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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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NU set for playoffs

March 16, 2004

By Gayle Simone The Huskies had been slumping in their last five games, but not just in terms of wins and losses -- also in their work ethic on the ice. One of those was rectified on Saturday when they hosted New Hampshire in the final game of the regular season. NU fell to...

Player of the Week

March 16, 2004

Brad Czarnowski of the baseball team has been named The Northeastern News Player of the Week after going 4-for-11 with two homeruns and three RBI in a three game series with North Carolina State, the 20th ranked team in the nation. Each of the senior outfielder's round-trippers...

The Awful Truth

March 16, 2004

By Stephen Sears "Only in America," an e-mail I received read, "do people order a double cheeseburger and large fries with a Diet Coke." There lies the quandary where our ever self-indulgent populace exists. We want the sweets. We do not want to get fat. Can we have both?...

LASO faces challenges in securing funding from BRC

March 16, 2004

By Dolly Goyal The Latin American Student Organization (LASO) is in the process of planning a banquet to honor Northeastern's service workers. However, while the preliminary details for the banquet are set, LASO President Gilberto Osorio said the group is having problems getting...

Two points for honesty

March 16, 2004

By Kaitlin Thaney he end of the world is upon us. Apocalypse now. I'm starting to hyperventilate. Why, you might ask? The water has stopped running. Yes, you heard me, the water has officially stopped. For the first time since I stepped onto this campus, the sculpture...

Women leaders work to shatter ‘glass ceiling’

March 16, 2004

By Bobby Hankinson Dr. Robin Chandler, the keynote speaker for this year's Women in Leadership Conference hosted by the Leadership Education Growth Opportunities (LEGO) Office, began this Sunday's activities with an opening speech hotter than the sternos warming the provided...

Luck o’ the Irish

March 16, 2004

By Kaitlin Thaney For one day of the year, green is not the color of envy but instead, pride -- Irish pride. What was once a Catholic holiday has now become a secular day associated with drunken debauchery and bag pipes. Those who are Irish, and those who wish they were, all...

Stellastarr’s debut shines

March 16, 2004

By Bobby Hankinson The recent revival of everything '80s, from leg warmers to VH1 specials, has also led to a musical return to the roots of new wave. Stellastarr, formed in 2000 in Brooklyn, N.Y., is one such band to combine the dance hooks of new wave with guitar-driven indie...

Court rules in Husky favor

March 16, 2004

Don Brown's promises were lies -- at least in the eyes of the Suffolk Superior Court. The former Husky coach who broke his contract with Northeastern in order to coach at the University of Massachusetts was blocked from doing so after a Suffolk Superior Court judge ruled...

Boston Police take partial blame for riots

March 16, 2004

By Glenn Yoder When Boston Police Comm-issioner Kathleen O'Toole stepped behind the podium Thursday to issue her thoughts on the report of the Feb. 1 Super Bowl riots, she said she intended to make her message clear: both the police and universities are to blame for what occurred....

Crusin’ in style

March 9, 2004

By Camila Crews Music is the soundtrack of my life. For every year there is a specific song that brings me back to a certain period in my life. Here are a few songs that stick out: You Gonna Go My Way?/ Lenny Kravitz (1993) This song brings me back to the summer before fifth...

NU stumbles into HE tournament

March 9, 2004

By Gayle Simone Senior goalie Chanda Gunn made 56 saves this weekend, but her effort wasn't enough as the women's hockey team fell to the Providence College Friars 6-0 and 2-0 on Saturday and Sunday. At Matthews Arena on Sunday, the Friars ended their weekend scoring with...