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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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Crisis at BU sparks leadership questions

October 7, 2003

By Steve Babcock A misallocation of undergraduate fee funds in the Boston University Student Union has shed light on the accountability process of money that students pay to universities for use by campus student groups. At BU, the Executive Vice President of the Union Remie...

Limbaugh gives black eye to journalism

October 7, 2003

No topic expounds egocentrism and hyperbole quite like professional sports. It is not so much the perception of these athletic narcissists with psyches more fragile than an oriental vase that is most disturbing. What is, sadly, is us. The media. Granted, there is a definite...

Fans rock with Zox

October 7, 2003

By Matthew S. Macnaughton Violin Rock? Sounds like an oxymoron, but it is in fact the rallying cry of Providence, R.I.'s ZOX. With a bubbling fan base in the neighboring Island of Rhode, ZOX recently headlined a sold out show, at the 1,000 capacity Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in...

New payment program tough to budget

October 7, 2003

Recently, Northeastern changed the way it allows students to finance their education. Unfortunately, the change is not favorable from a student perspective. In the past, students were allowed to spread their tuition payments out over three billing dates per quarter. The flat...

Twins arrested for indecent exposure

October 7, 2003

A Northeastern middler business major was arrested Monday night for indecent exposure, according to the Boston Police Department. Officers observed Meghan Michalak and her twin sister, Amanda, an Allston resident and not an NU student, standing on a billboard on the corner of...

Boston celebrates

October 7, 2003

[caption caption="Red Sox fans watching the game at Jillians on Lansdowne Street Monday night jumped up and down after the Sox

Creatini and Co. coast by Brown, 6-1 on the road

October 7, 2003

The field hockey team, currently ranked 12th in the country, easily handled their week's light workload, dispatching the Brown Bears at Warner Roof in Providence by a 6-1 margin in their only game. The game provided three Huskies with the chance to continue jockeying for...

QT’s fourth film is sliced in two

October 7, 2003

By Jeff Powalisz A healthy dose of Quentin Tarantino viewing can usually result in some comical dialogue and imitations of some memorable acting. After all, the 40-year-old writer/director did direct two of the 1990s most recognizable films "Reservoir Dogs" (1992) and "Pulp...

Editorial Potpourri

October 7, 2003

Mamadou Bah would look like any other infant bundled-up tightly riding quietly and content in his stroller while his mother pushed him through the streets of the city in this early autumn. Instead, he is dead and his mother, Hawa Barry, has been left to mourn his murder after...

Sox fans’ conduct causes worry for NU

October 7, 2003

Seven people were arrested, two cars overturned and many more damaged in Boston, according to the Boston Police Department, after the Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics in the American League Division Series Monday night. With Northeastern's close proximity to Fenway Park and...

Progress made in sex assault services

October 7, 2003

Student Government Association President Michael Romano's name became synonymous with one cause last year -- fighting for adequate sexual assault services. Romano started his crusade to advocate for an increase in services, education and access available for rape and sexual...

Sexual assault coordinator hired

October 7, 2003

The university announced last week that the newly created, but vacant position of Coordinator of Sexual Assault Services has been filled, marking a milestone in Northeastern history. Laura Weiss, a certified Rape Crisis Counselor, with a master's degree in social work from...