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 Steve Babcock University officials presented the proposed 2003-04 budget to the Student Government Association during a Joint Senate Meeting Monday. The budget was met with a fanfare of questions concerning semester conversion, as the SGA's main emphasis this quarter has...

I firmly believe that the Middle East conflict is an appropriate topic of discussion for The Northeastern News editorial page. Regarding this matter of The News and appropriate content, Keeler wrote a letter to the editor, "Conflict not for Paper." (Jan. 22) Neither her call...

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...

Last Thursday, the student senate voted on a controversial piece of legislation which pushed for mandatory advising of students. The legislation stated that if students did not seek academic advising a block would be placed on their course enrollments. The piece did not pass...

By Viviana Rivas Every person is inspired in a different way. A strange or unique chain of events could end up deciding your future. Or maybe somebody will tell you to be less stupid, and you end up winning a Pulitzer Award. That is the story of the 1999 Pulitzer Award winner,...

While walking through the Curry Student Center, I was confronted by a number of students, apparently infantry in the War Against the War Against Iraq. With impending military action in Iraq, these students complain about "oil," "imperialism" and "aggression," yet they show no...

By Margarita Neplokh Clothing should be worn in confidence; the clothing should not be wearing you. Dede Booth was spotted by The Northeastern News walking to her apartment in West Campus wearing an army green Bomber jacket and dark boot cut jeans. The combination of a sporty...

I misspoke. I admit my faults, though it's hard to do. I did make an error in judgment. In my first column this academic year, I blatantly denounced college students and our generation as politically apathetic individuals who take no part in politics or the democratic process,...

The tragic explosion of the Space Shuttle Columbia has touched the lives of many, not only in the United States, but across the world. For members of the Northeastern University community, there is a special connection to the Columbia and its crew. Many students and faculty...

Ten years ago, Northeastern students told the administration they wanted a new and improved student center. The students used a referendum as their voice. As of Monday morning, the future of the Student Activities Fee was handed over to the some 14,000 undergraduate students...