Directed by Greta Gerwig, known for her work on films like “Ladybird” and “Little Women,” directs “Barbie,” the first live-action Mattel film since its inception in the early 1960s. To my...
Gabriel Gurrola, Campus Arts & Life Editor
• September 1, 2023
Dedicated followers of the shark movie genre, enthusiasts of the “Jaws” series and those who eagerly anticipate the annual Shark Week events will find their cinematic desires met with “Meg 2: The...
Jason Nelson, Community Writer
• September 1, 2023
“New year, same shit.”
I hear this from my college friends as they trudge bravely into another 9 months of grind. I think I understand where they’re coming from. Summer lets us get away from...
Are you patiently waiting for Halloween this year? Have you ever visited the sights of New Orleans?
If you said yes to all of them, then you’re going to love Disney’s newest movie "The...
The journey to graduation has been an enduring one, yet the final piece of the puzzle remains before I can stride across the stage to claim my well-earned diploma. My transfer to NEIU from...
Hello to everyone who is reading this piece,
As some of you might know, my name is Leslie Lozada, the Editor-In-Chief of the Independent. Since May 2023, I have been working behind the scenes...
Ananth Prabhu, Health & Sports Editor
• July 7, 2023
Smartphones have become a revolutionary piece of technology that has taken over human society. The choice of mobile operating systems is a duopoly, for the most part. Android and iOS are the two contenders...
Ananth Prabhu, Health & Sports Editor
• July 7, 2023
ChatGPT emerged in late 2022 from the company OpenAI. Millions of people around the world have started using ChatGPT due to its seemingly impeccable responses to any question and ease of use.
According...
AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” proves that representation for everyone can exist in the horror genre. When I first heard that AMC would be making an “Interview with the Vampire” TV show,...
“Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of Oxford Translators’ Revolution”, written by R. F. Kuang, is a 2022 New York bestseller-listed book that dives into the relationship between...
“Remarkable Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt will make you believe “nothing just happens — it’s all predestined; it all happens for a reason.” This book effortlessly combines elements of...
It has been an eventful couple of semesters for the NEIU Independent. As we have reported, transparency has been a concern of many community members and stakeholders at NEIU. We did not know how deep the...
