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A ballot drop box in front of Boston City Hall. Many young voters expressed plans for opting out of voting in the 2024 presidential election.

Op-ed: Gen Z must commit to voting in the 2024 election

Kara Orsini, columnist April 5, 2024

The United States is anxiously anticipating the 2024 presidential election, which is shaping up to be even more tumultuous than the previous election in 2020. Amid conflicts like the war in Gaza, a fluctuating economy, attacks on reproductive rights and the climate crisis, the...

Op-ed: Don’t judge me for being a night owl

Op-ed: Don’t judge me for being a night owl

Jethro R. Lee, contributor March 25, 2024

Yes, I’m writing this at 4 a.m. I know I shouldn’t keep ruining my sleep schedule. I know I shouldn’t keep dozing off during my afternoon classes. I know the birds’ chirps at the crack of dawn are certainly not meant for me. Recently, I have been having a mid-college...

The entrance to the club offices for NUTV, Tastemakers and NU Sci. Along with these clubs, three other clubs were told they would be forced out of their offices on the second floor of Curry Student Center

Op-ed: The stories of our displaced clubs offer a lesson for how to move forward

Noah Haggerty, contributor March 24, 2024

When I first got the text Jan. 22 that NU Sci, Northeastern’s only student-run science magazine, would lose the office space in Curry Student Center it’s had for over 10 years, I felt conflicted. I recognized that Northeastern’s plan to replace some of the last remaining...

The countryside in Northern Ireland. Belfast was added as an N.U.in location in 2023. Photo courtesy Sencha Kreymerman.

Op-ed: What’s the Craic on N.U.in Belfast?

Sencha Kreymerman, contributor March 24, 2024

As far as Northeastern’s N.U.in locations go, Belfast is quite possibly the most random. Located in Northern Ireland, Belfast is the program’s newest location added in 2023 and appears to be one of the least popular. To my knowledge, only one person, out of my cohort of...

A variety of tea packets sit on a table. Northeastern started its Wellness Days pilot program in July 2022.

Op-ed: Wellness Days should become a permanent part of Northeastern semesters

Kara Orsini, columnist March 22, 2024

In July 2022, Northeastern University piloted its Wellness Days program, allowing undergraduate students two days per semester to receive excused absences from their classes. The program, implemented by Student Life, the Student Government Association and Active Minds, has returned...

SPD officer Kevin Dave in a police cruiser. Dave struck former Northeastern student Jaahnavi Kandula with his cruiser in January 2023. Photo courtesy Lucy Parsons Labs.

Op-ed: Police and motorist impunity failed Jaahnavi Kandula

Noah Colbert, contributor March 17, 2024

Seven thousand five hundred pedestrians were killed by drivers in the United States in 2022, the highest the mortality rate has been in 41 years. The scourge of vehicular violence against pedestrians has skyrocketed in the U.S., and in January 2023, it took the life of one of...

Op-ed: ‘You Need To Calm Down’: A look at Taylor Swift and the NFL

Op-ed: ‘You Need To Calm Down’: A look at Taylor Swift and the NFL

Lily Cooper, contributor March 17, 2024

Whether you’re a die-hard football fan or just want an excuse to eat some wings, Americans everywhere watch the Super Bowl. The 2024 game, which took place Feb. 11 at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, saw the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers and eventually...

Op-ed: Lessons from an international student in regulatory affairs

Op-ed: Lessons from an international student in regulatory affairs

Attrayee “Atty” Chakraborty, contributor March 10, 2024

Navigating a career as an international student going into a completely new field has been exciting, to say the least. After graduating college in India with a degree in biotechnology, I believed that researching protein biostructure was the only path open to me. Slowly, I started...

 A ballot dropbox located outside City Hall in 2020. Members of the American public have expressed concern over the ages of presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who are 81 years old and 77 years old, respectively.

Op-ed: My grandfather’s peers shouldn’t be president

Alexis Algazy, contributor March 7, 2024

My grandfather might be the healthiest 81-year-old I’ve ever met, but that does not mean he is fit to hold any political office in this country. Aging comes with an array of side effects, often including memory loss. This is not a process to be ashamed of; however, those entrusted...

 A fence blocks off the temporarily closed main entrance to Snell Library. A two-year project to renovate Snell Library started in 2023.

Op-ed: Snell doesn’t need renovations, Northeastern just needs another library

Kara Orsini, columnist March 7, 2024

A library is perhaps one of the most essential places on a college campus. It’s a space that’s meant to foster a student’s success by providing them with a productive and comfortable environment to work in. Northeastern’s Snell Library lacks these characteristics, and...

Op-ed: ChatGPT — The ‘write’ tool for classroom success

Op-ed: ChatGPT — The ‘write’ tool for classroom success

Sencha Kreymerman, contributor February 22, 2024

“As the ink of traditional lesson plans dries, a new chapter unfolds, written not by the hand of the teacher, but by the algorithmic brilliance of ChatGPT. The quill has transformed into code, and the result is an epiphany that threatens to rewrite the very script of education...

Op-ed: Minimum wage may never feel like enough in Massachusetts

Op-ed: Minimum wage may never feel like enough in Massachusetts

Kara Orsini, columnist February 22, 2024

I have lived in Massachusetts my whole life. This state is where I was raised and educated, but most of all, it is a state I have seen get increasingly more expensive to live in as each year passes. In late January, the city section of The News published a piece on the stagnation...