By Catherine DeFuria If you have not already booked your travel plans for Thanksgiving break, get on it. Break is coming sooner than you thought and reservations are filling up. If you are heading home for Thanksgiving, here are some helpful tips and reasonable prices. ...

There is a subtle yet ubiquitous attribute of our existence in society, which molds our minds and controls our activities, but can be used for great benefit as well. Speak do I of the Force? No. The Matrix? Negative. I am talking about cultural engineering. Two good examples...

The sun beat down as Villanova quarterback Brett Gordon came under center at the 7 yard-line Saturday. With his team trailing 14-7 against conference foe Northeastern, the Wildcats had a golden opportunity to knot the score at 14. But the only thing they didn't count on was...

Northeastern's swimming and diving team earned two victories in Sunday's dual meet home-opener. NU out-stroked the University of Maine by a score of 171-120, while also easily lapping Central Connecticut State, 176-89. The Huskies received first place finishes in 10 of the...

By Christine Meade "The Baltimore Waltz" danced its way into the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Theater on Thursday, Nov. 7. This play, created by Paula Vogel, is being preformed by a new Boston theater company, the Animus Ensemble. This is the second production of Paula...

With more and more people becoming sexually active at such young ages, it is important that today's teenagers be more educated on the consequences of sexual activity. The fact that, according to the American Social Health Association (ASHA), one person in every five people...

Crime Log Entry of the Week Friday, Nov. 8 4 p.m. A 21-year-old female student reported that after leaving her purse unattended on the second floor of Snell Library for about 15 minutes, her wallet was missing. Later in the evening, she discovered that a book that had also...

By Abigail Capobianco While it would be preferable to make the United States' efforts in Afghanistan a humanitarian cause, America's underlying intention is to maintain its own vested political interest in the country as a rich source of oil. So said the panelists of the...

By Max Lederman BROOKLINE - The usual suspects were up to it again. The Northeastern men's soccer team (10-7-2, 6-2-0) defeated New Hampshire (10-5-2, 4-2-2) in the America East Championship semifinals, 3-1 in front of a packed crowd Saturday night. Senior captain Nate Houghton...

By Zach Hosseini "The Firebugs," Northeastern Theatre's first production of the year, marks a couple's dissent from moral mediocrity to hell. The play ran in the Studio Theatre in the Curry Student Center from Nov. 6 through Nov. 9. Written by Max Frisch and directed by Janet...

At some point during my sophomore year at Northeastern, one of my professors asked a crowded classroom how many students' parents were not born in the United States. I was surprised to see that the majority of my classmates raised their hands. As someone whose ancestors came...

By Joe Rubin HARTFORD, Conn. - The women's soccer team (8-8-4, 4-2-2 AE) ended their postseason run, losing to the defending America East champs the Hartford Hawks (13-6-0, 6-2-0 AE), 3-0 last Friday. It was going to be a tough contest for the Huskies, who entered the playoffs...