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Researchers at Lindsay Northeastern By Catherine were awarded a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish S-POWER, a scholarship and mentorship program for transfer students from underrepresented minority backgrounds who want to study energy. S-POWER, which stands for By Naomi Stapleton Student Pathways Opening World year program that aims to address the historic lack of diversity in science, technology, engineering and
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Northeastern announced it will be launching a loan program designed to provide below-market interest rates for local businesses
owned by women and minorities at a press conference Tuesday morning. To implement this initiative, called Impact Lending Program, the university partnered with the Local Initiatives Support Corpora-
tion (LISC), which equips struggling communities with the capital, strategy and knowledge to help “We are very excited for this partnership with Northeastern,” said Kevin Bose, the LISC small
business president and CEO. “What we haven’t been able to do a lot of, historically, is help with small businesses directly and small businesses in the neighborhoods we care about, and this partnership Loan, Page 5
research in alternative energy. Each student is eligible to receive a maximum scholarship of $30,000, which translates to $10,000 per year for three years, said Richard Harris, a co-principal investigator for the program. SPOWER will impact an estimated 160 students by 2021, he said. “How do we, as an institution of higher learning, [...] identify ways that we can address both broader impact challenges that the NationresearCh, Page 2
Alumni return to Charles boat race By Jenna Ciccotelli news staff
Despite a weekend full of wind and rain, generations of Northeastern Huskies packed the banks of the Charles River for the 52nd annual Head of the Charles Regatta last weekend. While there
was no shortage of current students supporting this year’s crews, alumni gathered at Northeastern’s Henderson Boathouse and in the regatta-sponsored Reunion Village to connect with each other and celebrate their Husky pride. Huskies are represented at the reunion, Page 5
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Students propose SGA reform By Alex Eng news staff
Northeastern University’s Students Against Institutional Discrimination (SAID) sat down with the Student Government Association (SGA) for a town hall meeting Thursday, Oct. 20
to discuss reforming the SGA referendum process, increasing student involvement in university budgeting and amending the student government constitution. SAID, a coalition of student groups formed in October 2015, works to minimize systemic discrimination and improve diver-
sity training at Northeastern. This was the group’s third town hall meeting, called “Rethink SGA,” and was held at the John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute. It was moderated by SAID member Will Beaman. “I think all of the actions that Constitution, Page 2
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Members of the student campaign DivestNU called for the university to withdraw its endowment from fossil fuel industries during President Joseph E. Aoun’s speech on Oct. 20 By Lucas Moctezuma (SGA) was invited to speak. This audience holding up signs with Your voice was heard. Let us con- political move to avoid further esyear, no one from student govern- similar messages. Led by students tinue with the program.” calating the issue. news corresPondent
Hundreds gathered in Cabot Gymnasium Thursday for Northeastern’s State of the University address, where President Joseph E. Aoun’s speech was interrupted by student demonstrators criticizing the university for its refusal to divest from fossil fuels and its connection to ExxonMobil. “Today, you will tell us that Northeastern is a leader is sustainability, while you continue funding climate change and defend your ties to ExxonMobil,” DivestNU members chanted to Aoun. “This is the real State of the University. Will you stand with students or the fossil fuel industry?” The State of the University is an annual event where Aoun and other administration members praise Northeastern’s past accomplishments and announce its plans for the future. The theme of this year’s address was Northeastern 2025, the university’s new academic plan to expand global opportunities and promote lifelong learning, which was announced in late September. For the university addresses in 2014 and 2015, the president of the Student Government Association
ment received an invitation, said SGA president Elliot Horen. Horen, a junior information science and business administration major, declined to comment further. SGA Senator Vishal Makhijani, who represents the student South Asian organization UTSAV, said student government being excluded from the event mirrored administration’s treatment of DivestNU. “The fact that SGA lost their spot at the State of the University furthers the dismissal of student voices that is in line with how they’re responding to Divest,” said Makhical science major. The tone of the event took a dramatic turn as Aoun went onstage to present his speech. Two members of DivestNU, Nebai Hernandez and James DeCunzo, immediately stood in front of the stage, blocking Aoun, and silently held signs that read, “NEU invests $60 million in fossil fuels” and “Fight for us, not fossil fuels.” The two students were escorted to the side of the gymnasium, but were not removed from the event. Soon after, DivestNU members stood up in clusters throughout the
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cultural level as well,” Harris said. S-POWER students will go on co-ops in the energy sector during their time at Northeastern. “Because of our co-op model, because of our corporate co-op partners, because of their interest in growing their own diverse base, we’re kind of in a unique space to be able to be a leader, and this proposal will help us facilitate that with funding,” Harris said. Ghoshal, who participates in research with the Northeastern University Center for Renewable Energy Technology, said she strongly believes in the experiential learning
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intellectual merit?” asked Harris, who is also the assistant dean of academic scholarship, mentoring and outreach at Northeastern. Students involved in S-POWER their home universities, then spend summers at Northeastern forming mentor relationships and participating in research. Ph.D student studying electrochemistry, said she hasn’t perceived a lack of minorities in the science and engineering departments at Northeastern. “I haven’t felt that the diversity is missing, it’s really prevalent here,” she said. “I think that it’s a part of the Northeastern community that is really diverse.” Conor Byrne, a freshman chemical engineering major, said he has noticed gaps in the university’s STEM representation. male dominated, and not necessarily equal representation in terms of race,” he said. Since coming to Northeastern in 2003, Harris has held positions for several cultural communities on campus, including his current post as the director of the Northeastern University Program in Multicultural Engineering. He said that Northeastern has centers for diversity and inclusion on campus that will help S-POWER students feel comfortable once they transfer. “Northeastern, to its credit, has a unique presence of these cultural centers that allow us to facilitate that aspect of the students’ development and their needs on a socio-
“Everything on pen and paper is you do it in a lab then you understand it a lot better,” she said. “And the whole energy issue, that will be much easier if they have their own experience working with it.” Byrne said that he believes SPOWER could change the face of dents graduate and begin working in the energy sector. “I think it will be really cool to see how this program pans out,” he said. Ghoshal said that if this program is adopted nationally, she thinks it will greatly increase diversity and representation of some minorities in STEM careers. “It is a very noble thing,” Ghoshal said of the program. “More people need to be reaching out to this [dito understand that this is not only about your country, or your institute, or your geographical location – it’s a global thing.”
Haley Havens and Gaby Thurston, the protesters then began chanting for about two minutes, claiming the university ignores student voices and remains committed to investing in fossil fuels. “President Aoun, two years ago at this event, after students voted for fossil fuel divestment, you created a Social Impact Council,” the group shouted, referring to the 75 percent of responding students who voted in favor of divestment in a 2014 SGA referendum. “This spring, the council recommended full divestment. In July, your administration rejected their call. Today, the Social Impact Council is dead, student voices are ignored and you’ve closed the conversation on divestment.” The crowd looked around in disbelief and curiosity. Aoun stood silently facing the protestors and smiling. ished, Aoun thanked the students and asked for a round of applause from the audience. “I love your passion. I respect your freedom of speech. We are all about academic freedom,” Aoun said, adding, “I think that’s enough.
After asking for no more disruptions, Aoun transitioned into his speech, talking about the recent creation of the Northeastern Professional Advancement Network, which would see further integration of a global network of graduate campuses, and the new science and engineering complex that is currently being built on Columbus Avenue. Protesters stood silently, holding signs, until the end of Aoun’s speech. After the State of the University concluded, the student protesters marched outside past police bers while chanting, “Hey Northeastern! Practice what you preach! Climate justice and free speech!” DivestNU members said they sponse to their protest. say he was going to divest, or at least say it was a problem that will be addressed,” said Zuzu OomenLochtefeld, a freshman majoring in international affairs. “But he didn’t asked us to stop protesting.” DivestNU co-founder Austin Williams called Aoun’s reaction a
“I would say it’s nice that President Aoun admires our passion, but that admiration isn’t enough,” said Williams, a senior environmental studies and political science major. “Our community wants to see real, substantial action from Aoun, and we want to see him confront his role with the fossil fuel industry.” In addition to the issue of fossil fuel divestment, DivestNU members are critical of Northeastern’s ties to oil company ExxonMobil. Edward Galante, a member of Northeastern’s Board of Trustees, served as senior vice president of the company during a Department of Justice investigation into its alleged misleading of the public regarding the detrimental impacts of climate change. of interest is minor,” Williams said. “We think it’s really central to the broad issue we raised which is how academic institutions in the U.S. legitimize the fossil fuel industry and refuse to criticize the model because they have investments ties in the industry.” A Northeastern spokesperson did not return a request for comment before press time.
