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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

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Men’s soccer to host BC in NCAA tourney

November 15, 2012
The men's soccer team earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament after winning the Colonial Athletic Association Championship 1-0 over Hofstra University in double overtime on Sunday. The Huskies will take on the Boston College Eagles at Parsons Field tonight at 7 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

A new start for student veterans

November 8, 2012
Northeastern’s Student Veterans Organization (SVO) advocates for more than 300 veterans who finished their time in the armed services and came to Northeastern. Across the nation, almost a million veterans are doing the same thing, and with the US finishing two wars in the Middle East, that number has grown.

Obituary: Kenneth G. Ryder, led NU through period of expansion

November 8, 2012
Obituary: Kenneth Gilmore Ryder, former president of Northeastern University, died Oct. 29, 2012 at the age of 88. Ryder was the fourth president of Northeastern, serving the university for 14 years between 1975 and 1989.

NU grad sentenced on charges related to terror plot

November 8, 2012
A federal judge last week sentenced Rezwan Ferdaus, a 2008 Northeastern graduate, to 17 years in prison for planning a terrorist attack on buildings in Washington, D.C.

SGA approves measure to extend representation to undeclared students

November 8, 2012
The Student Government Association’s (SGA) full-body senate meeting on Nov. 5 was brief, just 28 minutes. An amendment to extend representation within SGA to undeclared students was approved unanimously.

Northeastern alumna elected gov. of N.H.

November 8, 2012
Politics aside, members of the Northeastern community can celebrate Maggie Hassan’s victory in the New Hampshire gubernatorial race Nov. 6, as the Northeastern alumna will become the second ever female governor in the state’s history.

Northeastern graduate Ferdaus sentenced to 17 years for terror plot

November 1, 2012
A federal judge today sentenced Rezwan Ferdaus, the Northeastern graduate who devised a terror plot that included planned attacks on the US Capitol and Pentagon buildings, to 17 years in prison, according to the office of US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz.

Global Brigades offers another international opportunity

November 1, 2012
A new student group on campus, with chapters at other universities around the world, will allow students yet another opportunity to travel abroad and offer their services to developing areas.

Former President Ryder dead at 88

November 1, 2012
Kenneth G. Ryder, who led Northeastern through a 14-year period of expansion that included establishing several academic programs, such as the nation’s first college of computer science, died this week. He was 88.