Chapped lips, runny noses, and incessant coughs. Ah yes, its January. It seems that there's no escape from the colds and flus that plague our campus each winter. However, this season not only do we have to battle with dry skin, freezing conditions and walking to class, many of...

Stephen Slonina loves to play at Matthews Arena. Slonina clouded the Hockey East playoff picture last Saturday, leading the UMass-Lowell Riverhawks to a 3-2 victory over Northeastern. Slonina, who went to school at Boston College High and has scored goals in each of the...

By Joseph Rubin The Huskies continue to perform disappointingly in the America East, getting slammed by Maine and New Hampshire this past week after a promising start against Vermont at the beginning of the month. This past Saturday, the Huskies (3-11, 1-3 AE) took a trip...

LOWELL - No matter what happens tomorrow night, the Northeastern Huskies will spend another day in the eighth and final playoff spot following a 4-1 win over Lowell in front of 2, 208 at Tsongus Arena. The Huskies, who came into the contest searching for a way to end their...

The memory of Michael "Mucko" McDermott brutally gunning down seven co-workers at Wakefield's Edgewater Technologies in December 2000 is still fresh in the minds of many, especially Massachusetts residents. Northeastern's Center for Criminal Justice Policy Research is working...

Zaftig means a pleasantly plump woman in Yiddish and a delicious meal in Brookline. Zaftigs Delicatessen is a few blocks from Brookline's Coolidge Corner off of the C-line. Open since June 1997, Bob and Holly Shuman say their business has grown into a comfortable neighborhood...

By Freddie Zamora Another fraternity finds itself in the center of controversy again, as members of Northeastern's oldest Greek organization fight to keep their house in Jamaica Plain. Nineteen Ackley Place is zoned by the city of Boston as a three-family house, and the city's...

What could possibly be funnier, not to mention more creative, than a rambunctious kangaroo in a red Brooklyn sweatshirt stealing $50,000 that he isn't giving it back? Everything. The new Warner Brother's Studio production, "Kangaroo Jack," is, in a word, terrible. I might...

By Steve Babcock Northeastern's growing array of issues surrounding semester conversion and various other changes to student life are giving the Student Government Association a lot to consider in the already fast-paced winter quarter. The students' outlet for grievances and...

As 50 Cent insinuates, Ja Rule is a Wanksta. Call me slow, but I did not realize that 50 was making reference to the pop commodity that has become Ja Rule in his debut video. If anyone else is stuck in my slow shoes, take notice that the Wanksta doll in the video is wearing a...

Crime Log Entry of the Week Thursday, Jan. 9 10 p.m. An officer patrolling Columbus Lot saw a group of young men taking items from the trunk of a car and putting them into backpacks. Once the students went on their way, the officer stopped and questioned them. The students...

By Margarita Neplokh As can be expected, the weather is cold and the sun goes down really early this time of year. The many reasons to get up and look good these days are limited. While being cooped up in the house and staring at the wall, look at the things that occupy your...