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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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Poison Ivy plagues swimming and diving again

January 14, 2003

By Ari Strait The Northeastern University swimming and diving team tangled with another Ivy League opponent this weekend, dropping a 155-133 meet to the Princeton University Tigers at Denunzio Pool in Princeton, New Jersey. The Huskies have only lost twice since January 31,...

The Perfect Example

January 14, 2003

I never met Will McDonough. When I began my job as a co-op at The Globe's Sports section two weeks ago, perhaps much like Will did some 50 years before me, I had ambitions. I was eager to meet, eager to please, I still am. I am easily excitable and

Women trekkers bludgeon Harvard in season opener

January 14, 2003

The Northeastern women's indoor track team got off on the right foot Saturday, downing Harvard on the road in their season opener, 71-56. For freshman Jordine Kimbrel, the season -- and her Northeastern career -- raced off to a start faster than the starting gun itself. In...

A co-op story for the ages

January 14, 2003

University of Massachusetts basketball coach Steve Lappas wanted to see if the man would meet the expectations. He wanted to see if Will McDonough could live up to the myth. "Steve came up to the paper to meet Will," Boston Globe Assistant Sports Editor Joe Sullivan said....

Canines split again

January 14, 2003

By Joe Rubin The Northeastern women's basketball team ended the week with a split, shredding the Vermont Catamounts, only to come up short against the Hartford Hawks (3-10, 1-1 AE), 78-70. At Solomon Court last Saturday, the Huskies jumped out to an early lead. Northeastern...

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...

Oldest fraternity fights to keep house

January 14, 2003

By Freddie Zamora Another fraternity finds itself in the center of controversy again, as members of Northeastern's oldest Greek organization fight to keep their house in Jamaica Plain. Nineteen Ackley Place is zoned by the city of Boston as a three-family house, and the city's...

Kangaroo crap

January 14, 2003

What could possibly be funnier, not to mention more creative, than a rambunctious kangaroo in a red Brooklyn sweatshirt stealing $50,000 that he isn't giving it back? Everything. The new Warner Brother's Studio production, "Kangaroo Jack," is, in a word, terrible. I might...

SGA prepares for crucial quarter

January 14, 2003

By Steve Babcock Northeastern's growing array of issues surrounding semester conversion and various other changes to student life are giving the Student Government Association a lot to consider in the already fast-paced winter quarter. The students' outlet for grievances and...