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After 8 days, residents and businesses back in Copley Social media replaces

By John Ambrosio Daily Free Press Staff

Just more than a week after the Boston Marathon bombings and the subsequent investigation began, Boston officials reopened Copley Square Tuesday, allowing employees to return to their businesses and residents to reenter their homes.

John Rao, manager of Snappy Sushi on Newbury Street, said people were discouraged from eating at his restaurant because of the damage caused by the bombings.

“We’ve been affected because people don’t really want to sit down next to there [Boylston Street] on the patio,” he said. “There are also just not that many people walking by.”

Despite the lack of business, Rao said he was appreciative of those working to clean up the city.

To help Copley Square recover, which suffered most of the destruction from the bombings, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino outlined a five-phase plan with goals for reopening the area entirely to all people by testing internal building assessments and removing debris, according to a Sunday press release.

“While Boylston Street will remain closed to traffic and the general public, business owners and residents will be allowed to return to their places of business and homes prior to the public’s return,” Menino said in a letter Monday to business owners and residents.

As the plan unfolds, the Boston Police Department will be respectful of all the memorials and other personal items at the scene, according to the release.

Some employees of Newbury Street said the closing of the Copley area had a detrimen-

weekend Open House after Marathon blasts

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nor in 2014,” he said in a public statement Monday. “I am going to return to the private sector where I have spent most of my career.”

While Patrick said a 2016 presidential campaign is not in his future, he is not ruling out a return to public office.

“If there is a time sometime later to come back and serve in public life, I hope I’m able to do that,” he said. “Just not going to be in 2016.”

Residents said they took comfort in Patrick’s presence during the week and would like to see him remain on the public stage.

“He was a calm and collected presence,” said John Willard, 64, a resident of North Andover. “He managed to reassure and comfort the people of Boston while

Boston University students began reaching out to prospective students via Facebook and Twitter after BU Admissions officials canceled the Open House programs scheduled for Friday and Saturday due to the citywide stay-inside request, officials said.

BU Digital Marketing, Social Media and Community Manager Gordon Ryan said he posted on social media sites alerting users of the cancelation and encouraged current students to communicate with prospective students online in lieu of Open House programs.

“I was planning on reaching out to our social media team that works for the [Admissions] Reception Center, which consists of Admissions Ambassadors and student staff, to get them involved with talking to people online,” Ryan said.

Students had already begun reaching out to students on Facebook and Twitter by the time he encouraged them to do so, Ryan said. Most tweets exchanged between BU students and prospective students contained the hashtag #BU2017.

“They [BU students] had independently started [talking to prospective students], and they were doing it on Facebook, and it started taking off,” he said. “I started pushing people to Twitter as well, and it really took off from there.”

Ryan said he compiled a Google Drive document of over 450 BU students and alumni who were willing to talk to accepted students. The document listed each student’s name, major, graduation year and contact information, so prospective students could talk to students similar to themselves.

On Friday, BU Admissions officials posted a link to the Google Drive document on the Admissions Twitter account and asked students and alumni to help answer questions and to add their names and information.

College of Arts and Sciences senior Diana Griffin was the first student to begin reaching out to students on social media on that Friday morning, Ryan said.

Griffin said she posted on the Class of

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Copley Square has been closed since the Boston Marathon bombings, but was reopened for business owners and residents Tuesday afternoon following a Five Step Plan.

tal effect on their businesses.

Julia Schifini, 20, an employee at Trident Booksellers and the New England Historic Genealogical Society, said she was frustrated the area was not open to the general public Tuesday.

“I work at two businesses on Newbury Street that are both a block away from each of the bombs,” she said. “They lost the revenue from the week that they were not open … but even when businesses reopen, the general public will avoid the area for a while.”

Schifini said it is important for Menino to reopen the area for the sake of local busi-

nesses.

“The faster the mayor opens up Copley Square to the general public,” she said, “the sooner the businesses can recover.”

Jesse McDade, 29, an employee at Newbury Comics, said although the closing of Copley was bad for business, his primary concern was the safety of his employees.

“Being the street over [from the bombings], luckily we were out of the most serious [damage],” he said. “What I was most concerned about was that the staff was able to get out safely and that no one from around here was too seriously injured.”

During tough times, Gov. Patrick displays strong leadership

By Zoe Roos Daily Free Press Staff

Various political figures and media outlets have praised Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick’s response to the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings, leading to widespread speculation over his political future.

Patrick has been an ever-present figure in the media since Monday’s bombings. The national press coverage has since raised his public image, similar to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s increased popularity after Hurricane Sandy. He appeared at many press conferences over the week and did more than a dozen television interviews.

“In a situation as serious and shocking as we’ve seen in Boston this week, we have seen a great display of leadership and stability from Gov. Patrick,” said Mass. Sen. William ‘Mo’ Cowan in a Monday state-

ment. “This is not the first time Gov. Patrick has been called upon to lead us through crisis, and he knows that in these moments, people need their public leaders to offer strength, clarity and confidence in the work ahead.”

Cowan said he spent a considerable amount of time alongside the governor over the past week.

“I can tell you that this is the governor you want in times like these,” he said. “…

He knows that people look to him for hope in these most difficult moments.”

Despite speculation from many media outlets and residents of Massachusetts that Patrick would seek a higher political office after his term as governor, Patrick said he has no plans to run for office in the near future.

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3 Student Government slates showcase long-term, short-term goals in debate

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Student Government presidential candidate Luke Rebecchi of Can’t B Without U answers the moderator’s question with his party members at the SG debate Tuesday evening at the GSU.

The three Boston University Student Government slates, Can’t B Without U, Becoming United and The BU Ignition, explained their visions for the future of SG in a debate Tuesday night.

Jonathan Donald, a College of Arts and Sciences senior, proctored the debate in front of an audience of about 40 and asked each slate a series of questions based on their plans if elected and motivations for running.

To open the debate, held in the George Sherman Union Back Court, Donald asked what the candidates and their respective slates consider to be their main mission and biggest passion. Thatcher Hoyt, Becoming United’s candidate for VP for internal affairs, said his slate’s main goal is to identify themselves with student groups in order to effectively help them.

“What I found from my time working at BU [is] we have 16,000 kids with 16,000

voices going in 16,000 different directions,” Hoyt, a School of Management junior, said. “Our job is to bring together all 16,000 as best as we can and accurately represent them.”

Dexter McCoy, The BU Ignition’s presidential candidate, said his slate’s main goal is to change SG from a reactive organization to a proactive organization.

“Every time we have gone to administration … they say the decision was already made,” McCoy, a College of Communication junior, said. “We must get a seat at the table where decisions are made, [and] break down the bureaucracy.”

Luke Rebecchi, presidential candidate with Can’t B Without U said his slate’s mission is to use SG as a channel of communication for students on campus and BU administrators.

“We should realize that there’s a lot we can do without the signature of the administrators,” Rebecchi, a College of Arts and

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Sciences junior, said. “We can take the things that you [students] are doing and bring it to administrators.”

