Hopefuls for Northeastern University’s student body president set the battle lines last night at the first presidential debate, sponsored by WRBB, last-minute replacements after four student groups pulled their support over a dispute with student leaders.
Student Government Association (SGA) Executive Vice President Sean Maloney and Vice President for Academic Affairs Michael Sabo squared off as current SGA President Ryan Fox moderated, asking questions ranging from ways to increase the association’s communication with students to how the university can better its relationship with neighbors in Fenway and Mission Hill.
The leaders of four student groups withdrew as sponsors of the first debate between candidates for student body president, just six hours before the start of yesterday’s event, because of a disagreement with Student Body President Ryan Fox.
Sitting in a solid blue shirt and paisley tie after hours of meetings, Michael Sabo promptly responds to a question about his qualifications for the position of student body president, allowing his SGA political record to speak for himself.
The 21-year-old criminal justice major from Closter, New Jersey is in his third year on the student governing body and can rattle off a lengthy set of achievements, all, according to him, in the interest of Northeastern’s students.
“I love being in a position to help other people,” he said, “where I can be in a position to get results for students.”
Some say a good relationship needs open, two-way communication. If his campaign promises are any indication, Sean Maloney might live by that maxim.
SGA’s Executive Vice President said that if elected to the group’s top post, he’ll take steps to improve the spread of information to the student body.
“I think we’ve lost the face-to-face communication that SGA needs,” he said.
Students will face an increase of 4 percent, or about $1,454, in tuition this fall, but the bump will be cushioned for some by increased financial aid offerings, Northeastern administrators said Wednesday at a presentation of the proposed budget for fiscal year 2012.
Backscatter X-ray units are used primarily in airports to provide high-quality images of passengers’ bodies, but the US Department of Homeland Security has joined with multiple research institutions, including Northeastern University, to test the use of such security technology in a mobile platform.
A man was shot in the back around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday outside the Mission Church Grammar School at 94 Saint Alphonsus Street. He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, according to Boston Police Department (BPD) spokesperson Eddy Crispin. BPD said the suspect, identified as a thin man between 20 and 25 years old, was seen fleeing the scene of the crime in a dark gray BMW.
Provost Stephen Director hailed Northeastern’s accomplishments during the last few years and said there would be continued changes to facilities and programs over the next five years, as well as a bump in the number of faculty members.
Rapper Wiz Khalifa, known for “Black and Yellow,” will headline this year’s Springfest concert, the Council for University Programs (CUP) announced at midnight. The concert will take place Saturday, April 9 at Matthews Arena.
The Springfest lineup will also feature Third Eye Blind, Taking Back Sunday and Mac Miller. Tickets for the concert will go on sale Tuesday, March 22 at 9 p.m.
Graduate students in the Bouve College of Health Sciences and the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy were recently selected by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) to help conduct research on the nation’s health care workforce and provide recommendations to help reduce health care costs.
Northeastern President Joseph Aoun named former Harvard University official Elisabeth Werby to the new chief of staff position last month, as well as announcing Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance Jack McCarthy’s retirement Feb. 24.
Could Northeastern’s stringent club approval process be stifling student involvement?
Middler computer science major Greg Kerr said the process is “nightmarish,” after spending most of the current semester trying to start a club.
At Monday’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, Kerr appeared during open discussion time to call the university’s policies “burdensome,” decrying the “red tape” he’s faced.
