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BFD to update alert boxes for 21st century SG aims to gauge

By Kyle Plantz Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston Fire Department is seeking proposals for a way to add innovative features to more than 2,200 out-of-date fire alarm boxes located in Boston, fire officials said.

“The primary objective of this request is to solicit information about possible designs, services and interactive uses that might be provided through a modern upgrade, in the event the city seeks an alternative to the current system,” according to a release from Roderick Fraser, fire commissioner, on Dec. 31.

The question-and-answer period for people to ask questions before submitting their proposals ended on Jan. 13 and the final date for submissions in Feb. 22, according to information provided by the City of Boston.

The city is only looking for ideas to integrate modern technology with the old fire alarm boxes and plans to create a model by the end of 2013, according to the City of Boston.

“The City of Boston is only seeking letters of interest and ideas from private vendors who are able to physically modify and upgrade the current fire alarm boxes,” the information stated. “The city is exploring ways to prototype a new fire alarm box by the end of 2013, with subsequent expansion to street-corner fire alarm boxes throughout the city.”

Steve MacDonald, BFD spokesman, said because the fire alarm boxes are still working well, the fire commissioner is seeking ways to make them more universally useful.

“With all our great academic institutions around the Boston area and creative minds, maybe someone can come up with a practical idea that will work,” MacDonald said. “There is no limit to someone’s imagination for what they can be used for.”

Dr. William Channing and Moses Farmer designed the nation’s first fire alarm boxes for the city of Boston in 1852. By the 1880’s, the fire alarm boxes were installed in Boston and in other cities across the United States.

Most cities have phased out the fire alarm boxes, but Boston regularly uses the boxes for emergencies.

When a person pulls a lever in the box, a signal is transported by telegraph to the station. The fire department promises a four-minute response time once the signal is registered.

MacDonald said the fire alarm boxes are still in working order. However, they are considered an alternative to using modern technology.

“The system is a backup,” he said. “We know and acknowledge that people use cellphones and telephones to report fires.

This [the fire alarm boxes] system is an insurance policy incase the 911 system goes

awareness of drug, alcohol regulations

By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff

of influenza cases. This trend is taking place because these states were hit last by the virus, Martin said.

Curtis Allen, a spokesman for the CDC, said that the flu has strongly impacted people all across the country this season.

“It started east, moving west,” he said.

“Hopefully you’ve seen the worst part of the season, but then again, you can never say for sure because of the unpredictability of influenza.”

Despite the decreased risk of catching the flu, a number of students have not expressed mistrust in Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s declaration.

“You could say (the government) overreacted, but you would hope they would overreact rather than underreact,” said Kerrin Sperry, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University.

Parker Powell, a sophomore in the Col-

Student Government passed a proposal during the first senate meeting of the semester Monday night to distribute a survey of students’ awareness of Boston University’s drug and alcohol policies.

College of Arts and Sciences senior KC Mackey, a member of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, said the goal of the survey is to gauge student awareness of BU’s policies, gather statistics on alcohol and drug related emergencies and spark discussion about alcohol and drug use on campus.

During the fall 2012 semester, Mackey spearheaded an initiative to have BU adopt a “good Samaritan policy” that would allow students to call for help regarding drug-andalcohol-related medical issues, without facing punitive action.

“If we can’t change the policy, we can at least make students more aware of it,” Mackey said. “Awareness leads to increased responsibility. Increased responsibility hopefully leads to a safer campus.”

The SG survey will be anonymous and will ask students if they have ever been involved in situations of drug or alcohol use where something went wrong, how they responded and whether they were hesitant to call for help, Mackey said during the meeting.

Upon researching BU’s drug and alcohol policies, Mackey said she discovered the average blood alcohol concentration of transported BU students is 0.21.

SG Spokesman and Director of Advocacy Saurabh Mahajan, a CAS freshman, said the survey is important to raising awareness and understanding the drug and alcohol culture on campus.

Mackey spoke about Alcohol Awareness Week, which is scheduled to take place the week of Feb. 19, and will include events such as a medical transportation information session and bystander training with the Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center.

Director of Social Affairs Rebekah Leopold said Social Justice Week will take place on campus beginning the week of Feb. 4.

“It’s a whole week dedicated to issues and dialogue on social justice, so everything

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The Boston Fire Department is looking to update the fire alert boxes around the city.

down and the cell towers go down. This system will still work.”

Chris Osgood, co-chair of the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, said in an email many ideas have been proposed thus far.

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Flu cases subside in Boston, despite initial projections

By Regine Sarah Capungan Daily Free Press Staff

The number of reported influenza cases in the City of Boston and in the Commonwealth has decreased in the past few weeks, suggesting that the flu season might end in a manner less severe than it began, officials said.

Nick Martin, spokesman for the Boston Public Health Commission, said the report may indicate an easier end to the flu season than originally predicted.

“Hopefully for Boston that means flu activity is slowing down and we’ve reached a peak for this season,” he said. “In which case we expect to see the numbers continue to decline in the coming weeks.”

The flu season this year is significantly more serious than in 2012, which was classified as a mild outbreak. The number of confirmed flu cases throughout the entire 2012 season was 70. So far this year there

have been 2,100 confirmed cases of the flu, Martin said.

The severity of this year’s flu season is due to the H3N2 virus, which requires four strains of antigens in to produce an effective vaccination. This year’s vaccine only carries three of those strains. However, those strains can combat about 90 percent of the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In most years, the flu begins in a certain location for a course of 12 to 13 weeks.

This year, the flu season started in Massachusetts five to six weeks earlier than in previous years. Therefore, the flu season is expected for the season to end six to seven weeks earlier than the years before, according to the CDC’s website.

“We haven’t seen a virus that severe since H1N1,” Martin said.

Although there are now fewer flu cases on the east coast, states in the Southwest and Northwest are facing higher numbers

Boston fully recovered from harsh economic impacts of 2008 recession report suggests

By Zoe Roos Daily Free Press Staff

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced Friday the Boston economy has made a full recovery from the recession that struck the U.S. in 2008.

Data released from the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s “2013 Economic Report” shows Boston has regained almost all of the jobs lost between 2008 and 2010.

Menino said the poor economic times of the Recession are no more in Boston.

“Boston weathered the Great Recession better than most American cities, but we still saw our share of hardship,” he said in a statement Friday. “Lost jobs and uncertainty cast a shadow on our families and neighborhoods, but we’ve come out stronger on the other side, and even more focused on creating a better tomorrow.”

