Sherman Hart often finds himself on the edge when a 4x100 relay begins. "The 4x100 is one of those events where as a coach, you just close your eyes and hope everything happens right, especially with the handoffs," said the Northeastern track coach. This past weekend at...

By Stephanie Peters As former cast members on MTV's "Road Rules," millions of viewers have followed either the drama of their daily lives or the cutthroat, and often backstabbing, competition of MTV's endless stream of "challenges." But outside their television obligations,...

Over the past several years, Elena Quiroz has noticed a trend. For every one Latino faculty member hired, she has watched two leave. "It's painful," said the director of the Latino/a Student Center. "There's not that much retention." Northeastern is in the midst of hiring...

Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Tuesday, March 29 9 p.m. A manager at Wollaston's in the Marino Center reported a middle-aged man had shoplifted aftershave. Upon being stopped, the man briefly struggled and then fled. The...

By Andrew Guida My friend and I got into a heated argument about picking a college. Last year I picked Northeastern over Villanova and URI, and looking back on it and the little research I did, I got incredibly lucky in making the perfect decision. My friend tells me he's...

By Ryan Menard With Mos Def out of the Springfest lineup and hometown rowdy-rockers Dropkick Murphys in his place, Northeastern is set to host the band fresh off their six-show St. Patrick's Day stint at Avalon. Everything from their Irish-American roots to their unabashed...

By Caitlin Gambee Northeastern sprinter Charity Briggs has kicked up dust and made her mark on the women's track team with an impressive freshman season. While attending Cornwall Central High School in Katonah, N.Y., Briggs built an extensive r

Hi, I noticed you have a "sex" section in your paper. I live in New York City, have written for the sex section in Salon.com, and now teach an online course with Salon. My third novel THE ART OF UNDRESSING, about an ex-stripper mom and her daughter, has just been published...

By Bianca Strzelczyk Council for University Programs Concert Chair Josh Pratt received an unexpected phone call from his advisor Erin Dayharsh on April 1. "What's the worst thing I could tell you?" she asked. "The concert being canceled," Pratt said. Dayharsh's news may...

By Dinah Alobeid When it came time to fill out his tax forms, freshman Cory Renzella didn't bother. Instead, his father filled them out for him, just as he has always done. Renzella, a freshman international affairs major and Student Government Association (SGA) assistant...

By Barry Levites James Byrd Jr. was walking back to his home in Jasper, Texas one summer evening in 1998 when they came for him. They cut him off with their pickup truck, jumped out and beat Byrd, breaking his ribs. They said they wanted to "roll a tire." They proceeded to...

By Jason Richland The Northeastern baseball team split the weekend set at Friedman Diamond in Brookline, downing the University of Hartford, 8-1, Friday and falling to the University of Vermont Sunday, 11-1. They then dropped the Tuesday afternoon game against the University...