The task was set in place for the Northeastern men's hockey team. Face off against the country's best and then report yourself ready for the Hockey East schedule in November. At an already respectable 2-3, the Huskies can now add a 3-3 tie against No. 4 North Dakota (UND)...

By Jennifer Nelson and Peter Shanley America is waking up this morning waiting for its next president. But as absentee and provisional ballots continue to be counted in Ohio, Iowa deals with mechanical voting problems. And, as in the 2000 election, the outcome may not be quick...

By Erika Carrubba After losing their winning streak Friday with a 3-1 loss to the SUNY, Albany Great Danes, the Northeastern Volleyball team snapped back Saturday and swept the Binghamton University Bearcats 3-0. The Huskies' record stands at 17-9 overall and 8-2 in the America...

By Erin Engelson Music lovers will be rocking out for free Friday night at afterHOURS, taking in the sounds of the six finalists in Northeastern's Battle of the Bands. The finals will begin at 9 p.m. and will pit six bands against each other for prizes including cash and gift...

By Eleni Himaras Venereal diseases, a love of sandwiches and "The Lion King" are all subjects of songs by sophomore music industry major, Darren Spector, who won the title of NU Idol Monday night. Each of the acts played two to three songs with just enough of a break in between...

By Hilary McMurray Wow ... only three more presidential terms before I'm old enough to have my name on the ballot. Unfortunately, thanks to certain events mentioned in my last column "Letter from my liver," (Oct. 20) I'd be on more tabloid covers than Britney Spears and Paris...

Random thoughts and observations from this year's postseason run by the Red Sox: * It's times like these I wish I were in my Golden Years. The Red Sox not only defeated the Yankees and the Cardinals on their way to a championship, they also defeated history along the way. Any...

Alumnus dies in N.H. plane crash A member of the class of '73 was killed last Friday when the single-engine plane he was flying crashed about two miles from the North Central State Airport in Lincoln, N.H., the Boston Globe reported. Paul Douglas, 53, of Norfolk, earned his bachelor...

By Dinah Alobeid Politicians, celebrities, even the Catholic Church - no one is safe at the hands of Daily Show regular, comedian Lewis Black. Black performed his comedy act to a sold out crowd in Blackman Auditorium Saturday night as part of Homecoming weekend. Black...

Congratulations on becoming Student Government Association president, Bill Durkin. Now it's time to get down to business. Since the suspension of Andres Vargas a month ago left SGA without a leader, the organization has come under a lot of criticism. The year has, in essence,...

The Student Government Association elected its new president in a marathon Joint Senate meeting last Thursday night, choosing Vice President for Academic Affairs Bill Durkin for the position. Durkin took over the position from Interim President Erin McFadzen immediately following...

By Ricky Thompson To Tina Flaherty, author of "What Jackie Taught Us: Lessons from the Remarkable Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis," it was the former first lady's more unheralded characteristics that distinctively set her apart from other women who had previously held her...