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The Huskies Reward App displays various games students can get tickets to. On July 1, 2024, Northeastern Athletics launched the Huskies Rewards

Beanpot ticket controversy and more eyes on women’s sports: the impact of the new Huskies Rewards app

Katarina Schmeiszer, news staff February 25, 2025

The new Huskies Rewards App may have caused a stir when it came to Beanpot tickets, but its goal for increased fan engagement at Northeastern could be bringing more attention to women’s sports.  On July 1, 2024, Northeastern Athletics launched the Huskies Rewards App, a...

Dylan Mitchell poses for a photo with his bike. He started cycling in the roundabout outside Ruggles in 2022, when he moved up to Boston for work.

Who’s the man biking around Ruggles? Uncovering the identity of the ‘Centennial Cyclist.’

Auden Oakes, news staff February 23, 2025

Dylan Mitchell is not a campus celebrity. Instead, he is a campus enigma. While his name may not immediately ring a bell, for Northeastern students and Ruggles commuters, his peculiar hobby might. For hours on end, the 24-year-old biker extraordinaire circles the Centennial...

A washing machine with the door removed in International Village. An email was sent out Feb. 21 asking students to stop removing the doors.

International Village residents ‘causing disruptions’ by removing washing machine doors, according to email

Caroline Baker Dimock, news staff February 23, 2025

Residents of International Village, or IV, received an email Feb. 21 instructing them to cease removing doors from washing machines following several reported incidents of vandalism in the residence hall.   The email, which went out at 5 p.m. and was signed by three resident...

20 years ago, Northeastern students embraced sex. Now, they barely hear about it.

20 years ago, Northeastern students embraced sex. Now, they barely hear about it.

Yashavi Upasani, news staff February 22, 2025

Let’s talk about sex, baby. More specifically, Northeastern’s history of bold sexual discourse and its current lack of this same liberation.  Twenty years ago, Northeastern had a dedicated “Sex Week” during its spring semester, and The Northeastern News, now The Huntington...

From pre-med to fashionista, this Northeastern student does it all

From pre-med to fashionista, this Northeastern student does it all

Sydney Woogerd, news correspondent February 21, 2025

It takes more time to organize a fashion show from the ground up than it does to study live rats in a diabetes lab for 10 months. Yeani Kwon knows this from personal experience.  In late 2023, at the age of 21, Kwon, a then fourth-year biology major, started to juggle...

Julian Herzing-Burkard (left) and Dylan Lee pose for a photo. The duo said they hope to foster more interconnectivity between students.

Julian Herzing-Burkard announces student body presidential campaign

Bowen Rivera, news staff February 19, 2025

Julian Herzing-Burkard, a third-year international business major, officially confirmed his candidacy for student body president Feb. 17 alongside his executive vice president, or EVP, candidate Dylan Lee, a second-year data science and economics combined major. The campaign...

Jacob Davis stands for a photo in Ell Hall. Davis was a behavioral neuroscience major at Northeastern when he was struck and killed by Gerald Veneziano in May 2024. Photo courtesy Deborah Davis.

New Jersey man sentenced to 6 years in prison for drunken crash that killed Northeastern student

Lily Webber, news correspondent February 19, 2025

A New Jersey Superior Court judge sentenced Gerald Veneziano, the 41-year-old man who struck and killed first-year Northeastern student Jacob Davis in a two-vehicle collision last May, to six years in prison Feb. 14. Along with the six years in prison, in accordance with the...

How do toxic friend groups impact young people? These Northeastern students know.

How do toxic friend groups impact young people? These Northeastern students know.

Harrison Zuritsky, news correspondent February 16, 2025

Angelina Rifai and her two friends were trying on outfits before a night out. When the first-year biochemistry and bioengineering combined major showed the other women one option, one of them insisted she change because the clothing made her look “fat” and told Rifai, “If...

Members pose for a photo at the first Science Club for Girls meeting of the semester. Northeastern's chapter started in the spring 2023 semester. Photo courtesy Science Club for Girls.

Northeastern’s Science Club for Girls spreads the love of science throughout Boston and beyond

Caroline Baker Dimock, news staff February 16, 2025

At Science Club for Girls, members have one mission: get as many young girls involved in STEM as possible. Science Club for Girls, or SCFG, is a national nonprofit organization that works with elementary, middle and high school students and has chapters at colleges across...

Students and faculty work in labs in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. A recent audit by NSF questioned $1,049,082 in Northeastern spending.

Northeastern refunds over $600,000 to National Science Foundation following financial audit

Caroline Baker Dimock, news staff February 14, 2025

A federal audit published by the National Science Foundation’s Office of the Inspector General Feb. 6 revealed significant financial mismanagement within several of Northeastern’s federally funded research projects. As a result, the university agreed to reimburse the National...

The entrance to Mills College. Northeastern recently proposed the creation of a private police force for the campus.

Push for Northeastern Oakland private police force sparks legal questions, student concerns

Gitana Savage and Auden Oakes February 13, 2025

Northeastern’s flagship Boston campus has had its own private campus police for more than half a century, which has grown in size and jurisdiction along with the rapidly expanding university. Now, as the university establishes satellite campuses across the globe, efforts to...

The exterior of Boston City Hall. The building was constructed in 1968 and designated a historical landmark Jan. 24.

Boston City Hall earns landmark status, but not everyone is a fan

Isabella Bregante Kennedy and Jacob Williams February 12, 2025

Boston City Hall was designated as a historical landmark by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Jan. 24, ensuring the iconic and infamous building’s preservation. The Boston Landmarks Commission voted on the building’s architectural, cultural and civic significance in early December...