I am concerned about cults recruiting on the Northeastern campus. You may see them on the street, on campus and outside the Marino Center. They may recruit you personally, in the residence halls, in classrooms, somewhere off-campus, online and they may even promote their organization...

By C. Mae Waugh It's convenient, it's popular and now it will help advance the musical careers of one lucky band - the cellphone. Brighton-based rock band Hepburn was a semi-finalists in competition to become the first unsigned band to launch its career on a wireless phone....

You know what is pretty sad? I am probably going to spend somewhere over an hour writing this piece and there are probably about 20 people outside The Northeastern News who will read this. The only thing anyone ever seems to care about in The Northeastern News is the crime...

Now is the time to act. There's no more time left to gauge student opinion, which some fear may lean toward apathy. Now, we must embrace the concept of direct elections, and, more importantly, we must institute direct elections in the Student Government Association (SGA). In...

By Nicole D. McGovern Instead of sitting in front of their computers playing the latest online games, college students now have the opportunity to create a video game of their own. Red Bull is sponsoring the competition Red BUILD for undergraduate students in which five final...

Regarding the recent Comcast cable article ("Cable comes to campus," March 15), I am extremely irritated at the university for forcing us to pay an extra and unnecessary $40 every year. When you break down how much it is actually costing, which is $20 per semester, it will...

According to the CIA's Web site, terrorism is defined as "premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience." But in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks,...

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Three brush fires in the Back Bay Fens near Kerr Hall caused dense clouds of smoke and lingering ash to settle throughout the neighborhood on Monday. The first fire was reported at 3:54 p.m., the second at 10:50 p.m. and the third shortly after 11 p.m., according to a Boston...

Northeastern took one giant leap forward over the weekend, and one giant leap in the opposite direction yesterday at Friedman Diamond. The Huskies (9-8, 4-2 Colonial Athletic Association) lost to non-conference opponent Marist 5-2, ending a three-game winning streak. Senior...

By Nicole D. McGovern Julie Brennfleck dreads registration. "I feel our registration system is the most unorthodox method of registration I have ever encountered," the sophomore physical therapy major said. "Every time I attempt to sign up for classes, I can never get through...

Four-and-a-half to one. That's the ratio of how much fellow Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) school Hofstra spends on its baseball team in comparison to what good ol' Northeastern musters, as of numbers reported last June, from the Office of Postsecondary Education. The...