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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

Blue, Vinny McCatterson and Bear (left to right). All three pets were brought to Northeastern by a fraternity brother to an off-campus apartment. Blue photo courtesy Nicklaus Ohlweiler.

The other brother is a dog? Meet the beloved pets of Northeastern frats.

Carson Lyle, news correspondent March 28, 2025

Walking into a fraternity house, one may expect dim lighting and a dirty kitchen or even a mouse skittering across the floor. But some Northeastern University fraternities instead have fluffed dog beds littering the floor and plush toy mice ready for a cat to pounce on. Northeastern...

Students partake in sorority rush activities Sept. 23, 2024. A recent initiate by Northeastern Panhellenic established a series of scholarships that aids first-generation and low-income members in paying their dues.

How Northeastern sororities are diversifying their membership, one scholarship at a time

Siera Qosaj, news staff March 17, 2025

When Erika Gonzalez arrived at Northeastern as a first-generation, low-income student, she knew she had challenges ahead — balancing academics, finances and the pressures of college life. However, there was one expense that Erika did not anticipate: sorority dues, a financial...

Students line up for sorority rush activities. Over 1,000 people participated in rush this semester.

Record number of students rush sororities in fall 2024

Frances Klemm, news correspondent October 6, 2024

Northeastern isn’t typically considered a university that’s big on Greek Life, but that reputation may be changing. This fall, a record number of women-identifying students rushed sororities, citing the community and sisterhood Northeastern’s Panhellenic organizations provide.  Just...

Sarah Cox poses for a photo. Cox's family filed a lawsuit against the university chapter and national chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority. Photo courtesy GoFundMe.

Family of Northeastern student critically injured in fall from window files negligence lawsuit against Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority

Emily Spatz, campus editor August 24, 2024

The family of a Northeastern University student who fell out of a second-floor window while at a party for members of Alpha Epsilon Phi last year has filed a lawsuit against the university chapter and national chapter of the sorority, alleging multiple counts of negligence in...

Annual DKE gator roast causes disturbance to students on campus

Annual DKE gator roast causes disturbance to students on campus

Val O’Neill, deputy campus editor October 7, 2023

Students who wandered through the West Village quad Sept. 9 were met with an interesting sight: An entire alligator roasting on a spit, its decapitated head displayed proudly in an Adirondack chair.  Delta Kappa Epsilon, a fraternity on campus, hosts an annual alligator roast...