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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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Out of the ‘Toolbox’

January 20, 2004

By Sarah Metcalf A new book which boasts that it can alleviate the pressures of physics has popped into the mainstream higher education market. "The Physics Toolbox" advertises better grades due to a different teaching approach than the traditional lecture-based style more...

NU residents left out in the cold

January 20, 2004

It's cold at Northeastern. And it's not just outside. Inhabitants of NU's residence halls logged many complaints this past week ranging from drafty windows to no heat at all. Come on now, NU. Need we remind you of the nauseating amount of money students spend to be housed...

Calendar

January 20, 2004

Take a stroll and see some of Boston's landmarks with Boston by Foot's Achitectural Tour, showcasing buildings such as the State House and the Old Historic Vilna Synagogue. The lecture and tour are free and start at 5:30 p.m., seven nights a week at the State House. Call (617)...

Women take care of business with crosstown BC, 3-1

January 20, 2004

By Gayle Simone Freshman Marie Desrosiers scored the winning goal with 2:18 left in regulation to lift the Northeastern women's hockey team to a 3-1 victory over Boston College at Kelley Rink Sunday afternoon. In the final minutes of the third period, the Eagles were pressuring...

Alumni communities grow among universities

January 20, 2004

By Bessie King Imagine retirement: waking up in a four bedroom home, going to the kitchen to get coffee, opening the front door to pick up the paper and suddenly seeing someone who was in your freshman English class 20 years ago passing by your house saying "Hello neighbor!"...

Ridiculous fears plague Middle America

January 20, 2004

(U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- Nearly two and a half years after the Twin Towers in New York City were leveled by jet airliners, there are some things that I still fail to understand about our national reaction to the attacks. This, for example: Why is it that the residents of big...

Time ticking for hockey

January 20, 2004

PROVIDENCE - Before last weekend, when most figured the Hockey East playoff picture would become considerably less cloudy, the Northeastern men's hockey team sat within striking distance of eighth place Providence College. However, after two ties, the second and third of...

Grammy Nominations

January 20, 2004

~Grammy Nominees~ Record Of The Year *Crazy In Love Beyonce Featuring Jay-Z Rich Harrison ' Beyonce Knowles, producers; Jim Caruana ' Tony Maserati, engineers/mixers Track from: Dangerously In Love *Where Is The Love The Black Eyed Peas ' Justin Timberlake Ron Fair '...

Light it up

January 20, 2004

By Paul Mann The walls are a dark wood. The couches are leather. Light bulbs are dimmed and candles are burning. The air is thick with smoke. Cigar Masters is one of only a few Boston bars to survive the smoking ban. Cigar Masters has been in business since 1996 and has recently...

STUDENT ATHLETES

January 20, 2004

With all the bad press about college athletes being suspended, team violations, drugs, rape, theft, and run-ins' with police, where is our reporting about athletes who are true student athletes. I mean athletes who earn good grades and do the right things in life to make our...

Bush’s post-caucus calendar

January 20, 2004

By Zach Hosseini Figured out what a caucus is yet? Me neither. I know what a Dukakis is though; but that's neither here nor there. But anyway, my "Get Fuzzy" calendar tells me it's 2004. This tells me that those "slimy Democrats" will be infesting our fair city when the Democratic...

Liquor stores open doors on Sundays

January 20, 2004

While the Pats battled the Colts for a chance to be one of the teams on the Superbowl ticket, students lined up inside Huntington Liquors to buy cases of beer to kick off their celebration. As of Jan. 14 Sundays will never be the same. Since the 1700s Puritan-enforced blue...