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John Connolly would focus on education as mayor Sec. of State Kerry offers Egyptian aid amid sequestration

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City Councilor At-large John Connolly announced he was running for mayor February 26.

By Kyle Plantz Daily Free Press Staff

City Councilor John Connolly has known politics his whole life. His father Michael Connolly is former Mass. Secretary of State. He was on the debate team and in Model United Nations in high school. He attended Harvard University to study government and was elected to the Boston city council in 2007. On Feb. 26, he initiated another significant step in the political ladder by announcing he will run for Boston Mayor in the November election.

“I made this decision to run no matter who

runs, and we have a plan to win no matter the field,” Connolly said. “I am fully prepared no matter who decided to run. I’m running for mayor to transform our public schools and to focus on bringing new energy and new ideas to Boston city government.”

Connolly, a Boston Democrat, said he has had a desire to focus on education since he was young. He grew up in Roslindale during the time when public schools were becoming desegregated.

“I grew up getting the best from the city, but very mindful that a lot of young people were

not getting the same opportunities,” he said.

“That really triggered in me the desire to give back after I graduated from college.”

Connolly became a middle school teacher in New York for two years and then moved back to Boston to teach for another year.

“It really gave me a driving passion to make schools work because I saw how a good school can transform lives,” he said. “This really fed my belief in the importance of great schools in our cities, and from there I wanted to make an impact in a bigger way for all schools, which made me run for city council, and now mayor.”

Michelle Novelle, 49, a resident of Roslindale and a doctoral candidate at Boston University, said Connolly does not jump to conclusions and reaches out to people to learn more about the issues.

“He is sincere and he is not afraid to say what he believes,” she said. “He stands up for what he believes in, as shown during times as a city councilor, and I am thrilled that he is deciding to run for mayor.”

Thelma Burns, 76, a resident of Dorchester and retired educator for Belmont Public Schools, said she agrees with Connolly’s focus on education.

“We need change,” she said. “We always encourage our students to go to school and come back here to use their tools. We need to give these young people a chance.”

Connolly said Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has done well with education in his tenure.

“It’s prevalent worldwide, definitely, and a lot of colleges and universities have stepped up to the plate and are stepping up to the plate,” Mahoney said. “... That SARP exists demonstrates that this is something that people here take seriously.”

SARP, an around-the-clock campus resource, is available to all members of the BU community, Mahoney said.

“We also have initiatives to raise awareness about gender-based violence and intimate partner violence,” she said. “We’re working with — I don’t even know how many student organizations — to sponsor Sexual Assault Awareness week the first week of April.”

She said all student leaders and student athletes participate in special training. SARP also trains student groups, student employees and members of Residence Life.

Mahoney said SARP works one-on-one with students who have been victimized to dis-

John Kerry announced Sunday the United States would be extending an additional $250 million in aid to Egypt, marking his first major action as U.S. Secretary of State amid major sequestration cuts for domestic programs.

“The United States is committed to providing direct support to key engines of democratic change in Egypt, including Egypt’s entrepreneurs and its young people,” Kerry said in a press release Sunday. “We will make investments as well in Egypt’s young people by funding a higher education initiative to help students, especially women, earn undergraduate and graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and business.”

Kerry continued by outlining the purpose of this aid and assured the American people that the new regime will prove its commitment to reform.

“I encouraged [Egyptian] President [Mohammed] Morsi to implement the homegrown reforms that will help his country secure an IMF agreement, put Egypt on the path to establishing a firm economic foundation and allow it to chart its own course,” Kerry said. “[Morsi] agreed and said that he plans to move quickly to do so.”

The announcement was made only days after the announcement that the United States government would be making more than $85 billion in cuts mandated by the sequester. In light of this and the ongoing economic troubles, a number of voters said they question whether this aid is justified.

Erik Goldstein, a professor of International Relations at Boston University, said issuing aid could be mutually beneficial to the United States and the beneficiary country.

“The U.S. is trying to move cautiously in the region and wait to see what direction the new Egyptian government takes,” Goldstein said. “The United States has a vested interest in maintaining stability in the Middle East, which can potentially be a very volatile region. So I think an assessment has been made that this will help foster stability, which in the long term might be cheaper for the United States.”

Others said U.S. financial commitments to foreign entities were unwise in the current economy.

“It just doesn’t make sense to me that we

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Section of Violence Against Women Act to focus on colleges

By Margaret Waterman Daily Free Press Staff

A part of the Violence Against Women Act — which passed through Congress Thursday — focusing on college campuses will require institutes of higher learning such as Boston University to adhere to new standards regarding sexual assault and sexual violence.

Under the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act, university officials will have to provide victims of sexual violence with contact information for both health services and legal assistance. Campuses will have to report incidences of stalking and domestic violence in annual crime reports.

“Specific to college, it’s going to require universities to actually report their data on dating violence, sexual assault and stalking in their annual crime statistics and it’s going to require them to provide awareness programs for students and employees,” said Katherine Einstein, a BU political science professor.

First introduced by Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois in 2010, the campusspecific act has since been enveloped into the renewed Violence Against Women Act. Einstein said the legislation is important because it not only addresses issues on college campuses but also has implications for Native Americans and members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

She said the act will likely spur change at BU, as well as similar universities across the U.S. “Some of the things included in the law like offering students and employees who are victims of abuse a change in their work environment seems like a very good first step,” Einstein said.

Maureen Mahoney, director of BU’s Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center, said BU and many other universities have responded well to instances of violence against women.

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Dean Elmore, President Brown meet with Greek leaders following death

By Chris Lisinski Daily Free Press Staff

Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore and Boston University President Robert Brown met with Greek life leaders Wednesday night to open dialogue as a result of a student dying after being transported unconscious from a Sigma Alpha Mu party in Allston.

Although the meeting was held privately, Elmore said before the meeting that it has become necessary to begin a discussion between administrators and Greek life leaders.

“We’re at a point where we’ve got to talk about this,” he said. “There needs to be some dialogue in terms of any additional regulations or how we administrate it or whether or not the groups still continue to exist as is.”

Officials suspended the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity Monday following the fraternity’s national organization suspension of the BU chapter. Elmore’s staff, the Student Activities Office and the Office of Judicial Affairs will investigate the fraternity.

“We are just starting to bring in members

of the organization to look at either their part personally in it, or the organization’s role in the allegations,” Elmore said.

Elmore said he and Brown met Wednesday with the presidents of fraternities and sororities, as well as the presidents of the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council and Multicultural Greek Life.

