Talk:Northeastern University/Archive 1

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Falsehoods, inaccuracies and NPOV

The following paragraph contained numerous inaccuracies and misleading statements:

"Admission to Northeastern University is among the most competitive in the United States. In 2005, NU received 25,400 applications for an undergraduate class of approximately 2,800 - with over 9 applications for each position in the freshmen class. NU ranks third among private American universities in the number of applications it receives annually. Northeastern ranked #1 for Best Internships/Co-ops in the US News and World Report rankings, and is ranked as a top-tier National University in the same publication."

• Admission to this school is not "Most Selective." According to US News, it is in the "More Selective" category.
• According to the Northeastern website, the school received approximately 24,000 applications in 2005. The claim of "over 9 applications for each position in the freshman class" is not only mathematically inaccurate, but misleading since the school actually accepts approximately half of its applicants, again according to the school's website.
• The statement that "NU ranks third among private American universities in the number of applications it receives annually" is patently false. The list is as follows, with Northeastern not even listed among the top 10:

Top 10 Private Institutions By Admission Applicants (Source: US News & World Report)

1. New York University
2. Boston University
3. University of Southern California
4. Boston College
5. Harvard University
6. Cornell University
7. Washington University in St. Louis
8. University of Pennsylvania
9. Stanford University
10. George Washington University

• Northeastern is not "ranked as a top-tier National University" by US News. In fact, it is ranked at 115, the lower end of the Second Tier.

Since no talk page previously existed for this article, I am adding an NPOV tag to discourage futher falsehoods, hyperbole and other forms of boosterism.

Reincorporate your research back into the entry. There is still good information in there, such as the university's ranking for co-ops and internships. --Bhaggs 8 September 2005 (UTC)

The paragraph claims US News as the source of the co-op and internship rankings, however an internet search reveals no such rankings. Feel free to incorporate whatever cited research you wish into the article. However please do not revert the article back to false information and hyperbole. --Masoni 20:47, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Much of US & World Reports ranking information is only accessible online for a fee, hence why your web search won't reveal any information. --Bhaggs 09:17, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

You're getting extremely heated for someone espousing NPOV, Masoni. Any particular axes to grind there? I agree that you should have incorporated your research into the entry, instead of just screeching, or automatically assuming that any research for which you can't Google search is false by definition. RGTraynor 19:55, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

US News includes about 20 schools on its "Programs to Look for: Internships / Co-ops" list, however this is not a ranking since the schools appear alphabetically--unlike the specialty rankings which show the top ranking schools in each category and make the rest of the list available to paid subscribers. So the fee is a moot issue here. No ranking of Internships / co-ops exists on the website. Nor does such a ranking appear in the print edition of US News' college guide. Nor is such a ranking ever mentioned by the Northeastern University Office of Communications and Public Relations which does a very comprehensive job of documenting even the most obscure accolades bestowed upon the school. All this leads me to the conclusion that, like the rest of the information presented in the original paragraph, this “ranking” is fudged. As for incorporating research into the article, I believe that's exactly what we are doing. The paragraph contained 4 sentences, all which presented false information. Again, if you are able to find evidence to the contrary, feel free to cite it. --Masoni 17:01, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

A little background about the US News & World Reports category tiers. In 2004 tiers 1 and 2 were combined as explained by NU in 2004. Thus in 2005 (and for 2004) NU was ranked in the top tier for "Best National Universities". The ranking for Co-ops and internships occured only once in 2003, and NU was ranked #1. --Bhaggs 14:14, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Nice work. --Masoni 17:37, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately, this wiki page reads more like a PR piece for the university than a neutral description of the institution. --stephenzhu 17:37, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Stephen, you've consistantly blasted this page, and your only attempts to edit the page have been to remove massive amounts of text from the article. If you see something that is NPOV, either remove it, or tag the page NPOV. You've posted that the article needs cleanup to reach Wiki Standards, but have not yet provided any further information. Please do so. Lordwow 03:51, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

