One thing that not just Northeastern University students, but all residents of Boston can agree on is that the cost of housing in this city is entirely too high. I never really noticed it until I moved into my apartment at the beginning of the semester.
America prides itself on being a country made up of immigrants, being diverse and welcoming of diversity, but as racially diverse as the country may be, and becoming more so every year, America lacks integration. In a country consumed by the media, there is no place this is more evident than in the film industry.
Call us late bloomers, but I think millennials are finally learning to share. We are doing it by not only taking part in but also embodying the ideals of the “sharing economy,” a socio-economic system constructed around the sharing of resources. Also known as “collaborative consumption” or the “peer economy,” the sharing economy uses technology to enable people to access items or services through their peers, rather than large companies.
You wake up at six to get ready for the day. You have to be at work by nine. You quickly shower, get dressed,make your breakfast, pack lunch and head out the door for work. Eight hours later, five o’clock finally comes and with it, the end of your work day. You head home and...
By Juliana McLeod
Seven weeks ago, I was slurping a 100 Ruble ice cream cone under a large, red umbrella, inscribed with “макдоналдс.” I did not consider the mouthful of pure sugar a momentous moment, but after reading a recent article, it is time I think otherwise.
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My final decision to attend Northeastern centered around one thing: co-op. Like many of my peers, I realized that the opportunities co-op would give me were beyond what other schools could offer. I am a middlerworking at my first co-op, and I am floored by how much I’m learning....
Reading a newspaper in the morning is an essential aspect of American society. It is paired with the stereotypical view of a father reading the sports section while drinking coffee, while his child giggles over the funny pages.
However, this morning ritual is slowly coming to an end. Gone are the days of newspaper ink leaving traces on the fingers of readers. Gone as well is holding a tangible version of the news and having the ability to rip out a worthy article or circle a hilarious comic.
photo1Last Saturday, President Obama asked something of the University of California-Irvine class of 2014 in his commencement address: he called on young people to take charge of climate changeand force this issue past the current congressional standstill.
Every year, about 20 million American students go to college, paying thousands of dollars a year for a degree one step above a high school diploma, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Yet these students face an obstacle that prevails over homework and remains past graduation: student loans.
Student debt from higher education is an institutional problem in the country. Students are stuck in the expectation to attend college, even if this means emptying their wallets and breaking the piggy bank.
Living overseas, my parents often experience current events on a more personal level than those like me, who merely read about these events from a distance. When my folks visited Boston recently from their home in Indonesia, it was no exception.
As we caught up, my mother paused to read a Facebook status from a friend living in Thailand regarding the country’s recent military coup.
