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.
Aided by a contribution from the student recreation fee and a yet-to-be-named donor, Northeastern will give the Cabot Physical Education Center an interior makeover starting in April.
Resident Student Association (RSA), Student Government Association (SGA) and Council for University Programs (CUP) are groups that exist solely to serve students. RSA and SGA operate as the link between “students and the administration” according to their respective websites. CUP’s website boasts, “We are run for students, by students.” Officers of these groups need to understand their responsibility to students 0and to fulfill these responsibilities efficiently.
Northeastern’s Faculty Senate members voted Wednesday in favor of cutting activities periods by a vote of 30-2, with one abstention.
The resolution details a plan to replace free periods Wednesdays and Thursdays with a new course sequence. This change will support an additional 226 class sections. It must now be approved by the provost and the president before implementation.
Northeastern received nearly 43,000 applications from prospective freshmen for the fall term, more than any private university in the country and breaking its own record for applications received.
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).
The resolution details a plan to replace free periods Wednesdays and Thursdays with a new course sequence. This change will support an additional 226 class sections. It must now be approved by the provost and the president before implementation. 
