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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Members of SARC hang a banner on the Centennial Common stone wall. The organization quickly moved the event into Shillman Hall when it began to rain.

‘It was really powerful’: Northeastern’s Sexual Assault Response Coalition hosts second annual Take Back the Night

Sara Sajjad, news correspondent April 25, 2025

Despite the rain, Northeastern’s Sexual Assault Response Coaltion, or SARC, showed up and showed out April 15 for its second-annual “Take Back the Night,” an event aimed at bringing survivors of sexual assault and allies together to show solidarity, create a sense of community...

Northeastern graduates toss their caps into the air during the graduation ceremony at Fenway Park May 5, 2024. David A. Thomas, the president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, spoke at last year's undergraduate commencement.

Atlantic Records CEO Elliot Grainge tapped as 2025 undergraduate commencement speaker

Kristina DaPonte, news staff April 24, 2025

Atlantic Records CEO and Northeastern alum Elliot Grainge will deliver the 2025 commencement address to the university’s graduating class May 11, Northeastern announced Thursday.  While enrolled at Northeastern, Grainge co-founded Take Boston, a now-defunct nightlife promotion...

Joseph E. Aoun addresses a crowd of incoming Boston campus students during the President's convocation Sept. 9, 2024. Aoun's signature was among the more than 320 U.S. university leaders who denounced Trump's actions against universities in a joint statement.

President Aoun joins more than 320 university leaders in joint statement condemning Trump administration ‘overreach’

Madison Evangelist, deputy campus editor April 23, 2025

Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun joined more than 320 — and counting — U.S. higher education leaders in signing a joint statement denouncing the Trump administration for “endangering American higher education.”  Entitled “A Call for Constructive Engagement,”...

Letter from the Editor: Clarifying our anonymity policies in an unprecedented time

Letter from the Editor: Clarifying our anonymity policies in an unprecedented time

Emily Spatz, editor-in-chief April 23, 2025

Since President Donald Trump took office in January, The Huntington News has seen an increased number of sources ask for anonymity, refuse to speak to reporters out of fear and even request to unpublish pieces that expressed positions critical of the United States government.  Given...

A collection of flags, from countries such as the United States and Cuba, sit on a table. The federal government has revoked over 1,000 international students' visas since the beginning of 2025, including more than 40 Northeastern students and recent graduates.

Q&A: What it’s like to be a first-generation student during the second Trump administration

Emily Rodriguez, news staff April 23, 2025

Hardline immigration policy was a cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. He vowed to “build the wall” on the US-Mexico border, halt immigration from Muslim-majority countries and crack down on sanctuary cities. In the 2024 race, he promised that, if elected,...

A collage of Northeastern's Ell Hall (left) and the White House. Vijay advises international students to consult legal counsel. Photos by Nia Calais and Zoe MacDiarmid. Collage by Margot Murphy.

Q&A: Immigration attorneys discuss why visas are being revoked, what students can do

Frances Klemm, news staff April 22, 2025

In March, Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil became one of the first reported cases of a non-citizen in the U.S. who had their legal status terminated due to political advocacy since President Donald Trump took office. Now, almost 100 days...

Molly Thompson poses for a photo. Thompson started posting in sixth grade and has since amassed over one million followers on TikTok. Photo courtesy Molly Thompson.

From the early days of Musical.ly to TikTok, this is how Molly Thompson became @guacamolly.com

Emily Chung, news staff April 17, 2025

Molly Thompson goes by many different names on TikTok: Guac Girl, Guacamolly, Bev Cart Girl and Molly Faye.  A second-year international business major from Houston, Texas, Thompson started posting on social media in sixth grade on Musical.ly, a short-form video app launched...

Many universities tiptoe around AI. Northeastern is welcoming it with open arms.

Many universities tiptoe around AI. Northeastern is welcoming it with open arms.

Nia Platt, news correspondent April 15, 2025

Over the past 10 years, artificial intelligence has gone from a distant, futuristic concept to a tool used in everyday life. In 2014, Generative Adversarial Networks were invented, enabling “realistic-looking AI-generated images and videos." Two years later, Sophia the...

The Northeastern University Health and Counseling Services office. UHCS recently made medication abortion available to students.

For the first time, University Health and Counseling Services is prescribing medication abortion to students

Carson Lyle, news staff April 13, 2025

After a three-year-long student campaign, the spring 2025 semester marked the first time medication abortion was available to students through Northeastern’s University Health and Counseling Services. The push to offer prescriptions for medication abortion was led by the...

Professors attending a pro-Palestine encampment don white T-shirts that read "Northeastern faculty and staff support students" April 25, 2024. The new academic freedom committee is set to release a report on the university’s academic freedom policies later this month.

With free speech on college campuses in peril, Northeastern faculty senate’s academic freedom committee takes shape

Eli Curwin, news staff April 12, 2025

After months of tense meetings with university administration and against the backdrop of the federal government’s crackdown on freedom of speech at higher education institutions, the Northeastern faculty senate has staffed and charged its newly-minted academic freedom committee. Created...

A group of dancers strike a pose during Greek Sing. Members of Northeastern Greek life raised over $79,000 while performing in Blackman Auditorium. Photo courtesy Miles Mu

Northeastern fraternities and sororities raise $79,000 during annual Greek Sing competition

Grace Cargill, news staff April 11, 2025

Blackman Auditorium transformed into a world of happily ever afters April 2 at Greek Sing, an annual dance competition featuring Northeastern’s Panhellenic sororities and fraternities in the Interfraternity Council. This year the competition raised over $79,000.   In preparation...

The American flag flies above Centennial Common. Many international students felt the Trump administration's reasoning behind the visa terminations to be unfounded and confusing.

Under looming threat of visa terminations, many Northeastern students left scrambling for answers

Zoe MacDiarmid, Chloe Craft, and Chris Lee April 10, 2025

Since President Donald Trump took office Jan. 20, he has followed through on his campaign promises to crack down on immigration, rapidly expanding detention efforts and visa revocations.  "This is the first arrest of many to come,” Trump wrote in a March 10 Truth Social...