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Members of SAID sat down with SGA for a town hall to tackle the student government referenda process.
SAID, SGA discuss reforms constitution, Page 1 students proposed SGA take to make itself more present and available for marginalized students to use and participate in are very feasible,” said Beaman, a senior history and political science major. Last year, SGA reformed the referendum process. In the new process, authors submit questions via OrgSync, meet with SGA leadership, present the question at a town hall meeting and have their question judged by a panel of six SGA cabinet members who then accept or deny it for the upcoming election. SAID members argued there
three criteria that SGA judges proposed referendum questions on — feasibility, fairness of wording and adherence to university policy. The students also pushed to make SGA cabinet members’ voting records on proposed referenda public, and said they were opposed to having executive members decide on referenda over a more representative body such as the senate. SGA Executive Vice President Suchira Sharma defended the senate making decisions on referenda. “The reason to bring [the judge-
vious referenda authors felt more comfortable bringing the process to six people that were elected, rather than leave it to the uncertainty with a 50-person senate where there is no formal election process,” said Sharma, a junior international business major. SAID members also suggested that the Budget Priority Survey, to guide the administration on how
funds, should contain more targeted questions about how Northeastern builds into surrounding communities. Some students brought up the Burke Street housing development, a 22-story dorm currently under construction in Roxbury. It has faced heavy community opposition, as The News previously reported. SGA Vice President of Academic Affairs Zachary Waggoner said using the survey to poll student opinion of university development would be unorthodox. “[The Budget Priority Survey its future investments in the university,” said Waggoner, a junior majoring in electrical and computer
engineering. The SGA constitution requires that senate proceedings be recorded into minutes and made publicly available. Such a law may discourage Northeastern workers from making complaints against the university to the student body for fear of retaliation, according to SAID president Chelsea Canedy. “If staff workers are placed on the record during these sessions, they would be put at risk of losing their jobs,” said Canedy, a junior biology and political science major. “The constitution would need to be amended to allow students to converse with third parties if the third party is self-advocating or fears reprise from the university.” Beaman said he anticipated that disagreements between SAID and SGA members over matters of constitutionality would require intense efforts to break through. “It would be ideal if we came up with something everyone can stand behind, but SAID is prepared to campaign for the proposals that we come up with no matter what,” he said. Moving forward, SGA and SAID hope to conclude discussions with tangible results at their fourth and
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Northeastern University Public Safety Division Friday, Oct. 21 @ 5:28 p.m. Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) officers received a call from the probation officer of a man, unaffiliated with Northeastern University (NU), who had two active warrants, had violated his probation and was being tracked by his ankle monitor to the area of 238 Huntington Ave. NUPD responded and located the man on Huntington Avenue. He was found to have positive incidents with NUPD. He was placed under arrest for a warrant for assault to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, trespassing and threatening to commit a crime and a second warrant for possessions of Class A and Class B substances.
Northeastern University Public Safety Division Monday, Oct. 17 @ 9:55 a.m. An NU student reported she woke up in her White Hall dormitory on Saturday to a note from a male that stated he had slept in her roommate’s bed. She did not know how he got there. A report was filed.
Northeastern University Public Safety Division Tuesday, Oct.18 @ 5:05 p.m. An NU staff member reported that an unknown party had gained unauthorized access to a university Verizon account. The account was then used to order 20 iPhones. The staff member reported the unknown parties entered Columbus Place on Oct. 14 and retrieved the items from the mailroom in the basement. A report was filed.
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Matthew Dowd talked about the unusual 2016 election on Friday, Oct. 21.
Northeastern University Public Safety Division Tuesday, Oct. 18 @ 10:38 p.m. A Resident Advisor (RA) in West Village G reported that occupants had tampered with their smoke detector. NUPD responded and reported that two NU students covered the smoke detector. Less than an ounce of marijuana was confiscated from the students and a report was filed.
Northeastern University Public Safety Division Thursday, Oct. 20 @ 1:43 p.m. The manager of the Wollaston’s Market in the Marino Center called to report he was detaining a shoplifter. NUPD responded and reported speaking to the NU student, who was found to have prior incidents with NUPD. He was banned from both Wollaston’s Markets and sent on his way. A report was filed.
Thursday, Oct. 20 @ 8:48 p.m. Northeastern University Public Safety Division An NU professor called to report that she had confronted a student attempting to change his grade on her computer in Ryder Hall. She believed the student was still in the area. NUPD responded and reported the student had left the area prior to arrival. A report was filed.
Northeastern University Public Safety Division Thursday, Oct. 20 @ 11:46 p.m. An NU student called to report that two men followed him into his apartment building on Alphonsus Street and pulled a knife on him. He screamed for help and the men ran off. Boston Police Depart ment (BPD) was notified and NUPD responded. They reported the subjects were no longer in the area and left in an unknown direction. NUPD also reported nothing was taken from the student. BPD assumed jurisdiction and a report was filed.
Northeastern University Public Safety Division Friday, Oct. 21@ 2:38 a.m. A confidential domestic violence case was reported off campus on Gainsborough Street.
Saturday, Oct. 22 @ 1:19 a.m. Northeastern University Public Safety Division An RA reported a college-aged man appeared to be intoxicated and was wandering inside 10 Coventry St. NUPD responded and located an NU student who stated he was nervous when RAs approached him because he hadn’t been able to register his Husky Card and therefore could not get into his room. He was staying with a friend for the night. The student was conscious, alert and declined medical attention. Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, Oct. 22 @ 7:28 a.m. Facilities called to report vandalism to the fountain in front of Egan Center. NUPD responded and spoke with an NU staff member, who stated he noticed possible damage to the five fountain heads around 6 a.m. and then returned later to drain the water and double check. After draining the fountain, he reported all five fountain heads had been broken. A report was filed.
Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, Oct. 22 @ 2:15 p.m. An NU student reported his clothes were stolen from a laundry room in West Village E. A report was filed.
Northeastern University Public Safety Division A confidential sexual harassment case was reported.
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Sunday, Oct. 23 @ 10:43 a.m. Northeastern University Public Safety Division An NU student called to report she had just been robbed of $600 from her room in White Hall. She stated she had signed the suspect in and that he elbowed her and took her backpack before fleeing in a silver vehicle that had been parked on Forsyth Street in front of Marino Center. NUPD responded and reported the subject may have been driving a gray Chevy Malibu with Massachusetts plates. NUPD reported checking the area with negative results and EMS arrived to evaluate the student, who declined to be transported to a hospital. A report was filed.
