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Students arrested in Mission Hill

April 21, 2011
Four Northeastern students were arrested Saturday for not cooperating with Boston Police Department (BPD) officers after they tried twice to break up a party around 1:30 a.m. in Mission Hill.

Husky Happenings

April 21, 2011

MBTA car crashes into West Village E An MBTA The RIDE car crashed into the corner of West Village E April 14 after it was rear ended at the corner of Ruggles and Leon Streets by a student driving a Toyota Matrix. The Boston Police Department (BPD), Northeastern Division of...

OBITUARY: Christopher Williams, ‘a ray of sunshine’ to friends and family

April 21, 2011
Christopher J. Williams, a senior biomedical physics major, died April 10 of complications from Cystic Fibrosis. He was 23 years old.

Q&A: Sabo wins SGA election

April 14, 2011
Michael Sabo defeated Sean Maloney 2,484-910 with 226 no confidence votes to become Northeastern’s student body president for the 2011-12 academic year. Click to read a Q&A with the president-elect.

Biotech CEO named graduation speaker

April 14, 2011
Henri A. Termeer, the former CEO and chairman of Genzyme Corporation, will deliver the 109th commencement address to seniors at the Class of 2011 graduation ceremony May 6 at TD Garden, the university announced Tuesday in a news release.

SGA elects executive VP, board members

April 14, 2011
Student Government Association (SGA) senators voted current Vice President of Student Services Will Pett to be the group’s next executive vice president Monday night, and elected a slate of new vice presidents and chair of the Elections Committee.

Best of NU: Voting Now Open

April 13, 2011
Vote for your favorite things around Northeastern and Boston! Click here to vote for your favorites in 12 categories from best concerts to best coffee!

Voting extended through Friday

April 7, 2011
Student Government Association (SGA) leaders said Northeastern’s student body presidential candidates’ strong similarities have caused low voter turnout and prompted an extension of the voting period through 11:59 p.m. tomorrow. This marks the third time in the last four years SGA has extended the voting period. SGA requires 20 percent of the student body, or 3,170 votes, to certify the election between the association’s Executive Vice President Sean Maloney and Vice President of Academic Affairs Michael Sabo. As the original deadline of noon on Monday approached, fewer than 3,000 students voted. The 20 percent threshold was reached yesterday.

University sells Woburn land

April 7, 2011
Northeastern sold its 74.5-acre Whispering Hills Woods property located on Cambridge Road along the Woburn/Burlington town line to the City of Woburn for $6.7 million in March, Northeastern University’s Director of Communications Renata Nyul confirmed in an email to The News. Colliers International Senior Vice President Robert Cronin represented both the university and the city of Woburn.

NU officials respond to updated guidelines

April 7, 2011
Northeastern health and safety officials are reviewing university sexual harassment policies after US Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced clarified federal expectations for schools’ management of such issues Monday at the University of New Hampshire.

SGA passes plan to curb textbook prices

April 7, 2011
Student Government Association (SGA) unanimously supported Monday night a sense of the senate that supporters are calling a breakthrough in defending students from rapidly rising textbook prices by creating a pact with Northeastern faculty.

Husky Happenings

April 7, 2011

Snell Library celebrates anniversary Snell Library will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a celebration April 25 at 2 p.m. Northeastern alumnus and Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero will give the keynote address. Birthday cake will be served in Cyber Cafe...