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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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An American flag flies on top of Ell Hall on Northeastern’s Boston campus. The university announced a new merger with Marymount Manhattan College May 29.

Northeastern announces merger with Marymount Manhattan College in New York City

Kristina DaPonte and Emily Spatz May 29, 2024

Northeastern announced Wednesday morning that it will acquire Marymount Manhattan College, a small, private liberal arts institution in New York City that has struggled with declining enrollment in recent years. The merger will mark Northeastern’s 14th campus and comes less...

A Northeastern University police sign. A decision released May 21 by the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Northeastern was violating federal law by refusing to recognize and bargain with a newly formed union of NUPD sergeants. File photo by Marta Hill.

Northeastern violated federal law in failing to bargain with NUPD union, labor board says

Emily Spatz, campus editor May 28, 2024

After months of back-and-forth legal arguments, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled Northeastern engaged in unfair labor practices and violated federal law by refusing to recognize and bargain with a newly formed union of Northeastern University Police Department sergeants.  The...

Crime Log: Monday, Jan. 1 to Wednesday, Jan. 31

Crime Log: Monday, Jan. 1 to Wednesday, Jan. 31

Christina McCabe, news staff May 24, 2024

This crime log is compiled using publicly-available police logs from the Northeastern University Police Department, or NUPD. The NUPD is required to make this information public, pursuant to the Clery Act, and The News will publish updated logs as they become available.  Monday,...

Activists hold signs while crossing Forsyth Street during a DivestNU protest against Northeastern's investments in fossil fuels Oct. 15, 2023. Many Northeastern students joined DivestNU and Sunrise Northeastern to become more involved in climate activism. File photo by Erin Fine.

Northeastern students are turning climate anxiety into action

Harrison Zuritsky, news correspondent May 22, 2024

Jonathan Bacdayan’s climate anxiety was so acute when he arrived on campus freshman year that he attended a Sunrise Northeastern meeting before he even walked into a class.   From then on, he strove to translate his anxiety into action, including helping to lead Divest...

A sign that reads, "Snell Library Entrance" points students to the side entrance of Snell Library during the temporary closing of the front entrance. It was announced to Boston campus students through an email May 17 that Snell's front entrance will reopen May 20, after which the side entrance will close until library renovations are complete in the fall. File photo by Quillan Anderson.

Newly renovated front entrance of Snell Library to open Monday, university says

Zoe MacDiarmid, news staff May 18, 2024

The front entrance of Snell Library, which has been closed since July 2023, will reopen to students Monday, May 20 at 8 a.m., Dean of the Library Dan Cohen announced in an email to the Boston campus community May 17. For the night before its opening — Sunday, May 19 at 6 p.m....

A graduate holds up a Palestinian flag during the undergraduate commencement ceremony May 5. Many students took the opportunity to voice their solidarity with Palestine during the commencement.

‘To celebrate our graduation was not morally sound for us’: Pro-Palestine demonstrations mark 2024 commencement, graduations

Zoe MacDiarmid and Val O’Neill May 13, 2024

As the Class of 2024 graduates flipped their tassels and walked the stage over the last several weeks, some students used graduation and commencement ceremonies as an opportunity to express their frustration and anger with Northeastern’s refusal to divest from military-industrial...

Martin shows off the queen bee as she sits on her new nest. After being placed in her new hive, the queen bee created a “brood nest” at the bottom of the box, where she will lay eggs for each frame.

Northeastern’s Bee Society generates buzz, installs first ever student-run hive on Boston campus

Z Weber, photo correspondent May 10, 2024

In June 2023, the Northeastern University Arboretum hired Avéole, an urban beekeeping company, to install beehives on the Boston campus. This year, the first student-run beehive was installed April 16 by the Bee Society, a student club dedicated to beekeeping and pollinator...

Students walk in what is now Krentzman Quad in 1965 with signs protesting the Vietnam War. By 1968, the nationwide Vietnam War resistance movement had reached Northeastern. Photo courtesy Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.

‘It was a thrilling time to be a college student’: Amid pro-Palestine protests, alumni reflect on activism during Vietnam War

Zoe MacDiarmid, news staff May 8, 2024

On April 25, Northeastern students joined a global movement unfolding on college campuses. Through protest, students sought to replicate the disruption to the lives of Palestinians in Gaza as Israel continues its military campaign in the region following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack....

The class of 2024 watch as fireworks explode over Fenway Park during the undergraduate commencement ceremony May 5. Many members of the graduating class started college during the COVID-19 lockdown, a theme mentioned in many speakers' speeches.

‘You will shape the 21st century’: Class of 2024 celebrates commencement at Fenway Park

Zoe MacDiarmid, news staff May 6, 2024

On an overcast Sunday afternoon, 4,000 members of the class of 2024 gathered as family and friends filled the Fenway Park stands to celebrate Northeastern’s spring undergraduate commencement.  Graduates wore decorated caps and many waved various countries’ flags, including...

One week later: Scenes from the Centennial Common encampment

One week later: Scenes from the Centennial Common encampment

On the morning of April 25, about 30 student protesters set up on tarps in Centennial Common, linked arms and began chanting pro-Palestinian slogans. What started as a small group of demonstrators quickly escalated into a two-day-long encampment, joining similar Gaza solidarity...

Kyler Shinkle-Stolar (center) stands linking arms with Sahra Ahmed (left) and August Escandon, two student protesters who were arrested for their involvement in the Centennial Common encampment. Shinkle-Stolar’s trespassing charges were dismissed during an arraignment April 29 at Boston Municipal Court in Roxbury.

‘The university is afraid of its students’: First arrested protester arraigned, arrested Northeastern student protesters hold press conference

Annika Sunkara, Emily Spatz, and Eli Curwin May 1, 2024

A group of around 11 Northeastern students, many of whom were arrested Saturday morning at the Gaza solidarity encampment on Centennial Common, held a press conference Monday morning outside of Boston Municipal Court in Roxbury. The conference was held following the 9 a.m. arraignment...

A "No Trespassing" sign hangs from a a barricade that blocked off Centennial Common following the clearing of the pro-Palestine encampment April 27. JAG expressed gratefulness to university leadership and the NUPD for ending the encampment in a statement emailed to the News.

Jewish Affinity Group commends Northeastern administration for clearing pro-Palestinian encampment

Zoe MacDiarmid, news staff April 30, 2024

In a statement emailed to The News April 30, Northeastern’s Jewish Affinity Group for Faculty and Staff, or JAG, said it is “grateful to the Northeastern University leadership and Police Department for bringing last week’s protest encampment to a swift resolution.”  The...