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With Election Day just around the corner, ABC News chief political analyst Matthew Dowd visited Blackman Auditorium on Friday to discuss what has led to one of the most unconventional presidential election cycles. Dowd addressed biased media, frustration with traditional U.S. politics and how American democracy will move forward after this election. He also emphasized the need for impactful change in the government and urged young people to get involved. Dowd served as chief strategist for the re-election campaigns of President George W. Bush in 2004 and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006. The bipartisan American Association of Political Consultants named Dowd “Strategist of the Year” for his work on the former campaign. He spoke about the factors that have caused the U.S. to become fractured and partisan, stressing that advancements in technologies and the internet have played important roles in how we consume news and media. People tend to only search for news that appeals to them, instead of choosing sources with unbiased facts, he said. “What’s developed in this country is people choosing to pursue inDowd said. “Conservatives watch Fox News and liberals watch MSNBC.” Although people have access to unlimited information, Dowd said they fail to distinguish between what is fact and what is opinion. This is the true issue at the heart of the American people’s disagreements, he said. “If you have an opinion and I have an opinion, we can still come to consensus because they’re just opinions,” he said. “But if two different people have a different set of facts, no one can reach consensus.” Dowd compared this presidential election to tectonic plates shifting underneath the Earth’s surface, slowly and steadily forming volcanoes that will eventually erupt. Two of those volcanoes, he said, came in the forms of Republican nominee Donald Trump and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. “Bernie Sanders is an Independent, 74-year-old senator from Vermont who was outspent, behind by many points, but created a surge to take on the Democratic party and came close to the nomination,” Dowd said. “Donald Trump is not a Republican. He’s changed parties seven times in the past 10 years. He did a hostile takeover of the Repub-
executives in power.” These two candidates were symbolic of a major shift in American politics, Dowd said. “To me, this signals a rise in people saying, ‘I want something new,’” he said. “To me, this is a rise in people saying they don’t belong to either political party.” Sophomore journalism major David Leicht said Dowd’s assessment of the decline of American political parties resonated with him. “I had a lot of preconceptions going into this talk that I think he reasserted,” he said. “I think it’s good to not necessarily pick a party, but to pick what’s best for the country instead of saying, ‘We’re just Democrats or Republicans.’” Dowd said that while it is likely that Trump will lose the election, the dissatisfaction of the American people toward traditional politics will not go away. Political entrepreneurs, or people who will come up with different ways to solve political problems, will become relevant in the government sector in the coming years, he said. While there have been major changes in all other sectors of American life such as economics, culture and technology, Dowd said government and politics are ripe for innovation. “What happens on Nov. 8 is much more predictable than Nov. 9,” Dowd said, adding that even if Hillary Clinton wins, “she’ll win an election where half of her voters did not vote for her, they voted against Donald Trump. This sets up a incredibly dysfunctional environment.” Dowd asked the audience to look beyond the results of this election and forward to what the outcome means for American democracy and politics. “What stood out to me about this talk was Matthew Dowd’s view about how this election is really going to be a big election, or rather the aftermath of this election,” said Liam Monohan, a freshman political science major who attended the event. “He talked a lot about a change toward political entrepreneurship and how the current political parties are dying. So there will be a cultural, economic and political change.” Monohan agreed that this elecand disappointment, but left the lecture with a determined outlook. “I think this election creates lower standards for future candidates and it highlights the frustration that Americans have,” Monohan said. “So for me, I think I’ll be getting involved more in the future because I want to see candidates trepreneurship.”
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Northeastern crew alumni spectated the Head of the Charles Regatta from Reunion Village while others rowed in alumni events throughout the Oct. 22 and 23 weekend. reunion, From Page 1 50 and age 40, respectively) and tain of the team during his senior and to connect with old friends and the road somewhere, so to get the
Head of the Charles not only as fans and athletes, but in race operations as well. Roger Borggaard, who graduated from Northeastern in 1968, is on the Head of the Charles’ Board of Directors. “We went from a bunch of guys in a boat to a fair amount of wins and good publicity the following year [1966],” he recalled about his time rowing as a part of NortheastAccording to Borggaard, 10,000 athletes participated in this year’s regatta, compared to 200 or 300 participants in 1965. Beyond the sheer size differences between his races as an athlete and the races of today, he also noted the impact of new technology on the modern regatta. “You don’t have to wait two or did [in the race],” Borggaard said. “You get back to the boathouse and you know.” On Saturday, crews made up of former Northeastern rowers raced in four events: men’s and women’s Master Eights (for those over age
men’s and women’s Alumni Eights. “It feels really nice to get back together with some of your buddies and go do a three mile trip up the river in the rain,” said Alumni Eights coxswain Connor Wortley, who rowed for four years at Northeastern before graduating in 2016. The men’s Alumni Eight boat, which included members of NU’s ished second out of 50 boats. Wortley was proud of the alumni boat’s performance. While he was he said with certainty that they had accomplished their goal. “We wanted to beat [the University of] Washington, which we did,” he said. “They had a couple of Olympians in their boat so it feels good to beat them.” Rick Schroeder is in his 14th year as Northeastern’s boatsman, in which he is responsible for repairing the boats and launches and keeping everything in shape at the Henderson Boathouse. Schroeder rowed for Northeastern beginning in 1985 and was cap-
year. Upon graduation in 1990, he rowed with a club team and worked as a carpenter with Stillwater Design, the company that builds the launches at the Boathouse. When Northeastern was in need of a new rigger, Schroeder had the perfect résumé. Schroeder looked back at his own experiences at the regatta fondly and noted the immense changes to the race’s atmosphere. proaching the race course,” he said. “They were rolling kegs around. It was a very different environment.” Beyond the vendor scene at the Head of the Charles, the race itself has changed, Schroeder said. “The whole rowing world was much smaller [in the 1980s],” he said. “You’d be able to tell what every program was. There’s so many [boats] out there now, I have no idea where all these people are from.” Beyond the Boathouse, former Huskies gathered at the Reunion Village to enjoy food and drinks
make new ones. Twenty-three Northeastern alumni registered to attend, said Eliza Scott, who works in Northtions. Scott was certain that more
village over the weekend. Binja Basimike, a “Double Husky” who earned her bachelor’s degree from Northeastern in 2012 and her master’s degree in 2014, was joined by Maggie Kokkalis from the class of 1989. This year’s regatta was Basimike’s eighth. She came to the event every year while in college to support her friend Greta Haselmann, who rowed for Northeastern before graduating in 2012. Haselmann, who is originally from Germany, recently moved back to Europe, but Basimike made sure she did not miss out on the Head of the Charles and Skyped her before the races began. “My favorite part is seeing the alumni come back and seeing the Northeastern crew compete,” Basimike said. “They were always on
chance to see them on the Charles [River] in Boston is as good as it gets.” Basimike noted with a laugh that she has changed more than the race has. “My appreciation for the race has changed,” she said. “Initially I went as a supporter and now I go as a proud alumni.” Kokkalis kept busy during her time at Northeastern and never made it down to see the Head of the Charles live – this year’s regatta “They were looking for some volunteers, so I said, ‘Let’s check it out’ [and] It’s really interesting. I’m just taking it all in,” she said. Regardless of the generational differences, many alumni shared a desire for the continued success of Northeastern’s rowing program. “We have a long tradition of being a non-Ivy League school in an Ivy League sport,” Wortley said. “[The alumni team is] going to continue to support the guys that are in the current program and wish them well.”
NU launches local initiative Officials discuss charter schools By Max Leonov news corresPondent
A Town Hall discussion provided information on Massachusetts ballot Question 2 which, if approved, cials approve up to 12 new char-
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Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun at the Tuesay morning press conference in Roxbury. Loan, From Page 1 prove campus sustainability and ence to show their support for the
with Northeastern is going to enable us [LISC] to do that.” This initiative – wherein a university partners with a separate corporation to provide loans to the community – is one of only a handgram of its kind to be enacted in the region, Bose said. Northeastern University President Joseph E. Aoun hailed LISC at the press conference. “We like your organization very much” he said. “You are able to provide members of this community with loans at a low rate and that’s the beginning, but that’s not the end. The end is really to have successful entrepreneurial activities here that will create jobs.” Northeastern’s 2013 Institutional Master Plan set forth a plan to create more on-campus housing, im-
promote the wellbeing of its neighbors in the surrounding communities, such as Roxbury. “Northeastern is following through exactly with what they promised and [with] what this partnership does,” Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh said at the press conference. “Small businesses create jobs, they hire local people, they are the engine to our economy.” Roxbury residents have criticized Northeastern in the past for being deceitful, in cases such as the plan to build a new dorm on the corner of Burke Street and Columbus Avenue. Many citizens of the area have felt increasingly felt displaced by the expansion, as The News has reported. Several small business owners were present at the press confer-
partnership. One such business was the Tom S. Carlson Corporation, a general contracting company that works with Northeastern. “Every single one of the guys you see working with us [is] from the community, […] Roxbury, Mission Hill, Mattapan, Dorchester – and I don’t think we’d be able to do that if we didn’t have the partnership we have with Northeastern University,” Vice President and coowner Broovelt Lacet said. Aoun said the Impact Lending Program aims to help Boston neighborhoods. cial investment only,” he said. “It’s an investment in the neighborhood, in making the neighborhood thrive and also in getting the neighborhood to help us.”
discussed the impact Question 2 would have on issues such as public school funding, special education and the achievement gap for students of color. During the Town Hall, which was held at Suffolk University, a
panel of education activists agreed that they would like to see the students of Boston go to the best schools possible but were divided on what that meant. Boston residents attended the Town Hall to become more informed on Question 2 before voting on it. The panel consisted of representatives from the City of Boston and charter schools to provide information and give their arguments for and against the charter school initiative. Panelists opposing the ballot initiative were City Councilor Question 2, Page 6
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Education activists discussed charter schools at a town hall last week.
