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The Huntington News

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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...

Column: Two Points for Honesty

September 7, 2004

To tell you the truth, we just got lazy. For once, we threw up our hands, gave up hope and took the easy way out ... we renamed the section "The Inside." There really wasn't any deep thought process associated with the name, to be honest. After tossing around names such as...

Column: Jackson’s Five

September 7, 2004

Lemme tell you a story about the late Don Brown era of Northeastern football. Days before last season's Atlantic-10 opener against Rhode Island, I attended practice to chat with the coach about a story. While I (patiently) waited, receivers coach Eddy Morrissey tracked me...

Cross country opens season in Conn.

September 7, 2004

By Jeff Bashara Men's and Women's Cross-Country Head Coach Sherman Hart was encouraged with his team's season-opening performance Sept. 4 in the Central Connecticut State Invitational, with the men taking sixth and the women taking runner-up. "I was expecting worse," Hart...

Editorial: Should he stay or should he go?

September 7, 2004

On the night of August 14, hundreds of people under 21 were drinking in Boston. Most of them didn't get caught. But, that same night, one party with alleged underage drinkers left nine Northeastern students without a job and the student government president's future hanging...

A change is on the way

September 7, 2004

Donning a different look, an upgraded menu and new hours of operation, staff members of Northeastern's local nightclub are preparing for a new year, with plenty of changes. Club Manager Jacqueline Indrisano said this year's efforts to bring more students into afterHOURS is...

Coming attractions

September 7, 2004

Wyclef Jean Formerly the lead rapper of The Fugees, Wyclef Jean was the first one of the group to break off into a solo career - and a successful one at that. Wyclef Jean is a native of Croix des-Bouquets, Haiti. At the age of nine, Wyclef and his family moved to Brooklyn,...

All-in-one ResLife shop opens doors

September 7, 2004

By Michael Chin Though it may be a small step toward allievating the NU shuffle, the newly renovated Speare Hall basement, now called Speare Commons, is receiving praise from students and administrators. "It will definitely eliminate the NU shuffle,"said Chris McKinney, a...

Volleyball loses home opener after tournament

September 7, 2004

By Jared Spineli The Northeastern volleyball team, on the heels of back-to-back victories over the weekend, could not continue their good play, and fell to Boston College 3-1 tuesday night in their home opener at Solomon Court. The Huskies could never get rolling against the...

Protesters flock NYC streets for RNC

September 7, 2004

People of all ages and backgrounds sprinkled New York City streets at the end of August in support and opposition of various causes at the Republican National Convention. Union Square, in downtown Manhattan's Grenwich Village, was the hub of protester energy. Throughout the...

Princeton Review ranks Northeastern mess

September 7, 2004

By Jennifer Nelson Northeastern may have failed to make US News' "Top 100" list this year, but it did rank on four lists in The Princeton Review's "Best 357 Colleges." However, President Richard Freeland said three of the four rankings are nothing to be celebrated. While Northeastern...