This wiki page's problem is not only NPOV, but also a matter of quality. For example, the list of majors, double majors, minors (minors? give me a break) are taking valuable space. It is not just distracting but also totally useless. I challenge anyone who can find another university/college's wiki page having the same major/minor/double-major list. On NPOV, this page has nothing negative to say about the school. All there is the highlights of the school. I understand some of you may feel proud of your school, but by putting only positive lights cloudes the NPOV and integrity of the page. Evidence are, for example, the ranking of the school. Why not just list the exact ranking of school in US news and world report, whatever it is, insteading of using the so called "top-tier"? Nobody knows what "top-tier" mean anyway. How many schools are in the top tier? On the co-op ranking, what happens to 2004, 2005, 2006 ranking, while the page only talks about 2003 ranking? The so called "fourth-largest application volume of private universities" is already put into doubt, or at least unverifiable. This makes it obviously inappropriate for the wiki page standard. Also, in the history section, it talks shamelessly about Richard Freeland's so called achievment? Where are those sentences from? I suspect they are lifted from the university publication, for example, "Freeland has ushered in an extraordinary stage of institutional progress". Is that a NPOV statement? Boston Globe called Freeland "ineffective in fund raising". That was nowhere mentioned. I suspect the editor for tha paragraph is either lazy or working for the administration of the university. I tried to get rid of non-NPOV part. But my effort is repeatedly frustrated by Lordwow. In all, I deem the tag I put there, which designate this page as below wiki quality, as well-deserved. Stephenzhu 18:19, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

"Evidence are, for example, the ranking of the school. Why not just list the exact ranking of school in US news and world report, whatever it is, insteading of using the so called "top-tier"? Nobody knows what "top-tier" mean anyway. How many schools are in the top tier?"

Top-tier is determined by US News & Review, which is where all schools get their ratings. There's a description on this talk page I believe. But, to reiterate, in 2005 US News & Review eliminated Tiers 1 and 2 and renamed them "Top-Tier Universities," thus the description is accurate.

"On the co-op ranking, what happens to 2004, 2005, 2006 ranking, while the page only talks about 2003 ranking?"

This is answered right above in this very section. 2003 was the only year co-op rankings were done, and NU was ranked #1, and thus retains the rank until another ranking is established, nowhere in the article does it claim we were named that other than in 2003.

"Also, in the history section, it talks shamelessly about Richard Freeland's so called achievment?"

You've cited the Boston Globe and such, and I encourage you to add this information to the page in addition to Freeland's "achievements." However, to remove the entire Freeland section (which for the record I did not write, nor do I completely agree with) and adding just negative comments would also make the page NPOV. The answer to a lot of your questions is to add to the page, not delete sections that you don't agree with, IMHO.

"But my effort is repeatedly frustrated by Lordwow."

That could be considered a personal attack, but I'll take in stride. I've only reverted your changes once (and I reverted it after you reverted another reversion of your edits (approaching the 3RR)), so I don't know if my asking for clarification or discussion on the talk page before you make massive edits to the article is inappropriate. Lordwow 02:36, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Let me repeat my challenge here, 1. Can anyone find another university wiki page listing majors, minors and double-majors? 2. How many schools are in so called top tier (that may help you answer how useful the term "top tier" is)? On the so called "Co-OP" category, check the US News and World Report 2006, (check http://www.alverno.edu/USNews2006.pdf), the category is now not ranked at all. That is to say, the US News will not rank the "Co-OP" category, probably forever. Does that mean Northeastern University will be the No.1 forever, as someone pointed out, "NU retained the rank"? Also, look who is in the category, Georgia Institute of Technology. If you truely think NU is a better school than Georgia Tech, I have no more to say.

NPOV is not a matter of accuracy, but a matter of neutrality. By reading the wiki page, the goal is to provide neutral information without the

intention or effect of misleading the reader. The current wikipage of Northeastern University failed that standard and so it needs cleanup, a very serious cleanup indeed. --Stephenzhu 15:02, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

