Now that I'm graduating in June, and I can reflect on the last five years, there is someone special that deserves a lot of credit for keeping me focused. That person is Courtney Metzger. For anyone who does not know, Courtney died in a car crash in Connecticut in December a...

By Emily Unsworth and Ann Livermore Plans are set for August 15, 2003, when Northeastern will open a new academic center for student athletes in the Cabot Center. The idea for the center has been in the works for a few years, and will join Northeastern with many other Division...

There is absolutely nothing worse then getting off the train only to see your fate lying in front of you. Blankets of snow. And the goal? A large brown building more than five blocks away. So you trudge, and while you do, you might have to convince yourself just why co-op is...

I've been meaning to write this since my middler year but you know how it is with us students. We get caught up in our extracurricular activities and we don't make time for the things that have significance such as voting and voicing our opinion. Since I've been here, I've recalled...

While most freshmen will be enjoying their last free summer this year, Aaron Ebner will be hard at work. Instead of hitting the beach and partying with his friends from home, Ebner will spend a little over a month in Tanzania, Africa, volunteering at an orphanage. Having done...

After eight long months of community showers and messy roommates, the freshmen have decided that the Stetson complex surpasses all other dorms on campus as the best place to live. Was it the economy triples that made these students decide that nothing compares to Stetson East...

It has become readily apparent through the last few weeks that, with an unusually large amount of Northeastern News coverage, several administrative meetings and the successful "Take Back the Night" event, the university is realizing the relevance of sexual assault. However,...

New student groups seem to pop up every day at Northeastern, each one looking to make its presence felt on campus. Two years ago, a few NU students got together and decided they weren't going to start another student group; they were going to start a business. These students...

These buildings are so spectacular that it is called a village, this complex is West Village. West Village sits on Parker Street behind such landmarks as the African-American Institute and the lavish Willis Hall. Constructed in the late-90's, West Village has been the top pick...

In response to the two letters regarding patriotism in last week's paper: America -- home of Freedom of Speech* * Except during wars (should support the troops instead), before wars (too dangerous of a time), after wars (we need to help the countries we've destroyed, not...

By Jim Powers Making a career out of music has never been easy. Writing songs, putting lyrics to them, getting time in a studio, getting a label to put out your album...they're all part of a process that is long, arduous and not for the weak-willed. With the economy in a downturn,...

Changes are in the works for one of the most important offices on campus -- customer service. It is an office that has been resurrected and reinvented over and over again and will again revitalize itself this summer. The customer service office will be bunking up with the Registrar's...