University officials announced this week that starting with the class of 2016, students will be required to live on campus for both freshman and sophomore year. Previously, students were only required to live on campus for their first year. Also part of the new rule is that freshman and sophomores will be required to live in LLCs.
Co-op: A word in the vocabulary of every Northeastern student. The rotation of school and real world experience is the reason that many students choose this university. It is also one of the reasons our school is known across the country.
We’ve heard it before, over and over. Our parents complaining about how our generation does nothing: how we are always glued to televisions, video games, iPhones, iPods, Blackberrys, etc. Some parents even go so far as to say that we don’t have voices or passions.
But I think they’re wrong.
The proposed Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero has taken over the media in recent weeks, inciting opposition and support from some of the most surprising groups imaginable. There are families of Sept. 11 victims supporting the project while many Muslims are outlining reasons why the center, nicknamed Park51, should not exist so close to Ground Zero.
New class schedules. New professors. New housing assignments. New roommates. New faces on campus.
A fresh start.
There’s something re-energizing about the start of a new school year. A kind of giddy excitement that makes moving back to Northeastern an enjoyable experience.
Northeastern faced exceptional opposition over the last several years to expansion and student overflow in surrounding communities like Mission Hill, Roxbury and Fenway. Mission Hill residents have recently expressed their anger at Northeastern University for failing to follow through with building two new residence halls that would help bring students back to campus.
September is a roller coaster of a month, especially if you’re a freshman. You not only say goodbye to summer, but to everything back home that’s familiar. It means exciting things too, of course – a new city, new friends and being on your own.
Originally, I was filled with the latter emotion in the months leading up to my freshman year. Coming from a small town in upstate New York, I couldn’t wait to get to Boston. I love where I come from, but I felt destined for bigger things.
Without a doubt, Northeastern students are able to do some amazing things. Few other universities can boast having students learning on every continent. Many undergraduates working in world-class laboratories and institutions around the globe. However, much of what students do is a result of their own determination, dedication and perseverance. Northeastern may have had a marginal role in their success, but, in some cases, it has made things more difficult for them. While some students are able to accomplish their academic and personal goals within the structure of the university, Northeastern really needs to find what it’s missing out on – a lot of good ideas that never get a second glance.
The Huntington News publishes the Crime Log in each issue, a collection of selected entries from the Northeastern University Police Department’s (NUPD) public log of reported criminal activity. Though sometimes entertaining, the column serves a serious purpose: to inform and caution students about crime trends around campus. Frequent, consistent reports of on campus theft reveal a troubling area of unmet need from Northeastern’s Public Safety Division. Should Northeastern be doing more?
Though not without its faults, the Northeastern University Facilities Department is the one department that has resisted getting caught up in the NU Shuffle. Its customer service center serves as a model for the application of efficient and effective technology to quickly respond to facilities-related issues around campus.
