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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE NORTHEASTERN COMMUNITY
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April 16, 2015
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.
By Jose Castillo News Correspondent
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.
Rowing loses by .13 seconds
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