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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

An NUPD officer sits in a car outside the Ruggles T stop. Northeastern recently released its 2024 ASR, revealing crime statistics for all Northeastern campuses.
Northeastern released its 2024 annual security report. Here’s what you need to know.
Alexa Coultoff, Chloe Craft, and Elli Einset October 13, 2024

Overall crime on the Boston campus has decreased over the last year while reports of dating violence increased, according to recently-released...

The CRRJ office in Dockser Hall. The project was founded in 2007.
‘We now have the facts’: The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project tells victims’ stories, decades later
Frances Klemm, news staff • October 11, 2024

In 2008, Northeastern law professor Margaret Burnham was an attorney representing the families of the victims of a crime more than four decades...

Joseph E. Aoun stands behind a podium at the 2022 President’s Convocation. Aoun only made one statement about the Israel-Hamas war one year ago. File photo by Marta Hill.
One year passes since Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun’s last statement on Israel-Hamas war
Emily Spatz, campus editor • October 10, 2024

It’s been one year since Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun made a statement about the Israel-Hamas war, an international conflict that...

Rally participants march down Huntington Avenue Oct. 9. The rally took place two days after the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel.
Pro-Palestine demonstrators protest military industrial companies at Northeastern’s career fair
Alexis Algazy, Sarah Mesdjian, Elli Einset, and Lily Cooper October 10, 2024

Dozens of people marched from the Christian Science Plaza to the Cabot Center Oct. 9 in protest of Northeastern’s all-day career fair, which...

A member of the AerospaceNU e-board speaks about the Intro to Avionics program. The e-board outlined the structure of the club, which is split into five projects, each building a different aerodynamic object.
Students in AerospaceNU launch into hands-on learning
Madison Evangelist, news correspondent • October 9, 2024

In February, AerospaceNU members braced the frigid New England winter and bundled up to launch two rockets in Saint Albans City, Vermont. That...

Students partake in a vigil commemorating the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attacks on Israel. The vigil was hosted by Northeastern Hillel.
Northeastern Hillel, community gathers for vigil one year after Oct. 7 attacks
Frances Klemm, news staff • October 9, 2024
Protesters listen as Karl Klare talks into a microphone on Centennial Common. GENU-UAW held a rally Oct. 2 to voice their demands amid contract negotiations with the univerity.
‘GENU-UAW does not give up’: Grad workers rally amid negotiations for their first contract
Devyn Rudnick, Siera Qosaj, and Zoe MacDiarmid October 8, 2024
Two Israeli flags and one Palestinian flag hang from the Centennial Common ledge. Numerous protests calling for a ceasefire of the Israel-Palestine war were held on campus in the past year following Hamas' attack on Israel Oct. 7, 2023.
Northeastern community reflects on Israel-Hamas war, campus climate one year after Oct. 7 attacks
Emily Spatz, campus editor • October 7, 2024
(Left to right) Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Madigan, Senior Vice President for Finance and Treasurer Thomas Nedell, Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun and Senior Vice President for University Advancement Diane MacGillivray.
Northeastern top brass rake in six- and seven-figures during 2023 fiscal year
Eli Curwin, news staff • October 2, 2024

During Northeastern’s 2023 fiscal year, or FY 2023, — from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 — Northeastern spent $16.8 million compensating...

A Northeastern University seal hangs behind a lit ceremonial torch at the 2024 convocation ceremony in Boston. Demographic data published Thursday morning by Northeastern Global News revealed that 5.1% of students in the class of 2028 identify as Black, as compared to 7.8% of students in the class of 2027.
Northeastern’s Black first-year enrollment drops 35%
Eli Curwin, news staff • September 12, 2024
The townhouse at 247 E. 71st St. in New York City. Northeastern purchased the $5.5 million property, which is located on the same block as Marymount Manhattan College, Aug. 19. Photo courtesy Marta Hill.
Northeastern purchases $5.5 million townhouse next to Marymount Manhattan College
Eli Curwin, news staff • September 10, 2024
President Joseph E. Aoun speaks at the 2022 President's Convocation. Aoun wrote an article on the future of AI in higher education that was published in The Chronicle of Higher Education. File photo by Marta Hill.
Aoun authors essay on bracing for, and embracing, the future of AI
Sonel Cutler, editor-in-chief • July 5, 2024
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Students who attended this year's Summer 2 Paris Dialogue of Civilizations pose for a group photo. The project-based program taught students about fashion marketing. Photo courtesy Ola Gradzka.
View into a Dialogue: Students learn fashion marketing, business during Paris Dialogue of Civilizations
Lawrence Brown, news staff • October 4, 2024

Fashion is a hot topic for many on Northeastern’s campus. Each summer, a small group of students get the opportunity to immerse themselves...

