By Maggie Cassidy Just days after suffering a compound leg fracture in the women's soccer game at Towson, Md., that forced a broken bone through her skin, junior forward Jenna Lucchesi is fighting through pain and keeping her spirits high. "I am overwhelmed at how nice everybody...

By Ashley Traupman When was the last time you took a good look at the way people are represented in magazines? When you walk down the street, do you ever really look at the women and men portrayed on billboards or in other advertisements? Maybe it's about time you opened your...

By Chelsea Pellissier Students took in an unusual mix of entertainment at afterHOURS Tuesday: soaring vocals, intense lyricism and a flying, glowing statue of Jesus. The evening featured performances by junior engineering major Sunish Oturkar, Walter Sickert and The Army...

By Mike Rougeau Bioshock Fortunately (or perhaps deliberately) for Boston/Australia-based developer 2K, its recent Xbox 360 first-person shooter "Bioshock" was released at a good time. In August, countless gamers were desperately searching for a game that could ease the...

By Myung Jin Lee Fashion just strolled onto Huntington Avenue. A shoe exhibition titled "Walk This Way" opened at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Sept. 27. Twenty eight pairs of shoes including ancient Greek sandals and cleats worn by Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, hide...

By Daniel Stoller As Peggy Seeger finger-picked a banjo, she introduced the last song of her performance. "This one's going to have to be the final song, since we're heading home, and that's the name of this song," she said. Seeger, a visiting scholar for the music department...

By Maggie Cassidy Northeastern boasts a long list of successful alumni, including a US ambassador to the Dominican Republic, the creator of Phantom Gourmet and an announcer for the Boston Red Sox. Now alumna Jennifer Carter can join these ranks. Carter is one of the latest...

By Maggie Cassidy A forward on the women's soccer team endured a compound leg fracture in Sunday's game against Towson, forcing broken bone to jut through her skin and an emergency trip to the hospital. "I've never witnessed anything like this and I never want to witness...

Thirty rushes and two brothers of the Northeastern chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity piled into the Curry Student Center (CSC) elevator early Saturday afternoon, causing it to break down, said Sean Kelly, vice president of communications for the fraternity. "NUPD [Northeastern...

By Kelly Sullivan A typical camp counselor might spend their days hiking, teaching arts and crafts or singing songs. However, Ilona Carroll is not a typical camp counselor. Carroll, who graduated in May with a political science and international affairs degree, spent part...

By Sean Leviashvili As 'the real world' approaches, college students question where they stand in life. Responding to the issues raised in Jean Twenge's book, "Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled - and More Miserable Than Ever...

By Derek Hawkins and Marc Larocque The recent surge in student arrests in Mission Hill and other off-campus communities has led some students to question whether or not they have the same rights as the permanent residents in their neighborhoods. Peter Manning, a professor...