Let's face it. Most students at Northeastern don't know the Vice President of Student Affairs from the fitness trainer at the Marino Center. But this one is important. This position, filled by Karen Rigg for the past 14 years, will become vacant at the end of August. As of...

With all the things going on today like suicide bombings, the apparent return of the West Nile Virus and of course our good buddy Saddam, we got the chance last week to revisit a story that hasn't gripped national headlines for a little while: kids with guns. Anyone who has...

By Kelly McAnnany I am writing this in response to Joe Bigda's commentary in the last issue of The Northeastern News (June 25 "Seeking: Relevant topics"). He wrote in response to "Gender Issues" (May 28): "... this week's edition takes the cake in regards to useless material....

Reese Witherspoon straps on her Jimmy Cho shoes for the follow up to 2001's "Legally Blonde." Elle Woods is back, and she is taking Washington by storm. This time Elle is armed with a Harvard Law Degree and of course she has her adorable pup, Bruiser, by her side. Elle is fired...

After months of anxiously waiting, the second installment of "Making the Band" has finally worked its way onto prime time television. The second season follows the six members that were chosen to form "Da Band," a new group on media mogul P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records. This band...

By Reid Cargan Arnold Schwarzenegger was right, he would be back, it only took him 12 years. The movies that Schwarzenegger is arguably best known for, came back for its third installment, "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines." Almost two decades since the original premiered...

As many of you already know (Oops, maybe I shouldn't say that. After all, it was you that selected them in our Best of NU poll as the worst team on campus), the Northeastern University football team has been selected as Street and Smith's No. 1 team in Division I-AA. Congratulations...

The first question Gilbert Owuor encountered when he traveled from Kenya to Northeastern University was, "So ... you're from Kenya, huh? You speak English?" But dealing with other people's perceptions wasn't the hardest lesson Owuor learned during his five years at Northeastern....

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Christine Todd Whitman, who will end her tenure this month, was recently called a liberal Republican in an editorial that appeared in the Washington Post, for her social views on abortion, gay rights and religion in public schools....

After a search committee interviewed three candidates interested in the Vice President of Student Affairs position, it was determined that more time was necessary to satisfy the university's need for a candidate worthy of replacing retiring VP Karen Rigg. As the search committee...

It was only when the first book hit the bottom of a cardboard box that he realized -- "this is it." June 30 will mark the end of Dean James Keith Motley's 30-year term at Northeastern University as a former undergraduate student and administrator. Motley is moving on to become...

Tuesday, June 3 1 p.m. A 39-year-old male student reported his book bag stolen after he left it unattended in Snell Library for an hour. It contained several books and his passport. 4 p.m. An undergraduate student reported his cell phone missing after leaving it unattended...