The Huntington News

America’s youth no longer politically aware

September 24, 2002

By Afsha Bawany It's not called political activism anymore. It's called American Idolisim. This summer, I heard numerous in-depth conversations, critiques, and up to the minute analysis not about the...

Speakers tell frosh the future begins now

September 24, 2002

The speeches delivered to the freshman class on September 17th seemed to foreshadow things to come in Northeastern's future. The Student Government President, Provost, two Presidential Scholars...

Husky spirit returns

September 24, 2002

Close your eyes and imagine a place where the traditions are rich, where people actually attend sporting events, where the emotions of school spirit are worn on the sleeves of students and not lamented...

Prescription Drugs: Use and Abuse

September 24, 2002

By Chirag Rabari An estimated nine million people aged 12 and over used prescription drugs nonmedically in 1999, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. About four million of those could be...

A reminder: it could cost you $1K

September 24, 2002

On October 4, 2002 full-time undergraduate students in the state of Massachusetts could be forced to pay $1,089. Beginning this year all students must waive health insurance offered by the state. This...

Show some Yankee spirit

September 24, 2002

I am a New Yorker, which makes me by natural law, a New York Yankees fan. When I read Joe Goldberg's typical bitter Yankee-hater rant, I adjusted my Yankee's hat that I was wearing so all Bostonian's could...

Radiation Proof Pants

September 24, 2002

We are supposedly living in the age of technology. Soon the phrase "clothes make the man" will apply to how we live our lives as well. The Levi Strauss company will be introducing pants with an "anti-radiation"...

Behrakis is open for business

September 24, 2002

The College of Health Sciences has a new home - Behrakis Health Sciences Center, a $37 million state-of-the-art facility. Besides the aesthetic appeal of the building, which includes two three-story...

Minute…MASHED

September 24, 2002

BROOKLINE - It took two coaches, 16 games, and almost 19 years, but they finally did it. Northeastern's defense allowed a paltry 26 yards on the ground and returned two Jeff Krohn interceptions for touchdowns...

Washing Machines Harboring Microbes

September 24, 2002

Studies of common domestic areas have proven them to be veritable strongholds for bacterial growth and contamination. Noted microbiologist Charles Gerba, Ph.D. (University of Arizona) has found that even...

High caliber freshman class hits campus

September 24, 2002

As the leaves on the trees start to change in color, there is a buzz in the air on campus; the freshman class has arrived. Along with the buzz a phrase has been coined, they are "Freeland's class." When...

The brawl with the bulge

September 24, 2002

By Brad Rosenburg No one wants to have a a jiggly belly. I mean sure, Buddha-gut can be rather amusing when a portly fellow pushes his flab together to simulate a talking belly button, but besides that,...

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