Donald asked the slates which qualities they sought while choosing candidates and what traits they believe are most important.

McCoy said the people who serve in SG must be passionate individuals that members of the community feel comfortable working and serving with, much like his Executive VP candidate and CAS freshman, Saurabh Mahajan, his VP of finance candidate and School of Management junior Aditya Rudra and his VP of internal affairs candidate and School of Education freshman Bonnie Tynes.

“We need someone who can implement things in a timely fashion, [and] this is something we see in the great Saurabh Mahajan,” McCoy said. “[We also have] Bonnie Tynes, who is very organized

in the realm of knowing how to communicate with people.”

Edmo Gamelin, Becoming United’s presidential candidate, said his slate’s greatest asset is that each candidate embraces the diversity within BU’s student body.

“We butt heads a lot, but I think that is for the benefit of the students of our campus,” Gamelin, a CAS junior, said. “Our real goal is not to create one voice, but rather harmonize them, to bring them all together.”

Gamelin said his slate’s ability to facilitate conversation between groups as much as possible is essential to the success of SG. “We need to help each other become passionate about the issues that affect others,” he said. “We need to show that people are willing to help each other.”

In the second part of the debate, Donald opened questions up to the audience. Students could ask questions to individual candidates or to slates as a whole.

Issa Kenyatta, an SMG fresh-

man, asked the slates what kind of legacy they want to leave if they are elected.

Rebecchi said he would like his slate to leave a legacy where students have a voice to determine their own values, and what is most important to them.

“I am not running for [BU] president to be talked about in 20 or 30 years,” Rebecchi said. “I’m running so that in 20 or 30 years we can talk about the things [BU] students did.”

In a closing statement, Lauren LaVelle, SG’s current executive VP and SMG junior, said she was overwhelmed by the excitement and passion that was displayed by each of the candidates during the debate.

“These are 12 very passionate individuals,” LaVelle said. “... I hope that no matter what happens in this election, they all continue to be involved in Student Government. In the end, they all need to ‘walk the walk’ and come together, no matter what happens.”

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simultaneously leading a massive manhunt. He handled his job very well.”

Simon Wu, 37, of Brookline, said while he likes Patrick, he doesn’t see him as a presidential candidate.

“Honestly I think he is just a little too level-headed for it,” he said. “He is an excellent governor and I don’t really see him as competitive enough to go through a presidential campaign.” Taryn

Lott, 28, resident of Somerville, said she heard Patrick speak the interfaith service on Thursday at the Church of the Holy Cross, which was organized to honor the victims of the bombings.

“Everyone came to mourn and also to hear the president [U.S. President Barack Obama] speak,” she said. “But when the governor spoke, you could really hear how much he loves this Commonwealth and this city. I can’t image him leaving Massachusetts behind.”

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2017 Facebook page, telling students to contact her with questions.

“I answered as many questions as I could on the Facebook page, and even still, students are asking me questions if they were unable to visit,” Griffin said. “… I love this city and I didn’t want them to get the perception that this is what Boston is, because it’s not.”

CAS Dean’s Host Emily Singer said she also used social media outlets to answer prospective students’ questions.

“If I was going to Open House and it had been canceled, I would’ve had a lot of questions,” Singer, a CAS sophomore, said.

“I would’ve liked someone to talk to me about it, so I just put myself out there.”

The Admissions Office and Dean’s Hosts wanted those considering BU to know that Boston is a safe place as well as a good educational atmosphere, she said.

“I told them everything was fine, and that BUPD [BU Police Department] was handling [the situation] and that Boston is a great place to come to school,” Singer said. “They thought it was really cool that we were willing to talk to people.”

Senior Student Administrative Representative Hannah Freedman, a College of Communication senior, said she also helped reach out to potential students.

“Once I found out that Admissions was closed, I could tell that people were disappointed because of what people were writing on the [BU Class of 2017 Facebook page], so I figured I might as well reach out to them,” she said.

The students who posted on social media did so voluntarily, Freedman said.

“These [social media] tools were already in place — it wasn’t like [Ryan] had to ask anyone to do these things,” she said. “All of the students were already on Twitter and Facebook talking to admitted students.”

Freedman said she was impressed with the BU community’s proactive reaction to the cancelation of Open House programs.

“It really speaks to the community he [Ryan] built, that in this moment of crisis, people felt that the natural thing to do was to jump online and start talking to people,” she said.

BU Admissions officials have rescheduled the Open House programs to take place April 26 and April 27, according to the Admissions website.

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Boozin’ and Break In

By Regine Sarah Capungan Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken from the Allston-Brighton D-14 crime logs from April 16 to April 23.

A breaking and entering occurred in a Brighton apartment located at 1789 Commonwealth Ave. at about 2:37 a.m. on Sunday. One of the residents, a student, awoke when she heard someone pounding on the door. When she came out of her bedroom, she found herself face to face with the suspect, who smelled strongly of alcohol. He then ran out the side door of the apartment carrying a television.

When officers performed a security safety check, the only sign of forced entry they observed was an open side window.

Hello? Is it me you’re looking for?

Friday, a resident at a two-family home at 50 Kirkwood Road reported a breaking and entering at about 4 a.m. The victim stated he awoke when he heard the front door of his apartment open, which was followed by the sound of his bedroom door opening. He saw the silhouette of a man inside his room. The man fled the apartment when he realized the victim was awake. None of the victim’s five roommates heard or saw anything that night, and they were certain they locked the front door earlier that evening. There were no signs of forced entry.

Crazy acid trip Two students were robbed near the corner of Ashford Street and Malvern Street at about 2:42 a.m. on Saturday. They were walking along Ashford when a black Buick Rendezvous pulled over beside them and three men stepped out of the vehicle. The first suspect told the victim to get on his knees and hand over his wallet, identification card and money. The second suspect stated that his accomplice was “on drugs and freaking out” and that the victims had “better give him what he wants.” The vehicle then fled down Ashford onto Babcock Street and was not found by police. Taken from the victims were a New Jersey driver’s license and a brown and tan purse full of make-up.

This fare is too damn high!

At about 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a cab driver picked up an individual at 301 Washington St. in Brighton. The driver drove her to New York Pizza on Massachusetts Avenue where she gave her Bank of America Visa and asked the driver to front her $20 that she would pay back when she paid the cab fare.

She then asked him to drive her home to 1160 Commonwealth Ave. Once at her house, the suspect attempted to pay with her credit card, but it was declined. She exited the cab and went into her apartment.

When officers knocked on her door, the suspect stated that she could not answer the door because she was too busy cleaning and the cab driver charged too much, The officers told her she would be summoned to court to pay the money she owed.

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Boston Bikes, part of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s plan to increase bike safety, is adding bike lanes to Brighton Avenue this spring.

By Steven Dufour Daily Free Press Staff

In an effort to make a safer environment on roads shared by bicyclists and motorists, the city of Boston will create lanes this coming spring on Brighton Avenue in Allston that both cars and bikes can use.

