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Tuesday, April 9, 2013 The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University

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1-alarm fire hits Beacon St., causes extensive damage SG advocates for

admin. to keep wrestling team

By Kyle Plantz Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston Fire Department quickly contained a one-alarm blaze Monday night at 182 Beacon St. in Back Bay. No injuries were reported, but the property suffered extensive damage, according to Boston authorities.

At about 6 p.m. BFD responded to a call that the back of the roof of a six-story, 14unit condominium building was on fire said BFD spokesman Steve MacDonald.

“The roof deck was on fire. It was pretty spectacular. We got a lot of phone calls on it,” he said. “The fire was confined to the roof, however, it did drop down to the top floor into the condo that’s on the sixth floor and we have water damage throughout all the stairways and common landings on each floor.”

The Fire Department estimated the damage to be about $1 million, according to the BFD Twitter page. MacDonald said investigators are still seeking how and where the fire started, but significant water damge has been done.

“There is extensive water damage throughout the building, so it went down all the common areas,” he said. “A week or two weeks from now we will start seeing the swelling of floors and ceilings saturated with water and in danger of collapsing.”

MacDonald said several people would be displaced as a result of the fire.

“It still remains to be seen if they will

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Firefighters work atop 182 Beacon St. after a fire on the roof of the building Monday evening.

need a place to stay, to be put up in a hotel or with family or friends,” he said. “It will be up to them. We [BFD], along with the mayor’s office and [BFD Victim’s Assistance] people will talk to them and see if they need the Red Cross to help them.”

Cameron Guilmette, 23, a retail worker and resident of the top floor of 182 Beacon St., said he witnessed the fire firsthand.

“There were flames everywhere and I ran downstairs to grab a fire extinguisher from the unit and came back up,” he said. “It had little effect and by the time I got to the sec-

ond [extinguisher] unit, the flames engulfed the back part and were moving toward the riverside.”

Guilmette said he ran downstairs, pulled the fire alarm, grabbed some belongings from his unit and exited the building.

Gabrielle Cossolini, 23, a lawyer and neighbor to the condominium, said she could see a large black cloud of smoke coming from the back of the building.

“I had just got home from work and I was sitting having dinner and some man buzzed

Fire, see page 2

Markey-Lynch debate focuses on sequestration, social issues

By Sarah Platt Daily Free Press Staff

The two Democratic candidates vying to fill Secretary of State John Kerry’s former senate seat, U.S. Reps. Stephen Lynch and Ed Markey, faced off in a debate Monday night at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and fielded questions ranging from the economic impacts of sequestration to the ethics of abortion.

“When you look at the U.S. Senate, it is populated today by a very narrow group of somewhat elite and privileged individuals,” Lynch said during the debate. “I think that this is the time to elect someone who grew up in public housing, who put on a pair of work boots and worked for a living. One U.S. Senator should have that experience and bring that perspective to the U.S. Senate on behalf of you all.”

Markey said he would continue to help Massachusetts grow and give everyone an

equal chance for opportunities were he elected a Senator. “[It is the responsibility of any Senator] to make sure that the 21st century is more educated, more healthy, more clean and more fair than the 20th century and that every child on every porch … is able to maximize their Godgiven abilities,” he said.

Lynch and Markey debated recent acrossthe-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration, and both candidates acknowledged the problems the cuts would shoulder on the Commonwealth.

“Sequestration is another word for cuts — mindless cuts,” Markey said. “This sequester is cutting into the business plan of Massachusetts.”

Markey said he has been organizing efforts in the House to restore funding for the National Institutes of Health, so that grants to many schools and biotech firms in Massachusetts would be reinstated.

Lynch said he voted for sequestration because defaulting on debt was a negative direction for the U.S. “It would have devastated this country,” he said. “We have to try to get people to come together and look at our budget anew and look at total reform of our budget. We have to reorder our priorities within the budget.”

Student panelists asked the candidates questions relating to their opinions on social issues such as abortion.

Lynch said he would protect the ruling of Roe v. Wade in Congress.

“Overturning Roe v. Wade doesn’t end abortion,” he said. “What it will do, however, is change the options for women from a clinical setting to one that is much more dangerous for women in crisis.”

Markey said his history of voting for women’s rights as well as his endorsement by Planned Parenthood represents his pro-choice

Debate, see page 2

Student Government passed a proposal urging the Boston University administration to overturn its decision to drop the wrestling program after the 2013-14 season at a senate meeting Monday night.

Matt Belikov, a member of BU wrestling, said the administration informed the team of its decision April 1 with little notice before the news was released publicly.

“We’re here to ask for a resolution to help us have the student body support in having this decision overturned,” Belikov, a College of Arts and Sciences freshman, said.

SG President and School of Management junior Aditya Rudra said SG support for the wrestling team is justified based on the information available.

“There was not sufficient notice and sufficient reason given to the wrestling team,” Rudra said. “They have shown themselves to be great students and great members of our community. They have a 100-percent graduation rate. Given those factors, I don’t think they were treated fairly.”

SG also passed a proposal to make Project Lever available to students. The tool is a userfriendly site that links students to resources such as previous student research projects, faculty and graduate student profiles, courses, research grants, scholarships and library resources.

“We are an educational technology that is trying to help students do more research or navigate university resources for large academic projects,” said Project Lever Chief Operating Officer Ian Clark.

Rudra said officials of other college student governments who were familiar with Project Lever said the product is beneficial for students.

Officials introduced an additional three proposals to be decided on during future senate meetings, including a proposal to support Boston College Students for Sexual Health in light of the recent conflict surrounding the group’s distribution of condoms on BC’s campus.

BC freshman Evan Goldstein, a representative of BC Students for Sexual Health, said the BC administration contacted the group with a letter March 31 regarding their opera-

SG, see page 4

BU officials remodel student fees to increase clarity on allocation of funds

By Bram Peterson Daily Free Press Staff

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Student fees will increase by $14 per year for the 2013-14 academic year.

Boston University officials announced student fee costs for the 2013-2014 year Monday, which were broken down into community service fees, student services fees and student health fees, changed from last year’s undergraduate student fee and internet network fee.

The BU Budget Office carefully devised the new list of fees to ensure transparency regarding the allocation of students’ money, said BU spokesman Colin Riley. “[The new system] is so that there is a good understanding of what these student fees go to support,” Riley said. “This [system] separates [the funds] and gives a clear sense of how much that funding is and where it’s available.”

For the 2013-14 academic year, undergraduate fees will total $940, marking a $14 increase from last year’s total fees, according to the Student Accounting Services website.

“The Resnet Fee is no longer, and the Undergraduate Student Fee is no longer — it’s now called ‘undergraduate student services,’”

Riley said.

The Health and Wellness Fee will cost undergraduate students $160 per semester during the 2013-14 academic year, Riley said. There will also be a $260 per-semester Student Services Fee and a $50 per-semester Community Service Fee. Riley said the Community Service Fee and the Student Services Fee were created to increase transparency and to ensure students would know where their money was being allocated. “[The Budget Office] revamped the fees so that they are covering those areas that they specifically fund,” Riley said. “The Undergraduate Student Services fee supports student service operations and technology resources across the campus.”