Mark Maloney, deputy director of research for the BRA, said Boston is one of the first cities to declare full recovery after years in an economic slump. The city is

projecting an all-time employment record for 2012.

Maloney said multiple factors contributed to Boston’s being one of the first cities to rebound.

“A big reason was that we were not hurt as badly as some other cities,” he said. “We didn’t have as far to come back as some other, less fortunate places.”

The city’s diverse industry infrastructure also contributed to the current economic stability, Maloney said.

“We have a really high concentration of jobs in schools, hospitals and professional and scientific services/knowledge industries that are still growing,” he said. “These industries have allowed for continued economic growth even through the recession, and promise robust growth in the coming year.”

According to the BRA economic report, Boston’s annual unemployment rate

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Boston has finally lifted itself out of the recession, recovering all jobs lost between 2008 and 2010, said Mayor Thomas Menino.

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BFD spokesman: fire alarm boxes cost $2 million per year BFD: From Page 1

“We’ve heard of a huge range of ideas — from way-finding stations, to environmental monitoring locations, to mobile phone charging hubs,” Osgood said.

MacDonald said one of the ideas proposed was a location to charge one’s cellphone in case of a national emergency such as Hurricane Sandy.

The cost to keep the fire alarm boxes

running is $2 million a year, which is one percent of the fire department’s budget, MacDonald said.

Once the proposals are sent in, city officials will look into each idea and see if they can afford to implement the new innovation, MacDonald said.

Osgood said historical preservation is a key factor in picking ideas for the fire alarm boxes.

“This [historical preservation] will certainly be a consideration as we evaluate the responses we get,” he said. “We expect all responses to work within the existing physical designs of the box.”

Ted Gerber, president of the Boston Fire Historical Society, said, although historical preservation is important, innovation is still possible.

“I’m all for innovation,” Gerber said.

“As long as it doesn’t interfere with the original purpose of the simple, effective system, then new features would be helpful.”

Gerber said the new feature could make people more aware of the fire alarm boxes.

“I think people would be more aware of them [fire alarm boxes],” he said. “After people see them so many times during the day, it becomes a backdrop to their life.”

SG plans dance marathon for HIV awareness BRA Dep. Director: industry infrastructure SG: From Page 1

CAS junior: gov’t reacted appropriately to flu Flu: From Page 1

lege of General Studies, also said he believed the emergency declaration was not too drastic a measure. “[The government] did what was necessary to warn the people,” Powell said.

“Even if they did over-portray [the flu season] as being bad, it was the right thing to do because it made people go out and get their flu shot, even if they didn’t want to.”

The flu season is still not over though, and Powell said he is glad he got the flu shot.

“I think it was worth getting the shot

even if I didn’t get the flu, for precautionary reasons,” he said.

Hospitals are still mobilized to treat flu patients, and the government has set up free flu clinics at health centers around the city, according to the Menino’s office.

Martin said the city is prepared for a changing flu season.

“I think [the government] tries to prepare well in advance every year and flu is one of those things that is only so predictable so we keep an eye on what’s happening on a daily basis and we adjust our response accordingly,” he said.

aided Boston’s econ. stability after recession Economy: From Page 1

was lower than both the United States and the Massachusetts state averages between 2007 and 2011.

John Avault, chief economist for the BRA, said the city still has economic problems to overcome.

“We weathered the storm but there are people in this city who are still unemployed,” he said. “But job growth is still occurring through out the city, which is promising.”

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The report projects strong job growth for the city with an estimated 728,500 new jobs to come in 2016, which is a 7.9 percent increase since 2011.

Maloney said this recent announcement is not likely to directly impact the new fiscal year.

“I don’t see this announcement having a big impact on the fiscal year,” he said. “It is just a good representation of how far the city’s economy has come since the recession started.”

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ranging from food justice to public health issues, child trafficking and LGBTQ rights,” Leopold, a CAS freshman, said. “We really want to increase campus dialogue on all of these issues, and hopefully involvement in activities related to some of these issues.”

She said the week will include a variety of activities hosted by student groups and will end with a forum with Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore on Friday.

BU Arts Initiative Managing Director Ty Furman made an announcement at the meeting regarding his new role in the Office of the Provost.

“My role is just not simply to support faculty initiatives and to support the College of Fine Arts – all of which I will do – but I’m here for students,” he said. “We want to support student initiatives in the arts. We want to support creative collaborations that happen.”

Zack Schwartz, SG senator for CFA and representative to the BU Arts Council, said the Arts Initiative plays an important role in bridging the gap between students pursuing the arts as a career and students pursuing the arts for recreational purposes.

“There’s a very large disconnect that seems to arise between those of us who are studying to be professional artists, musicians and actors, and people who just enjoy doing [those things] still at a very high level, but for fun,” Schwartz, a CFA senior, said.

SG President Aditya Rudra, a School of Management junior, spoke about the upcoming on-campus debate on the sanctions in Iran. Members of SG spoke with BU Students for Israel and Students for Justice in Palestine in the fall about having a debate in order for SG to make a decision on whether they would like to take a stand on the issue as a student body.

The debate will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night in Room 206 in the Photonics Center.

School of Education senior Lindsay Moran promoted the upcoming Dance Marathon, a 12-hour event benefitting HIV and AIDS initiatives. Moran said if the marathon doesn’t raise $5,000 by Friday or have 100 dancers registered, it may be canceled.

“Our Dance Marathon is one of the only DMs in this region,” she said. “We have a really big population in Boston living with the AIDS virus, so it’s important that we use Dance Marathon to raise awareness.”

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Campus Crime Warren Jamba Juice opening delayed to March Mayor Menino to emphasize greater Logs Gov’t transparency Originally slated to open during Unfriendly

By Chris Lisinski Daily Free Press Staff

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By Robin Ngai Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Jan. 22 to Jan 28.

Students were the victims in a string of fraudulent charges made on their Metro Credit Union accounts.

At about 9 a.m. Tuesday charges were made to a student’s account at 635 Commonwealth Ave. On Wednesday and Friday at 922 Commonwealth Ave., charges were made on two other students’ Metro Credit Union accounts at 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.

Thugs with mugs While at the Panera Bread, located at 88 Comm. Ave. Tuesday, two unidentified males had an argument with the bakery’s manager and fled the store without paying. The two males had refilled their non-Panera Bread mugs with coffee and refused to pay. They have not yet been identified.

Unlock the secret At 590 Comm. Ave. Tuesday, a student’s laptop was stolen from his backpack. The crime was reported to BUPD at 4:15 p.m. The student had stored his backpack in an unlocked locker outside a room on the third floor of the building, and when he returned, his laptop was gone.