“There’s an incredible amount of bike traffic there [on Brighton Avenue] and we wanted and needed to put something there,” said Nicole Freedman, director of Boston Bikes, an organization that is pushing the initiative.

“Cyclists will be farther from car doors. Drivers [will be] giving the cyclists more space. Those are the things we want.”

The lane created will be similar to the separate bike lanes already in existence in various locations in the city set up with a green line, according to the original proposal for making shared lanes. These lanes will also have a picture of a bicycle with two arrows every 250 feet in the middle of the path.

Without bikes, cars can drive normally, but they must accommodate for the speed of cyclists in

front of them.

The new priority-shared lane would be the second in Boston.

The first lane was created in 2010 on Longwood Avenue.

Peter Stidman, executive director of the Boston Cyclists Union, said the lane is largely a safety experiment because it is so new.

“We have one [a priorityshared lane] on Longwood [Avenue,] which is only a two-lane road,” he said. “We haven’t seen it work on a larger arterial four-lane street like Brighton [Avenue,] so we’re very curious to see if it has any effect at all on safety or … [on] making people feel more comfortable.”

While Boston has been improving bike safety over the past several years, Stidman said he would prefer to see cycle tracks — bike paths separated from car traffic by a median — in place of priority-shared lanes.

“The city, to its credit, designed cycle tracks around the Public Garden and Malcolm X Boulevard … but right now, they did not put those super safe facilities in the budget,” he said. “The city is very enthusiastic about cycling, but when it comes to spending real money to create safer

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Fraudulent charities arise after Marathon bombings

By Sophia Goldberg Daily Free Press Staff

Within several hours of the Boston Marathon bombings, many fraudulent charities claimed they were seeking donations for the victims, prompting Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley to warn citizens of potential scams.

“After the unconscionable attack at the Boston Marathon, there has been an outpouring of support from people who want to help,” Coakley said in a press release April 17. “We urge people from Massachusetts and across the country to continue to support the victims and those impacted by this horrific event.”

However, Coakley said it is important for potential donors to remain careful in their choices.

“We also encourage people to do their homework on the charity before giving to ensure their money will go to the purpose they intend,” she said.

Barbara Anthony, undersecretary of the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, said in the release more than 125

domain names, some of which were fake and malicious, for charities supporting the victims were registered within four hours of the tragedy Monday.

“It is unspeakable that anyone would sink to capitalize on Boston’s sorrow as we recover from this tragedy,” she said. “We remind consumers to exercise caution and do their homework before reaching out to help.”

Frank Dorman, spokesman for the Federal Trade Commission, said after disasters, it is common for fake charities to form.

“Charity scams arise after high-profile tragedies, so the agency usually alerts consumers to the possibility of scams when tragedies occur,” he said.

The Attorney General’s Office cautioned against giving to companies that solicited donations through Twitter accounts, emails and websites that were not registered to official charities, according to the release.

The One Fund, a charity created by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Mass. Gov. Deval

Patrick, is an example of a real campaign accepting donations for victims of the bombings.

Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of The One Fund, said in a news conference Tuesday the campaign has raised more than $20 million since its creation after the Marathon.

“I am amazed in my experience to see this type of outpouring so quickly in such large amounts after this horrific tragedy,” he said. “One thing I’ve learned in all these funds is to never underestimate the charitable impulse of the American people” Feinberg said he would look into all claims when distributing the money to ensure people affected by the explosions were receiving the aid.

“We will take steps to make sure that all the claims — every one of them — is legitimate,” he said.

Some residents said they are hesitant to donate to any of the bombing charities because they feel unable to guarantee that their

Charity scam, see page 4

cause of success, study suggests

By Trisha Thadani Daily Free Press Staff

While there might be a correlation between the amount of Advanced Placement courses a student takes and his or her academic success in college, a student’s AP experience should not be the basis for college admittance, according to a new study.

Michael Grant, a Boston University psychology professor, said if a student is sharp enough to take AP courses in high school, he or she will most likely succeed in college courses.

“A big part of [a student’s] success is the ability to acclimate the academic rigors of college in high school [through AP courses],” Grant said.

Students who take AP courses in high school perform better in college and have higher college graduation rates compared to students who lack AP experience, according to the Challenge Success study reported by Inside Higher Education on Tuesday.

Researchers found this to be true regardless of whether the student takes or passes the final AP test.

However, the study stated university officials should be careful to not blindly accept students based on whether they had taken these classes or had performed well on AP tests.

“Researchers caution universities and policy makers that the practice of using AP experience for the purposes of admission is potentially problematic because … the research isn’t clear on whether AP experience alone increases the probability of college success,” the study stated.

Those opposed to the AP curriculum say it is superficial and broad because a large component of it focuses on memorizing material instead of mastering it, according to the study.

Grant said all students admitted to BU must have similar academic skills, regardless of their credentials on paper.

“I wouldn’t say that whether you have access to a course is relevant to success,” Grant said. “If a student got accepted to BU, they are smart enough to succeed here. Just because they didn’t take AP courses in high school does not mean they will not succeed.”

Economics professor Michael Manove said while AP course success logically lends itself to collegiate suc-

AP Scores, see page 4

Employers fear economic climate, fail to make hires, new study suggests

By Paola Salazar Daily Free Press Staff

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The National Association of Colleges and Employers released its Job Outlook Spring Update 2013, which dropped the projected total of the Class of 2013 to be hired to 2.1 percent.

While a recent survey showed that employers expect to hire only 2.1 percent more college graduates from the class of 2013 than they hired from the class of 2012, Boston University officials said the job market might not be as bleak as it appears.

BU economics professor Randall Ellis said he has seen an upswing in the ability of college graduates to find jobs.

“Demand is still there for college graduates, and I recommend my advisees to not get discouraged,” Ellis said. “I’ve had several students find jobs this year, and I think that people who keep looking will find them.”

The survey, released April 17 by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, indicates employers originally overestimated their col-

lective ability to hire class of 2013 graduates.

This past fall, employers said they expected to hire roughly 13 percent more graduates from the class of 2013 than last year when they hired from the class of 2012, according to NACE’s Job Outlook 2013 Spring Update. However, closer to the collective class of 2013 graduation date, employers said they actually expect to hire only 2.1 percent more than last year.

Ellis said while it is becoming increasingly hard for low-skilled workers to find employment, college graduates should still be able to find jobs. He also said because the economy has been slow to grow in recent years, many students have decided to attend graduate school instead of searching for employment, which may make the job market tougher to

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situations, they are not there yet.”

Michael Verseckes, spokesman for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, said while drivers may worry about sharing the road with bicycles, the priorityshared lane could benefit all parties.

“The biggest issue would be getting other drivers to realize and understand that there are bicyclists out there on the same roadway,” he said. “Cyclists are much more vulnerable … and someone in a car would have to worry about that, but we’re hoping that through training and through generating ongoing awareness that those will fade some of that concern.”

Boston was ranked as one of

America’s “Worst Cities” for bikers three times between 1999 and 2006 in Bicycling Magazine, but the many initiatives improving bike safety since then have pushed Boston to 16th in the magazine’s “America’s 50 Most Biker-Friendly Cities” in 2012.