During the 2012-13 academic year, the $297 per-semester Undergraduate Student Fee was allocated to fund clubs and club-sponsored activities, Riley said. Clubs will now be funded by the Community Service fee.

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Markey, Lynch profess pro-choice leanings in Lowell debate Debate: From Page 1

beliefs.

Samantha Hooper, press secretary for the Massachusetts Democratic Party, said the party was excited for the debate.

“We think we have a deep pool

of talent,” she said. “We’re staying neutral in this debate. But it should be a good night.”

Tim Buckley, communications director for the Massachusetts Republican Party, said he did not hear anything new from Markey and Lynch during the debate.

“They are friends and Democratic Party colleagues in the House,” said Scott Palmer, professor emeritus of international relations and political science at Boston University. “They have agreed not to let in the outside attack-dog ads, so we [were] not likely to see

fireworks.”

Palmer said these debates are important because the primary on April 30 is right around the corner and the candidates only have a short amount of time to sway voters’ opinions.

“Debates always matter, as they

give the attentive public the chance to get to know candidates’ positions and decide whom they like best,” he said. “But clearly Lynch needs to do what he can to bring down Markey’s lead, so he has more at stake than his opponent.”

Fire draws large crowd of neighbors Fire: From Page 1

everyone and told them to run out because there was a fire,” she said.

“We came out and there was a huge crowd and some smoke back there.”

Annie Phelan, 28, a resident of 186 Beacon St., said she saw large flames that quickly unnerved her.

“I was sitting at my window drawing, and all of a sudden I started seeing all this smoke,” she said. “I looked out the window and

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I saw flames coming from the top of the building, so I grabbed my dog and ran down the stairs.”

Stephanie Giunta, a sophomore at Fisher College studying communications, said she heard about the fire from social media.

“As soon as I got here, they [BFD] were putting up more ladders and bringing up the axes and stuff, but I saw the pictures on Twitter and it looked like it was a huge fire,” she said.

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“The Community Service Fee is allocated directly to support student programs,” Riley said. “The Allocations Board, the Programming Council, the Resident Hall Association and Student Government distribute the majority of these funds to about 500 student groups and organizations.”

A number of students said they are pleased by the new visibility in allocation of funds.

Sabrina Salgia, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences junior, said she is glad she now knows exactly where her money is going.

“I’m happy, because for the past three years me and my friends all complained about the [student fee],” Salgia said. “It’s good to know that now we have a direct allocation [of fees] now … It’s frustrating, because we don’t always know where the money goes.”

Hannah Walters, a College of Arts and Sciences senior, said she sees the

reduced cost of funding to student clubs as a good thing because not all students participate in extracurricular activities and thus should not have to pay.

“This [new system] sounds like a pretty good policy, because some students might never take part in a club event all year, but they had to pay [the fee],” Walters said. “Or, there are certain types of clubs that might get more funding throughout the year, so this might be a little more fair for everyone.”

Victor Cervantes, a College of Engineering junior, said he is concerned clubs will suffer in the wake of these new changes due to funding inequality.

“The only thing I’m a bit concerned about is whether funding will still go out to those same divisions and in the same amounts,” Cervantes said. “I get the feeling that they’ll have enough, I just don’t know if it will be distributed equally.”

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Campus & C ity BU plans to revamp alcohol awareness programs Campus Crime Logs -1 Speechcraft

By Robin Ngai Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from April 1 to April 7.

Monday, a student at 55 Thatcher St. received a threatening phone call from an anonymous source threatening to tell her family that her ex-boyfriend was arrested if she did not tell them herself.

Reportedly, information being revealed about the arrest would be considered a disgrace to the victim for cultural reasons. The incident was reported to police at 6:05 p.m. and is under investigation. +1 Lockpicking At 110 Cummington Mall at about 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, a silver bike was reported stolen from the bike rack. The bike, which had been purchased Monday, could have been stolen anytime between 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m, when the bike’s cable lock failed to do its job. +1 Sneak A BU employee’s diamond engagement ring was stolen on Wednesday at 855 Commonwealth Ave. The ring was left on her desk inside her unlocked office in the College of Fine Arts basement, which was left unattended between 9:40 a.m. and 10 a.m. The victim managed to identify a person who was in the area but the investigation is still ongoing. +1 Pickpocket Wednesday at Mugar Memorial Library, a student accidentally left her iPhone on the third floor at about 1:10 p.m. A witness said she saw an unknown female pick up the phone a couple minutes later. The witness described the perpetrator as an unknown white female with black hair. The phone and suspect have both yet to be found.

-1 Alteration A non-affiliate parked her silver 2008 Toyota Scion at 6:45 a.m. in the 655 Comm. Ave. Burger King lot Wednesday. Upon returning to her car at 3:15 p.m., the victim discovered new visible damage on its front right side. An unknown witness left a note on the windshield detailing the plate number of the car that had caused the damage.

-1 Everything Saturday at 685 Comm. Ave., an unknown male approached a student and reportedly screamed that he would sexually assault the student before fleeing on foot to Kenmore Square at about 3:30 p.m. The male was described as thin and about 20 years old with a shaved head. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with a BU logo and black sweatpants.

The student did not have any prior contact with him, and the case is still under investigation.

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Boston University administrators are working to revamp BU’s alcohol awareness policies.

By Zoe Roos Daily Free Press Staff

In light of recent alcohol-related incidents in the Boston University community, Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore and his office are looking to revitalize alcohol awareness and bystander training programs on campus.

Elmore said he is engaging in discussions with various student groups and organizations to determine how to best update the programs.

“We got together with a variety of folks from around the university, including people from the Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center, Student Activities Office and the BUPD [Boston University Police Department],” he said. “What we want to do is talk a little bit about alcohol education that could be more useful for people … We also wanted to get some ideas from students.”

Elmore said his office will work with SARP officials through the rest of the spring 2013 semester and over the summer to expand and improve the current program, intending for it to be complete for the fall 2013 semester.

“I think these programs will be more for workshops in the

fall, but we will test the program over the summer and continue our alcohol presentations at orientation,” he said.

Current alcohol programs do not resonate well with students, Elmore said.

“Criticism that you will hear a lot about alcohol education — not just here, but in general — is that it is a bit condescending, a bit pedantic and doesn’t take into account the real ways students socialize and the real social situations where students find themselves,” he said.

Elmore also said the program needs to be adapted to fit BU more properly.

“In some cases, these programs may not take into consideration the urban nature of how we live here,” he said. “For instance, you can get an alcohol program that talks about drunk driving and our students aren’t normally driving.

If anything, we should be talking about drunk walking, that is more of an issue that people should be mindful of.”

Finding innovative ways to provide students with information about alcohol safety is a major priority of the updated program, Elmore said.

