There were 6,000 people at the “Love Trumps Hate” protest at the Boston Common, but it seemed more like 10,000 or 20,000 strong when they started chanting.
A few weeks ago, a student filed a lawsuit against Northeastern University and five administrators and staff members for mishandling her sexual assault case. Since then, Northeastern has remained silent about the case and this issue on campus.
Last Sunday, I spent my afternoon watching the Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions, the tail end of a national tour where members of the men’s and women’s U.S. 2012 and 2016 Olympic gymnastics teams showcased their skills in a fun-filled, strobe-lit, fast-paced event.
In the aftermath of last week’s presidential election results, there has been a slew of finger-pointing. It was the media. It was sexism. It was racism. It was Hillary Clinton’s lack of likability. And, pervasively, it was 59 million uneducated, poor white folks who don’t know what’s good for them.
In elections, you vote for a candidate—the entire candidate. You do not get to pick and choose pieces that you like while decrying the others. When I proudly cast my ballot for Hillary Clinton, I knew I was voting for her flaws in addition to her policies. A vote for Trump is the same.
The country woke up yesterday to a long election season that ended with Donald Trump as our president-elect. To many, his win is a triumph over a runaway country, a reviled political establishment, or both. To many others – to the plurality of voters nationwide, who voted for...
I suspect that many Northeastern students have been in a state of despondence since Tuesday’s results. Even if one is in agreement with the general philosophies of the Republican Party, it must be troubling to see conservative principles take a backseat to bullying, fear-mongering and a lack of interest in national policy.
I confidently claim to know a little about a lot of things. One thing that I know for certain is that memories don’t last a lifetime. They can if you believe that a lifetime ends at 65, which for one in nine Americans, it does. Once diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, a progressively degenerative brain disease, you are no longer in control of your memory. Instead, as brain cells progress from damaged to destroyed, memories which once defined your identity consist of constant chaos and confusion.
The world of journalism is being continually shaped and reshaped by the digital age. The high prevalence of bloggers and citizen journalists, contributors to the so-called “fifth estate,” creates an environment of conflicted views.
