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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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Women’s Basketball: NU spilts a pair at home

February 1, 2009

By Nate Owen, News Staff After seeing her team play from behind for many of the previous games, an early lead in yesterday's game against George Mason would have been the perfect stress reliever for women's basketball head coach, Daynia La-Force Mann. The Huskies, who improved...

Alumni share stories

February 1, 2009

By Erin Kelly, News Staff Five recent graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences discussed their education, co-op, student involvement and post-graduation experiences with about 30 students and alumni in the Northeastern Alumni Center Thursday night. The panel series, '5...

Track ‘ Field: Track effort solid in Beantown

February 1, 2009

By Greg McGowan, News Correspondent The men's track and field team came home victorious from the Boston Indoor Reebok Games at the Reggie Lewis Center Friday. The Huskies earned a commanding 118 points to defeat the competition, which included runner-up Massachusetts. Head...

Column: Awaiting an opponent

February 1, 2009

As we enter February, the first thing most Boston sports fans usually have marked on their calendar is the annual Beanpot tournament, which crowns one of the local hockey schools as the best in college hockey in the city. However, while the Huskies have played well and dominated...

Husky Happenings

February 1, 2009

Info session to answer questions on decriminalization A free information session on the recent decriminalization of marijuana will be held Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Curry Student Center West Addition, according to an announcement on the myNEU portal. Representatives...

Men’s Hockey: Hockey drops game before Beanpot

February 1, 2009

By Jared Shafran, News Staff The No. 3 Northeastern men's hockey team suffered a setback when it lost to the UMass Minutemen 6-4 at the Mullins Center in Amherst Friday night. 'They used their game plan very well and they counter attacked extremely well,'' head coach Greg...

Facebook, MySpace and the grieving process

February 1, 2009

By Maraithe Thomas, News Correspondent It's a clear January afternoon and the view from Samantha Lavine's 11th floor dorm room is vast. Cars whiz down the street in a lightning blur, students rush in and out of campus buildings and Fenway Park stands nestled among bare trees...

At afterHOURS, a quiet ‘Riot’

February 1, 2009

By Hayley Miller, News Correspondent Indie troupe Ra Ra Riot took a short break after touring Europe with the band Vampire Weekend, but on Wednesday, they were back in full form, playing a free show at afterHOURS. The jam-packed event was sponsored by the Music and Entertainment...

Editorial Cartoon

February 1, 2009

Culture vulture

February 1, 2009

By Max Gelber, News Correspondent Robyn, Cherrytree Sessions EP:' Feb. 3 The wait was practically painful for Robyn's brilliant self-titled record to finally hit US shores in 2008 '- fours years after it dropped abroad. But she's making up for lost time with the Cherrytree...

Hooked on a feeling

February 1, 2009

By Jamie Haddad, News Correspondent Yesterday, when the time approached 6 p.m., Boston's streets were unusually quiet. The bare sidewalks could have been due to the estimated 100 million people who tuned in to watch Super Bowl XLIII and, of course, the event's much-anticipated...

Details of first committe meeting vague

February 1, 2009

By Anne Baker, News Staff ' The ad-hoc committee charged with examining the possibility of restructuring the colleges of Arts and Sciences and Criminal Justice met for the first time last week, those familiar with the committee said. The committee's undergraduate representative,...