Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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i 31 rt •• . Perhaps you ' d like an explanation. OK. In November 1978, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (NEASCI) reviewed Northeastern in light of its expected 10 year accreditation. The university was reaccredited with many compliments, but the NEASCI also made some recommendations for improvement in their lengthy report. The Provost ' s Office has made available to us an 1 1 page summary of the NEASCI ' s comments. What caught our attention was the statement . . . and move toward a fuller realization of the visual and aesthetic potential of the campus . . . Also, Further the team suggested that some of the campus offices ought to be designed and decorated a little more imaginatively . . . Since that report came out the university has made an effort to improve the campus. Mort Kaplan has become Director Of Creative Arts. Art galleries have been established, the most notable ones in the hallways of Richards Hall. During a presentation to the Student Center Committee for another gallery outside the Ell Center Ballroom, Kaplan referred to the NEASCI report with his interpretation being, . . . the campus has a sterile physical environment . . . So it is apparent the university is seeking ways to upgrade the campus ' physical environment. Well, seek no more, The 1981 Cauldron staff has developed a perfect way to move toward a fuller realization of the visual and aesthetic potential of the campus. We did this by designing and- decorating it a little bit more imagina- tively. Why is Richards Hall grey?? Try as we did we couldn ' t clean it out. (Gee, Chris, must be a misprint. Didn ' t you mean to say clean it off ? Oh yea, maybe I did.) Dana Research Center? We bet you were wondering what kind of research they did in there. It ' s just a guess. Cabot? Well, pink is for girls and blue is for boys. (Sorry, woman and men). Hayden? Just a little something for all the business majors. And we understand that West is having a few minor structural problems lately. Typical, of course, of a new building. We didn ' t want to lose our complete sense of tradition (i.e. white brick). That might explain the arena and the United Realty Com- plex. If you ' re having problems finding your perspective, don ' t worry, you are not cross-eyed. We changed that too. Yes the picture is backwards. Why do something that weird? If you haven ' t figured it out by now, you ' re really not supposed to be taking this too seriously. ■ « ' | J - m

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1981 cauldron what ' s a middler? northeastern university boston, massachusetts volume XLI