By Erika Carrubba With only one game left in the season, the men's soccer team is still fighting for a spot in the playoffs. However, after two losses to James Madison (JMU) and Virginia Commonwealth (VCU) last weekend, the Huskies will need a win against Hofstra and a little...

By Ricky Thompson Andrew Regenstreich completed his application for an international co-op three months ago, looking forward to spending his spring semester in the United Kingdom. He was not looking into a specific job, but just wanted to experience working overseas. Now, three...

When a school touts itself as number one in co-ops and internships, expectations are high. Those expectations include helping students find and maintain jobs in fields relating to their majors, and for the university to provide assistance in the process. But as is often the...

By Erika Carrubba Northeastern athletics made its first appearance in a Colonial Athletic Association Championship (CAA) competition Saturday. The men's and women's cross country teams finished seventh and fifth, respectively, at the CAA Championships in Wilmington, N.C....

By Ricky Thompson With a boombox under each arm and a stack of discs at his disposal, Jeffrey Fairbanks had already attained his first taste of the American dream before he was even old enough to drive. "I saved up the money, bought some gear and built a production company,...

The students of Northeastern need a voice and I know who can deliver the goods. Me, of course. With this in mind, I barged into a meeting of the Board of Trustees and banged my hand on their conference table demanding we students be heard during the selection process for...

Just a tip, and off the record. Alcohol at Matthews Arena is not new, nor limited to the distant past. While working for NU in 1999, there was alcohol served at the selection party for the Women's Basketball team. Also at hockey games.

The university announced the search committee that will interview applicants for the next Northeastern president last Wednesday. The committee is made up of 17 members, including members of the board of trustees, faculty, administration, alumni and one student. "The search...

There is no doubt that Northeastern is looking to build an Ivory Tower, and possibly within the next 10 years. In only the past five years, the university has ratcheted up the support for academics, and the campus is looking more and more like an island unto itself. Obviously,...

By Allison Mudge During Homecoming, students and alumni got together one evening to drink wine, and a week later to enjoy some beer before a hockey game. Northeastern supplied the booze. This year's Homecoming celebrations included a school-sponsored wine tasting in the Curry...

Strong moral values, decency and honesty: Conservatives long ago declared these ideals essential to their belief system, achieving political ascendancy with promises of restoring honor to a government they view as tainted by liberal immorality and excess. But there remains...

By Danielle Tarloff A local alternative weekly recently took a "dig" at Northeastern, naming NU students "Best College Rowdies" in its annual "Dig This" awards. The article in The Weekly Dig refers to Northeastern students as the "Huntington Huns," a "population unencumbered...