By Rob Tokanel, News Staff Northeastern economics professor and long-time Mission Hill resident Oscar Brookins has recently filed to run for City Council in Boston's eighth district, which includes the Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Mission Hill and the Fenway. Brookins, who will challenge...

In the United States alone, more than 40,000 people were killed by a particular product in a single year.' The product also served as a major contributor to pollution, and damage from this product cost millions of dollars. I ask you:' Should this product be banned? Many of...

Law School announces Commencement speaker Stephen H. Oleskey will deliver the Commencement address to Northeastern University School of Law graduates Friday, May 22 at 1 p.m. in the Cabot Center, according to the school's website. According to the site, Oleskey is a world-renowned...

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By By Patrick McHugh, News Staff An NCAA investigation found that the men's basketball team committed major violations in the recruitment of a former player in 2003 and 2004, the NCAA announced April 24, causing it to limit the team's scholarships and recruiting and place the...

By Rob Tokanel, News Staff Of the 10 students tested for mumps following a campus wide alert April 16, five have been confirmed to have the virus so far, the director of University Health and Counseling Services (UHCS) said yesterday. The number represents an increase of three...

By Maggie Cassidy, News Staff They each wore different shoes, but they all got on their feet. Graduates and their guests gave a standing ovation to philanthropist Kenneth Cole '- a fashion designer who got his start in the '80s by starting a shoe business '- after he delivered...

By By Patrick McHugh, News Staff Even though his name was not called during the NFL Draft, Cord Parks' professional football career is not over. In fact, it is just beginning. ' The former Northeastern defensive back who played from 2005-08 in a Husky uniform signed a free...

By Chelsea Reil, News Staff While the dining hall set to open in Parcel 18 in September will feature items for students to put on top of their plates, some are worried there will be nothing to put underneath them. The Student Government Association (SGA) released a survey that...

By Maggie Cassidy, News Staff Professors and students from the College of Criminal Justice (CCJ) met April 28 with members of the committee charged with advising the provost on potentially restructuring CCJ and the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). The meeting came on the...

By Gal Tziperman Lotan, News Staff The Boston Newspaper Guild, the Boston Globe's largest union, proposed cutting its co-op and summer intern positions as part of a $10 million concessions offer rejected Sunday night by the New York Times Co., which owns the Globe, according...

For many Northeastern teams, the 2008-09 year was generally one of resurgence and re-establishment. It is well known the men's hockey team completed a remarkable three-year turnaround from a three-win season in 2005-06 to winning 25 games this year and making the NCAA tournament...