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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Column: The shortest, longest days

November 30, 2011

I’m not talking about the Winter Solstice Dec. 22, which is technically the shortest day of sunlight all year. I’m talking about the next 15 days, between today and that last final on Dec. 16. We...

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Calendar: Dec. 1-7

November 30, 2011

By Anne Steele, News Staff Entry of the Week: Dodgeball to Dodge AIDS If you can dodge the Green Line, you can dodge a ball. Alpha Epsilon Phi presents Dodgeball to Dodge AIDS today as part of its...

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11/17 iPod Ambush

November 17, 2011
As part of an occasional series, The News ambushed unsuspecting students and demanded they justify the songs that played when their iPods were put on shuffle, however embarrassing.
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Songwriters go Unplugged

November 17, 2011
Some of Northeastern’s best musicians proved they don’t need electric instruments to make a buzz. Sharing original songs and pop music covers, four students provided diverse acoustic entertainment Tuesday night at afterHOURS for the fifth NU Unplugged event. Founded at the beginning of the semester by Ben Mallare, a junior music industry major, Unplugged provides Northeastern singer-songwriters with the chance to collaborate with one another and perform their music throughout the year.
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“The Bay State:” Boston’s answer to “Jersey Shore?”

November 17, 2011
If MTV’s “Jersey Shore” and Boston college students had a kid, the result would be “The Bay State,” a new web reality show set in Boston with eight lively college students at its center. The show is produced by Jeremy Weiner, a junior professional writing and English major at Fitchburg State University, and episodes are released on YouTube every Wednesday. The four episodes posted so far collectively have over 1,500 views, and the show has ambitions of someday being on television.
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Russell Brand comes to Matthews Arena

November 17, 2011
Like many people who have never attended college, Homecoming comedian Russell Brand’s idea of what it’s like is mostly influenced by what he’s seen on TV. “Animal House,” “The Social Network” and “Girls Gone Wild,” the actor said, when asked what college brings to mind.
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Column: What Andy Samberg says about GroupThink

November 16, 2011

The Lonely Island couldn’t have been more spot-on in mocking the typical “bro” persona in its “We Like Sports and We Don’t Care Who Knows” YouTube video: whiskey, football and a d-bag attitude...

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Calendar: Nov. 17-23

November 16, 2011

By Anne Steele, News Staff Entry of the Week: International Art Show The 15th annual Boston International Fine Art Show at Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama this weekend will feature work from...

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Free BSO concerts come to Fenway Center

November 10, 2011
The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) will hold the first of five free concerts for Northeastern students and the community at the Fenway Center Friday. The concerts are a part of the BSO’s 2011-12 Community Chamber Music Series.
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Blackman hosts Dave Coulier of “Full House”

November 10, 2011
The lights dimmed. About 100 audience members gathered at Northeastern’s Blackman Auditorium collectively hushed. Dave Coulier slinked on stage with an affable nervousness to an enthusiastic response from those present. “Is this it?” he said. “Where is everybody? I thought this was supposed to be a full house?”
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Puppets share stage in theatre department’s latest production

November 10, 2011
In Japan, some puppeteers spend 20 years trying to perfect the motion of the left leg before mastering the rest of the puppet. Northeastern’s theatre department tried this same style of puppetry for its current production – though instead of two decades of preparation, they had two months.
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Clubs hold first ever “Words in Action” event

November 10, 2011
Students shared Shakespearean sonnets, modern theatrical monologues and original poems at the first “Words in Action” event last Saturday at afterHOURS. Spectrum Literary Arts Magazine and Northeastern student theatre group Acting Out co-sponsored the event, which was primarily coordinated by the latter’s president, Miranda Paquet, a middler English major.
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