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Source: David Quinn to be named next BU men’s hockey coach

By Tim Healey Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University is set to announce that David Quinn will succeed Jack Parker as the BU men’s hockey coach, according to a source.

The athletic department will make it official at a news conference 11 a.m. Tuesday at a location to be determined.

The news comes just two days after Parker’s 40-year head coaching career at BU ended

with a 1-0 loss to the University of Massachusetts-Lowell in the Hockey East championship game. Parker announced March 11 that this season would be his last on the Terrier bench.

Quinn, who was a co-captain for Parker’s 1987-88 team, served as Parker’s associate head coach for five seasons, but left after the 2009 national championship to become the head coach of the Lake Erie Monsters (AHL).

Last June, Quinn joined the Colorado Ava-

lanche as an assistant coach under Joe Sacco, another BU hockey alumnus.

The Cranston, R.I., native is highly regarded as a top-notch recruiter, and was long seen as a likely candidate to replace Parker whenever he decided to retire.

On March 15, athletic director Mike Lynch told The Daily Free Press that a committee, comprised in part by him, BU President Robert Brown and Provost Jean Morrison, would pick

the next coach.

The source also said the school “talked to” New York Rangers assistant coach Mike Sullivan and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) head coach John Hynes, though how close either was to getting the job is unclear.

The status of the rest of BU’s coaching staff, including associate head coach Mike Bavis and assistant coach Buddy Powers, is also unclear.

Minimum-wage earners face hardship paying rent Gender Neutral

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In order to afford to live in a two-bedroom apartment in the state of Massachusetts, one must work three minimum wage jobs, according to a new report by the National Low Incoming Housing Coalition

By Kyle Plantz Daily Free Press Staff

In order to afford a two-bedroom apartment in Massachusetts, employees earning minimum wage would need three jobs to pay rent, accord-

ing to a report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition Wednesday.

“The purpose of Out of Reach is to illuminate the root cause of America’s housing problems — the gap between the cost of decent

housing and household income, particularly for renter households,” said Amy Clark, communications director of the NLIHC. The Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom apartment is $1,251 to pay rent and utilities without paying more than 30 percent of income on housing, so a household would need to earn over $50,000 annually to afford an apartment, according to the Out of Reach 2013: Massachusetts Report.

In Massachusetts, a person working at minimum wage, which is $8 an hour, must work 120 hours per week, 52 weeks per year. That equates to three minimum-wage employees working 40 hours a week to afford the FMR, according to the report.

Clark said NLIHC has been producing these reports since 1989.

“After nearly 25 years of completing this report, there are very few surprises,” she said.

“The Housing Wage changes, the list of cities that are the least affordable for renters changes somewhat, but the fact remains that if you are a low-wage worker in the U.S., there is very little rental housing on the market you can afford.”

Elected officials, community leaders and families faced with deportation rallied for legislation to demand immigration reform for bills such as the TRUST Act on the steps of the Massachusetts State House Wednesday.

The TRUST Act and protest are responses to the federal Secure Communities program that requires police departments to send the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security the fingerprints of arrestees, a report stated. The program has been responsible for the deportations of numerous undocumented immigrants with no previous criminal records.

“This bill seeks to improve relations between Massachusetts law enforcement and the communities they serve by limiting state efforts to enforce controversial federal immigration law,” the report stated. “… Statistics show that this program has devastating effects on our communities as it tears families apart and pits law enforcement against the individuals they serve.”

Despite objections from Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick, immigration groups, local law enforcement officers and lawmakers, the federal government implemented the Secure Communities program.

Mass. Sen. Jamie Eldridge is backing the bill, according to the report. Proponents of the bill back it because it would prevent the dam-

By Rachel RIley Daily Free Press Staff

aging effects of the program, including broken families and communities, damaged public safety, misuse of local resources and unequal access to justice.

“We are supportive of the TRUST Act because it [Secure Communities] threatens relations between immigrants and local law enforcement,” said Frank Soults, communications director for the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. “The program keeps local immigrants from helping their local police with crime because they fear for the stability of their friends, neighbors and families.”

The TRUST Act aims to clarify that Massachusetts law enforcement agencies are not

Gender Neutral BU members are working to reach out to members of the Boston University student body in order to spread awareness about gender-related issues on campus, GN BU officials told Student Government members at Monday night’s SG meeting.

“We’re currently working on a video which will include some spoken word pieces and more facts about why we need gender-neutral housing,” said Hanna Stolarski, a College of Communication sophomore and GN BU representative. “We’re also working on a ‘zine, which is a self-published magazine.”

Rea Sowan, a College of Arts and Sciences sophomore and GN BU representative, said the organization is working to urge BU’s administration to establish gender-neutral living spaces.

“Our main goal is to provide resources for students who don’t fit in the gender binary or who want resources, whoever they are, and to make sure that BU is a safe place for people of all genders,” Sowan said.

Sowan said some students feel they are forced to use the incorrect bathroom in a way that is inconsistent with how they identify with the gender binary, and some are forced to live with someone of a particular gender they do not want to live with.

Nai Collymore-Henry, a School of Management freshman and GN BU representative, said the student coalition spoke to SG in order to improve outreach.

“We want to make our presence known and we want to make sure that the senators are thinking about us as an organization because we want to spread resources to the student body,”

Immigration, see page 2

SG, see page 2

Minimum Wage, see page 2

Immigrants rally against deportation laws, support TRUST act

By Brian Latimer Daily Free Press Staff

BU speaks to SG about ‘zine, film

BU’s student-athletes graduate at higher rate than national average, officials say

By Nora Philbin Daily Free Press Staff

In a Thursday press call, NCAA officials called for colleges across the nation, including Boston University, to better integrate athletics and academics and ensure graduation rates among student-athletes meet certain standards.

While NCAA officials said during the conference that significant improvements must be made, Mike Lynch, BU’s assistant vice president and director of athletics, said the graduation success rates of BU student-athletes are among the best in the country.

“We are on par with our general student population here at BU,” Lynch said. “Of 340 Division I institutions, we were ranked 27th [for graduation success rate], so we are in the top 10 percent of institutions nationally.”

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan facilitated the press call, allowing experts to explain the necessity of a system that treats student-athletes as both students and as athletes.

During the call, Director of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Florida Richard Lapchick said while gradu-

ation success rates have increased among college athletes, there is still progress to be made, specifically with regard to race.

The overall graduation success rate for male athletes increased to from 67 percent to 70 percent from 2012 to 2013, Lapchick said during the call. The rate for white male basketball players increased from 88 to 90 percent while the rate for African-American basketball players increased from 59 percent to 65 percent.

“While all that sounds good, that still leaves the enormous gap between white and AfricanAmerican basketball players in the [March Madness] tournament,” he said. “The gap went from 28 percent in 2012 to 25 percent in 2013, but that’s still a huge issue for me and those who are following the two [men’s and women’s] tournaments.”