To quote Bhaggs: "A little background about the US News & World Reports category tiers. In 2004 tiers 1 and 2 were combined as explained by NU in 2004. Thus in 2005 (and for 2004) NU was ranked in the top tier for "Best National Universities". The ranking for Co-ops and internships occured only once in 2003, and NU was ranked #1." As far as comparing Georgia Tech to NU in terms of co-op? I've been to Georgia Tech, and GTech does not have anywhere near the same dedication and resources (nor number of students) co-oping. The only school close to NU in terms of co-op is Drexel University (which was ranked #2 on said list). Northeastern University has something like 75% of the student body doing full-time co-op. I would be happy to see any statistics showing a school that has a "Better"/Larger co-op program than Northeastern. That being said, one does not simply remove an award because it's not awarded the next year, NU was awarded best co-op/internship program in 2003, and no one else has been award otherwise. As far as the notable alumni goes, if someone has a Wikipedia entry, they are by definition notable (See: Wikipedia:Notability) and suggest them for deletion on their page, not this one. Lordwow 16:05, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I finally found out how many schools are there in the so called "top tier", 120 schools. NU ranked 115. The forever fickle US news is tired of putting schools in the second tier (and possibly angering some schools), so from their webpage everybody is top. so NU is officially called a "Top National Universities". I guess that is a much better category. They even have a "Top Midwestern". How meaningless these top... are. Everybody is happy and everybody is top something. --Stephenzhu 21:29, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Let's rehash the discussion that "The statement that "NU ranks third among private American universities in the number of applications it receives annually" is patently false. ". On the sources,

it seems the only evidence provided is a statement by NU Dean of Admission, Ronne Patrick-Turner. I don't want to call her a liar flat, but we need some evidence. I guess these things depend on self-reporting. An accurate number is hard to come by. After all, the number of people applying to the school has no bearing on the quality of the school.

--Stephenzhu 21:41, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I am following up on the application volume ranking, even though I think it is meaningless by itself. I am only doing this to expose the falsehood spread by the NU admission office. Here is one reference. NYU received 35,073 applications for freshman admission for the fall of 2006. Reference: http://www.gvshp.org/documents/NYUpres.pdf Obviously NYU didn't brag this saying they are no.1 in the applicatin volume in private school.

In 2005, USC received 31,634 applications. http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/docs/admission/Freshman_Profile_20051.pdf In 2006, BC received 26,500 applications. As quoted by Tom Keady, vice president at the office of government and community affairs of BC, "BC is the fourth most applied-to undergraduate private institution in the United States," Obviosly two schools are competing for the same sport, NU and BC. Unless two school has exactly the same number of people applying to their school (which I think it has .00001% possibility), someone is lying, either NU or BC administration. reference: http://bceagles.blogspot.com/ Cornell received 28,097 undergraduate applications. (April 5, 2006) Ref: http://www.news.cornell.edu/pressoffice1/releaseindex.html I am going next after BU. In 2003, BU received 29,213 applications. It is unlikely BU will get less admission given the situation now. So I conclude at least 4 schools are ahead of NU, NYU, USC, Cornell and BU. So the No.4 application volume is false. I would like to see some defending from the NU admission office on their statement to NU News. --Stephenzhu 21:41, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

BC's numbers state that 26,500 students applied in 2006 [1], NU states that 27,100 students applied. BC is clearly inaccurate in reporting they had the 4th largest. Any other schools you'd like to have us disprove? Lordwow 23:47, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I guess if someone is from BC, they will believe BC is the 4th. That obviously puts NU as < 4th. I am only using this to make a point the bragging from admission officers are not usefuly as evidence to put the 4th claim in the wiki page. At best, we should put the sources together with the wiki page. It seems that I cannot locate the BU admission number in 2006 but I am sure this will come up eventually. That will prove my point. --Stephenzhu 18:16, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

The truth is out. NU is definitely not the 4th in terms of application volume. BU received 31,827 applicants for the class of 2010. Ref. http://www.bu.edu/admissions/apply/class.html so my unofficial ranking is as follows.

1. NYU (35,073)
2. BU (31,827)
3. USC (31,634)
4. Cornell (28,097)
5. NU (27,100?)
6. BC (26,500?)

NU is definitely making some strides in rising up on the ranking. Also, if someone has number of Washington University at St. Louis let me know.

