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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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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...

Fantasies on-base (Perc.)

March 4, 2003

Since everyone, including myself, is looking forward to spring training, and more importantly, spring break in a warm climate, I have thought about nothing but baseball in the last three weeks since the MLB players have reported. For many of you, the last three weeks have included...

It’s a she thing

March 4, 2003

When President Bush leaves the oval office, there will be countless historians and authors publishing books analyzing the Bush Administration as well as his performance as the executive chief. That is inevitable. But what will be said of First Lady Laura Bush? What will the walls...

Jack, Merlain lead Huskies to NE victory

March 4, 2003

By Dan Canastra The women's track team keeps on winning. They finished first in their third consecutive meet this past weekend. The Huskies ran past second place University of Connecticut by 24 points to win the New England Championship for the first time since 1999. Each...

‘ResLife sucks’

March 4, 2003

I am junior living on campus in West Village B. Recently, I was awarded the coveted title of "844 on the wait list" by Residential Life. Yes, I was a little bitter about this. After all, you'd figure that seniors would have a good chance of getting a lottery number. It turns...

Disappointing performance leaves NU in 3d place at New Englands

March 4, 2003

By Bradley Rosenberg Northeastern grabbed third at the New England Championship Saturday with a total of 80 points, but coach Sherman Hart was not pleased. "I wasn't really happy that the men took third," he said. "We should have been done a tad bit better and at least gotten...