As a teenager, Michael Patrick MacDonald was alienated in South Boston – “Southie” – during the 1970s. He lived in a community with a code of silence, an unspoken set of rules that prevented residents from discussing or speaking out against the daily issues of poverty,...

This past week, Herman Cain, a former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, became the latest in the cavalcade of Republican presidential front runners. He replaced Rick Perry, who replaced Mitt Romney, who replaced Michele Bachmann, who replaced Donald Trump, who replaced Sarah Palin....

I am Northeastern. You are Northeastern. We are all Northeastern and Northeastern is us. Now what does that mean? What does it mean to be a part of a university, to be a part of a global community? To answer that question, I will first tell you what I think it means to “be...

Last week, The News reported that three Northeastern students were arrested for protesting in Occupy Boston demonstrations. While protester demographics are varied – conservative, liberal, old, young, employed and unemployed – students have been a large part of the Occupy...

Unfortunately, the subjects of this editorial, the flags in the “We the Designers” exhibit, were stolen last week after the original time this was written. Thankfully, the flags were returned and will be reinstalled in their proper place. These acts have only made us more...

Here we are just days away from mid-October. Before the men’s hockey game last Friday night, I ate dinner with a friend, who told me he recently submitted his first job application – his first attempt at earning a ticket to the “real world.” Unlike me, he is set to...