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Massachusetts voters will decide whether to legalize recreational use and sale of marijuana in two weeks. By Ryan Grewal news staFF
City Councilors Ayanna Pressley and Frank Baker (D-3) led a public discussion at City Hall Monday night about strategies to promote equity in recreational marijuana licensing in case Massachussetts votes yes on Question 4. At-large Councilor Pressley assembled an informed and experienced group of cannabis entrepreneurs, legal experts and civil liberties advocates to testify in panels at an Oct. 24th hearing of the Committee on Jobs, Wages and Workforce Development, which Baker chairs. The City Council will make recommendations to the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) on how to best combat marijuana market inequities, should Massachussetts vote to legalize recreational marijuana on Nov. 8. Many panelists involved in the industry discussed the issues faced
by people of color in the medical marijuana licensing process restricted availability of licenses and institutionalized racism. Adam Fine, an attorney at marSederberg, explained the extent to which monetary barriers to entry prevented minorities from entering the marijuana industry. “It’s very very rare to get a person of color that would have the means to get through [the licensing process],” Fine said. “The simpler the process, the less expensive it is. If you simplify it, you will increase participation.” Others testifying on Monday extional protections for minorities in the licensing process. Sonia Espinosa, co-founder of the Cannabis Cultural Association, attested to the need to amend the institutional barriers to entry. “There is going to be a control commission and hopefully we can have one person of color to voice
to the narratives and struggles of people of color,” Espinosa said. After over an hour of expert testimony, Pressley and Baker opened diverse group of Bostonians seized this opportunity to voice their opinions regarding marijuana licensing. Roslindale, described his experience being jailed for growing marijuana and the struggles of life as an ex-convict. “The stigma around being a convicted of drug charges is too much,” Berte said. “For every person in my position, there are three to seven people of color.” Kiana Mark of Roxbury remained skeptical at the city’s abilcrimination, citing the failures of other agencies like the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). “If the CCC is anything like the BRA, I’m very wary that opportunities will be available to people of color,” Mark said at the meeting.
Question 2, From Page 5 Tito Jackson (D-7) and Harneed Chernow, a Boston Public Schools (BPS) parent and former member of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Panelists supporting Question 2 were Shane Dunn, the Coalitions Director for Great Schools Massachusetts, and Thabiti Brown, who is the principal of Codman Academy Charter School. Brown said that children of color have been failed by this country for generations and that regular public schools are not high quality, while public charter schools are consistently performing on a higher level. “If this ballot does not pass what will be the fate for parents who are seeking quality choices for education?” Dorchester resident Julia Mejia said during public comments. Mejia is also the director of Family and Community Engagement for the Massachusetts Charter Public School Association, but said that she graduated from BPS and cares about the future of education in her neighborhood. Chernow said that the comparison between charter schools and public schools was simply unfair, adding that charter schools serve only 4 percent of the community and oftentimes neglect the most vulnerable students like those who are homeless or have special needs. “Charter schools don’t automatically have a better outcome than public schools,” Chernow said. “Many are the same and some are worse. [...]15 percent are operating
on probation.” Chernow said that some charter schools are failing, but those have been closed by the state. She attributed this to the autonomous nature of charter schools, which have their own Board of Directors, unlike the Boston public schools which are controlled directly by the state and local governments. Jackson agreed with her. “Local control is important. It’s democracy. It’s what we do in Massachusetts,” Jackson said. In response, Brown said that because of how they operate. “Local government has not been effective in governing local schools,” Brown said. “Charter schools were created to avoid that, to be autonomous.” For Fiscal Year 2016, the City of Boston received $215 million, which was then divided between public schools and public charter schools, Jackson said. Currently $175 million of the $250 million goes towards funding charter schools and the rest goes to Boston Public Schools. Still, Brown argued that the debate is not about funding one type of school or the other, but about giving students the option to receive the best education possible. “I’m interested in the subject of charter schools and I have not made up my mind on this particular ballot initiative,” said Back Bay resident Donald Mattes.
A&E South End gallery honors iconic Boston curator
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“An Eclectic View,� a new exhibition featuring local artists and curated by Meredyth Hyatt Moses, opened at the Abigail Ogilvy Gallery in the South End on Saturday. Gallery owner Abigail Ogilvy described two main goals for her space: to help develop artists’ careers and to create a public space in which audiences can exchange ideas. Ogilvy has teamed up with Moses, a local curator, to create an eclectic show featuring 16 established artists for viewers to discuss and learn from. “We’re just getting people here and making people feel like the gallery setting can be approachable,� Ogilvy said. “We want people to feel like they are included in the arts and like they know how to have conversations. Art is a conversation piece and it should be talked about in order to exist.� opened and directed the Clark Gallery in Lincoln, Massachusetts, Moses has played a major role in the Boston art scene. She is very familiar with artists in the Boston area and brought her favorite pieces together for this show. As a result, it features a broad spectrum of art, with media ranging from oil on canvas to fabric to children’s cylinder blocks to silicone. “I’m a very eclectic lover of art,� Moses said. “I like many different mediums, many different kinds of art, and I was always open to doing something slightly different.� has done an exhibition like this. She has been involved and active
in the local art sphere over the last four decades and compares “An Eclectic View� to the yearly Salon Shows she would host at Clark Gallery. “The Salon Show was every December and it was totally eclectic, with every kind of medium – clay, glass, studio furniture, painting, sculpture, installation art, whatever caught my eye,� Moses said. “I decided that scene would be good for this show. It is called my name and then just ‘An Eclectic View.’ And that’s what it is.� ties organizing a show with such a wide range of art in the past. However, she’s always found a way to present the art in a way that works. Though the art in “An Eclectic View� varies in size and media there is a focus on painting as a medium. Many of the works featured are paintings and one of the sculptures alludes to painting. Michael Stasiuk, an artist featured in the gallery who has worked with Moses before, used toys and other assorted fragments to create a sculpture called “The Painter.� “My approach to making art is a combination of work and play, so it feels like my artist statement matches my method,� Stasiuk said. “I am still very interested in color and I tend to always be watching color when I put sound objects together. So I feel like there is a connection to painting in terms of my interests.� In addition to Stasiuk, Moses has worked with many artists in the show before and had helped many build their careers from when they Ogilvy’s gallery usually features
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Meredyth Hyatt Moses speaks to gallery visitors at the opening reception of “An Eclectic View� on Oct. 22. new artists and helps them start off so that we can show a variety of involved in creating art. their careers, “An Eclectic View� artists. It’s nice to show established “As a teacher, you can teach featured many artists who have artists from time to time.� colors and things like that, but already been featured in other galMany artists appreciated the op- you can’t teach how to put spirit leries around Boston. Ogilvy and portunity to showcase their work into a work of art,� Stasiuk said. Moses have a great appreciation for in another gallery for people to “Students often want to get things each other and a common goal of see and form opinions about. Stashowcasing art. siuk emphasized the importance of �She’s a friend of mine and she conveying a spirit to the audience for a teacher to convey something has a wonderful eye,� Ogilvy said in his artwork. He said that, as an of Moses. “It’s a nice way to bring you’ve had a personal history with a lot of the Boston artists together conveying to students the patience materials or an idea or making.�
