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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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SGA to elect new Senate on Wed.

May 13, 2003

By Steve Babcock The Student Government Association will elect its next round of officers Wednesday at a Joint Senate meeting in 90 Snell Library. In a departure from past years, all of the offices except one - the vice president for student services - are contested. A debate...

Hillel celebrates 40th anniversary

May 13, 2003

By Bradley Rosenberg Scores of alumni, students and faculty members attended Northeastern Hillel's 40th anniversary celebration last Thursday in the Albert S. Frager Hillel House. The night featured speeches, stories from past members and lots of free food. The celebration of...

The Matrix: Reloaded finally released

May 13, 2003

The much anticipated "The Matrix: Reloaded" will be released this Thursday, May 15 under the advertisement "Free Your Mind." "Free your mind" is exactly what the viewer must do in order to enjoy the movie, for there was little plot within it, and it didn't do much more than...

Man on the Street

May 13, 2003

By Margarita Neplokh As the curtains raise on the Marc Jacobs 2003 spring collection runway, Gisele Bundchen saunters out in a silk halter dress, in shocking baby pink that is only held up by two strings wrapped loosely around her neck. She is wearing a 1940s inspired pink heels,...

Dis-MOUNTED

May 13, 2003

By Max Lederman BROOKLINE - After winning 12 of their last 15 games, including a four game weekend sweep of the Pace Setters, the Northeastern baseball team (19-21, 8-10) suffered two devastating loses at the hands of first place Vermont, (6-3) and (3-1). For a Husky team...

Music industry jazzes up NU

May 13, 2003

Students sacrificed their hour of leisure time last Thursday, to hear Ann Marie Wilkins, founder of Wilkins Management, Inc. (WMI) speak about her experience in the music industry. Born to a Chinese father and a Jewish and black mother, Wilkins spent her formative years living...

Freeland responds to SGA concerns

May 13, 2003

By Steve Babcock Northeastern University President Richard Freeland told an aggressive Student Government Association Thursday that he thought students were "well informed" of the changes they will face when the university converts from quarters to semesters in the fall. The...

Freeland gives students a lesson in persistance over lunch

May 13, 2003

As President Richard Freeland swaggered into the luncheon held in his name on Monday, Stetson hat in hand (no comment on that one), student leaders mingled about the Tex-Mex style buffet. The president addressed the students while glasses clinked. He spoke of construction...

RSA makes bid for regional conference at NU

May 6, 2003

By Meryl Roche The Resident Student Association (RSA) will present a bid at North Carolina State University Memorial Day weekend to hold a regional conference at Northeastern on Nov. 14-16. According to Scott Minkin, the national communications coordinator and the conference...

Gov. Romney speaks to students

May 6, 2003

By Steve Babcock Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney made his first appearance on campus Tuesday in Blackman Auditorium to lay out his plan to increase the availability of affordable housing in the Commonwealth. The lack of affordable housing, which Romney said was equal with...

NU outpaced by Albany’s depth

May 6, 2003

By Dan Canastra Northeastern looked to win its third straight America East title last weekend, but fell short to Albany, who scored a meet record 230 points. The Huskies had a slim lead over Albany after the first day of competition (Saturday). Coach Sherman Hart felt that...

Epps coming to NU

May 6, 2003

By Camila Crews The Latino/a American Student Organization has helped bring big name acts such as Ruben "Hurricane" Carter and Dave Chapelle to NU's campus last year. To keep with that tradition they have recruited comedian Mike Epps from the movies "Next Friday," "Friday After...