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Northeastern falls in triple-overtime thriller By Matt MacCormack News staff
After spending most of last year near the top of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) standings, the Northeastern men’s basketball team Back-to-back home losses have the Huskies at the seventh spot in the The week began with a bang, as NU (12-9) was overpowered by Hofstra University in a thrilling bling the pain was the loss of redshirt senior Quincy Ford, who left the game late with an apparent neck injury and didn’t return for the next faded down the stretch of its second bout, going nearly ten minutes without hitting a shot and allowing the Tigers to snatch a 79-72 upset road win over the Ford-less Hus“Without Quincy, we’re a little shorthanded,” head coach Bill “Guys had to shift roles in a very Thursday’s matchup was the most highly-anticipated game of was picked as the preseason CAA favorite by many, and Pride senior point guard Juan’ya Green entered the game as the conference’s best Photo by Alesia Garret
The Huskies went down early, vid Walker (18 points, 13 assists) tying the game with a layup with
Two tit-for-tat overtime periods couldn’t separate the two squads, and the decisive moment came in
collected an offensive rebound, the Huskies trailed, 93-92, with ten
play to review a potential shotclock violation as Walker made a out stopped the play, and NU failed
to inbound the ball once action and turnover effectively ended the BasketBall, Page 12
Aaron Carter hits afterHOURS stage DePuty sPoRts eDitoR
A familiar voice to anyone in their late teens graced After“I’m gonna take you back to the ’90s,” 1990s teen-pop sensation
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Aaron Carter shouted to an audience packed with Northeastern students who grew up with his songs like “I Want Candy” and “That’s Carter headlined “Throwback Thursday,” an event hosted by NiNeties, Page 8
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The Boston Police Department (BPD) condemned the Northeastern University Police Department’s (NUPD)
NUPD guns prompt hearing ors Josh Zakim and Tito Jackson
ignore the experts and to deploy tactical weapons in our communi-
Two city councilors are calling for a hearing on Northeastern
not communicating with the surrounding area and the Boston Po-
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“Boston has the best police department in the country in large part because Commissioner Evans has led us away from militarized policing,” the councilors said in a letter to President Joseph
The open hearing is to discuss Northeastern’s handling of the situation and to “provide a forum for residents to air their concerns,” according to Kyndal Henicke, deputy chief of staff for
By Mack Hogan News staff
attention, even garnering air time
On campus, student-activist group Students Against InstituRifles, Page 8
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