The saying "you can't con a con man" proves true in Ridley Scott's new flick "Matchstick Men." Nicholas Cage adds a con artist who suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder to his list of characters he's played. In this film Cage is Roy, a man who makes a living by thinking...

Former Northeastern Director of Athletics Ian McCaw, who left NU before the 2002 season for the University of Massachusetts, resigned from UMass and signed on at Baylor University Monday. The Texas school has been plagued with scandal since the death of basketball player Patrick...

I am currently residing in 110 St. Stephen St., and I have been having quite a few problems the last couple of months living there. When I first moved in I tried to overlook the mold and rust on the carpets, and the caving in walls all over the apartment because I thought that...

Among pink T-shirts, ribbons, bandannas and hats; men, women and children, of all ages and sizes, races and creeds, gathered together to walk and run for one thing -- a cure. Over 6,000 people came out Sunday morning for the 20th running of the Komen Race for the Cure along...

By Marisa Franchina Oh September first, you must hate me just as much as I hate you. August 23, you are a close second in my compendium of "Dates of Misery." Northeastern University gave me and countless other students the boot on this fateful day and I became a transient....

My mother and I arrived at Northeastern as most of us students do -- one van packed full, and certainly not enough hands -- or muscles -- to carry it all. The blue bins were helpful, but my entire room could not fit in one bin no matter how we stacked, organized or shoved. Two...

"Cabin Fever" is the brainchild of local boy Eli Roth. Roth was born and raised in Newton, Mass.. At eight years old he already knew what his calling was: he wanted to be behind the camera directing blood gushing scenes. He wanted to be one of the names among the list of great...

Thursday, September 11 Come to the 9/11 Day of Service 8:30a.m. Blackman Auditorium. Volunteers from local and national organizations will reflect on the September 11 terrorist attack and work in breakout sessions on volunteer issues and goals. Co-sponsored by the Center for...

If you didn't know any better, you might think the Northeastern football team has it out for the school's cheerleaders. Remember, they're the ones who pump out pushup after pushup for every point the Husky score. After NU's 51-0 pasting of Division I-AA Albany, that makes for...

BROOKLINE - If any of the scattered attendees at Northeastern football's opening day learned anything Saturday, it was this: Stonehill College has a SWEET punter. That, or Shawnn Gyles can run ... and run ... and run. Joe Crowley, the Chieftain kicker, booted the ball 10...

By the end of this week, "it" will finally be up. Senior Vice President Enrollment Management and Student Affairs Philomena Mantella has finally taken the initiative that has failed the administration for so long, creating a rape crisis counselor position to be filled as soon...

"It isn't a gay issue." To Jill Weiss, it is an issue for anyone who is different. Weiss, a lecturer in the department of sociology and anthropology at Northeastern, held a meeting on July 31 to form a plan of action and brainstorm ways to get the administration to react....