“One of the things that has to be on the table is frequency and ways that we can deliver the message that are different from just your standard lecture or workshop, and maybe to look for those ways to give info that may be different from anything you have ever seen before,” he said. “We have to look at many different ways to deliver the message.”

Several BU students said they agree that alcohol awareness programs need to be updated.

Zoe Cuipylo-Watkins, a College of Communication sophomore, said she believes increased access to information is the best way to reach students.

“I agree with their current program to try and make people more knowledgeable,” she said.

“I think it is much better to provide people with information rather than punishing them. This way they can make their own well informed choices.”

Chan Park, a College of Arts and Sciences junior, said he believes BU’s alcohol awareness programs have been fairly successful.

“We have had our incidents here,” he said. “But there have been relatively few, and I think in general a lot of students at BU make good choices about drinking.”

COM sophomore Kim O’Connell said there is room for improvement within the university’s policies and programs.

“I really don’t know the best way to educate students because no matter what you say, they are going to drink,” she said. “I think the current policy is if you call 911 for a friend, then you can get in trouble, which can be dangerous and has clearly happened this year. I am not saying BU needs to condone drinking, but this needs to change.”

Chris Lisinski contributed to the reporting of this article.

AG sues for-profit schools over misleading alumni stats

By Michael Torruella Daily Free Press Staff

Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Brockton-based for-profit school, alleging the institution falsified alumni statistics to entice new students.

“We allege Sullivan and Cogliano deceived students by promising careers in the medical field with misleading ads and inflated placement rates,” Coakley said in a press release Wednesday.

Sullivan and Cogliano, a university training center with locations in Massachusetts and Florida, stated that between 70 and 100 percent of their graduates went on to work in the medical field, according to the press release. In reality, less than 25 percent of the graduates went on to work in the medical field.

“We are conducting an extensive investigation into the for-profit school industry. For-profit schools are extremely expensive and heavily funded through federal student loans, so all taxpayers have a stake in this. If students do not receive these promised jobs and wind up in default, the students and taxpayers suffer,” Coakley said in the release.

Sullivan and Cogliano, like many for-profit schools, has access to federal funding. When Sullivan and Cogliano gained access to funding its revenue quintupled from $1.9 million to more than $10 mil-

lion, but their academics suffered, according to the press release.

According to a two-year investigation into for-profit colleges by U.S. Senator Thomas Harkin of Iowa, “Federal taxpayers are investing billions of dollars a year, $32 billion in the recent year, in companies that operate for-profit colleges.”

Harkin’s report, released in the summer of 2012, further accused for-profit colleges of focusing on financial returns because shareholders want higher profits. This financial incentive, the report suggests, resulted in poor education.

Nationwide, there are also 19 law schools being sued for lying about the success of their graduates.

Jesse Strauss of Strauss Law P.L.L.C. in New York is handling most of the cases against the law schools.

“The law schools are being sued by the alumni/graduates from recent years because the laws schools made their employment data appear that there would be a very good chance at being employed after graduating from law school,” he said. “They are suing because they feel that they were misled.”

Most of the law schools have changed the way the put out their figures and how they operate because of the lawsuits that have been brought forward, he said.

“The law school litigation

has been a tremendous success,” Strauss said. “The law schools have changed the way that they operate. Many no longer put out the misleading data that they put out before, and there has been a market correction because of that. Law school applications are at a 30-year low according to my understanding.”

Richa Kaul, a College of Arts and Sciences freshman, said statistics played a big role in her coming to Boston University.

“If BU was lying about the success of its students, I would be very upset,” she said. “I would question their right to institute any sort of honor code without following it themselves. I have too much trust in BU to think they would do something like that though.”

Ashley Thompson, a junior in the College of Communications said if BU were to fabricate its statistics it would be a major embarrassment.

“It makes the school look really terrible, it makes your institution look bad because they are just flatout lying first of all, and it diminishes the value of the university in a way,” she said. “It diminishes the name, when someone thinks Boston University, they think that it is a good school based on its reputation, but if it were to do something like this it would really hurt the school’s name.”

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N. Korea threats met by opponents, BU experts say

By Calvin Zhao Daily Free Press Staff

After a third nuclear test in February and a ratification of a potential nuclear strike on the U.S. Wednesday, North Korea has caused growing concern around the world.

The escalation of tensions and intense rhetoric may be in part linked to the personality and policies of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, some Boston University experts said.

“The acceleration of the threat, the intensification, happened within the last few weeks,” said international relations professor Michael Corgan. “I suspect it’s because of what’s been going on with Kim Jong-un.”

Corgan said Jong-un, who rose to power after his father Kim Jong-il’s death in 2011, has caused alarm among North Korean generals with his behavior the past few months.

“As far as we know, he has alarmed some of his supporters, some of the hardline generals, by his actions,” Corgan said. “… And I’m sure the generals are wondering: What is this guy all about?

He is, after all, 28 years old. They passed over two of his older brothers who they thought completely unfit for the job, and the position of leader devolved upon him.”

As a result of this friction within North Korea’s governmental hierarchy, Corgan said Jong-un feels the need to prove he can handle being in power.

“He probably feels a pressure to demonstrate he’s the man for the job,” Corgan said. “While North Korea has always been launching satellites — or attempting, I should say — and sometimes long-range rockets … they need to show they haven’t backed off their threatening posture to the rest of the world, particularly toward the U.S., South Korea and even Japan.”

BU International Affairs Association President Sam Leone said while North Korea has been developing nuclear weapons for the better part of a decade, the reaction of the global community in recent weeks, particularly China’s, has been more unified than usual.

“Usually China sticks up for North Korea in the international community,” Leone, a College of Arts and Sciences senior, said.

“But for the first time China actually supported sanctions against North Korea when it was brought before a vote for the UN. And just today [Sunday], the new Chinese president made some remarks criticizing North Korea for its actions.”

Leone said he believes, along with working with the Chinese government, U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to provide South Korea with as much military support as possible is exactly what is needed.

“That’s important for two reasons: It scares North Koreans … or at least we hope it does,” Leone said. “And it also reassures South Korea, which faces an existential threat in North Korea. So I think that the U.S showing its teeth is

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SG proposes support of BC ‘Safe Sites’ SG: From Page 1

tion of “Safe Sites,” which provided students with condoms and information regarding sexual health.

Goldstein said administrators decided students running Safe Sites were not upholding their obligation to respect Jesuit values because they were distributing contraceptives from campus dormitories, and if the group members continued their action they would be subject to disciplinary action.

“A lot of what we’re trying to do is rally support,” Goldstein said.

“Not just within the BC community, but from groups at other universities to show that this is an issue that people have very passionate feelings about.”

Rudra said Goldstein brought an important issue to the senate’s attention.

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“Everybody outside of that [the Senate] who is not directly represented will have a chance to have their voice heard,” Salerno, a CAS sophomore, said. “There’s over 500 student groups on campus through SAO.” Salerno’s plan for a House of Representatives consisted of an executive board including leadership from SG, the individual college governments and the RHA Overarching Executive Council.

