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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Freeland considered for state job

November 23, 2008

By Anne Baker Former Northeastern President Richard Freeland was unanimously recommended Friday to be the next Massachusetts state higher education commissioner, a spokesperson for the Board of Higher Education said. A search committee recommended Freeland to the Board of...

Volleyball: Awards come NU’s way

November 23, 2008

By Nathan Vaughan Northeastern played host to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) volleyball awards banquet Friday night and took home the kind of awards befitting the CAA tournament's No. 1 seed. NU, which hosted the event because Boston is the site of the tournament...

Bands perform final fall semester concert

November 23, 2008

By Jason Woods The Northeastern Concert Band and Wind Ensemble performed their final fall concert last night at the Fenway Center to a packed house of more than 200 attendees. The show was the culmination of a semester-long effort by both ensembles that featured a special...

NU mountain cycling team finishes second in conference

November 23, 2008

By Erin Kelly While Boston lacks the rugged terrain necessary for mountain biking, the Northeastern University Cycling Club ' Team is doing its best to get down and dirty. The mountain biking division of the team had a successful season, finishing second behind the University...

Column: Focus on points

November 23, 2008

There is trepidation among the Husky faithful. You can see it in the online posts of Northeastern fans across all the message boards populated by Husky fans. We have seen this movie before: The Huskies start hot, then hit a cold stretch and falter toward the end. While I don't...

Sports Briefs

November 23, 2008

Three field hockey players get named to All-Northeast regional teams Sophomore forward Pam Aldridge, senior midfielder and co-captain Ashley Bascetta and senior back and co-captain Jillian Wilkes earned All-Region honors from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Wednesday....

Study to focus on women

November 23, 2008

By Lauren Sheffer In an effort to decrease the discrepancy between male and female engineering students in the classroom, the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded Northeastern a $500,000 "advance" grant. With the grant, Rachelle Reisberg, the director of Northeastern's...

M83 brings peace to the Middle East

November 23, 2008

By Mike Rougeau French musician M83, whose real name is Anthony Gonzalez, lulled audience members into a dream-like state of joy at his sold out show at the Middle East in Cambridge Tuesday. Gonzalez had a full band in tow to help him recreate the epic electro sounds of his...

Editorial: When decisions made, students owed explanation

November 23, 2008

Last week the university announced the halt of Building K plans - well, kind of. The plans are on hold for now, but the university never made an official statement. Building K was a residence hall scheduled to open Fall 2011 in the space now occupied by Cullinane Hall on...

Volleyball: Title game last obstacle

November 23, 2008

By Nathan Vaughan For the Northeastern athletic community, tomorrow's Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) championship game should be something of a familiar affair. For the third week in a row, a Northeastern team will be fighting for the right to go to the NCAA tournament...

Author raises awareness

November 23, 2008

By Rob Tokanel Author and transgender activist Kate Bornstein will give a presentation today to the Northeastern community as part of the NU Transgender Day of Remembrance. The event, organized by NUBiLaGA, an alliance for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer,...

Letter to the Editor: Athletic training program vital to university

November 22, 2008

Only days after the Athletic Training (AT) program was named the Athletic Trainers of Massachusetts' "ATC (Athletic Training Certified) of the Year," admissions were suspended by a Faculty Senate vote last Wednesday, Nov. 19. That such an amazing program at Northeastern could...