Currently, there are over 3,600 Northeastern University groups on TheFacebook.com, ranging from the education-oriented to the truly bizarre. Follow as the News takes a bi-weekly look at some of the most creative. The year 1848 was a simpler time; a time of covered wagons, bandana...

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To the Editor: I have to admit that I subscribe online to the Northeastern News because I love reading Max Lederman's features and columns on sports. Most of the time I agree with Max and admire his style and his fearlessness in taking on controversial subjects. However, in...

By Ricky Thompson Kerr Hall may be down, but it's certainly not out. As repairs on the 91-year-old residence hall continue - two months after a natural gas explosion resulted in damages estimated at $800,000 - the university contends renovations will be finished for the upcoming...

By Lisa Kaczke For students wanting to get paid to live overseas, joining the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer (FSO) is one way to achieve that goal. Michelle Lee, a former Northeastern lecturer in the communications department, spoke to a crowd of 30...

Committee seeks chairs for Homecoming 2005 Representatives from several student organizations met in the Curry Student Center Monday night for the second Homecoming meeting. Topics including potential marketing strategies and changing or canceling events were discussed. There...

By Bessie King As a college applicant I was told that to be more eligible, I needed to appear more diverse. My applications explained I was born in Texas, grew up in Mexico, had an uncommon name, spoke Spanish, French, and disliked chocolate ice cream. Well, I probably didn't...

By Mary Eileen Gallagher Independence Day - a birthday bash for our country where all are invited and no presents are required. What could be better? Growing up as a kid on Winkle Avenue, a close-knit cul-de-sac neighborhood in coastal California, the Fourth of July was a...

Maya Angelou, famous author, poet and playwright, has accepted a bid to speak at Northeastern July 21, said John Silveria, director of the Student Leadership Office. The Student Leadership Office has been working to bring Angelou to campus since last fall, and has joined...

Greg Cronin wants you to stop for a minute. He wants you to take a closer look at his new assistant's background. He wants you to know where the Dorchester kid has been and what he has done. He wants you to know the exact reason why he brought Brendan Walsh back to the Hockey...

Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Tuesday, June 14 10:30 p.m. A 23-year-old female student in West Village A reported her ex-boyfriend, who is a student at another Boston college, was harassing her and loitering outside her...