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Sooner or later, the time would come. The time to leave behind the wasted days of TV watching, Madden playing and not going to parties and enter the real world. As my co-op at a local newspaper winds down, this realization has slowly come to me. While I may shop for cheap...

President Richard Freeland said Thursday he sees the university's financial stability as the most important priority facing his successor. Speaking before the Student Government Association (SGA), Freeland said the university is operating on a "shoestring budget," and that...

By Jason Kornwitz A fixture at Northeastern since the early '70s as a flanker for Husky football, track coach Sherman Hart calls Huntington Avenue his home. It's where he's coached the women's team since 1988 and the men's team since 1999. His women's program has won a combined...

On Saturday, Dec. 3, Northeastern University hosted The Jericho Project's International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War. The Jericho Project's stated goal is the release of all political prisoners and prisoners of war, regardless of the reason...

By Cora Hilts His story is about a young man losing it all and slowly gaining his life back, imparting his experience to disprove misconceptions surrounding the disabled or, as he says, "gimps." Mark Zupan has directed an award-winning documentary, toured the college circuit...

The atmosphere was different. I couldn't decide whether I liked it or not, but looking back I think it was probably one of the most exciting games I've witnessed the men's basketball team play. And I was there when they beat Boston College in 2002-03 and I can still see,...

Hmm, let's register virgins to stop prostitution. Professor James Fox tells us in a letter to the editor in the Boston Herald ("We're under the gun, so let's register it," Dec. 5) that less than 1 percent of dealers are linked to the majority of guns used in crimes. And if...

On campus, Coca-Cola products can be found at every turn. They're on tap in the Curry Student Center, they're available in vending machines throughout university buildings and they're available at most on-campus eateries. But if some New York University students have their way,...

NORTH ANDOVER - It seemed everyone was hoping for another Northeastern tie Saturday night at Lawler Arena. Facing Merrimack for the second game of a home-and-home set, the men's hockey team battled back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game at 3-3. The tie score, as the 2,781...

As an alumni of NU, I am deeply disturbed by the recent staff issues regarding the Health Center. The present management led by Roberta Berrien indicates staff have left because they don't like the change. The large numbers of staff turnover could not possibly be caused by...

By Danielle Tarloff Sophomore Alex Schneiderman wants to be a rock star. But if that doesn't work out, at least he'll have a degree to fall back on. And because he goes to Northeastern, he can study music industry, which is about as close as it gets to majoring in rock stardom....