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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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Resident Assistants upset over contract changes

December 6, 2005

Several Resident Assistants (RAs) expressed disgust this week after university administration changed a provision in their contracts. The RAs complained the changes were made without their consent, exposing a deeper anger over what they described as the university's tendency...

Beginning to rebuild

December 6, 2005

By Stephen Babcock and Ricky Thompson After a summer transition period that left University Health and Counseling Services (UHCS) largely short-staffed, the center responded this fall by hiring at least 15 new staff members, said UHCS Executive Director Roberta Berrien. The...

Letter to the Editor: Ex-ambassador forum set stage for lies

December 6, 2005

Regarding your article ("Former ambassador speaks on Iraq, CIA leak investigation," Nov. 30), my question is: Why is anyone giving this person a forum from which to spread more lies? You realize, of course, Wil-son was thoroughly discredited by the Senate Intelligence Committee...

Up in lights

December 6, 2005

By Jeff Swoboda Over 200 students counted down along with President Richard Freeland: "5

Column: It’s holiday time in the city

December 6, 2005

There are three things I always promise to myself and try to stick to every year when the month of December and the holidays roll around, and they are (in no particular order): 1) I will stop shopping for myself and will only shop for others until after the holidays are over,...

Contract RAnts

December 6, 2005

Thanks to the administration, Resident Assistants could be moving out of their luxurious Speare singles to a new location: The picket line. The administration recently announced to its RAs it will institute minor changes to the current RA contract. RAs working the front desk...

Students soak up quiet campus over holiday break

December 6, 2005

By Allison Mudge December, with its finals, holiday shopping and last-minute travel arrangements, is a busy month for college students. While most Northeastern students are packing their bags and making plans about what to do and who to see while home during the winter break,...

Comics

December 6, 2005

Tuna by Evonne Davies

Column: ‘T’-ing Off

December 2, 2005

In tying New Hampshire Sunday, the men's hockey team showed just the extent of the Huskies' rut of mediocrity over the past decade: They scored their fifth point at UNH's Whittemore Center since its establishment in 1995. Nope, that's not the fifth win, it's the fifth point....

Missing freshman returns home

December 1, 2005

A freshman who unexpectedly boarded a plane for London Oct. 28 has safely returned to his family, the student's parents said. William Lamar, 18, had been missing for over a month when he contacted the US Embassy in London Tuesday morning and told them he wanted to go home,...

Northeastern Crime Log

November 30, 2005

By Matt Nielsen Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Monday, November 14 3 p.m. Residential Life staff from Stetson East reported the first and fourth floor smoke detectors had been tampered with. Tuesday, November 15 12:30...

‘T’-ing Off

November 30, 2005

This is what I wanted, isn't it? A month or so ago, I glanced at the American League East standings and said to myself, "Man, the Yankees really do suck. Ha, it's like they're furiously waving around their limbs in the water to stay above .500, slowly gagging on seawater...