By Elizabeth LeBlanc The staff and students at Berklee College of Music have been dreaming about a coffee shop performance venue for years, but weren't able to make their dream a reality until this past winter. Last night's kick-off event at Cafe 939 was the fruition of months...

The volleyball team will make an addition to its coaching staff for the 2008 season. Head coach Ken Nichols announced last week that he will be adding Resa Forsythe as an assistant coach. Forsythe comes by way of the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB), where she was part...

By Marc Larocque Boston Parks commissioner Antonia Pollak suggested last week that large grass-trampling gatherings should no longer be allowed on Boston Common, but should instead be held on the concrete-clad City Hall Plaza. This came during a public hearing March 19, the...

By Garrett Shaw Mission Hill Main Streets (MHMS), a local grassroots consortium of businesses, organizations and residents, has recently announced its "Racks of Art" competition. The competition is open to all college students interested in designing a multi-unit bike rack...

By Derek Hawkins Northeastern police have identified the individual who allegedly scrawled a swastika and a racist slogan on the entrance of a freshman residence hall last week, according to Northeastern University Division ofPublic Safety (NUPD). The individual, whose name...

By Erin Kelly After graduating college, alumni who seek jobs or potential careers may find future employers expecting them to possess leadership and problem-solving skills. Students can develop these skills through alternative post-graduation programs, like the Peace Corps,...

By Jeanine Budd He's had more sex than he can recall, but somehow remembers countless nights of blackout drinking. One might say that Tucker Max slept, drank and partied his way to Northeastern Monday night. The author, whose book "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" made the...

"Anne, you are so white," a newsroom cohort recently said to me. And after an illuminating visit to the website he was looking at, I have to conclude that he's absolutely right. By racial definition, of course I am white, and it seems kind of obvious my snow-colored pallor...

By Anne Baker Soon, life may become simpler for students searching for an easier way to share their thoughts about professors now that course evaluations will be online for undergraduate students, said Stephen Lavenberg, Student Government Association (SGA) vice president for...

By Michele Richinick Some students choosing to live on-campus next year now have the option of selecting their housing online rather than in-person as in previous years. Last spring, Housing Services piloted an online room selection process for rising juniors and seniors...

By Alex Faust Northeastern's DogHouse, the raucous student section at men's hockey games at Matthews Arena, has developed a reputation for being one of the most vocal fan groups in Hockey East. In recognition of the team's efforts to elicit roars from the crowd annually, fans...

By Anne Baker Despite announcing his ambitions last fall to become a university president, Provost Ahmed Abdelal has accepted an offer to become provost of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, a decision he said was a "lateral" move. Stephen Zoloth, dean of Bouv'eacute;...