Winterfest 2009
Annual alumni celebration features classes, cooking, and Terrier sports
Terrier alumni and their families beat the winter blues at BU’s fourth annual Winterfest weekend, February 28 to March 1.
Theweekend featured ice skating and ice sculpting, a tailgate party,classes in Greek mythology and French cooking, yoga and hip-hoplessons, and plenty of (winning) Terrier sports action. Alumni got sometips on how to prepare affordable, healthy foods and to shop wiselyduring the recession from Joan Salge Blake (SAR’84), a nutrition expertand a Sargent College clinical associate professor of nutrition.Children had plenty to keep them busy, with activities and games at theFitness and Recreation Center.
And Terrier athletics fans had alot to cheer about. The men’s ice hockey team beat UMass 7-2 at AgganisArena, extending their nation-best unbeaten streak to 14 games.The women’s basketball Terriers trounced Maine 71-57, earning a topseed in the America East conference tournament for the first time in 21 years. Finally, the men’s basketball team ended its seasonwith a 67-57 overtime win over Hartford.
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