“We’ve got to have a real heart-to-heart with each other to start,” he said. “This is going to be, I think, more of a conversation that happens over time, but we’ve got to start tonight [Wednesday night] and hit this point blank.”

IFC and Panhellenic Council leaders were not available for comment at press time.

Elmore said a conversation is necessary after multiple incidents in the past calendar year.

“It [a dialogue] is needed now,” Elmore said. “We have a student who’s dead. That’s serious. We’ve got a real serious thing that

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Boston University officials and Greek life leaders are meeting about the role of fraternities and sororities in response to a student dying after being transported from a fraternity function at 22 Wadsworth St. early Saturday morning.

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Conolly would spend ‘every day’ building better future for Hub Connolly: From Page 1

“I love the Mayor, and he has put his heart and soul into this city for 20 years,” Connolly said. “I’m not going to run a negative campaign.

I’m going to run a campaign focused on ideas for Boston’s future and the

belief we have to be bolder when it comes to our schools and more innovative when it comes to Boston’s future.”

Connolly said he very much enjoys spending time with his family, but one of the hardest parts of his job is trying to balance home life and

work. However, becoming mayor is one of his life-long dreams, he said.

“I’m only five years into elected office and I want to spend every working day trying to build a great future for Boston and, particularly, to transform our schools,” he said. “So whatever I do will somehow help

create opportunity for children in the city.”

Menino has not yet announced whether he will run for reelection, but he told NPR on Tuesday that he enjoys his position.

“I love this job and I’ve got a lot more to accomplish,” he said.

Novelle said she respects Menino and his accomplishments, but it might be time for a change in leadership.

“I feel like the moment has come,” she said. “Menino has done a good job, but I’m really excited about someone new stepping up.”

Suffolk County DA: Barksdale toxicology could take 2-3 weeks Greek Life: From Page 1

went on … We’ve also seen three other highly visible circumstances with organizations like this. We’d like to call the question and I think it’s legitimate to do that.”

In October, the Sigma Chi fraternity was placed on interim suspension pending an investigation for hazing. In May, the Sigma Delta Tau fraternity was suspended for hazing involving alcohol. Both organizations returned in January.

On Saturday, College of Engineering freshman Tony Barksdale II died at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center after being transported from a Sigma Alpha Mu function at 22 Wadsworth St. in Allston. He was a new member of the fraternity.

Boston Police Department officers responded to the address just after midnight Saturday morning to reports of an unconscious victim who had lost breathing, according to the BPD incident report. The victim was transported to St. Elizabeth’s, where he later died.

“Preliminary examinations show no sign of physical trauma,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Jake Wark. “The medical examiner has not made a determination on the cause of death pending the toxicology report.”

The results of the toxicology report could take two to three weeks, Wark said.

Elmore said it is possible all the incidents including the death were separate and isolated.

“I go back and forth because people rightfully can say ‘look, that was one organization, that wasn’t mine, I don’t want to be tied to that,

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I don’t want to be tied into that, my organization is doing the right thing,’” he said. “That’s certainly some of the thinking and it’s legitimate.”

However, he said a dialogue between officials and Greek life leaders is still necessary.

“The other piece, though, is that fraternities and sororities come from a mode where they think as a group and they say ‘we are our brothers and sisters keepers and we support each other,”’ he said. “If that’s the case, on a real pragmatic level, we need to figure out how we are functioning from a social standpoint so we can avoid what happened from happening in anyone else’s organization.”

Elmore said one of his main concerns is the efficacy of bystander training and alcohol awareness, which he worked on closely with Greek life leaders.

“I’ve spent a lot of time talking about these issues with this group of people,” he said. “My staff has spent a lot of time talking about these issues with this group of organizations and individuals — beyond that, too, but specifically with this group. Part of this conversation has got to be ‘hey, how come my message isn’t getting through?’”

BU students are invited to take a BU-sponsored bus to New Hampshire for Barksdale’s funeral Saturday, according to the BU Dean of Students website. A BU memorial service will take place Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Metcalf Ballroom.

Brian Latimer and Margaret Waterman contributed to the reporting of this article.

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Campus & City Column GIRL, 20

Nota Bene

I once had a relationship that existed exclusively in notes. It was during my seventh grade French class, in which I’d exchange tiny epistles made up of ripped-off notebook paper with the boy who sat directly in front of me to make third period just a little more interesting.

They were hardly romantic elegies equal to Shakespeare’s, but the notes sufficed to SYDNEY SHEA sustain my ego throughout the afternoon. The best part about it was that I didn’t even have to look this kid in the face or — God forbid — engage in actual human interaction. It was a pretty ideal fling for the time being, with just the right amount of scandal: When la professeure would scold us for our misdeed, I would just feign an apology while secretly imagining her own pathetic marriage, and then get back to writing.

It’s strange that the written word, even if it’s just expressed on a scrap of paper, worked as my outlet for self-amusement and, technically, as a semester-long relationship. Verbal compliments are nice, but there’s something more immortal about the written word that carries with it a stronger gravitas — it’s documented longer than if it was just an ephemeral swap of words lost in the air as soon as it passed the fence of our teeth (that’s a Homeric expression).

And concerning notation, my class notes are all just amusing phrases I hear from a classmate or professor, or even my own sarcastic remarks about whatever it is we happen to be learning. I pay attention when I study independently, but when there’s a discussion or lecture, I just note down whatever appeals to me in no particular manner. Many an offensive remark or doodle are included in this category. Exempli gratia: I must have been irritated with a particular professor one morning, because in a November set of notes I call him “an unqualified homeless person” and wrote that his class had “the indecency to fill up my good notebook.”

But among my vindictive remarks and recorded daydreams are minor revelations that occur to me throughout the day, including topics relating to Anubis, prisms and the Glass Bead Game. These marginal observations connect whatever is happening in class with my own slightly aloof mind (I have the attention span of a small, wiggly puppy), and when I compile them all together, I seem to create an orrery of arbitrary, yet somehow interconnected constellations that revolve around one theme.

These notes give color to otherwise dreary accounts of academic discussions, which is why I have dedicated my current research to investigating the annotation of manuscripts — and there’s always the small chance that something even as insignificant as this column will be one of the only sources of 21st-century life in the far future.

As for my middle-school love story, its termination came when my classmate mustered the confidence to ask me out in the real world (an offer I rejected), but somewhere in my archives those notes are saved, and they’ll likely be here long after me.

Sydney Shea is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences and can be reached at slshea@bu.edu.

