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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: Huskies picked second in CAA

October 22, 2008

By Andrew Parente Northeastern men's basketball fans will get plenty of opportunities to catch their team in action this upcoming season. At the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) media day, held yesterday in Washington D.C., the league announced its television schedule...

All Hail: Northeastern always under the radar

October 22, 2008

Believe it or not, Northeastern has been around for 110 years. And granted, we were a commuter school for a pretty good chunk of that time. But it feels like we're just inching into the college limelight. We sit quietly at the middle or the end of college rankings, and our rival...

Player of the Week: Brad Thiessen

October 22, 2008

Last weekend, the men's hockey team became one of the highest profile college hockey teams in the country. With a 4-0 shutout over Providence and a 4-3 slugfest win over then top-ranked Boston College, Northeastern thrust itself into the national polls. The team is ranked...

MyNEU to get system upgrade, make-over in coming year

October 22, 2008

By Andrew Parquette After many student complaints, the myNEU portal is set to undergo a complete makeover, said Ryan Fox, Student Government Association (SGA) vice president for student affairs. Information Services (IS) is working with SGA on a new, upgraded version of the...

Society of Spontaneity playfully pranks Boston

October 22, 2008

By Leanne O'Brien Imagine standing in line at South Station. The person at the back of the line suddenly falls to the ground, followed by the person in front of her, and then the person in front of him. Just like dominoes, almost 50 people fall to the ground and form a meandering...

Estabrook works to better UHCS

October 22, 2008

By C. Mae Waugh After six months in the position, University Health and Counseling Services (UHCS) Executive Director Madeleine Estabrook is in the midst of restructuring the office to include more staff accessibility and new technology. By winter break, sick students should...

Boston on a budget

October 22, 2008

By Lauren Sheffer Eating Cheerios for breakfast, lunch and dinner, dumpster diving for apartment furnishings and using free WiFi from Espresso Royale: these are a few ways college students try to save cash. But living in an expensive city like Boston during a faltering economy...

Swimming: Twins making splash in Barletta

October 22, 2008

By Jake Sutera It's probably fitting that they're Pisces. Middlers Alexis and Victoria Kalevich, March-born fraternal twins from New Providence, N.J., have more in common than a couple of chromosomes. They are also members of the swimming and diving team, a squad that went...

Top state advisor speaks at NU

October 22, 2008

By Lana Lagomarsini Despite James Jeffrey's real experiences as senior advisor to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, it was the loftier ideas of President Harry Truman and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill that inspired him to become involved with foreign affairs, he...

Games ‘Wii’ love to play

October 22, 2008

By Terri Schwartz Passers-by the Gainsborough Garage Monday afternoon might have wondered what was causing the gray trailer parked in the lot to be rocking vehemently back and forth. But none of them knew the true horrors of what was occurring inside its metal exterior: three...

Accused NU student barred from campus

October 22, 2008

By Mike Napolitano Zachary Winston, a middler who allegedly stabbed two other students on Westland Avenue. Sunday, has been barred from the campus, according to a statement released by Northeastern Wednesday. Winston was held on $100,000 cash bail Monday; $50,000 for each...

Phasing out hazing

October 22, 2008

By Mike Rougeau Although Alcohol Week had its name changed from Alcohol Awareness Week by the Office of Prevention and Education at Northeastern to give it a more light-hearted tone, visiting speaker Erle Morring had a serious message about the potential dangers of alcohol use...