By Kaitlin Keane A clean shaven, conservatively clad Sean Penn sat before a packed theater of students in Loews Boston Common last Tuesday, a subdued version of the paparazzi-punching Hollywood bad boy we knew in the '90s. But the Oscar-winning actor proved he has not lost...

I'll admit it. I was one of those people who came to college after dating someone for a long time (two years plus) with the idea that somehow we'd make it work from across state lines and, five years down the road, still miraculously be together. That lasted until October....

By Conor Nevins The Northeastern University football team (3-5, 2-3) lost a heartbreaker at Parsons Field Saturday in their Homecoming game against the No. 10 University of New Hampshire Wildcats (6-2, 3-2) 27-23. It was the third consecutive loss for the Huskies who, with three...

President Richard Freeland is use to soliciting donors, but he has also had several experiences with making donations himself. Freeland is among a list of Northeastern employees who have contributed to Sen. John F. Kerry's campaign in the past two years, according to the Federal...

The Homecoming parade, scheduled for Saturday morning, was downgraded to a display competition due to the conflict with the Red Sox victory parade. Even though the parade was canceled, five student organizations still came together in the circle in front of Snell Library and...

By Jill Campbell The Palladium. The Orpheum Theater. Avalon. Seemingly every weekend, NU students flock to such venues to see their favorite bands perform. But how many of them have considered the possibility that soon they could be seeing the name of a fellow student on a marquee?...

By Jill Campbell The past two weeks have been the busiest I have had since arriving at Northeastern. With midterms looming and a pile of assignments growing ever larger, I spent a decent amount of time at my computer every night, but I could barely keep one eye on the monitor....

Freshman setter Bree Peterson has been named The Northeastern News Player of the Week days after winning her third America East Volleyball Rookie of the Week award of the season. Peterson has emerged quickly for the Huskies, as she stands in second place on the team in attack...

By Megan Fraser It was around 7 p.m. Monday when middler athletic training major Kyle Butler and his classmates arrived for their lab in the Behrakis Health Science Center. At the door, they were greeted by members of the Northeastern Police Department who moved the class to...

By Elizabeth Normandin The Slashers! Horror Movie Marathon Coolidge Corner Theatre (290 Harvard St., in Brookline) is screening 13 straight hours of classic scary cinema starting at midnight on Saturday. Tickets are $20; call (617) 734-2500. Murder mystery dinner show Foul...

By Laura Weiss The Oct. 6 edition of The Northeastern News featured an article about two recent sexual assaults in the Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill area being the cause for Northeastern to take action and inform students about sexual assault. The yellow SAFEnet Advisory postings...

On a cloudy day at Jack Berry Field in Cambridge, Northeastern field hockey faced a hurricane of offense unlike any it had faced in the past. Northeastern needed one victory to clinch the America East regular season title on Sunday but despite the brilliant play of senior...