4-29-2013

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Year xliii. Volume lxxxiv. Issue LII

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Allston blaze claims 1 BU student, injures others The BU Ignition

files appeal after SG election issues

By Margaret Waterman Daily Free Press Staff

A three-alarm fire at 87 Linden St. broke out early Sunday morning, leaving one dead and 15 injured.

By Margaret Waterman Daily Free Press Staff

A three-alarm fire at 87 Linden St. in Allston Sunday morning killed an unidentified female Boston University student and injured several other people, officials said.

Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said the blaze also in-

jured 15 people, nine of which were residents and six of which were firefighters.

“Once again we are grieving the loss of a member of our student community,” BU President Robert Brown said in an email to students. “While we continue to work to provide support and care to those most in need, each of us should hold close all our

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friends and colleagues, as we all have lost part of our community in the tragedies of the Marathon bombing and this morning’s fire.”

Additionally, two of the nine injured were identified as BU students, said BU spokesman Colin Riley. They were treated

Fire, see page 2

AG’s report shines light on quickly rising healthcare costs

By Stevem Dufour Daily Free Press Staff

In an effort to lower health care costs for patients, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley released a report Tuesday recommending more assistance to protect lower-cost providers while maintaining healthcare options for consumers.

“Addressing health care costs while preserving quality and access is a priority for our office, as the Commonwealth continues to face significant challenges,” Coakley said in a press release Tuesday. “Our investigation shines a light on the positive benefits of new health care products that focus on both quality service and affordability, but also demonstrates the need for greater transparency to address continued market dysfunctions.”

As the third of its kind, this report builds upon the previous two, released in 2010 and

2011 respectively. The report said the costs of health care were linked to market presence rather than costs of service, and made recommendations to increase transparency in the market and maintain high quality care, according to the release.

This year’s report used previous findings and data to show insurance purchasing trends shifting away from Health Maintenance Organization plans, which can limit patients by requiring the reference of a primary care physician for all procedures, to Preferred Provider Organization plans, which do not need a PCP sign-off, but can cost more for non-preferred physicians, according to the report.

Eric Linzer, spokesman for the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, said this shift is evidence of a divide between what health care providers want to offer and what consumers are willing to pay for.

“You’ve got the [healthcare] delivery system moving in the direction of giving payment arrangements that require more restrictive types of networks,” he said. “The challenge here for policy makers is to understand that on the one hand you’ve got employers and consumers looking for products with more choice, and yet they begin to run into conflict with the direction the delivery system is moving in.”

Health care providers charged consumers “in ways that are not explained by care coordination or risk contracting requirements” and for taking financial risks without consulting insurance companies, according to the report.

Rich Copp, spokesman for Partners Healthcare, said the providers he represents are among the best in the nation regarding healthcare costs.

“A lot has happened in the recent 2012 period that might not be fully reflected in the Attor-

Health Care, see page 4

Due to certain campaign period violations made by Boston University Student Government slate The BU Ignition, votes were deducted from four candidates’ total vote counts, Student Elections Commission officials said Friday night.

The slate in question, The BU Ignition, violated parts of the BU Lifebook on Tuesday, said SEC co-chairwoman Tess McNamara. The offenses included sliding campaign cards under doors in residences such as Warren Towers, West Campus and The Towers Tuesday.

McNamara, a School of Education sophomore, said SEC members took adequate measures to ensure the votes were tallied in a fair manner. She said in total, members of the SEC considered the task at hand for about 10 hours.

“With that very, very extensive deliberation, we have taken into account the complaints filed, the appeals filed and all relevant information including documents and factual documentation we have received,” McNamara said.

“With all of that collectively, we feel extremely strongly that the decisions that we have made are accurate.”

SEC officials deducted a total of 632 votes from The BU Ignition, according to the SEC’s official voting tally sheet. In a statement online, SEC officials said votes were deducted based on a calculation of how the campaign violations might have affected voter turnout.

This “400 point” punishment comes in addition to a “200 point” deduction for campaigning before campaign season officially began, wherein a member of The BU Ignition posted the slate’s campaign song to their Facebook page early, said Aditya Rudra, a School of Management junior and the slate’s candidate for vice president of finance. The post was taken down.

Presidential candidate Dexter McCoy, who was still victorious, saw a 167 vote loss, while CAS freshman Saurabh Mahajan seeking executive vice president, SED freshman Bonnie Tynes, seeking vice president of internal affairs, and Rudra, seeking vice president of finance, saw 146, 161 and 158 vote losses, respectively.

Before deductions, McCoy, Tynes and Rudra were among the elections’ victors, and would have been granted SG president, vice president of internal affairs and vice president of finance, respectively.

McCoy filed an official complaint with the

Appeal, see page 2

3 Becoming United candidates, 1 BU Ignition candidate elected to SG E-board

By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff

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Members of the Boston University Student Government slate “Becoming United” embrace after learning the results of the election. Three of the slate’s four candidates were victorious.

Boston University students elected candidates from both The BU Ignition and Becoming United slates as the Student Government executive board for the 2013-14 academic year, Student Elections Commission officials announced Friday night.

From The BU Ignition, College of Communication junior Dexter McCoy was elected as SG president with 1161 votes.

However, due to illegal campaigning activity, each candidate of The BU Ignition was deducted 1/14th of his or her votes, said SEC Co-Chair Kerry Ford.

“I am extremely thankful and grateful that such a large number of students have confidence in me in leading the student body that the SEC’s decision to take away votes still did not affect that outcome,” McCoy said. “I commit fully to serving this student body no matter who is on the executive board or regardless of who is in of-

fice because students sent a clear message, a mandate.”

Students also elected College of Arts and Sciences freshman Richa Kaul as executive vice president with 1168 votes, School of Management sophomore Fiona Chen as vice president of finance with 1143 votes and SMG junior Thatcher Hoyt as vice president of internal affairs with 1109 votes. All three were from the Becoming United slate.

“It was great to see all of the competition between the candidates and to see everyone get so involved and have such a great voter turnout,” said SEC co-chair Kerry Ford, a School of Education sophomore. “We think that any of the candidates would have done a great job [if elected].”

