By Derek Hawkins Northeastern police have identified the individual who allegedly scrawled a swastika and a racist slogan on the entrance of a freshman residence hall last week, according to Northeastern University Division ofPublic Safety (NUPD). The individual, whose name...

By Erin Kelly After graduating college, alumni who seek jobs or potential careers may find future employers expecting them to possess leadership and problem-solving skills. Students can develop these skills through alternative post-graduation programs, like the Peace Corps,...

By Jeanine Budd He's had more sex than he can recall, but somehow remembers countless nights of blackout drinking. One might say that Tucker Max slept, drank and partied his way to Northeastern Monday night. The author, whose book "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" made the...

"Anne, you are so white," a newsroom cohort recently said to me. And after an illuminating visit to the website he was looking at, I have to conclude that he's absolutely right. By racial definition, of course I am white, and it seems kind of obvious my snow-colored pallor...

In light of the five year anniversary for the United States-led invasion of Iraq, how do we deal with terrorism? The foreign policy agendas posed by Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich and Barack Obama all appear to have the same message: violence will always beget violence. In terms...

By Ariana Vito Ear plugs are not often necessities at afterHOURS. However, last night's show called for them (and maybe a muffling helmet) for students to enjoy a taste of something different without causing permanent hearing damage. The band Sons of Azrael opened for headlining...

"Hey, do you remember 'Doug?'" someone asked me last week. Of course I remember "Doug." I remember every show on Nickelodeon, the Spice Girls, light-up shoes and countless other '90s phenomena. Is it because I have such a great brain that I'm able to harken so far back into...

Three years ago, I met Rob Ranley as he rushed the Kappa Sigma fraternity in the spring of his freshman year. As the year came to a close, I knew that he would be a leader not only in our chapter, but a giant presence on Northeastern's campus. That same year, Rob also joined...

By News Staff Marines Piney, one of the two candidates running for Student Government Association (SGA) president, dropped out of the race at Monday night's Senate meeting. She announced her decision to the student body at the start of a Northeastern News-sponsored presidential...

By Elizabeth LeBlanc Academy Award winner Spike Lee, known for his involvement in films dealing with controversial social, racial and political issues, gave a motivational lecture to a crowd of about 500 in Blackman Auditorium Friday night. The Council for University Programs...

For Zach Gehring, guitarist for the rock band Mae, the group's latest album showed the quintet can crank up the volume on their leaner, pop-heavy songs. "It's definitely more of a rock record," Gehring said of the band's third LP, Singularity, which was released last year....

Her cause is simple: Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States. So every Thursday morning at about 10:30, Elizabeth Howard, a tenured nursing professor at Northeastern, goes to People's Baptist Church in Roxbury to meet with a group of 20 black...