Higher education administration is a hierarchical structure. Hierarchy is the law of the land; those with the most prestigious titles gain the most recognition and obtain success. Not Karen Rigg. Rigg, vice president of Student Affairs, has the title, she sits atop a high...

By Kaitlin Thaney Crime Log Entry of the Week Monday, Jan. 20 8:30 a.m. A fire was reported in Smith Hall in a second floor room. A female resident had been smoking in her room and using a soda bottle as an ashtray.

By Stephanie Vosk When junior business major David Hough found out that his stepmother was diagnosed with breast cancer late last year, he felt helpless. Fortunately, as the president of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, he had a band of brothers to help him change that. Hough...

By Ari Strait The Northeastern swimming and diving team split their first and only weekend of back to back meets of the year, falling to the University of New Hampshire Wildcats Monday after defeating the University of Massachusetts Minutemen the day before. The 155-145 loss...

By Camila Crews Over 30 thousand young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 line up to audition in major cities across America for their chance to be watched by millions of people week after week for years to come. The question is, do people really look at the long-term effects...

The current events surrounding both the Gamma Phi Kappa and Alpha Kappa Sigma fraternities have shed a negative light on what Greek life is all about. In an age where the current generation is all about sex, drugs and rock n' roll, that is what the word "fraternity" has come...

By Max Lederman The men's basketball team got just what the doctor ordered last weekend: a home game against a weak New Hampshire team. "We needed to win," said freshman guard Jose Juan Barea. "We need to keep winning," he added. They not only beat New Hampshire (3-13, 1-4...

By Lea Schmidt Boston is an amazing city. It's the ideal place to go to school. Well, almost ideal. If there's one thing the city lacks, it's 24-hour diners -- or 24-hour anything for that matter. For those students from Long Island and New Jersey, the thing missed most, next...

By Bradley Rosenberg Last Sunday, at the New York Armory track, Northeastern beat nine other teams to win the Great Dane Classic. While the outcome was in doubt midway through the meet, the Huskies came back in the final two events to garner a score of 118.5 and the win. "The...

I went to the local "Bed, Bath, and Beyond" the other day. I didn't really care about the Bed or the Bath, but, man, did I ever want to see that Beyond. Turns out it was just a Starbucks. I had a dream the other day. Starbucks was there, as well (and, of course, Denise Richards,...

Last Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony was taken very seriously by some peers. I met this boy through a friend the night before the Golden Globes who said, "some people have beer and pizza for the Super Bowl, I get the beer and pizza for the Golden Globes. I take those things...

LOWELL - No matter what happens tomorrow night, the Northeastern Huskies will spend another day in the eighth and final playoff spot following a 4-1 win over Lowell in front of 2, 208 at Tsongus Arena. The Huskies, who came into the contest searching for a way to end their...