By Joe Bigda Each and every Wednesday I look forward to reading The Northeastern News in order to see exactly what kind of garbage is going to be printed. I must say often I find meaningless stories that students frankly could care less to read about, and this week's edition...

Traveling in a pack of coordinated T-shirts, orientation leaders are easy to spot. For the class of 2008, these students will be the first faces of Northeastern. "We are students here and most of us recently went through an identical process," said Jessica Arthur, a freshman...

A mixture of cigarette smoke and herbal essences filled the air in a dive bar on Westminster Street in Providence, R.I. Women in Erica Badu-inspired head wraps and flowing skirts filled the building as they waited for their she-roes to take the stage. They were waiting for the...

By Briyah Paley Summer in the city Living in Manhattan there is all kinds of excitement. From the moment I got home from my first year in college, I expected that it would be interesting. While covering a story for The Northeastern News, I met the beauty director for YM magazine....

The Northeastern track program placed two competitors at the NCAA championship meet June 11-14, giving coach Sherman Hart a tangible sign that the team is gaining steam as a national force. "We've definitely arrived as an eastern power," he said. "We're headed in the right...

Hey, here's an idea: Northeastern joins the Big East athletic conference. OK, now hold on. Before you get that lighter going in a fit of rage at my latest pipe dream (Huskies win Beanpot, etc.) and torch The News in a pseudo-sadistic ritual over your toilet ... listen to this....

In June, the men's hockey team unveiled a vastly different 2003-04 schedule than the one they played last season. Instead of home dates against powers like Denver, Wisconsin, Maine, Boston University, Providence and UNH within the first month, NU is slated to face only Colgate,...

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...

For Northeastern students, there is no better place to shop than Newbury Street. Stretching from Mass. Ave. to the Boston Commons, one can find just about anything they're looking for. After a five minute walk from the Krentzman Quad, I found myself at Urban Outfitters, a...

Well, here it is. The final C-Note$ you will ever have to endure. I promised the reading public several weeks ago that I would go through the best moments of the last five years of Northeastern sports. I received many e-mails from people who have read this column and I have collected...