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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

Community protests at NU

July 17, 2007

By Marc Larocque An advocacy group for the Lower Roxbury Residents Group is planning to disrupt Northeastern's freshman move-in days. They are planning a smear campaign to detract parents from sending their children to the university because they believe Northeastern's Parcel...

Class of 2012 emerges

July 17, 2007

By Kate Augusto Alicia Picard of Haverhill first visited Northeastern last summer and fell in love with the campus. "I knew I wanted to be in Boston

History repeated

July 17, 2007

It's like dej'aacute; vu all over again. For the third time in four months, the Student Government Association (SGA) has elected another vice president who plans to resign at the end of the summer. Christy Capriccio, a junior finance and accounting major, ran unopposed...

Women’s Soccer: Experienced core return for CAA Finals

July 17, 2007

After posting a 6-12-1 record (3-8 Colonial Athletic Association) in its first year in the CAA in 2005, the Northeastern women's soccer team made great progress in 2006, finishing the season with a 9-6-4 (5-3-3 CAA) record and finished fifth in the conference. "It was a...

Sports Briefs

July 17, 2007

Wiseman named Faculty Representative Northeastern announced last Monday that Dr. Fred Wiseman has been appointed Faculty Athletics Representative, replacing Dr. Arvin Gabel, who held the position since the 1998-99 season. Wiseman has been a faculty member in the College of...

Column: The other fall sport played at Parsons

July 17, 2007

I know most Husky fans are counting down the days to the start of football season, and even more anxiously awaiting the beginning of basketball and hockey. After a 5-6 (4-4 Atlantic 10) season in 2006 the football team is poised to have a great season and head coach Rocky Hager...

Track ‘ Field: Hart named Coach of the Year

July 17, 2007

Northeastern's track ' field head coach Sherman Hart was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Coach of the Year last Tuesday, capping off an excellent 2007-08 season for Hart and the team. Hart led the squad to Northeastern's first-ever CAA championship April 21...

Volleyball: Freshmen fill new squad

July 17, 2007

By Jewel Della Valle The theme for this season's volleyball team will certainly be youth. With just seven returning players from last year's roster and eight incoming freshmen, the Huskies will have a lot to prove, but head coach Ken Nichols said it will be to their benefit....

Fine art gets contemporary with two new exhibitions

July 17, 2007

East meets west at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). Two exhibitions, "Contemporary Outlook: Japan" and "Contemporary Outlook: German Photography" present recent art works from two different parts of the world. The exhibitions, which opened July 2, are housed in the MFA's Rabb...

CD Review: Songs for peace

July 17, 2007

Give peace a chance. That is the overriding theme in "Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur." The two-disk compilation CD seeks to spread awareness about the current crisis in Darfur, Sudan, through 23 cover-tracks originally written by John...

Summer concert series keeps it classy

July 17, 2007

The sun set over Cambridge as thousands of spectators clustered on the Esplanade. Families marked their territory with lawn chairs and blankets. College students sprawled on the grass and munched on nachos and fruit salads. One couple sipped wine: he with white, she with...

Breaking News: Community outcries at Northeastern

July 11, 2007

By Marc Larocque A group of community members joined with a Boston city councilor to protest outside Columbus Place Monday morning in response to what they say is Northeastern's "illegal, unethical and unjust" development practices. City Councilor Chuck Turner and the group...