The Huntington News February 13, 2020
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BEANPOT 2020 N U TA K E S B O T H T R O P H I E S F O R F I R S T T I M E S I N C E 19 8 8 By George Barker | Sports Editor
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FEB 10 : M EN ’ S FI NAL Huskies win in double OT, complete first ever NU Beanpot three-peat It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. In a tale of two NU teams and two BU teams, the No. 12 Northeastern men’s hockey team pulled off a miraculous four-goal second period to come back from a dismal first stanza and secure their seventh Beanpot title and first three-peat in program history, 5-4 in double overtime. There are few games over the course of the season where there are more eyes on the Huskies than the Beanpot final, this year even more so, with over 17,800 fans representing the highest attendance in Beanpot history. Anyone watching couldn’t possibly have been disappointed, as the game was riveting from start to finish with constant swings. Momentum sat squarely with BU for the first period, NU for the second, BU for the third and overtime No. 1, but NU with the second overtime period and the game-winner. “I thought it was a great hockey game. They pushed, we pushed, they pushed back. Back and forth chances,” said NU head coach Jim Madigan, who has now won six Beanpots, three as a player, three as a coach. “From my end, it was a great Beanpot game. I’ve been involved in a MEN’S HOCKEY, on Page 6
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Photo courtesy Brian Bae, Red and Black Grant Jozefek raises the storied Beanpot as his teammates look on.
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F E B 11 : W O M E N ’ S F I N A L FINAL SCORES MEN WIN
5-4
B E A N P OT MV P : Zach Solow for his excellent net-front presence on the tourney-winner, two goals and one assist WOMEN WIN
4-3
B E A N P OT MV P : Chloé Aurard for her three goals (two in the final) and three assists
Photo by Kelly Chan Alina Mueller launches the puck during the final. She had a goal and three assists in the tournament.
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Drought ends: NU wins record 17th Beanpot with MacInnis double OT winner Each Northeastern and Boston University women’s hockey match this year has been tight-checked, ending 2-1, 2-0 and 2-1 in NU’s favor. This game was no different, besides the fact that it was a double overtime Beanpot final, with NU heading home from Walter Brown Arena with Beanpot glory by virtue of a close win at a final score of 4-3. “An unbelievable hockey game from start to finish. Both teams battled, extremely exciting, up and down, fast paced and obviously the crowd was awesome. What an atmosphere,” said NU head coach Dave Flint. Tuesday night’s attendance: 1,790, a Women’s Beanpot record. Until it was over, there was no point that either team truly took grasp of this game. Each period ended close in the shot column. Each period ended tied. For the entire match, both teams were within one shot of the Beanpot title. That shot finally came over three hours after the puck first dropped, from junior defender Lauren MacInnis on the power play. “A ton of emotions ran through my head. We won, we won Beanpot. I saw my teammates cheering and I was WOMEN’S HOCKEY, on Page 7
Photo by Sarah Olender Senior forward and Massachusetts native John Picking ends his Beanpot career on a high note.
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Photo by Kelly Chan It took until the last moment, but senior captain Paige Capistran will graduate a Beanpot champion.
Performance clubs struggle with budget cuts, Blackman cost By Deanna Schwartz Campus Editor For the past few years, the Northeastern University Dance Company has held two shows every semester. This semester, however, they will only have one show. “We’re kind of in survival mode,” said Rachel Luccarelli, a third-year physical therapy major and co-president of The Northeastern Dance Company, commonly referred to as NUDANCO.
NUDANCO is not alone. For students in performing arts groups, it has become more difficult to host shows on campus because of Student Activity Fee budget cuts and a change in the cost to book Blackman Auditorium. The Student Activity Fee, also known as the SAF, is a $142 yearly fee that all Northeastern students pay, creating a fund of over $2 million. The SAF “provides support for student organizations, clubs and
entertainment events throughout the school year,” as written on the Student Financial Services website. The SAF breakdown is determined by the Student Government Association Finance Board, which allocates the money to clubs based on a variety of factors. SGA Comptroller David Hope said all student club budgets were cut across the board by about 25 percent for the 2020 fiscal year, or F20, which began July 1, 2019
and will end June 30. According to Hope, student groups requested $4.4 million in funding for F20 and the Finance Board granted a total of $2.5 million from the SAF. “New clubs join the SAF every year, but the student body does not significantly increase and therefore the SAF doesn’t increase in overall size year to year,” said Hope, a fifthyear biology major. One club heavily impacted by the budget cuts is the Ballroom Dance
Club. Treasurer Luke San Antonio Bialecki, a third-year computer science major, said their budget was cut from $17,150 in 2018-2019 to $11,000 this year. The main thing this impacted, he said, was their weekly lessons. Last year, the Ballroom Dance Club held two lessons taught by professional coaches every week: an intermediate and an advanced lesson. They can only afford one PERFORMING ARTS, on Page 2