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...

  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...

  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...

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...

The recent movie about the Tuskegee Airmen, "Red Tails", has been stirring up a lot of noise with it being number two in the box office in its first weekend. While I did support this movie and made my...

  Published: Monday, February 6, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 03:02 This is the time of year when taxpayers start receiving documents and information to be able to prepare and file...

  Published: Monday, February 6, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 03:02 NEIU is among a few Illinois public universities that participate in the Illinois General Assembly Legislative...

  Published: Monday, February 6, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 21:03 I remember one day in grammar school, my class had shared what our ethnicities were. When the circle finally...

    In a recent trial regarding the validity of blogging, a self- titled investigative blogger, Crystal L. Cox, investigating a case regarding an alleged Ponzi scheme, lost her case due...

    With two primaries behind them and the 2012 Presidential election just ten months away, the two front-runners for the Republican nomination are Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. After two...

  The legacy of Civil Rights in the United States is best represented by the sit-in movement and the battle to desegregate public schools. It is this legacy that the Kenwood Oakland Community...

Copyright NEIU Independent The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is an illegitimate son of Hollywood fathered by our very own house lobbyists. God forbid, if passed, this bill literally can shut down...