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U.S. Sen. Warren forms political action committee Senate candidates scramble to obtain 10,000 signatures

By Michael Torruella Daily Free Press Staff

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced Thursday the formation of a new political action committee to support Democratic candidates around the country.

“I’ve formed a new organization — PAC for a Level Playing Field — to advance our fight,” Warren said in a statement Thursday. “Together we can do more, and we can support candidates across the country who believe in consistent accountability, investing in opportunity and fighting for families and small businesses.”

Warren filed with the Federal Election Committee to create the new committee Dec. 20.

Liz Bartolomeo, media director for Sunlight Foundation, said Warren created what is known as a leadership PAC. “It is a leadership PAC and corporations can’t give any money to it [the PAC], but the public can,” she said. “This is in line with what her political leanings and what she has done in the past.”

Leadership PACs are set up by elected officials and political parties to allow them to give more than the federal limit of $5,000 to candidates through independent expenditures. Corporations are not allowed to make contributions.

Super PACs do not make contributions to candidate campaigns or parties directly, but can spend independently of the campaign by raising money from individuals,

By Kyle Plantz Daily Free Press Staff

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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, seen here at a rally in September, announced that she formed a new political action committee for Democratic candidates Thursday.

corporations and unions.

“Just like our [2012 Senate] campaign, the PAC for a Level Playing Field won’t be funded by big corporate interests. It will be funded by grassroots donors like you,” Warren said in the statement.

Bartolomeo said it is not unusual for freshman senators to create new PACs. “[Creating a PAC is] a completely common thing,” she said. “It is what people well known do. It is something they do to

fundraise for other people.”

She said because Warren is a popular candidate, her PAC could help many campaigns.

“She has made it big and she is a rising star in the Senate, and her name can bring in a lot of money for other candidates and give it other campaigns,” she said.

In the year-end financial disclosure of

Warren, see page 2

Mass. recieves $960,000 from ineffective drug manufacturers

By Sarah Platt Daily Free Press Contributor

Massachusetts will receive about $1 million in settlement payments to resolve illegal drug marketing allegations against a Texas-based pharmaceutical company.

The settlement, reached in December, is a $48 million agreement to be paid to 47 states by Healthpoint Ltd. and DFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc. after allegations arose that they illegally charged MassHealth and other state health care and Medicaid programs for Xenaderm, an ineffective drug marketed to treat bed and pressure sores, according to a press release Friday from Mass. Attorney Gen. Martha Coakley.

“Illegal drug marketing imposes unnecessary costs on the Medicaid system and taxpayers that are footing the bill,” Coakley said in the release. “This settlement demonstrates the importance of policing the pharmaceutical industry and remain-

ing vigilant with respect to drug marketing misconduct.”

Healthpoint and DFB will pay more than $666,000 plus interest to MassHealth, and more than $329,000 to Massachusetts Medicaid program, according to the release.

Healthpoint had submitted false statements about Xenaderm in order to acquire Medicaid and Medicare money, according to the complaint filed by the U. S. Department of Justice in April 2011.

Stephen King, public affairs specialist for the Food and Drug Administration, said in an email that the FDA found the active ingredient in Xenaderm ineffective in the 1970s.

“While products containing Xenaderm’s principal active ingredient, trypsin, were on the market prior to 1962, the FDA had determined in the 1970s that trypsin was less-than-effective for its intended use,” he said.

Chris Gill, a professor at the School of Public Health at Boston University, said approving a new drug is a long process.

“For a drug to be approved by the FDA it has to be both safe and efficacious, and it has to be pure,” Gill said.

In the case of Xenaderm, Gill said that there was probably no physical danger.

“What we have here is something that’s probably safe and unadulterated, but not efficacious,” Gill said. “It’s not going to hurt anybody. It’s just spending a lot of money on something that’s not going to help anyone.”

Gill said some drugs are useful to treat things other than the FDA approved purpose, and there is nothing wrong with that practice.

“Clinicians are entirely entitled to prescribe a drug for an off-label purpose,” he said. “But, the company is not allowed to

Health, see page 2

Massachusetts Democrats and Republicans are gathering last-minute signatures needed to be on the ballot for the special election to fill Secretary of State John Kerry’s former senate seat. Candidates must collect and submit all their signatures by Wednesday.

“It’s still too early to know who will be on the ballot,” said Brian McNiff, spokesman for Mass. Secretary of State William Galvin. “The deadline coming up Wednesday at 5 p.m. is for the campaigns to submit their signature forms with 10,000 signatures to the local and city town registrar of voters for certification and to make sure these people are eligible voters in the community.”

Gabriel Gomez, Republican Navy SEAL, announced on his official Twitter account Tuesday that he had more than 25,000 voters sign his petition to be included on the ballot.

Republican Mass. Rep. Daniel Winslow announced Sunday that his campaign collected about 25,000 signatures.

“I am honored and encouraged that nearly 25,000 people from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have helped me take the first step in my campaign for the United States Senate,” he said in a statement Sunday.

Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan said in a statement Wednesday that he would run in the special election as long he receives the required number of signatures.

Sullivan announced his candidacy Thursday, which gave him less than a week to collect the required 10,000 signatures.

“It would’ve been easy for me to say why don’t I just raise some money and pay some people to get me on the ballot and worry about a field organization,” Sullivan said in the statement Thursday. “I don’t mind taking on challenges.”

Tim Buckley, communications director for the Massachusetts Republican Party, said whoever wins the primary for the Republicans will be ready to take on the Democratic candidate.

“The Mass. GOP is confident that there will a spirited primary, and whichever

Senate, see page 2

Students unsurprised by Fung Wah buses being pulled off roads, suspending service

By Brian Latimer & Kyle Plantz Daily Free Press Staff

The U. S. Department of Transportation ordered Fung Wah Transportation Inc. to remove its buses from roads Monday until company officials prove they can safely maintain a fleet of motor coaches.

“DPU [The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities] has never had a problem of this magnitude with a single company,” said DPU press secretary Mary-Leah Assad. “Obviously, once we saw there were problems, we dug deeper and saw it was a bigger issue.”

Buses were ordered off the road after inspectors found large structural cracks in 21 of the 28 buses in the fleet, Assad said.

Although the DOT suspended services for Fung Wah, the company has been able to charter third-party buses.

One bus, No. 72, was found to have four undercarriage frame cracks including at the drive axle, at the cross member for the motor mounts and at the differential and over

the right front steering axle, said Anne Berwick, chair of DPU, in a letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Friday.

In her letter, Berwick said the FMCSA should pursue an Imminent Hazard Order for Fung Wah’s blatant disregard for federal safety regulations and for putting the company’s own drivers, passengers and the motoring public at risk.

“In our opinion, Fung Wah appears to meet the profile of the ‘high risk’ passenger carrier,” Berwick said in the letter. “… The Department respectfully requests that the FMCSA immediately declare Fung Wah an ‘Imminent Hazard’ and order it to cease operations unless and until a Corrective Action Plan is developed and approved to eliminate this safety hazard.”

The DOT order came after Berwick requested the FMCSA suspend further busing.

Fung Wah, see page 2

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The Fung Wah bus company was ordered by the U.S. Government to take it’s buses off the road Tuesday.

