As kids, we were usually told to leave the “important stuff” to the adults and the experts. We listened to Bill Nye, trusted our teachers who simply “knew better” and were taught that the adults typically knew best. We were told that with age came wisdom, and we were...
As a student fascinated by the arts, I spend a lot of time in Ryder Hall. I go to the Ryder Theatre Lab to see shows my friends are in. My friends and I go to the Ryder classrooms to play piano together. When I’m in a university-led production, I’m usually in Ryder until...
Let’s take a trip back in time. The date is Jan. 6, 2021, and the Senate hearing to count the Electoral College votes is taking place in the United States Capitol building. The hearing is an important one since it is being held amidst accusations by President Donald Trump that...
On day one of his second term in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order rescinding decades-old diversity, equity and inclusion policies, or DEI, which reinforce the 1972 Equal Employment Opportunity Act, or EEO. In line with other executive orders Trump put...
This summer, I will get the chance to reunite with my family in the Philippines after not seeing them for nearly three years.
While I am slightly intimidated by the prospect of being cramped with family members continuously for 30 days, these past few years of blissful independence...
Ah, the long-awaited Feb. 14 — Cupid is coming to town. Either you’re single and dreading Valentine's Day, or you and your significant other have a Contessa reservation locked down and are wondering why everyone is being so darn negative about the whole dating thing.
The...
At Northeastern, the spring semester brings snowfall, reunions with friends and, for many, professors who won’t know their name for four months.
Many Northeastern students have sat in a lecture hall with two hundred other students listening to a professor speak extensively...
As a Tennessean, I have seen how state-led attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs affect those in marginalized communities, making it significantly harder for them to find safe and supportive spaces. A main factor in my decision to move to Boston was that...
Kara Orsini, deputy opinion editor
• February 6, 2025
The last time I was at the nail salon, I sat in the chair across from one of my favorite nail technicians, talking about winter break and our families. When the topic of college inevitably came up, our conversation turned to graduation, which is quickly approaching for me this...
From the moment I first stepped onto Northeastern University’s Oakland campus in 2023, it was clear something was deeply amiss.
Official information from the university on their Oakland campus was sparse and difficult to access, with no dedicated pages on Northeastern’s...
"What happened to meal exchanges?"
If you’ve been on campus this past semester, chances are you’ve asked this question yourself or overheard it in passing. As chair of the Student Government Association, or SGA, Dining Advisory Board, or DAB, I’ve heard it too — along...
As a second-year in college, my dream has always been to take the Law School Admission Test, or LSAT, and go to law school. When I first came to Northeastern, I soon realized that preparing for law school as an undergrad through the university’s curriculum was not as helpful...
