In last week’s News article on the Chartwells workers poor-treatment petition, a student was quoted saying, “I hope that the Northeastern University administration will do the right thing and affirm that the workers on our campus have the right to organize unions if they...

Saint Patrick’s Day, my humble isle’s annual moment de gloire on the international stage, has rendered me even more uncertain as to the whole idea of a collective national identity than ever before. Our campus was splendidly adorned in green, with meandering students slurring...

During the SGA elections, students will have the opportunity to cast their vote in support of an important change to the university’s Code of Conduct. On the ballot, question 1 will ask students if they support equalizing the penalties between marijuana possession and underage...

A few weeks back, the House of Representatives held a hearing on the newly-announced requirement from the Obama administration that insurance plans in the United States must include coverage for contraception and birth control. The chairman of the hearing, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA),...

At first it was exciting. The neighborhood resembled an apocalyptic scene. I watched from the Christian Science Center as the lights went out in the Prudential Center. Thick black smoke was billowing from over a row of buildings, flashing blue lights split the darkness, police...

It's possible several on-campus buildings will still lack power by Thursday morning – power that's been out since late Tuesday – meaning there will still be students sleeping on couches and in Cabot Center cots. Though the university has provided amply for these students,...

President Joseph Aoun announced he is not in favor of tuition freezes – an idea that’s been thrown around in local and national politics lately – at a Student Government Association Senate meeting last Monday. Instead, he said he supports a financial aid increase to accompany...

My two main sources of news since I’ve moved to the states from Ireland have been E! News and Fox News. This means I know exactly what Kim Kardashian is up to but I am also morally outraged by it. During a Fox News binge I stumbled upon a speech by Republican party member Marco...

Let’s talk about hockey. Not the Bruins, and not the recent Max Nicastro scandal down on Commonwealth Avenue, but good old in-our-own-backyard Husky hockey. You know the kind:  disappointing, then hope-inducing, then extraordinary… and then heartbreaking again. We saw the...

People really like fried chicken, huh? Last week, the Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Laura Wankel announced renovations to the Curry Student Center consisting of expanded seating and potential new restaurants, including a Chick-fil-A, which would be the southern fried...

The Student Government Association would like to take this opportunity to address the editorial published in last Thursday’s edition of The Huntington News. As an organization, it would be foolish of us not to recognize that there is always room for us to grow and improve....