Op-Ed: TMZ exploits celebrities in its news coverage
Elena Plumb, contributor
February 13, 2020
Celebrities understand their public role and the extent to which the media can comment on their personal lives. They grow accustomed to the bright flashes of paparazzi cameras, the barrages of fans outside their apartments and their names in headlines whenever they do something as insignificant as c...
Op-Ed: Unpaid co-ops available on NUCareers cause internal conflicts
Riana Buchman, contributor
February 12, 2020
I’ve known from a young age that I wanted to pursue writing as a career. Since I was about 8 years old, it’s one of the things I can remember being good at and excited about. However, I feel like it’s a running joke among journalists and authors that unless someone is highly skilled or successful...
Column: Trump’s immigrant wealth test will harm US economy
Poon Singhatiraj, columnist
February 12, 2020
On Jan. 27, while the nation was distracted by the debacle of President Donald J. Trump’s impeachment trial, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to impose stricter, more draconian restrictions on immigrants looking to become permanent residents. The “public charge” immigration provisio...
Op-ed: Do not let coronavirus misinformation lead you to xenophobia
Katie McCreedy, contributor
February 10, 2020
On Saturday, Feb. 1, the Boston Public Health Commission confirmed that a University of Massachusetts Boston student tested positive for the novel coronavirus. This is now the eighth case in the U.S. The student sought medical care upon returning to Boston from Wuhan, China last week and is currentl...
Op-Ed: Exchange Students Can Be More Integrated Into Campus
Yuki Takahashi, contributor
January 31, 2020
NU promotes its global campus as one of its strengths. It provides numerous study abroad programs, such as N.U.in, and satellite campuses in Seattle, Toronto, London and San Francisco. In addition to having a high proportion of international students, NU hosts over 100 exchange students enhancing campus diversity. However, as a current exchange studen...
Column: World War III memes dismiss the severity of war
Poon Singhatiraj, columnist
January 31, 2020
In the early hours of the morning Jan. 3, an American drone strike killed Qassim Suleimani, a prominent Iranian military general. Suleimani was head of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Forces, a military unit that oversees Iran’s foreign operations. He was widely seen as one of the most powerful figure...
Column: Deportation of NU Student Undermines American Integrity
Maya Homan, Opinion Editor
January 30, 2020
On Sunday, Jan. 19, Northeastern economics student Mohammad Shahab Dehghani Hossein Abadi arrived at Logan International Airport in Boston to begin his spring semester. He was greeted instead by agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, who detained him overnight and questioned him, despite the fact that he had obtained a valid F1 student visa prior to arriving in the United States. His lawy...
Column: Look at Sweden’s reality, not Bernie Sanders’ version
Adrian Tolstoy, columnist
January 23, 2020
You have most likely heard that the United States has a presidential election coming up this year. One of the most enthusiastic front-runners for the Democratic Party is Bernie Sanders. His political platform promises solutions to complex societal problems, and many of these proposals involve expandi...
Column: Northeastern must invest in its students’ health
Poon Singhatiraj, columnist
January 23, 2020
When a Northeastern student gets sick, it’s likely that one of the first things they will do is visit University Health and Counseling Services, or UHCS. That’s exactly what two of my friends did during one of the cold/flu outbreaks last October. First-years Elena Plumb and Madison Xagoraris bot...
Op-Ed: American high schools and colleges should integrate life skills education into curricula
Elena Plumb, contributor
December 16, 2019
“When will I use this information?” is a question oft-uttered by the typical high school or college student in the United States. One can spend countless hours memorizing the battles of the Revolutionary War or the functions of cell parts, but unless they become a history professor or a doctor, ...
Column: America should restructure its capitalism, not change it
Adrian Tolstoy, columnist
December 4, 2019
Many Americans feel as if the system is rigged against them. In fact, only 17 percent of the population trusts the U.S. government. What might be the reason for this distrust? Partially the unreasonably staggering inequality: while some people within one corporation struggle to make ends meet, people wor...
Op-ed: Mary Cain fights female abuse in sports with the help of young consumers
Marie Senescall, contributor
December 4, 2019
In an opinion piece for the New York Times, professional distance runner Mary Cain accused her former coach, Alberto Salazar, and the Nike Oregon Project of subjecting her to emotional and physical abuse. These allegations led to an outcry against Nike for perpetuating a system that damages women’s h...
Work and Family Mobility Act approved by Transportation Committee
February 13, 2020
A first and a last Beanpot: A dream come true for McDonough and Picking
February 13, 2020
At long last, a Beanpot victory for the seniors
February 13, 2020
