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NEU SpeakOut highlights a culture of sexual assault within Greek life

NEU SpeakOut highlights a culture of sexual assault within Greek life

Julia Carlin, deputy campus editor April 1, 2021

Content Warning: This story discusses sexual assault and rape. When crossing through the doorway of a fraternity house on Mission Hill, many Northeastern students surrender themselves to the reality that at some point, amidst the deafening music blaring over the crowd of sweaty...

Husky Environmental Action Team, or HEAT, is launching an initiative with the goal of creating solar-powered charging stations on campus.

NU HEAT proposes solar charging initiative

Jessica Silverman, news staff March 31, 2021

As the weather warms up and more students opt to take their remote classes outside, the Husky Environmental Action Team, or HEAT, noticed an issue — the lack of phone and laptop chargers located outside.  To fix the problem, second-years Madison McDermott and Emily Wallace...

Starting March 5, meal exchanges are only available during the week in Curry Student Center.

Dining systems change following decreased demand 

Marta Hill, deputy campus editor March 30, 2021

After Northeastern Dining reevaluated the systems that had been in place since the start of the fall semester, starting March 5 students were confronted with changes to dining hours and meal exchange locations. Changes included limiting the use of meal swipes at Curry Student...

Signs around campus inform students of how to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Northeastern COVID-19 cases on the rise

Skye Richmond, breaking news editor March 28, 2021

Over the past week, Northeastern’s Boston campus has seen a steep rise in COVID-19 cases. As of March 27, the seven-day average positive test rate was 0.40%, more than double what it was a week ago. There are currently 114 students in isolation and 109 students in quarantine,...

Casey Buttke was elected SGA president last week.

Uncontested Buttke-Galinkin SGA slate elected with 86% support

Isabel Stephens and Annie Probert March 28, 2021

The Buttke-Galinkin slate, which ran uncontested, captured an overwhelming 86% of the vote in this year’s Student Government Association election. Casey Buttke and Izzy Galinkin will respectively serve as student body president and executive vice president during the 2021-2022...

More than 1,250 students, faculty and staff have co-signed a letter demanding action from the administration for greater funding, resources, transparency and other measures to address issues faced by the Asian American community.

NU Asian community demands university action, accountability for recurring issues

Kelly Chan, news staff March 27, 2021

Leaders of the Asian American community across Northeastern’s campuses nationwide are tired of not being heard.  More than 1,250 students, faculty and staff have co-signed a letter demanding action from the administration for greater funding, resources, transparency and...

He was attacked on his way to work 45 years ago. But now Ted Landsmark is a ‘Boston legend’ for other reasons.

Ted Landsmark’s legacy is more than a photo

Riley Robinson, projects editor March 18, 2021

Ted Landsmark is a man of many “ands” — he is the director of the Myra Kraft Open Classroom and the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, a Boston Development and Planning Agency board member and former president of the Boston Architectural College....

To address the gender disparity in STEM courses, Northeastern has created programs such as the Women in Engineering program, or WIE.

Women in STEM at Northeastern persevere through male-dominated classes

Cathy Ching, news correspondent March 18, 2021

Despite the rapid growth of students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, disciplines across universities nationwide, the percentage of female students in these majors has only grown 1% since 2015 — from 25% to 26%.  To address this disparity, Northeastern...

Though usually commencement ceremonies are held at TD Garden, this year Northeastern will host in-person commencement ceremonies the weekend of May 8 at Fenway Park.

Northeastern updates plans to include in-person commencement for graduate students

Izzy Harris, news correspondent March 18, 2021

Northeastern released an update to 2021 commencement plans March 17 for an in-person ceremony for graduate students May 9. This served as an amendment to a Feb. 11  email, which outlined plans for graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies. Following significant criticism...

Less than a year after opening its Roux Institute campus in Portland, Northeastern plans to open another new campus near Washington, D.C.

Northeastern to open campus near D.C.

Jayden Khatib, news staff March 17, 2021

Less than a year after opening its Roux Institute campus in Portland, Northeastern plans to open another new campus near Washington, D.C. to be closer to the federal government, according to a report from the Boston Business Journal. The university is looking to lease around...

Casey Buttke and Izzy Galinkin are running for SGA president and vice president, respectively.

Q&A: Buttke-Galinkin slate, running uncontested, wants to transform SGA from the inside

Isabel Stephens, news staff March 16, 2021

For three years in a row, Student Government Association elections have presented Northeastern students with a binary choice between only a single slate of candidates or a vote of no confidence. This year is no different. But Casey Buttke and Izzy Galinkin, nominated for student...

Students enjoy the nice weather as they relax on Krentzman Quad, March 11.

Northeastern announces Care Days, on-campus changes

Valeria Vazquez and Jessica Silverman March 11, 2021

One year after the university announced all classes would go online, Northeastern announced the addition of two Care Days and changes on campus to allow more freedoms for students Thursday afternoon in an email. Wednesday, March 24 and Monday, April 12 were designated as Care...