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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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Buzz around Hives

August 3, 2004

By Carleton Atwater Along with The Strokes and The White Stripes, The Hives first hit it big in 2002 as part of the "garage rock revival." While that trend might have been short-lived, the Hives had several hits from their album "Veni Vidi Vicious," including "Hate To Say I...

Gunn honored for sportsmanship

August 3, 2004

The Hockey East MVP, a Humanitarian Award winner and an All-American, former Northeastern women's hockey goalie Chanda Gunn is no stranger to prestigious awards. Now to add to her list of honors, the all-time Northeastern saves leader (244) has been announced as the female...

Rogue Wave taps on roots for 2004 release

August 3, 2004

Being from Woodstock,N.Y., perhaps it was destiny that Rogue Wave's Zach Rogue would make hook-laden music that sounds straight out of an era when Woodstock was more than a farm town. But it is a good thing he did nonetheless. On his new album "Out of the Shadow" (Sub Pop,...

Letter to the Editor – CUP’s former president defends his actions

August 3, 2004

By Tom Kneafsey is a junior journalism major and the former president of CUP It's a sad day when a conversation that could have been had over coffee or lunch gets played out via a scathing letter to the editor. Last edition's "CUP's complaining more like 'bratty whines' (July...

Other side of the tracks

August 3, 2004

By Nicole Haley Lindsay Myers noticed a difference when she moved from her freshmen residence hall to the Columbus Avenue side of campus. The junior pharmacy major, who regularly strolls through Carter Park where an 11-year-old was shot Sunday night, said making her home on...

‘Summester’ brings success

August 3, 2004

By Bessie King There were trips to Martha's Vineyard, the Berkshires and Newport, R.I., free weekly concerts, ice cream and arts and crafts activities that took place in the quad. Tickets to the Red Sox, Blue Man Group, Rent and Mamma Mia, among others, sold out on the first...

Soccer team returns after tying wins record

August 3, 2004

No one expected much from the Northeastern women's soccer team in 2003, and although it team finished fifth in the standings, just one spot ahead of where it was picked to finish in the preseason poll, it opened quite a few eyes by tying the school record for wins in a season...

NU Pulse survey to rate summer

August 3, 2004

For students who have been at Northeastern for a few years, this summer felt different. The sleepy summer city was thrust into the spotlight with the DNC, Nomar Garciaparra, a member of the Red Sox for 9 years, was traded to Chicago and, on campus, students were adjusting to...

A picture’s worth a thousand words

August 3, 2004

Here is a gallery of photos capturing the images of the DNC. function openSlideShow1062(){window.open(slideshowpath + 1062,'selectUser',config='scrollbars=No,resizable=Yes');}What Happened at the DNC

‘Summester’ is less summer, more semester

August 3, 2004

When you received your acceptance letter from Northeastern, your decision to accept meant you would have to adapt to a school schedule very different from other colleges and universities. While most of your friends would toil in school for just four years, you would have to match...

Bioterror lab met with protests

August 3, 2004

About 200 environmental activists and concerned community members gathered with signs and leaflets in Blackstone Park in the South End on July 28 to rally against Boston University's proposed biosafety level four laboratory. The facility, to be constructed on Albany Street,...

Northeastern Crime Log

August 3, 2004

Crime Log Entries of the Week Sunday, July 25 7 p.m. A 21-year-old male student reported the front tire of his bike stolen after he locked his bike to a fence along the sidewalk near 337 Huntington Ave. The student said when he returned, he noticed an old tire had been put...