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Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Northeastern Illinois University's student-run newspaper

NEIU Independent

Lower Rims, Lower Expectations

Spencer Jones, Sports Editor April 26, 2016

It seems that there is always scrutiny pointed at women’s sports. This time the issue of lowering the rims in women’s basketball takes center court. Chicago Sky forward and the 2015 WNBA MVP Elena...

Golden Eagle 5K Puts Spring in Students' Step

Golden Eagle 5K Puts Spring in Students’ Step

Laura Rojas, Writer April 26, 2016

Ready. Set. Click! Nowadays there seems to be another new reality TV show about competitive running and obstacle course races coming out one after another. Why run when you can watch someone else do it?...

Remembering the Black Mamba

Remembering the Black Mamba

Marcus Mateo April 26, 2016

Kobe Bryant played his final game as an NBA player on April 13, 2016. In typical Mamba fashion, he went out the same way he will always be remembered: a champion, a ruthless assassin with tenacity and...

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Cap Constraints May Cost Blackhawks in Offseason

Brett Starkopf April 26, 2016

The Blackhawks are currently in the middle of their first round match up against the St. Louis Blues but some attention should be turned to the off season. While it remains to be seen if the Hawks will...

Crossing Seas: Two Olympic Trainees at Northeastern

Crossing Seas: Two Olympic Trainees at Northeastern

Silvia Burian and Ishtar Yakoo April 26, 2016

The desire to become an Olympic athlete burns brightly in many young hopefuls like their own personal Olympic flame. It is this drive that is seen in athletes just like nineteen  19-year- old Neil Contractor...

Exercise: Why It'll Work Out for the Better

Exercise: Why It’ll Work Out for the Better

Michelle Bright, Writer April 5, 2016

Three common problems college students face when they’re not active is weight gain, less social bonding and lower grades. There are benefits to working out though. According to fitness instructor...

Lovie’s Back in the Orange and Blue

Lovie’s Back in the Orange and Blue

Spencer Jones, Sports Editor April 5, 2016

Lovie Smith will once again wear blue and orange, only this time he'll be coaching 130 miles away from his old coaching job at Soldier Field. The University of Illinois hired Lovie Smith to a $29 million...

Bears Bolstering Talent To Team This OffSeason

Bears Bolstering Talent To Team This OffSeason

Christian Gralak, Online Editor April 5, 2016

It was a disappointing season for head coach John Fox and the Chicago Bears in their first season together.  However, the Bears hope that will all change this year and are making moves in the offseason...

Keith suspended as Blackhawks repeat hopes dwindle

Keith suspended as Blackhawks repeat hopes dwindle

Brett Starkopf April 5, 2016

    Now might be the time to panic.     Although the Hawks have barely managed to scrape by these last 10 games, a once top power play can’t score with the man-advantage, goalie Corey Crawford’s...

Fans get to Ride Along in new WWE Network series

Fans get to Ride Along in new WWE Network series

Joe McCaffrey April 5, 2016

WWE's new show "Ride Along" takes fans on the journey with Superstars as they head to the next stop on the tour...Just spit balling. The World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) “Ride Along” series...

Do's and Don't of the Locker Room

Do’s and Don’t of the Locker Room

Ishtar Yakoo, Writer March 15, 2016

The locker room. It’s that large, sometimes smelly room located within gyms and within schools. In addition to a multitude of lockers and bathrooms, a locker room may contain incredibly confident nude...

Game on with 'Learn It, Play It' Initiative

Game on with ‘Learn It, Play It’ Initiative

Jason Merel, Writer March 15, 2016

Who needs a football team? The “Learn It, Play It” program is an initiative from Campus Recreation (Campus Rec) to introduce students to a variety of sports. You can learn how to play cricket,...

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