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BREAKING: Students from Berklee College of Music marched into Northeastern’s campus around 7 p.m., joining NU protesters’ encampment.
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Footage taken late Friday night of a tense confrontation between pro-Palestine demonstrators and pro-Israel counter-protesters at the encampment revealed it was a pro-Israel student demonstrator who said “kill the Jews." Click to read the full story.
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BREAKING: Dozens of Northeastern student protesters have begun setting up an encampment on Centennial Common. More to follow.
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BREAKING: At 1:10 p.m., Dean of Students Chong Kim-Wong used a megaphone to announce that people who cannot produce NUIDs within 10 minutes will be asked to leave. Protesters responded with shouts of “Shame!” 🎥:
@annika_sunkara
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BREAKING: Over six hours into the protest, Boston Police Department officers are now on Centennial Common and appear to have zip ties.
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The vans, transporting arrested protesters, have started to leave campus.
Many demonstrators who spent the morning protesting outside the encampment are linking arms in front of vehicles to prevent them from leaving.
Only one vehicle has left campus.
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LIVE: More than 24 hours into the encampment, dozens of demonstrators are on Centennial Common, as well as more than 20 tents. Five Massachusetts state troopers and multiple NUPD officers are here.
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LIVE: Rebecca Bamidele, a ‘24 COS graduate, took the stage for the student speech. She called attention to the Gaza war, saying her studies have made her concerned about “the lives of these mothers in Gaza" which "remain at risk for every day that remains without a ceasefire.”
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At a Friday event hosted by Northeastern's Asian Student Union, Buzzfeed writer and content creator (
@itsashlyperez
) said she never was able to see strong female Asian role models in the media growing up.
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BREAKING: Police have started arresting protesters, placing them into zip ties and bringing them into Shillman Hall.
The protesters do not appear to be resisting.
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LIVE: Entering the thirteenth hour of the encampment, night has fallen, but chilly temperatures haven’t stopped demonstrators from remaining on Centennial.
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Incoming first-year students who responded affirmatively to a poll on the Northeastern Class of 2024 Instagram about attending parties this fall received an email from the university warning them of consequences. Read the latest here:
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UPDATE: Students are preparing for police intervention, running through "link up" drills. Huskies for a Free Palestine has encouraged demonstrators to fill out a bail support form.
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LIVE: 36 hours in at Northeastern’s pro-Palestine encampment, and around 75 demonstrators are on Centennial. Many are in tents or are making plans to keep watch overnight.
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What began as a student demonstration two days ago, was infiltrated by professional organizers with no affiliation to Northeastern. Last night, the use of virulent antisemitic slurs, including 'Kill the Jews,' crossed the line. We cannot tolerate this kind of hate on our campus."
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UPDATE: Boston City Councilors Benjamin Weber , Henry Santana and Ruthzee Louijeune have all released statements responding to the encampments across Boston universities. Weber said "the threat of arrests of students at Northeastern University are highly troubling."
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The some 50 police officers who were stationed in Ruggles have now been deployed.
Nearly all officers appear to be wearing riot gear as they walk towards the Centennial encampment.
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We are free! Thank you everyone who helped us by pressuring
@TwitterSupport
. Back to the news!
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Op-ed: In an open letter endorsed by 423 Northeastern affiliates as of May 3, Northeastern Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine report intimidation tactics from admin and NUPD and demand the university drop all charges against protesters.
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LIVE: At 12:17 p.m., a protester touched an NUPD officer. The officer was escorted away by other NUPD officers, and protesters responded by expanding the former one inner and one outward circle into one large circle around the perimeter. 🎥:
@zoe__macdiarmid
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LIVE: It's been over 9 hours since the pro-Palestine encampment at Northeastern began. At its peak, more than 200 protesters linked arms, and Boston police stood on Centennial Common. Here's a thread of videos showing how the encampment currently stands: (🎥:
@annika_sunkara
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CLARIFICATION: Students from Boston University also joined the Northeastern encampment yesterday evening at 7 p.m. alongside the group of students from Berklee College of Music.
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An analysis of the situation has been posted on our website.
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A coalition of over 100 student organizations at Northeastern has signed on to a statement addressed to campus administration condemning the university’s response to the pro-Palestine encampment erected on Centennial Common April 25.
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UPDATE: The ~20 protesters who remained on Centennial are now being arrested. Six still appear to be standing up.
