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Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Growing Up in a Time to Wake Up

May 8, 2012

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,...

Read my lips, NO TUITION INCREASES!

April 27, 2012

  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...

Letter to the Community

April 27, 2012

  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...

Gluten-Free – The Way To Be?

Joseph Daddario, Staff Writer April 27, 2012

  Celiac disease and the lesser-known non-celiac gluten sensitivity are buzzwords in the world of celebrity diets. Miley Cyrus recently touted having celiac disease and attributed her recent weight...

Debts vs. Students; Will Our Miseries Ever End?

Syed Ahad Hussain, Opinions Editor April 27, 2012

  Will this nation ever produce an affordable education to us students? US student loan debt has surpassed $1 trillion this year, exceeding both credit card and auto loan debts. Business Week says...

Oxfam Comes to NEIU

Syed Ahad Hussain, Opinions Editor April 17, 2012

        Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working together in over 90 countries and with partners and allies around the world to find...

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...

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