Freedman said the change in biker safety was gradual and largely due to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s creation of Boston Bikes in 2007.

“We’re one of the first and only cities to have a bike share system, and we have what I see to be one of the strongest biking communities in the country,” she said. “There’s no one thing that will make a difference [for biker safety]. It’s consistent, comprehensive programs and projects on every level.”

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break into. “[In] 2008 in particular, lots of people chose, perhaps more people than would normally, to go to graduate school after college to postpone having to get a job,” he said. “… It’s a been a good time for universities, but [the current economic climate] probably increased the number of graduates coming out this year.”

Ellis said the fiscal cliff and Congress’s struggle to create a federal budget may have contributed to employers’ reluctance to make new hires.

“A year ago, people were hoping the economy would start accelerating in its growth,” he said. “... The fiscal cliff, the budget uncertainty and the reluctance of Congress to authorize continuing spending ... has discouraged some firms from hiring as many workers.”

Healthcare industry reform is likely to increase the amount of healthcare jobs available to college graduates, he said. There has also been a surge in employment at consulting firms and in the private sector.

NACE Employment Information Manager Andrea Koncz said the fall and spring surveys vary in the number of employers who respond, which may account for the dispar-

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ity between projections. However, she said the spring survey’s response makes sense given the current economic climate.

“The findings were somewhat in line with what is occurring in the overall job market, so there were no surprises,” Koncz said. “Employers are increasing their number of new college graduate hires, but the numbers aren’t quite as high as their original projections.”

CAS sophomore Jennifer Thatcher said she is worried about future job possibilities.

“Just seeing friends who’ve graduated struggling is scary, especially if they’re really bright and you thought they would have no trouble getting a job,” Thatcher said. “It’s encouraging that the economy is still rising in terms of hiring.”

College of Engineering secondyear graduate student Sam Polio said he is worried about getting a job after college because he is looking for work in a government-supported industry experiencing funding cuts.

“I plan on going to conferences and trying to network with more people who are potentially looking for a post-doctorate student in the fall or later,” he said. “At least to get my name out there, try to get people more interested in what I do.”

Margaret Waterman contributed to the reporting of this article.

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money is going directly to those in need.

Scott Logan, a manager at Labtech Software from Arlington, said he was interested in donating, but his experience with previous tragedies and the charities associated with them made him more cautious.

“We [Labtech Software] haven’t donated yet only because after Sept. 11, [2001] I was aware that there were fraudulent chari-

ties popping up, so I already had the experience to sit back and wait and let them weed themselves out,” he said. “We certainly plan on donating to a legitimate [source].”

Logan said he preferred donating directly to the victims rather than going through a charity.

“We tend to try and donate more directly if we can, so if we could find a means to bypass a charity, that would be the ideal situation,” he said. “In the best

case, a charity is going to take 10 to 90 percent of your money anyways.”

Sally Short, 53, a resident of Arlington, said she prefers giving personal donations to people affected from her hometown.

“Where I live in Arlington, we have two people who were victims of the bombing,” she said.

“There’s a lot going on in Arlington to help support people right here, we know that those [donations] are going to those victims.”

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cess, more statistics and background information must be collected before a correlation can officially be confirmed between the two variables.

“I have no doubt that AP courses are correlated with success in college,” Manove said, in an email.

“Whether or not they [AP classes] cause or contribute to success cannot be answered without lots of data and sophisticated statistic methods.” BU spokesman Colin Riley said each applicant is reviewed holistically during the admissions process, and is not necessarily judged by his or her AP credentials.

“We look at the rigor of their courses, and their achievement level

[within them],” Riley said. “We do not expect people to take a broad range of AP classes, because people tend to be stronger in some subjects than others.”

Jason Gens, a College of Arts and Sciences junior, said he was unable to test out of BU’s general psychology course because he did not receive a high enough score on the AP Psychology exam.

“The 101 course [at BU] is very comparable to the AP course I took in high school,” Gens said. “I would have benefitted from testing out of it and going straight from my high school class to a higher level class [at BU].”

Stephanie Tillison, a College of

Communication freshman, said taking AP courses boosted her GPA and may have helped her gain entry to BU. “I took AP English because it was my favorite subject, and [AP] History because I thought it would look good on an application,” Tillison said.

She said students should be realistic when choosing a certain course, because difficulty can indicate whether students are willing to take academic risks.

“If you got into a school like BU, you are obviously smart and able to work hard,” Tillison said. “And if you’re willing to put in the work, you’ll be fine regardless if you took an AP course or not.”

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itting in a circle on the grassy lawn outside the College of General Studies, a group of 15 people laugh at a pedestrian running by on pogo shoes. Passersby would never guess that this group is a college-level creative writing class that is collaborating on a soon-to-be-published book.

The book, titled Shouts and Confessions, compiles true stories about various daily events, reflections on family, opinions on food and the occasional poem. The title was created by teaching fellow Catherine Con, who teaches the EN 202 class from which student writing is taken for the book.

Con said she was inspired by the openness of her students when discussing their personal experiences.

“At the end of each story, there’s a sense of self-discovery or identity,” Con said.

“That’s related to the idea of shouting or coming to a place where you learn something about yourself.”

Insight into students’ stories With an emphasis on short fiction stories, the book contains exclusively studentwritten pieces. Many are writing stories about personal challenges and family life, including relationships with grandmothers, father-daughter dynamics and the deaths of relatives.

Brittany Ring, a College of Communication sophomore, wrote about the internal struggles of a girl who moves from the Middle East to America and finds it difficult to balance the two cultures. Another piece, written by COM sophomore Chloe Director is about two girls who reevaluate their identities after returning to America from a trip to England.

COM junior Rima Butto and COM sophomore Victoria, “Tori,” Taylo wrote separate stories about the relationship between a girl and her father and how it changes over time.

COM sophomore Jamie Imperato also explored family dynamics in her piece about a girl’s relationship with her grandmother, which was inspired by a personal experience.

Other topics include inebriated adventures, urban isolation and alienation, futuristic dystopian societies and deception in New York in the early 1900s.

Cameron Brody, a COM sophomore, said the variety of people who drew from personal experiences and those who challenged themselves by writing something unfamiliar has given the book a diverse breadth of content.

Brody’s classmate, COM sophomore Daniel Stern, chose to push his personal boundaries and publish his story about a soldier and the struggles he faces upon returning from war.

“Dan’s never come home from war, but he’s really taken on the challenge of trying to put himself in that experience,” Brody said.

Community in a classroom Many students said the sense of community fostered during the semester was unlike that of any other class at BU. Imperato said she was initially scared to take a three-hour class that was early in the morning, but was surprised by how much she enjoyed it.

“I feel like in a one-hour class or an

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Students created a Kickstarter.com page to raise money to publish their book, Shouts and Confessions, through the Harvard Bookstore.

hour and a half class, by the time you get into a stimulating discussion or topic, it’s already time to go,” Imperato said. “This class is three hours long, but it sometimes feels shorter than my other classes.”