Rudra said the amendment proposal may have been inspired by frustration among students about tuition increases and concerns surrounding gender-neutral housing and medical amnesty.

“I would say that there’s been a lot of frustrating experiences for SG in the past year or so,” Rudra said. “… Coming out of this frustration is the feeling that SG can be optimized to have a stronger voice.”

this campus for sexual health and such,” he said. “It’s important for those students over there [at BC] to have access to those resources as well.”

In addition to the proposal to support BC Students for Sexual Health, Divest BU member Colby Smith, a College of Engineering junior, visited the Senate asking for its support. Divest BU is a student coalition that urges the university to divest endowment from fossil fuel companies.

Both resolutions will be voted on at the next senate meeting.

During the meeting, President of Brownstone Residence Housing Association Marc Salerno introduced an amendment to the SG constitution that would create a House of Representatives allowing for the voice of student groups not represented in the Senate to be heard.

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going to help cooler heads prevail on both sides.”

James Simpson, a second-year Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student, said he believes one aim of North Korea’s nuclear threat is to initiate a short, smallscale war and benefit from better terms offered postwar. Most experts, Simpson said, do not expect war, though there is always potential for miscalculation.

“This is what’s dangerous because you’ve got a lot of actors involved: You’ve got China, you’ve got North Korea, you’ve got South Korea, you’ve got Japan and even Russia, though they play a more minor role,” Simpson said.

“Sometimes not everyone is thinking what everyone else thinks they think.”

Simpson said the problem with North Korea is that nobody wants to change the situation due to fear of more disastrous results.

“The fundamental problem is that, in a paradoxical way, everyone is actually satisfied with the status quo,” Simpson said. “…

This kind of status quo is illusory because North Korea keeps on developing weapons and they keep on proliferating. And meanwhile the region becomes more and more unstable, and it’s been a mess.”

Corgan said despite speculation, the future of the situation is unknown.

“I don’t think anybody in state department knows,” he said. “I don’t think the Chinese know, I don’t think the South Koreans know, or the generals or even Kim Jong-un himself.”

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n the on-going battle against HIV/ AIDS, vaccine developers are continually trying to find ways to promote immunity from this devastating virus.

Fortunately, researchers at The Scripps Research Institute and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative have developed a new vaccine-design approach. The research team — which published its report in the March 28 edition of Science Express — engineered an artificial immunogen, or substance that induces immunity, to elicit an antibody response that could be effective against several strains of HIV. HIV/AIDS According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the precursor to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, harms an individual by destroying CD4 positive T-cells, which are essential to protecting the body from disease.

HIV infects more than 50,000 individuals in the U.S. annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and, cumulatively, UNAIDS estimates that there are approximately 34 million people worldwide living with HIV. While efforts to control the spread of HIV have had some success, development of a protective vaccine is a global health priority. Researchers said producing such a vaccine should be possible because about 10 to 20 percent of HIV-infected individuals produce antibodies capable of neutralizing most known strains of HIV. If healthy people produced these antibodies, they would likely be protected if exposed to HIV. However, current vaccines have failed to elicit this kind of protective response.

The research The current research began as the brainchild of William Schief and TSRI graduate student Joseph Jardine while at the University of Washington in 2010. Originally a side project, the research began to flourish as Schief and Jardine hypothesized why vaccination efforts are failing. One reason, they said, is that the naïve B-cells that can generate protective antibodies fail to recognize HIV Env, the protein that enables HIV to infect cells. Jardine said traditional vaccines use either killed virus or pieces of virus, both of which will be unable to activate the appropriate germline B-cells.

“To address this problem, we decided we needed to take a new approach to designing vaccines, and directly target the VRC01class germline antibodies,” Jardine said.

Researchers said there is no vaccine that produces broad neutralizing immunity, or protection against multiple types of HIV, but previous work has shown that 20 percent of patients can elicit antibodies that neutralize a large number of strains. Schief and Jardine looked at these antibodies to determine why vaccines were unable to reproduce the same types of antibodies.

“We asked ourselves, ‘Is there a natural, measurable affinity at germline?’” Jardine said, with regard to the interaction of existing immunogens with new or naïve B-cells. “‘Can we modify [the immunogen] and tailor it to the human body and have it be easily recognizable, instead of using a direct replication of the disease?’”

Developing a vaccine Using a dead virus or a replication of a virus is a common technique for vaccine development, but has proved ineffective in HIV vaccines, which motivated Schief and Jardine to explore alternatives.

Sarah Sabshon Features Staff Thus began the design phase, where Jardine used a protein modeling software program called Rosetta to design a close mimic to the HIV Env protein found on the virus surface. Jardine tweaked it enough to interact with naïve B-cells, thought to be precursor of a class of effective antibodies.

“In the design phase, I modeled what I thought the precursor antibody might look like, but I found reasons why there might be very weak binding to HIV Env,” Jardine said. “We needed to make this interaction better, so using computational modeling, we identified dozens of mutations on the side of HIV Env, with millions of potential combinations.”

Jardine then used several techniques to identify which mutations would produce tight binding to the germline antibodies.

However, the design phase was just the first step.

Jean-Philippe Julien, a senior researcher at TSRI, used X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of the designed immunogen, as well as the structure of the germline VRC01 antibody, alone and once bound to the immunogen. X-ray crystallography is a method that uses a beam of Xrays against an array of molecules to reveal its structure, which Julien used to look at the interaction of the immunogen and antibody at the atomic level.

“We understood the extra contacts that were being made; it helped us to understand at an atomic level why the immunogen was so good at eliciting a specific naïve B-cell response,” Julien said.

The third and final component of the work was performed by Sergey Menis, a visiting graduate student, who took the molecule and created an array on top of another molecule. This mimicked the form of a virus with 60 clustered copies of the immunogen, called a “60mer nanoparticle.”

Jardine explained that displaying the immunogen in an array would increase the chances of B-cell interaction.

“There is evidence that the body likes multiple copies better and this was validated by several techniques, indicating that it is especially useful for an immunogen that is inducing a response in the early phase of B-cell development,” he said.

“This is very cross-collaborative research,” Julien said. “We are looking for a preventative vaccine, that’s the ultimate goal...Research has shown that using a natural HIV strain does not initiate the antibody response we’re looking for. We need something that is more reliable.”

However, both Jardine and Julien acknowledged that this work is still in its early stages. Even if this new artificial immunogen is successful at initiating a broad neutralizing antibody response, the research team will need to find a way to carry the process all the way to maturation.

“This is just the first step … we need to experimentally validate this before we can go any farther,” Jardine said.

Other concerns “This is really elegant, beautiful work,“ said Dr. Lee Wetzler, a professor of medicine and microbiology at Boston University and an expert in vaccine development. “However, the question is, ‘Is this enough?’”

Wetzler said he is concerned that the researchers have not given enough thought to the role of T-cells in the production of HIVprotective antibodies.

