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...

By Stacey Perlman Make way for the wimpy. The second annual Wimpy Body Contest, sponsored by Hammered, was held Monday night at the Curry Student Center. The quirky male pageant brought a night of laughter, fun and, of course, the new champion of wimpy-ness, Mike Pieper....

By Lindsey Hawkins Eight police officers were killed in Chicago, Ill., on May 4, 1886. One hundred and seventeen years later, Zayd Dorhn transformed the legend of this event, which later became known as the Haymarket Riot, into a play about the struggle for free speech and civil...

A clean sweep through this weekend's Harvard Invitational Tournament and a victory at the perennial Big East contender University of Connecticut means the Northeastern volleyball team has created a second five game winning streak and won 10 out of their previous 11 matches. Consecutive...

Its high time somebody stood up and said what Robert Lowndes had the courage to in "Funding Fued". Our tuitions keep going up, new things keep being built, but the students don't see any of the benefits in their education. Is it really necessary to redo the school's landscaping...

By Spencer Morris Credit cards, an increasingly essential component of modern living, have become a spending outlet for not only the stereotypical college student but also companies who are targeting this age bracket. Not every credit card user knows the terms and limitations...

Her name translated from Swahili into English means work of art. Her name is Sanaa Lathan, and she is certainly living up to it. In the late '90s, Lathan starred in a number of romantic comedies based on the lives of African-Americans. These movies included "The Best Man,"...

In the last few years, Northeastern has built and renovated countless buildings, as well as allocating money to financial aid and spending money internally. Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance Larry Mucciolo said the university needs to "expand our physical...

The closing moments of the State of the University Address came to a screeching halt when Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance Larry Mucciolo responded to a question posed by Student Government Association Senator Andres Vargas. Vargas asked Mucciolo to explain...

Funnyman Bobby Farrelly is a Republican. At least judging from his performance at the Leary Firefighters Foundation charity hockey game on Sunday, you could assume so. Farrelly, of "There's Something About Mary" fame, robbed Massachusetts Senator John Kerry -- a Presidential...