Because so much news from Student Affairs was reported in the last edition of the Northeastern News, I thought it would be helpful to respond to a few issues myself, in this forum. We are fortunate to have student leaders who are enthusiastic in their desires to enrich campus...

By Brendan Gupta Dr. M. Shahid Alam once brought Northeastern into the spotlight of Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor," and now has attracted the media attention again, landing on David Horowitz's list of the "101 Most Dangerous College Professors." The economics professor's left-leaning...

By Adam Riglian A snowy weekend did not stop the Huskies from taking fifth place in the New England Championships at Boston University Feb. 24 and Feb. 25. The men's team was led once again by senior Derek Anderson, who captured a championship in the shot put and a second place...

I was very disappointed to read about Ed Klotzbier's statement regarding the removal of paid tuition for the Student Government Association (SGA) executive board and the Northeastern News editor-in-chief ("Student leaders may lose scholarships," Feb. 22). I served for a semester...

By Brendan Gupta Of all the places he could have chosen, Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy spent his birthday right here at Northeastern. Kennedy addressed students, community members and business leaders in Raytheon Amphitheater on his 74th birthday last Wednesday...

The Huskies were on the short end of a 4-2 score against UMass-Amherst, after extending their playoff hopes a day earlier with a hard-fought 2-2 tie in the first game of the home-and-home series against the Minutemen. Northeastern got scores from junior forwards Yale Lewis...

Beware the Ides of March, Shakespeare wrote. I don't care about March 15. It's beware March in my case. I hate this month. It all goes back to high school, when the state testing period came up. During that awful stretch, which, by the way, contained no days off, I'd be stuck...

By Chris Estrada The United Nations is developing a treaty on the human rights of people with disabilities, and Northeastern's Center for Sport and Society has made its mark on the historic treaty. The Disability in Sport program at the center is leading the treaty's section...

By Kevin Williamson A year's worth of persistence and training was put to the test this week as the swim and dive team competed for the first time in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championships at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. After an intense four-day competition,...

By Sarah Taylor It's a familiar sight on campus. Students walking to class with an extra spring in their steps, white cords dangling from their ears, volume cranked up. They are carrying iPods, a cultural staple in the 21st-century digital and portable age. They are listening,...

By Nate Owen The Huskies won six events and accumulated 116 points, well behind the University of Connecticut, which finished first with a total of 181.83 points. But NU had its share of notable performers, including sophomore sprinter Alison Warren, who won the 400-meter...