--Stephenzhu 18:16, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Since nobody is disputing my research, I am removing the unsubstantiated 4th largest application volume. --Stephenzhu 22:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

The information in the opening description of Northeastern University is somewhat misleading. Northeastern University only uses the "NU" abbreviation in regards to Athletics. While Northeastern is situated near the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood, the neighborhoods that abut the campus are Roxbury, Mission Hill, South End and Fenway. Huntington Avenue is also known as the Avenue of the Arts because of the presence of the MFA and Symphony Hall. While the description of co-op is basically correct, Northeastern has moved to an experiential learning model that incorporates co-op, undergraduate research, global learning, and community service. The rankings are a slippery slope as the business school has dropped several places from last year's #26 ranking. The Study Abroad section is too narrowly defined and leaves out two of Northeastern's most popular global programs, the Dialogues of Civilization program and the BSIB co-op abroad program. The choice of representative student organizations is very narrow. It would be preferable to simply link to the list of Student Organizations on the University's web site rather than call out a handful of the more than 200 clubs and organizations on campus. Student Publications would be more aptly titled Student Media with the inclusion of the student-run TV station NUTV and student-run radio station WRBB. The section should also include Spectrum, the student literary magazine. -- AnnC128 14:12 15 April 2008 (AnnC) —Preceding comment was added at 18:14, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Pictures

Please do not remove the pictures. Each picture is taken from the Northeastern University website and can be found there.

Can someone please put up new pictures. This page used to have a number of pictures which were removed.

On the to-do list the following is noted:

Images: Our images are being removed one by one because nearly all are copywritten. Please note copywright laws in regard to using NU's images on this page, and feel free to take pictures around campus and add them where appropriate to the article.

I would like to point out that NUPR provides a media kit of sorts which does not have any copyright attached to it (as far as I can tell). Even if these (or other NU images for that matter) are copyrighted, certainly some of them are protected under fair use. Just because something is copyrighted does not mean it cannot be used here--certainly there are fair use criteria set forth by US code which allow for the educational use of images. While Wikipedia sets a somewhat higher standard in its guidelines, I think we would be safe using a few images that we would not otherwise be able to have (e.g. a picture of President Aoun). Bjs1234 19:36, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Under some circumstances and to a limited degree, images can be used by educational institutions through fair use. Wikipedia isn't an educational institution. The current site-wide consensus is to be especially chary of the copyright laws, and I'm afraid the answer to anyone's desire to include more pictures is (a) use public domain ones; (b) post pictures you've taken yourself; or (c) secure proof that the copyright holder of any images has released all rights.  RGTraynor  19:51, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Streamling Sections

While I originally liked the idea of the information for the West Villages (Which isn't yet completed) and having information and history about each, I'm beginning to think the tables look out of place both on the page and on Wikipedia. Does anyone have any suggestions or technical knowledge that could include this information in a more standard/streamlined method? I would eventually like to have information on each part of the residential campus and the history of, but I think the way it's setup now is counter-productive. Lordwow 21:47, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

I would agree that this information needs to be broken out. Maybe we need a new page on NU dorms and buildings. This would also require us to create an NU category as well. --Bhaggs 17:01, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

I've created a category to organize pages about NU. This might allow us to move information into additional pages. Lordlow why not move the dorm information into a separate page for NU housing. On the main NU page we can give a brief overview of the student housing buildings and relegate the more in depth information to the new page. --Bhaggs 00:50, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Some factoids to add

This page has got some good factoids at the bottom of the page we should add. --Bhaggs 14:31, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

NU College Democrats

Reverted to temporarily remove the following entered by User:Yinka36 and edited by others since:

Student Organizations Northeastern University College Democrats The Northeastern University College Democrats are an on campus political group representing the Democratic student population within the Northeastern University Community. As a group the NU College Democrats seek to provide a discussion of democratic ideas and core issues on campus. In this discussion of Democratic ideas the group brings in speakers, especially local officials and candidates to discuss the important political issues confronting Northeastern University students both locally and nationally. In November, 2005 the group hosted Ambassador Joseph Wilson. In addition to speakers the group also works actively to host events to raise political awareness on campus such as debates. Also, the group runs the Northeastern University College Democrats blog at nudemocrats.blogspot.com. Through these activities the group seeks to build a stronger democratic party in the future and better ideas to serve all Americans.

