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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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Mid East visits show truth

January 21, 2003

After reading Joe Goldberg's commentaries of past weeks, I am thoroughly insulted, both as a Jew and as an avid supporter of Israel. His irresponsible journalistic style, as exemplified by last week's "fictional conversation" between him and one of his critics, is nothing more...

Vargas a new SGA VP

January 21, 2003

By Steve Babcock The Student Government Association elected Andres Vargas as the new vice president of Academic Affairs Tuesday in a Joint Senate session. Vargas, who had been the interm vice president in the fall, ran unopposed. As the VP of Acadmeic Affairs, Vargas will...

Former Polaroid VP picture perfect for position at Northeastern

January 21, 2003

By Amanda Lowe Former Polaroid Corporation executive Marian Stanley settled into her newly created position at Northeastern last week as Vice President of Corporate Relations. Stanley, who for the past 29 years held the position of vice president of Polaroid Corp. Eurasia/Africa,...

Aging at a young age

January 21, 2003

Dedicated to all my twenty-something friends who have no idea where they are going and are enjoying every minute of "not knowing." "So what are the costs of stamps these days?" I asked a friend of mine at work. She started to laugh in my face. "Why, how old are you? Fifty?"...

Huskies win two on the ice

January 21, 2003

They were two games that the Huskies would have no excuses for losing. The other teams weren't higher ranked, and they weren't necessarily more talented. The Huskies knew they had to win, and on Sunday and Tuesday they buried fellow Hockey East rivals Boston College and Maine,...

So many choices, so little time

January 21, 2003

The date has been set and the curriculum has been finalized. As the major components of the transition from a quarter calendar to a semester system are falling into place, the weekly course sequences and co-op schedules have also been completed. The Faculty Senate approved...

Winter Woes

January 21, 2003

Chapped lips, runny noses, and incessant coughs. Ah yes, its January. It seems that there's no escape from the colds and flus that plague our campus each winter. However, this season not only do we have to battle with dry skin, freezing conditions and walking to class, many of...

Huskies send Hawks up river

January 16, 2003

LOWELL - No matter what happens tomorrow night, the Northeastern Huskies will spend another day in the eighth and final playoff spot following a 4-1 win over Lowell in front of 2, 208 at Tsongus Arena. The Huskies, who came into the contest searching for a way to end their...

Fraternity ousted from home

January 14, 2003

Members of the Gamma Phi Kappa fraternity were temporarily evicted from their house by the city's Inspectional Services Department late Saturday night after police investigated complaints of loud noise and discovered conditions "unfit for human occupancy." The fraternity may...

Concert’s proceeds benefit inner-city kids

January 14, 2003

By Kaitlyn Thaney WRBB, Northeastern University's radio station, and the Council for University Programming are bringing a slew of bands to the Curry Student Center Ballroom this Friday to benefit the Union Hill Project, a charity which provides inner-city children with music...

NU study examines violence in the workplace

January 14, 2003

The memory of Michael "Mucko" McDermott brutally gunning down seven co-workers at Wakefield's Edgewater Technologies in December 2000 is still fresh in the minds of many, especially Massachusetts residents. Northeastern's Center for Criminal Justice Policy Research is working...

Baby got back

January 14, 2003

Zaftig means a pleasantly plump woman in Yiddish and a delicious meal in Brookline. Zaftigs Delicatessen is a few blocks from Brookline's Coolidge Corner off of the C-line. Open since June 1997, Bob and Holly Shuman say their business has grown into a comfortable neighborhood...