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Two Northeastern first-years make their game design dreams a reality

Two Northeastern first-years make their game design dreams a reality

Charlotte Geaghan, news correspondent April 5, 2025

Most card games have the typical setup of human players crowded around a table and laughing among friends. But what if one of the players wasn’t human at all? Two Northeastern first-years, Jacob Ohlson and Will Wennik, a game design major and game art and animation major,...

The "Rooted" art installation on Krentzman Quad. The SGA announced to students April 3 that the art will be removed in mid-April, about a year after they were originally installed.

Northeastern to remove ‘Rooted’ art installation by mid-April, SGA says

Bowen Rivera, news staff April 3, 2025

The “Rooted” art installation on Krentzman Quad will be removed mid-April, the Student Government Association announced in an email to undergraduate students April 3.  The announcement comes after the Student Government Association, or SGA, voted to remove the art in...

Inside Sidechat: Northeastern student life, unfiltered

Inside Sidechat: Northeastern student life, unfiltered

Emily Chung, news staff April 1, 2025

  Slow walkers. Greek life. The International Village wind tunnel. Finals week. Campus dogs. Why are all the frat men short? Is anyone else sick right now? Why are people barefoot in Snell Library? All these topics and more flood the endless stream of posts...

Protesters gather in Centennial Common. The walkout was organized by the Student Mobilization Committee.

Demonstrators walk out of class, picket down Huntington Avenue: ‘Students are becoming increasingly disenchanted with the Northeastern promise’

Madison Evangelist and Chloe Craft April 1, 2025

Over 50 pro-Palestinian protesters walked out of class at 1 p.m. March 31, meeting first for a rally at Centennial Common, then picketing on Huntington Avenue, holding signs and chanting slogans before marching to the steps of Symphony Hall.  The walkout called for “immigration...

A sign reading "The People's Iftar for [Palestine]." Students held a gathering for iftar and marched down Forsyth Street March 25.

Huskies for a Free Palestine gather in ‘disruptive’ iftar on Centennial Common

Aiden Stein and Zoe MacDiarmid April 1, 2025

As the sun set on Centennial Common March 25 and the month of Ramadan wound down, demonstrators with Huskies for a Free Palestine, or HFP, held an iftar to break their fast and gather in solidarity for Palestine.  Speakers addressed dozens of attendees at the event about...

Boston is a hub of medical innovation. These Northeastern students are at the center of it.

Boston is a hub of medical innovation. These Northeastern students are at the center of it.

Caroline Baker Dimock, news staff March 30, 2025

Boston, widely regarded as a world-class healthcare hub, is home to 25 hospitals that serve as training grounds for the next generation of healthcare professionals. Through Northeastern’s co-op program, pre-med and pre-health students gain real-world experience in hospitals,...

The progress flag at the 2024 Boston Pride Parade. Students and other members of the LGBTQ+ community expressed the need to continue advocating and supporting each other following the Trump administration's threats to the transgender community.

Amid Trump’s threats, Northeastern LGBTQ+ community remains defiant: ‘This is the time to fly that trans flag’

Frances Klemm, news staff March 29, 2025

Megan Moffat, a fifth-year behavioral neuroscience major, watched the Jan. 20 inauguration live. When President Donald Trump announced in his speech that he would only recognize two genders, they collapsed.  “My partner just covered me as I sat there in silence and mourned,”...

Blue, Vinny McCatterson and Bear (left to right). All three pets were brought to Northeastern by a fraternity brother to an off-campus apartment. Blue photo courtesy Nicklaus Ohlweiler.

The other brother is a dog? Meet the beloved pets of Northeastern frats.

Carson Lyle, news correspondent March 28, 2025

Walking into a fraternity house, one may expect dim lighting and a dirty kitchen or even a mouse skittering across the floor. But some Northeastern University fraternities instead have fluffed dog beds littering the floor and plush toy mice ready for a cat to pounce on. Northeastern...

Pro-Palestine demonstrators protest a Northeastern career fair Oct. 9, 2024. In the SMC's list of demands for university admin, they called for protection of the right for students, faculty, staff and community members to protest on campus.

Newly formed Student Mobilization Committee demands ‘accountability, justice and equity for marginalized communities’ from Northeastern

Madison Evangelist, news staff March 27, 2025

The newly formed Student Mobilization Committee, or SMC, released a list of demands for the Northeastern administration through an Instagram post March 24.  The SMC is a “collective of students at Northeastern who have come together to organize,” and is “demanding accountability,...

Panel members watch as Gretchen Heefner speaks. The event raised questions from students about the university's response surrounding Trump's executive orders.

‘It’s not normal, it’s not American and it’s not constitutional’: Panel on Trump administration sparks debate about Northeastern’s response

Lily Cooper, deputy campus editor March 26, 2025

In the midst of President Donald Trump’s onslaught of executive orders — many of which target higher education institutions — Northeastern hosted the first event in a panel series designed to bring the university community together to discuss conflict, civility, respect...

A window to Dockser Hall reads, "School of Law." The number of Black first-year law students dropped to eight in 2024, and had been steadily declining since 2021.

Northeastern School of Law reaches lowest Black student enrollment in a decade

Chris Lee, news correspondent March 25, 2025

Northeastern University School of Law’s total enrolled Black students has sat around 7% of its entire student body since law schools began reporting data in 2011. This year, the amount of law students who identified as Black reached an all-time low of 4.8% of the student body,...

People walk by Urban Outfitters on Newbury Street. A Northeastern student was arrested after allegedly making a bomb threat in the store March 18.

Northeastern student’s alleged ‘Starburst Day’ bomb threat ends in arrest

Aiden Stein and Laura Emde March 23, 2025

A Northeastern student was arrested March 18 after he allegedly made a bomb threat at the Urban Outfitters store on Newbury Street, according to a police report obtained by The Huntington News.  Lucas Lembck, a first-year business administration major at Northeastern, allegedly...