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SG sells out seats on first of 2 break buses Fmr. Treasurer Cahill breaks state ethics law

By Trisha Thadani Daily Free Press Staff

After more than a semester of planning, student polling and organization, Friday marks the official start of Boston University Student Government’s vacation buses program.

Saurabh Mahajan, SG’s director of advocacy and spokesman and College of Arts and Sciences freshman, said he is hopeful the service will provide students with a cheap and efficient alternative to traveling to Logan International Airport on the T or by taxi before breaks.

“The whole idea is to make transportation easier so that students don’t have to spend a lot of money,” Mahajan said. “It [the bus service] is significantly less expensive than a cab. It is a similar price to the T, but it is way more convenient.”

Two buses, one at 3 p.m. and another at 6 p.m. Friday, will shuttle students who are leaving for spring break from Marsh Plaza to Logan, making stops at each airport terminal.

Tiffany Lo, SG associate director of advocacy, said SG members heard about other schools with similar vacation bus services and decided to poll the BU student body.

“We decided to implement the bus program this year based on hearing about existing programs at other schools and seeing the student body’s need for a conve-

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KENSHIN OKUBO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF A poster advertising spring break buses hangs in the Towers residence. All tickets have been sold for the 3 p.m. vacation bus, but tickets are still available for the 6 p.m. bus, Student Government officials said.

nient service,” Lo, a CAS freshman, said in an email.

Lo said while tickets for the 3 p.m. are sold out, there are still about 38 tickets available for purchase for the 6 p.m. bus. If any tickets remain Thursday night, they will be available for lastminute purchase on Friday.

Mahajan said gathering support and approval for the initiative was not a challenge because it addressed a problem many students had.

He also said this service has been well received by BU students as it is inexpensive and convenient.

Remaining tickets for the vacation bus service can be purchased on www.eventbrite.com under SG’s page for $5, Mahajan said.

Esteban Da Cruz, a School of Management junior, said traveling to the airport by bus is more convenient than taking the subway.

“It is very cumbersome to travel on the T with a suitcase, and it is annoying to pay $40 to get dropped off by a taxi [at the airport],” he said.

Several BU students said they are in favor of the vacation buses, but that the service will only benefit students traveling home by flights out of Logan.

Thomas Pasarelli, a College of Communication sophomore, said he would like to see the program expand its services to fit the needs of a greater number of students.

“I personally wouldn’t benefit

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Former Mass. state treasurer Tim Cahill agreed to pay a $100,000 civil fine and be put under probation for allegedly using the Massachusetts State Lottery to fund his 2010 campaign for governor.

Cahill appeared in Suffolk Superior Court Friday afternoon, after being indicted in early April on one account of violating a state ethics law. He was originally tried in December but a mistrial was declared after six days of unresolved deliberations.

Mass. Attorney Gen. Martha Coakley, released a statement Friday following the disposition agreement.

“With today’s resolution, Treasurer Cahill has now admitted that he violated our state ethics laws during his 2010 gubernatorial campaign,” she said.

“He has paid a significant penalty as a result. With the Treasurer’s admission of these violations and the payment of this fine, we believe this is a just resolution to this case.”

Cahill was charged with approving the overlapping of lottery management ads and his own gubernatorial campaign ads, which

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Mass. economy expected to fare well despite federal cuts

By Paola Salazar Daily Free Press Staff

MassBenchmarks, a journal published by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute that focuses on the state of the Commonwealth’s economy, determined that Massachusetts will be somewhat immune from factors influencing other state economies, such as recent sequestration cuts.

Michael Goodman, co-editor of MassBenchmarks, said the sequestration will inevitably impact the growth pattern of the Massachusetts economy.

“Certainly the sequestration policy will take its toll on the state, and it’ll have negative effects and will slow it down a bit, but we expect the state to continue to grow, just more modestly,”

Goodman said.

Goodman said research facilities and defense companies would experience significant cuts.

“Those institutions highly reliant on federal funding will feel it significantly,” he said. “There’ll be an 8.2-percent cut in those programs, so researchers will see results in research diminishing in frequency.”

Massachusetts has been counting on innovation industries to maintain the economy, Goodman said.

“While there will be a price to be paid in those industries through research development funds, they’re still expected to grow,” he said.

Goodman said experts are worried about dwindling resources for blue-collar industries like

construction and other building trades, local governments and education.

“Even though it hasn’t gotten much worse, it hasn’t gotten much better either. They’re struggling and that’s certainly worrisome,” he said.

One of the Commonwealth’s strengths is the improving real estate market, Goodman said.

“The residential market is finally recovering and moving in a positive direction,” he said. “The Boston area benefits from highly educated and skilled workers attracted to universities, hospitals and firms.”

Nicole Thomas, a realtor at Boston City Properties, said the Boston job market has helped maintain a stable housing market.

“The architecture, educational

and medical fields stabilize the city,” Thomas said.

Thomas said companies have been attracted to a the population of potential customers and have moved into the Boston area, which brings more jobs to the city “The Boston realty market has actually become a seller’s market once again,” she said.

Randall Ellis, a Boston University economics professor, said while the economy might grow faster without the cuts, the underlying economy is increasing.

“I believe it will continue to grow this way,” Ellis said. “But the cuts mean we are still running a national deficit, increasing our debt. Our economy was growing under Clinton when we were running a federal surplus. We eventually need to return to that.”

Employers value experience over grades, data suggests

By Kayla Canne Daily Free Press Contributor

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The Chronicle of Higher Education released data on employers’ opinions regarding the relationship between college and jobs post-graduation.

A significant percentage of employers prefer students with work experience outside of a college environment to students with no experience and high GPAs, according to new data.

“I’ve seen there is a lot of concern about grades, more than there should be,” said Susan Walker, a Boston University professor of journalism. “I wish the focus was more about what you learn through the course of the semester, rather than what the grade is because, overall, that is much more important in terms of professional success.”

The Chronicle of Higher Education and American Public Media’s Marketplace conducted a survey of 704 employers to better understand student and employer perceptions

of career preparation. In all eight fields of employment surveyed, more employers responded that they prefer experience to academic records.

“Employers place more weight on experience, particularly internships and employment during school vs. academic credentials including GPA and college major when evaluating a recent graduate for employment,” the Chronicle report released Monday stated.

Fifty percent of science and technology employers valued candidates more based on their experience, and 19 percent valued candidates more based on academic merit. In media and communications, 48 percent of employers valued prior experience and 20 percent of employers valued academic records.

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cuss how to move forward.

“We inform students of what their options are and also the possible consequences of choosing or not choosing certain options,” she said. “None

of us can foresee the future but some of the choices we make in life bring us to certain roads so that students can make really informed choices.”

