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The sun casts light over Salem’s Old Burial Point of Charter Street Cemetery, home to old graves with a rich history serving as a backdrop to the Salem Witch Trials Memorial. Through walking and trolley tours, individuals could learn more about the history behind the origins of the trials.
The spirit of Salem: Experiencing spooky season in the Halloween capital of the country
Sofia Sawchuk, photo staff • October 30, 2024
A scarecrow’s head illuminates the cornfield around him. The scarecrow was accompanied by spiders and ghouls seen throughout the harvest-themed haunted house.
Boston’s newest Halloween experience comes alive
Brian Daniels, photo staff • October 28, 2024
Column: What’s the best Halloween candy of all time?
Column: What’s the best Halloween candy of all time?
Caroline Baker Dimock, news staff • October 23, 2024

For Halloween fanatics, October is marked by horror movies, pumpkin carving and, of course, excessive amounts of candy.  There are dozens...

The exterior of the Mugar Life Sciences Building. Community members expressed concerns over the lack of communication from the university over allegations of prostitution in the Mugar bathrooms.
‘I think they are going to lose students’: Parents, university community call for increased communication after reported ‘activities in relation to prostitution’ in Mugar
Zoe MacDiarmid, deputy campus editor • October 29, 2024

As hundreds of parents arrived on campus for Northeastern's Family & Friends Weekend Oct. 25, news about the alleged activities in relation to prostitution...

A podium at the 2024 convocation ceremony features a Northeastern logo. Northeastern faculty discussed the university's new freedom of speech and expression policies at the Oct. 16 faculty senate meeting.
Faculty express concern, frustration with Northeastern freedom of expression, academic freedom policies
Eli Curwin, news staff • October 28, 2024

In a tense faculty senate meeting Oct. 16, several Northeastern professors expressed deep concern and frustration with recently adopted university freedom...

Column: 9 places around Boston to bring the family for Family & Friends Weekend
Kristina DaPonte, Darin Zullo, and Claudie Bellanger • October 23, 2024
B.GOOD closes for good, to mixed student reactions
Lawrence Brown, news staff • October 23, 2024
A celebration of cats in Boston’s South End
Sydney Ciardi, photo staff • October 21, 2024
Jerry Keefe, Pam Spuehler, Jeremy Bonomo, Lenika Vazquez, Bill Coen and Tramaine Shaw (left to right, top to bottom). During FY 2024, the average salary for head coaches of men’s teams saw a significantly larger jump than the average salary for head coaches of women's teams. Photos of Keefe, Shaw and Coen by Sofia Sawchuk, Sydney Ciardi and Brian Daniels. Photos of Spuehler Bonomo and Shaw courtesy Jim Pierce.
Survey shows $100,000 salary disparity between head coaches of Northeastern men’s and women’s sports teams, other athletic department data
Eli Curwin, news staff • October 30, 2024
Emily Bader stars as Lady Jane Grey in "My Lady Jane.” Thousands of fans signed a petition for the show to be reinstated after it was announced that it would not be renewed for a second season. Photo courtesy Jonathan Prime, Prime Video.
Column: Raising the dead: The most popular canceled TV shows fans want to resurrect
Sencha Kreymerman, news staff • October 31, 2024
A statue of a witch reading a book stands on a main street in Salem. Various places in and around Boston provided spooky activities for visitors who prefer a scary Halloween experience.
Op-ed: Halloween called. It wants its spook back.
Samantha Denecour, columnist • October 31, 2024
An entrance to Northeastern’s new building on the Seattle campus. It was built to serve as a collaborative space for students and faculty. Photo courtesy Sneha Chakrabarty.
Northeastern expands Seattle campus with opening of ‘The Hub’
Laura Emde, news staff • October 31, 2024
The Huskies gather together against Delaware Oct. 27. Northeastern finished the season 2-9-7, 2-4-4 CAA.
Northeastern women’s soccer ties the Delaware Blue Hens in final game of the season
Aoife Jeffries, news staff • October 30, 2024

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The Sheraton Boston Hotel on Dalton Street. Other hotels such as Midtown and Westin similarly dedicated rooms to Northeastern University students.

