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...

By Nicole Haley Northeastern alumnus Richard Egan turned in his resignation as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland on Dec. 20, only 15 months after President Bush appointed him to the post. Although Egan has not released any official statement to the press, nor was he available for...

The News has dedicated Special Sections for the next quarter, soley to semester conversion coverage. The following is the first installment of coverage. As the ball dropped in Times Square, and the clock struck midnight in the Krentzmen Quad, a realization set in among the...

ORONO, Maine - Despite better forechecking, goaltending and more scoring opportunities, the Northeastern Huskies dropped their ninth straight Hockey East contest, 3-1, to the Maine Black Bears in front of 4,955 at Alfond Arena. Jimmy Howard made 26 saves and Todd Jackson scored...

As a parent of a student at NU, I enjoy receiving this publication online. I can read about issues that the college's brochures often gloss over. However, as a contributor to my daughter's education, I'm dismayed by the newspaper's abysmal writing and editing quality. I have...