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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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WRBB News Episode 11: The Relay for Life

WRBB News Episode 11: The Relay for Life

Val O’Neill and Annika Sunkara April 17, 2024

In episode 11 of WRBB News, co-hosts Bela Omoeva and Grace Sawin speak with The News about a recent story. Deputy campus editor Val O'Neill breaks down how Northeastern took the top spot for most money raised for the American Cancer Society at this year's Relay For Life....

The exterior of the Coolidge Corner Theatre from Harvard Street. The Brookline theatre unveiled its new renovations March 27.

Coolidge Corner Theatre lifts the curtain on brand-new renovations, updates well-loved community space

Joseph Brant, news staff April 17, 2024

The Coolidge Corner Theatre unveiled renovations that have been in development for more than a decade March 27. The renovations created 14,000 square feet of new space, including two movie houses with a total of 206 new seats, an expanded lobby with an indoor box office and...

Members of Northeastern slam poetry club say administration is ‘attacking,’ ‘policing’ their voices

Members of Northeastern slam poetry club say administration is ‘attacking,’ ‘policing’ their voices

Lily Webber, deputy campus editor April 17, 2024

On Feb. 24, days before the start of Northeastern Social Justice Resource Center’s “Peace and Social Justice Week,” university administration informed all organizations participating that outside community members would not be allowed to attend keynote events. Weeks...

Participants of the Death Cafe have an open discussion about death. Topics covered included funerals, near-death experiences and aging.

Coffins and cake: a look inside a Boston death cafe

Sencha Kreymerman, news staff April 16, 2024

On a recent evening, in a small room in the back of a Somerville community center with the inviting aroma of tea and cake wafting in from the adjoining kitchen, 14 strangers sat around a table excited to discuss a typically-taboo topic: death. The April 3 event, aptly called...

Sean O’Reilly smiles and outstretches his arms while running the marathon. O’Reilly had a finish time of 2:28:21.

Sole stories: 22 moments from the Boston Marathon

This Marathon Monday, Boston welcomed thousands of participants and spectators for the 128th Boston Marathon. Participants battled the heat and the course, but received support from family, friends, strangers and volunteers throughout the 26.2 miles. Below are 22 images that...

Students present research and creative projects to members of the Northeastern community at the RISE Expo in Matthews Arena April 11. Over 400 undergraduate and graduate students attended the event.

Students present research, creative projects to Northeastern community at RISE Expo

Noah Haggerty, news correspondent April 15, 2024

Over 400 undergraduate and graduate students presented their research and creative projects in a crowded Matthews Arena during the annual RISE Expo April 11. The two-hour event highlighted a diverse set of presentations born out of class assignments, directed studies and students’...

Two visitors climb the Grand Staircase at the Boston Public Library’s McKim Building in awe. Over 2 million people visited the Boston Public Library’s 25 locations in 2023.

Libraries beyond Snell: 3 spaces for final studies

Curtis DeSmith, photo correspondent April 15, 2024

With finals season in full swing and Northeastern’s Snell Library partially closed down for renovations, it can be difficult for students to find a quiet place to study for exams without worrying about finding a seat. Fortunately, Boston is home to dozens of libraries with...

VIDEO: Spectators, volunteers share what makes Boston Marathon special

VIDEO: Spectators, volunteers share what makes Boston Marathon special

Alexis Algazy and Annika Sunkara April 15, 2024

At Monday's 128th Boston Marathon, deputy city editor Alexis Algazy took to the streets to ask spectators and volunteers who they were there to support, and what makes Boston's marathon so special.

Johnboy Smith races past cheering spectators. Athletes with disabilities competed in the
 para athletics divisions during the Boston Marathon.

Boston Marathon paves path for accessibility for para athletes

Alexis Algazy and Amelia Ballingall April 15, 2024

Every year on Patriot’s Day, athletes from around the globe flock to Boston to compete in the storied Boston Marathon, one of the world’s best-known races and a competition thousands of competitors look forward to annually. Among those 30,000 hopeful individuals are a number...

Maggie Heaney holds a radio as runners in the Boston Marathon pass by. The radio allowed Heaney to communicate across 23 channels with repeaters all over Boston.

Going the extra mile: the radio operators who connect all 26.2 miles of the Boston Marathon

Zoe MacDiarmid, news staff April 15, 2024

Early in the morning April 15, thousands of volunteers and athletes began to check-in and start the race that constitutes one of the biggest days in sports: the Boston Marathon. Among them were a cadre of unseen — but vital — amateur radio operators who kept a constant loop...

A member of the troupe holds a pole with a sphere at the top, known as the “Pearl of Wisdom,” as other members make the dragon curl around itself during the Boston University Taiwanese American Student Association’s annual night market March 30. Troupe members had the dragon chase the sphere to represent the creatures pursuit of knowledge, wisdom and truth.

Northeastern dance troupe aims to unite students through cultural art of Chinese dragon, lion dance

Amanda Logcher and Devyn Rudnick April 15, 2024

At the heart of Chinese culture within Northeastern’s campus, an ancient practice comes alive with the rhythmic tune of chants and the colorful spectacle of a dragon puppet.  The Northeastern University Dragon & Lion Dance Troupe is a student-run organization that strives...

Students concerned after poll predicts low turnout among young voters for 2024 election

Students concerned after poll predicts low turnout among young voters for 2024 election

Elsa O’Donnell, news correspondent April 14, 2024

Andrew Longo was studying abroad in Dublin last semester when he was first eligible to vote. He eagerly requested an absentee ballot from his home state of New York to vote in the April primaries. He then paid 10 euros to have his completed ballot sent back across the Atlantic.  “It...