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...

We have all heard the saying, "like fine wine we get better with age," and in some cases this holds true. However, for the most part, there's about as much truth in that statement as there is on the back of the box of those penis enlarging pills you bought when you were hammered...

By Dinah Alobeid Love is in the air, along with 90-degree temperatures, and the city of Boston is teeming with romantic and plain old sweet summer date activities. For those on a budget or who just don't want to spend their hard-earned money, there are always free recreational...

hi, your article and its followup do not note an interesting aspect of the case against michael benson. he is now the subject of an fbi investigation for his alleged "stumble" into confidential files stores on the university's network. perhaps you can contact the boston fbi...