on the following grounds:

• Creating a section called "Student Organizations" and then only mentioning one such group introduces a bias. There are many, many numerous student organizations on campus which are more notable than NUCD, including (from my time there) NBSA, LASO, CUP, SGA, RSA, Hillel, NUBILAGA, NUHOC, SEA, EWB, etc., etc. Not to mention of course the NU College Republicans.
• There is too much content for one organization. To include other organizations with the same amount of content, given the number of notable organizations, would make the article prohibitively large. Much of it is a no-brainer -- the activities listed the sorts of things any good student organization does, whether they be NUCD or NBSA or CUP or anyone else. Furthermore this is an article about NU, not about NUCD. NU is the focus.
• The content clearly is written to promote and showcase the organization, and this bends WP:NPOV and violates WP:NOT.

- Keith D. Tyler ¶ 18:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Formatting

I have noticed the formatting on this page getting more and more busy. There are a lot of pictures simply thrown onto the page with little formatting or thoughtful placement. Can we please clean the formatting up and make this article easy to look at and read?

Epstein.Mark 16:51, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

- I've removed the images I would consider haphazardly placed. I'm going to be looking at the image sizes next and standardizing them compared to other university pages.

Co-Op

I moved the following out of the intro:

The co-op pay disparity is greatest in the science related fields including engineering where the co-op student usually fullfills a technician postion directly aiding one or more technical employees, as opposed to more typical liberal arts majors which generally take up lesser skilled clerk type postions normally filled by high school graduates or interns in those companys not participating as a partner in co-operative education initiative. Generally, partnership companys reserve a single year round slot for such a role which is filled in alternate terms (a quarterly system) by an analogous student in the other form.

I think this belongs in a Co-Op Section which I've added to the to-do list.

Lordwow 16:51, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Famous Alumni

Ok guys, I guess someone has to say it, "Famous Alumni," They should probably be... well... famous. I removed quite a few today. Here was my criteria:

• If someone has a Wikipedia Page, then they're considered famous, unless Wikipedia questions their notability and removes the page.
• If someone doesn't have a Wikipedia Page, I performed a google search, if it was clear who the person was and is a sucessful alumni of Northeastern, they're staying pending a new page creation for them.
• If someone is a 2005 grad of Northeastern with their own webpage and no contribution to society, they're gone. Sorry guys, as much as I love to do google searches about yourself, don't put your name on the page... until you're actually famous/notable.

That being said, Marino is obviously the businessman who helped start EMC_Corporation (and has our athletic center named after him), the other three all appear to be well-known people inside the music industry, and were featured in either the Boston Globe or NU Magazine. I would be happy to hear any thoughts you guys have on this. Lordwow 10:54, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

The famous alumni/professors page could benefit from a snippet each about why they're famous and notable. User:Aphrodite7717

Husky vs. Sled Dog

The Husky link goes to sled dog but a Husky entry also exists. The terms appear to be very close but not identical. Ubermonkey 18:28, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

I've updated the link to go directly to Husky. I was unable to find that page for some reason (or perhaps it was merged?) when I originally added the link. Thanks! Lordwow 05:35, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

To Do

Can we get an administrator/experienced wiki-user to clean this site up? I agree that it is disorganized, but it should be fixed soon. July 20, 2006.

I agree, it seems to me the first step is to get rid of the useless major/minor/double major list. Also, something need to be done the famous alumni list. Most of them cannot even be counted to be C- celebrities, for example, lieberman's wife... I wouldn't mind to put Laura Bush's like, (say Lauren Bush) in this page, but Lieberman's second wife? come on... --Stephenzhu 15:11, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I will remove the major/minor/double major list if nobody is defending them. --Stephenzhu 21:32, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

The removal of the major/minor/double major list is clearly relevant and important information for this page. Do not remove the list or it will be reverted by myself and other users and administrators. Also, any conduct by any individual that appears to be a personal attack or a blatant attempt to inappropriately alter a wikipage for any reason, including personal bias, should be reported to administrators. 12:00 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Copyright Status of a Picture

Howdy all! The image at: Image:Welcometoneu.jpg just so happens to be absent of any copyright info. I've tracked down the source [2], but being unfamiliar with what copyright might accompany it, I have not mentioned the copyright. If someone could supply copyright information, we can bring the image back into the article. Thanks! -- CABHAN TALK CONTRIBS 13:27, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm fairly sure this image is copywritten, and therefore can't be used. A few of the other images were taken from neu.edu and were removed. Lordwow 03:06, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

West Village F Completion?

