I am writing in response to your staff editorial Jan. 24 ("Inauguration madness?") regarding the upcoming presidential inauguration. I am disappointed that The News underestimates the significance of this tradition in the life of colleges and universities. These important...

With boredom setting in at home over winter break, college students couldn't wait to get back to Boston. Finally, we thought, we'll be able to see our friends again, go out to parties and resume normal life. But there's something very powerful we forgot to anticipate: the weather....

By Jared Sugerman The swimming ' diving team traveled to Dartmouth Friday, where it closed out the regular season with a 178-122 loss to the Big Green. The Huskies finished the season with a 6-3 overall record, finishing 1-2 in CAA meets. Northeastern took first place in five...

By Julia Gall In the age of MySpace, away messages and Google, it's hard to keep private information to yourself. Technology allows anyone to have instant access to your life. If you choose to put yourself out there. This goes back to the old-fashioned idea of public decency,...

By Drew Bonifant More than two years after the Student Government Association (SGA) passed legislation calling for new student identification numbers, the university is set to enact the change at the end of February. In 2005, SGA senators Cory Renzella and Nicole Martino wrote...

By Steve Babcock Correction: This story has been corrected to define Kathy Doerksen as a resident rather than a property owner. Despite the threat of rain and the early hour on Saturday morning, students and community residents joined together to clean up the Symphony neighborhood...

By Lucy Properzio In 1926, Abraham Kline stepped on campus as a freshman. He was pursuing a law degree, something no longer possible as an undergraduate. But that is not the only change to Northeastern since Kline, the school's oldest alumnus, studied in Boston. Born June...

Looking for a date Saturday? There's some perfect ones on the cheerleading team - they'll even talk a little football with you. Just hope you don't mind a little back hair, that's all. It's tough not to notice the mini-skirt-wearing girls of Northeastern's cheerleading...

In response to Professor Murray Forman's letter last week ("Militarization of campus unwelcome," Jan. 17) I would like to thank the professor for alerting us to a potential misunderstanding and address his legitimate concerns for the public safety of students and faculty. ...

By Kate Augusto Children learn reading, writing and arithmetic in elementary school, but there are rarely classes on how to be a good friend or how to work toward world peace. Middler international affairs major Alex Alvanos is working to fill that gap. Alvanos is expanding...

By Samantha Egan U.S. Senator John Kerry, D-Mass, appeared in the Curry Student Center indoor quad last Friday to host his Second Annual Procurement Conference and Business Expo, along with Mass. Governor Deval Patrick, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Northeastern President Joseph...

By Zach Finkelstein For the first time in his six years as President of the United States, George W. Bush presented his State of the Union address in front of a Democratic congress last night. Standing before the nation with a public approval rating of 34 percent, an all-time...