President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Ben Jealous said the issue of balancing academics and athletics at colleges is one that comes down to leadership.

NCAA, see page 2

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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan held a press call Thursday to discuss the link between college athletes and academics.

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Econ. prof.: Study ‘misleading’ in using min. wage as standard Minimum Wage: From Page 1

Reports such as this show how difficult it is for people find affordable housing around the country, Clark said.

“We want people to understand that the affordable rental housing shortage is something that affects every corner of our country,” she said. “In the case of market failures like this, the only real solution to the problem is for the government to intervene by providing housing assistance to the lowest income renters.”

Jason Lefferts, spokesman for the Massachusetts Executive Office

of Housing and Economic Development, said the report is not surprising because housing in Massachusetts is expensive and Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick is taking action to create more housing for people.

“Massachusetts has some of the highest housing costs in the country and those costs are pushing away young adults and families, including recent college graduates,” he said. “... we need to ensure that [the] workforce has access to reasonably priced housing.”

Lefferts said the Commonwealth should expand its housing stock in

Boston and throughout the rest of Massachusetts.

“We are working to meet the governor’s goal of 10,000 new housing units a year,” he said. “We know the demand for housing is in town centers or urban areas, and the statistics show that developers are reacting to that demand.”

Kevin Lang, professor of economics at Boston University, said the results of the report are sending the right message to people, but their statistics are ambiguous.

“The use of the minimum wage as a metric for affordability is somewhat

misleading,” he said. “Minimumwage workers tend to come from somewhat lower-income families than other workers do.”

Lang said the NLIHC’s use of 30 percent of income to spend on rent and utilities is arbitrary.

“Financial advisors typically suggest spending no more than one-third of household income on rent,” he said. “But many people spend noticeably more.”

Randall Ellis, a professor of economics at BU, said the statistics are not surprising and seem to represent the issues that people have when try-

ing to rent an apartment in the city.

Ellis said the government could raise the minimum wage to help alleviate the burden of affording an apartment.

However, he said the report is flawed in using an average or median rent because it can vary depending on the location within the city.

“Very low-income people live in far suburbs where rents will be lower. Also, the calculations ignore the earned income tax credit, which supplements minimum-wage earners,” he said. “Things are still tough, but there are some things that make it easier to live in Boston.”

‘Is BU Worth it’ seminar to take place April 3 CAS junior: Student-athletes responsible for own academics SG: From Page 1

she said. “We want to make sure that they know what gender is.”

SG officials debated and voted on two constitutional amendments during the meeting, but neither passed.

The first amendment, proposed by fall 2012 SG President Dexter McCoy, would restructure SG’s current executive board to include representatives from Residence Hall Association, Allocations Board and separate college governments.

The second amendment, proposed by SG Chief of Staff Richa Kaul, introduced an alternative solution that would establish a “Student Leadership Board” to meet on a biweekly basis.

Kaul, a CAS freshman, said the board would include leaders from SG, Allocations Board, the RHA’s Overarching Executive Council, College Government President’s Council, Panhellenic Council and In-

terfraternity Council.

Alexander Golob, a representative of student organization “!mpact,” or Impact, which aims to work against tuition hikes, also spoke about an upcoming information session titled “Is BU Worth It?” “Everyone always complains that tuitions are so high, but they don’t know why — they don’t know whether the amount is justified, and they don’t know what they can do about it,” Golob, a College of Fine Arts freshman, said. “We’re trying to inform.”

“Is BU Worth It?” is set to take place April 3 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 117 of 590 Commonwealth Ave., Golob said. Wayne Langley, an expert in the finances of higher education, will be speaking to students in attendance.

“Wayne is really knowledgeable about the entire issue — not just the entire issue of higher education, but particularly that related to Boston-

area colleges,” Golob said. “He has a lot of specific information.”

SG Vice President Lauren LaVelle, an SMG junior, said the amount of time spent on the amendments compared to working with visiting groups was frustrating.

“We want to focus on outside groups — what can we, as a student government, do to help Gender Neutral BU, help Impact, and help these other organizations,” LaVelle said. “… As an e-board, we would like to focus more on the BU community and not spending two hours on an internal structural conversation.”

Although LaVelle said she was frustrated with the debate, she did not consider it a complete waste of time.

“Maybe, at the end of the day, there wasn’t a concrete result from it, but there’s definitely value,” she said. “If nothing else, these people are learning how to work with one another.”

TRUST Act to limit state police jurisdiction Immigration: From Page 1

responsible for enforcing federal immigration laws and leave the work for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The bill would also direct law enforcement not to arrest, detain or transport individuals for federal immigration purposes.

“Legislators hear they don’t want this extension of local authorities to do the jobs of the federal government, and they responded,” Soults said.

The bill will provide individuals ordered released by Massachusetts judges and magistrates not to be detained for ICE in spite of the court’s release order, according to the report.

As of December, 45.6 percent of the 768 immigrants were deported in Massachusetts through the Secure Communities program since 2008 because they had criminal records, the report stated.

The national average for deporting undocumented immigrants for committing a crime is 76 percent,

which means Massachusetts deports more people without criminal records more often than states such as Texas, Arizona and New York, according to the report.

“The police should not act as an arm of federal immigration authorities and hold people in prisons, spending locals’ money on federal actions for people with no previous criminal records,” Soults said.

Lee Altman contributed to the reporting of this article.

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NCAA: From Page 1

“When a coach prioritizes training the entire student athlete, the student succeeds,” Jealous said. “When the coaches focus on the athletic part of the equation and neglect the student part of the equation, they let down the team they have been hired to guide and to lead.”

While the graduation rate disparity between Caucasian and AfricanAmerican male basketball players is 25 percent in 2013, the same disparity for female basketball players sits at just 6 percent, Lapchick said.

Lynch said while BU has proved to have a disparity between its male and female basketball teams, the margin is smaller than the national figure.

“We’re really happy that at BU, our basketball teams — most recently, our women’s team — has scored 100 percent [graduation rate] for decades,” Lynch said. “Our men’s

basketball program has been in the 90 [percent range], and over the last eight years we’ve had a 100 percent graduation rate six of those eight years.”

For BU hockey, Lynch said that the most recent graduation rate was about 90 percent.

While Lapchick said he hopes to improve the balance between academic performance and sports performance in collegiate coaching contracts, Lynch said it would be unusual to find a coach at BU without balanced priorities.

“There are probably places where they [coaches] have such a poor history of academic performance [among players] so they might want to put something like that in a contract,” Lynch said. “But at BU, my feeling is if the coaches are not concerned that they [athletes] are going to class, then they’re not going to be coaches at BU for very long.”