With a field trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, class discussions about Passion Pit songs, doodling in “moon” journals — journals used to record weekly reflections about the moon — and exploration and analysis of poetry, students thrive on opportunities to get to know each other better. This helped the group become less of a class and more of a community.

“The photographs we viewed at the MFA that we based our poems on were very quiet and somber,” said Tom Vellner, a COM senior. “It was about the negative parts of urban life, so I feel that a lot of our poems went down a more somber path. We also listened to upbeat songs, and looked at happier aspects of that … With the poetry, songs and short stories, they’ve all led us to find our voice in different ways.”

Students were forced out of their comfort zones with weekly workshops where they read personal pieces aloud for the class to critique. After the second class, all the students became more honest with one another, said COM senior Alex Miller.

Even with harsh critiques, class members were always positive and were quick to highlight one another’s strengths.

Miller said that his classmates’ voices became clear in the semester’s workshops, even if they defied expectations “Cameron’s [voice] is completely Cameron’s,” Miller said. “But Tori’s is out of left field. It’s something that is so heavy.”

Several students acknowledged the lessons they learned from peer editing.

“No one was offended while we were critiquing everyone’s stories,” Ring said.

“I wouldn’t want my story to be published in a book and then not be the best it could be, so I feel like the workshops definitely

make our book stronger.”

Laura Meyers, a sophomore in COM, said her classmates made her realize the importance of peer editing and, now, it is a skill she considers invaluable for improving her writing. The three-hour weekly class gave students ample time to delve into each other’s pieces and take part in improving the quality of everyone’s work.

“We’ve gone through so many revisions of each other’s stories each week that, even if it’s not our own personal story, we’ve grown attached to the characters in everyone else’s stories,” Vellner said. “We really want to see how it’s developing, how the relationships between the characters are forming with the changes we make each week. We’ve read them so many times that I’m excited to see the finished product for everyone.”

Con said since early class sessions in January, students have become more outspoken, honest, confident and willing to critique one another.

“We’ve come a really long way,” Con said. “Overall, everyone’s developed a thicker skin to receive criticism, which has made everyone a better writer and harder on themselves and their peers because they want the work to be the best it can be.”

Production process The students made an account on Kickstarter.com, which they used to raise the money needed to publish their book through the Harvard Bookstore. They uploaded a homemade short video with a preview of their class’s hard work for Shouts and Confessions. For the fundraising campaign, students held positions including cover designer, copy editor and Twitter manager. They successfully acquired the amount of money needed for publication.

During the semester, students published weekly blog posts, meant to familiarize students with putting their work into a pub-

lic space with little or no revisions.

“In a lot of creative writing classes, your work just gets sent to the professor,” Con said. “I thought it would be fun to make everyone write something new every week, like exercising a muscle.”

Con said the blog posts increased the quality of students’ work and allowed them to get to know each other. She gave out blog awards every week for the one post she considered the best or the one post that students liked the most.

The grand finale for EN202 This class has inspired several students to pursue creative outlets outside of nonfiction writing. Vellner said his willingness to write fiction in addition to non-fiction has grown from his experiences in the class.

“I’ve always written a lot of personal essays, but I never really strayed into fiction before, because it’s a completely different world,” Vellner said. “I always had an interest in that but this brought it out more.”

Melanie Adams, a sophomore in COM, said she enjoyed combining her passion for filmmaking with the projects in Creative Writing. She filmed the video that was uploaded to the class’s Kickstarter.com page.

“Videos are what really help Kickstarter pages stand out,” Adams said. “[It] helped raise the money for getting us to be able to make this book. I was incredibly and pleasantly surprised by how many strangers donated to our cause. That was really unexpected.”

Students will hold a benefit reading of Shouts and Confessions Saturday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at the 808 Gallery. The book is dedicated to the memory of Lu Lingzi, the BU graduate student killed in the Boston Marathon bombings, and the money raised will go to The One Fund, which donates to families affected by the bombings.

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The LAPD settlement

In the midst of a nine-day manhunt for expolice officer Christopher Dorner in Los Angeles, LA Police Department officers fired more than 100 shots at Emma Hernandez, 71, and her daughter, Margie Carranza, 47, while the two were delivering newspapers at 5 a.m. Feb. 7, according to a Feb. 9 story in The LA Times.

Both were injured — one shot twice and the other hurt by exploding glass. LAPD officers believed one of the newspaper deliverywomen could have been the ex-officer because their pick-up truck loosely matched the description of Dorner’s truck. Tuesday, the women and city officials agreed to a $4.2 million settlement, the LA Times reported.

While the settlement is no doubt sufficient for their injuries and psychological trauma, these women deserved to see these officers terminated. According to their lawyer, they received no verbal warning before multiple officers opened fire. And to fire more than 100 times at a suspect? That’s just obscene. On top of that, the women were driving a blue Toyota Tacoma, but Dorner reportedly drove a gray Nissan Titan — two incredibly different trucks.

There needs to be an additional compensation for life-threatening mistakes such as these.

To only settle on monetary payment instead of also terminating the police officers is completely wrong. Granted, the situation was tense considering Dorner murdered multiple people by the time police fired at the women, but there is no excuse for the officers’ extreme actions. It should be a given that officers warn potential targets before opening fire to allow the targets — even if they are the actual suspects — to stand down nonviolently if no immediate danger is presented. This is especially true in this situation, given the high chances of collateral damage in firing on a vehicle without certainty that the suspect in question is inside. Yet, the LAPD officers have not been disciplined.

There has been no admission of a mistake, but LAPD Chief Charlie Beck personally apologized to the women. Yes, the city gave the women $40,000 for a new truck and an additional $4.2 million, but that comes right out of taxpayers’ pockets. If city officials are making mistakes that cost this much and have not been disciplined, they should not be employed.

On extinguishing shame

There is a candidate in the Vicksburg, Miss. mayoral race with a backstory most people would never discuss. On Wednesday, Linda Fondren revealed her history as a “working girl” in a television interview with Fox40. The brothel she worked in 30 years ago was entirely legal, and she even met her husband of 28 years while she was there. Fondren can certainly expect criticism of her morality because she was a sex worker, especially considering where she is running. However, she has potential for being the most transparent candidate her constituents could have hoped for because she had the confidence to reveal her past before a news outlet broke the story.

By divulging her past so frankly in the interview, she has erased the shame associated with her sex work. The core of shame is having a sense of oneself as being unacceptable and flawed, leading to a sense of pitifulness and therefore to an experience of feeling unloved, unaccepted and scorned by family and society. If she can emancipate herself from the shame people place on her, she must have the self-confidence to lead Vicksburg.

Shame is an interpersonal experience in which the external negative message can become internalized through intensity or repetition. There is an incredibly paralyzing

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stigma that follows sex workers long after their careers are over. This is not to say that Vicksburg residents are all sex workers, but the possibility of electing a mayor who can speak about her experience as a prostitute can help other people come to accepting terms with their sexual habits. She is a role model, especially for women who followed a similar path.

