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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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SGA meets with Klotzbier, discusses changes to Student Affairs, scholarships

February 28, 2006

By Ricky Thompson and Jessica Torrez-Riley Vice President for Student Affairs Ed Klotzbier unveiled a proposal for a merit-based student leadership program to the Student Government Association (SGA) at a night senate meeting last night. The "Leadership Scholars Program" would...

Women’s Basketball: Losing skid reaches eight games

February 28, 2006

By Jason Kornwitz After missing the last four games because of a knee injury, senior guard Maralene Zwarich returned to Solomon Court Friday for the final home game of her collegiate basketball career. But a 74-59 loss to Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) opponent James...

Letter to the Editor: More student leaders deserve support

February 28, 2006

Because so much news from Student Affairs was reported in the last edition of the Northeastern News, I thought it would be helpful to respond to a few issues myself, in this forum. We are fortunate to have student leaders who are enthusiastic in their desires to enrich campus...

Prof. blacklisted for liberal views

February 28, 2006

By Brendan Gupta Dr. M. Shahid Alam once brought Northeastern into the spotlight of Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor," and now has attracted the media attention again, landing on David Horowitz's list of the "101 Most Dangerous College Professors." The economics professor's left-leaning...

Men’s Track: Senior thrower becomes champ

February 28, 2006

By Adam Riglian A snowy weekend did not stop the Huskies from taking fifth place in the New England Championships at Boston University Feb. 24 and Feb. 25. The men's team was led once again by senior Derek Anderson, who captured a championship in the shot put and a second place...

Letter to the Editor: Free tuition rightfully awarded to student leaders

February 28, 2006

I was very disappointed to read about Ed Klotzbier's statement regarding the removal of paid tuition for the Student Government Association (SGA) executive board and the Northeastern News editor-in-chief ("Student leaders may lose scholarships," Feb. 22). I served for a semester...

Sen. Kennedy visits Northeastern, speaks on global competitiveness

February 28, 2006

By Brendan Gupta Of all the places he could have chosen, Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy spent his birthday right here at Northeastern. Kennedy addressed students, community members and business leaders in Raytheon Amphitheater on his 74th birthday last Wednesday...

Men’s Hockey: Huskies can’t clinch playoff spot, look to be spoiler

February 28, 2006

The Huskies were on the short end of a 4-2 score against UMass-Amherst, after extending their playoff hopes a day earlier with a hard-fought 2-2 tie in the first game of the home-and-home series against the Minutemen. Northeastern got scores from junior forwards Yale Lewis...

Column: The real issues we face today

February 28, 2006

Beware the Ides of March, Shakespeare wrote. I don't care about March 15. It's beware March in my case. I hate this month. It all goes back to high school, when the state testing period came up. During that awful stretch, which, by the way, contained no days off, I'd be stuck...

Center for Sport and Society works on UN disability treaty

February 28, 2006

By Chris Estrada The United Nations is developing a treaty on the human rights of people with disabilities, and Northeastern's Center for Sport and Society has made its mark on the historic treaty. The Disability in Sport program at the center is leading the treaty's section...

Swimming and Diving: Sixth place in foreign waters for final meet

February 28, 2006

By Kevin Williamson A year's worth of persistence and training was put to the test this week as the swim and dive team competed for the first time in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championships at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. After an intense four-day competition,...

Editorial Cartoon

February 28, 2006