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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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Men’s Basketball: Adako making presence felt

January 19, 2009

By Andrew Parente Coming into this year's basketball season, the Huskies were eager to establish a scoring threat down low in order to open up the game for the perimeter shooting of leading scorer Matt Janning. Now at 5-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and 10-5...

Column: Fan support at all time high

January 19, 2009

'You've come a long way, baby.' The phrase, first coined for Virginia Slims cigarettes in 1968, has taken on a modern context in the form of the Northeastern Huskies men's hockey team. Veteran DogHouse members can recall Greg Cronin's first season behind the bench in 2005-06...

Baseball: Preseason poll slots Northeastern 10th in Colonial

January 19, 2009

The baseball team was picked 10th in the Colonial Athletic Association's (CAA) coaches' poll yesterday, the league announced. James Madison received six first place votes and 95 total points to edge out Georgia State (91 points) for the top spot in the poll. Northeastern received...

Women’s Hockey: Sulyma makes mark far from home

January 19, 2009

By Jared Sugerman In Leah Sulyma's West Village E dorm is a poster designed by New Hampshire Wildcats' hockey fans. It reads, ' Save Sulyma's House. Stop Global Warming.' When she looks at it through her rectangular-framed glasses, the sophomore business student and goaltender...

Rally draws a thousand despite cold weather

January 19, 2009

By Kate Augusto An estimated 1,000 people rallied at Copley Square last night in 16 degree weather to support Israel's right to defend itself and support a lasting peace between Palestine and Israel, said Ari Alexenberg, director of the Israel Action Center, which is part of...

Player of the Week: Alyssa Wohlfeiler

January 19, 2009

This weekend the women's hockey team had one of its best weekends in recent history. They beat then-No. 9 Boston University at BU, and swept Niagara at Matthews Arena. This was in large part thanks to the phenomenal play of sophomore forward Alyssa Wohlfeiler. Wohlfeiler had...

NU honors King

January 19, 2009

By Colin Young On Wednesday, John Wilson, the keynote speaker for the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation touted the value of King's moral compass and spoke of the racial and political progress that can be gained in the Barack Obama presidency at Blackman Auditorium. ...

A snap decision

January 19, 2009

By Damon Griffin You'll never have to shake your Polaroid picture again - not that you had to in the first place. On the heels of the company's decision to halt production of its iconic instant film, Vice President Jon Pollock announced last week that Polaroid's latest invention,...

Students react to evaluation

January 19, 2009

By Anne Baker Following the university's recent announcement that officials will consider restructuring the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Criminal Justice, some criminal justice students and alumni have begun to speak out against the possibility of such changes, while others...

Suiting up

January 19, 2009

By Lauren Sheffer For months, their figures loomed over passers-by, demanding attention. The two-dimensional authority figures - police officers, to be precise - stood on the faces of posters outside Cabot Center for most of last season; they weren't on patrol, but on duty...

Faculty senate revises grievance procedure

January 19, 2009

By Jonathan Raymond The Faculty Senate voted in favor of a resolution yesterday that will revise the faculty grievance procedure and inject more oversight into the process. The resolution calls for the implementation of an oversight of due process into the procedure as it...

Local firm offers an antidote to empty walls

January 19, 2009

By Danny Deza From hospital waiting rooms to university hallways, the art that graces bare walls around us exists to set a particular mood, some experts say. As if to set a scene of tranquility, abstract paintings in President Joseph Aoun's waiting room - in brown and red,...