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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News
The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Charlie Wolfson, Editor-at-Large

Charlie was editor-in-chief of The News in 2019 and has been a staff writer since his first semester at Northeastern in 2016. In that time he has covered the administration, SGA, athletics and more. He is a former co-op and current freelance correspondent at The Boston Globe and was a science writing co-op at the MIT Energy Initiative in 2019.

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Bolden Brace becomes a leader off the bench

Bolden Brace becomes a leader off the bench

Charlie Wolfson
February 21, 2018
When Brace was shifted to the bench unit, he found a role that maximized his strengths and gave his team a major boost.
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NU students help plan Boston March for Our Lives

NU students help plan Boston March for Our Lives

Charlie Wolfson and Katie McCreedy
February 21, 2018
Some Northeastern students have roots in Parkland, Florida, where a Feb. 14 high school shooting killed 17.
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Meet Ashley Demirali, the DogHouse’s most devoted member

Meet Ashley Demirali, the DogHouse’s most devoted member

Charlie Wolfson
February 21, 2018
Her name is Ashley Demirali, but many Northeastern students know her as the hockey fan who can always be found in the middle of the DogHouse, wearing a Northeastern flag as a cape and a backward NU cap.
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Pusica beats buzzer, gives NU crucial CAA win

Pusica beats buzzer, gives NU crucial CAA win

Charlie Wolfson
February 17, 2018
Pusica broke a 67-67 tie in a late-season matchup with the College of William & Mary as the clock rolled to 0:00.
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NU keeps pace in CAA with win over Drexel

NU keeps pace in CAA with win over Drexel

Charlie Wolfson
February 15, 2018
This game went right on Northeastern’s usual 2017-18 script: Vasa Pusica scored 24 running the point; Bolden Brace gave nine points, seven rebounds and a lot of hustle off the bench; and Murphy spelled Green off the bench with active, aggressive minutes at the five.
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Brief: Pressley responds to Capuano's border wall comments

Brief: Pressley responds to Capuano’s border wall comments

Charlie Wolfson
February 13, 2018
Capuano said Tuesday that he’d be willing to concede funding for the wall in exchange for “real immigration reform.”
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Madigan, players savor victory 30 years in the making

Madigan, players savor victory 30 years in the making

Charlie Wolfson
February 13, 2018
“The Beanpot is more special to me than being on an Olympic team,” Adam Gaudette said post-game Monday.
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Northeastern wins first Beanpot since 1988

Northeastern wins first Beanpot since 1988

Charlie Wolfson and Calli Remillard
February 12, 2018
Adam Gaudette scored a hat trick. Cayden Primeau finished off a 75-77 Beanpot performance. The Huskies won the tournament after a 30-year wait.
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BU stands between Northeastern and ending Beanpot drought

BU stands between Northeastern and ending Beanpot drought

Charlie Wolfson and Calli Remillard
February 11, 2018
The 66th Beanpot final is set to be a dogfight between the Northeastern Huskies, who will attempt to vanquish a 30-year championship drought, and the Boston University Terriers.
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Primeau adds to impressive first season with Beanpot shutout

Primeau adds to impressive first season with Beanpot shutout

Charlie Wolfson and Calli Remillard
February 5, 2018
First-year goalie Cayden Primeau stopped all 37 shots he faced, propelling the Huskies to the Beanpot final.
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Northeastern shuts out BC in Beanpot semi, will try to end title drought

Northeastern shuts out BC in Beanpot semi, will try to end title drought

Charlie Wolfson and Calli Remillard
February 5, 2018
That drought’s days may be numbered, and it could end in as little as one week: Northeastern’s top line of captain Nolan Stevens and Hobey Baker hopefuls Dylan Sikura and Adam Gaudette scored a goal apiece in a 3-0 victory, sending the Huskies to the Beanpot final next Monday.
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Northeastern outlasts UNCW, 107-100, in overtime

Northeastern outlasts UNCW, 107-100, in overtime

Charlie Wolfson
February 3, 2018

Northeastern dug themselves out of a horrific shooting start to the game and discredited the old unnamed adage, “You can’t win a game in the first 10 minutes, but you can lose it.” In the first eight...

