By Paul Mann The walls are a dark wood. The couches are leather. Light bulbs are dimmed and candles are burning. The air is thick with smoke. Cigar Masters is one of only a few Boston bars to survive the smoking ban. Cigar Masters has been in business since 1996 and has recently...

With all the bad press about college athletes being suspended, team violations, drugs, rape, theft, and run-ins' with police, where is our reporting about athletes who are true student athletes. I mean athletes who earn good grades and do the right things in life to make our...

By Zach Hosseini Figured out what a caucus is yet? Me neither. I know what a Dukakis is though; but that's neither here nor there. But anyway, my "Get Fuzzy" calendar tells me it's 2004. This tells me that those "slimy Democrats" will be infesting our fair city when the Democratic...

While the Pats battled the Colts for a chance to be one of the teams on the Superbowl ticket, students lined up inside Huntington Liquors to buy cases of beer to kick off their celebration. As of Jan. 14 Sundays will never be the same. Since the 1700s Puritan-enforced blue...

The realm of sports is a great paradox, and on so many different levels. Sports bring people closer together, only so one group can fight with another; one need go only to Fenway Park during a Red Sox-Yankees weekend series to witness this. Lifelong friendships are born,...

By Nicole Haley As President George W. Bush made the entrance for his State of the Union Address, many Northeastern students watching in after-HOURS greeted him with loud booing. Members of Northeastern University Campus Against War and Racism (NUCAWR), the Progressive Student...

Commuting to NU can be quite the hassle. The drive is almost enough to push a man to the brink of madness. With bumper-to-bumper traffic jams and endless stretches of idling in lines that measure movement in car-lengths, the daily commute can sometimes resemble a parking lot....

By Courtney Caterino Despite the bitter cold, seats were packed in Blackman Auditorium on Thursday night when Grammy award-winners Take 6 performed a mix of sweet ballads and foot-thumping favorites - all in a soaring a cappella. "I could not stop smiling or snapping my fingers....

The excitement has only just begun. With conference play in full swing, the Northeastern men's basketball team find themselves in an exciting race for first place in the America East Conference. After downing the University of Maryland-Baltimore County and the University...

By Michael Naughton The sounds of applause and cheers filled Blackman Auditorium Monday as a recording of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech played to a near capacity crowd coming from all around the state and nation for his 75th birthday celebration. Between...

With a wind chill of about minus 30 degrees Thursday night, I walked to my car after work. Just barely getting the car to start, I couldn't stop shaking as the vents blew cold air. Finally, I made it over to North Lot on St. Stephen Street, still shaking, and, shock of shocks,...

By Alyson St. Amand A credit card can be a dangerous tool if used uncontrollably, but if used responsibly it can put a student in good financial standing, allowing them to make purchases and investments. "Credit is not evil, it is necessary," said Sanyika Calloway Boyce,...