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Domestic and international student buddies unite at the Buddy Program Summit, presented by Campus Recreation staff members, held at the P.E. Complex in Chicago on Thursday, February 8th, 2024 through a series of team-building activities.
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OIP Hosts BP Summit at Campus Recreation To Unite Domestic and International Students Together
Ananth Prabhu, Health & Sports Editor • April 23, 2024

On Feb. 8, NEIU’s Office of International Programs (OIP) hosted a summit at Campus Recreation for all participating international and domestic...

A planking activity is being done by event attendees in the auxiliary gym.
Sports and Health
NEIU’s Campus Recreation Celebrates National Recreation Day With Enthusiasm
Hiba Salman, Contributing Writer • April 23, 2024

In honor of National Recreation Day, NEIU’s P.E. Complex hosted a lively celebration on Feb. 22, 2024, with 86 enthusiastic attendees attending...

Domestic students keenly engage in Buddy Program Training, led by Michael Nance, J-1 Coordinator and Coordinator of Partnerships and Student Exchanges, during Orientation at Lech Walesa Hall, Lecture Room 1001, in Chicago on Thursday, February 1st, 2024, fostering cultural understanding and international student integration.
OIP Hosts BP Orientation To Familiarize Domestic Students With International Student Proceedings
Ananth Prabhu, Health & Sports Editor • April 22, 2024

On Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, NEIU’s Office of International Programs (OIP) hosted an orientation session for domestic students to learn all the...

NEIU’s Food Diversity Festival: A Celebration of Diversity and Flavor
Adarsh Vallath, Contributing Writer • April 22, 2024

NEIU's diverse range of student clubs held a bi-annual fundraiser titled Diversity Food Fest by selling their equally diverse range of delicacies...

Drawing of Natasha as a child being held by her mother on top of a poem that Natasha wrote about her mother.
Former Two-Term US Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey, Visits NEIU
Jiaming Lou, Staff Writer • April 22, 2024

Two-term U.S. poet laureate and best-selling memoirist Natasha Trethewey, named guest of honor at NEIU’s Annual Brommel-Hahs Lecture, shares...

Pictured is a replica of the First Class Grand Staircase that many know and admire.
Explore the Titanic Like Never Before
Marija Kraljevic, Contributing Writer • April 22, 2024

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April 17, 2024

2/27/2024 Disorderly Conduct Parking Lot A Suspended An employee found a disturbing note on their car after being involved in a road...

Two janitor carts located in the second-floor computer lab in Lech Walesa Hall. The current schedule has the majority of BSWs working in the morning.
NEIU Eliminates Overnight Cleaning
Dan Maurer, News Editor • April 9, 2024

In a memorandum sent to NEIU’s Building Service Workers (BSWs), Facilities Management Superintendent Wilfred Rivera announced that all BSWs...

Chicago Fire Department pulled up their engine to the Student Union entrance. A firefighter (center) carries extinguisher to the cafeteria
"It's a nice day for a fire" a student says as Smoke from the Cafeteria Kitchen causes the evacuation of the Student Union
Ryland Roberts, Online Editor • April 2, 2024

A fire alarm in the cafeteria prompted an evacuation of NEIU’s Student Union building on Thursday, March 7th. Eyewitnesses said that, while...

Members of Nest management, SGA, and NEIU administration, from left to right. Nest General Manager Josiyah Martin, Dean of Students Dr. Terry Mena, SGA President EJ Schumacher, SLD Director Veronica Rodriguez
Distress at the Nest: Issues Noted at Nest’s Town Hall
Ryland Roberts, Leslie Lozada, and Dan Maurer April 2, 2024

Domestic students keenly engage in Buddy Program Training, led by Michael Nance, J-1 Coordinator and Coordinator of Partnerships and Student Exchanges, during Orientation at Lech Walesa Hall, Lecture Room 1001, in Chicago on Thursday, February 1st, 2024, fostering cultural understanding and international student integration.
OIP Hosts BP Orientation To Familiarize Domestic Students With International Student Proceedings
Ananth Prabhu, Health & Sports Editor • April 22, 2024

On Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, NEIU’s Office of International Programs (OIP) hosted an orientation session for domestic students to learn all the...

