Everyone knows it's the season for giving. The challenge is, what do you give? Do you give something funny? Something meaningful or handmade? Ideally, you give something so profoundly balanced, the recipient's glowing gratitude will feel like a gift in return. Or maybe it's...

By Jenara Gardner With the Writers Guild of America (WGA) refusing to supply words, much of Hollywood has been rendered speechless. On Nov. 5, the WGA went on strike leaving television show plots unresolved. The possibility of reruns gets closer as the strike draws on. Many...

By Mike Napolitano The Pin Points Theatre, a theatre company based in Washington, D.C., spread its message of empowerment with a performance of "1,001 Black Inventions" at Northeastern Tuesday. The production, sponsored by the Northeastern Black Student Association (NBSA)...

By Gal Tziperman-Lotan Classes were out for Thanksgiving break, but afterHOURS was filled with eco-friendly music enthusiasts who came to see student bands Modal Citizens and Goosepimp Orchestra last Tuesday night. The concert was sponsored by Students for Environmental Action...

By Chris Estrada A litany of accolades has followed senior running back Maurice Murray in the wake of his record-breaking season, his final in a Northeastern Husky uniform. Now one more has come: first-team status on the 2007 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Football All-Conference...

By Jared Shafran This past Tuesday, the women's hockey team took on Quinnipiac for the second time this season and came away with a huge victory. Scoring a goal with less than a minute left, the Huskies secured their second win of the season 3-2. A big contributor to the victory...

By Jared Sugerman After a 1-9-1 start, including a 1-2 record in Hockey East action, the women's hockey team had something extra to be thankful for this past holiday weekend: on Nov. 20, the Huskies defeated the Quinnipiac Bobcats 3-2 at Matthews Arena. Senior forward and...

After opening last week's paper, I was rather surprised to learn that the "Christian Machine" has officially hijacked The News ("Spirituality meets sexuality," Nov. 19). As a longtime atheist, I find the Forks and Spoons to be extremely offensive. Amid a sea of convoluted...

Students, have you ever set a lofty goal for yourself? I'm sure you needed the support of your family and friends to achieve that goal. No one is an island unto himself, and we all draw strength from the people who care about us.

'm 18 years old, I'm a folk music enthusiast and I've seen the evilness of this crap we call hip-hop happen for years now. Let it be known, I've had it up to my do-rag with it. Every major national tragedy has been righteously connected to the negative influences of rap music,...

By Jessica Mitchell License to Wed "License to Wed" begins with a voiceover of Rev. Frank extolling the virtues of marriage while a clip of a newly-wed couple leaving the church, happy and smiling is shown. Abruptly, the couple disappears and we see Frank's smugly smiling...