The incoming freshman class has been called the best that NU has seen in its history, according to Senior Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs Philomena Mantella. Factors contributing to this revelation could range from advancements made in education,...

Imagine walking into a world where the language was foreign, there was nowhere to call home and unemployment was the way of life. In conjunction with Boston-based Rosie's Place, a program dedicated to improving conditions for homeless women, Northeastern University has been...

Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Tuesday, July 8 3 p.m. Staff in the Food Services Office on St. Stephen Street reported that a wallet was missing from the office that was left unattended for an hour. The wallet was discovered...

The development company who oversaw the start-up of Davenport Commons low-income housing, received an award last Monday, July 14, for its innovative project. Madison Park Development Corporation, one of six recipients, received a Maxwell Award of Excellence from the Fannie...

Last Monday, July 14, the Fannie Mae Foundation presented the Madison Park Development Corporation a Maxwell Award of Excellence. The award, a $50,000 grant, was given to the company to honor the Davenport Commons development. Let's face it, the students here at Northeastern...

They're baaack! If you're wondering what that steady stream of people on campus maneuvering with their maps and red NU lanyards is all about, it's the annual orientation parade. Orientation is not just for the new freshman though, those wacky Thursday sessions are for transfer...

By Najila Moussa The scene at McGann's, a bar in downtown Boston, looked like something out of a movie-the "Coyote Ugly" movie to be exact. Girls of all ages were dancing on the tops of tables, spilling their drinks with every sway of their hips. Not surprisingly, they were...

By Briyah Paley It has become a sort of ritual in our family to watch the TV show "Sex and the City" every Sunday night. Not together of course (that would be weird), but we watch the show in separate rooms. However, this season we have seen the show in a different way than...

By Jasmine Gonzalez Boston is wonderfully diverse, full of culture, history and plenty of "20 somethings" roaming the city in search of a good time this summer. Yet many of them, while having patiently awaited the arrival of warm weather, are suddenly stuck as to what to do...

After last year's heartbreaking strokeoff loss to Michigan State in a game that would have sent them to the NCAA's Final Four, the field hockey program has high hopes entering 2003 - including goals of reaching the Final Four and becoming national champions, according to coach...

Sure, Northeastern's gridiron contingency soared to new heights last season with the school's first-ever Atlantic-10 conference title, an inaugural berth into the NCAA Division 1-AA playoffs and a record 10 wins. And yes, it's true that the football team was chosen by Street...

To call the men's soccer team's performance last season a success would be a gross understatement. The Huskies experienced their most successful campaign in the program's 19-year history, marked by a number of firsts, highlighted by an America East Conference Championship,...