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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Crime Log: Monday, April 29 to Sunday, May 5

Crime Log: Monday, April 29 to Sunday, May 5

Deanna Schwartz, deputy campus editor May 6, 2019
Crimes reported to the Northeastern University Police Department between Monday, April 29 and Sunday, May 5.
At the 117th commencement in Northeasterns history, 4,000 students received diplomas.

Speaker celebrates ‘un-Instagrammable selves’ as 4,000 graduate

Yunkyo Kim, campus editor May 5, 2019
The Northeastern University class of 2019 graduated Friday in a commencement ceremony attended by more than 20,000.
Some members of the Northeastern Full-Time Faculty Union Organizing Committee are pictured from left to right: Melissa Pearson, Vaso Lykourinou, Aaron Block, Nick Brown, and Sebastian Stockman

Faculty organizers express tentative hope for unionization

Yunkyo Kim, campus editor May 2, 2019

Full-time, non-tenure track faculty organizers announced April 23 that they will continue their unionization effort despite recent petition withdrawal. Advocates say unionization would solve major issues for faculty like those experienced by Rafael Ubal. When Ubal started...

Crime Log: Monday, April 22 to Sunday, April 28

Crime Log: Monday, April 22 to Sunday, April 28

Deanna Schwartz, deputy campus editor April 29, 2019
Crimes reported to the Northeastern University Police Department between Monday, April 22 and Sunday, April 28.
James Lyons, a third-year media and screen studies and political science student, is a founding member of the Northeastern Student of Color Caucus.

#HereAtNU: Marginalized students share their experiences

Deanna Schwartz, deputy campus editor April 27, 2019

It started with a tweet. On April 18, James Lyons tweeted his discovery of racist graffiti in a Curry Student Center bathroom. When he reported the graffiti to the Northeastern University Police Department, or NUPD, they told him they would “read up on Title IX if [he’s]...

Crime Log: Monday, April 15 to Sunday, April 21

Crime Log: Monday, April 15 to Sunday, April 21

Deanna Schwartz, deputy campus editor April 23, 2019
Crimes reported to the Northeastern University Police Department between Monday, April 15 and Sunday, April 21.
Student protesters with t-shirts and signs stating “Let Faculty Vote” held a sit-in at the Visitor Center April 18.

Sit-in at Visitor Center disrupts prospective student tours

Yunkyo Kim, campus editor April 23, 2019
Student supporters for full-time, non-tenure track faculty unionization led a sit-in at the Northeastern Visitor Center April 18, causing the university to change paths of student tours for the day.
Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke to Stop & Shop workers on strike in Dorchester last Thursday.

Biden rallies with Stop & Shop workers days before agreement

Kenneal Patterson, news staff April 23, 2019

UPDATED at 4:42 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23     After 11 days on strike and more than three months of negotiations, over 30,000 Stop & Shop employees reached a tentative agreement with the company on Sunday that met their demands for better pay and health care coverage. A...

Gathering on Centennial Common, students take a break from studying finals to scream wordlessly into the night.

Hundreds release primal scream as finals approach

Morgan Lloyd, deputy lifestyle editor April 19, 2019

It was only the beginning of finals week, and hundreds of Northeastern students may have already reached their breaking point. They gathered on Centennial Common just before midnight for one purpose: to release all their pent-up stress and anxiety in a single primal scream. Thursday...

Cherie Jimenez joined other activists in advocating for the Nordic model at a summit held by the Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution, or CAP International, in Mainz, Germany, earlier this month.

Activists conflict on prostitution policy

Isabel Stephens, news staff April 18, 2019

18-year-old Cherie Jimenez was in a rush to get married, but not completely by choice: There was a baby on the way. By the time she was 19 — her child only months old — her husband had become abusive. At 21, gathering her courage and belongings, Jimenez decided to leave....

Chris Brown and Gabby Nobile respectively serve as president and executive vice president of SGA.

Students cite lack of SGA transparency for no confidence votes

Isabel Stephens, news staff April 18, 2019

For every three students who voted for the Brown-Nobile slate in this year’s Student Government Association election, two students voted no confidence. Earlier this semester, the Student Government Association, or SGA, added an official abstain ballot option to give students...