By Kitt Wolfenden The Budget Review Committee (BRC) recently decided to raise the Student Activities Fee (SAF) for the 2009-10 school year from $109 per student per year to $116. The 6.5 percent increase is the maximum allowed, according to the SAF Manual, without a referendum,...

By Jenna Duncan Due to the current economic crisis and shortage of loans, more and more students are finding it harder to make steep tuition payments. Rather than the traditional methods though, some are choosing another path to get into college - joining Northeastern's ROTC....

By Anna Rice The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) passed a series of anti-smoking laws last month, including one that will force hookah bars, popular among some college students, to close within 10 years. Another law banned smoking on restaurant patios immediately and...

By Mike Napolitano City Councilor Michael Ross listed residential opportunities for college graduates and the economy as two major issues he will focus on in the near future, after council members unanimously elected him City Council president Monday. Ross, who represents...

Sharing your music just got a lot easier. Leading music retailer Apple announced Tuesday it would eliminate anti-copying restrictions attached to most of the songs it sells online. Three of the four major music labels - Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner...

By Rob Tokanel A four-alarm fire destroyed a one-story commercial building in the Fenway area Tuesday morning, causing an estimated $5 million in damage and injuring two firefighters. Officers responded to a radio call to Thornton's Fenway Grille, an eatery on the corner of...

By Eric Allen Lassandra Smith never expected to find her work on YouTube. And although the Fox News broadcast never mentioned her name, it featured a music video she had produced on co-op last winter. It was called "The Week In Rap." Smith had no clue that Fox News had reported...

By Rob Tokanel The anonymous co-op rating website created nearly six months ago by Northeastern students is beginning to reveal some information that may aid students searching for the perfect co-op job. The site, <a href="http://www.coopratings.com">www.coopratings.com,...

How confused they must have been, said Andy Cush: the tiny fraction of the Fenway Center audience that had seen the word "electronic" on event fliers distributed by Northeastern's music department and arrived at the former church last month for a night of pulsing techno. Initially,...

By Andrew Parente Off to its best start since joining the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), the men's basketball team continued its strong play this week with wins over Hofstra and Georgia State. Against the Pride Monday night, the Huskies jumped out to an early 11 point...

January is finally here, which means two important things: A new semester is beginning, and the Oscar season has just about ended. For those of you who haven't yet noted the slight change from blockbusters with explosions and flying suits to subtle, dramatic and exquisitely...

Nkem Ojougboh was only doing what he was supposed to do. After soaring through the air to retrieve a lob from junior guard Matt Janning, the 6'9" junior threw the ball through the hoop to complete an alley-oop. He had given his team a 53-26 lead over the Hofstra Pride with 13:18...