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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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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 you serious? Oh my god, that’s crazy,” McIntire said. McIntire is not alone in her reaction. Northeastern, once considered...

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 use as of the fall 2024 semester.  For students, the development was surprising but welcome; many were still under the impression...

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 and ending at Krentzman Quad with a block party. Students carried vibrant, diverse cultural flags through the parade, which they said...

Students walk to class on Northeastern's Boston campus. The results of the 2023 Diversity and Equity Survey were released in August, which were based on responses from just under 6,000 participants.

2023 Diversity and Equity Survey reports overall rise in student satisfaction while global campuses lag behind

Ayla DiBattista, news correspondent September 28, 2024

Students’ level of satisfaction with the campus climate and their overall experience at the university rose from 2021 to 2023, according to the 2023 Diversity and Equity Survey Northeastern published in August. Meanwhile, satisfaction at global campuses lagged when compared...

James Alan Fox poses for a photo. Fox worked with USA Today and AP to establish a mass killing database meant to fight misinformation.

Northeastern professor helps combat mass killing misinformation through comprehensive database

Caroline Baker Dimock, news correspondent September 25, 2024

For years, James Alan Fox has believed the media plays a big role in misrepresenting mass killings. Now, he works with some of the biggest news outlets in the nation to combat misinformation and inflammatory, exaggerated facts that often cause panic among the public.  Since...

John Cervantes goes over YDSA's goals for each of its three groups involved in the "Free the T" campaign. The campaign was created to urge Northeastern to enroll in the MBTA University Pass Program.

Northeastern’s Young Democratic Socialists of America pushes for free MBTA fares with new ‘Free the T’ campaign

Frances Klemm, news correspondent September 24, 2024

On Sept. 18, the Young Democratic Socialists of America of Northeastern launched a new campaign to push Northeastern to cover all Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA, fares for students, faculty and staff.  The campaign, called “Free the T,” urges the...

An American flag flies on top of Ell Hall. Northeastern tied with three other universities for the 54th slot in U.S. News & World's annual national college report for 2025.

Northeastern drops one spot in U.S. News & World Report 2025 college rankings

Laura Emde, news staff September 24, 2024

U.S. News & World Report ranked Northeastern University 54th in its annual national college report for 2025, moving the university one spot lower than its 2024 ranking.  Northeastern was just shy of the top 50 colleges and universities for the second consecutive year,...

Students spin a prize wheel at the Northeastern Votes table in Centennial Common. The organization gave out stickers, pens and candy to celebrate National Voter Registration Day.

Northeastern Votes celebrates National Voter Registration Day with campus-wide voter registration booths

Elsa O’Donnell, news staff September 20, 2024

On a busy Tuesday afternoon that marked 49 days until the 2024 presidential election, students milled around a table set up in the lobby of Snell Library, complete with a multicolored prize wheel, handfuls of candy and round stickers that read “NORTHEASTERN VOTES.” Northeastern...

A mouse crawls across a ceiling beam in Northeastern’s International Village dining hall Sept. 18. The rodent was spotted above the Mezze Table.

Video shows rodent crawling on ceiling beam in International Village dining hall

Elli Einset, news staff September 19, 2024

A video sent to The News the afternoon of Sept. 18 shows a rodent crawling across a ceiling beam in Northeastern’s International Village dining hall above one of the food stations.  Giovanna Calicchio, a second-year criminology and criminal justice combined major, and a...

Students walk around Northeastern's Boston campus. Northeastern’s acceptance rate dropped to 5.2% for the Class of 2028 fall 2024 admissions cycle, but students doubt the number is representative of the university’s selectivity and quality.

Northeastern is more selective than it has ever been. But students doubt the numbers paint a full picture.

Janira Skrbkova, news correspondent September 18, 2024

Each year, Northeastern becomes more selective than the last; for the Class of 2028, its 5.2% acceptance rate to the Boston campus rivaled that of nearby Ivy League institutions Harvard University and Brown University. The single-digit number — which also encompasses Early...

A Northeastern University Police sign. An NUPD email alert informed students that a Northeastern student was the victim of an attempted unarmed robbery the night of Sept. 17. File photo by Marta Hill.

NUPD, BPD investigating after Northeastern student, another person report attempted robberies on campus

Laura Emde, news staff September 18, 2024

A Northeastern student was the victim of an attempted unarmed robbery the night of Sept. 17, according to an email alert from the Northeastern University Police Department, or NUPD, sent the morning of Sept. 18. According to the NUPD Timely Warning Notification sent to students...

A pile of textbooks sit in the middle of Dockser Commons. The books were left as part of a "book-in" demonstration by NUSLSJP to protest the ongoing “scholasticide” and “genocide” in Gaza.

Pro-Palestine students give up textbooks in demonstration against Northeastern’s ties to Israeli companies, marking first protest of the semester

Emily Spatz, campus editor September 13, 2024

Dozens of textbooks sat abandoned in the middle of Dockser Commons Sept. 12 in a demonstration against what protesters called an ongoing “scholasticide” and “genocide” in Gaza, marking the first major pro-Palestine protest on the Boston campus since nearly 100 students...