Hey all. I note that West Village F is currently listed as "under construction" in the article. While it's true that the basement is still being finished, based on the fact that I'm currently living in it, I'm fairly sure it's quite completed. Shall we move it into "completed", or would the editors prefer to wait until the building's basement is finished? -- CABHAN TALK CONTRIBS 22:36, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I am currently living off-campus during co-op (class of 2007), but I lived in West Village E during the spring, and C in the summer semesters, and couldn't wait to see the new building. About 2 weeks ago, I walked over to campus (I'm working at a company on Tremont Street, so it was a short walk) and went through the academic-side of the building (which doesn't require a swipe card to get into) and I can say for sure that it is very done, and probably the nicest of all the WV buildings. -- Ubergenius 19:16, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Requested move

Northeastern University, Boston → Northeastern University — Many articles intended to be linked to this article actually link to Northeastern University which is now a double redirect for Northeastern University (disambiguation). There is only one Northeastern University so a disambiguation page without the word "disambiguation" included in the title is unnecessary. Crashintome4196 12:32, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Survey

Add  # '''Support'''  or  # '''Oppose'''  on a new line in the appropriate section followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~~~~. Please remember that this survey is not a vote, and please provide an explanation for your recommendation.

Survey - in support of the move

1. Weak support as probable primary usage in English. If someone can show relatively significant English usage for Northeastern University (Liaoning), I will reconsider. It appears to often use the unidiomatic Northeast University; it should be included in the dab header anyway. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 22:08, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
2. Support no need for disambiguation here. --Yath 22:45, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
3. Strong Support first off, Northeastern University most commonly refers to the one in Boston. It was founded almost 40 years before the one in china. And the other "northeasterns" in the US are 'Northeastern State'. Black Harry 13:13, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Survey - in opposition to the move

1. Oppose As you can see from the disambig page, there is a Northeastern University in China. — oo64eva (Alex) ^{(U | T | C)} @ 08:36, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Discussion

Add any additional comments:

I would be tempted to support the move since almost all of the entries on the DAb page are not "Northeastern University." However, there is a second Northeastern University (Liaoning), which, when allowing for geographical bias, is an important institution. —  AjaxSmack  19:44, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

It's not geographical bias; it's linguistic bias. The Chinese Wikipedia should choose differently. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 22:12, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

I meant geographical bias but call it linguistic if you will. The two schools are roughly the same size but institutions in English speaking countries would naturally assume greater relative importance. I should have said "there is a second Northeastern University (Liaoning), which, even when allowing for geographical bias, is still an important institution because of its prominence in China." —  AjaxSmack  04:18, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

And even if the move is not made, the correct title would be Northeastern University (Boston). —  AjaxSmack  20:00, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

I am rejecting the move. 2 votes is not a consensus. And also, there are 2 Northeastern Universities. One in the US and one in China. Disam page is needed. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 09:27, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I think the move is the proper. Northeastern University should link directly to this page.

Northeastern University Huskies

Following similar articles, I've started this one for the Huskies' athletic teams. I urge interested editors to go over and expand the heck out of it. RGTraynor 20:03, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Co-op Description in Intro

Currently, the introduction reads:

"Northeastern is perhaps best known for its distinctive "co-op" program, which encourages students to alternate semesters of study with periods of paid work with co-operative partners in business and industry."

I suggest that we change "paid work" to "full-time work" or something equivalent, since many majors in the CAS work unpaid co-ops, and thus this statement can be misleading. Lordwow 13:42, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Notable Faculty

Hey guys,

Good work on the edits. I propose that we move the Notable Faculty list to the "Faculty" section. FYI, I am a Northeastern alum. Keep up the good work. --Sorensen 13:51, 10 November 2007 (UTC) Sorensen