While officials were scrambling to identify the black panels that caused last week's bomb scare, Christopher Budnick was collecting one as a souvenir. Budnick, a middler English major, is a friend of a friend of Peter Berdovsky, one of the artists charged with placing the...

By Jessi Savino Photographer Stella Johnson spoke yesterday about her travels to Mexico and Africa, where she photographed the daily life and rituals of rural families, as the second part in the Visiting Artist lecture series. Johnson showed students 46 of her photos from...

Well, better late than never, I guess. If you didn't catch last week's edition of the Northeastern News (or the week before it) or you haven't seen the signs on campus, here's the skinny: Soon you shall be freed of the shackles and hazards of your Social Security Number...

A couple of weeks ago (Jan. 10, "Middle-East programs often one-sided), Professor Ira Krull presented that, in his experience, many academic forums have presented an anti-Israeli platform disguised as dialogue, discussion or humanitarian concerns regarding the Arab/Iranian vs....

I don't get it. Why does the entire campus seem to scoff at the mere mention of the word "afterHOURS?" Our friendly campus club is home to plenty of great events, yet no one seems to take advantage of our homegrown venue. AfterHOURS hosts concerts with popular acts as well as...

As a collective "...damn" escapes from the lips of many subdued Northeastern students, I can't help but wonder how many times the hockey team could have put the game away Monday night. The first period was picture-perfect, missing only a couple Husky scores to mark the ideal...

Last Thursday, Feb. 4 the Student Government Senate was presented with a rough outline of the university budget, which included a 5.3 percent increase in next year's student tuition. It is of the utmost importance to continue making our institution top-quality in academics, as...

Last Wednesday, Boston witnessed a display of stupidity unmatched by anything I can remember. As we all know by now, there was never any real threat posed by the blinky little Mooninite LED panels, and yet the city of Boston managed to spend nearly $1 million trying to "save"...

When the Budget Review Committee (BRC) chose not to raise the student activities fee last month, it hoped to send a message to the administration that students will not tolerate a tuition hike. It's time to see if they got the memo. Last week, the Enrollment Management...

College has definitely provided me with sex stories. From a personal rendezvous with "Magnum Boy" to having a classmate knock on my door mid-thrust, my hook-ups have been anything but ordinary. However, the most memorable hook-up was also the most expensive. The setting...

Fear of the unknown consumes people in a variety of ways. For some, the fear takes form in nyctophobia (fear of the dark or the night), phasmophobia (fear of ghosts) or thantophobia (fear of death). For me, the fear of the unknown takes form in my boyfriend. Last year...