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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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Former SNL star performs to Homecoming crowd

November 12, 2002

By Briyah Paley Colin Quinn, former star of Saturday Night Live, performed at Blackman Auditorium Saturday night as a part of the Homecoming Weekend's celebration. Since leaving Saturday Night Live after five seasons, including a run as the Weekend Update anchor, Quinn has...

Some sobering ideas

November 12, 2002

Almost 50 area colleges recently met to sign the "Commitment to Collaboration." The commitment, a three-year-plan, will be used to decrease binge drinking among college students. For Northeastern, the plan incudes stiffening the penalties for alcohol violations, and making...

Volleyball takes over NY

November 12, 2002

By Ari Strait The Northeastern University women's volleyball team clinched the second seed in the America East this weekend with back to back victories over the Binghamton University Bearcats and the University of Albany Great Danes. The team would clearly have preferred a...

Royalty crowned at Parsons

November 12, 2002

By Catherine DeFuria Royalty graced Parsons Field Saturday as this year's Homecoming King and Queen were crowned at the football game pitting the Huskies against Villanova. Colleen Kern, a junior business administration management and entrepreneurship major, was crowned Homecoming...

Travel plans may gobble gobble up your funds

November 12, 2002

By Catherine DeFuria If you have not already booked your travel plans for Thanksgiving break, get on it. Break is coming sooner than you thought and reservations are filling up. If you are heading home for Thanksgiving, here are some helpful tips and reasonable prices. ...

Programmable propaganda

November 12, 2002

There is a subtle yet ubiquitous attribute of our existence in society, which molds our minds and controls our activities, but can be used for great benefit as well. Speak do I of the Force? No. The Matrix? Negative. I am talking about cultural engineering. Two good examples...

Dogged defense leads to a homecoming drubbing

November 12, 2002

The sun beat down as Villanova quarterback Brett Gordon came under center at the 7 yard-line Saturday. With his team trailing 14-7 against conference foe Northeastern, the Wildcats had a golden opportunity to knot the score at 14. But the only thing they didn't count on was...

Huskies drown Maine, Central Conn.

November 12, 2002

Northeastern's swimming and diving team earned two victories in Sunday's dual meet home-opener. NU out-stroked the University of Maine by a score of 171-120, while also easily lapping Central Connecticut State, 176-89. The Huskies received first place finishes in 10 of the...

New play, dance production addresses AIDS through movement and words

November 12, 2002

By Christine Meade "The Baltimore Waltz" danced its way into the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Theater on Thursday, Nov. 7. This play, created by Paula Vogel, is being preformed by a new Boston theater company, the Animus Ensemble. This is the second production of Paula...

Facing the facts

November 12, 2002

With more and more people becoming sexually active at such young ages, it is important that today's teenagers be more educated on the consequences of sexual activity. The fact that, according to the American Social Health Association (ASHA), one person in every five people...

Northeastern Crime Log

November 12, 2002

Crime Log Entry of the Week Friday, Nov. 8 4 p.m. A 21-year-old female student reported that after leaving her purse unattended on the second floor of Snell Library for about 15 minutes, her wallet was missing. Later in the evening, she discovered that a book that had also...

Journalists address the press

November 12, 2002

By Abigail Capobianco While it would be preferable to make the United States' efforts in Afghanistan a humanitarian cause, America's underlying intention is to maintain its own vested political interest in the country as a rich source of oil. So said the panelists of the...