Loser lockpick An unknown suspect attempted to break into room 240 at 110 Cummington St. on Thursday. The perpetrator damaged the door’s lock but failed to make an entry. The attempted break-in was reported at 3:40 p.m.

BUmper Cars On Thursday at about 2:35 p.m., a student driving a BMW was backing into a spot outside 735 Comm.

Ave. and accidentally struck a bus’s bumper. There were no injuries but bumpers on both vehicles were damaged.

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An unknown suspect damaged an oil painting located at 88 Comm.

Ave. Friday at 10:26 a.m. The suspect tore a seven-inch gash into the corner of the painting.

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A deceased elderly male was found on a bench outside 90 St. Mary’s St. at 4:15 p.m. Friday. He was not affiliated with BU and reportedly lived in the area. Boston PD was notified and resolved the situation.

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On Sunday, two students left their apartment, located at 8 Sawyer terrace, for about an hour at about 12:00 a.m. and when they returned, realized their apartment had been burglarized. Four MacBook computers were stolen. BPD is still investigating.

Laptop theft tally: 6 An employee working at 44 Cummington St. reported a laptop was stolen from his desk Sunday after being left unattended for 20 minutes in his office. The incident was reported to police at 5:55 p.m.

the fall 2012 semester, Boston University’s new Jamba Juice will now open in the spring 2013 semester after delays in construction and planning, officials said.

“We are anticipating opening Jamba Juice in March,” said Scott Rosario, BU Dining Services marketing director. “We’re hoping for early March, but it will definitely be in March.”

Rosario said there were delays in attempting to fit Jamba Juice into the space formerly occupied by Olecito at the base of Warren Towers.

“Construction has been going on as soon as the permitting is done,” he said. “It’s been based on what permits are done and when pieces of construction could be done. There has been some delay in the design, originally, and then there was some delay in getting the permits done.”

Rosario said work must be done to add proper equipment and develop the space to meet the design requirements of a Jamba Juice.

“Part of the design process is fitting the Jamba Juice brand in there, laying everything out so it looks like a Jamba Juice store and not an Olecito store,” he said. “There are specifics

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The former location of Olecito in Warren Towers will become a Jamba Juice in March.

to the brand as far as the equipment that’s used, whether refrigeration requirements, or the flow of the store from where the guest enters, where they place an order and where they go.”

During the summer of 2012, the Jamba Juice in the George Sherman Union closed to be replaced by a Pinkberry and to add space to the GSU Starbucks. Officials planned to move Jamba Juice to 700 Commonwealth Ave. and have it replace Olecito.

“There were a couple of projects all happening simultaneously and they all impacted the space that was available,” Rosario said. “When

looking at the Olecito space, trying to figure out what would fit there, we decided obviously we’re not going to put Starbucks there since we already have Starbucks at 700 [Commonwealth Ave.].”

The decision to replace Olecito was made partially due to the high number of quick-service Mexican restaurants on or near the Charles River Campus, including Qdoba and Boca Grande Taqueria in Kenmore Square and Chipotle at 876 Commonwealth Ave., Rosario said.

“Jamba Juice has a great following at BU, as well as in the population, so it’s a brand we didn’t want

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BUSM profs. see new growth in cell development

By Emily Overholt Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University School of Medicine professors have discovered that tissues taken from specific cells were not rejected when transplanted into genetically identical recipients, according to a BUSM press release Monday.

The study, published online in the journal “Cell Stem Cell,” implanted tissues from induced pluripotent stem cells into genetically identical recipients to demonstrate the potential of using the cells to develop treatments for a wide range of ailments, including diabetes, liver and lung diseases. These prospective treatments would not run the risk of immune rejection. iPS cells can be created from adult cells, such as skin or blood, by genetically manipulating them into a stem cell state, according to the release. After the manipulation, iPS cells can mature into all the specific cell types in the body.

In the study, BUSM researchers took adult cells from an experimental model and manipulated

them into iPS cells. Next they matured the iPS cells into three different mature cells — nerve cells, liver cells and blood vessel lining cells — according to the release.

After developing the cells fully, researchers implanted the cells into genetically identical hosts and found no signs of an immune system response or a possible rejection.

Created by Ashleigh Boyd and Neil Rodrigues, professors of dermatology at BUSM and researchers at the Center for Regenerative Medicine at BU and Boston Medical Center, the study suggests transplants would be more efficient because patients would not need to take drugs to suppress their immune system after transplants.

“If the use of immunosuppressive drugs can be avoided, as might be the case for patient-specific iPS cell-based therapies, it would be preferable,” Boyd said in the release. “Our results are very promising and future work should be directed at assessing whether tissues derived from human iPS cells will

similarly lack immunogenicity.”

The research was funded by an Institutional Development Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, according to the release. The IDeA program funds research capacities in states that are thought to have had minimal NIH funding by supporting research, faculty development and infrastructure improvements.

Boyd and Rodrigues’s study challenges a previous study, published in “Nature” in 2011, which saw iPS cells transplanted in a stem cell state rejected by the genetically identical recipients.

“The Nature study provocatively suggested that tissues derived from patient-specific iPS cells may be immunogenic after transplantation,” Rodrigues said in the release. “However, it never directly assessed the immunogenicity of the therapeutically relevant cell types that could be utilized in regenerative medicine and transplantation.”

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced Thursday that Boston’s financial records have become more open to residents since the city received a “D-” grade from Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group in spending transparency.

Deirdre Cummings, legislative director for MASSPIRG, said city financial information for the public has been too limited.

“The area that was lacking and what we focused our review on was transparency of city spending, really down to the checkbook level,” she said. “So you can find posted up there [on the City of Boston website] just the regular budget, but what you can’t find is an easy-to-use online checkbook where you can find the details regarding how the city is spending the taxpayers dollars.”

Out of 30 cities evaluated in the MASSPIRG report, three received an “A,” grade. These cities are New York City, Chicago and San Francisco, Cummings said.

To combat its grade, the city of Boston has created an open government portal to improve engagement across city government and create a connection between residents and their government. The portal allows Boston residents to see civic data, use interactive maps and review city performance, according to Menino’s press release.

“The City of Boston is committed to an open government strategy,” Menino said in a press release. “For us, it’s all about deepening the connection between residents and government. That’s why we launched our open government portal in 2012 and continue our work to build out the platform.”

The open government portal was launched in October 2012, but the mayor is announcing it now as it is more operational, said Curt Savoie, the principal data scientist for Boston’s innovation and technology department.

