By Steve Babcock The Faculty Senate passed a plan for the creation of a School of Technological Entrepreneurship Thursday that would center its programming around interdisciplinary study between technology-oriented majors and business. The new school would include team-taught...

A robotic voice emanates from the computer screen, reading back the sheet of paper Debra Mandel, head of the Media Services Center, just scanned in. Although normally the Kurz-weil 3000 program is intended for use by the sight impaired, Mandel is giving a demonstration of...

By Jeff Powalisz Guidelines were set for officially funding food for student group events at Tuesday's Budget Review Committee (BRC) meeting. Pending approval by the Student Affairs Board (SAB), the 6-1 vote would allow groups to request one food event per semester. The group...

By Bobby Hankinson The issue of reproductive rights is heating up to an intense boil, both on campus and across the country, as Northeastern students and activists from 50 states prepare to march. Recently, the Budget Review Committee (BRC) allocated $4,250 to the Northeastern...

Americans love mysteries on television, in movies and in politics. Seven of the top 10 hard cover books on the March 2004 New York Times best-sellers list are about secret crimes and conspiracies. Our televisions and movies are full of secret agents, undercover agents, double...

By Jeff Powalisz While Saturday's Snowflake Classic only acted as a conditioning meet for the Northeastern men's track team, thrower Derek Anderson continued to stay in top form. The junior threw in three events, placing first in the discus (182-01), second in the shot put...

By Jeff Powalisz The Rock has returned to the big screen, and as one might expect, he plays a man in control. In "Walking Tall," a remake of the 1973 film by the same name, The Rock plays Chris Vaughn, a retired U.S. Special Forces soldier returning to his hometown in the...

By C.G. Lynch On the corner of Park Street and Hadassah Way, bongos and drums sounded amidst chants, with signs supporting a U.S. withdrawal from Haiti. People of various oppositions held their signs high - "Iraq is a Rich Man's War!" "Bush Lies! Free Palestine!" "No Bio-Terror...

By Stephan Sears I always thought March Madness referred to the NCAA basketball tournament. One look at the papers proved me wrong. In the past few weeks, we have had the September 11 Commission, Richard Clarke, the true beginning of the presidential season, a terrorist attack...

It's not often that I get to discuss Jennifer Lopez in this space, so when the opportunity presents itself, I've got to jump all over it (no pun ... ok, pun intended). Anyways, the Yankees and Devil Rays kicked off the baseball season by splitting a pair of games this week,...

By Jeff Powalisz Fans of Kevin Smith have long been accustomed to the writer/director's offbeat style and original humor. From "Clerks" in 1994 to the hit "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" in 2001, it was a steady ride for Smith, a New Jersey native, who saw his legion of fans...

By Bobby Hankinson and Sarah Metcalf As the sun shined over the Boston Common early Monday morning, demonstrators on both sides of the gay marriage debate rallied in front of the Massachusetts Statehouse. However, by the time the sun set, there was silence. The Massachusetts...