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The peaceful protests carried well into the night.

YDSA connects passionate students to Breonna Taylor protest

Mihiro Shimano and Annie Probert October 5, 2020

On Sept. 25, more than 100 Northeastern students assembled at Centennial Common to create posters to carry in Boston’s protest of the grand jury failing to indict the officers responsible for the murder of Breonna Taylor. The Young Democratic Socialists of America at Northeastern...

President Joseph E. Aoun established the NUPD advisory board over the summer following Black Lives Matter protests regarding police brutality and racism.

NUPD advisory board suggests new feedback system, additional oversight

Jessica Silverman, deputy campus editor October 5, 2020
In an email to students Monday, chair of the Northeastern Police Department advisory board, Jack McDevitt, detailed a new university-wide feedback system for the Northeastern University Police Department, or NUPD, and recommended the Office of University Equity and Compliance, or OUEC, participate in investigations of officer misconduct.
Marino's basketball courts, normally populated by intense pickup basketball, now are the home of socially distanced exercise equipment.

Students eager to return to reopened Marino with new density restrictions

Gretchen Hofmann, news correspondent October 4, 2020
Marino has reduced its overall density and is operating at 40 percent capacity to ensure social distancing guidelines are met. To adhere to this standard, a new scheduling system has been implemented, where students can now schedule their workouts through the app ATLETO. 
Court dismisses students’ class action suit seeking partial refund for spring semester

Court dismisses students’ class action suit seeking partial refund for spring semester

George Barker, campus editor October 2, 2020
On Thursday, United States District Judge Richard G. Stearns dismissed the summer lawsuit filed by two students against Northeastern University seeking a partial refund for the Spring 2020 semester due to the switch to remote learning in March.  
First-year biology and mathematics major Sachi Kulkarni's remote learning setup in Texas.

NU Start program connects remote freshmen to campus

Annie Probert, news staff October 2, 2020
Created for first-years unable to travel to the Boston campus and attend in-person classes, NU Start allows students to take all of their fall courses online. NU Start courses are asynchronous to accomodate students from around the world. This means they do not require real-time interaction, which is a key difference from the NUflex model of both synchronous and asynchronous classes.
The West Village Quad, where construction of an outdoor tent is planned.

Students stage sit-in to protest tent construction in West Village Quad 

Deanna Schwartz, managing editor October 2, 2020
Northeastern students staged a sit-in Thursday to protest the planned construction of a tent on West Quad.
NU's "Stuff a Husky" event drew a substantial crowd of freshmen.

Freshmen find community through social media, virtual events

Eamonn Ryan, news correspondent September 30, 2020
With restrictions on social gatherings, students, both on-campus and remote, have had to use virtual methods to try and communicate with fellow classmates and potential friends. Before even coming to campus, new students began socializing with each other through social media, especially through the Northeastern 2024 Facebook group. 
“We’re just trying to make sure that we’re aware that we’re all in the same boat and that we can help each other just by being there for each other,” said Carey Tassel, vice president of the Society of Women Engineers.

Clubs for women in STEM adapt to virtual format

Lily Murphy, news correspondent September 30, 2020
For women planning to enter male-dominated STEM fields, making connections with other women in the same situation is vital. Under normal circumstances, clubs are able to bring in speakers and host events in order to forge bonds between members. The speakers and events look different this semester, but leaders of student organizations for women in STEM are determined to create bonds as strong as ever.
“At the end of the day, what I want to make sure that all students know is that the protections haven't changed,” said OUEC Deputy Coordinator and Investigator Brigid Hart-Molloy.

NU’s Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment policy fills gaps left by federal Title IX overhaul

Maya Homan, news staff September 30, 2020

Northeastern University has updated its Title IX policy in accordance with changes mandated by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the U.S. Department of Education. In response, Northeastern’s Office for University Equity and Compliance, or OUEC, has created a new policy...

Rachel Fox's bed while in isolation housing in Kennedy Hall

My test was positive, then negative: A night spent in isolation housing

The following is an account from Rachel Fox, a second-year mechanical engineering student who initially was told she had tested positive for COVID-19. Hours later, after having already moved into isolation housing, Fox received an email from the university with her negative test result. 
Classrooms across the Northeastern campus have their capacity marked at the door.

NUflex met with mostly positive response from students, faculty

Max Schochet, news correspondent September 29, 2020
As the fall semester begins at Northeastern, students and faculty are experiencing a new normal, thanks in part to the Hybrid NUflex learning model, a program which offers the choice for remote learning, in-person classes or a combination of the two. 
A classroom in Ryder Hall is outfitted with NUflex technology.

Northeastern extends NUflex through spring semester

Deanna Schwartz, managing editor September 24, 2020

Northeastern University will continue using the hybrid NUflex learning model through the spring semester, university spokesperson Shannon Nargi confirmed in an email to The News today. “NUflex will continue to be employed next semester as it has been this semester,” Nargi...