“While it was launched in October, we haven’t had a lot of data sets on it so we’ve been adding data to it all along,” Savoie said. “In the beginning we didn’t feel it was time to announce it, because people wouldn’t really see anything on the site. Behind the scenes we’ve been working

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Project Mailbox collects small donations for various charities

By Brian Latimer Daily Free Press Staff

Project Mailbox founder Nick Dougherty said the idea of a donation box on campus allows students to give back to the local and international community, even if they donate a few cents.

“We shouldn’t feel guilty for not giving charity groups our credit cards,” Dougherty, a 2012 College of Engineering graduate, said. “I wanted to make charity accessible so I figured in order to do that, it would have to be something anonymous — something you would want to do on your own time to get involved.”

The Project Mailbox dropbox is located outside of the University Grill on Commonwealth Avenue and collects anonymous donations from students, Dougherty said.

The idea for Project Mailbox formed at BU during the summer

of 2010. Dougherty, who still works with the group, said his goal is to expand across the country while fundraising for a new organization every month.

“There is a huge incentive for students to get involved because they can make a huge impact without giving an arm and a leg,” Dougherty said. “If every student [at BU] donated a laundry quarter a week, we would raise $16,000 in a month.”

Co-founder Kaylee Dombrowski said Project Mailbox became an official 501c3 nonprofit organization in December. The only Project Mailbox chapter is located at BU. “It [participating in charities] makes college students more globally minded because we donate to a new organization every month,” Dombrowski, a 2011 College of Fine Arts graduate, said.

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Project Mailbox is a student-run organization that picks a charity each month to give the donations put in this mailbox on Commonwealth Avenue.

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Jamba Juice to employ students Chief info. officer: transparency among many goals Jamba Juice: From Page 3

to part ways with,” he said. “When we looked at what space we had and what brands are the most popular and what brands are the best fit, Olecito was the odd man out.”

Rosario said all students will have employment opportunities at the Warren Jamba Juice.

“Dining Services is one of the largest, if not the largest, employers of students on campus,” he said.

“We already have some students that worked at Jamba Juice here in the GSU that are interested in still continuing to work at Jamba Juice, so there will be a hiring process once we get closer to our opening day.”

A number of students said they are eager for Jamba Juice to open after confusion about the grand opening date.

“It said ‘coming fall 2012,’ and then it never came,” said College of Engineering sophomore Emily Cyr.

“It’s frustrating, I really like smoothies and it would have been nice to come at the end of fall, especially when it was warmer. March is a rough time to open because no one says ‘it’s cold, I could really go for a smoothie right now.’”

Crystal Taber, a College of Fine Arts senior, said she is pleased to see healthier options being offered on campus.

“Jamba Juice appeals to me more because I eat more healthy [foods] and they have yogurt and granola, and they make smoothies from fresh fruit,” she said.

College of General Studies sophomore Naoise Lane said she is pleased Dining Services is finally opening Jamba Juice, but she would like to see more alternative dining options.

“I’d like to see a better salad place and more vegetarian options,” she said. “I don’t think it [Loose Leafs] is organic.”

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to make it sustainable and figuring out what data people actually want.”

Cummings said transparency in government is important for the efficiency of a city.

“Transparency of city spending is important as it make government more efficient,” Cummings said. “It promotes accountability, and it allows the public to see and participate and understand city services, and how the city is investing their tax dollars.”

Bill Oates, chief information officer for the city, said transparency is the first of many goals for the new portal.

“The portal will also be used for developers and those in academia that can benefit from this information,” Oates said. “We will be able to

work together on projects like urban planning, and transportation issues.

We want to streamline the process for people to get information that they want, so that we can create more connections with residents.”

Meredith Weenick, Boston’s chief financial officer, said changes needed to be made to accommodate citizen access to data.

“The City recognizes the need to make financial data available to the public. Now that we have upgraded our financial system, the time is right to increase the amount of available data,” se said.

The financial system was updated, allowing the project to go ahead, Savoie said.

“For about a year, our software system experienced a fairly significant overhaul,” Savoie said. “It was

pretty much a software update of our entire financial system, and now that it is done, our resources are more freed up to explore some of the things in this portal project.”

In its report, MASSPIRG makes recommendations to improve Boston’s grade, mainly focusing on the importance of checkbook-level detail.

“You want to see who gets paid, how much they get paid and for what,” Cummings said, detailing what ‘checkbook-level’ means.

“Then, in addition to that we also look to see, ‘could the public access the contracts?’ Because often cities contract with agencies or when they make a purchase it is in a contract, and then the other piece of spending that is very important is spending done in the form of tax breaks.”

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Members of Project Mailbox meet to nominate and anonymously vote on the next charity organization, Dombrowski said. The group cycles between local nonprofit groups and international groups once a month.

“We want to see this at colleges small and large, in urban and rural settings,” Dombrowski said.

President of Project Mailbox, Zulaikha Hasan, said money collected through the mailbox in February will go to the Women’s Lunch Place on Newbury Street.

“Even if you’re not homeless and you’re a woman with nowhere to go, you can go have a warm meal,” Hasan, a College of Arts and Sciences junior said.

All of the proceeds from the donation box are donated to the charity of the month, Hasan said. She checks proposed charities to make sure they are completely nonprofit.

“College students can’t go spending an entire day cleaning up a park or volunteering at a soup kitchen because we have a lot of work to do,” Hasan said. “With this, all you have to do is drop in some change, and that little bit amounts to a lot.”

Hasan said although she is the president of Project Mailbox, every student contributes equally to recruit more members or inspire people to donate.

“The students in the organization help better society and change the world one cent at a time,” Hasan said.

Nicole Henninger, who received her Master’s degree from the Col-

lege of Communication in December, said she has been volunteering at Project Mailbox since January 2012.

She was drawn to the group because it offers her a chance to work with a variety of charity organizations.

“We are an organization that provides an outlet for college students to become philanthropic or learn about new causes and organizations they care about,” Henninger said.

Henninger said Project Mailbox only communicates with students through social media to avoid bothering potential members on the street.

“Because we don’t canvas and we just use social media, all you need is a team of students that are involved,” Henninger said. “It just takes dedicated students that can put a mailbox on campus.”

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s the semester begins to unfold, students may find they have an old friend returning for a visit. It’s a friend no one really likes, but many find themselves running into him at the most inconvenient times: before that impending midterm, or right before an oral presentation.

This friend is stress, and no matter how much you try to avoid it, stress is that friend that just won’t go away.

