Last Thursday, the Fenway area was boiling over with craziness as Red Sox fans celebrated their team's entrance into the playoffs. On most days, that area of Boston doesn't see as much excitement. Across the Fens, behind the Museum of Fine Arts, the Fenway neighborhood of Boston...

By Sarah Levine The nature of the mascot is one of mystery. Few people know who really is the personality behind their teams' mascots. Even fewer know the origin of their mascot. Where does the mascot come from? Who is the person under the suit? On Tuesday, Sept. 23, Northeastern...

Tuesday, September 23 6 p.m. Several female residents from Stetson West reported they were receiving obscene phone calls, apparently from the same person. The Northea- stern Police gave the students strategies of how to deal with obscene phone calls and there have been no reports...

By Sarah Metcalf Homecoming 2003, "Around the World and Coming Home," is only two weeks away. Northeastern University will take on an international flair as students participate in a week-long affair that focuses on showing school spirit, taking pride in student organizations...

Northeastern entered Saturday's matchup with fifth-ranked Villanova averaging more than 50 points a game. After getting stifled on offense and held to under 300 yards, the football team lost 28-7 to the Wildcats, and the Huskies fell from No. 4 in The Sports Network poll to...

A year after going 10-21-3, the men's hockey team was delivered their preseason grade from Hockey East league coaches on Tuesday, finishing eighth out of nine teams in the season-opening poll. With 23 points, the Huskies edged out last-place Merrimack College for the second-to-last...

By Briyah Paley Last week, my friends and I went to see Woody Allen's new movie, "Anything Else." I had forgotten it was even one of his films because he's not in any of the movie ads or posters. Dreamworks, the studio which produced it, wants it on the down low, but Woody co-stars...

Anthony R. Filocamo, a sophomore criminal justice major who defied his mobility challenges and attended Northeastern in hopes of becoming a lawyer, died on Sept. 18 at Children's Hospital Boston aft- er a brief illness. He was 19. Mr. Filo- camo told Alison Moll, an academic...

By Rose Sopko and Jackie LeBlanc Some 130 Northeastern students turned out in hopes of receiving bids from their choice sororities during Greek Recruitment week 2003 on Sept. 21 to 26. By the end of the week, 75 girls received bids for at least one of Northeastern's five sororities....

Looking for a hot news scoop? Gaze no further than the Hub's own Boston College. Here's an actual quote from a BC Heights article regarding cheerleaders and the process of selecting them: "What went down [was that] people were picked based on their appearance," said a current...

By Sarah Metcalf In a little more than a week, the NU women's soccer team has grown from an under .500 team to a force to be reckoned with, picking up strong home wins against Holy Cross on Wednesday and Manhattan College on Saturday, and improving their overall record to 5-3....

By Ashley S. Miller In his annual State of the University address last Wednesday, President Richard Freeland announced Northe- astern's jump from 142 to 127 in U.S. News and World Report's ranking of colleges nationwide, but also said that "127 is not the same as 100." "We...