Most arrested protesters were brought inside Shillman Hall, but others are sitting on the curb of the Common.
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"We love being your teachers, and we are fiercely committed to delivering top quality education to you in this unprecedented time. Please help us get the support and flexibility we need to do our jobs," writes an anonymous Northeastern professor.
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UPDATE: At 8 p.m. Saturday night, ~100 people attended a Havdalah service on Huntington Avenue near Krentzman organized by IfNotNow Boston. Jewish students who participated in the encampment gave speeches expressing pro-Palestine support. Read more here: .
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BREAKING: A student was found unresponsive earlier today in Snell Library. The student was pronounced dead in what appears to be a suicide. BPD is handling the investigation.
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LIVE: Two Boston Police Department officers removed a graduate from the stadium who was wearing a keffiyeh and tried to run onto the stage at 4:20 p.m, when President Joseph E. Aoun briefly took the stage.
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BREAKING: A potential package detonated at 39 Leon St. around 7:16 p.m., according to BPD. A BPD spokesperson said one person sustained minor injuries. The campus community should avoid the area, according to an NU Alert. Emergency personnel are at the scene.
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After the university released a statement at 12:38 p.m. stating "campus operations have returned to normal," some students have criticized it, saying "things obviously aren’t back to normal," and the statement is "tone-deaf."
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BREAKING: Northeastern has released data for the first three days of COVID-19 testing.
-Tests completed: 3949
-Positive tests: 1
-Negative tests: 3948
-Current positive rate: 0.07%
Story to come.
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BREAKING: Boston Public Library will now be offering free COVID-19 tests at select branches including Copley, Brighton, Codman, Grove Hall, East Boston, Mattapan, South Boston, Roslindale and Roxbury.
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Arden Cho returned to Northeastern’s campus Oct. 30 for the Asian Student Union’s biannual “A Night With…” celebrity speaker event in a very different place than where she was during her visit six years ago.
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LIVE: The doors to Ryder and Shillman Halls have been locked externally and students are being turned away at the door. Additionally, power has been shut off in Centennial Common and many people are leaving the encampment.
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BREAKING: Northeastern University has moved all classes online until further notice.
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Recently released police body camera footage showed Seattle Police Department Officer Daniel Auderer laughing, joking, and minimizing the death of Jaahnavi Kandula, a Northeastern graduate student who died after being hit by a police cruiser in January.
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“The use of virulent antisemitic slurs, including ‘Kill the Jews,’ crossed the line. We cannot tolerate this kind of hate on our campus," read a university statement that explained the decision to sweep the encampment.
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UPDATE: Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters continued to clash as the demonstration reached its peak thus far. Over 200 people were on Centennial. 🎥:
@annika_sunkara
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BREAKING: Northeastern University will remove indoor mask requirements on its Boston campus Saturday, in accordance with new public health guidance, according to News
@Northeastern
.
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Op-ed: "I know what antisemitism looks like. What happened on Centennial Common was not antisemitism." 📰: Yaakov Aldrich
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Renowned actress
@AngelaKinsey
shared her insight into the improving situation for women in Hollywood and encouraged Northeastern students to ask themselves, "why not you?"
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UPDATE: Only tents and police remain standing on Centennial.
All protesters have been arrested, some transported off campus in vans and ~25 still sitting on the curb of the Common.
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We’ve added over 15 new signatures to the alumni op-ed, including Walter Robinson, Class of ’74, editor-at-large of The Boston Globe.
NEW OP-ED: Journalism alumni call on Aoun to stop stonewalling The News. Signed by almost 60
@NUjournalism
alumni.
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BREAKING: Northeastern announced today that proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test will be required for all Friends and Family Weekend guests and anyone attending athletic events at Matthews Arena and Cabot Center moving forward.
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COLUMN: President Joseph E. Aoun’s message to the Northeastern community “was an empty, generic means of performative activism,” Opinion Editor Brittany Mendez
@brittlinez
writes.
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BREAKING: Police officers in riot gear continue to make several arrests.
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The Huntington News stands in solidarity with protesters within the Northeastern community and around the country who are fighting to end racism and police brutality. Our mission as journalists is to give a voice to the voiceless, and this is more important now than ever.
