For most of my time in college, I believed that taking gap years as a pre-med student would break my career. I thought they were for individuals lacking in some area of their application or those who cracked under pressure and couldn’t handle the workload of a pre-med student. Not...

Presidential pardons are an executive power that have always confused me. Dating back to George Washington’s presidency, pardons have been embedded in the Constitution. It enables presidents to, in whole or in part, rescind or modify the penalties assigned to convicted criminals....

“Oh my gosh, I’m so overstimulated.” This buzzword, which has popped up more frequently on social media and in daily conversations, refers to the symptoms we feel when ambushed by an overload of sensory information, including loud sounds, strong smells, crowds, certain...

If you’ve seen any photos of Elon Musk lately, chances are, you’ll see him right at President Donald Trump’s side — so much so that it seems like he might as well be the vice president. While Musk stands by Trump’s side, Vice President JD Vance seems to be getting pushed...

Amid the reign of executive orders and depressing news coming from the White House, overhearing the words “federal funding freeze” and “meet immediately” uttered within the Northeastern lab where I work was enough to confirm that the research realm as we knew it would...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a government as a “body of persons that constitutes the governing authority of a political unit or organization.” In the United States, the government represents the country’s citizens and is supposed to help make their voices heard....

Imagine — it’s the first day of class. You walk into the room, sit down and wait tensely for the professor to show up. They show up ten minutes late, offer no explanation or apology and then proudly declare that most students don’t pass their class because it’s such a...

There are serious problems with the educational system in this country.  Plummeting math scores is one example; being described as “the worst-educated workforce in the industrialized world” is another. The Department of Education has consistently failed in its mission...

“What’s your major?”  This is the ever-so-classic unavoidable question most college students face. Typically, it’s one of the first things you share when introducing yourself. But there’s often a question that comes soon after, one that can be harder to answer —...

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 second interview of “Slouching Towards,” contributor Jack Masliah explores how the Northeastern...

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 first interview of our new series, “Slouching Towards,” contributor Jack Masliah explores how...

Ah, yes. Daylight saving time — some hate it, some love it, but it still comes back. Maximizing daytime hours, more sun, less nighttime — who could ask for more? Doesn’t that sound great?  Well, there’s more to the story. Daylight saving time, or DST, is the practice...