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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Boston’s winters aren’t what they used to be — just ask Northeastern’s New Englanders
Boston’s winters aren’t what they used to be — just ask Northeastern’s New Englanders
Janira Skrbkova, news staff • March 11, 2025

As winter comes to an end, some Massachusetts residents feel as though it never really began.  In recent years, Boston has faced increasingly...

An American flag waves above Ell Hall. Since 2015, the number of early decision applicants to Northeastern grew by 660%.
As Northeastern’s acceptance rate plummets, students report turning to early decision for higher chance at entry
Caroline Baker Dimock and Zoe MacDiarmid March 5, 2025

Northeastern’s arc from a commuter school to a highly-sought after university with a global presence has caught eyes across higher education....

Brynne Norquist (left) and Tyler Knohl pose for a photo together. The two run Hiike, a platform that uses data to provide film festival recommendations to independent filmmakers. Photo courtesy Kira Briggs.
Major production companies are threatening independent filmmakers. These students are fighting back.
Zoe MacDiarmid, campus editor • March 4, 2025

Their story begins in 1938. At the time, eight major film companies — including Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century-Fox — sought...

The exterior of the U.S. Department of Education building. The OCR recently released an FAQ regarding its previous “Dear Colleague" letter. Photo courtesy U.S. Department of State, flickr.
Department of Education issues FAQ increasing pressure on schools to axe race-related programs
Zoe MacDiarmid, campus editor • March 2, 2025

The federal government issued a FAQ Feb. 28 outlining how it will enforce its order for educational institutions to eliminate race-based programs. The...

Alessandro Vespignani shares with the audience the process of finding a new Provost. The audience consisted of students and faculty alike.
Provost Search Committee hosts undergraduate open forum amid hunt for Madigan’s successor
Madison Evangelist, news staff • February 28, 2025

The Provost Search Committee tasked with appointing Northeastern’s Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Madigan’s...

The exterior of the U.S. Department of Education in Washington. A letter sent by the department to all educational institutions in the country that receive federal funding Feb. 14 demanded the elimination of all race-based programs. Photo courtesy Anne Meadows, flickr.
Trump gave schools a Feb. 28 deadline to cut ‘race-based’ programs. Here’s what programs consider race at Northeastern.
Chloe Craft and Grace Cargill February 26, 2025
A Northeastern sign on the Boston campus. At a Feb. 12 faculty senate meeting, members voted to change who holds the role of the Chair of the Faculty Senate.
Faculty senate passes motion changing provost’s role on senate despite concerns
Zoe MacDiarmid, Chloe Craft, and Madison Evangelist February 26, 2025
Inside Northeastern’s powerful 32-person governing board
Inside Northeastern’s powerful 32-person governing board
Sonel Cutler and Kate Armanini February 20, 2025
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The John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse. Beau Benson was sentenced to five years in prison Feb 27, with five years of supervised release.
Former Northeastern admissions counselor sentenced to five years in prison for receiving child pornography
Emily Spatz, news staff • February 27, 2025

Content warning: This story contains details of sexual assault and child pornography. The former Northeastern admissions counselor who pleaded...

The entrance to the Khoury College building at West Village H. Kylie Bemis' email to several faculty and administration members called for protection of Northeastern's vulnerable students and faculty from identities under attack from the Trump administration.
Khoury professor demands Northeastern leadership protect community in open letter
Chloe Craft, news staff • February 24, 2025
Documents courtesy Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.
99 years of The Huntington News
Sonel Cutler, editor-in-chief • February 24, 2025
Dylan Mitchell poses for a photo with his bike. He started cycling in the roundabout outside Ruggles in 2022, when he moved up to Boston for work.
Who’s the man biking around Ruggles? Uncovering the identity of the ‘Centennial Cyclist.’
Auden Oakes, news staff • February 23, 2025
Jacob Davis stands for a photo in Ell Hall. Davis was a behavioral neuroscience major at Northeastern when he was struck and killed by Gerald Veneziano in May 2024. Photo courtesy Deborah Davis.
New Jersey man sentenced to 6 years in prison for drunken crash that killed Northeastern student
Lily Webber, news correspondent • February 19, 2025

A New Jersey Superior Court judge sentenced Gerald Veneziano, the 41-year-old man who struck and killed first-year Northeastern student Jacob...

