NUBiLAGA sponsors Day of Silence
Northeastern’s Day of Silence is an invitation for students, faculty and staff to take a vow of silence on Tuesday, April 8 to protest the silence faced by victims of hate crimes. Participants wear Day of Silence T-shirts and remain silent for 12 hours. Judy Shepard, mother of Matthew Shepard, will break the silence at 8 p.m. in the Raytheon Amphitheatre when she talks about the life, legacy and loss of her son. Matthew Shepard was a University of Wyoming student who was tortured and killed in 1998, reportedly for being gay. Students can pick up a T-shirt at the Northeastern University Bisexual Lesbian and Gay Association (NUBiLAGA) table on the ground floor of the Curry Student Center between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. today.
– Michele Richinick, News Staff
Governing Board considers banner replacement
The Curry Student Center Governing Board has received a proposal to create uniformity of the banners within the indoor quad in the Student Center, said Matthew Brem, a member of the Student Center Governing Board, a branch of the Student Government Association. The purpose of the proposal is to create more space so more student groups can be represented, Brem said. The size of the banners would be regulated so that they will be smaller than they are, but there would be flexibility regarding the design. The university would pay to replace the banners, but the process is not entirely decided, Brem said. All student groups that currently have banners would have the first opportunity to put up new ones, he said. If there is extra space, other student groups would be able to get banners, he said.
– Michele Richinick, News Staff
Northeastern increases number on waitlist
The number of freshman applicants on college waiting lists has increased since previous years, according to local media reports. Northeastern has waitlisted 1,400 students, which is a 17 percent increase from past years. Other Massachusetts universities have also increased their waiting lists, like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which has had almost a 50 percent increase since last year, and Dartmouth College, which has increased its waitlist 15 percent since last year, according to the reports. In the past, colleges have usually had confidence in their estimation for the number of accepted students who will enroll in the fall. This year, however, the current economic situation, record numbers of student applications and financial aid expansions have made it more difficult to predict what colleges students from middle-class families will choose to attend.
– Michele Richinick, News Staff
