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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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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...

Rowers need to follow cue, stay in sync

April 8, 2003

By Joe Rubin The Huskies lost another meet to Harvard at the Smith Cup last Saturday, losing by three lengths. "It was very disappointing, " said NU coach John Pojednic. "They are a very young and inexperienced crew, who I think reacted very poorly, I do not feel that we...

Northeastern Crime Log

April 8, 2003

By Kaitlin Thaney Crime Log Entry of the Week Tuesday, April 4 4:30 a.m. An 18-year-old female student from White Hall reported that at approximately 2:00 a.m., she was awakened by two men entering her unlocked room. She said that her room was unlocked because she did not...

Students evaluate profs online

April 8, 2003

At the end of every academic quarter, soon to be semester, Northeastern students complete evaluations of their professors and the courses they have taken. Now, students across the nation have the option of going online and posting evaluations of their professors where they have...

Presidential debate

April 8, 2003

When Richard Freeland's title changed in the fall of 1996 to President Richard Freeland, the faculty and administration laid an issue out on the table for him: semester conversion. The idea had been kicked around throughout the 1990s in Faculty Senate, and when President Freeland...

Tortorella tosses competition aside

April 8, 2003

By Dan Canastra If a young Vinny Tortorella had his way, he'd be tossing baseballs right now instead of hammers. The nation's seventh best thrower's first love was not track, but baseball. In fact, the current Husky didn't even think about participating in track until one...

Parking garage now open 24 hours

April 8, 2003

By Alyson St. Amand The Renaissance Parking Garage on Columbus Ave. will be open 24 hours a day on a trial basis spring quarter to help alleviate some of the school's parking problems. The garage provides parking for Northeastern faculty, staff, students and the public. Director...

Women’s track

April 8, 2003

Stepping off the plane into the 80 degree sunlight last weekend in Durham, North Carolina, Sherman Hart didn't quite know what to expect. What the women's track coach found, however, was spectacular. At the Duke Invitational last week, the women runners set three new school...

Disbanding debacles

April 8, 2003

The decision by Student Government Association President Richard Schwabacher to disband the recently created Committee to Examine Northeastern University Student Fees (CENUSF) comes across as a jaw dropper to campus onlookers. The end of CENSUF resembles a major change in student...