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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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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...

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...

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....

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...