Students may be all too familiar with stress, but a study performed by Akira Sawa, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of the Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Center, has shed new light on the phenomenon. The study, reported in Science on Jan. 18, suggests a connection between adolescent stress and permanent mental illnesses in adult life.

While mental illness has always been a popular topic, it has become more widely discussed with the recent influx of aggressive and violent acts, making this study’s finding central to future well being.

What is stress?

Stress is the brain’s response to any demand, including episodes of frustration or anger, according to the National Library of Medicine. The manifestation of stress can be short-lived or chronic, though either case is on the rise.

In a 2011 American Psychological Association survey, 39 percent of adults reported an increase in stress level over the past year, and 44 percent reported an increase in the past five years.

Though the definitive causes of this stress upsurge is unclear, survey subjects listed money, work and the economy as major contributors to stress.

It is widely accepted that stress can be debilitating to the bodies and minds of adolescents and young adults.

College of Communication junior Austin Corbett said he thinks stress can affect one’s ability to focus.

“Stress can cause a lack of focus, physical implications such as headaches or other bodily ailments,” Corbett said. “It can also negatively affect relationships if the stress is not handled properly, whether that be friendships or otherwise.”

A new study Four unique groups of adolescent mice set the stage for Sawa’s, research: normal mice, normal mice with isolation stress, mice with genetic risk and mice with genetic risk and isolation stress.

Each enclosure at the research center contained between three and five mice. From our human sense, Sawa explained, this condition can be overcrowded. For mice, it is comfortable, so when a mouse is taken from this environment and isolated for three weeks, it becomes stressed.

The study focused on adolescent-aged mice to mirror the effects of stress in human adolescents, who are undergoing a critical period of brain development, according to the Johns Hopkins Medicine website. Therefore, according to the study, adult behavior is highly dependent on environmental conditions as children and adolescents.

“Most of the major mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, mood disorder [and] sub-

this steroid — which, according to The New York Times, is known as the abortion drug — blocks cells from receiving cortisol.

In administering RU-486, conditions in mice were normalized. Sawa said the drug had been previously used in patients with psychotic depression, a subgroup of depression that is difficult to treat. He hopes that the mouse study may provide a new model for psychotic depression.

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Minae Niwa, one of the authors of the paper published in Science, conducts research in the Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Center.

stance use are in early adult onset, and the adolescent pathology just before onset is of the most interest,” Sawa said in a phone interview.

The normal mice showed no changes in behavior after this isolation, but mice with a genetic predisposition to characteristics of mental illness began exhibiting signs of mental illness. When returned to their regular housing, the new behavior endured, hinting that these effects may be permanent.

To record these effects on behavior, mice were tested post-isolation. These mice were examined in the forced swim test, in which they were placed in a pool filled with water.

Genetically predisposed mice failed to swim.

“The FST is used to examine efficacy of antidepression,” Sawa said. “This reflects some aspect of depression, a condition familiar to humans.”

The mice with genetic risk also exhibited hyposensitivity to a psychostimulant, which, according to the online Farlex dictionary, is a drug with antidepressant or mood-elevating properties. This is also a known reaction in patients with schizophrenia.

Sawa said some mice behavior can mimic human behavior, and the implications of this study may be significant.

“Even without the external stress the genetically predisposed mice show milder defect in later adulthood, but the extent is subtle,” Sawa said. “Only by combining with isolation, the aberrant phenotypes occur, especially from early adulthood.”

College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Joseph Hannawi said he agreed that stress and mental health are closely related.

“I wouldn’t say stress causes mental health illness,” Hannawi said, “But it may

promote the onset of symptoms.”

When asked about the effects of stress, CAS sophomore Myrna Jreige said she thinks people with stress might withdraw themselves from others, affecting their mental health.

“Stress as a whole is not good for a person’s mental health,” she said, “though it depends on how long or drawn out it is.”

Stress and the body The study focused on the gene DISC1, a risk gene that is implicated in a wide range of mental illnesses, Sawa said. The gene has been identified as a schizophrenia susceptibility gene and Sawa said subjects with the mutation have been diagnosed as depressed, schizophrenic or bipolar. There are many risks with mental illness, though, Sawa said, so there is not a specific significance in this gene.

In the predisposed mice, the study found the DISC1 gene is overexpressed.

The mice with the DISC1 gene had elevated levels of Cortisol, a steroid hormone familiarly known as the stress hormone, as it is involved in the nervous system and in stress responses.

According to Sawa, they also showed lower levels of dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain involved in motivation, reward, cognition and mood. Low levels of dopamine correlate with higher levels of anxiety, depression, as well as some symptoms of schizophrenia, according to News Medical and Cornell Chronicle.

Researchers used RU-486, a glucocorticoid receptor, to determine whether the high cortisol levels caused the changes in dopamine. Hopkins Medicine reported that

The severity of stress With the onset of stress, only 29 percent of people surveyed by the American Psychological Association said they are doing a good job of reducing it, and 94 percent believe that stress can contribute to the development of major illnesses.

It is not surprising, then, that emotional health in college students has decreased over time while feelings of being overwhelmed have risen.

In the University of California, Los Angeles survey “The American Freshman: National Norms,” self-rated emotional health for freshman was at its lowest point in 2010 since the survey began in 1985.

Olivia Jake, a junior in the College of Engineering, said if she doesn’t keep her stress in check she feels major impacts.

“If you don’t find healthy ways of dealing with stress, you’ll go insane,” Jake said. “If I don’t find ways to manage my time, I’ll have a breakdown.”

However Jriege said stress is not always a negative sensation. “Some people can be debilitated by stress,” she said, “whereas other people may thrive under the pressure.”

Some students said the major issue at hand is the prevention of mental health issues.

“This can help us as a society to recognize those with mental health issues,” Corbett said. “On the other hand, it could cause a negative stereotype for those with the predisposition, because we wouldn’t want to put them in a separate class due to their issues.”

Hannawi said mental health issues are in the news seemingly every day.

“Whether these cause people to be violent or more aggressive is definitely a hot issue these days, especially after the recent school shootings,” he said.

The future Sawa said he hopes that this study, which tested how broadly RU-489 affected molecular change, will affect the way psychotic depression is treated in the future.

“If we have animal models, developing a new compound is easier” he explained, “We can develop new drugs to treat it.”

Sawa also said he will study the causes of substance use, as it is believed that adolescent stressors are one cause. He said researchers plan to test how an animal model may have a program in substance use, as it did in mental health.

Scientists do not yet completely understand why the past often affects adults’ mental health years later.

