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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Column: #NeverAgain offers first real hope of gun reform

Column: #NeverAgain offers first real hope of gun reform

Ryan Wallis, guest columnist March 2, 2018
Our country needs to change the way it thinks about gun control, and high schoolers are leading the conversation.
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Column: Student activism should be encouraged

Column: Student activism should be encouraged

Maria Lovato, columnist February 28, 2018
In the wake of the Parkland shooting, school administration needs to support students who stand up for what they believe in.
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Column: Campus activism excludes anonymous students

Column: Campus activism excludes anonymous students

Jasmine Heyward, columnist February 21, 2018
Both student groups and administration need to provide activism opportunities for students who need to remain anonymous.
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Column: SGA referenda burst NU liberal bubble

Column: SGA referenda burst NU “liberal bubble”

Jasmine Heyward, columnist February 14, 2018
The most debated question was from Students for Justice in Palestine calling for Northeastern to boycott HP products.
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Column: Commercials should focus on the product, not social issues

Maria Lovato, columnist February 8, 2018
Many promotions focus on social issues that have little to nothing to do with their product. Oftentimes it can be disrespectful.
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Column: How Trump’s rhetoric has embedded itself into American culture

Maria Lovato, columnist January 31, 2018
In the past year, “fake news” has become something else entirely. It has become a slang term used in casual, everyday conversation and on social media.
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Column: Professor politics can be uncomfortable in an unexpected way

Column: Professor politics can be uncomfortable in an unexpected way

January 24, 2018
Professors need to keep their political leanings out of lessons. Rather, they should bring them up as clear opinions in discussions, where students can offer other perspectives.
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Column: What’s the ‘experiential learning’ equivalent for professors?

Column: What’s the ‘experiential learning’ equivalent for professors?

January 18, 2018
Northeastern loves “experiential learning.” So why don’t we demand that of our professors?
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Column: Partisan politics go too far

Column: Partisan politics go too far

December 7, 2017
What we have today, however, is barely partisanship. It’s partisanship pushed to its absolute extreme. Behavior from both Democrats and Republicans more closely resembles blind tribalism than anything. The clearest and most shocking example of this is the Roy Moore senatorial campaign.
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Column: Northeastern doesnt prioritize student wellness

Column: Northeastern doesn’t prioritize student wellness

November 30, 2017
At Northeastern, student wellness just isn’t important to policy-makers. The school needs to admit that. Then changes need to be made.
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Column: For Democrats, wins in Virginia legislature are blueprint for the future

November 16, 2017
A little over a year ago today, the bottom fell out for the Democratic party. Donald J. Trump upset Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, and suddenly Republicans owned both the executive and the legislative branches of government. Plus, Trump’s election meant he could appoint a conservative Supreme Court justice to the bench, with potentially more appointments on the horizon. The Democrats weren’t in the driver’s seat anymore. They were barely in the car.
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Column: It happened for a reason

November 9, 2017
When something incomprehensibly awful happens, it can be tempting to believe that serendipitous forces are orchestrating the happenings of the universe; that an unknown power is pulling puppet strings and strategically scripting the progression of our lives.
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