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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

A 3D model map shows Northeasterns Boston campus. Growth was identified as a major desire for the university, with space limitations identified as an issue.

Students weigh in on future transformation of Northeastern’s Boston campus

Sonel Cutler, campus editor September 29, 2023

More accessible green spaces, more physical spaces for marginalized groups and more campus recreational spaces were among many of the suggestions for changes to Northeastern’s Boston campus students...

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Kellee Tsai, the new dean of Northeastern University’s College of Social Sciences and Humanities. The university announced Tsais appointment Tuesday. Photo courtesy Northeastern media relations

Northeastern taps political science scholar Kellee Tsai as new dean of CSSH

Sonel Cutler, campus editor September 27, 2023

Kellee Tsai, a political science professor and expert on China’s political economy, will lead Northeastern’s College of Social Sciences and Humanities, or CSSH, the university announced Tuesday in...

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Massachusetts efforts for police accountability rise while other states fall behind

Massachusetts efforts for police accountability rise while other states fall behind

Alexa Coultoff, projects editor September 24, 2023

Following the August release of a statewide database of police disciplinary records, two of three Northeastern police officer records have been amended in an effort to correct the original publication. The...

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Students participate in coloring during NU SHAREs third annual pleasure party. The event was meant to celebrate all kinds of pleasure, including those outside of sex itself.

What is Northeastern’s ‘sex club’ and why does it host annual pleasure parties?

Z Weber, news correspondent September 23, 2023

NU SHARE, or Northeastern Sexual Health And Reproductive Education, is a student organization focused on advocacy for reproductive justice, sexual education and access to safe sex supplies for students...

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The front of the NUPD building at 716 Columbus Ave. NUPD sergeants, sergeant detectives and detectives voted in favor of unionizing earlier this month.

NUPD sergeant and sergeant detectives vote to be represented by a union

Emily Spatz, deputy campus editor September 22, 2023

Northeastern University Police Department sergeants, sergeant detectives and detectives voted in favor of unionizing earlier this month, according to documents from the National Labor Relations Board.  The...

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Students hold signs promoting the union vote. Graduate students were seeking increased wage and benefits in response to Bostons rising cost of living.

Northeastern graduate student workers overwhelmingly win union certification after 8-year delay

Zoe MacDiarmid and Joseph Brant September 21, 2023

On Thursday, Sept. 21, graduate student workers at Northeastern officially became a certified union in a vote that has been awaited since 2015. After a surge of organizing in 2022 and 2023, Graduate...

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Sagar Rajpal plays chimes from a singing bowl. The chimes were played to give a moment of peace and remembrance in honor of Jaahnavi Kandula.

‘More than just a tragedy’: NU community gathers to celebrate the life of graduate student Jaahnavi Kandula

Lily Webber, news staff September 20, 2023

On Tuesday, members of the Northeastern community gathered on the Boston campus to pay tribute to the memory of Jaahnavi Kandula. Kandula, who was pursuing a master’s degree in information systems...

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Crystal Zhang, third-year computer science and design combined major, sits in the rain on the edge of Table Mountain overlooking Cape Town City Centre and Woodstock. Students on the Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Dialogue were able to explore Cape Town by hiking up Table Mountain and Lion’s Head Peak. Photo courtesy Ethan Truong.

View into a Dialogue: Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Cape Town

Emily Chung, news staff September 19, 2023

On a hotel rooftop in Sea Point, Cape Town, 20 Northeastern students sat with laptops open, adjusting details on their final projects and watching the sun set over the Atlantic Ocean. The next day, they...

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Messages appear on the ISEC bridge directing graduate workers towards the Robinson Quad, where voting occurs this week. The vote, years in the making, will determine whether graduate workers will be represented by a union.

Voting begins for graduate workers union; pro-union chalking on ISEC bridge erased

Zoe MacDiarmid, news staff September 19, 2023

Polls opened Tuesday, Sept. 19 for the Graduate Employees of Northeastern University, or GENU-UAW, who are voting to be represented by the United Auto Workers union, or UAW, after years of delays in voting...

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An example of the widespread decimation that has left villages such as Skoura Ouarzazate in a state of ruin. The location of these mountain villages prevented the necessary aid from reaching them earlier. Photo courtesy Wallid Soukaki.

After devastating earthquake, NU students provide aid to Morocco

Lily Webber, news staff September 18, 2023

On Friday, Sept. 8, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Morocco, killing over 2,000 people and injuring more than 5,000. The quake devastated land and villages in the High Atlas Mountains near the tourism...

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Students gather around a speaker outside of International Village. Eight student organizations worked together to plan the second annual Disorientation tour.

Disorientation 2023: Huskies come together to inform and advocate

Lily Webber, news staff September 15, 2023

The 2023-24 school year is just beginning, but student action groups campaigning for the betterment of Northeastern University never stopped working.  On Saturday, Sept. 9, members from eight student...

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Protesters march in Seattle Thursday afternoon demanding justice for Jaahnavi Kandula. Kandula, who studied information systems at Northeasterns Seattle campus, was fatally struck by a Seattle police officer in a cruiser in January. Photo courtesy Seattle Alliance Against Racial & Political Repression.

Seattle activists rally to demand justice for Northeastern student Jaahnavi Kandula

Val O'Neill, deputy campus editor September 15, 2023

On Thursday, Seattle locals and students gathered in protest at the corner of Dexter Avenue North and Thomas Street, near the intersection where 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula, a graduate student on Northeastern’s...

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