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...

Pressure mounting, deadlines looming, expectations breathing down your neck ... these are the general reasons that spew from the mouths of today's young scholars when asked about the motivation to cheat on an assignment. Growing up in a capitalist economy in the United States,...

By Stephen Sears Howard Dean is all the buzz right now. At one time this summer, he graced both the covers of Time and Newsweek. You would think Democrats would be excited that, at long last, a candidate has come along to energize the party. But come to find out they are all...

I used to think that people who were arrested were inherently bad, that police officers were meant to protect the innocent and maintain a society of security and well-being for all its inhabitants. That was until last Saturday, when I witnessed the Gestapo-like raids of Mission...

911. Nine, One, One. A mere two years ago, those three numbers were all Arabic. Not only that, but the connotation they had was completely different. Those three numbers were what we were to dial in an emergency. We were all taught this as children and none of us have forgotten...

The phrase of this phase of Northeastern's history may be "Top 100" rather than "NU Shuffle." A new rule of thumb seems to be slowly but surely slinking its way into the culture of the NU administration. Fresh, enthusiastic, professionals have come onboard to reinvent the way...

She had always had her eye on Northeastern University. and according to her mother "it was Northeastern or bust," for Abby Kathleen Carter, 18, of Chelmsford. Ms. Carter, however, was unable to fully experience college life at Northeastern. She died from a seizure on Sept....

By Nicole Haley Last Wednesday evening, Dr. Lois Brown relayed the story of a family of avid educators and abolitionists to a room filled with Bostonians that came to learn more about their roots. The lecture, entitled "The Paul Family of Boston: Faith and Fortitude on Beacon...

The 26th Annual John Coltrane Memorial concert is this Saturday at 8 p.m. in Blackman Auditorium. Performers include music professor Leonard Brown and Saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders. Ongoing Northeastern University Libraries is hosting an exhibit of Major Works by Northeastern...

The policy of whether residence hall staff members, including Resident Assistants, should be informed of their residents' medical conditions has been brought to the forefront after a student living in Speare Hall died early Friday morning. Abby Carter, 18, a physical therapy...

By Holly Fletcher Due to a miscommunication with the financial aid office, Arthur Tewasaliig's dream of becoming the only doctor on his native island of Wooleai Yap was almost shattered. After traveling from Micronesia to Boston, Tewasiliig thought he had no options. He had...