It's rush hour at InfoCommons. Every computer is occupied; a human mass has formed near the printing station, and at least 15 people are talking on cell phones while a handful of others rock out to their iPods. There's a line for the proctor and about six people waiting at the...

By Mary Ann Georgantopulos As producer of the Batman films, Michael Uslan took the stage Tuesday night in the Curry Student Center Ballroom and blurted out two numbers: 528 million and 1 billion, the numbers "The Dark Knight" made in US theaters and the closing numbers in international...

When a team suffers through a string of losing seasons, it is only a matter of time before a move is made to hopefully spur a rebuilding process. In most cases, the process is slow and takes time before the game results match the expectations. This assumption is what makes...

By Samantha Moll With Election Day less than a week away, many students are beginning to wonder when they will find time to get to the polls. Students who need to go to their hometown to vote must make the choice between voting and cutting class, since faculty members are...

By Mike Napolitano Restaurants surrounding Northeastern's campus like Quiznos, University House of Pizza and Boston Market all passed follow-up health inspections by the City of Boston in October after initally failing on multiple violations. A review by The News of 32 restaurants...

By Nick Martin Magician Dan Sperry performed a free show in Blackman Auditorium Monday night that left some audience members shocked but not amazed. Sperry's performance was a part of HallowEEK, sponsored by the Council for University Programs (CUP). He had a small bag of...

By Michele Richinick Provost Stephen Director addressed the Student Government Association (SGA) at its weekly meeting Monday, reiterating previous plans he had discussed about moving toward more four-year programs, among other things. "We have no intention that [the four-year...

By Leanne O'Brien and Chelsea Reil Large bookstores like Borders and Barnes ' Noble may be convenient for students wanting to buy popular literary classics, but Boston also offers some small and independent bookshops to those who want to explore places that have a more local...

By Rob Tokanel Northeastern athletes are scoring in the classroom as well as on the playing field, according to recent statisitcs. On Oct. 22, Athletics Director Peter Roby said Northeastern athletes have a 15 percent higher graduation rate than the general student body,...

By Rachel Zarrell While most budding musicians play their first songs in their homes or garages, Rob Seaback is doing things differently: he has been accepted to have his music played at a festival in Rome, Italy. Seaback, a senior music technology major, said he originally...

By Gal Tziperman Lotan Children trick-or-treating in Dorchester's Codman Square tomorrow night will hopefully have only ghosts and ghouls to fear. The Reverand Bruce Wall, the pastor at Global Ministries Christian Church in Codman Square, said he aims for a homicide-free night...

By Lisa Newman In an effort to become carbon neutral, Northeastern completed a green house gas inventory of the campus, a major step in the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. The carbon footprint report, released Sept. 15, states that Northeastern's...