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Campus & City Campus Crime Logs

Mad Nunchuck Skills

By Robin Ngai Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from March 18 to March 24.

Monday, an unknown person broke into a BU employee’s vehicle at about 3:14 p.m. while it was parked behind 91 Bay State Road.

A martial arts uniform, gloves and wooden knives were listed among the items stolen.

Spring break-in An apartment at 133 Bay State Road was found burglarized at about 4 p.m. on Monday. Upon returning from spring break, a student discovered both his television and Xbox video game console were missing. BU Police Department officers determined that the suspect, who is still unknown, used a window in the back of the building to gain entry to the apartment.

Sry, butt-dial A student walked into the BUPD station on 32 Harry Agganis Way at about 4 p.m. Wednesday to inform authorities that she had been receiving repeated phone calls from an unknown male over the past few weeks. The suspect had called her more than 80 times.

BUPD officers are currently investigating the case.

Guns are no fun BUPD responded to an alleged report of gun violence at 33 Harry Agganis Way when a cleaning staff member falsely reported someone using a gun in the women’s restroom. The gun was actually an air gun being used as a movie prop. It has since been confiscated and the incident was reported to the Judicial Affairs department.

Theft and batteries At 755 Commonwealth Ave. at about 9:34 a.m., a City Convenience staff member reported that a female had come into the store and shoplifted batteries. The suspect had allegedly shoplifted twice before.

Risky business A former 25 Buick St. employee allegedly made threats toward his former employer at the end of an exit interview Friday. The incident was reported to BUPD at about 12 p.m.

Not the Cane’s!

Friday, an unknown suspect stole a student’s wallet from the first floor of Agganis Arena. The student noticed the stolen wallet was missing after attempting to purchase food later on at Raising Cane’s at about 9 p.m.

GS-U shouldn’t be here At 755 Comm. Ave. at 4 p.m.

Sunday, BUPD officers removed two non-affiliates who had made their way into the dining area of the George Sherman Union and were attempting to solicit money from BU students. They were removed from the building and issued two trespass warnings.

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Study shows parents prioritize finances More time for sexual abuse victims to sue

By J0rdan Pickard Daily Free Press Staff

Parents of college-bound students tend to prioritize financial issues and career-building potential above all else during the process of choosing a university, according to an Inside Higher Education survey.

Ashley Mears, Boston University professor of sociology, said it is unsurprising that parents consider finances a top priority, as they are most often responsible for the costs of their children’s education.

“The main source of income for people under 18 years old is their parents,” Mears said. “That’s why the primacy of parent contribution, when it comes to college tuition and also living expenses, would be so important.”

The survey, which was conducted in collaboration with Gallup and released Wednesday, interviewed 3,269 adults with at least one child in the fifth through 12th grades on the value of college, student loans and affirmative action.

Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher

By Bram Peterson Daily Free Press Staff

but both of those are topics for conversation.”

School of Education Associate Dean of Research Scott Solberg said MOOCs raise new concerns and possibilities for the future of education.

“The MOOCs are issues of open access … it hits along the lines of social justice and equity,” he said. “… There are high schools and even colleges that don’t have access to all this information.”

He said the knowledge gained from MOOCs is an important tool to encourage problem solving and potentially incite community change.

“If there’s one major exciting component to the MOOCs, it’s getting us away from seat time and instead getting the conversation about the competencies that we want our students to develop,” Solberg said.

Ryan Lagoy, a College of Engineering senior, said he believes the value of MOOCs varies by subject.

“It depends on the course you’re taking,” he said. “For math and science, it is better to be in

Mass. Sen. Will Brownsberger outlined his plans to pass a bill that would extend the statute of limitations for victims of childhood sexual abuse during the coming months of the congressional session.

“Victims of childhood sexual abuse often take decades to realize what has really happened to them, we need to have a statute of limitations structured to recognize that reality,” wrote Brownsberger on his website.

He said the bill would allow victims of sexual abuse to file a lawsuit until the age of 55, instead of 21 and allow victims over the age of 55 a one-year window to file a lawsuit.

Brownsberger said the bill was first filed on Jan. 22 after informal talks failed to amount to legislation in the last Massachusetts Senate session. If the bill is passed, it will be effective July 1.

“It’s really hard to sort out what has happened and how things fell apart, I don’t really want to point a finger at anybody at this stage, I think its more productive to try to move forward,” he said.

Although this bill would make it easier for victims to face their accusers in court, some law experts said this is not enough and sexual abuse charges should be treated more severely.

“The amendment of the bill is a step in the right direction, and it should in the very least increase the statute of limitations to age 55 with a one-year window for those older than age 55 to be able to sue or file complaint,” said Mitchell Garabedian, principal attorney at Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian.

Garabedian said Brownsberger’s bill is insufficient and that these cases should allow victims to accuse their attackers at any time.

“Ideally, there should be no statute of limitations in these kinds of cases involving sexual abuse, just as there are no statute of limitations in murder cases,” he said.

Garabedian, who specializes in

CETLI, see page 4

Sexual Abuse, see page 4

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The Institute of Higher Ed recently did a study of parents of students in grades between fifth and eighth grades on what influences their decisions on college. This graph shows the answer to the questions of what the most important reason their child will attend college for.

Ed editor and co-founder, said the survey’s results will give colleges and universities insight into the way families are thinking about admissions and affordability.

“Very few parents these days don’t factor in money at all when deciding whether or not their kids can apply to colleges,” Jaschik said.

When asked to identify the

most important reason for their child to go to college, 38 percent of parents answered “to get a good job,” the report stated.

“They [parents] think it is crucial that colleges be preparing students for careers,” Jaschik said.

Parents are more likely to believe their children can find a good job with a vocational, technical or

Parents, see page 4

BU council to host seminars on MOOCs, ed. tech.

By Jenna Lavin Daily Free Press Staff

To further explore the role of technology in higher education, Boston University’s Council on Educational Technology and Learning Innovation will host several seminars in March and April, according to an email sent to students Wednesday.

Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs and CETLI cochair Elizabeth Loizeaux said officials would like for the seminars to involve more people in new education technologies.

“We’re hoping to pull together students, faculty and staff to hear their ideas about the new technologies and also to give them to opportunity to listen to and to talk to some of the big speakers and big players in the developing field of educational technology,” she said.

Loizeaux seminars, scheduled across the end of March and all of April, will cover a wide range of topics such as “Three-Year Degrees,” “Residential Education in the Age of Educational Technology” and “MOOCs [Massive Open Online Courses]: To Credit or Not?” This variety of topics is meant to give BU students, professors

and faculty sufficient opportunities to talk about these issues, she said. “[BU] has a large, diverse community and we wanted to reach out as widely as we could,” she said.

A notable point of conversation is CETLI’s SEED grant program, Loizeaux said. This program is meant to use grants to inspire creativity and to develop new innovations in educational technology among BU faculty.

