The beginning of a new school year is always hectic. Everyone is busy with classes, part-time jobs, socializing and various other distractions. Needless to say, time passes by in the blink of an eye. Let’s take a step back for a moment, take a deep breath and consider what’s changing around us. Autumn is approaching. The sights and smells of this glorious season are just beyond the horizon – and I for one can’t wait.
Taxis are a mixed blessing in Boston. Sure, they may be more expensive than the T, Hubway and, according to an analysis from WBUR’s Radio Boston, every other major taxi service in North America, but there’s something to be said about the convenience of being brought from point to point. Or, rather, from a major intersection where a taxi will actually drive by to a point that isn’t quite where you’re going, but near enough to get there on foot since you don’t want cabbies knowing precisely where you live.
The NU Alert system is an emergency broadcast communication system that Northeastern University uses to inform the community of “emergencies and urgent situations that require immediate action,” according...
This summer I rode through the desert on the back of a Jeep to watch the sunset in Jordan. I slept beneath the stars in a tent after eating lamb – cooked in the ground – for dinner.
As the carefree days of summer begin to vanish and the reality of fall sets in, campus comes to life again. The library is full, all of the dining halls are open and suddenly there are no more empty exercise machines in Marino. With clubs and classes back in full swing, it’s easy to see the improvements that have been made around campus, and the things that must still be addressed.
By Melissa Danzo
"As an orientation leader, it was more of a problem during the summer. It was also difficult that the main dining halls and Rebecca's Cafe were closed. But it's calmed down now; construction noise doesn't wake me up anymore." - is a sophomore international affairs major.
Welcome, Huskies! Now that your posters are on the wall, your mini-fridge is fully stocked and your extra-long twin sheets are fitted on those all-too-thin mattress pads, it’s time to fill you in on...
In the early morning hours of Sept. 5, a fire traveled from the basement of 90 Westland Ave., where I live, up the ventilation, and exploded through the roof in ten-foot flames. Alarms blared in the building,...
As a long-time denizen of Northeastern and a regular writer for The Huntington News, I feel like I’m in a special position to give advice to new freshmen.
First, if you brought a car to campus, that’s...
Over the summer, the United States came perilously close to defaulting on its debts because of House Republicans’ hesitancy to raise the debt ceiling. In plain English, the debt ceiling is essentially the nation’s credit limit — the amount of money Congress can borrow to fund programs and pay off interest. Our debt rises in a fairly predictable way, because we know how much we’re going to spend over a given time frame and how much interest we owe on what we’ve already borrowed.
Earlier this month, Forbes.com released a list of the 650 best colleges in the country. As one might expect, Northeastern was ranked among them. As one might not expect, we were ranked 534th, between University of Nebraska at Omaha, the secondary campus to the main university in Lincoln, and Liberty University, the neoconservative Evangelical Christian school founded by Jerry Falwell.