Men’s hockey comes back to win season opener at Union
Charlie Wolfson, news staff
October 11, 2019
Northeastern men's hockey notched a 2-1 comeback victory on the road to open the 2019-20 season at Union College. Senior goalie Craig Pantano saved 18 of 19 shots in his first game with Northeastern, and senior fourth-liner Grant Jozefek scored the winner in the third. NU rebounded after a shaky first...
Local vape shops take hit from Baker’s ban
Ingrid Angulo, news correspondent
October 9, 2019
Massachusetts’ temporary ban on the sale of all vaping products is the strictest in the nation. Its severity is causing new problems for local businesses and raising concerns about its effectiveness in addressing public health. Gov. Charlie Baker declared a public health emergency Sept. 24 in response to...
Swipe2Care falls short of addressing student hunger
Maya Homan, news correspondent
October 9, 2019
Every fall, students flock to the 29 colleges and universities in Boston alone. For most of the year, undergraduate and graduate students make up 20 percent of the city’s population, totaling over 138,000. Every fall, nearly half of students nationwide struggle with food insecurity, meaning they will no...
Women’s hockey shuts out Union in season opener
Jordan Baron, sports editor
October 5, 2019
Northeastern women’s hockey started their season off strong on Friday night as they dismantled the Union College Dutchwomen, 5-0. The Huskies (1-0) are coming off a 2018-19 season for the history books, as they finished with a 27-6-5 record and made it to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament....
Boston spotlights the Latinx community during Hispanic Heritage Month
Elena Plumb, news correspondent
October 3, 2019
Last Saturday, Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the city council welcomed Boston’s Latinx community to Harambee Park for the fourth annual Latino Coffee Hour, an afternoon of sunshine, chatter and culture in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.  What is Hispanic Heritage Month? Hispanic Heritage Month is...
Yang pitches economic plan and outsider perspective at Cambridge rally
Charlie Wolfson, news staff
September 17, 2019
Andrew Yang took the stage at Cambridge Common Monday night, speaking to hundreds of supporters on signature topics for the Democratic presidential candidate such as his lack of a political background, his interest in math and a promise of a universal basic income to each American. For about 40 minutes, he spoke to a crowd of mostly college students and young professionals about “trickle-up economicsâ...
Faculty organizers express tentative hope for unionization
Yunkyo Kim, campus editor
May 2, 2019
Full-time, non-tenure track faculty organizers announced April 23 that they will continue their unionization effort despite recent petition withdrawal. Advocates say unionization would solve major issues for faculty like those experienced by Rafael Ubal. When Ubal started teaching at Northeastern i...
Students cite lack of SGA transparency for no confidence votes
Isaac Stephens, news staff
April 18, 2019
For every three students who voted for the Brown-Nobile slate in this year’s Student Government Association election, two students voted no confidence. Earlier this semester, the Student Government Association, or SGA, added an official abstain ballot option to give students a choice apart fro...
Husky Startup Challenge sees increased diversity
Nick Swindell, news staff
April 17, 2019
The Husky Startup Challenge, or HSC, held a Demo Day last week, where student-founded entrepreneurial ventures competed for cash prizes. The April 9 event featured over two dozen ventures, ranging from engineering solutions to nostalgia-inducing care packages known as MoodBoxes, in the Curry Student Cen...
NU students and alumni conquer their first Boston Marathon
Samantha Barry, news staff
April 17, 2019
When Marathon Monday began, it looked like it was going to be a cloudy, rainy race, but as runners took off, the skies cleared and the weather completely turned around.
New co-op system removes application constraints
Maria Lovato, campus editor
April 9, 2019
Co-op employers are receiving more applications than ever before and students are submitting applications to jobs that were previously restricted to specific colleges. Katherine Ziemer, the acting senior vice provost for undergraduate education and experiential learning, said this is due to a recent ch...
Cornell upsets Northeastern in NCAAs, ending best-ever season
Mike Puzzanghera, sports editor
March 30, 2019
Northeastern’s two-trophy season came to an end Saturday, as the Beanpot and Hockey East champions fell to Cornell, 5-1 at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The Huskies (27-11-1) battled the Big Red (21-10-4) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday. The winner would g...
Men’s hockey comes back to win season opener at Union
October 11, 2019
Local vape shops take hit from Baker’s ban
October 9, 2019
Swipe2Care falls short of addressing student hunger
October 9, 2019
