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myNEU COOL faces major overhaul Artists’ work on display

By Rowena Lindsay Inside Editor

co-op and career development, said. “We’re looking to kick things up a notch and offer more modern features.”

The current systems were designed prior to Web 2.0, a term that

Student-made artwork took over the Curry Indoor Quad on Thursday, April 26 for the first Student Showcase event, which allowed students of all disciplines to share their creative projects with the Northeastern community.

The Student Showcase was organized by the College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) Creative Leaders, an honors program, and aimed to create an interdisciplinary way to get people more involved in the arts at Northeastern.

Those who attended the showcase voted for their favorite three works and artists with the most votes were entered into a raffle to win a Vans gift card.

The showcase was small, but it featured a wide variety of student work, from paintings, sculptures and poetry to photography and recorded songs. There was also a video screening area where a number of films and music videos played on a loop and, throughout the day, students dropped by to participate in performance art pieces.

“This is the first year that the student showcase has come together,” Executive Chair of Creative Leaders and junior interactive media and graphic design dual major Raphaela Putz said. “[The showcase] has been an idea

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Anthony Armelin, director of information systems for co-op and career development (left), and Derek Cameron, associate director of employer relations in cooperative education and career development (right), are launching a revamped version of myNEU COOL, Northeastern’s co-op search tool.

By Amanda Hoover News Editor

For those searching for co-ops and careers, a renovated version of myNEU COOL, set to launch its first phase next month, is designed to modernize the process – making

it easier and more efficient for both employers and students to find positions.

The current myNEU COOL coop and career development portals, which have each been in place for more than 10 years, are receiving a redesign. Orbis Communications, a

provider of co-op and career information systems based in Dundas, Canada, has been selected to provide the services for Northeastern.

“Students, faculty, staff and employers all expect modern online functionality,” Anthony Armelin, director of information systems for

Baseball sweeps Delaware at home

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Northeastern University has entered into a partnership with Integrated Device Technology to open a small campus inside the company’s San Jose, Calif. coperate headquarters.

NU expands to California

By Sara Tucker Managing Editor

With recent focus on developing opportunities for science, technology, engineering and mathmatics (STEM) education, Northeastern University is slated to open a new space in Silicon Valley. The satellite campus, coined Northeastern University – Silicon Valley, will include an 8,000-square-foot space owned by Integrated Device Tech-

nology (IDT), set to open in the fall, as well as several smaller hubs in major companies around the city that will open at a later date.

The IDT space is located in the company’s corporate headquarters in San Jose, Calif. and the programs offered are “aimed at reaching midcareer workers,” according to The Boston Globe. Mid-career workers are those who have advanced past entry-level employment but are not nearing retirement.

All students currently enrolled in the initial program are IDT employees, the company’s president, Greg Waters, told Bloomberg Business.

While the campus is located at IDT’s headquarters, not all classes will be held there. Classes will be taught in “online and hybrid for­ mats, enabling stu­dents to com­bine the con­ve­nience and power of online learning with the ben­e­fits of face-​​to-​​face instruc­tion,” according San Jose, Page 3

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Sophomore pitcher Dustin Hunt, 45, tallied nine strikeouts in 5.1 innings pitched against Delaware on March 29 at home.

By Ethan Schroeder News Staff

The seven-game losing streak of the Northeastern baseball team was snapped with a three-game sweep of the University of Delaware this weekend. Two of the three games ended in walk-off hits for NU at Friedman Diamond.

The Huskies’ losses heading into Friday’s series opener dropped them to 7-14 on the season and 0-3 in the Colonial Athletic Association. The streak was highlighted by a 22-1 loss to Boston College in NU’s home opener on March 24.

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Student letter aims to improve transparency

By Olivia Arnold News Corresspondent

Amidst growing awareness of sexual assault on college campuses and a Title IX suit filed against the university, Northeastern students are stepping up and advocating for increased transparency and resources for survivors on campus.

The Sexual Assault Response Campaign (SARC), a student subcommittee of Northeastern University Sexual Health Advocacy, Resources and Education (NU SHARE), is delivering a letter demanding that the university publish the results of the 2014 Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault.

The survey was distributed via email to random students in October of last year, but the results have not been made public. The selected students answered questions about how safe they felt on campus, their knowledge of the university’s resources for sexual assaults and how comfortable or secure they felt accessing those resources.

SARC will deliver a letter to Vice President of Student Affairs Madeleine Estabrook on April 6, in an attempt to pressure the administration to commit to a timeline for when they will publicize the results of the survey. “[The survey] was an initiative by Northeastern that we actually really applaud,” Kate Frisher, a junior international affairs major and member of SARC, said. “Our issue is it was not publicized … and they are doing nothing, to our knowledge, with the data.”

Relying on statistics for cases reported to the police alone is not enough to provide a full picture of the sexual assault issue being faced on college campuses, according to Frisher. Campus climate surveys were recommended by a White House Task Force report published in April 2014 after underreporting of campus assaults was identified as a problem that was skewing statistics.

“Only 2 percent of incapacitated sexual assault survivors, and 13 percent of forcible rape survivors,

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Senior journalism major Andy Robinson takes a photograph of sophomore human science major Roxanne Anderson for NU Share’s photo campaign #ItstimeNU in Snell Library. report the crime to campus or lo- ties, including rape, sexual assault, cal law enforcement,” according to sexual harassment and sexual and Not Alone: The First Report of the domestic violence.

White House Task Force to Protect “We know that there is a serious Students from Sexual Assault. problem, especially related to genEighty percent of rape and sexual der violence, that we don’t think assaults against college students go the university administration is adunreported to the police, and stu- equately responding to,” Kailtin dents also knew their perpetrator in Beegle, a sophomore political sci80 percent of the cases, according to ence and international affairs major a report titled “Rape and Sexual As- and member of SARC, said. “And sault Victimization Among College- we think if [Northeastern] were to Age Females, 1995–2013,” pub- release the results of that climate lished by the Justice Department on survey, it would more accurately Dec. 11, 2014. reflect how students are feeling on Northeastern is one of 95 colleges campus and some of the needs that under federal investigation by the still go unmet.”

US Department of Education’s OfMembers of SARC hope that fice for Civil Rights for Title IX vio- publishing the results of the climate lations. Title IX is part of the 1972 survey will expose what they feel Education Amendments and pro- are gaping holes in the resources for hibits discrimination based on sex sexual assault survivors at Northin education programs and activi- eastern, which members say is a

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“Currently, we find that the university actually will not even publish a manual or any instructions on how to receive help for these issues. They will not direct students.

They will not even outline the process,” Beegle said. “[NU SHARE has] been focusing on this for about a year now, and even some of us are still confused on what happens when.”

The Violence, Support, Intervention and Outreach Network (ViSION), is Northeastern’s current sexual assault services provider. According to Beegle, ViSION’s primary goal is ensuring that the victims complete a judicial process with the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (O.S.C.C.R.).

For emotional and physical health concerns, ViSION will often direct students to the University Health and Counseling Services (UHCS).

However, UHCS does not have any therapists or nurses specially trained to handle rape cases, or advocates who can serve as experts in regard to sexual assault to guide the students through the process of reporting an incident to the university and seeking counseling. Therefore, either ViSION or UHCS will often recommend that students facing any sexual harassment or assault seek help from the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, located approximately 2.5 miles off campus in Cambridge.

“We are relying a lot on community resources to currently help a population of students who are … numbered at around 20,000, which is an unnecessary burden on the surrounding community,” Beegle said.

Northeastern is the only major school in Boston that does not have a physical office building for sexual assault services, according to Frisher. Reporting to ViSION is done via email or telephone, with two employees providing those services during business hours. If a student needs to report an incident that occurs over the weekend or at a time that does not fall within business hours, then he or she must report it to the Northeastern University Po-

lice Department (NUPD). NUPD, however, only has one officer per shift that is specially trained in sexual assault responses.

“We think there area a lot of issues in the reporting and services system to begin with, but we think that one of the biggest that we’ve seen is that people can’t access these services because there is no one space where you can go … where you feel comfortable reporting,” Frisher said.

To provide a physical space for sexual assault and gender discrimination resources, SARC was able to successfully get a question on the university ballot that read, “Do you support a gender resource center on campus?” Students were able to vote on this question starting Thursday, March 26 through April 1, and the results will be announced on April 6, the same day that SARC will deliver the letter.

“As part of offering first-rate resources to our students, we regularly solicit feedback to assess awareness of available resources and to improve our efforts,” Renata Nyul, director of communications, said in an email statement to The News. “As the case is with many surveys, the Campus Climate Survey promised confidentiality to respondents. The findings are used only to inform our efforts and improve outcomes.”

According to Nyul, the survey has been beneficial for Northeastern.

“The Campus Climate Survey has been extremely useful in assessing our students’ awareness and knowledge of information and resources related to sexual violence,” she said.

According to members of SARC, keeping the information from university students makes the data collected by the survey less valuable.

“By refusing to acknowledge that a problem exists, it keeps perpetuating a hostile and unsafe environment for survivors,” Frisher said. “So releasing the data, we think, would be a really good step toward transparency. It’d be a first step toward allowing us to collectively, as a community, look at what our issues are and decide how we want to move forward.”

San Jose, from Page 1 to the university.

Based on this initial Silicon Valley outreach, Northeastern will eventually partner with other companies to help employees stay up-to-date on what their organizations need and want. The university also hopes to help students who are interested in breaking into the STEM field get the education they need to jump start a career.

The San Jose, Calif. campus will offer a master’s degree in engi­ neering man­age­ment as well as two cer­tifi­cate pro­grams in data sci­ence and tech­ nology project management.

While it is unlikely that programs for undergraduates will be offered, students in Boston can look forward to the possibility of working for the companies Northeastern partners with either on co-op or as full-time employees post-graduation.

Despite these potential opportunities, not all students are happy with the direction the university is going – away from Boston.

“I think it’s kind of a waste of money,” senior political science major Elizabeth Torres said. “I wish they would focus on their Boston campus ... rather than spending it abroad. I would rather they donated a lot of money to increasing financial aid. They keep on raising tuition. Some of their priorities on creating a world-class university are out of line.”

