By Samantha Moll While Boston offers a wide array of activities, many require more cash than a typical student is willing to part with. Used books, on the other hand, offer the perfect weekend afternoon or after-class adventure. Here are a handful: Brookline Booksmith Located...

By Rob Tokanel Northeastern professors recently completed a study revealing a sharp increase in the number of homicides among young black males in the period between 2000 and 2007. Overall homicide levels in the United States have been subject to only minimal fluctuation,...

By Pat Tarantino In the eyes of Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal, life is split between comfort zones and conflict zones. For some, he said, those two worlds can never be separated. After growing up under Saddam Hussein's regime, where he was arrested as a dissident for criticizing...

Much of the men's hockey team's season up to this point has been filled with lines - a trend that has seen lines of fans waiting to get into Matthews Arena and lines of teams behind the Huskies in both the Hockey East standings and national polls. On Monday, the Athletics Department...

When Becky Levy met Sharon Alony this past December, the two girls instantly became friends. Levy, 20, and Alony, 19, discussed the kinds of subjects one might expect people who have known each other for years to talk about: what was going on in each other's lives, what was...

By Anne Baker A veteran Boston firefighter died Friday afternoon and another was seriously injured when a fire truck tore down Parker Hill Avenue and crashed into Mission Park, an apartment complex on Mission Hill, a fire official said. Lt. Kevin M. Kelley, who had worked...

The weather outside Solomon court yesterday was messy and sloppy. Inside, it wasn't much different as the Old Dominion and Northeastern women's basketball teams played a tepid first half full of turnovers and missed shots. Both teams were missing key players, as ODU forward...

Last year after the winter break, the men's hockey team was the talk of the college hockey world. They had an 11-4-2 record, were ranked seventh in the nation and were unbeaten in 11 games - and that's when it all went wrong. The Huskies crumbled to a 5-12-1 record the rest...

By Samantha Moll Mice are an issue for many students, whether they live on campus or off campus, but some students are unaware they do not need to set traps to get rid of mice - they just need to place a work order or contact their landlord. According to the State Sanitary...

Swimming and diving beats William ' Mary The swimming and diving team defeated James Madison 150.5-149.5 Saturday afternoon in Barletta Natatorium. Senior co-captain Elena Alvarez led the team to the win, placing first in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.30) and second place...

By Mike Napolitano Northeastern will lead a five-year project partially funded by the federal government to develop technology to assess the nation's infrastructure without clearing roads and stopping traffic. The Versatile Onboard Traffic Embedded Roaming Sensors (VOTERS)...

By Lauren Sheffer Journalism has long been considered "the fourth estate of democracy," the "watchdog" that barks up a fury when politicians abuse their privileges. Yet, that dog appears weakened as of late. The current economic recession is also exerting great pressure on...