By Allison Mudge December, with its finals, holiday shopping and last-minute travel arrangements, is a busy month for college students. While most Northeastern students are packing their bags and making plans about what to do and who to see while home during the winter break,...

By Chris Estrada Although the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the people of New Orleans have been widely reported, there has been little discussion of the environmental impacts of the storm. A group of college faculty and Louisiana state officials joined students from the...

In two games, junior forward Crystal Rochon scored three goals and notched one assist to give the women's hockey team two consecutive wins for the first time since early October. Rochon added another goal in the Huskies' 4-2 loss to Maine on Sunday. "The entire game we knew...

By Sara O'Malley Stephanie Musso's enthusiastic attitude is nearly contagious. Get her talking about Strong Women, Strong Girls (SWSG), a nationwide mentor program for inner-city girls of which she founded a chapter at Northeastern, and it's hard not to catch on to her positive...

By Matt Nielsen Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Monday, November 28 10:30 a.m. Four high school students on the field across from Columbus Place appeared to be passing something between them. When an officer talked to them,...

With the help of two huge Bobby Kelly free throws, the Northeastern men's basketball team held on for an 86-83 win over host James Madison Saturday in Harrisonburg, Va. The win marks the Huskies' first Colonial Athletic Association victory and gives them an overall record...

Man convicted of stabbing student denied parole A man convicted of killing a Northeastern sophomore in 1990 has been denied parole. Larry Robinson, convicted of stabbing Mark Belmore to death near Ruggles and Coventry Street, cannot seek parole for another five years, the maximum...

By Adam Riglian The men's and women's track team began their season Saturday with the non-scoring New Balance Winter Carnival. The men's team performed well, getting wins in the 55-meter dash and the 400-meter by Obaro Emenike and junior Christian Tirella respectively, while...

In tying New Hampshire Sunday, the men's hockey team showed just the extent of the Huskies' rut of mediocrity over the past decade: They scored their fifth point at UNH's Whittemore Center since its establishment in 1995. Nope, that's not the fifth win, it's the fifth point....

A freshman who unexpectedly boarded a plane for London Oct. 28 has safely returned to his family, the student's parents said. William Lamar, 18, had been missing for over a month when he contacted the US Embassy in London Tuesday morning and told them he wanted to go home,...

This is what I wanted, isn't it? A month or so ago, I glanced at the American League East standings and said to myself, "Man, the Yankees really do suck. Ha, it's like they're furiously waving around their limbs in the water to stay above .500, slowly gagging on seawater...

"A fast-talking, terse former negotiator, Joseph Wilson sat straight in his chair, offering no sign of fatigue from months of questioning and what he called "tawdry political tricks." Asked about the same topic he has entertained for months - the unveiling of his wife's once-covert...