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Students vote for campus favorites Former NFL star guilty By Rowena Lindsay Deputy Inside Editor

As another year comes to a close, it is time to round up the best Northeastern University had to offer over the past two semesters. From food and drink to concerts and celebrity visits, it has been a busy year. After polling the student community, the results of the annual Best of NU survey are in. Here is what Northeastern students loved about the 2014-15 school year.

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Best Dining Hall The student’s have spoken; Rebecca’s Café serves the best food your meal swipe can get you. Anyone who has stopped by to grab a sandwich when late morning classes get out can attest to its popularity. Rebecca’s offers a variety of food options and feels like a café rather than a dining hall. The sandwich bar offers tasty toasted paninis, like the California chicken and Tuscan turkey, as well as made-toorder sandwiches. The grill features pizza, chicken fingers and a rotating cast of daily specials. “I love Rebecca’s; their paninis are like spring every day,” Amanda Freyre, freshman international affairs major, said. Serving breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday, it is located in the basement of Churchill Hall. There are also Rebecca’s Café locations off campus on Boylston and Beacons streets and in Harvard Square, and the restaurant will cater local events. Best Campus Eatery The Qdoba located on Huntington Avenue was voted the best eatery on campus this year, beating Best of NU, Page 8

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In the annual Best of NU poll conducted by The News, Rebecca’s Café took the top spot in the Best Dining Hall category with an overwhelming 64 percent of the votes. In the Best Campus Eatery category, Qdoba narrowly beat out Chicken Lou’s for the win, earning 28 and 22 percent of the vote, respectively.

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Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was found guilty Wednesday morning on a smattering of charges relating to the 2013 murder of semiprofessional football player Odin Lloyd. Despite lacking a motive, eyewitness and murder weapon, the jury found Hernandez guilty of first-degree murder. Hernandez, who had a $40 million contract with the Patriots at the time of the murder, was also convicted on gun charges. The jury deliberated for 34 hours. The two-month long testimony featured hundreds of witnesses – 132 called in by the prosecution alone. Though Hernandez’s fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins, burst into tears when the verdict was announced, she testified with immunity for the prosecution. Hernandez had pleaded not guilty. The trial, which started in January, focused primarily on circumstantial evidence, as a key component of the investigation – the murder weapon – has not been found. Instead, videos taken from Hernandez’s home and an industrial park near Attleboro, along with DNA evidence found on a marijuana joint, placed Hernandez as the primary suspect. According to the prosecution, Hernandez and two accomplices picked up Lloyd at his home in Boston late the night of June 17, 2013. Reading the situation, Lloyd Lloyd, Page 5

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Northeastern is ranked 90th on Student Choice’s 2015 Top 100 Colleges list, which looks at number of applications and enrollment rates.

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Boston University beat out Northeastern University for this year’s Arlett Cup on Sunday, April 12. By Jessica Geller Sports Editor

This Arlett Cup was the most competitive Head Coach Joe Pojednic has seen in 15 years, he said. Boston University (BU) edged out Northeastern in the varsity eight race by .13 seconds en route to the overall win on Sunday morning.

“When I was a freshman, it was a total sweep blow-out [for NU],” senior Connor Wortley said of the Arlett Cup in 2012. “When I was a sophomore, it was similar where we won by a huge margin. This year was some of the closest racing I’ve ever been a part of.” In the first varsity eight boat race, NU had the initial lead. Wortley

said the rowers’ main goal was to be aggressive and establish themselves early on in each race, while BU’s plan was to pick up speed as the race went on. In the last several hundred meters, the Terriers pulled ahead and won the race in 6:03.40. NU finished the course in 6:03.53. “Everyone raced very aggresVarsity, Page 11

NU ranked 90th by Student Choice By Saumya Chopra News Correspondent

While US News and World Report ranked Northeastern 42nd on its list of best schools in the country, it appears students may not be quite as infatuated with the university. In the recently published 2015 list of the Top 100 Colleges by Stu-

dent Choice, NU was ranked 90th. “At GradReports, we care about what the students and graduates think of a particular college or university,” Sung Rhee, CEO of SR Education Group, said. “Therefore, it was only fitting we found a way to show which colleges students are choosing to attend most.” Incoming Students, Page 3

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Amíclar Barreto, an associate professor of international affairs and political science, will serve as the director of the new graduate program in international affairs this fall.

IA Master’s degree offered

By Amanda Hoover News Editor For those looking to advance their studies in international affairs, a new graduate program through Northeastern could become an enticing option. Beginning this fall, Northeastern will offer a Master’s of the Arts (M.A.) degree in international affairs for the first time. The program, which will be administratively housed in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, will be a 36-credit interdisciplinary program. “International affairs started as a modest program and has blossomed into the single largest degree in the College of Social Science and Humanities,” Amíclar Barreto, an associate professor of international affairs and political science who will serve as the director of the new graduate program, said. “Even before the announcement, I had students [who had heard about the possible program] emailing me to ask questions.” Barreto said that the program has been a popular idea in the department for a few years, and the school is excited to finally be on the path to include it. The program will have two tracks: development, globalization and social justice and international public policy. The courses offered through these programs will allow students

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to specialize in their field of study, persuing specific interests in greater depth than in an undergraduate program. “We have students in international affairs undergraduate studies who are interested in a broad range of careers,” Barreto said. “We built that flexibility into the program.” To account for the variety of subjects that fall under international affairs, Northeastern’s undergraduate program has taken a more generalized introductory approach to developing coursework geared towards those beginning to study the field. “I would definitely say that the current undergrad program is too broad for anyone interested in pursuing a serious career in international relations,” Kayla Sledge, a third-year international affairs and economics dual major, said. While Sledge recognizes that freshman students should receive a wide variety of information to help them start their academic careers, she notes that there aren’t many opportunities to specialize after learning the foundations. There is a regional requirement within the major that students must take two courses focused on their chosen region of expertise, but Sledge doesn’t think that’s enough for students to truly become experts on the culture, economics and politics of that region. “It would be even better if North-

eastern improved the undergraduate program to do this instead of creating a whole new program,” Sledge said. As the school begins to look at applications, they will consider applicants based on the whole picture of their undergraduate studies and prior work or extracurricular activity experience. “We’re going to look at the entire portfolio. GPA, GRE score, co-op or internship experience and a commitment to what our [program] is interested in,” Barreto said. For students who received an undergraduate degree from Northeastern, the GRE requirement will be waived. “I think that the [international affairs] program is pretty strong because of the faculty and all of the networking they can do with connections that they have,” Yani Ngo, a freshman international affairs and economics dual major, said. “I think a Master’s program is a good way to strengthen the program as a whole.” Barreto said that Northeastern plans to appoint current faculty to teach the new classes, but will work almost exclusively with tenured or tenure-track faculty, as the specific classes require additional, specialized expertise. “We’re moving to an academic level where you can specialize,” Barreto said. “It’s at a completely different level.”

Marketing group wins four awards By Amanda Hoover News Editor As the academic year comes to a close, the Northeastern University Marketing Association (NUMA)’s members have four awards to show for their work. NUMA brought the awards home from the American Marketing Association (AMA) International Collegiate Conference, which they attended from March 19 to 21 in New Orleans. “It’s a reflection of all the great stuff we’ve done this year,” Marjorie Bogart, president of NUMA and a business major with a concentration in marketing, said. The conference focuses the culmination of each chapter’s work on campus leading up to the conference, in addition to on-site workshops. This includes bringing guest speakers from potential employers to speak at meetings, publishing a blog series and mentoring younger students as they come to Northeastern. This year, NUMA received three chapter excellence awards, including outstanding membership, outstanding planning and outstanding communications, as well as a second-place recognition in social media. The conference was attended by Bogart, Ashley Frizzell, Katherine Hayes, Eline Miedzinski, Fiona Gilmore, Emily Browning, Josh Patnod, Kayla O’Neil and Emma Munley. “NUMA showcases some of the Marketing department’s top talent and this has now been recognized on a national level which is wonderful to see,” Jennifer Yule, an academic specialist in marketing and NUMA’s faculty advisor, said in an email to The News. NUMA, an organization in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, is a chapter of the AMA, one of the largest marketing associations in the world, and is comprised of both professional and students. In order to compete, NUMA had to submit a chapter plan outlining its goals for the coming months when the academic year began in September. Then, NUMA had to follow up with an annual report in February, detailing the work it had done and how it coincided with their goals. The groups were judged and awarded based on how well they carried

out their initial plans. The plan and annual report are based off of six tenets of AMA that they must uphold, according to Bogart. These include membership, communications, community service, social impact, fundraising, professional development and chapter outreach. NUMA must make sure it address each of these aspects and follow through with its proposal in order to be successful at the conference. This year, NUMA’s chapter plan included two key components: a mentorship program and a blogging partnership with local online publication BostInno. Each semester, NUMA hosts a panel of students who have co-oped at companies outside of Boston, allowing them to share their experiences with students who are interested in co-oping elsewhere. This year, NUMA published a blog series with posts from these on BostInno to share students’ experiences beyond the Northeastern community. “We always have a panel and it’s just a way for students to kind of learn more. In order to promote that, we launched a Beyond Boston blog series,” said Bogart. “I think that was a huge success and that really contributed to why we were recognized.” NUMA also placed greater emphasis on mentorship, using the expertise of older members to bring younger students into the program. “It’s really important – younger students don’t know what co-op is about,” Frizzell, executive vice president of NUMA and third-year business major with a dual concentration in marketing and supply chain management, said. “That’s something that we as older students can be there and help them with.” Looking forward, NUMA members hope to continue to attract important company executives to speak to members and foster a collaborative community. “I think that our club exudes a high level of professionalism. We’re a part of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business and we take that for granted and it’s ingrained in us,” Bogart said. “[Other schools] don’t get great companies to come in and talk all the time. I think that’s something that we’ve always excelled in and really sets us apart.”

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Adam Rosen, co-founder of Rising Dreamers, a company that aims to connect recent graduates with jobs, speaks at a NUMA meeting.

