The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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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Papa’s got a brand new bag

April 1, 2003

By Rachael Wang Some students on campus are trading in their JanSport back packs for more trendy and expensive designer totebags. Nineteen fifties inspired Louis Vuitton bags top spring lust-lists of the NU fashion elite. Creative director Marc Jacobs teamed up with Japanese...

Northeastern Crime Log

April 1, 2003

By Kaitlin Thaney Crime Log Entry of the Week Monday, March 24 4 p.m. NUPD confiscated 90 cans of beer and 12 bottles of liquor from three 19-year-old male students from Stetson East. A student notified an RA in the building after seeing the students getting out of a car...

La vacanza di un corso della vita!

April 1, 2003

By Briyah Paley The following is a firsthand account of spring break spent abroad. A few months before spring break, I found myself anxious to go away. Not to Cancun or Florida, I wanted to go somewhere far away and full of culture. My cousin, a junior in high school from...

Fire safety important issue at NU

April 1, 2003

Since the tragic nightclub fire in West Warwick, R.I. that claimed the lives of 99 people at The Station, fire safety has come under scrutiny in clubs, restaurants and several other types of establishments. Northeastern University is no exception. Two fire safety bills filed...

NU professor wins Presidential Award

April 1, 2003

By Alyson St. Amand Sara Wadia-Fascetti, assistant professor of civil engineering, was presented the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring on March 18. A Northeastern employee since 1994, Wadia-Fascetti was honored at a ceremony...

McGillis returns home

March 11, 2003

Former Northeastern Husky defensive standout, Dan McGillis, returned to Boston, Tuesday traded from the San Jose Sharks to the Boston Bruins. McGillis, who is looked upon to boost a slumping Bruins defense, was traded earlier in the year from Philadelphia to San Jose and was...

Huskies fall to BU

March 11, 2003

By Max Lederman The Northeastern men's basketball team fell just short of the impossible Monday night, losing 71-61 to cross town rival Boston University in the semi-final round of the America East Championship tournament. With the win, BU (20-9, 13-3 America East) advances...

Hartford sends NU to sixth straight loss

March 11, 2003

By Joe Rubin The Huskies dropped their last regular season game, 77-63 at Hartford ending the regular season by losing their last six contests. The Hawks, ranked eighth in the America East, upset the higher ranked Huskies heading into Thursday's America East tournament. ...

NU ‘Star’ traded to Buffalo

March 9, 2003

According to an ESPN.com report Monday, Husky senior Mike Ryan was traded from the Dallas Stars to the Buffalo Sabres for veteran winger Stu Barnes. The former NU captain was aquired by the Stars in the second round of the 1999 NHL entry draft, selected with the 32nd overall...

Barea’s bomb puts Huskies in AE Semis

March 8, 2003

The dogs put in some work on Sunday. Freshman standout Jose Juan Barea's 25-foot 3-point shot with less than a second remaining in a tied contest gave Northeastern a 71-68 victory over Maine at Walter Brown Arena. The conversion capped a staunch comback by Northeastern, who...

End Game

March 4, 2003

By Andy Cuneo LOWELL - Fate is such an evil thing. Last season, the Huskies lost in a thrilling three game series to the RiverHawks in Lowell. This season, though it was just one game, it meant life or death and, for the second straight season, death came in the Tsongas...

An NU embarrassment

March 4, 2003

Ashamed and embarrassed, I slouch further down in my seat, praying and hoping that this was all just a bad dream and that I would wake up soon. But, alas it was no dream. It was just the realization that Northeastern sucks. This was supposed to be one of the university's major...