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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Women’s hockey splits weekend with Ohio State University

November 16, 2004

By Gayle Simone The Huskies got out of their scoring slump Sunday, netting five goals in an overtime loss to Ohio State University at the OSU Ice Rink. Amy Goodney recorded her first ever hat trick, sending the game into overtime with just 30 seconds remaining in regulation....

Men’s hoops picked to finish fourth in America East

November 16, 2004

It was March. The month the word "upset" was invented. The only month when a Cinderella story involves Air Jordans instead of glass slippers. It was March 6, 2004; the day the Northeastern men's basketball team was upset by the University of Hartford Hawks, 79-74, in the quarterfinals...

Football wins 2OT thriller over Hofstra

November 16, 2004

The Northeastern football team broke its four-game losing streak in a thrilling fashion Saturday in Long Island by beating Hofstra University, 37-34, in double overtime. The Hofstra Pride, who hadn't lost to the Huskies since 1956, could only muster a field goal in their attempt...

Former students turn college into career

November 16, 2004

By Hailey Heinz For most students, Northeastern is a temporary stop on the road to a career. For Dirk Rodricks, however, that stop turned into his career. Rodricks, now the assistant director of student center activities, was a graduate student at Northeastern, and graduated...

Ross revises tracking ordinance

November 16, 2004

City Councilor Michael Ross will be meeting with members of the Student Government Association Thursday to discuss his revised draft of the University Accountability Ordinance. Ross and fellow City Councilor Jerry McDermott proposed the ordinance and said the original draft...

Letter to the Editor: Northeastern wasn’t built in a day

November 16, 2004

By Amanda M. Bergin I am extremely disappointed with The Northeastern News for printing the article "Building F Provides Wake Up Call for Students" (Nov. 10). Not only did the article use two completely asinine pictures of construction, but worse, had the nerve to put one on...

All Hail: Stereotypes may not be unjust

November 16, 2004

The stereotyping of Northeastern students: I'm just as sick of it as you are. From sports riots to Mission Hill, NU has gotten a lot of bad press lately. Much of the local media seems to see NU as the perfect scapegoat for all that is wrong with Boston's youth. Unsurpris-ingly,...

Lecture speaks to women in engineering

November 15, 2004

By Kaitlin Keane Despite consistent efforts in the past few years, women remain drastically underrepresented in the male-dominated engineering field, said Rachel Reisberg, director of the Women in Engineering program at Northeastern. Reisberg spoke to students last Wednesday...

A year to remember

November 13, 2004

By the time he gets home at night, his two boys are already tucked into bed, sound asleep. Careful not to disturb them, he watches over them, wondering. He questions himself - will he be able to raise his boys to someday be leaders? After this academic year, Ed Klotzbier...

Dems plan for afterHOURS watch event

November 13, 2004

By Dinah Alobeid Correction: The article's title suggests a single-party event held on campus which is against university code. The watch event was supported by the political science department, UNA, NUUU, the Inter-Class Council, RSA, SGA and the political science student association....

Exit polls show increase of youth vote

November 9, 2004

Notorious for dismal showings at the polls since the mid-1970s, the young voter demographic came out in record numbers for the 2004 presidential election, according to exit polls. But with turnout high in other demographics as well, the young vote was not able to make a difference...

SGA invades campus with cocoa, carts

November 9, 2004

Students had a chance to "get a ride" around campus on golf carts rented by the Student Government Association Tuesday, as the organization launched its second Campus Invasion. Senators and executive board members offered students free rides to class on the carts from 9 a.m....