University eliminates extra credits for double majors Students double majoring in two different colleges will no longer need extra credits to graduate. Ashley Adams, Student Government Association (SGA) vice president for academic affairs, said according to old requirements, students double majoring in two different colleges needed to complete both the requirements for each respective major as well as core requirements and complete an additional 30 semester hours. “With the current approval from the University Undergraduate CurriculumCommittee, students no longer are required to complete the extra 30semesterhours. This is such an incredible advancement because 30 semester hours loosely translates out into an entire extra semester,” Adams said. She added this change will allow many more students the possibility to double major in the areas of their choice regardless of what college their concentrations fall under.
Public Safety warns faculty and staff about thefts Northeastern Public Safety has released a SAFEnet Advisory warning faculty and staff of possible threats in Northeastern buildings, said Jim Ferrier, associate director of public safety. At least one incident has been reported in the past week where a man, claiming to be a deliveryman, requested a staff member in Ryder Hall come to the front of the building to pick up a package. In the incident, the staff member did so, and upon finding no one at the front door, returned to the office that she had left unlocked to find her wallet missing. Ferrier said there have been other incidents similar to this one in past months, leading public safety to believe the incidents may be related. Faculty and staff, he said, are strongly urged to keep their office doors locked at all times, even when leaving for a short period of time.
Campus Activities kicks off annual Summester events This year’s Summester events began Monday with a performance by Greenline, a student band, in the Snell Library Quad. “Despite the overcast weather we had a good turnout. Greenline is a great band so it was good to have them kick off Summester,” said Scott Hultman, event planning manager in the Student Activities Office. Upcoming events include a trip to see “Chicago” at the Wang Center for Performing Arts Thursday, and a Red Sox game Friday, both of which sold out quickly, Hultman said. The next available Summester event will be a Resident Student Association sponsored Summer BBQ Saturday, May 21, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Snell Library Quad. Campus Activities has arranged for 33 activities throughout the 14-week summer, which will run through August.
— Compiled by staff writers Sarah Metcalf and Jennifer Nelson.