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Review: “The Scottsboro Boys” at SpeakEasy By Juan A. Ramirez a&e editor
Art of high caliber and impact the era it represents or in which it was conceived. It would be a delight to say that the SpeakEasy Stage Company’s wonderful production of “The Scottsboro Boys,” which had its New England premiere last night at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for rent landscape. Hopefully, this will soon be possible. With a book by David Thompson and music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb, the show presents the landmark trial of nine black teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women in 1931 Alabama as a minstrel show, an inventive – if sometimes grating – framework that presents their story with a poisonous tongue-in-cheek sensibility. The energetic cast, rounded out by the resplendent Brandon G. Green and Maurice Emmanuel Parent as two minstrel stock characters – Mr. Tambo and Mr. Bones, respectively – and Russell Garrett as the Interlocutor of the show, sings, dances and cakewalks through a dilapidated near-bare stage. Designed by Eric Levenson, the set seems to physicalize the South’s toxic racial history by decontextualizing it completely, reminding us of the ghosts that still haunt this country. With an old-timey tent used as a stage-within-a-stage and only a few chairs and movable catwalks in sight, the focus of this production lies in its message. The message – one you think we would have learned by now – is that racism constantly rears its ugly head in our justice system, demon-
izing disenfranchised minorities as an easy solution. The minstrel format allows the production to pull no punches when presenting the commonality of prejudice-as-entertainment, which makes for a musical at which the audience laughs and applauds even as they wince at the harsh realities. Inventively choreographed by Ilyse Robbins, the cast pantomimes, switches roles and – in one particularly inspired sequence – shadowplays behind a backlit sheet as we are shown how the absurdity of the court system can often mirror that of the minstrel shows of the day. De’Lon Grant, whose imposing voice ranges from molasses-smooth to chillingly grave throughout the performance, provides the moral center of the show as Haywood Patterson, who emerges as a sortof leader of the pack. Constantly looking out beyond the audience and into present time, his glare challenges us to ignore the obvious parallels between now and the Great Depression-era Deep South that allowed this shameful episode to occur. The intimate 250-seat space ensures the audience feels the tensions, troubles and longings of the Scottsboro Boys, who underwent numerous wrongful trials and convictions lasting over two decades. When Wakeem Jones, a Boston Conservatory student who plays the youngest member of the enjailed, speaks of never seeing his family again, his palpable fear cuts deep into our psyches. Does a show this dark and bent on inducing uneasiness work? While it doesn’t rank among their best work, Kander and Ebb, the iconic duo behind other sociallyconscious musicals like “Cabaret” and “Chicago,” infuse every mo-
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De’Lon Grant (center) and the cast of “The Scottsboro Boys” in a scene from the SpeakEasy Stage production.
ment of the score with their sardonic wit and pitch-black humor. The obvious trouble here, despite an allaround excellent ensemble cast and tertainment and redemption in such a cruel and continuing chapter of
our country’s history. After donning blackface for a
election. The Boston Camerata, an early music ensemble that has been playing around the world since
1954, offered its commentary on the election in the musical op-ed, “City of Fools: Medieval Songs of Rule and Misrule.” The show explored the themes of corruption and justice through ancient minstrel songs in an effort to draw parallels to the 2016 election. The 90-minute piece was performed on Saturday at First Church in Boston and received a standing ovation. “I absolutely adored the show,” Carol Richardson, an attendee from Framingham, said. “There was a lot of talent here this evening.” Audience members were handed the lyrics to each song, as well as a translation, with their playbills as they were seated. They outlined stories of “a city of lunatics,” antagonistic rulers and a church of greed. After the chaotic tales, one of the songs performed asked the universe for mercy, claiming that living in such a world was not voluntary. “We hope hearing how corrupt rulers were mocked will give us some perspective,” director Anne Azema, said in a press release. quired audience participation. Audience members, who were handed ballots along with their playbills, were asked to vote. A “yay” vote meant the world would get better, and a “nay” vote would allow the corrupt and distasteful rulers to remain in power. Needless to say, the audience opted for a positive outcome, and the Camerata performed a joyful tune. “It was great to see such an engaged public, to see everyone leap to their feet at the end,” Azema said. “Voting on the concert’s end was a
leaves little room for optimism, the men solemnly walk offstage, leaving a woman who has been quietly watching the events from the side-
lines alone on a chair. We realize who she is and who she will become, and know there is hope. “The Scottsboro Boys” is in performance at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts through Nov. 26.
Boston Camerata satirizes 2016 election By Leslie Hassanein news staff
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we liked the public’s choice.” Azema, a French-born vocalist, started singing as a child and has always had an eye for production. She has created 12 new productions since assuming the position of Camerata director in 2008. She created part of the program of City
of Fools in the 1990s for a recital CD, “Provence Mystique.” Since then, it has been performed around the globe and was revisited for this election season. “I believe [the show’s relevance] is up to the audience to decipher,” Azema said. “I’ve done my job well by reading the texts and experiencing the performances. It should be apparent how these 12th and 13th century music and texts mirror our own 2016 experiences.” The songs – 13th century satirical works of France, Providence and Germany – were performed almost entirely in French, German and Latin, with the exceptions of a few short explanations given by Joel Cohen, the show’s narrator and a former leader of the Camerata from 1969 to 2008. Cohen drew pieces from the material to compare to candidates in today’s election, like King Mark, who is described in the translation as a “miserable, frail, old man.” “The basic stuff is in there already,” Cohen said. “You just need to push it a little.” Besides the comical explanations and voice talents of Cohen, the Camerata sported known and rising talents. The show opened with Shira Kammen, a world-renowned, multi-talented and multi-instrumental artist, playing the vielle. The chorus consisted of students from the Longy School of Music of Bard College. Vocal soloists included Jordan Weatherston Pitts and Azema, the director of the Boston Camerata since 2008. “Working with the Camerata has been a great experience,” Pitts said. “My favorite song to perform was the last one in the show.” Pitts, a graduate of Boston University, enjoyed participating in the performance. “It’s always a pleasure to work with Anne,” Pitts said. “It’s a great learning experience, and I love working with so many talented musicians.”
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Spooky runners wanted for Boston Common Costume Dash
Saturday, Oct. 29 Run with Donald Trumps, bumblebees, Harambes and Frankenstein’s monsters this Sunday in Boston Common at the Boston Common Costume Dash. This opportunity to run a 5K throughout Boston is one that should not be missed. Even if running is not your favorite activity, you can still come out and watch the costumed crowds jog by. To register for the race, log on to costumedash.com/boston. All registered runners will go home with a participation medal, a race bib and entry into the pub crawl following the race if they’re 21 or over. After the race, there will p.m.; Copley Square; $45 for registration, free to watch.
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Calendar by Sophie Cannon, deputy A&E editor
Thursday, Oct. 27
Come listen to published poet Rupi Kaur read aloud at Harvard Yard from her book of poetry and prose, “Milk & Honey.” The New York Times Bestseller, a self-published work that also topped several North American charts, is about pain, passion, violence and love, with each of the four parts representing something new. Kaur, who has been pursuing her love of writing and rhetoric since she was 17 and will be giving a spoken word performance followed by a book signing and time to chat with the author herself. Tickets can be bought on
Friday, Oct. 28
include a complementary copy of her book. 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.; Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge; $10.