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The Democratic Senate primary race between incumbent Sen. Edward J. Markey and Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III is intensifying as they near the Sept. 1 election. At Northeastern, it’s clear the loudest cheers are coming from students organizing for Markey.
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BREAKING: Northeastern announced today that fully vaccinated students, faculty and visitors will be required to wear masks and practice social distancing indoors, except when alone in an office, or in a dorm room, effective Sept. 6 or at date of move-in.
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Happy Friday! Our third print issue is out today! Be sure to pick up a copy around campus.
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BREAKING: Northeastern has canceled spring break for 2021. The spring semester will begin a week late on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
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Just in:
@GoNUwhockey
alum, and all-time scoring leader, Kendall Coyne will become the first woman ever to compete in the NHL Skills Competition. Her event, the fastest skater competition, is next on NBCSN. Here's our past coverage of Coyne:
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Breaking: In an overwhelming 1,130 - 70 vote,
@Northeastern
graduate student workers have voted in favor of unionizing with
@UAW
, according to Thursday night election results shared by
@NUgradunion
. 📰:
@zoe__macdiarmid
and Joseph Brandt
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On Monday, after the arraignment of the first person arrested at Northeastern's encampment, students held a press conference outside Boston Municipal Court in Roxbury sharing arrest details and outstanding demands.📰:
@annika_sunkara
@emilymspatz
@elicurwin
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BREAKING: Northeastern Vice President of External Affairs Mike Armini told The News that administration and NUPD have a "game plan" for handling the encampment, which will take place sometime later today. He did not disclose details of the plan.
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BREAKING: Northeastern Vice President for Communications Renata Nyul has released the university's first statement since police started clearing the encampment. ⬇️⬇️
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BREAKING: In a university-wide e-mail, Northeastern announced it will no longer require fully vaccinated individuals to participate in regular COVID-19 testing or complete a daily wellness check. Unvaccinated students and faculty will still be required to test every seven days.
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Op-ed: Northeastern Global News interviewed me about my family in Gaza. They never published the piece. 📰: Sarah Abukwaik
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UPDATE: An anonymous demonstrator has shared that the group is "splitting up between people who are willing to be arrested and people who aren’t,” due to some students having documentation statuses that may put them at higher risk if arrested.
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UPDATE: At 2:30 p.m., Miguel Maron, a chief harm reductionist at the homelessness support organization Warm Up Boston, was welcomed as a guest speaker at the encampment. Demonstrators circled to hear calls for liberation in Palestine and encouragement to work with the group.
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BREAKING: Following their appeals, the 11 NUin Boston students dismissed from Northeastern for gathering will have their tuition credited to the spring semester, according to the Northeastern Media Relations department. Read the latest:
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BREAKING: President Aoun is donating 20 percent of his salary to a new emergency COVID-19 relief fund for students. Each senior vice president and academic dean will donate 10 percent.
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After Huskies for a Free Palestine urged Northeastern students to join “the last standing encampment” on its Instagram earlier today, NU students rallied alongside Harvard students in solidarity. Some held a banner reading “NEU liberated zone,” and spoke about the NU encampment.
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NEW OP-ED: Who is responsible for a COVID-19 outbreak at Northeastern?
“Northeastern asks individual students to protect the pack. I ask Northeastern, instead, to shoulder the responsibility and protect the community,” writes Cara Marta Messina.
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Leaders of the Asian American community are tired of not being heard.
More than 1,250 students, faculty and staff have co-signed a letter demanding action from NU to address issues faced by the Asian American community.
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NEW OP-ED: Journalism alumni call on Aoun to stop stonewalling The News. Signed by almost 60
@NUjournalism
alumni.
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Two past editors at The News have been named as 2024-25 New York Times fellows. Congrats to former editor-in-chief
@matt_yan12
and lifestyle editor
@j0urnalistkatie
!
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In the unanimous Senate resolution, the SGA calls on university administrators to implement a universal opt-in pass/fail policy. Northeastern released a statement opposing the resolution.
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With the 2020 Olympics just under a month away, the Northeastern’s Council for University Programs, or CUP, hosted a virtual Q&A June 18 with Olympians Ali Krieger, Ashlyn Harris and Mirai Nagasu.