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Saturday, April 11 @ 7:47 p.m. Northeastern University Public Safety Division Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) received several calls regarding a male dressed in black who was attempting to climb out of the window in the tunnels near the university’s bookstore. The male was also yelling at students in the area. NUPD responded and reported several witnesses stated the male had left the area. NUPD located the male, who was not affiliated with the university, near the front of East Village. NUPD then confiscated two knives, issued a trespassing warning and collected his information.

Monday, April 6 @ 10:44 p.m. Northeastern University Public Safety Division An NUPD officer attempted to stop an intoxicated male from running into traffic. NUPD located the male, who was not affiliated with the university, near 281 Huntington Ave. NUPD requested EMS, which then transported the man to the Boston Medical Center.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Tuesday, April 7 @ 3:03 p.m. The bookstore tech manager notified NUPD that five minutes prior he noticed a male rip open a headphone pack and attempt to walk out with them on his head. However, the subject noticed he was being watched and took the headphones off before running out of the bookstore towards Curry Student Center. NUPD checked the area, but did not find the suspect. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Tuesday, April 7 @ 9:58 p.m. A Residence Director (RD) reported that a student in the YMCA may have had knives and marijuana in his room. The RD went to the student’s room and spoke to the resident. A small pocket knife was confiscated but no marijuana was found. A report was filed.

Wednesday, April 8 @ 2:39 p.m. Northeastern University Public Safety Division A student reported he may have dropped his red and black Beats earbuds while in Rebecca’s Café between 10:45 and 11:05 a.m. that day. He said he immediately returned to Rebecca’s after realizing he had dropped them, but when he returned they were gone. A report was filed.

Thursday, April 9 @ 10:06 p.m. Northeastern University Public Safety Division A student reported that a homeless intoxicated male in front of 716 Columbus Ave. was requesting a ride to the nearest shelter. NUPD responded and found the subject to be a 55-year-old male, who was not affiliated with the university, with an injury to his left eye. NUPD requested EMS, which then the man transported to Boston Medical Center. Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, April 11 @ 12:51 a.m. An intoxicated female in the lobby of Davenport B was reported. NUPD responded and spoke with the student, who was conscious, but not alert and was vomiting, before requesting EMS. EMS then transported the student, who was of legal drinking age, to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The cleaning department and RD on call were notified.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, April 11 @ 1:18 a.m. An intoxicated male in the lobby of West Village A was reported as unable to provide his Husky ID. NUPD responded and spoke with the student who was conscious but not alert. EMS was requested and the underage subject was transported to Tufts Medical Center. The RD on call was notified.

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In a recent ranking compiled by SR Education Group, Northeastern was ranked 90th in terms of student desirability. in applications would likely mean a Incoming students, from page 1 In the last week, Northeastern’s high interest in attending, Student campus has been buzzing with tour Choice’s findings were that, after groups comprised of admitted stu- applying to Northeastern, students dents, but according to the rankings are choosing not to enroll at the unicompiled by SR Education Group versity. and published on the website Grad“The location and the co-op proReports.com, less than 25 percent of gram make Northeastern such a these students will actually enroll at great school and I feel like I have the university. a better chance of getting a job if I Rankings were created by divid- graduate from Northeastern,” Hajas ing a college or university’s en- said. “I’m not really sure why sturollment rate by the square of the dents are choosing not to enroll school’s acceptance rate. Universi- here.” ties and colleges that have rolling Co-op is a huge factor that plays admissions or fewer than 200 stu- into students choosing to attend dents enrolled were not accounted Northeastern. for in the list. Close to 9,000 undergraduate Northeastern’s enrollment rate is students go on co-op each year, 18.9 percent and its acceptance rate and around 90 percent of graduatis 32.3 percent, which placed it 90th ing students from 2006-2013 were on the list that featured universities employed full time or enrolled in from around the country. The list graduate school, according to Renaaims to emphasize what students ta Nyul, director of communications value in a school, such as financial at Northeastern. Fifty percent of stuaid policies, grants, scholarships and dents who graduated from the class small class sizes. of 2013 found employment with a “It compares all colleges evenly,” company where they had previously Kimberly Wetter, marketing manag- co-oped. er at SR Education, said. “So small For the administration, the lower liberal arts schools, military schools, ranking is not a concern. ivy leagues and large public univer“Moving up in rankings of any sities are all ranked on the same list kind is never the goal. They are with the same metric.” simply metrics based on the publicaThe list ranked Harvard and Stan- tion’s own methodology,” Nyul said ford Universities in first and second, in an email to The News. respectively, alongside schools such While some prospective students as the United States Naval Academy take university rankings into high and the United States Military Acad- consideration when applying to colemy, also featured in the top ten. leges, others feel that different fac“I’m a little shocked. I thought tors should play a larger role in the people would be more excited to go decision process. here considering the acceptance rate “I don’t think any type of rankis low,” Olivia Hajas, an undeclared ing is important,” Emma Recane, freshman, said of NU’s spot on the a freshman physical therapy major, list. said. “The prestige of the school and Northeastern is home to over the accreditation of the program is 25,000 graduate and undergraduate what is important but at the same students, and received 50,634 appli- time enrollment is important too – cations this year for a freshman class you want to go to a school that othof only 2,800. While a high volume ers are choosing.”

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, April 11 @ 2:42 a.m. It was reported that a student was intoxicated and had fallen, hitting her head. Her friend called and explained that the student was at 204 Hemenway Street but did not know which room. NUPD responded and contacted the student, reporting that she was conscious but disoriented. EMS was requested and evaluated the student, but did not transport. A medical waiver was signed. Saturday, April 11 @ 7:36 p.m. Northeastern University Public Safety Division A person not affiliated with the university reported that someone affiliated with Northeastern was passed out in a vehicle outside 175 Hemenway Street. NUPD found the car was registered to an Uber driver. The student appeared to have vomited and was not alert, but was breathing on her own. EMS transported the student to Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The student remained unresponsive while being transported. The RD on call was notified. Sunday, April 12 @ 4:42 a.m. Northeastern University Public Safety Division An intoxicated male in the lobby of West Village A was asking a passerby to go inside and find his friends. The male, a Suffolk University student, did not have proper identification and did not know where he was. NUPD located him in front of West Village C. He was conscious and alert. The male stated he was lost and could not locate the friends he was staying with that night. NUPD assisted the subject in finding a Metro Cab to return to his residence in Cambridge.

Sunday, April 12 @ 10:24 p.m. Northeastern University Public Safety Division A student reported his cable lock was cut and his bicycle stolen from the bike racks outside of Snell Library. He had last seen the black Diamondback mountain bike, which was valued at $400, at the racks at 8:15 p.m. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Monday, April 13 @ 4:07 a.m. NUPD reported observing a male run between White Hall and 204 Hemenway Street. The male was identified as a student and NUPD reported confiscating a small amount of marijuana and a small baggie of cocaine. The student will be summonsed to Roxbury District Court for possession of cocaine.

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Column: Racism in music still racist I was at a party with friends, having a good time. I was in engaged in conversation when suddenly I hear somebody tossing around the N-word. I knew the chances of the person being black were slim to Kenny Sokan none because I was at an Emerson College party, and you can count the number of black students at that school on both hands. To no one’s surprise, it was a white student. Despite the stares my friends and I were giving him, he went on rapping a song that had a profuse use of the word. A friend and I went over to guy, who was with two of his friends. We told him we heard him say the N-word and expressed our contempt. After a few seconds of awkward silence and dumbfounded glances between him and his friends, the student finally spoke. His response: “I am so sorry, I was just rapping a Kanye song.” Just rapping a Kanye song? He said that as if it excused him, though his voice did waiver. Needless to say I was very angry, but not shocked. My friend and I told him we didn’t care that it was a song, he shouldn’t say it. The use of the N-word has once again found a common place in white society, this time in a more creative way – through song. At most mainstream rap concerts, there is always an awkward moment when everyone is singing along, and then the N-word is said by the artist. White attendees look around seeking approval from each other. They survey their surrounding area for black attendees and assess the risk, weighing the possible outcomes of what will happen if they say the word. And then they make a decision. Some say it

without hesitation, some don’t say it at all. For those of you that don’t – thank you. Whether it be that you are not comfortable saying the word, or scared you may offend or worse, be harmed, you have avoided a microaggression of epic proportions. Recently at Coachella, during Drake’s performance, white concert goers sang along to the N-word. Like with most newsworthy events, people took to Twitter. One user said that the white attendees were taking advantage of a situation, using it to say the word. Another expressed his unease with white concert goers giving him the “it’s only a song look.” Because of the use of the N-word in rap music and its use by blacks and other minority groups as synonymous with calling someone “friend,” there has been some confusion as to its place in the white man’s vocabulary. Let me clear this up for you. If you’re white, you shouldn’t say it. As BuzzFeed so eloquently put it in it “Can We Guess If You’re Allowed To Say The N-Word At A Rap Concert?” quiz, “If you wouldn’t use the N-word in your everyday life, why would you use it at a concert? Dropping some coins and attending a concert doesn’t magically make you black, and the black people in those spaces you’re stepping into probably don’t appreciate being surrounded by white people shouting the word either.” Kanye may think we live in a “post-racial America” and School Boy Q may have given his white fans permission to use the word at his concert, however, they are not the end-all-be-all on the matter. Racism is still a very active force in America and the N-word, in spite of its friendlier use, will always have a negative connotation. I cannot stop anyone’s use of the word. It is every individual’s choice to make, but I want to leave you with this: words carry weight.

