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Looking for assistance dealing with tricky college situations? Columnist Honor Seares has you covered with advice on how...
12/21/2025

Looking for assistance dealing with tricky college situations? Columnist Honor Seares has you covered with advice on how to get through all the turbulence of being a college student in our advice column, "Hunting for Answers."

Want to be featured next? Submit a question for Honor by tapping the "Advice" story highlight in our profile.

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Column by Honor Seares
Photo by Brian Daniels
Design by Catherine Gore
Graphic by Daniel Patchen

You’re on stage in front of dozens of people. With no script, set or props to fall back on, it’s up to you to get the wh...
12/21/2025

You’re on stage in front of dozens of people. With no script, set or props to fall back on, it’s up to you to get the whole crowd laughing.

While this task sounds like a bad dream to some, it is exactly what the quick-witted members of NU & Improv’d pull off on the regular. Founded in 1997, NU & Improv’d is not only Northeastern University’s oldest improvisational, or improv, comedy troupe, but also one of the oldest in the U.S.

Made up of 13 members, the audition-based troupe brings laughter to student audiences through its monthly on-campus performances and participation in competitions across New England.

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Story by Samantha Denecour
Photos by Ethan Knizhnik
Graphic by Emily Chung

The Financial Times, or the FT, recently exposed what they call the “Bermuda Triangle of talent” — the black hole of fin...
12/20/2025

The Financial Times, or the FT, recently exposed what they call the “Bermuda Triangle of talent” — the black hole of finance, consulting and corporate law jobs that swallow up the brightest minds of our generation.

But the FT missed one critical part: this isn’t just a problem at the Ivies and Oxbridge — it’s happening right here at Northeastern. And it’s so prevalent because the university has become a machine so efficient at producing professionals that it’s forgotten how to produce people.

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Story by Phil Warren
Photos by Annie Jones
Graphic by Catie Nippins

No one wants their sister to win more — but no one wants to beat her more, either. Now make them twins on rival college...
12/20/2025

No one wants their sister to win more — but no one wants to beat her more, either. Now make them twins on rival college hockey teams.

The last women’s hockey game at Matthews Arena was emotional for everyone in the building. But for the Mara twins, tensions were especially high, as Lexi, a freshman defender for Northeastern, and Emily, a freshman forward for Boston College, faced each other in the NCAA for the first time.

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Story by Frances Klemm Frances Klemm
Photos courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics, and Liz Mara
Graphic by Catie Nippins

On Sept. 29, around 700 students gathered for bid day in the Curry Ballroom, each clutching an envelope with their futur...
12/19/2025

On Sept. 29, around 700 students gathered for bid day in the Curry Ballroom, each clutching an envelope with their future sorority inscribed inside. Meanwhile, active members from each sorority lined the perimeter of Krentzman Quad, buzzing with excitement awaiting their new sisters.
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Recruitment, a cornerstone of sorority culture, is busy, loud, stylish — and a tradition as infamous for noise as impressive in organization.

Every fall semester, bid day marks the end of sorority recruitment season for Northeastern’s Panhellenic Council, or NU Panhellenic Council, ending the weeks-long process with cheers heard across campus. This fall, over the course of two weekends leading up to bid day, 1,094 students participated in a rigorous recruitment schedule.

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Story by Hir Panchal
Photos by Margot Murphy .murphy
Graphic by Catie Nippins

A sharpied paper sign rustles in the wind, taped to the side door of an Allston basement. Microphones reach toward the l...
12/18/2025

A sharpied paper sign rustles in the wind, taped to the side door of an Allston basement. Microphones reach toward the low ceilings and wires snake across the floor as an eager audience filters in. Entrance is $5 cash, and the bill lists three college-aged bands ready to make some noise. Boston’s DIY music scene is covert, creative and saturated with aspiring bands looking to dive into the community.

However, getting gigs and building an audience isn’t easy. Beyond the music, bands must handle outreach and booking, building connections and growing a following to find success. Starting a band is the first step, but where do musicians go from there?

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Story by Aoife Jeffries
Photos by Margot Murphy .murphy
File photo courtesy of Jessica Xing
Graphic by Catie Nippins

For many students in Northeastern’s N.U.in program, a semester-long program that allows first-year students to spend the...
12/17/2025

For many students in Northeastern’s N.U.in program, a semester-long program that allows first-year students to spend their first semester at the university abroad, weekend travel is a major, but voluntary, component of their time abroad.

