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Editorial Cartoon

March 14, 2012

Amid outages, NU pursues solutions

March 1, 2012

The source of the outages, Vice President for Information Services Rehan Khan said, is a device called a core router. This connects the university network to the Internet and distributes Internet traffic throughout the network.

Chick-fil-A not coming to NU

March 1, 2012

“We are very pleased with the outcome of Monday night’s senate resolution to exclude Chick-fil-A from the group of vendors considered for a soon-to-be-renovated space at Northeastern’s Curry Student Center,” Director of Marketing and Communications Renata Nyul said in a statement Tuesday.

Husky Happenings

March 1, 2012

Northeastern’s plans to turn part of the YMCA property on Huntington Avenue into a $75 million 17-story building designed to hold 320 student residences as well as classrooms are not any further along. In an email to The News, Vice President for City and Community Affairs John Tobin said, “There is nothing really new to report. Just that negotiations continue on the financial aspects of the deal.” Construction on the building, which Phoenix Property Company owns and manages, was slated to begin in June of last year so the dorm could open in August of 2013.

SGA approves 2012-2013 budget, stipend raises

March 1, 2012

As part of the new budget, SGA’s chief of staff and executive director of communications will each receive a $788 stipend increase, bringing the amount from $1,575 to $2,363 a year. The SAF, a fee of $116 per year mandatory for all undergraduate students, funds all SGA stipends. The president’s $4,200 stipend will remain the same. Sabo said the rationale for stipends is that serving on SGA’s executive board is so time consuming that members cannot hold a part-time job.

Students win in model NATO

March 1, 2012

“The fundamental feature of this program is the students in it and what they accomplish,” D’Agati said. “We have students that won so many awards at the NATO conference that it was the single-best performance of any school this year and last year combined.”

Husky card system down next week

March 1, 2012

In a Feb. 2 email to students, the Office of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs said several services that utilize the Husky card system would be unavailable, including additions to meal plans, replacing Husky cards and adding funds to the cards. Students will also not be able to use their card for laundry, vending machines, off-campus dining vendors or the Northeastern bookstore, Rebecca’s Café and all dining halls will still accept the cards.

Ear to the tweets

March 1, 2012

Northeastern’s tweeters on the issues of the week.

Tension over nightlife restrictions continue

February 29, 2012

Boston is known for two things that don’t mix – its large population of college students and its early closing time. Local venue owners and managers have recently renewed the push for later closing times and bottle services at their establishments. However, with Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s recent implementation of a Nightclub Enforcement Unit and the Boston’s Licensing Board’s refusal of late-night venues to stay open past 2 a.m., the city is squashing these efforts, but letting a few changes slip by.

UPDATE: SGA votes against Chick-fil-A on campus

February 28, 2012

Student Government Association (SGA) senators voted 31 to 5 to denounce the proposal presented originally by Dr. Laura Wankel, vice president for student affairs to bring fast food eatery Chick-fil-A to the Curry Student Center.

UPDATED: Critics organize against CSC Chick-fil-A location

February 23, 2012

The debate over Chick-fil-A, a company which has been accused of being an opponent of the LGBT community, erupted last week after Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Laura Wankel announced that the university is in negotiations to include a Chick-fil-A as part of a larger plan to renovate the food court in the Curry Student Center.

Husky Happenings

February 23, 2012

After multiple network outages on campus in the past two weeks, Northeastern’s vice president for information services sent an email to students about Monday’s outage. “We are working with the vendor to determine the cause of the outage,” said Rehan Khan in the email. Officials declined to further comment to The News.