Torres isn’t the only student with this concern, according to The News’ poll this week. Twenty-one percent of students reported they don’t understand the benefits of sat-

ellite campuses, and another 38 percent said they would prefer the university spend money on improving resources and academics associated with the Boston-based main campus better.

Payments associated with the California program will bring increased funding to the university, however, which could potentially be used to better infrastructure and programs in Boston.

“Tuition for the new venture is $21,680 for a graduate certificate in data science, $10,692 for a graduate certificate in [technology] project management and $43,328 for a master’s degree in engineering management,” the Boston Globe reported.

While it is likely that the money the California campus earns will go to increasing the number and size of satellite hubs on the West Coast, students recognize the potential opportunities this could bring for undergraduates.

Twenty-six percent of students who responded to The News’ poll reported looking forward to increased co-op opportunities, and 13 percent are excited for the potential to be “double Huskies,” earning both an undergraduate and a masters degree from Northeastern, in California.

Freshman international affairs major Kevin Hutsell is one student who sees the expansion as beneficial and is looking to take advantage of additional locations and programs offered by Northeastern.

“I think the university expanding into California is a great idea,” he said. “I like that students have an increased opportunity to study in various locations.”

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Compiled by Stephanie Eisemann, news staff

ENTRY OF THE WEEK

NU PD

Monday, March 23 @ 10:00 a.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division A student reported to NUPD that she had seen a disheveled male trying to get into a restroom on campus. NUPD responded and spoke to the male, who was not affiliated with the university.

He was arrested at 10:25 a.m. for possessing a loaded syringe full of heroin.

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Monday, March 23 @ 3:26 p.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division A male who was not affiliated with Northeastern reported to NUPD that his wallet was stolen in Egan Research Center during a campus tour. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Tuesday, March 24 @ 2:10 p.m.

A student reported to the Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) that his iPhone may have been stolen or lost while he was being transported by Boston EMS from his residence at 10 Coventry Street on Saturday. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Wednesday, March 25 @ 2:54 p.m.

A student reported clothing was stolen from the laundry room on the 14th floor of International Village (IV). A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Wednesday, March 25 @ 11:55 p.m.

NUPD reported stopping five males for alcohol possession on St. Botolph Street. Police confiscated a 12-pack of Budweiser, a glass pipe and a small amount of a Class D substance. A report was filed.

Saturday, March 28 @ 12:05 a.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division A student reported that his friend was intoxicated in Stetson West. The student was conscious but not alert and was vomiting. EMS arrived and transported the student to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The Residence Director (RD) on call was notified.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, March 28 @ 12:28 a.m.

An intoxicated student in Smith Hall was reported. NUPD responded and reported the male was semi-conscious but not alert and requested EMS. EMS declined to transport the student, who signed a medical waiver. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, March 28 @ 1:23 a.m.

NUPD reported an intoxicated male on Huntington Avenue. The student was conscious, alert and over 21 years of age. He was sent home with a friend.

Anthony Armelin, director of information systems for co-op and career development, and Derek Cameron, associate director of cooperative education and career development, are working to redesign the myNEU COOL and career development systems.

COOL, from Page 1 ploring job options. A second phase, which will release the new myNEU was coined to refer to the second COOL to students seeking co-ops, generation of the World Wide Web is scheduled to become available to in 2004. Before, the web did not al- a selected number of co-op faculty low for extensive collaboration and and students in July for those seekinformation sharing online. Since ing spring co-ops in 2016. After that then, communication via the Internet period, Armelin said they hope to has become much more advanced, make the system available to all stuand Armelin said the redesign will dents, co-op faculty and employers reflect that change. in January 2016.

“It looks nicer, it’s easier to use,” In addition to a more modern apArmelin said. “We had a session pearance, the system will also have with a first group of students in a new features. A dashboard will help lab last week and the feedback was students to manage messages with generally positive. I think all of the employers, statistics about applicastudents who were using it felt it was tions and documents that have been certainly a major step forward.” uploaded. Refined search filters will The new system will combine make it easier to track down speboth myNEU COOL and the career cific positions and companies, and development portal into one easy-to- saved searches will alert students access system. This will allow stu- when new jobs are added that fall dents who are applying for co-ops to into their areas of interest. The syssee what full-time career opportuni- tem will also allow students to keep ties could be available further down track of upcoming events, like cathe road. reer fairs or résumé workshops, and The redesign process began about make it easy to set up interviews and two years ago, following student correspond with potential employers feedback that the programs were all in one place. outdated. From there, the Student So far, students have generally apGovernment Association (SGA), proved of the system changes. Mike along with Armelin, began to look Karolewski, a junior combined math into other providers. and economics major and executive “When we were looking at [dif- vice president of SGA, had the opferent systems], we were looking portunity to test the career developat the usability of it, taking into ac- ment side of the portal two weeks count what students had said about ago. the old COOL,” Eric Tyler, a junior “Based on my own experiences information science and business with COOL and looking for co-ops, dual major and vice president for I do find it to be kind of cumberacademic affairs within SGA, said. some,” Karolewski said. “It takes Students issued complaints with a lot of time to go through and find the dated layout, frequent system what you’re looking for. It’s easy to logouts and the confusing search lose different things in the process.” process, Tyler, who is currently runKarolewski found the new system ning for SGA student body president to be much more organized than the and played a role in bringing student current one. opinions into the process, said.

“I think it’s going to be helpful for Armelin said that the redesign all parties involved,” he said. “Evwill be rolled out over a 15-month erything is a lot more centralized. period, beginning with the career It’s very easy to navigate. It really development portal this May that has everything to do with the prowill assist graduating seniors in ex- cess in one central location.”

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, March 28 @ 1:27 a.m.

NUPD separated two college-aged males who were in a verbal argument in front of 315 Huntington Ave. They were identified as students and were not physically fighting. One of the students had a large glass bottle of Bacardi under his jacket. NUPD confiscated the bottle from the underage student. A report was filed.

Sunday, March 29 @ 12:43 a.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division A cab driver on Forsyth Street reported to NUPD that there was an intoxicated female in the backseat. NUPD spoke with the student, who was not conscious or alert, and requested EMS. EMS transported the subject to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the RD on call was notified.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Sunday, March 29 @ 1:24 a.m.

A Resident Assistant (RA) in IV reported images of swastikas on a board in one of the common areas. NUPD took pictures and then erased the images. A report was filed and NU administration sent an email about the incident to the student body.

Sunday, March 29 @ 2:56 a.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division NUPD reported an intoxicated male on the upper busway of Ruggles Station. NUPD spoke to the student, who was over 21 years of age and in possession of an open container. The male was conscious and alert and was sent on his way.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Sunday, March 29 @ 2:57 a.m.

An intoxicated student was reported in Smith Hall. NUPD responded and reported the male was semi-conscious and not alert, and requested EMS. EMS declined to transport the student, who signed a medical waiver.

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Satirical Column: NU moves west In an unprecedented move never before seen in the world of higher education, Northeastern University will be merging with Northwestern University.

We will now be known as “Northwestern University East Ross Beroff Campus. No, the one in Boston.” Some are speculating that this merger is part of the Empower Campaign, as the combined endowments will immediately surpass the campaign’s goals.

Not many details have been released, but some facts are known, although not completely confirmed.

One aspect of the deal is that Northwestern will be giving Northeastern five of its spots on the US News and World Report Best Colleges list, a bold move in light of recent accusations that we have been gaming the ranking system.

Additionally, Northwestern will now be entitled to advertise that they have the only Taco Bell in Boston. Northwestern University President Morton O. Schapiro will also be receiving a coupon for halfoff any large burrito at Boloco, although guacamole will still cost extra.

One interesting aspect of this merger is that students will be free to take classes on either campus.

A shuttle service owned by Northeastern alumni will be provided for a small fee that will be added onto everyone’s e-bill.

An anonymous source close to the administration (a work-study in the Provost’s office) has stated that one of the biggest causes of contention during planning meetings was what would be done with the sports teams as multiple players for each position will now exist. It

was eventually agreed upon that the new team will be selected through a Hunger Games-style tournament, details TBD. Reactions to the news from current Northeastern students have been mixed. Student groups such as the Progressive Student Alliance and Socialist Alternative have already jumped on the bandwagon of protesting the merger. Some members have stated, “We don’t really know any of the details or if it’s actually a bad thing, but President Aoun likes it, so we are automatically against it.”

Some students have been very supportive, such as one philosophy major who stated, “I’m excited that I can pretend to go to school in Chicago. Then maybe I can also pretend that the weather here isn’t so awful.”

The reactions from current Northwestern University students have been a bit more apathetic, with most only caring about whether or not Taco Bell will deliver. Some were also a bit confused about whether Club Snell was actually a club or a place where people went to go cry into their textbooks and contemplate why they ever decided to go to college. When told that it was the latter, some Northwestern students expressed the concern that all the buildings on their campus already served that function but were intrigued at the opportunity to have one more place to go and regret their life decisions.

There appears to be an issue over the current Northwestern mascot of a Wildcat and the Northeastern Husky not really being able to mix.

To alleviate this problem, a proposal has been put on the table to create a new mascot in honor of the finest directionally named school in the country. The new mascot is still being decided, but at the top of the list are Kanye West and Clint Eastwood.

Half-assed attempts to reach the president have resulted in no comments as of time of publication.

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Marriage not up for debate

In the age of the Internet and an environment of free speech and unabridged press, the average citizen has mastered the art of making something go viral. So far this year, Americans have popularized a teenage cashier at Target, divided the nation over the color of an $80 dress and “broke the Internet” when Kim Kardashian was somehow able to balance a champagne glass on her ass.

This is okay. It is not only acceptable, but amazing that the public is able to bring so much attention to such trivial topics. Twitter users and Reddit trolls control the national conversation. People in their basements and 13-year-olds are able to bring any issue they want to light. So let’s use that power to our advantage and ask ourselves about something that continues to dominate national attention, both on the campaign trail and on our news channels: same-sex marriage.

Those who say that same-sex marriage is not a political issue are wrong. Same-sex marriage is a political issue as long as a marriage license is a legal document.

However, this is not to say that it should be. It is not okay for us to ask who a bride is marrying before we consent to make her wedding cake, and it is not okay for us to demand heterosexuality from two people before they’re allowed to kiss in public.