Similar to a traditional study abroad, N.U.in participants attend classes at a host university — this year there are nine — in Europe, making it both cheap and convenient for students to country-hop in their free time.

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Story by Daniela Rynott
Photos and graphic by Daniel Patchen
Design by Catherine Gore

Nov. 19 was a big night for EYEKONS — KATSEYE fans — and music lovers alike as the mega girl group brought its “The Beau...
12/16/2025

Nov. 19 was a big night for EYEKONS — KATSEYE fans — and music lovers alike as the mega girl group brought its “The Beautiful Chaos Tour” to Boston, performing at MGM Music Hall at Fenway.

Formed on the reality show “The Debut: Dream Academy,” KATSEYE’s first-ever tour for its second EP, “Beautiful Chaos,” spans 13 locations total in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with Boston being the third stop following Minneapolis and Toronto. Hours before doors even opened, lines wrapped around the venue with fans dressed head to toe in outfits inspired by the group’s music videos and merchandise.

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Story by Jennie Koh
Photos by Margot Murphy .murphy
Graphic by Catie Nippins

Northeastern’s College of Social Sciences and Humanities, or CSSH, department discretionary budgets — or non-compensatio...
12/15/2025

Northeastern’s College of Social Sciences and Humanities, or CSSH, department discretionary budgets — or non-compensation budgets that cover items like events and speakers — have been cut to “75-80% less than the average of actual expenses over the last three years,” CSSH Associate Dean for Administration and Finance Jim Rollins wrote in a July department-wide email obtained by The Huntington News. Funds allotted for faculty research as well as administrative staff positions have also decreased.

“I have been a chair for dozens of years in [a] number of different universities. I have never seen cuts of this order,” said Suzanna Walters, chair of CSSH’s Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies program. “I’ve seen cuts [of] 10%, 20%, but I’ve never seen cuts that are so enormous. We can’t have speakers. We can’t have events. We can’t buy pizza for the students. We can’t do anything.”

Northeastern media relations did not respond to several requests for comment about the budget being slashed up to 80% when compared to the average over the past several years.

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Story by Frances Klemm Klemm
Photos by Aya Al-Zehhawi
Graphic by Catie Nippins Catie Nippins

Just a 20-minute walk away from Northeastern’s Boston campus lies Fasika Cafe, a family-owned Ethiopian restaurant with ...
12/15/2025

Just a 20-minute walk away from Northeastern’s Boston campus lies Fasika Cafe, a family-owned Ethiopian restaurant with only five tables. Despite its small space, the restaurant’s culture and smell of “korerima” (Ethiopian cardamom, chili, turmeric and coriander) fills the room.

Befekadu Defar, Fasika’s owner and head chef, is the mastermind behind the cuisine. He — along with his wife and occasionally his children — arrive at the cafe early in the morning to open the place and keep it running from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week.

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Story by Heidi Ho
Photos by Heidi Ho
Graphic by Catie Nippin@caitnipps

In a disappointing 4-3 loss, No. 11 Northeastern men’s hockey (10-6, 5-4 HE) conceded its final game in the historic Mat...
12/14/2025

In a disappointing 4-3 loss, No. 11 Northeastern men’s hockey (10-6, 5-4 HE) conceded its final game in the historic Matthews Arena against the No. 20 Boston University Terriers (9-8-1, 6-5-0 HE).

This was the third game between the rivals this season but the first time the Terriers faced junior goaltender Lawton Zacher. The goaltender was out in the last two matchups due to injury and was replaced by sophomore goaltender Quentin Sigurdson.

Read the full recap here: https://bit.ly/44ovQOa

Reporting by Elli Einset
Photo by Curtis DeSmith
Graphic by Daniel Patchen

Rather than heading home, some Northeastern students filed into classrooms across campus Saturday, Dec. 12 to complete t...
12/13/2025

Rather than heading home, some Northeastern students filed into classrooms across campus Saturday, Dec. 12 to complete their last final exams. The Huntington News spoke with a handful of students about the unusual schedule.

Reporting by Auden Oakes
Photos and graphic by Annika Sunkara

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