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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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‘It could happen here’

January 23, 2008

By Hunter Wells Recently, two female Boston University students were assaulted in their residence hall by two unknown men. The men were signed into the hall in a process similar to the one used to sign in guests at Northeastern, according to local media reports. Two other...

Humor, song drive play

January 23, 2008

By Teresa Cheong When the lights faded away, the old chapel at the Fenway Center was transformed into a Medieval fairyland. "Once Upon a Mattress," the new musical production by Northeastern's Great White Way, hit the stage Friday night. "It was the first theatrical show in...

Students find co-op jobs running for office

January 23, 2008

By M. Morris Gaman The 2008 presidential race is ramping up, and some students are hopping on the campaign trail. But one Northeastern student isn't just working on a campaign he is running for office as his co-op. By doing this, he is also getting hour credit. Zac Saboliauskus,...

Mixed reactions at Enderlin talk

January 23, 2008

By Mike Napolitano Controversy erupted in Snell Library last Thursday when Northeastern hosted veteran journalist Charles Enderlin as part of its "Meet the Author" series. Enderlin, a veteran reporter for the France 2 television network who has spent years covering Israeli-Palestinian...

Professors speak out

January 23, 2008

By Michele Richinick Some students have used RateMyProfessors.com to comment on professors they love or hate and gather feedback from past students to help make class decisions. Since the end of 2007, MTV's mtvU, the host of RateMyProfessors.com, launched an adjunct site to...

Y-Love merges spirituality, hip-hop

January 23, 2008

By Hayley Miller Northeastern's Hillel and the Northeastern Black Student Association collaborated to bring Y-Love, a black Jewish Orthodox rapper, to the afterHOURS stage Saturday night. Beth Meltzer, the director of NU Hillel, helped bring the artist, whose real name is...

Study suggests more women attain college degrees

January 23, 2008

By Daniel Stoller Women younger than 25 now are more likely to hold college degrees than men in the same age group, following trends of increasing female participation in the workplace, according to data released by the US Census Bureau earlier this month. The Bureau also...

Women’s Basketball: Close defeats plague NU

January 23, 2008

By Daryl Velez Coming up short is nothing new at this point for women's basketball: the team has dropped all six of its most recent decisions, dating back to the last day of 2007. The Huskies are winless in five games against Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) opponents and...

Report says engineers need global education

January 23, 2008

By Tess Carenbauer Typically, engineering schools focus solely on the scientific and mathematical aspects of engineering. However, a recent report from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor suggests undergraduate engineering students should have a more liberal arts basis....

Escaping the ‘Office’

January 23, 2008

By Jeanine Budd BJ Novak, best known as Ryan on NBC's "The Office," performed for a full house at Blackman Auditorium last night. With plenty of laughs echoing throughout the hall, Novak and opener Dan Mintz received a standing ovation from the 1,000 in attendance at the end...

Canceled classes bring service day

January 23, 2008

By Marc Larocque On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, about 150 Northeastern students, alumni and faculty were not about to stay home from work. They were deployed from campus to serve the nearby communities. "Martin Luther King spoke about serving mankind," said Rebecca Morton,...

Player of the Week: Kathrine Fugge

January 23, 2008

By Jared Shafran The swimming and diving team continued its dominance Saturday, beating both Boston University and New Hampshire in a double duel meet hosted by BU. In that meet, sophomore Kathrine Fugge placed first in the 50 freestyle, second in the 100 freestyle and third...