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Hip to be square – part 1

April 15, 2003

By Margarita Neplokh "There is nothing like the thrill of finding a great vintage shirt," says John Foster-Keddie, the founder of Vintage Vantage, a clothing company which he runs over the Web, eBay and at Urban Outfitters. Finding that unique something has plagued shoppers...

Following through in Iraq

April 15, 2003

Last week I was bombarded with images of Baghdad. The Iraqi people slapped Saddam's stone cold likeness with slippers yanked from their feet. They threw a noose around his neck and attempted to rid Firdos Square of his image. They danced through the streets with the decapitated...

Bouv

April 15, 2003

By Bradley Rosenberg Harvard University professor John H. Gardner came to Northeastern's Behrakis Health Sciences Center Monday to explain why he believes that people can have multiple intelligences. Gardner, winner of the MacArthur Prize Fellowship and the Claude Bernard...

Rested women set for championship run

April 15, 2003

In what NU coach Sherman Hart deemed "a week off" for the track team, the Huskies sent a partial squad to drizzly Brown University last weekend, and came out finishing ninth out of nine teams. "We've been running the girls pretty hard for a few weeks in a row now," Hart said....

Hip to be square – part 2

April 15, 2003

By Briyah Paley Are you deck or fin? "The Hipster Handbook," by Robert Lanham, will tell you. Deck is described as "a key word for most hipsters, similar in meaning to the antiquated 'fresh.' To be deck is to be up on the latest trends, cutting edge and/or hip. Fin is the...

Protesting to belong

April 15, 2003

Regarding Afsha Bawany's column titled "It's a wonderful life," it was a good article. But she misses big; "My argument is that protesters are trying to stop the war to bring back the troops to their families." I seriously hope that isn't her reasoning. Because any knowledgeable...

Hall fires lead to investigation

April 15, 2003

Two fires in the past four days have sparked Northeastern University's Public Safety division to start an investigation into potential cases of arson. "The investigation is intense today and our detectives are making some progress," said Associate Director of Public Safety...

New group reaches out to community

April 15, 2003

By Nicole Haley Student apathy at Northeastern has been an issue raised by several groups and individual students throughout recent years and now, a group of students is coming together to change that. Brothers About Change (BAC) was officially recognized as a student group...

Women get crushed by Orange

April 15, 2003

By Bradley Rosenberg The Huskies' hopes of winning the Orange Cup were blown out of the water Saturday by a dominant Syracuse crew and an assertive U. of Penn. team, leaving the NU women's crew team with a third place finish and a boat-load of disappointment. Syracuse finished...

Two days, thirty-one bands

April 15, 2003

Cancel all plans for the weekend. The fourth annual Iodine Fest has arrived to provide two full days of music, at two different venues, with two stages each featuring a total of 31 bands. The festival of music is to be held on April 18 and 19. Doors open at 4 p.m. on Friday...

South Asian culture dances its way into the Ballroom

April 15, 2003

By Justiniano Rodrigues Hundreds of people came together on April 12 to experience the splendors of South Asia's cultures in UTSAV's annual culture show, Nataraj. UTSAV means "festival" in Sanskriti and is a group that has served as Northeastern's South Asian Student Organization...

A political last resort

April 15, 2003

Last Sunday I had a chance to address a panel that included United States Congressmen Michael Capuano and Barney Frank. Capuano's district includes the Boston campus of NU, meaning he represents most of our students. The event took place at Newton City Hall, and was organized...