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Ear to the tweets

April 19, 2012
Northeastern tweeters on the issues of the week.

Junior may win trip to space

April 19, 2012
Justin Dowd is a finalist in the Metro newspaper’s Race for Space, and the grand prize is a seat on a shuttle that will soar 120 kilometers, or roughly 394,000 feet, off the surface of the Earth. Most commercial jet planes fly between 30,000 and 40,000 feet.

NU hosts Israeli US ambassador

April 19, 2012
Oren spoke for about an hour, touching on the history of the relationship between Israel and the US, Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the Iranian nuclear program and the Arab Spring. He also stressed the importance of the alliance for both Israel and America.

Fraternity Zeta Beta Tau seeks university recognition

April 19, 2012
The group of 25 Northeastern students was recognized by the national ZBT headquarters as the Zeta Beta Tau Boston-City chapter on March 22. Since then, Northeastern’s Hillel center yielded space for the fraternity’s executive board meetings, which are held on Mondays. The entire group meets in Rubin’s apartment every Thursday for educational meetings.

Husky Happenings

April 19, 2012
Northeastern School of Law student Doug Lloyd won $12,400 on Jeopardy, the popular trivia game show. The episode aired April 9, and Lloyd went on to compete in the next show, winning $2,000 for finishing in second place. He completed his undergraduate education at Harvard and will graduate from law school next month.

Chartwells workers join Local 26 union

April 19, 2012
After almost a month of public activism, during which students and faculty held a speak-out rally as a venue for workers to voice their issues with Chartwells management, union officials announced Northeastern’s Chartwells workers voted overwhelmingly last Thursday April 12 to join the UNITE HERE Local 26 union.

Column: Tupac is back

April 18, 2012

While scrolling through my Twitter feed the other day I discovered, via Rolling Stone, that rapper Tupac Shakur performed at the Coachella music festival. This struck me as weird, on account of the fact that Shakur has been dead for almost 16 years. However, thanks to the...

Shots fired on Annunciation Road

April 16, 2012
Officer Nicole Grant, a BPD spokeswoman, said a witness reported about nine gunshots in the area. The shooter fled the scene on foot towards Ruggles Street, the witness said. No one was hurt in the shooting, but officers noticed bullet holes in a car parked at the scene.

Chartwells workers vote to unionize

April 12, 2012
Chartwells employees at Northeastern voted 299 to 44 today to join the UNITE HERE! Local 26 union, with the hopes of getting collective bargaining benefits and advocacy on their behalf, workers said.

Ear to the tweets

April 12, 2012
Northeastern tweeters on the issues of the week

Husky Happenings

April 12, 2012
Northeastern Chartwells employees will vote today to decide whether or not they will join the Local 26 union. Workers announced their intent to form a union March 14 in a rally, presenting the university administration with a petition signed by 293 employees – more than 72 percent of dining services workers at Northeastern. The workers held a speak out event in Behrakis on March 22, where hundreds of students came to listen to the problems workers face. The workers and Local 26 officials will count the votes tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Xhibition Kitchen at Stetson West.

NU chooses senior Emily Batt as student commencement speaker

April 12, 2012
High school math left Emily Batt so frustrated she swore she’d never take another math class as long as she lived, but five years later, she is graduating from Northeastern with a degree in physics.