PROVIDENCE, R.I.

It's a virus that strikes millions and is wiping out entire populations of people. It's silent and deadly. There is no cure, and it will kill you. It's HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the causitive agent of AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. And it's a death...

There are all kinds of forms of discrimination in the world today, but we rarely associate it with children. Kids can be cruel to each other, but overweight children probably get it the worst. And in today's supposedly enlightened and more sensitive society, adults are just as...

The top-seeded Northeastern field hockey team (17-4, 4-1 America East) took care of business Sunday at Sweeney Field, dispensing of Maine for the team's eighth AE title. The Huskies overpowered the Black Bears in the second half en route to a 4-0 triumph. With the game scoreless...

Brian Tudrick scored halfway through the first period and Keni Gibson made one spectacular save after another as the Huskies dropped Providence, 4-3 in front of 3,031 fans at Matthews Arena. Tudrick skated down the ice and flipped a backhander past PC netminder Nolan Schaffer...

By Stephanie Vosk Down $70 million since 2001, Northeastern University's endowment read $430 million as of June 30, 2002, the most recent fiscal year. "The reality is, the endowment has gone down because of the stock market," said Senior Vice President and Provost Ahmed...

By Jim Powers If you're tired of the way things are in the music industry, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives has come to show you the way music could be

By Najla Moussa Stepping off the elevator and onto the fifth floor of the Behrakis Building, one would think they had just entered Massachusetts General Hospital instead of the Speech Pathology and Audiology clinic at Northeastern University. The clinic, which moved from...

By Justin Robello Twelve of Northeastern University's "best and brightest" were honored at the Raytheon Amphitheater in Egan Research Center on Oct. 31. Those 12 students were named 2002 Presidential Scholars in August, and were honored in last week's ceremonies. The event...

By Adam McDermott The music of Les Claypool can be described as nothing less than a sonic thunderstorm, and Sunday night the sonata of his Frog Brigade rained down on Providence like never before. The down and dirty Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel was filled to the brim with Claypool-ites...

By Amelia Wessner Northeastern has recently updated its Internet services by going through a number of adjustments this past year, including new electronics, new self-service sites, and more availability for downloading music. Last year's 50 percent increase in demand catalyzed...

Entry of the Week Sunday, Nov. 3 10:30 a.m. A female resident of West Village C reported that a male student who lives down the hall had been visiting in her apartment when he became disorderly. She believed he may have been on drugs, and asked him to leave. Once he left,...