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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

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Men’s Basketball: Second half breakdown

February 27, 2008

By Jared Shafran NORFOLK - After a strong start in the first half, the men's basketball team fell to the Old Dominion Monarchs by a score of 70-58 in Norfolk, Va. yesterday. The Huskies were led on offense by sophomore guard Matt Janning who scored 14 points. This was Janning's...

Facebook policy unknown

February 27, 2008

By Michele Richinick School administrators often caution students about the information they post on social networking sites like Facebook. After recent reports that students cannot delete their own Facebooks, some are wondering what they can do to protect their information....

Students show appreciation

February 27, 2008

Students served more than 100 staff members at the Latin American Student Organization's Service Staff Appreciation Day yesterday.

Column: Negative Nancys take over the net

February 27, 2008

By Danny Deza I can't stand slow drivers or that annoying guy in my political science class who can't seem to get enough of his own voice. I hate bad dates and Wal-Mart is the pits. I could continue, but I'll tell you right now: I like to complain, and venting tends to be...

Car burglaries high, despite city trends

February 27, 2008

By Erin Kelly The number of attempted automobile thefts and burglaries in Boston this year has decreased compared to the first months of 2007, yet the numbers typically remain higher around college campuses, said Boston Police officer James Kenneally. Between Jan. 1, 2007...

Northeastern Athletics: Sinking baskets not bringing fans to seats

February 27, 2008

The Huskies played Virginia Commonwealth Feb. 20, a team that beat Duke in the NCAA men's basketball tournament's in the first round last March, sits in first place in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and possesses a potential future NBA player. There were 1,846 people...

‘Sophomore slump’ at NU

February 27, 2008

By Sean Leviashvilli As classes get harder and expectations get higher, some sophomores at Northeastern may feel a loss of support and community in certain areas of college life. Northeastern offers freshmen an array of options to help them acclimate to college life, with...

Northeastern documents Lower Roxbury history

February 27, 2008

By Marc Larocque Five months after Joseph Aoun became president of Northeastern, he proceeded to the nearby community to court several prominent religious leaders. Local media cast the meetings as a symbol of conciliation, in which President Aoun asked how the university could...

Senior Spotlight: Keeping the ice tradition

February 27, 2008

By Patrick McHugh The women's hockey team has been going through a rebuilding process during the last few years and has suffered through some rough seasons lately. During this time, one player who has done her best to to improve the team is senior captain Nikki Petrich. She...

Historian gives talk on ‘radical Islam’

February 27, 2008

By Michele Richinick Radical Islam poses the threat to the United States, not terrorism, Jewish American historian and Middle East specialist Daniel Pipes said in the Raytheon Amphitheatre last night. Pipes addressed a crowd of more than 50 people, including a dozen Northeastern...

NU Sanskriti ‘dreams big’ for Tarang festival

February 27, 2008

By Teresa Cheong Sunday was Oscar night in Hollywood, yet hundreds of students were drawn instead to Blackman Auditorium for a taste of Bollywood. The Northeastern Sanskriti and the International Students ' Scholars Institute (ISSI) performed their eighth rendition of "Tarang,"...

New art gallery set for next fall

February 27, 2008

By Anne Baker Students looking for a more defined arts presence on campus may find themselves in luck as early as next fall. A planned renovation would move the art gallery from its corner space on the second floor of the Curry Student Center (CSC) to a more accessible location,...