As a nation, we finally realized that asking our soldiers who they like to sleep with was inappropriate and irrelevant, so why

does this topic take up such a large seat on the national stage? Why, when President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, was he the shining beacon of hope for LGBT individuals across the country?

Many people fear that once nationwide same-sex marriage is achieved, people will stop paying attention to the LGBT struggle.

As the 2016 election season looms over us, we should challenge ourselves and our peers not to allow this to happen. Candidates who announce that they have no problem with people of the same gender marrying seem to appeal more and more to single-issue voters. But in reality, same-sex marriage is not a single issue. It represents a slew of issues that, truthfully, are everyone’s problems.

In addition to the social equality and legitimization of LGBT sexuality and gender expression, the fight for equal marriage rights is for much-needed benefits – health care, Social Security, tax rights, medical visitation and child care among them.

Same-sex marriage is not merely a topic for gay and lesbian individuals. It can pave the way for an inclusive discussion of other current issues, like public health care and education.

According to the National LGBT Health Education Center, part of the Boston-based Fenway Institute, men who have sex with other men currently account for 64 percent of new cases of HIV and are at high

risk for other STDs. Lesbians are less likely to get preventive services for cancer, and they’re more likely to be overweight or obese, while transgender people have a high prevalence of HIV and other STDs, mental health issues and suicide but are less likely to have health insurance than their cisgender peers.

Similarly, LGBT issues tie in with a national discussion about public education. Queer youth comprise one of the nation’s most at-risk populations. According to the Institute, these children are two to three times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual and/ or cisgender peers. MassEquality, an LGBT advocacy group, estimated in 2012 that 20 to 40 percent of the state’s homeless youth population is queer. Are these children receiving a proper education?

As young voters in one of the most progressive cities in the US, we must recognize that it is possible to care about same-sex marriage as we care about the issues that are inherently tied to it. Let’s decide what core concepts will drive a political campaign and let’s demand candidates acknowledge the problems that our community collectively faces.

Let’s talk about a candidate’s commitment to green energy, their plan to reform the American public education system and their stance on public health care. We, as a nation, can prove our power to change how we address such debates as early as next year.

Remember when Northeastern first opened in the YMCA on Huntington Avenue in Boston? Of course not – that was well over 100 years ago. We weren’t even a twinkle in our parents’ eyes.

In those years since Northeastern has opened, it has grown at an exponential rate, monopolizing the land between the Symphony and Museum of Fine Arts T stops and from Tremont Street to the Fens, while also skyrocketing in national rankings. Now, Northeastern looks beyond Boston, Charlotte and Seattle into the fastest-growing area of the 21st century: Silicon Valley.

Having grown up in the Bay Area my whole life, I have experienced earthquakes, droughts, the legalization of gay marriage (its reversal and its re-legalization) and had the Terminator, aka the “Governator,” as my governor. Yet, by adding an additional campus in Silicon Valley, Northeastern endangers the vitality and remaining strength of the Bay Area.

San Francisco and its surrounding neighbors have seen population growth since Silicon Valley’s emergence, which has caused higher land value, higher rent and a higher

cost of living for an area that already costs $80,000 for a family of four to live comfortably (comfortably once meant being able to go on yearly or biannual vacations, now it means being able to pay rent on time). While most of the Bay Area economy benefits from Silicon Valley, Northeastern is just reopening old wounds found in Boston. Adding the campus in Silicon Valley will surely bring new prospective students to Northeastern and grow Northeastern’s curriculum, but it also allows for hundreds of extra students and staff to flood to Silicon Valley where it’s 1) an already expensive area to live, 2) a preexisting Mecca where techies and the next Zuckerbergs flock to and 3) also neighbor to some of the poorest areas of the Bay Area.

Northeastern has done something similar to the poorer neighborhoods surrounding the main Boston campus. Now it’s on an even larger scale, because not only is it bringing in students and faculty, it will also be leaving them behind as these students graduate and look for jobs in Silicon Valley, where, unfortunately, every other person is a coder or entrepreneur, and they all

have the same skills. This will only result in higher-educated citizens taking the lower-wage jobs as they wait to make it big and take the jobs from the residents of the Bay Area who need it most to survive.

However, there are benefits that come with Northeastern’s presence, mainly the Social Enterprise Institute (SEI). With Northeastern looming over the Bay Area, it will allow for socially-minded organizations, like SEI, to take a greater stance in many of the worse areas in the Bay, like Oakland, San Jose, the Mission district in SF and others. The Bay Area has an alarming homeless rate that is not often acknowledged, and hopefully the aid and support of the Northeastern community and its affiliates can give back more than what they might take.

It ultimately comes down to this: do we blame Northeastern for the gentrification of Boston and other areas like the Bay Area, or is this just an endless cycle that every emerging city must face one way or another?

Letter: NU threat to Bay Area

– Jordan Mejia-Prieto is a junior cinema studies and digital arts combined major.

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Boston Pedicab celebrates its 10th anniversary

By Stephanie Eisemann News Staff

A decade ago, on Saint Patrick’s Day 2005, a Northeastern senior launched his own company with the first ride of Boston Pedicab from Solas Irish Pub in Copley Square to Newbury Street. Ben Morris, an owner and entrepreneur before he even moved his tassel, now has a wife, two kids and a pug named Dr. Dre, but his spirit for his evergrowing business remains the same.

“The company has evolved to operate in nine cities around the country, along with serving in several more,” a Boston Pedicab press release said. “Earlier this year, the company also entered into the manufacturing industry with the launch of their own American-made pedicab, The Coaster.”

The Coaster is a product of the offshoot company Coaster Pedicab, Inc., which is the country’s largest owner and operator of pedicabs according to DigitalJournal.

COO Justin Bruce works with Morris daily to oversee management of all pedicab locations, leading the opening of new locations and overseeing the manufacturing and assembly of the Coaster Pedicab.

“I was the fifth pedicabber who leased a pedicab from Ben Morris when he started Boston Pedicab,” Bruce said. “I worked with Ben and an engineering firm to design the new pedicab and then moved to a bicycle manufacturer to spend the last year prototyping our design. We are currently in full

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A trio of pedicab drivers waits at a stoplight in a Boston intersection, hoping to pick up passengers.

production of the new pedicab.”

Morris attended Northeastern from 2000 to 2005 to study finance and marketing and was inspired to start Boston Pedicab by a trip across the country.

“I was on co-op and saw pedicabs during a trip to San Diego. I thought they could be very successful in Boston,” Morris said.

“NU really gave me the insight and expertise to get the wheels rolling. If I hadn’t been in San Diego for my co-op, Boston Pedicab would not be here today.”

Even with determination, wisdom and experience from NU, however, starting a business so young was no walk (or ride) in the park for Morris.

“I was only 22 years old and essentially getting a crash-course MBA,” Morris said. “In the beginning, owning your own business requires you to be knowledgeable in all aspects of the company – accounting, HR, legal, finance, insurance, et cetera – until you are able to

employ the appropriate individuals. … Much of the leg work was done during my senior year classes.”

From Providence to Washington, from Seattle to Santa Barbara, pedicabs have gained traction and grown tremendously since that stolen study time.

“There were literally two pedicabs when I launched Boston Pedicab 10 years ago, and now the city has more than 40,” Morris said. “In the beginning, I would work pedicab all day, then have dinner with my girlfriend – now wife – and head to a commodities trading job, which I did from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., go home and sleep a little and do it all over again.”

However, the company’s work isn’t limited to building and riding, Morris explained. With his marketing degree from NU, Morris was able to expand his pedicab industry to Pedicab Outdoor, described as “a media management company specializing in pedicab

operations, pedicab advertising and marketing” on the company’s website. Morris sees this aspect of the industry as one of the most promising opportunities for growth.

“I tend to gravitate more to the media [Pedicab Outdoor] side of the business,” he said. “Funny enough, [my responsibilities are] very similar to when we started in the beginning. Fortunately, I have a tremendous [staff] with whom I have the pleasure of working. They each have their own area of expertise, and I try to stay involved in all of them.”

Morris’s team loves working with him as well.

“I have had a few college friends laugh at how I am one of the few in the group to have been with the same job for 10 years – I was known in college as routinely trying out a new job and constantly dreaming of a new career or company to start,” Bruce said. “I guess I just found the right job and the

right boss. I love that Ben lets me be creative and entrepreneurial on a daily basis. I have so much respect for Ben that makes me love what I do and who I work for.”

Northeastern students have the opportunity to take advantage of pedicabs to explore Boston, too. Third-year English major Lauren Smith talked about her experience atop the wheels.

“I took a pedicab back to campus from Fenway Park my freshman year,” Smith said. “It was getting colder at the end of the [Red] Sox game and we wanted to get home a little bit quicker.

The driver was hilariously funny, and it livened up a trip home while showing us nearby parts of the city we hadn’t quite seen yet.”

Boston Pedicab has riders out from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. most days, with late night service until about 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Passengers pick the price, and tours can be booked in advance or on a whim. “[For the next decade] I foresee a tremendous growth in the manufacturing of our new pedicab both domestically and internationally,” Bruce said. “We are currently prototyping several pedal-powered cargo platforms for our pedicab frames … we have had a great deal of interest from potential customers so that will be exciting to see those production options launch.”

When asked where he sees himself in another decade, Morris said, “Probably still doing this, maybe with a little less hair and my kids helping out in the office.”

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Defense and prosecution rest in Tsarnaev trial

By Jose Castillo News Correspondent

As of Tuesday, March 31, the trial of Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev approached a close as both the prosecution and defense have rested their cases. Judge George O’Toole, Jr. has set Monday, April 6 as the date of closing arguments and has warned jurors they may need to reach a conclusion by then.

Between Wednesday, March 25 and Monday, March 30, the prosecution wrapped up its investigation of Tsarnaev’s involvement in the bombing of the 2013 Boston Marathon, which he allegedly carried out with his deceased older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The last few witnesses to provide testimonies for the prosecution were part of the 92-witness arsenal it gathered and presented in just 15 days.