With 3,153 students casting votes in the election, 20 percent of the undergraduate student body participated, about three

Results, see page 2

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SEC on behalf of The BU Ignition, to which the SEC issued a response explaining its calculations and process for deciding on the punishment.

However, Rudra, who is current SG president, said in deducting votes from each candidate’s total tally, the SEC violated its own policy.

He said slates are typically docked one allotted campaign day for these violations of this sort. SEC officials informed The BU Ignition of their violation Tuesday, but did not inform them of a punishment until

3:46 p.m. Friday afternoon, at which time there were no campaigning days left to take away.

“There are so many issues with that,” Rudra said. “It was an innocent mistake and should be punished by what the SEC can do. It happened on Tuesday — they had the time [to take away a day of campaigning] … to figure out a punishment that works but that does not actually change the election results.”

If further appeals are unsuccessful, McCoy is set to become SG president. Becoming United candidates Richa Kaul, a College of Arts

and Sciences freshman, SMG junior Thatcher Hoyt and SMG sophomore Fiona Chen will become executive vice president, vice president of internal affairs and vice president of finance, respectively.

Kaul, who would have won even if the SEC had not docked votes from Mahajan, said SEC members technically had the right to make the call to take away votes from The BU Ignition.

“We signed a letter of intent and affirmation before elections began,” she said. “We were basically telling the SEC that they were allowed to

fire at about 9:30 a.m., MacDonald said. At least one person jumped from the roof and three people were rescued with ladders.

Total damage to the residence is estimated to be $600,000, according to MacDonald. Officials are still investigating the cause of the fire.

Riley said BU officials are offering assistance, counseling and accommodations to eight students who have been displaced by the fire.

A number of Linden Street residents said the fire was unnerving, considering a similar blaze that destroyed a house at 84 Linden St. in January 2012.

The two-alarm 2012 fire caused roughly $500,000 worth of damage and sent seven BU students to the hospital.

Spencer Verney, a Linden Street resident, said the fire and sirens woke him up around 7 a.m.

“I woke up to my roommate basically yelling at me to come into his room,” Verney said. “We

live on the downwind side of the first so the smoke was blowing right over the top of our building to our apartment.”

JP Park, another Linden Street resident, said a second fire in the area is disturbing because it appears to be setting a trend.

“There was a fire two houses away from our house [at 84 Linden St.] as well and the whole thing burnt down,” Park, a withdrawn student from UMass Lowell, said. “It is becoming an annual thing. It’s kind of terrifying to live here.”

Park said he believed the 87 Linden St. property housed college students, based on past behavior he has witnessed, including large, loud parties.

Versey said this fire is troubling because it occurred in a student-populated area.

“There are a lot of students that live around here,” Versey said. “It is not what parents want to see.”

Michelle Jay contributed to the reporting of this article.

make choices if necessary and that all candidates would respect those choices.”

She said she was confused why The BU Ignition was allowed to appeal the decision because it was not an amendment to the Constitution.

“It was simply a restructuring of the consequence to fit the circumstances and technically, that is something that cannot be appealed because it was not a ruling on a complaint,” she said. “At the announcement dinner, there were a lot of informal appeals made.”

Luke Rebecchi, CAS junior and

the Can’t B Without U slate’s presidential candidate, said SEC officials should have handed down The BU Ignition’s punishment within the proper timeframe. He said SEC officials were supposed to decide within 48 hours of the slate’s violation but instead took 72 hours.

“As much as I think that the BU Ignition acted improperly, I don’t know that because of the SEC’s incompetence getting the ruling out in time that it’s fair to take votes from these people,” he said. “It doesn’t seem right.”

Residents uneasy after another Linden Street fire Officials pleased with voter participation in SG election FiRe: From Page 1

at local hospitals and were released late Sunday afternoon, he said.

The injured residents were hospitalized to be treated for including burns, cuts, sprains and exhaustion, MacDonald said. At least six of the 18 residents have been identified as BU students.

At least a dozen BU students have died within the past year, most recently Lingzi Lu, a firstyear Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings April 16.

“Our thoughts and prayers go to the family and friends of the individual who has died and all the victims of the fire,” Brown wrote.

“We are working to marshal counseling and support resources for all those touched by the fire while continuing to meet the needs of others who have been affected by the Marathon bombings.”

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times as many students than in the fall 2012 election. Both competition between the three slates and events created by the SEC to attract student voters successfully increased turnout, Ford said.

“Having competition among the slates definitely helped because they put themselves out there more,” she said. “It brought up a lot more student enthusiasm because [students] had a choice this time.”

Kaul said the newly elected e-board will focus on student outreach.

“One of the primary things that I want to do and that the three of us from the Becoming United slate absolutely will do is make sure that Student Government’s primary concern is understanding what the students want to see,” she said. “That is, by far, the most important thing we will be doing next semester.”

Kaul said she hopes to change SG’s culture by hosting open forums for students to voice their opinions and talking to students in the George Sherman Union Link on a regular basis.

“We want to make sure we reach out to students and know what they want,” she said. “That’s really big — bringing Student Government to the students.”

Chen said she hopes to work closely with the newly elected members to create an effective financial plan for the 2013-14 academic year.

“We’ll be planning out the finances so that we’ll have enough money to plan the retreat as well as hold forums, town halls, just a bunch of events, and have some saved aside for miscellaneous costs as well,” she said. “Hopefully we can empower the senators.”

Chen said she was surprised but pleased by the increase in voter turnout.

“The amount of votes in general, over three thousand people voted — I am super happy for that,” she said. “This general increase — that’s something I will definitely celebrate.”

Before announcing the election winners, SEC Co-Chair Tess McNamara said she was pleased with the various candidates.

“We just want to say that we, as the SEC, have time and time again throughout this election process been so impressed with all the candidates and campaign staff that have supported us and each other,” McNamara, an SED sophomore, said. “We know that everybody that was involved is so capable of doing an incredible job.”

Margaret Waterman contributed to the reporting of this article.

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Column TheWandering Mind It must have been aliens

I winced when I saw the comments the mother of the Tsarneav brothers made last week about the Boston Marathon bombings — how it was all fake and her sons were being framed because they’re Muslim. Oh boy.

Really? You really believe that?

