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The Huntington News

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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Column: Last true ‘Brown Bowl’

October 5, 2008

By Tom Giles The year 2002. That was the last time Northeastern football beat UMass. Don Brown was the head coach. He took the Huskies to the top of the Atlantic-10, back before it was the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), winning a share of the conference with a 7-2 mark....

Groups pass legislation to give Greeks own home

October 5, 2008

By Michele Richinick The Student Government Association (SGA) and the Resident Student Association (RSA) recently passed legislation moving forward the university's first on-campus Greek life living learning community (LLC). The LLC would be located in Parcel 18. The next...

Field hockey: Loss puts Murtagh’s 300th win on hold

October 5, 2008

For field hockey head coach Cheryl Murtagh, one equals 300. After a 3-2 home win against Stanford Saturday night, that's how many wins she needs to reach the 300 mark. Northeastern had a chance at New Hampshire (5-6) Sunday evening, but dropped the game 4-1 to the Wildcats....

Wood chairs add bright colors to fall

October 5, 2008

By Mark Rizzo Students may have spotted them around campus: a set of Adirondack chairs, painted in bright colors. They may find them occupied by their peers, who are taking a rest between classes or soaking in the early days of fall. The chairs were placed around campus at...

Men’s soccer: Backed into draw with Georgia St.

October 5, 2008

The men's soccer team extended its unbeaten streak to five games Saturday at Georgia State after playing the Panthers to a 2-2 tie in two overtimes. A goal off the back of junior midfielder Lars Okland in the 65th minute gave the Huskies their second goal of the afternoon and...

University refutes new crime website

October 5, 2008

By Dan Buono A new website that tracks crime at universities has been deemed inaccurate by university officials. Ucrime.com uses Google map technology to map crimes in university areas, listing the alleged crimes' locations, dates, times and natures. The site was launched...

Energy drinks face possible warning labels

October 5, 2008

By Mike Napolitano When students take energy drinks from the drivers of one of those Red Bull Mini Coopers or Monster pickup trucks, do they really know what they're getting? Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are calling for the drinks to carry warning labels displaying...

Democrats take residence hall promotion by storm

October 5, 2008

By Colin Young Despite a general university ban on students knocking on residence hall doors for promotion, Northeastern officials recently made an exception to allow the Northeastern University College Democrats to push voter registration, interim university spokesperson Jim...

Husky Happenings

October 5, 2008

More Jon Stewart tickets will be available tonight Tickets for the Jon Stewart performance at Matthews Arena will be on sale again today at 6 p.m. through the myNEU portal in the "myTickets" channel, said Sam Peisner, president of the Council for University Programs (CUP)....

In a Cambridge minute

October 5, 2008

By Lauren Sheffer A person can accomplish a lot in a minute. Although society-at-large might consider the time to be fleeting, the founders of Lumen Eclipse, an art gallery in Harvard Square that focuses entirely on the art of film, have a different point of view. The gallery...

After midnight movies

October 5, 2008

By Elizabeth Correnti Night owls on campus looking for more than a movie night on a residence hall floor can head to the Coolidge Corner Theatre, which recently restarted its midnight movie showings. The midnight shows at the theatre, located on Harvard Street in Brookline,...

Tina Kim short on laughs at afterHOURS

October 5, 2008

By Chelsea Reil Despite repeated attempts to draw some laughs from the crowd, it seemed Tina Kim couldn't engage about 40 audience members who came to see her stand-up performance in afterHOURS Friday night. Kim, who was brought to campus by the Asian Student Union, attributed...