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COM senior: Fung Wah travel ‘frustrating,’ ‘annoying,’ ‘cheap’ Fung Wah: From Page 1

The owner of Fung Wah agreed to take 21 of the company’s 28 buses off the road Saturday at 5 p.m., but Joseph DeLorenzo, director of the Office of Enforcement and Compliance at FMCSA, issued an order to Fung Wah Monday to halt all buses.

“You may not load or transport any additional passengers, nor may you operate any commercial motor vehicle listed on schedule

A in interstate and intrastate commerce while this order is in effect,” the order stated.

Several Boston University students said the order to stop all Fung Wah travel is not surprising.

“To be perfectly honest, it [taking Fung Wah] has always been a very frustrating, annoying experience,” said Victoria Price, a College of Communication senior. “I put up with it because they’re the cheapest way to get to New York.”

Price said while only the heat-

ing system broke while she was on a Fung Wah bus, the service was unreliable.

“Aside from the buses themselves, they’re really bad about scheduling,” Price said. “Last time I took them, I was supposed to get on a bus at 10:30 a.m. and I didn’t get onto the bus until about noon.”

Despite poor service, a number of students said Fung Wah’s low price made it a viable option for travel.

“It seems okay to ride and I’m sure they will do a good job with bouncing back,” said Amanda Chivil, a College of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “I will still probably ride with it. For a poor college student like me, it’s the cheapest option.”

Chivil said she takes the bus when she needs a ticket to get to and from home at the last minute and Fung Wah is the fastest bus option to New York.

Conor Glover, a CAS senior,

said the investigation is not surprising because of news he has heard about the buses crashing in the past.

“I heard horror stories, but from what I remember it just went really fast,” Glover said.

“It doesn’t seem like safety is a main concern for them, especially based on what I heard and what I knew previously — it didn’t seem like a top priority.”

Lynch rep.: Lynch collected enough signatures PAC to create ‘level playing field’ Senate: From Page 1

candidate receives the nomination will be a breath of fresh air compared to lifelong politicians Ed Markey and Steve Lynch, who have overseen record dysfunction on Capitol Hill,” he said.

On the Democratic side, campaign officials said they have been diligently working to get the required amount of signatures.

Conor Yunits, spokesman for U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch’s campaign, said Lynch has collected enough signatures to be on the ballot.

“Our collection efforts have been tremendous thanks to our volunteers,” Yunits said. “We’ll be on the ballot.”

Giselle Barry, spokeswoman for U.S. Rep Ed Markey’s campaign, said they feel confident moving forward in the race and have collected thousands of signatures.

“We’ve had energized volunteers holding hundreds of events to gather signatures throughout the state,” she said. “They have exceeded all goals. We’ve been collecting signature papers everyday and we continue to and will continue to until the deadline.”

Samantha Hooper, press secretary of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, said the Democrats have a great pool of candidates.

“There are a lot of signature drives across the state,” she said.

“We are waiting to see when the

candidates hand in their signatures and we are excited to help them out.”

McNiff said once the registrar of voters completes the certification of signatures, candidates or their campaigns have to pick up the certified nomination sheets and bring them to Galvin’s office before March 6 to count the number of signatures.

“Once that’s done, then those people are on the ballot,” he said.

“There is always a provision for challenging signatures, but if they [the campaigns] come in with more than 10,000 signatures, they will be on the ballot.”

The primary will be held Apr. 30 with the special election to follow June 25.

Public health prof.: Drug ‘probably safe’ Health: From Page 1

market that. Drugs get used in ways that aren’t in accordance with the labels all of the time” If a company does market an off-label purpose, the FDA gets involved and they send out warning letters to pharmaceutical companies who have been marketing their drugs in different ways than what was approved by the FDA,

said Judith Barr, professor at the Northeastern School of Pharmacy.

However Barr said the practice of sending out letters is not effective “It could be a little more aggressive,” she said. “There are so many ways to get off-label use of medications into the medical community.”

Barr said increased funding to the FDA has allowed some progress to be made.

“There is more surveillance within the FDA for the limits to which — especially direct to consumer ads — companies are allowed to go, and they are being held to the FDA’s initial indication for uses,” Barr said. “But, it’s not where it should be. Not yet.”

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about $42 million to help candidates in future races.

“Using our historic fundraising efforts and the single best grassroots army that any senate campaign has ever seen, the PAC for a Level Playing Field will fight for what we believe in and help candidates who will join us in that fight,” she said in the statement.

Tim Buckley, spokesman for the Massachusetts Republican Party, said Warren in her 2012 senate race took an undisclosed sum of money from Wall Street financers.

“She got contributions from folks on Wall Street,” he said.

“No surprise if she took back her word on business contributions.”

Bartolomeo said Sunlight Foundation will continue to look into Warren’s PAC. “We are the watchdogs for leadership,” she said. “We watch how they are spending and keeping track of their money.”

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2012, the PAC had no contributions or expenditures.

“They have reported no money so far,” Bartolomeo said. “She was just elected to office and they want to make it known that they will be raising money.”

Warren said she wants to create an equal opportunity for everyone to have a chance during the campaign.

“If we have the chance to fight on a level playing field, then no one can stop us. That’s what I’m fighting for each and every day in the United States Senate. But here’s the honest truth: At the end of the day, my one voice — and my one vote — isn’t enough. We need many strong voices fighting together to stand up for what we believe in,” she said in the statement.

She said she is using her fundraising knowledge from her previous campaign, in which she raised

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Campus & City City Crime Logs

I’ll Cut You

By Regine Sarah Capugnan Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken form the Allston-Brighton D14 crime logs from Feb. 19 to Feb. 26.

Thursday, a man with a knife caused a disturbance at an Allston apartment located at 1202 Commonwealth Ave. At 4:59 p.m. the victim stated that he was in the front lobby of the building when he saw the suspect trying to get inside by banging on the glass door. He recognized the suspect because he caused similar disturbances in the past and had been found sleeping in the lobby.

When the victim refused to open the door, the suspect became angry. The victim yelled “I’ll kill you” and “I’ll do you” at the victim, who returned to his apartment. However, the suspect began banging on the side window of the apartment.

When the victim looked out the window, he found the suspect with a knife in his hand. He yelled, “I’ll cut you up” before fleeing down the ally toward Harvard Street. At 5:32 p.m., the suspect returned to the building at 1202 Comm. Ave. and gained entrance into the victim’s apartment while he was gone. The suspect was then placed under arrest and charged with breaking and entering, assault and threats.

The balding thief A breaking and entering incident occurred at 8:34 p.m. Sunday inside a commercial building located at 1660 Soldiers Field Road. When the police arrived at the scene, the security alarm was sounding and the officers realized that the break-in was either still in progress or had recently occurred. The police cleared the building before investigating the incident.

They concluded that the intruder had accessed the building through a vent in the roof and destroyed part of the ceiling to enter the store inside the building. There was evidence that the intruder had attempted to access the money safe and had access to the store’s front cash registers. The building’s store video shows the suspect as a white man with a receding hairline wearing a dark vest and blue jeans.

