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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Editorial: Inauguration madness?

January 23, 2007

March typically signals that some pretty hearty partying is on the way. In a city filled to the brim with Irish-Catholics, Saint Patrick's Day is jubilantly celebrated. For Northeastern students, this March will bring another party filled with excess: Aoun-fest 2007. Beginning...

Player of the Week

January 23, 2007

The goal was scored by junior forward Jimmy Russo. But it was a defenseman's pass to sophomore forward Joe Vitale that got the play started. Vitale skated through the neutral zone and made a pass to sophomore forward Ryan Ginand. Ginand took control of the puck and brought...

Women’s Track: Huskies surprise at Great Dane Classic

January 23, 2007

By Cynthia Retamozo The women's track team took six first-place finishes to place second out of 18 teams overall at the 2007 Great Dane Classic at the Armory Track in New York City Friday. "They performed extremely well," said head coach Sherman Hart. "I was actually shocked...

Swimming ‘ Diving: NU tops Vermont on Senior Day

January 23, 2007

By Jared Sugerman The senior members of the swimming ' diving team competed in their last meet at Barletta Natatorium Sunday, where they and the rest of the Huskies defeated Vermont 167-128. Before the meet began, head coach Roy Coates introduced the team to the crowd. After...

Column: Male cheerleaders: ‘Only the elite can hold a girl’s feet’

January 23, 2007

Looking for a date Saturday? There's some perfect ones on the cheerleading team - they'll even talk a little football with you. Just hope you don't mind a little back hair, that's all. It's tough not to notice the mini-skirt-wearing girls of Northeastern's cheerleading...

Men’s Basketball: Huskies come up empty against conference’s best

January 23, 2007

After stringing together wins against Hofstra and Georgia State for its first winning streak of the season, the men's basketball team went up against two of the best teams in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) on the road and came back to Boston having lost both games....

Women’s Basketball: Huskies drop two versus CAA foes

January 23, 2007

By Nate Owen Toughness and heart. These words are usually associated with the efforts of a winning team, but once again a Husky squad depleted by injuries showed both of these qualities. And once again neither was enough to secure a win, as the Huskies dropped a pair of Colonial...

Men’s Track: Injured Huskies place 6th in NYC

January 23, 2007

By Adam Riglian A short-handed men's track team outperformed expectations at Saturday's Great Dane Classic in New York City, taking sixth place out of 22 teams with a combined score of 46.5. "We really ran well, but our team was hurting," said head coach Sherman Hart. "We...

Women’s Hockey: Losing streak hits eight in tough overtime loss to Colonials

January 23, 2007

By Jewel Della Valle As the Huskies slipped into seventh place in Hockey East with a 5-0 loss to Providence Saturday, they looked for a much-needed win against non-conference opponent Robert Morris (9-13-2, 1-3-0 College Hockey Association). What they got instead was an eighth...

Men’s Hockey: Northeastern sweeps series with River Hawks

January 23, 2007

By Matt Nielsen The men's hockey team solidified its position in the playoff picture this weekend, beating the UMass-Lowell River Hawks (3-17-5, 2-12-2) in both ends of a home-and-home series, including a 2-1 overtime win Saturday night. The Huskies (8-11-4, 5-9-4 Hockey East)...

Northeastern Crime Log

January 20, 2007

By Mary Ann Georgantopoulos Correction: Due to an editing error, this story has been changed to indicate the correct location for the entry of the week. Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern's Division of Public Safety reports. Crime Log Entry of the week Friday,...

Husky Happenings

January 16, 2007

Kerry, Patrick, Menino to speak in CSC Friday Northeastern will host John F. Kerry's second annual Massachusetts Procurement Conference and Business Expo in the Indoor Quad of the Curry Student Center at 3:30 p.m. Friday. U.S. Senator Kerry, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick,...