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Thousands rally on Boston Common Clinton Day after Trump’s election, demonstrators express fear and anger defeat shocks Huskies By Hugh Shirley & Olivia Arnold News sTaff
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Thousands of demonstrators rallied on Boston Common Nov. 10 after Donald J. Trump was elected president, chanting “Not my President!” By Alex Eng & Alejandro Serrano News sTaff
“Not my President” shouted thousands of protesters throughout downtown Boston Wednesday night at a demonstration opposing
the presidential election of Republican Donald J. Trump. Protesters marched to the Massachusetts State House and Copley Square from the Parkman Bandstand in the Boston Common, blocking off streets. The demon-
stration was organized by Boston Socialist Alternative, Boston Socialist Students and Boston Movement for the 99%. “I do not feel safe right now,” said Sabrina Barroso, a Bostonbased activist for immigrant edu-
cation and rights. “I did not go out and vote for this to happen. I love my country, and I expect my country to love me, too. Trump has perpetuated the idea that it is okay to harass people that don’t look like Trump, page 6
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Student removes protest banner By Ryan Grewal News sTaff
Players drench head coach Ashley Phillips with water to celebrate winning the CAA championship.
many members of the Northeastern community after the victory By Catherine Lindsay of Republican Donald J. Trump in the 2016 presidential election. After a late Tuesday night of waiting for electoral votes to come in and watching the states turn red in Trump’s favor, many Northeastern students and faculty expressed feelingsByofNaomi disbelief and disapStapleton pointment after Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s loss. “I am deeply disheartened, disappointed and discouraged,” said Megan Larson, an undeclared freshman. “I feel like I just don’t understand how people don’t care about the racist and misogynist rhetoric that Trump based his campaign on. I just don’t understand how people don’t care and how that did not make a difference.” There were some students, however, who said they were pleased with a Trump presidency. “I am personally very happy about the election results. I was a personal supporter of President Trump,” said Joe Frissora, president of the Northeastern College
A Northeastern student said the university intimidated her into taking down a banner that she hung outside the window of her West Village A North residence that was critical of the university’s handling of campus sexual assaults. On Monday morning, Mackenzie Coleman, a third-year bioengineering major, put up an approximately six-foot long white sign that read in black, capitalized letters, “Northeastern protects rapists.” Later that afternoon, Coleman said that after facing pressure from the Northeastern University Housing & Residential Life staff throughout the day, she
took down the sign around 7 p.m. “Basically, I was intimidated to take it down,” Coleman said. “I was honestly tired and didn’t want to deal with it anymore, so I took it down.” Northeastern spokesperson Matthew McDonald said in an email to The News that Coleman was not asked to remove the banner because of its critical nature toward the university, but because she lacked permission to hang a sign. “The student was asked to remove the sign, regardless of its content, because she had no prior approval,” McDonald said. Coleman said she hung the banner in response to a recent lawsuit colemaN, page 3
Women’s soccer wins CAA By Patrick Burgard News sTaff
The Northeastern women’s soccer team won its third Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) championship in four years on Sunday and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the fourth time since 2008.
Led by the offensive play of sophomore forward Hannah Rosenblatt and rock solid defensive play, the No. 1 Huskies knocked out the College of William & Mary the No. 2 seed Drexel University 3-0 on Sunday to clinch the title. “These guys worked so hard
for this,” said head coach Ashley Phillips after receiving the trophy Sunday. “Last year we didn’t do so well, and I think they remembered that. That’s what competitors do, they learn from mistakes and hardships. They haven’t changed champioNs, page 12
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Mackenzie Coleman hung a sign Monday morning outside of West Village A.