BU spokesman Colin Riley said sexual violence and gender-based violence is a problem not unique to

universities or to BU. “It’s a societal issue, and domestic violence and sexual violence, dating violence, interpersonal violence and gender-based violence is a problem,” he said. “... I know parents have great love for their children and want the

best for them and want to make sure they don’t get themselves into a situation.”

Riley said the SARP Center and BU’s bystander training programs are part of BU’s effort to take a stance against this type of violence.

“All those resources, we have, and it’s all through our wellness education,” Riley said. “If there are additional tools or guidelines, and best practices, we want to know it and we want to put those into place.”

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as well as we possibly can in making this proposal to you. I cannot imagine doing a better job,” he said, “I believe that we have all done the best we can to reach an agreement short of retrying this case.”

Cahill said after court that he was very pleased with the result of the case.

“I am very happy to have this over with,” he said. “I’m very satisfied with the outcome. I’m just very happy for my family, for my wife, for all of my kids that this is behind me now and that we got a civil outcome.”

Cahill said he hopes this will

be the last mark on his political record.

“Hopefully this will be the last time that I have to see the inside of Suffolk Superior Court,” he said.

Cahill’s probation will last anywhere from 18 months to four years and he will not be allowed to seek public office during that time, according to a Friday press release from Coakley’s office.

Emalie Gainey, spokeswoman of Coakley’s office, said Coakley would appear on Fox 25 Thursday morning and is likely to answer further questions pertaining to the case.

Students: Foreign aid not ‘best idea’ Cahill ‘happy’ to put case in past, move forward Kerry: From Page 1

would be giving aid, given all the problems that we have at home right now — the unemployment we have and the weak economy,” said Justin Cuny, a 35-year-old Jamaica Plain resident.

Ian Howely, 21, a student at the Art Institute of Boston, also said the fragile economy makes it difficult to justify distribution of foreign aid.

“I don’t think, right now, it›s the best idea, but it›s definitely really complicated,” he said. “I don’t think

we have the money to be spending on something like this.”

Mary Jo Rhodes, 41, a teacher and Boston resident said U.S. officials should prioritize the removal of domestic economic issues.

“They’re cutting budgets here left right and center and telling us that we have nothing and at the same time they’re giving money to Egypt,” Rhodes said. “While I’m not saying that Egypt doesn›t need help, we need to bolster our economy before we can really help them.”

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promoted his good relationship with the Massachusetts State lottery.

Brad Bailey, Cahill’s attorney, said to the press after court that they were pleased to avoid a second criminal trial.

“The fact that there will be no criminal admission is something that both sides worked on and worked out,” he said.

James O’Brien, lead prosecutor, said in court that this was the best agreement the Commonwealth could offer.

“The defense attorneys and the Commonwealth have negotiated

SG official: If buses popular, service might increase

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from this because I don’t go to Logan when I go home to New Jersey, but I would definitely use this service if it went to South Station,” he said.

Amir Nili, a CAS sophomore, said because many students at BU are from neighboring states, they would benefit from the initiative expanding its services to take students to different states.

“Off campus transportation

can be improved by having buses to neighboring states such as Rhode Island, New Jersey and New York,” Nili said.

Erin Kingan, SG associate director of advocacy and COM freshman, said the service is limited to two buses and one destination because it is a new initiative that was only introduced in the middle of the fall 2012 semester.

Kingan said if the vacation bus service gains enough popularity, SG would work to expanding the

service to return students back to campus after break. However, no bus service for students returning to campus currently exists.

“There were concerns in terms of how it will be executed, but we’ve taken suggestions and tried to make this run the best that it can,” she said in an email. “Friday is our pilot run so we are trying to gauge popularity right now before we increase the scope of the program.”

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Give The Drummer Some: Review of recent Alt-J and Why? Lucien Flores Music Editor Alt-J (with Hundred Waters) The art-rock British group AltJ (∆) played two sold out shows at Paradise Rock Club this weekend. Alt-J and Boston are in the midst of a budding relationship — the group sold out Great Scott and Brighton Music Hall in the fall and they’re headlining the Bank of America Pavilion later this year. All things considered, they’re practically going steady with this city.

Alt-J’s debut album, An Awesome Wave, is heavily produced and packed with electronically manufactured sounds, atypical composition and piercing, yet harmonious, vocals. Before the show, I was curious whether the band could replicate the studio sound live or if they would fall flat like so many other studio wizards.

They played a short set of practically every song that exists under the Alt-J moniker. Joe Newman’s eccentric voice enchanted in the intimate club setting and Gus Unger- Hamilton’s dub-inspired keys gave songs such as “Fitzpleasure” the brooding sound that hits audiences in the gut.

Despite these elements, the show’s real all-stars were guitarist/bassist Gwil Sainsbury and drummer Thom Green. While Newman and Unger-Hamilton were sedentary, Sainsbury and Green filled the stage with charisma. The two fed off each other, constantly locking eyes and navigating the songs’ strange time signatures.

Green and Sainsbury provided the freedom and vivacity that live music needs. While I enjoyed the set, at times I felt as if Alt-J wasn’t deviating from the album.

The band would benefit tremendously from more improvisation — and with a drummer like Green, they shouldn’t ever have trouble transitioning from any jams. Improvisation would give the band a stronger stage presence and give each show an individuality that would make it easier to justify throwing down the cash to see them at larger venues. They’re a young and talented band and I’m confident they’ll refine their live act with more touring and songs to their name.

The opening act, Hundred Waters, intrigued me, combining a delicate and folksy sound with moments of pure abstraction,

menacing keyboard and frantic drumming. Lead singer and flautist Nicole Miglis was entertaining with her whispery vocals but, once again, the drummer, Zach Tetreault, was the most captivating member of the band — and in talking to other audience members, the opinion seemed to be unanimous. Hundred Waters had both intriguing elements and dull moments of abstract indulgence, however, Tetreault was on top of every song.

Why? Last month, the indie hip-hop group Why? delivered a fantastic show at the sold out Brighton Music Hall. As a performer, lead-singer Yoni Wolf was highly entertaining, cracking jokes with the audience and goofily dancing around stage. His quick wit impressed many, and the group’s banter was genuinely hilarious.

I was totally unprepared for this show to be so captivating. I recognized two songs throughout the night while the audience spat each of Wolf’s rapid-fire, quirky and loquacious lyrics alongside the singer. Even so, I was entranced by the brilliant musicality of Wolf’s band.

