Skip to Main Content
The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Campus

Women’s Hockey: Rookie leads NU in win over Black Bears

December 5, 2006

By Jewel Della Valle The women's hockey team snapped a five-game losing streak with a two-game split at Maine in a weekend series that saw the teams combine for 10 second-period scores. Northeastern dropped Saturday's game 7-2 but battled through Sunday to win 6-2. It was...

Coen announces 2007-08 recruits

December 5, 2006

Three high school athletes signed National Letters of Intent for the 2007-08 season, men's basketball head coach Bill Coen announced Monday. Guards Chaisson Allen and Allen Aragbaye and center Ben Felix will join the Huskies next year. Allen is a 6-foot, 4-inch combo guard...

Editorial: Student press free as any

December 5, 2006

One week ago, an administrator at the University of Southern California (USC) blocked the re-election of Zach Fox to the post of editor in chief of the Daily Trojan, the campus' student daily newspaper. As college journalists, we are deeply troubled by this decision. Practicing...

Column: For positive view, pay closer attention to the game

December 5, 2006

My Christmas wish came true a few weeks early this year. Even though it was a few years overdue, I still accepted it with a warm embrace. My mind had been cluttered and my opinions twisted. My once-reliable perception and affection had been altered and seemed gone forever....

Psychic impresses even skeptics

December 5, 2006

By Marc Larocque Psychic Robert Channing mystified students with a mix of mind reading and comedy at the Curry Student Center ballroom last night. It was his fifth performance at Northeastern. "I have a sixth sense called ESP. I don't physically see it," he said. "The pineal...

Student records were released to FBI after September 11 attacks

December 4, 2006

By Marc Larocque The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) said that it submitted the federal student loan applications of millions of students to the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of an anti-terrorism investigation which spanned nearly five years since the September...

Alumni band comes full-circle

December 4, 2006

By Barbara Lee Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified the group that sponsored "The Rock 'n' Roll Takeover." When Audible Mainframe played at afterHOURS Saturday night, the show marked the end of an East Coast run that began in that very same club....

Sophomore running for N.H. State House seat

December 4, 2006

Correction: A previous version of this story misidentified the Worcester Polytechnic Institute student running for a House seat. If you want to get together with sophomore political science major Jeff Fontas on the weekends these days, you'll have to work around his campaign...

Nu ‘ Improv’d pushes boundaries

December 4, 2006

By Aaron Lavender From airport security to scientology, few topics were off limits to the NU ' Improv'd crew at their sketch comedy performance in afterHOURS last night. About 130 students attended the show, which relied heavily on audience partipation. Senior communications...

Aoun speaks to faculty senate

December 4, 2006

Correction: A previous version of this story contained incorrect specifics about a grant awarded to Northeastern from the National Science Foundation. Northeastern President Joseph Aoun expressed his love for both co-op and collaboration throughout the university when he spoke...

Huskies with Heart

December 4, 2006

By Cynthia Retamozo Correction: The co-president of NUTELLS is Sharon Long. Preparing students' food and cleaning their messes, the janitorial and Chartwells cafeteria staff help students get through the everyday hassles of college life. Sophomore economics major Carolina...

8 students summonsed by BPD for off-campus party

December 4, 2006

Eight Northeastern students were summonsed to appear in Roxbury District Court and up to 80 additional students may face university sanctions after Boston police broke up an off-campus party early Sunday morning. Students cited by police - Brian Stickles, 18; Andrew Kahn, 19;...