By By Patrick McHugh, News Staff Indoors or outdoors, it makes little difference: Nate Hunter can throw the shot put and throw it well. For the second time in three months, the junior earned All-American honors in the shot put event. His latest feat came June 11 at the NCAA...

By Katie Curren, News Staff A bill circulating congress will, if passed, boost study abroad curricula in colleges and universities nationwide by expanding and diversifying locations, making studying abroad a comprehensive part of higher education. The Foreign Relations Authorization...

By Lucia Allen, News Correspondent School of Law professor Richard Daynard and a team of researchers from the Northeastern Public Health Advocacy Institute of the school of law and will examine how personal responsibility rhetoric is used to block wide-scale public health...

By C. Mae Waugh, News Correspondent Tall buildings have invaded the Fenway and Northeastern areas, including 1330 Boylston St., a mixed-use high-rise building currently in construction, West Village H and International Village. At a forum called 'Can Height Make Right' sponsored...

By Gal Tziperman Lotan, News Staff Despite fewer available co-op positions in some fields, students looking for jobs are not necessarily suffering, co-op advisers said. Some companies have reduced the number of co-ops they hire or eliminated the positions altogether. Others,...

By Rob Tokanel, News Staff Northeastern Provost Steven Director recently released the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Structure of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and the College of Criminal Justice (CCJ), which was submitted to his office May 28. The 131-page...

NU receives grant for library improvements On June 12, Northeastern University Libraries were presented with one of seven EMC Heritage Trust Grants for 2009, making them the only recipient in the United States. The $15,000 grant from EMC Corporation, started in 1979 by Northeastern...

By By Danny Deza, News Staff Whether it's dinner or dessert, more people across the nation are looking for a healthy option. According to Fit to Eat, a campaign for the Floyd County Health Department in Georgia, health-oriented restaurants have become a booming business nationwide...

By Patrick McHugh, News Staff Following a 2008-09 season that saw the men's and women's hockey teams qualify for the postseason, a total of 25 players were named to the Hockey East All-Academic team June 9. ' To be eligible for the All-Academic team players had to earn...

By By Patrick McHugh, News Staff After nearly qualifying for the NCAA tournament last year, the men's soccer team released its 2009 schedule June 3. ' The team will play six non-conference games to start the season and 11 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) games to close....

By By Patrick McHugh, News Staff The women's basketball team had a busy week, adding a recruit to the roster and announcing its non-conference schedule. ' Head coach Daynia La-Force Mann announced June 9 that Rachael Pecota, a 6-foot-1-inch forward from The Urban School...

As of my last billing, I'm paying $46,000 annually for my higher education. Let me repeat that:' $46,000. I'd like to point out that this sum, while staggering, is not beyond my means. What I don't understand is why the services at Northeastern seem incapable of smart decision...