Cappys employees confess to beating two customers
Two employees from Cappy’s Pizza and Subs confessed in a pretrial hearing to the beating of two undergraduate students last April, a charge they emphatically denied at the time. A Roxbury District Court judge ordered Demetrios Pseudoikonomou, manager of the Cappy’s chain, and another employee to pay $250 each in medical restitution to the victims, said Jake Wark, press secretary of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office. Both employees were charged with assault and battery and received one year probation, Wark said. The morning of April 16, Pseudoikonomou and the other employee assaulted the victims outside the restaurant following a verbal argument that occurred while they were ordering food. Brian Sawyer, a Westfield State College sophomore, and Allison Partridge, a Northeastern sophomore political science major, suffered minor injuries from the beating.
– Derek Hawkins, News Staff
Renewable Energy Fund proposal passes SGA
Last Monday night SGA legislation passed the proposed Renewable Energy Student Generated Fund by a vote of 28 for, 11 against and one abstention. In order to pass, the proposed opt-out fee needs a simple majority of the members present at the meeting, and quorum in order to make the meeting official. The legislation will be signed today, and then it will be sent to President Joseph Aoun to be signed. The fee will be official after President Aoun signs, and it will await approval from the board of trustees, which will review the proposed fee when the board convenes again in June.
– Michele Richinick, News Staff
Northeastern business school ranked 34th in country
BusinessWeek has ranked Northeastern’s College of Business Administration (CBA) in the top 50 undergraduate business schools for the third consecutive year, according to a press release. The CBA is 34th in the United States and the No. 1 college for internships. More than 98 percent of CBA students have an internship, according to a press release. CBA also ranked 22nd in academic quality and 28th in the student survey rankings, compared to last year’s rankings of 25th and 30th, respectively. Northeastern students gave the university an A+ rating in terms of job placement, acknowledging the importance placed on cooperative education, according to the press release. BusinessWeek partnered with Cambria Consulting in Boston to consider 127 programs from 127 colleges. For this year’s rankings, 80,000 graduating seniors were polled on topics like quality of teaching and recreational facilities.
– Michele Richinick, News Staff
