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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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Holla Atcha Dogz

July 20, 2004

If you look at today's sports scene one question comes to mind: Where has the loyalty gone? A look at the current landscape indicates it has taken the same path as bellbottoms and (with the exception of Pedro Martinez) Jeri curl juice. Gone are the days when players spent...

Love to the left

July 20, 2004

Politics once had no place at the dinner table, but now it has its sights set on the bedroom. DemDates.com, a singles' Web site for the "young, sexy and liberal," is gearing up to take Boston by storm on the coattails of the Democratic National Convention. The Web site will...

Column: DNC just a conventional waste of time

July 20, 2004

By Victoria Rose Comella is a junior English major Every four years on the first Tuesday of November, there's the possibility of starting a new relationship. After four years you've reached the make or break point and you need to make a decision. And what better way to help...

Kirkopou-less

July 20, 2004

To put it bluntly, the 2003 men's soccer season was a huge disappointment. In case you missed it, here's a recap: Huskies enter the season as favorites to defend their 2002 America East title. After one win they are ranked 14th in the nation, and then fail. Forget the storybook...

NU to propose new beds on campus

July 20, 2004

By Stephanie Vosk and Steve Babcock To appease both the city and the students, Northeastern pledged at a community meeting Monday night to produce plans for at least two new residence halls by January. The residence halls would hold a total of at least 1,250 beds and would...

Just how badly do you want it?

July 20, 2004

By Staff Editorial When the Student Government Association voted last spring to make accepting the sports pass mandatory, they hoped "If you build it, they will come" would be more on the students' minds than "If you take their money, they will be pissed off." But calm down,...

Conventional wisdom: Other closings to watch out for …

July 20, 2004

*The Curry Student Center food court will close shop at 3 p.m. * Boston, Cambridge and Lowell superior court trials are curtailed for the week *If you need your license renewed, think again, State Police are canceling all road tests *The New England Aquarium and the Museum...

Letter to the editor:

July 20, 2004

By Nadine Yaver is a junior criminal justice major and president of the Latin American Student Org. As I sat reading the July 7 edition of the Northeastern News, I couldn't help but laugh out loud over the amount of coverage concerning the Council for University Program's budget....

Conventional wisdom: Huskies face road blocks

July 20, 2004

With the Democratic National Convention (DNC) coming to Boston Monday, students will need to take precautions to make it to their jobs and classes safely and on time. In order for that to happen, proper planning must be taken. The News talked to students, teachers and administrators...

DNC, more than politics

July 20, 2004

The freshly-pressed suits, bleached shirts and solid-color ties splattering the crowd at the FleetCenter will have to be put in the closet for a few nights during the DNC. To welcome the politicians to Boston, the Boston Pops and their conductor, Keith Lockhart, will be playing...

Letter to the Editor: Don’t be fooled by ‘documentaries’

July 20, 2004

This summer's movie bonanza has brought us two films moviegoers should pay attention to because they not only aim to entertain, but to inform. The two must-sees are Super Size Me and Fahrenheit 9/11. I saw both movies and it's not hard to understand the concepts brought by...

Class of ’09 high-ranking, wide-spread

July 20, 2004

By Bessie King Kelly Larson graduated this year from Magnificat High School in Ohio. The soon-to-be freshman was a member of the National Honor Society, ran for her school track team and is also a gymnast, besides having a 4.2 high school GPA and SAT scores above 1100. She was...