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Charleston wins thrilling game at Matthews to pass NU for top CAA spot

Charleston wins thrilling game at Matthews to pass NU for top CAA spot

Charlie Wolfson
February 2, 2018
The game threatened to balloon into a more comfortable win for Charleston on a couple occasions — one midway through the first half and one late in the second — but spirited bursts from the Huskies brought the home team back, fired up the building and made for one of the most compelling ballgames of the year.
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Northeastern University Police Department members received an award for raising more than $2,000 to support veteran readjustment efforts. / Photo by Paxtyn Merten

Study suggests police-worn body cameras are effective

Charlie Wolfson
January 31, 2018
The issue comes during an era in which police misconduct has been under intensified scrutiny nationwide. Boston is behind many major U.S. cities in police accountability improvements; the list of cities with some kind of body camera program includes Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
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Northeastern battles back to tie Providence, ties BC atop Hockey East

Northeastern battles back to tie Providence, ties BC atop Hockey East

Charlie Wolfson
January 27, 2018

When you need a goal, you go to your best players. When Northeastern needed a goal to tie with under a minute left in regulation Friday, they went to their two Hobey Baker candidates. With their netminder...

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Cambridge police estimate 10,000 people came to Cambridge Common for the Women's March. / Photo by Alex Melagrano.

From all walks of life, 10,000 take part in Women’s March

Paxtyn Merten, Hannah Bernstein, Caroline Boschetto, Charlie Wolfson, Claire Wallace, Katie McCreedy, Maverick Li, and Zach Carmosino
January 21, 2018
Thousands filled Cambridge Common Saturday for a sequel to last year’s massive protest. In a rebuke of President Donald J. Trump and in advocacy of feminism, the crowd was filled with people angry at the current administration and hopeful for the movement. This is who they were.
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Video: One killed, two injured after triple shooting in Roxbury Crossing

Video: One killed, two injured after triple shooting in Roxbury Crossing

Charlie Wolfson
January 16, 2018
Three people were shot at the intersection of Tremont and Parker streets on Dec. 6, Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans said.
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Column: A trade, a franchise in ruins and what it all means

Charlie Wolfson
January 16, 2018
As McCutchen jogged away to join his teammates, one of the boys pointed and appeared to shout, “I love you!” That boy spoke for Pittsburgh.
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Environmentalists applaud plastic bag ban, retailers oppose

Environmentalists applaud plastic bag ban, retailers oppose

Charlie Wolfson
January 11, 2018
The ordinance Mayor Walsh signed into law, which bans Boston stores from giving out single-use plastic bags beginning December 2018, has been hailed by many environmental groups as a significant and necessary step in Boston’s continuing green push. Simultaneously, it has been panned by those in the food industry as misguided and potentially harmful.
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climate change time capsule

[UPDATED] Walsh, Council, students take climate action

Charlie Wolfson
December 7, 2017
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced Tuesday the launch of Carbon Free Boston, a plan for the city to be carbon neutral by 2050. On Wednesday, the City Council voted unanimously to ban the use of plastic bags in stores. These two measures come as Northeastern students continue environmental activism years in progress.
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Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans spoke to the press at the corner of Gurney Street and Parket Street Wednesday night. / Photo by Maggie Dolan

One killed, two hospitalized after triple shooting in Roxbury Crossing

Charlie Wolfson
December 7, 2017
Three people were shot at the intersection of Tremont Street and Parker Street Wednesday night, killing one person, leaving one in critical condition and one in serious condition, Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans said. Evans briefed the media at 9:47 p.m. at the scene of the shooting. At that time, police did not know the identity of the shooter.
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Column: The sports gifts we want this holiday season

Charlie Wolfson
December 6, 2017
This is the last sports column for The News before the holidays, and in the holiday spirit,  we humbly present our sports holiday wishlist. This list is presented without bias toward any team; these are things we feel the sporting world as a whole would be enriched by, regardless of whose colors you wear or what holiday(s) you celebrate.
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J.J. Barea, Claudia Ortiz lead the charge in Puerto Rico relief effort

J.J. Barea, Claudia Ortiz lead the charge in Puerto Rico relief effort

Charlie Wolfson
December 6, 2017
Barea is busy, but something more important than basketball required his attention Tuesday night. He spent the evening at the NU men’s basketball game against Bucknell at Matthews Arena, where his former team staged a fundraiser — which raised almost $4,000 — benefitting his native Puerto Rico, a place desperately in need of assistance after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in September.
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Third game of homestand brings third straight win for men’s hoops

Third game of homestand brings third straight win for men’s hoops

Charlie Wolfson
December 5, 2017
Northeastern was generally strong in the paint all night, highlighted by the play of their 6-foot-10-inch third-year center, Anthony Green. He finished the game with 11 points, six rebounds and one backboard-quaking two-handed slam.
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Gresham leads NU men’s basketball to second straight win

Gresham leads NU men’s basketball to second straight win

Charlie Wolfson
December 2, 2017
“It’s been my coaches believing in me,” Gresham said after the game, “and my teammates and I have worked well together. We all like playing with each other.”
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Men's basketball endures tough PK80 Invitational