“The SEED grant proposal is … to help stimulate interesting ideas and interesting uses on experiments in the use of educational technology,” Loizeaux said.

One of the major issues being brought into question is the utility of MOOCS, college classes that traditionally do not grant credit and emphasize accessible online learning for a wide audience, Loizeaux said.

She said the future of MOOCs is important in that they are playing an increasingly greater role in higher education.

“I don’t know if [BU] is going to be offering MOOCs or not,” Loizeaux said. “I don’t know if we’re going to be figuring out how to accept MOOCs for credit,

Technology used to steal identities

By Sophia Goldberg Daily Free Press Staff

After a string of arrests, the Attorney General’s office has found that the use of fraudulent credit cards and stolen identities is the new frontier for organized crime, said Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley in a press conference.

Sharon “Aaron” Yousheei was arrested Tuesday night when his flight from Mexico landed in Logan International Airport after allegedly using a fraudulent credit card on more than one occasion.

“In many ways, this case illustrates the new face of crime, one that uses computers as the weapon of choice, one that robs people of their identities and their financial information instead of just their possessions,” Coakley said.

She said this new frontier for

organized crime is more difficult to catch because criminals are making themselves more obscure and harder to track.

“With computers and other technology, we’ve realized that criminals can in many ways expand their reach, network and their invisibility beyond conventional criminal enterprises,” Coakley said. “The new technology, of course, is both a target as it is in this instance because it’s very valuable on the open market.”

Coakley said Aaron’s brother, Shahab Yousheei, is the alleged leader of a counterfeit ring.

The Boston Police Department arrested him March 14 and charged him with identity theft, opening false mobile phone accounts, making false credit cards,

Mob, see page 4

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College of Arts and Sciences junior Leonard Futterman and College of Education junior Matthew Craig celebrate the first night of Passover Monday evening at The Florence and Chafetz Hillel House.

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Study: Most parents say affirmative action does not hurt Parents: From Page 3

professional education than to believe their children can find a good job with a liberal arts education, according to the study.

Mears said students and parents face increasing demands for qualification in the workforce.

“The value of a high school diploma is not what it used to be and the value of a bachelor’s degree is not what it used to be,” Mears said. “It is what we would call a ‘case of credential inflation.’”

Parents’ willingness to accumulate debt for a four-year degree

for a child seemed to correlate with family income, according to the study. Families who earn at least $7,500 a month are both more willing to borrow over $50,000 and less willing to borrow any money at all than families who earn up to $3,000 a month, according to the study.

“It would make sense that parents are making a calculus of how much help is enough help, versus how much help inspires a problem or backlash or dependency,” Mears said.

A majority of parents answered

they “strongly disagree” that affirmative action would negatively impact their child’s chances of admission, according to the study.

Julian Go, a Boston University sociology professor, said that the attention received by affirmative action despite the apparent lack of concern expressed by parents could be attributed to anti-affirmative action political groups.

“It could be a case of certain political movements blowing up an issue … when apparently the majority of Americans don’t think it’s a problem,” Go said.

Alejandra Feliz, a College of General Studies freshman, said while she supports diversity on campus, students should be admitted based on their academic ability alone.

“If a student fits the profile, they should get in,” Feliz said. “It shouldn’t just be because of their race.”

College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Sandy Shaw said she understands why parents would restrict the schools to which their children apply based on tuition.

“It is soul-crushing if you get

in to your dream school and then realize you can’t afford it,” Shaw said. “But … kids should be able to at least apply and see how much [financial aid] they could receive.”

Sheena Lin, a School of Hospitality Administration junior, said while parental input in the college decision-making process is important, the child should make the final decision.

“The child is the one going through that [college] experience,” Lin said, “It should be an agreement, or a collaboration, rather than a compromise.”

SED Assoc. dean of research: Early childhood specialist: Abuse cases MOOCs help problem solving should not have statute of limitations CETLI: From Page 3

class because you’re more free to ask questions. You can facilitate discussions.”

Oreoluwa Taiwo, a College of General Studies freshman, said she thinks MOOCs could add more depth to BU’s education.

“I think BU students would benefit from these courses by having an additional avenue toward subjects that either interest them or that they’re struggling with,” Taiwo said. “It is a great way for students to get more acquainted with educational material.”

Sargent College of Health and

Rehabilitation Sciences freshman Elizabeth Herron said MOOCs could be a great opportunity for people who want to learn, even if they are not pursuing a degree.

“Knowledge should be open to be studied,” Herron said. “A lot of people can’t afford education, so it should be made available.”

Loizeaux said the council plans on adding sessions specifically designed for students to voice their takes on new innovations in educational technology.

“We would like to get out to the student community a little bit more broadly to hear what their thoughts are,” she said.

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sexual abuses cases, said the bill would open the window to a much wider extent, but a large group would still be left out and not be able to file lawsuits.

“In sexual abuse cases, an individual can come forward when that individual’s coping mechanisms allow that victim to come forward, it is not a voluntary process,” he said. “It is a process that takes decades, and it’s a process

that allows many individuals to come forward only when they’re older than 55.”

Deborah Abelman, an early childhood specialist who works in Boston, said the best course of action is to have no statute of limitations for sexual abuse cases. “[Sexual abuse] changes you forever — you are no longer the person you might have been, so it is like murder, and if we have no statute of limitations [for murder cases], then for this too we should

have no statute of limitations,” Abelman said.

Abelman said extending the age limit to 55 is not enough and further expansions to the bill should be made before it is passed.

“There are some times when it makes sense to compromise, and there are some times when compromise isn’t an option,” she said.

“If we’re going to [pass this bill], we need to do it right.”

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using them to buy and sell products and purchasing counterfeit money.

“Crimes like this impact not just the people whose identities or credit card numbers were stolen, but obviously the businesses that were robbed of their profits and their merchandise,” Coakley said.

“It serves to compromise business and public safety well beyond the immediate impact.”

All of these stolen items were bought and sold at Shahab Yousheei’s kiosk at 449 Washington St. in Downtown Crossing.

Richard Lehr, a journalism professor at Boston University and an expert on Boston’s mob history, said if James “Whitey” Bulger was still involved in the mob, he would have taken an interest in this new form of crime.

“I can see Bulger, if he were still in charge, being intrigued by the profit making potential there,” Lehr said. “He wouldn’t learn it or care, but he would try to find a way to penetrate it by making people pay him if they are go-

ing to be engaged in any sort of crime.”

This kind of organized crime is different from what Bulger was allegedly involved with because it involves less of an intimidation factor and more intelligence, Lehr said.

“In the Internet age, computer and identity theft is becoming a rich new profit-making avenue for criminals, “Lehr said. “There have been some amazing cases where some computer types couldn’t resist the temptation and they just start making a ton of money, but they hardly fit the profile of a gangster.”

