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All first and second-year students at Northeastern were enrolled in a Success Skills Program, created in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. In a Sept. 26 email, these students were told that the course had been indefinitely postponed following implementation difficulties.

Wharton Success Skills Program canceled, student opinions on the program vary

Katherine Mailly, news correspondent October 24, 2022

The Wharton/NU Success Skills program has been postponed following difficulties in carrying out the program, according to a Sept. 26 email. First and second-year students enrolled in the course had mixed reviews about the value of the program and how its postponement has affected...

Occupancy sensors were installed on desks in ISEC Sept. 26 for a research study, without alerting faculty or students. Citing concerns about privacy and a lack of communication from the university, some graduate students removed the sensors and placed them on a kitchen table in ISEC. Photo courtesy of Max von Hippel.

NU administration removes occupancy sensors in ISEC in response to privacy, ethical concerns

Jessica Silverman, editor at large October 17, 2022

Students and faculty working in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex, or ISEC, pushed back against Northeastern administration last week after the university attempted to monitor their activity at their desks through occupancy sensors.  In a Sept. 16 email...

Northeastern’s School of Nursing, housed in Behrakis Health Sciences Center, recently introduced a mandatory test prep program for its students. In response, hundreds have now signed a petition in opposition to the new requirement.

New curriculum requirement for nursing students costs hundreds, creates financial burden

Jesica Bak, news correspondent October 17, 2022

“It is time for the School of Nursing to take responsibility for its students,” Madeline Kim, a fourth-year nursing student, wrote in her organized petition to the Bouvé School of Nursing sent Sept. 21.  The petition — signed by hundreds of nursing students as well...

Student organizations, including NEU Speakout, were present at the Oct. 6 rally for reproductive rights and trans rights. The rally on Northeastern's campus was part of the national YDSA's Day of Student Action for Reproductive Justice.

Students rally for abortion access, trans rights on YDSA’s Day of Action

Rachel Erwin, managing editor October 11, 2022

Northeastern students led a rally for reproductive justice and trans rights last week in the wake of continued conversations about the overturning of Roe v. Wade.  The event, led by Northeastern’s Young Democratic Socialists of America, or YDSA, in partnership with the...

The Marine Science Center has been at the center of controversy in Nahant since Feb. 2018, when the expansion was first announced. Protests began in early 2018, and some residents continue their strong opposition now, more than five years later.

Northeastern scores major win in Nahant Superior Court, residents divided on outcome

Grace Comer, campus editor October 11, 2022

Last month Northeastern won a major victory against the small Massachusetts town of Nahant in its case to expand the Marine Science Center that has been in the works for over five years. In a Sept. 20 ruling, Massachusetts Superior Court Justice Jeffrey Karp sided with the university...

Rogers Hall is one of two dorms on Wentworth's campus that has been rented for Northeastern students this year. Some students in these dorms have expressed disappointment that they are not on Northeastern's campus.

Northeastern students living in Wentworth residence halls encounter challenges

Alexis Zacharakos, news correspondent October 10, 2022

Since the start of the 2021 Fall Semester, Northeastern has rented housing on Wentworth Institute of Technology’s campus to provide enough living space for students living in university housing.  Students at Northeastern University have been placed in housing off-campus...

Members of the lettuce club brought back the annual lettuce-eating competition to campus at the Sept. 30 meeting. A new club president, second-year Oscar Wilmerding, emerged victorious.

Competitive lettuce-eating club returns to campus

Erin Fine, news staff October 10, 2022

Northeastern’s Lettuce Club met Sept. 30 for its second annual competition — to eat an entire head of lettuce in the shortest time. The winner is named the new club president and gains the honor of hosting the next year’s Lettuce Club. Fourth-year chemical engineering...

Hundreds of students crowd Speare Place waiting for the start of the Underwear Run Oct. 1. 2022 was the 15th year of the run after two years of COVID-19 related cancellations. photo by ali caudle

Students shed their clothes for return of Northeastern’s ‘Underwear Run’

Maisie Saganic, news correspondent October 6, 2022

Speare Place was overrun with hundreds of Northeastern students stripped down to their underwear Saturday night as they waited to begin the 16th annual Underwear Run. After two years of cancellations due to COVID-19, and one unofficial run organized by two students, Northeastern...

Students stop at tables at the Sustainability and Bike fair in Centennial Common. The fair highlighted both on and off-campus organizations that promote sustainability.

Sustainability and Bike Fair highlights sustainable habits, student groups

Katherine Mailly, news correspondent October 6, 2022

Students organizations, Northeastern committees and groups from Boston gathered in Centennial Common Sept. 27, for the Sustainability and Bike Fair. Organized by the Climate Justice and Sustainability Hub, the goal of the event was to highlight the sustainability movement in...

NU students showcase dances to celebrate diversity at NU Husky Global Fair

Northeastern celebrates diversity at Husky Global Fair

Ivy Tran, news correspondent October 6, 2022

As the new school year kicks off, it has become a Northeastern tradition to celebrate the multiculturalism of the school through an annual carnival-style event — the Husky Global Fair, or HGF. At the Sept. 10 event, participants could watch performances, play games and learn...

The scene outside Holmes Hall after it was evacuated Sept. 13. Jason Duhaime, the former new technology manager and director of the Immersive Media Lab at Northeastern, was arrested Oct. 4 in connection with the exploding packaged.

Exploding package deemed a hoax, former staff member arrested in connection

Marta Hill, editor-in-chief October 4, 2022

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the alleged exploding package found in Holmes Hall three weeks ago.  Jason Duhaime, the former new technology manager and director of the Immersive Media Lab at Northeastern, was arrested in the Western District of Texas...

Noble Mushtak speaks in front of Shillman Hall Sept. 10 during NU Disorientation’s campus tour, explaining Northeastern’s history of blocking non-tenure track faculty from unionizing. NU Disorientation’s tour took students around various locations on campus that corresponded to a specific grievance. photo by jesica bak.

NU Disorientation’s first in-person event reveals social injustices, grievances with university

Jesica Bak, news correspondent October 3, 2022

In the midst of Northeastern’s welcome week this year, a coalition of student activist groups forming NU Disorientation held its first in-person event, determined to disrupt the university’s official orientation agenda by sharing information about social injustice issues...