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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Nikhil Jagannath

Nikhil Jagannath, News Staff

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People sit in the food and beverage lounge of Snowport. The market officially opened Nov. 8.

Snowport, Boston’s downtown winter market, reopens for the holiday season

Nikhil Jagannath, news staff
November 13, 2024

Organizers and onlookers welcomed the holiday season with a ribbon cutting Nov. 8 for one of the city’s biggest winter markets: Snowport. This year will be the market’s sixth year — its third year...

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Roberto Mighty speaks to an audience about his docuseries “World’s Greatest Cemeteries." Mighty traveled to cemeteries around the world while researching for his docuseries.

Cemetery explorer and filmmaker has a new take on graves

Nikhil Jagannath, news staff
October 18, 2024

At the Parker Hill Branch of the Boston Public Library Oct. 5, Roberto Mighty brought the dead to life. Mighty, a multimedia artist and filmmaker, spoke to an audience of 20 about his upbeat docuseries...

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Attendees watch as a solar panel is symbolically turned on. 332 solar panels were activated April 2 as part of the CJS Hub's Snell Solar Celebration. (Editor's Note: Mars Poper, center right, is a staff photographer for The News.)

Snell’s solar panels: Northeastern takes next step on path to a sustainable campus

Nikhil Jagannath, news staff
April 22, 2024

In early spring, Northeastern announced it would activate solar panels on the roof of Snell Library, marking a major step forward for the university’s commitment to sustainability. The array of 332...

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Several rooms reserved for SSI on the second floor of Stearns Center. Northeastern sent an email to SSI employees April 1 informing them that the program would be shut down May 3.

Northeastern ends Student Support Initiative, lays off more than 120 employees

Nikhil Jagannath, news correspondent
April 18, 2024

In a controversial decision, Northeastern will eliminate the Student Support Initiative effective May 3, laying off over 100 student workers and 20 full-time staff.  Launched in the fall of 2022, the...

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Students seek totality for Monday’s total solar eclipse

Students seek totality for Monday’s total solar eclipse

Nikhil Jagannath, news correspondent
April 7, 2024

When Kitty Tran heard the sun was disappearing, she jumped at the chance to see it. Tran, a second-year business administration major, knows a solar eclipse is coming and plans to skip class Monday....

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Samantha Asprelli poses for a photo. She identified a need in Boston’s unhoused population: affordable beauty products. Photo courtesy Give n’ Glow.

Northeastern student’s nonprofit empowers unhoused women with makeup

Nikhil Jagannath, news correspondent
March 26, 2024

Samantha Asprelli is empowering Boston’s unhoused women, and she’s doing it with makeup. Give n’ Glow is a nonprofit organization that collects donations of lightly-used makeup or skincare products...

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