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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

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NEIU Independent

Both teams showed good sportsmanship after the game by shaking hands.

NEIU’s Golden Eagles Men’s Basketball Team Faces Off Against Community Members in a Heated, Back-and-Forth Game!

Angel Nunez, Contributing Writer May 12, 2025

What was originally a scheduled game against Columbia College turned into an electrifying back-and-forth matchup between NEIU’s men’s basketball team and members of the NEIU community. The game took...

NEIU Campus Rec planking competition competitors.

Campus Rec Challenges Students to Hold Strong and Test Endurance in Plank Showdown

Angel Nunez, Contributing writer May 12, 2025

On Wednesday, April 9, NEIU Campus Recreation held a planking competition to see who could hold a plank the longest. The event took place on Court 4 in the Auxiliary Gym, where seven participants tested...

NEIU sets a screen to deter Truman’s scoring attempt.

NEIU’s Golden Eagles Women’s Basketball Team Shows Grit, Challenges Truman College in Competitive Matchup

Angel Nunez and Staff Writer May 12, 2025

On Saturday, Mar. 29, NEIU’s Golden Eagles Women’s Basketball team faced off against Truman College’s team in a competitive matchup. The game started strong for NEIU, as they quickly got on the...

The entrance to the Student Disability Services (SDS) office is shown in Building D.

Shaping Mental Health: How Universities Evolved to Support Student Services

Brian Quevedo, Alumni Contributor May 12, 2025

Mental health services have existed for centuries. They are considered a necessity because mental health has an enormous effect on an individual’s quality of life as they navigate through childhood...

Bench press participants Yaseen (Right) and Orozco (Left) posing with facilitator Wayne Hayer (back)

Lifters Rise and Reign as NEIU Campus Recreation Crowns Its First-Ever Bench Press Champions

Angel Nunez, Contributing Writer April 25, 2025

On Monday April 7, NEIU Campus Recreation at the P.E. Complex held a bench press competition for students and community members to lift barbells. It was set up and facilitated by graduate assistant, jiu-jitsu...

Dr. Guadalupe Hernandez is delivering her presentation for the Student Health Services search committee during a hybrid presentation.

Transforming Student Health To Be More Equitable: Dr. Hernandez Focuses on Intersectionality, Multiple Identities and Inclusion

Ananth Prabhu, Health & Sports Editor April 7, 2025

During a stakeholder meeting to search for NEIU’s new Director of Student Health Services (SHS), Quintiliano Ríos Pérez, Interim Assistant Dean of Undocumented Student Resources & Student Care,...

Eight raised garden beds have been constructed in NEIU’s abandoned tennis courts for the purposes of growing food and preventing food insecurity.

GCG Students Cultivate Sustainability With Seed Giveaway Event and Improvements to the Asphalt Garden

Ananth Prabhu, Health & Sports Editor April 7, 2025

NEIU’s Green Conservation Group (GCG) has made much needed progress towards their tennis court gardens behind the P.E. Complex since the Independent covered the topic in 2023. As a way to promote sustainability...

 A photo of a Linux Mint desktop on a Dell Inspiron laptop.

Advocating for a Linux Lab or Fleet of Linux Laptops at NEIU

Ananth Prabhu, Health & Sports Editor April 7, 2025

As of 2025, NEIU’s library and computer labs contain desktops running Windows 10, with some machines running Windows 11. According to Microsoft’s website, Windows 10 is reaching its end-of-life date...

Saving Lives One Donation at a Time

Ananth Prabhu and Unseba LNU April 6, 2025

NEIU student Natalie Gallegos has been coordinating blood drives for a while now—this was her fourth one. Coordinated with Gallegos and others, this drive was hosted by the Future Health Professionals...

Trust Your Senses: Identifying, Preventing and Mitigating Spoiled Food Before It’s Too Late!

Ananth Prabhu and Unseba LNU April 6, 2025

Students could potentially be at risk anytime food is mishandled at home, in the cafeteria or during campus events. The latter two are often the least likely to happen when ServSafe trainings have been...

Number 20 Isaiah Aguayo making a free throw.

NEIU’s Golden Eagles men’s basketball team receives praise from opposing coach in valiant effort against East-West University

Angel Nunez, Contributing Writer March 5, 2025

On Tuesday, Feb. 4, NEIU’s Golden Eagles men’s basketball team visited East-West University to face off against its team. The game started well for NEIU as their defensive pressure and success with...

Fitness, fun and community: NEIU celebrates National Rec Day

Wayne Hayer, Contributing Writer March 5, 2025

To kick off the start of the spring semester, NEIU Campus Recreation hosted its third annual Rec Day at the P.E. Complex on Wednesday, Feb. 19. With more than 70 students attending, the event hosted open...

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