By Bessie King Candy, costumes, parties and good scares are some of the highlights of Halloween. With the holiday season approaching, Chartwells Dining Services decided to spice up the midterm period with the Second Annual Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest. The event was held...

By C. G. Lynch Decent academic standing, careful house maintenance and a clean judicial record could earn students higher lottery numbers under a tentative plan proposed by Nicole Martino, the Student Government Association's Vice President for Student Services. SGA and the...

By Leila Fadel Andres Torres spoke to students in the Curry Student Center Thursday about his experience of growing up as the "hearing" child of deaf parents. The event was sponsored by the Latin American Student Organization (LASO). Torres was the second speaker of different...

I have a crush on each of the following individuals: Mark Prior, Joe Thornton , Vince Carter, LaDainian Tomlinson and Todd Bertuzzi (and many, many more). That's right, a crush. I'm talking a droopy-eyed, head-tilted, can't speak, first-love type of crush -- and I'm a straight...

Nicole Martino, the Student Government Association's Vice President for Student Services, has proposed that the lottery process for student housing be modified by giving preferential treatment to students with fair academic standing, careful house maintenance and a clean judicial...

By Gayle Simone Senior Goalie Chanda Gunn stopped 20 shots as NU blanked Quinnipiac 4-0 Saturday to end their four game road trip. Sophomore Theresa Ella started the scoring for NU with a power-play goal 8:11 into the first period. Rachel Bertram added a late first period...

By Danielle Livoti With winter quickly approaching, The News wondered what fashion statements would be seen on campus. Flip flops, polo shirts or warm coats. What is the look of NU students? Not only this season, but for everyday wear. Are most students preppy, hippie or laid...

By Glenn Yoder Geoffrey Andrews is a busy man. Year-round he travels between 16 schools in New England, meeting individually with 265 students who he not only knows on a first name basis, but whose academic records he is so familiar with, he can cite their major and ask them...

By Valeria Carrano Los Angeles photojournalist Sara Terry presented her slideshow, "Aftermath: Bosnia's Long Road to Peace," in the Behrakis Health and Sciences Building Wednesday. The slide show, sponsored by the School of Journalism, illustrated Bosnia's reaction during the...

I am writing a correction to Carleton Atwater's article entitled "SGA, Hillel push for specialty dining facility," which appeared in the Oct. 15 edition of The Northeastern News. Mr. Atwater sat down with Eliana Levine and me, to discuss the specialty dining initiative at Northeastern....

Mari Creatini's goal to tie the Northeastern field hockey team's single season scoring record was almost anti-climatic. The 12th ranked Huskies led visiting Maine 3-0 and were well on their way to trouncing yet another America East opponent. With four minutes left in the...

By Lindsay Diaz For some people, being famous is a life-long dream. Being recognized in public and not being just another face in the crowd is something that a lot of people desire. What could be cooler than to use your fame to get into all the best clubs and parties? For Eric...