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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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University junior wins scholarship

October 8, 2008

By Terri Schwartz Helen Pham, a junior chemistry major, was one of five students recently waiting to give her acceptance speech at the Harvard Club, an exclusive social club in Boston for Harvard alumni and associates. Of the students who won the Gallagher Koster Scholarship...

To Russia with love, from Harlow Robinson

October 8, 2008

By Lauren Sheffer About 75 students and faculty members buzzed around Room 444 of the Curry Student Center Wednesday to listen to professor Harlow Robinson promote his book, "Russians in Hollywood, Hollywood's Russians: Biography of an Image." The event, which ran from noon...

Group aims to break the Easy Mac habit

October 8, 2008

By Amanda Cedrone Whether itching for a new way to use spicy chipotle, or if that age old combination of Easy Mac and a MicroFridge is getting tired, members of the Northeastern community who love food now have a place to share their passion. NUeats is a new student-run club...

Men’s Hockey: Season begins out West

October 8, 2008

Last year, the men's hockey team opened its season right at home in Matthews Arena. This season, they'll be opening up about 4,500 miles west of Matthews. The Huskies begin play for the 2008-09 season tomorrow in Anchorage, Alaska as part of the Kendall Hockey Classic hosted...

Men’s Soccer: No ‘Pride’ for Hofstra

October 8, 2008

By Nathan Vaughan The men's soccer team increased its unbeaten streak to six games with a 2-0 win over Colonial Athletic Conference (CAA) rival Hofstra yesterday at Parsons Field. The Huskies now stand at 4-2-4 overall (2-0-1 CAA). They stand alone at the top of the CAA standings...

Field Hockey: Last minute surge comes up short

October 8, 2008

On Sept. 17, the Northeastern field hockey team was 5-2 following a 7-1 dismantling of Brown at Sweeney Field. Since then, the Huskies have gone 1-4 to fall to 6-6 (0-2 Colonial Athletic Association). This includes a 4-3 loss at Harvard (4-5, 2-1 Ivy League) last night, despite...

Northeastern Athletics: Finishing touch put on hires

October 8, 2008

Athletics Director Peter Roby announced another hiring Tuesday, as he added Devin Crosby as an assistant athletics director for development to his department. The hiring comes about a month after Roby had announced seven additional hires to his department. He said the position...

Player of the Week: Kristi Kehoe

October 8, 2008

Kristi Kehoe of the women's hockey team had a strong showing against Rensselaer and Union this weekend, adding five goals to her resume, including her first hat trick. Kehoe scored one goal and assisted on a score against Rensselaer on Friday, then scored three goals against...

All Hail: American politics make a splash overseas

October 8, 2008

Before leaving to study abroad in Ireland last spring, I had read about study abroad being an enlightening and mind opening experience. OK, whatever, I thought. My main concern was trying to figure out how long it took to get to the bottom of a pint of Guinness. But in all...

Northeastern Athletics: New Ncentives program unveiled

October 8, 2008

By Patrick McHugh A new program that encourages and rewards student attendance at athletic events has been introduced to the student body. The program, Ncentives, was put together by the Athletics Department with assistance from the Student Government Association and Student...

Letter to the editor: BRC faces supply, demand challenges

October 8, 2008

Over the past few years, we have seen a tremendous growth in the quantity and scope of on-campus programming, to the benefit of both the students attending and the organizations hosting those events. Last year saw the highest amount of funding ever allocated to allow those...

Football: Orio named Draddy semifinalist

October 8, 2008

By Jared Shafran Anthony Orio, senior quarterback for the football team, was named a semifinalist for the Vincent dePaul Draddy Trophy last week. The Draddy Trophy is given to the one athlete in the nation who is considered to be the best both athletically and academically....