At the forefront were Why?’s two brilliant drummers (and xylophone players). Like Alt-J, Why? is a band that constantly changes time-signatures and tempos, yet the drummers were prepared for every moment.

Give The Drummer Some: Perhaps it is because I was raised on a healthy diet of 4/4, but these drummers who can navigate time signatures with such ease enthrall me. Yes, I still love my standard rock drummers of the world, but it’s truly amazing to see one of these art-rock/hip-hop drummers live. It’s fascinating to see them effortlessly hide the work they’re putting into simply remembering and keeping track and time of all the crazy changes.

They’re the unsung heroes of these groups. Alt-J gets press for their vocals and keyboards and Why? for Wolf’s great lyricism.

However, without these drummers on stage, the bands wouldn’t be the same.

So here’s a shout out to the drummers of Alt-J, Why? and Hundred Waters. The pain of the ghost notes on your legs is completely worth it.

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Arkansas adopts strict abortion law

Abortion will forever be a touchy subject, and the verdict on its legality seems everchanging.

On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that Arkansas has circumvented a U.S. Supreme Court decision and passed the country’s most restrictive ban on abortion, one that makes the procedure illegal at just 12 weeks into pregnancy — when a fetus’s heartbeat can typically be detected — as opposed to the federal allowance of 24.

The adoption of the law, called the Human Heartbeat Protection Act, is the first statewide victory for the anti-abortion movement. But fuming abortion rights groups will undoubtedly (and quickly) push a lawsuit to block the state’s rulings, and their argument will be strong not just because of what the law concerns: Arkansas’ decision is “the sharpest challenge yet to Roe v. Wade” according to the Times. The ban contradicts the limit established by the Supreme Court rulings that allow women to get an abortion until the fetus is viable outside of the womb. Arkansas legislators in support of the bill hope it will reduce the amount of abortions.

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, a Democrat, vetoed the ban, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional,” reported the Times. And he raises a legitimate point. If the Supreme Court has made a decision for the country about what constitutes

a legal abortion and what does not, can the state of Arkansas make its own rules? Unlikely, especially in face of powerful and active abortion rights groups. It’s very possible that the federal courts will overturn the ruling. Even some antiabortion leaders call the measure a futile gesture, according to the Times.

Granted, on the one hand, if abortion is such a divided issue, some might hold that certain states should have the right to make their own rules. But realistically and constitutionally speaking, the decision has already been made for the country. All American women expect to make abortion decisions under the same law. That law is in place to protect those individuals who cannot afford to have children, who are impregnated against their own will, and who are powerless to control what state in which they reside. Arkansas may see fewer abortions with this bill in place, but also more unwanted children who cannot be provided for.

They should have a plan of action for this fact.

Moreover, making abortions illegal has never stopped them from happening — it just makes them more dangerous, as people receive the surgeries in less safe circumstances.

So if indeed the Supreme Court does overturn the new ban, perhaps the state should focus its efforts on urging people to be careful.

Guest Perspective: Islamic [Women] Awareness Month When I was seventeen, a local journalist asked to interview me after I had been selected to attend a prestigious leadership program.

During the interview, the journalist asked me questions regarding my college and career aspirations as well as my service work in the local community, but the tone of the conversation quickly changed as soon as he saw my scarfclad mother.

At the time, I did not wear the hijab — the Muslim headscarf — but my mother did. Realizing that we were Muslim women, the journalist went from asking me questions about my leadership roles to more personal, though unrelated question. Did my dad “force” my mom to be a homemaker? Would my parents “choose” who I would marry? Would my father “require” me to wear the hijab in the future?

It was clear through his questions that the journalist was making one huge assumption about Muslim women—that we have no prerogative. As soon as we put on a scarf, our brains fall out and we are consequently at the mercy of our oppressive fathers, husbands and sons. When the article came out, I was disappointed with what I saw. Despite my insistence that my parents would only be facilitators in my future nuptials to a husband of my choice, my mother enjoyed her role as the caretaker of the home and I would choose to wear the hijab when I was spiritually ready, none of these points came across. Since I was a Muslim woman, I could only be a pawn of my parents, my future husband, and my community.

Four years have passed since that interview, but not much has changed in the way Muslim women are portrayed by the media. The automatic equation between veiling, oppression and passivity has led to a mischaracterization of Muslim women’s contribution to society.

The irony is, despite the under-representation

of Muslim women voices in the media, Muslim women make up one of the most educated religious groups in the U.S. and tend to be more active in their communities than their male counterparts. And this is not “in spite” of their religion. For many, including myself, faith has been the catalyst for their educational and professional aspirations. A famous saying by the Prophet Muhammad is “It is the duty of every Muslim man and every Muslim woman to acquire knowledge.”

This year, Islamic Awareness Month at Boston University coincides with Women’s History Month. As a student of history, I am aware of the fact that historiography is too often reduced to “his-story”—that is, men’s roles are well documented, but women are largely left out of the picture. Consequently, it appears that women have not made any valuable contributions to society, which is far from the truth. As a Muslim woman, I am even more painfully aware of the negative consequences of undocumented or wrongly documented history. This Women’s History Month, I will be celebrating the lives of these “forgotten” Muslim women—women like Ayesha bint Abu Bakr, the famous wife of the Prophet Muhammad, who played an instrumental role in the early development of the Islamic civilization. She was a scholar of jurisprudence, an educator and orator. By celebrating her legacy, I hope to not only correct the misrepresentation prevalent in the Western media of Muslim women as inherently uneducated and oppressed, while also reminding those Muslims who do oppress women of the historical precedent they are working against. In this way, history will serve not only as a source of “remembering”, but also as a way to empower today’s men and women.

Monsura Sirajee, CAS 2013 msirajee@bu.edu

B.O.M.E.s Away DAVID FONTANA

Let’s start from the supposition that the world is topsy-turvy, that things are all wrong: The Catholic community has no Pope, Venezuela no longer has Hugo Chávez, Kanye West was only ranked No. 7 on the “Hottest MC” list! It’s getting pretty scary out there. But, luckily for us, there is always one good old thing we can rely on — Mr. Reliability, you might say — that helping hand that’ll scratch your back, that wall you can lean on when you’re feeling tired.

Look in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a twin! No, it’s a B.O.M.E.! That’s right, I’m talking about a “Bane Of My Existence.”

All right, so maybe that hand that’s scratching your back has nails that are two inches long and sharpened to a deadly point, and maybe that wall you wanted to lean on disintegrates when you touch it and you fall flat on your face and end up looking like Seth Brundle from “The Fly”. Kaboom! Kablam! The Mad-B.O.M.E.r strikes again!