Hit and tow At 3:30 p.m. Friday, a tow truck driver assaulted a woman at 11 Commonwealth Court. The victim stated that she had parked her car in her boyfriend’s parking spot to help him move some items from his apartment. When she returned to her car, Brighton Towing had her car on a tow truck and a tow truck driver was inside the car. When she confronted him about the incident, he refused to talk to the building manager and shoved her to the ground with two hands. The victim’s car was then towed to the Brighton Tow lot at 98 Hano St.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Students aim to launch rocket into space Tax-based aid needs reform, report suggests

By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University Rocket Propulsion Group director Armor Harris said he and his group’s members hope to build on research done at BU to successfully launch a rocket into outer space by 2015.

“Since 2003, BU has been conducting research into this new propulsion field. This year, we’ve taken all that research … and transformed it into a rocket that’s actually able to fly,” Harris, a College of Engineering sophomore, said.

Harris said BURPG is currently building and testing a model of the 35-foot rocket they plan to launch into space in two years. The model rocket is approximately 17 feet long and weighs around 150 pounds.

BURPG members plan to test the rocket in early August in Nevada, where they will launch it to an altitude of 50,000 feet, Harris said.

March 30, the team will test fire the rocket on the ground at their site in Sudbury to ensure it is functioning correctly, Harris said.

“You could consider that the next big milestone in the project — to demonstrate that the engine oper-

By Jordan Pickard Daily Free Press Contributor

“This includes the world of business. With one of the oldest and most accomplished management schools, it is no surprise that we are among the top schools of financially successful alumni.”

While SMG is one of the top management schools in the country, there are financially successful graduates from each of BU’s colleges, Nichols said.

“Wealth in our alumni ranks is certainly more concentrated from the schools where business, technology and science are taught,” Nichols said.

“But it would be misleading to think one specific field of study leads to wealth accumulation.”

Grace Baker, an SMG junior, said she is skeptical of gaining financial success as a direct result of going to BU. “I wonder if the rankings have to do a lot with family money at private schools especially at BU,” she said.

“Although it’s a good sign for us if we have a degree from BU.” Baker said the findings reflect well on BU, in a manner similar to the 2012 Global Employability Study

Redirecting tax-based aid to be more available for low-income students could both increase college enrollment and completion rates for such students, and serve to strengthen the economy, according to a new report.

“The reason it [tax-based aid] is more accessible to higher-income families is that the aid is delivered through the income tax system,” said Patrick Reimherr, an author of the report. “The amount of tax liability you have determines the extent of aid you can receive.”

Difficulties in financing college and obtaining aid contribute to lower graduation rates for students with low-income backgrounds, said Boston University economics professor Randall Ellis.

“Financial burdens are one of the major reasons that people don’t finish college, especially in lowincome houses,” Ellis said.

Although tax-based aid constitutes almost half of all non-loan federal aid, it provides little benefit to low-income students, according to a report released Wednesday by the Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success. The report suggested simplifying tax-based student aid in order to increase educational opportunity.

With the cost of college rising at four times the rate of income and two-and-a-half times the rate of Pell Grants, it is crucial that federal aid be used efficiently, the report stated. By funneling more taxbased student aid to low-income families, more people will graduate and the federal government can save billions of dollars.

High-income families have more access to aid because the parents of high-income families are, on average, better educated than those of low-income families, Ellis said.

“They know how to look for scholarships for their children,” Ellis said. “They can also afford and apply to more expensive schools, including BU, and therefore they get more financial aid.”

Rich Schools, see page 4

Aid, see page 4

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College of Engineering sophomore Kam Tabatttanon and ENG junior Michael Piettit work on a rocket as a part of the Rocket Propulsion Group November 3.

ates properly on the ground,” he said.

“We basically have this big structure that holds it down on the ground and we fire it statically.”

The student group consists of about 40 undergraduate students, only three of whom are upperclassmen, Harris said. Funding for BURPG comes from ENG as well as from outside corporate sources, including National Instruments and General Electric Aviation.

Harris said hybrid technology originated during the 1940s, but is not yet widely used to make rockets.

Hybrid rockets are safer than current rockets, and because BURPG’s runs off of laughing gas and tire rubber, they are more energy efficient. “[Hybrid technology] has been demonstrated before and it’s been researched before, but we’re really the ones who are putting it together into

Rockets, see page 4

BU has 12th wealthiest college graduates globally

By Nora Philbin Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University has the 12th highest number of financially successful graduates globally, and 11th highest of all U.S. private universities, according to a report released Thursday.

Among BU’s graduates, there are 491 individuals who have a net worth of at least $30 million when considering their shares in private and public companies, properties and other assets, according to the report by the wealth analysis group Wealth-X. Harvard University was ranked first, with 2,964 individuals above a $30 million net worth.

“American universities have been lighthouses of global human capital,” said David Friedman, president and co-founder of Wealth-X. “It [having successful alumni] creates a virtuous cycle between all of those factors — an ecosystem of success, human capital and prosperity.”

The total net worth of BU graduates is $38 billion, and the total net worth of Harvard graduates is $622 billion, according to the report.

Both undergraduate and graduate

degrees were considered in the report. Of wealthy BU alumni, 52 percent are self-made, while 21 percent inherited their wealth. The remaining 27 percent made their wealth by a combination of the two. 13 percent are female while the remaining 87 percent are male.

Friedman said the alumni network and career centers at BU and other highly ranked schools contribute to having wealthy alumni, as well as school officials’ dedication to bringing in talented international students.

“So much of life is who you know, not what you know — the fabric of life is relationships,” he said. “If you look at global talent and tracking that, and providing an environment of freedom [to international students], the top universities are harvesting that.”

BU Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations Scott Nichols said he was not surprised by the findings of the study, especially based on the quality of the School of Management.

“In government, the arts, education, religion and other fields, BU grads have been successful for a very long time,” Nichols said in an email.

Newbury Street church named National Historic Landmark

By Amira Francis Daily Free Press Staff

Boston’s Church of the Covenant is now among 2,500 other National Historic Landmarks around the country, recognized for its authenticity and grand, gothic architecture.

The feature of the church deemed most significant was the Tiffany interior, on account of its unusual and spectacular aesthetic appeal.

“There are several ways you can get landmark status, and one of those ways is through architecture,” said Charlene James, a member of the church and co-author of the application. “We tried both architecture and interior design and they [the National Park Service] said, ‘Very nice architecture … But go for the Tiffany,’ so that’s what we did. The Tiffany interior is so unusual and spectacular that we thought we had our best chance there.”

Patricia Henry, a historian at the National Historic Landmarks Pro-

gram, said the age of the interior of the church — which is located on Newbury Street — and the excellent shape it is in, makes it worthy of landmark status.

“In the 1880s or 1890s, all of the renovations that had all of the Tiffany interiors were done — the stain glass, the chandeliers. It’s one of the few complete Tiffany interiors that’s intact,” Henry said.

Lynn Smiledge, the other coauthor of the application, said the application required them not only to analyze the Tiffany interior design of the Church of the Covenant, but also to compare it with other churches across the country.

“We put out our initial letter of inquiry and they came back to us and asked us to do a little more work,” she said. “They asked us to do some comparative analyses because there are other churches with Tiffany interiors, so we analyzed the Tiffany interior in the Church of the Covenant with other churches all across the

country that have similar interiors.”

