By Margarita Neplokh Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrating love and affection between two people, or as others may say, a Hallmark trademark used to make a profit from unsuspecting couples. Either way, Valentine's Day is coming up on Friday and the ever-current question...

By Emily Werchadlo A critical university position that has been vacant for almost 10 months has finally been filled. Robert Gittens has been named the new Vice President for Public Affairs, and will soon be an integral part of increasing the local and national visibility of...

Ann Comer is the communications manager for the office of the provost and answered students' questions: Q. How will we be affected as far as co-op goes? -- Chigozie Opara, pharmacy middler A. Co-op placements under the semester calendar will last about six months, running...

By Jillian Orlando College students have an increasing interest in politics, according to a recent Chronicle of Higher Education study. But does the same hold true for Northeastern students? The Chronicle of Higher Education surveyed 282,549 first-year students at 437 colleges...

They are concerned, anxious and hungry. They are awaiting May 20, although they wish to get the job done prior to the D-day of registering for classes. The 'they' happens to be the College of Arts and Sciences advising staff and the dean. I sat down with Dean James Stellar...

By Lauren Rouleau Within 10 miles of Boston you can get a steaming Dunkin' Donuts coffee or a warm baked good at just over a mere 200 locations. Since its recent opening on campus, the Shillman Caf

"The cost of a Northeastern degree will remain the same." In the past week, this sentence has been spouted, spurred and spewed across campus. Tuition is going up, and the increase is an even one, but what will happen to financial aid? At the budget presentation Monday, Senior...

Every year, students stock up on school supplies before entering classes. In some villages of El Salvador, getting supplies at a local superstore is not as easy to do. To ease the need for some students in El Salvador, the Latino/a Student Cultural Center (LSCC) and the National...

The university's budget was revealed on Monday to the faculty and student senates, with the most significant item on the budget being a 5.5 percent increase in tuition for the fiscal year of 2003-04. The increase will be implemented evenly across the board. Senior Vice President...

By Leila Fadel Bunim-Murray productions was at The Rack on Wednesday, Jan. 30 looking for "real" talent. Bunim-Murray Productions is working with New Line Cinema to film 12 college students in Cancun for nine days of total Spring Break action. The movie, "The Real Spring Break,"...

There are many concerns that I have following the latest NU scandal involving women's hockey coach Joy Woog. While it's understood that no official charges have been pressed against Woog on whether or not she struck one of her players in practice, nor has an lawsuit been filed,...

Punxsutawney Phil can go to hell. Actually, scratch that. That groundhog can go to Antarctica and look at his shadow all day long in the freezing cold. He can feel the shivering, goosebumped pain we have been experiencing for the past few months. Last Sunday, the Pennsylvania...