“You need to take a multi-arm approach,” Wetzler said. “This innovation only stimulates B-cells and does not think

about T-cells. You’re not likely to get a simulogic immunity, as a result.”

Jardine and Julien acknowledged that the current study does not describe strategies for eliciting T-cells.

“We understand that there are a lot of players in building immunity and we can’t look at them only in isolation,” Jardine said.

He said researchers need to focus on eliciting a broad neutralizing antibody response with B-cells first because B-cells are driving the work in successful vaccines.

“However, we are currently working on engineering protein sequences that can help promote T-cell help, but that was beyond the scope of our initial publication,” he said.

Wetzler was optimistic despite his concerns.

“This is really nice work, but it is incredibly early on,” he said. “It’s important to move away from testing on mice, even humanized mice, because the response will be different than in humans.”

However, moving directly to human testing is a difficult endeavor. Jardine noted that while it was the goal, they were not looking to do that immediately.

“Validating this immunogen has proven to be challenging, because we designed it to target a human germline antibody and there are no animals that have that same antibody,” he said. “However, we are optimistic that we can use engineered mice to test

proof of principle. Before going directly to humans, we want to exhaust all the other possible options.”

Reactions from the BU community Boston University students were pleased to hear that there were such innovative developments in HIV vaccine development.

“I think we’re going in the right direction … and this could be positive for HIV diagnoses because the previous therapies, while helpful, have negative side effects,” said Rachel Glick, a College of Communication senior. “And so, what comes to mind is the HPV vaccine which resulted in prevention.”

Scott Pheifer, a School of Management senior, said that this work seems promising, but argues that there is more to be done.

“We need more private investment in mapping the virus to see how we can get ahead of the problem,” he said.

He said he thinks it’s particularly important to establish immunity in infants and young children to avoid future generations with high prevalence of HIV. College of Arts and Sciences junior and biology major, Kelly Hoyer, acknowledged how difficult it is to develop a vaccine that can target various HIV strains.

“It’s hard to get a collective treatment … this breakthrough is exciting,” she said. “It shows how hard they’ve been working on this.”

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Opinion

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Student fees: Now we know In the shadow of the 3.7 percent tuition increase, Boston University officials announced that student fees will also increase.

While the Resnet fee has been cut altogether, undergraduates on the Charles River Campus in the fall of 2013 will have to pay a Student Services fee for $260 per semester, a $160 Health and Wellness fee and a $50 Community Services fee. This totals to $470 a semester in student fees. There is only $7 net increase in the total amount of student fees per semester. The administration has now clearly clarified exactly where BU students’ fees are going.

Originally, the Undergraduate Student fee and the Resnet fee covered WiFi, student events, athletics and a myriad of other costly events on campus. Students only knew that their student fees disappeared into a financial abyss to fund charity events through the Student Activities Office or invite guests to speak at the school. By eliminating the general Undergraduate fee, administrators have successfully unmasked how the budget has been divvied up for the next academic year.

Now students can clearly see that $50 of their fees has been allotted solely for club activities on campus.

These fees all directly relate to the quality

of the education and experience on campus, but students still have to deal with automatic charges to their accounts they are not required to pay. Although students do not have the choice to pay these new student fees or not, students can opt out of the Student Sports Pass. Administrators inform students of this option, but it is never made explicitly clear that they can opt out of this fee.

The narrative about how BU is too expensive is heard throughout the campus. Many students do not know that this option is available and end up paying another $115 a year.

Instead of making automatic payments for non-essential student fees, students should be able to “opt in” for the Student Sports Pass.

Comparatively small fees such as the Sports Pass should not be automatic payments to student accounts because they do not directly affect education.

The change in nomenclature does bring us to question why there was originally a Resnet fee and why it was $332 a semester. Where was this money going? It brings to question how the Budget Office originally split up student fees. Nonetheless, the increase in transparency should give students some solace because they now clearly know exactly how their money is being spent.

Licenses and immigration reform

The Maryland House of Delegates has passed a bill that allows undocumented immigrants to obtain a legal driver’s license.

If or when Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signs the bill, undocumented immigrants with or without pending immigration statuses can go to the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration and apply for a second-tier drivers license. The licenses will specify that the holder cannot use them for federal reasons such as boarding planes and that he or she is not an official U.S. citizen.

This move effectively makes roads safer in Maryland. “Unlicensed or improperly licensed riders are over-represented in crash statistics in [Maryland],” according to the Maryland drivers manual. By inviting undocumented immigrants who may be granted citizenship, Maryland officials can prevent potential imminent road hazards.

Otherwise-untrained people who drive regardless of licensing laws will learn how to properly navigate the four-way stops and the roundabouts in the state’s capitol.

And this will decrease the number of traffic stops that lead to citizenship-status-related arrests.

By granting state-issued identification, undocumented immigrants can avoid arrests regarding their citizenship status.

Previously, an undocumented immigrant

without identification, whether they have applied for citizenship, was arrested by police and faced hours in interrogation rooms until they were released. By acquiring a license, future citizens can now avoid these marathon arrests and drive their children to school peacefully. Not all undocumented immigrants will apply for a driver’s license, though.

The legislation also carries potential to deter undocumented immigrants from applying for licenses. People unfamiliar with the restrictions or the policies could view these available driver’s licenses as a means of finding undocumented immigrants to deport them. Now undocumented immigrants with state-issued identification will be treated more as citizens of Maryland instead of criminals at traffic stops.

Granting state-issued licenses will separate the undocumented immigrant population into two groups: Those with “pending citizenship,” and those in the country illegally who have not applied. This policy could even spur more undocumented immigrants to begin the process of becoming a citizen if they have not already. By joining the ranks of Illinois, New Mexico and Washington, Maryland officials have contributed to immigration reform and made the roads safer for all Maryland residents.

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Hipsters and why we hate them Colin Smith

Maybe it’s a little close to the fact to be so definite. However, as we sit here on a generously warm evening in April, the facts seem increasingly clear to me. We are the Hipster Generation, and there’s not a thing we can do about it.

“Hipsterism” seemingly rose from the ashes of the Emo movement in the mid-2000s, at first easy to accept in all its floppy-haired apathy compared to that previous dour subculture.

That’s not to say Emo disappeared as a movement, or that all Emos necessarily woke up one morning and became Hipsters. That would be far too convenient. In fact the origins of the term can be traced back to the Beat Generation of the 1940s and 1950s, the largely literary movement spearheaded by people like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg and seen as the spiritual predecessor to the Hippie Movement. However, to cast today’s Hipsters in the same boat as these highly idealistic movements would be as great a mistake as anything.

Hipsters don’t care. That’s their thing. That fact probably remains the shining and holiest emblem the movement yet has left. The other characteristics are becoming a little unclear, as they cease to be the values of a sub-culture and begin to become the values of a generation, but are as follows: A hipster is a person in his or her late teens through twenties who is recently settled, usually in an urban environment, liberal arts educated, not completely financially independent (parents), a fan of alternative or indie music, a practitioner of Liberal or nihilist politics, a fan of literary figures such as Jack Kerouac, who surrounds themself with retro things such as old bikes, typewriters or record players and brands they perceive as being genuine or un-commercial, such as Pabst Blue Ribbon.

