By Briyah Paley Are you deck or fin? "The Hipster Handbook," by Robert Lanham, will tell you. Deck is described as "a key word for most hipsters, similar in meaning to the antiquated 'fresh.' To be deck is to be up on the latest trends, cutting edge and/or hip. Fin is the...

Regarding Afsha Bawany's column titled "It's a wonderful life," it was a good article. But she misses big; "My argument is that protesters are trying to stop the war to bring back the troops to their families." I seriously hope that isn't her reasoning. Because any knowledgeable...

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...

By Dan Canastra If a young Vinny Tortorella had his way, he'd be tossing baseballs right now instead of hammers. The nation's seventh best thrower's first love was not track, but baseball. In fact, the current Husky didn't even think about participating in track until one...

By Alyson St. Amand The Renaissance Parking Garage on Columbus Ave. will be open 24 hours a day on a trial basis spring quarter to help alleviate some of the school's parking problems. The garage provides parking for Northeastern faculty, staff, students and the public. Director...