Frank talk about blow jobs and photos of students in their birthday suits were enough to boost votes for Sex Week, an event that beat contenders like Homecoming and the Inauguration as this year's best time on campus. Sponsored by the Resident Student Association (RSA) and...

RSA approves budget, finishes elections The Resident Student Association (RSA) concluded its annual elections last Wednesday with the election of non-executive board positions. In the first election Matthew Soleyn, a sophomore information science and management major, beat freshman...

By Derek Hawkins City councilor Michael Ross spoke to students about engaging in local politics and fielded questions about crime, violence and students' relationships with their communities in a public meeting hosted by the Northeastern University Democrats Wednesday night....

Growing up in Brockton, Fredson Gomes faced a lot of peer pressure and at age 10 began walking a fine line between good and bad behavior. But the Cape Verdean-native found a different outlet: Taekwondo. "My dad put me in it as a form of exercise and I kept doing it and...

By Erin Semagin Damio It was only 5 p.m. Friday night, but there was already a line of young women out the door of Conor Larkin's pub on Huntington Avenue. The dressed-up line-up was full of Northeastern students waiting to audition for a spot as a model in a calendar featuring...

Resignations and shakeups have plagued the Student Government Association (SGA) executive board for the past three summers, and this year a resignation is virtually guaranteed. Controversy arose during the election for vice president for financial affairs at SGA's five-hour...

Requiring lecturers to have the highest academic degree in their field may seem like a noble goal, but the idea has met opposition after the firing of four Northeastern faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences. Susan Picillo and Tom Downard, both full-time lecturers...

By Nick Mendez While perusing the Internet Tuesday afternoon, freshman Jeremy Gross learned his friend Ross had been killed. Gross' friend, Ross Abdallah Alameddine, was one of 32 students killed during the massacre at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Monday...

By Maggie Cassidy From the opening notes of Saturday night's Springfest concert when RJD2 spun classic singles like "Let the Good Times Roll" to Nas' finale performance, the good times did roll - smoothly and without major incidents, said Council for University Programs (CUP)...

By Marc Larocque Two major proposals to combat global warming both on and off campus were announced in Boston Thursday. At Northeastern University, President Joseph Aoun signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment,...

By Maggie Cassidy With a powerful four-song set that had judges and audience members tapping their feet, clapping their hands and cheering in applause, Dirt Water Refuge won the third annual Northeastern Battle of the Bands Friday night in afterHOURS. The annual event was...

By Samantha Egan Teaching children about peace and a sense of the community was the message of Eric Dawson, president of the non-profit organization Peace Games, last week. In the event sponsored by Northeastern's recently established student group Social Change Through Peace...