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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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Spring Fever

April 2, 2003

By Max Lederman It's a sure sign of spring when the boys of summer come out to play. So pull on your stir-ups, adjust your helmet, and step up to the plate, it's baseball season! Instead of looking like a frozen ghost of baseball past, the bronze statue of Cy Young that has...

RSF is essential to RAs

April 2, 2003

I respect the Student Government Association for spending laborious time analyzing the budget to determine how each student's money is being spent. By reading past articles of The Northeastern News, I also understand the reasoning for examining RSA's financial records, as it...

Hats off to the Surgeon General

April 2, 2003

I would first like to comment on how much I enjoyed the recent symposium held at Blackman Auditorium. I was overwhelmingly impressed by the Surgeon General and deeply honored to have him visit our institution. I also discovered that Northeastern inaugurated its very own Institute...

Funding: Big success, bigger piece of the pie

April 2, 2003

The News begins its in-depth look into athletic funding with this, the first of a four-part series: Athletic funding at colleges and universities has long been an issue at institutions throughout the United States; Northeastern is no different. Situated in the sports hotbed...

Disability dilemma

April 2, 2003

While delighted with the interest in the important topic of students with hidden disabilities on the Northeastern campus, we'd like to clarify some issues that were raised in the article on Feb. 19 regarding a presentation sponsored jointly by Bouve College, The Center for Effective...

The queen bee reclaims her throne

April 2, 2003

There's a buzz in the air, it's a swarm of killer bees and the misses in charge is the Queen Bee herself, Lil' Kim. Kimberly Jones is back, the surgically enhanced black Barbie is here to stake her claim as one of the illest female MC's on her third LP., "La Bella Mafia."...

Is patriotism dead?

April 2, 2003

Webster's dictionary defines patriotism as, "love for, or devotion to one's country." It seems that, as Americans, we have taken for granted the freedom we have, and the struggles that have transpired throughout our history to attain that freedom. The media is constantly pounding...

NU sophomore sent to fight in Iraq

April 1, 2003

By Stephanie Vosk For former high school quarterback Kevin Mellen, leaving Northeastern in the middle of his sophomore year for a temporary home across the globe was his only choice. Just a few weeks into the winter quarter, Mellen, who had completed his Marine Corps Reserves...

Bourque appointed new VP of facilities

April 1, 2003

By Stephanie Vosk After a six-month search, Northeastern University has appointed Daniel F. Bourque as the new vice president of facilities at NU. Bourque will now oversee the construction of West Buildings G and H and the new computer science building in progress, as well...

Daniloff relates to current POWs

April 1, 2003

By Nicole Haley As news of the first American prisoners of war spreads throughout the country, families and friends of soldiers fighting overseas live with the fear that one of their loved ones may be next. One Northeastern journalism professor knows exactly what it is like...

NU students rally in capitol

April 1, 2003

More than three dozen Northeastern students piled into vans and drove to Washington, D.C. Monday afternoon for rallies in support of affirmative action and the University of Michigan. Northeastern Dean of Affirmative Action and Diversity Donnie J. Perkins joined the students,...

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...