The conspiracy theory mentality is absolutely fascinating. How are people able to meekly go about FRANK their lives while MARASCO holding these beliefs? There are millions of U.S. citizens who claim that Bush and Chaney toppled the world trade center. How is that a thing? Can you imagine living in this country thinking your own government arbitrarily murdered a couple thousand of its own people, then used it as propaganda to invade another country … so that gas prices would drop a few cents on the gallon?

These people wake up and go to work. They buy groceries. They bowl on Tuesday nights. They vote.

They pay taxes. All the while, thinking the ENTIRE government is a massive network of lies and conspiracy. How could you possibly live here while holding that belief?

What are you doing? Your government is plotting your murder! Run! Go! I wouldn’t care if I had to buy a plane ticket, or had to stow away on a cargo boat — whatever. If I believed my country was blowing up it’s own major cities I would be on the next form of transit out.

You’re a farmer in Iowa. Somebody came and messed up a bunch of your corn. Then, they decided, “Hey, I’m gonna turn your cow’s face inside-out now. Just for kicks.” First of all, you’re telling me that you honestly believe that was aliens? Aliens of unfathomable intelligence flew here across the cosmos just so they could screw up your dinky, little farm.

Fine. I mean you’re obviously not the type of person who’s going to be swayed by a rational argument, so I won’t waste my time there. But, what the heck are you still doing on that farm? You believe aliens are screwing with you, and you’re just going to keep hanging out in the same place?

You’re just going to keep sprinkling corn seeds and laying down fertilizer while little, green men hover around, waiting for the sun to go down so they can kidnap you? Move to Chicago, dude. No UFOs there. Ever.

What about the people in Mississippi who hunt “Bigfoot?” I mean, again, they believe Bigfoot exists.

So, I won’t waste time with that. But you believe a giant ape-man of unprecedented strength and agility lives out in the woods, and you’re going to hunt it? That thing would tear you limb from limb! Don’t hunt Bigfoot.

C’mon now. You’re lucky it doesn’t exist so it can’t beat the crap out of you.

Do people actually think the U.S. moon landing was staged? Really?

Where was the VHS of us winning the Vietnam War? Where’s the Blue Ray of Iraqis constructing a giant statue of Bush in the middle of Baghdad?

People can’t possibly believe this stuff. Can they? Here’s my conspiracy theory: Human beings like to brainwash themselves into believing dizzyingly absurd delusions.

Frank Marasco is a senior in the College of Communication. He can be reached at fcm820@bu.edu.

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Roxy’s food truck to expand from the streets Summer storage poses difficulties for BU students

By Alice Bazerghi Daily Free Press Staff

Due to continued economic prosperity, one of Boston’s wellknown food trucks, Roxy’s Gourmet Grilled Cheese, will open a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Allston for the next academic year.

James DiSabatino, owner of Roxy’s, said he had been looking for a space for about a year and found the perfect one at 785 Cambridge St. in Allston near Lone Star Taco Bar and Model Café.

“A lot of places seemed forced or awkward,” DiSabatino said.

“We didn’t want to have to make any sort of sacrifice. This ended up being the perfect space for us because we have a lot of friends that live in the area and will have a lot of support.”

The restaurant is scheduled to open in the fall when students will be returning to Boston for school, he said.

DiSabatino said opening a restaurant has always been his goal, but food trucks were a good way to get started.

“Trucks were coming in as something cool to do and easier to start with,” he said. “It was a great way to test out whether or not our concept would work and we are really glad we did it.”

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The Roxy Gourmet Grilled Cheese food truck will open at store at 78 Cambridge St. in the fall.

He said customers could rest assured the trucks will continue to operate once the restaurant is open.

“We might add more trucks, but the primary goal is the restaurant and making sure we keep the brand value,” he said. “We’re definitely going to expand the menu a little bit but keep it in the same vein of what we’re good at.”

The restaurant will stick to the same theme as the trucks, DiSabatino said.

“We will definitely pull elements of the truck into the res-

taurant,” he said. “We’re not going to make it look like the Ritz Carlton in there. We live our lives a specific way and that comes out in our business. We will be preserving our aesthetic in the restaurant.”

DiSabatino said he is excited about the predictability of owning a restaurant.

“Having a place to open up our doors without having to worry about the truck breaking down or generators,” he said. “[It will be]

Roxy’s, see page 2

UV rays cause early skin aging, BUSM research finds

By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff

Whether naturally or artificially, tanning in ultraviolet rays has been proven by research to be a cause of premature skin aging, according to a new study by the Boston University School of Medicine.

Despite the results, several BU students said they are already hesitant of the harmful effects of overexposure to UV rays.

“Tanning is all caught up in a particular look a woman is supposed to have,” said Lindsay Howard, a Metropolitan College first-year graduate student. “It’s gotten out of control.

It’s just so bad for your skin. It’s going to make you look a lot older.”

Ultraviolet light from natural or artificial sources may be responsible for the production of a protein called progerin that can result in photoaging, or accelerated aging of the skin, according to a Thursday BUSM release.

“The findings demonstrate that aspects of photoaging, the process of skin aging by chronic exposure to ultraviolet radiation, could be linked

to genetic factors that accelerate the aging process when induced by the environment,” the release stated.

The study was co-authored by Thomas Ruenger, BUSM professor and vice chair of the BUSM dermatology department, and Hirotaka Takeuchi and published by the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

“This, to our knowledge, is the first time that induction of progerin is described in response to an external agent,” Ruenger said in the release.

“Our results reveal a novel mechanism by which UVA rays, which are often emitted from tanning beds, may play a role in the acceleration of photoaging of the skin.”

Olivia Manning, a College of Arts and Sciences senior, said she does not tan regularly due to the possible health risks.

“I believe in the harmful effects of UV rays,” she said. “I’m from Arizona. People tell you all the time to wear sunscreen on a regular basis even if you’re not planning on being outside for an extended period of time.”

The damaging effects of UV rays

on skin, including premature aging, are easy to see, Manning said.

“It [tanning] causes wrinkles and dark spots,” she said. “The long-term effects aren’t really worth it.”

CAS junior Amanda Martin said she uses a tanning bed about once a week, but has heard about the harmful effects of tanning for years.

