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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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Undressing dinner for a better libido

July 28, 2009

By Danny Deza, News Staff Whether it is nibbling on a piece of dark chocolate with a glass of wine or adding certain ingredients to that home-cooked meal, experts say certain foods can help improve your sex life. Author David Zinczenko lists foods that may help or hurt your...

A recipe to spice it up: Asparagus-Prosciutto rolls

July 28, 2009

Courtesy of 'The InterCourses' by Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge. Yields 2 to 3 servings 6 stalks thick asparagus or 12 stalks thin, trimmed 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1'frasl;2 teaspoon honey 1 clove of garlic, thinly sliced 1...

NU gets perfect Green Rating

July 28, 2009

By Rob Tokanel, News Staff Of the 697 schools given Green Ratings for the Princeton Review's 2010 editions of college guides and website profiles, Northeastern University was one of 15 nationwide to achieve Honor Roll status by receiving a perfect score of 99. The ratings...

Husky Happenings

July 28, 2009

Northeastern-owned barn catches fire A barn at Northeastern University's Warren Conference Center and Inn in Ashland caught fire Friday night, an Ashland Fire official said. Conference Center staff members reported the fire shortly after it broke out at 8:30 p.m., and it was...

Forks and Spoons: To the end of a song and back

July 27, 2009

What if 16 or 17-year-old Chan Marshall '- also know as Cat Power '- had her chance to meet her idol, Bob Dylan? In a park somewhere, waving her arms? Or a couple of years later, in a packed Parisian stadium? She'd avow the sort of love that sprouts like kudzu, all over your...

Northeastern cited in cornice collapse

July 15, 2009

By Maggie Cassidy and Gal Tziperman Lotan, News Staff Northeastern has been cited for having an 'unsafe structure' in the cornice collapse of a Huntington Avenue residence hall, Inspectional Services Department (ISD) spokesperson Lisa Timberlake confirmed Friday, calling the...

Letter to the Editor: Campus communication via bulletin boards

July 14, 2009

Northeastern is a school in transition. It is shrugging off the appearance as a commuter school it had for so long and it is reinventing itself. All around campus you see a school trying to build a sense of community and connection between the students, yet when you show up at...

Editorial: A call to end apathy

July 14, 2009

As of yesterday, most of the Northeastern community knew the cornice of a residence hall at 337 Huntington Ave. collapsed at 8:30 a.m. Monday, sending several tons of stone falling five stories down to the sidewalk without hitting a single person. But unless you were full-time...

Into the blogosphere

July 14, 2009

By By Eric Allen, News Staff Jessica Wilcock's fingers, primed on the keyboard of her MacBook, are as relentless as the wind outside. It's cold out, so Wilcock, a middler architecture major, is tucked away at afterHOURS:' with dim lighting made dimmer by the black walls; soft...

Student aims for dream job

July 14, 2009

By Lucia Allen, News Correspondent ' ' Senior political science major Rocky Slaughter never thought there was only one way to success. Slaughter competed in January for 'The Best Job in the World,' where he would have been paid $120,000 to live on an Australian island and...

SGA President Fox uses technology to connect with students

July 14, 2009

By Chelsea Reil, News Staff ' Just a few days shy of his first full month in office, Student Government Association (SGA) President Ryan Fox is already making changes, he said. 'In the past, it was a lot of SGA expecting students to approach us. But we should approach them,'...

Roof union pickets at White Hall

July 14, 2009

By Rob Tokanel, News Staff ' Since last Tuesday, a small group of members of Local Union 33 of the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers have been picketing in front of White Hall in response to the school's decision to hire a non-union company to perform...