Letter: Student reacts to tragedy in Paris
They don’t know. Them, the vile, medieval terrorists, unjustly killing in the name of Islam. They don’t know better but to dare try and take away our liberty. They don’t know that we stand together,...
View ArticleLetter: Northeastern administration needs to be held responsible for...
On Nov. 10, we, Northeastern students from the Empower Adjuncts Community Coalition (EACC), along with other community activists, blocked the Green Line at the Northeastern stop. Aiming to raise...
View ArticleLetter: Learning to lead from Israel’s prime ministers
A strong leader is willing to partner with other organizations for the sake of making a difference on our campus. A strong leader takes the time to understand that group’s point of view, and learns to...
View ArticleLetter: Students advocate for prison education program
As students attending Northeastern University, we are incredibly privileged to be able to receive a world-class education and advance our lives through the pursuit of knowledge and subsequent job...
View ArticleLetter: Israel reporting biased
“Hurt me with the truth, but never confront me with a lie,” read a poster held by a 20-something-year-old college student. The March for Truth on Sunday, Nov. 15 began at Harvard Science Commons and...
View ArticleLetter: NU owes adjuncts more
On Jan. 14, it was announced that Northeastern’s administration had reached a contract agreement with adjunct faculty. The announcement came almost two years after adjuncts voted to unionize and five...
View ArticleLetter: Steinem talk inspires
College has been a process of falling out of love with feminism. Scratch that. College has been a process of changing my status to “it’s complicated” with feminism. In eighth grade, my English teacher...
View ArticleLetter: Prisoners deserve education to combat recidivism
The old model of our country’s penal system put heavy emphasis on punishment. Newer models of this system claim to place a greater importance on rehabilitation, yet they often fall short of achieving...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Learning to grow with personal identity
Oppression. To be marginalized is to be oppressed. For a group to be oppressed, there must be an oppressor and a hierarchy of powers. Privilege. Our construct of society has created a hierarchical...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Becoming comfortable with “majority black culture”
A little more than a year ago, I wrote my Common Application essay about experiences with race: “When I was in seventh grade, a black kid in my English class told me I was black on the outside but...
View ArticleLetter: A call on SGA to heed student voices
On Monday, the Student Government Association (SGA) held a town hall to hear opinions from the student body on five referenda under consideration. Among the submitted referenda was a proposal from...
View ArticleLetter: SGA decision promotes dialogue
Supporting peace and rejecting human rights violations may seem like an easy task, but what happens when it isn’t? When any seemingly good topic is presented without context and the full picture is not...
View ArticleLetter: Standing as a woman for future 8-year-old girls
I was eight years old when I was first told I couldn’t do something simply because I was a girl. Eight years old when I first had to defend my strength and ability. Eight years old when I first...
View ArticleOp-Ed: What 2016 means for Young Republicans
To the young and moderate Republican, finding a candidate to represent you in this election might seem hopeless. The only moderate candidate left is John Kasich, who has virtually no chance of securing...
View ArticleLetter: Architecture students need better studio space
Dear President Aoun, Over the past decade, Northeastern’s architecture program has been housed in the Ruggles Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Station. Historically, Ruggles...
View ArticleLetter: Northeastern University and the Impediments to Creating Change
We’ve all experienced it. The infamous “Northeastern Shuffle.” You have a question, so you go to one department… and you’re directed to a different office, then another and the next thing you know,...
View ArticleLetter: A call to seriously consider divestment
Today, DivestNU writes to share important news from our campaign to divest Northeastern University’s endowment from the fossil fuel industry. Last April, The Office of Student Affairs released a...
View ArticleLetter: NU should halt support of sweatshops
Dear President Aoun, We, the Progressive Student Alliance and members of the United Students Against Sweatshops, are writing to alert you that Nike, which manufactures Northeastern University apparel,...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Administration should do more for sexual assault survivors
When I was in elementary school, I had a wonderful friend named Lucy, who was and is a prolific jokester. We were hanging out in Lucy’s room one day, probably reading Seventeen magazine or watching...
View ArticleLetter: Using “stigma” only harms
Mental Health Month has come to a close. None too soon. Newspapers will no longer be inundated by people voicing “the stigma of mental illness,” people from every corner of society, mental health...
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