“I’m fully aware of the risks,” she said. “I tan less than I did. I only try to do it in the winter. I used to do it every other day. Now I’m down to once a week, once every two weeks.”

People who use tanning beds regularly are usually aware of their damaging effects, Martin said.

“You would have to be living under a rock to not know the health risks,” she said.

Anna Weingord a CAS sophomore, said she believes tanning beds are unsafe, and she uses sunscreen when spending time in the sun.

“I don’t purposefully go outside to get darker skin and tan,” she said.

“I go outside because I like being in the sun, so I just use precautionary measures to not get as much UV radiation on my skin.”

With the Spring 2013 semester drawing to a close, several Boston University students said they would like for BU officials to offer more advice and direction on options for storing possessions during the summer.

Mohamed Alghanami, a College of Engineering freshman from Bahrain, said it would be beneficial if BU officials provided students with basic information on summer storage companies and prices.

“If we could just get more information regarding storage, especially for freshmen, that would be great,” said Alghanami.

Alghanami said summer storage is necessary for students who cannot transport all of their belongings to distant homes between the spring and fall semesters.

“Especially because I’m an international student, it’s not really feasible to take all of my stuff all the way back home,” he said.

BU Housing Director Nishmin Kashyap said the summer holiday poses a much greater challenge than the fall, winter and spring holidays do for students and space.

“During regular breaks — Thanksgiving, winter and spring — students do not have to remove belongings from their rooms,” she said via email. “However, at the end of the academic year, students have to move out.”

Kashyap said BU does not endorse any vendors, and that the school neither encourages nor discourages summer storage.

“Students research online for vendors and contract with them individually,” Kashyap said. “It is a personal choice that students have to make.”

Mandy Evers, student services manager at the UPS Store at 1085 Commonwealth Ave., one company that offers students summer storage, said it is common for students to store all types of items.

“Students are storing clothes, storing stuff that they’re not going to need for the summer when they’re at home,” Evers said. “It really depends on the student in deciding what they want to bring

Storage, see page 4

Although Mass. air improving, Suffolk County recieves ‘C’ grade

By Bram Peterson Daily Free Press Staff

Despite an overall increase in the air quality of Massachusetts since 2012, several counties still have an unsafe level of ozone pollution and would need to improve the air quality for the future, according to the State of the Air report released by the American Lung Association Wednesday.

“While these grades are improving, the Lung Association believes in the long run, and science backs this up, that these levels are still too high, and we would want to see them lower so that at no point are we going to have even moderately unhealthy air days,” said Casey Harvell, Healthy Air campaign coordinator at the ALA. Four counties received a fail-

ing grade — Bristol, Dukes, Hampshire and Worcester County. Suffolk County passed but received a “C’” grade.

Ozone grades are determined by the amount of days that a county’s air quality breaks an air standard threshold, which is measured by recording stations in each county, Harvell said.

“We do see quite a big amount of our pollution come through the jet stream,” she said. “While we’ve been working really hard to improve our air quality in Massachusetts and the region, there are still things out of our control coming from more of the bigger industrial parts of the country.”

James Baldwin, professor of earth and environmental sci-

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The American Lung Association released the State of the Air 2013, part of which gives letter grades for the quality of ozone on “high ozone days 2009-2011.”

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Room for air quality improvement in Suffolk, report suggests OzOne: From Page 3

ence at Boston University, said if ozone pollution is not monitored, high ozone days could cause several health problems for people.

“It [ozone] damages your lungs, causes respiratory distress, it increases the risk of asthma,” he said. “People that have asthma, people that have respiratory disease [and] elderly people are all highly at risk.”

Since the Massachusetts economy is primarily service-based, Baldwin said the economic reces-

sion affected many states whose air pollution comes to the Commonwealth, and although air quality has improved, this is only a temporary change.

“Air quality declines with more energy consumption, so one of the reasons why we have a steady state case is because the economy hasn’t booming,” he said. “Until we have a more substantial change in how we use and produce energy, I would expect that as soon as the economy starts ramping back up that we’ll see air pollution get worse.”

Baldwin said change is just a matter of implementing the technologies that already exist in order to improve air quality.

“One of the grand ironies about air pollution is that for virtually everything except for carbon dioxide, we can fix it,” he said. “We have technologies that can stop all of these things [air pollution sources]. It’s a matter of cost and of implementing them.”

Some residents said if the technology exists to deal with air quality problems, then they should be implemented.

“Any steps that can be taken should be taken, that’s a no brainer,” said Nate Chase, 34, a chef in Somerville.

Chase said the government should already institute the technology to further prevent poor air quality in Massachusetts.

“It’s obvious, something should be done,” he said. “If we have the technology, we should do whatever it takes.”

Joel Carlton-Gysan, 40, of Brighton, said more groups and organizations should be aware of the air quality problem.

“It’s definitely an issue where we need to bring together businesses and public interest groups to discuss the problem and see what should be done about it,” he said.

Eamon White, 27, also of Brighton, said ozone pollution is a problem that needs to be handled by all states.

“I want the environment to get to a place where it’s stable,” he said. “It’s a much larger problem than just Massachusetts.”

Locals excited for Roxy’s Grilled Orgs. already working toward AG’s suggestions Cheese Allston storefront, décor HeAltH CARe: From Page 1

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a place that is consistent, predictable, and not dependent on the weather.

A number of residents said they are excited about their favorite food truck expanding beyond the streets.

Becca Speicher, 26, of Allston, said she found out about the Roxy’s truck on television.

“I saw them on the food network and their grilled cheese is really good,” she said. “My favorite is the Green Muenster.”

Speicher said Roxy’s is one of her favorite food trucks in the

Allston area.

“I’m excited because I’ve lived in this area for years and really like their grilled cheese,” she said.

Jen Shuman, 26, senior research assistance at Brown University, said she visits her friends in Allston frequently and is looking forward to checking out the restaurant when she visits.

“I’m honestly most excited about the décor,” Shuman said.

“It will be really cool to see this theme translated into a restaurant, the whole rockabilly girl feel is awesome.”

Students seek BU’s help in aquiring summer storage stORAge: From Page 3

home with them and what they want to leave here for the next term.”

Evers said the average student using UPS Summer Storage spends about $180.