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Electing an unlikely leader

As the candidacy announcements come rolling in, we at The News continue to be less than impressed by the options for the next leader of the free world. Rather than weigh the current candidates and come to an educated, lesserof-two-evils decision, we are going to introduce our own candidate: a man with compassion, leadership skills, a sense of humor and extensive experience in settling conflicts between even the most different of species. It is in this semester’s final editorial that we will formally endorse a bipartisan presidential candidate: Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise-D. Described by his peers as deeply moral, highly logical and intelligent, the Starfleet captain possesses characteristics that are hard to find in today’s congressional chambers. Unlike his predecessor Captain James Kirk, Picard stands for peace and diplomacy. Instead of blowing his enemies away or threatening ideological warfare, he would rather negotiate and find the diplomatic solutions that could eventually lead to a long-standing peace. While his character leads us to believe he is well-suited to perform the duties of a diplomat, his compassion must not be mistaken for

weakness. The captain, a native of France, has proven tenfold his ability to command an army and leave nothing to chance in battle. No stranger to the front lines, Picard was taken prisoner by the Cardassians on stardate 46357.4 where he spent days subject to interrogation by Chancellor Gorkon. Despite being starved, exhausted and mentally tested, the captain understood the importance of his mission in the overarching relationship between the planet Cardassia and those here on Earth and maintained his position before finally being rescued. In an equal number of threatening situations, Picard has proven his competence as a commanderin-chief rather than soldier. On stardate 44995.3, Picard traveled to the Klingon homeland to oversee Gowron’s installation as leader, an appointment he neither agreed with nor wished to attend. When his ship was intercepted, stranding him on the hostile planet, the captain was remotely able to rescue the kidnapped Chief Security Officer Warf, and negotiate with Sela, a Romulan officer, while ensuring the least possible number of casualties. As president, Picard would be

the chief diplomat of the United States, forced to negotiate and understand a variety of different ideas and cultures. No better was this ability proven than on stardate 45944.1, just a year before his Cardassian capture, when Picard was transported to the planet Kataan where he was forced to assimilate and work with the native people to find employment, start a family and eventually take his knowledge back to the decks of the Enterprise. Picard, as both an intellectual and moral compass, embodies all of the necessary characteristics we look for in a president of the United States. Unlike the presidential candidates who have announced their intentions thus far, the former captain of the USS Enterprise-D has the compassion, strength and ability to lead a progressive Congress, command an army and lead a team with the best ability to operate a functioning government. With Captain Kathryn Janeway as vice president, Chief Medical Officer Beverly Crusher as first lady and Lieutenant Commander Data as his campaign manager, the Picard for President campaign will easily sweep the electoral college and give the American people the leadership they’ve been waiting for.

Dear President Aoun,

professor if they do not even know if they will be employed a month from the end of finals. Adjunct professors are paid on average $5,600 a course without benefits, while the average pay for a tenure track assistant professor is $100,305 a year for teaching four courses a year and doing research. So, let’s do some math. One student’s tuition for one four-credit course is $5,316. The median class size is near 20. The tuition those 20 students pay totals $106,320. The average $5,600 that an adjunct can expect to make is a paltry 5 percent of the total tuition paid. Students pay the same tuition and receive the same credits whether the course is taught by a full-time or adjunct faculty member. Students and the university hold faculty members to the same standards of teaching excellence. Equal work deserves equal pay and adjuncts should be compensated accordingly. Bargaining sessions have been held only once a month and have not gone well: the administration is stonewalling even simple requests like providing mailboxes to adjuncts. In stark contrast, when Tufts University negotiated with its adjunct faculty union this past year, negotiations were held biweekly. They came to a fair agreement: adjuncts were given a pay raise, are now hired on a yearly basis and provided funds for professional development. Northeastern should use the Tufts model as a blueprint. In a packed SGA meeting on March 16, SGA unanimously approved a Sense of the Senate resolution demanding that the adminis-

tration “provide, as defined by the Adjunct Faculty Union, fair compensation, a quality working environment and protection of academic freedom.” This strong legislation exemplifies the powerful support for adjuncts emanating from all corners of Northeastern. The preamble of that resolution ends “Adjunct’s working conditions are student’s learning conditions.” When the Adjunct Faculty Union is in the bargaining room, it represents not only itself but also the future of our education. The decisions made will affect everyone in the university community. We’ve reached a fork in the road. Will Northeastern continue to devalue teaching and learning by treating our adjunct professors as easily disposable employees? Or will we take the brighter path, one paved with respect for our professors and for our education?

A letter to President Aoun

We are writing to you today as the Empower Adjuncts Community Coalition, a collection of various student organizations – from the executive cabinet of the Student Government Association (SGA) to environmental advocates and healthcare reform champions – and community members. Despite our groups’ diverse interests, we have all come together to write to you as students who are concerned with the direction your administration is taking in negotiations with the Adjunct Faculty Union. At present, the working conditions of our adjunct professors are not worthy of a university of Northeastern’s stature. They have been negotiating a contract with the university since September. They are not asking for the moon: only respect, equal pay for equal work and more job security. Adjunct professors are hired and fired every semester – even when they have worked here for years. An adjunct professor who has worked at Northeastern for 20 years will have been fired, at minimum, 40 times. This Groundhog Day-inspired firing and hiring process directly harms our education. Informing professors sometimes days before classes start does not give them sufficient time to prepare a syllabus or lesson plan. This system degrades the teacher-student relationship by making it difficult to form the lasting connections that are the cornerstones of a successful academic career. You cannot plan to take a class with your favorite

– The Empower Adjuncts Community Coalition; Progressive Student Alliance; Student Government Association Executive Cabinet; Husky Environmental Action Team; Northeastern University College Democrats; Northeastern University Sexual Health Advocacy, Resources, and Education; Feminist Student Organization; Divest NU; Northeastern University Students for Justice in Palestine; Health Disparities Student Collaborative; Partners In Health Engage; Socialist Alternative Northeastern University; 15 Now Northeastern; Queer Student Union; Northeastern University Real Food Challenge; and Northeastern University Democracy Matters

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Boston RunBase to connect runners with city By Rowan Walrath City Editor

Boston RunBase, the city’s newest hub for runners, opens today at 855 Boylston St., about a third of a mile from the Boston Marathon finish line. It’s part museum, part shoe store, designed to connect Boston’s runners and inspire the next generation of athletes. A partnership between Adidas, the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) and Marathon Sports, this is the sixth RunBase to open worldwide. However, it is the first in the US, and its ties to the Boston Marathon help distinguish it. “We certainly will have artifacts and items from our past exhibited, but the displays will change every three months so that if someone comes at the end of this week and they come back in three months, they’ll see a whole new exhibition within the brickand-mortar space,” Jack Fleming, a spokesman for the B.A.A., said. Due to the rotating nature of the space, the B.A.A. has a slew of artifacts to curate the museum portion. “A particularly interesting item, I think, is the 2013 champion’s medal,” Fleming said. Fleming is referring to the June 2013 following the Boston Marathon Bombings, when Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia, the champion of the men’s 2013 Boston Marathon, presented his medal to former mayor Thomas Menino to symbolize his support for the race and the city. In turn, Menino gave the medal to the B.A.A. “Menino gave it to us to house in our office, but it was something that really, many more people deserve to see,” Fleming said. “It was such a nice, unbelievable gesture, and that’s part of the way we treat 2013 [and] 2014.” The medal is only one of many artifacts that have been stowed away in the B.A.A. office until now. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer, a 20-yearold junior at Syracuse University, became the first woman to enter the race – illegally – and a race official tried to physically remove her two miles in. Now, the sweatshirt Switzer wore that day will be on display. Physical artifacts, however, are not the main focus of the museum. A large part of the space will be dedicated to an interactive wall where visitors can look up information about past runners. “It’s the first time that the B.A.A. has assembled all of our results in one central place,” Fleming said. “If

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A rendering of the interior of Boston RunBase shows artifacts, such as historic running gear, in a case.

just like the T. Fortunately, I decided to do this on foot (three more miles), and got to our hotel where my husband was waiting for me.” Wilson returned to race in Boston in 2014 to show her support and love for the city. Though she completed all 26.2 miles, she ran the last 15 with an injured left rotator cuff and right knee as the result of a collision with another runner. Although she is registered for this year’s marathon, Wilson will not be going. Instead, she is on leave of absence from The Woodlands High School in Texas, where she teaches Spanish, to take care of her husband. Lindsay Weigel, a senior health sciences major and member of NU Club Running, has run the race the last two years and is running again on Monday. She described how the marathon’s transformation has tied the running community even more to the city. “2013 was overwhelming, but it was really cool to see how the city reacted so quickly and to see so much love and support in the weeks following the bombing,” Weigel said. “I think everyone’s attitude toward the 2014 marathon was more togetherness and supporting Boston than just being the fastest … This year, I think that that energy is still there. I think that people are definitely still trying to represent the city, trying to prove that this event is one that unites us rather than brings back terrible memories. People are having a positive vibe.” For Peter Clarke, a senior computer engineering major and member of NU Club Running, this Boston Marathon will be his first. The last marathon he ran was the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington in October 2013. “It’s nice to see other runners out on the road,” Clarke said of the running community. “I think that if there’s running meetups and stuff that would definitely build a sense of community, having a place to go … I definitely think that’d be a good community builder for runners.” Weigel, who wore her Boston Strong shirt on Wednesday, said she felt a strong bond with other Boston runners. They would run up to her all day and yell, “Boston Strong!” according to Weigel.That sort of spirit is what Boston RunBase hopes to capture year-round. “When you walk into the front door, it’ll be like what the Boston Marathon is like race week,” Fleming said. “That kind of enthusiasm and the recognition for runners can’t not be there.”

