When a person first hears of the sport “broomball,” they may imagine a knock-off Quidditch match. But rather than flying around a field, broomball takes place on ice and is an enjoyable pastime for many Northeastern students.
Broomball originated in Canada during the...
Northeastern’s faculty senate held its biweekly meeting Nov. 15 to discuss the university’s Oakland campus housing availability, experiential learning complications and developments, continued global campus expansion, adaptations the school will make to conform to the Supreme...
After months of collecting student feedback, the Student Government Association’s Dining Advisory Board is getting ready to put a new, revamped meal plan in place for students beginning in 2024.
The Dining Advisory Board, created this semester and housed under campus affairs...
William Jennings, who graduated from Northeastern in May with a degree from the College of Engineering, died Nov. 4. He was 22.
Jennings was killed in a plane crash in Queensland, Australia, along with two others on board who have not been publicly identified, while surveilling...
Emily Spatz, deputy campus editor
• November 22, 2023
Editor’s Note: This story contains details of sexual assault and child pornography.
An admissions counselor at Northeastern was arrested Tuesday for allegedly receiving and possessing child pornography, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s office said Wednesday.
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At 4 a.m. Wednesday, a negotiation committee of janitors of Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, which represents about 330 cleaners at Northeastern, unanimously approved a new tentative union contract, preventing a strike, according to a press release...
Northeastern Students for Justice in Palestine, along with the university’s law school chapter of the same organization, held a chalk-in Nov. 15 on the paths encircling Centennial Common. Participants wrote the names of thousands of Palestinians who have been killed by Israeli...
Linden Burack, news correspondent
• November 15, 2023
At the inaugural event of the journalism school’s new Jack Thomas Lecture Series, Boston Globe Media CEO Linda Henry spoke to students and faculty Thursday, Nov. 9 about the trajectory and role of local journalism in an era of intensifying international conflict and growing...
Professor Dale Herbeck, a faculty member at Northeastern for over 10 years, died Oct. 26. He was 65.
According to a statement released by the College of Arts, Media and Design, or CAMD, Herbeck joined Northeastern as chair of the Communication Studies Department in 2012....
Emily Spatz, deputy campus editor
• November 13, 2023
The Student Government Association, or SGA, spent the past several weeks reconciling with the resignation of former Executive Vice President Matty Coleman, a fourth-year psychology major who stepped down Oct. 23 due to mental health reasons. Since then, members of SGA have voiced...
Sara Sajjad, news correspondent
• November 12, 2023
As the temperatures drop and the cold creeps in, Northeastern students are preparing for the seasonal return of many campus and city traditions. But Homecoming, tree lightings and holiday gatherings aren’t the only things to expect this winter — students are also bracing...
Three days before the expiration date of a contract between the union representing 330 cleaners at Northeastern and the Maintenance Contractors of New England, or MCNE, the union wrapped up another week of bargaining and negotiations. If an agreement is not reached by Nov. 15,...
