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The Huntington News

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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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A BPD officer walks toward the scene of the bomb hoax in Holmes Hall Sept. 13, 2022. Duhaime's sentencing came over two years since the initial hoax. File photo by Avery Bleichfeld.

Former Northeastern lab manager sentenced to one year in federal prison for 2022 bomb hoax

Zoe MacDiarmid, campus editor January 13, 2025

A federal judge sentenced Jason Duhaime, the 47-year-old former technology manager and director of the Immersive Media Lab at Northeastern University who staged a bomb hoax in 2022, to one year and one day in federal prison Jan. 13. The sentencing marks over two years since...

Children play with a toy set. The daycare provided children with toys, books and lessons.

‘Play-based learning’: How Northeastern’s daycare serves the smallest members of the community

Elli Einset and Samantha Balagot January 12, 2025

Tucked away inside Kerr Hall along The Fenway sits a space reserved for the smallest members of the university community: Northeastern’s daycare. The facility is decked out with children’s artwork plastered against the walls, colorful carpets trailing along the floors, personalized...

A sign on Northeastern’s campus celebrating 115 years of co-op. As of 2024, 95% of students completed at least one co-op.

115 years later: How Northeastern’s co-op program grew with the university

Lily Cooper, deputy campus editor January 6, 2025

Northeastern looked vastly different 115 years ago. The university, then named The Evening Institute for Young Men, was still teaching classes out of the Huntington Avenue YMCA, and it would be another 20 years before it constructed its first building, Richards Hall, in 1938.  At...

A student places their plate on the rotating dishwasher racks at Stetson East. Swipe2Care was established in 2018, allowing students to donate three unused meal swipes a week.

Food insecurity plagues college campuses like Northeastern’s. The solution isn’t that simple.

Emily Spatz, Kate Armanini, and Sofia Garrett December 15, 2024

Filip Nadratowski doesn’t know what Swipe2Care, Northeastern’s meal swipe donation program, is. Jacob Berman recalls getting emails about the program but is unclear on how to donate swipes. Kate O’Mahoney has donated meals several times but often forgets to go through the...

‘Math is an incredibly creative thing’: Northeastern’s new math bot ‘Ada’ provides support to calculus students

‘Math is an incredibly creative thing’: Northeastern’s new math bot ‘Ada’ provides support to calculus students

Lawrence Brown, news staff December 8, 2024

Previously, students struggling with their calculus homework would have to rely on class notes, scour the internet for solutions or wait until the next office hours. However, with the advent of “Ada,” this drawn-out confusion may become a thing of the past at Northeastern.  Artificial...

Trump photo courtesy Gage Skidmore, flickr. White House photo courtesy Ad Meskens, Wikimedia Commons.

With 46 days until Trump’s inauguration, Northeastern students express concern for the future

Emily Spatz and Kyle Kucera December 5, 2024

The last time President-elect Donald Trump was in the Oval Office, most undergraduate students at Northeastern were in middle school.  Though some remember the rhetoric — mostly anti-immigrant, sexist and inflammatory LGBTQ+ sentiments — that marked his first stint in...

Chase Strangio speaks at a Pride rally in June 2022. The Northeastern School of Law alumnus made history Dec. 4 as the first openly transgender lawyer to argue a case before the Supreme Court. Photo courtesy  Wikimedia Commons.

Northeastern School of Law alum becomes first openly transgender lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court

Paloma Welch, news staff December 4, 2024

On Dec. 4, Chase Strangio, a Northeastern School of Law class of 2010 alum, became the first openly transgender lawyer to argue a case before the Supreme Court. Strangio, who grew up in Newton and came out as transgender while a student at Northeastern School of Law, is representing...

A protester holds a Palestinian flag up. NUSLSJP accused the Deans of the Law School of censorship via a letter shared on Instagram Dec. 3.

Pro-Palestine law students condemn university for censorship, demand town hall in open letter

Lily Cooper, news staff December 4, 2024

In an open letter posted on Instagram Dec. 3, Northeastern University School of Law Students for Justice in Palestine condemned what they called the university’s “recent pro-Palestine censorship” and demanded a town hall with School of Law deans.  The letter follows...

Students float down the Hoi An Cha River in coconut boats. They learned about fishing and casting from locals alongside marketing entrepreneurship. Photo Courtesy Leila Rooney.

From Saigon to Da Nang: Students embrace Vietnamese business and culture on Emerging Markets dialogue

Elise Peffer, news correspondent November 29, 2024

Over Summer 2, a group of 19 students and three professors made their way from the most dense parts of Vietnam to the most remote areas, learning about business strategies of marketing surrounding consumer preferences and industry changes in the country on a Dialogue of Civilizations. The...

The exterior of the Mugar Life Sciences Building. NUPD arrested a 61-year-old man for lewd behavior in a first-floor bathroom in the building June 6.

NUPD conducted operation in response to lewd behavior in Mugar in June, police report shows

Zoe MacDiarmid, deputy campus editor November 19, 2024

Over the summer, a Northeastern University Police Department, or NUPD, operation led to the arrest of a 61-year-old man for lewd and lascivious behavior in a first-floor men’s bathroom of Mugar Life Sciences Building June 6, a police report obtained by The News shows.  The...

Aaron Yeung poses for a photo. Yeung began making social media content in seventh grade, and has since grown his Instagram and TikTok accounts to have more than 100,000 followers combined.

Meet ADrizzy, Northeastern’s newest campus celebrity

Emily Chung, news staff November 18, 2024

Aaron Yeung is not concerned about his digital footprint.  Yeung, better known on social media as “ADrizzy,” is a second-year business administration major from New York. Widely regarded as a Northeastern campus celebrity, Yeung takes every opportunity he can to film...

Students chat and eat meals in The Eatery at Stetson East. Many students with food allergies and dietary restrictions described having trouble finding safe food in the university's dining halls.

Students concerned about Northeastern’s lack of assurance about allergy-free options in dining halls

Antaine Anhalt, news correspondent November 14, 2024

Northeastern Dining says it offers a “wide assortment” of healthy and sustainable meal options, including accommodations for those with vegan, vegetarian, halal and kosher diets and foods free from the top nine allergens. But many students say a lack of assurance of allergen-free...