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The Huntington News

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Senior netminder Gunn earns All-American honor

March 30, 2004

By Gayle Simone Husky netminder Chanda Gunn was named to the All-American first team by the American Hockey Coaches' Association last week. Joining Providence senior defenseman Kelli Halcisak, Gunn was one of the two players from Hockey East named to the first team. Rounding...

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...

Player of the week

March 30, 2004

Derek Anderson of the men's track team has been named The Northeastern News Player of the Week after his throwing performance in the Husky-hosted Snowflake Classic in Dedham. The junior won the discus (182 feet, 1 inch), while placing second in the shot put (53 feet, 10.5 inches)...

Going up

March 30, 2004

Walking through Northeastern's newest high rise, West Village H, a construction worker is singing softly to himself. "Happy workers," said project manager Nancy May with a smile. William Rawn Associates, the architects who constructed West Village A, B and C, as well as the...

BRC overturns food policy

March 30, 2004

By Jeff Powalisz In response to complaints from student groups, the Budget Review Committee (BRC) made an attempt to change its policy about funding food for group events. It failed. BRC Chairman Michael Benson proposed the change at last Tuesday's meeting to be affective...

Ice-T speech hard to explain

March 30, 2004

I just wanted to say I think the article written about Ice-T in last week's paper ("Ice-T stuns crowd," Style, March 24) is quite amusing. Trying to reiterate the important aspects of speech without including profanity just plays into everything he was saying is wrong with this...

Greek Week awards presented

March 30, 2004

By Kaitlin Keane A week-long celebration of Northeastern's Greek life culminated Thursday night with the Greek Awards, where Delta Phi Epsilon and Kappa Sigma were named sorority and fraternity chapters of the year, respectively. The awards, held on in the Curry Student Center,...

Mailroom staff upset over new system, owner

March 30, 2004

By Bessie King Cookies, giveaways, popcorn and tours greeted visitors last Wednesday at the University Mail Services' open house. What organizers failed to include, however, was information about the mailing services' new owner and how work-studies are reacting to the change....

Crew kicks off spring in Rowlands Cup

March 30, 2004

By Brian Pivonka Heading into the 21st annual Rowlands Cup, the Northeastern Women's Crew team had a strong game plan to ensure success. However, planning and executing are two different things. After being in second most of the way, the Huskies faded down the stretch and...

Questions arise after RSA elections

March 30, 2004

While some Resident Student Association (RSA) members showed "no confidence" in either of the candidates running for president March 17, other student leaders show no confidence in the current president. After three rounds of voting with no clear winner, RSA President Scott...

Student writes book to help freshmen ‘Away at School’

March 30, 2004

By Daniel Wood While most students struggle to cope with a constant stream of essays, exams and lab reports during their first year at a university, David Rattiner spent his freshman year writing a book. Rattiner, now a junior finance major, gave some words of encouragement...

Two points for honesty

March 30, 2004

Somebody stop the madness. Please, I'm begging you. Television is taking a turn for the worst (wait, it did that 15 years ago.) OK, so I realize that this is nothing new, but it is still becoming progressively more and more of a disturbing matter as the minutes pass by....