By Sarah Dolan, News Staff

Students, faculty and alumni showed their school spirit last weekend in celebration of homecoming, electing a new Homecoming king and queen and Mayor of Huntington Avenue to represent the school.
Mike Amirault, a sophomore representing the DogHouse, was elected Mayor of Huntington Avenue. The mayor’s role is to help boost Husky spirit during the weekend’s homecoming activities and throughout the year.
‘I am supposed to deliver messages to alumni at events on behalf of the students. And I want to be active at a lot of student events and sports games,’ Amirault said.
This role suits Amirault, who waited in line last year to buy the first Bean Pot ticket, according to the Facebook group created to gain support for him.
‘ ‘I really put a lot of work into my campaign, so I’m really excited to take on the position,’ Amirault said.
Ryan Fox, president of Student Government Association, and Alexis Shiber of Kappa Delta won homecoming king and queen.
‘It’s a great honor to be elected and voted for,’ Fox said.
Responsibilities of homecoming king and queen are not formal, but include getting students excited about attending sporting events and getting them more involved in the school, Fox said.
Students voted last Tuesday through Thursday for their favorite candidates through the myNEU portal, where pictures and essays were available for each candidate.
The week-long homecoming celebration included many activities for students. A banner and a husky statue decorating competition were held on Wednesday in Curry Student Center. Ten student groups decorated large husky statues. The Council for University Programs won the Husky decorating with its red and black statue.
The contest was held in place of the parade, as The News reported on Oct. 5. This was the first year in recent history that the parade has not been held.
The men’s hockey team competed in a double header against the University of Maine, losing 6-2 on Friday but winning on Saturday night, 5-2. The women’s hockey team also beat Maine 5-1 and the football team beat Hofstra 14-13.’
These events helped lead to increased school spirit, freshman civil engineering major Caitlin Candee said.
‘Homecoming is important for alumni and for school spirit, kids get excited about it,’ she said.
Candee attended the hockey games over the weekend, but did not get a chance to vote for homecoming court.
Homecoming court was introduced Friday at the pep rally in Parsons Field, and the winners were announced Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Curry Student Center.
‘Overall it was a great time, great turnout and it was good to see everyone together for homecoming,’ Fox said.

‘- News staff Lana Lagomarsini contributed to this report.
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