For some people it might be a dictator (I mean democratically elected leader), for others some religious law (Thou Shalt Not Have Fun), or it could simply be an editor (winkwink, nudge-nudge) or even a good friend. Everyone’s got that one paper, that one midterm, that one obstacle that they just can’t seem to get past. Heck, even Batman’s got a Bane ... literally. And sure, while our B.O.M.E.s may not have climbed out of an evil hole in the ground and breath out of a mask in a strangely pitched voice, it doesn’t make our B.O.M.E.s any less important. Gee willikers Batman, why not throw Albert a bone once in a while!

Sure, maybe dealing with nail polish and lipstick, or the futile effort of trying to read every book in the library isn’t life altering, but “bane” didn’t always have such a causal effect in language. Back around circa 800 (that’s C.E. for all of you history buffs out there) the word was recorded in the “Old English Chronicles” as literally meaning “murder.” First-degree bane, “[Bane], She Wrote,” I’m going to bane you! Hmm, something about it seems less, how do I say it, “murderous.” It sounds like ABC’s lame attempt at editing out offensive words.

However, in later years bane came to take on a different meaning. Instead of murder, it referred to a cause of death, and mostly notably, poison. Now this I can relate too. I mean, every intelligent human being carries around wolfsbane with them. You wouldn’t want to get ran-

domly attacked by a werewolf on the streets of Boston would you? Did nobody watch the third Harry Potter movie!

So maybe the game of life isn’t exactly going your way. Score — You: zero, B.O.M.E: 942. But I say it’s time we turned this match around, rub a little Flubber on our shoes, if you will. I think it’s high time we high-tailed it ... I mean, reclaimed our lives from the firm grip of our B.O.M.E.s. But, you should be wary; it’s not as easy as it may sound. Oh no, B.O.M.E.s are a tricky business with red wires, secret compartments and leech-like precision.

I recommend you start by using one of these five [highly difficult and excruciatingly painful] methods.

How to properly diffuse a B.O.M.E.: Run the top of your B.O.M.E. under hot water for a minute or so. With a towel, so as not to burn your hands, smoothly twist the B.O.M.E. off.

Take a sharp knife and very carefully stab a hole through the top of the B.O.M.E., releasing the pressure from the B.O.M.E., then twist it off.

Use a knife and stick it between the edge of the B.O.M.E. and yourself. Carefully pry the B.O.M.E. off.

Take a hard object such as a spoon and tap the edge of the B.O.M.E., creating small indents around approximately half of the B.O.M.E. Then tap your bottom and twist the B.O.M.E. off.

If you’re absolutely desperate you can buy a product such as the “One Touch B.O.M.E. Diffuser” to pop off B.O.M.E.s of any kind! (Only 99 cents if you call right now!)

But, if all else fails, you can just do what I always do — live with it. Or better yet, make that son of B.O.M.E. regret the day it ever decided to bane your existence. In essence, be the B.O.M.E. you always knew you could be. So, as they say in France, B.O.M.E. voyage! Until next time, fair citizens of Boston. And remember: where there is a bane, I’ll be there, when your existence is in danger, I’ll be there, where B.O.M.E.s rear there ugly heads, I’ll respectively be far, far away, hiding over here.

David Fontana is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and a weekly columnist for The Daily Free Press. He can be reached at fontad5@bu.edu.

This week, The New York Times reported that Washington State University started selling its own brand of meat. So we here at the ol’ Free Press were wondering what each school at BU would brand...

• CGS: Would brand themselves because they didn’t understand the assignment.

• COM: Would brand themselves because they did understand the assigment • CFA: Would refuse to brand anything, because branding is selling out.

• ENG: Calculators • SHA: Napkins and Wine • Dean Elmore: Bow ties • BU Athletics: Lycra sportswear • SMG: Cigarettes, which they would sell to CFA • The FreeP: Pillows

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(80 points) in just 17 games. During the season, Etrasco scored at least five goals in five different contests. Etrasco was named an IWLCA All-American at the end of the year, and was placed on the IWLCA Northeast All-Regional Team.

The accolades continued to pour in this January, as Etrasco

was named to the final U.S. Women’s Lacrosse National Team roster. Etrasco, the first Terrier to make the Team USA roster, is only one of two collegiate players on the team.

While Etrasco’s statistics speak for themselves, her leadership has also had a huge impact on the rest of her Terrier teammates.

“In general, she is someone

who raises everyone’s level of play,” Robertshaw said. “She also puts down that challenge of ‘Come on, let’s go, let’s play at this level. I’m going to trust you, so I’m going to make those feeds.’”

After Wednesday’s game, it became apparent that other BU players would have to step up in order to match Etrasco’s play and

competitiveness.

“For me, I’m on board with her that the team has to step up,” Robertshaw said. “If she’s going to trust you to feed the ball, then you’ve got to make those catches.

“She needs a supporting cast, and it’s not taking anything away from the other players, but in this game, it exposed some people that need to elevate their game.”

While this is her final season at Boston University, Etrasco’s lacrosse career is certainly far from ending. After the 2013 NCAA season comes to a close, Etrasco will travel to Oshawa, Ontario, to play in the 2013 FIL World Cup from July 11 to 20, where Team USA will look to capture its seventh world championship.

Terrier offense comes up short BU expects confident Providence team in Hyannis Lacrosse: From Page 8

to taking the shot, BU scrambled to make adjustments in order to have a chance at deflecting it, but the team was too shorthanded to make the stop.

“I don’t think we looked as poised and confident in the game plan,” Robertshaw said. “I felt that we, as coaches, had to keep reminding them of what’s going on.”

To end the scoring drought, Etrasco received a pass from sophomore attack Jenna Boarman on the right side of the cage and fired it past Giovanniello for her second score of the game to bring BU within 3 goals, 5-2.

Dartmouth scored two more goals to extend its lead to 7-2, but two unanswered goals from junior attack Elizabeth Morse and senior attack Kristen Mogavero brought the Terriers within three once again But just eight seconds after Mogavero’s goal, Dartmouth attack Lindsey Allard scored her third goal of the game to push her team ahead 8-4.

With 49 seconds left in the half, Mogavero received a pass in front

of the cage from Boarman, which she handled and fired a low bounce shot that snuck past Giovanniello.

At the half, Dartmouth held an 8-5 lead and had control of the game.

“For us, we got down there and we had some nice looks, but for the first half we weren’t playing enough attack,” Robertshaw said.

