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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Husky Happenings

December 2, 2009

New frozen yogurt store to celebrate opening Red Mango, an all-natural nonfat frozen yogurt store, will celebrate its grand opening at 334 Massachusetts Ave. on Saturday, according to a press release. Attendees will receive a free small yogurt of any flavor plus one topping,...

NU VP of government relations and community affairs resigns

December 2, 2009

By Eric Allen, News Staff Jeffery Doggett, vice president of government relations and community affairs, announced his resignation at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year in a press release. According to the release, Doggett wrote a letter to his colleagues announcing his...

‘Tis the season to be naughty

December 2, 2009

By Marian Daniells, News Correspondent As the holidays approach, one girl is sure to be on Santa's naughty list:' Vanessa White. She's the director, choreographer and producer behind 'The Slutcracker,' a burlesque parody of the less-vulgar holiday classic, incorporating strip...

Hofstra cuts football, relocates funds to academics

December 2, 2009

By Eric Allen, News Staff Northeastern opponent Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., announced it would eliminate its football team in a press release Thursday, a week and a half after Northeastern cut its own football program. Unlike Northeastern, Hofstra has publicly...

Film review: Fantastic film adaptation by Wes Anderson

December 2, 2009

By Taylor Adams, News Staff Put simply, Wes Anderson's distinctly Wes Anderson-like new film 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' is, by most accounts, pretty fantastic. For better or worse, the practice of adapting kids' books for the adults that grew up reading them, and not for their...

City hopes holiday market will revitalize Downtown Crossing

December 2, 2009

By Anna Rice, News Staff The first Downtown Crossing Holiday Market is in business in a tent on Summer Street, and city officials said they hope it will draw foot traffic and help revitalize what was once one of Boston's most popular shopping destinations. The market, sponsored...

Reitman has style evolution in

December 2, 2009

By Kate Lieb, News Correspondent 'Up in the Air':' a movie about Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), a man whose job is to fly across the country to fire people, and in the process, racks up hundreds of thousands of air miles. About to reach his ultimate goal of 10 million American...

Businesses of Restaurant Row will return

December 2, 2009

By Anna Rice, News Staff Property owners reached an agreement that will allow businesses that once stood on St. Peterborough Street in the Fenway, nicknamed Restaurant Row, to rebuild, in a meeting organized by City Council President Michael Ross last month. A Jan. 6 fire...

Music review: Weezer album rad, has attitude

December 2, 2009

By Bobby Mullen, News Correspondent California-based 'geek-rock' band Weezer has lived up to their quirky reputation. Recently, they released their first Snuggies. Last month, they released their seventh full-length studio album, Raditude. While this was the first album in which...

Letter to the Editor: NU financial decisions in 2009 hurt students

December 2, 2009

This past year, Northeastern has had to overcome many financial difficulties because of this tough economic climate. So in order to take account of these losses, Northeastern has had to make drastic changes including raising an already obscene tuition bill, dissolving the College...

Senior acts in

December 2, 2009

By Ruthanne Tarantino, News Correspondent Northeastern students may have a future film star as a classmate. Senior marketing major Kevin Stanton has a role in the upcoming short film, 'DIVE,' directed Michael Lawrence and written by Joshua Banta. The drama stars Jason Kelly...

Letter to the Editor: Football cut embarrassing for Northeastern

December 2, 2009

Cutting football is an embarrassment to students, alumni and the Northeastern community. Are economic times so hard that we can only give raises to executive leadership, rather than putting money into a suffering program? I can't imagine it costs much to turn on the lights on...