By Kate Augusto In his first major move since taking office in August, President Joseph Aoun has announced a plan outlining distinctiveness and innovation as his priorities for the university. "The forces of globalization and accelerated knowledge creation bring great challenges...

Kerry, Patrick, Menino to speak in CSC Friday Northeastern will host John F. Kerry's second annual Massachusetts Procurement Conference and Business Expo in the Indoor Quad of the Curry Student Center at 3:30 p.m. Friday. U.S. Senator Kerry, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick,...

By James Partridge The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation last Wednesday brought a keynote speaker to Blackman Auditorium whose loss and hardship inspired her career as a civil rights activist. Myerlie Evers-Willliams, a Mississippi native, suffered from bigotry and...

With wins over Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) opponents Georgia State and Hofstra, the men's basketball team put together its first win streak of the season this past week. The Huskies (5-12, 3-3 CAA) hosted both games and snapped Hofstra's six-game win streak with an...

By Bessie King From running laps to choosing carrots over chocolate, getting into shape will become a highly publicized process for 10 students when the "NU Biggest Loser" competition kicks off at the end of the month. The Resident Student Association (RSA), along with the...

Baseball head coach Neil McPhee announced an addition to his coaching staff for the 2007 season Dec. 19. Mike Glavine, who graduated from Northeastern in 1996, was named the Huskies' assistant coach. He was inducted into the Northeastern Hall of Fame Nov. 16 for excellence...

In elementary school, making New Year's resolutions was just a writing exercise to get kids back on track after winter break, and was usually along the lines of "I will be nice to my brothers and sisters" or "I will make my bed every day." Of course, breaking resolutions was...

By Matt Nielsen The men's hockey team (6-11-4, 3-8-4 Hockey East) extended its unbeaten streak to four games Saturday night against No. 18 Vermont (12-8-2, 6-4-2 HE) before the Catamounts broke it the next evening at Matthews Arena. Vermont started the scoring Friday night...

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Laurence Mucciolo stepped down as senior vice president for administration and finance Friday after serving almost a decade at the university, according to a letter obtained by the News from President Joseph Aoun to faculty and staff. Mucciolo will stay with the university for...

By Nate Owen The women's basketball team continued its trek through the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), splitting a pair of conference games this past week. An injury-riddled Husky squad traveled to face Delaware Thursday night at the Bob Carpenter Center and fell 65-43....

As most of you know, the T fares have increased again, this time from $1.25 to $1.70 with a CharlieCard. This is, of course, ridiculous. It's an abuse of college students all over the city, as well as in Cambridge, an infringement on the necessities of commuters who work in the...