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James Lyons in a Microsoft Teams meeting with Shea Couleé, a professional drag queen who AfroSpectrum and Northeastern CUP hosted for an event in the  fall of 2020.

AfroSpectrum brings LGBTQ+ perspective to the Coalition for Northeastern Student Organizations of Color

Julia Carlin, deputy campus editor January 24, 2021

The Coalition for Northeastern Student Organizations of Color, or CNSOC, voted unanimously to approve a petition for membership put forth by AfroSpectrum.  AfroSpectrum is a new student-led affinity group for students who identify as Black and LGBTQ+. The CNSOC is composed...

Northeastern is one of first universities to begin COVID-19 vaccinations

Northeastern is one of first universities to begin COVID-19 vaccinations

Skye Richmond, breaking news editor January 5, 2021

Northeastern received 200 doses of the Moderna vaccine from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to administer to Phase One individuals. About 100 NU staff working in the Cabot Testing Center, the Life Sciences Testing Center and University Health and Counseling Services received...

Body camera footage depicts a NUPD officer speaking with a BPD officer when an off-screen voice urges officers to pepper-spray protestors.

NUPD officer present in controversial footage of BPD officers at Black Lives Matter protest

Kenneal Patterson, campus editor December 29, 2020

Boston Police Department, or BPD, officers are under investigation following the publication of body camera footage from a protest that spanned from May 31 to June 1. The footage was published Dec. 18 through the online news outlet The Appeal and depicts officers shoving and...

Kaluwe Muntanga is the creator and owner of the Instagram page @NEU_gigs.

NEU Gigs to transition into app

Luiza Loyo, news staff December 21, 2020

@NEU_gigs, the popular Instagram page where students can offer and request services, sell used goods and promote their small businesses, is being turned into an app. Set to launch Feb. 4, 2021, the app will conclude a project that has been in the works since the account’s creation.  Kaluwe...

Before Marino's winter closure, students were able to use the basketball facilities while social distancing and following safety protocol.

Northeastern temporarily closes all campus recreation facilities

Leah Cussen, news staff December 20, 2020

The Marino Recreation Center and the SquashBusters Center will both be closed until Jan. 27, 2021 in accordance with the City of Boston returning to a modified Phase Two, Step Two of its reopening plan. The order was issued Monday by the Boston Health Commission and took effect...

Classrooms on campus have limited capacity.

Winter intersession courses fill up in 20 minutes

Skye Richmond, news correspondent December 18, 2020

On Nov. 30, registration for intersession courses became available, and according to the Office of the Provost, every course was filled in just 20 minutes.   Intersession courses are one-credit courses offered over winter break, from Dec. 28 to Jan. 15.  Students could...

In 2017, students, Bostonians and a former Israeli soldier joined SJP members to protest Israeli Defense Force soldiers visiting Northeastern.

Students for Justice in Palestine chapter faces criticism after controversial Instagram post

Ethan Wayne, news staff December 13, 2020

Northeastern University Students for Justice in Palestine, or NUSJP, faced backlash last week after posting an Instagram graphic titled "Reading through different strategies and theory of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.” The post, which referenced a terrorist...

The Student Government Association, or SGA, calls on university administrators to implement a "universal opt-in pass/fail policy” with a student designation deadline of Dec. 9.

Northeastern releases statement in opposition of unanimous SGA pass/fail resolution

Isabel Stephens, news staff December 7, 2020
In the unanimous Senate resolution, the SGA calls on university administrators to implement a universal opt-in pass/fail policy. Northeastern released a statement opposing the resolution.
Northeastern faculty discussed COVID-19 and the spring semester during the Dec. 2 senate meeting.

Faculty, staff hold final senate meeting of the fall semester

Mihiro Shimano, news staff December 7, 2020
Faculty members met Dec. 2 for the final faculty senate meeting of the fall semester.
First-year student Azara Mahtani studies at this remote workspace.

NU Start students torn on in-person, remote learning

Annie Probert, news staff December 7, 2020
What was supposed to be an exciting spring for many NU Start students arriving on campus for the first time has turned into another semester at home due to the worsening coronavirus pandemic.
An entrance to the UHCS building on Forsyth Street.

‘Protecting the pack’: students call on administration to strengthen mental health services

Elena Plumb, news correspondent December 2, 2020

Northeastern has decorated the Boston campus with lawn signs and murals touting its COVID-19 response mantra, “Protect the Pack,” but students question where this dedication to student health has been in the past.  Northeastern’s reopening plan, marked by frequent testing,...

UTSAV members at an event during the Fall 2019 semester.

UTSAV promotes community, understanding and celebration of South Asian culture

Adessa Jayne, news correspondent December 2, 2020
Northeastern student organization UTSAV — named after the Sanskrit word for “festival” — celebrates the cultural traditions of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and India and empowers students of all South Asian backgrounds to connect with their heritage.