“I live in an apartment off-campus, so that’s where I’m keeping all of my stuff for the summer,” said Jeffrey Hintz, a College of Arts and Sciences junior.

Hintz said he noticed many companies have been advertising themselves around the Charles River Campus by handing out fliers, putting ads under students’ doors and writing information on the sidewalk with chalk.

“Some people have a lot of stuff so they can’t bring it home, and the school should probably help them out a bit more,” he said.

Lindsay Chan, a CAS freshman from Philadelphia, said summer storage is valuable to students. “[Summer storage] helps anyone who lives farther away from Boston than a day’s car ride, or for anyone who has to fly because obviously they can’t bring their bulkier items with them,” she said.

She said although she will not be storing any items, she believes storing possessions during the summer ultimately saves money for students.

“It’s also good because they [students] don’t have to get rid of anything they can’t carry and be forced to buy it all new next semester,” she said. “I wish they [BU] had a page with all our options for summer storage on the housing website.”

ney General’s report,” he said. “For example, Partners Healthcare has ripped up contracts with all three of the large insurers here in Massachusetts and lowered charges, providing $345 million in savings for consumers.”

Health plan payment disparities based on 2010 and 2011 financial information were discovered in the report. The same plans created varying budgets for patients of similar health in different parts of the state, they did not uniformly reimburse providers, and they charged different rates for covered procedures depending on if

the patient had an HMO or a PPO, according to the report.

After finding the data, Coakley recommended the Health Policy Commission and the Center for Information and Analysis require more reporting from consumers to better measure and enforce unfair pricing, according to the release. Áron Boros, executive director of CHIA, said his organization was already working toward the recommendations.

“The Attorney General’s recent recommendations are consistent with the Center for Health Information and Analysis’s ongoing efforts to promote transparency in health care

costs and quality,” Boros said in an email. “We look forward to continuing … to monitor quality, affordability, and accessibility of health care in the Commonwealth as cost containment is implemented.”

Regardless of certain issues the report found, Copp said the hospitals he represents serve as models for high quality and cost-effective care in Massachusetts and the country.

“We’re responsible for better care, more coordinated care of our [patients,]” he said. “Our goal is to do it in a more cost-effective manner than is being done in other places around the country and that’s what we’re doing.”

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A clean slate for 19 years

Carla Hale was a physical education teacher at Bishop Watterson High School, a Catholic school in Ohio, for 19 years.

She stayed in the closet about her sexuality and kept her lesbian partner a secret for most of her time there. Then, when Hale’s mother passed away, she made the decision to mention her partner in the obituary.

A parent read this in the paper and wrote an anonymous letter to administrators that said, “…a coach, at a catholic school living in a relationship in which the church is clearly against, amazes me,” NBC News reported. Hale then lost her job.

Before we talk about how a person, again, has been terminated because of their sexual orientation, we have to respect a private institution’s right to write their own policies and take action where they see fit.

Any private institution has a right to do what they want within the confines of the law. The Catholic Church has their own prerogative, even if they exclude people who identify as homosexual.

But in a time where uniting to rally for same-sex marriage and equality is the norm, it is unsettling to see instances where a corporate institution exercises excessive power over the personal lives of their employees. In her 19 years of teaching there had been no instances where Hale’s sexuality impeded her teaching methods or af-

fected her students. It wasn’t until a parent found out about Hale’s lesbian partner that there was a problem. Although the Catholic Church has the right to terminate people if they do not follow their guidelines, in the U.S., when someone is fired because of their sexuality, there comes a growing disdain for such institutions that choose to do so. This blatant disregard for peoples’ sexual freedom pushes people from organized religion.

This is why people disagree with private companies and institutions like the Catholic Church. We are in a progressive time, and when we hear stories like this, which is far too often, the reaction is always the same: Does her sexuality really have that great of an effect on the way she teaches?

Is it really a problem?

Hale is not even trying to make her issue a national story. She is not trying to extort anything from the Catholic Church or Bishop Watterson High School. She is not even seeking media attention. It wasn’t until NBC News interviewed her and not her lawyer that she revealed she only wanted her job back. Hale is not looking to extort any money from the high school. Because she is following the school’s standard procedure for filing a grievance, there is hope that by approaching this situation cautiously, she will be rehired.

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Many students, when they have 10 pages to write, find themselves on Tumblr, Facebook or Reddit. The last on that list is known for its r/aww thread providing the world with thousands of adorable animals or the gruesome r/wtf thread with photos that make most viewers cringe. After the Boston Marathon Bombing, Reddit moderators took a more serious turn with the r/findbostonbombers thread, effectively starting a citizen-run manhunt in search of the suspects. Users posted photos and names of people in the videos from the bombing. Reddit issued an apology, both privately and publically, for starting a “witch hunt” in Boston, the metaphor sticking because so many Reddit accusations proved false.

Since then, the thread has been made completely private and only moderators and “approved submitters” may view and post to the thread. Most of the thread consisted of speculation of the suspect(s) age, nationality and religious affiliation. There are also multiple conspiracy theories sprinkled into the mix. People went crazy uploading screen shots with names attached.

Although Reddit does not allow users to post personal information, submitters did so anyway. The family of Sunil Tripathi, the then-missing, now-found dead former Brown University student, suffered more emotional distress when people accused

their son of terrorism.

Reddit users took it upon themselves to find the suspect for the FBI. Investigators did ask for any help from the public, though, so submitters were not completely wrong for posting photos. The real problem was some mainstream media outlets, which picked up these accusations and made them national. The intentions were upright but news outlets should have realized that it is too volatile a space to actually verify information like that before the FBI. Reddit’s apology shows how prominent Internet voices are aware of their influence on the public.

The speed and accessibility of Reddit, however, got people involved in an investigation of which the FBI and Boston Police Department should have been in control.

Reddit’s decision to make the thread private instead of delete it shows how committed moderators are to helping investigators gather information and how conscious they are of how people spread information online. People should take a deep breath and realize that it is more important to wait for verified information rather than shout fire, then look for smoke. Seeing such a large website take that responsibility is relieving because if something like the Boston Marathon events happen again, only the legitimate suspect’s photo will be posted, at least by Reddit.

