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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

At Task Force meeting, residents call for more integration

May 22, 2013
As work on the university's most recent Institutional Master Plan (IMP) winds down, local residents, city officials and Northeastern administrators focused on a new business initiative and outreach in Roxbury at the two-hour-long Community Task Force Meeting on Tuesday.

Task Force discusses housing impact study

April 4, 2013
An independent researcher at a community meeting last Thursday outlined her plans for a housing impact study in the neighborhoods around the Northeastern campus.

Column: The off-campus fallacy

January 17, 2013
Second semester is here, and in many ways it’s a bit disappointing the world didn’t end last month. Especially for all of you sophomores who have a firmly set group of friends from freshman year and are wandering into Off Campus Student Services and making calls to real estate agents. Apartment hunting season is on.

YMCA residents lament construction

December 6, 2012
After consistent complaints, a group of Northeastern officials met with some students this week to discuss ongoing construction on Huntington Avenue and its effects on the students housed in the YMCA.

No progress on YMCA dorm

April 12, 2012
Less than 18 months before its planned opening date, Northeastern officials said they have no news to report about a new dorm building announced in 2010. Under the proposal, construction was supposed to start in June 2011.

Future housing plans unclear

February 2, 2012
Months before Northeastern will begin requiring the sophomore class to live on campus, university officials were unclear about specific plans to create more on-campus housing.

Q&A: Tina Sherman, RSA President

September 8, 2011
Huntington News: What are the Resident Student Association's responsibilities at Northeastern? Tina Sherman: RSA's primary responsibility is to improve the on-campus living experience for Northeastern residents. We do this through two main means: Programming and advocacy. Throughout the year we put on various large-scale events to engage students. These range from speakers and comedians to trivia nights, barbecues or our famous 24-hour scavenger hunt, Husky Hunt. We also work on various advocacy initiatives including sending representatives to the Food Advisory Board to suggest dining hall improvements, or working to fix broken laundry machines in the halls.

Heating unit culprit in apartment fire

September 8, 2011
Boston Fire Department officials cite a faulty heating and ventilation unit as the cause of a a three-alarm fire Monday morning that ripped through a Westland Avenue building, displacing a dozen Northeastern University students. No one was injured in the fire, but BFD Spokesman Steve MacDonald said in a news release issued Tuesday damages were around $400,000 and are expected to rise. It could be weeks before any of the 40-45 apartment residents are allowed to move back in.

Apartment fire displaces about a dozen Northeastern students

September 5, 2011

By Zac Estrada, News Staff About a dozen Northeastern students were displaced early Monday morning when a three-alarm fire ripped through a mixed-use building on Westland Avenue. Boston Fire Department Spokesman Steve MacDonald said about 75 firefighters responded to a...

Housing puts focus on LLCs

February 17, 2011
Despite a raft of changes that has boosted the number of Living and Learning Communities (LLC) and expanded gender-neutral housing, housing officials expect room assignments for incoming freshmen and returning students to go smoothly. Northeastern’s Assistant Director of Housing Services Tim Touchette spoke Wednesday in front of the Student Government Association (SGA).

Housing team mulls changes

January 20, 2011
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).

Letter: Northeastern housing office is an annoyance

December 2, 2010
A single room recently opened up in my suite, so I asked for it to be transferred to me. Spring housing assignments recently came out, and I found out some random senior (who I am pretty sure isn’t guaranteed housing) ended up with it.