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The Progressive Student Alliance (PSA) stepped up their visibility at the end of the spring semester, parading through the streets of Boston, rallying outside President Joseph Aoun's Beacon Hill house and displaying banners at graduation events, including commencement.
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When associate biology professor Wendy Smith introduced the student orator at Friday's Commencement, she rattled off an impressive list of accomplishments: a Fulbright and Presidential Scholar, a fluency in Armenian and time spent abroad at the London School of Economics.…
Posted: 5/7/2008
Baseball season. For many Boston college students, this phrase evokes the neverending rivalry against New York Yankee fans, and late October nights anxiously watching the Red Sox in the playoffs. But for a group of Northeastern students, the expression is an opportunity to help make Fenway "greener.…
Posted: 5/7/2008
Recent announcements by several loan-granting organizations that they would require federal aid and not offer private student loans in the upcoming academic year, has made some nervous during this time of increasing economic hardship. Jenna Quilty, a sophomore psychology and elementary education major, said the loss of private student loans could make attending college more difficult for some students.…
A sea of decorated caps and black gowns packed the TD Banknorth Garden May 2 for Northeastern's undergraduate commencement ceremony. The event signified a farewell to the students' college lifestyle and the beginning of a new stage in their lives. But college graduates may be saying 'bye' to more than just Thirsty Thursdays, fraternity parties and the occasional late-night run to Cappy's.
I have noticed that The News rarely features articles about Greek Life here at Northeastern. The only articles that seem to focus on fraternities and sororities are published when they get in trouble with the law or the university, or when they sponsor an event.
Laura Schuler was hired to take a women's hockey program in disarray and put it back on the road to respectability. She did that, and now she is moving on. "I think she was settling into her role as a head coach. The program has certainly improved, and the success that we have going forward will be in some measure attributable to her," said Northeastern Athletics Director Peter Roby.
Although the number of students on campus dropped substantially last week as many students are not in Boston during the two summer sessions, there are still plenty of things planned to help to pass the time. This week, the Student Activities and Leadership Office announced a slate of "Summester" activities that aim to entertain and amuse Northeastern students spending the summer in Boston.
