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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

SGA promotes new NU Starts program

December 1, 2011
N.U.in is a service-learning program that provides students with a chance to start their college education abroad before officially matriculating at Northeastern in January.

SGA proposes list of college expectations

November 17, 2011
Aiming to help Northeastern’s colleges better serve students, the Student Government Association (SGA) unanimously passed an initiative Monday that will provide a College Expectations List to the administration.

Printing station added in International Village

November 10, 2011
The days of trekking to the library for printing services are history for residents of International Village (INV) as a new printer was installed late last month on the first floor of the building.

SGA votes down Speaker of the Senate plan

October 27, 2011
SGA senators rejected a proposal Monday to develop a new internally-elected position, speaker of the senate, which would have allowed one person to take over the executive vice president’s duty of chairing meetings.

President Aoun joins ranks of Northeastern tweeters

October 20, 2011
President Joseph Aoun is the latest tweeter at Northeastern as he garnered more than 200 followers Tuesday, his first day on the social networking site. Aoun is one of dozens of university administrators and organizations with Twitter handles, all vying for the attention of students in a crowded social media field.

PikeFest organizers stung by SGA’s denial of activity funds, scheduling conflict

October 6, 2011
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity leaders announced last week they will not have PikeFest this fall because they were denied funding by the Student Government Association (SGA) Finance Board. The Finance Board denied Pi Kappa Alpha’s fifth annual PikeFest request for $49,970 on July 14, citing severe unpreparedness and incompleteness in the group’s budget proposal. Members of the fraternity have placed much of the blame for this decision on SGA, saying they thought the organization was working against them this year.

SGA set to approve ‘I AM Northeastern Pledge’

September 22, 2011
Student Government Association (SGA) senators will vote Monday to endorse a new Northeastern pledge in an effort to provide support for the 2010 P.L.E.D.G.E., the effectiveness of which has underwhelmed university leaders.