A view of the Nahant Bay. Northeastern was approved to expand its Marine Science Center in Nahant through an eminent domain lawsuit against the town. File photo by Elisa Figueras.
‘It’s taken the form of a crusade’: Court rules in favor of proposed Northeastern expansion in Nahant
Lily Cooper, news staff • September 26, 2024
Daniel Auderer stands in an SPD uniform. The former SFD officer filed a $20 million lawsuit against the city of Seattle. Photo courtesy Lucy Parsons Labs.
Former Seattle police officer, fired over callous remarks about death of Northeastern graduate student, files $20 million wrongful termination lawsuit
Emily Spatz, campus editor • August 19, 2024
Daniel Auderer stands in an SPD uniform. The former SFD officer filed a $20 million lawsuit against the city of Seattle. Photo courtesy Lucy Parsons Labs.
‘Cruel mockery’: Seattle police officer recorded on body camera laughing about Northeastern student’s death fired by department
Emily Spatz, campus editor • July 20, 2024

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Crime Log: Sunday, Sept. 15 to Monday, Sept. 30
Crime Log: Sunday, Sept. 15 to Monday, Sept. 30
Christina McCabe, news staff • October 8, 2024

This crime log is compiled using publicly-available police logs from the Northeastern University Police Department, or NUPD. The NUPD is required...

Students line up for sorority rush activities. Over 1,000 people participated in rush this semester.
Record number of students rush sororities in fall 2024
Frances Klemm, news correspondent • October 6, 2024

Northeastern isn’t typically considered a university that’s big on Greek Life, but that reputation may be changing. This fall, a record number...

Northeastern’s Code of Student Conduct, demonstration policies updated with stricter measures following year of pro-Palestine protests
Northeastern’s Code of Student Conduct, demonstration policies updated with stricter measures following year of pro-Palestine protests
Eli Curwin and Salma Sheikh October 5, 2024

Following a year of tense campus protests and demonstrations, Northeastern has implemented several additional demonstration and student conduct...

The entrance to UHCS. UHCS sent an email Oct. 4 informing all Northeastern students that four graduate students living off-campus in the Boston area were recently diagnosed with chickenpox.
4 Northeastern graduate students diagnosed with chickenpox, university says
Kristina DaPonte, news staff • October 4, 2024

Four Northeastern graduate students were recently diagnosed with chickenpox, according to an email sent to all students on the Boston campus...

Q&A: A discussion with a Kamala Harris supporter ahead of the 2024 election
Q&A: A discussion with a Kamala Harris supporter ahead of the 2024 election
Jack Masliah, news correspondent • October 3, 2024

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, students — many of whom are voting for the first time — are making decisions about who to cast...

Q&A: A discussion with a Donald Trump supporter ahead of the 2024 election
Q&A: A discussion with a Donald Trump supporter ahead of the 2024 election
Jack Masliah, news correspondent • October 3, 2024

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, students — many of whom are voting for the first time — are making decisions about who to cast...

Students do work on the rooftop of EXP. Northeastern's full-year tuition for students living on-campus reached a record high of more than $90,000 for the 2024-25 academic year.
‘Close to half a million dollars for four years’: As Northeastern tuition reaches a record-high, students question university’s cost
Devyn Rudnick, news correspondent • October 3, 2024

When Dianna McIntire, a third-year psychology major, opened her annual tuition statement for the 2024-25 academic year, she was shocked.  “Are...

Drying machines in the West Village A North laundry room. Students moving in this fall were pleasantly surprised to see free laundry machines in residence halls.
Northeastern makes laundry free for students in residence halls, excluding Midtown Hotel and 60 Belvidere St.
Katarina Schmeiszer, news staff • October 2, 2024

Laundry machines in Northeastern residence halls, which, for years, cost most students $3 to do one cycle of laundry, are permanently free to...

Crime Log: Sunday, Sept. 1 to Saturday, Sept. 14
Crime Log: Sunday, Sept. 1 to Saturday, Sept. 14
Christina McCabe, news staff • October 1, 2024

This crime log is compiled using publicly-available police logs from the Northeastern University Police Department, or NUPD. The NUPD is required...

Students cheer when mascot Paws joins the parade. Paws hugged some students while they showed off their cultural pride.
Los Huskies Coalition celebrates unity, kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month with annual Parade of Flags
Matias Gonzalez and Alondra Delgado-Aguilar October 1, 2024

Hispanic Heritage Month kicked off with the annual Parade of Flags Sept. 18, a march starting at the John D. O'Bryant African American Institute...