By Kaitlin Thaney On Friday, May 2, at 8 p.m. Northeastern University was graced with the presence of, according to some, an American phenomenon. Seen on the same pedestal as poet Robert Frost, Billy Collins, the U.S. Poet Laureate, astonished the packed Blackman Auditorium...

Since I have lost my identity as a normal human being and am currently known as "the semester conversion girl," as one of my fellow peers shouted out in the student center recently, I figured why not share some personal information with you, the reader. Plagued not only by...

By Jillian Orlando Students were encouraged to "take it to the streets" to stand up for women's rights and make their voices heard at a debate organized by the International Socialist Organization last Thursday in the Curry Student Center. Women's liberation and women's rights...

With every aspect of the university changing and evolving with semester conversion, questions began to evolve over time. Faculty and administrators began to ask one another what implications will face the conversion, how are students are responding. A survey will be released...

They build cars that travel on land and water. They conquer every step from designing the vehicle to racing it at competitions throughout the country. This small group of engineering majors known as the Mini Baja Team work together all year to design and build a car of their...

By Nicole Haley Rising from an oversized cushy chair in the lounge area of his hotel suite, the Academy Award-nominated actor greeted his guests wearing a black suit with a pink pinstriped vest and red tie. The atmosphere was formal by appearance, but relaxed and casual in structure....

After reading the piece about McDonald's in the April 9 edition of The News I was appalled. We have a professor who is so uneducated on a topic, yet really thinks he's got it all down and is supposed to be some expert but really knows nothing. I can guarantee if any one person...

By Max Lederman It is a field of dreams. It is a field that has seen a childish game mature into a nation's pastime. It is Fenway Park, and last week it was the sight of Boston's annual baseball Beanpot. "It was my first time ever being at Fenway," said freshman Chris Emanuele....

By Nicole Haley Communications professor Richard Katula can barely contain his excitement about leaving Northeastern. Katula does not dislike NU, but when an opportunity to spend his upcoming sabbatical in Athens, Greece came along, he just couldn't say no. Katula was recently...

Northeastern University senior cornerback Art Smith signed a free agent contract with the Baltimore Ravens last week. Smith, a first team All-Atlantic-10 selection at cornerback last season, was arguably the best secondary defender in the league last year, and one of the driving...

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree for Jake Busey's interest in acting. With a striking resemblance to his father, actor Gary Busey, he says he understands how the media easily makes comparisons of the father/son duo. "There's a lot of guys out there that are father and...

So, I'm writing this at 10 p.m. Tuesday night (I know, I know, I procrastinated again on this one). But let me start off this week by saying, I'm tired, I'm stressed out and I hate numbers, and this week I am forced to talk about numbers. You have been forewarned, buckle up,...