Coming out in the second half, Dartmouth resumed its relentless attack and put in three straight goals, taking an 11-5 lead, before the Terriers responded.

Once again it was Etrasco who sparked the BU attack when she took the ball and finished with a shot past Giovanniello for an unassisted goal to bring the Terriers within five goals of Dartmouth.

Morse added another goal for BU with 6:31 remaining, but it was not enough, as the Terriers ultimately fell 12-7.

“We can’t dwell on it. We have Notre Dame next, and they are ranked tenth,” Robertshaw said.

“We can’t sit here and worry about it, but we do have to address the fear factor because if any of these players were hesitating or scared, they have it get over it.”

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in the world of softball and what it will take to beat a bunch of those teams,” Gleason said.

After the Showcase, BU will get one more day off before beginning another weekend of jam-packed tournament play at the Clearwater Spring Invitational. The second Friday of the trip, it will face the University of Maryland, College Park and Rutgers University before playing its last doubleheader against Oklahoma State University and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Saturday. The Terriers will finish off the trip Sunday morning against Robert Morris University before returning to Boston.

After making the Super Regionals in the NCAA Tournament last year, Gleason has identified Oklahoma State University as one of the Terriers’ toughest opponents of the weekend. Despite its success last

season, OSU (7-11) is in the midst of a six-game losing streak going into the Invitational.

Gleason laid out simple goals for the team over the break, looking for improvement on both defense and offense.

“Our goal is always to leave a tournament with a winning record,” Gleason said. “Our defense needs to improve. Being out there will help us. I tell them that every game is winnable, even when we play some tough opponents.”

For the team, the upcoming trip marks an opportunity to end the struggles it has faced in the early parts of the season before tackling conference play. But more than anything, the packed week of playing time marks an opportunity for the Terriers to get a sense of who they are as a team.

“I hope at the end of these 10 days we’ll know who we are going into conference play,” Gleason said.

take on a familiar foe in fifth-seeded Providence (15-15-5, 8-10-3 Hockey East) Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

BU, which won the Hockey East regular season title, earned its trip to the semifinal round after defeating the University of Connecticut at Walter Brown Arena 5-1 last weekend.

The Terriers head into Saturday’s contest against the Friars after having swept Providence during the season series. Over the course of three games, all of which took place in a three-week span from mid-November to the beginning of December, BU outscored the Friars 17-8.

While BU has swept the season series from several of its conference opponents this season, the Terriers did struggle the only other time they faced an opponent for the fourth time in a season. After defeating Northeastern University in each game this year, including a weekend series just before the Beanpot Tournament, the Terriers fell to Northeastern 4-1 during the

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semifinal round of the Beanpot.

That loss marked the first of two defeats BU suffered during its season-high two-game losing streak.

According to Durocher, however, the situation with Providence is different from the one the Terriers faced against the Huskies.

“One of the differences is that we got a lot more time to let all the games we’ve played against Providence settle, and certainly be a little more in the rearview mirror,” Durocher said. “Truth be told, we can’t afford to have any letdowns.

We know they’re a real good team, and a team that we haven’t seen in a long time.”

After defeating the fourthseeded University of New Hampshire this past weekend, the young Friars squad will enter Saturday’s contest with some momentum after a comeback, overtime win.

New Hampshire (14-16-4, 10-8-3 Hockey East) held a lead of as much as three goals over Providence during the quarterfinal game. Providence’s three-goal third, however, evened out the score, and a goal by sophomore

Beth Hanrahan put Providence over the edge, sending the team to the semifinals.

“Anytime you play a young team later [in the season], usually they’re just that much more mature, and have a little more experience,” Durocher said. “We’re going to find Providence to be that way.

“Anytime they come off a win, I wouldn’t call it a monumental upset, but if a five team beats a four team, they’ve got to be playing with confidence.”

If BU manages to defeat Providence, the Terriers will head back to the Hockey East championship game for the second straight year, and take on the winner of the semifinal contest between BC and Northeastern.

But first, BU must overcome a Friar team that Durocher said will put up a fight Saturday.

“We’re just trying to work hard here,” Durocher said. “Take care of business in preparation and know that we’re going to have a battle on our hands against Providence come Saturday afternoon.”

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Softball hopes Cardella and Lefort receive HE awards Women’s hockey to improve in taking on Friars trip to Florida in HE semifinal

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After struggling in its first two weekends of the season, the Boston University softball team hopes to reverse its fortunes in a packed spring break trip to Florida.

The Terriers (3-7) will face 13 teams over the course of 10 days, playing five doubleheaders and getting only two days of rest. Other than a trip to Tampa, Fla., March 13 to face the University of Southern Florida, BU will stay in Clearwater, Fla., for the duration of the trip.

BU coach Kathryn Gleason said she sees the trip as a valuable opportunity for the team, one that allows it to play uninterrupted softball without the worries of schoolwork hanging over the players’ heads.

“We look forward to being together for 10 days, as opposed to the [Track and Tennis Center] practicing,” Gleason said. “[We look forward to] continuing to learn who we are as a team.”

Before the Terriers can face their conference opponents in the upcoming months, they will have to square off against a set of tough teams.

They begin the Under Armour Showcase Friday, facing Quinnipiac University and Northwestern University in a doubleheader. Saturday, they play another doubleheader against Wagner College and Youngstown State University. Their first weekend ends with an earlymorning game Sunday against Villanova University.

The struggling BU offense will have to work to overcome the Northwestern pitching staff, which blanked its opponents in back-toback games over the past weekend. Gleason hopes the team can improve upon its offense early in games over the break.

“Against Arizona [last weekend] we gave up three runs in the first inning, putting us in a hole we don’t need to be in,” Gleason said.

“We need to score first and take an early lead.”

After a day of rest Monday, the Terriers will finish off the Under Armour Showcase with three games in which they will face the first of two opponents they played in last year’s spring break trip. After playing the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Tuesday morning, BU will finish the day with an afternoon game against Fordham University before playing USF (9-10) Wednesday night.

Gleason identified USF as one of the Terriers’ toughest opponents for the weekend.

In last year’s Under Armour Showcase, the Terriers defeated Fordham 4-3 in 10 innings, a victory Gleason said she hopes the team can repeat.

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Softball, see page 7

Two members of the Boston University women’s hockey team received yearly Hockey East awards, which were announced Wednesday.

Freshman forward Sarah Lefort was a unanimous selection to the All-Rookie Team, after totaling 28 points (14 goals, 14 assists) in conference play this season, second best among all Hockey East freshmen.

