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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

Northeastern cheerleading took home the championship title at JAMfest Collegiate Champions / Photo courtesy Maria Dulin

Cheerleading takes home JAMfest championship title

March 30, 2017

By Glenn Billman, news staff Northeastern’s cheerleading team triumphed at Boston Nationals and tumbled their way to the title of JAMfest Collegiate Champions Saturday and Sunday in Lowell, Massachusetts. The team began its competition season, leaving behind the hardwood...

The World Baseball Classic sets the stage for some of the most exciting and passionate baseball around the globe / Photo courtesy Eric Kilby

Column: Why so serious, MLB?

Charlie Wolfson March 30, 2017

You would think that someone who makes a living by playing a game would be willing to have some fun while doing so. Unfortunately, there’s an old-minded, stubborn faction of MLB players who have declared inappropriate any display of joy or emotion on the diamond. This is not...

Womens rowing started its season by taking first place in the Memorial Murphy Cup Regatta / Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Rowing starts season by winning Murphy Cup

March 30, 2017

By Isabelle Hahn, news staff The Northeastern women’s rowing team began its season Saturday with an impromptu yet successful visit to the 35th Memorial Murphy Cup Regatta on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. The Huskies topped University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) for...

Junior centerfielder Mason Koppens proved to be the spark plug atop the Huskies lineup / Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Huskies struggle in start to conference play

March 30, 2017

By Jake Sauberman, deputy sports editor Northeastern University (NU) baseball has been underway for over a month, but it’s the beginning of conference play that truly signals the beginning of ultra-competitive games. Squaring off against Colonial Athletic Association (CAA)...

CRIME LOG: MARCH 20 – MARCH 26

CRIME LOG: MARCH 20 – MARCH 26

March 30, 2017

Compiled by Jill Sojourner, news staff Monday, March 20 12:01 p.m.  The manager of Wollaston’s Market in the Marino Recreation Center called to report detaining a cooperative shoplifter. The manager further reported that the subject had attempted to steal medicine....

Suchira Sharma (left) currently serves as the SGA executive vice president and Paulina Ruiz is the vice president of student affairs. They will assume their new positions in May./Photo courtesy Suchira + Paulina: Believe in More campaign

Sharma, Ruiz elected student body president and executive vice president

March 30, 2017

By Jasmine Heyward, news correspondent After a controversial Student Government Association (SGA) election season, Suchira Sharma and Paulina Ruiz won the election for Northeastern’s student body president and executive vice president (EVP), SGA announced Tuesday. With...

NU center to research employer expectations

NU center to research employer expectations

March 30, 2017

By Hugh Shirley, news correspondent Northeastern University recently launched a new research institute to analyze the interactions between employers and universities. The institute, called the Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy, is part of Northeastern’s...

Event Calendar: March 31 – April 5

March 30, 2017

By Sophie Cannon, deputy A&E editor   Thursday, March 30 In its 33rd year in Boston, the LGBT Film Festival is here once again. This year’s kick-off film is “Signature Move,” a movie about love, loss and Lucha-style wrestling. This timely film also highlights...

Posters included in the new Gallery 360 feature womens faces paired with discriminatory statements about their gender./Photo by Alex Melagrano

Gallery 360 installation promotes women’s rights

March 30, 2017

By Christina Philippides, news correspondent The newest display in Northeastern’s Gallery 360, titled “Women’s Rights are Human Rights: International Posters on Gender-based Inequality, Violence and Discrimination,” combines graphic design and storytelling to promote...

Boss Baby (Alec Baldwin) confronts his brother Tim (Miles Christopher Bakshi) in DreamWorks’ “The Boss Baby.”/Photo courtesy DreamWorks Animation

Review: ‘Boss Baby’ wins laughs but little else

March 30, 2017

By Logan Meyer, A&E editor In typical DreamWorks fashion, “The Boss Baby” is an adorable, feel-good animated film fit for the family. Also in DreamWorks fashion, it is largely lacking in cinematic merit. From the get-go, the story’s narration incites confusion. Constantly...

Brie Larson plays Mason Weaver, the Kong’s newest female opposite, in “Kong: Skull Island.”/Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures

Column: ‘Kong’ film distorts history

March 30, 2017

By Vy Thai, A&E columnist From the original movie in 1933 to its remakes throughout the decades, the “King Kong” franchise has always been more than just a cliché about a giant ape climbing skyscrapers and pursuing forbidden love with women of the human race. Filmmakers...

The ICAs new expansion, dubbed the Watershed, is to be constructed across the harbor from the original location./Photo courtesy ICA

ICA plans new expansion across Boston Harbor

March 30, 2017

By Gianna Barberia, news staff Boat tours and cruises are not the only things you’ll find traveling across the harbor. Scheduled to open in summer 2018, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is expanding and opening a new location in East Boston, just a short water taxi...