Fondren’s husband even looks past her life as a prostitute. If they have been married for 28 years, he obviously does not stigmatize her. Hopefully, the people of Vicksburg will do the same. If she is elected, she could set the stage for future potential leaders with a past in prostitution. She can be the catalyst in humanizing politicians. If she is elected, it is a sign that politicians can be less like suits with perfect records and more like us everyday people with varied histories.

Most importantly, she will not perpetuate a culture of shame, whether it is associated with sex work or another’s “strange” habits. Even though she will likely face unjust criticism on her past, that does not affect her ability to lead. What she did was legal. In a way, coming forward is fantastic for her media relations because it makes her seem unafraid of sharing her personal life. Regardless, more people should be like Fondren — open, proud and unashamed.

Though you might have missed it, there are going to be significant developments to the fast food giants Taco Bell and McDonald’s. Both corporations announced changes they are undertaking in order to conform to our increasingly health-conscious yet fast-paced lifestyles. Yes, it was a sad weekend for fat guys everywhere. Once again, skinny people are trying to change institutions that have defined the fat-person experience since before America knew that 3,000 calories and a pack of cigarettes a day leads to conditions like early death.

McDonald’s announced that it was launching a major initiative to improve customer service. According to a Wall Street Journal article, a continually downward slide in sales and an increasing number of complaints about the quality of customer service has motivated corporate management to focus on things such as the friendliness of cashiers at its franchises and the efficiency at which food is served to customers. That’s right, because when I’m being served what is basically cow crap in between Styrofoam that’s been painted tan, I want the person who just took my money to smile, letting me know that this is at least friendly garbage I’m ingesting.

Taco Bell, on the other hand, has announced its plans to reduce the number of calories in its menu items. Based on an MSNBC article, the fast food franchise is planning reduce the amount of calories in meals, making them only one-third of the recommended caloric intake of an average person — you know, instead of seven times what anyone would want to eat in a week.

If that means they’re getting rid of their sour cream, then I will seriously consider only buying two Crunchwrap Supremes a week instead of my usual four. I guess I shouldn’t complain that much, since this plan to scale back calories and introduce healthier options is going to take, as has been reported, seven years. Oh good, by then I’ll be on my fourth coronary, so by that time I’ll have to start watching what I eat. Seriously? Seven years? By then, Chris Christie will have been elected president.

No doubt he has a few words about how it’s a travesty that the oversized stuff burrito will no longer come with an HMO letter telling you that what you are about to eat is not covered by your health plan.

This is just skinny people, once again, ruining something that brought just enough satisfaction and joy into our otherwise miserable lives. If you don’t like what’s on the menu at Taco Bell or McDonald’s, then don’t eat there. Go to Panera, and leave my

temples of high cholesterol alone.

I get that fast food joints like Taco Bell and McDonald’s are trying to be part of the solution for rising obesity rates, but the effort is so half-hearted and disingenuous that I almost feel bad that we’ve been shunning their product for so long. They’re like that weird kid pouting in the corner of a party, the one that looks like he still plays Magic the Gathering. Fast food is like that.

Shame on us trying to turn them into something they are not just because they don’t fit our values. Judge lest not you be judge, you carrot-stick-eating bullies.

And another thing! What is with people complaining about cashiers not being friendly enough? They’re working a fast food job, they probably have child support payments that are overdue and that wart down there hasn’t gone away for three weeks. Every time I order I can just hear his or her inner monologue. “I have a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Michigan and I graduated summa cum laude, but I’m working here. I’m 24 years old but I have acne because the grease from the fry maker has been caked onto my skin for the last four months. It’s 1 a.m. and I’ve been here since 3 p.m. But no, you’re right, I should be overflowing with glee when I serve you this chewable stroke.” I’d almost be unnerved if a McDonald’s cashier smiled at me. As soon as I sat down, I’d be checking to make sure they didn’t spit in my food.

I’m just waiting for KFC to introduce whole-wheat biscuits all because some soccer mom’s obese 12-year-old got picked on when for bringing in a note that exempted him from participating in the presidential fitness test in gym. I say take your BS back to Whole Foods and give me back my trans fats. Let me be fat on my own terms and stop trying to ruin the disgusting slop I occasionally put into my body.

I know that fast food is basically fat and grease on a plate, but slow suicide has never been so tasty as a Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese, but no one’s making us eat there. Stop trying to change fast food into something it’s not. I already have to put up with my calorie counting friends when I’m not eating fast food. Leave my dollar menu alone, and go eat your box of leaves somewhere else, preferably far away from me.

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

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In the midst of Student Government elections, the FreeP wanted to hear whether students voted and why.

Here’s what some of them said.

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BY SARAH SIEGEL

MARY LYNNE DETONI-HILL

“I did vote but I didn’t take it very seriously, just because I didn’t really know anyone and there wasn’t really information about them.”

-COM junior

HRISHI SOMAYAJI

NICOLE PELLEGRINO

“When could you have voted? ... I didn’t make plans to do it, but I said I was going to do it. It slipped my mind.”

-CAS freshman

“People were coming into my lectures and talking about voting so I went online and I voted.”

-SMG sophomore

MEGAN FEDDERN

“I didn’t vote, because I didn’t really know enough about any of the candidates.”

-CAS sophomore

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King: Enthusiasm, energy of home fans adds to team’s motivation King: From Page 8

to Boston.”

During infield-outfield we had what I guess you could call a dance-off. The outfielders were so impressed with the infielders’ rendition of the wave and the “Bernie” that we didn’t even try to battle back.

Going into the weekend, we were 11-201.

But after we played loose and had fun, we ended up sweeping the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

After that, our 4-1 home record began highlighting the presence of home-field advantage.

Maybe our success at home is because we have some of the greatest pitching and walk-up songs I’ve ever heard — no bias or anything.

Or maybe it’s all due to the atmosphere.

I’m not saying BU softball generates a huge following — anyone who has been to one of our games would know that would be complete B.S. — but the fans that do show up definitely add a little something to the atmosphere.

Our home opener against the University of Connecticut was a terrific example of this.

In the fourth inning we were trailing the Huskies 8-0 when the BU wrestling team showed up.

Despite us being down eight runs, the wrestlers started creating some tension down the left-field line as they jumped up and down on the bleachers, chanting rather obnoxiously, and heckling the UConn players — basically, they were just being wrestlers.

We heard them from the dugout in the bottom of the fourth and caught wind of their charisma.

That inning we scored five runs, and just like that the 8-0 shutout turned into an 8-5 game.

The home-opener atmosphere that our fans created sparked an exciting — and at the time rare — 13-hit game for us, where we could feel the energy of the stands each time something went our way.

Even though we ended up falling short to UConn 11-8, we played with energy and heart throughout the game, and I felt as if we could take the game at any given point.

Hey, you can’t win them all.

In an interview I did with BU All-Access, Brian Maurer asked me if I believed in the whole “home-field advantage” pretense.

And I absolutely do.

I love playing at home.

