Over the summer, Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun announced to the university’s faculty that Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Stephen W. Director, would be retiring after seven years of service.
“I will be forever grateful for the way Steve approached his job as provost; he always acted with the greater interests of the university in mind,” Aoun said in an email to university faculty. “This is the mark of a true university citizen and a true leader.”
A student reported her roommate was smoking marijuana. Officers responded and spoke with both students in the hallway before being let in by the reported offender. The subject admitted to smoking marijuana with her two friends. The drugs (less than one ounce) and paraphernalia were later confiscated. A report was filed and action was referred to OSCCR.
On Sept. 1, Allston Christmas brought its usual chaos to Boston as thousands of rental units changed hands from outgoing to incoming students. The Allston Christmas tradition dates back to the ‘60s and refers to large quantities of furniture and household goods that litter the streets of the Allston, Brighton and Mission Hill areas during college move-in time.
Throughout the 20th century the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been a hot issue that attracts a great amount of controversy, both on a political and ethical levels. Discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be a challenging feat, but teaching it is even harder.
Former Northeastern student Ahmad Abousamra was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list in 2013, and has a $50,000 bounty on his head, for allegedly heading the social media for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group.
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.
