“I think we will see him get aggressive on gun control…maybe the economy, too, but not in a way that is particularly polarizing,” said Greg Goodale, Associate Professor in Communication Studies at Northeastern University. “He is a conscious president. You get the anger and sorrow about gun control, but you don’t get that on other […]

It’s not as though there hadn’t been hat tricks in a Beanpot before, but few if any were like this one. Freshman Kevin Roy scored three goals against Boston University in last week’s opener from a total distance of maybe 20 feet, batting in the second and third periods as if waving a wand. “He’s […]

“This issue is complex. It’s not simple. So we need to have a thoughtful conversation about it. I think that’s what we’re trying to do,” said the criminologist, Jack McDevitt, a professor at Northeastern University.

With the Women’s Beanpot championship on the line against Boston College Tuesday night, Pickett has a chance to do something only two other players have achieved in tournament history — win the MVP trophy twice. She scored the winner in overtime in the final against Boston University last year.  

Jack Levin, a professor of criminology and sociology at Northeastern University, said the officer’s judgment ­appeared sound. “I think if he had just ­allowed the commissioner’s son to drive on, it would have been a lot worse, especially if he had had an accident,” said Levin. The officer “protected motorists; he protected the driver he […]

The dreadful shooting sprees of the past few months, which claimed dozens of innocent lives, shocked and unnerved millions of Americans. The specter of some heavily armed madman turning a theater, a temple, a mall or a school into his personal battle zone has become all too real and terrifying. The latest episode still unfolding in Southern California implicates, oddly enough, a […]

Glenn Pierce, the acting ­director of the Institute for ­Security and Public Policy at Northeastern University, said that guns can easily be bought in some states from private sellers without any paper trail and that universal background checks would slow down the flow of guns to some people who should not have them. “The highly […]