By C.G. Lynch After a highly secretive selection process that lasted months, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry chose Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina as his vice presidential candidate Tuesday, a move expected to give the Massachusetts senator a spike in polls...

Crime log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Monday, June 14 11:30 a.m. A 23-year-old female student reported someone attempted to steal her purse while she was exiting the Massachusetts Avenue T stop. Her wallet contained $65. The...

Let's face it; pop songs all tend to sound the same. There's only so many ways you can vary how much you love someone or how mad at him or her you are. At times, maybe the lyrics can be irrelevant if the melodies and songs are good enough so one can just get lost. In those...

When the Student Activity Fee (SAF) was raised to $100 a year, a promise was made that the students would be able to have the programming and concerts they always wanted. The problem is, when the Student Government Association (SGA), in conjunction with a 15 percent approval...

Music, barbeques and American flags were spread through Boston streets Sunday for the city's annual Fourth of July celebration. The event, which is nationally televised, commemorated its 228th year. The Boston Pops kept with tradition this year, performing at the Charles...

Students and professors who commute to Northeastern will have to find a way into the city during the Democratic National Convention, Provost Ahmed Abdelal said, because classes will remain as scheduled. "You don't want to be trigger happy when it comes to canceling classes,"...

After seven years as director of student activities, Todd Shaver has decided to leave his post at Northeastern to return to his home state of Ohio for a similar position at Capital University. While both students and colleagues said they were going to miss the man who worked...

In a historic move set to permanently change the course of Northeastern athletics, the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) announced on June 23 that the Huskies had joined the southern-based conference, effective July 1, 2006. The CAA, which formed from the ECAC South in 1985,...

By Pete Bandel There is an epidemic sweeping America. The only problem is, this epidemic is too heavy to sweep up, which maybe is why it still exists. Recently, a movie came out called "Super Size Me." The premise of the movie involved Morgan Spurlock, a man who documented...

Renowned country artist Loretta Lynn has released a new album. Of all the releases that would seem to not matter this year, certainly a seemingly posthumous album from one of country's original voices would only carry a small blip on the radar screen. Jack White of the White...

By C.G. Lynch A proposed bill by House Republicans could take up to $3.8 million a year in campus-based aid away from Northeastern and reallocate those funds to schools in the south and west, according to a study by the American Council on Education (ACE). The programs directly...

By Meryl Roche With approximately one month of training behind them, it will be up to 30 students to introduce the class of 2009 and any transfer students to Northeastern this summer. Beginning June 14, Orientation Leaders (OLs) will welcome incoming freshmen at eight two-day...