The proposed merger of financially-strapped Mills College in Oakland and Northeastern University in Boston has turned into a legal fight in which supporters of East Bay school accuse its leaders of giving up.Mills College alumnae rallied outside of the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland August 2 to support a lawsuit they say is necessary before the school goes through with the planned merger."We are hoping the judge rules in our favor for truth and transparency to determine the future of Mills," Alexa Pagonas, the vice president of the Alumnae Association of Mills College Board of Governors, told the Bay Area Reporter. "We're open to conversations about what might need to be done in Mills' future — we just want to be part of the.