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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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Cruisin’ in style

April 8, 2004

Kanye West proved himself to be a capable emcee, adding rapper and writer to his job title of producer. The Chicago native released his highly anticipated debut album "The College Dropout" on Tuesday, Feb. 10 and garnished critical acclaim as well as commercial success. According...

Holla Atcha Dogz

April 8, 2004

There is perhaps no individual more revered than the professional athlete. No matter the sport, these people garner respect and popularity for their exploits. The power and influence of the professional athlete transcends both time and audiences. Still, something is amiss...

Be sunscreen savvy

April 8, 2004

According to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), one in five Americans has melanoma, otherwise known as skin cancer, and another million will be diagnosed this year. The organization's Web site, www.aad.org, offers the following sun safety tips to help prevent the disease...

Grad student accepts offer to work in student center operations

April 6, 2004

Narrowed down from 40 original candidates, an offer has been extended to graduate student Dirk Rodricks to fill the vacant position of Associate Director of Student Center Operations. As an internal candidate, Rodricks, a Northeastern graduate student working in the Curry...

New school to target business, tech

April 6, 2004

By Steve Babcock The Faculty Senate passed a plan for the creation of a School of Technological Entrepreneurship Thursday that would center its programming around interdisciplinary study between technology-oriented majors and business. The new school would include team-taught...

Library technology aids disabled students

April 6, 2004

A robotic voice emanates from the computer screen, reading back the sheet of paper Debra Mandel, head of the Media Services Center, just scanned in. Although normally the Kurz-weil 3000 program is intended for use by the sight impaired, Mandel is giving a demonstration of...

BRC irons out plans for funding food at events

April 6, 2004

By Jeff Powalisz Guidelines were set for officially funding food for student group events at Tuesday's Budget Review Committee (BRC) meeting. Pending approval by the Student Affairs Board (SAB), the 6-1 vote would allow groups to request one food event per semester. The group...

The March is on

April 6, 2004

By Bobby Hankinson The issue of reproductive rights is heating up to an intense boil, both on campus and across the country, as Northeastern students and activists from 50 states prepare to march. Recently, the Budget Review Committee (BRC) allocated $4,250 to the Northeastern...

Plans for West F moving forward

April 6, 2004

By C.G. Lynch President Richard Freeland recently confirmed that the Board of Trustees has approved plans for building F, the final structure of Northeastern's West Campus. The building is set to host honors housing, classrooms and the John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute...

Student groups file grievances

April 6, 2004

By Sarah Metcalf For the first time in at least the last three years, two grievances have been filed against an undergraduate student group, according to the co-chair of the Student Affairs Board (SAB). The Northeastern University Allied Student Coalition (NUASC) had a productive...

The Passion commentary misses original author’s point

March 30, 2004

Joe Goldberg claims "The Passion of The Christ" is not an anti-Semitic movie just like I stated ("'The Passion pro-Jesus, not Anti-Semitic,' March 10), yet he effortlessly calls me ignorant and insensitive because I do not want any group bullying others into not seeing this movie...

Hit-and-run leaves 2 injured

March 30, 2004

With his back turned to his two friends, he couldn't have seen it coming. Sunday morning at approximately 2 a.m., three students were walking back from a party near Columbus Avenue. When they crossed Tremont and Northampton Streets, two of them were hit by a turquoise Mercury...