Last Thursday, the Boston Globe ran an article about Northeastern's track record with the city of Boston in terms of its leased apartments. The city says the apartments violate health and safety regulations ("NU hit on apartment conditions," by Sasha Talcott). The Boston Inspectional...

In the wake of freshman Abby Carter's death last week in her Speare Hall room, the policy of whether Resident Assistants should be aware of their residents' medical conditions came into question. One week later, Director of Residential Life M.L. Langlie sent an e-mail to all...

By Valeria Carrano Northeastern University's ResNet team has been working to protect student and campus computers from recent viruses and worms that have been floating around inflicting the university's systems. One known way that the virus has been invading the system is through...

By Jessica Beers From the very young, to the young at heart, "The Sound of Music," has been a part of countless people's lives over what has amounted to nearly half a century. The longevity of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical has touched generations of people, which was evident...

The Northeastern News received a first place award in the "story of the year" category from the Associated Collegiate Press for the May 14 story entitled, "Homicide on Hemenway." The reporters who wrote the story include: Heather Allen, Stephanie Vosk and Brendan Reilly, who...

By Lindsey Hawkins President Richard Freeland spoke to a crowd of about 40 people at the Mary Baker Eddy Library Wednesday to launch a new book developed by the Boston History Collaborative about Boston's past. The Collaborative, to which Freeland was one of the founding members,...

By Jared Spinelli Students at Northeastern live in the heart of Boston -- where there is so much to do and so much to see. With so many neighborhoods within a short walk of campus, many times the Back Bay section of Boston gets overlooked. The truth is, however, Back Bay has...

Police justified in arrests on Hill In the Sept. 17 issue of The News ("Police Priorities skewed?"), Justin Rebello questions the priorities of the police, who broke up several parties on Mission Hill early this month. Rebello's commentary is quick to paint the Boston Police...

By Samantha Fodrowski Cheer up emo kid. Emotional rock band Saves the Day made an in-store appearance at Newbury Comics in Cambridge last Wednesday. Saves the Day was there to promote their new album, "In Reverie," which was released on Sept. 16. The band performed a short...

Northeastern's men's and women's Cross-Country teams opened the 2003-04 season a few weeks back looking to improve upon disappointing seasons in the previous year. Both teams placed eighth in the America East Championships in 2002, but with top runners like Jon Litchfield and...

By Jenel Ronn While Hostelling Intern -ational Boston is considered campus housing, the 61 students living at the end of Hemenway Street do not have access to the ResNet services offered to other on-campus students. Though the university provides the students with a dial-up...

By Alee Hoffman While Speare Cafeteria may be best known as the place to go to set up cable for dorm rooms or pick out housing for the upcoming year, it served a rather different purpose Saturday afternoon when the Council for University Programs (CUP) held its "Rocking Back...