Keynote speaker for fall commencement announced Jessie Gruman will be the keynote speaker for the fall commencement ceremony. Gruman is the founder and president of the Center for Advancement of Health, an independent, nonpartisian, Washington-based policy institute devoted to...

By Chris Brook Sean Yeaton sounded exhausted. His band, Daniel Striped Tiger (DST), was about to embark on an ambitious tour that will see the Boston-based post-hardcore four piece band weave through the country as they criss-cross highways, playing more than 30 shows during...

NEW YORK - On the kitchen counter of Andy Nikic's New Hyde Park home yesterday lay a handwritten note from Nikic's stepdad: "Andy, please take out your hockey equipment and leave the car for me so I can go to work." On the fridge was his mom's Christmas wish list, with...

Three years ago, Evan Brunell started maintaining a blog about sports. Since then, he has been able to turn it into a much larger sports blogging network. "The most important aspect of blogging is the content," said Brunell, a middler journalism major. "It should also be visually...

By Mary Ann Georgantopoulos and Natasha Kellett Almost two years since fundraising began for a multi-purpose athletic facility close to campus, plans to build a stadium remain stalled, according to administration officials. No construction plans have been put into motion to...

Northeastern's report card arrived, and it looks like Mother Nature may give the school a timeout. The school received a C- in a report, released by The Sustainable Endowments Institute Jan. 24. It evaluated 100 colleges across the nation and in Canada on their campus' greening...

A night of performances in the West Addition of the Curry Student Center Saturday night marked a chance for two Northeastern student groups to show off for alumni and parents buzzing around campus last Saturday. The Northeastern DownBeats, one of the university's a capella...

Despite a cry for drastic action, members of the Student Government Association (SGA) firmly stood behind one of their own at its weekly Senate meeting last Thursday. Led by SGA President Rogan O'Handley, the senate expressed its support for Vice President for Student Services...

Correction: A previous version of this story contained an incorrect detail about voting procedure. Final dates for the direct election of the student body president were set by the Student Government Association (SGA) last week. The nominations will be presented March 12,...

For the first time in recent Northeastern history, both the president and the executive vice president of the Student Government Association (SGA) will be graduating before their term in office is complete. At Thursday's Joint Senate meeting, SGA President Rogan O'Handley...

It's time for Boston to "stop being polite and start being real." Students from surrounding Boston areas auditioned at The Rack in Fanueil Hall Saturday in hopes of becoming one of the "seven strangers" on MTV's "The Real World." Some Northeastern students were spotted there....

Felix Fernandez Pizzi, Northeastern's new alcohol and other drug counselor, came to the university with the hope of developing and strengthening the services and counseling students can receive, in relation to alcohol and drug awareness. One of Pizzi's main concerns is that...