Alexander Selvik Wengshoel may not have been internationally recognized for any eclectic drawings, but the 25-year-old Norwegian sure made headlines when he decided to eat his own hip.
On Sunday, May 25, President Barack Obama visited soldiers stationed in Afghanistan during a surprise visit to the Middle East. Obama traveled with country singer Brad Paisley, who performed for the soldiers in honor of Memorial Day weekend and their commitment to the military.
During the visit to Bagram Air Base, Obama made a speech to the troops, thanking them for their service to the U.S. as well as to Afghanistan. He also pleased the crowd with good news.
Before their show, Magic Man joked that they were happy someone was interviewing them so they knew there would be at least one person in the crowd. This couldn’t be further from the truth as a packed room cheered on the Boston-based group, but it’s this kind of self-deprecating humor and underestimation of their own success that makes the band just so magical.
by Nick Marini, social media manager
Martin Scorsese is largely responsible for my love of movies. “The Departed” got the ball rolling for me back in 2006. It was a movie that showed me what they could really do for an audience, and I've never looked at them the same since....
Following a national wave of outcry against the way universities address sexual assault cases, two Northeastern students have started a campus branch of No More, a campaign to denounce rape and the culture that excuses it.
Charlie's, which has held its own since 1927, is famous for being one of few eateries to serve African-Americans during the era of segregation, and for maintaining its welcoming family atmosphere and overall appearance since its debut. The Manjourides family, which has managed the store for two generations, announced the diner’s closing in a Twitter post on May 12.
Northeastern’s first varsity squad is looking to build off its most successful event of the season as they prepare for the IRA National Championships in two weeks.
The Northeastern baseball team concluded the regular season by winning four of its last seven games, including a 17-1 blowout in the final matchup of last week’s James Madison University (JMU) series.
Up until last fall, my understanding of climate change had been a vague awareness of rising global temperatures and our impending doom, speckled with terms like “ocean acidification” and “carbon sinks.”
I had a distant, scientific appreciation of what climate change was, and what it could do, but thought very little of the impacts that would become our reality.
Mayor Martin Walsh of Boston and Lord Mayor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir of Belfast signed a formal agreement denoting Boston and Belfast as Sister Cities last Monday.
Over the past few years, Boston schools have hit a new high when it comes to admissions. Name the college and there was an applicant increase.
For the 2013-2014 school year, Boston University applications increased by 20.6 percent, Babson College by 18.45 percent and Harvard by 16 percent, boston.com reported.
