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Column: ‘T’-ing Off

November 8, 2005

It figures. Only in the world of Northeastern Athletics could a long-term move meant to improve the school's image wind up being at the worst time, depriving the Huskies of at least one - and probably two -...

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November 8, 2005

Answers to this week's crossword puzzle

Student groups urge pres. search committee rep. to listen to peers

November 8, 2005

Representatives from the Presidential Search Committee, who will do most of the work in finding the next university president, confirmed this week students will have an opportunity to voice their expectations for a new university president at open forums to be held sporadically...

Men’s Hockey: Freshman trio form top line

November 8, 2005

Joe Vitale, Ryan Ginand and Matti Uusivirta were tired. As the fatiguing final weeks of preseason came to a close, they needed to play in a game that counted. Weeks upon weeks of questions aimed at them by their new coach were getting to them....

Alumni donations lag below national average

November 8, 2005

By Hailey Heinz As Northeastern climbs the ranks toward the U.S. News and World Report's top 100, many of the university's statistics have climbed right along with it. But while admissions selectivity and sophomore retention improve, the rate of alumni donations has steadily...

Men’s Soccer: Saccoccio’s career comes to end

November 8, 2005

By Conor Nevins Coming into the final three games of the regular season, the Northeastern men's soccer team knew they had their work cut out for them if they hoped to qualify for postseason play in the Colonial Athletic Association. For weeks, the Huskies' hopes of extending...

All Hail: Ready for change in the cycle

November 8, 2005

Every week, I do my laundry. It doesn't sound like anything important, right? We all do it to keep ourselves handsome and beautiful or, at the very least, from looking like a slob. It's a basic chore every college student does, one that goes along with buying groceries,...

Students report feeling ‘winter blues’ as temperatures drop

November 8, 2005

By Emily Robbins With the season's first snow already in the past, winter is not far away. While enjoying the last few days of sunshine and mild temperatures is important, a study from the National Institute for Mental Health reports it's equally vital to brace for the impending...

Player of the Week: Whitney Shean

November 8, 2005

Whitney Shean spent her weekend at Virginia Beach, but she didn't come back with a tan or any boardwalk souvenirs. She came back with a swollen ankle and second place. Shean and the field hockey team traveled to Norfolk, Va., to play in the Colonial Athletic Association...

More on the Weely Dig

November 8, 2005

From what I can tell, the Weekly Dig continues to "spin" the stories. First of all, to say the author, Paul McMorrow, went to NU, is a bit of a strech. Perhaps he came to Grad School or something here, but his undergrad was completed at BU, "When my brother came to visit me at...

Facilities prepares to turn up heat as oil prices remain high

November 8, 2005

By Kimmy Nevas As the temperature falls and oil prices remain high, Northeastern is feeling the chill. With classrooms, offices and residence halls to heat this winter, high gas prices are adding up, and the price of crude oil, hovering at more than $60 per barrel, is not falling...

Football: Home turf gives no help against Maine

November 8, 2005

By Jack Weiland BROOKLINE - Its last-minute, last-ditch effort having fallen just short, the Northeastern football team entered the postgame press conference with sullen faces for the fifth time in a row Saturday. "Growing pains are damn painful," coach Rocky Hager said after...