Groups collect clothing, toys for Katrina victims The Office of Affirmative Action and Diversity is working with the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers to collect clothing for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Through Sept. 24, they will accept gently-used...

I'll be the first to admit it: I am far from perfect. I have memories that I cringe looking back on. I have things that make me say, "Jeff, you're an idiot." This is the story of one of those moments. One night, a week or so ago, my six friends and I decided to take the elevator...

By Hailey Heinz If a new proposal is passed into law by the Boston Licensing Board, throwing a keg party could get a bit riskier. The proposal, which is scheduled to come before the board by the end of September, would require all liquor stores in Boston to provide the Boston...

By Olena Borkowsky The sound of searing grills and the smell of spices and seasonings wafted into the afternoon air. People crowded around enjoying all of the flavors, sampling a little bit of everything offered. While the attendees visited the different vendors, the bands Blue...

This weekend the Northeastern football team returns home battered and desperate for that elusive first win of the season. Although nobody expected the Huskies to contend for the Atlantic-10 title this year, nobody expected them to start 0-3, their worst start since 1994. Saturday's...

You might not have noticed, but your Constitutional rights were violated last week. By your own university, no less. Last week, the university came down on Northeastern's Times New Roman (TNR), a satirical campus publication, for using foul language and inappropriate humor...

By Dinah Alobeid As Jason Piette began fumbling with the camera and film he made sure to use up on Oct. 1, 2004, his nerves got the best of him and he started to tremble. As he knelt down in between the reflection pool and the fountain - to "change the film," he said - he...

Two hundred. Well, 198-plus, really. That's how many yards the Northeastern defense allowed just one back to gain in each of the two games so far this season. First, Georgia Southern's tiny tough guy Jermaine Austin ran for 199 yards in game one, stiff arms a-blazin'; then...

On Wednesday, September 14th the Massachusetts' state legislature, in a joint session of both houses, voted against a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would ban gay marriage, essentially assuring same-sex couples the same legal rights as other married couples....

On Wednesday, September 14th the Massachusetts' state legislature, in a joint session of both houses, voted against a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would ban gay marriage, essentially assuring same-sex couples the same legal rights as other married couples....

I was both appalled and disheartened by the comments set forth by Mr. Jim Edwards against Professor Michael Dukakis in last week's Northeastern News publication. Let me start by stating that I did not attend this event so the purpose of this commentary is not to dispute the tenets...

In America, we face an identity crisis. We feel the need to marginalize that which we are not proud of. The poor is clearly one of those groups. The segregated nature of Boston, one of America's progressive beacons, makes this clear. But they will suffer in the aftermath of disaster,...