The Student Government Association’s (SGA) reasoning for paying executive board members thousands of dollars – $29,351 total – every year is weak at best. Executive officers, the explanation goes, cannot find part-time jobs because of how many hours they put into SGA...

We meet again, Student Government Association (SGA) presidential elections. Like many others, I appreciate the programs and events that SGA sponsors on campus, but I also have my reservations and criticisms. I am also sure that many of us, because of past complications, are fairly...

If there is one concern I’ve heard from students about the Student Government Association (SGA) throughout my four years at Northeastern, it is by far a concern about how confusing it is to understand, or a concern for how much work is done that is actually a benefit to...

As an alumnus who proudly advocates for Northeastern, I am dismayed at the course of our athletic program. The recent hockey season was nothing short of a disaster. The Beanpot was an embarrassment, and failure to make the playoffs inexcusable. The successful midwest away games,...

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,...