NEWARK, DEL. - Despite an 8-21 (3-15 Colonial Athletic Association) mark in the 2005-06 season, the No. 11 Huskies upset No. 6 UNC Wilmington in the opening round of the CAA tournament, cleaning some of the salt from the wound of a dismal season. No such relief came this...

The men's basketball team finished the season with a second-round Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament loss to Drexel in Richmond, Va. March 2. But a second-round loss means a first-round win and a Husky squad that has come a long way since the drama of the offseason....

It is said that some things are worth more than money. Love, for example. Friendship, too. All that good stuff. But sometimes you stumble upon something precious that you never knew you had. That's when you find out what's truly important. For several years, my grandfather...

Jared Sugerman's letter (Feb. 28, "Attendance requirements unnecessary") is absolutely ridiculous. If everyone had Sugerman's attitude about attendance, no one would go to class and professors would teach to empty classrooms. There is no such thing as freedom from classes....

My experiences with the intramural soccer officials have been awful. They call the most ridiculous fouls and completely over-involve themselves in the game. They seem to think they are the main focus of the games rather than the players and the ball. One of my friends had started...

So I did the daring, the unheard of, the insane: I deactivated my Facebook account. Granted, my spree only lasted three days, but I did it. My hundreds of "friends," my groups, my everything, were gone. Why did I do it? Primarily to escape the drama and creepiness brought...

Justin Rebello seems to have a bone to pick with me. In his editorial last issue ("Iraq War editorial missed the mark," Feb. 28), he referred to me as someone who is incapable of writing, accused me of "alpha-male posturing" and suggested I neither watch the news nor read the...

Most young men and women go to college looking forward to the freedom associated with leaving the parental nest. They look forward to staying out as late as they choose, eating ice cream for breakfast if their hearts desire and being unconstrained by the rules. However, they...

By Veronica Schiebold Correction: An earlier version of this story contained two misspelled names and incorrectly characterized Anh D'aacute;o Kolbe as a male author. With transracial adoption positively portrayed by images of celebrities with mulitracial families like Angelina...

By Dan Carlson Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly indicated that Plan 17, not Mile 21, performed at the show in afterHOURS, and that Reel Big Fish was a Sublime cover band. As trumpets blasted and a reggae-punk beat filled the air, students stepped back...

By Samantha Egan This year's Springfest theme has finally snuck out of the shadows. The Council for University Program's (CUP) Springfest committee announced this year's theme will be spy filled, titled Springfest 007. Springfest committee co-chairs Michelle Kodz and Travis...

NU wins business beanpot for fifth straight year Northeastern dominated the 11th annual Business School Beanpot Case Analysis Competition at Boston University Saturday. Northeastern's two teams placed first and second in the day-long event, which pitted them against Babson College,...