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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Summer send-off: Hot picks for hot days

August 3, 2004

With the summer sessions coming to a rapid end and fall fast approaching, now is the perfect time to catch up on the big hits, blockbusters and bestsellers that made the summer days sizzle. The soundtrack to the summer, whether filtering through the radio airwaves or playing...

Photos from the week of August 4

August 3, 2004

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A picture’s worth a thousand words

August 2, 2004

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Kerry on board

August 2, 2004

function openSlideShow1062(){window.open(slideshowpath + 1062,'selectUser',config='scrollbars=No,resizable=Yes');}Whats Happening Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry accepted the party's nomination for President Thursday night amidst a flurry of questions about his...

Photos from the week of August 4

August 2, 2004

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Briefs: Political Happenings

August 2, 2004

High class guest list for Emily's List Democratic women voters gathered at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center Tuesday for "Women's Voices Say Enough," a luncheon sponsored by the pro-choice political network, Emily's List. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Maryland...

Waiting it out

July 29, 2004

Walking back from a rally for President George W. Bush at the Omni Parker hotel Thursday morning, three members of the Northeastern University College Republicans were met with unhappy calls and gestures. Carrying their Bush/Cheney signs, the three watched people yell at them...

Dem group leader on FleetCenter floor

July 29, 2004

Not even a hug from Jerry Springer could console Heidi Buchanan's disappointment when, at 2:15 a.m. Monday morning, Bill failed to show. Visibly tired, Buchanan recounts her trip to the Rock the Vote event at Avalon, where former President Bill Clinton was scheduled to appear....

Presidential candidates’ higher education plans differ

July 29, 2004

By C.G. Lynch With the skyrocketing price of tuition, education policy may become an integral issue for collegiate voters in the final months of the campaign season as they assess the contrasting strategies of President George W. Bush and democratic presidential nominee John...

From campus to caucus: Montana delegates step out

July 29, 2004

As far as he can see sitting in the second row of the chairs in ballroom in the Sheraton Hotel, Kevin Furey is the only veteran of the Iraq war. When a speaker asks how many veterans in the room are going to run for state legislature, Furey is one of few who raises his hand....

Protests smaller than expected

July 29, 2004

Chants like, "stop the killing, stop the war," and "bring home the troops," rang through the streets around Boston Common Sunday, a day before the Democratic Party would gather to nominate its candidate for president. Nominee John Kerry, in his acceptance speech Thursday night,...

NU plays host to civil rights award ceremony

July 29, 2004

By Marisa Michaud Born the daughter of a sharecropper in rural Mississippi in 1917, Fannie Lou Hamer rose to national prominence during the 1964 Democratic National Convention, while a delegate for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. At a day-long conference in Blackman...