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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Moments of the Year: Track and Field

April 13, 2008

The indoor season did not start off well for the Huskies and they struggled through the season with finishes like third (of three major competitors) at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games and fourth (of four) at the Battle of Beantown. Senior captain Tramaine Shaw said the New England...

Best pizza, delivery: Cappy’s

April 13, 2008

In this year's polls, one local business reigned over not one, but two Best of NU categories. Cappy's Pizza ' Subs took best delivery and best pizza, conquering six other businesses for the titles. Cappy's is a local business that has been around for more than 30 years with...

Letter to the Editor: Assumptions about fat people are hurtful

April 13, 2008

Joe Falinski - did your pharmacy professional classes teach you to be rude? I understand that you wrote your letter to bring more awareness to the obesity epidemic ("'Disgusting fatties' must make healthy changes," April 10). But, if you advised a patient "[whose] breasts...

Possible Panera presence

April 13, 2008

By Michele Richinick Students would like to see food vendors like Panera Bread, Subway or Quiznos Subs on campus, according to the results of a recent survey administered by the Student Government Association (SGA) on the myNEU portal. The purpose of the survey was to see...

Concert review: Luda, Roots, Toots rock the 617

April 13, 2008

The panoptic stage lights at Matthews Arena Saturday night did their share to sum up Springfest's grand finale. Combing through the crowd, they matched every energized plea for the packed venue to get up, make noise or "move, bitch." And like the sweeping, flashing lights,...

Column: So much campaigning that it’s hard to care

April 13, 2008

Hillary Clinton dodged (or didn't dodge) sniper fire in Bosnia. Barack Obama's preacher hates America. John McCain spoke about Charlton Heston's contributions to the United States. But who cares? Since the election season started so long ago, many news organizations seem...

Student governments consider coalition

April 13, 2008

By Erin Kelly In an effort to bring more student voices into Boston politics, members of the student governing councils at various schools around Boston are considering bringing back a collaboration that existed a year ago, said Joey Fiore, president of Northeastern's Student...

Moments of the Year: Women’s Hockey

April 13, 2008

If nothing else, the women's hockey team can take pride in the fact that, on their way to compiling a 7-24-3 record this past season, they were able to win two out of three games against rival Boston College. But head coach Laura Schuler said there is something about which...

Editorial: It’s not us, it’s you

April 13, 2008

The News recently acquired a note from Joe Husky to the Student Government Association (SGA). It has been reprinted below in its entirety: We've had some good times this year. We really have. But I've been doing some thinking these past few weeks. Our relationship has been...

Students wary of e-books

April 13, 2008

By Lucia Allen Electronic book devices have been available to the public for years, but improved versions, like Amazon's Kindle and Sony's Reader Digital Book, remain unpopular among Northeastern students and faculty. English professor Gary Goshgarian said e-books are merely...

Moments of the Year: Field Hockey

April 13, 2008

For the field hockey team, 2007 brought epic overtime wins and rough losses, comprising an overall less-than-successful season for the usually dominate team. However, amidst the ping-pong schedule of wins and loses, the team pulled out an impressive weekend in October with...

Letter to the Editor: Senate wastes time under poor leadership

April 13, 2008

I am an upcoming Student Government Association (SGA) special interest senator who attended the past Joint Senate meeting referenced in a recent News article to get an idea to how Senate meetings worked ("Fiore tries to revive SGA senate," April 10). As a recent transfer student,...