Events filled to capacity with cheering students. Sunny days where football games are won in overtime and the hockey team dominates its competition. These are my memories of last year's Homecoming. In my mind, Northeastern is far more than its academic ranking in the US News...

On Monday, Oct. 1, more than 150 students attended the weekly Student Government Association (SGA) Senate meeting. This record-setting attendance was due to the presence of Jeff Doggett, director of community relations and government affairs. Doggett sought to address the concerns...

Students attend college to be educated. Everything from Plato's Republic to the Bertrand Equilibrium is jammed into the brains of those eager to learn. And while they no doubt pick up many useful bits of knowledge, one thing is overwhelmingly understood: students like to have...

By Lynnea Olivarez It may seem that Northeastern's student body is ethnically and culturally diverse. But who cares? As a student from Thailand, Kylie Huang, a freshman chemistry major, said she wants to learn more about herself by immersing herself in the array of cultures...

First faculty art exhibition opens next month The department of art and design is holding its first annual faculty exhibition Nov. 8 through Nov. 30 in the Curry Student Center Art Gallery. Faculty works in painting, photography, print, graphic design, installation, sculpture...

By Lisa Newman The reality that a decrease in poverty is possible is what keeps Steven Smith active in his research. A forum was held Wednesday night in the Amicar Cabral Memorial Center at the John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute to bring awareness to the issue of...

By Michael Devine Award-winning journalists Haili Cao and Jake Hooker spoke of their reporting experiences in the communist nation to students Thursday. Cao, who writes for the financial publication Caijing Magazine, offered firsthand accounts of conflicts between journalists...

By Pamela King Students who are in danger of failing can now receive e-mail notification from their professors through the new Faculty-Advisor Communication Tool (FACT). "We want to make sure students aren't falling through the cracks," said Stephen Lavenberg, Student Government...

By Kate Augusto Husky Express "will liberate you from the inconvenience and wasted time that laundry and dry cleaning entail," according to its website. Now students can use this service at most residence halls for free every Sunday from 3 to 4 p.m with Husky Express' Free Laundry...

By Matt Collette The first Mayor of Huntington Avenue was elected in 1955 to serve as an unofficial representative of Northeastern at major social events. In the '80s, the tradition fizzled out, but it was revived in 2005 by the Student Alumni Association and the Alumni Relations...

By Danielle Capalbo Stephen Brophy, a long-time community activist, often finds himself opposing the actions of Northeastern's administration. It shows in the newspaper he edits, which acts as a beacon for neighborhood movements and a monitor of university expansion. "Comfort...

By Ian Browning Five hundred students were deployed to the university's neighboring communities Saturday. Some were supplied with rakes, gloves and garbage bags while others went empty-handed, simply armed with smiles. They spread out across the city - hitting Fenway, Jamaica...