By Keir Bristol Students of all colors gathered to celebrate Black History Month with the legendary Last Poets at afterHOURS Thursday. The Black Engineering Student Society (BESS) sponsored the show, which featured Sol Melodiq, a Boston-based jazz/soul band, and the Last...

So you may have heard that bananas are going extinct. If your information came from Daniel Stoller's All Hail, "Bananawareness Week offers no solutions", you probably think the Council for University Programs's (CUP) Bananawareness campaign was an offensive, overblown dud dedicated...

By Jared Sugerman Amid the silencing snow that blanked New England Friday, the playoff hopes of the women's hockey team took one last gasp before falling quiet. Despite starting the season 6-21-3 overall, the Huskies left for their two-game series at Vermont this weekend with...

Regarding Pat Tarantino's thoughtful All Hail, if health outcomes determined drug laws instead of cultural norms, marijuana would be legal ("Pot smokers need a second chance," Feb. 14). Unlike alcohol, marijuana has never been shown to cause an overdose death, nor does it share...

By Andrew Parente WORCESTER - The men's basketball team struggled offensively against Holy Cross Saturday, which led to a disappointing 61-47 loss at the Hart Center. The game was played as a part of the O'Reilly ESPNU BracketBuster series. Northeastern remains 8-8 in the...

I, for one, am very pleased with Northeastern's emphasis on promoting diversity. As a student of color, I feel it is very important to make all ethnic groups on campus feel welcomed and appreciated. How else is the university supposed to guarantee that I, or anyone for that matter,...

For my younger brother, serving in the armed forces is not just a pipe dream. He's 18 years old, currently enrolled in the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program at his school and has recently considered putting his college education on hold in favor of enlisting....

The Huskies' hopes for an NCAA tournament appearance and home ice in the Hockey East playoffs took a hit this weekend when Boston University swept Northeastern in a home-and-home series against between the two teams. NU hosted the Terriers at Matthews Arena and lost in an offensive...

Northeastern students are often quick to be critical of the university's senior administration, calling out top officials for any number of issues. But in one area, the administration deserves credit and respect: Northeastern's commitment toward recycling waste on campus. The...

With just two games remaining in the regular season, it's the final stretch for the men's basketball team. The Huskies (12-15, 8-8 Colonial Athletic Association) head into the season's final week jockeying for position with Old Dominion, William ' Mary, Delaware and Hofstra with...

Opening shot: a beautiful young woman, smartly dressed, creeps along a dark ally. A spiral flip pad with the words "Reporter's Notebook" stamped across the front peeks out from her hands. Her eyes flash; she's got the story. For decades, television and movies have had a love...

By Hayley Miller Friday night, 180 lucky State Radio fans enjoyed a rare free acoustic performance by the band at Newbury Comics on Newbury Street. Fans lined up at the door starting at 10 a.m. to get their hands on the wristbands that would later grant them entrance to the...