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Joint department to combine ethnic, cultural studies

Joint department to combine ethnic, cultural studies

March 24, 2016
University administrators will publicly unveil a plan to merge the Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LLC) and African American Studies (AAS) departments on Wednesday, April 6, according to current LLC chair Jose Buscaglia.
Musical brings back memories of adolescence

Musical brings back memories of adolescence

March 24, 2016
The theatre department at Northeastern University (NU) is breaking the barriers between cast and audience in its new production of the acclaimed musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” directed by Scott Edmiston.
Mental health services in Boston colleges:  A problem of supply and demand

Mental health services in Boston colleges: A problem of supply and demand

March 24, 2016
The unrelenting rain drenched Rayyan Mikati, soaking through her backpack and jacket as she waited alone for the bus. Already one subway ride and a bus ride into her journey, she would soon arrive at her therapist's heated office. Yet, Mikati would find relief only from the roof over her head – not from the therapy.
Medical examiner works on unfinished cases

Medical examiner works on unfinished cases

March 24, 2016
The Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has been struggling to chisel away at its backlog of cadavers that need to be autopsied and issued death certificates. The office began accruing this backup in 2006 due to a shortage of medical examiners and an increase in cases, according to the most recent annual report by the OCME.
Huskies crowned Hockey East champs, lock up bid to NCAA's

Huskies crowned Hockey East champs, lock up bid to NCAA’s

March 24, 2016
To most, the words of “All Hail Northeastern” are a mystery, and the tune itself holds little meaning. But as the pep band played while the Hockey East banner was hoisted into the rafters at TD Garden, the song took on new life.
Vigil commemorates McGrath, Perez Torres

Vigil commemorates McGrath, Perez Torres

March 17, 2016
Victoria McGrath, senior business major and survivor of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing from Weston, Conn., and Priscilla Perez Torres, senior biology major and passionate traveler from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, died in a car accident in Dubai on March 7. Both students were 23.
Huskies head to Garden after sweeping Irish

Huskies head to Garden after sweeping Irish

March 17, 2016
The Northeastern men’s hockey team (20-13-5) advanced to the Hockey East Semifinals after back-to-back sweeps over the University of Maine Black Bears and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Mental health care fails college students

Mental health care fails college students

March 17, 2016
Just over a year before he graduated, Brandon, who wished to keep his last name private, found his roommate dead on the bathroom floor. After only one month of knowing his fellow Northeastern student, Brandon was faced with reporting his suicide, moving out of the tainted apartment and going to emergency counseling.
Respecting your youngers

Respecting your youngers

March 17, 2016
The end of American civilization is approaching, and it’s approaching quickly. Soon, no one will work. The economy will grind to a halt. Cars will disappear from the roads. Adults will idly wander around cities, unable to do anything for themselves, helpless. Breakfast cereal will be a discarded relic of a bygone era. The culprit? Millennials, in all their entitled, lazy self-righteousness.
Femmes Trouvés redefines artistic objects

Femmes Trouvés redefines artistic objects

March 17, 2016
A combination of lamp covers, furniture legs and oil funnels can be turned into the female form when seasoned with imagination and creativity.

Two NU students among four killed in accident overseas

March 7, 2016
The two Northeastern University students killed in a car crash in Dubai were in the same accident that killed a Canadian boxer and another man on Sunday morning, according to several media outlets.
SAID slams NUPD gun policy at city hearing

SAID slams NUPD gun policy at city hearing

March 4, 2016
Members of on-campus activist coalition Students Against Institutional Discrimination (SAID) condemned Northeastern University’s (NU) decision to arm its officers with semiautomatic weapons at a Boston City Council meeting Monday through verbal testimony and a “die-in” demonstration immediately afterward.