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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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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....

NU Rugby starts strong

March 30, 2004

A sport for the toughest of the tough, rugby combines elements of soccer and American football to make the sport played around the world. At Northeastern, rugby has been around for awhile. The men's team is currently in its 20th year, while the women have been a club sport...

Week of “rest” preps women for Florida Invite, outdoor season

March 30, 2004

Woe is Ahndraea Allen. Despite the fact that coach Sherman Hart "pulled back" the Northeastern women's track team last week, the junior who normally sprints was forced to run the 800, a race she is less than fond of. "She hated me. She absolutely hated me, but that's OK,"...

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...

Students gather to ‘rebuild community’

March 30, 2004

By Sarah Metcalf In a year marked by unfortunate events, pulling together as a Northeastern community became extremely important. However, for many students searching for a little Husky pride, there has been no such atmosphere. Students and administrators came together in...

Calendar

March 30, 2004

Boston National Poetry Month Festival will be held at the Boston Public Library, Copley Branch and Northeastern. On Saturday, April 3, the festival will be at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Sunday, April 4, the festival will be held in 410...

New captain returns home to NU

March 30, 2004

Albert Sweeney will be returning to Northeastern not as a student studying for his master's degree or a University College employee, but as captain of the uniformed patrol division for the Northeastern University Poli-ce Department (NUPD). Sweeney will officially take office...

Career Fair displays future options for students

March 30, 2004

By Sarah Metcalf For graduating seniors, finding promising leads for careers with companies in the "real world" can be a daunting task. Northeastern attempts to provide several opportunities to aid seniors in their quest to begin a career outside the world of co-op, and the...

Looking the part

March 30, 2004

By Kathryn Romeyn Northeastern's co-op program ranks number one in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report, and the program attracts thousands of students to NU. For a successful co-op, students must rely partly on interviews to secure the perfect job. Interviews...

Comm. studies seeks larger speaker budget

March 30, 2004

Students lined the walls of a Shillman Hall classroom last Wednesday to hear a columnist from Newsday comment on today's media. Despite a lack of program funding, the communication studies department was able to bring Ellis Henican to campus free of charge. "One of the purposes...

Northeastern Crime Log

March 30, 2004

Wednesday, March 24 Two 18-year-old male students and one 18-year-old female student reported they had been robbed in The Fenway by three or four males. Three cell phones, a digital camera and over $900 were stolen. The students claimed they had gone into the park to smoke "cigarettes"...

SAC clears Lane’s name in misdiagnosis

March 30, 2004

The State appeals court overturned a February 2000 verdict yesterday, ruling Northeastern's Lane Health Center was not negligent for improperly diagnosing a student in 1993. The student, freshman Michel Goldberg, 18, visited the health center several times in the winter of...