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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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The good, the bad and the Greek

October 15, 2002

By Kaitlin M. Thaney As the annual rush week for sororities began last week."Don't be just another face in the crowd" was the slogan seen in every corner of the Curry Student Center. Only four sororities were accepting pledges this year, due to the suspension of the Alpha...

Swimming team set to dive into AE

October 15, 2002

By Ari Strait The three-time America East swimming and diving champion Northeastern Huskies will be taking a more prepared team into the pool this season to defend both their conference crown and last year's undefeated record. Sophomore Emily White believes the team has the...

Don’t blame Arafat; Palestinians

October 15, 2002

In the Oct. 2 edition of the Northeastern News, Josh Parker wrote an opinion piece overflowing with hatred and contempt for the four million expropriated Palestinian refugees suffering under the heel of Israeli military occupation. He brazenly asserts, without factual backing,...

Sorority life is not the life for me

October 15, 2002

By Lea Schmidt Last week Panhellenic Council packed the Curry Student Center with ambitious sorority recruits, recruitment counselors, and lots of "sisters" for its fall recruitment. What could be more fun than that? Driving fiery nails through my eyes would be one thing....

Field hockey undefeated at home

October 15, 2002

By Jon Litchfeld The Fairfield field hockey team gathered inside their goal and let out a collective screech as part of their game preparation Sunday afternoon. The tactic may have helped the Stags, but Northeastern was still able to notch the 2-0 victory on a soggy Sweeney...

Exporing the exotic

October 15, 2002

Thailand, surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea, has a population of about 60 million. Brown Sugar Cafe, surrounded by the greenery of the Fens and the Boston Red Sox, has a dining room capacity of approximately 45, with its quaint atmosphere. The Asian feeling...

Riser still offers wisdom to Northeastern

October 15, 2002

By Amanda Murphy If you thought spending five years at Northeastern University was a long time, just imagine 45 years as Doctor Nathan Riser has done. He is currently a professor emeritus of Marine Biology at Northeastern and has been here since 1957. He has seen five University...

Volleyball drops one, takes two for the week

October 15, 2002

By Ari Strait Consecutive three game sweeps of visiting University of Connecticut and Hartford University provided a necessary morale boost after the Huskies (10-13, 2-1 America East) dropped their first match of the weekend, a 3-2 decision against the Stony Brook Seawolves....

Ethiopian cuisine

October 15, 2002

By Laura Bennett College campuses are often surrounded by pizza places and burger joints, cafeterias often serve up the like. After a few months of this it can get boring. So why not try something different, like Ethiopian? Addis Red Sea has been operating for 10 years out...

Jealousy; men and women same after all

October 15, 2002

By JennyMae Kho Evolutionary theory has long handed women the role of the child bearer and nurturer. Men, on the other hand, to increase survival chances for their own genetic line, are allotted some freedom from the strict Homosapien world of biparental monogamy. In relationships,...

It ain’t easy being green

October 15, 2002

By Steve Babcock Living in the vibrant area of Northeastern University, it's easy to get trapped in and never venture beyond the Back Bay. After you get out of Back Bay, there's still a variety of things to do that are probably interesting to almost anyone, and equally inexpensive....

SGA addresses janitors; passed a sense of the senate

October 15, 2002

The Student Government Association passed a sense of the senate last week, an official statement of the SGA's position in response to the uprising of janitors in Boston. "It is the sense of the senate that the Student Government Association states its official support of the...