By Marc Larocque Located on the border between Roxbury and the South End, the once-dangerous Columbus Avenue has become safer in recent years. Due to the addition of four university residence halls and the NUPD headquartres, it's basically like living in West Village, Hassell...

By Samantha Porter College students from outside Massachusetts have their fair share of inconveniences. Their IDs are often turned down at bars and they have to vote absentee. And on top of that, they can still get called for Massachusetts jury duty. Jurors in Massachusetts...

While we at University Health and Counseling Services (UHCS) appreciate the concerns raised in a recent article ("Resignations still plaguing UHCS," March 1), we want to assure the student body that our primary goal is to provide the highest quality health care to each and every...

By Rachel Slajda This is the fourth in a biweekly series following the journey of a Northeastern student studying abroad in Perugia, Italy. I am the rock-paper-scissors champion of Perugia. In an Olympic tournament a couple weeks ago, I took home the gold - 30 euros and...

By Erika Carrubba FORT MYERS, FLA. - Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez, Andruw Jones, Derrek Lee and Albert Pujols have all hit home runs off Boston Red Sox pitcher and 2005 MLB All-Star Matt Clement. And now, Northeastern senior Chris Emanuele can add his name to the list. Clement...

The debate about Israel's military occupation over the Palestinians is peculiar in that Joe Tarkoff never confronts the main point ("Israelis more interested in negotiating," March 1). Like defenders of colonialism before him, Tarkoff invents rhetorical decoys and appeals to...

Freeland announces farewell events for this week As his tenure as head of the university draws to a close, President Richard Freeland announced he will make a series of on-campus visits to express appreciation to faculty, staff and students for the "many contributions to the...

Strong pitching and timely hitting wasn't enough for Northeastern's baseball team as it dropped two of its first three Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) games to rival Georgia State, as well as a close loss to nationally top-ranked Georgia Tech during the team's southern...

The Supreme Court unanimously decided on March 6 to uphold a law forcing law schools to allow military recruiting or forfeit all federal funding. Since when did the United States government become Pepsi or Nike, or any other commercial group that proclaims, "Advertise our product...

By Matthew J. Nielsen Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Monday, February 27 5 p.m. A female student reported she was sexually assaulted by an invited guest in her residence hall room the previous evening. Mario Civil, 26,...

Looking back on my senior year in high school during my college decision-making process, I realize now that I had no idea how different Northeastern really was from other colleges. I didn't go here primarily for the co-op program, although after taking part in it. I am so thankful...

By Ryan Durkin Northeastern News: I did a little research and found out you're from Boston. Are you from around here? Matt Nathanson: Yeah, yeah, Lexington, actually. So just like east