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Attendees wave pride flags at Boston’s Pride For The People festival and parade June 14. Pride demonstrations first began as a response to the widespread harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ communities across North America.
Op-ed: As Pride loses sponsors, it gains meaning
Taylor Zinnie, contributor • June 27, 2025

This year, Pride celebration organizers across the country faced a new challenge: the loss of longtime corporate sponsors. Under mounting political...

The entrance to the Disability Access Services office in Dodge Hall May 16. Students noted a lack of support and understanding as a root cause of frustrations with the DAS.
Op-ed: Northeastern’s Disability Access Services is another obstacle for disabled students
Antaine Anhalt and Gianna DeMonico June 7, 2025

Every Northeastern student is familiar with the stress of housing selection: With your housing lottery number in hand, you eagerly wait for your...

A visibly stressed man works on his laptop in a study booth. Videos dismissing procrastination and a lack of motivation highlighted the allure of hustle culture. Photo courtesy Tim Gouw Unsplash
Op-ed: Hustle culture is procrastination in disguise
Honor Seares, contributor • June 6, 2025

There I was — at 11:01 p.m. — with 59 minutes on the clock left to write a five-page essay due at midnight. Was I hunched over my keyboard,...

A collage featuring Hannah Arendt, her letters and Northeastern University Ell Hall. Photo by Nia Calais. Photo courtesy Barbara Niggl Radloff, Wikimedia Commons. Letters courtesy Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Hannah Arendt Papers. Collage by Margot Murphy.
Op-ed: I am one of your philosophy professors. Ethical thinking is needed now more than ever.
Serena Parekh, contributor • June 3, 2025

The views expressed in this piece are the personal views of the author, a professor at Northeastern, and do not reflect those of her department...


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A student places a petri dish in a lab incubator March 27. Northeastern’s College of Engineering created a series of interactive lab modules to counteract for lost hands-on experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Op-ed: Northeastern lab courses must prioritize in-depth learning
Mikayla Tsai, columnist • May 31, 2025

As a behavioral neuroscience major, I have a bone to pick with Northeastern’s lab courses — and I know I’m not the only one.  Whether...

Op-ed: Students, it’s time to focus our attention on campus issues
Op-ed: Students, it’s time to focus our attention on campus issues
Jack Masliah, contributor • May 30, 2025

We are in the midst of an epochal change — and the havoc that is emblematic of this moment has arrived on our campus. If we are to preserve...

Donald Trump shaking hands with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Sept. 19, 2019. There have been concerns that the Trump administration used patriotism to protect American businesses such as Meta. Photo courtesy Trump White House Archived, Flickr.
Op-ed: Behind a veil of patriotism, politicians work to benefit the rich
Phil Warren, contributor • May 26, 2025

Today, Americans are red, white and blind — with policy decisions being made not based on what's best for all, but on what serves the country’s...

A young woman serves a food truck customer March 16, 2017. Students developed valuable skills by working with a diverse range of people in the service industry. Photo courtesy Eugene Yip, Flickr.
Op-ed: Summer jobs shouldn’t be behind a desk
Robby Wolff, contributor • May 23, 2025

When I was 15 years old, I got my first summer job as a golf caddie. It meant early mornings and taxing work, but I knew that if I stuck with...

Graduating students stand as a camera films the 2025 commencement in Fenway Park May 11. Each individual college, such as D'Amore-McKim School of Business and CAMD, hosted a graduation ceremony for its students the week before commencement.
Op-ed: Read our names at graduation, it’s the least you can do
Henry Bova, contributor • May 19, 2025

During the May 7 graduation ceremony for the College of Arts, Media and Design, or CAMD, Northeastern showed more reverence for artificial intelligence...

‘Slouching Towards’ Silence: National group advocating freedom of expression questions Northeastern’s free speech commitments
‘Slouching Towards’ Silence: National group advocating freedom of expression questions Northeastern’s free speech commitments
Jack Masliah, deputy opinion editor • May 13, 2025

In W.B. Yeats’ “The Second Coming,” the 20th-century poet describes a world “slouching towards Bethlehem,” symbolizing a descent into...

Op-ed: Four years in SGA showed me how students really make a difference
Op-ed: Four years in SGA showed me how students really make a difference
Olivia Oestreicher, contributor • May 12, 2025

Four years ago, I joined Northeastern’s Student Government Association, or SGA. As a wide-eyed first-year, I was filled with enthusiasm and...

A laptop displaying the Northeastern University Political Review's main page. The review prioritized the safety of their writers amid mass visa cancellations.
Op-ed: Student publications must protect anonymous writers
Anjali Aggarwal and Zoe Goffe May 9, 2025

In a political climate that punishes dissent, students are afraid to write. As the leaders of a student publication, we don’t blame them.  Since...

Op-ed: Northeastern, use your power
Op-ed: Northeastern, use your power
Philip Deming, contributor • May 7, 2025

Just three months into Donald Trump’s second presidential term, the outlook for science and higher education is grim. This administration has...

A student navigates Northeastern’s Claude AI webpage on a laptop. The university offered virtual workshops and livestream tutorials that taught students how to incorporate Claude into their academic studies.
Op-ed: Northeastern’s AI embrace is the right move
Shiv Wani, contributor • May 6, 2025

Is a university a certain place in a certain location or a brand that extends beyond its pre-existing borders? Northeastern believes it's the...


Due to international student visa revocations under the Trump administration, The Huntington News has taken down 6 op-eds at the request of student writers.
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