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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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Women move on to Beanpot final against Crimson

February 3, 2004

By Gayle Simone Northeastern advanced to the championship game of the Beanpot after a convincing 8-0 win over Boston University in the opening round at the Conte Forum at Boston College Tuesday night. Rachel Bertram put NU on the scoreboard first when she rifled a one-timer...

Damage in ’04 tops ’02

February 3, 2004

Super Bowl XXXVI Feb. 3, 2002 * Roughly 1,000 people took part in riots on Hemenway Street and Huntington Avenue * Small fires were lit * One car flipped on Hemenway Street, damage to three other cars * Several acts of vandalism * Objects thrown from windows and roofs...

Beanpot futility at Northeastern hits 17th straight year

February 3, 2004

Another year, another story, and yet still no Beanpot glory for Huntington Avenue. With Monday's 5-2 loss to perenial power Boston University, Northeastern fans will have to wait another year - the 17th in a row - for another crack at a Beanpot title. Strong goaltending has...

Higher Learning equals higher obstacles

February 3, 2004

The News chronicles the journey of two black students at Northeastern. This is the first of a three-part series. It wasn't easy, but Jamil Abdullah got here. His was a journey that took him through five schools in two states, menial jobs as he struggled to make ends meet and...

NU stained by ravenous revelers

February 3, 2004

It was the worst possible outcome. Sunday night, after the New England Patriots 32-29 victory over the Carolina Panthers, chaos ensued on the streets surrounding Northeastern, and an alleged drunk driver plowed into a group of bystanders, killing one and injuring three others....

Community members angry over student conduct

February 3, 2004

By Michael Naughton For the second time in three years, the New England Patriots are Super Bowl champions; also for the second time in three years, Patriots fans took to Hemenway Street en masse. By the time the crowd of 2,000 dispersed, all that remained were six overturned...

An alternative workout

February 3, 2004

By Taryn Kelly The Back Bay Yoga Studio provides a quiet and peaceful retreat for the busy people of Boston to relax. Patrons escape their hectic schedules for a couple of hours to enjoy the calming and meditative effects of yoga. The yoga practice comes from an ancient system...

Williams-Judge races two-time Olympic champ

February 3, 2004

Northeastern sprinter Aquilla Williams-Judge doesn't intimidate easily, but when the Wheaton College transfer showed up at the Reggie Lewis Center for her 60-meter hurdle race in the Adidas Boston Indoor Games Saturday, she was shaking in her proverbial boots. The reason?...

Importance of being “Top 100” is real

February 3, 2004

The importance of annual college rankings to high school students and their parents in evaluating colleges and universities should not be ridiculed, or dismissed as just another way to claim superiority by one who has been accepted by a "highly selective" school.

Center stage

January 27, 2004

Pain is no more a feeling than it is an experience. Just ask the Northeastern men's basketball team, which came out of a two-game home stand with zero victories after experiencing heartbreaking defeats at the hands of Boston University and Binghamton University last week. The...

Track sends partial squads to UNH

January 27, 2004

In a meet acting as a practice run in between the Great Dane Classic and Adidas Boston Indoor Games, the Northeastern track teams traveled to the University of New Hampshire on Saturday. The event, held at Durham's Paul Sweet Oval, was won by both the UNH men (165 points) and...

Calendar

January 27, 2004

Wednesday January 28 Ford Hall Forum presents "The Politics of Sex, Drugs, and HIV/AIDS," a free public lecture and discussion with Harold Cox, Dr. Jean Flatley McGuire, Rev. Martin McLee and moderated by Richard Knox. The lecture will take be held at the Old South Meeting House...