Last week’s testimonies focused on information gathered through digital data and tests performed on materials found at the Tsarnaev brothers’ Cambridge apartment and in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s college dorm at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Dartmouth.

FBI Special Agent Christopher Derks described the apartment as a “construction site,” as tools and devices associated with bomb-making were found about the residence.

“The mindset was these tools could be used in the making of a device,” Derks said.

BB pellets, gun-cleaning equipment and containers of nails were among the items found in the threebedroom apartment. The defense, in return, made it clear to the jurors that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had not lived in the apartment but instead on UMass Dartmouth’s campus.

FBI Special Agent Christian Fierabend also testified, explaining to jurors that a GPS found in a Mercedes SUV stolen by the Tsarnaev brothers contained data about a trip to Macy’s in Saugus on Jan. 1, 2013, a date which corresponds

to receipts indicating the purchase of two pressure cookers. The items were the main component of bombs detonated at the Boston Marathon finish line that April. Fierabend, however, was unable to identify who drove the vehicle at the time.

That lack of information falls in line with the defense’s argument that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, suspected ringleader of the attacks, made all bomb supply purchases alone. Video evidence showed Tamerlan Tsarnaev at a Target purchasing two backpacks, which were later identified as the backpacks that contained the bombs detonated on Boylston Street. In the defense’s cross-examination of Fierabend, Defense Attorney Timothy Watkins aimed to separate these purchases from his client.

“There was just one person in the store,” Watkins said. “There’s not two people buying the backpacks, correct?” Fierabend verified the statement and identified the person purchasing the backpacks as Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Other purchases made by Tamerlan Tsarnaev include a remote control car, a battery and a transmitter, all allegedly used to create the bombs used during the attacks.

FBI Special Agent Heidi Williams presented evidence indicating that text messages sent by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev prior to the bombing show his premeditation.

“I got a plan Ill tell yu later about it,” Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had texted to a friend. “I wanna bring justice for my people.”

The evidence present, however, became two-sided as the defense used these messages to convey the influence of Tamerlan Tsarnaev over his younger brother.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev described his brother as a “very influential” role model to friends over text.

FBI Supervisory Special Agent Edward Knapp examined five bombs found on Boylston Street and in Watertown and explained that the process of making these bombs was as easy as following the instructions

provided in al-Qaida magazine Inspire, copies of which were found on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s computer.

“It’s not a difficult system to build,” Knapp explained to jurors. “It’s not that sophisticated.”

FBI chemist David McCollam testified afterward, stating that materials found at the Cambridge apartment, along with substances found on Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s gloves in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s vehicle, were consistent with explosives.

However, none of these residues can be traced back to the suspect.

While evidence found through investigations and forensics provided the jurors with information, it wasn’t until images of the three victims of the attacks were presented that the jurors were moved by what was presented to them.

The prosecution made an effort to persuade the jurors by closing out their testimony with the medical examiners who performed autopsies on the three victims of the bombings: 29-year-old Arlington native Krystle Campbell, 8-yearold Martin Richard and 23-yearold Lu Lingzi. Autopsy photos of Richard moved some jurors to weep, as the images showed the sheer force of the bombs.

Once the prosecution rested its case, jurors looked to see the defense’s reply. Unlike its counterpart, however, the defense took only two days to complete testimonies, as it only had four witnesses lined up.

Through these testimonies, the defense tried to present to the jurors that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was not as active in the attacks as the prosecution made it seem. Gerald R. Grant, Jr., an investigator in the Federal Public Defender Office, used cell phone tracking technology to show that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev neither purchased any of the supplies used to make the bombs, nor was he present when these purchases were made.

The prosecution quickly denounced this argument, stating that Grant had been trained to examine cell phones that used TMobile. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had

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The prosecution and defense both rested their cases as Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev looked on.

been using AT&T as his carrier at the time, which tracks cell phones differently. Mark Spencer, a digital forensic scientist and president of Arsenal Consulting, stated to the court that most of the radical information downloaded onto Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s laptop came from Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s laptop.

Finally, FBI latent fingerprints examiner Elaina Graff testified that Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s fingerprints could be traced on nearly every piece of incriminating evidence, the same of which cannot be said for the defense’s client.

The defense also made a motion to acquit all charges, as they believe the prosecution has failed to present a factual case.

“Defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

moves for a judgment of acquittal on all counts,” according to the document presented to O’Toole.

“He submits that the government has failed to introduce evidence sufficient to establish each essential element of the offenses charged beyond a reasonable doubt.”

After this, the defense rested its case.

O’Toole reminded jurors not to speak of case outside of the court, despite the trial’s rapidly approaching conclusion.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev faces 30 charges, 17 of which could lead to the death penalty. If found guilty, a second trial would follow in which jurors would have to decide whether to give him the death penalty or life in prison without parole.

Startup Institute event aims to boost networks

By Callie Marsalisi News Correspondent

It’s just after 8 p.m. on a Tuesday, and a massive crowd is gathered inside of The Vault, located in Boston’s Downtown Financial District. It wasn’t the bar’s usual crowd – from college students to company founders, over 300 people attended the Open Doors Party, hosted by Boston’s Startup Institute, a school that also serves as an incubator for innovation.

The dense, noisy crowd went quiet as Allan Telio, vice president of Startup Institute, started the night, explaining why the Institute holds events like these. “[We want to build] a community that could support each other, make the employees better, make the companies better and make the city better,” Telio said.

The main focus of the Startup Institute is its eight-week programs, designed to help individuals who want to develop skills and confidence to make a splash in the world of startups. Christine Zimmerman, the Institute’s content marketing manager, emphasized the importance of making connections.

“Networking is the single best strategy for finding your way to a job you love,” Zimmerman said. “The US Bureau of Labor Statistics says that 70 percent of jobs are found through networking; in the startup ecosystem, this number is probably a lot higher.”

Zimmerman went on to ex-

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Over 300 people filled The Vault in the Financial District for the Startup Institute’s Open Doors Party.

plain how events like the Open Doors Party can be particularly helpful for undergraduates.

“College students should start networking now – getting out and talking to people to build relationships and to learn about the many possibilities for their careers,” she said. “Find out what you’re interested in, and then go and find the people who are doing that job.

Figure out how they got there and what they do every day. Ask them to introduce you to more people.

Show gratitude and close the feed-

back loop, continuing to reach out and share updates to stay on their radars. When graduation rolls around, you’ll be glad to have a network beyond your university.”

Brandon Hanks, a Startup Institute alumnus who joined in 2014, echoed Zimmerman’s sentiment. He emphasized the importance of these events that allow individuals to make connections in their community.

A job applicant who relies solely on sending out their résumé, he said, can become “a

needle in a haystack., but when you get out and meet people and you get a chance to show your passion … I think that goes so much farther than an HR person clicking through 4,000 emails.”

For some, networking can feel like a vicious cycle: being unable to meet people in their field because they don’t know anyone in their field. In this case, attending events like the Open Doors Party can be helpful, because it allows attendees to meet a wide variety of people in a more comfortable,

casual setting, according to Hanks.

When asked what he loved about the Startup Institute in Boston, Hanks talked about the individuals who had made his experience worthwhile.

“It’s full of interesting and energetic people,” Hanks said.

“Every single person who’s ever been involved with it has such a unique and interesting and amazing story … There’s so much energy about it; I love it.”

As more and more people filed into the tight space, Zimmerman remarked that Boston’s startup community is “a tightknit group of passionate people.”

“I love working for Startup Institute because I get to help awesome, talented people build skills and network their way into the startup scene,” Zimmerman said. “Our alumni, instructors and hiring partners are always connecting with one another and sharing new resources and opportunities with our students. It’s incredibly rewarding to be a part of such a special community.”

Events like the Startup Institute’s Open Doors Party provide more than an opportunity for socialization; they give everyone in attendance a chance to meet like-minded, creative, intelligent people, people who could one day provide the support they need to start their own venture.

After all, as one participant pointed out, “Even Christopher Columbus needed investors to do what he did.”

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By Melissa Fitzgerald News Correspondent

The Northeastern’s Department of Theatre is bringing Oscar Wilde to the stage with its rendition of “The Importance of Being Earnest.”

Wilde’s play centers around two friends, both of whom have aliases and separate lives in another part of the country, and the complications that their lack of earnestness brings to their lives. “[The show] says some fascinating things about secrets and identity, public and private selves and truth and lies,” Scott Edmiston, director of the play and theatre professor, said.

The first act introduces the play’s protagonist, Jack Worthington, a responsible man in charge of a young, pretty ward, Cecily, in his house in the country. However, when he goes to the city, he pretends to be his fictional wild and rather scandalous younger brother, Ernest. Once in the city, Ernest and his friend Algernon Moncrieff await the arrival of Algernon’s cousin, Gwendolen with whom Jack happens to fall madly in love.

“What I like about the character Jack is he’s very romantic, but very bad at being romantic,” Grant Terzakis, the junior theatre major playing Jack, said. “He’s not as smooth as Algernon, but he wants to be in love so much and he loves this girl Gwendolen and he would do anything ... but he’s awkward. He doesn’t know what to say at the right moments.”

Worthington’s excitement over seeing Gwendolen reminds the audience that not everything has to be serious.

Both Worthington and Moncrieff end up proposing to women under the guise of the name Ernest, a play on words that serves to reinforce and call into question the importance of being Ernest in name and earnest in

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character.

“It’s witty and stylish on the surface, but if you look deeper, it’s actually a rather subversive play about the superficiality of society,” Edmiston said.

The comedy in this show is a departure from the dramas and dark comedies that the theatre department has put on in the past, including “columbinus” in February and “The Last Five Years” in November. By comparison, “The Importance of Being Earnest” is done in a slapstick style.

“We’ve been learning how to do comedy,” Terzakis said. “Especially in this show, the more serious you are and the more intense you are, the more funny it is … so you have to say your line, no matter how absurd it is, with a straight face like you were born to say this line.”

In addition to getting used to the comedic style, the cast needed to adjust to the complex language and dialects in the play. “[It was] so, so, so hard,” Megan Maloney, a junior communication studies and theatre double major who plays Lady Bracknell, said. “We only had a month to put this thing together … I thought around this time, we’d be thinking, ‘Oh no, we don’t have enough time,’ but for the past week, we’ve been itching to get to [tech rehearsal].”

