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SNEC holds meeting on spring student government elections

January 19, 2009

By Maggie Cassidy In its first meeting since the Student Government Association (SGA) abolished the Rules Committee last spring, the Senate Nominations and Elections Committee (SNEC) met last night to begin planning SGA's upcoming presidential election season. SNEC traditionally...

Art at point blank

January 19, 2009

By Pat Tarantino In the eyes of Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal, life is split between comfort zones and conflict zones. For some, he said, those two worlds can never be separated. After growing up under Saddam Hussein's regime, where he was arrested as a dissident for criticizing...

NU study shows black murders up

January 19, 2009

By Rob Tokanel Northeastern professors recently completed a study revealing a sharp increase in the number of homicides among young black males in the period between 2000 and 2007. Overall homicide levels in the United States have been subject to only minimal fluctuation,...

Reality TV can be pretty ugly

January 19, 2009

By Megan Jicha The Long of It True Beauty isn't just skin deep. It isn't good television either. ABC's new reality competition show, 'True Beauty,' pins six beautiful babes and four gorgeous guys in competition with one another for the title of 'America's Most Beautiful...

Women’s Soccer: Napoli to be honored Saturday

January 16, 2009

After blazing her way through the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) this past fall and leading the sixth-seeded women's soccer team to both a conference championship and NCAA tournament berth, freshman forward Veronica Napoli is headed to St. Louis this weekend to be honored...

Baseball: Preseason poll slots Northeastern 10th in Colonial

January 14, 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 14, 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...

Player of the Week: Alyssa Wohlfeiler

January 14, 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...

All Hail: Equal hours needed for co-op students

January 14, 2009

Around noon last Sunday I made my way to Stetson East for brunch, as I usually do on weekends. I waited in line and when the time came to hand my Husky Card to the dining hall attendant, I did so eagerly. After three vigorous, failed swipes, the woman gave me an extremely angry...

Reality TV can be pretty ugly

January 14, 2009

By Megan Jicha The Long of It True Beauty isn't just skin deep. It isn't good television either. ABC's new reality competition show, "True Beauty," pins six beautiful babes and four gorgeous guys in competition with one another for the title of "America's Most Beautiful...

Commentary: Don’t get ‘busted’ without knowing your rights

January 14, 2009

Whether or not students break the law, it is possible that they have been involved in a police encounter once or twice. Of all the things Northeastern students may be educated on, how to take advantage of their constitutional rights during a brush with the police may not be one...

Rally draws a thousand despite cold weather

January 14, 2009

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 the Jewish Community...