Ken Foster brings new meaning to the phrase "man's best friend." Experiencing September 11 and Hurricane Katrina firsthand, Foster, 41, relied on his dogs for support in the aftermath. "It was a huge reversal [for me]," said the Northeastern alumnus. "I was trying to take...

By Rachel Slajda This is the ninth and final chapter in a biweekly series following the journey of a Northeastern student studying abroad in Perugia, Italy. Even though I've landed, even though I've heard that familiar, near-forgotten accent from the customs agents at Logan...

By Bessie King From emergency rooms to conspiracy theories to tales of unfulfilled romance, television shows give us something to look forward to during our week. Many season finales have taken place to prepare for bigger and better things to come in the fall. Networks like...

Groundbreaking set for Veterans Memorial A groundbreaking ceremony for the proposed Veterans Memorial, located at the intersection on Forsyth Street across from Centennial Common, is set for next Thursday, June 14, at 11 a.m. Neal Finnegan, chairman of the board of trustees,...

The Boston Fire Department has ruled both of yesterday's fires in the Curry Student Center (CSC) and Churchill Hall as arson. The investigation is ongoing and the monetary damages to the buildings were released this morning. "The Student Center has $100,000 worth of damages,"...

Firefighters responded to a pair of on-campus fires Sunday, the first around noon on the fourth floor of the Curry Student Center, and the second two hours later in Churchill Hall. "I heard it started in [room] 428 in the Curry Student Center," said Jack Wright, operations...

The recent background noise generated by the Presidential Search Committee's "shroud of secrecy," as one faculty member described it, could not be ignored, even by the person chosen for the position. "Let me start by making a statement: I am not Al Gore," Joseph Aoun, president-elect...

Frank Palmer Speare 1898-1940 Northeastern's first and longest-serving president, Speare headed the evening program at the YMCA that would later become Northeastern. Carl Stephens Ell 1940-1959 Called "Mr. Northeastern," Ell oversaw a building boom on campus that included the...

It hasn't taken long for Neal Finnegan, chairman of Northeastern's Board of Trustees, to warm up to the president-elect. "He has a kindness about him," said Finnegan, who announced the appointment of Joseph Aoun as the seventh president of Northeastern on Wednesday. Finnegan...

Fielding a question from Billy Haddad, a Student Government Association official who sat on the Fiscal Advisory Committee, Joseph Aoun seized the opportunity to recognize a new alumnus. Haddad, who graduated in May, asked him about the university's dependency on tuition....

To Will Reese, the John D. O'Bryant African American Institute (AAI) is primarily comprised of a group of people, but it is inherently linked to the building at 50 Leon St. that houses it. The junior history and political science double major is president of the Northeastern...

By Megan Jicha With just a few months remaining before starting her collegiate career, Liz Allen is confident she made the right choice by enrolling at Northeastern. "I break out into a ridiculously large smile whenever anyone asks me where I'm going next year," said Allen,...