On Nov. 1, 29-year-old Brittany Maynard ended her life in Oregon. She made this decision when she learned she was terminally ill with brain cancer last January and was given just six months to live in April.
On Oct. 1, 86-year old Jean Davies died after starving herself for five weeks. She stopped drinking water on Sept. 16 with the hope of leaving behind back pain, fainting spells and other conditions that enveloped her body, The Independent, a U.K. news source, reported.
Insensitivity seems to be the criteria for the more unique costumes of Halloween, with this season featuring costumes like an Ebola doctor and sexy Ebola nurse, Malaysian airline flights 370 and 17 zombie flight attendants and pilots, sexy ISIS militants, football player Ray Rice and his battered wife, Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson and deceased Michael Brown -- and these were just the ones that received heavy news coverage.
Last week, one of our peers wrote an op-ed questioning the effectiveness of fossil fuel divestment for combating the climate crisis. The central argument was that divestment won’t “even remotely damage fossil fuel companies financially.” The truth is, he’s right. The fossil fuel industry is a behemoth of capital and influence. To them, the fraction of Northeastern’s endowment that is invested in fossil fuels is of no concern. This is the most powerful industry in history and there’s simply no way we can break their bank.
The release of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report over the weekend, sponsored by the United Nations Environmental Programme, confirms our worst nightmares about climate change. It states, in no uncertain terms, that increased heat waves, storms, the acidification of the ocean and sea level rise are, and will continue to be, a devastating reality.
s an environmental science student, I am constantly reminded by my peers in DivestNU of their intent to force Northeastern to divest endowment funds invested in fossil fuel companies and research. They claim that divestment will allow Northeastern to be a “leader in social change for an ethical and just cause,” similar to divestment movements against apartheid South Africa in the 1980s.
Ebola hysteria has swept across the nation. It has taken over our news stations and papers, and is consuming the time of our president and politicians. Dominating social media and kitchen table conversation, it has Americans panicking at the thought of an outbreak.
I regret to inform you that a fundamental change in the leadership at The Huntington News has been made following the publishing of incorrect information regarding the closing of the Center for Labor Market Studies. The article, which was published in the Oct. 9 issue of The News, was compiled by a reporter after poor choices were made in regards to where information was gathered. As a result, much of what was stated in the article has since been discovered to be inaccurate.
Last April, over 200 schoolgirls were abducted in Nigeria by Islamist militant group, Boko Haram. The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, said in a video he released last May that Allah told him to sell the girls into marriage, believing they should be wed rather than educated.
Northeastern students are easily connected to the city via the Green and Orange Lines and bus routes. We use the MBTA for professional pursuits, for classes and to enjoy the culture of Boston – at a price. A co-op student will spend $450 on monthly passes over six months. Going downtown once a weekend costs $20 monthly. One round-trip alone costs $5.
