Students may design public safety building Northeastern architecture and engineering students may have the opportunity to complete plans for a new fire and police department building in Norfolk, according to local media reports. The students would not be paid for their time but would complete the plans as part of their class curriculum. Though town officials have not heard of other towns using students to design such plans, Northeastern officials are open to the idea, according to news articles. Norfolk officials have been discussing ideas to build a new elementary school but are now shifting plans to build a new public safety building for the fire and police departments. Originally, town officials were planning to ask voters to spend more than $1 million on the design plans, but if Northeastern students do them, it would cost less. The pitch for the projects will be made to voters at a town meeting this spring.
– Kate Augusto, News Staff
Congress to continue work on Higher Education Act Congress will continue working on the Higher Education Act when it returns from winter recess this month, according to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. At meetings it will tackle the issues of college cost, accreditation and Internet piracy. These will dictate if colleges and universities will be limited in raising tuition, how schools will deal with low student performance and how strict schools should be in enforcing copyright laws.
– Kate Augusto, News Staff MLK convocation to be held Wednesday in Ell Hall Northeastern will hold its annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Convocation Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 11:45 a.m. in Ell Hall. The event will commemorate King’s “commitment and contribution to the struggle for social justice and human rights in the United States and worldwide,” according to a Northeastern announcement. Reverend Zan Wesley Holmes will be the keynote speaker. Holmes is a pastor emeritus of St. Luke Community United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas. He is known for his community activism, preaching and teaching, and is a model of the ideals King lived by, according to the announcement. An open reception and question and answer session will follow the convocation at 1:20 p.m. at the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute. Kate Augusto, News Staff