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Counting down SOFIYA MAHDI I have 14 days. 336 hours. 20,160 minutes. 1,209,600 seconds until my adventure in Washington, D.C. comes to an end. My soonto-be-used storage boxes lie in front of my door staring at me as I come and go. I hastily scribble a reminder on my notepad to schedule my exit interview for my internship. While I still have a precious two weeks in my adopted home, my friends trickle back from their own experiences abroad. We are assigned a reflective presentation on our time in Washington and what we have learned. I don’t really know where to start.

I’ll remember when I sat at my desk on a Wednesday, a brief released at 6 a.m. outlining the main point of U.S. President Obama’s budget neatly stapled on my desk. Rumors had been flying that a deal on the immigration bill was going to be presented soon. All of a sudden, word circulated that an announcement on gun control would be made by two senators from either side of the aisle, a press conference which would curiously coincide with Obama’s address. Was the bickering on every possible front exhilarating? Absolutely not.

Was watching politics unfurl before my eyes and ears in the capital of the United States unforgettable? Yes. I had the budget news conference unfolding on my laptop, with the development on background checks in purchasing guns playing on my desktop monitor. My understanding of what it takes to balance the budget is drawn from playing BudgetHero on my laptop as research for a class assignment. One would think it an obvious truth that deciding who and what receives funding would be difficult. Unfortunately, that fact becomes less relevant to those in favor of keeping education programs alive. That justification loses its meaning when there are students in search of jobs, the elderly in pursuit of adequate health care, voters awaiting tax reform and fierce debate over America’s defense spending going into the future as overseas commitments change. There was a dissonance between keeping track of remarks on entitlement programs and regulation on private gun sales, but I remember there was a split second when both men said “come together” simultaneously. I glanced up from my haphazard scribbles and smiled.

I’ll remember I left statistics and video editing behind to enjoy the Holi celebrations at George Washington University. Packets of colored powder were tossed in the crowd, the festivities officially began as everyone threw a handful of color in the air. Greens, blues and yellows seeped into my hair and arms. Water guns squirt water at squealing college students. Once the furor died down, students lay on the grass and sat on benches observing the aftermath. Human watercolors disappeared into the Washingtonian streets. On our walk back to Woodley Park, we drew stares from

others on the pavements who were as as caked in paint; we made others do a double-take before going on with their Sunday afternoon.

I’ll remember my very first Washington Nationals baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, and how we got to pose with one of the bobble-headed presidents (Thomas Jefferson, to be precise) before the game. I tried my first beef hot dog wrapped in pretzel dough, tossed to me in a matter of seconds from when I ordered it above the din around me. I know little to nothing about baseball, but I cheered whenever anything happened anyway. I identified different players by their outrageous facial hair.

I’ll remember my first tour of the Pentagon. Shepherded into smaller groups, we were taken down hallways, passing by employees doing everything from jogging to grocery shopping. We were told the Pentagon can fit more than 100 White Houses in its square footage. After being toured around, we stop for a moment in the reflection room dedicated to those who lost their lives in the September 11th terrorist attacks. There’s a bench in the center with the names of those who passed away in front of it. Even now, all these years later, it’s powerfully moving.

I’ll remember sitting in a dingy Italian restaurant reminiscent of an old Hollywood movie watching a live stream of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner while sipping strong coffee. By the end of Conan O’Brien’s speech, a tired waitress came up to us, the only two people in the restaurant, and politely but firmly said we had to leave. We watched the last minute outside with spotty wi-fi as two chauffeurs chuckled at us from their parked tinted cars. Standing away from the barrage of cars parked outside the hotel, women in gowns with men in tuxedos began to trickle out, some into cabs while some melted away into side streets. All of a sudden flashing lights illuminated the street. The President of the United States’s car drove right past us onto the closed streets ahead. Only in Washington.

Perhaps one day we’ll be on the other side of those doors.

Above all, I’ll remember the other students and faculty who experienced it all with me.

The people I’ve lived with since January, the people I’ve come to call my closest friends.

People I’ve known for mere weeks of my lifetime I’ll consider friends for years. I know these memories wouldn’t be the same without you. You’re always told being abroad brings you closer to complete strangers than any other experience in college will. I didn’t go to an exotic corner of the world, but I will forever cherish my months in America’s capital.

Sofiya Mahdi is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences studying abroad in Washington, D.C. She can be reached at sofiya218@gmail.com.

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The Terriers scored three runs in the initial frame, and the score remained 3-0 until the top of the third when Maine’s offense exploded. The Black Bears scored five times, with four coming on a grand slam off the bat of third baseman Jean Stevens.

The Terriers inched back in the next half inning and made it a 5-4 game on an RBI single by junior shortstop Brittany Clendenny.

The Terriers regained the lead in the sixth, scoring three times to take a 7-5 advantage. Two RBIs came off Kehr’s bat, scoring Volpano and junior catcher Amy Ekart.

Ekart’s slide was crucial, as she knocked

the ball out of the catcher’s glove and would have otherwise been out.

“Amy’s one of the biggest competitors,” Gleason said. “She knows what she needs to do to get that run in. I had given her the go sign, and Amy went right into her.”

The Terriers added two more runs in the sixth on a two-run double by Clendenny.

After struggling in the third, Schuppert calmed down, only allowing three more hits the rest of the way. Schuppert went the distance, going seven innings, allowing five runs and striking out four in the 9-5 victory.

“It’s huge for [Schuppert],” Gleason said. “She takes on all of them. She just battled back. She had one bad inning and

battled back. She did a great job.”

With the win, the Terriers went for their third straight victory on senior day. Schuppert, Tuthill and senior second baseman Emily Roesch were honored before the game.

After the pregame festivities, the Terriers sent out Schuppert, who was strong in her second consecutive start. She pitched another complete game, striking out four and allowing one run.

The offense had her back from the start as BU jumped all over Maine starter Beth Spoehr. Despite falling behind 1-0 in the first, the Terriers scored three times in the second to take a 3-1 lead. Sophomore left fielder Emily Felbaum had the highlight

of the inning with a suicide squeeze that brought in Meadows.

