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,...

Dear Editor, My name is Moshahida Sultana. I am the Vice President for social and cultural affairs of Graduate and Professional Student Association at Northeastern. We have a president's forum tomorrow, Thursday,May 1, 5:00-6:00 pm at 318 Curry Student Center. This will be...

I was dismayed to read that Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has been chosen as commencement speaker. To be asked to speak at commencement is an honor Whitman does not deserve. Under the current administration the EPA has become a...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Yes, you have seen them before. You may not remember where, when, or to what extent, but you remember exactly how they appeared as they sprinted down that course. They are graceful, flowing specimens, some of the best in their sport. Their long, athletic strides...

By Kaitlin Thaney "We be the crew, guess who, Jayou R-A-double-S, I-C, we're in the place to be" - which just so happened to be MIT this past Saturday, April 26. Jurassic 5 took over 2,500 people back to the sounds of Grand Master Flash and Run DMC at the Johnson Athletic Center...

By Kaitlin Thaney Crime Log Entry of the Week Tuesday, April 28 8:30 p.m. An emergency caller reported seeing flames coming from a window at 780 Columbus Avenue on the fifth floor. An officer responded and noticed a small, portable barbeque grill with flames coming out of...

By Alee Hoffman In collaboration with four other universities, several Northeastern students' artwork was shown in an exhibit held at the University of Connecticut's Atrium Gallery through April 25. The exhibit advocated community action and represented a variety of opinions...