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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Out-of-state students called to juries

March 14, 2006

By Samantha Porter College students from outside Massachusetts have their fair share of inconveniences. Their IDs are often turned down at bars and they have to vote absentee. And on top of that, they can still get called for Massachusetts jury duty. Jurors in Massachusetts...

Letter to the Editor: Patience required for UHCS changes

March 14, 2006

While we at University Health and Counseling Services (UHCS) appreciate the concerns raised in a recent article ("Resignations still plaguing UHCS," March 1), we want to assure the student body that our primary goal is to provide the highest quality health care to each and every...

Tell it on a mountain: Homesick for home cooking

March 14, 2006

By Rachel Slajda This is the fourth in a biweekly series following the journey of a Northeastern student studying abroad in Perugia, Italy. I am the rock-paper-scissors champion of Perugia. In an Olympic tournament a couple weeks ago, I took home the gold - 30 euros and...

Baseball leads off spring season

March 14, 2006

By Erika Carrubba FORT MYERS, FLA. - Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez, Andruw Jones, Derrek Lee and Albert Pujols have all hit home runs off Boston Red Sox pitcher and 2005 MLB All-Star Matt Clement. And now, Northeastern senior Chris Emanuele can add his name to the list. Clement...

Letter to the Editor: Palestinian age-old practice of killing not very old

March 14, 2006

The debate about Israel's military occupation over the Palestinians is peculiar in that Joe Tarkoff never confronts the main point ("Israelis more interested in negotiating," March 1). Like defenders of colonialism before him, Tarkoff invents rhetorical decoys and appeals to...

Husky Happenings

March 14, 2006

Freeland announces farewell events for this week As his tenure as head of the university draws to a close, President Richard Freeland announced he will make a series of on-campus visits to express appreciation to faculty, staff and students for the "many contributions to the...

Baseball team returns home with .500

March 14, 2006

Strong pitching and timely hitting wasn't enough for Northeastern's baseball team as it dropped two of its first three Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) games to rival Georgia State, as well as a close loss to nationally top-ranked Georgia Tech during the team's southern...

No books for oil

March 14, 2006

The Supreme Court unanimously decided on March 6 to uphold a law forcing law schools to allow military recruiting or forfeit all federal funding. Since when did the United States government become Pepsi or Nike, or any other commercial group that proclaims, "Advertise our product...

Northeastern Crime Log

March 14, 2006

By Matthew J. Nielsen Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Monday, February 27 5 p.m. A female student reported she was sexually assaulted by an invited guest in her residence hall room the previous evening. Mario Civil, 26,...

Women’s basketball coach not returning

March 14, 2006

Women's basketball head coach Willette White resigned yesterday after six seasons of leading the Huskies. "Coach White was making progress with the team," Athletics Director Dave O'Brien said. "I'm just hopeful now to find another coach who will continue to make progress."...

Huskies upset No. 6 UNC-Wilmington

March 14, 2006

By Jason Kornwitz The Huskies' season ended last Thursday in Fairfax, Va., with a 55-45 loss in its conference quarterfinal game against No. 3 seed Delaware in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament. But the day before, the No. 11 Huskies (8-21, 3-15 CAA) pulled...

Men’s Basketball: Barea ends Husky career in 69-54 loss

March 14, 2006

An era ended Sunday, March 5 in Richmond, Va. With a 69-54 semi-final loss to UNC-Wilmington, the Huskies season officially came to a close, as did the collegiate career of Jose Juan Barea, Northeastern's second all-time leading scorer. While it wasn't a blowout, the Huskies...