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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

VIDEO: Down go the Terriers: Northeastern wins in overtime against No. 3 Boston University

VIDEO: Down go the Terriers: Northeastern wins in overtime against No. 3 Boston University

Annika Sunkara and Esha Minhas February 1, 2024

  In an overtime nailbiter, Northeastern men’s hockey defeated No. 3 ranked Boston University 4-3 Tuesday night at Matthews Arena. Game highlights included Dylan Hryckowian’s game-winning goal and goaltender Cameron Whitehead’s 38 saves. With the Beanpot commencing...

WRBB News Episode 4: Janitor Union Contract and a Former Track Coach’s Nude Photo Scheme Plea

WRBB News Episode 4: Janitor Union Contract and a Former Track Coach’s Nude Photo Scheme Plea

In the fourth episode of WRBB News, co-hosts Bela Omoeva and Liza Rosen speak with The News about two recent stories. Staff writer Zoe MacDiarmid maps out how a union representing 330 Northeastern janitors achieved a historic new contract. Deputy campus editor Val O'Neill and...

VIDEO: Northeastern students hope for second consecutive Women’s Beanpot win

VIDEO: Northeastern students hope for second consecutive Women’s Beanpot win

Annika Sunkara and Amelia Ballingall January 16, 2024

The 45th annual Women's Beanpot kicks off Tuesday night at Harvard's Bright-Landry Center. Ahead of Northeastern's game versus Harvard at 7:30 p.m., sports editor Amelia Ballingall asked students how they hope to see the tournament play out. To read more about what to...

An S Ferrante player changes the direction of the game by diverting the ball toward the opposing goal. In some forms of broomball, players modified brooms using scissors and duct tape to fit their individual playing styles.

Broomball sweeps Northeastern student body in intramural fun, tournaments

Margot Murphy, photo staff November 30, 2023

When a person first hears of the sport “broomball,” they may imagine a knock-off Quidditch match. But rather than flying around a field, broomball takes place on ice and is an enjoyable pastime for many Northeastern students.  Broomball originated in Canada during the...

Jim Madigan will be inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame on February 14, 2022.

Q&A: Jim Madigan hopes to maintain academic, athletic excellence as Athletic Director

Peyton Doyle and Vitoria Poejo September 17, 2021

Jim Madigan has been involved with Northeastern University for 40 years, first as a player for the men’s ice hockey team in the early 1980s, then later serving as an assistant coach, academic administrator and head coach of the men’s hockey team.    After 352...

Castor Semenya London 2012 by Tab59 from Düsseldorf, Allemagne is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Transgender athletes call for equal representation, lack of exclusion in athletics

Grace Gilson, news correspondent September 2, 2021

Content warning: This article mentions suicidal ideation.  Efforts by legislators to bar transgender, or trans, individuals from public spaces are ramping up across the country, and with the recent Olympic Games, there is a new onslaught of debate over trans inclusion in...

Former Mens Hockey head coach, Jim Madigan will be Northeasterns new athletic director.

Northeastern athletics adapt to NCAA’s NIL rule changes

Peyton Doyle, deputy sports editor August 28, 2021

In June, Northeastern University athletic director Jeff Konya parted ways with the school, marking the end of a 10-year relationship where Northeastern claimed over a dozen CAA championships across its 16 varsity sports, including its first-ever CAA baseball title in 2021.    Konya,...

Northeastern Mens Basketball team

Northeastern receives low Athlete Equality Index score, aims for change

Sarah Barber, news staff May 12, 2021

On April 1, Athlete Ally released its set of Athlete Equality Index, or AEI, scores, a system that rates Division 1 colleges around the country on its resources for and inclusion of LGBTQ+ student athletes. Northeastern University received a score of 40 out of 100, the fourth...

Bridgette Mitchell will be the seventh head coach in Northeastern Womens Basketball history.

Bridgette Mitchell named NU women’s basketball head coach

Vitoria Poejo, sports editor April 20, 2021

Former Duke University basketball forward Bridgette Mitchell has been named head coach of the Northeastern women’s basketball program, according to an April 17 Northeastern Athletics brief.  The change in leadership comes after the university chose to not renew former head...

Rose Kaefer rejoices with her teammates at a game against UMass Lowell

NU women’s soccer boasts freshman class like no other

Peyton Doyle, news staff April 18, 2021

Entering college is not easy and being a student-athlete is even harder. Throw a pandemic on top of that, and it is nearly impossible.  Five freshmen, Allie Vazquez, Bianca Resca, Eleanor Fisher, Gaby Scarlett and Rose Kaefer, on Northeastern’s women’s soccer team saw...

Senior forward Chelsea Domond dribbles past the Drexel Dragons in a game earlier this season.

Huskies’ resilient season ended in semifinal

Peyton Doyle, news staff April 18, 2021

The Northeastern Huskies women’s soccer team (5-5-1, 3-1-0 CAA) were 45 minutes away from their first CAA Championship game since 2017, Thursday night. The UNCW Seahawks (7-2-0, 4-0-0 CAA), however, had other plans for the Huskies in the second half of their CAA semifinal game.  Despite...

Northeastern has begun hosting in-person fitness classes at Marino Recreation Center and SquashBusters in accordance with Bostons move to Step 2 of Phase 3 of the reopening plan.

Northeastern reopens in-person fitness classes

Marta Hill, deputy campus editor March 4, 2021

A little more than a month after Marino Recreation Center and SquashBusters Center opened at 25% capacity, indoor in-person fitness classes are back, according to a March 3 News@Northeastern article. In accordance with Boston’s move on March 1 to Step 2 of Phase 3, indoor...