As to the question of whether or not organized crime can permanently be eliminated, Lehr said he was doubtful.

“The nature of human life is that there will always be organized crime,” Lehr said. “The Bulgers have been blasted, the mafia’s been blasted, so in many ways, they have managed to reduce the impact or power of organized crime … Where there’s money to be made there will always be crime.”

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s Anchorman’s Ron Burgundy famously once said, “Milk was a bad choice.”

While Burgundy’s decision may not have been the best on a hot summer day, a recent study shows that dairy consumption is vital for any college student’s health.

The study — which was published in EurekAlert March 14 — said students who don’t consume dairy daily could face serious long-term health consequences.

Among other benefits, getting the daily recommendations of dairy can help prevent cardiovascular ailments along with other diseases that develop later in life.

Why study dairy consumption?

Margarita Teran-Garcia — a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Illinois and the lead researcher of the study — said she noticed many students between the ages of 18 to 25 getting sick frequently. This problem prompted her to conduct an observational study of 339 students and come to the conclusion that their diets were the cause of such poor health. “[When you go away to school] you change your dietary habits for good or for bad,” Garcia said. “Many young individuals are out of their homes and they don’t know what diet is best for them. They even forget simple things such as drinking a glass of milk.”

Although Garcia’s study focused primarily on dairy consumption in collegeaged students, she said it seems to be challenging for students to follow the daily recommendations for any type of food. But the question is: Why? When asked if he follows the U.S. Department of Agriculture daily nutritional recommendations, School of Management junior Giovanni Perez said he tries.

“It’s not too hard, but it’s not really easy,” Perez said. “You have to be really conscious of not only what you’re eating, but also the portions, which are much harder to judge when I don’t cook the food myself.”

Most students said they were unsure about what a serving size even looked like.

According to Livestrong.com, women and men aged 19 or older should have about three cups of dairy per day. But how can one know when he or she has had three cups of dairy, especially if it is something difficult to measure, like cheese?

Well, one ounce of cheese is equal to about four playing dice stacked together.

That means that in order to reach three cups — if four ounces of shredded cheese equals a cup — one would need to stack approximately 48 dice!

What’s the harm of not getting enough dairy?

Garcia said that if one’s diet is lacking in the dairy department, it can lead to metabolic syndrome.

According to the study, metabolic syndrome occurs when a person embodies at least three of the following risk factors: Abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar and unhealthy cholesterol and lipid levels.

Having this disorder greatly increases a person’s chances of developing heart disease and type II diabetes.

The study determined that three-fourths of surveyed students are at risk for metabolic syndrome and that only one-in-four of

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In a recent University of Illinois study, researchers observed the dietary habits of 339 college students and concluded that dairy is important in preventing cardiovascular ailments and other serious illnesses.

these students was getting the daily-recommended amount of dairy.

Garcia’s observational study also showed that dairy products not only help prevent these diseases, but are effective in achieving and upholding a healthy weight.

However, Garcia said that while college students can attempt to prevent these ailments, they usually do not realize they have this ability until it’s too late.

“People can avoid these diseases and cardiovascular issues, the problem is that they don’t realize it until they are 40 or 50,” she said.

What if you are lactose intolerant?

Stephanie Ferrari, nutrition communication specialist at the New England Dairy and Food Council, said students who are lactose intolerant have a multitude of options to fulfill their dairy needs.

“Those who are lactose intolerant or showing lactose intolerance symptoms don’t have to miss out on the great taste and health benefits of low-fat and fat-free dairy foods,” Ferrari said. “Different people can handle different amounts of lactose, and there’s a solution to meet most needs in the dairy case.”

She said solutions range from lactosefree milk to dairy foods that are typically easier to digest.

Dairy provides the body with vital nutrients such as potassium, vitamin D and calcium. On its website, the National Dairy Council said health and nutrition experts still recommend individuals with lactose intolerance to keep dairy in their diets. The council said it is difficult to get enough of these nutrients without dairy foods in one’s diet.

Both Garcia and Ferrari said they believe consuming dairy is a necessary part of one’s daily routine, no matter what his or her health circumstances may be, including

lactose intolerance.

“It is very important to take supplements [if you aren’t getting enough dairy],” Garcia said. “There are some meals that contain calcium, but that is not the only good thing in dairy – there is potassium, fatty acids and protein.”

Deanna Abbondola, a junior in the School of Education, said ensuring adequate dairy intake can be simple.

“If you know you’re not getting enough of something, writing down what you eat can be really helpful,” Abbondola said.

“I’ve heard from doctors and friends alike that tracking what you eat can be one of the most helpful things when it comes to healthy eating.”

Is getting enough dairy in college challenging?

College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Natalie Cricenti said she thinks getting the right amount of dairy in college is not challenging.

“On a daily basis, I would estimate that I eat around two-to-three servings of dairy,” Cricenti said. “My lunches and dinners almost always have some type of cheese in them.”

If this does pose a challenge for others, attempting to get the right amount of dairy may be as simple as switching out soda at dinner for a glass of fat-free milk.

Both experts said dairy has a lot of positive attributes, is good for bone health and has many other properties to help fight disease.

Why is a diet alteration so important?

In addition to the main goal of the study, which was to find out why so many collegeaged people were getting sick, Garcia said she wanted to ensure that the next generation will be healthier.

By having healthier parents, Garcia

hopes that our generation’s children will decrease the obesity levels that are currently skyrocketing.

“Most people don’t take care of their health when they are young,” she said. “It is important to learn how to eat healthy when you are young so you will have a healthy diet for life.”

Garcia said that by learning these lifestyles now, our generation will teach better eating habits to its children.

“These young people will be parents in 10ish years, so if they’re not eating well, how are they going to teach their children to eat well?” she said. “We need to teach the next generation parents how to eat healthy so to guarantee that the next generation is even better.”

Perez said he also thinks this is a proper method based on his own experiences.

“I was raised in a health-conscious household, with primary importance given to getting all nutrients needed rather than counting calories,” Perez said. “It has impacted how I eat now because I try to eat most of the suggested food groups per day.”

However, Cricenti said she had a different upbringing.

“When I was growing up, my parents provided healthy food, but I chose not to eat it,” Cricenti said.

She said prior to college, she was a picky eater who preferred to eat junk food.

“Today, I still love to eat junk food and sweets, but I try to incorporate healthier foods into my diet,” Cricenti said.

Overall, it is safe to walk away from an observational study such as Garcia’s and say that dairy should be a vital component of everyone’s daily diet.

And whether that means bringing dice to measure cheese at 100 Bay State Road or just drinking a glass of milk with every meal, one can be sure that milk was a good choice.