NEIU’s Food Diversity Festival: A Celebration of Diversity and Flavor
Adarsh Vallath, Contributing Writer • April 22, 2024

NEIU's diverse range of student clubs held a bi-annual fundraiser titled Diversity Food Fest by selling their equally diverse range of delicacies...

Drawing of Natasha as a child being held by her mother on top of a poem that Natasha wrote about her mother.
Former Two-Term US Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey, Visits NEIU
Jiaming Lou, Staff Writer • April 22, 2024

Two-term U.S. poet laureate and best-selling memoirist Natasha Trethewey, named guest of honor at NEIU’s Annual Brommel-Hahs Lecture, shares...

Pictured is a replica of the First Class Grand Staircase that many know and admire.
Explore the Titanic Like Never Before
Marija Kraljevic, Contributing Writer • April 22, 2024

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Mary Maxine Arreguine-Casimiro, Contributing Writer • September 27, 2023

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Melanie Cartwright, Writer • September 7, 2022

Every summer the music publication Pitchfork holds an annual three day music festival in Union Park, Chicago. Festival goers from all...

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Sissy's Sandwich Review
Ardash Vallath, Staff Writer • April 17, 2024

To catch someone's attention, one of the tactics that can be employed is having an ostentatious name to attract the attention of a would-be customer....

International Club Presents Japanese Culture with Kento's Origami Presentation
Haruka Saito, Contributing writer • April 17, 2024

In the International Club meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, Japanese exchange student, Kento Ogawa, kicked off the meeting with a presentation...

A human figure getting to experience a virtual reality headset called the Apple Vision Pro.
Exploring the Apple Vision Pro: A Detailed Hands-On Experience
Ananth Prabhu, Health & Sports Editor • April 17, 2024

YouTube reviews on Apple Vision Pro elicited my curiosity to make an appointment with a local Chicago area Apple Store to experience the Apple...

The singer, Isabella Snow, with a flowing floral top holds a microphone in front of them. They have cat-eye eyeliner, their bangs cut short above their face with a sparkling hair band. Beside them is a saxophone player, Neil Carson, between notes, their saxophone is held low as they mouth along with the singer.
Safety Squad, Bumpus, and T.S.3 Bring out the Fun in Funk
Vick Perez-Segovia, Contributing writer • April 17, 2024

  I bought tickets on a bit of a whim for a special Friday showing at Martyrs’ on North Lincoln Avenue at the edge of the Northcenter...

Domestic and international student buddies unite at the Buddy Program Summit, presented by Campus Recreation staff members, held at the P.E. Complex in Chicago on Thursday, February 8th, 2024 through a series of team-building activities.
OIP Hosts BP Summit at Campus Recreation To Unite Domestic and International Students Together
Ananth Prabhu, Health & Sports Editor • April 23, 2024

On Feb. 8, NEIU’s Office of International Programs (OIP) hosted a summit at Campus Recreation for all participating international and domestic...

A planking activity is being done by event attendees in the auxiliary gym.
NEIU’s Campus Recreation Celebrates National Recreation Day With Enthusiasm
Hiba Salman, Contributing Writer • April 23, 2024

In honor of National Recreation Day, NEIU’s P.E. Complex hosted a lively celebration on Feb. 22, 2024, with 86 enthusiastic attendees attending...

Students participating in the Bystander Intervention Workshops group discussion.
Pedroso Center Hosts Ongoing Effort to Address Sexual Violence and Promote Consent Awareness through Bystander Intervention Trainings
Ananth Prabhu and Hiba Salman March 6, 2024

On Wed., Feb. 14, 2024, the K(NO)W MORE program and Pedroso Center hosted a Bystander Intervention Training as a way to mitigate stalking, sexual,...

Green Fee Committee Pre-Proposal Meeting on January 29, 2024.
GFC Kicks Off Spring Semester With Ambitious Plans
Ananth Prabhu, Health & Sports Editor • February 12, 2024

On Mon., Jan. 29, 2024, the Green Fee Committee (GFC) convened for its first phase of pre-proposals to discuss the pursuit of three ideas that...

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