Commuters face $1.5 million gas bill

By Michael H. Miller, Special to The Beacon
With gasoline prices hovering near $4 per gallon, Northeast students, faculty and staff will feel the pinch in their pocketbooks during the fall semester.

Commuters to NEMCC will shell out close to $1.5 million in gasoline costs alone during the 16-week fall semester.

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Northeast elects SGA officers for 2008-09
By Keaton Hill, Sophomore Writer
Out with the old, in with the new.

Northeast recently held campus-wide elections for its Student Government Association officers for the 2008-09 school year

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Groups participate in Campus Clean Up Day
By Keaton Hill, Sophomore Writer
They may not be your momma and former Mississippi First Lady Pat Fordice was nowhere to be seen but a trio of student groups joined together to keep the Northeast campus litter free..

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Nock named Outstanding Doctoral Student
By Bailey Smith, Staff Writer
Officials at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) recently recognized Northeast’s natural science instructor Allen ‘George’ Nock as the Outstanding Doctoral Student in secondary education at the Ole Miss Honors Day Ceremony.

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Northeast schedules two-night commencement exercises
Staff Reports

Two for the price of one.

Due to a major renovation project happening to Bonner Arnold Coliseum, Northeast officials have scheduled a two-night event for its sixtieth annual commencement exercises.

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Art Gallery schedule includes multitude of talent
Staff Reports
Northeast has set its 2008-09 Art Gallery schedule for next year and it includes a multitude of talent..

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Sophomore, voice recitals set for back-to-back nights
Staff Reports

Sophomores will let their musical tones sweep through the halls of Hines Hall one last time on Monday, April 28.

Northeast will host its sophomore recital in the Hines Hall Auditorium beginning at 7 p.m. Students performing are either instrumental or vocal music majors and study in the studios of Kathy Anderson, Ray Harris, Amanda Mattox, Bryan Mitchell or Bob Taylor.

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Northeast announces 2007-08 Mr. and Miss NE, class favorites
By: Bailey Smith, Staff Writer
In a recent Student Government Association (SGA) sponsored election, M.J. McWhorter of Blue Springs and Jennifer Nabors of Ripley claimed the titles of Mr. and Miss Northeast.

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Crime prevention top priority at Northeast
By: Bailey Smith, Staff Writer
Which would you think is more prevalent on the Northeast campus: alcohol, drugs, or weapons? .

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Honors Day set for April 24
Staff Reports
Northeast’s brightest will be rewarded for all their hard work during the college’s third annual Honors Day program on Thursday, April 24 at 11 a.m. in the Bonner Arnold Coliseum.

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SGA purchases gaming equipment
By: Bobby J. Smith, Sophomore Editor
In a move to significantly raise the fun-quotient all over campus, the Student Government Association (SGA) has purchased new equipment for the game room in the Frank Haney Union as well as Burgess Activity Center .

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Students fair well at state competitions

A variety of Northeast students put their educational prowless to the test at a number of state competitions.

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Board approves tuition hike

At its regularly scheduled February meeting the Northeast Board of Trustees approved a recommended 3.2-percent increase in tuition effective with the beginning of the 2008 fall semester.

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