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Have you ever heard of racial profiling? What about student profiling? You know, like when a Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) officer stops you on a Saturday night and demands that they see the contents of your backpack as you walk to your...

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The other day I was chatting with a professor about Northeastern. We both came to a conclusion:  While Northeastern may have a million things wrong with it, there’s one thing that keeps it going - the students. It sounds corny, I know, but thin...

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The attendance of forums for the restructure of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and College of Criminal Justice (CCJ) last year was terrible despite vocal student protest. It was partly because the forums were poorly timed and poorly advertised. S...

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The Fight for Five is an interesting argument. A lot of students are passionate about co-op at Northeastern; if you ask people why they came to Northeastern, a lot of people will tell you it was co-op. It's no surprise that when people felt it was threate...

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Since I enrolled in Northeastern in 2006, I have never seen so many students so passionate about their education and their degree as the thousands who are involved in “Fight for Five.” With that in mind, I want to speak to and commend each mem...

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It’s a Thursday afternoon and I’m walking home through the frigid streets of Boston while trying to solicit dating advice to my best friend over the phone. My hand is going numb and I’m playing chicken with the oncoming traffic that is s...

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Northeastern has announced a series of forums to discuss the Fight for Five movement, inviting students to give their thoughts on the recently announced four-year option. This is a great first step; students demanded their voice be heard, and the universi...

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 The Beanpot is a big deal at Northeastern every year. Students wait in line and scalp tickets, and the inevitable sellout of the event is always a part of the tradition. But this only applies if we're talking about the men's team. Some students don'...

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 As part of the leadership team of the Graduate & Professional Students Association (GPSA), we want to take this opportunity to reach out to graduate and professional students, tell you about our organization, and invite you to the upcoming Presi...

By: Mary Ann Georgantopoulos

 I promised myself when I first started this column that I would try to avoid writing about the Student Government Association (SGA). I used to cover student government extensively for The News a few years back, and in a way, I've had enough. Some th...

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    Last week Ed Matz, long-time girls soccer coach, abruptly resigned, leaving for UMass. Hot on the heels of two of the programs most successful season, right after Matz was named CAA coach of the year, Matz leaves, for what is in all lik...

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My heart sinks every time I hear about a Northeastern student's death. Any untimely death provokes feelings of sadness and unfairness - even if I never knew them personally. Over the winter break Northeastern lost another member of its community. Scott ...

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When Northeastern announced that it would be cutting its football program, I greeted the news with cautious optimism. I knew the harsh realities of college football, particularly at the D-I AA level, and I knew that the program had been playing on borrowe...

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Northeastern announced plans to move toward becoming a four-year institution Wednesday – a decision that has been long-discussed and raises several big questions. The first, and perhaps most simple, is what exactly does this change? There are plent...

By: Mary Ann Georgantopoulos

I woke up Wednesday morning not really knowing what I would write about for my last column of the semester. I grabbed a cup of coffee and logged on to Boston.com, like I do every morning, to catch up on news. That's when I came across this:  “N...

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This October, Jimmy Fallon made a comment about fifth-year seniors during his Parents and Family Weekend stand-up routine. One audience member made sure to correct him right away, yelling “this is a five-year school!” However, with President...