The entrance to Mills College. Northeastern recently proposed the creation of a private police force for the campus.
Push for Northeastern Oakland private police force sparks legal questions, student concerns
Gitana Savage and Auden Oakes February 13, 2025
A firefighter sprays a burning building with water. Multiple wildfires had broken out in Los Angeles County, destroying thousands of buildings and resulting in thousands evacuating. Photo courtesy Caylo Seals.
As Southern California wildfires devastate millions, Northeastern students mourn from afar
Madison Evangelist, news staff • January 10, 2025
A headshot of Jacob Davis. The officer who struck and killed Davis last May pled guilty to second-degree death by auto. Photo courtesy LinkedIn.
New Jersey man who struck, killed Northeastern student pleads guilty to vehicular homicide
Lily Webber, news correspondent • January 10, 2025

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A washing machine with the door removed in International Village. An email was sent out Feb. 21 asking students to stop removing the doors.
International Village residents ‘causing disruptions’ by removing washing machine doors, according to email
Caroline Baker Dimock, news staff • February 23, 2025

Residents of International Village, or IV, received an email Feb. 21 instructing them to cease removing doors from washing machines following...

20 years ago, Northeastern students embraced sex. Now, they barely hear about it.
20 years ago, Northeastern students embraced sex. Now, they barely hear about it.
Yashavi Upasani, news staff • February 22, 2025

Let’s talk about sex, baby. More specifically, Northeastern’s history of bold sexual discourse and its current lack of this same liberation.  Twenty...

From pre-med to fashionista, this Northeastern student does it all
From pre-med to fashionista, this Northeastern student does it all
Sydney Woogerd, news correspondent • February 21, 2025

It takes more time to organize a fashion show from the ground up than it does to study live rats in a diabetes lab for 10 months. Yeani Kwon...

Julian Herzing-Burkard (left) and Dylan Lee pose for a photo. The duo said they hope to foster more interconnectivity between students.
Julian Herzing-Burkard announces student body presidential campaign
Bowen Rivera, news staff • February 19, 2025

Julian Herzing-Burkard, a third-year international business major, officially confirmed his candidacy for student body president Feb. 17 alongside...

Sean Odom (left) and Phylicia Dias pose for a photo. They sat down with The News for a conversation about Trump's impact at Northeastern.
Q&A: What Northeastern’s response to the Trump administration means for two Black student leaders
Frances Klemm, news staff • February 18, 2025

In 2023, the Supreme Court struck down race-based affirmative action in college admissions. The impact of the ruling reverberated at universities...

A Decarbonization Community Forum attendee looks at a poster titled, “The Future of Sustainble Energy: Geothermal at NU” Nov. 24, 2024. Northeastern committed to working to eliminate carbon emissions across its campuses.
Northeastern’s decarbonization plan aims to set building emission targets by fall 2025
Grace Sawin, news correspondent • February 17, 2025

Northeastern’s Planning and Real Estate Committee is developing a “Decarbonization and Resiliency Plan” to mitigate Northeastern’s carbon...

How do toxic friend groups impact young people? These Northeastern students know.
How do toxic friend groups impact young people? These Northeastern students know.
Harrison Zuritsky, news correspondent • February 16, 2025

Angelina Rifai and her two friends were trying on outfits before a night out. When the first-year biochemistry and bioengineering combined major...

Members pose for a photo at the first Science Club for Girls meeting of the semester. Northeastern's chapter started in the spring 2023 semester. Photo courtesy Science Club for Girls.
Northeastern’s Science Club for Girls spreads the love of science throughout Boston and beyond
Caroline Baker Dimock, news staff • February 16, 2025

At Science Club for Girls, members have one mission: get as many young girls involved in STEM as possible. Science Club for Girls, or SCFG,...

Members of DREAM and their mentees sit on the steps of Churchill Hall to take a photo while in costume. DREAM members participated in a range of activities, from rock climbing to visiting a fire station. Photo courtesy DREAM.
Northeastern students form meaningful relationships with mentees in Roxbury community through DREAM
Paloma Welch, news staff • February 15, 2025

Dan-Chi Nguyen, a fourth-year nursing major, is no stranger to working with children. When she was five, her mother opened a home-based preschool,...

Ted Cruz walks onto the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington Feb 26 2015. Of the over 3,400 research grants identified, 19 were from Northeastern. Photo courtesy Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons.
Nearly $14 million of Northeastern research grants deemed ‘neo-Marxist propaganda’ in investigation led by Ted Cruz
Aiden Stein, deputy campus editor • February 15, 2025

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released a database of over 3,400 National Science Foundation, or NSF, grants awarded towards what he deemed “questionable”...