“The Importance of Being Earnest” has inspired several movie renditions, including one in 1952 and another in 2002 starring Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon. “‘Earnest’ was written for the stage and meant to be seen live,” Edmiston said. “I didn’t think the recent movie was very good, and while it’s a pleasure to read, it’s much, much funnier to watch. We want the audience to see the play as fresh and surprising and relevant.”

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Jack Worthing (Grant Terzakis) and Algernon Moncrieff (Derek McCormack) exchange a look on stage.

This can be seen in the set’s modern feel. It is dominated by black and white, but some color appears in the second act with large, billowing curtains, a large flower print on the floor and flower-printed backdrops.

“We did not want the play to seem like a museum production from 1895,” Edmiston said. “Jen Babcock took a stylish, non-literal approach to the set design. Wilde is all about artifice, and her design is theatrical, not realistic.

She was drawn to flowers and a gazebo as the foundational images.”

However, the costumes, including hand-made corsets and dresses, align with the Victorian era.

Francis McSherry, who designs

professionally around Boston, along with the Department of Theatre costume team, made every woman’s dress by hand.

“The story and the characters and the look of the production are being reinterpreted by a group of young theatre artists bringing their own sensibility and ideas and humor to the play,” Edmiston said. “I think Oscar Wilde would have loved that.”

The play, which includes a discussion differentiating fools and clever people in one scene and a heated argument about how many muffins each person is eating in another, parallels the recognizable and relatable (if not less exaggerated) mix of the trivial and

the serious in real life.

“I think besides laughs, the main thing I’d like the audience to walk away with is to not take yourself so seriously … because when you do, everything becomes trivial and vice versa,” Maloney said. “I think that’s a huge theme in the show. Especially on a college campus, it’s good to teach people to relax and show them not everything has to have so much weight to it.”

“The Importance of Being Earnest” will play at the Studio Theatre in the Curry Student Center from March 31 to April 12. The tickets are $8 for undergraduate students and $15 for nonstudents.

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Review: Milky Chance plays House of Blues

By Shannon O’Callaghan News Correspondent

The German duo Milky Chance played its first concert in Boston to a sold-out crowd at the House of Blues on Sunday, March 29.

The show opened with Austrian singer James Hersey, who gave a shortened set because he had a hoarse voice. Hersey and his band put on an energetic show, getting the audience to enthusiastically shout and sing along. The lighthearted nature of the set brought the audience in; the guitarist showed off his smooth dance moves and included a bit of the Mission Impossible theme while playing the band’s hit song “Coming Over.”

After putting every last bit of his voice into the final song, “Running Out,” Hersey and his crew left the stage to thunderous applause.

The electro-pop beats of Hersey’s band were just right for setting the chilled-out mood that would continue throughout the night.

The anticipation for Milky Chance grew as the stage was assembled. Three large dreamcatchers hung high above the stage, which was scattered with totem pole-like structures. The effort to create a space that represented a far-away mystical forest was achieved, and it perfectly paired with the musical theme of the main event.

Milky Chance, made up of vocalist Clemens Rehbein and DJ Philipp Dausch, walked on stage beneath strobing lights. The pounding bass that accompanied the

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Clemens Rehbein, half of the duo Milky Chance, strums on the guitar while performing at The House of Blues.

band’s entrance was the most intense part of the show. Looking like they had just rolled out of bed, the pair went right into playing tunes from its debut studio album, “Sadnecessary.” Most of the crowd seemed to know Milky Chance’s repertoire quite well, singing along

to each song. The mumbling nature combined with the gravelly voice of lead singer Clemens made it difficult to understand what was being sung, particularly if one was unfamiliar with the set. However, the music itself was enjoyable enough that it didn’t matter.

Taking advantage of the white dreamcatchers and glowing totem poles, each song featured its own unique lighting, setting the mood and carrying the audience along with it. The strongest reactions and most enthusiastic dancing came when Milky Chance played “Stolen

Dance” and “Flashed Junk Minds,” two of its well-known songs. “Stolen Dance,” which had flashing blue, green and white lights paired with its more up-tempo pop beats, was the most dance-friendly selection. Pulsating green and white lights flooded the stage, washing out the band and creating a moody silhouette during “Flashed Junk Mind.” This peaceful lighting accompanied the slower tempo of the song, as the swaying audience sang along.

Rehbein and Dausch didn’t seem to feel as though they had to interact with the crowd much. The band kept its song introductions to a minimum and talked only to explain the stage set up. This relaxed approach did not come off as aloof – no one really seemed to mind.

Shouts of “ich liebe dich” (“I love you” in German) were heard whenever there were lulls in the music, as well as envious and appreciative comments on Rehbein’s wild hair. There was some pushing and shoving, but the crowd was very relaxed – reflective of the mood of the music. People were content to just listen.

After coming back for an encore, the group closed with “Down by the River.” Milky Chance’s most popular, and arguably most danceable, song was a perfect way to end the concert. With a “thank you” and a heartfelt promise to return, the mellowest concert on the East Coast came to a close.

Milky Chance will return to Boston on July 30 and 31 as part of the band’s North American Summer Tour.

Nave Gallery Annex creates artistic opportunity

By Alana Dore Deputy Inside Editor

At first glance, the Nave Gallery Annex is just an old house behind the famous Redbones BBQ in Davis Square. The main door opens into a small corridor lined with business cards and flyers and, as the floorboards creak with each step, one may start to wonder if they are in the right place for an art show.

The Annex opened in Somerville as an extension of the original Nave Gallery, located just outside of Teelee Square, two years ago.

Since then, it has held over 20 thought-provoking exhibitions in the distinctive space at 53 Chester Street, including, most recently, This Into That: Found Object Art, Assemblage and Other Transformed Work.

The exhibit, which ran through March, featured a range of media including videos, woodwork, prints, photographs and even clothing. In fact, nearly every piece combined multiple media, like printing on wood, to create unexpected and imaginative combinations.

“So much of what my work is

about comes from used materials, or found materials, and transforming them into something new, giving them a new context or using them to tell a different story,” curator Caleb Cole said. “I thought that would be a really interesting idea for a show because there are so many different ways that artists are using found materials with such different end results … It would be so interesting to have a really big variety of those in one show for people to look at and think about.”

The gallery invites local artists to curate shows with a theme of their choosing. If the artist agrees,

the space orchestrates an open call for submissions. Then, the curator selects the pieces they find most interesting.

The most challenging part of curating for Cole was the process of selecting pieces, he said.

“There were many pieces that were exciting or surprising,” Cole said. “[The question is]: what will fit in the space because the space is so non-traditional? It’s not smooth [or] flat [with], like, three or four white walls ... It’s got its own character.”

Some of Cole’s work can be found in the exhibit as well.

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Left: An anchor is one of many items repurposed into art in the Nave Gallery Annex’s show This Into That: Found Object Art, Assemblage and Other Transformed Work. Right: A box is outfitted with wood sculptures, prints and a ladle in the exhibition curated by Caleb Cole.

“I’m in this with them. We’re of the same kind,” Cole said. “We are the type of people who see things that already exist in the world and can think of ways to transform it and recontextualize it, and that’s exciting to us.”

A popular piece at the exhibit is a small, white ceramic rabbit.

The ears of the rabbit have been broken off, turned sideways and reattached, creating an unsettling anomaly which has mesmerized visitors, including graphic designer Terry Dovidio.

“I wish I had submitted,” Dovidio, a long-time volunteer and supporter of the gallery, said. “This is an amazing show. I think it’s really good. All the people they seem to range in age too … and the gallery has gotten submissions from all over the United States.”

Volunteers like Dovidio help keep the space operational. The Nave Gallery and its auxiliary Annex are both public spaces operated by ARTSomerville, a nonprofit organization.

“These shows are curated by individual artists, which is just stunning because artists are able to come in … and do a show of something they’ve always wanted to be a part of,” Dovidio said. “So they’re representing themselves, but representing their genre or archetype of art that they like as well.”

For Cole, this exhibit was an opportunity to share his artistic views and change the way people think about everyday objects.

“So often we just don’t think anything about … this kitchen utensil, for example. You just don’t think about it. You think about it for its functional use and that’s it,” Cole said. “I think it’s sort of just getting people to look at things in a different way. That it knocks some sort of switch for them … or makes some sort of different connection.

On a basic level, if people are seeing something in a different way, that’s exciting.”

Coming next to the Nave Gallery Annex is an exhibit called The Birds and the Bees, focusing on everything from the literal aviators to the parental folklore. The show opens on April 17.

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Easter egg hunt for all ages at Faneuil Hall Saturday, April 4 Think you’re too old for an Easter egg hunt? Think again.

Faneuil Hall Marketplace will host its second Annual Easter egg hunt this weekend for all ages. The eggs will mostly be filled with candy, but a select few will feature free item coupons for participating marketplace shops. Meet in the Upper Rotunda at Quincy Market to get your clue sheet and coupons from stores around the area before dashing around the center in search of Easter spirit. Go online and reserve your free Easter basket ahead of time, as they’re sure to go fast. 4 South Market; 10 a.m. - noon.; free.

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Calendar compiled by Alana Dore, Deputy Inside Editor

Thursday, April 2

It may not star Daniel Radcliffe, but the Off the Grid Theatre Company’s production of “Equus” is sure to be a magical experience. Recently founded by graduates from Boston Conservatory, Off the Grid strives to produce boundary-pushing art. The Tony Award-winner for Best Play, “Equus,” written by Peter Shaffer, explores the mind of Alan Strang – a troubled young man who worships horses. Take a few hours to view the show’s latest rendition and see some of Boston’s up-andcoming actors. 549 Columbus Ave.; 7:30 - 10 p.m.; $20.

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Sunday, April 5

Do the words Cybermen, Dalek and sonic screwdriver mean anything to you? If so, you may want to check out the TARDIS Tour at the Westin Boston Waterfront.

This three-day “Doctor Who” fan event will feature cosplay, gaming, vendors and special guests from the classic and new “Doctor Who” series. These guests, including Nicholas Briggs and Samuel Anderson, will participate in panels, a Q&A and several autograph and photograph sessions.

