The controversial flags hung from the lobby ceiling in International Village as part of Northeastern Professor Thomas Starr’s “Exploded View” art piece were reported stolen Friday morning and officials said the university had nothing to do with the removal of the flags.
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity leaders announced last week they will not have PikeFest this fall because they were denied funding by the Student Government Association (SGA) Finance Board. The Finance Board denied Pi Kappa Alpha’s fifth annual PikeFest request for $49,970 on July 14, citing severe unpreparedness and incompleteness in the group’s budget proposal. Members of the fraternity have placed much of the blame for this decision on SGA, saying they thought the organization was working against them this year.
Four staff members discovered several laptops and ceiling projectors were stolen from unlocked rooms overnight. The laptops were from a fourth floor classroom in Lake Hall and first floor graduate student office suites in Nightingale Hall. Two ceiling projectors were taken from conference rooms on the fourth and fifth floors of Holmes Hall. There was no evidence of forced entry.
Northeastern students said they are sad to see Nutrition One close as early as Friday after more than 14 years of selling health and nutrition products at the Huntington Avenue location.
The roughly 3,000 members of Northeastern’s class of 2016 won out among 43,000 applicants this spring, and university officials say they represent the most academically advanced class ever admitted.
A Northeastern University Division of Public Safety (NUPD) officer was hit by a ricocheting bullet around 6 p.m. Wednesday at a firing range on Moon Island in Boston Harbor, according to Boston Police Department (BPD) officials.
Tuesday, Sept. 20, 11:15 a.m. - A student reported he locked his bike outside International Village (INV) on Sept. 3 and on Sept. 20 he discovered the front tire still locked to the rack but the rest of the bike missing.
College of Engineering Dean David Luzzi’s promotion to Strategic Security Initiative executive director for Northeastern makes him the university’s second dean this month to leave a position, and potentially puts another college in a bind as the search for Luzzi’s successor begins.
Northeastern’s Career Services and organizers of the first of three career fairs held this year hope students will take advantage of opportunities to network with hundreds of employers as they head toward graduation. A Career fair will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday in Cabot Center.
Students often walk through Northeastern’s Centennial Common, passing booths, tables, live music, even free food and giveaways. Student leaders who want to change this are attempting to engage more on-campus students in university activities through the Web. Clubs and organizations are increasingly turning to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter and to connect with students who are not checking out different activities at campus fairs during the week.
Two flags hung this week from the ceiling in the lobby of International Village have ignited controversy among Northeastern students, some going as far to say they’re an attack on America. 
Ferdaus was indicted Thursday amid charges he attempted to damage and destroy a federal building by means of an explosive, attempting to damage and destroy national defense premises, receipt of explosive materials, receipt and possession of non-registered firearms, attempting to provide material support to terrorists and attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. 
