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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

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Player of the Week

October 11, 2005

Starting for a team ranked 10th in the country and making a save in the strokeoff against Harvard to help the Huskies to their record 11th consecutive victory is not what Colleen Duffy expected as she entered her second month as a freshman on the field hockey team. "I thought...

Commentary: The next poke could be your last

October 11, 2005

If your Facebook picture is of you and your buddies putting a dent in a bottle of Jose Cuervo on your 19th birthday, pay attention. If you list "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "Dazed ' Confused" as your favorite movies, pay attention. If your interests include: "shroomin'...

SGA proposes office to unite undergraduate research

October 11, 2005

By Jordan Novet The Student Government Association (SGA) will sign legislation Thursday to create an office to keep track of, promote and fund undergraduate research throughout all six of the university's colleges. The SGA Academic Affairs Committee wrote the legislation...

Women’s Hockey: Spoiling BU’s debut

October 11, 2005

By Matt Foster The Northeastern women's hockey team has set the tone for an important season in a big way. In the first ever varsity matchup against Boston University Friday (the Terriers to this point have always been a club team), the Huskies used a slick offense and a dominant...

Commentary: Liberation of Iraq anything but liberating

October 11, 2005

Two central pillars supporting the case for war in Iraq fell to pieces long ago. There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, not until we dropped our own terrifying array of depleted-uranium weaponry. There was no al-Qaeda movement there, not until we launched the war...

Conduct office to gain new director

October 11, 2005

After being vacant for nearly a year, the position of director in the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR) will be filled Oct. 24. Valerie Randall-Lee, who has served as the associate dean of students at Emerson College for the past eight years, will move...

Men’s Hockey Preview: Lingering questions

October 11, 2005

Greg Cronin wants to make something clear as his college coaching career on Huntington Avenue kicks off. There will be no moral victories for the Northeastern men's hockey team this year. "One of the things that has been a backhanded slap around here in the past is that [the...

Letter to the Editor: Health center problems sicken former doc

October 11, 2005

I would like to respond to the article entitled "Diagnosis Disarray." Some students may recognize that I was one of the former medical pro-viders at the Health Center at NU. I remain an instructor at NU with close ties to the University. I think the flavor of your article very...

Budget Review Committee sees jump in event funding requests

October 11, 2005

The Budget Review Committee (BRC) spent more money on student programming than they received from the Student Activities Fee, but the fund remains "stable," chairman Billy Haddad announced Thursday. Haddad, who leads a group of 12 students that doles out money to student groups...

Court jesters

October 11, 2005

By Leah Fielding Nobody typically sees the personal side of Homecoming Court candidates - they're hidden behind lists of activities, accomplishments and formalities. Yesterday in the Curry Student Center Ballroom from 8 to 9 p.m., students were able to discover amusing tidbits...

Editorial Cartoon

October 11, 2005

Husky Happenings

October 11, 2005

Student Government warns of misleading petition The Student Government Association (SGA) announced Thursday that a petition recently circulated on campus urging students to support the selling of wine at grocery stores in Massachusetts was actually a petition opposing gay marriage....