By Jillian Orlando The honors program at Northeastern currently offers special housing, smaller and more in-depth classes, discounts on tickets for the performing arts and free overload courses. But are these rewards enough to keep students interested in the program or is the...

A year after winning the school's first Division 1 Grand National Cheerleading championship, the Huskies were back at it last weekend. This time, however, the pep squad fell just short repeating as the cream of the crop, finishing second to Louisville at the 2003 Chick-fil-A...

No one is protesting in favor of Saddam or terrorists. However, we are and need to be concerned over why we are at war. Some criticize the protesters for not supporting our troops, but these consciencious objectors are supporting our troops by demanding that we have just cause...

By Jeff Schaible Using IMAX theatres' advanced 3D photography, "Ghosts of the Abyss" takes the audience on a unique look at an extraordinary journey to the legendary wreck of the Titanic. Academy Award winning director James Cameron returns to the site of his greatest work...

By Nicole Haley Fast food has become a staple of the American diet and somewhere along the line one quarter of adults in the United States have become obese, according to the Surgeon Genreral. With the estimate of public health costs stemming from overweight and obesity at $117...

In many aspects, lightning struck twice for Northeastern on Saturday. Unfortunately, many of those jolts were of the negative variety. Northeastern defeated Boston College for the second straight week last Saturday on the Charles despite difficult weather conditions. The weather...

By Renee Wright As Northeastern strives to break into the U.S. News ' World Reports' Top 100 Universities, one tool at the disposal of the university is an array of majors that are not easily found at other institutes of higher education. Northeastern has the advantage of...

For the first time since I embarked on my journey, wading through semester conversion jargon, flowcharts and FAQs, I was able to speak to President Richard Freeland about the calendar overhaul that all of us at NU will call home in four months. Every quarter, the editorial...

By Joe Rubin The Huskies lost another meet to Harvard at the Smith Cup last Saturday, losing by three lengths. "It was very disappointing, " said NU coach John Pojednic. "They are a very young and inexperienced crew, who I think reacted very poorly, I do not feel that we...

By Kaitlin Thaney Crime Log Entry of the Week Tuesday, April 4 4:30 a.m. An 18-year-old female student from White Hall reported that at approximately 2:00 a.m., she was awakened by two men entering her unlocked room. She said that her room was unlocked because she did not...

At the end of every academic quarter, soon to be semester, Northeastern students complete evaluations of their professors and the courses they have taken. Now, students across the nation have the option of going online and posting evaluations of their professors where they have...

When Richard Freeland's title changed in the fall of 1996 to President Richard Freeland, the faculty and administration laid an issue out on the table for him: semester conversion. The idea had been kicked around throughout the 1990s in Faculty Senate, and when President Freeland...