By By Stephanie Daly, News Staff A new philanthropic program from the Student-Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) aims to get Boston's children off the couch and onto the playing field. Launched Feb. 12, the Husky Wish Gift will provide small grants to community organizations,...

By By Sarah Moomaw, News Correspondent When considering what to order at The Natural Bean, a cafe at 250 Newbury St., the staff starts on an organic spiel, which includes interesting facts:' The plastic cups are made from corn and the utensils are made from potatoes. 'I don't...

By Danielle Capalbo, News Staff The city is plenty of things:' smoggy, perhaps. Polluted and accelerated. Dirty. Crowded. At a cursory glance, though, the word 'green' may not rush to mind. As one of the most culturally revealing adverbs of our generation, 'green' has been...

By Andrew Parente, News Staff With just seconds remaining, the men's basketball team was on the verge of another heartbreaking loss in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). Down by one' and with less than five seconds on the clock, junior guard Matt Janning went to the...

By Hannah Martin, News Staff Pop on some 3-D shades, sit back and enter a world of fanciful creatures and dreamlike absurdity. Henry Selick, director of 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' and 'James and the Giant Peach,' brings his work to a new level with the first stop-motion...

By Nate Owen Despite a solid pitching performance from senior co-captain Jeff Thomson and three members of the bullpen, the Huskies' inability to string together any offense and field the ball cleanly led to a 6-2 loss in their season opener to Division II Eckerd last night...

By Hana Nobel, News Correspondent To borrow a phrase from Weird Al Yankovic, Shmuley Boteach is pretty fly for a rabbi. Rabbis often preach about ethical issues, the Torah and the Ten Commandments, but Tuesday night, about 300 students lined up outside the Curry Student Center...

College athletics is a big business and fan interest spreads from coast to coast. Certain schools have cult-like followings and popularity that goes beyond geographic boundaries. For these teams, even the casual fan can identify some fact about them, be it their history, players,...

By Daniel Buono, News Staff There's a new group of space cowboys in town, and it's no surprise, they're named N.A.S.A. The brains behind N.A.S.A., or North America/South America, are Squeak E. Clean and D.J. Zegon, who collaborated with musicians for their cultural hodgepodge...

The memorable run the women's soccer team made to the NCAA tournament this fall may still be serving the Northeastern athletic program well. After the women's hockey team secured the only berth remaining for the Hockey East postseason tournament two weekends ago against Vermont,...

By Danielle Capalbo, News Staff Actor, author and anything-funny-man Eugene Mirman will be at Brookline Booksmith tonight to promote his new book, 'The Will to Whatevs:' A Guide to Modern Life.' The world's foremost Eugene-named entertainer, according to his website, Mirman...

By Nate Owen, News Staff Despite being in existence for just two years, the Northeastern club paintball team is no' stranger to success. With its most recent tournament win, the team claimed sole possession of first place in Class AA Collegiate Paintball. A big part for the...