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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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Students charged with assault and battery on a police officer

November 18, 2009

By Gal Tziperman Lotan, News Staff Boston Police Department (BPD) officers arrested three Northeastern students and one non-student at a 21st birthday party in Mission Hill early Sunday morning and charged them collectively with four counts of assault and battery on a police...

Football: Second half spurt on Senior Day leads to second win of 2009

November 18, 2009

By Patrick McHugh, News Staff In their final home game, 27 members of the football team walked off Parsons Field Saturday for the last time. They did so as winners. The Huskies used an improved second-half effort to take a 14-13 win over the Hofstra Pride in the final home...

Review finds parts of T are not safe

November 18, 2009

By Anna Rice, News Staff A review of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) found the organization lacks $543 million in funding for 51 projects that would address critical safety issues. As of August, the MBTA owed $5.2 billion in debt. The independent review,...

Raising hairs

November 18, 2009

By Emily Cassel, News Correspondent If you see someone sporting a 'stache this month, consider this:' That handsome gentleman could be cultivating upper-lip hair for a cause. Since 2004, Australian group Movember has been encouraging men to grow a mustache in November to raise...

Men’s basketball: Huskies

November 18, 2009

By Andrew Parente, News Staff ALBANY, N.Y. '- It was exactly the kind of defensive game the men's basketball team could have asked for against a Siena team that averaged 77 points a game last year. Unfortunately for Northeastern, the effort fell short as the Saints used an...

Letter to the Editor: Problems in Iraq, Afghanistan can’t be ignored

November 18, 2009

Not to divert student's attention away from the immediate matters and concerns '- the impending joyous holidays and not so joyous final papers and exams '- but for the sake of not forsaking bigger and more urgent development, I would like to revisit Iraq just to keep us focused...

Giving thanks and giving back

November 18, 2009

Even though it's too late to join in on Movember, there are plenty of charities for good samaritans to support, especially as Thanksgiving and the winter months approach. And if you so choose to grow a sweet 'stache (or if you're a lady, don a fake one), well then, you'll just...

Men’s soccer: NU falls 1-0 in CAA final

November 18, 2009

By Zach Hayes, News Correspondent The men's soccer team saw its 2009-10 season come to an end with a 1-0 loss to UNC-Wilmington in the finals of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament Sunday. The Huskies end their campaign 10-8-1 overall after starting the season...

Letter to the Editor: City Councilor Ross says he cares about students

November 18, 2009

The Boston Phoenix, a newspaper well-read and respected by many Boston students, recently disagreed with the sentiments in your editorial ('City Councilor election poses lesson for students,' Huntington News, Oct. 29) saying 'Ross's crackdown on student overcrowding has its critics,...

Husky Happenings

November 18, 2009

Senior VP to become Central College president Northeastern's Senior Vice President for Executive Affairs, Mark Putnam, was named President of Central College in Pella, Iowa, and will assume the position in July 2010, according to an e-mail from Northeastern President Joseph...

Letter to the Editor: The News lacks professionalism, accuracy

November 18, 2009

Recently, The News ran a series of articles regarding the Student Government Association and came to the conclusion in the staff editorial that it is simply out of touch with the students. While that may or may not be true, unfortunately I think this newspaper is guilty of those...

A spectrum of vegetarianism in Foer

November 18, 2009

By Walter Frazier, News Correspondent Jonathan Safran Foer, author of 'Everything Is Illuminated,' said he has been an on and off vegetarian since he was 9. After his wife became pregnant, he said he decided to research America's agriculture industry and eating habits not only...