Springfest tickets to go on sale tonight at 7 p.m.
Tickets for the Saturday, April 4 Springfest concert will go on sale today at 7 p.m. on the myNEU portal My Tickets tab, said Nani Stoick, Council for University Programs Springfest concert chair. Tickets for the show, featuring Jimmy Eat World, Guster and DJ Diplo, cost $5 plus a $1 fee from the ticketing service. The sale date was pushed back from Thursday, March 19 to tonight because the ticketing service, which has experienced problems in the past, was being tested to ensure it could handle more traffic without error, Stoick said.
– Eric Allen, News Staff
University offers $20 to participate in health study
Northeastern is offering $20 to students who participate in an approximately 90 minute strength and endurance pilot study, according to an announcement on the myNEU portal. Students who participate will go to an orientation trial that takes about 30 minutes, and then an experimental trial that will take approximately 60 to 80 minutes. They will be asked to perform two hip flexion exercises that will test strength and endurance. The study will be conducted April 26 at 7 a.m. and during the week of March 30. For questions and to sign up, e-mail Robert Ferguson at ferguson.r@neu.edu.
– Mike Napolitano, News Staff
Holocaust Awareness Week starts today
This week is Holocaust Awareness Week at Northeastern, and the university will hold events Monday through Thursday in remembrance of the tragedy, according to an announcement on the myNEU portal. On Monday from noon to 1:30 p.m., guest speaker Diana Wang, founder and President of Generaciones de la Shoa en Argentina (Generations of the Shoah in Argentina), will discuss her struggle to officially change her religious affiliation from Catholic to Jewish in 1947 Argentina. The group’s website describes itself as an “association that brings together survivors of the Shoah, their children, grandchildren, family members and all those who are interested in the subject.” The event will take place at the Latino/a Student Cultural Center in 104 Forsyth St. A president’s breakfast will be held Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the Raytheon Ampitheater in the Egan Research Center. On Wednesday, James Carroll, former Catholic priest and internationally known writer, will talk about his novel and documentary “Constantine’s Sword” from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in 10 Behrakis Health Sciences Center. A film based on the book will also be shown in 90 Snell Library from 5:50 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Thursday, Frieda Grayzel will tell her story of being a child survivor of Auschwitz during the Holocaust in the Sacred Space on the second floor of Ell Hall from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. A display titled Judeo-Christian Relation: An Historical Approach will also be shown in the Snell Library lobby from March 17 to March 30. For more information contact the Spiritual Life Center at 617-373-2728.
– Mike Napolitano, News Staff
Libraries provide 195 online educational videos
Northeastern’s University Libraries are offering 195 educational videos to view online, according to an e-mail to The News from Advancement, Marketing and Events Assistant Emily Sabo. The streaming videos can be played from any location on the Northeastern University Libraries site under Music & Video Online. Subscription titles include: Kurt Vonnegut’s So It Goes; 1-800-INDIA: Importing a White-Collar Economy; The Roaring Twenties; Dying to Leave: the Dark Business of Human Trafficking; and Women and Islam.
– Mike Napolitano, News Staff
Husky Happenings
Published: Monday, March 23, 2009
Updated: Monday, March 23, 2009
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