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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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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...

Outbound on the Green Line

January 25, 2005

By Ricky Thompson For those seeking a change from the crowded stores and busy streets of downtown Boston, the Green Line's alphabet of outbound trains service a number of locations that give the region retail variety. Plus, it's easier on the wallet; it's free to ride any train...

Group wants vans to clean up act

January 25, 2005

Kelly Muellman and Imanuela Costiner aren't consultants from MTV's "Pimp My Ride." But after gazing upon the fleet of university vehicles last semester, they felt a change was in order. The two are co-presidents of Students for Environmental Action (SEA), a group aimed at...

New director brings healthy resum

January 25, 2005

By Ricky Thompson Working in the close-knit college community in Amherst, Roberta Berrien has influenced colleges such as the University of Massachusetts, Smith College and Amherst College. Now she plans to make her mark at Northeastern. Although only a few weeks into her...

Northeastern Crime Log

January 25, 2005

Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Wednesday, January 19 10:30 a.m. A 24-year-old female student reported her wallet missing after leaving it in a classroom in the Behrakis Health Sciences Center on Jan. 11. The wallet contained...