425 Summer Street; Noon - 5 p.m.; $25.

Monday, April 6

This Friday, Samaritans, the world’s largest and oldest suicide prevention network, will be hosting its first, This is How We Roll bowling tournament at South Boston Bowlarama. This event not only offers a chance to make bowling history, it will also feature an auction with exciting raffle prizes and free food. Join as a team or as an individual – either way you will be helping to raise awareness for suicide prevention and funds for Samaritans. 543 East Broadway; 6 - 10 p.m.; $25/ person.

Cinema Jukebox returns to Coolidge Corner Theatre with the 1952 movie-musical hit, “Singin’ in the Rain.” The charming film, starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor, features such hit songs as “All I Do is Dream of You,” “Make ‘Em Laugh” and the show-stopping title song. Cinema Jukebox appeals to those passionate about both movies and music, and features everything from filmed concerts to musicals. Go get your feet tapping with this classic film. 290 Harvard Street, Brookline; 7 - 9 p.m.; $11.25.

Student Showcase, From Page 1 for a while now, since Creative Leaders started, but it kind of never happened because we didn’t have enough active members and we didn’t have enough backing to pull it off.”

Creative Leaders was formed two years ago to make it easier for CAMD students to graduate with honors, which can be difficult for arts students as the selection of honors classes applicable to their majors is limited. It also creates a community within CAMD, the newest of Northeastern’s seven undergraduate colleges.

Since this was the first time that Creative Leaders put on a showcase, all members of the group helped to organize and prepare for the event.

“There wasn’t necessarily clear roles for everyone. It was more just like, ‘Okay who wants to look at the artwork, who wants to help set up in the beginning, who wants to make flyers,’” Andrew Hague, Creative Leaders member and third-year digital art and cinema studies combined major, said. “Everyone had a role and everyone had a voice.”

Students wishing to enter their work filled out an online submission form for their projects and answered questions about their project, their inspiration and themselves as artists.

The whole show came together very quickly.

Submissions were due March 17 and the showcase was just nine days later. Creative Leaders had only received 10 submissions by the deadline, but after extending it by a few days to encourage more entries, the showcase had over 60 works of art to consider.

“There was definitely curating because we did want to show highlevel work, but the point we wanted to make with the showcase was that it wasn’t just for Creative Leaders and it wasn’t just arts, media and design majors,” Putz said. “It was mainly arts majors because they have the work, but it was open to everyone. It was to show what students are doing and see what else is out there.”

Jessica Ankle, a third-year business major and art and design minor, had three of her colorful landscape paintings in the showcase.

“I had been looking for some

Tuesday, April 7

Northeastern University Career Services is bringing some of Boston’s most successful women to campus together for their upcoming sheLEADS panel. The event, Life in the Fast Lane: Advice from Women who are Crushing It, will include a discussion about juggling success in the workplace with a healthy personal life. Panelists include Karin Goodfellow, director of the Boston Art Commission; Megan Costello, executive director at the Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement; and Tara Sexton, brand manager for Dunkin’ Brands, among others. Stearns Center, 420 Huntington Ave.; 5:30 - 7 p.m.; free.

Wednesday, April 8

Turn up “Wannabe” in celebration, Improv Boston’s newest musical comedy event is the Spice Girls: World Tour. The talented comedians of Improv Boston will ad lib their way through a week in the life of Baby, Posh, Sporty, Ginger and Scary Spice, creating drama, songs and laughter as the team interacts with roadies, managers and fake crazy fans. Expect to see ‘90s garb and a lot of song and dance throughout this amusing evening. 40 Prospect Street, Cambridge; 8 - 9:30 p.m.; $12.

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How to navigate student travel

If, during a person’s academic or professional career, there is the time and opportunity to go abroad, one must take it and run. As a student, any kind of international experience – whether it be volunteer service, study abroad or an internship – can enhance a résumé and help one stand out among the sea of job applicants. To help you set-up your ideal experience are “providers” – organizations that you pay to organize whatever trip you want to go on. Here’s some tips on navigating through the world of travel providers.

1. Narrow down a place and time Are you available for just a week during spring break, or are you looking to give a year of your life to a cause? Before diving into the search, know the duration that you are able to participate. Do you want to be somewhere warm and tropical, or in a metropolitan hub? You may not have the exact city and country pinpointed but at least have a continent or region in mind. Also, be realistic about your language capabilities and how that will apply to your destination of choice.

2. Know how you want to contribute Do you want to make coffee in Costa Rica, or test for tuberculosis in subSaharan Africa? Be specific in the exact field you want to work and know that the kind of work opportunities available may not be from the comfort of an office.

3. Know your budget Consider food, housing and program fees.

Then add on fees for travelling and sight-seeing. Some programs are all-inclusive, some are free in exchange for service and some offer ways to fund your trip. Know exactly what you’re getting out of it and plan ahead before signing on the dotted line.

4. Do a general Internet search, then through a travel search engine See what you can find on your own through Google and then try a trusted search engine Angelica Recierdo like www.goabroad.com or www.goinglobal.

The Annotated Muse com (get access through HuskyCareerLink).

Everything you need to know about “voluntourism” is right at your fingertips, you just have to collect and sift.

5. Consider providers already partnered with your school There’s a reason schools partner up with organizations to send students abroad – good experiences came out of it and trusted connections were formed. Consider options that have already been proven to satisfy.

6. Beware of flashy websites and pictures Be careful of programs that boast more pictures than words, and that seem to promise eternal happiness during this one trip. Know how to look beyond the glitz and attraction of travel and look at what they’re offering with a clear and logical head. Your experience will be much better off for it. A provider must customize your experience, not provide a one-size-fits-all to every traveler.

7. Ensure on-site safety and resources Are there program staff you will have access to when you arrive? What are the emergency phone numbers you can contact? The provider you choose should be especially thorough with this; you should always feel safe and taken care of. They should be good with the logistics so that you can enjoy yourself, learn a new culture and grow both professionally and personally.

-Angelica Recierdo can be reached at Inside@HuntNewsNU.com.

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shows that I could submit my work to for a while, and I saw this one and I got really excited. I thought that I should submit my work so, that way, people can see it,” said Ankle. “I’m also preparing for my next co-op and I wanted to put that on my résumé.”

Others submitted work for the showcase to give their art a wider audience and viewership.

“I have been working on this video series, and there wasn’t really an outlet for anyone to see it,” Hague said. “I wasn’t really keen on posting weird experimental videos on Facebook ... but I like them, I thought it would be nice if someone could see them besides my friends.”

Going forward, Creative Leaders hopes to host a student showcase every year, building on the lessons they learned about organizing the event and curating the work to make future showcases run even more smoothly.

“I learned so much from the process. I have been in a lot of showcases, but being on the other side was really interesting,” Putz said.

“We learned some things for next year, definitely a trial run this year.”

Photos courtesy Alex Morris

CAMD Creative Leaders presented its first Student Showcase on March 26.

Photo by Arzu Martinez

(Left to right): Creative Leaders members Shelby Robin, Nina Rizzi, Raphaela Putz, Mike Wagenheim, Alex Morris and Trevor Hewitt.

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One run determines three games at Friedman Win, From Page 1 confident that his team would turn things around against the Fightin’ Blue Hens. NU did just that and then some, starting with Friday’s extra-innings thriller.

NU senior pitcher Nick Berger and Delaware senior pitcher Adam Davis found themselves in a duel on Friday afternoon. Each team refused to budge defensively in a 2-2 stalemate until the bottom of the 13th inning, when a RBI single from freshman second baseman Maxwell Burt earned the Huskies their first conference victory of the season, 3-2.

The Blue Hens struck first in the opening frame of the game with an RBI single from senior outfielder Norm Donkin, but the Huskies quickly evened the score with an RBI single from Burt in the second.

Following their initial blunders, Berger and Davis found their rhythms. Berger retired 10 straight batters after giving up the game’s first run, while Davis held the Huskies scoreless from the second through eighth innings.

“Both starters were excellent,” Glavine said. “You definitely have to give [Davis] credit and Berger was awesome. As a senior and as a captain of this team, that’s exactly what we need him to do to keep us in games. Our team feeds off of performances like that.”

Delaware jumped ahead once again in the sixth inning to put the score at 2-1 with a sacrifice fly from redshirt freshman infielder Diaz Nardo. NU looked as though it would be unable to offer Berger any more run support, falling again into its recent hitting woes.

An eighth inning solo home run from redshirt junior first baseman Rob Fonseca gave the Huskies new life. Fonseca’s fourth home run of the season evened the score at 2-2, setting the stage for extra innings.

Following the eighth inning, the bullpen pitchers continued their duel, limiting both teams to scarce offensive productivity. Burt was also involved in the strong defensive showing as he made a diving catch over the right baseline wall in the 11th inning that elicited a loud cheer from fans in attendance. “[Josh] Treff was screaming that I had room and I do better catching to my left, so I went for it,” Burt said. “Thank God the wall was soft, or I probably wouldn’t have my legs right now.”

As the matchup entered the

Redshirt junior catcher Josh Treff, 28, had two hits in the Northeastern weekend sweep of the University of Delaware at Friedman Diamond.