you’ve ever run the Boston Marathon, ever known anyone who’s run the Boston Marathon, you’ll be able to find that person and do some interesting things with how that person got there … [There are] different infographic-type presentations over four large screens that I think will be particularly exciting and engaging for kids as well as adults.” A closer look at their marathon predecessors will enable young athletes and future marathoners to – quite literally – follow in those runners’ footsteps. The museum portion is only a fraction of the space. According to Rusty Tolliver, store manager, the day-to-day face of Boston RunBase will be a community-based spot for runners to use showers and lockers and team up with others to find the best spots to run around town. He wants it to be a hub for runners – native Bostonians and visitors alike. “[We’re] inspiring the marathon’s history, but also, this is our city, and anyone who’s coming in here is a part of our city,” Tolliver said. Tolliver runs with Achilles International, a nonprofit organiza-

tion that encourages people with disabilities to participate in longdistance running, and Team With a Vision, a coalition of blind and sighted runners who race to support Bay Staters living with vision loss. He will be guiding a blind runner and a handicapped runner in this Monday’s marathon. He said a similar kind of community is what Boston RunBase aims to build. “That’s basically what we’re doing here, what we want to do,” Tolliver said. “We have our B.A.A. elites who can finish top 10, top 15, top 20, but that’s just a small area of what we have here in Boston, and I think opening up people’s minds to the fact that there are blind runners [is important]. Boston is probably one of the biggest cities in the world that has a guide community like they do. Everyone’s a part of this community, even if they’re just visiting.” The B.A.A. is primarily known for organizing the Boston Marathon. However, it is a year-round organization that has spent the last 15 years expanding to include a half-marathon in the fall and a 5K

and 10K in the spring and summer, as well as youth events, volunteer opportunities and a running club. Fred Shilmover, CEO of Cambridge-based software company InsightSquared, is running the marathon this year. He explained that his training has made him notice the scope of the city. “Boston is largely a driving town, but even if you’re taking the T, something that I didn’t realize until training for the marathon is that Boston is actually pretty small,” Shilmover said in an email to The News. “This training has made Boston feel much more accessible to me.” Nora Wilson has run the Boston Marathon for the last 10 years and has completed 65 marathons in her lifetime. She recalled her last two years running the race. “I remember the year of the bombings with great precision, especially when I realized I needed to get to our hotel in Cambridge, across the Charles River,” Wilson said in an email to The News. “My biggest fear, even before I knew exactly what had happened, was that the bridges would be on lockdown,

given special immunity to testify in the trial, as she also faces charges herself stemming from video footage that shows her disposing of a black bag the prosecution believes contained the murder weapon. Students responded almost unanimously in their disappointment with Hernandez’s actions. “It’s kind of sad that a talented athlete is still held back by the settings of his youth,” freshman computer science and business major and avid Patriots fan Kurran Singh said, referring to Hernandez’s turbulent upbringing. “Athletes are still people.” Freshman chemical engineering major Michael Lanzillotti does not believe that Hernandez’s actions are a reflection of the Patriots team, referring to Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichicks’ alleged cheating. “I think the organization is pretty well-removed from the beginning,” Lanzillotti said. “There’s the characters of those who play the game, and then there’s discrepancies be-

tween rules in the game, which are two very different things. Aaron Hernandez murdered a guy, Bill simply bends the rules,” he said. Freshman electrical engineering major Vladislav Martin disagreed, saying that public views of Hernandez’s actions are inherently tied to those of the Patriots organization, since professional athletes hold a special responsibility within a community. “Professional athletes are paid to perform and represent their community, and if they mess up, they discredit the community and the organization they come from,” Martin said. “I mean, look at Ray Rice. Now no one likes the Ravens as much anymore.” In Massachusetts, a first-degree murder conviction carries an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Hernandez also faces charges in a double homicide which occurred in 2012 and a lawsuit stemming from a 2013 incident in Miami.

The former New England Patriots tight end will spend his life in prison.

Hernandez convicted of first-degree murder Lloyd, From Page 1 texted his sister to note the people he was with that night, specifically Hernandez himself. Hernandez, Lloyd and the others then rode to an industrial park in Attleboro, where Lloyd was shot executionstyle and later discovered by a jogger and local construction workers. Testimonies and evidence showed the murder was due to conflict between Hernandez and Lloyd after Lloyd was seen talking to people Hernandez dislikes at a Boston club. Video footage from Hernandez’s home in North Attleboro showed Hernandez’s next moves a few minutes after the murder occurred. While the prosecution provided detailed video analysis of film containing Hernandez holding a murder weapon, the defense argued that the undefinable group of pixels held by Hernandez was simply an iPad. Witnesses were widely varied, ranging from house cleaners who worked for Hernandez to Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Jenkins was

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Medical marijuana license process revisited By Marco White News Correspondent

State health officials announced plans on Wednesday to drastically revamp the licensing process of medical marijuana dispensaries. “This administration inherited a process where dispensaries were scored and judged in a group before applying,” Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) Director Scott Zoback said. “Under this new process, the dispensaries will be judged to see if they meet standards before moving on. We expect this new process to be quicker, more transparent and more efficient.” Medical marijuana has been legal in Massachusetts since 2012, though the state does not yet have any operational medical marijuana dispensaries. By contrast, the Los Angeles Times recently reported that there are over 450 medical marijuana dispensaries operating in Los Angeles alone since medical marijuana was legalized in California in 1996. State officials, perspective dispensary owners and patients alike have long criticized the existing licensing process, although there are obstacles to getting dispensaries ready to provide patients with cannabis. “It’s a very time-consuming process not only dealing with the state but also negotiating with individual towns, hiring boards, boards of health, security with police depart-

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The licensure process required by Massachusetts medical marijuana dispensaries is facing imminent reform.

ments,” Jim Kurnick of the MassMedicum Corporation, one of the many organizations vying for a medical marijuana license, said. One of the few companies that received a license, William Noyes Webster Foundation Inc., has been unable to cultivate the amount of marijuana necessary to serve registered patients because the demand is so high due to the lack of licensed growers. In 2014, Alternative Therapies Group in Salem received the first license to grow medical cannabis, and New England Treatment Access (NETA) received the second earlier

this month. Neither group has an operational dispensary yet. However, NETA will soon begin growing cannabis at a site in Franklin according to a Massachusetts Health and Human Services press release. There are currently 13 other applicants in an inspection phase awaiting approval to cultivate cannabis. Under Massachusetts’ medical marijuana laws, patients who have registered with the state may cultivate plants for personal use or may have a registered caregiver grow it for them. “Right now, caregivers are only allowed to grow for one patient,

and it’s very difficult to find a registered caregiver,” Nichole Snow, deputy director of the Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance, said. “Many patients can’t grow for themselves because of their disabilities, and there is absolutely zero dispensary access at this point.” According to the MDPH as cited by The Boston Globe, around 14,000 patients have received certification from a physician to use medical cannabis. Out of those, 7,100 have registered with the state and paid a $50 fee to legally purchase medical marijuana. Some patients have been wait-

ing since 2012 to receive medical cannabis and are still unable to legally purchase it in Massachusetts. Patients are eager to have access to medical marijuana dispensaries to treat symptoms of diseases like cancer, AIDS, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis. “When it comes to money, the biggest obstacle has not been the delays,” Kurnick said. “The biggest obstacle is the non-profit status of the dispensaries. You can’t own a piece of a dispensary in Massachusetts.” Many dispensaries have struggled with this requirement as they try to raise funds for the actual construction of dispensaries and cultivation sites. Monica Bahrel, the Massachusetts public health commissioner recently appointed by Governor Charlie Baker, said in an MPDH press release on April 8 that her agency will review the requirement that dispensaries exist as nonprofits. The new guidelines for the application process will go into effect on May 15 and review applicants on a rolling basis. The agency will treat the licensing of medical marijuana dispensaries in a process that will more closely resemble the licensing of pharmacies under the new guidelines, according to the release. In the same press release, Bahrel stated that “registering dispensaries through a fairer, more efficient, market-driven licensure process similar to other medical facilities will allow the Commonwealth to maintain the highest standards of both [sic] public safety, care and accessibility.”

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New book explores effects of gamification By Rowena Lindsay Inside Editor

The word “gamification,” the use of game design in contexts other than entertainment games, started popping up in the world of academia in 2011. However, Assistant Professor of game design Sebastian Deterding, who recently joined Northeastern’s faculty, was ahead of the curve. Deterding has studied games and playful behavior for years and recently published “The Gameful World,” a book he co-edited with Steffen Walz, a professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Walz and Deterding met at a conference in their native country of Germany, and, as their friendship developed, they realized they had similar ideas for books they were interested in publishing. The pair realized that marketers, who evangelized gamification, and critics, who dismissed it, were the only people whose opinions on games were ever heard. Additionally, no one was asking what gamification meant

for society or individuals. “The Gameful World” is an anthology that compiles the ideas of the many thinkers and doers in the field of game design. The debate over whether the integration of games into everyday life was positive or negative began when it became clear that games were no longer just an activity confined to leisure time but were being used as marketing tools to influence people’s behaviors. “What we wanted to do is to basically bring the different voices of the debate together in one place and to bring together what we do know at this point in time about gamification,” Deterding said. “The book is basically the whole debate compressed between two covers.” Deterding’s goal in this project was not to sway the reader one way or the other, but to inform them of the many perspectives in the gamification debate. “I think the overarching takeaway is that we live in a time where games and play are becoming more and more commonplace and pervasive in life,” Deterding Deterding, Page 9

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Jason Derulo plays annual Springfest concert By Alana Dore Deputy Inside Editor

Students swarmed Matthews Arena on Saturday for the annual Springfest concert headlined by “Talk Dirty” singer Jason Derulo with electric-heavy opening bands Awolnation and The Knocks. The night opened with The Knocks, an electronic music duo comprised of Ben Ruttner “B-Roc” and James Patterson “JPatt.” The band’s most popular songs of the night included “Brightside,” “The Feeling” and the final song “Dancing with the DJ.” The highenergy duo got people on their feet. “This year was a difficult one [for planning] because it was the same weekend as Coachella, a festival that is booked a year in advance,” Springfest Concert Chair senior music industry major Jenna Ross said. “A lot of the artists we would have gone after were playing or attending, so that cut out a lot of potential artists. Jason Derulo and Awolnation were both high on the survey, and the students voted that pop was the genre they were most interested in seeing at the concert. We felt that the lineup would be a high-energy one with multiple genres that the students would have a great time singing along to.” Although the students voted for pop music, The Knocks and Awolnation are electronic and rock

respectively, while Derulo’s music has fallen into pop, R&B and hiphop categories for awards. Following The Knocks, Awolnation, most famous for its 2011 hit “Sail,” took the stage. The lead singer, Aaron Bruno, also known as the Awol in Awolnation, bounced around the stage performing alternative dance moves. The rock band hit its stride with a dynamic performance of “Kill Your Heroes,” which got many of the audience members singing along. For the softer, slower anthem “All I Need,” the crowd swayed from side to side with their arms around each other. Without prompting, audience members raised their lit phones in the air reminiscent of that old and magical lighter practice. Awolnation wrapped up its set as everyone expected, with its charttopper “Sail.” “I wasn’t a huge fan of Awolnation. Other than ‘Sail,’ the rest of their songs were pretty headbangy,” sophomore health science major Emily Polhemus said. Before Derulo took the stage, DJ Papo, also known as the “DJ with the green mohawk,” came out to warm up the crowd. He played several remixes, but Tove Lo’s “Habits” and Galantis’s “Runaway (U & I)” garnered the most excitement from the crowd.

