By Rose Thomas In response to last year's student demand for rape crisis counseling and prevention, the Department of Public Safety is offering a new Rape Aggression Self-Defense System in an effort to make students feel safer on campus. Many female students have responded...

By C.G. Lynch "It's always fun to play dress up," said Northeastern President Richard Freeland, as he placed a white hard hat on to his head. In his right hand, he examined a pair of safety glasses and joked, "I could wear these for squash." Escaping from his office for a...

Last week, as I was walking to Hillel for Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year) services, I called my friend Lauren, who went to high school with me and now goes to the Berklee College of Music just a few blocks away from Northeastern. I wanted to know what time I should be at her...

It was only a matter of time before the group formerly known as the 16th best men's college soccer team in the nation lived up to the hype that has haunted them since week one. As shocking as it may seem, Friday's 2-1 win over visiting West Virginia (4-5-1, 1-2-1 Big East) followed...

The flyer depicted black revolutionaries dressed in Black Panther attire comprised of black leather jackets, black shades and fists held high in the air. The name of the performance is "The Black Panther Suite: All Power to the People." As most of the audience stood outside,...

It's no big surprise that the residents of the Symphony neighborhood are up in arms over the behavior of some Northeastern students in their community. They are disgusted with the conduct of the students, which has now apparently moved past just general rowdiness and the occasional...

Last Wednesday night, speakers at the Suffolk University Law School debated the issue of U.S. foreign policy and attempted to answer the proposed question: What in the world should we do? The event was part of the Ford Hall Forum lecture series for which Northeastern is one...

"The Laramie Project," a play about the kidnapping and beating of a gay University of Wyoming student named Matthew Shepard, will be performed at 8 p.m. in the Studio Theater, 1st floor, CSC on Oct. 8 through 11 and Oct. 15 through 18 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 for general admission...

CAMBRIDGE - It was simply a case of too little, too late for the Northeastern football team in Saturday's 28-20 loss at the hands of Harvard University in Harvard Stadium. Two fourth-quarter touchdowns brought the Huskies within striking distance, but Harvard's Dante Balestracci...

By Kristen Oliveri For most diehard shoppers, the mall is seen as a sanctuary. Some enjoy the routine of their shopping experience. For the most part, shoppers seek comfort in buying various items in some of their favorite stores. What does one do, however when their favorite...

As readers of this paper well know, in the early 1990s Northeastern's leadership and the members of our governing boards set upon a new direction for our university, one that would transform Northeastern into a much more national, more selective and more competitive school. We...

By Steve Babcock A misallocation of undergraduate fee funds in the Boston University Student Union has shed light on the accountability process of money that students pay to universities for use by campus student groups. At BU, the Executive Vice President of the Union Remie...