As we head into our second full week of the new semester at Northeastern, college students around the country are getting back into the swing of things: Hanging out with friends, going to class, and joining clubs. For many students, figuring out how to make money is another step...
By Ross Beroff, Editorial Columnist
Northeastern is home to many activist movements and groups on campus. One of the loudest is the Fight for $15 movement. Due to its prominence on campus and propensity for lying to promote its message, a closer look at the organizations...
By Gwen Schanker, Editorial Columnist
Today, social media, cell phones and tablets allow us to remain continuously connected to our internal world. We’re living in what’s known as “the digital age,” characterized by photos of teenagers with their noses buried in their...
As the nominations for the Video Music Awards were revealed, Nicki Minaj tweeted that the treatment she received from the awards was unfair. She claimed that the music industry promotes extremely slim body types for women, and that black women are underappreciated in the music industry.
In last Friday’s landmark decision, the Supreme Court held that marriage is a fundamental right for members of the same sex. This decision extends the right to marry to all people, regardless of sex, in all 50 states.
When Rolling Stone published the article “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA” in November of 2014, the gasps of its 2.7 million online readers were almost audible. As women, siblings, friends, parents, teachers and college students, we were...
By Ross Beroff, editorial columnist
As the final speaker in the Scholars Spring Seminar on Leadership, Research and Innovation, Northeastern University will be hosting Naomi Klein, a Canadian social activist. The event is being held by the University Scholars and Civic Engagement...
By Ross Beroff, editorial columnist
In an unprecedented move never before seen in the world of higher education, Northeastern University will be merging with Northwestern University. We will now be known as “Northwestern University East Campus. No, the one in Boston.” Some...
Remember when Northeastern first opened in the YMCA on Huntington Avenue in Boston? Of course not – that was well over 100 years ago. We weren’t even a twinkle in our parents’ eyes.
In those years since Northeastern has opened, it has grown at an exponential rate, monopolizing...
