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...

The essence of sports is the participants themselves. Some are skilled beyond our wildest imagination, and are capable of doing things that enamor the masses time and time again. In many ways, they are what we have made them out to be today. We are the reason they get paid...

By Stephanie Peters Students in search of great Italian food didn't have to venture far Thursday afternoon when "Under the Tuscan Sun" author Frances Mayes appeared in Stetson West's Xhibition Kitchen. Mayes, whose popular novel was made into a movie with the same name, interacted...

By Stephanie Vosk and Sarah Metcalf It was not a lifelong passion for the "idiots" in red and blue that drew Amy Lacroix to Lansdowne Street Monday night. In fact, it was not a passion for baseball at all. A native of Boca Raton, Fla., the freshman philosophy major had seen...

Crime log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports.

By George Gottschalk IV This letter is in response to everything I've ever read or heard about the current president of the Latin American Student Organization, Nadine Yaver. Nadine, I'm sorry if you think the world revolves around you, but unfortunately it doesn't. Every...

Faculty present nanotechnology plans Faculty members gathered Tuesday at the Raytheon Amphitheater to present Northeastern University's research plan in the field of nanotechnology. The presentation opened with Provost Ahmed Abdelal explaining collaboration as the major aspect...

By Conor Nevins The Northeastern football team had all the motivation it needed going into Sunday's cross-town match-up with Harvard University. A thrilling overtime victory over Atlantic-10 rival Villanova University the week before put them in a position to win consecutive...

It's been quite a while since the Northeastern field hockey team has seen anything other than a zero next to their opponent's name on the scoreboard. The Huskies have won seven straight games, with their last five being shutout wins. The first two games of the streak yielded...

Swimming places 2d at Husky Invitational/b> The Northeastern swim team placed second this weekend at the Husky Invitational hosted by the University of Connecticut. The UConn Huskies took first with a score of 610, while NU scored 338.50. Freshman Kara Lane won the 200-yard...

By Hailey Heinz This is the first in a four-part series detailing the background of buildings on Northeastern's campus. The most noticeable thing about Ryder Hall is the overpowering smell of Mondo Subs and a close second is the spiral staircase rising from the middle of the...