Kappa Delta Sorority is gearing up to make great things happen on the Northeastern campus when it colonizes its newest chapter Jan. 24 to26. The chapter will join the sorority's 208 chartered collegiate chapters and 497 chartered alumnae chapters, representing nearly 200,000...

By AJ Mercincavage The women's swimming and diving team defeated New Hampshire and host Boston University Saturday to extend its unbeaten streak to nine dual meets. "We knew going into this meet that it was going to be our toughest competition yet," said senior co-captain...

Few students realize how much energy Northeastern consumes and what type of an impact it has on the environment. One megawatt derived from non-renewable sources puts about 1,370 pounds of carbon into the atmosphere. (You can calculate your personal carbon footprint at www.mycarbonfootprint.eu.)...

By Chris Estrada There is nothing more agitating to a writer than having a possible thesis for an article dashed due to whatever reason. Now this isn't an attack on my superiors at The News or on the subjects that I write about. It's simply an opinion of mine. And sometimes,...

By Jared Shafran Upon arriving at Northeastern, freshman goalie Leah Sulyma was told the starting position was up for grabs. When she got the call from head coach Laura Schuler to start her first game Oct. 6, 2007, she was delighted. Sulyma was given a chance to prove herself...

Midway through the Northeastern Football Team's 2007 season, Matt Foster and Ricky Thompson wrote an article titled "A team's fate in question: Athletic Department restructuring may bring program cuts," that appeared in The News Oct. 22, 2007. Although no single team was mentioned...

By Rosa Barney Though many bands may be nervous prior to performing, the members of Eclectic Collective and Spiritual Rez showed they would not let stage fright overcome them last night at afterHOURS. Both bands were full of energy and did not shy away from dancing and moving...

There is a new form of degradation affecting me, a male nursing student, and millions of other students across the nation. You could be involved in insulting students just like me without even knowing it. It mainly occurs during the primary stages of meeting and polite conversation....

By Danny Deza Many young people go through their adolescent years collecting baseball cards, pogs and Beanie Babies. I was drawn to Pokemon cards (do not judge). In the past few years, however, a new craze has swept through our generation. This new trend doesn't involve cards...

By Kathryn Morcone Northeastern's Department of Art + Design hosted Terrence Masson, an accomplished computer animator, as part of its monthly lecture series last Tuesday. Masson, now a full-time faculty member at Northeastern, has been a professional animator for two decades,...

Thanks to Perez Hilton, the blogosphere is buzzing about a course taught at the University of Michigan, called "How to Be Gay: Male Homosexuality and Initiation." Though the recent attention to the class is dated, (it's actually been offered since the fall of 2000) it adds fuel...

A timely snowstorm and the consequent ice-capades may have put a cabash to Monday's classes. Fortunately for the life of Husky sports, particularly the men's hockey team, the only signs of snowballing have come from Monday's snowstorm. The vague reference isn't toward winter's...