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Not so affirmative-action Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to review a new case on affirmative action in public universities. The case, Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, comes from a voter initiative approved in Michigan in 2006 by 58 percent, which prohibited the use of race as a factor to gaining college admission at state universities, as well as government contracting and public employment.

The Court of Appeals ruled late in 2012 that the state’s initiative violated the equal protection clause of the Constitution and that it hindered minorities in pressing for change, according to The New York Times.

Boston University implements an affirmative action policy, which serves to “achieve equal opportunity through recruitment, outreach, and internal reviews of policies and practices.”

What this vague wording translates to when it comes to an applicant’s folder in the admissions office remains somewhat unclear, but the fact remains that as far as we have come as a society, if policies like these remain pervasive in the world of academia, we inhibit ourselves from striving for a race-blind society.

Public and private universities — not to mention the country in general — need to move beyond practices of corrective justice,

which, as well-intentioned as they may be, only perpetuate racial stereotypes and discrimination. If two students are on the same academic level and one is given preferential treatment based solely on race or ethnicity, it almost serves to undermine that individual’s abilities. Essentially, affirmative action policies ultimately communicate that society has lower expectations for minorities, which almost seems insulting to those individuals whom the policies concern.

Consideration for placement at university, or anywhere for that matter, should ultimately be based on merit. This is not to say that other factors should not be considered; region and socio-economic status seem like two completely reasonable elements to consider in the admissions process, and logically should carry far more weight than any other circumstantial factor.

Of course, coming down against affirmative action remains somewhat taboo due to connotation, but on a purely logical level, any evaluation of an individual’s intellect or ability that is based on race is inherently discriminatory. Perhaps the state of Michigan, as well as Boston University and similar institutions, should reexamine their policies and how those policies interact with their core values, if they hope to move forward anytime soon.

Medical Marijuana in MD Monday the state of Maryland’s House of Delegates approved a bill that would allow marijuana to be distributed through academic research centers for medical purposes. This makes Maryland the 18th state to do so in one form or another, though the federal government still stands behind its assertion that the drug has absolutely no medical benefit.

The bill still needs to get through the state Senate, and although it seems likely that it will pass, federal obstacles may stay its implementation for years to come.

At the core of this issue lies a conflict between state and federal jurisdiction. As more and more states legalize marijuana in some form, its accepted use becomes increasingly normalized, especially among younger generations. We have nearly arrived at the point where half of the country will be on board with a form of legalization, and at this point we have to ask ourselves whether the combined states’ rulings will act as a stimulus for the federal government to alter their own policy.

While perhaps not all moral questions of right and wrong should lie in the hands of the voters directly, at a certain point, the

government should work with an accepted majority and acknowledge their power to sway the legal climate.

Perhaps the veracity of marijuana’s medical benefits remains shaky, but if anything, the federal government should be investing more time and money into researching such benefits rather than fighting states on policy — it all seems a little cartbefore-the-horse.

Aside from the legal logistics, on a logical level, we spend a significant amount of money putting away criminals for involvement with marijuana when we could be allocating those resources for more serious criminal problems that impact society in a more negative or violent manner. It seems to be an issue driven more by political motive than logic or the nation’s well-being.

That being said, it always seems to take the law a few extra years to match the stride of public opinion, and it will undoubtedly be interesting to see how Maryland, as well as Massachusetts, with its own recently legalized medical marijuana policy, will juggle public consensus with differing federal legislation.

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The danger of labels COLIN SMITH

he Supreme Court will hear arguments this week regarding two important cases relating to gay marriage. The first involves the controversial Proposition 8, an amendment to the California State Constitution enacted in 2008, by 52 percent of the vote, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. The second involves the Defense of Marriage Act, a Federal initiative signed by President Clinton in 1996 which also defines marriage as between a woman and a man. In a nearly unprecedented move, the Justice Department under U.S. President Barack Obama has refused to defend the law, which will instead be represented by a group of private sector lawyers hired by the Republican sector of the House. The decision is expected to fall mostly along traditional voting lines amongst the justices, four liberals and four conservatives, with the key vote being that of centrist Anthony Kennedy, who in the past has voted both for and against gay civil rights, though with a recent trend in favor.

The President has voiced his position particularly strongly on California’s case, where he holds that since the Proposition affords gay people all the same rights and benefits as straight people, yet denies them the title of marriage, it is singling gay people out for unfair treatment. In both cases, the opposition’s argument centers on the supposed societal importance of distinguishing between unions that can produce offspring, and those that cannot. However, the true opposition in the case may come from conservative court justices who wish to build up precedent against the Federal Government intervening in state affairs.

As I watch all this I can’t help but laugh.

Gay marriage in the U.S. will be a non-issue in a decade. More than 80 percent of Americans under 30 support the cause, and 58 percent overall now support it. Any attempts to block this recognition from happening are a laughable exercise akin to fixing a crumbling Hoover Dam with half a dozen pieces of scotch tape. Further than that though, and perhaps a bit more macabre, all of this debate takes place at a time when the institution of marriage as a whole is becoming so much less relevant in our country. The average age of first marriage is rising, the overall rate of marriage is dropping, and the divorce rate is now well over 50 percent. It’s not that I’m particularly gleeful at these figures (I could care less) but so much Conservative ire is directed at preserving the dead animal of American discipline and ideals through the avenue of halting gay marriage, when in fact the most imminent threats to the institu-

tions of the Right are happening right under their noses.

The misguided, misled, and often mislabeled attempt on the part of the Right to reclaim, vaguely, 1950s American suburban splendor, manifested in things like the Tea Party, is undoubtedly doomed to failure.

Mostly this is due to the misrememberance of past America as a perennially idyllic, smoother running, wiser time instead of the paranoiac, repressive hellhole it probably was. Some of the failure of the Right also though will be a failure to recognize a changing America of today, one that is going to be increasingly more racially diverse, increasingly less powerful globally, and even increasingly bilingual.

I’ve made myself very clear on the issue of gay marriage in the past. To me it is a case of right and wrong – one that is maybe not as far removed from the civil rights cases of the 1960s as we would like it to be. At some point it almost feels like arguing so vehemently over the issue does nothing but give credence to a side of the argument that simply has none. In other words, I’m sick of talking about something so obvious. What’s interesting to me in a larger sense is the odd sounding notion that even though we are talking about gay marriage now, fighting for it now, it may very well be that it is already an issue of the past.

We are living in an increasingly labelless world. As Americans we are exposed more today than we ever have been to different cultures, different value systems, different perspectives. Certainly the equal and fair representation of all these perspectives is the first step toward a more perfect union.

But now that we’re so close, what happens once we get there? Oddly enough, I think it may then be the breaking down of these differences that occupies us then. The true embodiment of liberalism lies in the expression of individuality, in all its forms. Certainly we get that when we attach ourselves to a group or cause that shares our interests.

