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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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Women’s Hockey: New Year brings two close overtime games

January 5, 2008

By Jared Sugerman The women's hockey team went 0-1-1 this weekend, losing 1-0 in overtime at Yale Saturday and tying Brown at 3 Sunday at Matthews Arena. The Huskies are now 4-11-2 overall (3-3-0 Hockey East) this season. However, just seconds could have been the difference...

Men’s Hockey: Drubbing of Maine extends NU’s unbeaten streak

January 5, 2008

By Jonathan Raymond With a 20-day layoff between their last game at Union and their first game back from break at the Badger Hockey Showdown in Wisconsin, one might have worried that the Huskies would show a little rust. And after Bowling Green took a 3-0 lead two minutes...

Women’s Basketball: Busy winter break drops Huskies slightly below .500 mark

January 5, 2008

By Daryl Velez While most Northeastern students were enjoying their holiday break, the women's basketball team went to work. In games against New Hampshire, SUNY Stony Brook and Boston College, the Huskies combined for 238 points scored and only 213 points allowed. The span...

Gaming their way to addiction

January 5, 2008

By Jason LaMotte On a cold December night, Dmitriy Dunin sits within the light green walls of his small bedroom in his Beacon Street apartment, accompanied by his cat, Little Bit. While Little Bit perches on the windowsill, looking beyond the curtains to the world outside,...

NU to host diverse music acts this spring

January 5, 2008

By Kathryn Morcone Northeastern students can look forward to a multitude of free concerts from a cappella to electro, available on campus throughout the spring semester. Jan. 16 at 8 p.m., MEISA Live and afterHOURS will host Eclectic Collective with guest Spiritual Rez. Record...

Girl power, Cat Power take on Boston

January 5, 2008

By Anne Baker and Chelsea Reil At the end of January, the Brits will once again invade Boston. This time, platform shoes and spandex will replace cannon balls and red coats. No, the Queen's Army isn't coming, but rather an English entity equally unrelenting: the Spice Girls....

Spring arts bring laughs, ‘Life,’ and L’oacute;pez

January 5, 2008

By Jeanine Budd The new year is here, bringing with it a semester full of things to do. Starting now and taking students all the way to the end of the semester, theatres and museums around Boston offer plenty of entertainment. Students looking for free entertainment can visit...

Rapp, ‘Urban Funk’ among upcoming on campus events

January 5, 2008

By Jeanine Budd From guest lectures to $5 plays, the theatre and arts world of Northeastern is offering a slew of ways to help keep students busy and entertained on campus this semester. Starting Feb. 2, the Center for the Arts will be presenting, "Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular,"...

Letter to the Editor: Resolutions an opportunity to grow

January 5, 2008

January brings a host of new beginnings as one year of life comes to a close and we welcome another chapter. As college students at Northeastern we are either starting a new semester of classes or embarking on six months spent working in the real world. And as the ball dropped...

Kappa Delta to join NU

December 28, 2007

By Matt Collette After narrowing the field down to three contenders out of nine applicants, the five sororities on campus voted to have Kappa Delta establish a colony on campus starting in early 2008. The vote followed presentations by Kappa Delta and two other contenders...

Football to stay, AD reportedly tells alumni

December 28, 2007

The review panel that convened to provide feedback on the current state of the athletics program met for the second and final time this month, clearing the way for Athletics Director Peter Roby to finalize his recommendations on the future of the department. But Roby, in...

Sophomore killed in New Orleans car crash

December 28, 2007

A 19-year-old Northeastern sophomore was killed in an early morning car accident Dec. 23 after he struck a tree in his hometown of New Orleans, according to the Times-Picayune. James "Jay" Carisella II died at the scene of the accident from head and internal injuries, the paper...