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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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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...

CJ majors on guard at FleetCenter

July 29, 2004

Walking into the FleetCenter, Amy Iacoi can't believe what the Democratic National Convention staff has done to transform the home of the Boston Bruins and Celtics. The team colors, once streaming green and yellow, morph into reds, whites and blues. The banners, lighting,...

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...

Dukakis class makes grade at DNC

July 29, 2004

By C.G. Lynch In 1988, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis accepted the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Ga. Months later, in the general election against George H.W. Bush, he suffered a defeat. Sixteen years later, with the DNC...

Recent graduate ‘reaches out’ during convention

July 29, 2004

As outreach coordinator for the Democratic National Convention Committee, part of Neath Cardenas' job is to help seat the thousands of delegates backstage at the convention. The FleetCenter looks different to her now after the months of renovations it has received since her May...

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...