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Column: The ultimate NU bracket

March 19, 2008

Break out the highlighters and pencils, call friends and bother your co-workers - March Madness starts today! It also marks the end of the best Husky season - winter. Every weekend there was something to look forward to, particularly this past winter, when the men's hockey...

Mixed reviews on YMCA

March 19, 2008

By Chelsea Reil Despite recent media reports that people residing in the residential half of the YMCA live in deplorable conditions, the Northeastern administration has not received any complaints from the students who live in the building, said Bob Jose, associate dean and...

Column: Longing for carefree days of ‘Yesterday’

March 17, 2008

To the news of Whitney Houston divorcing Bobby Brown, I say: "Finally." To reports that Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn are still together, I say: "Thank God." But really, it doesn't matter that much to me. The world keeps on spinning, either way. However, the constant...

Editorial: Free Newspapers Make for a Smarter Campus

March 16, 2008

As recently as fall 2006, Northeastern students could grab free copies of the Boston Globe or the Boston Herald as they entered academic buildings across campus. A bundle of The New York Times was dropped on the ground floor of the Curry Student Center each morning. Students...

Men’s Hockey: No trip to the Garden

March 16, 2008

BURLINGTON, VT - Despite playing a hard fought, physical game and staying on Vermont's tail throughout the night, the Catamounts proved too difficult for the Huskies. Northeastern dropped the final and deciding game of its three-game Hockey East quarterfinals contest with Vermont...

Women’s Basketball: Strong fight to the end

March 16, 2008

By Daryl Velez The women's basketball team's winning streak ended at seven games Friday in the second round of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament. Virginia Commonwealth was victorious over Northeastern 51-50 in a tight contest that had Northeastern hanging...

Keeping the faith

March 16, 2008

By Nick Mendez Freshmen fill the hallways with glassy eyes, moving aimlessly with their voices reduced to dull murmurs. Inside the walls of this residence hall, the air is stale, the atmosphere indifferent: Not the typical setting for an inspired religious transformation. But...

Column: ‘Was this season a success?’

March 16, 2008

BURLINGTON, VT - When a season ends as painfully as it did for the men's hockey team, a 4-1 loss at the hands of UVM, it's hard to find positives. "It stings a little bit right now," said a dejected and emotional Joe Vitale after the game. "I'm going to have trouble sleeping...

Husky Happenings

March 16, 2008

RSA elects president, housing vice president The Resident Student Association (RSA) began the election of its next executive board last week and will continue to hold elections at weekly meetings for the next three weeks. The first election was March 12 at the general council...

Letter to the Editor: Cadets Can Privately Express Views

March 16, 2008

I want to commend The News for its coverage of the recent successes of the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program as well as for tackling the issue of the treatment of our veterans on college campuses ("ROTC sees rise in NU members," Feb. 21). With regards to the...

Debate reveals agreement

March 16, 2008

By Anne Baker About 100 students gathered at Curry Student Center's West Addition to hear Student Government Association (SGA) presidential hopefuls Rob Ranley and Marines Piney kick off their campaigns with the first debate of the season last Thursday night. The debate was...

Baseball: Losing end of the matchup

March 16, 2008

By Jared Shafran The baseball team dropped its first Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) series of the season this weekend to Delaware, losing two of three games. After losing the first game Friday, the Huskies only managed a split in Saturday's doubleheader. Originally...