Opinion Archives - Page 83 of 109

Editorial Column: Why I’m a runner

June 20, 2012

By Sarah Moomaw, News Staff My friends say I'm a runner. I tell them I play one on TV. I said this to a woman during a 5K on Father's Day after she told me she runs to eat endless ice cream. Sold. We make excuses for everything, but why running? For the last mile...

Letter to the Editor: Huntington Avenue a serious danger

June 7, 2012

On Friday, June 1, Kelsey Rennebohm (age 28) was killed on Huntington Avenue in a bike accident involving an MBTA bus and vehicular traffic. While the details are still being investigated, there is one fact that will not change: Huntington Avenue is one of the city’s most dangerous...

Editorial Cartoon

June 7, 2012

Editorial: LGBT athletes should be a non-issue

June 6, 2012

Last week Northeastern University Athletics Director Peter Roby encouraged college-bound LGBT athletes to check out Northeastern. “If you are a young, LGBT athlete looking for a place to play, we invite you to consider Northeastern,” Roby said in a promotional video for...

Editorial Column: Facebook faux pas

June 6, 2012

By Sarah Moomaw, News Staff We all tell white lies. Whether it’s to get out of something we don’t want to do or cover up something we did, it has become part of human nature. One of the first – and easily claimed as most successful – social media sites has set...

Editorial Column: The “Hub of the Universe”… till 2 a.m.

June 6, 2012

By Nick Jacques, News Staff As we all know, Boston is the “Hub of the Universe.” Our fair city is a global leader in education and culture, and is competing to be a leader in technological innovation. Unfortunately, as young people across the city have probably come to...

Editorial: Study abroad, what about safety abroad?

May 23, 2012

Reflecting on the recent deaths of the three Boston University students killed in New Zealand, some Northeastern students studying, co-oping and traveling abroad may be concerned about now seemingly imminent dangers of the international experience the university so prides itself in.

Editorial Column: Tyler Clementi should be a lesson

May 23, 2012

By Nick Jacques, News Staff Following a historic trial, Tyler Clementi’s tormentor is going to prison. Colleges and universities now need to take steps to ensure a case like this never comes up again. Clementi’s roommate, Dharun Ravi, was convicted of 15 charges –...

Editorial Column: Graduation – We’ll get our turn

May 23, 2012

Caps and gowns, parties and cakes, words of congratulations and questions of next steps have filled my life since the beginning of May. But I didn’t graduate.

Editorial: Rebecca Payne should always be remembered as a Husky

May 9, 2012

Four years after the death of Rebecca Payne, with two indicted men finally facing charges, the Northeastern community is reminded of the horrific event that shocked friends and strangers alike. But let us also be reminded of Rebecca Payne. Not just the young woman brutally and...

Editorial Column: Idiots abroad

May 9, 2012

I just spent eight days in France and I'm not sure I put a sentence together in French. Considering I speak as much French as I do Hebrew – only the common phrases – that’s probably a good thing. Or is it?

Editorial Column: Keep your dirty politics off our education

May 9, 2012

Even the most casual observer of American politics has probably come to notice that over the last few years Democrats and Republicans have gone to extraordinary lengths to disagree. Putting ideology aside, and without arguing the merits of the blatant disregard for bipartisanship displayed by both parties, this is a fact that is difficult to dispute.