By Hailey Heinz According to Northeastern's Safety and Security Information Report, which was distributed to all students this month, there were five burglaries and three robberies on campus in 2004, for a total of eight thefts. If that number seems low, that's because it...

Who is Heather Allen? At first, I really didn't care who Allen was. I quickly found, like many of my contemporaries in the School of Journalism, that she was just another power hungry editor who ruled over the student newspaper with an iron fist and reveled in the knowledge...

By Amanda Funai Reading The Northeastern News, usually a good way to pass time between classes, became an exercise in disappointment last week. Right away, I noticed the new "Sex" section. A little apprehensive about this "liberation" of our school paper, I proceeded to read...

To the Editor: In response to the article "Snow Encourages U.S. Style Consumerism on China Trip" by Edmund L. Andrews (New York Times, October 14, 2005,C1, C5), I will focus on a few lines from the article to see if I got this right from a U.S. consumer's perspective: The...

To the Editor: Two ten year old girls walked into The Locker Plant, the local grocery, to pick up a few items the moms forgot to buy last shopping day such as, 1 loaf of Wonder White Bread, 1 jar of French's yellow mustard, 1 bag of red delicious apples, 1 bunch of homegrown...

By Bessie King Many on-campus student groups, mentors and offices offer information and resources to learn about diversity, cultural differences and race issues. Still, all the information provided does not give students and administrators the freedom to discuss the meaning...

By Leah Fielding Spoken word artist HERU and other local poets took the stage to try to evoke positive change in the hearts and minds of students at Beatless last Wednesday night at the Curry Student Center Ballroom. "Education starts with yourself," HERU said in between poems...

Stephen Burgard. Does the name ring a bell? Didn't think so. He's an Associate Professor and the Director of the Journalism School here at good ole' NU. For those of you that have him as a professor, you'll pick up the gist of this rant very quickly and I'm guessing those...

My name is Jennifer. Not Jen, not J and especially not Jenny. About a month ago, I received a Facebook message and it started like this: "Hey Jen." This wouldn't have been a problem except for one thing: I didn't even know him. My Facebook profile clearly states "Jennifer."...

By Bobby Feingold New York Times columnist Paul Krugman stood in front of an audience in Blackman Auditorium and posed a simple question. "Who's going to take care of your mother-in-law?" Krugman simplified complicated economic issues, including those surrounding current...

I am writing in response to your article ("Diagnosis: Disarray," Oct. 5) which focused on the merger of Lane Health Center and the University Counseling Center to form University Health ' Counseling Services (UHCS). I think it is important for students to understand why we...

By Taimi Arvidson Amidst the excitement of free pizza and a live band, senior Heidi Buchanan took the stage and said the words that would make her the 2005 "Mayor of Huntington Avenue." "We're going to beat William ' Mary," was all it took to rally the small crowd gathered...