However, Sawa said we must continue to focus on how adolescent stress can result in neuropsychiatric disorders. He said it is vital to improve preventative care for teenagers with mental illness in the family and for those with high stress levels to manage it properly.

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Boy Scouts to work towards gay acceptance

Just last July, the Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed its policy to exclude gays from being members or leaders, issuing a statement declaring that such was “the best policy for the organization,” according to ABC News.

But in response to continued progress on the gay-rights front, they have chosen to reconsider. As the nation grows to sympathize with the LGBTQ movement, the Boy Scouts of America may end its ban on homosexual scout members and leaders, according to NBC News Monday. If approved, the change could be announced as early as next week.

For many, this is overdue progress. BSA is one of the largest youth organizations in the country, boasting 2.7 million members and more than 1 million adult volunteers.

Generally an organization with a positive impact, the Scouts provides “a program for young people that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness,” according to the organization’s website.

The national program fosters a strong community of young men who grow, hopefully, into strong community leaders. To refuse gays the right to be part of such a beneficial organization seems warped, especially in 2013, with both liberal U.S. President Obama and conservative former

Gov. Mitt Romney having advocated for the acceptance of homosexuals in the Boy Scouts. To discriminate against gays in the Boy Scouts is to imply that gays are neither capable of Boy Scout activities nor worthy of such community and character development.

Boy Scouts is recognizing that, because gays exist they must also be included, and in a society in which gay marriage will continue to be viewed as socially and morally acceptable, it is necessary to teach youth the importance of acceptance and coexistence, if not advocacy for the cause. Admitting homosexuals into the Boy Scouts is a good step toward educating youth of the cause and diminishing the stigma otherwise often attached to being gay.

To continue to ban gays, conversely, will widen the divide on the issue, and provoke ongoing hate. To keep them out of the Boy Scouts effectively asserts that gays are not “boys,” and thus not of equal status to their heterosexual counterparts.

Undoing the ban is a step in the right direction. More efforts at acceptance and assimilation will need to be made, however. The Girl Scouts, for example, already donates much of its cookie sales proceeds to funding community service and action projects, which include LGBTQ, and women’s rights education efforts.

“Are you a jerk who wants to share your sexual conquests?”

If so, you’re in luck. There’s an app for that, one that TechCrunch has rated the “Douchebag App of the Year.” The Facebook of sexual encounters — “Share your romantic encounters with your closest friends,” it advertises before asking for a user’s email — it’s called Playbook, and it allows users to upload and rate pictures of their romantic conquests with their chums.

But not only can Playbook users rate their experiences, thereby rating the individuals with whom they shared them — which, we all know, is a natural thing to do with or without an app — they can also indicate how far they went with the significant (or insignificant) other (first base, etc.), consequently allowing any friends who follow your sexual progress to judge and publicly comment on your so-called “play.” Classy.

The main thing we’re asking is, “What’s the point?” You can already text your friends, Facebook message your friends — heck, you can talk to your friends in person and avoid the potentially destructive permanence that accompanies Internetbased communication — and more likely than not, you’re going to rate what you’re

telling your friends about in the process as well. Why document this more than we already do? More specifically, why give a company (that is, the group of young developers who created Playbook) access to your sex life? Whatever you say will stay somewhere in cyberspace. Someone somewhere (a future employer, maybe?) will have access to your cheap romance and raunchy pictures. Your words could easily come back to haunt you.

In most cases — though admittedly we rarely adhere to this wisdom — the dirty details of your life in the bed sheets are best not transcribed on the Internet. Remember when you thought SnapChat was safe? Remember to think twice.

So far the app caters to “bro” figures, but according to TechCrunch, Playbook’s creators are working to make the app more gender-neutral. Will the app be as appealing to females? Time will tell. And that’s not to say that all males find the app to be particularly luring. In fact, while it’s unkind to rate your piece of meat from the night before to your friends, it’s all the more worse to do so to the cyber public by downloading an app for it.

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The myth of the Second Amendment COLIN SMITH

A simple and entirely non-debatable fact before we begin: Guns do one thing.

They kill.

And yet the United States Constitution states that, quote, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

This piece will not spend long on the intention of the second amendment. To do so would be a pointless exercise in grammar, not ideology.

The “right to bear arms” is not a sovereign idea within a larger statement. It is simply another name for “a well regulated militia” which is the only idea to which the amendment is referring. The actual direct meaning of the second amendment, therefore, if stripped of unnecessary descriptions, would read as follows: A wellregulated militia shall not be infringed upon. The amendment is thus satisfied by the existence of the National Guard, a modern day militia, and speaks nothing of private gun ownership.

There. Current problem with Second Amendment resolved. Now that that’s out of the way we can focus on a much more worthy topic. If the Constitution is silent on private gun ownership, what should the position of the United States Government be?

It is a fact that guns account for more accidental deaths than they do justified self-defense deaths. In 2006, there were 642 accidental gun deaths in the United States. This detail alone should be enough to outlaw private gun ownership in the U.S. No? To restate: weapons intended for self-defense are not fulfilling their intended role as often as they are taking the lives of innocent people. To me, this fact speaks clearly enough to justify the elimination of privately owned guns.

But sadly this statistic is not enough. As of today, there are eighty-nine privately owned guns for every one hundred people in the United States. No other country in the world comes close to matching this number.

“Don’t I have the right to protect myself with guns?” This is the question so often posed by gun advocates. I answer with this: Considering that more deaths from guns are accidental, don’t I have the right to protect myself by advocating the absence of guns?

Then there is the stale declaration: “If we outlaw guns, only the outlaws will have guns.” My answer is this: do we not have any faith in our own police force? We live in the most affluent, most prosperous country in the world and yet, as a nation, we have less faith in our own police force

than in places where corruption is open and rampant in law enforcement ranks. We all pay taxes for the formation, armament, and upkeep of a police force. Why not let them do their job and protect us? Until the day comes when weapons can be expelled totally from our society, let us at least trust the police officers who are trained in their use.

If you are in a location where you honestly, truly feel a gun is necessary for your own self-preservation, why are you in that area? America, for the most part, is a safe, open, tolerant, peace-loving society.

I know that at times it seems hard to remember this.

But pay attention to the news. Watch the riots in Egypt, the civil war in Syria, the suppression in North Korea. Watch the death. Watch the suffering. Watch the hate.

Watch the violence. Yes, watch the guns.

Watch all this lest we forget how good we really have it, how free we are as a people, how safe we are in our beds at night.

Many people in the world need guns for their own protection and the protection of their rights. We, I would argue, do not. The days of the American gunslinger are over.

