Huntington News

Issue date: 8/1/07 Section: Campus Life

Media Credit: News Staff Photo/Marc Larocque Dave Osier, right, a member of the Yankee Clipper crew, examines a cod hooked by senior business major Alptug Katan, left.

At 6:15 a.m. Friday, about 40 Northeastern students and staff wielding Styrofoam coolers and sunscreen slowly assembled in front of Chicken Lou's.

"The plan for today is to live the dream," said Brian Shute, a graduate student waiting for his friends to arrive. "Most of my classmates are probably sleeping and hung over right now."

Shute, however, was wide-eyed, waiting to board a bus bound for Gloucester, where he and the others would embark on a day of deep sea fishing. The trip was part of Northeastern's Summester program, in which faculty, staff and students are offered discount tickets for outings to places like Six Flags, Newport, R.I., and Attitash Mountain.

This type of trip normally costs $55, but the Northeastern group received a discounted rate of $10 per person.

When Shute saw a flyer for the event at the Curry Student Center, he told his fellow graduate accounting students a week before tickets went on sale at the end of June.

"When Brian announced it, I thought, 'Well, maybe I can catch something. I'll go,'" said Kim Hartford, graduate student. "But I don't want to have to touch the hook and the bait. I've never fished before because I never thought I'd like to learn. I thought it would be boring. But things are easier to learn with other people."

Hartford and Shute stood with fellow graduate student Fernando Rodriguez and discussed the prospects of the trip.

"Deep sea fishing is hit or miss," Shute said. "If I catch something, that's great. I just want to have a good time."

This is Northeastern's third year taking a summer trip to Ann's Marina in Gloucester. Last year, many students came back to campus empty-handed.

Marina Snitkovskaya, another graduate student, arrived moments before the bus departed, visibly exhausted. She said she had some reservations about fishing, but decided to go anyway.

"Growing up in Ukraine I was always scared to catch a fish and kill it," Snitkovskaya said. "I'd eat it already cooked, though. They convinced me it's something I should try to do. It's not going to be easy."

The group boarded a Peter Pan bus that then drove almost 40 miles north of Boston, traveling along Route 128.

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