The most important key to being a hipster is the refusal to acknowledge yourself as one.

In fact, you must shun and shutter at the mention of the term. To be defined in any capacity is counter-intuitive to the hipster cause. Unity is the only slightly more tolerable cousin of conformity. If the movement fights against anything it’s this: Commercialism. Other than that the movement has very few ideological goals.

It’s politically liberal, if anything, but more often than not it’s nothing, as participating in the political process at all is seen to be conforming to the system to a degree.

This whole article so far reads as a tirade against hipsters. It’s not. In fact, I’m a hipster.

Self-admitted. Much of the angst is a matter of confusion. I’m confused as to where my affili-

ation with my sub-culture ends and my affiliation with my generation picks up. So many of the “hipsters” in the article could be substituted for the terms “we” or “us” as in our generation.

The values of this movement are increasingly shared by all of us, and that’s not necessarily a good thing.

Skinny pants have become the fashion norm, oversized eyeglasses the optic correction of choice. All these things, which were meant to spurn consumerism, have done nothing but develop a niche within it. Hipsters’ affinity for indie music was meant as a means of escaping popular or singular artistic taste, but now bands that are deemed “indie” by record labels, like Of Monsters and Men or “Fun.” are racking up countless number-one hits. It’s almost as though it’s impossible to succeed in the music industry today without being branded “indie.”

All this sounds incredibly snobbish. “Not everyone can like what I like!” (They can). “I was here first!” (I wasn’t). Not even close.

I’m not concerned about shared artistic or fashion interests across a generation. History has shown that that’s going to happen. What I’m concerned about is that we lack the grace of our parent’s generation, or even our older siblings’ MTV generation. We don’t unite over our shared interests but instead claim creation of them, fighting tooth and nail for the dwindling resource that is personality.

Our generation doesn’t care. We’re liberal … kind of. We like books, but mostly we like reading the first ten pages and putting them on the shelf for people admire. We like indie music, but only really because it’s what’s on.

All great generations had something to fight against. The Greatest Generation had the Nazis, had absolute evil. Their children, the Baby Boomers, had the conformity and choking safety their parents had created. It was their kids that battled the notion that everything was all peace and love, and they battled it with people like Kurt Cobain.

Our generation needs to find something to fight for and fast. Things are too good, and the product is a limp generation low on goals and ideas and high on entitlement and self-declared originality. And anyway, it’s gotten so bad that we may have even created a sub-culture to air out our own hatred of ourselves.

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.

Letter to the Editor: On the fair and balanced Israel-Palestine Discourse

Boston, a city replete with college students, should, in response, be replete with political discourse. This discourse is healthy. At a time when students are not only discovering their independence but also figuring out their own political views, it is encouraged.

The Right of Return Conference, an event hosted in Boston University’s Law School, claimed to be, “inclusive of all voices implied in the context of a post-return Palestine.” Guest lecturers were invited to speak on the subject.

This conference, however, did not present all sides of an argument that the Boston community needed to form an educated opinion.

Not only did the speakers represent a one-sided narrative and ignore other commentaries, but the conference’s “call for papers” did not to encourage dialogue or productive discourse. Many students submitted abstracts that questioned the Palestinian Right of Return and Implementation, and there have been no answers to these submissions. Excluding arguments from a debate only blinds the public from the wider scope

of arguments that they should be exposed to in order to be informed decision makers.

The Right of Return Conference presented one side of a very complicated situation that deserves more time. The Boston community should educate itself. Being well informed will encourage discourse and development of ideas, but only if all sides of the issue are presented.

This is why I encourage the students of the Boston area to become well informed on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through other outlets. Speak to someone in your campus Israel group, research the issue for yourself and come up with your own conclusions. You can also visit www.rightofreturnexposed.com, where we have provided some valuable resources for you to form your own opinion, because, after all, isn’t that what college is all about?

Lindsey Cohen Outreach Coordinator for BU Students for Israel COM 2016 lrcohen@bu.edu

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Morris: Recent trends in coaching methods should be put to end Morris: From Page 8

ler University. You never see any ridiculous sideline outbursts out of Stevens. I can’t imagine him ever doing anything like Rice did in practice. And yet, he is one of the best basketball coaches in the country and a terrific leader of the young men on his team.

You don’t have to babysit your play-

ers. You don’t have to go out to the bars with them after the game. You don’t have to constantly crack jokes with them. Heck, you’re allowed to yell at them all you want.

But this idea that coaches should take a military approach to their job is absolutely ridiculous.

This culture of coaching has caused certain bench bosses to take things too far.

This year, we have seen several sideline

coaching outbursts that are simply unnecessary, even in the heat of battle. We need to end this idea that coaches are the only people who are allowed to freak out during a game. How is it good leadership to go completely berserk when the going gets tough?

There is absolutely no excuse for sideline outbursts like those of Knight back in the day.

There is absolutely no excuse for shoving players and throwing basketballs at them, like Rice as revealed through the recently released videos. And yet, I can’t help but feel this isn’t the end of such behaviors from coaches becoming known to the public. The only solution is to end this outlandish notion that coaches should act like military leaders.

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Terrier junior outfielder Jayme Mask leads the Terrier squad with a .367 batting average.

to complete a comeback Sunday afternoon, a recurring theme in recent play.

Roesch has quietly been one of the most consistent offensive players for BU this season. Despite batting .237, Roesch is third on the team with 12 RBIs, behind only junior catcher Amy Ekart (15) and junior shortstop Brittany Clendenny (13).

“Sometimes they put too much pressure on themselves individually,” Gleason said.

“But it’s a team sport and we’ll just contribute whatever it is we need to contribute, whether it’s a bunt or a steal or different people coming in at different times.”

The junior class continues to be an offensive staple for the Terriers, as outfielder Jayme Mask continues to lead the team with a .367 batting average and a .436 on base-percentage. Mask’s ability to get on base and steal bags (she is second in America East with 18 stolen bases) has been vital to BU, even as it continues to struggle to plate runners.

Despite continued strong pitching from senior pitcher Whitney Tuthill, who was in the circle for all three games against Hartford, the Terriers have only scored 105 runs to their opponents’ 140. Tuthill continues to lead the BU pitching staff, and despite being on the mound for both the Terriers’ losses this weekend, she has maintained a 2.53 ERA over 135.3 innings pitched.

“Whitney has been great … whether she’s tired or not, she tells me she’s taking

the ball,” Gleason said. “Whitney’s wanted the ball and she’s wanted that responsibility, and we need to back her up offensively and defensively.”

Building defensive strength, both on the mound and in the field, is essential to BU’s success for the remainder of the season.

Three unearned runs off of four Terrier errors were crucial in Hartford’s win in the second game of the doubleheader Saturday.