He sang all of his hits including “In My Head,” “Ridin’ Solo,” “Whatcha Say” and “Trumpets.” He also got the crowd dancing and jumping about with hyperactive dancers who interacted with the audience throughout the night. Each got a chance to show off their moves individually. “People didn’t seem too pleased with the decision to have Jason Derulo, so I wasn’t expecting it to be as fun as it was,” sophomore mechanical engineering major John Steinmetz said. “I enjoyed it a lot. He is a good entertainer, and he knew to do all of his big hit songs to get the crowd going.” At one point, a dancer went into the crowd and pulled three girls onstage for a twerking competition. The audience voted for the best twerker and afterward the three girls got to meet Derulo and his crew. Derulo pleased the audience with his other hits “Wiggle” and “Talk Dirty to Me,” while calling out to all the single ladies for applause. He and his dancers also removed their shirts, sometimes aggressively, which was met with raucous approval from the majority of the audience. Derulo closed his set with a new song which the crowd was excited to hear. The concert wrapped up a week of events sponsored by the Council on University Programs (CUP).

This year’s Springfest theme was NUstalgia (‘90s throwback), boasting CUP-hosted events, including a moderated Q&A with Josh Peck (“Drake and Josh”) and stand-up comedy with Retta (“Parks and Recreation”). “The concert and the Springfest week events are separate,” CUP President and senior music industry major Elie Lamazerolles said. “The theme of the week does not correlate with the concert acts – past Springfest week themes include NU.F.O (Space), NUpocolypse, The Husky Games (Olympics) – so we never attempt to coordinate them.” Although some may question the lack of connection between theme and performers, it does not discourage student traffic to CUPsponsored events throughout the week. Many students were drawn to the range of events CUP offered as part of Springfest. “I think CUP did a really great

job promoting Springfest this year,” Polhemus said. “Not just the concert on Saturday, but pretty much each event during the week was welladvertised, on Facebook especially. I was definitely more involved with the activities this year.” With high attendance at many of the Springfest events throughout the week, CUP is looking forward to developing programs for next year’s celebration. This Springfest concert was one of the few events that week that did not sell-out. “We manage Springfest the same way every year, and we always receive a positive response from the students who attend the concert,” Ross said. “This year was no different, and we expect similar feedback for next year’s event. We take the survey very seriously – we strive to give the students what they want.”

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Left: Jason Derulo, who sings the hit song “Talk Dirty,” headlined CUP’s annual Springfest concert in Matthews Arena. Bottom Right: The lead singer and founder of Awolnation, Aaron Bruno, closed the set with the band’s most popular song, “Sail.” Top Right: Ben Rutter, whose stage name is B-Roc, is one half of the electronic duo The Knocks.

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Best of NU restaurants and events revealed Best Of NU, From Page 1 out previous winners Boloco and Chicken Louâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. With a number of other Mexican food options in the area, including Ameliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Taqueria, Taco Bell and Boloco, Qdoba has competition. However, Qdoba stands out and has proven its worth to students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Qdobaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely the top burrito out of the triad â&#x20AC;Ś You know - Qdoba, Chipotle and Boloco,â&#x20AC;? Thomas Kolek, third-year health science major, said. Qdobaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menu consists of a number of burrito, taco, quesadilla, nacho and Mexican gumbo options. With cafeteria-style ordering, Qdoba allows hungry college students to customize their meals, picking from a variety of ingredients including chicken, ground beef, fajita veggies, rice, beans, salsa, sour cream and cheese. Plus, guacamole no longer costs extra. Qdoba is open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. and accepts both Dining and Husky Dollars. Best Restaurant Symphony Sushi, located on Gainsborough Street, offers students a fancier and more exotic dining option than many of the other locations near campus, while still being affordable. Fondly called â&#x20AC;&#x153;SymphSushâ&#x20AC;? by some, the restaurant raked in 37 percent of the categoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s votes, with Ginger Exchange and the new culinary addition to Huntington Avenue, Ameliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Taqueria, coming in second and third. The restaurant boasts a variety of sushi and sashimi rolls, house entrĂŠes, noodle dishes, tempura specials and appetizers. Symphony Sushi also has a large selection of red, white and pink wines, several beer options including Japanese beers and sake. Symphony Sushi is open from 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 12:30 to 10 p.m. on Sunday, and welcomes guests to either stay and enjoy the cozy atmosphere or take their food to go.

Best Campus Bar Conor Larkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grill and Tap once again won the title of best campus bar, claiming 80 percent of the votes and easily beating out Our House East and Punterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub. This quintessential college dive bar is located at 329 Huntington Ave. Being so close to Krentzman Quad, it is perfectly located for students to pop in for a drink after class or work. Its popularity is evident from the line frequently extending out its doors, but many students are more than willing to wait. With $3 house ale on tap in addition to its shot of the week, shot ski and dog bowls, it serves all your alcohol needs while not blowing your budget. Conorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also offers a wide selection of burgers, sandwiches, appetizers and even breakfast foods. The pub has a series of weekly events including Tuesday night trivia nights and weekend â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kegs and Eggsâ&#x20AC;? brunch. Additionally, every week night there is a happy hour from 3 - 6 p.m. with pub grub specials for just $5. Conorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even accepts Husky and Dining Dollars. Best Celebrity Appearance As part of the yearly Homecoming festivities, actor Kevin Spacey spoke to a sold-out Matthews Arena in November. While he is best known for his role in â&#x20AC;&#x153;House of Cards,â&#x20AC;? Spacey got his start on Broadwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Long Dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Journey Into Nightâ&#x20AC;? and has since starred in several films including â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Beautyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Usual Suspects.â&#x20AC;? The theme throughout his talk was risk-taking as a path to success. He began by talking about how he got his start in acting â&#x20AC;&#x201C; by stealing an invitation to a cocktail party out of sleeping ladyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purse and while at the party convincing director Jonathan Miller to let him audition for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Long Dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Journey Into Night.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a surreal experience to see him at Matthews,â&#x20AC;? Janine Eduljee, a sophomore journalism major, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been watching his films since I was a kid, so to hear him speak

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Pre-marathon carbo-load at the South Street Diner Sunday, April 19 Preparing for Monday’s marathon event? Head over to the South Street Diner to fuel up with its annual all-you-can-eat pancake phenomenon. As Boston’s only 24-hour, seven-day-aweek diner, the South Street Diner has been featured in many movies including the Kevin Spacey film “21.” Formerly Blue Diner, the restaurant will offer this spectacular deal for only a few hours, so be sure to add this to your list of must-dos for the weekend and fill up on your choice of chocolate chip, blueberry or banana pancakes. 178 Kneeland Street; 2 - 10 p.m.; $6.

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Thursday, April 16

Le Laboratoire Cambridge is opening its new sensory art experience. “MEMORY: Witness of the Unimaginable” will explore the relationships between memory, scent and sound through the ritual use of music and perfume. Composer Dániel Péter Biró and master perfumer Christophe Laudamiel have worked closely with the founders of Le Laboratoire Cambridge to create this stunning public exhibit. 650 Kendall Street, Cambridge; noon - 9 p.m.; free.

Friday, April 17

Nave Gallery Annex is holding an opening reception for its new exhibit, “The Birds and the Bees.” The exhibit will explore both the literal insects and animals, as well as the metaphors surrounding their encounter. The exhibit, curated by artist Annie Silverman, will include technical botanic illustrations, intricate beehive patterns and all the vibrant colors of spring. Drop in to the annex, take a gander and meet some of the talented contributing artists. 53 Chester Street, Somerville; 6 8 p.m.; free.

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This weekend, students of the Boston Conservatory will perform works by famous choreographers under the direction of Cathy Young at the Boston Conservatory Theater. The event, Limitless, will feature “Battlefield” by the artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Robert Battle; “Swing Concerto” by Danny Buraczeski; “To Have and To Hold” by Shapiro and Smith; and the premiere of Darrell Moultri’s new work. The performers will be accompanied by music students from the school. 31 Hemenway Street; 2 - 4 p.m.; $2530.

Celebrate Marathon Monday away from the crowds at the Brattle Theatre. The theatre will host a triple feature event of everyone’s favorite puppets, the Muppets. It includes the original, “The Muppet Movie,” “The Great Muppet Caper” and “The Muppets Take Manhattan.” This event will wrap up a weekend of celebratory double feature and sing-along events. 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge; noon - 6 p.m.; $15.

Up for a little dancing? Every Tuesday night, the Milky Way Lounge, just steps from the Stony Brook T stop, becomes the Dirty Water Saloon for an evening of dance. The night begins with a Two-Step lesson, followed by some simple line dancing instruction, and closes with a free-for-all dancing extravaganza. The night includes popular country and pop music as well as some classic hits, and everyone from beginner to expert is welcome. No partner necessary, just bring your own two feet. 284 Amory Street, Jamaica Plain; 7 - 10 p.m.; $10.

The 2015 Independent Film Festival of Boston kicks off with the premiere of James Ponsoldt’s film, “The End of the Tour.” Starring Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg, the film follows a multiday interview between David Foster Wallace and Rolling Stone’s David Lipsky, adapted from Lipsky’s book “Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself.” The film will play at the Somerville Theater. 55 Davis Square, Somerville; 7:30 9:30 p.m.; $19.

