By Andrea Smith As children, many students were forced into having the inevitable "sex talk" with their parents. Red-faced and uncomfortable, they listened to their parents explain the mechanics of having sex. Fortunately, for those who had to suffer, Northeastern University...

Yesterday, numerous well-wishers greeted the World Champion New England Patriots at Boston City Hall to celebrate the franchise's second Super Bowl victory in three years. New England players credited the support of the Boston-area fans as the reason for their success; after...

All of the press on the Democratic candidacies frankly is starting to make my head hurt. In the beginning, actual points seemed to be made, sentences were actually making sense without pretzels in the way and the squabbles between candidates weren't as childish as some have been...

As excited fans lit fireworks off of rooftops and danced in the streets after the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl Sunday night, what was supposed to be a celebration soon turned to destruction. Three Northeastern students were arrested on the scene and the Northeastern...

By Lindsay Crone When Brian Burbank saw the prices of textbooks at his Tufts University bookstore during freshman year, he knew he had to do something about it. Burbank, a 23-year-old computer engineering 2003 graduate of Tufts University, saw posters advertising books for...

Jose Juan Barea racked up 54 points in two victories last week, and has been named The Northeastern News Player of the Week. The sophomore point guard rolled up a season-high 33 points to top Maine 82-79, including the game-winning layup with less than a minute to play....

First, I wish to commend Ms. Hannah Kehn for going on a co-op in Ghana and for sharing her experience with the rest of the Northeastern community ("Husky completes co-op in Africa," Jan. 28). It is my hope that both the positive and not so positive experiences she had will go...

City Hall Plaza was built to be a functional playground for the city's politicians and civil employees. On Tuesday, the victory parade for the New England Patriots ended in the plaza, as Bostonians took to the streets to celebrate the team's win in Super Bowl XXXVIII. Preparations...

Sunday night while the rest of us will still be recovering from last week's Super Bowl, stars will gather in Los Angeles for the 46th Grammy Awards. This year, hip-hop and R'B are dominating the awards show. This is definitely an indicator of the change in times. Years ago...

By Stephen Sears George W. Bush's re-election campaign began with his State of the Union Address last Tuesday. He grabbed for votes with his toothless, meaningless, out-of-right field admonition of steroids in sports. He offered no program or course of action, but it sure sounded...

Boy, it was grand, wasn't it? Actually, I suppose you could say it was more like two and a half grand. Nearly 3,000 rowdy fans filed into Matthews Arena for Saturday's thrilling men's basketball game between Northeastern and Boston University, which turned out to be a 76-74...

As a result of the United Nations' lack of ability to stop the war with Iraq, it is said that the UN is an inefficient organization. With the inability to join consensus to come together and put an end to the chaos in Iraq, the UN is an institution that merely stands as a mirage...