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Commentary: New budget a success, more to come

February 13, 2007

I want to address the recent news about the proposed tuition hike for the coming school year. This year the Student Government Association (SGA), led by President Rogan O'Handley, achieved unprecedented success in fulfilling its mission to let students have a voice in the budget...

Men’s Hockey: Huskies beat Harvard in Beanpot consolation

February 13, 2007

By Matt Nielsen The men's hockey team beat Harvard University, 3-1, Monday night at TD Banknorth Garden for its second Beanpot consolation win in four years. The Huskies' win was their sixth in consolation games since they last won the Beanpot title in 1988. The victory...

Women’s Basketball: Northeastern drops pair to top conference teams

February 13, 2007

The Huskies were matched up against two of the best the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) has to offer this past week. A casual glance at the box scores reveals an 89-75 loss to Old Dominion (14-8, 10-1 CAA) and an 85-63 loss to No. 25 James Madison (22-2, 13-0 CAA), stretching...

Senior chooses inner-city teaching over law school

February 13, 2007

By Derek Hawkins Toby Shepherd never envisioned himself becoming a teacher, but this summer he will begin a two-year teaching stint in one of the nation's poorest school districts. Shepherd, a senior political science and history major, is a member of Teach For America, a...

Husky Happenings

February 13, 2007

Services delayed this weekend for ID number change New nine-digit numbers will replace Social Security Numbers as student identifications this week, and students will not have access to business transactions and services for several days. Students will need to conduct all business,...

Column: The Beanpot’s best story plays out on Huntingon Ave

February 13, 2007

Upon arriving at Northeastern as wide-eyed freshmen, we learn a series of inalienable facts. The bars close at 2 a.m., but the T stops at 12:50 a.m. Waiting in line at either Stetson East or West is about as worthwhile as watching a current episode of Saturday Night Live....

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.