Gaming debate explained Deterding, From Page 7 said. “More people play, different audiences play … elements of games are used for all kinds of purposes besides entertainment, and because these uses and audiences change, what games themselves are change. Now, as they are becoming pervasive, they are becoming socially relevant and that means that all kinds of people and organizations want to influence them.” The co-editors approached the overwhelmingly broad topic on a whiteboard, listing the many different perspectives so they could look at the big picture of the debate. Then, they worked to pinpoint authors they knew of who would be well-suited to tackle each different topic. With 40 different pieces and over 50 authors, “The Gameful World” covers a wide variety of issues related to game design and gamification, which it details in three sections: approaches, such as neoclassical economics or behavioral economics; issues, such as data protection and privacy; and applications, such as education, art or business. According to Deterding, a great deal of “invisible work” went

into compiling the pieces, getting authors to meet their deadlines and editing. The whole process took about three years from when the pair came up with the idea for the book to its publication. Deterding joined the Northeastern faculty as an assistant professor of game design in the College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) last September and taught his first classes this semester. “My research focus is gameful and playful design,” Deterding said. “How can you apply learning from games and toys in other areas to motivate and engage people? Also the other way around: what can we take from motivational psychology to make games more fun and engaging? So, that is what the seminars I develop here are about, playful design [and] motivational design.” With its wide variety of topics, Deterding thinks that “The Gameful World” will work well in the classroom setting and plans to use passages from it in his own classes. Now that his book is finally published, Deterding is working on a project with Gillian Smith, an assistant professor of game design, and Seth Cooper, an assistant

professor of computer science. The team is developing ways to improve citizen science games, in which volunteers contribute to scientific discovery in a gamified way. For example, “Fold It” challenges users to determine the structure of complex proteins, and “Galaxy Zoo” is a tool to classify galaxies – the goal is ultimately to benefit science, but users enjoy the experience along the way. “In an entertainment game, it is usually pretty easy to add a difficulty curve, so things get progressively more difficult as your skill level improves; it is one of the cornerstones of good design,” Deterding said. “But with citizen science games, you can’t do that … We are working on finding a way of detecting how easy or difficult a task is and organizing them in a way that they match the current skill of the different players to make that more enjoyable.” Although “The Gameful World” was just published, Deterding is already working on his next book, a significantly shorter work called “Creating Gameful Experiences.” “This book is way overdue since [“The Gameful World”] took so long, so I am looking forward to it,” he said.

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10 things nursing school can’t teach No page in a textbook could teach me about resilience – about how daunting life after the hospital can be for some patients, about loss and the space in your heart that will always hold grief. Nursing school teaches you skills, technique and medical knowledge through the buffer of a lab, a PowerPoint presentation or a mannequin, while work will teach you how to care and infuse technique with empathy, mastery with kindness, competency with advocacy. 1. Nothing takes the pain away quite like holding a loved one’s hand. When you’re inserting a peripheral IV into a pediatric infusion patient, things will go a lot more smoothly if his or her mother is by their side. If a patient is in a scary new environment, having a familiar face to look at by their bedside will soothe nerves and relieve tension. Right before a procedure or right before death, if loved ones can surround the patient, it will make the transition all the better. 2. Everyone’s “normal” or “baseline” is different. Your atrial fibrillation patient won’t have a normal heart rate during your whole shift. The hypotensive old lady is not going to change overnight. Don’t swear by parameters because all bodies are different and what feels normal may not be clinically normal. Learn what’s abnormal for them. 3. Never turn your back on a patient with severe mental illness. My eyes left a bipolar patient for less than a minute. She dashed for the exit and before I knew it, security was restraining her in the elevator. For your own safety, as well as theirs, protect your physical space and don’t let a mentally vulnerable patient out of your sight. Develop a comfort zone and boundaries and maintain them with all patients. 4. The art of small-talk is the ultimate therapeutic intervention. Ask them where they’re from. What do they do for a living? Who do they live with at home? When you’re inserting the Foley catheter or drawing blood from the central line, find out Angelica Recierdo what gets them going. Shift their mind to what The Annotated Muse they love so that any perceived discomfort or pain is relieved for a passing time. 5. “Meet them where they’re at.” You will meet a lot of “repeat offenders” and “frequent flyers” in your practice. Be patient and headstrong. They have to ultimately want to take responsibility and want to change. You just have to be there to support them each time. 6. People are a lot more agreeable after some sleep and food. It’s 6 a.m. If you were sick and without your usual home routine, would you want to get out of bed? Make negotiations like promising to start the day after 30 more minutes of sleep or after a bite to eat. Pace yourself with the to-do list for each patient. 7. Death is not just the absence of a pulse. Life outside hospital walls means purpose and independence. Life can also mean sustaining machines. You will see that people can be “dead” for weeks or months. Have dignity and respect for every phase and transition. When there is nothing more to do medically, promote peace and comfort, especially to grieving family members. 8. Have your co-workers’ backs. Check on each other’s work. Cover each other during breaks. Thank them for lending an extra hand. You will see these people at every hour and they will be the ones you go to with laughs, questions, sorrows and praise. Take care of each other. 9. How to wake up thankful. Everything your body does on its own without you having to think about it is a blessing. Every day you wake up without pain or ailment is a good day. 10. Take care of yourself before you take care of others. A 12-hour shift will not go smoothly without proper rest beforehand and nourishment. Keep yourself hydrated and bring snacks on the job. Treat your body like a temple so that you may be a role model and healing figure for others. -Angelica Recierdo can be reached at Inside@HuntNewsNU.com.

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Three super tiebreaks needed for 15th place By Jessica Geller Sports Editor

Down six games in the final match of the 2015 United States Tennis Association (USTA) Tennis on Campus National Championship against the University of Miami, winning was at the hands of the Northeastern club tennis mixed doubles team. Sophomore Isabella MozdzierzMonico and senior Adam Gerger won 6-2, but NU was still down two games in the overall team score. Since the pair won its match, sudden death ensued. Mozdzierz-Monico and Gerger continued to win games to close the gap and tie the overall number of games at 23. The Huskies played super tiebreaker, a special tie breaker for when the game score is tied after mixed doubles play, and walked away with a 15th-place win. “This is the best that NU has ever done,” senior women’s club tennis President Casey Geddes said. “In previous years, we placed in the 30s, so we were really happy with our performance.” Nationals were in North Carolina April 9-12. Ten Huskies competed with the mindset of wanting to win all three pool-play games to advance to the Gold Bracket, a feat the team had never pulled off, Geddes said. The first opponent was the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn). Facing adversity early on, Geddes’ vocal cord spasmed and she was taken to the hospital. She was released several hours later and had to sit out for the remainder of pool play. Geddes returned later in the tournament. Junior Katie Gilligan jumped in mid-match against the UPenn Quakers and played the remainder of pool play. To beat the Quakers, the Huskies’ mixed doubles team played its first super tiebreak of the tournament. NU won 26-25. The Huskies’ next competition was Indiana University, a team that NU beat 27-19. “Everyone was on a roll from the morning [and] really excited,” Geddes said. “Everyone came in hitting well and we won pretty easily.” Postponed from Thursday due to rain, NU faced the University of Central Florida early Friday morning. Geddes and her team knew they had to win the match in order to win their pool. Once again, going into the mixed doubles match, NU was down in the team score. The mixed doubles team won via a super tiebreak, rallying back three times to close out the match for the team win. The Gold Bracket and the Huskies were in business. The team lost to the University of Georgia, dropping down to the bottom half of the bracket to play for ninth through 16th places. “We went into the Gold Bracket

with the mentality of ‘one game at a time,’” Geddes said. “After playing Georgia, we reset our minds in terms of having to bring our best to every single match. We were very excited after winning [pool play] and I think we let it take over a little bit.” NU lost its next two matches to the California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo and the University of California Irvine. The last and final opponent, Miami, was next. “We reset our heads for the last match and said ‘let’s win our last one here at nationals,’” Geddes said. “Everyone was playing [for the seniors], playing for themselves and trying to get one last win in.” NU beat Miami by a score of 24-23, once again relying on the mixed doubles team to come from behind and win game-after-game to take the lead. In October, the Huskies earned an automatic bid to Nationals as the New England Sectional Champions. This also gave NU a spot in the Spring Invitational – known as Nationals B by NU and most colleges – which is in Tucson, Ariz. this weekend. This tournament gives the next-best players a chance to travel and have fun at a far-away tournament, as the travel team is usually just the top-five players, Jack Lebel, junior men’s club president, said. “I’m really excited to be playing in this tournament as a senior [and] end on such a great note,” senior Mollye Lipton said. Lipton has played on the club tennis team four of her five years at Northeastern. Club tennis is officially two teams of 27 women and 27 men. However, members attend, at minimum, one co-ed practice and one women’s- or men’s-only practice a week in Weymouth. Geddes and Lebel run the practices that focus on match play and skills training. On the Tennis on Campus nationals webpage, each school has a short “meet the team” section. NU was asked “If a local newspaper was to write a story about your team, what is the one thing you’d want to make sure they included?” The News asked Geddes for the answer to the question. “Midnight Madness is a charity tournament that Northeastern puts on,” Geddes said. “The tagline is ‘serving the community all night long.’ We play tennis all night long in a competitive and fun atmosphere to raise money for local nonprofits that are providing tennis lessons free of cost, or of very minimal cost, to individuals who financially would not be able to afford to learn the game of tennis.” In its sixth year, 66 tennis players from New England participated two weeks ago, including

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NU women’s club tennis President Casey Geddes gets ready to serve at the 2015 USTA Tennis on Campus National Championship. The team placed 15th at the tournament held in North Carolina April 9-12. 38 NU club tennis members. Mid- nis, maybe Division I tennis, and USTA website. As president, Gednight Madness is an integral part make their national championship.” des has worked to make the Huskies of club tennis because it brings Club tennis is a team sport – sub- a team off the court so that they can the team together for something stitutions add more strategy to the be a team when they hit the ball. bigger, according to Geddes. game that doesn’t appear outside “The game of tennis has taught “By raising money to be able of club tennis. The USTA Tennis us things beyond the court,” Gedto support these programs, we on Campus program allows play- des said. “We take what we learn can have these kids play,” Lebel ers to sub into a match because on the court – discipline, detersaid. “Hopefully one day they will the focus is on the team, not an in- mination, perseverance – and apbe in college, playing club ten- dividual player, according to the ply it to other areas of our life.”

