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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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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...

Huskies hand Friars first loss

November 7, 2002

Brian Tudrick scored halfway through the first period and Keni Gibson made one spectacular save after another as the Huskies dropped Providence, 4-3 in front of 3,031 fans at Matthews Arena. Tudrick skated down the ice and flipped a backhander past PC netminder Nolan Schaffer...

Women’s soccer team capture their first ever playoff birth

November 5, 2002

By Joe Rubin The Northeastern women's soccer team earned the first postseason berth in school history by defeating the Vermont Catamounts (4-15-0, 2-6-0 AE) 2-1, and blowing out Albany (4-13-1, 1-6-0 AE), 3-0. The contest Sunday at Parsons Field had numerous ramifications....

Fee increase welcomed

November 5, 2002

The plan which the Student Government Association has put into place, issuing a referendum to increase the Student Activities Fee from $17 per quarter to a flat fee of $100 per year, would be a positive change once semester conversion is in effect. According to Sam Klar, chairman...

Volleyball takes two in the AE

November 5, 2002

By Ari Strait Consecutive victories for Northeastern's volleyball team last weekend kept the Huskies just one game behind the University of New Hampshire Wildcats in the America East fight for first place. The victories came against Stony Brook University and Hartford University....