By Joshua M. Pratt First off, I love your newspaper. I have read it for the past four years and enjoyed every issue. That was until last week. After reading your article about the two musicians who left afterHOURS to find an alternate space to play ("Student musicians create...

Any time a tragedy occurs, there is an outcry of people saying, "What could we have done to prevent this?" or "How can we make sure this never happens again?" The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, better known as the MBTA, is proposing to leave 2,000 people without...

By Thomas Chen Scholarships are a big deal in the world of a financially-strapped college student. I am one of the many Northeasterners who applied for the Presidential Scholarship last fall, an award that gives the winner a free ride until graduation. I am also one of the many...

By Jason Kornwitz Listen, I don't sit in front of my TV all day. I also don't stare blankly at my computer screen for hours refreshing the Web site for videogames.com in an attempt to be the first one world over to see the exclusive new screenshots for Final Fantasy XII. But...

I learned this weekend that hope is one of the cruelest emotions Mother Nature ever conjured up. As an avid sports fan, I am ashamed to admit I have never seen the sport of football played live, minus a few backyard barbecue attempts at a pickup game. (Whether you can actually...

By Hilary McMurray In America, our government guarantees us certain freedoms and rights. We have the right to free speech and the right to remain silent. We have the right to bear arms and the right not to be a victim of someone else's arms. We have the right to practice...

You really need to take down the old crime logs off the net. They are really hurting people way after the fact because the info is out there and potential employers, family, friends anyone is able to see it. The herald nor the globe holds on to stuff 2years old. You really need...

By Carleton Atwater 2004 has proven to be a major year for music. In the last 12 months we have seen releases from what seems like countless important artists: Beastie Boys, Elliott Smith, P.J. Harvey, Pinback, Interpol, Modest Mouse, Tom Waits, Sonic Youth, Blonde Redhead,...

As long as a columnist can write the phrase "the idiocy of the South" without sarcasm or irony, there will remain red states and blue states, with the former outnumbering the latter. Steven Stites, Junior, CJ

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Shopping cart renovates how students pay fees Waiting in line to pay Northeastern bills is now a thing of the past. Information Services launched its "shopping cart" icon on myNEU Dec. 7, said Beth Macy, director of Information Services Enterprise Application and Management Services....