Although he wasn't one of the 255 college players selected in the NFL draft April 28 and 29, senior tight end Kendrick Ballantyne was contacted by eight teams immediately following the draft before signing as a free agent with the Baltimore Ravens. In addition to Baltimore,...

By Derek Hawkins Blackman Auditorium resonated with the bustle and chatter of a high school dance last Wednesday morning as more than 500 students from Massachusetts middle and high schools filed into the empty floor seats below the stage. The students, however, were not attending...

By Adam Riglian With conference championships behind them, the top athletes on the Northeastern men's track team look ahead to the regional championship season. The next stop: Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America (IC4A) Championships May 11 to 13 at Princeton....

By Danielle Capalbo Tamika Gordon is soft-spoken. She is a middler computer engineering major, a McNair Mentor and a Resident Assistant. She is also the architect of a bridge she designed herself. It spans from the university's Black Engineering Student Society (BESS) to a high...

FOCUS forum to discuss refugees' experiences A Forming Opportunities for Collaboration Understanding and Service (FOCUS) Forum: Refugees in Boston will be held May 17 in 433 Curry Student Center from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. A panel discussion will bring together community...

By Jewel Della Valle The men's crew team took home its first win of the season after defeating Rutgers in the Congram Cup April 28, but remains at 1-3 for the year. The Huskies fell to Harvard, the nation's top-ranked crew, in the Smith Cup on the Charles River Saturday and...

By Kristin Lusis On May 4, The News along with other college students from around the country spoke with Zach Braff, of "Garden State" and "Scrubs," about college, his influence on music and his role as a new parent in the romantic comedy "The Ex," to be released this Friday....

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The Ujima Scholars program recruits freshmen with academic potential, but who do not meet the traditional criteria for admission to Northeastern. It ceased to be an affirmative action program this year in order to avoid becoming the target of an anti-affirmative action lawsuit,...

By Bessie King Graduation has passed and new professionals now face the challenge of balancing work, social activities, relationships and bills. For women, the added stress of marriage and motherhood can make it especially difficult to remember to take time for themselves. ...

By Chris Estrada Despite the Northeastern baseball team's current five-game slide, manager Neil McPhee is optimistic that they'll be able to break out of their slump. With two weeks left in the season and six of their final eight games against Colonial Athletics Association...

Stripes of color dashed across the screen and were replaced by water drops, green fuzz and white circles. The music matched the images: scratchy, digitized and unrecognizable. The short film, "Time Streams," was the first work shown at the Visual Music Marathon April 28....