By Ryan Menard Call it karma. Just a week after sophomore computer science major Chris Sabanty criticized the lock system in his West Village apartment in a letter to The Northeastern News ("Housing card key system needs to be swiped," Jan. 12) he again found himself out of...

By Samantha Fodrowski With tissue paper couture and a little flair, the Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) hoped to raise awareness about a form of slavery known as human trafficking at a fashion show Saturday night. "A Spark of Hope," held in the Curry Student Center Ballroom,...

By Bessie King I don't like the cold. Every time I go out I feel like my face is being attacked by invisible needles and my lips are slowly slicing away. I don't like the slush from the snowstorms either. Jeans and boots get stained and the rugs and floors are dirty and slippery....

At Northeastern, the rioting phenomenon began the night of the Patriots' Super Bowl victory in 2002. When Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri booted his last-second field goal, hundreds of students dashed onto Hemenway Street. They proceeded to flip two cars in a Mardi gras-like...

By Robert P. Gittens I'm proud to have the opportunity to promote not just the achievements of faculty and students, but the work of NU's Urban Outreach Council, the Center for Community Service and the Center for the Study of Sport in Society as well. I am painfully aware that...

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,...

By Bill Durkin This Sunday, there will be as much attention focused on Hemenway Street as on Tom Brady and Donovan McNabb. The memory of the tragic events after last year's Super Bowl still looms large over our campus. That night, the immature actions of a few helped to create...

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 Carleton Atwater Residents of West Village had more to dread about going outside than just the cold last semester, as a broken steam valve resulted in an odor that left students smelling foul. "It smelled terrible, like people were cooking raccoons or something," said sophomore...