By Steve Babcock Spawned by the Lilith Fair and Tori Amos' raging ballads, the "girl with piano" of recent years has seen a fair amount of women with relationship ghosts to exercise and strong voices to unleash. Overdramatic? Maybe, but they've certainly found a niche. The...

By Kenneth Dellovo "Every idea and every feeling, pushed to an extreme, becomes its opposite." -- Richard Dyer Unfortunately, I never read as much as I'd like to. I've finished five books over 100 pages in my life; four of them from the Harry Potter collection. But, that doesn't...

By Jeff Powalisz With no formal announcement and no warning to the Athletics Office, Northeastern University women's hockey coach Joy Woog resigned last week, Athletics Director Dave O'Brien said. Woog, who coached the team to a 13-13-8 overall record (7-9-4 Hockey East) last...

Questioning where his life was heading, Konstantinos Spiliotis said he skipped his May 1 graduation and left home for almost three weeks to take some time off and figure out what options lay ahead of him. Spiliotis, a computer science major, was discovered in New York City...

Swarming around campuses, city restaurants and even the subway during the late spring and early summer, graduating students can be found donning their gowns and mortarboards. Northeastern University was the first to spark the commencement wildfire around the college town that...

By Bessie King If instant messaging, online games and Internet browsing are not enough of a distraction for college students, Thefacebook.com aptly fills the void. The Web site has swept universities nationwide, recently adding Northeastern to its hit list. Created by Mark...

Athletes aren't dumb. Really, they just don't know the definition of summer vacation. While the rest of the Northeastern community left the winter and spring behind last month, Husky athletes haven't lost a step toward their dreams of glory in their respective sports. In...

"Access and fragmentation" are the two main problems the administration hopes to fix when "Husky Health" opens its doors in the fall. The one-stop health center, which is currently set to find its home on Forsyth Street, will include the Lane Health Center, counseling services...

It has been a difficult month for athletes throughout the nation. Though much of the attention has originated from events that are fresh in the minds of many Americans, the tribulations of professional athletes have long been an issue in our society. Some of those problems are...

Crime log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Crime Log Entry of the Month: Sunday, May 16 2:30 a.m. A female student requested advice on what actions she should take against her ex-boyfriend who threw soy sauce on her at a party they...

By Monday morning, the word had spread nationwide -- the New England Patriots had won their second Super Bowl title in three years. But an event overnight had created a buzz -- a 21-year-old male was killed near Northeastern's campus after an alleged drunk driver sped through...

Their faces said it all. As they left President Richard Freeland's office yesterday, it was evident the concert the three student leaders had worked so hard on was no longer a reality. In 15 minutes, the 2004 Springfest concert was transformed from the largest performance...