The Tiffany interior, which consists of mosaic work, stenciling on the ceiling and walls and intricate woodwork, has helped the church to reflect its ideals.

Reverend Rob Mark, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, said the Tiffany interior better represents progressive Christianity.

“The Tiffany renovations spoke a lot more about a church that serves the world as it is here and now, as opposed to just waiting until we die and going to heaven,” he said. “It promoted progressive Christianity and shows some of the compassionate and social justice underpinnings of who Jesus is in the world.”

People involved with the church expressed hope that the award would benefit the church in a few ways.

Smiledge, said the award might make the church eligible for a grant program called Save America’s Treasures, which currently isn’t in

Church, see page 4

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The Church of the Covenant at the corner of Newbury Street and Berkeley Street has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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BURPG Dir.: Group hopes to send rocket to space in summer 2015 Rockets: From Page 3

an operational system,” Harris said.

BURPG members have already begun drafting preliminary designs phase for a larger, 700-pound version of the hybrid rocket, which they hope will make it to space in the summer of 2015, Harris said.

He said BURPG members are also developing training programs for students in the group, including certification that enables students to legally launch rockets.

“It’s what’s celled the Level 1

Certification through the National Association of Rocketry,” said BURPG Vice Director Drew Kelley. “The basic requirements for certification are to successfully launch and recover a small, high-powered rocket.”

Kelley, an ENG junior, said BURPG hopes to have many of its members certified by mid-April. By the 2015 launch, at least one member will need a Level 3 Certification in order to launch the rocket into space.

BURPG is one of the only engineering student groups on campus to

offer hands-on activities to students, Kelley said.

“It’s been very eye-opening to the possibilities, as well as a whole lot of fun,” he said.

BURPG Faculty Advisor Caleb Farny said many other engineering student groups at BU are societyoriented, but do not allow students to apply what they have learned in class in the way BURPG does.

Farny, a mechanical engineering professor, said BURPG is different in the 2012-13 academic year in that

it now involves more underclassman and students from engineering areas other than mechanical engineering.

“It takes more than one kind of a person to pull something off,” he said. “One thing that’s unique to me about [BURPG members] is that they’re one of the few groups that are able to take what they learn in class — and this is anywhere between freshman and senior year — and they are actually able to apply it to some other different type of project.”

Harris said BURPG is an oppor-

tunity for engineering students, as well as students from other schools, to get involved and get experience early in their college careers.

“A lot of freshmen come into engineering thinking they have four years of classes before they can even begin to do anything, but the vast majority of all this is being done by freshmen and sophomores,” he said.

“What it’s really about is changing perceptions on what students can do and what students can obtain.”

Report author: Two proposals could create revenue for increased Pell Grants Aid: From Page 3

The report aims to simplify taxbased aid so low-income families can have more access, Reimherr said. Its writers proposed three solutions to address rising tuition.

“Our goal was to establish a framework for reform,” Reimherr said. “In general they all create a very similar framework for reform — they all take steps toward ac-

complishing the same goals.”

The first proposal calls for simplification by consolidating several tax credits into one, while remaining revenue neutral.

“If you think simplification is the most important thing, then it’s probably the best solution,” Reimherr said. “If you think we should target the maximum amount of aid towards low income students, then it’s also the best solution.”

The other two proposals generate a modest amount of revenue that could be reinvested in the Pell Grant program, Reimherr said.

A number of BU students said federal aid should be redistributed Courtney McGuire, a College of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said low-income families are a target, but the government should also help more middle class families so more people can go to

school.

“If you can afford to pay for school, you shouldn’t be getting aid,” McGuire said. “[Aid] should go to the people who actually need it.”

Tyler Sorgman, a College of Fine Arts sophomore, said a college education is necessary for attaining a stable job. “[College is] still so inaccessible to a lot of people, which I just

don’t think is fair,” Sorgman said.

Amanda Rumsey, a CAS junior, said student aid, if provided by the government, should be directed to lower-income families.

“It depends on everyone’s situation, but if you’re lower income, you should have the opportunity to pay it back just like wealthy people,” Rumsey said. “It shouldn’t be segregated on who would be more likely to pay it back.”

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operation but might be in the future.

“Hopefully, this award will give the church more public awareness,” she said. “There’s a wonderful grant program called Save America’s Treasures, which unfortunately hasn’t been funded in a couple of years. But the only entities that are eligible for Save America’s Treasures are national landmarks.”

Church members celebrated the church’s nomination with a ceremony and reception on Sunday afternoon.

Mark said the ceremony thanked everyone who helped with the application, as well as explained what the award signified.

James and Smiledge said the application process — which took two and a half years — consisted of an initial letter of inquiry and a lengthy

report and analysis of the building.

The church’s application focused primarily on the Tiffany design.

James said the recognition would hopefully allow for more funding for the church.

“Our hope is that landmark status will give us a possibility for funding so that this art can be saved for Boston and the nation. We’re trying to have it ready for anybody to visit,” she said.

Although the church was constructed between 1865 and 1867, some hope the church will last for future generations.

Mark said the goal is to earn the curch worldwide recognition.

“We want to share the church with the world, because certainly it’s not something that we own,” he said.

“We see it as something we’re stewarding for the future generations.”

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released by The New York Times in October, which ranked BU graduates the 17th most employable internationally and seventh most employable domestically.

“It [having wealthy graduates] will make the school more appealing to students and people applying — especially to parents,” Baker said.

“Even if BU and the wealth of its graduates do not have a correlation, it sounds good.”

Annie Tillis, a College of General Studies sophomore, said the study makes her hopeful for her future after graduation.

“I’m glad to hear that because it

means that maybe there is some hope for the rest of us,” Tillis said. “BU has had some trouble with the press but this [wealth ranking] and the employability study from a few months ago should help. They help me anyway.”

Tyler Wiest, an SMG junior, said it is important to note attending BU does not ensure wealth.

“Congratulations to everyone on the list, but I don’t know if you can say it’s [their wealth is] because they went to BU,” he said. “It is more about what you do once you graduate, not where you graduate from.”

Margaret Waterman contributed to the reporting of this article.

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Up close and personal: Dean Elmore and Dean Battaglino

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ean of Students Kenneth Elmore said working so closely with college students is an “absolute joy” and one of the most interesting and exciting jobs he could ever imagine.

Elmore, along with Assistant Dean of Students John Battaglino is well known around campus and the tandem’s popular twitter handles are all over social media.

But many students don’t know that Battaglino tears up to the original version of the movie Brian’s Song, or that Elmore was a superstitious host of a television show on PBS called Reality Check.

Little known facts When Battaglino is not advising the Student Union or Student Government, he said he enjoys listening to Norah Jones, reading books and being with his wife on campus.

“I read Breakfast with Buddha,” Battaglino said. “Maybe that’s just where I am in my life. I’m reading a lot of mindful, spiritual books.”

Battaglino and his wife live in Shelton Hall, where his wife is the hall director.

They have lived in different locations on campus for 13 years.

“I’m digging living on a college campus now, since I never had that college experience,” Battaglino said.

This easy access to campus allows him to tweet about things related to students.

He has more than 5,000 tweets and 3,000 followers on his official account.

