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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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Moments of the Year: Men’s Basketball

April 13, 2008

The men's basketball team saw many outstanding moments throughout its season in which they finished 9-9 in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and reached the second round of the conference tournament for the second straight year. However, one moment stood out among the...

Letter to the Editor: Faculty may leave if program suspended

April 13, 2008

Interim Provost Stephen Zoloth gave the athletic training majors his personal word that education would not be affected by the suspension of the program and continues to say this. When we asked him what the incentive is for the athletic training faculty to stay, his response...

Guest column: Reelin’ in the year

April 13, 2008

When Hollywood tries to capsulize college life with a movie, it tends to stick to a formula. Half-naked women and men dressed in togas? Check. Bumbling campus cops who can't seem to catch a break? Check. Some frosh who spends two-thirds of the movie trying to get laid by that...

Springfest brings in the ‘new rock ‘n’ roll’

April 13, 2008

By Jeanine Budd If you love yourself, you were at last Saturday night's Springfest concert, said hip hop artist O'Neal McKnight. McKnight opened for Toots and the Maytals, The Roots and Ludacris, the performers at the concert. "Every performer had a great set and everyone...

Men’s Rowing: Defeat of BU brings home Arlett Cup

April 13, 2008

By Peter A. Martin The men's rowing team got its regular season schedule underway this weekend, sweeping Boston University to capture the Arlett Cup for the seventh time in eight years. In the first race of the day, the Freshman 8 built a lead of nearly 20 seconds ahead of...

Best time on campus: Red Sox win the World Series

April 13, 2008

Jonathan Papelbon had barely thrown the final strike in Game Four of the 2007 World Series to give the Red Sox their second title in four years before hundreds of Northeastern Sox fans poured into the streets, traveling en masse to the corner of Boylston Street and Ipswich Avenue,...

Ranley defeats Kamyck

April 13, 2008

By Michele Richinick Despite a rocky election process, Rob Ranley pulled through to win the Student Government Association (SGA) presidential election. Elections drew votes from 20.84 percent of the student body, narrowly surpassing the minimum 20 percent required. Regardless...

Orange Cup victory

April 13, 2008

By Peter Lorenz The women's rowing team took another step in the right direction by defeating Pennsylvania and Syracuse to win the Orange Cup for the third straight year Saturday. The Huskies beat the Pennsylvania Quakers with a time of 6:52.2. Penn finished second with a...

Best sports achievement: Men’s hockey hits No. 7

April 13, 2008

The 2007-08 men's hockey season was a rollercoaster ride for the Huskies. It started with an improbable, exhilarating climb to the top of Hockey East, coupled with an unfortunate and all-too-quick plunge back downward, capped off by the enjoyable loop of their exciting Hockey...

Students speak out for professor

April 13, 2008

By Derek Hawkins At least 480 students, faculty and staff have signed a petition calling for transparency in the recent suspension of former math department chair David Massey. Created by David Hildebrand, a senior, the petition accuses university administrators of skirting...

Column: ‘Cautiously optimistic’ future

April 13, 2008

Winter in New England decided to hang around until the first week of April this year. Warmer temperatures and drier weather comes as a welcome relief to a Northeastern baseball team that is pushing for the playoffs and will have several opportunities to place themselves into...

Best on-campus student group: Kappa Sigma

April 13, 2008

The Kappa Sigma fraternity provided much entertainment for students at Northeastern this past year, including performances by Ben Folds, Zox, Bayside and "The Office" actor and scribe BJ Novak "We've done a lot of good things this year," said James Edwards, grand master of...