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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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Survey says: NU students politically aware

February 11, 2003

By Jillian Orlando College students have an increasing interest in politics, according to a recent Chronicle of Higher Education study. But does the same hold true for Northeastern students? The Chronicle of Higher Education surveyed 282,549 first-year students at 437 colleges...

The ball is in your court

February 11, 2003

They are concerned, anxious and hungry. They are awaiting May 20, although they wish to get the job done prior to the D-day of registering for classes. The 'they' happens to be the College of Arts and Sciences advising staff and the dean. I sat down with Dean James Stellar...

Dunkin’ Donuts stirring up students on campus

February 11, 2003

By Lauren Rouleau Within 10 miles of Boston you can get a steaming Dunkin' Donuts coffee or a warm baked good at just over a mere 200 locations. Since its recent opening on campus, the Shillman Caf

Converting aid over to semesters

February 11, 2003

"The cost of a Northeastern degree will remain the same." In the past week, this sentence has been spouted, spurred and spewed across campus. Tuition is going up, and the increase is an even one, but what will happen to financial aid? At the budget presentation Monday, Senior...

LASO collects supplies for El Salvadorian students

February 11, 2003

Every year, students stock up on school supplies before entering classes. In some villages of El Salvador, getting supplies at a local superstore is not as easy to do. To ease the need for some students in El Salvador, the Latino/a Student Cultural Center (LSCC) and the National...

Paying for prestige

February 11, 2003

The university's budget was revealed on Monday to the faculty and student senates, with the most significant item on the budget being a 5.5 percent increase in tuition for the fiscal year of 2003-04. The increase will be implemented evenly across the board. Senior Vice President...

Casting call at The Rack

February 4, 2003

By Leila Fadel Bunim-Murray productions was at The Rack on Wednesday, Jan. 30 looking for "real" talent. Bunim-Murray Productions is working with New Line Cinema to film 12 college students in Cancun for nine days of total Spring Break action. The movie, "The Real Spring Break,"...

Silence tarnishes sanctity of athletics

February 4, 2003

There are many concerns that I have following the latest NU scandal involving women's hockey coach Joy Woog. While it's understood that no official charges have been pressed against Woog on whether or not she struck one of her players in practice, nor has an lawsuit been filed,...

Frigid about the cold

February 4, 2003

Punxsutawney Phil can go to hell. Actually, scratch that. That groundhog can go to Antarctica and look at his shadow all day long in the freezing cold. He can feel the shivering, goosebumped pain we have been experiencing for the past few months. Last Sunday, the Pennsylvania...

No student left behind

February 4, 2003

Last Thursday, the student senate voted on a controversial piece of legislation which pushed for mandatory advising of students. The legislation stated that if students did not seek academic advising a block would be placed on their course enrollments. The piece did not pass...

Author of The Hours talks on transition from novel to film

February 4, 2003

By Viviana Rivas Every person is inspired in a different way. A strange or unique chain of events could end up deciding your future. Or maybe somebody will tell you to be less stupid, and you end up winning a Pulitzer Award. That is the story of the 1999 Pulitzer Award winner,...

Needed: the whole picture

February 4, 2003

While walking through the Curry Student Center, I was confronted by a number of students, apparently infantry in the War Against the War Against Iraq. With impending military action in Iraq, these students complain about "oil," "imperialism" and "aggression," yet they show no...