In addition to tweeting at BU’s students, Battaglino is planning the final stages of senior week.

The week includes a day at Six Flags and a boat cruise on the Boston Harbor, exclusively for seniors. After planning is complete, he will immediately begin work on freshman orientation while overseeing student activities at the Howard Thurman Center.

Reading and writing books Inspired by his favorite authors, including Ralph Ellison and Virginia Woolf,

Taylor Burke Features Staff Elmore said he is trying to write a book.

He has hundreds of notebooks that he carries around with him to collect his ideas.

He said he is not only working on a book about a world without music, but a story about Cupid.

“There’s some lessons from Cupid for all of us,” Elmore said. “Cupid is this wonderful combination of music and love and empowerment and wit and mirth.”

Elmore most often demonstrates his wit on his twitter account, followed by over 12,000 users. Despite having over 3,000 tweets, he admits he is not necessarily the most media-savvy.

“It’s always embarrassing when I’m on Twitter and I think I’m direct messaging someone, and it turns out that I’m not and that everyone’s seeing the feed,” Elmore said.

Deans’ relationship with each other and students Although both are extremely busy, Elmore and Battaglino maintain a strong relationship. Elmore said he considers Battaglino as “a brother.”

“He’s a talented person, and he has incredible intelligence, in terms of relating to people,” Elmore said.

Battaglino also spoke highly of Elmore.

“He is the smartest man I know, and also one of the most caring and thoughtful and loving human beings,” Battaglino said.

A number of students also had had kind words about the deans.

College of Fine Arts senior Janette Martinez said it was easy to work with Battaglino in the fall of 2012 when they organized the standard party, which is a fall celebration for seniors.

“John has huge ideas, and then he lets you just run with them, and I love that because he gives you a lot of responsibility when he gives you a task,” Martinez said.

Ben Heyman, a College of Communication senior, said he got to know Elmore over the years because he would tweet at the Dean until he invited Heyman to come to his office and say hello. Now a senior,

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Dean Elmore welcomes in students to his office at all times in the week and enjoys building on those relationships throughout student’s college experiences.

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Assitant Dean Battaglino’s friendly demeanor helps build numerous relationships with the students who seek him out on campus or in his office.

Heyman said he has really appreciated Elmore’s mentorship.

“He’s helping me network and learn how to network and he’s just someone who’s really approachable. I know that if I ever have an issue or need someone to talk to, I always have him there,” Heyman said.

“He’s pretty great.”

Both Elmore and Battaglino continue to welcome students to get to know them throughout their academic and professional careers, which they can attest to being fostered by personal connections.

Beginnings at BU Battaglino managed bookstores on college campuses for several years before he returned to Boston in 2000 and became Associate Director of Housing.

Elmore was the Associate Director of Residence Life at the time, and the two worked together before Elmore went off to practice law. When Elmore returned to BU and became the Dean of Students, he offered Battaglino the assistant dean position.

“I was flattered and really thrilled,” Battaglino said. “I said ‘I don’t know anything about student affairs,’ and he was kind enough to mentor me a bit, and everything’s worked out pretty well.”

Both deans have special connections to BU, which they said motivates them to do their jobs. After receiving his undergraduate degree in physiological psychology from Brown University, Elmore received his Master’s in Education from BU. Battaglino has three children, two of whom graduated from BU and a third who is a junior now. “I saw what this university did for my children, and is doing for my youngest, and I say ‘Man, I want to be a part of that growth in a young person’s life, I want to be a part of that conversation,’” Battaglino said.

His son, John, graduated in 2010 and his daughter, Brittaney, graduated in 2012, both with degrees from the School of Hospitality. His daughter Anya is a junior studying marine biology.

Strengthening the family ties, Battaglino’s father served on the Board of Trustees.

Elmore too said he finds motivation for his work from his family.

“My parents grew up in the segregated South,” Elmore said. “[They] didn’t get the chance to go to college. My grandparents most certainly did not. They were probably slaves at some point in their lives. For me to be able to live out a dream that these people have had for me and to be a testament to their good work is what motivates me.”

Though both deans work at a university now, Battaglino says that most students would be surprised to learn that he didn’t immediately jump into college after graduation.

He received his bachelor’s degree in 2008 in Management Studies from BU’s Metropolitan College and his master’s degree in higher education administration from School of Education in 2010.

Elmore met his wife, Abby, when she studied at BU in the College of Liberal Arts before graduating in 1986. Elmore had a lot of friends at BU during his undergraduate years, so the two ran into each other’s circles.

“I have married the most wonderful person, and I smile every time I think about her,” Elmore said.

The pair have a son who is a freshman in high school, and a daughter who is in the eighth grade.

Open office hours Both deans encourage students to approach them on the street or in their offices. However, students must be aware that Elmore and Battaglino have personal pet peeves.

A self-proclaimed packrat, Elmore said he hates it when people touch and re-arrange things in his office. Battaglino does not appreciate tardiness, so be sure to show up on time.

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Expired food for the hungry

Former president of Trader Joe’s Doug Rauch has come up with a solution to the massive quantities of food that his and other supermarkets throw out daily due to “sell-by” date regulations, reported WCVB News on Tuesday.

His goal? Sell this purportedly outdated food to lower-income families. Each day, supermarkets throw out aboutn $2300 worth of food because it is near or at its sell-by date, according to WCVB. But Rauch says that most of this food is still safe to eat, and his solution would address the problem of excessive waste in supermarkets while offering healthy and affordable meals to families who might otherwise turn to fast food. It would also put grocery stores’ spending to good use (in that they’ll actually be distributing all that they buy) while also generating a bit of extra revenue.

Rauch came up with the idea while researching as a fellow at Harvard University, according to WCVB. He is negotiating opening a 10,000-square-foot store in Dorchester as the first location of what he is calling the Urban Food Initiative. The

healthy food sold will cost the same as a fast food meal.

This is an excellent idea for a number of reasons. As mentioned, the Urban Food Initiative also puts to good use food that shouldn’t otherwise be wasted. And in doing so, it provides some families with healthy options that fit their budget, which will also address health and obesity.

Yes, Rauch will have to overcome a number of critics claiming that selling “expired” food to people is degrading — why is what’s not good enough for the rich good enough for the poor? Though we should remember that a number of food companies, such as Panera, already give their day-old goods to charities. Rauch’s plan is a similar undertaking. Ultimately, a sell-by date doesn’t mean a food item is expired, and as the former president of our favorite grocery store, Rauch is well-schooled in food expiration regulations and food safety. He will not sell unsafe food to people. So anyone wanting discounts should be able to take advantage of Rauch’s Initiative. (And as students, we want in!)

Sequester slashes education jobs

Many of us are still asking what this “sequester” really means. Here’s your answer: $1.2 trillion in spending cuts are going to be implemented on Friday. It’s the result of a hyperpolarized political deadlock, the child of the fiscal cliff and an attempt by the government to save money and keep us from spending more and more of what we don’t have.

And it’s going to affect education. BostInno reported Tuesday that the sequester will eliminate about 40,000 jobs in education.

