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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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Mantella: prospective students impressed with NU

May 20, 2003

The Northeastern University of today has its eye on a deadline for 2008. Though five years away, work has already begun to reach eight goals set for the university in terms of enrollment and enticing the most talented students possible. The Northeastern University of tomorrow...

Huskies place ninth at the ECACs

May 20, 2003

By Ari Srait At the ECAC Championships held in Princeton, New Jersey, this past weekend, Northeastern women's track and field's 35 points carried them to a ninth place finish out of a field of 49. The University of Pittsburgh (118), took first place, far ahead of runner-up...

History of 204 Hemenway hazy

May 20, 2003

For the residents of 204 Hemenway St., the murder of James H. Cassidy was not the first criminal act to occur under their roof. The apartment building is owned by Gould and Co. and currently leases units to Northeastern University. Apartment one, where Cassidy lived and later...

Huskies ends with strong effort in Eastern Sprints

May 20, 2003

By Bradley Rosenberg The varsity women's crew team claimed 14th place in the Eastern Sprints of Camden, N.J., Sunday, putting forth a strong effort in what would be their last showing of the season. Unfortunately, the Cooper River water was too thick with heavy competition for...

Web site parodies life at NU

May 20, 2003

By Bradley Rosenberg Craig Shames, a middler political science major, says that he sees great things in Northeastern University. But he also says that he has grave concerns about the school. "I think Northeastern has great potential," he said. "Our location in Boston is a...

Northeastern inducts seven into university’s Hall of Fame

May 20, 2003

Another year, another set of inductees into the annals of school history. Northeastern elected seven members into the school's hall of fame last Friday at Matthews arena. The inductees: Marko Banovic, '94 - Spearheaded men's crew team that went 5-1, finished second in the...

Bosstones play …

May 20, 2003

By Freddie Zamora Boston's own Mighty Mighty Bosstones came on stage clad in black suits and with their trademark dog symbol hung over the drum set. The crowd cheered for them as they came out to "Love Train," being played on the loudspeaker, then they broke into the first song...

Four-game tear has NU clawing for Vermont

May 20, 2003

By Max Lederman The Northeastern baseball team entered last weekend's four-game series against America East bottomdweller Binghamton with the magic number down to two. The situation was more dire than in years past, however, as NU is the only team in the conference that has...

… on the students’ Springfest day

May 20, 2003

A break in the cloudy skies last week gave way to Springfest's activities including a rock-climbing wall, Frisbee spin art and rounded out with a performance from the Mighty Mighty Bosstones on Saturday. Before their performance, students meandered around campus starting as...

Northeastern shows well, prepares for NCAAs

May 20, 2003

By Dan Canastra The men's track team showed that they can compete with some of the best teams on the east coast as they put up a valiant effort last weekend at the IC4A Championship in Princeton, N. J.. With a score of 23, the Huskies finished 15th in the 49-team field. The...

‘Hit Song Science’ may predict hits

May 20, 2003

By Jim Powers Making a career out of music has never been easy. Writing songs, putting lyrics to them, getting time in a studio, getting a label to put out your album...they're all part of a process that is long, arduous and not for the weak-willed. With the economy in a downturn,...

NU to streamline Customer Service

May 20, 2003

Changes are in the works for one of the most important offices on campus -- customer service. It is an office that has been resurrected and reinvented over and over again and will again revitalize itself this summer. The customer service office will be bunking up with the Registrar's...