She had a total of 19 goals during the regular season, second on the BU squad behind her linemate, senior Jenelle Kohanchuk, who has 20.

“Every year you always hope you’ll have players that make it to the All-Rookie team,” said BU coach Brian Durocher. “There’s only a select few, but as you go recruiting, you hope you get some people who are impact players.

Sarah’s been just that this year.

“She’s a consummate power forward, she’s a goal scorer, she’s somebody who will go to the net and play hard along the boards ... she’s a real threat out there at all times.”

Lefort joins forward Haley Skarupa of Boston College and forward Molly Illikainen of Providence College as one of three unanimous selections. BC forward Dana Trivigno, BC defenseman Lexi Bender and University of New Hampshire defender Alexis Crossley were also named to the team.

Senior co-captain Jill Cardella received the Sportsmanship Award, which is awarded in recognition of clean play on the ice.

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Terrier senior co-captain Jill Cardella will receive the Hockey East Sportsmanship Award at the Hockey East Awards Banquet Friday.

games this season, and 10 penalty minutes during all contests. In her entire career at BU, Cardella has never missed a game. Additionally, she added two goals and 22 assists during the regular season.

Durocher had strong praise for the dedicated play of the Rochester, N.Y., native.

“She’s always somebody who respects the game and appreciates everything about the game,” he said. “... In every facet she’s

somebody who plays the game the right way — plays it hard, but doesn’t spend a lot of time in the penalty box. She’s a great teammate and a great leader for the program.”

The awards will be presented at the 11th annual Hockey East Awards Banquet Friday evening in Hyannis before the semifinal matchups Saturday.

Just over a year ago, the Boston University women’s hockey team headed to the Hyannis Youth and Community Center to participate in the semifinal round of the Hockey East Tournament. After a game against Boston College in which BU held a lead from the early moments of the contest, the Terriers fell behind Providence College 1-0 in the conference championship.

With fewer than 10 seconds left in the game, it looked as though BU’s chances of winning its second Hockey East Tournament title were squashed. That is, until thensenior forward Jenn Wakefield picked up a rebound and put it by the Providence goaltender with just 7.3 seconds left in the game to send the contest into extra play.

Wakefield repeated her heroics in the tilt’s second overtime, scoring the game-winning goal and allowing BU to take home the Hockey East title.

“For those who think there’s no luck involved in sports, well, I’ll show them that video,” said BU coach Brian Durocher. “Show them that you do have to have maybe the hockey gods with you once and a while late in a game, and certainly in that second OT.” The top-seeded Terriers (24-53, 18-2-1 Hockey East) will look for that luck once again this year as they head back to Hyannis for the semifinal round of the Hockey East Tournament, where they will

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Lacrosse falls to Dartmouth 12-7 Etrasco starting where she left off

By Matt Fils-Aime Daily Free Press Staff

On another rainy day at Nickerson Field, the Boston University women’s lacrosse team was looking to capture its second victory of the season against No. 13 Dartmouth College, but the high-powered Big Green attack proved too much for the Terriers (1-1), who lost by a final score of 12-7.

BU controlled the opening draw, but was forced to play catch up for the majority of the night.

Just over two minutes into the game, Dartmouth attack Danielle Lisovicz received a pass from fellow attack Hana Bowers on the right side of the cage. In the commotion in front of the net, BU junior goalkeeper Christina Sheridan was caught out of position, which allowed Lisovicz to score, giving the Big Green (4-0) a onegoal lead.

“I give credit to Dartmouth,” said BU coach Liz Robertshaw.

“They’re going hard, they’re very confident, they’re taking nice risks to cage, and that was something we did not do today. We started off flat by not getting draw controls,

The Bottom Line

Thursday, March 7

By Meredith Perri Daily Free Press Staff

Friday, March 8

M. Hockey @ Northeastern, 7:30 p.m.

Softball @ Under Armour Showcase, All Day Track @ NCAA Championships, All Day

and we knew that they were very good on the draws.”

The Terriers were on the losing end of the draw control margin, 12-6, which proved to be one of the key areas of deficiency for BU. After taking the early 1-0 lead, senior captain Danielle Etrasco took the ball a few feet into BU’s offensive half of the field and streaked towards the Dartmouth cage. After eluding two defenders on her way, Etrasco fired a shot past Dartmouth goalkeeper Kristen Giovanniello to draw the teams even with her third goal of the season.

Etrasco, the team’s leading scorer, finished the game with three goals on five shots, and an assist, to bring her season totals to five goals and six total points.

Following her goal, the Big Green put in four straight goals to take a commanding 5-1 lead.

Just over 10 minutes into the game, Sheridan was called for a yellow card and was forced to sit as Dartmouth was awarded a freeposition shot on an open net. Prior

Lacrosse, see page 7

Saturday, March 9

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

W. Hockey v. Providence, 12:30 p.m.

Softball @ Under Armour Showcase, All Day

By Conor Ryan Daily Free Press Staff

Despite losing to No. 13 Dartmouth College 12-7 on a dreary and windy afternoon at Nickerson Field, senior captain Danielle Etrasco had a stand-out game, notching three goals and an assist for the Boston University women’s lacrosse team.

Etrasco also made a big impact for the Terriers (1-1) in the season opener against the University of Massachusetts-Amherst last Wednesday, scoring two goals to help propel BU to the 9-8 overtime victory.

While her numbers certainly are impressive, BU coach Liz Robertshaw said she is used to seeing Etrasco putting up such great stat lines as she did Wednesday.

“She did a really good job today,” Robertshaw said. “I told her that she needs to lead by example, and it doesn’t always mean by scoring goals, but it does mean that the ball needs to get into her hands so that the team feels like they’re ready to go, and she stepped up and did that today.”

Sunday, March 10 Softball @ Under Armour Showcase, 9 a.m.

Ever since Etrasco first put on the Terrier jersey during the 2010 season, the Massapequa, N.Y., native has terrorized opposing teams’ defenses with her natural ability to score and make plays.

Etrasco started nine games for the Terriers during her freshman year, scoring 18 goals and recording six assists to finish the season with 24 points. In recognition of her play, Etrasco was named to the America East All-Rookie team.

Etrasco made a huge jump during her sophomore season, scoring 57 goals and finishing the year with 65 points in 17 games started. She finished the year tied for first in the America East conference with four game-winning goals, and added 41 draw controls. After the season, Etrasco was named America East CoPlayer of the Year, and was also added to the America East AllConference Team.

Last year, Etrasco increased her scoring totals once again, recording 58 goals and 22 assists

Etrasco, see page 7

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