Harvard (11-17) has gone 4-4 in Ivy League play so far this season, most recently coming out with an exciting win over Cornell University Sunday on the strength of a walk-off grand slam from freshman Haley Davis in an 11-2 mercy-rule victory.

The grand slam was Davis’s first career home run.

The Crimson have two strong freshman pitchers in Morgan Groom and Jamie Halula. Groom’s 2.70 ERA leads the team despite her 4-8 record. Halula’s 4.13 ERA is the team’s second best and she holds a 3-4 record this season. The efforts of these two have in large part led to a combined 3.82 ERA for Harvard.

The Terriers will look to build on their successes from this past weekend and learn to get around their miscues as they enter a tough period of play in April.

“That’s what you want to do during a season, get better each and every game and improve fundamentally,” Gleason said.

“It’s a tough stretch at the end of April since we’re playing every other day,”

Terriers buy in to Coach Jones’s system en route to postseason tournament berth Men’s basketball: From Page 8

what it did in a real positive way, was that it forced guys to step into roles that they hadn’t been in, but also roles that they were going to have to be in a year from now.”

Entering his second year as BU’s bench boss, without seniors on scholarship, Jones said the Terriers understood they had a twoyear run in them with the same group of players. As a result, they went about their business on the basketball court accordingly.

“It was a very different environment right away,” Jones said. “I thought the junior class learned some valuable things from the year before and they brought that to the table right away. Their ability to buy in to what we were saying was much higher right away.”

BU’s willingness to buy into Jones’ system was most evident in junior captain forward Dom Morris. This past offseason, Morris worked on his conditioning and changed his diet, and the results were tremendous, as he posted career highs of 11.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.

One of the major changes Jones and his staff instituted before the year was the creation of a mission statement, which highlighted the Terriers’ core values and provided the team with a clear vision of what it aspired to be.

“We talk about loyalty,” Jones said. “Loyalty to your family, your school, the program, your teammates, the coaches. We talk about effort. Giving effort in the classroom and on the court.

“And we talk about accountability. Holding yourself accountable in the classroom, in the community, on the court. We want to be a program that others are measured by.”

Jones said he stressed unselfish basketball, with the offense spearheaded by lightningquick point guards in junior captain D.J. Irving and freshman Maurice Watson Jr. He thought the team’s best chance to win would come by sharing the basketball and taking higher quality shots.

But the Terriers stumbled from the getgo, dropping three of their first nine games, including losses to Northeastern University, Rutgers University, George Mason University

and Harvard University by a total of just seven points.

“Even early on ... it was more of our defensive deficiencies that hurt us,” Jones said. “We couldn’t get a big stop at Northeastern, Harvard or George Mason. One stop away from winning those three games.”

Through the non-conference portion of the schedule, Jones was supplied with an assessment of his team’s general strengths and weaknesses heading into conference play.

“When you’re putting together your nonconference schedule, you want to challenge your guys,” Jones said. “You want to have a pretty good report card of what you think your deficiencies are, what do you do well, what do you not do so well, what are some things that you need to tweak.

“You need to get a good feel and that only happens if you play a pretty competitive schedule.”

Despite an 0-2 start to conference play, the Terriers’ spirits were not curtailed, as they recorded “character” wins against the University of Vermont without two starters and an 85-80

tough sets to No. 5 Joseph Dube 7-5 6-4.

eight finished their first races with wins over Buffalo.

The varsity four and lightweight four also came out with victories in their first races, while the second varsity four fell eight seconds short of the sweep.

The second race of the day saw the Terriers continue their previous success, taking away multiple victories. The varsity eight won its race against Eastern Michigan by 15 seconds.

The most impressive win for the Terriers was for the novice eight in its race against Eastern Michigan.

Coxed by freshman Jessica Peel, the Terriers came away with the win by over 40 seconds with an impressive time of 7:22.81.

Women’s rowing wins 10 of 12 races vs. Buffalo, Eastern Michigan Roundup: From Page 8

up for a potential point. However, senior Josh Friedman and sophomore Chanon Varapongsittikul fell in their match in a tight 8-6 contest, which gave the Red Foxes their point.

In the singles matchups, BU lost five of the six points available, only claiming one victory.

Friedman recorded the only win for the Terriers in the singles matches, recovering from his tough doubles defeat. Friedman went three sets with junior Dalen Klassen, and with Friedman coming out victorious in the third set 10-8, he gave BU its only point in the singles round.

Sophomore Emilio Teran lost in two

Women’s Rowing In Buffalo, N.Y., both the varsity and lightweight rowing teams competed against University at Buffalo and Eastern Michigan University, and took 10 of its 12 total races.

While the Terriers struggled against Syracuse University in the races last week, the squads dominated against their two foes. In the first race of the day, the varsity eight squad — led by junior Sarah Specht and senior Caroline Kimberly — took care of Buffalo, finishing eight seconds ahead of the Bulls’ boat.

In the other first races of the day, the second varsity eight squad fell to Buffalo, but both the lightweight eight and novice

overtime victory at the University at Albany, where Irving nailed back-to-back threes in the final nine seconds of regulation to force the extra session.

BU closed the regular season by winning nine of its final 11 games, and, as Jones predicted during his postgame press conference after the last game of the regular season, the Terriers did earn a postseason bid to the CollegeInsider. com Postseason Tournament, where they fell in the first round, 70-63, to Loyola UniversityMaryland, a future conference foe.

The Terriers return their full roster as they wait for their highly anticipated debut in the Patriot League.

Jones said the goal for next year will be having his team prepared for the challenges of its new conference.

“It’s a very well-coached league from top to bottom,” Jones said. “The big thing is going to be our ability to be mentally and physically tough over 40 minutes in league play ... We’re going to have to put our guys through that in the offseason to make ourselves tougher and stronger in those areas.”

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Driving The Lane Unnecessary Evil

John Morris

While watching SportsCenter the other day, I heard something that didn’t sit right with me. In the aftermath of the Mike Rice scandal at Rutgers University, they were discussing the authoritarian nature of certain coaches.

Someone mentioned how parents would send their children to play for Bob Knight because his level of discipline would benefit them as if they were going into the military.

This really bothered me. First off, I’m not at all a Bob Knight fan, and I can’t stand it when he is praised for being a great coach.

The guy has a great basketball mind and had a lot of success as a head basketball coach, but he had a serious problem. He had severe anger issues, and the fact that he was allowed to be a leader of young men just blows my mind.

I’m not trying to say that Bob Knight ever did anything to the level of Mike Rice. The things that Rice did in the recent videos are beyond anything I’ve ever seen from a coach. His actions are absolutely atrocious, and I don’t think you will find anyone who would defend him. Seriously, how could throwing basketballs at players possibly be a good coaching technique? As a coach, the minute you lay a hand on your players, you’ve crossed the line.

I’m honestly very surprised Rice was never popped by one of his players for going too far.

