Growing up in San Francisco’s Bay Area, a toddler-aged Josh Levin climbed everything - bookshelves, lampposts, whatever he laid eyes on. Years later, the Northeastern senior scaled one of the most important walls of his life: One that led him to the buzzer to secure a victory on NBC’s sports entertainment TV show American Ninja Warrior (ANW.)
Raging fevers, broken feet and visa problems are not mentioned in Northeastern University’s (NU) Dialogue of Civilizations brochures. Despite reporting positive Dialogue experiences overall, some students and staff had to cope with unforeseen issues like these during their times abroad this summer.
Crime of the Week: Monday, June 27
11:51 a.m.
Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) spoke with the driver of a Massachusetts-registered vehicle, unaffiliated with Northesatern University (NU), in front of the Mugar Life Sciences building. NUPD requested Boston Police Department (BPD) after observing ballistic damage to the vehicle. The driver reported the damage took place on Blue Hill Avenue, but he had not reported it to BPD. At 12:59 p.m., BPD called NUPD to advise that officers already had photographs of the vehicle and would not be responding. Todisco Towing was notified to collect the vehicle and police found that the driver’s license had expired. NUPD confiscated a baseball bat and machete from the vehicle before it was towed. The driver will be summonsed to court for possession of a dangerous weapon.
Crime of the Week: Sunday, June 26
7:43 p.m.
Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) reported a dispute between two people at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and St. Botolph Street. NUPD reported the two individuals, unaffiliated with Northeastern University (NU), had gotten into a verbal altercation after one party almost hit the other with a car on the sidewalk. While NUPD was on the scene, one individual struck the other in the face. The two were separated, no injuries were reported and both parties were sent on their way. The subject will be summonsed to court for assault and battery.
Since its founding in 1961, more than 220,000 Americans have served with the Peace Corps. This week, Northeastern graduate Taylor Blydenburgh of Westhampton Beach, N.Y., who earned degrees in both international affairs and Arabic in 2015, joined its ranks for 27 months. Before departure, Blydenburgh shared some thoughts about her decision to serve.
Northeastern University (NU) will admit its last class of University Scholars this fall, terminating the full-tuition scholarship awarded to elite students, according to a June 9 email sent to current scholars.
Alexandra Valentine Johnson, remembered by loved ones as a scholar, activist, volunteer and committed friend, passed away on June 18 after suffering complications relating to a seizure. She was 19.
With two orientation sessions already completed and five more to come, thousands of students are beginning to discover Northeastern University’s campus, academics and student life through activities such as picking classes and attending a barbecue on the quad.
Crime of the Week: Thursday, June 16
8:45 p.m.
A dining hall manager called Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) to report a cleaner had found three students inside the south tower of International Village and sent them on their way. One of the students threw up on the worker and then exited the building. NUPD spoke with the intoxicated student and requested Emergency Medical Services (EMS), which responded and cleared the student, who refused treatment and transport. NUPD escorted the student to Douglass Park, where he planned to stay with his friend.
Crime of the Week: Thursday, June 9
9:11 a.m.
An allied officer reported she had been harassed for several days by an unknown man while on duty in the Robinson Quad. Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) filed a report. NUPD then reported stopping the subject of the case on the Egan Research Center access road. The subject, unaffiliated with NU, was identified and banned from all Northeastern University (NU) property before being escorted off campus. A report was filed.
By Olivia Arnold and Isaac Feldberg, news staff
Bailey Putnam, a rising junior at Northeastern University widely admired for his good-natured sense of humor, sharp wit and insatiable passion for journalism, died by suicide on Thursday, June 9. He was 21.
Putnam, of Weymouth,...
Crime of the week: Sunday, June 5
6:23 p.m.
A Northeastern University (NU) student reported he heard a noise in his living room in 309 Huntington Ave. and discovered an unknown man attempting to steal his bike. The subject dropped the bike and ran out of the building. The student reported he had left his front door unlocked. Boston Police Department (BPD) was notified and responded for a report. Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) checked the surrounding area and building for the subject with negative results. NUDP stated the back door of the building was also unlocked. A report was filed.
