations to the Asian American Heritage Committee (AAHC) Award Recipients We are pleased to announce the following recipients of the 2012 Asian American Heritage...

May Looking Messy For Chicago

Ryan Tolley, Staff Writer March 5, 2012

  May is right around the corner and Chicago will be welcoming the G8 and NATO summits May 19-21 but the question that lingers will be, is everyone going to welcome this as a great monumental...

Mandatory Contraceptives – Religious Liberties or Women’s Rights?

Ryan Tolley, Staff Writer March 5, 2012

Contraception has become the most recent hot button bipartisan issue. This leads us to wonder why President Obama believes now is a good time for America to fight over this battle. This issue that...

Submission

Syed Ahad Hussain, Opinions Editor March 5, 2012

"Having been so blessed in life, I often think of the things that I should be grateful for. The list al- ways seems to be never ending, but invariably it ends at one thing, that I was born as a MAN. Nothing...

Human Rights vs. Civil Rights

Iris Jackson, CCICS Correspondent Writer March 5, 2012

Ironically, human rights" and "civil rights" are often times mistaken for having the same meaning and are used interchangeably. Usually, the term "civil rights" is associated with the Black Power Movement...

Eagle Eye Editorial

Lakeesha J. Harris, Senior Staff Writer March 5, 2012

While doing her homework in the LWH lower level computer lab last week, my 17-year-old daughter was verbally assaulted. The assailant wasn't a student of NEIU, and gauging from my personal interactions...

Political Euphemisms Confuse Voters

Nicholas Santana, Staff Writer February 26, 2012

  The inventiveness of euphemisms used by commentators, journalists, and actors of our modern political stage in their discourse can amaze even the most politically savvy American citizen. For...

Civil Unions In Illinois and How To File Your 2011 State Income Tax Return

February 26, 2012

  In 2010, the Illinois legislature passed a civil union bill that conferred all state-level spousal rights between two individuals of the same sex. Governor Quinn signed the bill that became law...

The Basement Is No Place for Us

February 7, 2012

Every now and again while reading a newspaper or any periodical there's an article about Northeastern Illinois University. Northeastern was ranked at the top among other ethnically diverse universities...

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