Even this though, we must remember, at the end of the day, is a form of conformity, is a form of conservatism.

We may never stop identifying as left and right, gay and straight, black and white. But what we must do, once something as blatantly obvious as equal rights for everyone is established, is perhaps start identifying as Americans, as human beings, first.

Colin Smith is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, and a weekly columnist for the Daily Free Press. He can be reached at colin1@bu.edu.

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Morris: Championships sweetest when preluded by failure Morris: From Page 8

“Here comes [Johnny] Damon, and he can keep on running to New York.”

For Red Sox fans, it was much more than just a championship. Those are given out every year. No, this one meant a lot more. For anyone born after September 11, 1918, this was their first time ever witnessing the Red Sox win the World Series. This

was the ultimate justice for Sox fans who had witnessed years and years of letdowns.

In a way, I’m a little bit sad that happened, because I’m pretty sure I will never feel the same way ever again. Even when the Red Sox won it again in 2007, it wasn’t the same. Sure, I was glued to the television for every single pitch during the playoff run, but not in the same way. No cham-

pionship will ever equal that of the Red Sox in 2004.

I felt like, to a lesser degree, this is what the UMass-Lowell fans were feeling at the game on Saturday. It was redemption for a team that has long been pushed around in the Hockey East. Nobody likes to see the same team win every year, except for the fans of that team.

Nobody outside of New York wants to see the Yankees win the World Series. Nobody outside of Los Angeles wants to see the Lakers win the NBA Finals. And I’m sure nobody outside of Commonwealth Avenue wanted to see BU or BC win the Hockey East Tournament. Championships are always better when they come after long stretches of losing and heartbreak.

Gleason adjusting to new team Softball: From Page 8

leads the team with 14 stolen bases on 15 attempts.

“Jayme is the most vocal one on the team in centerfield,” Gleason said. “She’s the energy source of our team. Everybody feeds off of her, and she has been a huge part of the team. She is a leader on and off the field.”

Meanwhile, ace pitcher Tuthill has been steadily improving since the team’s start in Orlando just over a month ago. Through 11 starts and 16 total appearances, Tuthill has thrown eight complete games, compiling a record of 5-8 while attaining a 2.61 ERA in 88.2 innings. She has struck out 56 batters, and has held opposing hitters to an average of .254.

“Whitney has taken the ball,” Gleason said. “She really wanted it to start the season and has taken charge on the mound and has done a great job of becoming more vocal and leading the team.”

Versatility To this point opponents have outscored BU 94–66. While the pitching and defense have been solid and kept the Terriers in games, the offense has struggled and runs

have been hard to come by.

With Gleason in her first year, she is still learning about the team she coaches, and the players themselves are still learning about one another as a cohesive unit. Last month, Gleason mentioned how the team was able to learn about its resiliency.

This time around she hinted at the team’s offensive struggles.

“We’ve learned we have to communicate on and off the field with each other, Gleason said. “That became stronger during the week [of spring break] and that there are many ways we can score. We found our groove towards the end and that we’re starting to get used to our roles on the team.”

BU will need to have a strong performance in conference play to earn an atlarge bid to this year’s NCAA Tournament, as a result of being banned from the America East Conference tournament this season.

“I am still getting used to the conference, and softball has so much parity that I think anybody is willing to come out and give us competition,” Gleason said. “We’ll be prepared for whoever and they’ll be prepared when Boston University takes the field.”

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making mistakes, and instead allow their teammates to back them up if they take a challenge to cage,” Robertshaw said.

At this point in the season, BU ranks sixth out of seven America East teams in goals per game (9.71).

Sheridan Stepping Up For BU Lost in BU’s matchup against UMBC was the great play of junior goalkeeper Christina Sheridan. Sheridan finished the game with 13 saves and held the Retriev-

ers to just 1-of-8 on free-position attempts.

Sheridan is fourth amongst America East goalkeepers in save percentage (.473).

Robertshaw praised Sheridan’s play, both in Saturday’s game and on the season.

“She’s playing great,” Robertshaw said.

“After [Saturday’s] game, I told her to hold her head up … She has given us a lot of opportunities down in the attacking end by making huge saves.

“The way that she’s playing right now allows our defense to be more aggressive … She just makes saves. “

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Terrier Junior outfielder Jayme Mask leads BU with 14 stolen bases on 15 attempts, proving to be a valued assett to the team’s struggling offense this season.

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junior Jeremy Johnson of Ohio University.

Innis started with a takedown of Johnson, but Johnson quickly answered and took a 3-2 lead. As the two battled in the second period, Johnson finally came away with a victory, pinning Innis.

Although Innis ended his 2012-13 campaign on a down note, it was one filled with success nonetheless. The junior capped off his third year at BU with a 22-8 overall record and was also the Colonial Athletic Associate heavyweight champion.

Taffur highlighted the day for the Terriers, as he came away with the only victory on the second day. In his first match, Taffur faced off against Air Force Academy junior

Josh Kreimer. Taffur came out strong, getting two takedowns, and took a 5-2 lead going into the third period. Kreimer fought valiantly in the final stretch, but Taffur bested him.

Taffur next battled it out against Virginia Tech University redshirt senior Jesse Dong. Taffur took a 2-0 lead after one period. Dong, the No. 7 seed, was not phased, as he battled back and took a 9-4 victory, ending Taffur’s season. Taffur compiled a successful 36-9 record, along with the recognition of being CAA champion.

“All of them had really tough draws,” Adams said of his wrestlers’ matchups.

“They wrestled very well. They represented BU very well.”

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Sadly, I was at the TD Garden for the Terriers’ 1-0 loss at the hands of UMass-Lowell in the Hockey East Championship game. As far as I can tell, it was a very well-played hockey game on both sides. This made the defeat that much harder to swallow.

Because a couple of my friends from UMass-Lowell were in town for the game, I was sitting in the Lowell fan section. I witnessed their excitement after the victory first hand. It was one of pure ecstasy.

Despite being disappointed by the Terriers’ loss, I was happy for the River Hawks and their fans. Had Boston College won the tournament, I would not have been happy for them in any way.

But I could stand to see the River Hawks hoist the trophy because it was their first ever Hockey East Championship.

There’s something to be said about seeing teams win after long droughts. This was the first time since 2004 that BU or BC did not win the tournament. As much as I would have preferred to see the Terriers win, it’s nice to see a new team bring home the championship trophy.

There is just a different level of excitement in fans when they see their team win for the first time in a long time. As a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan, I will never forget when the Sox won the World Series in 2004. It was their first championship in 86 years.

Words cannot describe how I felt watching Keith Foulke underhand the ball to Doug Mientkiewicz for the final out in game four of the World Series in St. Louis.

In fact, that whole playoff run that year was simply unreal.