This is disheartening. Even if budget cuts are necessary, education should suffer the least. It’s already widely known that the U.S. school system suffers a number of failings. Last week, The Daily Free Press reported that there are already too many aspiring teachers for too few teacher job positions. The last thing we need is a less thorough, weaker education network. Education, after all, is what will help save the economy in the long run.

This cut likely means that students of all ages won’t be getting the support that they

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need to thrive. Their education will be limited, as schools continue to oust arts programs when funds get tight, and as classes get larger because districts don’t have the money to pay more instructors. And it’s a fact that a smaller student-teacher ratio is a significant factor in determining a student’s academic success.

It also means that research programs and fellowships in universities will begin to dwindle. This too will inhibit educational progress, and perhaps prevent some American students from achieving prominence on the world stage of academia. It will also make research programs less nationally widespread, meaning those schools fortunate enough to maintain their programs will be ever more selective. The sequester should focus on cutting funds more heavily in other areas — the military, perhaps — and save as much money in the education sector as possible. In fact, the government should be finding ways to invest more money into the education system, so as to ensure that our economy continues to grow in the future, and not just now.

From a philosophical standpoint, social media is a fascinating phenomenon — and I say that knowing how pretentious it sounds. Social media is a great way to stroke our already overindulged egos, but it also reveals something innate about ourselves: Our desire to control how others see us and how we carefully construct our identities. I had a philosophy professor who used to talk about this all the time. He would say things like, “when you look at your own page, you occupy a third person perspective and enact this ritual where you pretend to be another person admiring or condemning whatever YouTube video or status update you’ve got up there.” I’m paraphrasing, but trust me, at 9:30 in the morning it was the deepest thing I’d ever heard.

Regardless, in a culture saturated with social media, the existential crisis to define who we are has become as routine as a Venti coffee and dining-hall-induced indigestion. And although it may be a terrifying prospect for some people, sites like Facebook, OkCupid, Tumblr and Weight Watchers Online are godsends to fat guys.

The reason for this is that fat people have always been more conscious about constructing an image for themselves than skinny people have. We were doing the whole “third-person perspective” thing way before AOL ever said “You’ve Got Mail.” How’s it feel trying to catch up to us, skinny people?

Not to worry. I’m here to help.

First, you have to become comfortable with the fact that people are judging you in the same way that you’re judging them.

The people you sit next to in class, the people who ride the T and the people who work at Panera and know you’re not really on a diet all have an opinion of you — and it took them all of 12 seconds to form it.

Because ultimately how you look, what you’re wearing and how you are standing says a lot about who you are. Little details like these go into forming your identity — at least the one you want others to see.

How you look, what you listen to, what kind of clothes you wear, what you say, is part of your “package.” Like a packet from college admissions, it’s trying to tell people who you are and who you are not. When you put on an expensive shirt, or listen to the Black Keys as opposed to Maroon 5, you’re sending a message. You may not know you’re doing it, but you are.

You’re saying, “I want everyone to know I like this band instead of this one because I like the assumptions people will make about me based on my musical tastes.” So when you’re getting ready to leave your

house in the morning, what you’re really doing is making decisions that will influence the opinions of those around you.

Before the Internet, we fat people had a hard time influencing how others viewed us, because generally the first thing people see when we walk down the street is that we’re fat. Who could blame you? We do stand out, after all. But that means we had to think of ways to make ourselves appealing while distracting people from focusing on our weight, which was a lot easier said than done. I mean, how am I supposed to talk about the time I met George Clooney in a casual conversation? I’ll sound crazy if I just blurt it out. Unless, of course, I make it my status on Facebook — a random fact becomes socially acceptable Tourette’s.

What’s great about Facebook and other social media sites is that they allow us to have a dictatorial amount of control over how people see us. We can emphasize all the cool and interesting things about ourselves. “Sandor listens to Miles Davis and his favorite book is Ham on Rye by Bukowski. Sandor also plays golf and has been to fourteen countries in Europe.”

Everyone wants to hang out with that Sandor — that Sandor would look good in the background of a Kanye video.

But the other Sandor, the Sandor we don’t see, won the hot dog eating contest during the fifth grade pool party. This Sandor makes everyone sad and he is nowhere near my Facebook page. But that’s the other great thing about social media: It allows us to hide all the embarrassing things we wish we could erase about ourselves, especially when it comes to physical appearance.

Being able to control which pictures are on your page and which aren’t makes social media sites a godsend to fat guys.

Any fat guy will tell you that they hate looking “too fat” in their picture. A little double chin, or maybe the outline of a potbelly underneath a coat is alright. But that picture where my face looks bloated from four shots of Svedka will be untagged sooner than I get out of breath when climbing stairs. Facebook allows people to see only the good parts about you, all at once.

You get to be confident, self-possessed and interesting without ever leaving the house.

No wonder the inventor of Facebook was a socially inept sociopath who couldn’t get a BU girl to sleep with him.

Sandor Mark is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, and a weekly columnist for the Daily Free Press. He can be reached at smark@bu.edu

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Terrier Talk Reflections

After the Oscars Sunday, The FreeP asked BU students about their favorite part of the awards show.

Here’s what some of them said.

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JIM LAZOR

“Quentin Tarantino’s win because I like him as a director and he deserved it.”

- COM freshman

PIERCE ABERNATHY

“I didn’t have a favorite moment but my least favorite moment was Michelle Obama’s appearance. I didn’t like the mix of politics into the award ceremony.”

- COM senior

SOOJEE CHOI

“The moment Hugh Jackman picked up Kristin Chenoweth on the red carpet after being asked which weighs more, an Oscar or Kristin.”

-CAS freshman

ALEX EICKELBECK

“J. Law is the best, enough said.”

- CGS freshman

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King: Emotion, resilience just as crucial to winning as preparation King: From Page 8

As highlighted by nearly every inspirational sports movie ever made, everyone knows the same team that gets dismantled in regular season play, can go on to win the college world series or the NCAA tournament the very same year.

Preparation is only half of it.

The team has to learn to feed off a source of emotion and channel it towards a collective goal — in this case, a championship — ignoring all the odds stacked against it.

Throughout the ‘09 tournament, Miami didn’t let expectations and predictions constrain it. The RedHawks played their asses off, motored through team after team and secured a spot in the championship game, setting themselves up for a classic underdog story of their own.

But the game itself proved to be far different than anyone could have predicted.

Miami was just moments away from completing its underdog story.

It led BU 3-1 with only a minute left in the final period.

Any natural — excuse me — any pessimistic thought at the time would be, “There’s only a minute left, it would take a miracle to tie things up. This game’s over.” But the Terriers refused to give in to their assumed fate and demonstrated absolute determination to win.

BU took the ice, forgot about the logistics of the game, and played with soul.

Resisting defeat, BU locked into rally mode and mustered up two goals to tie the game, dragging Miami into overtime.

It didn’t stop there. After erupting into celebration after the tying goal, BU fed off the exhilaration and snatched its fifth national championship right out from under Miami.

When questioned about the remarkable comeback after the game, sophomore forward Nick Bonino said, “We knew what we had to do.

The national championship was up for grabs, and we weren’t going to stop until the buzzer sounded.

We proved that we’re a resilient bunch.”

