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The entrance to the Disability Access Services office in Dodge Hall May 16. Students noted a lack of support and understanding as a root cause of frustrations with the DAS.

Op-ed: Northeastern’s Disability Access Services is another obstacle for disabled students

Antaine Anhalt and Gianna DeMonico June 7, 2025

Every Northeastern student is familiar with the stress of housing selection: With your housing lottery number in hand, you eagerly wait for your selection slot only to watch all the best options get booked up. This stress is tenfold for students registered with a disability....

A visibly stressed man works on his laptop in a study booth. Videos dismissing procrastination and a lack of motivation highlighted the allure of hustle culture. Photo courtesy Tim Gouw Unsplash

Op-ed: Hustle culture is procrastination in disguise

Honor Seares, contributor June 6, 2025

There I was — at 11:01 p.m. — with 59 minutes on the clock left to write a five-page essay due at midnight. Was I hunched over my keyboard, typing away at the pages, formatting my bibliography and perfecting each topic sentence? Of course not. Instead, my eyes were glued...

A collage featuring Hannah Arendt, her letters and Northeastern University Ell Hall. Photo by Nia Calais. Photo courtesy Barbara Niggl Radloff, Wikimedia Commons. Letters courtesy Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Hannah Arendt Papers. Collage by Margot Murphy.

Op-ed: I am one of your philosophy professors. Ethical thinking is needed now more than ever.

Serena Parekh, contributor June 3, 2025

The views expressed in this piece are the personal views of the author, a professor at Northeastern, and do not reflect those of her department or the institution. As students navigate a political landscape where complex moral questions arise daily — from debates about free...

A student places a petri dish in a lab incubator March 27. Northeastern’s College of Engineering created a series of interactive lab modules to counteract for lost hands-on experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Op-ed: Northeastern lab courses must prioritize in-depth learning

Mikayla Tsai, columnist May 31, 2025

As a behavioral neuroscience major, I have a bone to pick with Northeastern’s lab courses — and I know I’m not the only one.  Whether it's asking students to spend 10 hours a week writing 15 page lab reports or rushing them through experimental protocol without ample...

Op-ed: Students, it’s time to focus our attention on campus issues

Op-ed: Students, it’s time to focus our attention on campus issues

Jack Masliah, contributor May 30, 2025

We are in the midst of an epochal change — and the havoc that is emblematic of this moment has arrived on our campus. If we are to preserve university life as we know it, then we must refocus our attention away from the onslaught of national headlines and instead funnel...

Donald Trump shaking hands with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Sept. 19, 2019. There have been concerns that the Trump administration used patriotism to protect American businesses such as Meta. Photo courtesy Trump White House Archived, Flickr.

Op-ed: Behind a veil of patriotism, politicians work to benefit the rich

Phil Warren, contributor May 26, 2025

Today, Americans are red, white and blind — with policy decisions being made not based on what's best for all, but on what serves the country’s elites.  In the Trump administration, corporate favoritism has been strategically hidden by performative appeals to patriotism...

A young woman serves a food truck customer March 16, 2017. Students developed valuable skills by working with a diverse range of people in the service industry. Photo courtesy Eugene Yip, Flickr.

Op-ed: Summer jobs shouldn’t be behind a desk

Robby Wolff, contributor May 23, 2025

When I was 15 years old, I got my first summer job as a golf caddie. It meant early mornings and taxing work, but I knew that if I stuck with it, I would be rewarded for a job well done. Today, I credit this job with helping me develop a strong work ethic.  A summer job like...

Graduating students stand as a camera films the 2025 commencement in Fenway Park May 11. Each individual college, such as D'Amore-McKim School of Business and CAMD, hosted a graduation ceremony for its students the week before commencement.

Op-ed: Read our names at graduation, it’s the least you can do

Henry Bova, contributor May 19, 2025

During the May 7 graduation ceremony for the College of Arts, Media and Design, or CAMD, Northeastern showed more reverence for artificial intelligence than for its student body. At least, that was how it felt after hearing my name read out in a booming, stilted AI voice rather...

‘Slouching Towards’ Silence: National group advocating freedom of expression questions Northeastern’s free speech commitments

‘Slouching Towards’ Silence: National group advocating freedom of expression questions Northeastern’s free speech commitments

Jack Masliah, deputy opinion editor May 13, 2025

In W.B. Yeats’ “The Second Coming,” the 20th-century poet describes a world “slouching towards Bethlehem,” symbolizing a descent into upheaval and uncertainty. In this interview of our series “Slouching Towards,” deputy opinion editor Jack Masliah speaks with...

Op-ed: Four years in SGA showed me how students really make a difference

Op-ed: Four years in SGA showed me how students really make a difference

Olivia Oestreicher, contributor May 12, 2025

Four years ago, I joined Northeastern’s Student Government Association, or SGA. As a wide-eyed first-year, I was filled with enthusiasm and the belief that if I brought enough passion and ideas to the table, I could fix anything. I imagined SGA as a place of sweeping reform,...

A laptop displaying the Northeastern University Political Review's main page. The review prioritized the safety of their writers amid mass visa cancellations.

Op-ed: Student publications must protect anonymous writers

Anjali Aggarwal and Zoe Goffe May 9, 2025

In a political climate that punishes dissent, students are afraid to write. As the leaders of a student publication, we don’t blame them.  Since its launch in 2009, Northeastern University Political Review, or NUPR, has sought to provide “a non-affiliated platform for...

Op-ed: Northeastern, use your power

Op-ed: Northeastern, use your power

Philip Deming, contributor May 7, 2025

Just three months into Donald Trump’s second presidential term, the outlook for science and higher education is grim. This administration has taken extraordinary steps to devastate universities: halting science funding, attempting to revoke universities’ tax-exempt status,...