13th inning with the sun begin- support sophomore starting pitch- Mulry looked to be in control of the Delaware attempted to control the ning to set, NU willed itself to er Dustin Hunt with a 4-0 lead. Blue Hens’ offense in the game’s ini- damage with an intentional walk to Hunt was pulled from the game tial frames, allowing no hits until the load the bases and create a force-out victory. Burt’s single scored sophomore designated hitter Cam Han- in the sixth inning after surrender- third inning. In the third, Delaware situation, but an RBI single from ley, sending the Huskies’ entire ing hits that would eventually turn broke out for the game’s first four Hanley gave NU the series sweep. bench onto the field in celebration. into three earned runs through RBI’s runs on three hits and two errors. NU “We caught a break to start “That’s baseball right there,” given up by sophomore reliever struck back with two runs in the fol- things off and then we made the Burt said. “I struck out at the plate Aaron Civale. Despite the initial lowing frame, highlighted by a triple rest,” Glavine said. “I was really four times before that, but luck- gaffe, Civale was able to get out of from Fonseca. Lippert was able to impressed with us taking advanily you get a lot of chances to the inning with a one-run lead. An regain his composure in the follow- tage of their mistakes. You could redeem yourself in this sport.” insurance run for the Huskies off of ing inning and lasted until the sixth sense that our guys believed that With Saturday’s game postponed a wild pitch in the sixth solidified without allowing any more runs. we were going to win once we due to snow, NU wrapped up the se- the final score, as NU escaped with The game remained at 4-2 un- got that first base runner on. The ries against Delaware with a double- the victory in a game limited to sev- til the seventh inning, when an team feels when we’re in a tight header on Sunday afternoon. A pair en innings due to time constraints. inside-the-park home run from ball game that we can win, and the “Dustin started and pitched well, Scambia cut the Blue Hens’ lead mental side of things is important.” of five-run games allowed the Huskies to win games two and three with but he hit a pitch count so we went to one and jump-started the HusNU played at home on Tuesday, scores of 5-3 and 5-4, respectively. to Aaron,” Glavine said. “Civale kies’ performance at the plate. falling to the University of Rhode NU picked up right where it left wasn’t throwing his best stuff, but NU’s late-game heroics began Island 18-8. On Wednesday, the off on Saturday morning, loading he battled and we made some plays. with two outs in the bottom of the Huskies traveled to Rhode Island the bases in the first inning. Han- We’ve played a lot of tight games, so ninth inning. One strike away from to face Bryant University. For the ley’s double-play groundout scored we were prepared and didn’t panic.” the victory, Delaware’s senior re- second day in a row, NU allowed The second matchup on Sun- liever Luke Alicknavitch gave up 18 runs in route of an 18-2 loss. redshirt junior Treff to put the Huskies ahead early. They added day proved to be as exciting as a single to Burt who showed up The Huskies’ next three games are two more runs off of sophomore the opener. The ninth-inning in the clutch yet again. Follow- in North Carolina over the weekend. outfielder Pat Madigan’s fourth rally gave the Huskies their sec- ing a walk and a single from the For more photos, inning home run and another off ond walk-off win in three games. Huskies, Burt scored on a throwvisit huntnewsnu.com NU junior starting pitcher James ing error to tie to the game at 4-4. of a throwing error in the fifth to

By Jessica Geller & Ethan Schroeder News Staff Once a baseball team allows 18 runs, the chance of win-

ning the game is not in its favor.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Northeastern baseball team gave up a combined 36 runs in its losses to the University of Rhode Island (URI) Rams and Bry-

Photo by Jordan Mejia-Prieto

Baseball allows 36 runs in back-to-back losses

Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Junior infielder Mike Piscopo, 19, made his first career pitching appearance for Northeastern on Wednesday at Bryant University.

ant University Bulldogs (6-11).

At Friedman Diamond on Tuesday afternoon, NU (10-16) produced eight runs en route to the 18-8 URI (7-10-1) win. The games in the middle of the week have become problematic for the Huskies, Head Coach Mike Glavine said after the loss.

“We are struggling mid-week on the mound,” Glavine said. “We have to sort some things out, and it’s up to us as a coaching staff to figure those things out. It’s up to the players to perform better. Right now, we are not pitching well mid-week.”

NU sophomore pitcher Nate Borges received his first start of the season as he took the mound against the Rams. URI wasted little time in terms of pumping out runs, attacking Borges for five earned runs over three innings before Glavine called to his bullpen. A five-run fourth inning for URI put NU in a big hole, seemingly all but sealing its fate.

Junior reliever Nick Cubarney replaced Borges mid-inning but fared no better, giving up a three-run home run to junior outfielder Ryan Olmo.

Down 7-0 in the bottom of the fourth, the Huskies showed signs of life with three runs, but the Rams’ hot bats prevailed, adding on two more runs in the game’s final four innings. Three NU pitchers, including Borges, gave up at least five earned runs each in Tuesday’s contest. With four more games for the Huskies to play this week, Glavine was forced to use his bullpen staff sparingly.

“You have to give them credit. We knew that they were going to run, they were going to bunt and they were going to swing it,” Glavine said. “Every time we made a bad pitch, they put a good swing on it.”

A five-run ninth inning for NU did nothing more than lessen the deficit of defeat, as the team dropped to 3-3 at home.

The Huskies have been outscored 42-10 on Tuesdays this season.

After the loss, Glavine looked ahead 24 hours, knowing it would be an uphill climb before first pitch.

“Bryant will be tough. They always play us well. They have beaten us now a bunch of times in a row and have had a really good team the last few years,” Glavine said.

The Bulldogs lead the alltime series 6-3, including wins at the last four meetings.

Bryant was just as difficult, if not more, than Glavine predicted, and the Huskies only mustered two runs in the 18-2 loss on Wednesday.

In the top of the second inning, with two runners on base, freshman infielder Mason Koppens hit an infield single to score sophomore third baseman Cam Hanley. The Huskies led 1-0.

The lead lasted just one inning.

In the bottom of the third, freshman pitcher Brian Christian, who made his second start of the season, gave up two runs on an RBI triple and a sacrifice fly. Bryant led 2-1 after three and kept the

lead for the remainder of the game.

Christian left the game in the fifth inning with the Huskies down 5-1. In his longest outing of the season, he had one strikeout and four walks. The Bulldogs scored three more runs in the inning off of sophomore reliever Mike Driscoll to put them ahead 8-1.

NU scored its second and final run in the sixth inning. Sophomore left fielder Pat Madigan doubled.

He has now reached base in 22 consecutive games – a team best.

Freshman infielder Nolan Lang brought Madigan home with an RBI single to make the score 8-2.

Down 16-2 and needing pitchers, junior infielder Mike Piscopo made the first pitching appearance of his career.

“Right now, we don’t have [depth],” Glavine said. “The midweek games give guys opportunities. It’s not going the way we want, but there are still chances for those guys to get out there on the mound. We are trying to get more guys that we can count on.”

Piscopo struck out the first batter he faced, freshman infielder Cole Fabio, but then allowed the final two runs of the game.

Bryant accumulated 12 hits and one error. NU had eight hits and two errors. The biggest problem for the Huskies was walks – five pitchers gave up 13.

NU’s road trip continues at Elon University for a three-game weekend series in North Carolina.

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Care for Kenya comes to NU Kentucky will be 40-0 after Monday

By Bailey Putnam Deputy Sports Editor

Two members of the StudentAthlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), women’s ice hockey forward Chelsey Goldberg and volleyball middle hitter Alexa Armstrong, both seniors, will travel to Africa from July 3-13 with the Care for Kenya program to deliver school and sports supplies to Kenyan students.

The idea was first presented to the SAAC by former studentathlete Myles Mason (CSSH ‘13).

Mason, who was a sprinter on the track team, volunteers with Care for Kenya and reached out to his alma mater in search of donations for the organization.

Care for Kenya was started last year by True Start Athletics, a “nonprofit organization dedicated to the academic, athletic and cultural development of individuals, as well as the greater community as a whole,” according to its website.

Representative Justin Bell said the SAAC members were so moved by the efforts of the organization that they wanted to go beyond donations.

SAAC Vice President Armstrong was one of those students.

“When [Mason] was looking to us for help, I immediately wanted to get involved,” Armstrong said. “It just seems like such a simple solution for us as student athletes to be able to reach out and help those in need.”

Involvement in the project will be a brand new experience for Armstrong and Goldberg who have never traveled for volunteer work.

Traveling to Africa from July 3 to 13 will also be new to SAAC President Goldberg, who has been playing hockey for the past 14 years. Goldberg has never left North America and has only traveled to Canada for hockey tournaments.

“It’s going to be crazy,” Armstrong said. “It’s such a new experience and just a great opportunity for me to be able to make a difference.”

Going to Africa has been a long-time dream of Goldberg’s.

“I’ve always wanted to travel and I’ve always been interested

in helping others,” Goldberg said.

“I guess I just put those two together and have wanted to travel to Africa to give back. When this opportunity was presented to me, I reached out to the organization and they said they’d love to have NU students travel with them.”

Goldberg brought the idea back to Northeastern and it agreed to fund part the the trip for her and Armstrong.

According to Bell, the program and efforts of the student athletes are representative of the overarching ideals of the university.

“It fits in with the idea that Northeastern is a global university that gives back to its community,” Bell said. “I think this opportunity kills two birds with one stone.”

This year marks the second year that Care for Kenya has sent supplies to Africa and the first year that students have been involved to help teach the beneficiaries how to use the sporting equipment. True Start Athletics hopes

to further expand the fledgeling project, starting by sending four students next summer, Bell said.

The opportunity will be influential in different ways for the students in Kenya, as well as NU students, according to Armstrong.

“It’s going to be amazing to make such an impact and see how such simple things can make such a difference,” Armstrong said. “I think it’s going to really hit home how much I’ve taken for granted the things I’ve been given and the blessed life I’ve gotten from being a full-scholarship athlete.”

Donations to help pay for the students lodging can be made on the Northeastern Catalyst website.

The SAAC is also accepting donations of backpacks, pens, pencils (regular or colored), notebooks, clipboards, frisbees, jump ropes, measuring tape, sneakers, soccer balls, stop watches and reusable water bottles. Donations can be delivered to Justin Bell in the Cabot Center.

Photo courtesy Northeastern Athletics

Senior SAAC President Chelsey Goldberg, 24, will travel to six Kenyan provinces from July 3 to 13 as part of the Care for Kenya project.

Track and field lands second

By David Konowitch News Correspondent

The Northeastern track and field team won six individual events in its second-place finish at the Snowflake Classic hosted

by Tufts University last Saturday.

Although snowfall and flurries were prevalent in this appropriately-named competition, the NU athletes adjusted and succeeded in their respective events.

“Our staff planned for bad weather, so we had people run off-events for training purposes in the track,” Director of Track and Field Cathrine Erickson said in an email to The News.

The men scored 100 points, earning the runner-up spot behind Tufts, which scored 110.5 points. The women, 96 points, also obtained the runner-up spot behind Tufts’ 146 points.

The competition mainly consisted of local Division III schools, but also included Harvard University and Boston University.

“It is important to compete against all athletes in the New England area,” Erickson said.