Hockey will play in Belfast By Bailey Putnam Deputy Sports Editor

The Northeastern men’s hockey team may have had a disappointing end to its season this year, but the Huskies have much to look forward to in the upcoming season. Two announcements made in the last week may ease the pain for players and Husky faithful alike: star junior forward Kevin Roy will be returning to play next year for his senior season, and NU was selected as one of four teams to play in Belfast, Northern Ireland next year as a part of “The Friendship Four.” Roy, who was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in 2012, led the Huskies in scoring this year with 19 goals and 25 assists for 44 total points. His performance this season earned him a spot on the Canada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd Second Team All-American list.

The 5-foot 10-inch forward from Lac-Beauport, Quebec reached his 100th career point halfway through the season and then surged past that mark, notching 124 by the end. His brother, redshirt sophomore goaltender Derick Roy, will have a larger role to play on the team this year, as senior goalie Clay Witt is graduating. The opportunity to play with his brother again was another contributing factor to his decision to stay, according to Kevin. “That’s a big part too,” Kevin Roy said. “I think he’s ready for the whole thing. Him having a bigger role was an extra of coming back and helping him have success. It’s all about the team and helping get over that hump. We’ve been close, and we just have to get over that little hump that’s going to get us the success we need, and I think next year we have a good chance of accomplishing that.” In addition to having the opportu-

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Junior forward Kevin Roy, 15, and the men’s hockey team will play in Belfast, Northern Ireland for the Belpot Trophy in November.

nity to improve in the US next year, the hockey team will play overseas. The announcement, made during the the first round of the Frozen Four at the TD Garden by Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Councillor Arder Carson, Lord Mayor of Belfast, was that NU, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Brown University and Colgate University will compete for the Belpot Trophy November 27-28, 2015. “During my time in Ireland, I saw firsthand how sports, and hockey in particular, play an incredible role in bridging communities,” Walsh, who signed a sister-city agreement with Belfast last September, said at the press conference. “I am thrilled to announce the first tournament for the Belpot Trophy this fall.” The game held at Belfast Giants/Odyssey Arena will mark the first time an NU hockey team has played overseas. “We could not be more excited to be a part of this first-of-its-kind event,” Peter Roby, director of athletics and recreation, said in a Northeastern Athletics press release on April 10. “On behalf of the Northeastern community, I’d like to thank Councillor Carson, Mayor Walsh, Steve Thornton, Shane Johnson and everyone involved in making this a reality. At Northeastern, we want to create memorable experiences for our student athletes, and this event is consistent with that desire ... I can’t wait to see our team make the most of this experience, both on and off the ice.” Since Kevin Roy will remain at NU, he will have the opportunity to play abroad in a Husky uniform. “Education has always been important for my family and myself,” Roy said. “I just thought at this point, where I am right now, it’d be hard to pass on the degree. I just thought the degree was the most important thing to get. I think we have a really good team and we can accomplish a lot, and I’m just happy that I can be back to help the team succeed.”

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The women’s rowing team beat Columbia and Duke Universities for the Woodbury Cup on Saturday. By Giovanni Gray News Correspondent

The Woodbury Cup resides at Henderson Boathouse for the first time in three years after the Northeastern women’s rowing team swept Duke and Columbia Universities in New Jersey on Saturday to win the meet. The Huskies’ varsity eight boat took first by topping the Columbia Lions by four seconds, posting a time of 6:40.5. The first varsity four crew also topped the Lions by three seconds in the 2,000-meter race, posting a time of 7:30.2. Both the second varsity eight and second varsity four crews earned first-place finishes, with times of 6:48.4 and 7:40.9, respectively. “The varsity eight had a great beginning,” senior Chelsea Brown said. “The first 500 meters were

good, but Columbia definitely challenged us in the third 500.” While Columbia never passed NU, the Lions managed to close the gap. “Our second varsity four boat started the day on a good note,” Brown said. “They kind of just set the tone for the rest of the day.” The Huskies finally caught a break in the weather after an offseason plagued by snow and a race that ended early last week as a result of poor water conditions. NU managed to take back the Woodbury Cup, which has eluded the team for the past two seasons, from Columbia. The Huskies are 16-8 alltime against the Lions. Duke was a newcomer to the race this season, as it is usually a contest just between the Huskies and Lions. This weekend, the Huskies are back in Boston, competing against

local rivals Boston University (BU) and the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst, while also squaring off against Brown University. The BU crew is fresh off of a weekend in which it was swept by No. 9 Yale University, while Brown is coming off of a second-place tie at last weekend’s Lake Natoma Invitational in Sacramento, Calif. “We’re really happy we won, but Brown is ranked No. 3 [in the country], so they’re going to be a bigger fight,” Brown said. “We started this week off with the mentality that we’re facing the top dog.” The Huskies are just a few weeks from both the Eastern Sprints rowing championships and the Colonial Athletic Association championship, in which the Huskies will be competing for a berth in the national championship.

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With the NBA regular season coming to an end and the playoffs growing near, one last thing has yet to be decided: who should and will win the NBA’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. It seems the public has come to a general consensus that it belongs to Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, but I’m going to make arguments for other players. In no way do I mean to discredit what Curry has done this season – he has had an outstanding season and deserves to be in the conversation as much as any other player. He is the best player on this year’s best team. Golden State has run through the regular season and clinched the league’s best record at 66-15. Curry is sixth in the league in both points and assists per game, while also sitting out at the ends of most games due to his team’s large leads. He also once again broke the record for most 3-point field goals made in a single season. My only argument against Curry is that he is also surrounded by more good players than most of the other guys worth considering. His teammate guard Klay Thompson was an All-Star this season, and there were other players who would’ve received more attention as top players had they been on other teams. The boring pick is Cavaliers forward LeBron James. The guy has too many MVP awards as it is and fans are just ready to move on to the next thing. How can he be overlooked, though? He is averaging 25 points, seven assists and six rebounds per game. Cleveland is 50-19 when he’s played, and 2-10 without him. If that isn’t the definition of value to a team, then I don’t know what Michael Samaha Mike’s Hard Takes is. He is still the best player in the NBA and 95 percent of the league would still pick him to lead their team for this season. Every story line has already been written and played out with him, however, so nobody wants to hear or talk about him anymore. Other players who deserve to be mentioned in the MVP race are Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook, Clippers guard Chris Paul and Pelicans forward Anthony Davis. Westbrook has been an absolute monster on the court since returning from injury and being forced to carry a lackluster Thunder roster – former MVP forward Kevin Durant was gone for the majority of the season. It’s just too hard to pick a guy whose team is struggling to even make the playoffs. Paul kept the Clippers afloat atop the Western Conference standings, even when fellow superstar forward Blake Griffin was missing a plethora of games, something that is not easy to do in such a strong conference with such a weak roster. I mention Davis more as an honorable mention – this guy has to get some love. When healthy, he looks like the guy starting the climb to a Hall of Fame career. Not only that, but he’s lead his team to a spot above Westbrook’s to make the playoffs in the Western Conference. He’s averaging more than 25 points, 10 rebounds and almost three blocks per game. There’s one player left who truly deserves the award: Houston Rockets guard James Harden. He is second in the league in scoring and second in assists and has single-handedly kept his team in the fight for home-court advantage in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. The Rockets have been without star center Dwight Howard for most of the season, and Harden picked up the slack and made sure his team didn’t skip a beat. He’s played as well as Curry, Harden and Westbrook – the only difference is that he has been the sole reason his team has been as good as they are, while keeping his team at the top of the league. No other player can say they’ve done that for their team. To me, that is the definition of valuable. Harden deserves to be named the NBA’s MVP. If not, it may be time to name the league’s first co-MVP to ensure he gets the recognition. -Michael Samaha can be reached at Sports@HuntNewsNU.com.

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in an email to The News. “We will continue to approach our racing this way and look to improve our ability to close in the second 1,000 meters and last 500 meters.” In the second varsity eight race, the Huskies took an early lead. Once again, BU inched up on NU as the teams rowed down the Charles, but this time Wortley and his boat were able to maintain control and finished in 6:13.00, .5 seconds before BU. The third varsity eight boat race was also in NU’s favor as they rowed the course in 6:20.00. BU crossed the line in 6:20.23. “NU and BU rowed a flat out, knock-down, drag-out battle on the water,” Pojednic said. “Credit to BU for being on the surge at the finish line on this particular day – we look forward to seeing them again at Sprints [on May 17].” The varsity four boat race gave the time keepers some breathing room. BU won in 7:02.5 and NU finished four seconds later. BU also entered two more boats in the varsity fours race. The 38th Arlett Cup was origi-

nally scheduled for Saturday morning, but was moved to early Sunday morning due to wind. “NU and BU were the most fortunate teams in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges last weekend,” Pojednic said. “Out of a sense of responsibility to our athletes, the coaching staffs worked together to move the races to Sunday so we’d have legitimate racing conditions – something we felt was important to the development of our teams … and the validity of the outcome of the race.” Athletes rowing in choppy water may not be able to compete to the best of their abilities, thereby skewing the results, Pojednic said. The men’s coach recognizes that besides improving on speed, the crew can work on becoming more cohesive. “More importantly, we are trying to empower the guys to cement what their identity is as a team this year,” Pojednic said. “I think they are on the right track, but there is a higher level of focused energy that the team has not yet tapped into.” NU travels to Providence to compete against Brown University for the Dreissigacker Cup on Saturday.

