Sunday Looking Good for BBQ

Sunday is looking like a great day for BBQ. While you can't smoke ribs in your residence hall or start a real grill up, you can take advantage of RSA's free trip to the Phantom Gourmet BBQ Beach Bash. We cover the tickets (normally $10) and you just have to buy the food. It's a great deal, and I'm personally planning to go and enjoy some great ribs, cold beer, and perhaps some brisket or pulled pork sandwiches. If you want to join me, simply e-mail RSA (at) Northeastern.edu to sign up.

Stetson East Dining Changes

Many students have been curious about what exactly happened in Stetson Hall East when the dining hall was closed, because it pretty much looks the same as before. Today, we found out from the people in charge of Dining Services what work was done. The list of work includes:

• Atrium flooring replacement;
• Serving line equipment improvements;
• Wall replacement;
• Building-wide bathroom renovations to reduce flooding;
• Tree cleaning (yes, the trees are real, but because it doesn't rain the leaves accumulate dust!)
• Replacement and/or cleaning of seating that was damaged;
• Detailed equipment cleaning; and
• Repainting of all walls

There were also a few other minor improvements that were made.

Shooting Near Campus

We have reports coming in via social networking / micro-blogging service Twitter that a shooting has taken place near Matthews Arena. Reports indicate that there is one victim who was transported via ambulance and one individual taken into custody by the Boston Police.

Details are not yet known, nor has any confirmation come from Northeastern about the incident. This, along with last week's two stabbings near campus, has raised the question of why students aren't getting NU Alert texts about these situations. One tweeter wrote, "I don't understand why we haven't recieved a single emergency alert from Northeastern..."

Given the question of NU Alerts, we will be looking to the University adminsitration for guidance on when they issue alerts or not, and how students can be kept more aware of what is going on around campus.