There’s something about the presence of our fellow athletes that seems to fuel our

team, resulting in us performing at a higher standard on our own field.

Looking into the stands or out behind the fence during the game and seeing familiar faces from the weight room, or other sporting teams, gives us a reassuring sense of comfort and makes us realize how lucky we are to be a part of such a tight knit community here at BU. Home field advantage is real, which is why we try getting everyone we know to come out and support BU softball by supporting all of the other BU athletic teams whenever we get a chance.

Speaking of which, two things: First, BU softball is expecting loads of fans this week as we try and extend our sixgame winning streak.

And second, SAVE BU WRESTLING. They are the heart and soul of BU Athletics.

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Freshman midfielder Sofia Robins scored two goals in BU’s game against Stony Brook. She has nine goals this season, tied for fourth-best on the team.

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a seemingly unstoppable Albany squad.

After a weekend sweep of UMBC this past weekend, two Albany players, pitcher Brittany MacFawn and outfielder Annie Johnson, took home America East honors.

“The expectations are raised a little bit just because it’s a conference game and Albany’s having a great year,” Gleason said.

MacFawn was named America East Pitcher of the Week for the third time this season. She has won eight straight decisions, leading the conference with a microscopic 0.21 ERA. After a week in which she hit .750 and

went 9-for-9 in stolen base attempts, Johnson was named America East Rookie of the Week for the second time this season. She was a perfect 8-for-8 at the plate in this past weekend’s series against UMBC. Following a Monday off, the Terriers returned to practice Tuesday afternoon to prepare themselves for their upcoming two games. These two contests will be crucial if the Terriers want to achieve their goal of winning the regular season America East title.

“We still believe we have a chance to win the regular title, so that’s still our goal, and has been our goal from day one,” Gleason said.

feet tall, they are strong, left- and righthanded, and they are taking it to a lot of teams. They’re leading their team in scoring.”

Both Rhodes and Danigellis lead the Bulldogs with 31 goals apiece, with Danigellis playing in two fewer games than her senior teammate. Danigellis is currently third in the Ivy League in goals per game (2.82), while Rhodes is ranked fourth in the conference in points per game (3.46).

Rhodes leads Yale in points this season with 48 in 13 games.

Yale goalkeeper Erin McMullan has played every minute this season for the Bulldogs, recording 91 saves and boasting a .389 save percentage.

One of Yale’s biggest strengths this year has been its dominance of controlling the draw. The Bulldogs are 16th in the nation in draw controls per game (13.69), controlling a total of 178.

The Terriers have also been solid on draw controls this season, as they are third in America East in draw controls per game (12.15). In 13 games, BU has controlled 158 draws.

Looking at the game at hand, Robertshaw said she believes that controlling the draw and keeping possession will be crucial against the Bulldogs.

“The draw controls are going to be huge,” Robertshaw said. “Yale has traditionally won the draw controls this season against other opponents and we have to combat that and get after it.

After two straight wins against the University of Vermont and Binghamton University in which the Terriers put up at least 20 goals in each contest, it appeared as if BU had finally erased its early season struggles and was poised to make some noise as the season reached its final stretch.

Unfortunately for the Terriers, they could not maintain their hot scoring streak, dropping their next two games against the University of New Hampshire and Stony

Brook (13-2, 5-0 America East) to conclude their final season in the America East.

Senior attack Kristen Mogavero has been one of the few bright spots during BU’s recent skid, as she recorded six goals over the past two games. Mogavero is second on the team in goals with 31, only trailing senior attack Danielle Etrasco, who has found the back of the net 48 times this season.

Freshman midfielder Jill Horka has also excelled for the Terriers over the past few games, as she has notched three goals in as many outings. Horka is tied for fifth on the team in goals scored with seven on the year.

Her classmate, midfielder Sofia Robins, also added two goals against Stony Brook.

In the cage, junior goalkeeper Christina Sheridan has put together a solid campaign for the Terriers, recording 116 saves and possessing a .428 save percentage.

The last time the Terriers and Bulldogs faced off was March 21, 2012, when BU defeated Yale by a score of 13-8, thanks to three-goal games from sophomore attack Mallory Collins and then-senior attack Molly Swain.

This upcoming match marks the 17th meeting between the teams, with Yale leading the all-time series by an 11-5 advantage.

However, under Robertshaw, the Terriers have fared well against the Bulldogs, winning four of their six contests.

For Robertshaw, the biggest key to a BU victory Wednesday lies in the team putting together a total team effort for the entire game.

“It’s bringing the fight to every single play and every single moment,” Robertshaw said. “When we do that, we have actually put together some really nice combinations of games, but it’s something that’s been too inconsistent.

“We need to go out for 60 minutes and be proactive and aggressive and go play our style of lacrosse on the defensive end, the attacking end and, most importantly, on the draw control. If we can get Yale on their heels, we can have a good day.”

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She also broke the school record in the 3,000m run at the Husky Classic in February with a time of 9:05.73. Matthews has also had success academically, earning a 3.94 GPA while studying for a master’s in speechlanguage pathology.

Senior guard Mo Moran of women’s basketball and senior Josh Friedman of the men’s tennis received the John B. Simpson Award, which is given to a male and female senior who show outstanding leadership and enthusiasm.

Moran led the backcourt with Alford en route to the team’s WNIT appearance. She played a school-record 4,496 minutes in her four seasons at BU, and also broke the school record in career assists with 558.

Friedman has been named the MVP of

men’s tennis for the past three seasons. This season, he competed at the top singles and doubles spots, and led the Terriers to their first winning season since 2007.

Senior swimmer Tina Hoppe received the Student-Athlete Service Award. She served this year as president of the BU Student-Athlete Advisory Council, organizing several charity events. Under her tenure, BU athletes have performed a collective 3,000 hours of community service.

Former men’s hockey coach Jack Parker received the Terrier Pride Award for his 40 seasons leading the men’s hockey team. In his tenure, he won 897 games, third-best in NCAA history for a head coach. Additionally, he led BU to seven Hockey East titles, a record 21 Beanpot wins and three national championships.

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Junior catcher Amy Ekart leads the Terriers with 19 RBIs this season.

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Looking to move on from a week filled with tragedy and delays, the Boston University softball team was dealt with another, albeit less serious, holdup when its Tuesday afternoon doubleheader against the University at Albany was postponed. The Terriers (17-20-1, 5-4 America East) will have to wait until Wednesday to try to expand upon their sixgame winning streak.

“This time of year, there’s some important games, especially in the conference, and [Tuesday] was not the day to play with the wind and the cold,” said BU coach Kathryn Gleason.

Starting with a sweep of conference rival University of Maryland-Baltimore County on April

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13 and 14, the Terriers have been on a roll, capped by an 8-0 victory Sunday afternoon against Sacred Heart University in which senior pitcher Whitney Tuthill struck out a career-high 12 batters. “[The six-game winning streak] is not something we think about,” Gleason said. “We just think about the next game.”

