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Tyler Kingkade

Barstool Sports Backlash: Students Protest Blackout Parties For Rape 'Joke'

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.28.2012

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Dave Portnoy doesn't think the college students protesting his website, Barstool Sports, misinterpreted his joke about a rape victim -- they just don'...

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Northeastern Scraps Planned Chick-Fil-A Franchise After Students Object To Chain's 'Anti-Gay' Support

Posted 02.29.2012

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Northeastern University may be the latest in a series of colleges to raise concerns over Chick-fil-A's reported support of "anti-gay" groups, but scho...

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Why Revealing Clothing Hurts Men, Too

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Shame, University of Maryland, Body Image, Northeastern University, Objectification of Women, Kurt Gray, Sex Study, Objectification, Women and Body Image, Gender, Yale, Women News

Mom tells us to dress conservatively if we want men to respect us for who we are on the proverbial inside. Women are also often told that showing too ...

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Hayley Miller

Top Harvard Official Rakes In $6.4 Million A Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Hayley Miller | Posted 11.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Top-level college executives are enjoying rising pay packages, often exceeding $1 million annually, even as students are facing ever-hig...

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Summer 2011 To Be Worst For Teen Jobs

Reuters | Posted 07.02.2011

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A record-low one in four U.S. teenagers will land a summer job in the coming months as a result of a still-poor job market and lost federal fundin...

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Social Animal? Part Of Your Brain May Be Larger Than Usual

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Do you spend time with a lot of friends? That might mean a particular part of your brain is larger than usual. It's the amygdala, wh...

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Recent Grad Asks For Help Repaying $200,000 In Loans

Posted 05.25.2011

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Currently, Northeastern alum Kelli Space, 23, is $200,000 in debt because of her student loans. She must pay federal student loan agency Sallie Mae $8...

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The College Football Fix

xxxDan Treadwayxxx | Posted 05.25.2011

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College football has only become more money-driven throughout its history, and with rising TV contracts and increased media coverage, this is not going to change. At some point a line needs to be drawn in the sand.

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Sporting a Conscience

Tom Matlack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Let's Get Moving, Northeastern University, Dan Lebowitz, Health Connection, Sport in Society, Sports News
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Tom Matlack sits down with the Executive Director of Northeastern University's Sports in Society program, Dan Lebowitz, to talk sports, social justice, and manhood.

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Colleges Cut Football To Save Money -- Is It Worth It?

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gone are the pigskins from Cal State-Northridge. Hofstra University's yardlines are no longer pocked with cleat marks. And Western Washington Universi...

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Change of Name for Jordan's Charlotte Bobcats

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rhode Island School of Design Nads, Southern Arkansas-Monticello Bollweevils, Scottsdale Community College, Michael Jordan, University of California-Santa Cruz, Washington Wizards, Devil Rays, Salt Lake City, Northeastern University, Charlotte Bobcats, Jazz, Whittier Poets, College Sports, Sports News
Roger I. Abrams

Cubs spend millions of dollars finding the right name under which to sell their entertainment to the public.

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Northeastern Football: University Athletics Program DROPS Football After 74 Years

Huffington Post/Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Northeastern football program will come to an end after 74 years, according to university officials today. The athletics program will drop the ...

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