BU added three more in the fifth on a two-run double to deep center by Volpano and an RBI groundout by Roesch. Volpano added salt to Maine’s wounds with another run in the sixth on a solo homer to left field.

Schuppert did not allow a run after the first. After a quick 1-2-3 seventh inning, the Terriers won their third consecutive game by a final score of 7-1.

“We didn’t do anything flashy, we just played great softball,” Gleason said. “We played good defense and pitched well. It was a great way to end the weekend.”

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final home event of the year. BU’s next meet is in Collingswood, N.J., where it will compete in the Eastern Sprints May 5.

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Terrier junior forward Marie-Philip Poulin made the Canadian National Team prelim. roster.

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goal run of its own to go up 18-16 with 2:16 remaining.

While junior midfielder Sydney Godett scored to cut the deficit to one with 1:17 to go, BU could not score the tying goal and fell, 18-17.

Mogavero was huge for the Terriers, tying a career-high with five goals in the game. Godett was also impressive, setting a career-high with her hat trick.

Elsworth was solid in net for BU, recording five saves and only allowing 10 goals in 47 minutes of play.

Despite the tough loss, Robertshaw

said her team is looking forward to its final game of the season, a Saturday night matchup against Duke University.

“I don’t think it’s too hard to move on … because we have one game left in the season,” Robertshaw said. “We’ve talked to the girls about having no regrets and finishing the way that we want to finish.

“And although we didn’t get the ‘W’ [Saturday], I think if we played the earlier half of our season the way we played yesterday, we would have at least five or six more wins on our schedule right now, because I think they played well and fought hard.”

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Women’s hockey members centralized with Canadian National Team Hockey Canada announced Thursday that five members of the BU women’s hockey family have been named to the Canadian National Women’s Team preliminary roster for 2013-14 to prepare for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

Junior co-captain Marie-Philip Poulin, senior forward Jenelle Kohanchuk and former Terriers Jenn Wakefield, Catherine Ward and Tara Watchorn join the 27-player roster. They will travel to Calgary, Alberta, in May for fitness testing and will begin training full-time in August.

The final roster that will travel to the Olympics in Sochi, Russia, will be deter-

mined in late December.

Poulin, Wakefield and Ward have competed at the international level together before, most recently at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship earlier in April.

During that competition, Poulin was named most valuable player after tallying 12 points on six goals and six assists.

Wakefield had eight points (four goals, four assists), and Ward led all defensemen in points with one goal and six assists.

In her time at BU, Watchorn became the highest-scoring defenseman in program history with 21 goals and 63 assists in her career.

Kohanchuk finished her run at BU with career highs in goals (25) and points (46) during the 2012-13 season, bringing her career total to 138 points (66 goals, 72 assists).

‘Like’ The Daily Free Press Sports Section On Facebook Roesch displaying subtle, strong play Senior Day: From Page 8

her senior season establishing herself as a major force on the mound. She leads the Terriers’ pitching staff with a 2.44 ERA and 13 wins, and found her footing as a true leader on the team even as BU struggled early in the season.

Classmate and fellow pitcher Erin Schuppert has not had the same success Tuthill has experienced in 2013. Until this past weekend she only had one win on the year, but when Tuthill was injured and unable to take the mound, Schuppert pulled through, winning two of three games in the sweep of Maine to close out home play.

“For Erin to get that win is great,” Gleason said. “Three strikeouts and one walk, that’s a great way for her to end her career here at BU on the mound.”

Despite struggling all season, Schuppert walked away from the weekend with two wins, including a one-run, five-hit victory to close out the sweep. Though she allowed five runs in one inning in the first game against Maine, Schuppert was on point for most of the weekend, allowing only one run in the first inning of the third game, a 7-1 Terrier victory.

The only senior not on the pitching staff, second baseman Emily Roesch, has been a subtle offensive and team leader. What Roesch lacks in panache she makes up for in quiet strength. She has 19 RBIs — the

second most on the team — and a .242 batting average. All season long, she has been a constant in a sporadic offensive lineup.

“Subtly. That’s the way E-Roe goes about her business,” Gleason said. “[Junior center fielder] Jayme [Mask]’s our vocal leader and E-Roe’s our quiet, calm lead by example, and so it was always great to see her.”

Second base is often referred to as the “keystone sack,” and Roesch has been the epitome of that colloquialism all season long. She is a strong defensive player with a .960 fielding percentage. While her presence on the field has never been attention grabbing, Roesch consistently supports her team, providing necessary offensive and defensive pushes.

In Sunday’s game against Maine, Roesch singled to start off the Terriers’ first rally of the game in a three-run second inning. Roesch went 2-for-3 on the day, with an RBI groundout that provided Schuppert and the rest of the Terrier defense with a comfortable lead.

The 2013 senior class is a small one, consisting of only three players, but Roesch, Schuppert and Tuthill have been valuable members of the BU softball team over the past four seasons.

“I know they want to go out with a bang,” Gleason said. “But that’s just the way they play every day.”

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Softball squad bounces back, sweeps 3-game series vs. Maine

BU shows offensive, pitching prowess in weekend victories

Schuppert comes through en route to senior day triumph

The Boston University softball team struggled in its three midweek games against the University at Albany and Bryant University, dropping all three. However, this weekend the Terriers claimed a three-game sweep at home over the University of Maine.

“We played BU softball,” said BU coach Kathryn Gleason. “We just battled back and never let anything get us down.

We had good pitching all around.”

In the first game of the series, the Terriers (20-23-1, 8-6 America East) did not send out usual starter senior pitcher Whitney Tuthill, who was battling an injury. Instead, freshman pitcher Lauren Hynes got the start.

Although Hynes was solid in her effort, she had to weave through trouble in the first inning as Maine (7-37, 3-12 America East) threatened early.

After a single by redshirt junior Hannah Hill, Maine loaded the bases with only one out. Despite the pressure, Hynes got the next two hitters out to end the inning.

The Terriers grabbed that momentum and scored their first run of the game in the bottom half. Junior center fielder Jayme Mask started the rally with a leadoff single and followed it by stealing second. Hynes bunted her to third, which set up an RBI single by junior third baseman Megan Volpano.

