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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

October 19, 2004

Faculty present nanotechnology plans Faculty members gathered Tuesday at the Raytheon Amphitheater to present Northeastern University's research plan in the field of nanotechnology. The presentation opened with Provost Ahmed Abdelal explaining collaboration as the major aspect...

Revenge of the nerds

October 19, 2004

By Conor Nevins The Northeastern football team had all the motivation it needed going into Sunday's cross-town match-up with Harvard University. A thrilling overtime victory over Atlantic-10 rival Villanova University the week before put them in a position to win consecutive...

Player of the Week: Diana Nelson

October 19, 2004

It's been quite a while since the Northeastern field hockey team has seen anything other than a zero next to their opponent's name on the scoreboard. The Huskies have won seven straight games, with their last five being shutout wins. The first two games of the streak yielded...

Sports Briefs

October 19, 2004

Swimming places 2d at Husky Invitational/b> The Northeastern swim team placed second this weekend at the Husky Invitational hosted by the University of Connecticut. The UConn Huskies took first with a score of 610, while NU scored 338.50. Freshman Kara Lane won the 200-yard...

Councilor Ross calls for centralized campus

October 11, 2004

By Jen Nelson The students have spoken, and according to City Councilor Michael Ross, he's the only one listening. "[Northeastern's campus] is not a very friendly environment for students," Ross said. "Students have no interest in being on campus." Some of Ross' suggestions...

Method ‘targets’ Boston students

October 11, 2004

By Erin Engelson Put down that heavy bottle of laundry detergent: Method Laundry wants to revolutionize the way you wash your clothing. Target and Method Laundry teamed up last Saturday in an effort to simplify laundry for Boston's students. Attendants filled The Laundromax,...

Virgins retain reasons to wait for sex

October 11, 2004

By Jill Campbell "Thou shalt hook up." It is one of the unofficial Commandments of college life, right next to "Thou shalt wear a hoodie" and "Thou shalt eat Easy Mac." Some statistics would have the world believe such is the case on most college campuses. A study by the...

Commentary: Kerry will respect the rights of GLBTs

October 11, 2004

By Wayne Ting Monday, Oct. 11, is National Coming Out Day. Granted, it may not be New Year's Eve, St. Patrick's Day or even Homecoming, but for many of your peers, it's much more important. Beyond the public expression of sexual orientation, National Coming Out Day is also...

Northeastern Crime Log

October 11, 2004

Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports.

All Hail

October 11, 2004

By Elyse Merlo It all started late one night at Little Stevie's. I had just gotten a crappy housing lottery number and was eating away my feelings with some friends when, suddenly, I was asked to be the fourth roommate for an off-campus apartment. Now that I have been living...

Student group rallies for Nader

October 11, 2004

Chris Budnick, a freshman political science major, admitted his presidential candidate might not win come Nov. 2, but that is not stopping him from getting his newly-formed student group off the ground. "Nader is a viable candidate, but it's ludicrous to think he's going to...

Field hockey remains unbeaten in conference

October 11, 2004

By Jason Richland If anyone in the America East can stop the Huskies, they should step up soon before it is too late. The Northeastern field hockey team continued its domination over the America East with a 7-0 victory over the State University of New York at Albany at Union...