By Jason Richland One hundred and fifteen minutes of field hockey could not settle it. One round, four shooters each, of penalty strokes could not settle it. But in the second round of penalty strokes Northeastern outscored the formerly unbeaten University of Connecticut in...

By Michael Bandarik My name is Michael Badnarik and I'm the Libertarian Party's 2004 presidential nominee. Nowhere is the increasing failure of the American political system more apparent than with respect to younger voters, and it is primarily you I now address. My opponents...

By Peter Shanley Sen. John F. Kerry defeated President George W. Bush in the third and final debate, making it a perfect 3-0 sweep last Wednesday night in Tempe, Ariz. According to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, 52 percent of registered voters thought Sen. Kerry won to 39 percent...

By Gayle Simone Picked to finish last in Hockey East Coaches Poll, the Huskies start their season Friday without returning key players, a new coaching staff and a big void to fill in net. But head coach Laura Schuler is optimistic about the team she has put together on the ice....

Considering the $58 and change my housemates and I pay each month for cable, wow, what quality television we get! (Insert sarcasm here.) Recently, outside the realm of conventional reality TV that is slowly taking over the world, VH1 touched on something revolutionary, remarkable...

By Jessica Copeland, Kristen Orazem and Meredith Strong "So, whose fault is it, anyway?" In response to the two recent rapes in the Jamaica Plain and Mission Hill area that have received a lot of media attention, women are being told on a daily basis, via flyers posted by Public...

By Megan Colloton The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity is already involved with many charitable organizations, such as Habitat for Humanity, the Greater Boston Food Bank, coaching baseball for Mission Hill children and many other local community service projects. "We make the...

It was not a very good week for Northeastern men and women's soccer coach Ed Matz, as both his teams not only suffered their first America East losses of the season but also were held scoreless. The men (2-6-4, 1-1-3 AE) were blanked 1-0 by the University of New Hampshire last...

By Kent Stein An unscientific poll of 70 freshmen conducted by The Northeastern News in September revealed that most freshmen had attended a sports game at the beginning of the year. At the time of the poll, only one home game had been played by the football team, indicating...

By Hailey Heinz Looking for somewhere to take your parents this weekend for Parent's Weekend? Northeastern Parent's Asso-ciation will have buses on Oct. 22 to the hit theaterical whodunit "Shear Madness." The show has been playing in Boston through five presidential administrations,...

By Erin Engelson Someone once told me, "Surround yourself only with people who are going to lift you higher." Not a bad way to live your life. Too bad I don't follow it. As far as toxic relationships go, I have the worst. And I've been in it for a good chunk of my life....

By Erin Engelson This January, Northeastern students will stow their jeans and hoodies in the closet and don the business suits and dress shoes of the working world. For students, especially sophomores, the Jan. 3 start date of Northeastern's spring session of the cooperative...