By Hailey Heinz Two Fridays ago, Cynthia Sweet was sitting in her office in Career Services. She had an hour to kill, and had no specific plans for the weekend. By Sunday, she had started a non-profit organization, and by Wednesday, she was in Louisiana, working to get dogs...

By Hailey Heinz "Have you returned to your place of residence and wondered how three items cost $13.50? Have you ever gazed at your receipt and realized it cannot account for what you purchased? ... Despite all this do you shop at Wollaston's anyway?" These words are posted...

By Kent Stein Scott Wisnaskas is back. A 2002 grad, Wisnaskas was a two-time MVP of the men's cross-country team. He's returned to revitalize the ailing distance program for head coach Sherman Hart. "[Wisnaskas] is absolutely a plus," Hart said. "He ran in the meets so he...

Jessica Meunier 2009 MIS in the CBA You know, with all the alcohol that's been confiscated, you think the NUPD could put it to good use! What if the NUPD sold it to NU employees, professors, or people who can prove that they're 21+. They could take the profits and donate it...

Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Tuesday, September 6 8:30 a.m. A staff member in Snell Engineering Building reported her cell phone and wallet missing from her purse. She had left her purse in an unlocked and unattended...

By Hailey Heinz The best class Danielle Chaplick ever took was Budgeting and Taxation. And budgets really aren't her thing. The senior political science major said she expected to hate the class when she signed up for it, but found that the professor, not the content, makes...

By Bianca Strzelczyk Stylish. Young. New. These words not only describe the latest high-fashion shop I Boutique on Newbury Street, but also the latest business moguls who run it. Cameron Grob, a 2003 Northeastern graduate with a major in business marketing, is one of the original...

By Jason Kornwitz BROOKLINE - Ask co-captain Tara McLarney what she thinks about playing at Parsons Field, home of Northeastern women's soccer. "Home games are a big deal for us," McLarney said, her team back in Boston after trips to Denver and Worcester. "To win at home is...

By Jason Richland WORCESTER - NU's top hockey team- the ones who play on turf - took a pit stop at Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon, where the Huskies snatched a 6-3 win at Hart Astroturf. The Huskies (4-1) were paced by sophomore Whitney Shean, who recorded a pair of goals...

Northeastern Police, out in teams of plainclothes officers last Friday and Saturday night, confiscated alcohol underage students were carrying on or near campus. In the two days, police confiscated 261 loose cans of beer, 15 loose bottles of beer, 19 30-racks of beer, four...

In America, we face an identity crisis. We feel the need to marginalize that which we are not proud of. The poor is clearly one of those groups. The segregated nature of Boston, one of America's progressive beacons, makes this clear. But they will suffer in the aftermath of disaster,...

To the Editor: Over the past two years Haiku Circus has appeared in over 25 college newspapers and is currently published in the L Magazine and the C-Ville Weekly. Samples are available for this clever, entertaining, and fast-growing comic strip at www.haikucircus.com. Email...