By Lisa Kaczke The dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are still alive. The 600 people from all over the state who gathered at the Curry Student Center on Monday are proof of that. The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) held a commemoration of King's life,...

By Emily Werchadlo The times, they are a-changin'. No longer are women sitting on the sidelines when it comes to sports. We are in the game with the boys, or at least we are watching it on TV with them. For you women who have got sports down, more power to you, but this column...

By Nicole Haley This is the first in new series The News will dedicate to profiling student organizations on campus. Freshmen Alexandra Pincay felt out of place when she arrived at Northeastern this fall.

Upon opening The News last week, I was shocked to see an article written about my fraternity, Alpha Kappa Sigma. Since The News has never printed anything positive about Greek life at Northeastern, I braced myself and began to read the article. My assumptions were correct, as...

A little more than five years ago in Jasper, Texas, a fence separated the local cemetery into two sections. On one side of the fence, black residents of the small southern town were buried. On the other side, each headstone marked the grave of a white man or woman. The fence...

By Freddie Zamora Dan Andriano, bassist/vocalist of Alkaline Trio, an emo band icon, played an acoustic set consisting of Alkaline Trio songs, originals and covers at Northeastern's Curry Student Center Ballroom on Friday, leaving attendees cheering for more after his set. Andriano...

First, addressing the MidEast conflict is a major task to undertake, and anyone who tries to do it puts him/herself in a precarious position because of the myriad sides, opinions and issues within issues, no doubt causing backlash by someone. An even more difficult task is to...

One week after dismantling Harvard, the women's track team delivered the same fate to its competition at the Great Dane Classic in New York last week. The Huskies finished first in the ten-team field, besting second place Temple by 35 points (152-117). During last year's run...

By Renee Wright They came from all over Boston, donning Alkaline Trio t-shirts and ready to rock to bassist and vocalist from the band, Dan Andriano. Last Friday, almost 300 people, Northeastern University students and otherwise, piled into the Curry Student Center Ballroom...

Meet Joe Santilli. He's just your average Joe. Look at your lineup card. You'll see freshman next to his name. You'll also notice Joe is on the number one line with future Dallas Star Mike Ryan and shifty center Jason Guerriero. But what you won't notice is that the Westwood...

Higher education administration is a hierarchical structure. Hierarchy is the law of the land; those with the most prestigious titles gain the most recognition and obtain success. Not Karen Rigg. Rigg, vice president of Student Affairs, has the title, she sits atop a high...

By Kaitlin Thaney Crime Log Entry of the Week Monday, Jan. 20 8:30 a.m. A fire was reported in Smith Hall in a second floor room. A female resident had been smoking in her room and using a soda bottle as an ashtray.