We no longer need to a six-shooter at our hip for protection, as cool as it may look.

For a moment, I ask you to put political statements aside, the second amendment aside, personal liberties, the right to bear arms, and the NRA aside, and remember this, again: Guns do one thing. They kill.

The battle over gun control has morphed into a political fight. Guns ownership has become a symbol for just about everything right-wing while anti-gun is a calling card of the political left. I am not exempt from this mindset. I wrote this article with nothing less than the intention of smashing the puny Conservative thought process beneath my righteous, Liberal boot of justice. But how can I call myself anti-gun if I am not also anti-hate? Regardless of what side of the debate you are on, do not let the gun argument morph into something it should not be. If it must be an argument, let it be one of honest pros and cons and of no political symbolism.

We must not let guns become symbols.

Please do not sling an assault rifle on your back and walk down Main Street because it is your Constitutional Right to do so.

(It’s not — we discussed that at the beginning.) It’s just not worth the cost. It’s just not worth another Newtown. It’s just not worth 642 deaths a year.

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Chemistry between Warren, Menard leads to success on man-advantage Power play: From Page 8

Sunday afternoon, BU hosted the University of New Hampshire at Walter Brown Arena. In a tightly contested game, BU’s play with the 5-on-4 advantage proved to be the contest’s deciding factor.

With the game tied at one 16:45 into the first period, defenseman Kailey Chappell was called for a tripping penalty. Junior defenseman Shannon Doyle broke the tie with a wrist shot from the point that beat goaltender Jenn Gilligan glove side, 38 seconds later. It was Doyle’s second such goal in four games.

In the middle of the second period, with the teams knotted up at two goals apiece, defenseman Caroline Broderick was sent to the box for tripping, sending BU’s power play onto the ice for the fourth time in the game.

Seconds later, junior forward Louise Warren and senior forward Isabel Menard showed off their chemistry. On a nifty passing play, Warren was closing in on Gilligan’s left side when she found Menard on the other side of the net and sent the puck over.

Menard was able to retrieve the puck and put it past Gilligan. The powerplay goal stood as the game-winning

goal in BU’s 3–2 triumph.

One doesn’t have to look very far back to find the last time this same duo combined for a power-play goal, as Menard assisted on such a goal from Warren in a game against the University of Connecticut on Jan. 8.

The connection between Menard and Warren — which is in large part responsible for their power-play success — comes from the longevity of their playing time together. “[Menard and I have] been linemates for two years now, so we’re just getting better with each other,” Warren said. “Our vision and our other linemate, [sophomore forward

Kayla] Tutino, is really helping too.”

Menard referenced not just longevity, but also practice as a factor in the duo’s success. “[Warren and I have] been practicing pretty well, and I’ve been playing with her for two years, so I got to know her and its been going well so far,” Menard said.

The Terriers also recently received an impressive performance on the man-advantage from freshman forward Sarah Lefort. In a close game against Northeastern University on Jan. 16, Lefort scored two power-play goals that helped propel BU to its 5–4 victory.

With different players stepping up and contributing to the Terriers’ power play every game, Durocher said the team must commit fewer penalties than its opponents in order to maximize scoring opportunities.

“I think the power play has been really solid,” Durocher said. “I’d still like to find a way, in games where we’re controlling the shots on goal and the opportunities, that we don’t end up with the same number of penalties … [as] our opponent.

“As the competition begins to escalate, and the games become more important, it gets magnified.”

Zachary Ray shows talent at meet Late goal helps Terriers win closely contested game Track and Field: From Page 8

and another school record was broken, this time in the 200m dash by senior R.J. Page. Page placed fourth overall with a time of 21.25 seconds. He also placed fourth in the 60m dash, crossing the finish line in 6.91 seconds.

Freshman Reuben Horace continued the strong start to his collegiate career by earning a victory in the weight throw with a mark of 18.77m.

Graduate student Zachary Ray also turned in a good performance, placing first in the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.98 seconds, and coming in second in the long jump with a mark of 7.16m.

“He’s very talented,” Johnson said of Ray. “Today was a ‘PR’

for him in the hurdles … he’s just really coming into his own, and we’ve been working really hard and we’re starting to see the work.”

Ray was also a member of the 4x400m relay team that placed second overall. Ross, Ray, senior Tewado Latty and freshman David Lageberg ran quick splits to finish with a time of 3:12.34.

As a whole, the coaches said they were pleased with the efforts of the team in all areas.

“There were a lot of good results,” Lehane said. “A lot of the kids … are making personal bests for themselves. In fact, most of them are. And for us, as coaches, that’s rewarding. It’s nice to see the kids do well.”

Women’s hockey: From Page 8

Skating Strides Against Breast Cancer game, BU opened up scoring when Stoneburgh picked up her own rebound to notch her fourth goal of the season. Similar to the game against Vermont, the Wildcats did not remain behind for long as forward Caroline Broderick evened up the score just over a minute later.

With 3:15 left in the first period, New Hampshire defenseman Kailey Chappell went to the penalty box after she tripped junior forward Louise Warren. With the Terriers holding a player advantage, Doyle took a shot from the point that slid right in between UNH goaltender Jenn Gilligan’s glove and the pipe to give the Terriers another one-goal lead.

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back to tie it early in the second, but a power-play goal by senior forward Isabel Menard, her 10th goal of the season, gave the Terriers the lead they would need to eventually defeat New Hampshire.

While neither team would go on to score in the third period, the frame was highlighted by a body checking penalty by New Hampshire forward Kayla Mork, whose hit on freshman forward Rebecca Russo left Russo on the ground in severe pain for several minutes.

“I think the kid lost her edge and went down and really kind of submarined her,” Durocher said of the play. “The doctors are looking at it, but don’t think it’s too serious.

“They really probably won’t know until [Monday or Tuesday]

to see if there’s any swelling, see if there’s any changes in the next 24 to 48 hours that might indicate something different.”

Although Durocher said he was pleased with certain elements of his team’s performance during the weekend, he did note that the Terriers need to improve on decreasing their penalties in the coming weeks.

After not having a penalty in the first 26 minutes of the game against UNH, the Terriers accumulated four, including three in the second period.

“If somebody gets a penalty once in a while for going to the net hard and there’s a charging call, I can live with it,” Durocher said. “But not the penalties that are stick penalties a long ways from our net. We have to eliminate those.”

