Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun has appointed former Suffolk County district attorney and Northeastern alumnus Ralph Martin as the university’s senior vice president and general counsel, according to a university release yesterday.
Student tickets for this year’s Beanpot Tournament will go on sale at Matthews Arena Saturday at 9 a.m. Depending on location in the TD Garden, tickets are either $32 or $42 and are valid for all four games of the tournament. Students can purchase one ticket with a valid Husky Card. Doors at Matthews Arena will open at 8 a.m. Northeastern will play Harvard in the first round of the tournament at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7 at the TD Garden.
Members of the Northeastern community gathered yesterday in Blackman Auditorium to commemorate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while inspiring attendees to promote his ideals. The event, sponsored by the John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute, featured entertainment and speeches intended by Northeastern officials to inspire students and remember Dr. King.
Last month, Mary Wegmann took the position of Director of Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR) when the previous director, Colleen Ryan, left for family reasons this past December after being appointed in August 2009.
Northeastern was ranked the fourth-greenest campus in the world last month by the GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities, established by the University of Indonesia (UI).
Students say policy changes surrounding guests and storage need to be addressed before they will consider staying on campus past freshman year, according to a recent housing survey by the Student Government Association (SGA).
Laptop combination locks for students working in Snell Library to lock their laptops will be available as early as this month, a move that could slash the number of computer thefts at Northeastern. The university’s Student Government Association (SGA) is working in conjunction with library officials to start a pilot program to offer the theft-deterrent devices for rental at the front desk of Snell. The devices for the pilot program were purchased with funds from the Provost’s office. “It’s already proven students want this,” SGA Vice President for Academic Affairs Michael Sabo said. “Other schools offer something like this already.”
Northeastern College of Business Administration graduate Patrick Gaston was named to a one-year post with the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Gaston, who received a master’s of business administration in 1992, will serve as executive in residence for the group starting Monday. He is also president of the Verizon Foundation.
The Student Government Association (SGA) passed a resolution Dec. 13 supporting the university administration’s proposal to eliminate activities periods starting Fall 2011, a move intended to create 226 new sections for classes.
College students are notorious for having little to no extra cash in their wallets, and what they do have must be spent strategically. In order to help students save money and find low-priced food and drink specials, Tyler Smith, a senior finance major at Northeastern, founded Brewspy.com.
