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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Two voters discuss the ballot before voting at the Fenway Center. Voting centers emphasized that the Massachusetts ballots featured ballot measures and Senate candidates in addition to those for the presidency.

Boston takes to the polls: 16 images from Election Day 2024

Margot Murphy and Jessica Xing November 6, 2024

Thousands of Boston residents took to the polls Nov. 5 to vote in the 2024 election. Across the city from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., voters hunched over between dividers to fill out their ballots, voting on not only one of the most combative presidential races in history, but also key...

Graphic courtesy Bipartisan Disagreement Club.

At Northeastern’s Bipartisan Disagreement club, students unite over disagreeing

Paloma Welch, news correspondent November 5, 2024

After a particularly heated Thanksgiving dinner in 2020, Ben Nigrin left the table feeling defeated.  Nigrin, a Northeastern alum with a combined bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and political science, said his motivation for founding the Bipartisan Disagreement Club...

Video: ‘Wednesday Night Live’ encourages viewers to vote with election-related skits

Video: ‘Wednesday Night Live’ encourages viewers to vote with election-related skits

Alyssa Fell, news correspondent November 5, 2024

Acting Out, Northeastern University's acting company dedicated to promoting social change through theatre and live performance, hosted "Wednesday Night Live" Oct. 23 in AfterHours. The event featured election-related skits and supported organizations like the Disability Law Center.

Voting in Massachusetts? Here’s what to know about the 5 ballot measures.

Voting in Massachusetts? Here’s what to know about the 5 ballot measures.

Alexis Algazy and Ananya Kulkarni November 4, 2024

National media outlets have extensively discussed the presidential election, but for many Massachusetts voters, their first time reading the five ballot measures is when they’re filling out their ballot. From the legalization of psychedelics to allowing the unionization of...

Boxes sit on the Marino Mail Center shelves. Northeastern opened an additional mail area in Speare Hall to accommodate the influx of packages.

Persistent Northeastern mailroom issues delay mail-in ballots, frustrate students

Katarina Schmeiszer and Elsa O’Donnell November 4, 2024

In an email sent to students Sept. 13, University Mail Services said it was opening a temporary mailroom in Speare Hall to accommodate the high number of incoming packages and to compensate for the construction at the mailroom at 716 Columbus Ave. But students are still experiencing...

Matt Cosentino, Kate Mittelhauser, William Mayer and Will Burke (left to right) participate in the presidential debate between Northeastern’s College Republicans and College Democrats. Topics discussed included the size of the government, climate change, abortion and the presidential candidates.

Northeastern college Democrats and Republicans spar in SGA-hosted debate about presidential election

Elli Einset, news staff November 3, 2024

On Oct. 29, the Student Government Association held a presidential debate between Northeastern’s College Republicans and College Democrats, with topics including some of this election’s most prominent issues: immigration, abortion and the economy.  In its entirety, the...

A ballot drop box stands in front of a MFA entrance. A poll conducted by The Huntington News found undergraduate students strongly prefer Democratic nominee Kamala Harris for president.

Huntington News poll finds Northeastern students heavily prefer Harris over Trump in 2024 election

Elli Einset and Sarah Mesdjian November 1, 2024

Northeastern’s undergraduate student body has a strong preference for Kamala Harris, a poll by The Huntington News found. The survey, which was conducted over two weeks and gathered responses from 264 undergraduate students, found that 85.6% of randomly polled students said...

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 such locations were the Museum of Fine Arts, or MFA, Oct. 26 and 27 and the Institute of Contemporary Art, or ICA, Oct....

The panelists at the Starr Forum: The World is Watching event. The speakers discussed global perspectives on the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

Leading political scientists discuss global perspectives on U.S. presidential election

Grace Cargill, news staff October 8, 2024

At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT’s, Starr Forum Oct. 2, political science experts Katrina Burgess, Daniel Ziblatt, John Githongo and Prerna Singh joined MIT political science professor Evan Lieberman for a panel entitled “The 2024 US presidential election:...

Q&A: A discussion with a Kamala Harris supporter ahead of the 2024 election

Q&A: A discussion with a Kamala Harris supporter ahead of the 2024 election

Jack Masliah, news correspondent October 3, 2024

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, students — many of whom are voting for the first time — are making decisions about who to cast their ballot for. The News sat down for interviews with the respective representatives of the Northeastern College Democrats and Northeastern...

Q&A: A discussion with a Donald Trump supporter ahead of the 2024 election

Q&A: A discussion with a Donald Trump supporter ahead of the 2024 election

Jack Masliah, news correspondent October 3, 2024

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, students — many of whom are voting for the first time — are making decisions about who to cast their ballot for. The News sat down for interviews with the respective representatives of the Northeastern College Republicans and...

Students spin a prize wheel at the Northeastern Votes table in Centennial Common. The organization gave out stickers, pens and candy to celebrate National Voter Registration Day.

Northeastern Votes celebrates National Voter Registration Day with campus-wide voter registration booths

Elsa O’Donnell, news staff September 20, 2024

On a busy Tuesday afternoon that marked 49 days until the 2024 presidential election, students milled around a table set up in the lobby of Snell Library, complete with a multicolored prize wheel, handfuls of candy and round stickers that read “NORTHEASTERN VOTES.” Northeastern...