Geena Davis sure is good at breaking barriers. She played professional baseball in "A League of Their Own" and is now playing the first female president in "Commander in Chief" on ABC. In the latter, Davis plays Mackenzie Allen, an Independent vice president who assumes...

By Megan Jicha Northeastern's new symbol of school spirit is a real dog. A live Siberian Husky, that is. To bring back an old tradition, Northeastern has adopted a Husky pup as the red and black's mascot. The university has had about seven live Husky mascots, all named King,...

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...

By Chris Estrada Arthur Frommer was a young American drafted to fight in the Korean War, but ended up in Europe by what he called "an accident of fate." While he was there, he noticed something. "The day that a pattern emerged was the day when I was nursing my fourth glass...

It was with great interest that I read David Hyde's comments on university nicknames and mascots ("Put offensive mascots in the penalty box," Oct. 12). When discussing the University of North Dakota's name (UND does not have a mascot) he writes, "the UND administration stubbornly...

thanks for helping us get this story out, and don't hesitate to contact me for any additional info you may need ..we would like to give one of your reporters an interview and some additional info that will help localize the story ..we have had a lot of support from various student...

Career Services adds new career library to myNEU A career service library called "The Vault" has been added to the Co-op/Career Services tab on myNEU. The Vault includes a library of employment opportunities, as well as guides, rankings, interview tips, message boards and other...

By Jack Weiland BROOKLINE - As he stepped out of the locker room, ready to be interviewed, William ' Mary quarterback Jake Phillips was serenaded with calls of "Jake Montana" by his Tribe teammates. They were kidding - sort of. Phillips, W'M's redshirt freshman backup quarterback,...

Watching the NHL's first overall draft pick Sidney Crosby put up three points against the Bruins the other night, I noticed he wore #87. It's somewhat of an unusual number, so I began to wonder what caused him to choose it. (Don't ask me why I think about these things; sometimes...

It was with great interest that I read David Hyde's comments on university nicknames and mascots. When discussing the University of North Dakota's name (UND does not have a mascot)he writes, 'the UND administration stubbornly fights to hold onto the label, insisting that it...