Also, this idea of head coaches having their methods compared to those of military leaders makes me sick. First off, it’s insulting to those in the armed forces to compare what they have to go through to that of members of a basketball team. But also, sports should not try to be like the military. Sports are sports. And, especially at the college level, it is just a game.

I’m not against demanding, strict coaching. My favorite coach of all time is the great Bill Belichick. But I can’t imagine he’s best friends with many of his players, other than Tom (Yes, we’re on a first name basis). There is a way to use cold discipline as a coach without crossing the line.

Take a guy like Brad Stevens, the head basketball coach at But-

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Men’s basketball’s season ran the gamut Softball looking

to build on play in next contests

By René Reyes Daily Free Press Staff

About two weeks after the conclusion of the 2012-13 season, Boston University men’s basketball coach Joe Jones mentioned the Miami Heat in the same breath as his own team.

“Being a superior athlete is about what you do in those really difficult moments,” Jones said. “Trust me, I’m not comparing us to ... the Heat.

But it’s what they had to go through in order to be great. It’s what LeBron [James] had to endure in order to get to where he had to go. There was some losing. There were setbacks.

You have to learn how to get over those things as an athlete.

“That’s where we are. We’re at a stage where we’ve had some disappointments. We’ve had some setbacks. We’ve had some success.

Now can we take that next step?

That’s the exciting part.”

Even before the tipoff of its season opener against Northeastern University in November, BU (1713, 11-5 America East) faced immediate challenges.

In July, BU was banned from competing in the 2013 America East Conference tournament in response to the Terriers’ switching over to the Patriot League for the 2013-14 season, taking away the opportunity for an automatic NCAA Tournament bid.

When word leaked out about the ban, forward Jake O’Brien, presumably one of the Terriers’ captains in the 2012-13 season, was “shocked, surprised and frustrated with the [league’s] decision,” according to Jones. O’Brien decided to transfer

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Terrier junior captain D.J. Irving spear-headed the team’s offense.

to Temple University, and BU lost a former America East Rookie of the Year and double-digit scorer.

Although Jones said O’Brien was reluctant to leave, he turned O’Brien’s disappointing departure into a positive.

“Jake leaving really gave us a chance to give other guys more responsibility,” Jones said. “That might have been as big as the decision for us to change conferences.

“That was a big impact because

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After dropping the last game of a weekend series against University of Hartford, the Boston University softball team will get back on the field Tuesday afternoon when the team takes on defending Ivy League champion Harvard University.

“You don’t realize what it takes out of you, the wind, the sun and the cold weather. It’s exhausting,” said BU coach Kathryn Gleason of the pace of her team’s schedule.

After defeating Boston College 3-1 last Thursday, the Terriers (11-19-1, 2-4 America East) dropped their second conference series of the season, suffering two close losses on their trip to Connecticut. After winning its first game 4-1, BU dropped the second game of the Saturday doubleheader 5-4 and fell 5-3 Sunday.

“We talked about being consistent and just having great at bats — great quality at bats,” Gleason said. “Our pitching has been consistent and kept us in the game, so we just emphasize being consistent defensively and at the plate.”

The 5-4 loss to Hartford put the Terriers at 3-6 in one-run games as they continue to struggle to get clutch hits. Despite a late-inning rally led by the bats of freshman designated hitter Lauren Hynes and senior second baseman Emily Roesch, the Terriers were unable

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Former BU coach named to HOF Women’s tennis splits 2 road contests

By Conor Ryan Daily Free Press Staff

Former Boston University men’s basketball coach and current University of Louisville coach Rick Pitino has accumulated many accolades in his storied career: seven Final Four appearances, a national championship with the University of Kentucky in 1996, another with the University of Louisville Monday nightand the honor of being the only men’s coach in NCAA history to lead three different programs to Final Four appearances.

Despite these heralded accomplishments, Pitino received arguably the biggest honor of his career Monday, as he heard he will be one of 12 individuals enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in September.

Other members of the Class of 2013 include University of Houston coach Guy Lewis, University of Nevada, Las Vegas coach Jerry Tarkanian and former NBA stars Gary Payton and Bernard King.

After a successful four-year collegiate playing career at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Pitino served as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii and Syracuse University between

1974 and 1978.

Pitino’s first head coaching job was at BU in 1978.

In five seasons, Pitino coached the Terriers to a 91-51 record and took a team that won just 17 games in the two seasons before his arrival to the NCAA tournament in his final season with the team.

He then served as the head coach of Providence College from 1985 to 1987, leading the Friars to a Final Four appearance in his second season with the team.

After two successful seasons as head coach of the New York Knicks, Pitino served as the coach of the University of Kentucky from 1989 to1997, leading the Wildcats to a national championship in 1996.

After leaving Kentucky, Pitino was named head coach of the Boston Celtics, leading the team to a lackluster 102-146 record over four seasons.

Since 2001 to the, Pitino has been the head coach of Louisville, leading the Cardinals to three Final Four appearances during the 12-year tenure.

Pitino’s Cardinals defeated Michigan in the NCAA National Championship Monday night.

This past weekend, the Boston University women’s tennis team ventured down to Texas to compete against Florida International University and the University of Texas. The Terriers (9-6) were victorious against FIU (2-15), while they fell the next day to No. 24 Texas (11-9).

In the opener against FIU, the Terriers as a team recorded a 4-0 sweep, taking two of their doubles matches and all three of their singles matches.

Senior Vivien Laszloffy and sophomore Sami Lieb took their doubles match 8-6 over junior Giulietta Boha and senior Magali Holt, while freshmen Kim McCallum and Lauren Davis took care of their doubles match 8-1, giving the Terriers their first point on the afternoon.

In the singles matches, Holt, Laszloffy, Lieb, Davis, McCallum and senior Jessi Linero all took care of their opponents in two straight sets, which earned the Terriers three points.

The second day was not as easy for BU, as it fell to a solid Texas squad by a score of 7-0.

The doubles players all fell 8-4

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in their three respective matches.

The biggest battle in the doubles matches came when senior Jessi Linero and junior Leonie-Charlotte Athanasiadis fought valiantly against sophomore Noel Scott and freshman Breaunna Addison, but they eventually fell 8-4.

The Terrier singles were also swept away by the Longhorns in their matches. Laszloffy battled against Addison, taking a 4-2 lead early in the match, but Addison eventually recovered to win in straight sets.

Although Linero and Lieb claimed six games for BU, the squad could not handle the collective strength of the Longhorns.

Men’s Tennis While the women’s team was down in Texas, the men’s tennis squad was in upstate New York to take on Marist College on the back end of its five-match road trip. The Red Foxes (8-3) were victorious over the Terriers (6-5) 6-1 at Marist.

In the number two match, senior Michael Kopelman and freshman Stefan Lemire defeated their opponent 8-5, which set BU

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Saturday, April 13

Field Hockey @ Boston College, 9 a.m.

Softball vs. UMBC, 1 p.m./3 p.m.

W. Lacrosse vs. Binghamton, 1 p.m.

Track @ George Mason Invite, All Day