Noelia Arteaga

Northeastern University -

Journalism and Political Science, Law and Public Policy

Huntington News - 

Opinion Editor

San Mateo Daily Journal •

From a simple shed to success in North Fair Oaks

“We were all struggling and sleeping in the living room. My mom would sleep on one couch and my dad would sleep on the other couch,” Joel Vargas said. “We grew up poor and I think my parents struggled a lot raising us because they didn’t have a lot of time to spend with us.”While the truck is still in operation, Carlos Vargas opened his first restaurant on Middlefield Road in North Fair Oaks. That restaurant sat in front of El Paisano, another popular restaurant in Redwood City known for its bar...
San Mateo Daily Journal •

Business is blooming for Valentine’s Day

Inside Chu’s Florist and Birds on El Camino Real in Redwood City, the parakeets are chirping, Fluffy the shop cat is purring and Bobbie and Tom Chu are preparing for one of the busiest days of the year — Valentine’s Day. Many of the flowers come from Colombia, Ecuador and Holland, Bobbie Chu said. They also try to source them locally from farms along the coast from Pescadero down to Salinas.At Brown’s flower shop, an arrangement of 12 red roses goes for $175 and other colors for $155. At Chu’s,...

First Generation Professionals Career

Every year, ServiceNow welcomes multiple cohorts of early-in-career (EIC) co-ops and interns to help them build valuable skills with meaningful projects, mentorship, and networking opportunities. I’m fortunate to be one of those co-ops. I’m also the first person in my family to go to college.

To welcome our summer 2023 interns, I pitched the idea of facilitating a live panel event on the ServiceNow Early Careers LinkedIn page with First Generation Professionals (FGPs)—those who’ve moved from wo
The Huntington News •

Column: ‘The Kardashians’ know how to turn bad press into good business

The Kar-Jenner girls are back and on Hulu for an all too familiar iteration of their first hit reality television show, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” or “KUWTK.”

The first episode of the new series — with a new moniker, “The Kardashians” — is almost three times as long as the episodes of E!’s “KUWTK” and has been available for streaming on Hulu since April 14. The Kardashians and the Jenners, as well as their children and their partners, return to their reality TV roots, albeit on a new pl
The Paw Print •

Woodside Spanish Teacher Brett Bowles Resigns Amidst Controversy

“A person only has his [or] her reputation, especially at a relatively small school, at the end of the day,” former Spanish 3 and 4 teacher Brett Bowles told the Paw Print following his resignation from Woodside High School.

On January 18, Woodside Principal Diane Burbank stated that “Mr. Bowles has resigned and will not return to campus,” declining to comment on the reason behind his resignation.

Prior to Woodside, Bowles taught at Halstrom Academy Private High School in San Diego. According
The Huntington News •

Op-ed: Education could fix gentrification and protect underrepresented communties

In high school, my AP Biology teacher was working towards a master’s degree in education. I remember talking to her about a paper she was writing on improving the academic performance of students e from predominantly underfunded public schools in high school classes.

She asked me what I thought high school teachers and administrators could do to improve performance in the classroom and on exams from this student demographic. I asked her what “improvement” meant to her and at what level she woul
The Huntington News •

Op-ed: Implement class-based admissions

It’s time to look beyond race in the admissions process. Yes, having a racially diverse student body is important, but colleges and universities can and should have both diversity in race and class. Affirmative action is dead, but ways to embrace diversity are alive and well.

The end of race-based admissions creates an opportunity for Northeastern to diversify its student body from a socioeconomic standpoint, a form of diversity this school desperately needs.

About 65% of the undergraduate pop
The Huntington News •

Op-ed: TikTok is a vehicle for misogyny, self-hatred and anti-feminism

With over 1 billion users, TikTok has taken the world by storm. We’ve all used it and seen the content catered to the masses. Some of the content is harmless. Cooking, sports, entertainment and other content generally don’t have many negative long-lasting effects on people’s psyche and perceptions. However, there are many types of far more subliminal content that harm women and feminist movements, making it imperative for you to forgo the app.

Before we dive into the different kinds of content
The Huntington News •

Boston’s Freedom Rally: Advocating beyond recreational marijuana

After a windy day full of hurricane warnings delayed planned festivities, Massachusetts’ most 420-friendly citizens enjoyed a sunny day on Boston Common for the 34th annual Boston Freedom Rally, commonly referred to as Hempfest.

Hundreds walked through the crowded Parkman Bandstand walkways in Boston Common Sunday in a smoky haze lined with booths of vendors promoting deals on bongs, pipes, oils, vapes and flower. Whether eventgoers were planning on participating in the THC or CBD experience, a
The Huntington News •

Northeastern crew teams compete at Head of the Charles Regatta

Rowers gather for the Head of the Charles Regatta on the Charles River, which splits Cambridge and Boston. The regatta attracts rowers from around the world who compete on the course every October.

The Northeastern men’s and women’s rowing teams competed at the Head of the Charles Regatta Oct. 23. The men’s A boat, stroked by graduate student Rhett Burns, finished fourth collegiately and sixth overall with a time of 13:42.881, and the women’s A boat, stroked by Iris Cotrupi, finished 10th with
Eduwhere •

Lorri White, Co-Founder – Eduwhere & Keika Blog

Through hard work and passion, Lorri White, co-founder of Keika Ventures, has gone from a curious small-town girl to a global entrepreneur, seeking to help people around the world facilitate their environmental testing projects.

“We help them get their sampling projects done in a quicker and more streamlined fashion,” White said.

Hailing from the southeast corner of Indiana, White lived in Osgood, Indiana, with one stoplight, a town population of 1,000, and a high school graduating class of 50
EduWhere •

April W., U.S. Marine Corps Veteran – Eduwhere & Keika Blog

It’s the holiday season, time to enjoy friends and family, honor our traditions and give thanks. November means we honor our veterans and their service to our great nation. We are thankful for our Marine Corps veteran April W. April leveraged her military logistics training to secure a role at Keika Ventures. Her experiences abroad in Iraq and Afghanistan make any challenge she faces in our Garner warehouse small in comparison. Welcome home April, thanks for your service and for being on the KV
The Huntington News •

Students organize fintech clubs to connect

One element of the program, Finnovate, meets every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in a hybrid format.

Disrupt, the student-led financial technology club on campus, has launched a new financial technology lab called FinTech Lab and a research team for students interested in the field and starting a venture.

The financial technology, or fintech, team aims to compete with traditional financial services delivery methods. Disrupt has the goal to create a community that educates, advances and engag
The Stanford Daily •

Overcoming activism fatigue

With nearly 40 million people out of work, it makes sense that the Black Lives Matter movement has had so much success during a global pandemic. People finally have time to advocate for the issues that they feel strongly about and attend protests due to reduced job hours, work from home, and unemployment. People have also had the opportunity to see how people of color, specifically Black and Native Americans, are disproportionately affected by the pandemic.

The perfect melting pot of social act