I want to start by saying that overall I enjoy the Northeastern News. However, I must admit that I was shaken when I was reading through the classifieds and came across an ad reading "Girls Wanted to be Adult Film Stars!". Initially I assumed it was a joke. But as I looked more...

By Stephanie Peters That's the vibe NU ' Improv'd President Chad Cooper said the packed audience at Blackman Auditorium gave off Saturday night at the first annual Boston Beanpot of Comedy. Over 1,000 people filled Blackman Auditorium for an improv festival that featured student...

There's a buzz in the air on Huntington Avenue, surrounding the Northeastern men's basketball team, who have won six-of-seven games since Jan. 5. With wins over Stony Brook University, 65-56, and Binghamton University, 69-59, NU remains in a tie with Boston University for second...

Reggie Lewis. Just the name sends chills down the backs of Husky hoops aficionados. In Sunday's 69-59 win over Binghamton University, Northeastern men's basketball freshman forward Shawn James replaced the late, great Reggie Lewis as the single season blocks leader here on...

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 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...