Both the men and women had three winners, along with numerous top-10 finishes.

The women opened scoring in the 400-meter dash as freshman sprinter Audrey Weyand took sixth place with a time of 1:03.13.

Sophomore distance runner Rosalie Caracciolo added a fifth-place finish in the 800-meter run, with a time of 2:34.66.

Redshirt senior distance runner Danielle Klein opened up her season with a third-place finish in the 3000-meter run, crossing the line at 10:38.34.

The Huskies first winner came in the 400-meter hurdles, where

junior sprinter Camille Gooden took the top spot at 1:09.33. Teammate sophomore hurdler Betsy Garnick finished shortly after at 1:12.02, good for fourth place.

The Huskies boasted most of their success in the field events, especially the throws. The conditions did not stop junior thrower Jenna Serunian from a dominant performance in the shot put, where she won the event with a personal best throw of 13.12 meters. Junior Alexandra Rose and freshman Zoe Taitel placed third and fourth, tossing 11.90 and 11.78 meters, respectively.

Rose heaved the hammer throw 46.77 meters for first place.

Erickson was proud of the way the throwers competed in the poor conditions, obtaining 31 points in only two events.

“Jenna had a personal best in the shot put and we are thrilled she was able to do that today in the snowy conditions,” Erickson said.

The Huskies also gained 14 points in the long jump, where freshman sprinter Jessica Scott placed second leaping 5.13 meters. Teammates freshman jumper Kelsey Sullivan and Garnick added fourth- and eighth-place finishes, jumping 4.95 meters and 4.83 meters, respectively.

The men had a balanced approach, spreading their points in both track and field events.

Freshman hurdler Matthew Richards was the lone winner on the track, taking first place in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.25 seconds. His teammate, sophomore hurdler Connor McCarthy, placed fourth with a time of 16.19 seconds.

The Huskies also took two of the top-five spots in the 400-meter hurdles. Freshman hurdler Peter Katsarakes placed second with a time of 56.85 seconds,

while junior hurdler Eric Benny placed fifth in 59.78 seconds.

Two distance runners excelled through the snowy conditions for the Huskies. Freshman Adrian Amaya opened his season with a third-place finish in the 3000-meter run, with a time of 9:07.72, while sophomore David McDonald also added a third-place finish, completing the 1500-meter run in 4:04.98.

The top performance of the weekend for NU came in the hammer throw, where five Huskies amassed 29 points in the event.

Redshirt senior thrower James Hall coasted to victory, with a toss of 55.94 meters. Freshman thrower Connor Fugere followed in third,

The entire basketball season comes down to three games in a threeday period. We started with 351 Division I schools, cut down to 68 on Selection Sunday, and over the last two weeks, 60 games have cut the field down to the Final Four teams. We’re left with four of the marquee college basketball programs in the country: University of Wisconsin, University of Kentucky, Duke University and Michigan State University (MSU). These teams will play Saturday night in Indianapolis and the winners will play for the National Championship on Monday night.

The Kentucky Wildcats, the favorite to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship since day one of the season and the No. 1 overall seed, beat Notre Dame in what was possibly the best game this season to win the Midwest Region on Saturday night. Kentucky is trying to be the first college basketball team to finish a season at a perfect 40-0. The Wildcats are full of high school All-Americans and are one of the best defensive teams in history.

Kentucky will play another No. 1 seed and the West Regional champions, the Wisconsin Badgers. The Badgers are coming off of a win against the University of Arizona in which they caught fire offensively in the second half. Wisconsin was also the champion of the Big Ten, but its ultimate goal is to win it all with its upperclassmen-packed roster.

The third team is the No. 1 seed and champions of the South Region, the Blue Devils from Duke University. Duke reached its first Final Four since 2010 by defeating Gonzaga in the Elite Eight. Duke has Michael Samaha had to deal with some roster turnover this season, Mike’s Hard Takes but they may be playing their best defense all season right now and can be dangerous against any team.

The last Final Four team is the only non-No. 1 seed. The MSU Spartans won the East Regional against Louisville and were also a No. 7 seed entering the tournament, but anybody would agree that nobody will think of them as a seven seed entering the Final Four. This team may not be as talented on paper as the other three, but they are peaking together at the perfect time.

Not only is this Final Four comprised of top basketball schools, but the head coaches are also four of the best in the country: MSU’s Tom Izzo, Kentucky’s John Calipari, Wisconsin’s Bo Ryan and Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski or “Coach K.” These four coaches have been to a whopping 25 Final Fours (27, if you count Calipari’s two vacated Final Fours from his years at University of Massachusetts Amherst and University of Memphis). Coach K has the most appearances, 12, which ties him with UCLA legend John Wooden for most appearances ever.

The Kentucky – Wisconsin matchup is a rematch of a Final Four game from last season that Kentucky won. Kentucky is trying to finish off an undefeated season and Wisconsin wants to be the only team to beat them while also trying to exact revenge, since Kentucky ended their season last year.

Wisconsin was also one of the favorites coming into this season with AllAmerican forward senior Frank Kaminsky and All-Big Ten forward junior Sam Dekker. Wisconsin isn’t as athletic as Kentucky, but is very skilled and disciplined in the way it plays. The Badgers foul less than any team in the country, so they will make the Wildcats need to hit shots in order to come out on top, which can be the team’s weakness. Kentucky is lead defensively by All-American junior forward Willie Cauley-Stein and offensively by potential No. 1 NBA draft pick freshman center Karl-Anthony Towns.

In the other game, look to see very different play styles and leadership from Duke and MSU. Duke is led by its three outstanding freshmen: All-American center Jahlil Okafor, forward Justise Winslow and guard Tyus Jones.

The Blue Devils surround these three with great shooting, most notably senior guard Quinn Cook. The Spartans are led by senior guards Travis Trice and Branden Dawson, and junior guard Denzel Valentine. MSU struggled for most of the year and it seemed like a lost season. Despite losing in the Big Ten Championship game to Wisconsin, the Spartans have fought their way to the Final Four. They play good team defense, but sometimes struggle to score in the half-court, so they need to get out on the break to score.

My Championship prediction: Kentucky over Duke.

-Michael Samaha can be reached at Sports@HuntNewsNU.com. tossing 51.69 meters. The top eight took fourth at 13.82 meters. were rounded out by three Huskies “I am very happy with how our who placed fifth, sixth and eighth. throwers opened up,” Erickson said.

Not to be outdone, the NU shot “They are a really strong group and putters turned in a 23-point per- will be a big part of our team successformance of their own. Freshman es this year and in the years to come.” thrower Ryan Kim led the charge The team shifts its focus toward with a winning toss of 15.04 me- the AIC Yellow Jacket Invitational ters. Redshirt senior Kevin Rosen- and a dual meet, hosted by the Uniberg placed second at 14.81 meters versity of New Hampshire, both and freshman Spencer McKeough taking place Saturday in Durham.

Photo by Steve Lipofsky, courtesy Northeastern Athletics

Junior thrower Jenna Serunian claimed the top spot in the shot put at Snowflake Classic at Tufts University on March 29. The men’s and women’s track and field teams placed second overall.

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Young members step up on club lacrosse team

By Jodie Ng News Staff

The new additions to Northeastern’s men’s club lacrosse team (4-1) have big shoes to fill.

The Huskies started the spring season on March 6 with a Pioneer Collegiate Lacrosse League (PCLL) Championship under their belt. Although it was a seniordominated squad in 2014, it does not reflect this year’s capabilities, club president Matt Mohr said.

Mohr, a senior goalie, said despite a very young team, there’s “a lot of talent out of the freshman.”

Senior attackman and co-captain Danny Brockwell echoed Mohr’s remarks. With the season just under way, NU is returning with a bold statement.

“We’ve been doing really well this year,” Brockwell said. “Our only loss is to [Boston College] by one.”

NU has beat University of Pittsburgh, Indiana University, University of Rhode Island and Southern Connecticut State University. Pointswise, the biggest win was edging out Southern Connecticut 19-4.

NU club lacrosse is part of the PCLL conference and is ranked 20th out of 25 teams. However, NU is at a disadvantage in the rankings because it has only played five games in comparison to an average of 11 games played.

Although the team bid farewell to many veteran players, a lot of the members have stepped up according to Brockwell, who said that “the team has really developed.”

Despite their strong rhythm, both Mohr and Brockwell said they know winning doesn’t come without hard work and dedication.

“The goal is to always get to the national tournament for us,” Mohr said. “We were right there last year and got bounced the first round. It was a tough game against Chapman.

We just want to get back and win that game and move to the next round.”

In order to have an opportunity to compete on the national stage, the team will need to bring home a consecutive PCLL win and is confident it can do so.

“There are a lot of tough teams in our division like [University of Connecticut], [University of New Hampshire] and, of course, BC,” Brockwell said. “We’re looking forward to playing all of them.”

NU has a long-standing rivalry with BC. Last March, the Huskies defeated the Eagles, 10-9, before losing to them earlier this season.

The squad has continually proved to be a top contender regardless of

its opponents and has become a high-caliber unit that understands its strengths and weaknesses. Brockwell describes the team’s defense as the best in the country. Mohr leads the country in save percentage.

“Historically, our problems have been on the offense,” Mohr said.

However, he said that the coaching staff has played a major role in helping to improve their offense. Ben Severance returns as head coach for the 2015 season and Bryant Amitrano was brought on as the new assistant coach and offensive coordinator. “[Amitrano] brought in new plays, new schemes, making us practice harder,” Mohr said. “I think it’s working out well so far. We obviously need to practice more on both sides but I think we’ll get there.”

Despite a stronger defensive performance, the Huskies still have an offensive advantage with strong attackman like Brockwell, who is ranked the second-highest scorer in the conference with 3.2 points per game.

“Do more with less has been our motto this year,” Mohr said.

NU is scheduled to go headto-head with the Georgia Institute of Technology on April 5 at home at Parsons Field.

Sophmore Ian Sevy, 16, reaches for the ball during a Northeastern men’s club lacrosse practice.

Senior goalie Matthew Mohr, 23, practices a clearing drill with the NU men’s club lacrosse team at Parsons Field in Brookline.

Photo by Brian Bae

Photo by Brian Bae

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