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Lucian Grainge speaks at the Treasury Connect Creative Industries Conference May 3, 2023. Grainge was recently dropped from a list of defendants in a sexual assault and trafficking case against Sean “Diddy” Combs. Photo courtesy Kirsty O'Connor, HM Treasury, flickr.
Northeastern Board of Trustees member dismissed from sex-trafficking, abuse lawsuit
Lily Webber, deputy campus editor • October 30, 2024
A banner that advertises a new Anna's Taqueria location hangs from the former B.GOOD restaurant space. Streetlight Ventures recently closed down three B.GOOD locations, and plans on replacing two of those locations with Anna's Taqueria.
B.GOOD to be replaced by Anna’s Taqueria
Meghan Hirsch, news staff • October 30, 2024

B.GOOD, which closed permanently Oct. 18, will be replaced by Anna's Taqueria, according to a “coming soon” sign hanging at the former restaurant...

The entrance to a men’s bathroom in Mugar Hall. NUPD implemented locks on some of Mugar Hall’s bathrooms in response to illegal activity, which was later confirmed to be in relation to prostitution.
Northeastern adds Husky Card locks to Mugar bathrooms in response to reported ‘activity in relation to prostitution’
Eli Curwin, news staff • October 23, 2024

In response to reported acts of illegal activity in Northeastern’s Mugar Life Sciences Building, which Provost and Senior Vice President for...

The pride flags waves above Centennial Common. The ceremony lasted about 30 minutes.
‘You are seen, you are celebrated and you are beloved’: Community gathers for pride flag raising for National Coming Out Day
Sara Sajjad, news correspondent • October 18, 2024

Applause erupted in Centennial Common Oct. 11 as a pride flag was hoisted up the flagpole at the center of the Common. The flag raising is...

A customer peruses the tomato and apple selection at the market. Vendors provided shoppers vegetables, meats, fruits and hot food at their stands.
Copley Square Farmers Market vendors embrace change in a post-COVID-19 landscape
Laila Guzman Griffin, news correspondent • October 30, 2024
Festival goers approach the welcome table decorated with paper lanterns and lights. Spontaneous Celebrations ensured a fun, lively atmosphere by incorporating parades, live music and food.
Jamaica Plain welcomes colder season with 40th annual Lantern Parade
Kayla Goldman, news correspondent • October 30, 2024

Lanterns illuminated Jamaica Pond at Spontaneous Celebrations’ Lantern Parade Oct. 19 and 20, an event that has been a staple in the Jamaica...

A sign that reads "Early Voting" stands in front of a MFA entrance as a voter walks in. The MFA and the ICA were just two of dozens of early voting locations available throughout Boston.
City of Boston hosts early voting locations across the city
Sarah Mesdjian, news staff • October 29, 2024

The City of Boston is hosting in-person early voting at dozens of locations between Oct. 19 and Nov. 1 in an effort to increase voting accessibility. Two...

An octopus lantern moves its tentacles and opens and closes its eyes. The octopus impressed guests, causing them to stop and gawk at the creature.
Families, students experience a night of illumination with Boston Lights’ biodiversity displays
Nikkia Jean-Charles and Margot Murphy • October 29, 2024

Since Aug. 2, the Franklin Park Zoo has opened its doors to families, students and tourists to take pleasure in an annual immersive walkthrough...

Fantasy roundup Week 7: Breaking down 5 key takeaways
Fantasy roundup Week 7: Breaking down 5 key takeaways
Elli Einset and Zach Cohen • October 27, 2024

This week was another rollercoaster — and if you're a Jets fan, you might never recover. Saquon Barkley showed his old team, the New York Giants,...

Northeastern eyes the ball against Harvard Sept. 17. The Huskies tallied 16 shots compared to University of Delaware's 10 Oct. 19.
Northeastern men’s soccer dominates offensively, routing Delaware for first CAA win of the season
Bailey Reynolds, news staff • October 26, 2024

In an offensive masterclass, the Northeastern men’s soccer team (3-4-7, 1-3-2 CAA) defeated the Delaware Blue Hens (7-5-2, 2-4-0 CAA) Oct....

