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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

Volleyball off to 2-0 start in conference after pair of home victories

Volleyball off to 2-0 start in conference after pair of home victories

September 28, 2017
The highlight of Friday’s Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) opener against UNCW was outside hitter Amy Underdown’s performance. The second year posted 28 kills in the match — a number that has not been achieved by a Northeastern player since Lauren DeTurk in 2008.
Local 26 calls out Northeastern in YouTube ad

Local 26 calls out Northeastern in YouTube ad

September 27, 2017
The union representing Northeastern University dining hall workers bought advertising space on YouTube to promote a video criticizing the university for underpaying food service workers while accepting large tax breaks from the City of Boston.
Hamster aggression study no longer funded by the NIH

Hamster aggression study no longer funded by the NIH

September 27, 2017
A Northeastern professor’s research project about the effect of anabolic steroids on hamster aggression lost its funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), according to a report released Sept. 13 by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
Illustration by Victoria Barranco.

Cartoon: First Day of Fall

September 27, 2017
News illustration by Victoria Barranco.

Walsh, Jackson win preliminary mayoral election

Katie McCreedy September 27, 2017
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and City Councilman Tito Jackson each gathered enough votes to advance in the general election for mayor this November.
dumpling festival at central flea market

Central Square flea market draws a crowd

September 27, 2017
The Central Flea is a colorful open-air flea market that takes place on the last Sunday of every month at Central Square in Cambridge.

Column: Kneeling takes the right stand

September 27, 2017
If you watched any football at all this past week you saw protests of some sort in full effect. While Kaepernick remains unsigned, the movement he started by kneeling during the National Anthem throughout the 2016 NFL season has carried over resoundingly.
Members of Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity pick up trash with the Breakfast Club as part of their mandatory community service hours./ Photo by Glenn Billman

Breakfast Club volunteers clean up Boston neighborhoods

September 27, 2017
Dozens of students hit the streets surrounding campus Sunday to beautify the Fenway and Mission Hill neighborhoods after a weekend of partying and littering. The group, called the Breakfast Club, meets almost every Sunday of the school year to pick up trash and give back to the community.

Column: America, as described by an Irish Grandmother

September 27, 2017
“There’s a lot of opportunity there, mind, don’t get me wrong. But it’s a big place and they have some strange ways for sure, some strange ways indeed.”
World record peace sign

Boston group fails attempt at world’s largest human peace sign

September 27, 2017
Hundreds from across the state gathered at Boston Common Saturday, for Children’s Services of Roxbury’s (CSR) attempt to break the Guinness world record for the largest human peace sign.
CRIME LOG: SEPT. 11 – SEPT. 17

CRIME LOG: SEPT. 11 – SEPT. 17

September 27, 2017
Crimes reported to the Northeastern University Police Department from Monday, Sept. 11 to Sunday, Sept. 17.
Young Swimming and Diving Team Makes Waves Through Contributions to Cancer Research

Young Swimming and Diving Team Makes Waves Through Contributions to Cancer Research

September 27, 2017
The team raised money for cancer research at the Rhode Island Open Water Swim put on by the non-profit Swim Across America on Sept. 9. They raised over $11,000 in support of gynecological and breast cancer research at Women and Infants Hospital in Rhode Island,