Playing in the heat of the moment with an overwhelming determination to win changes the nature of the game. Comebacks and upsets aren’t accomplished by worrying about the little things. They’re fueled by emotion and a competitive mindset to trust your instincts and do whatever it takes to win.

Nothing you do in training will prepare you for failure, and unfortunately failure will always happen.

But you can learn to channel your failures into an even greater desire to win.

Core players returning for Lacrosse’s ‘13 campaign Lacrosse: From Page 8

in history to be named to the U.S Women’s National Lacrosse Team.

She will compete in the 2013 FIL World Cup. “The sky’s the limit for Danielle,” Robertshaw said. “It’s going to be something where I want her to stay loose and have fun, but not feel the need to put all of the weight of the team on her shoulders.”

Other than Etrasco, the Terriers will return fifteen players from last year’s roster, including sophomore attack Mallory Collins, who was fourth in America East in goals per game (2.71) and also accrued four game-winning goals. Collins’s suc-

cess as a freshman earned her 2012 America East Rookie of the Year honors.

Occupying the majority of time in the net this season will be junior goalkeeper Christina Sheridan, who started each of the Terriers’ 17 games last season and recorded a 9–5 record including a 11.98 goalagainst average. As a team last season, BU had a goal-against average of 11.94, which was good for fifth in the conference.

At the beginning of last season, the Terriers got off to a slow start, dropping their first two games to UMass and Harvard University, each on the road. This season, they will start off with two straight home

games — the first being against instate rival UMass, and the second against Dartmouth College.

The Terriers will attempt to improve on their scoring after finishing third in the conference in the scoring department last season at just fewer than 13 goals per game.

But Robertshaw said her team is poised to succeed in 2013 after going undefeated in conference play in 2012.

“We want to build off of the confidence that a lot of our players have gained from last year,” Robertshaw said. “And then really take it to the next level, seeing how good we can be.”

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Terrier senior attack Danielle Etrasco will look to be the leader of BU’s offense once again after putting up 80 points last season.

Despite performance vs. MC, shot percentage plagues Nieto Nieto: From Page 8

His second goal came from a long breakout pass by senior defenseman Sean Escobedo, who also set up a goal for Nieto’s linemate, sophomore wing Evan Rodrigues, by blocking a shot to send him on a rush in the first period.

Escobedo hit Nieto with a pass as Nieto approached the Merrimack blue line, and, having snuck behind the defense, Nieto had ample time to fire a wrist shot over Tirronen.

“Their ‘D’ likes to pinch up, and our coach has a play that we have been running,” Nieto said. “I just found a lane and Escobedo made a terrific pass, and I was in all alone and luckily it went in.”

Nieto also appeared to score late in the first period, when he collected a rebound from freshman defenseman Matt Grzelcyk and threw a slow, turning shot on net. But the puck glanced off sophomore center Cason Hohmann on the way in, and so the play became Nieto’s 14th assist of the year instead of his 10th goal.

“I just spun around and tried to get it on net, and it went off Hohmann’s skate, I think,” Nieto said with a laugh. “So he got the goal.

He was credited with it, so good for him.”

Late in the game, when Merrimack took a series of penalties, Ni-

eto took the ice on the power play with a chance to complete the hat trick. But Tirronen limited the Terriers’ chances, and Nieto remained without a three-goal night in his BU career.

Last year, Nieto had 16 goals and 22 assists for 42 points. With four games remaining in the regular season, he has 11 goals and 14 assists — and the points have come in bunches for him this year.

The drop-off in production has not been for lack of trying. Nieto now has 97 shots, more than any other Terrier except senior captain Wade Megan. But Nieto entered Tuesday’s game with a .097 shooting percentage, easily the worst of any BU forward with more than 10 points, suggesting some bad luck.

Scoring two goals on four shots Tuesday, he lifted his shooting percentage to .113 — still lower than all the other forwards on BU’s first two lines, but a leap in the right direction.

Tuesday was Nieto’s first multigoal game of the year — his second with three points — and it came when BU sorely needed a decisive victory.

“Danny O’Regan’s line — Nieto, O’Regan and Rodrigues — had a hell of a night,” Parker said. “In general, it was a solid effort against a very, very good team.”

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Marotta again.

Sophomore forward Cason Hohmann also found the back of the net on a rather odd play, which started when freshman defenseman Matt Grzelcyk’s shot from the point got stopped.

The rebound kicked out into the slot before Nieto, looking in the opposite direction, blindly hit it in the general direction of the Merrimack net. It bounced off Hohmann’s skate and in for a 3-0 lead at 15:41 in the first.

By the end of the frame, the Terriers had collected 19 shots on net — three more than they collected the entire game against the University of Massachusetts-Lowell Saturday.

The second period featured a

new goalie for the Warriors, as sophomore Rasmus Tirronen relieved Marotta when the teams returned to the ice.

Unfortunately for Merrimack it was more of the same, as Nieto found the back of the net twice to extend BU’s lead to 5-0.

First Nieto gave his freshman linemate, Danny O’Regan, a pass on the right side. O’Regan took it up the wing before centering to Nieto, who caught up to the play and got a shot off while falling down for his 10th goal of the season at 5:59.

At 12:38 in the second, Escobedo sent a clean breakaway pass to Nieto, who easily beat Tirronen high stick-side.

Warrior captain Jordan Heywood ruined O’Connor’s shutout bid in the third with a pair of goals, first from the point on the power

play at 9:01 and then by netting a rebound at 10:54.

The Terrier defensive corps locked it down — and endured a couple Merrimack power plays — in the final half-period to solidify the win.

It is BU’s third victory of the season against the Warriors, an especially important one given the time of year. The Terriers picked up two crucial Hockey East points and sit in sixth place — but just two points behind a quartet of teams tied for first.

“Even going back to last year, we have had [Merrimack’s] number quite a bit,” Rodrigues said. “I can’t really tell you what it is, we just seem to be ready to play them. We always come out with good starts.

We needed this win, so it was good for us.”

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We needed this win.

-Sophomore forward Evan Rodrigues on men’s hockey’s win over Merrimack College

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The Inner Edge Resisting Failure

Haley King

One of the hardest things about sports is accepting failure and facing the odds. Whether in the form of individual chokes or team downfalls, every athlete has been there.

That’s just the nature of competition. No matter what, there is always a loser. When trailing by more than five runs, or when down by a couple of goals, it’s easy to accept your reality and throw in the towel.

But what defines a team is how it chooses to respond to adversity and how the athletes go about clearing their heads in order to keep fighting.

Many people believe sports are all about preparation and fundamentals.

Sure, that accounts for a good deal of performance. The fundamentals can never hurt. However, the team that is more prepared doesn’t necessarily walk away with the “W.” Preparation is key but it’s the desire to win that can be a game changer. Execution and heart prevails in the nail-biters.

An overwhelming desire to win is contagious. If one player brings that desire, the teams’ entire mindset changes in an instant, forging a sense of resilience and indestructibility.

Look back to the championship game of the 2009 NCAA hockey tournament.

There are two sides to this story that are relevant.

First off, Miami University (2313-4) snuck into the tournament with an at-large bid as the 16 seed.

Meanwhile, Boston University (356-4) entered the tournament as the favorite after being ranked No. 1 and dominating the Hockey East during regular season play.

