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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

NU field hockey honors coach, 1988 Final Four team at Celebration of Legends

NU field hockey honors coach, 1988 Final Four team at Celebration of Legends

September 27, 2017
“The NU field hockey team had never made it to an NCAA tournament before at all,” Murtagh said. “The fact that this group of women believed that they could do it was phenomenal. Once they did, they didn’t stop there. It was kind of like, okay, this is how we expect things to be.”
Indonesian festival

Annual New England Indonesian Festival to return to Copley

September 27, 2017
The New England Indonesian Festival will return to Copley Square Saturday. Since its start in 2013, the festival has brought together thousands of New Englanders to celebrate and learn about Indonesian culture.
The Worlds biggset eye contact experiment, Ana, daughter of Elizabeth Rocco

Strangers make silent eye contact at Boston Common

September 26, 2017
Boston was one of more than 160 cities worldwide to host The World’s Biggest Eye Contact Experiment, which was organized through Facebook by an Australian social movement called The Liberators International.
Cappuzzo records 50th career point as Huskies defeat Cougars

Cappuzzo records 50th career point as Huskies defeat Cougars

September 26, 2017
Disappointed with the outcome of Thursday’s match, head coach Ashley Phillips and the Huskies came into Sunday with a heightened sense of determination.
Mens soccer drops two

Men’s soccer drops two

September 26, 2017
The Huskies will look to bounce back with two road conference games this week, with matches against Hofstra and Drexel looming. Despite the strong effort from the Huskies in their recent games, they will look for some tangible results.
Third-year forward Laura MacLachlan celebrates after scoring a goal against Vermont. Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Huskies tack up six unanswered goals to crush Vermont

September 26, 2017
The Huskies’ win, their 25th over the Catamounts in program history, served as a needed refresher for the team as they headed home after a 4-1 loss against the University of Maine Friday.
 Hundreds of people gathered on Boston Common Saturday to protest President Donald J. Trump’s recent actions to roll back DACA, which protected undocumented individuals who were brought to the United States as children. The Boston May Day Coalition organized the event through Facebook in partnership with the United American Indians of New England, Black Lives Matter - Boston, Veterans for Peace, Cosecha and many other local groups. Cata Santiago, a representative from Cosecha, an immigrant rights movement, spoke during the rally. “My DACA expires on November of next year. I am one of the people who falls under the gap — I can’t renew my DACA anymore. We need permanent protection,” she said.

Photo Gallery: Bostonians protest Trump’s DACA repeal

September 26, 2017
Hundreds of people gathered on Boston Common Sept. 16 to protest President Donald J. Trump’s recent actions to roll back DACA, which protected undocumented individuals who were brought to the United States as children.
Museum of Science free college night

Museum of Science opens for College Night

September 25, 2017
Thousands of college students gathered at the Museum of Science Sep. 22 for its annual College Night, a public event where students are invited to explore and engage with exhibitions, programs and presentations related to science, technology, engineering and math.

Walsh, Jackson lead mayoral race prior to preliminary election

Katie McCreedy and Justin Crowe September 25, 2017
Boston’s 49th mayoral race will tighten this week as voters narrow the field to two candidates in the preliminary elections Tuesday.
practice peace of mind

Children’s Services of Roxbury to attempt world record

September 22, 2017
Thousands of people from across Massachusetts will head to Boston Common Sept. 23 as the Children’s Services of Roxbury (CSR) attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the largest human peace sign ever.

Op-ed: You should join YAL

September 21, 2017
Now more than ever, there is a propensity toward the ideas of liberty, and it is so important that everyone hears it. As college students, we are on the battleground of ideas, where socialism is glorified. It is our role as young liberty-minded individuals to punch back and say that maybe we know how to live our lives better than the government.