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The National Labor Relations Board ruled May 21 that Northeastern engaged in unfair labor practices and violated federal law by refusing to recognize and bargain with a newly formed union. 📰:
@emilymspatz
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UPDATE: A day after the removal of the encampment and arrests of about 100 demonstrators, Centennial Common remains barricaded. Those arrested await NUPD charges, and students who presented NU ID await disciplinary action. Demonstrators are working to regain removed belongings.
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LIVE: As of 12:20 a.m., a handful of pro-Israel and many pro-Palestine demonstrators remain on Centennial. Further updates will be provided in the morning. Read all live updates from today here:
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You asked for it — the Crime Log is back! Here are the latest updates from Oct. 12 to Oct. 18.
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LonelyGrl Skate Co., a Boston-based collective for marginalized skaters founded by Northeastern fifth-years, aims to create an inclusive community for skaters of all genders, races, sexualities and locations.
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BREAKING: Effective immediately, Northeastern University will no longer require proof of vaccination to attend home athletic events, according to
@gonuathletics
.
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Rebecca’s Café, a campus eatery known for its affordable breakfast and lunch options and meal plan exchange program, has served its last Nicole sandwich and basket of chicken tenders.
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Monday morning that proof of vaccination will be required to enter indoor venues, such as restaurants, gyms, movie theaters, event venues and other establishments, beginning Jan. 15, 2022.
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Hired movers are removing the tents and debris from Centennial.
Protesters, who had attempted to prevent vans containing detained individuals from leaving, and an array of state troopers stand face to face a few yards away from the Common.
Barricades still block off entry.
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BREAKING: Pro-Israeli protesters are escorted away from the encampment surrounded by police officers. Police said they would not arrest the protesters if they returned to the encampment. 🎥:
@alexisalgazy
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Police remove chairs, water coolers and food from the encampment on Centennial.
Protesters remain sitting with linked arms in a circle, chanting "we keep us safe" and "this is what resistance looks like."
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Northeastern's pro-Palestine protestors garnered national media attention, helicopter coverage and reporters from some of the nation's largest news organizations. 📰:
@alexisalgazy
@kpgallagher
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BREAKING: The Huskies beat Harvard 3-1 in the first round of the 2020 Beanpot!
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Fortnite audio, frosting frogs and a Northeastern student making a birthday cake — somehow, these elements created Morgan Knight’s first viral video on TikTok, garnering around 749,500 views.
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Op-ed: We need to talk about Marty Walsh’s mayoral misfire
“By stepping on Michelle Wu’s historic candidacy announcement, Mayor Walsh made it clear that he’s not afraid to play dirty,” writes Jacob Kemp, a second-year political science major.
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Polls opened Sept. 19 for
@nugradunion
, who are voting to be represented by the United Auto Workers union, after years of delays in voting due to pushback from NU administration and Trump-era anti-labor laws. 📰: Zoe MacDiarmid
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Our first issue of the semester is out today! Look for a copy around campus or visit this link to read online.
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State troopers are now approaching group of demonstrators preventing Suffolk County Sheriff vans from leaving campus for Nashua Street Jail.
A second van has now left, appearing to take a different route.
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OPINION: If you return to campus, either you’re all in or we’re all out
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Police and Northeastern facilities appeared to have fully removed the barricade surrounding the encampment.
Dozens of police in riot gear now stand face to face with protesters.
Protesters continue to chant and are now standing.
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For Katherine Marchesseault, defender for NU's women's soccer team, her freshman season presented a challenge that all her years of playing soccer had not prepared her for, one that none of her teammates had ever experienced either.
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BREAKING: Northeastern announced today it will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for all faculty and staff this fall. Faculty and students will still have the option to request medical or religious exemption.
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When Devon Levi first tried on a pair of ice skates, he hated it. Fifteen years later, he would represent Team Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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Following the arrests made by NUPD at the pro-Palestinian encampment in April, Arab-Muslim artist Feda Eid withdrew her upcoming solo show at the College of Arts, Media and Design’s NUGallery 360. 📰: Aiden Stein
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Editor's Note: The News is aware of possible video footage and first hand accounts regarding the "kill the jews" statement Northeastern cited in its statement explaining police intervention. (1/2)
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Come find us at Fall Fest to grab a copy of our newest issue! We are in front of Shillman Hall and roaming campus.
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BREAKING: In an email sent to all faculty Oct. 22, Northeastern updated its remote work policy for the Spring 2021 semester. Faculty are expected to return to campus, according to the email from Provost David Madigan.
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