Forgive those who were around Parsons Field Saturday afternoon if they couldn't believe what they were seeing. It was a Northeastern football game, the first home match of the season after five consecutive away games. But that wasn't the only sight for the sore eyes of Northeastern...

By Jill Campbell Five Boston-area universities, including Northeastern, recently pledged $10 million to aid some of the city's underachieving public schools in six areas of service and provide computer labs and tutor resources. As part of Mayor Thomas Menino's "StepUP" plan,...

By Cynthia Retamozo As the thermometer hovered around 45 degrees, about 250 shivering students stood at the Speare Star, clad only in their undergarments, warming up for the first annual Underwear Run through campus. "The run was liberating," said Ian Doyle, a middler computer...

At the end of this past spring semester, I fulfilled a fantasy many guys share. My girlfriend of three months and I had never really had problems asking each other to do anything sexual. She was very inexperienced, and I was her first time for a lot of things, so I had to...

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There are many different groups of people who get stuck with a bad rap. Panhandlers. Goths. Girls who wear Uggs. But at the top of this list is a group that deserves the most respect - an assembly of intelligent, fun-loving, and imaginative people who would be a great addition...

Quackers! by Ricky Thompson Paul 'n' Lil by Lily Ko and Paul Cheung Angry Lemon by Hannah Flaherty and Ambria Klingle

SGA addresses student office relocation at senate The emergency relocation of student group offices was the Student Government Association's (SGA) primary focus at the Senate meeting last week. Vice President for Student Affairs Susan Dye fielded a number of fiery questions,...

By Anne Baker Northeastern Professor Gary Goshgarian has a secret identity. No, he does not spend his free time cavorting around the city fighting crime, but rather writes novels under the pen name Gary Braver. He has written seven books and his most recent, Flashback, a medical...

With four seconds left and the game tied 24-24 against Delaware, freshman kicker Mat Johnson converted a career-high 35-yard field goal as the clock ran out to give Husky football their first Atlantic-10 win this season. The Northeastern News Player of the Week and A-10 Co-Rookie...

By Jessi Savino Anastassia Lapteva has learned a few important lessons in her Eating and the Environment class. Among those lessons: Bugs are tough to eat, even when covered in chocolate. "There's a company that makes chocolate covered bugs that are edible," the sophomore...

One inch can mean the difference in a soccer game. One inch is the difference between hitting the crossbar or scoring a goal. One inch is the difference between a shot wide or a goal. One inch is the difference between a sliding save or a goal. The women's soccer team...