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Terriers win 5th, 6th consecutive matchups during busy weekend BU wins contests against Vermont, New Hampshire

Power play key to women’s hockey’s successful streak

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Having not lost a game since a Nov. 9 tilt against the University of New Hampshire, the No. 5 Boston University women’s hockey team utilized its strong power-play unit as it extended its winning streak to six games this past weekend with a win on the road against the University of Vermont Friday and a home victory over UNH (10–13–2, 6–6–1 Hockey East) Sunday.

“I like the fact that we’ve been resilient and that we’re finding ways to close out games,” said BU (17–3–3, 12–2–1 Hockey East) coach Brian Durocher after Sunday’s win over the Wildcats. “Whatever it takes — the power play the last few games, even strength earlier in the year — they’re all ways to win the game and a number of people are contributing, helping and getting the job done.”

On Friday, freshman forward Jordan Juron left her mark as one such contributor as she tallied two power-play goals and had a total of three points during BU’s 5–2 win over the Catamounts (6–14–3, 4–5–3 Hockey East).

With the Terriers on the power play toward the end of the first period, Juron picked up a deflected shot from the stick of junior defenseman Shannon Doyle and tossed the shot by Vermont netminder Roxanne Douville for her first goal of the game. Within two minutes, however, the Catamounts evened out the score with a goal by forward Amanda Pelkey, who capitalized on a two-on-one breakaway.

While Vermont forward Erin Wente managed to score the Catamounts’ second goal of the game during the second frame, UVM could not overcome a three-goal period that included tallies from BU’s top scorers — freshman forward Sarah Lefort, junior co-captain Marie-Philip Poulin and sophomore forward Kayla Tutino.

Juron, who was named the Hockey East Rookie of the Week for her performance,

non Stoneburgh and Doyle made the jump for the Terriers, as the squad defeated New Hampshire, who is accountable for the Terriers’ last loss.

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The power play has not only been a strength of the No. 5 Boston University women’s hockey team, but also a key to its success throughout its six-game winning streak.

In its six games since the new year, BU (17–3–3, 12–2–1 Hockey East) scored on 10 of its 27 power plays, posting an impressive 37.0 power-play percentage. It also took 53 shots on goal during those power plays for an average of 1.96 shots per man-advantage.

“We’ve been doing a better job of having a net-front presence and also keeping it simple,” said BU coach Brian Durocher. “When you have the net-front presence and you’re just getting pucks to the net it creates opportunities, screens and chances.”

The Terriers’ play with the man-advantage was most opportunistic in their last two games.

Friday afternoon, they took on the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vt., where they were given three opportunities on the power play.

The first came at 13:10 of the first period when sophomore Greer Vogl was sent to the penalty box for hooking. Freshman forward Jordan Juron put the puck in the net for a power-play goal to put BU ahead 1–0 just 1:55 later.

With the Terriers leading 4–2 in the final frame and looking to extend their lead while on another man-advantage, Juron struck again, scoring her second power-play goal of the game. The goal cemented BU’s 5–2 victory and the performance earned Juron Hockey East Rookie of the Week honors.

Durocher said Juron deserved praise for making the most out of her ice time.

“Fortunately for [Juron] she was right there on the back door twice,” Durocher said. “[She] got a rebound on the first one and a loose puck, or maybe a pass from [senior forward] Isabel Menard on the second, and she took advantage of her opportunity.”

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Terrier freshman forward Jordan Juron’s two power-play goals in a winning effort against the University of Vermont earned her Hockey East Rookie of the Week honors.

rounded out the scoring just over six minutes into the third period, giving the Latham, N.Y., native her first multi-goal game.

“She took advantage of her opportunity,” Durocher said of Juron. “It’s nice to know you’ve got people who can step up.”

On Sunday, sophomore defenseman Shan-

Galen Rupp draws enthusiastic fans to Track and Tennis Center for track meet

By Sarah Kirkpatrick Daily Free Press Staff

In a weekend meet filled with exciting performances from several members of the Boston University track and field team — including two broken school records — the most memorable part of the Terrier Invitational did not come from a BU student, but from one of the biggest names in track and field.

Galen Rupp, the silver medalist at the London Olympics in the 10,000m and the American record-holder in the same event, took to the Track and Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon to participate in the mile run.

Rupp’s appearance attracted plenty of fans and enthusiasm, and just prior to race time, the building was packed.

“There was a line,” said Director of track and field Robyne Johnson, laughing.

“You never see a line coming in for a track meet.”

Rupp won the mile in a time of 3:50.92,

knocking seven seconds off of his previous personal best. His victory received an ecstatic ovation from the crowd at the Track and Tennis Center.

“I’ve never heard it that loud,” said assistant director of track and field Bruce Lehane. “He delivered the goods. He made the check, and he cashed it. It was fantastic.”

Junior Rich Peters, the NCAA national runner-up in the mile last season, ran unattached and placed fifth with a time of 3:59.97. He was one of six runners on the day to break the four-minute mark. Junior Stuart Ross also participated, setting a swift pace for the elite group of runners.

But Rupp and his competitors were not the only athletes to fare well at this weekend’s meet. Many members of the BU track team had solid performances across the board.

On Friday, graduate student Katie Matthews broke her own school record in the 5,000m, placing second in the race with a

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time of 15:46.13. This shattered her previous record of 15:52.80.

Matthews’s coaches said they were pleased with the result.

“She’s been twice All-American, so this more or less brings her back into that national picture for collegiate track,” Lehane said. “She redshirted through the XC season, so she’s been away for a good while from racing. So this was a very initial step towards getting back to the national championships.”

“She’s a true competitor,” Johnson added about her star athlete. “When the competition raises, she kind of raises the bar and goes with it.”

Senior Allison Barwise also had a solid showing in the high jump, tying University of Connecticut senior Ilva Bikanova for first place with a jump of 1.8m. “[Barwise] is one of the better jumpers in the country,” Lehane said. “Very reliable, very steady, great performer. It’s a good beginning for her.”

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Other top performers on Friday included freshman Sophie Jacsurak and senior Nikko Brady, who placed fourth (8.73 seconds) and fifth (8.74 seconds) respectively in the 60m hurdles.

Johnson said the success of Brady and Jacsurak comes from the two working off one another.

“The fact that they have each other to train with kind of makes it a competition at practice,” Johnson said. “So they’re really getting better at being sharp for race-type situations.”

In addition to her strong showing in the hurdles, Brady also placed second in the long jump with a jump of 5.61m. Senior Chelsea Curry came in seventh in the shot put, with a mark of 13.67m.

Senior Shelby Walton competed unattached in the 60m dash (7.63 seconds) and 200m dash (24.21 seconds), finishing second overall in both events.

On Saturday, the men took the stage,

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