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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Participants in the Special Spirit basketball game pose with members of the Northeastern mens basketball team / Photo by Jon Polen

Special Spirit game brings hundreds to Cabot

April 13, 2017
Special Spirit was first created at the University of Massachusetts Lowell to give Special Olympics athletes a chance to play as Division I athletes.
Senior Meghan Jastrzembski (center) runs a road race in New York as part of her training for the 2017 Boston Marathon. / Photo courtesy Meghan Jastrzembski

NU students will run Boston Marathon

April 13, 2017
Northeastern students Meghan Jastrzembski, Michaella Niro and Bailey Fritzinger will join more than 30,000 participants in the 121st annual Boston Marathon on Monday.

Column: Sports organizations should continue North Carolina boycotts

April 13, 2017
The decision to reward North Carolina sets a precedent for other states hoping to oppress the LGBTQA+ community—lawmakers in those states now know that they can pass discriminatory bills without consequences, as long as those bills aren’t too discriminatory.
Senior righthander Mike Fitzgerald pitched six strong innings against the University of Delaware / Photo by Alex Melagrano

Baseball improves CAA record with pair of wins

April 13, 2017
The Northeastern University baseball team continued its winning ways in conference play, taking two out of three from the University of Delaware to improve to 6-3 within the Colonial Athletic Association.
Matthew Ferri runs in the 4x400 relay earlier this season. / Photo courtesy Jim Pierce

Huskies head south to compete in Miami

April 13, 2017
This past weekend, Northeastern athletes competed at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational in Florida, where each athlete made top 25 performances.
Northeastern Crossing hosts event for citys wage gap week

Northeastern Crossing hosts event for city’s wage gap week

April 13, 2017
Representatives from the American Association of University Women presented a salary negotiation event Tuesday at Northeastern Crossing.
The Northeastern womens rowing team beat the Columbia Lions for the third year in a row. / Photo courtesy Jim Pierce

Northeastern holds Woodbury Cup for third year in a row

April 13, 2017
The Huskies finished with a time of 6 minutes, 50.1 seconds, besting Columbia by six seconds.
Students lead anti-war protest following Syria airstrikes

Students lead anti-war protest following Syria airstrikes

April 13, 2017
The "NO WAR on Syria!" rally, held on Friday evening on the Boston Common, was organized by Northeastern students.
Northeastern professor talks climate change at aquarium

Northeastern professor talks climate change at aquarium

April 12, 2017
Brian Helmuth, a Northeastern professor in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, spoke about the implications of "global weirding" at the New England Aquarium on April 6.

In the House: Another government shutdown?

April 11, 2017
April 28, 2017: A day which could live in infamy.
Octavia Spencer as Roberta Taylor, McKenna Grace as Mary Adler and Chris Evans as Frank Adler in the film Gifted./Photo by Wilson Webb. © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Review: ‘Gifted’ is heartwarming but lacks originality

April 7, 2017
Based solely on its trailer, Fox Searchlight's newest picture "Gifted" sounds derivative at best. The final product meets expectations. However, it does bring a certain unexpected charm to the table too.