By Bianca Strzelczyk Twenty minutes prior to the start of the Springfest concert, students were still filing in to the Matthews Arena. Some opted to sit in the red arena seats while other preferred to stand near the stage. From a distance, the floor was a mixture of college...

The Cronin name has returned to Northeastern hockey. Just under a month since the announcement that the Athletic Department would not renew Bruce Crowder's contract, Greg Cronin, most recently head coach of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL), the top affiliate of the New York...

By Erika Carrubba and Stephanie Vosk A year filled with fights, suspensions and close calls in the Athletic Department has left high-profile players struggling to leave behind the year's mistakes and look to the future. Senior linebacker Liam Ezekiel served a five-quarter...

With its fast-paced ordering style and countless chicken dishes, Chicken Lou's has been voted the Best On-Campus Eatery. Chicken Lou's, which makes its home in a makeshift structure on Forsyth Street near the law school buildings, offers students the chance to grab a quick...

Freshman physical therapy major Marissa Heller considers herself lucky, even though her clothes smell like ash and she had to move into a different residence hall as she prepares for final exams next week. "I'm lucky in that [my stuff wasn't damaged] ... my door was knocked...

Rep. John Tierney can still recall the days of work study and student loans. He remembers laboring through undergraduate and law school without the financial help of his parents. But now, Tierney is on Capitol Hill fighting to ease the burden of rising tuition for the American...

At the end of every school year The News sets out to find what students consider their favorites in and around campus, spanning a number of categories. Last year guided students on a tour from the Best Place to Eat on Campus (Chicken Lou's) to the Biggest Disappointment (cancellation...

Poking will never be the same. Since it appeared on campus last spring, The Facebook has served as the perfect device for procrastination-prone stu-dents everywhere. Early morning or late night ... any time is Facebook time. Thousands of Northeastern students have signed...

The Northeastern women's crew team fell to both Syracuse and the University of Pennsylvania Saturday on the Charles River in the 26th rowing of the Orange Cup. The Orange, who finished with a time of 6:31.9, set a record for the annual event. UPenn, which led halfway through...

As tension continued to mount before a race that would set the tone for the upcoming year, presidential candidates Bill Durkin and Michael Benson circled the room, bridging the gap between "party" lines. Each candidate for Student Government Association (SGA) president smiled...

By Bianca Strzelczyk As the last students left Matthews Arena and the tour buses drove off, members of the Council for University Programs stopped holding their breath, having just pulled off the first Springfest concert in two years. Despite a last minute change in the line-up,...

By C.G. Lynch A recent study found that Northeastern allocated approximately $120,000 to lobbying firms in Washington, D.C. in 2003 to help secure funds for research projects and its much-touted Academic Investment Plan. A data survey collected in 2004 by the Chronicle of...