Before deadlines and homework begin piling up, Northeastern University’s Welcome Week 2014 provides a chance for students to get involved and find out what the campus has to offer. The festivities began on Wednesday, Aug. 27 with Welcome Week information sessions and will come to a close on Saturday, Sept. 6, when various clubs and organizations host activities around campus.
Last year, Denise Horn, assistant professor of International Relations, was denied tenure in a highly public and controversial decision made by the office of the provost. With a huge wave of faculty and undergraduate support behind her, Horn's tenure decision was postponed for reassessment. And this year she was denied again.
With the ever-rising student population, Northeastern is continually addressing the problem of housing. As more undergraduates enter and the commitment to provide on campus housing increases, students have continued to seek other means of housing off campus.
Entry of the week: Tuesday, August 26, 5:48 p.m.
A student reported that two designer purses (one Louis Vuitton and one Prada) containing personal possessions were stolen from West Village H approximately two nights ago. Officers filed a report.
It's Friday night at Jacques Underground and Sam Coren, the guitarist of local band Sleep Crimes, is shredding on her yellow Gibson SG special. But Coren is not an anomaly — she is one of the many talented female musicians to grace the stage at the Yes All Women Boston (YAWB) inaugural rock show.
In a softly-lit building with exposed brick, local film producer Nuria Ballmer watched the actors simulate self-defense techniques on set. These are easy moves, Ballmer said, that even her children learned in karate lessons, but she never had the opportunity to learn. Ballmer said that women’s education hasn’t changed much, in the sense that women are still not taught how to handle dangerous situations.
Entry of the week: Monday, July 21, 2:03 p.m.
A female not affiliated with the university reported parking her car on Speare Place behind the Marino Center and leaving it unattended with the windows down for ten minutes. When she returned at 2 p.m., her wallet containing $2,500 in addition to 3 ATM cards and 3 credit cards had been stolen.
Northeastern is joining eight other universities to enhance student abroad and exchange programs as part of President Barack Obama’s,“100,000 Strong in the Americas” initiative. The university was granted $25,000 by the US Department of State, sponsored by Santander Bank.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) recently awarded professor Gary Goshgarian with the Robert H. Goddard Award. Goshgarian, also known by his pen name Gary Braver, is the author of many science fiction novels (such as ‘Elixir’ and ‘Flashback’). At Northeastern, he became an English department pioneer by starting the science fiction novel class — the longest running and first such class in the nation. He continues to teach science fiction, along with horror fiction and the modern best-seller. The News spoke with Goshgarian about his unique career path.
Entry of the Week: Tuesday, June 24, 9:44 a.m.
A Northeastern staff member reported that someone used a blow torch on a public locker on the third floor of Behrakis Hall. The locker and its lock were destroyed, but entry to the locker was not gained. The damage was photographed and a report was filed.
Timothy Ryan Faulkner, a financial analyst at Partners HealthCare and finance major at Northeastern, passed away on Friday, June 20 at the age of 21. The cause of his death remains unknown.
Entry of the Week: Tuesday, June 10, 11:36 a.m.
A female was reported stealing two pints of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream from Wollaston’s in the Marino Center. The subject ran into Panera Bread, where she was stopped by an officer. She identified herself as “Ebonne Burke” which was found to be an alias after she was fingerprinted at the MBTA. The woman, not affiliated with the university, was found to have three outstanding misdemeanors warrants and one outstanding felony warrant for shoplifting. The charges from Wollaston’s were added to the arrest and the ice cream was recovered from the street.
