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Obama's tarnished legacy on immigration

Obama’s tarnished legacy on immigration

April 14, 2016
While Trump’s stance on immigration absolutely deserves questioning and scrutiny, an executive-mandated increase in deportations would be nothing new for this country: Under the Obama administration, the number of people ejected from this country through legal proceedings, collectively known as “removals,” has drastically increased.
Letter: NU should halt support of sweatshops

Letter: NU should halt support of sweatshops

April 14, 2016
We, the Progressive Student Alliance and members of the United Students Against Sweatshops, are writing to alert you that Nike, which manufactures Northeastern University apparel, is barring Workers Rights Consortium (WRC) inspectors from accessing its factories. The WRC – of which Northeastern is a member – is an independent labor rights monitoring organization that conducts investigations of working conditions in factories around the globe.
Column: Clinton betrays climate in accepting big oil funds

Column: Clinton betrays climate in accepting big oil funds

April 14, 2016
In what has quickly become an infamous video, Hillary Clinton blasted a woman who had asked her about campaign donations from the fossil fuel industry. Clinton claimed these accusations were lies put forward by the Bernie Sanders campaign. Later, on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” she said “I feel sorry sometimes for the young people who, you know, believe this. They don’t do their own research.”
Letter: A call to seriously consider divestment

Letter: A call to seriously consider divestment

April 7, 2016

Today, DivestNU writes to share important news from our campaign to divest Northeastern University’s endowment from the fossil fuel industry. Last April, The Office of Student Affairs released a statement acknowledging the results of our student body’s referendum, in...

Illustration by David London

Cartoon: March Sadness

April 7, 2016

News illustration by David London.

Technology invites questions

Technology invites questions

April 7, 2016
So far in my education, my understanding of what it means to be a scientist has been a little fuzzy. However, with the combination of doing research the past two semesters and working at my current co-op in communications at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), I’ve realized that scientists are simply trying to answer questions no one knows the answer to. They’re exploring unknown realms and finding solutions to questions most people haven’t even thought to ask – which is pretty awesome.
US complicit in offshore corruption

US complicit in offshore corruption

April 7, 2016
People around the world received an inside look at the shadowy web of the global financial system on April 3. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) began publishing stories on a leaked trove of documents which reveal Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca created more than 200,000 offshore entities for clients around the world.
Letter: Northeastern University and the Impediments to Creating Change

Letter: Northeastern University and the Impediments to Creating Change

April 6, 2016
We’ve all experienced it. The infamous “Northeastern Shuffle.” You have a question, so you go to one department… and you’re directed to a different office, then another and the next thing you know, you’re in the basement of Holmes Hall staring into a coat closet.
NU right to denounce North Carolina discrimination law

NU right to denounce North Carolina discrimination law

March 31, 2016

North Carolina’s state legislature passed a law last week reversing a Charlotte city ordinance that had afforded some anti-discrimination LGBTQA+ protections. The bill prohibits cities from passing any rights legislation extending the narrow provisions that already exist under...

Acceptance advertising campaign not to be rewarded

Acceptance advertising campaign not to be rewarded

March 31, 2016

By Sean Connolly, editorial columnist I have recently seen the appearance of American Eagle advertisements on Boston trains. Many of these feature conventionally beautiful women with the caption “the real you is sexy.” The photos are apparently not airbrushed. The implication...

Ruggles Architecture Studio.

Letter: Architecture students need better studio space

March 31, 2016
Over the past decade, Northeastern’s architecture program has been housed in the Ruggles Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Station. Historically, Ruggles Architecture Studio has been a sufficient space to accommodate the needs of the program. However, the quality of the space has greatly deteriorated and no longer fosters the creative atmosphere needed in an architecture studio. We have outgrown Ruggles Studio and require a better facility that will help us remain competitive in the world of architecture.
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Cartoon: Gym Sonnet

March 24, 2016

News illustration by David London.