By Patrick McHugh For senior Kira Batura, sports have always meant business. A captain of the women's volleyball team, Batura has consistently been recognized as one of the team's strongest players and most intense competitors. Every match has been an opportunity for her to...

By Jared Sugerm The women's hockey team defeated Boston College Thursday, downing the Eagles 3-2 at Conte Forum. It was the third and final meeting between the teams this season, and the victory gave the Huskies a 2-1 edge in the series. Northeastern's success against BC,...

It's funny how, at a school that costs as much as Northeastern, we don't have a guaranteed quiet area to study whenever we want. I live in a double and I can't study in my room without becoming distracted. The common room in my building, 319 Huntington Ave. is damp, barely...

By Nathan Vaughan This year, the first wave of Beanpot tickets were on sale to students for just more than seven hours. Demand soared due to the success of the men's hockey team and their No. 11 national ranking, causing the rapid sellout. In response, the university acquired...

Kappa Delta Sorority is gearing up to make great things happen on the Northeastern campus when it colonizes its newest chapter Jan. 24 to26. The chapter will join the sorority's 208 chartered collegiate chapters and 497 chartered alumnae chapters, representing nearly 200,000...

By AJ Mercincavage The women's swimming and diving team defeated New Hampshire and host Boston University Saturday to extend its unbeaten streak to nine dual meets. "We knew going into this meet that it was going to be our toughest competition yet," said senior co-captain...

By Jared Shafran Upon arriving at Northeastern, freshman goalie Leah Sulyma was told the starting position was up for grabs. When she got the call from head coach Laura Schuler to start her first game Oct. 6, 2007, she was delighted. Sulyma was given a chance to prove herself...

As I begin my second co-op cycle, I realize that the gap between me and Northeastern is widening. The disconnect is even greater this year since I also moved off-campus, and Northeastern does very little to keep its students in either group feeling like students at Northeastern...

By Patrick McHugh No matter how far Greg Kilkenny has been separated from his homeland of Ireland, his thoughts are never far from home. It was the "football" culture in Europe that influenced the senior forward to excel in the sport. His passion for the game led him to play...

Midway through the Northeastern Football Team's 2007 season, Matt Foster and Ricky Thompson wrote an article titled "A team's fate in question: Athletic Department restructuring may bring program cuts," that appeared in The News Oct. 22, 2007. Although no single team was mentioned...

By Rosa Barney Though many bands may be nervous prior to performing, the members of Eclectic Collective and Spiritual Rez showed they would not let stage fright overcome them last night at afterHOURS. Both bands were full of energy and did not shy away from dancing and moving...

There is a new form of degradation affecting me, a male nursing student, and millions of other students across the nation. You could be involved in insulting students just like me without even knowing it. It mainly occurs during the primary stages of meeting and polite conversation....