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Blind N.Y. resident sues NU over website accessibility

Maria Lovato, campus editor January 16, 2019
Jason Camacho, a blind N.Y. resident, sued Northeastern and 50 other schools in November claiming that their websites are not accessible to him as a person with vision loss.
Students have recently noticed a change regarding their university email. / File photo by Brian Bae.

ITS makes slight change to ‘husky.neu.edu’ email addresses

Maria Lovato, campus editor January 15, 2019
ITS created a dual email account for students in order to add them to Office 365's Global Address List.
Charles Wallace Thomas mediates a Q&A with co-founder of Initiate Justice Richie Resada, and Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors Dec. 3. / Photo courtesy Federico Toro Uribe

SAID hosts BLM activist and co-founder in conversation

Yunkyo Kim, news correspondent December 5, 2018
Black lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors and Initiate Justice founder Richie Reseda took part in a conversation in Blackman Auditorium.
TEDxNortheasternU hosted a female-focused conference in the Northeastern Alumni Center Monday. / Photo by Brittany Mendez

TEDxNortheasternU holds first TED talk event with all female speakers

Brittany Mendez, news staff December 5, 2018
TEDxNortheasternU hosted their first female-focused conference in the Northeastern Alumni Center on Monday.
Engineering clubs pushed out by renovations, with little explanation

Engineering clubs pushed out by renovations, with little explanation

Corey Dockser, multimedia manager December 5, 2018
Multiple engineering clubs lost space as a result of renovations in the basement of Richards Hall, and were given little information as to specifics.
Northeastern alumni hold final sendoff for Punter’s

Northeastern alumni hold final sendoff for Punter’s

Nick Hirano December 5, 2018
Northeastern Alumni hold final sendoff for Punter’s. The bar sold to NU for $5.3 million with unknown plans for the future.
NU community offers different opinions on midterm outcome

NU community offers different opinions on midterm outcome

Nick Swindell, deputy campus editor December 5, 2018
The 2018 midterm elections took place Nov. 6. Northeastern students and faculty were split on what to take away from the elections, but all tended to agree that the results hold strong ramifications for the future.
Photo Courtesy/Brooks Canaday

Faculty Senate grills CIO on NU’s IT woes

Nick Hirano, news staff December 4, 2018
Northeastern’s top information technology executive, Cole Camplese, met with the Faculty Senate Nov. 28 to discuss his priorities for updating and improving the university’s technology infrastructure.
Betsy DeVos to change campus sexual assault guidelines

Betsy DeVos to change campus sexual assault guidelines

Maria Lovato, campus editor December 3, 2018
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released a controversial proposal on Nov. 16 that rewrites the rules on how schools must handle sexual assault allegations on college campuses.
SGA president resigns discreetly

SGA president resigns discreetly

Chris Butler November 29, 2018
Nathan Hostert resigned from his position as president of the Student Government Association during a Nov. 19 meeting. According to meeting minutes, Hostert requested that his resignation not be made public.
Stigma against mental illness is decreasing on college campuses

Stigma against mental illness is decreasing on college campuses

Paxtyn Merten, Multimedia Manager November 29, 2018
The negative stigma surrounding mental illness is perceived to be larger than it actually is because of wide-spread silence on the topic, researches say.
Full-time non-tenure track faculty protest for right to unionize

Full-time non-tenure track faculty protest for right to unionize

Chris Butler November 29, 2018
Members of the full-time non-tenure track faculty marched to president Joseph E. Aoun's office and delivered an open letter asking him to approve their right to vote on forming a union.