Jessie Hunt dribbles the ball against Monmouth Sept. 29. The Husky tallied an assist over Campbell Oct. 20 to total 26 career assists, a program record.
Northeastern beats Campbell 4-0 in their first at-home victory of the season
Aoife Jeffries, news staff • October 23, 2024

Northeastern women’s soccer (2-8-6, 2-3-3 CAA) beat the Campbell University Camels (5-8-3, 3-5 CAA) 4-0 Oct. 20 to tally their first home field...

The Northeastern women's Club Eight competes at the Head of the Charles Oct. 19. The boat finished in eleventh place.
2024 Head of the Charles Regatta attracts communities from across the globe
Grace Cargill, news staff • October 23, 2024

The banks of the Charles River transformed into a spectacle Oct. 18 to 20 for the largest regatta in the world. Athletes, spectators and passersby...

Colby Hegarty interacts with spectators at Northeastern's match against Harvard Sept. 17. The Husky helped shut out the Crimson, keeping the game to a 0-0 draw.
Colby Hegarty takes a victory lap for his sixth and final season
Frances Klemm, news staff • October 23, 2024

Northeastern's men’s soccer starting goalie, sixth-year mechanical engineering major Colby Hegarty earned his spot as one of the most decorated...

Chappell Roan performs at Boston Calling May 26. Roan's popularity exploded over the past year, gaining about 44 million monthly listeners on Spotify after the release of her first full-length album. File photo by Harriet Rovniak.
Column: The ‘femininomenon’ of Chappell Roan after one year of ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess’
Janira Skrbkova, news staff • October 30, 2024
Nassim Soleimanpur unties the string binding the Act Two script together. Guest performers went in blind, unaware of the script contents until they stepped onstage. Photo courtesy David Monteith-Hodge.
Review: ‘Nassim’ unites audiences of all cultures with interactivity, guest actors
Heidi Ho, news staff • October 23, 2024
Emily Rosakranse, Mer Brown, Antonio Weissinger, Daniel Lopez, Brenna Thornton and Naz Ozturk star in “Sävë thë Whälës, etc.” David L. Caruso wrote the play for his thesis and targeted it toward college students. Photo courtesy Cristian Alvarez Maldonado.
Column: From playing cards to ‘Pokémon Go,’ Nintendo thrives on its 135th anniversary
Maggie Smith poses for a headshot in 1970. Smith passed away at 89 after over seven decades of acting. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
Column: Why are people so obsessed with true crime?
The exterior of the South End Community Health Center. Link Health created a system to work with health centers like the South End Community Health Center to help patients enroll in essential federal benefit programs targeting SDOH. File photo by Quillan Anderson.
Op-ed: Training the next generation to see health beyond medicine will save lives
Jessica Johnson, contributor • October 30, 2024

Imagine a young woman, six months pregnant, sitting anxiously in a doctor’s waiting room. She should be glowing and excited about her upcoming...

Op-ed: Phone bans can save the next generation. Schools just have to stick with them.
Op-ed: Phone bans can save the next generation. Schools just have to stick with them.
Samantha Denecour, columnist • October 29, 2024

In schools across the United States, student scores are about to majorly decline — on Snapchat, that is. In a wave of policy sparked by Florida’s...

The exterior of the Marino Recreation Center. Students expressed concerns about overcrowding in the center.
Op-ed: Northeastern’s ‘art of living’ costs more than it’s worth
Antaine Anhalt, contributor • October 24, 2024

The estimated cost of attendance for the 2024-25 school year at Northeastern University’s Boston campus includes tuition, fees, housing, meal...

The Sheraton Boston Hotel on Dalton Street. Other hotels such as Midtown and Westin similarly dedicated rooms to Northeastern University students.
Op-ed: What was the point of N.U.in Boston?
Sarah Pyrce, contributor • October 23, 2024

Picture this: It’s your very first college move-in day. Nerves are at an all-time high and an endless stream of unknowns are circulating in...

Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine demonstrators wave their respective flags on Centennial Common April 26. The Pro-Palestine encampment was swept on the third day.
Op-ed: One year later, a region in desperate need of statesmen
Jack Masliah, columnist • October 22, 2024

“Though much is taken, much abides.” This verse, taken from Alfred Tennyson’s poem “Ulysses,” serves as an apt description as to...

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