It's with great relief that an important item on my Boston "to-do" list can finally be checked off. Roughly four years after relocating to this New England town, I've seemingly done all I can to understand its culture - a tour of its American Revolution relics, an autumn...

Coming off a strong finish to the 2006-07 season, head coach Bill Coen and the Northeastern men's basketball team added Todd Townsend as assistant coach last week. Townsend will replace assistant coach Uka Agbai, who left Northeastern after the 2006-07 season. Townsend brings...

It's the bottom of the fifth inning of the final game of a three game set between Georgia State and Northeastern April 22 at Friedman Diamond. Senior second baseman Garrett Chin steps in with one out and hits a grounder to second base. While many players would simply drop...

Service center to honor civic student leaders The Center of Community Service will honor Northeastern students receiving grants for civic engagement today. Students will give presentations from noon to 1 p.m. in 433 Curry Student Center about their civic work at the "Ideas Take...

By Nick Mendez Crime log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Crime Log Entry of the Week Thursday, May 24 9 p.m. A professor reported that a student in his 40s was acting inappropriately in class. The student reportedly made remarks that...

From a presidential suite to federal prison to a Huntington Avenue halfway house, former Providence Mayor Vincent Cianci Jr. has had a colorful five years of living arrangements since his conviction of racketeering conspiracy in 2002. Cianci, popularly known as "Buddy," moved...

By Leah Fielding She's been called by her students one of the best sign-language interpreters in the state, and they said Northeastern is losing a legend. Melissa Foster, 17-year associate director of staff development/lead interpreter with the deaf services unit of Disabilities...

Two popular Lansdowne music venues may close their doors this summer. Avalon and Axis will be torn down to make way for a larger music venue at 15 Lansdowne St. On June 1, Patrick Lyons, a Boston nightclub figurehead who runs The Lyons Group, which develops real estate, won...

By Megan Jicha With a continuously changing campus culture, students are always looking to be a part of something, and Greek life offers something for almost everyone, said Assistant Director of Student Leadership Laura Parillo. And with Northeastern's recent approval to add...

Ever since its invention in 1974, the Rubik's Cube has presented adults, children and hobbyists alike with one challenge: how to make each side a solid color. Scientists around the world have taken this fascination with Erno Rubik's invention one step further, trying to...

By Kate Augusto While much of the country thinks of Darfur when addressing refugee issues in Africa, some students say another conflict deserving of attention is in Uganda. The turmoil in Uganda was unheard of by the average college student two years ago, said Alyson Brennan,...

The original Student Government Association's (SGA) elected executive board will not last the summer, as the incoming vice president for academic affairs resigned Monday. Amanda Sabia, who ran uncontested for the position in April, cited personal reasons for her resignation....