The 3rd Annual Doggone Halloween Costume Parade is sure to put you in a Halloween mood. Dogs and their owners are invited to show up in costume and celebrate Halloween with a costume contest where every pup is a winner. There will also be special prizes for Best Costume, Best Human and Dog Duo Costume, Scariest Costume and Most Creative Costume, so try your best! Along with the costume contest, there will be vendors that appeal to dogs and owners alike, including Roche Bros., Polka Dog Bakery, Pawblo Picasso, FriendshipWorks’ Pet Pals program, Macy’s and more. Make sure to put your dog on a leash for a safe event. Noon - 2 p.m.; Downtown Crossing, Summer Street, Boston; free.
Monday, Oct. 31
Tuesday, Nov. 1
Jump in on a spooky walking tour of Beacon Hill Halloween night with Boston by Foot tours. Beacon Hill with a BOO!, an annual tradition, is back for its 30th Halloween walk. Beacon Hill puts on a costume of its own, transforming into a spooky forest with all the best Halloween decorations. During the walk you will hear spooky ghost stories and true tales of murderers, witches and hanged Quakers around Boston. Make this Halloween an active one and walk through the historic dark alleys of Beacon Hill. 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.; Beacon Hill; $20.
Join Girls in Science for an elegant and fun night of art featuring works by Marlena Hewitt and Raquel Fornasaro. Hewitt is a painter who teaches abstract painting, while Fornasaro is an oil painter who also does digital and custom art. Girls in Science, a talented group of visual artists, will be hosting their very erty Hotel a short walk from the Charles River Esplanade. Paintings and digital media of girls in science will be showcased at the event. 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.; 215 Charles St., Boston; free.
Sunday, Oct. 30
The Market of the Living Dead is back at the South End Open Market. Following tradition, the South End Open Market hosts its last Sunday installment in Halloween style with pumpkin decorating, costume contests for vendors and customers and spooky treats and toys. This year, they invited #OffTheWall een-themed live paint. Similar to of the best local and internationthe open air market. Come out for Halloween-themed murals and to support the artists and the last day of the South End Open Market for the season. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; 375 Harrison Ave; free.
Wednesday, Nov. 2
Celebrate an ancient festival of lights this Wednesday at the Museum of Fine Arts and learn about the holiday of Diwali, which is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains from all over the world. Watch traditional dances, light a diya and listen to stories surrounding the holiday. Diwali celebrates the battle between light and darkness and the star in India. Learn more about the origins of the holiday with a tour and talk, as well as during a traditional kathak dance. 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; free.
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Column: Building strong communities Community is a word that evokes many different images and connotations. We’re not only born into certain communities that we identify with, but we’re also surrounded by layers of communities that support and shape who we are. meaning in life. At the end of the day, we judge the value of our lives not by the amount of wealth accumulated or social status achieved, but by our truly affected another person positively – when we have contributed to our own communities? I was able to witness some truly inspiring community building work music and the arts. Right after walking through the door, I was immediately captured by the rhythmic beats and the energy that radiated from the African drumming class. Ten students aged around 10-12 were sitting in a circle and jamming along with each other. Their happiness couldn’t be more evident from the big smiles on their faces and their rhythmically moving bodies. Rooted in a low-income, underserved community in East Boston, Zumix offers music and creative technology programs that are designed to equip youth with the tools necessary to reach their full potential while creating a safe space for them to explore who they are and who they want to be. Social justice work is often perceived as confrontational and violent, but Zumix presents us with another aspect – one that is achieving justice through Connie E. ground-up community building. While protests and strikes are crucial to making changes happen, there is a more nuanced piece that less people tend to intuitively classify as social justice. By building a community through music and the arts, young people are not only given an opportunity to develop their interests, but also the means to develop a sense of self-identity early on. We may not be able to predict where those students will end up in their lives, what we know for sure is that they have skills and interests that will go a long way. Many of the Zumix staff are former alumni who grew up with the organization. Corey DePina, the youth development and performance manager, used to come to Zumix everyday when he was 12 and is now passing on the same level of support he received to the next generation. “Keep up the good work. I’ll see you on stage!” Simple lines of encouragement like this may seem mundane to an adult, but could ignite a child’s dream to become a singer or musician in the future. Walking back from Zumix, I couldn’t stop asking myself: What does community building really mean? As a resident assistant on campus, I strive to build a supportive and inclusive community that my freshmen residents would be able to call home. As a member of the executive board for NU Symphony Orchestra, I work with a fabulous team to create a sense of community among the musicians so that rehearsals mean something more than just mandatory practice for everyone. As someone who is passionate about the Syrian refugee crisis, I’m helping to establish a student organization that aims to make Boston a more refugee-friendly community in general. I suppose what Corey’s work and mine have in common is a deep sense of belonging to our own communities and the drive to pay that forward. Community is sustained by each individual’s responsibility to uphold their obligations as part of that community, which will eventually translate into steps towards achieving justice for all. It is often said that it takes a village to raise a child. I believe that it takes a community to eliminate the divisions, misunderstandings and hatred among people.
Medieval “Dragon Book” illuminates Snell By Sophie Cannon dePuty a&e editor
Ever get an unusual gift from a friend or relative out of the blue? How about one that dates back to
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A Northeastern student helps decode the “Dragon Book” at Snell Library.
the 1460s, and was handwritten in Latin and German by medieval Monks? Northeastern University received that gift in the form of an illuminated manuscript, nicknamed the “Dragon Book.” “The library owns this in the special collections,” Hillary Corbett, director of scholarly communication and digital publishing at Snell Library, said. “We only have one illuminated manuscript, but some schools have entire collections. Ours was a gift given to the library here.” The book itself is a small literary object with several new items to discover. Filled with different languages, scripts and pictures includ-
decoding the book is no small feat. “It’s a prayer book created after 1461, rebound later on. The prayers are in Latin with German text too,” sophomore English major and leader of the team transcribing the manuscript Laura Packard, said. “It’s a small prayer book created on vellum parchment pages by we think a German speaking scribe of
the Dominican order.” This language barrier, the tiny script and the addition of non-English abbreviations make the translating and transcribing process all ing. Packard and a team of other bibliophilic students have already spent a few months working on it, but it is far from done. “It’s taking the calligraphy on the page and translating it onto a page. Taking the characters and abbreviations and writing them out,” Packard said. “Once it’s written out, I try and Google search the prayer to to transcribe the whole thing, so I go from there if I’m lucky.” There is a sense of mystery surrounding the little book, as not much is known about the exact origin, year or contents of the manuscript. “We don’t know everything about the book yet,” sophomore English student, William Bond, said. “Lots of pages are not transcribed and we don’t know what
it says, so there are bits in German that we found, and it is genuinely inexplicable and this offers a place for new research.” This new research is coming in many forms. Currently Packard’s
and is looking for more members willing to help. Aside from transcribing and translating, there are new ways of testing the book for its origin and year of publication coming out of other universities research programs. “We also want to do some DNA research,” Packard said. “You can take an eraser and gently scrape at the parchment and then send that DNA to other research facilities at out where the paper was made and when.” Even though the actual transcribing process will take many months – if not years – readers can view the entire illuminated manuscript online, as all of the pages have been photographed and uploaded to a website by Northeastern’s Snell Library.
