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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Player of the Week

February 13, 2007

After his final Beanpot game Monday night, senior forward Joe Santilli took a minute to look around the TD Banknorth Garden. The self-proclaimed prankster had a rare somber moment as he skated off the ice after the men's hockey team beat Harvard 3-1 in Monday's Beanpot consolation...

Women’s Hockey: Northeastern outscored 17-0 in back-to-back games

February 13, 2007

By Jewel Della Valle The women's hockey team solidified itself in the Northeastern record books for the second time this season last night. The Huskies lost the Beanpot consolation game at the Conte Forum at Boston College to No. 6 Harvard, 8-0, and were previously massacred...

Football: Northeastern inks nine recruits for 2007

February 13, 2007

By Chris Estrada The Huskies replenished their ranks last week with the signing of nine recruits to National Letters of Intent. Two tailbacks, two offensive linemen, two safeties, two wide receivers and a linebacker will join the 2007 Northeastern football squad. Head coach...

Men’s Basketball: Northeastern nets 1st road win of season

February 13, 2007

Despite an 8-2 home record, the men's basketball team had remained winless on the road this season until they topped James Madison at the JMU Convocation Center, 67-64 Saturday. The Huskies (9-17, 7-8 Colonial Athletic Association) battled back from a 12-point deficit behind...

Men’s Hockey: Huskies beat Harvard in Beanpot consolation

February 13, 2007

By Matt Nielsen The men's hockey team beat Harvard University, 3-1, Monday night at TD Banknorth Garden for its second Beanpot consolation win in four years. The Huskies' win was their sixth in consolation games since they last won the Beanpot title in 1988. The victory...

Huskies with Heart: Senior teaches, inspires Jamaica Plain’s youth through art

February 13, 2007

By Marc Larocque Seven year old Brian does not read well. Most of his Latino classmates do not read well either, but Brian's skills are particularly lacking compared to his peers. He is very defensive about this, and as a result, has ignored teachers and shunned his fellow students....

International soccer craze rises in American culture

February 13, 2007

It may not be America's pastime like baseball or the main event of countless fall afternoons like football, but soccer has a following in the northern half of the western hemisphere. You won't see its players in Porsches or BMWs, but instead in the back seat of mom's mini-van...

Banking on body image

February 13, 2007

By Melissa Kenyon From the time she was a third grader in Puerto Rico, Yaritza Betancourt knew she wanted to be a model. Though she dreamed of looking just like her idol, Cindy Crawford, the stigma of being the "chubby kid" was something that, for a while, she couldn't...

All Hail: The long and short of it

February 13, 2007

In his song, "Short People," Randy Newman sang, "Short people got no reason to live." Well Mr. Newman, let me tell you something: I got plenty of reason to live. Born about 16 inches long, I am now 19 years old and 4 feet, 11 inches. My family (consisting of more than 150...

Editorial Cartoon

February 13, 2007

Column: For your InfoCommons

February 13, 2007

By Rachel Slajda It is 9 a.m. on a Tuesday, and the InfoCommons is emptier than I've ever seen it. Entire rows of computer monitors stand black. Chairs swivel in the slight breeze of central heating. Only two people stand waiting at the printout counter. I feel like a kid...

Commentary: Senate supports strong eligibility requirements

February 13, 2007

You too can join the ranks of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney