By Aparna Das On Feb. 4, the people of the greater Boston area will gather from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. for a candlelight vigil at Copley Square. Community leaders and representatives from various aid organizations will discuss progress in relief efforts to date and speak about...

By Dinah Alobeid Well, here we go. Another year, another semester. I thought being a first-year commuter would be hard on my social life, but things have turned out fine. Quality friends and the freedom to stay on campus with them as often as I like has made my Northeastern...

As the Super Bowl approaches, names like James Grabowski and Victoria Snelgrove are again becoming buzz words on campus. Other words like "riot" and "Hemenway Street" are also floating around. For a group of upperclassmen students still rolling out of the national spotlight,...

Dear Editor, The following should interest a great many of your readers especially those involved with the arts and/or have Irish affiliations. Thank You, The Bogside Artists. PRESS RELEASE DERRY, N.IRELAND. Jan 31, 2005 The City Council of Derry in Northern Ireland, a place...

The recent announcement by Police Commissioner Kathleen O'Toole, Mayor Menino and cllege officials of Operation Student Shield, to crack down on student drinking, vandalism and out-of-control parties is well intended, but needs revamping. As a proud parent of a Northeastern...

By Bianca Strzelczyk The second installment of an on-going series chronicling the production of "Lower Depths" by the Northeastern Theatre Department. It was 6:30 on a frigid Thursday night. From the outside, the Studio Theatre looks deserted -- the doors were locked, the...

Simon Gorelikov doesn't really see what all the fuss is about. The junior pharmacy major, a native of Moscow, is used to powerful blizzards like the one that dropped nearly two feet of snow on Boston last weekend. "I actually went for a walk with my roommate in the middle...

By Rocco Colella The Curry Student Center is officially middle-aged. The center is celebrating its 40th birthday this year, and Northeastern plans to honor the center next week. Student Government Association's (SGA) Vice President for Student Services Nicole Martino is...

The second period between the Northeastern men's hockey team and host Boston College Friday was, in a word, pathetic. Horrid. Ugly. Laughable. Shall we continue? First, the gruesome details: * 18:00 remaining: BC freshman Dan Bertram pops a wrist shot that Northeastern...

By Craig Roman It was Senior Day Saturday at the Barletta Natatorium, but the senior's smiles quickly turned to frowns as the Northeastern swimming and diving team lost its third straight meet, this time to Columbia University, 136-107. It was the second loss to an Ivy League...

Never in a million years would I see this one coming. Michael Jackson, well, that was to be expected. Bill Clinton? We all thought that he was having a little fling. But Bill Cosby? Just say it ain't so. For those who don't see the link between Jack-o, Slick Willy and the...

When the pictures of four Chinese nationalists were shown on news broadcasts across the country and the words "dirty bomb" and "Boston" were uttered in the same sentence, a shiver of fear traveled through many Boston residents. Shawn Collins, however, had experienced the same...