In today’s government it is difficult to believe that omissions and bad timings can be purely chance, rather than a scheme. When the teacher strike occurred, one had to wonder of the reasoning...

Mitt Romney – A Retrospect of Remarks   Over the course of this presidential race the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, has made comments that scream racism and a severe disconnection...

For the first time in 25 years, 30,000 members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) went on strike on Sept. 10, 2012. The strike was an historic moment, since Chicago has been ground zero for the education...

First it was a novel by “Muslim” British resident author Salman Rushdie, then a Danish editorial cartoon, then an American humorist having fun on Facebook, and now it’s a YouTube video that portrayed...

  A few weeks ago in a reality far, far away, Tom Cruise was staring at his third set of divorce papers in 12 years. Normally this would be immediately filed under “who cares?” but some...

Students considering the next move in their future career should be aware of opportunities available to them that are both worldly and academic. Studying abroad is a way to build up experience with...

  Photos by Melissa Brand Up until recently, most people in the Chicago area may not have known much about Chick-fil-A. The Georgia-based restaurant chain has 12 stores in Illinois with...

  The University of Texas (UT) at Austin has gotten itself into a very precarious position where it will be facing off in the Supreme Court against one Abigail Fisher, a hopeful white student recently...

  A recent discussion in class really got the old brain juices flowing. The professor gave students an article to analyze and discuss that was written by the CEO of a computer programming and software...

By Nada Jarad, NEIU Alum In 1994, the Rwandan genocide that cost the lives of approximately 800,000 lives occurred while the rest of the world remained silent and proclaimed ignorance. Years later,...

  I began my term as Student Trustee in February 2012. Entering mid-term, amidst a heated debate regarding tuition increases for incoming students and students who have been at NEIU longer than...

  NEIU students and faculty will soon receive a new Learning Management System (LMS) to support their academic courses. Our current LMS, Blackboard version 8, will be phased out gradually and be...