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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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Co-op sends alumnus on opposite path

December 9, 2003

By Glenn Yoder It was a long path for Dick Goldman from his dorm on Hemenway Street to his current desk at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) post in Skopje, Macedonia. En route, he has traveled to eight countries on four continents in the past three decades,...

Panel discusses AIDS news coverage

December 9, 2003

By Esther Chou In light of World AIDS Day 2003, Northeastern University hosted a panel discussion featuring a forum involving news and media coverage of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States. The panel was a joint effort brought together by Northeastern University's Bisexual,...

Gunn returns, but NU women only get a tie out of Maine series

December 9, 2003

By Gayle Simone The Northeastern women's hockey team took one point out of a possible four in a pair of weekend matches against their Hockey East rival, Maine's Black Bears, at Alfond Arena in Orono, Maine. In Sunday's tilt, Maine topped NU 2-1, while the teams skated to a...

Calendar

December 9, 2003

December 10 Wednesday The Northeastern Rock Ensemble, directed by Junauro Landgrebe, will perform at afterHOURS at 8 p.m. Call ext. 2440 for more information. The Women's Studies Program is sponsoring a Visiting Scholar Speaker Series.Wednesday's speaker is Linda K. Fuller...

Act calls for control of college tuition increases

December 9, 2003

By Michael Naughton To help control the rising cost of college tuition, lawmakers on Capitol Hill introduced new legislation to stablize prices throughout a students' four or five year college career. The bill, entitled the College Affordability and Accountability Act, was unveiled...

The Husky Man’s holiday gift giving guide

December 9, 2003

By Vincent Mesolella Gentlemen, it's time to start Christmas shopping - this time do it the right way Tell the special woman in your life how much she means with a special gift that she'll really enjoy. Sweaters picked out by mom and a gift card are no longer acceptable. This...

NU bucks winless streak

December 9, 2003

As it turns out, the rumor that the world would explode into a million tiny particles if the current Northeastern men's hockey team actually won a game, is untrue. At least for now. Northeastern, unimpeded by the loads of snow dumped on Boston over the weekend, downed visiting...

Sense and Sensibility: 24 inches of snow ignored?

December 9, 2003

Snow day. Admit it. You were thinking about it, wishing for it, hoping for it. What's the use of a 24-inch onslaught of snow if you aren't going to get any time off for it? Students in dorm rooms across campus were holding out, calling information lines and checking Web sites....

Player of the Week

December 9, 2003

On Sunday, the women's swimming and diving team set seven school records at the Princeton Invitational en route to a fifth place finish. Sophomore Sarah Reddick has been named The Northeastern News Player of the Week after breaking her own records in both the 100-meter freestyle...

Man on the Street

December 9, 2003

By Lindsey Hawkins Bethany Long attends Applications of Algebra every day, though she is not a student. In fact, she sits with her back to the blackboard and the professor, yet she catches every word. How can this be? She is an interpreter for the deaf. Long just so happens...

NU’ s Norman boots his way to the top of San Shou

December 9, 2003

Big hits, clutch performances and epic comebacks with one swift kick. Sounds all too familiar, doesn't it? But I'm not talking about football, or any other traditional contact sport for that matter. I am talking about kickboxing; specifically, the San Shou World Championships...

The News will return January 14Black in white

December 9, 2003

By Sarah Metcalf and Glenn Yoder This Saturday, at approximately 3:15 p.m., while the rest of Boston was being covered in white, the Curry Student Center went black. In the midst of this year's first large winter storm, the building's transformer died. The power remained...