Northeastern places first in Talib Kweli competition Northeastern placed first in the Talib Kweli College Demand Competition and the university will be added to alternative hip hop artist’s upcoming tour. The competition was through the website www.eventful.com. According to the Eventful website, the Demand service “empowers users to influence where their favorite performers, candidates and other celebrities” go. Through this competition, which lasted from Aug. 21 to Oct. 17, students could voted for Talib Kweli and the top five schools with the most students won a performance by Kweli. The other winning universities are Boston University, University of California, Irvine, the University of Wisconsin Madison and the University of California, Davis. Visit www.eventful.com for more information. – Kate Augusto, New Staff

BRC allocates more than $6,000 for student groups The Budget Review Committee (BRC) allocated money to three student groups and denied funding to one student group at the meeting Wednesday. Phi Delta Chi was allocated about $920 for the Bouve Health Fair and Flu Clinic Nov. 27. The purpose of this event is to launch a campus-wide health fair offering health-related services and information to the Northeastern community, according to its funding request. The event will include an HIV awareness and testing information session, a smoking cessation clinic, flu shots and cholesterol testing. The BRC also allocated more than $5,000 to the Northeastern Black Student Association for “1001 Black Inventions.” This event, which is Nov. 27, shows students what it would be like if inventions by black inventors didn’t exist. The Minority Association for Pre-Health Students was denied funding for its annual Thanksgiving dinner, partially because the BRC did not feel the event was geared toward Northeastern students. Meanwhile, the Northeastern Panhellenic Council (NPHC) was approved $325 to send a member to the NPHC Annual Conference. – Kate Augusto, New Staff

LSCC celebrates its 10th anniversary, time capsule The Latino/a Student Cultural Center (LSCC) is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month with a series of events, according to a Northeastern press release. Upcoming events include the LSCC Beautification Day Thursday, where members of the Northeastern community are invited to beautify the LSCC and surrounding areas. A 10-Year Time Capsule Unveiling will take place Friday, where an LSCC time capsule created in 1997 will be shown. Also Friday is a Night Out with Society of Latino Alumni. The final event is the 10th Anniversary Gala Saturday to celebrate the center and thank those who have supported it. At the event there will be an awards ceremony, dinner and dancing, which will be held at the Boston Back Bay Hilton. Those interested in attending need to RSVP to [email protected]. – Kate Augusto, New Staff

Generation Y starts two-week drive for charities Generation Y, a collaboration of Northeastern student leaders and organizations, has begun a two week donation competition among classes to benefit local nonprofits, according to a press release. For the drive the group is looking for items like non-perishable food, new toiletries and toothbrushes, books for children and adults and clothing. The items will benefit seven organizations, including the AIDS Action Committee and the Greater Boston Food Bank. Points will be awarded to each class based on the donated items and the winner will be announced Oct. 31 at a Fall Fair in Centennial Commons. The Fall Fair will also feature a pie-eating contest and a haunted house with facts about social discrepancies. – Kate Augusto, New Staff