BU followed its first-inning success with another run in the second. Junior first baseman Chelsea Kehr started the rally

In the second game Saturday, BU put Erin Schuppert in the circle. Schuppert had not pitched since April 3 when she gave up six runs and lost to the University of Connecticut.

Although Maine threatened in the first frame again, Schuppert held strong and kept Maine off the board.

The sun was shining brightly and the weather was picture perfect as the Boston University softball team set out to honor the 2013 senior class during Sunday afternoon’s game against America East foe University of Maine in its last home game as a member of the conference.

The Terriers (20-23-1, 8-6 America East) successfully completed a three-game sweep of the Black Bears (7-37, 3-12 America East) with pitcher Erin Schuppert picking up her third win of the season while second baseman Emily Roesch continued her season-long offensive success.

“You try not to make it too emotional for them before the game, but I think we honored them very nicely,” said BU coach Kathryn Gleason. “But they just want to go out and they keep doing what they’ve always done.”

The Terriers’ third senior, pitcher Whitney Tuthill, was kept out of the circle because of an injury, but came in as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the sixth so she could see playing time in her last home game as a Terrier.

Though Tuthill’s fly out was not as dramatic as Schuppert’s strong performance in the circle or Roesch’s rally-starting offensive play, she has been the anchor of BU’s pitching staff for the entire season.

“I wanted to get Whitney in the game, I really did,” Gleason said.

Stepping into the top pitching spot due to Holli Floetker’s absence, Tuthill spent

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Terrier senior Erin Schuppert pitched two complete games vs. University of Maine.

with a double and sophomore infielder Kendra Meadows replaced her as a pinch runner. Meadows eventually scored on a fielder’s choice by freshman right fielder Haley King.

The 2-0 lead was enough for Hynes, who kept the Maine hitters in check. Hynes went seven innings, allowed six hits and struck out five in her victorious effort.

Lacrosse falls to Cornell in hard-fought loss Women’s golf takes second place at MAAC

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Despite 12 combined points from senior attack Danielle Etrasco and senior midfielder Kristen Mogavero, the Boston University women’s lacrosse team was unable to get the tying goal in the final minutes of play and fell to Cornell University, 18-17, Saturday afternoon in Ithaca, N.Y. The Terriers (6-9, 2-4 America East) and the Big Red (10-5) traded goals throughout the contest, as neither team could muster an offensive run to put the other team away.

“It was a great battle between two good teams that really wanted it,” said BU coach Liz Robertshaw. “It was Cornell’s senior game, and they came full force and were really aggressive against us like I thought they would, and I thought our team responded well.

“It was a back-and-forth game, highly offensive as you could see by the scoreboard, and that’s something that I’m proud of. The girls took some great chances and we created a lot of opportunities … I was really happy with our fight.”

The Terriers got off to a great start when Etrasco won the opening draw and scored 14 seconds into the game to give BU a 1-0 lead. Cornell scored the next two goals, but BU answered with scores from freshman midfielder Sofia Robins and sophomore attack Lindsay Weiner to give the Terriers a 3-2 lead with 25 minutes remaining in the half.

Cornell responded with a three-goal run, but junior attack Elizabeth Morse scored off an assist from Etrasco to cut the deficit to one. Both teams then traded trade goals to maintain the one-goal lead for the Big Red. With about 18 minutes left in the first half, Robertshaw decided to pull junior goalkeeper Christina Sheridan and replace her with senior goalkeeper Kim Elsworth, who played for the rest of the game.

“I was just watching and I didn’t feel that Sheridan was seeing the shots that were coming at her,” Robertshaw said. “Like I said all year, I’ve felt very confident about the play of Kim Elsworth all year long, and I wanted to give Kim a shot and see if we could change it up. We needed a momentum change and she did that for us.”

Cornell scored two straight goals to go up 8-5 with 17 minutes left in the frame, but the Terriers went on a four-goal run over the next four minutes to give themselves a 9-8 lead.

The teams entered halftime tied, 12-12.

The Big Red scored first to kick off the second half, but BU once again responded with a score from Etrasco to tie the game at 13.

After Cornell converted a free-position shot to give the Big Red a 14-13 advantage, the Terriers scored three consecutive goals for a 16-14 lead with 16 minutes left.

However, Cornell answered with a four-

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Competing at the MAAC Championship at Disney’s Palm Golf Course in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., over the weekend, the Boston University women’s golf team finished in second place.

The Terriers concluded the three-day tournament with a total of 969 points, 48 shots better than last year’s total.

Sophomore Kristyna Pavlickova finished five strokes behind the winner with a total of 228 (75-73-80), which put her in third place.

Freshman Maddy Silverman improved each day to place ninth with a three-day total of 246 (84-82-80).

Fellow freshman Emily Tillo tied for 12th place, also improving each day, with a final tally of 249 (87-82-79). She was the only player to break a total of 80 on the final day.

Sophomore Flor Canedo finished 14th with a total of 251 (83-87-81). Junior Christine Silen tied for 19th with 259 (8584-90).

BU was the only team besides Butler University to have all five players finish in the top 20.

This weekend concluded the best season in program history for BU. During the 2012-13 season, BU won three titles, including the ECAC Championship in September.

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Women’s rowing excels at Beanpot Regatta Attempting to continue its success after the varsity eight and second varsity eight boats both came out victorious Saturday, the BU women’s rowing team came in second place in the Beanpot Regatta Varsity Eight race Sunday afternoon at the DeWolfe Boathouse.

The Terriers’ varsity eight boat — with junior coxswain Sarah Specht and senior stroke Caroline Kimberly — fell by open water to the No. 7 joint team of Harvard University and Radcliffe College. However, BU completed the race ahead of College of the Holy Cross, Boston College, Northeastern University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

BU’s second varsity eight boat did not fare quite as well, as it finished third in its race. Coxed by sophomore Eline Vermeulen and stroked by freshman Emily Lerhe, the Terriers finished behind Radcliffe-Harvard and Northeastern, but defeated BC, Holy Cross and MIT. The rowing team had three other races on the day. In the Varsity Four race, BU finished second. The Third Varsity Eight and Second Varsity Four races did not yield as much success, as the 3V8 boat placed fifth and the 2V4 boat finished fourth.

The Terriers now say goodbye to their home turf, as the Beanpot Regatta was their

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