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V-week events raise awareness

February 6, 2007

By Jessi Savino After getting off to a rough start when "Flirt Smarter" was canceled due to a death in the family of the speaker, V-week kicked off last night with a staged reading of "That Takes Ovaries" - a series of monologues from "bold women committing brazen acts" - and...

Column: Beanpot failures will make eventual win worth the wait

February 6, 2007

There are two certainties in the second month of the year: chocolate sales rise and Northeastern's ice hockey team has quality ice time at the TD Banknorth Garden the second Monday of the month at 5 p.m. For the first 29 minutes of Monday night's Beanpot match-up against...

Puzzle Solutions

February 6, 2007

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Commentary: City reaction to ad over the top

February 6, 2007

Last Wednesday, Boston witnessed a display of stupidity unmatched by anything I can remember. As we all know by now, there was never any real threat posed by the blinky little Mooninite LED panels, and yet the city of Boston managed to spend nearly $1 million trying to "save"...

Middler saves Mooninite, sells online

February 6, 2007

While officials were scrambling to identify the black panels that caused last week's bomb scare, Christopher Budnick was collecting one as a souvenir. Budnick, a middler English major, is a friend of a friend of Peter Berdovsky, one of the artists charged with placing the...

Player of the Week

February 6, 2007

When Joe Vitale woke up Saturday morning his cell phone had multiple missed calls, voicemails and text messages. Afraid something bad had happened to a family member he quickly began checking them, only to find everyone had the same urgent message. Vitale's overtime game-winning...

Comics

February 6, 2007

Paul ' n' Lil by Lily Ko and Paul Cheung Happy Orange by Hannah Flaherty and Ambria Klingle Comics are not edited by The News staff.

Commentary: NU must become less “tuition dependent”

February 6, 2007

Last Thursday, Feb. 4 the Student Government Senate was presented with a rough outline of the university budget, which included a 5.3 percent increase in next year's student tuition. It is of the utmost importance to continue making our institution top-quality in academics, as...

5.3% tuition hike proposed for 2d time

February 6, 2007

By Kate Augusto and Liz Ratto A plan is before the university's board of trustees to raise undergraduate tuition by 5.3 percent, a little more than $750 a semester. The budget plan includes $12 million for items suggested by the Student Government Association (SGA) earlier this...

Husky Happenings

February 6, 2007

Faculty member honored in pharmaceutical sciences Vladimir Torchilin, chair of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department and director of the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, will receive the Research Achievement Award at the 2007 Pharmaceutical Sciences...

Thull sets NU record

February 6, 2007

By Adam Riglian Freshman Jordan Thull vaulted the height of his life at the BU Multi-Team Meet Monday, shattering the Northeastern indoor and overall record with a 17-foot, three-quarter inch vault. "The sky's the limit for him, he's just a freshman, there is a lot of upside...

All Hail: Coffee: not the best part of wakin’ up

February 6, 2007

I do not drink coffee. How many people just cringed? There must have been some sort of a reaction. Maybe a sly smirk crept across your face? Coffee drinkers assume the entire world drinks coffee. People are always shocked when they hear I don't. Haven't you heard? I am a...