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Men's rowing closes season with a bang

Men’s rowing closes season with a bang

June 8, 2016
The Northeastern University (NU) men’s rowing team finished its year in spectacular fashion, winning the varsity eight petite final on the final day of the season at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) finals. The victory propelled the team to seventh overall in national rankings.
Support is vital to student athletes

Support is vital to student athletes

June 1, 2016
As the game­ clock stood still with 2.6 seconds remaining in the third period of the Hockey East Championship game at TD Garden, the Northeastern Huskies and University of Massachusetts-­Lowell River Hawks lined up for the game’s final face­off in front of Northeastern goalie Ryan Ruck.
Men's rowing heads to nationals

Men’s rowing heads to nationals

June 1, 2016
For the 49th time in program history, the Northeastern University (NU) men’s rowing team will compete at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) national championship starting on June 3.
Husky baseball closes regular season

Husky baseball closes regular season

May 31, 2016
Wrapping up its season by winning two out of three games against Towson University, the Northeastern University (NU) baseball team clinched its fourth-straight berth into the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament.
FIFA gender wage gap may be justified

FIFA gender wage gap may be justified

April 13, 2016
Now is the perfect time for women to highlight the pay gap between the sexes with people still scratching their heads about how the US National Soccer teams fared in their respective World Cups. It makes sense to highlight the disparity in pay, since the men’s team took home a total of $9 million for making the round of sixteen, while the women’s team took home only $2 million for winning the World Cup.
Coyne finishes Northeastern hockey career as best ever

Coyne finishes Northeastern hockey career as best ever

April 13, 2016
The number 77 will forever be immortalized in Husky Nation. If Northeastern retired jersey numbers, number 77 would undoubtedly hang from the rafters, but instead, it will have to settle on every page in the school record books.
Track and field brings home 11 golds

Track and field brings home 11 golds

April 13, 2016
The Northeastern University (NU) track and field teams split up and competed in two separate meets over the weekend. A majority of the student athletes took part in the University of Massachusetts Leap Year Tri-Meet in Amherst on Saturday, while the rest trekked down to Alabama for the Auburn University Tiger Track Classic on Friday and Saturday.
Strong pitching carries baseball to .500 weekend

Strong pitching carries baseball to .500 weekend

April 13, 2016
Despite three quality starts this weekend, the Northeastern University (NU) baseball team dropped two of three to the Elon Phoenix at Friedman Diamond. The Huskies’ weekday game against the Quinnipiac Bobcats featured more runs than the entire weekend combined.
Huskies fall short of BU in Arlett Cup

Huskies fall short of BU in Arlett Cup

April 13, 2016
After beating out the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) to claim the Burk Cup on April 2, the Northeastern University (NU) men’s rowing team fell short in the Arlett Cup to Boston University (BU) on April 9.
Duffey represents NU track

Duffey represents NU track

April 7, 2016
Men’s track and field captain Paul Duffey was the lone competitor for the Northeastern University (NU) track and field program at the Stanford Invitational on Friday.
Alex Frandsen, Editorial Columnist

Young, Russell both at fault

April 7, 2016
Over the course of the past week, you would be forgiven for mistaking ESPN for TMZ. The dominant topic of conversation on SportsCenter for a couple days was focused on a bizarre saga involving D’Angelo Russell and Nick Young, with the former asking the latter about his various hook-ups while secretly capturing the whole thing on camera and posting it briefly online. This would be fine and all, if a little distasteful, except for a pretty glaring fact: Young, otherwise known as Swaggy P, is engaged to (former?) rapper Iggy Azalea. So once the Internet got its hands on the video, the public blew up.
Caleb Donnelly earns academic honors

Caleb Donnelly earns academic honors

April 7, 2016
Following a senior campaign in which he knocked down 41 3-pointers and averaged a career-high 4.6 points per game, Northeastern guard Caleb Donnelly was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year on Tuesday, April 5. Donnelly, in addition to his numbers on the court, posted a 3.994 GPA in the classroom and is set to graduate in May with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering with a minor in mathematics.