"Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything," said Marv (Mickey Rourke), the lumbering lead of the first storyline in "Sin City." Some may argue you can even find misogyny. This weekend Frank Miller's graphic-novel "Sin City" premiered on the big...

By Ryan Menard Most students at Northeastern aren't old enough to have known any pope before John Paul II, and his death still hasn't left the news or peoples' minds. Pope John Paul II's death Saturday brought droves of mourning Catholics to Vatican City to share tears, gratitude...

By Boyan Kovacic Northeastern's International Affairs Program will be much weaker next year if Dr. Irm Haleem no longer teaches and advises IAF students. Her contract was terminated despite receiving overwhelming support from over 80 IAF students, the political science faculty...

My boyfriend of two weeks and I were planning on having sex for the first time. We were going to meet at a club before going back to my dorm. But when the night came, none of my friends felt like going out, so I called him and told him to just come over when he and his friends...

Sherman Hart often finds himself on the edge when a 4x100 relay begins. "The 4x100 is one of those events where as a coach, you just close your eyes and hope everything happens right, especially with the handoffs," said the Northeastern track coach. This past weekend at...

By Stephanie Peters As former cast members on MTV's "Road Rules," millions of viewers have followed either the drama of their daily lives or the cutthroat, and often backstabbing, competition of MTV's endless stream of "challenges." But outside their television obligations,...

Over the past several years, Elena Quiroz has noticed a trend. For every one Latino faculty member hired, she has watched two leave. "It's painful," said the director of the Latino/a Student Center. "There's not that much retention." Northeastern is in the midst of hiring...

Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Tuesday, March 29 9 p.m. A manager at Wollaston's in the Marino Center reported a middle-aged man had shoplifted aftershave. Upon being stopped, the man briefly struggled and then fled. The...

By Andrew Guida My friend and I got into a heated argument about picking a college. Last year I picked Northeastern over Villanova and URI, and looking back on it and the little research I did, I got incredibly lucky in making the perfect decision. My friend tells me he's...

By Ryan Menard With Mos Def out of the Springfest lineup and hometown rowdy-rockers Dropkick Murphys in his place, Northeastern is set to host the band fresh off their six-show St. Patrick's Day stint at Avalon. Everything from their Irish-American roots to their unabashed...

By Caitlin Gambee Northeastern sprinter Charity Briggs has kicked up dust and made her mark on the women's track team with an impressive freshman season. While attending Cornwall Central High School in Katonah, N.Y., Briggs built an extensive r

Hi, I noticed you have a "sex" section in your paper. I live in New York City, have written for the sex section in Salon.com, and now teach an online course with Salon. My third novel THE ART OF UNDRESSING, about an ex-stripper mom and her daughter, has just been published...