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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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New group helps Asian-American students

January 25, 2005

For freshman Lindsay Lemons, the transition to college life, with its usual bumps in the road, has had an additional hurdle as she adjusts to living away from home. A Korean-American born in the United States, Lemons always relied on her Korean friends to share in her culture's...

Wang Theatre offers free cinema Mondays

January 25, 2005

By Ricky Thompson For moviegoers constantly finding themselves dependent on the kindness of strangers to pay for their ticket, look no further than the Wang Theatre's recently revitalized "Motion Picture Mondays" series. The program, which was previously known as the "Classic...

New Web site provides wickedly good time

January 25, 2005

By Jill Campbell Buying and selling friends in order to accumulate the hottest group and win prizes is just a way of life on the Web site, www.catch27.com. And the Web site's creator, E. Jean Carroll, a longtime Elle Magazine advice columnist, said the site's format is not...

Twins adjust to second semester, cold weather

January 25, 2005

The fifth installment in a year-long series chronicling two brothers' freshman years. When Jason Brodsky-Porges and five of his friends bundled up and headed for Boston Common's Frog Pond Saturday night, they assumed they would have the ice rink to themselves. But with the...

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...