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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Boss Baby (Alec Baldwin) confronts his brother Tim (Miles Christopher Bakshi) in DreamWorks’ “The Boss Baby.”/Photo courtesy DreamWorks Animation

Review: ‘Boss Baby’ wins laughs but little else

March 30, 2017

By Logan Meyer, A&E editor In typical DreamWorks fashion, “The Boss Baby” is an adorable, feel-good animated film fit for the family. Also in DreamWorks fashion, it is largely lacking in cinematic merit. From the get-go, the story’s narration incites confusion. Constantly...

Brie Larson plays Mason Weaver, the Kong’s newest female opposite, in “Kong: Skull Island.”/Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures

Column: ‘Kong’ film distorts history

March 30, 2017

By Vy Thai, A&E columnist From the original movie in 1933 to its remakes throughout the decades, the “King Kong” franchise has always been more than just a cliché about a giant ape climbing skyscrapers and pursuing forbidden love with women of the human race. Filmmakers...

The ICAs new expansion, dubbed the Watershed, is to be constructed across the harbor from the original location./Photo courtesy ICA

ICA plans new expansion across Boston Harbor

March 30, 2017

By Gianna Barberia, news staff Boat tours and cruises are not the only things you’ll find traveling across the harbor. Scheduled to open in summer 2018, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is expanding and opening a new location in East Boston, just a short water taxi...

Northeastern students and members of the nearby community gathered at Northeastern Crossing Friday for a workshop on slam poetry that was built around self-care and stress relief./Photo by Lauren Scornavacca

Students learn poetry in community workshop

Paxtyn Merten March 30, 2017

They were given 10 minutes to write a poem, prefaced with advice to write down what they felt: They couldn’t expect to write Shakespearean sonnets in 10 minutes, so they should just write whatever came to mind. However, at the end of the 10 minutes, nearly half of the 20 students...

More than 100 students walked out of class in January in solidarity with dining workers. / Photo by Lauren Scornavacca

Op-ed: Resist Trump by building worker-student power

March 29, 2017
Dining hall workers will speak out about their ongoing struggles to achieve just employment and better working conditions.
Students sing to advocate for higher wages for dining hall workers

Students sing to advocate for higher wages for dining hall workers

March 29, 2017
Twelve students representing Huskies Organizing With Labor (HOWL) sang a parody of “Hey Jude” by the Beatles Monday afternoon in Curry Student Center to advocate for dining hall workers.
Aoun speaks to SGA senate about leadership

Aoun speaks to SGA senate about leadership

Kaitlyn Budion March 29, 2017
Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun spoke to the Student Government Association (SGA) about leadership and community at its senate meeting Monday.

Technobabble: Your Internet history for sale

March 28, 2017

By Joshua Stair, political columnist I try to avoid singling out a single political party for criticism, but last Thursday, Republicans in the Senate made it very difficult not to do so. The Senate voted to repeal Internet privacy rules which would have prevented Internet...

Technobabble: Wikileaks Vault 7 Leaks: How worried should you be?

March 27, 2017

By Joshua Stair, political columnist Wikileaks is at it again. The infamous website has released a new, sprawling set of government documents detailing surveillance technology used by the Central Intelligence Agency. Because Wikileaks does not lack a sense of theatricality,...

In the House: Assessing the DeVos-tation

March 27, 2017
Let’s take a look at what DeVos has managed to accomplish so far with her illustrious tenure.
Town hall addresses student concerns on Northeastern development

Town hall addresses student concerns on Northeastern development

March 27, 2017
Students, administrators and Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) officers gathered Wednesday for a community meeting to discuss the way Northeastern interacts with the surrounding neighborhoods, especially regarding student housing and development.