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The Huntington News

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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Forum discusses lessons from Jackie O

November 2, 2004

By Ricky Thompson To Tina Flaherty, author of "What Jackie Taught Us: Lessons from the Remarkable Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis," it was the former first lady's more unheralded characteristics that distinctively set her apart from other women who had previously held her...

Commentary: Meet the Pres., SGA leader speaks

November 2, 2004

By Bill Durkin My fellow students, I am honored to be your new Student Government president. Serving the Northeastern undergraduate student body will be a great challenge for me, but I am confident that I am up to the job. Know that I am driven by a genuine passion for public...

When Johnny comes marching home

November 2, 2004

By Amanda Carswell and Bianca Strzelczyk A cold and misty morning did not stop the Fenway faithful from taking to the streets Saturday for the Red Sox victory parade. People of all ages watched as Boston Duck Tour boats filled with members of Red Sox Nation made their way...

Northeastern Crime Log

November 2, 2004

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

Celebrate NU Day

November 2, 2004

By Hailey Heinz Free pizza was given out Thursday as part of Celebrate NU Day, a pep rally sponsored by the Student Ambassadors of the Alumni Association, which combined Northeastern's 106th birthday with the kickoff of Homecoming festivities. In addition to pizza, Qdoba provided...

Students carve up competition

November 2, 2004

By Dinah Alobeid The third annual Pumpkin Carving Contest sponsored by Dining Services was held on Thursday in the Levine Marketplace. Deb Fantasia, who does the marketing and managing for Dining Services, ran the event and said she was enthusiastic about doing something...

‘Haunted’ Housing Services transforms Speare Commons

November 2, 2004

By Amanda Carswell Speare Commons is usually sprinkled with students studying, drinking coffee or checking their e-mail. But last Friday it was decorated with balloons, cobwebs and a few chalk-lined bodies on the sidewalk outside the entrance. For five hours in the afternoon,...

Event seeks greater sex communication

November 2, 2004

Two sets of feet poking from beneath the covers is the image depicted on fliers for "Can I Kiss You?," a sexual awareness presentation taking place in the Curry Student Center Ballroom Sunday at 8 p.m. But beneath the eye-catching picture reads a simple message: "Did you ask...

Sexcapades

November 2, 2004

This past summer two of my girlfriends and I were drinking beers at our friends' Columbus Avenue apartment when one of the guys suggested that our game of flip cup turn into a more promiscous game of "strip flip cup." Our team was destroying the team of five guys, so we agreed....

Holocaust survivors share stories

November 2, 2004

By Bessie King and Meghan Colloton Three days after his liberation from the Auschwitz camp, Charles Papiernik began writing his book. "Unbroken: From Auschwitz to Buenos Aires," Papiernik's third book about the horrors he endured, has been translated to English, and the...

Carnival

November 2, 2004

By Eleni Himaras Dreary weather and competition with the Red Sox victory parade did not stop some students from rallying support for the Homecoming game on Saturday at the Council for University Programs' (CUP) Homecoming carnival in Krentzman Quad. Students enjoyed free...

Letter to the Editor: LASO doesn’t ‘suck it up’ or snitch

November 2, 2004

By Josue Garcia This letter is in response to Mr. George Gottschalk's letter ("Student leader needs to learn to 'suck it up,'" Oct. 20) that attempted to apply his rule of "sucking it up" to leadership at Northeastern. I think it's rather amusing that he contradicts himself...