By Cynthia Retamozo The women's track team placed second overall at the 2007 New England Championships at Boston University last Friday and Saturday. The Huskies accumulated a total of 107.5 points, with several athletes setting new personal bests. They were bested by Connecticut,...

By Drew Bonifant On Sunday, "The Departed" won the Best Picture Oscar for its fictional depiction of mob violence in Boston. Three days earlier, Legacy 2000 showed a movie about the violence that actually happens in the city's neighborhoods. "Street Soldiers" is a film that...

By Drew Bonifant A three-hour concert to raise awareness for ear conservation and protection may seem a bit contradictory, but the Northeastern chapter of the National Association of Future Doctors of Audiology (NAFDA) went against conventional wisdom. "Hear No Evil," was...

After a successful debut in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), the Northeastern baseball team looks to continue its success heading into the 2007 season. The Huskies (27-23, 19-10 CAA) lost several key members from last year's squad, including their ace, Adam Ottavino,...

Almost three weeks after the Matthews Arena renovation proposal first reached the President of the Student Government Association's (SGA) e-mail inbox, senators surveyed about 1,200 students and composed a resolution stating their approval, leaving some senators questioning why...

A Modern Gangster Tale Legendary director Martin Scorsese explores the brutal ethos of twisted loyalty and blurred identities in the world of South Boston's organized crime with his latest release, "The Departed." It is a movie that hits home for college students in Boston...

By Jewel Della Valle The women's hockey team wrapped up its season with a disappointing loss to Boston University Saturday. Though NU outshot the Terriers 25-24, they fell 6-2 after briefly leading by two in the first period. With a win, the Huskies could have picked up a...

By Casey Ramsdell Tamar St. Julien, a senior psychology major, will not just be watching the Boston Red Sox take on the Oakland Athletics May 1 at "NU Day at Fenway." St. Julien will also be singing the national anthem at the game, after being named "NU Idol" during a senior...

Senior co-captain Zara Northover won the shot put and weight throw in the Huskies' second-place finish at the New England Championship last weekend. Northover has been dominant during the indoor season, winning every shot put competition she had entered. But it is a fluke she...

By Marc Larocque The world is going to end. But it could come sooner than you thought. Fear was sparked after a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science focused on the possibility that the asteroid Apophis - named after the Ancient Egyptian god Apep,...

By Bobby Feingold As the lights dimmed in afterHOURS last Wednesday, a voice recording played overhead: "In this theatre, the taking of photographs and the use of recording devices is strictly prohibited," the flight attendant-like voice said. "If any women in the audience...

It was the game that kept going and going. And going. The Huskies set a new NCAA women's basketball record for the longest game played when they lost to Drexel (8-20, 3-14 CAA), 98-90, in five overtimes in Philadelphia Thursday night. Junior guard Shaleyse Smallwood...