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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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Husky Happenings

January 18, 2005

Marino ends 24-hour service Instead of being a round-the-clock operation, the Marino Center will now shut its doors between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m., a decision made by the Center and the Student Government Association (SGA), which had previously backed funding for the project. "Students...

Study shows more than half of women use Pill

January 18, 2005

Tara Doran knows when she has sex for the first time, she will already be prepared. The sophomore sociology major is not currently on a birth control pill, but plans to use that as her contraceptive of choice when the need arises. "I would have control over my dosage and everything,"...

Sex

January 18, 2005

After reading the latest issue of The Northeastern News (1/19/2005), I am disgusted. After reading the section titled 'SEXcapades' I checked the front of the newspaper to make sure I was reading the school newspaper. Don't get me wrong, I love sex just like any other guy, but...

Northeastern Crime Log

January 18, 2005

Crime log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Tuesday, January 11 1:30 p.m. A 40-year-old male student taking a yoga class in Ell Hall left his wallet unattended in an adjacent room, and discovered it missing when he went to retrieve...

Women’s track defends title

January 18, 2005

By Jason Richland The Northeastern women's track team finished first with a score of 132 in the Great Dane Classic at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York, N.Y. on Sunday, 18 points better than second-place Monmouth University (115) and over 30 points better than event...

Creatini, Nelson selected to USA squad

January 18, 2005

Mari Creatini and Diana Nelson looked around at their competition at last week's U.S.A. Field Hockey tryouts in Virginia Beach, Va. "Everybody was really talented; I had my doubts," Creatini said of her chances to make the team. Creatini finished her fourth and final year...

Burst pipe freezes flow in West G

January 18, 2005

By Elizabeth Dudek and Jennifer Nelson As Patrick Graham lay sleeping in his West Village G apartment, he was unaware of the water seeping in and surrounding him. When the fire alarm sounded around 11:30 a.m., he woke up to a layer of fog hovering through his room. He stepped...

Party for your privates

January 18, 2005

Walking into a house in Southern California, about eight girls sit down on an overstuffed couch drinking cocktails and snacking on chips and chocolates. Within minutes, a woman comes in with some Tupperware bins and starts setting up shop for a demonstration. What seems like...

Women’s hockey ends 9-game losing streak

January 18, 2005

By Gayle Simone The Lady Huskies returned to the ice last weekend in a home-and-home series with cross-town Hockey East rival Boston College, looking to end an eight-game losing skid dating back to Nov. 19. Unfortunately, NU lost their ninth straight game before putting one...

Column: Speak to the Beat

January 18, 2005

If I were to wear a Nazi costume to a party, there's a good chance I might get punched in the face. But I can say with a fair amount of certainty that it would not appear on the cover of the New York Post. However, if I were third in line for the English throne, things would...

Where credit’s due

January 18, 2005

By Hailey Heinz This is the first in a five-part series examining students' experiences with financial aid. Evan Martinez has worked as a computer programmer, a house cleaner and a clerical worker. He has also done basic electrical wiring, put up shelves and worked on roofs,...