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Field hockey loses By Jenna Ciccotelli news staff
With Wake Forest ahead by one minute and 20 seconds remaining
The Northeastern University
Natalie Stewart stole the ball from Wake Forest, sending a shot into the bottom right corner of the goal and pushing the Huskies into their sixth overtime game of the season. Less than two minutes into the overtime period, Wake Forest junior back Rachel Hirsh scored the game-winner on her own rebound. NU is now 2-4 in overtime games. “We need to have [an overtime] lineup that will be able to handle a lot of one on ones, which is what we’re struggling with,” Murtagh said. “We had a really good chance on attack in the very beginning [of the overtime period] but we lost possession. We need to work on ball possession.” The Huskies’ regular season comes to a close this weekend, starting with a match at the University of Delaware on Friday,
Wake Forest University in overtime on Sunday, Oct. 23. The Demon Deacons edged out the Huskies 2-1. Senior goalkeeper Becky Garner tied her season-high with nine saves on the day as Wake Forest had 11 shots on goal compared to the Huskies’ three. Garner needs seven more saves this season to move into second place on Northeastern’s all-time saves list. Wake Forest freshman forward
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Women’s soccer wins CAA By Patrick Burgard news staff
The Northeastern University (NU) women’s soccer team clinched its third regular season championship in program history on Sunday, solidifying its status as top dog in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). The Huskies, who earned the No. 1 tournament seed on Sunday, ended the regular season with a two-game winning streak that improved their record to 12-6-1, earning them their second regular season conference championship in three years. The team also
“We really wanted to bring the CAA championship back here, and we knew that was on the line,” Northeastern head coach Ashley Phillips said. “Kudos to our team for gritting it out.” Sophomore forward Hannah Rosenblatt’s three goals in two games led the Huskies over the weekend. Rosenblatt, the Huskies’ top scorer with 11 goals, was honored Monday as CAA Player of the Week for the second time this season. The team secured its spot in the sive 2-0 victory over Towson University on Friday night, in a game that was almost canceled due to lightning.
of the night, booting a free kick into the top left corner of the net in the 25th minute from 35 yards away. After a long lightning delay in the second half, the Husky offense remained strong. A beautiful string of passes was rewarded when sophomore forward Nicole Gorman connected with her classmate, forward Hannah Rosenblatt, who scored her ninth goal of the season. This kind of teamwork has been a trademark of the women’s soccer team this year. “A huge component of our success is chemistry,” senior defensive back Mackenzie Dowd said. “We have a group who is extremely dedicated to winning the championship, and our cumulative work ethic is second to none.” On Sunday, the Huskies honored their 11 seniors in a pregame ceremony. They include Caton Beaulieu, Carina Deandreis, Mackenzie Dowd, Breeana Koemans, Skylar LeBlanc, Krista Meaglia, Jill Quinn, Haley Sinclair, Jenny Sinclair, Kimberly Slade and Nicole Watkins. NU bested second-ranked James Madison University (JMU) in front of a packed house, clinching the number one seed for the tournament and ensuring that the regular season championship would belong to NU outright. A loss would have meant sharing the title with JMU.
“We really stuck to our game plan,” Phillips said after Sunday’s win. “We’ve talked about being ing to keep the ball and playing at a high tempo. I think we did that today.” The Huskies were dominant in riod was spent on the JMU half of Less than three minutes into the Hannah Rosenblatt took on two defenders and roped a low, powerful line drive from the left side of
The Huskies are hitting their stride at just the right time, defeating the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) on senior night Oct. 22 to achieve their the season as they gear up for the conference playoffs. Northeastern University’s (NU) men’s soccer team is currently the fourth seeded playoff team with nine points, but is in no position to relax, with three teams tied for the Head coach Chris Gbandi praised the boys for keeping their focus from one game to the next, regardless of whether they were on a losing or winning streak. “The guys are in a good place Gbandi said. “The group has been working hard, which is one of the things that we really focused on as opposed to focusing on winning or losing. We’re just focused on going out there and working hard and doing our job.” NU capped off their senior
night with a 1-0 win against a very good Seahawks team. Fans didn’t have to wait long for action, with the Huskies’ deciding goal coming just eight minutes into the game. David Arvidsson was saved off Gaku Lange cleaned up the loose Sophomore forward Khori Benwith three on target, while junior goalkeeper Jonathan Thuresson season with three saves. season and 3-4 in the conference after defeating two teams within the Colonial Athletics Association (CAA) in their last three games. NU has won four out of their last
suffered at the hands of William & Mary on Oct. 1. “From talking to [my players], I think that game kind of humbled us,” Gbandi said. “I think in the William & Mary game we just had the ground and work our way back up.’ The guys really bought
thought [we] were playing good defense against a pretty successful scoring team.” The Demon Deacons got on on their fourth penalty corner of the game. Shortly after, Pluta launched another goal that was deemed too high yet again.
game against Towson on Sunday, Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. The team will also honor their senior players. “They’re must-win games for us to even have a chance [to make the championship tournament],” Murtagh said. “We need everybody on the team to do what they need to do and play their role.”
Column: A World Series for all ages
When the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series title, baseball
right post. In the 36th minute, redshirt-
saw their lifelong dreams come true when Edgar Renteria grounded to
fed Rosenblatt a pass, who blasted the ball into the back of the net for her 11th goal and 26th point of the season, putting the Huskies up 2-0. Though JMU began to liven up in the second half by putting more pressure on the NU defense
That was then, and this is now. This year, the two teams that are competing for the World Series, the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians, are riding the two longest-active streaks in baseball without a championship.
scored one goal and fell to the number three seed while the Huskies walked away victorious and proud. “You think about your senior day the whole time you’re here,”
from taking home the World Series trophy, but were downed in game seven by the Florida Marlins.
come and to win the regular season championship on that day was really the icing on the cake.” take place on Nov. 4 at Parsons Field, and the Huskies’ opponent is yet to be determined.
Men’s soccer extends streak By Kyle Taylor dePuty sPorts editor
too high, sending the game into the second half at 0-0. “We were doing some things well. I don’t think we capitalized on the opportunities that we had,” head coach Cheryl Murtagh said
into just playing hard, really. Just playing hard and working for each other and I think that’s a testament to all the guys in the group. We’ve been through a crazy season, and for them to put themselves into a situation to at least compete for the conference championship— in terms of getting into the CAA tournament — I think it says a lot about the group and their mentality.” Gbandi’s team will next play away at the College of Charleston “For sure we have to be ready to go out and compete,” Gbandi said. “It’s a good opportunity for our guys, late in the season to have something to play for. In years past, or even last year, we didn’t have much to play for at this time of year. So I think the guys are gonna be really excited to go out there and play for something. Charleston’s a very good team, but I think for us it’s about going out there and competing.” will be home at Parsons Field next Tuesday, Nov. 1 against Dartmouth University.
They’ve won it all twice in franchise history, but have lost in the World Series three times. Their most recent trip to baseball’s biggest stage was in
American League Central Division title. They drew an AL Division Series matchup with the Red Sox who won the AL East crown. Cleveland’s pitching made easy work of the Sox, carving them up in a three-game sweep. That earned them a dance with the wild-card winning Toronto Blue Jays. Gordon Weigers Though the Blue Jays were heavily favored because of the hot streak that they were riding, the Indians pulled off a 4-1 series win to punch their ticket to the World Series. Francisco Lindor has been leading the way in the hitting department while Corey Kluber has been lights-out on the mound with two wins and strikeouts in seven and two-thirds innings of work. A 67-year curse is nothing to a Chicago Cubs fan. The beloved Cubbies haunted the Cubs franchise for over a century. To add insult to injury for the Cubs, the American League counterpart that shares their city, the Chicago White Sox, won their most recent championship in 2005. Since their last title, the Cubs have been defeated in the World Series seven times, ship Series last season, but appear was all they did as they were swept by the New York Mets. In 2016, the Cubs won the NL Central with a remarkable record of came away with a 3-1 series win, bringing them to the NLCS stage on which they lost last year, this time to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers. After falling in a 2-1 hole through three games, Chicago’s bats came alive and their pitching took care of business, winning three straight games
NL pennant for Chicago in 71 years. Now with the series tied up at 1-1 and the scene shifting to Chicago, it really is wide open. Kluber tortured the Cubs in Game One as Cleveland ran away with a win, but Jake Arrieta answered strong last night to help the Cubs knot the series. The Indians will send Josh Tomlin to the hill on Friday night in Game Three to duel with Chicago’s Kyle Hendricks. Now comes the fun part: Watching these two hungry teams battle it out in what could be a thrilling seven-game series. This humble fair-weather Mets fan’s prediction: Cubs in 7. Hang onto your hats folks: there could be a party for the ages in Chicago soon. Gordon can be reached at Sports@HuntNewsNU.com.
