By Peter A. Martin The men's rowing team got its regular season schedule underway this weekend, sweeping Boston University to capture the Arlett Cup for the seventh time in eight years. In the first race of the day, the Freshman 8 built a lead of nearly 20 seconds ahead of...

Jonathan Papelbon had barely thrown the final strike in Game Four of the 2007 World Series to give the Red Sox their second title in four years before hundreds of Northeastern Sox fans poured into the streets, traveling en masse to the corner of Boylston Street and Ipswich Avenue,...

By Michele Richinick Despite a rocky election process, Rob Ranley pulled through to win the Student Government Association (SGA) presidential election. Elections drew votes from 20.84 percent of the student body, narrowly surpassing the minimum 20 percent required. Regardless...

Passersby may find that the two new additions on the lawn of the Museum of Fine Arts are as enigmatic as they are enormous. Sculpted by Spanish realist Antonio Lopez Garcia, each bronze baby head - modeled after Garcia's grandchildren, one awake and one asleep - weighs 1.65...

Members of the Council for University Programs pose with Carmen Sandiego during last night's scavenger hunt. Students looked for the computer character during the hunt, which spanned the campus. The event is part of the organization's SpringFest activities.

By Jeanine Budd As gas prices rise, so has ridership on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), according to statistics recently released. Total MBTA ridership has increased eight percent since February 2007, from 27,424 to 30,575, the MBTA said. The total...

By Anne Baker Newspapers, with their sticky newsprint and classy typeface, tend to illicit a heavy sigh from the kids of the iGeneration. Too preoccupied to look up from our cell phones, PDAs or gleaming white laptops, we often forgo newspapers to get the day's news from Matt...

Last weekend the women's crew opened its season with its varsity eight boat defeating Dartmouth, Rhode Island and Boston College. The Huskies beat the Big Green by 1.9 seconds and beat URI and BC by much larger margins - about 18 seconds before URI and 23 seconds before BC. Captain...

By Patrick McHugh Huskies pitcher Kris Dabrowiecki is a challenge for opposing batters to face. Standing on the mound at 6-feet-4-inches tall, the senior has a variety of pitches in his arsenal he can use to get hitters out. He can choose what he wants to throw at a particular...

By Alex Faust "This has been the most positive weekend that we have had," said Northeastern head coach Neil McPhee following the Huskies' split of a weekend series with nationally ranked UNC-Wilmington, noting the confidence boost the team received with the win and tie against...

There's an old Beatles song that goes, "You say goodbye and I say hello." I could easily say that about myself and the spring season, but in reverse - I'm saying goodbye as spring says hello. As we see the baseball, track and crew teams get into full swing, I'm handing the...

By Chelsea Reil By 7:15 p.m., the lobby of Ell Hall was packed. When the doors of Blackman Auditorium opened 15 minutes later, hordes of students rushed to get front row seats. By 7:45 p.m., almost all of Blackman was filled. Nick Swardson performed for almost an hour to...