A year after the postponement of the planned Ludacris concert, which was to be the culmination of a bigger and better Springfest week, the Council for University Programs (CUP) has begun to once again brainstorm programming and concert acts in an effort to redeem the reputation...

By Chris Brook Hand in hand with the tree lighting in Boston Common and the baubles, wreaths and lights strung up in Faneuil Hall year after year, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's annual performance of Handel's Messiah has become etched into history as a city-wide holiday tradition....

By Craig Roman It was a battle of unbeatens Friday night at the Barletta Natatorium, as the Northeastern Swimming and Diving Team maintained their perfect season by beating previously undefeated Wagner College, 114-91. The Seahawks provided Northeastern with its closest match...

By Hailey Heinz College is usually a time when twenty-somethings are allowed to linger between youth and adulthood -- unless they are at Northeastern. For six months out of the year, a Northeastern student has the option to be thrust into the full-blown "real world," complete...

By Bianca Strzelczyk Unique. That is the single word Megan McGregor uses to describe the two-man musical collaboration of Mike Mathieu and Dave Coffin. "You never know what to expect at the show," the senior music industry major said. And fans do not know where to expect...

STORRS, Conn.- With his team in firm command of the game and a roaring, fervent crowd wearing down on his opponent, University of Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun faced a considerable question Monday night at Gampel Pavilion. Which big man do I sit down first? UConn's starting...

By Jessica Man After notching their second straight win against the University of Buffalo Bulls, 71-44, Wednesday at Solomon Court, the Northeastern women's basketball team lost to cross-town rival Boston College, 90-63, at Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill. The Eagles, the No....

By Stephanie Peters The Salvation Army bells can be heard outside T stations, the plaza on Boylston Street is making way for the annual Christmas Tree gift from Nova Scotia and white lights twinkle in the bare tree branches along Commonwealth Avenue: The holiday season has...

Sometimes you just have to give credit where credit is due, and despite giving up six goals in two games against the University of Maine over the weekend, Northeastern women's hockey goaltender Marisa Hourihan deserves a ton of credit and has been named The Northeastern News...

By Rocco Colella For 29 years, First Night has transformed Boston into something special; bringing together a wide array of cultural and artistic expression into one event that starts the new year off right. This year's event, beginning at 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 31, will...

Two weeks. That's all it took for the relationship between player and fan to be ruined forever. Two tumultuous, ugly weeks. Before that time, the relationship between fan and athlete was something out of an episode of Married with Children: dysfunctional and contradictory,...

By Elizabeth Dudek With final exams beginning in less than a week, the stress level of freshmen preparing for their first round of college finals is on the rise. Study guides, writing assignments and final projects are the topics of recent conversation, and while the upperclassmen...