Men’s basketball endures tough PK80 Invitational

Charlie Wolfson
November 28, 2017
The Stanford game goes down as an “L,” both Bill Coen and Donnell Gresham Jr. said, but there are positives to take out of it as the team tries to find their identity moving toward conference play.
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The former German ambassador to North Korea, the former Kyrgyz ambassador to India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal and the former American ambassador to Yemen and the United Arab Emirates speak about about Trump's impact on foreign policy./ Photo by Lauren Scornavacca

Ambassadors express disappointment with Trump’s foreign policy

Charlie Wolfson
November 16, 2017
More than 100 people gathered in the Snell Engineering Center Wednesday night for a panel discussion on international relations and diplomacy under President Donald J. Trump, featuring three former ambassadors who agreed Trump’s approach to foreign policy has been disappointing and has made diplomacy more difficult.
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Men’s basketball starts season 2-0 thanks to balanced offense

Men’s basketball starts season 2-0 thanks to balanced offense

Charlie Wolfson
November 13, 2017
“I think the second unit really comes out and brings energy,” Occeus said. “We play as hard as we can on defense, getting rebounds and outrunning them. I hope the team feeds off of it.”
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Northeastern researcher creates innovative surgical glue

Northeastern researcher creates innovative surgical glue

Charlie Wolfson
October 19, 2017
A research team at Northeastern has played a leading role in the development of MeTro, a new surgical glue that could significantly improve how surgeons approach organ and tissue repair.
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SGA passed two resolutions creating positions for an Executive Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as well as a Vice President for Sustainability. 

SGA passes resolutions to support strike, rename Columbus Day

Charlie Wolfson
October 4, 2017
Student senators passed resolutions to support Northeastern dining hall workers’ efforts toward raising salaries and to change Northeastern’s observance of Columbus day to Indigenous People’s Day at their session Monday.
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Chafee rehashes political career

Chafee rehashes political career

Charlie Wolfson
October 4, 2017
Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee spoke to Northeastern students, mostly political science majors, Tuesday in Renaissance Park.
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Column: Wild Card game has no place in baseball

Charlie Wolfson
September 13, 2017
The playoff format MLB uses is a flawed way of crowning a champion considering the nature of baseball. The game’s arbitrary, large-sample-size friendly tendencies lend themselves to the long haul of its 162-game regular season, not the whiplash-inducing brevity of its playoffs. Too many unpredictable and unpreventable things happen over the course of one baseball game for such an unforgiving playoff format to be a good method of choosing a champion.
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Women's rowing coach Joe Wilhelm unveils the plaque memorializing Jack Grinold / Photo courtesy Brian Bae

Jack Grinold remembered for lifetime of service to Northeastern

Charlie Wolfson
September 9, 2017
Members of the Northeastern University community gathered Wednesday to celebrate the life of former sports information director Jack Grinold, who died in April.
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Northeastern students organize walk for suicide prevention

Northeastern students organize walk for suicide prevention

Charlie Wolfson
April 13, 2017
More than 75 students will participate in the first Northeastern suicide prevention walk Saturday morning to raise awareness of mental illness and suicide while fostering a community around those struggling with mental health issues.
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Column: Fenway opener a clear exhibit of MLB’s biggest problem

Charlie Wolfson
April 5, 2017
The Red Sox, located in the huge media market of New England, have significantly more funds available to them than the Pirates, who call one of the smallest MLB media markets home.
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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...

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Women's hoops ends season with quick tourney exit

Women’s hoops ends season with quick tourney exit

Charlie Wolfson
March 17, 2017
Northeastern came into the game having won five of their previous six games while Drexel was sitting on a three game losing streak. The Dragons arrived at the tournament, though, with a 21-10 record including 11-7 within the CAA.
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Women's hoops honors seniors Sally, Schnare

Women’s hoops honors seniors Sally, Schnare

Charlie Wolfson
March 2, 2017
The win over Hofstra gave Northeastern a final record of 12-18, including 8-10 within the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).
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Column: MLB should walk back rule change

Column: MLB should walk back rule change

Charlie Wolfson
March 2, 2017
Thanks to a rule instated by MLB last week, managers can now signal from the dugout that they wish to give the batter first base. No pitch needs to be thrown. A simple wave sends him trotting down the line.
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A student was found dead on Friday in his West Village H apartment.

Hackathon inspires creative solutions for aviation company operations

Charlie Wolfson
March 2, 2017
General Electric Co. (GE) turned to Northeastern University graduate students over the weekend to find innovative ways to improve their infrastructure.
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