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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Cost of printing rises at Snell

September 7, 2004

Students who utilize the library's research area will have to start paying for printed materials, Snell Library officials announced recently. The InfoCommoms area printers will remain free of charge. Maria Carpenter, the library's advancement program manager, said library officials...

Huskies shut out by two top programs

September 7, 2004

With consecutive 2-0 losses to Virginia Tech and James Madison University at last weekend's JMU/Comfort Inn Invitational, the Northeastern University men's soccer team now finds itself 0-2 on the young season. Although they have zero goals to go along with their zero wins,...

Meet the Brodsky-Porges twins

September 7, 2004

By Jennifer Nelson and Glenn Yoder When it came time for David Brodsky-Porges to choose a college, he knew Boston was where he wanted to be. "My sister is a senior at Simmons College," the communications major said. "I guess I kind of followed her out here, but I bet she'll...

Column: Holla Atcha Dogz

September 7, 2004

Ahh yes. It is football season once again, a time many consider the most wonderful of the year. There is something about bone-crunching hits, epic come-from-behind victories, and the scent of fungus-laced jock straps permeating the autumn air that just seems to wax poetic ......

CUP unveils acts for concert

September 7, 2004

By Jennifer Nelson Council for University Programming (CUP) concert chair Joshua Pratt is expecting a long line outside Matthew's Arena today, as tickets go on sale for CUP's first fall concert, featuring Busta Rhymes and Wyclef Jean. "We're expecting a big line," Pratt said....

Dining facilities get facelift for new semester

September 7, 2004

By Jennifer Nelson Dining in style has a whole new meaning at Northeastern this semester with two newly renovated facilities now open to students. Stetson West and Out Takes have both undergone renovations in an effort to make dining easier and more comfortable for students,...

Todd Phipps, 48, lab assistant in animal research

September 7, 2004

Todd Alan Phipps loved playing the organ so much that even his colleagues in the department of laboratory animal medicine knew about his passion. "He always talked about it, playing a big pipe organ for his church," said Sean Sullivan, director of the division of laboratory...

Photos from the RNC in New York City

September 7, 2004

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Dem and GOP student groups join to get out the vote

September 7, 2004

By C.G. Lynch With bipartisan groups across the United States spending close to $40 million in get-out-the-vote efforts during this campaign season, student political leaders at Northeastern from both parties have joined together to ensure a high voter turnout in November.....

Absolute domination

September 7, 2004

BROOKLINE - The spotlight often shines on the working parts of a football team after a convincing win. For the Northeastern University Huskies, all units were functioning in grand fashion in a mammoth 71-0 shutout of Cheyney University, Saturday before 1,671 at Parsons Field....

Columnist: Beauty is in the heart of the beholder

September 7, 2004

By Hilary McMurray It's a new semester. Everyone is roaming campus, scoping out the new students and hottie hunting, but the standards for being 'hot' or 'beautiful' are constantly changing. One day, it's okay to be thin, the next day curves are in again. "Extreme makeovers"...

Local Encounters: The quirky characters seen on Boston’s sidewalks

September 7, 2004

By Elyse Merlo From handmade signs that read "Impeach Cheney" to their ramblings of a Eurasian Land Bridge, the supporters of seven-time presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche can be found in all corners of Boston talking, sometimes screaming, at anybody who will listen. Known...