By Stephanie Vosk and Sarah Metcalf

The Boston Police Depart-ment has released the names of six Northeastern students who they believe to be responsible for some of the damage caused on Super Bowl Sunday.

Combined, the students face a total of 17 felony charges and, on April 5, a Roxbury District court judge will decide their fate. The charges they could face include disorderly persons sanctions and willful and malicious destruction of property over $250.

In addition, the six students — Daniel Rosquette, Kevin McCormick, Kevin Mautte, Eric Larson, Mark McGrath and Justin Bachman – are facing repercussions from the university.

All of their names have been turned over to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR), said James Ferrier, the associate director of public safety. Some have already had their hearings, while others are still pending.

As of yesterday, the university had expelled eight students, suspended two and placed two on deferred suspension.

Three students were also arrested the night of the Super Bowl, but the university would not confirm if the nine students named by the Boston Police Department were the same students sanctioned by the judicial board.

However, one of the first students to be arrested, Jason Shepherd, a sophomore photography major, said he was consequently expelled for what happened Feb. 1.

“I wasn’t even doing anything and they picked me out of the crowd pretty much,” Shepherd said.

He said he was just standing on the corner of Hemenway Street and Symphony Road when officers arrested him and “didn’t even get to see any cars flipped.”

“The funny part is the two other kids who got arrested with me were jumping up and down on a car. I thought that was pretty funny,” Shepherd said.

He said while he appealed the decision of the judicial board, it was to no avail. He called the attempt of the administration to place the blame of the student body on a few students a “poor attempt at showing power.”

Other identified students will also be handed disciplinary sanctions for their actions, which is fair and appropriate, said Allyson Savin, the Student Government Association’s vice president for student affairs.

“As far as I’m concerned, it’s very important for the university at this point to make sure the punishment fits the crime. Students need to know certain behaviors are not tolerated at Northeastern, nor should they be,” Savin said.

Savin also said punishment for the individuals who rioted in a destructive manner was necessary due to the fact the rest of the student body felt inaccurately represented by the actions of a small group.

“The Northeastern community and the student body did not feel that they were represented well, and disciplinary acts are good because they let the students and community know we’re not going to sit by and allow this type of behavior to continue,” she said.

OSCCR Director William Fischer said the student body as a whole was told certain behaviors would warrant consequences, and it is important for the university to stand by its warning.

“I think that we indicated early on that if any student engaged in behavior or took a part in that incident that we would respond with disciplinary actions, and we have followed through on that commitment,” Fischer said. “I think that disciplinary actions serve a significant value to the community in terms of maintaining a safe, peaceful, enriching living and learning environment.”

Savin said protecting the community and taking preventative actions were at the forefront of reasons for the expulsions.

“The community doesn’t feel Northeastern can control its own students. That’s part of the reason why Springfest was canceled,” Savin said. “Whether I agree with that or not, the point is we are thinking about the community and taking every necessary action to not only be reactive, but to also be proactive and ensure something like this never happens again.”

Fischer said his office would continue to hold hearings for other students in the next couple of weeks. Ferrier said the police had already identified another handful of people for questioning.

There is no statute of limitations, Fischer said, and students will continue to be questioned as they are identified.

Ferrier said all but one of the six students most recently named by BPD were identified through the pictures posted on the Public Safety Department’s Web site, www.publicsafety.neu.edu.

They were then interviewed and it was determined by the NUPD and the Boston Police Department that they were in fact the students in the pictures.

“We were going to work very diligently and cautiously and we weren’t going to be referring people for disciplinary action until we were virtually certain,” Ferrier said.

He said two students had already been pointed out as resembling people in the pictures. However, he said after interviewing them, it was determined “while they look like those people, they are not those people.”

Shepherd said with no chance left to change the minds of Northeastern officials, he has to look to the future. However, he said for a student who faced the kinds of repercussions he did, the future may not be so easy.

“It’s going to be pretty hard to get into another school with an expulsion on my record,” he said. “I’m going to apply, but we’ll see.”