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Strikeouts help NU sweep conference team JMU double-play groundball on his next batter, however, saving the Huskies’ lead. The score would remain for the game’s conclusion, giving NU the chance for a series sweep. “Mike’s pitched great for us,” Glavine said. “Whenever he gives up a run, it’s almost surprising. He got a huge pitch on that double play ball. I’ve got to give all the credit to the two freshmen on that one. That ball was hit hard at Nolan [Lang] and he didn’t hesitate fielding it cleanly and made a great throw to Max [Burt]. That was the play of the game.” Both teams came out with a substantial increase in offensive production on Sunday. The Huskies weathered a strong start from the Dukes and finished strongly to complete the series on a 7-5 win. NU earned its second straight home series sweep with the victory. Although the Huskies committed four errors in the game, it was the Dukes who suffered from their mistakes. A balk from senior starter Derek Shifflett allowed NU to score the game’s first run in the bottom of the first. Despite the initial deficit, JMU was able to take its first lead of the series in the very next frame with three runs of its own off of NU junior starter James Mulry. Kicked off by a leadoff triple from freshman second baseman Kyle McPherson, JMU put five runners on base in the inning. Three walks from Mulry escalated the matter, putting the Huskies in a hole. Led by hitting from Foster, NU soon took control of the lead yet again with runs in three straight innings. Foster went 3-5 on the day with three runs and an RBI double in the fifth inning. Along with sophomore outfielder Pat Madigan and redshirt junior second baseman Keith Kelly, NU’s first three batters accounted for six of the team’s eight hits. The Huskies’ bullpen made quick work of the Dukes lineup. Senior reliever Isaac Lippert and Civale allowed one earned run on four hits over five innings. The lone run came in the eighth inning off the bat of JMU redshirt junior shortstop Kyle Weston. Lippert earned his third win of the season and Civale notched his fourth save. “We’re in the driver’s seat right now,” Berger said. “We’re playing pretty well in conference so

we’ve just got to keep that rolling. We’re in a good spot.” Hoping to ride a wave of momentum, NU traveled to Hamden, Conn. on Wednesday to take on Quinnipiac University. A lack of base hits proved to be the Huskies’ downfall, as only four batters made it on base and the Quinnipiac Bobcats cruised to a 5-1 victory. Quinnipiac freshman starter Charlie Murray set the tone from the beginning by retiring the game’s first three batters. Murray did not allow a hit from the Huskies until the top of the fifth inning. The Bobcats’ three pitchers that appeared on Wednesday allowed only one hit apiece and combined for eight strikeouts. The Huskies’ lone run came from a Hanley solo with two outs in the game’s final frame. NU started off just as strong defensively, but the Bobcats offense strung hits together off of freshman right-hander Brian Christian in the fourth inning. Junior center fielder Mike Palladino led things off with a double, scoring two batters later. A two-run home run from first baseman Vincent Guglietti signaled the end of Christian’s day after 3.1 innings. A second Quinnipiac home run in the bottom of the sixth inning gave the Bobcats a 5-0 advantage, one from which the Huskies could not recover. Hanley’s home run saved Northeastern from a shutout, but could not spur a ninth-inning rally, as NU dropped its fourth straight road game. The Huskies return home this weekend, hoping to continue their success at Friedman Diamond with a three-game series against the New York Institute of Technology.

Sophomore pitcher Dustin Hunt struck out eight James Madison University batters in seven innings of work on Saturday at Friedman Diamond.

An RBI double from redshirt junior shortstop Michael Foster scored freshman second baseman Maxwell Burt from first base in the bottom of the eighth, giving NU just enough support to sneak away with the win. “Foster’s got a big bat and he came through big time,” Glavine said. “Give Max credit for running the bases hard and scoring from first – it turned out to be all we needed.” The pitchers came through again for Saturday’s matinee. The Huskies only managed four hits over the course of the game, but the home team found enough success in the bottom of the second to hold JMU in a 3-2 win. NU sophomore starter Dustin Hunt added to his team-leading strikeout total with eight more in a seven-inning effort. Through nine starts, his total currently sits at 51. Between the third and seventh innings, Hunt found his rhythm and retired 12 straight batters. “The guys feed off of him,” Glavine said. “He throws hard and his breaking ball is coming along well. He’s competitive and holds runners well. He’s just a really good pitcher and usually every time he pitches, we’re in the game.” NU made the most out of its minimal hitting on a windy Saturday with a three-run second inning. The effort was jumpstarted by a single from sophomore third baseman Cam Hanley; redshirt junior catcher Josh Treff knocked him in the next at-bat with an RBI double. A total of five Husky batters reached base in the frame off of three hits and two errors. “We’ve just been trying to string hits together,” Treff said in reference to Saturday’s scoring. “I came up in a spot and was able to get something going for the team. The coaches put some steals on to put pressure on the team and it worked out for us well.” JMU refused to go quietly. With only three runs to make up, the Dukes remained poised at the plate, and responded to the Huskies production in the second with a run of their own in the third. The run came off of a throwing error from Burt. Five innings later, JMU had another threatening inning. With three singles in its first four at-bats, the visiting team found itself down only 3-2, with runners on first and third. NU redshirt sophomore reliever Mike Fitzgerald forced a

crossing the line in 48.20 seconds. The Huskies’ swept the podium in the 110-meter hurdles, led by freshman hurdler Jordan Samuels’ 14.82 seconds. Lane placed second, finishing in 14.84 seconds and was followed by freshman Matthew Richards’ 15.64-second sprint. Freshman Nick Fofana added a fourth-place finish at 15.86 seconds. The 400-meter hurdles included more of the same, as sophomore hurdler Anthony Pavlich took first in 55.24 seconds and freshman hurdler Peter Katsarakes took second in 56.20. Director of Track and Field Cathrine Erickson was proud of her sprinters’ performance. “We are progressing very well,” she said in an email to The News. NU had two wins in the distance events, with senior distance runner Stephen Sollowin taking the 1,500-meter run in 3:59.18 and junior distance runner Zachary Krause winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:42.91. The NU 4x100-meter relay team also racked up a first-place finish to add to the team total. The relay team of sophomore sprinter Kyle Darrow, Henry, Wilson and Lane passed the baton in a time of 42.12 seconds. The Huskies did not let up in the field events, led by Darrow in the long jump. Darrow leapt 7.72 meters, a personal best, to beat the field by nearly a whole meter. For his jump, Darrow earned his second Colo-

nial Athletic Association (CAA) Field Athlete of the Week nod. He previously earned the accolade in March. Samuels took home second in the event with a 6.74-meter leap. Sophomore jumper Chris Manning took first in the high jump at 1.86 meters. The throwers added two firstplace finishes to conclude the scoring. Freshman Robert Alder won the discus with a fling of 45.05 meters and freshman Connor Fugere won the hammer throw with a toss of 49.92 meters. Although the men dominated, Erickson noted that the team is still “working on the little things.” The women compiled six second-place finishes to go with two first-place victories. Sophomore hurdler Betsy Garnick nearly won the 100-meter hurdles, placing second in 14.83 seconds. Stonehill’s junior Jeana Esernio ran the distance in 14.76 seconds for first place. Junior vaulter Jacilyn Briggs continued her strong campaign, winning the pole vault by clearing the bar at 3.67 meters. The throwers again provided a spark for the women, led by junior Jenna Serunian. Serunian won the discus, throwing 39.71 meters. She also took third in the shot put at 12.12 meters and third in the hammer throw in 40.62 meters. Fellow thrower junior Alexandra Rose placed second in the hammer throw at 44.62 me-

ters and added a fifth-place showing in the shot put at 11.83 meters. Erickson was proud of the strides her team has taken over the past few weeks. “Overall, we are continuing to work toward achieving our goals in

the championship season,” she said. NU is currently in Worcester, finishing the two-day meet against the College of Holy Cross. The Huskies travel to Princeton, N.J. for the Larry Ellis Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

By Ethan Schroeder News Staff

The Northeastern baseball team enjoyed a wealth of success at Friedman Diamond this past weekend, sweeping James Madison University (JMU) to improve to 6-3 at home on the season. Having lost six of its last seven games going into the series, the Huskies (14-21) were looking for a strong pivot against the Dukes. Senior pitcher Nick Berger started NU’s first home games of April strongly. He took the mound Friday and shutting out the Dukes in eight innings of work en route to a 1-0 victory. Paired with sophomore closer Aaron Civale, Berger earned his second combined shutout of the season in the win. Berger struck out five and allowed only seven hits; not one JMU hitter advanced to third base at any point in the game. Ky Parrott, JMU’s sophomore designated hitter leading the team with

a .310 batting average, was struck out four times by Berger on Friday. “I was able to get ahead of [Parrott], and then make my pitches and have him go after those late in the count,” Berger said. “When you’re working ahead in the count, you’re in control and that helps a lot.” The 6-foot 2-inch hurler from Cormack, N.Y. earned his second Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Pitcher of the Week honor for his performance on Friday. “Offensively, we couldn’t get anything going, and for [Berger] to pitch the way he did and keep us in the game the whole way and keep putting up zeros – he was awesome,” Head Coach Mike Glavine said. While Berger got the win, JMU redshirt junior starter Aaron Hoover also pitched well in eight innings on the mound. Hoover struck out five and allowed only one earned run. Unfortunately for the Dukes, one run is all it would take with Berger and Civale pitching for the Huskies.

Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

CAA BASEBALL CAA

Overall

Charleston

11-1

25-8

UNCW

8-1

25-8

Elon

7-5

16-18

Northeastern

7-5

14-21

William & Mary

6-6

15-19

Towson

4-8

10-23-2

Delaware

3-6

14-12

Hofstra

3-9

13-19

James Madison

2-10

12-21

Men win Minuteman Invitational by landslide By David Konowitch News Correspondent

Over 150 points separated first and second place on the men’s side at the Minuteman Invitational on Saturday. The men’s track and field team dominated en route to a first-place showing, compiling 242 points at the event hosted by the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. UMass came in second with 91 points. The Huskies took home 12 first-place finishes to boost their scoring. The women’s track and field team finished second by a narrow margin behind Boston College (BC), scoring 147 points, three less than BC’s 150 points. The women secured two top finishes to help their cause. The men’s scoring was greatly increased by the performance of the sprinters, who took the top spot in five sprint events. Sophomore sprinter Kwame Fordwor opened scoring with a win in the 100-meter dash in 10.83 seconds, edging out teammate graduate student Damani Wilson, who finished second in 10.86 seconds. The 200-meter dash was even closer as junior sprinter Donovan Henry finished 0.003 seconds ahead of Fordwor. Both officially clocked times of 21.96 seconds, but Henry won by official scoring. Senior Jared Lane finished third in 22.25 seconds to complete the Husky sweep. Henry recorded his second win of the day in the 400-meter dash,

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NU sophomore Kwame Fordwor running at the 2014 CAA Championships. Fordwor placed first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.83 at the Minuteman Invitational on Saturday, hosted by UMass Amherst.