“Illinois Tech continuously strives to provide services designed to keep our campus safe.”, this is the first line on the public safety’s website [https://pws.iit.edu/off-campus-security-escorts]. Yes, the department of public safety has its website. Well, how many of us are aware of this? Almost, the same number of people are aware of its policy change, route map, and pickup policy. 

The other day, I had the opportunity to raise some concerns that I and my peers had regarding the off-campus escort services with Mr. Andrew Yocum, director of public safety. To mention a few, I was curious about their policy change on having a specific drop-off point rather than dropping us close to where we live (within their existing route), one of my peers also raised a question regarding the unavailability of escort vehicles during the “shift-change” period (which happens sometime between 11:00 PM and 12:00 AM) and having to wait in the cold for the next vehicle to arrive. A few other concerns were raised during this session. Though Mr. Yocum was kind enough to look into these matters, his answers mainly were, please look into public safety’s website, he mentioned that they post everything from policy changes to route map to pick-up points on this website.

The festival of lights or Diwali has always been that festive which brings hope, joy, and light in the Indian tradition. I never believed that Diwali could actually bring light into the darkness, until last year. Last year was difficult, painful, and morose for almost everyone. For people in India, who are used to celebrating two to three festivals every other month, it was hard because of COVID-19 restrictions and several lockdowns. It was a dark year indeed, with all the colorful celebrations held back and cries of people suffering heard almost every day. The cases seemed to drop down by the end of the year 2020, so the restrictions were eased for people to celebrate the festival of Diwali with a cautious mindset. 

As an academic institution oftentimes noted for its rigor, it is especially important that we as the Illinois Tech community take the opportunity that we are not alone when it comes to matters of mental health and suicidal ideation.

With this being my first Menger Day (sample size is n = 1), I have nothing to compare it against, but I can say I thoroughly enjoyed myself at all the talks and events I went to (and planned).

On Friday, February 22 at 2:00 a.m., I woke up to get ready for my flight to Boston, Massachusetts. With a group of seven other members of the Association for Computing Machinery – Women (ACM-W), I would soon be attending the Women Engineers Code (WeCode) conference at Harvard University.

Many local Chicago Public Schools do not have the funding to provide their students with instrumental music education. One City, a program hosted by VanderCook College of Music, aims to fill in those gaps.

Well what if I told you that not only can you share your problem and potential solution with an
audience that will listen, but you could also receive many benefits from it? Intinium is a new
organization that is challenging students to get involved outside the classroom.

What kind of world would you want to create? Close your eyes. Whatever the idea, Uncommon Hacks gave the opportunity to create one.

The Career Fair for the spring semester is around the corner,so here are some useful insights which will help you prepare for it.

The Chem-E Car is a group organization made up of students at Illinois Tech and supported by the American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AICHE) whose project is to build a car that is powered by a chemical reaction.