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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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For the moment

May 5, 2009

Indie dance rock band The Blue Pages released their debut album Bear Fight Jan. 20 with the small record label Walking City Records. The four-piece group from Berklee College of Music tours the Northeast frequently. A reporter met up with the group in Allston, where they dished...

Editorial: Dining hall trays: An inconvenient truth

May 5, 2009

Don't drop your trays while you're throwing up your arms. Last month, after Student Government Association (SGA) e-mailed students a food preference survey that included a question about their views on dining hall trays trays '- paving the way for their potential removal '-...

Recruiting violations cost hoops

May 5, 2009

By By Patrick McHugh, News Staff An NCAA investigation found that the men's basketball team committed major violations in the recruitment of a former player in 2003 and 2004, the NCAA announced April 24, causing it to limit the team's scholarships and recruiting and place the...

Tests confirm mumps cases

May 5, 2009

By Rob Tokanel, News Staff Of the 10 students tested for mumps following a campus wide alert April 16, five have been confirmed to have the virus so far, the director of University Health and Counseling Services (UHCS) said yesterday. The number represents an increase of three...

Cole brings crowd to feet

May 5, 2009

By Maggie Cassidy, News Staff They each wore different shoes, but they all got on their feet. Graduates and their guests gave a standing ovation to philanthropist Kenneth Cole '- a fashion designer who got his start in the '80s by starting a shoe business '- after he delivered...

Parks set to try NFL

May 5, 2009

By By Patrick McHugh, News Staff Even though his name was not called during the NFL Draft, Cord Parks' professional football career is not over. In fact, it is just beginning. ' The former Northeastern defensive back who played from 2005-08 in a Husky uniform signed a free...

SGA to consider tray cuts

May 5, 2009

By Chelsea Reil, News Staff While the dining hall set to open in Parcel 18 in September will feature items for students to put on top of their plates, some are worried there will be nothing to put underneath them. The Student Government Association (SGA) released a survey that...

CCJ groups meet

May 5, 2009

By Maggie Cassidy, News Staff Professors and students from the College of Criminal Justice (CCJ) met April 28 with members of the committee charged with advising the provost on potentially restructuring CCJ and the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). The meeting came on the...

Globe weighs jobs

May 5, 2009

By Gal Tziperman Lotan, News Staff The Boston Newspaper Guild, the Boston Globe's largest union, proposed cutting its co-op and summer intern positions as part of a $10 million concessions offer rejected Sunday night by the New York Times Co., which owns the Globe, according...

Column: Field hockey frenzy

May 5, 2009

For many Northeastern teams, the 2008-09 year was generally one of resurgence and re-establishment. It is well known the men's hockey team completed a remarkable three-year turnaround from a three-win season in 2005-06 to winning 25 games this year and making the NCAA tournament...

Letter to the Editor: Lawyer’s tips to avoiding arrest this summer

May 5, 2009

With summer approaching, there will be more parties, more booze and more opportunities to get in trouble. As a criminal defense attorney, I welcome the new clientele. Yet as a Northeastern alumnus, I do not want to see my fellow Huskies in trouble. So take a minute, read these...

NU in midst of season’s longest losing streak after sweep

May 5, 2009

By By Sam Wood, News Correspondent ' The baseball team's three-game series at league-leading George Mason ended in disappointment with a sweep of the Huskies this weekend. The series marks the conclusion of a tough week for NU, which included a 16-13 loss at Harvard. ' Since...