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The Huntington News

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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Column: It’s all about the PWR

February 18, 2009

The men's hockey team could drop out of the rankings, and it wouldn't mean a thing to me. That's not because I don't care about them. I do. Some might argue too much. It's because the rankings mean less than presidential term limits in Venezuela. They mean less than the latest...

BPL books, art available on web

February 17, 2009

By By Gal Tziperman Lotan, News staff The Boston Public Library is getting with the times. The institution has a Facebook page, drawings dating back to the 19th century on its Flickr account, and 8,500 titles available for electronic checkout any time of day from anywhere in...

Dust it off, give it a whirl: city

February 17, 2009

By Jackie Pearce, News Correspondent The CD is a thing of the past and cassette sales peaked during the Reagan administration. Why is vinyl, the predecessor of them all, still around? The sheer number of used record stores around the greater Boston area begs the question....

RSA passes bill calling for lower maximum housing rates

February 11, 2009

By By Jenna Duncan, News Staff Last night the Resident Student Association (RSA) passed a piece of legislation challenging the university Board of Trustees' plan to raise housing rates by 4.2 percent next year. RSA's legislation requested a cap of 3.6 percent. The bill was...

President Obama unwittingly thwarts Bauer’s plans

February 11, 2009

By Jon M. Palmer, News Correspondent Last month in Kidron, Ohio, 17,500 Americans unwittingly waited to be killed on a Monday night by a poisonous cloud terrorists unleashed from a nearby chemical plant.' ' That's nothing.' ' Last year, a nuclear device was detonated in...

Frugal universities embrace new satellite campuses

February 11, 2009

By By Lana Lagomarsini, News Correspondent In economic times like these, students don't need to give up a costly private education '- just a traditional campus. Many private colleges, including Northeastern, have started to institute and broaden daytime programs available on...

The Indivisual

February 11, 2009

By Eric Allen, News Staff On her way home from class, Alice Bialobrodec just started knocking on doors in Mission Hill. She's in the middle of her photo project for a class at the New England School of Photography (NESOP), a two-year school. The program is focused specifically...

Graphic designer shares experience

February 11, 2009

By By Jenna Duncan, News Staff Images dating back to the 1100s, or as recent as a few years old, were projected from international graphic designer Krzysztof Lenk's Macintosh laptop onto the wall of Raytheon Amphitheater Tuesday night as part of the the Art + Design department's...

Ballet makes American debut

February 11, 2009

By Sean Leviashvili, News Staff Eight women took the floor Sunday morning to rehearse for the American premiere of Jiri Kylian's five-act ballet 'Black and White,' which opens today at the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre. The piece doesn't involve classical music,...

Allen rejects Prince Charming

February 11, 2009

By Dan Buono, News Staff Listening to Lily Allen's second studio album, It's Not Me, It's You, is like taking an adventure into the R-rated antithesis of a fairy tale. Lyrics like, 'I want to get to know you / and then you make this noise / and it's apparent it's all over,'...

Column: Learning the ropes of love

February 11, 2009

The Long of It Children go to school to learn reading, writing and arithmetic. Teens attend driving school to learn the rules of the road and become good drivers. Workers go to training sessions to learn and improve on skills required for their careers. Society tries its best...

Short stuff

February 11, 2009

The Academy Awards are only a couple of weeks away '-' Feb. 22 '- and this is the month to cram in last-minute screenings of all the films nominated. Bona fide Oscar enthusiasts may even have ballots going with friends to bet on which films, actors and directors will win. But...