The Northeastern women’s rowing team swept the competition last weekend at the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) championships, cruising to itsfourth conference title in six years on West Windsor, N.J.’s Mercer Lake.
Two members of the Northeastern men’s track team brought Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America (IC4A) medals back to Huntington Avenue last weekend, and freshman Lucy Young earned a first-place finish for the women at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) championships.
Of Northeastern’s four university libraries, Snell is the largest and most heavily utilized by students. It was built in 1990 and was designed by a Cambridge-based firm, The Architect’s Collaborative. It is named after George Snell, an alumnus of 1941, and his wife Lorraine...
A drive-in double feature night requires some fair preparation. A packed cooler, some snacks, a full tank of gas for the long ride up, lawn chairs, blankets and pillows—all of which I had prepared this past Saturday night.
Apparently, I forgot the most important item: a box of tissues.
National disasters and terrorist attacks often bring confusion and fear to thousands of people. After the Boston Marathon bombing, Bostonians, runners and people around the world were left asking, “why?” In recognition of a year gone since the bombings, two reporters for the Boston Globe, Scott Helman and Jenna Russell, published their collaboration, “Long Mile Home” in an attempt to answer this question.
By Juliana McLeod, editorial editor
On Monday, May 19, South Korean President Park Geun-hye told listeners she is disbanding the country's coast guard in response to the April ferry sinking. In her public apology, the president reasoned that the coast guard's failure to save the lives of those on board during the incident resulted in her decision to cut the branch.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced on May 12 via Twitter that the Zakim Bridge will “shine turquoise this week,” through Sunday, May 18 for Lung Cancer Awareness.
The anguish was palpable as families gathered outside a coal mine in Soma, Turkey awaiting news of their loved ones who had been trapped inside after an electrical transformer exploded on May 13. The resulting fire spread smoke and carbon monoxide through the mine, claiming at least 282 lives. While 383 miners made it out alive, many with serious injuries, there could still be as many as 150 trapped inside.
The Northeastern adjunct faculty won the right to collectively bargain for a contract on Thursday, joining 2,000 other local adjuncts in their campaign to improve working conditions, low-wages and job security.
“Flowers for the performers,” said the woman handing out yellow and blue carnations across from the bilingual picket line that had formed outside of Harvard's Sanders Theatre. But Vladimir Spivakov was not the performer she had in mind — it was a fellow Russian activist playing for free further on down the road. Blue and yellow are the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
