Opinion Archives - Page 81 of 109

Column: University housing a hassle

October 4, 2012

As most students know, Northeastern has a housing problem. Area residents agree; as they have many times before, Northeastern’s neighbors aired their complaints at a community meeting September 20. As I’ve mentioned in these pages, local residents have a right to be irked by the behavior of some students living off campus.

Column: To swipe or not to swipe

September 28, 2012

The library swipe system, when it was implemented last year, seemed a bit silly. Instead of taking my Husky Card out and feeling like a mildly–badass federal agent flashing it to the ever– vigilant library guards for admittance, I found myself awkwardly and frantically swiping my card at every imaginable angle to get that light green so I could run into the stacks and hide from the angry line forming behind me. I don’t get out much.

Editorial: University should disclose cost of renovations

September 28, 2012

Northeastern has been renovating a great deal of buildings around campus recently. The new Curry Student Center, high-tech library facilities on the second floor, and the renovation of classroom and research spaces have enhanced the nature of the school not only in the eyes of students and faculty, but with popular ranking lists as well, as Northeastern continues to move upward in the US News and World Report rankings. Like many private schools, Northeastern comes with a price tag that would make students from 30 years ago faint, but that’s just the nature of the game nowadays. Schools are expensive, but students still wonder, where does some the money that we pay go?

Editorial: Northeastern – a steady rise to the top

September 20, 2012

On Sept. 11, President Joseph Aoun took to Twitter to announce that the university would make an “unprecedented announcement” the following day. While Aoun was most likely referring to the announcement that the College of Business received a $60 million gift (and a new name), the Tweet began an exciting few days for Northeastern.

Column: Anti-Muslim Sentiments can only harm

September 20, 2012

In the conclusion of my last column for The News, I lamented that important foreign policy issues were not receiving an appropriate amount of attention this election cycle. Since the tragedy at the American consulate in Libya last week, this is no longer the case. Unfortunately, with a renewed focus on foreign policy, a dangerous theme is reemerging that has been largely dormant since the Bush years.

Letter to the Editor: For one student, Obama’s energy promise falls short

September 20, 2012

Despite the fact that I did not support President Obama when he was a presidential candidate four years ago, I became one of the millions of Americans who threw their support behind the president-elect in the hope that he would lead us for the next four years towards prosperity. I had high hopes that he would create a strong energy policy, one based on decreasing foreign oil dependence and revitalizing the green energy movement within America.

Column: Misleading message targets NU

September 14, 2012

“We are not the ones who support convicted terrorists or who promote the teachings of homophobic, wife beating, anti-Semites,” he wrote. Who, exactly, are the homophobic, wife-beating anti-Semites, and who is supporting them? As of press time, Jacobs hadn’t clarified.

Students, area residents all need to be neighbors

September 14, 2012

A recent study by Fenway Community Development Corporation (CDC) titled “Student Housing Patterns in the Fenway: A report on the pressures of university expansion on neighborhood housing stock” claims that the percentage of college students who live in the Fenway neighborhood has increased by 40 percent in the last 10 years. The study’s findings are a bit hard to take in at first blush.

Editorial Cartoon

September 6, 2012

All Hail: Thanks for your support of The News

September 6, 2012

This issue of the Huntington News is an example of the generosity, pride and loyalty that runs through the Northeastern community. It was only possible because dozens of readers, former staffers, friends and family members contributed to a fund to upgrade The News’ technology.

Letter: Advice from an old dog to the new litter of Huskies

September 6, 2012

Although I am long removed from Boston and Northeastern now working on the opposite side of the US with a job, I want to impart advice as you embark on your careers and awesome journeys at NU. I was in your shoes just four years ago – a slightly over-confident yet ambitious guy from Chicago – but still a scared freshman. College was awesome and I miss it a lot already; it goes fast, so it is important to make the most of it.

Column: Mitt Romney fails to connect with wholesale appeal attempts

September 6, 2012

Mitt Romney loves Costco. Why would a man who Forbes estimates to be worth $230 million dollars shop at Costco with an enthusiasm that Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace described as “an unhealthy attraction?”