By Jennifer Montalvo It's midnight on a Tuesday and the InfoCommons computer lab in Snell Library is packed with 160 students rapidly typing to beat the clock. Amongst the background noise of papers shuffling and the low murmur of iPod tunes, phrases such as "It's due tomorrow!"...

By Hailey Heinz The first time Maxence Gorr

By Amanda Carswell In his monthly letter from the Athletic Director, Northeastern AD Dave O'Brien annouced the scores each athletic team recieved on the NCAA's new academic plan, the Academic Progress Rate (APR). The APR uses a system of points to determine the eligibility/graduation...

By Adam Zeisel There are two things that really infuriate me:

By Barry Levites With the spring semester winding down and summer coming right on its heels, most students in the Boston area will begin heading home for the warmer months. Many students at Northeastern, however, will remain through the summer and, thanks to the Student Activities...

As puddles prevail in these early days of spring, I was pleasantly surprised by the simple and playful action of one genuine Northeastern student. The clouds had parted long enough to allow for a much anticipated stroll through the Fens last week. Coming across an enormous puddle,...

In response to Meg Colloton's 3/16/05 "Pokers Must Fold" I'm definitely not a "Promiscuous Poker" but come on Meg; does a poke really bother you that bad? I'm not going to lie, I get a little excited when I sign onto the Face Book and discover that I have received a poke from...

Greetings, I am a student at the University of Chicago, and have recently created a company that is a content provider for news and entertainment pieces for adults 18-29. Basically, we form agreements with news sources that allow us to reprint pieces. We choose quality...

To the editor: The importance of campus fire safety was reinforced last week with the fire at George Washington University and serves as a valuable teachable moment. A freshman was critically injured in a fire that was started by a portable grill igniting the student's bedding...

Ivelisse Sanchez March 25, 2005 Speech Article: Lidet Tilahun Lidet Tilahun, Director of Strategy for the African AIDS Initiative International and Programming Director of World Hip Hop at the Hip Hop Archive at Stanford University, discussed hip hop and its influence on African...

After more than 30 years of discussing the idea, the Student Government Association (SGA) is making an effort to implement direct elections of their top two executive board members by the student body. This January President Bill Durkin instructed the Senate Nominations and...

It was Friday night, when I jumped the Green Line on my way home from Park Street. The train was loaded with the usual drunken co-eds screeching "Oh my God, I'm wicked smashed," and dolled-up pre-teens fresh from the Ashlee Simpson concert at the Orpheum Theatre. However,...