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Gaudette, Aston-Reese dominate Arizona State By Gordon Weigers news staff
With their program-best ninegame home winning streak on the line, the Northeastern University (NU) men’s hockey team powered its way to two wins over the Arizona State Sun Devils. The Huskies skated to a 5-2 win on Friday night before a 6-1 blowout victory on Saturday night. On Monday morning, the U.S. College Hockey Organization announced the latest rankings in men’s hockey, placing Northeastern in the No. 16 spot. Northeastern is now riding an 11-game winning streak at Matthews Arena, dating back to their 4-2 win over New Hampshire on Jan. 15. Going back even further, NU is unbeaten in its last 13 home games, boasting a 12-0-1 record in that stretch. The Huskies have unbeaten streak. Senior forward Zach AstonReese compiled one goal and three assists over the weekend, putting him in a tie for fourth in the country in scoring, with 10 total points. Sophomore forward Adam Gaudette and junior forward Dylan Sikura sit tied for ninth in the NCAA in points, with
nine points each. Gaudette has been a force for the Huskies so far this season, leading the country in shots on goal with 40. Aston-Reese is right behind Gaudette with 34 shots, giving Northeastern one of the most productive attacks in the nation. As impressive as those statistics are, head coach Jim Madigan said he cares more about the team’s success. “Any time you can sweep a weekend, you’re happy – and certainly we are with the results,” Madigan said. Friday night saw the Huskies pounce on the Sun Devils right out of the gate. NU put four goals when it notched four in a period against Connecticut. Sophomore forward Lincoln of a shot by Gaudette, sneaking it under the glove of freshman goalie Joey Daccord. Just before the halfway mark of the period, Aston-Reese feathered a pass to freshman forward Matt Filipe, cord for the 2-0 lead. Gaudette would add to the adthe goalie on a high wrist shot
from virtually no angle. Sikura added a power play goal before the horn sounded on the period, giving the Huskies the 4-0 edge. ASU forward Robbie Baillargeon, a transfer from Boston University, used to beat the Huskies as a Terrier. He had three goals and one assist in his career against NU, and added to that total in the second period when he jammed home a rebound past sophomore goalie Ryan Ruck. Later in the frame, with ASU on the power play, Aston-Reese picked the pocket of a Sun Devil defenseman, creating a breakaway from the blueline in. A the wrist sent the puck off the post and in for Aston-Reese’s fourth goal of the season. Baillargeon would score again before the end of the second period, making it a 5-2 NU lead. The Huskies locked it down in the third period and took home their second victory of the young season. The NU offense kept rolling on Saturday night in the 6-1 victory. Baillargeon couldn’t play what is likely his last game at Matthews Arena without scoring another goal – his third of the weekend. His bar-down snipe gave ASU the early lead, and Gaudette decided
that it was time for the Huskies to step up. “We knew we needed the next goal, and we knew that it was huge to get the next one,” he said. Gaudette scored a goal only four minutes after the Baillargeon goal to knot the score at 1-1. His tally was NU’s third power play goal of the series and gave him goals in three straight games. Junior forward Nolan Stevens put the Huskies in front for good with his third goal of the season, with assists from Aston-Reese and freshman defenseman Jeremy point for Davies, who continues to develop his offensive play each game. A minute after the Stevens goal, junior defenseman Garret Cockerill buried the third goal of the period, snapping a shot inside the post. In the second period, Filipe dangled his way to the net and slipped a shot on net that was stopped by the right pad of senior goalie Robert Levin. Sophomore defenseman Eric Williams followed up the play and shoveled home the rebound for the 4-1 lead. ted his second goal of the week-
shot into the cage. Davies scored utes of the game, sending a blast picked up the 6-1 win, its largest margin of victory in a game so far this year. After losing 44-of-66 faceoffs on Friday night, Northeastern turned the table in the dot, winGaudette, who won only 7-of-21 faceoffs on Friday, knew that improving on draws was crucial for the team’s success. He picked it up on Saturday, winning 13-of-23 faceoffs. “Personally, I wanted to be more aggressive in there, get my body in there more,” he said. “I think my linemates helped me out too.” The Huskies now set their team. The Catamounts come to Matthews Arena for a Sunday afternoon matinee at 3 p.m. to open the Hockey East season for Northeastern. “It gets a little ratcheted up because it’s league games and conference games,” Madigan said. “We have a lot still to work at and to work on to continue getting better.”
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Swimming and diving splits first home meets By Glenn Billman news staff
At their home opener on Saturday, the Northeastern University (NU) swimming and diving teams faced off against the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and James Madison University (JMU). edged out a 163-136 victory in the last three events. Freshman Megan Clark helped yard medley relay, in addition to winning the 50-yard freestyle. seconds away from junior Sara Touchette-McGowan’s NU record. place wins: 13 against UNH and seven against JMU. “I was thrilled with the way they performed. They did a great job,” head coach Roy Coates said. “James Madison was second in the conference last year, just bare-
ly outside winning the championlast year — we’ve made some huge strides. It’s shown how close we are to being in the top two positions in the conference.” Coates attributed the team’s success this year to the returning players’ improvement combined with the addition of nine talented freshmen. “There were people all stepping up,” Coates said. “Not necessarily winning their events, but scoring points in second, third, fourth, make a difference too. You know, our medley relay was outstanding. Divers, again, they did a great job. I think it was really more of a team thing than any one individual.” Senior Delaney Lanker placed 200-yard medley relay. “As a team we did well, because JMU is a really tough team to beat, and we were up with them
the whole time,” Lanker said. “I think we have the best team, so far, that I’ve had since I’ve been at Northeastern. We have some really talented girls in the pool and on the boards, so I think we are looking good.” In diving, junior Alyssa Seales placed second in one-meter and three-meter dives, earning season highs of 255.75 and 231.55 points respectively. Three of the were injured before this meet, but junior Jacquey Gover hopes to team place in the top eight at the conference championship. “We had some troubles this meet, just because we have three girls that are injured, but they were awesome, they pushed through one meter,” Gover said. “They did really well for being injured and not being able to dive much this week. I think everyone was really pleased with what they accomplished.”
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Women’s hockey takes down Dartmouth, BU Scamurra. Scamurra then scored a goal of her own in the second period,
By Julianne Desjardins news corresPondent
goal of the night. With the Huskies ahead 4-1, BU tried to come from behind as
The Northeastern University (NU) women’s hockey team extended its unbeaten streak to six games with wins over Dartmouth University on Friday and Boston University (BU) on Tuesday. Friday’s match against Dartmouth was all Huskies as sophomore goalkeeper Brittany Bugalski put up her third shutout of the season. with neither team scoring and most of the second period went by without either team producing any offense, until Husky sophomore right wing Kasidy Anderson broke through 10 minutes into the period. Her goal was assisted by freshman defensemen Codie Cross and freshman Paige Capistran. The Huskies produced two more goals in the third period. One of them came from junior center Halle Sila and the other, night, was scored by junior left wing Denisa Krizova. After the game, Coach David
Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics
Flint praised his team’s defensive playing that helped Bugalski secure her third shutout of the season. “We’re starting the play harder in our own end,” he said. “We’ve had great goaltending by Brittany, and our defensive zones have helped out a lot.” The team then faced off against
BU for the second time this season with a game that did not disappoint. The Huskies started out the night strong with two goals within right wing McKenna Brand and the second was scored by sophomore right defense Maddie Hart-
man. night on a power play from Maddie Elia after a hooking penalty was called on Heather Mottau. The goal came in the second period after a tripping penalty was called on BU. Brand found the back of the net, assisted by Krizova and senior right wing Hayley
power play in the second period and then scored again in the third period, before the Huskies were able to hold them off for the rest of the game. With this win over BU, the Huskies won both of their matches of the Terriers this season and will not see them again for the rest of the regular season. The win also marked the Huskies fourth straight win and extended their unbeaten streak to six. Despite the team’s sparkling performances the past couple of weeks, Flint said he still likes to keep the focus on one game at a time. “We try to take the approach of one game at a time,” he said. “I’ve been liking to keep practices short just to keep the team fresh and fo76985 cused.” The Huskies return home on against Merrimack College.
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