I want to start by saying that I completely understand the need to celebrate the arrival of President Joseph Aoun to Northeastern. The administration needs to get the student population excited about their new president, but by creating a disturbance in their daily routine...

I am writing in response to your staff editorial Jan. 24 ("Inauguration madness?") regarding the upcoming presidential inauguration. I am disappointed that The News underestimates the significance of this tradition in the life of colleges and universities. These important...

Northeastern's grades just came in, and they're not looking so good. Last Wednesday, the Sustainable Endowments Institute released its College Sustainability Report Card, which measures environmental practices. Northeastern received a (rather average) C-. For such a special and...

By Steve Babcock Correction: This story has been corrected to define Kathy Doerksen as a resident rather than a property owner. Despite the threat of rain and the early hour on Saturday morning, students and community residents joined together to clean up the Symphony neighborhood...

By Jessi Savino Students of all backgrounds and sexual orientations crowded into the Raytheon Amphitheatre for the annual "Breaking the Barriers of Ignorance" series Tuesday night. The event had two sections: "Queer on Campus" and "Identifying Women's Issues," and panels...

On the decrease in student loan interest rates. Kerry: We've been supporting it. We've been very strongly advocating it. I advocated that when I was running for President. We also need to increase the Pell Grants and make it easier for people to be able to take part. On...

By Mary Ann Georgantopoulos Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Crime Log Entry of the week Friday, January 19 2:50 p.m. A 22-year-old male student reported that while he was in Snell library an unidentified male slipped him...

Administration reorganizes co-op department As the final step in the administrative reorganization, Northeastern's Division of Cooperative Education, Co-op Employer Relations, Co-op Information Services and International Co-op will all now report to Marian Stanley, vice president...

By Zach Finkelstein For the first time in his six years as President of the United States, George W. Bush presented his State of the Union address in front of a Democratic congress last night. Standing before the nation with a public approval rating of 34 percent, an all-time...

By Lucy Properzio In 1926, Abraham Kline stepped on campus as a freshman. He was pursuing a law degree, something no longer possible as an undergraduate. But that is not the only change to Northeastern since Kline, the school's oldest alumnus, studied in Boston. Born June...

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By Marc Larocque Student loan lenders like Sallie Mae, are lobbying against the bill passed by the house last week that decreases student loan interest and would rather see increased funding for Pell Grants. "We don't oppose the lower interest rate," said Tom Joyce, Sallie...