The Northeastern University Right to Life organization is currently holding their first Respect Life week on campus, which focuses, among other things, on the controversial topic of abortion. Despite the larger issue, the events during the week, including a former abortionist lecturing against the practice, will be funded by the Student Activities Fee (SAF), a $116 fee all undergraduate students pay each year. The fee is allotted by the Budget Review Committee (BRC) of Student Government Association (SGA).
More than 10 buildings throughout campus experienced water damage from the recent heavy rainstorms, including International Village, which opened just over six months ago, according to Stanley Duci, director of customer service for facilities. The first area to experience flooding is where Mugar, Dodge and Ell Hall buildings all meet, said Duci.
Student Government Association (SGA) will “invade” the library quad today from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. the event will coincide with SGA’s election theme, “Party in the SGA.” The height of the invasion will come during activities period, when a DJ will play music and BBQ will be served.
The Resident Student Association (RSA) elected Chucker Berds, the current vice president for finance, as its president for next year at last night’s RSA meeting. He defeated Julie Rizzolo, the current vice president for collaboration in the only contested election of the five-and-a-half-hour meeting. The vote tally was not released. Elections for three of RSA’s six vice presidents were also held.
Political parties will face off on campus tonight when the Northeastern University College Democrats and the Northeastern University College Republicans debate. Topics will include foreign policy with regards to Iran, private school vouchers, immigration reform and campaign finance. It is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. in 305 Shillman Hall. “We wanted to come up with topics that are really important that have been really overlooked,” said Michael Sabo, president of the Northeastern University College Republicans. He said the topics had been decided in a meeting between executive members of both clubs.
The Massachusetts State Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing to discuss Senate Bill 1801, “An Act to regulate and tax the cannabis industry” March 2. The bill and its companion bill, House Bill 2929, seek to legally regulate the commercial production and distribution of marijuana for adults over the age of 21. The premise of the bill takes on the form of the current law that regulates the production and sale of alcohol.
President Joseph Aoun was listed as a potential candidate for the University Of Massachusetts (UMass) presidency position that will open up in June of 2011, as reported in the Boston Globe last Tuesday. Director of Communications Renata Nyul declined to comment on the length and nature of Aoun’s contract with Northeastern University, saying it’s a “longstanding university policy to not comment on personal information.”
Pathfinder International, a non-profit group, created a series of videos to raise awareness for the lack of modern contraceptives and hosted it on girl2woman.org. Every time a video gets shared, $1 is raised. The group gave the site a one week challenge: reach 200,000 video shares.
By Monday, International Women’s Day and the final day of the week-long challenge, the goal was not met.
It's the "NUpocalypse." The Center for University Programs (CUP) released this year's line-up for the upcoming Springfest concert Wednesday afternoon via posts on social networking sites. The news, that students would be able to see main acts Drake, 3OH!3, and K-OS as well as comedian Kathy Griffin, spread quickly over Facebook and Twitter, where reaction was decidedly mixed.
On Thursday, professors Laura Frader and Christina Gilmartin will discuss post-war women’s activism and gender-based state policies in 440 Egan Research Center from 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. The lecture, titled “Gender Matters: ‘War, States, and Women’s Activism: A conversation between two historians” is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Lihua Wang at 617-373-4984 or at [email protected].
By Laura Mueller-Soppart, News Staff
Boston City Council President Mike Ross publicly denounced Northeastern for the number of students has compromised long-time residents of Mission Hill, but property managers and residents have differing perspectives.
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Hanged by the neck.
This is how the late Heath Ledger begins his performance in 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.' It's an ironic vision, tragic even. In a certain morbid way, it makes sense. Nevertheless, it's shocking.
It's Ledger's last film and...