Prior to 2009, BU made 10 appearances in the NCAA championship game, whereas Miami never even extended play past the eighth round.

Based on these statistics, BU was expected to dominate Miami and take the championship.

But the thing that makes sports so compelling is that you’re given a clean slate every time you take the field or, in this case, the ice. There is always the possibility of an upset.

King, see page 7

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pie in the sky

The sky is the limit for senior attack Danielle Etrasco, who returns to BU after making the U.S. Women’s National Lacrosse Team. P.8.

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Terriers end losing streak with 5-2 win vs. MC Terriers turn it around in rout Tuesday night

Nieto’s 2 goals leads offense in BU victory

By Tim Healey Daily Free Press Staff

By Annie Maroon Daily Free Press Staff

Tuesday night at Agganis Arena, the No. 19 Boston University men’s hockey team made coach Jack Parker look like a hockey psychic.

“Don’t get yourself in a negative frame of mind and a negative attitude, because you never know how close you are to turning it around,” Parker said Monday of the team’s second-half struggles. “At any moment we can turn it around.”

It is hard to tell when that exact moment was, but the Terriers (1514-2, 12-9-2 Hockey East) played what was arguably their best game in more than two months, beating Merrimack College 5-2.

Junior forward Matt Nieto scored twice and assisted on another, while freshman goaltender Matt O’Connor took care of business at the other end, making 32 saves in 34 chances.

“One of the things that has been a problem for us is that we’ve been playing games trying not to lose,” Parker said. “I don’t think we went out here trying not to lose. We went out trying to win tonight.

“It was nice to get a ‘W,’ it was nice to get a W at home. It was nice to get some goals. I liked our team tonight … I was happy with my goaltender. In the second period, he came up with some big saves to keep them off the scoreboard.”

BU controlled the pace from the

up the right wing, cutting across the slot and backhanding it by Merrimack goalie Sam Marotta. Senior defenseman Sean Escobedo was credited with the primary assist on the play after blocking a shot with his head to start the Rodrigues rush.

A minute and a half later, junior assistant captain Garrett Noonan fed senior captain Wade Megan a slick pass from the left circle. Megan deked around a Warrior in the slot and junior forward Sahir Gill deflected Megan’s low shot to beat

Luck robbed junior forward Matt Nieto of multiple chances at a hat trick Tuesday, but the Boston University men’s hockey team will take the two goals it got from the junior forward in a 5-2 win over Merrimack College.

Nieto scored both of the Terriers’ (15-14-2, 12-9-2 Hockey East) second-period goals — their fourth and fifth of the game — giving them a cushion that came in handy later when Merrimack (14-12-6, 12-8-3 Hockey East) scored twice in the third. BU is now 6-2-2 when Nieto scores a goal and 9-5-2 when he has a point. Along with his linemates, he led the way in the most dominant offensive performance BU has had in months.

“The puck jumped in the net for us,” said BU coach Jack Parker. “We got some pucks, we made some nice plays, got some goals, took the pressure off.”

Both of Nieto’s goals were of the highlight-reel variety. On the first, sophomore center Danny O’Regan sent Nieto a perfectly timed pass across the slot, and Nieto knocked it past Merrimack goalie Rasmus Tirronen while diving through the air. Nieto began the play himself back in the neutral zone, finding O’Regan with a pass as he cut through center ice.

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Nieto, see page 7

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Junior forward Matt Nieto scored two goals and led BU’s offense to a crucial 5-2 victory against Merrimack College Tuesday night.

outset and held a 3-0 lead by the end of the first period.

Even though the Warriors (1412-6, 12-8-3 Hockey East) caught BU off guard by leaving one forward down at BU’s blue line — a tactic Parker said he hadn’t seen from Merrimack in a year and a half — the Terriers made the appropriate adjustments by leaving one of their own defenseman back as well.

Sophomore forward Evan Rodrigues got the Terriers on the board at the 9:47 mark, taking the puck

BU looking to build on past success Crash potentially delays Maine game

By Matt Fils-Aime Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston University women’s lacrosse team looks to build on its success from the 2013 season as it opens up regular season play Wednesday against the No. 12/14 University of Massachusetts-Amherst on Nickerson Field at 3 p.m.

BU went 11–6 overall and 6–0 in America East play last season, and went into the America East tournament as the top seed. However, the Terriers suffered a 15–9 loss against the University at Albany in the semifinal game, ending their season earlier than most expected.

The Terriers will be embarking on their final season as a part of the America East, as BU will be transitioning into the Patriot League for 2013-14. Due to the conference change, the Terriers are banned from the conference tournament at the conclusion of the regular season.

“We’ve had to shift some of our focus to making a little bit more of a challenging out-of-conference schedule to see about getting an at-large bid to the NCAA tourna-

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ment,” said BU coach Liz Robertshaw on the tournament ban.

Senior attack Danielle Etrasco, who was recently selected to the Tewaaraton Award watch list, is bound to be a force to be reckoned with on the Terriers’ offense. The award is given to the most outstanding lacrosse player for both men and women, and Etrasco is making her second appearance on the list.

Last season, Etrasco started each of the Terriers’ 17 games and finished second in the conference with 80 total points on 58 goals and 22 assists. She was also second in America East in goals per game (3.41) and points per game (4.71).

When it counted the most, she was at her best, tied for first in the conference with four game-winning goals.

Etrasco was also named an Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Third Team All-American in 2012 and is a twotime America East All-Conference Team selection.

In January, Etrasco became the first Boston University player

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M. Hockey v. Vermont, 7:30 p.m.

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By Sarah Kirkpatrick & Gregory Davis Daily Free Press Staff

A bus carrying the University of Maine women’s basketball team crashed on Interstate 95 near Georgetown Tuesday evening, according to a press release. Maine is scheduled to face Boston University Wednesday night at 7 p.m.

The bus was headed southbound when it collided with a car and crossed a median, rolling off the road into the woods, according to a press release from the Massachusetts State Police.

A police car at the scene was also struck by another car.

BU coach Kelly Greenberg confirmed the bus was headed towards BU in preparation for the teams’ upcoming matchup at Case Gym. The driver of the bus was seriously injured, and was airlifted to the Boston Medical Center for treatment. All other injuries were minor, but 22 people were taken to the hospital by ambulance as a precaution.

“It does sound like all of

Saturday, March 2

M. Hockey v. Vermont, 7 p.m.

W. Hockey v. Connecticut, 3 p.m.

Softball @ Wildcat Invite, 2 p.m.

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the players and coaching staff and support staff are all okay,” Greenberg said. “So it certainly could’ve been much worse.”

The bus was owned by the John T. Cyr & Sons Inc. bus line in Old Town, Maine. According to police, the company is currently still gathering information about the incident.

According to news sources, Wednesday night’s game between the Terriers and Black Bears has been cancelled. However, Greenberg said she has yet to hear anything.

“We do not [know if tomorrow’s game will be played],” Greenberg said. “There’s just been a couple of e-mails just informing people of the accident and telling everyone where to keep updated about it. But no, there’s been no word on the status of the game. “[Tomorrow’s game] is the last thing on everyone’s mind.

Especially for Maine’s athletic directors and coaching staff.”

UMaine officials were unavailable for comment at press time.

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