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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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Taking back the night

April 13, 2004

By Stephanie Musso Kelly Walker didn't know how she got pregnant. But slowly everything began to add up: the nightmares, the stress and the fuzzy half-memories of a past weekend. It was clear she had been raped. But this sort of thing doesn't happen to normal people, does it?...

Worst Time to be on Campus

April 13, 2004

Whether it's snowy like last year or just absolutely frigid like the season Boston is still recovering from, the four walls of a student's bedroom will become all too familiar during winter on campus. The clubs and bars that used to seem so close are now way too far to even...

Worst Team on Campus

April 13, 2004

By Jeff Powalisz Despite a late-season re-emergence that saw them go 11-7-5 from December on, The News' readers could not ignore the 0-9-2 start of the Northeastern men's hockey team, selecting the squad as "Worst Sports Team on Campus." The Huskies finished at 11-16-7 overall...

Best Dessert

April 13, 2004

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Students question need for resident program fee

April 13, 2004

By C.G. Lynch As Northeastern balloons to the top 5.9 percent of universities with the most expensive tuition fees in the country, some students are looking for a consolidation and greater efficiency in money allocation. Students who live on campus are currently paying a $28...

Best Example of the ‘NU Shuffle’

April 13, 2004

Do the shuffle, the NU shuffle. Notorious for its runaround, it's difficult to narrow the pickings down to just one department at Northeastern to win the "Best Example of the NU Shuffle" for 2004. This year, reigning supreme, the Department of Cooperative Education, co-op...

Fac. Senate pushes for changes before year’s end

April 13, 2004

By Steve Babcock With the end of the academic year fast approaching, the Faculty Senate uncharacteristically passed four different resolutions this week, including approval of a new professorial position for research. The rapid movement through the motions was largely the...

Construction should be during summer session

April 13, 2004

I used to wake up at 4:30 a.m. every weekday because my roommate is on the crew team and for some reason, that is when they would have practice. I was always able to fall back to sleep though. I think I've even become immune to her alarm now because I don't wake up for it anymore....

Photo exhibit places ‘faces’ to survivors

April 13, 2004

By Ryan Menard In an effort to expose the urgency and relevancy of sexual violence and to help inspire victims, the Curry Student Center hosted Catherine Pedemonti's photography exhibit "Faces of Survivors: Voices Reclaimed" last week. The series of portraits which lined the...

Best of the Best: Idris Payne, men’s track

April 13, 2004

By Jeff Powalisz The setting was more than perfect for Idris Payne. Running in front of his home crowd in New York City at the Great Dane Classic on Jan. 18, the thriving junior sprinter prepared for the anchor run of his team's 4x400-meter relay race. Unfortunately for...

Crew nipped at the end by Syracuse

April 13, 2004

By Brian Pivonka Some might say the Northeastern women's crew team is an experienced team down the stretch, with three consecutive tight endings to their races. Unfortunately for the Huskies, two of them have been for second place. Syracuse's (6:32.7) fast break attempt...

SAF pot full after lack of programs

April 13, 2004

The fee was raised, Jurassic 5 and Ludacris were confirmed, but the riots and the president put the "big name acts" which student leaders promised on hold, leaving $195,000 sitting in the Student Activities Fund. In a referendum held during the end of February last year, 1,377...