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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

Editorial Cartoon

April 5, 2012

Editorial: Vote shows student opinion, will the administration listen?

April 5, 2012

Along with the Student Government Association’s elections for president and executive vice president, students were presented with the option to voice their opinion on increased recycling, a more sensible drug policy, better sign-in technology, a revised guest policy, tuition...

Popeyes selected for CSC location

March 29, 2012
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen beat Bojangles’ Famous Chicken n’ Biscuits and Raising Canes Chicken Fingers in the student survey for a new vendor in the Curry Student Center.

Finance board cuts SGA executive pay

March 29, 2012
SGA originally requested a total budget of $52,967 and the board released its decision Monday to allocate $23,616, with no money for stipends. Previously, 11 members of SGA received stipends. The president’s payroll was the largest, at $4,200 a year.

Editorial Column: SGA should just dissolve already

March 28, 2012

Don’t take this the wrong way, Student Government Association (SGA), but you are worthless. This isn’t really meant in a derogatory way – I mean that, as currently incorporated, you have zero worth to this university and its students. Negative worth, really, as Northeastern...

Editorial: SGA is right to cut personal paychecks out of their budget

March 28, 2012

The Student Government Association’s (SGA) reasoning for paying executive board members thousands of dollars – $29,351 total – every year is weak at best. Executive officers, the explanation goes, cannot find part-time jobs because of how many hours they put into SGA...

Q&As: Meet the SGA election candidates

March 22, 2012
The News sat down with SGA presidential and executive vice president candidates for a Q&A about their campaigns and the issues they feel strongly about.

SGA confirms ballot for student body elections

March 22, 2012
SGA members then evaluated the referenda proposed for this year’s voting ballot on fairness, wording, feasibility and adherence to university policy. Six referenda received enough student votes to be considered and SGA voted to approve all of them to appear on the ballot. This included referenda to increase the number of recycling bins on campus and add the opt-out renewable energy fee to the “I Am Here” registration. The fee is currently an opt-in choice on the tuition e-bill.

Letter: Courtney Rainey Backs Peter Petrin

March 22, 2012

We meet again, Student Government Association (SGA) presidential elections. Like many others, I appreciate the programs and events that SGA sponsors on campus, but I also have my reservations and criticisms. I am also sure that many of us, because of past complications, are fairly...

Letter: Ashley Caron backs Terry MacCormack

March 22, 2012

If there is one concern I’ve heard from students about the Student Government Association (SGA) throughout my four years at Northeastern, it is by far a concern about how confusing it is to understand, or a concern for how much work is done that is actually a benefit to...

SGA names President, Executive VP nominees

March 15, 2012
Although the Student Government Association (SGA) president and executive vice president campaigns kicked off Tuesday, one presidential candidate still hasn’t received enough student signatures to be officially nominated.

Husky Happenings

March 15, 2012
After deciding Chick-fil-A would not be an option for Northeastern, officials explored other possible food vendors for the Curry Student Center food court.