I’ll never forget jumping up and down on my seat at Fenway Park after David Ortiz hit the Divisional Series winning home run off of Anaheim Angels pitcher Jarrod Washburn. I was high fiving and hugging complete strangers. In the next round, I remember hugging my sister and jumping around after Ortiz hit the flair to center that drove in the gamewinning run in game five against the rival Yankees. I still hear Joe Buck’s play-by-play in my head,

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Lacrosse loses Baumgartner to injury

By Conor Ryan Daily Free Press Staff

While suffering a tough overtime loss to University of Maryland-Baltimore County was certainly a tough pill for the Boston University women’s lacrosse team to swallow, perhaps the toughest takeaway from the game was the injury to senior defender Monica Baumgartner.

Halfway through the first half of Saturday’s game, Baumgartner went down with what appeared to be a knee or leg injury. She remained on the field for over five minutes, eventually leaving in an ambulance.

Despite the apparent severity of the injury, BU coach Liz Robertshaw still had no official word on Baumgartner’s injury.

“I know that she’s seeing our team physicians today, and we should know more tentatively throughout the week,” Robertshaw said. “Right now, we’re just … having her see the doctors, getting some MRIs and getting some looks at her leg and knee.”

While losing Baumgartner — who started 15 games and was named to the America East AllTournament Team last season — will likely be a significant blow to the Terriers (2-5, 0-1 America East), Robertshaw said the team’s defensive depth will help it overcome any injuries.

“From a leadership and experience standpoint, it’s going to be tough, because she has such great presence out there,” Robertshaw said. “But [freshman defender] Remy Nolan did a great job against UMBC and just picked up where [Baumgartner] left off.

“We have [Nolan] and we also have [redshirt freshman defender] Lindy Firstenberg, who’s gearing up and getting ready to play as well.

“As a defensive unit, it’s something that we’ve preached for awhile, so they know that they

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Christina Sheridan made 13 saves and stopped 7-of-8 free-position attempts in the Terriers’ losing effort in an overtime game against UMBC.

have to collectively play solid defense, so it’s going to be something that we work on … We just have to keep moving on, just like what we had to with [sophomore attack] Mallory Collins.”

Lack of experience responsible for offensive struggles After only scoring six goals in Saturday’s loss to UMBC (7-2, 1-0 America East), Robertshaw said the team needed to work on offense in practice this week.

Robertshaw was quick to point out the team’s abundance of young players on attack as part of the reason for the team’s recent offensive woes.

“Part of it is a lack of experience,” Robertshaw said. “If

you take [senior attack] Danielle Etrasco and [senior midfielder] Kristen Mogavero out of the mix, you don’t have a lot of returning experience for us.

“Some of the players have been trying to hide themselves, and we’ve called them out and told them that they need to step up and play to the level that we need them to play to win games.”

Robertshaw said challenging the team’s younger players in practice will be instrumental in building effectiveness and trust on attack.

“Today at practice, we challenged all of our attackers to make plays, and to take harder charges to cage, and stop worrying about

Lacrosse, see page 7

Following two trips to Florida and one to Arizona, the Boston University softball team recorded a 7-14 record to kick off its season. With a three-game series against the University at Albany set to be played over two days this past weekend, the Terriers were ready to kick off conference play.

However, Mother Nature and athletic officials begged to differ. It was decided Friday that the series between BU (7-14) and Albany (12-7) would be moved to April and the third game would be eliminated.

“They’re really excited to start conference play,” said BU coach Kathryn Gleason of her players.

“We were excited to start the season at home against Albany, but unfortunately the weather did hold up.”

Even more disappointing for the Terriers was that the “impending weather” never actually arrived in Boston. The layoff gave the Terriers a few extra days to practice before going back on the road to play a series each against Binghamton University and Providence College.

Shining stars thus far Had the Terriers played the Great Danes this weekend, the skills of BU junior outfielder Jayme Mask and senior pitcher Whitney Tuthill would have been on display in Allston.

Mask, a Grafton native, has been the Terriers’ leading hitter.

Playing in all 21 of BU’s games thus far, Mask has a team-high batting average of .338, a teamleading .419 on base percentage and 5 RBIs. Additionally, she

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Wrestling gets wins from 3 players at NCAA Championships

By Andrew Battifarano Daily Free Press Staff

While three teams from Boston University had their respective seasons come to an end this weekend, one team shined in its postseason appearance this year, as the wrestling team made some noise in its appearance at the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa.

On the first day at the Wells Fargo Center, the Terrier wrestlers claimed a total of three victories.

Competing in the 133-pound division, freshman Dane Harlowe came up with his first victory in the tournament by defeating Atlantic Coast Conference champion George DiCamillo of the University of Virginia. The win was an upset for Harlowe, as DiCamillo, the No. 11 seed in the tournament, was a two-time Ohio state champion. Harlowe came

out aggressive, as he took a 5-0 lead over DiCamillo in the first period, which included one takedown.

The rest of the match was difficult, as DiCamillo sought to make a comeback. Despite DiCamillo taking down Harlowe twice, Harlowe escaped both times and came out with a 9-7 victory.

Harlowe’s victory moved him on to the second round, where he took on senior Nathan McCormick of the University of Missouri. McCormick, who came in second place in the Big 12 competition, was competing in his third consecutive NCAA tournament.

McCormick lived up to his billing and promptly handed Harlowe an 11-1 major decision.

“It was remarkable for Dane,” said BU coach Carl Adams. “He’s extremely competitive and can beat nationally ranked caliber

wrestlers.”

Harlowe was not the only Terrier to record his first NCAA win on the first day. Junior Nestor Taffur also recorded a victory, defeating University of Wyoming sophomore Andy McCulley in his second match of the day by a score of 12-6. Taffur’s victory came after a defeat at the hands of Northwestern University senior Jason Welch. The Big 10 champion defeated Taffur, 11-5, the second time Welch beat Taffur this season.

The third Terrier to compete on the first day of the tournament was junior Kevin Innis. Innis was the only one of the trio to previously have a win in the NCAA Championship, as he went 1-2 last year. After getting pinned by Oregon State University senior Chad Hanke in 42 seconds, Innis recovered to defeat Rutgers University

redshirt freshman William Smith, 2-1, in an intense match. “[Innis] came back and beat a very good wrestler from Rutgers,” Adams said.

Adams also noted the competition for his trio was rough.

With one win apiece, all three Terriers moved on to the second day. Harlowe opened up against No. 12 Pennsylvania State University redshirt freshman Jordan Conaway. It was the second time in two days Harlowe competed against a ranked opponent. Although Harlowe started the match with a takedown and battled hard throughout, Conaway came away with the victory, ending Harlowe’s run in the championships.

The freshman finished the year with a 10-7 record.

Innis faced off against redshirt

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