Hopefuls for Northeastern University’s student body president set the battle lines last night at the first presidential debate, sponsored by WRBB, last-minute replacements after four student groups pulled their support over a dispute with student leaders.
Student Government Association (SGA) Executive Vice President Sean Maloney and Vice President for Academic Affairs Michael Sabo squared off as current SGA President Ryan Fox moderated, asking questions ranging from ways to increase the association’s communication with students to how the university can better its relationship with neighbors in Fenway and Mission Hill.
The leaders of four student groups withdrew as sponsors of the first debate between candidates for student body president, just six hours before the start of yesterday’s event, because of a disagreement with Student Body President Ryan Fox.
Sitting in a solid blue shirt and paisley tie after hours of meetings, Michael Sabo promptly responds to a question about his qualifications for the position of student body president, allowing his SGA political record to speak for himself.
The 21-year-old criminal justice major from Closter, New Jersey is in his third year on the student governing body and can rattle off a lengthy set of achievements, all, according to him, in the interest of Northeastern’s students.
“I love being in a position to help other people,” he said, “where I can be in a position to get results for students.”
Some say a good relationship needs open, two-way communication. If his campaign promises are any indication, Sean Maloney might live by that maxim.
SGA’s Executive Vice President said that if elected to the group’s top post, he’ll take steps to improve the spread of information to the student body.
“I think we’ve lost the face-to-face communication that SGA needs,” he said.
As the SGA Representative for NU Pride, last semester I had the opportunity to work very closely with the vice president of academic affairs and presidential candidate, Mike Sabo. A fellow member of NU Pride, Dylan Johnstone, joined me with an interest to bring the Preferred...
At noon on Wednesday, March 23, we, the Presidents of NU College Democrats, NU College Republicans and the Political Science Student Association & NU Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society unanimously withdrew our sponsorship and support of the Student Government Association’s...
Provost Stephen Director hailed Northeastern’s accomplishments during the last few years and said there would be continued changes to facilities and programs over the next five years, as well as a bump in the number of faculty members.
Could Northeastern’s stringent club approval process be stifling student involvement?
Middler computer science major Greg Kerr said the process is “nightmarish,” after spending most of the current semester trying to start a club.
At Monday’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, Kerr appeared during open discussion time to call the university’s policies “burdensome,” decrying the “red tape” he’s faced.
Recently hired Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR) director Mary Wegmann hopes to get student input in order to plot a new path for the department, attempting to shed the negative image generated under former leaders.
This week, Student Government Association (SGA) began promoting the nomination process to replace SGA President Ryan Fox. Fox has held the position since 2009 – he was elected for an unprecedented second term.
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).
Northeastern President Joseph Aoun is leading a coalition favoring the extension of low-interest Perkins education loans. Aoun heads a group of 32 university presidents, including Tufts University President Lawrence Bacow and Boston University President Robert Brown, in signing a letter sent to US Department of Education Secretary Arnie Duncan Feb. 9, to keep the Perkins federal loans for students beyond the current 2014 expiration date.