But victory over Albany (2810, 11-1 America East), currently the top seed in America East, will not come as easily for BU, which needs to find the same groove that led it to victory against Sacred Heart University (22-23) and Bryant University.

After struggling to plate runners for the first several weeks of the season, the Terriers picked up their offense during their win streak, scoring 36 runs over the past six contests.

The offensive production has come from all corners of the team, although junior outfielder Jayme Mask continues to be the Terriers’ spark from the leadoff position. Her .380 batting average and .444 on-base percentage are both team highs. She is second in America East with 29 stolen bases and third in hits with 46.

Mask has not been the only offensive contributor for BU, as eight Terriers have recorded 10 or more RBIs on the year. Junior catcher Amy Ekart leads the team with 19, followed closely by senior second baseman Emily Roesch, who has 18.

Freshman outfielder Haley King and freshman first baseman Lauren Hynes continue to produce offensively, as their respective .310 and .290 batting averages are third and fourth on the team.

“Just see the ball, hit the ball,” Gleason said about BU’s offensive strategy. “[We] don’t fill our heads with anything else but what we need to do when we step in the box.”

In the circle, Tuthill has been excellent of late, recording two shutouts against UMBC (8-36, 1-14 America East) and Sacred Heart.

“It’s a little easier to pitch and stand on the mound when you have a three, four, five, six-run lead,” Gleason said.

Tuthill’s last two victories pushed her record to 13-11 while her 2.33 ERA is a team best. She has continued to carry the team’s pitching staff, recording 162.1 innings of work in the circle.

“Our pitching has been there, and they’ve kind of carried us through, and now our offense has just been coming around because they’ve been taking a different mentality to the plate.” Gleason said.

The Terriers will need Tuthill and Mask in particular to continue their strong performances against

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difficult game from Bulldogs

By Conor Ryan Daily Free Press Staff

Following an 18-11 loss to No. 10 Stony Brook University Sunday afternoon, the Boston University women’s lacrosse team will look to snap its two-game losing streak when it takes on Yale University Wednesday evening in New Haven, Conn.

The Terriers (5-8, 2-4 America East), who dropped the first two games of a season-completing five-game road trip, will have a tough test in Yale (7-6), which possesses a potent offense that has averaged 11 goals per game this season.

“Yale is an aggressive attacking team,” said BU coach Liz Robertshaw. “Defensively, we have to make stops — we have to make stands against them — and that’s something that we’re going to work on.

“From our standpoint, we also know that defensively, they’re pretty aggressive … so we need to bring our attacking game. We need to elevate it and really get after this team.”

While Yale currently stands one game over .500 on the year, the Bulldogs, like the Terriers, have struggled in conference play this season with a 1-5 record.

One of the key reasons for the Bulldogs’ struggles this season lies in their defense, as Yale is currently sixth among Ivy League teams with an 11.00 goals-against average.

Despite its defensive shortcomings, Yale features an imposing offensive unit, led by senior Devon Rhodes and freshman Nicole Danigellis. “[Yale] has gotten some great plays from Devon Rhodes and Nicole Danigellis,” Robertshaw said. “These two players are six

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Terrier student-athletes recognized at annual awards ceremony

By Sarah Kirkpatrick Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University honored several outstanding student-athletes at its annual awards reception, held at the Francis D. Burke Club Room at Agganis Arena Monday evening.

Junior co-captain Marie-Philip Poulin of women’s hockey and senior guard Chantell Alford of women’s basketball shared the Mildred Barnes Award, which is awarded to the top female athlete.

Poulin rebounded from an injury-laden year in 2011-12 to set career bests in points (55) and assists (36) this season, leading the team in both categories. She led the team to its third Hockey East Title in four years and second national championship game in three seasons.

Alford earned her third consec-

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Playing at Home

Being a sports fanatic, I know that most of us harp on the idea of “home field” or “home-court advantage.”

Many people think home-field advantage is a crock and has nothing to do with outcomes.

But I’m telling you, there’s absolutely something different about playing a doubleheader in the presence of your friends, family and peers on your own turf, rather than on the road after a three-hour bus ride and travel food.

The difference between playing at home or away is all in the mindset.

For Boston University softball, our favorite part of playing at home remains getting to listen to our own warm-up music. Hitting while listening to our own tracks pumps us up quite a bit more than the music nearly all of our opponents choose to play.

No disrespect to Jason Mraz, but “The Remedy?”

For a pump-up song?

Really?

So for BU softball, a team whose mood sways with whatever songs are being bounced off of the Atrium, music plays a huge role in our performance, mainly because it loosens us up.

Take our first home weekend of the season.

Before the first of our two games on April 13, our team made a music video before game time in our locker room to Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop.”

Everyone put on the Athletic Department’s hideous red communal windbreakers — they go about six inches past your knees, are even longer in the back, and zip all the way up, making you look like a red marshmallow — and whatever random props were found in the confines of our locker room.

Some of these things consisted of a replica WWE Raw wrestling belt, an umbrella, a wooden cutout of Rhett, water guns ... I think you get the idea.

After a loose, silly “prepre-game” warm-up, the day took off on a positive note.

We all wore rally cap visors for warm-ups, stood in a circle and did dances before taking the infieldoutfield, getting to witness junior third baseman Megan Volpano’s Irish jigging to “I’m Shipping Up

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utive America East Player of the Year title after leading her squad to a postseason appearance in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. She finished the season second place in the record books with 1,802 career points, and also holds the BU record in career 3-point percentage (40 percent) and made 3-pointers (244).

Junior wrestler Nestor Taffur was awarded the Mickey Cochrane Award for the top male athlete.

Taffur competed at the NCAA Championships for the first time in his career after winning the 157-pound title at the 2013 CAA Championships. At the national tournament, he won two of his matches, beating Andy McCulley of the University of Wyoming and the Air Force Academy’s Joshua Kreimier. He led the Terriers in

wins (36), pins (eight), technical fails (three) and major decisions (seven).

Senior defenseman Ryan Ruikka of men’s hockey and senior defender Jessica Morrow of women’s soccer took home the E. Ray Speare and Gretchen Schyler awards, which are given to the top male and female scholar-athletes.

As an assistant captain, Ruikka helped his squad reach the Hockey East championship game.

In his career, he posted 19 points on four goals and 15 assists in 97 career games. Ruikka is currently earning a second master’s degree in administrative studies from the Metropolitan College after graduating from the College of Arts and Sciences with bachelor’s degrees in math and economics and a master’s degree in economics in 2012.

Morrow, who was named America East Defender of the Year at the conclusion of the 2012 season, led the BU defense, which allowed only four goals in eight conference matches. She is a two-time America East All-Academic team member, with a GPA of 3.80, majoring in business administration.

Senior distance runner Katie Matthews was named the 2013 BU Woman of the Year.

Matthews became the first female in school history to earn AllAmerica nods in two events in the same season. Her school-record time of 15:42.27 in the 5,000m run at the NCAA Championships in March earned her First Team All-American honors, while her 11th-place finish in the 3,000m run placed her on the Second Team.

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Field Hockey at Boston College, 9 a.m.

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

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