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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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Flava in Ya Ear

October 21, 2003

By Danielle Livoti Walking down the street, it's easy to spot many people wearing their headphones and listening to their Walkmans. So, what set freshman journalism major David Hoffman apart from others? He wasn't just listening to music, he was learning. Hoffmann, from Ithaca,...

Player of the Week

October 21, 2003

After putting up a season-high 153 yards and a touchdown in a 20-14, homecoming win over Maine, Tim Gale has been named The Northeastern News Player of the Week. The senior running back took home the Thornton Homecoming MVP and was one of the key players to help the Huskies...

Bringin’ home the pigskin

October 21, 2003

By Conor Nevins BROOKLINE -- The Northeastern football team rebounded from a three-game losing streak Saturday with a 20-14 victory over Atlantic-10 conference foe Maine at Parsons Field. The past three weeks for the team have seemed like a nightmare that they could not wake...

US News Ranking not all bad

October 15, 2003

I am writing in response to Stephen Sears' opinion piece in the Oct. 1 edition of The News, entitled "The Awful Truth: Superficial Priorities." I graduated in 2003, after having been a member of the Student Government Association, serving two years as the vice president for financial...

Northeastern Crime Log

October 14, 2003

Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Tuesday, October 7 8:30 a.m. An officer came upon three young men sleeping in a first floor room in the Curry Student Center. The young men were of high school age, one 16, one 17 and...

New co-op dean hopes to make program ‘first class’

October 14, 2003

By Mike Naughton After five years of heading the Cooperative Education Department, Richard Porter has passed the torch to a new vice president. Lynn Lyford took over the position Sept. 15. Lyford has an extensive educational background, which includes a bachelor of science...

Ludacris makes chicken and beer his latest fantasy

October 14, 2003

By Norman Grubbs, The Crimson White (U.Alabama) (U-WIRE) TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Ludacris, more than just Mike Tyson's infamous word since the 2000 release of "Back for the First Time," shows why he's the "loud mouth of the South" on "Chicken-N-Beer." The third album in four years...

Rooting for the opposition: A New York girl and a Boston team

October 14, 2003

Let's get one thing straight: I don't like sports and I never have. I've been to a few baseball games just to check them out and to eat a few hot dogs. My father and 13-year-old brother, on the other hand, they're what you might call fanatics and Red Sox obsessed. If you...

Schedules

October 14, 2003

Wednesday, October 15 Field Hockey vs. UConn Sweeney Field 4 p.m. 3 p.m. Men's Soccer vs. Maine Parsons Field 3 p.m. Friday, October 17 Field Hockey vs. Maine Sweeney Field 1 p.m. 3:30 Saturday, October 18 Football vs. Maine Parsons Field 12:20 p.m. Sunday, October...

War in Iraq “spectacular failure”

October 14, 2003

The war on Iraq has been a spectacular failure: in a stampede of dishonesty and duplicity led by neoconservative ideologues, thousands of lives have been trampled on and snuffed out. Non-existent weapons of mass destruction and discredited links between Saddam and September...

Girls’ night out

October 14, 2003

By Sarah Levine On Oct. 8, 2003, Northeastern held its second Drag Queen Show, sponsored by NUBiLAGA, at afterHOURS in the Curry Student Center. The event was held to kick off National "Coming Out Week", the week during which those "in the closet" are encouraged to be open about...

Mucciolo plans for the future

October 14, 2003

By Glenn Yoder The days of hungry students crowded into the dining hall in Stetson West are coming to an end -- at least that is the hope of the university. Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance Larry Mucciolo said in his speech at the State of the University...