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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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Huskies beat BU, fall to Maine

January 25, 2005

One hump down, one hump to go. The Northeastern men's basketball team finally put all the pieces together and came up with a huge win against the Boston University Terriers Wednesday night at Matthews Arena. The Huskies (10-7, 6-2 AE) pulled out the close 77-75 win and beat...

Providence beats women’s hockey

January 25, 2005

By Gayle Simone The Huskies battled hard in the third period to force overtime against Providence College last night at Matthews Arena, but fell short in a 3-2 loss. Rachel Crissy beat Marissa Hourihan for the deciding goal with 2:58 remaining in the overtime period. With...

sexism in the name of science–revisited

January 25, 2005

Ha! I just got to page 2 and it was such a redeemer! And actually, loved the last line, thought it was the perfect summation to be like, look it's all in good fun. My bad for being the overly sensitive, overly emotional female I am. Oops for BEING the stereotype. Apologies to...

Stetson screens fail to fill students’ stomachs

January 25, 2005

By Hailey Heinz When Michelle Drown, a middler pharmacy major, eats at the Stetson West dining hall, she said she usually prefers to sit in the old seating area, away from the latest addition and its nine plasma screen televisions. "Usually, when you go to the dining hall...

One stop shop makes event planning easy

January 25, 2005

By Christina Calderaro Student groups who need a hand planning lectures, concerts or trips can get all the help they could ask for by walking into the new Student Center for Event Planning. Located within the Student Activities Office in 228 Curry Student Center, the center...

Inside the NU actors’ studio

January 25, 2005

By Bianca Strzelczyk The second installment of an on-going series chronicling the production of "Lower Depths" by the Northeastern Theatre Department. It was 6:30 on a frigid Thursday night. From the outside, the Studio Theatre looks deserted -- the doors were locked, the...

White wash

January 25, 2005

Simon Gorelikov doesn't really see what all the fuss is about. The junior pharmacy major, a native of Moscow, is used to powerful blizzards like the one that dropped nearly two feet of snow on Boston last weekend. "I actually went for a walk with my roommate in the middle...

Student Center preps for 40th birthday bash

January 25, 2005

By Rocco Colella The Curry Student Center is officially middle-aged. The center is celebrating its 40th birthday this year, and Northeastern plans to honor the center next week. Student Government Association's (SGA) Vice President for Student Services Nicole Martino is...

Column: Jackson’s Five

January 25, 2005

The second period between the Northeastern men's hockey team and host Boston College Friday was, in a word, pathetic. Horrid. Ugly. Laughable. Shall we continue? First, the gruesome details: * 18:00 remaining: BC freshman Dan Bertram pops a wrist shot that Northeastern...

Columbia dampens swimmers’ Senior Day

January 25, 2005

By Craig Roman It was Senior Day Saturday at the Barletta Natatorium, but the senior's smiles quickly turned to frowns as the Northeastern swimming and diving team lost its third straight meet, this time to Columbia University, 136-107. It was the second loss to an Ivy League...

Column: Two points for honesty

January 25, 2005

Never in a million years would I see this one coming. Michael Jackson, well, that was to be expected. Bill Clinton? We all thought that he was having a little fling. But Bill Cosby? Just say it ain't so. For those who don't see the link between Jack-o, Slick Willy and the...

Local terrorist threats cause little panic on campus

January 25, 2005

When the pictures of four Chinese nationalists were shown on news broadcasts across the country and the words "dirty bomb" and "Boston" were uttered in the same sentence, a shiver of fear traveled through many Boston residents. Shawn Collins, however, had experienced the same...