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All Hail: A little less sex needed in the city

October 3, 2006

With my first month of college over, I've come to accept that life in Boston doesn't resemble any of the exploits of "Sex and the City's" Carrie Bradshaw. But when it comes to sex and relationships, the incoming freshman class, which I'm a member of, has more than its share...

Player of the Week: Kristin Kowalik

October 3, 2006

With half the season behind them and only CAA opponents ahead, women's soccer senior co-captain Kristin Kowalik helped her team close out their week strong. The Northeastern News Player of the Week had a goal and an assist in Sunday's game against William ' Mary, which resulted...

Northeastern Crime Log

October 3, 2006

By Yulia Sysevich Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Crime Log Entry of the Week: Sunday, October 1 9 p.m. A fire escape alarm sounded at 106 St. Stephen St., alerting police that somebody had climbed it from the ground....

Movin’ on out

October 3, 2006

Despite graduation rates for undergraduate students drastically increasing over the last 10 years, many Northeastern students continue to transfer to other universities before their sophomore year. In the mid-1990s, Northeastern's graduation rate of students who entered...

Men’s Hockey: Back on the ice

October 3, 2006

By Matt Nielsen With veteran leadership and experienced sophomores the men's hockey team starts the 2006-07 season with what was missing in 2005 Hockey season is officially underway after last week's Hockey East Media Day at TD Banknorth Garden. The national and Hockey East...

Times New Roman mixes absurd, geeky stand-up humor

October 3, 2006

By Kwame Korkor Beneath the brightly colored lights on the afterHOURS stage Thursday night, several Times New Roman members showcased their talent through the art of stand-up. ...

CSC office swap causes complaints

October 3, 2006

By Mary Ann Georgantopoulos and Jessica Torrez-Riley Thirteen student groups were informed this week that they will have to move their offices from the second floor of the Curry Student Center to make room for administrative offices. Given only two weeks' notice that their offices...

Husky Happenings

October 3, 2006

170 attend NUCALLS meeting, 44 classes scheduled Northeastern University Cultural and Language Learning Center (NUCALLS), a new student group offering free, weekly, student-taught foreign language classes, held its first meeting last Wednesday. More than 300 students registered...

Column: Clear view ahead

October 3, 2006

It was dark, and he couldn't see. He was being hit, and it hurt. His team was losing at record pace, and it wasn't pleasant. "I felt blindfolded in an area where I didn't know where I was walking," he said. "I was getting walloped everywhere, whether it was administrative...

Brands of brash humor come to Blackman

October 3, 2006

By Chris Brook Comedians Bob Saget and Sarah Silverman performed their own brands of edgy stand-up Friday night in Blackman Auditorium as part of Kappa Sigma's fourth annual Comedy Night. Hitting the stage at 8:45 p.m., Bob Saget, the night's headliner, jumped into a solid...

Shuttle set to take students to Hill, Fenway

October 3, 2006

By Jill Campbell After the T stops running, getting home at the end of the night can be rough, and not necessarily safe. But help is on the way. An after-hours shuttle service that will run between the Fenway, Mission Hill and campus has been approved by the university. Only...

Comics

October 3, 2006

Quackers! by Ricky Thompson Paul 'n' Lil by Lily Ko and Paul Cheung Comics are not edited by The News staff.