Dear Editor, Your story on the non-prescibed use of ADD medication was excellent and alarming.Excellent that you are reporting on it and alarming that people think they can self medicate safley. The drug Adderal has been taken off the market in Canada due to safety concerns.It...

It's not like me to write such a letter. However, I feel very strongly about this and I wanted you to know. The Sexcapades section of the paper is one of the tackiest (is that a word?) pieces of writing I have ever read. Honestly,I don't care about someone else's sexual encounters,...

My name is Chris Cerrato, class of 2007. I'm a middler Graphic Design student at NU. In response to the February 2nd, 2005 issue's "All Hail", the first thing that came to my mind was "What a whiny drama queen". I also travel to campus via the Franklin Line from Norfolk (and...

By Sarah Metcalf and Steve Babcock The Student Government Association has chosen not to pass tuition legislation this year, despite last year's legislation that contributed to the lowest increase in a decade. Due to time restraints, members of the SGA executive board chose...

Once every couple of weeks, Northeastern goaltender Keni Gibson admitted, the thought of raising the Beanpot trophy high and proud seeped into his and his teammates' conversations. "You try not to talk about it too much during the year," said NU's all-time leader in shutouts,...

By Victoria Comella It's all the rage. If you're reading this column and have no idea what the Facebook is, then I suggest you dig yourself out of the hole you've been living in for the past few months and turn on the light. The Facebook (www.thefacebook.com) is the newest...

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By E. Edward Klotzbier Twenty years ago I resided in the community that surrounds Northeastern. This past weekend, given my current position, I felt obligated to return to the neighborhood and get a first-hand look at how things are today, not as simply a passerby, but as someone...

Last January, as I struggled through an acute case of singleitis, I made a decision to lower my standards, which weren't terribly high in the first place, in order to try and find someone. What I came up with was a guy from a school just outside of Boston. Even before our...

Celie Davis spent the week before the Super Bowl getting into fights with old men on the T. A New Jersey native, the freshman nursing major proudly donned her Philadelphia Eagles jersey whenever and wherever she could - even in the epicenter of the Patriots frenzy, causing...

You may have tapped the wallet, reserved your table and ordered the flowers, but when it comes to this year's Valentine's Day, have you thought of sitting down and making that perfect playlist for your special someone? Haneen Arafat, SIRIUS Satellite Radio's Love channel programmer,...

By Chanel Nardone What started out as a design on a necktie has exploded into a two-month long celebration of culture. Scott Quint, director of the International Student ' Scholar Institute (ISSI), was first inspired to begin holding an International Carnevale from a Mardi...