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NEW DIGS, 4

DANCING TWINS, 7

A THROWBACK, 9

MINUTEMEN MATCHUP, 12

The Howard Thurman Center is moving from the GSU to West Campus.

A politically charged performance at the ICA explored police brutality.

Why breaking habits is stressful but necessary.

Men’s hockey faces off against No. 2 University of Massachusetts Friday.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019

THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY

YEAR XLVII. VOLUME XCVI. ISSUE II

CGS-London students acclimate to campus life Proposed bill would tax opioid sales

BY AUDREY MARTIN

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For most Boston University students, January means a return to classes, dorms, dining halls and all of the other aspects of campus life to which they learned to adapt during their first semester. Frantically searching for academic buildings, swiping Terrier cards backwards and misplacing dorm keys had become a thing of the past over the month-long intersession.

But for first year students participating in the College of General Studies Boston-London program, Januar y marks an entrance into BU campus life, not a return.

And as CGS Dean Natalie McKnight said, starting in January as opposed to September with the rest of the freshman class can pose unique challenges to CGS students.

“I actually think the biggest challenge is weather,” McKnight said. “I think this is a tough time of year to get yourself out of the house or the dorm.”

Students enrolled in the CGS Boston-London program start their semester in January instead of September with the other BU Colleges. The fall semester is made up over the following summer in London, McKnight said, where they earn credits taking courses at the BU London Academic Center in South Kensington, London.

“After two semesters — January to the end of summer — they’ve got all the credits of a regular freshman, and they’re ready to start their sophomore year right on time in September,”

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Students studying after returning to campus from winter break in the College of General Studies.

McKnight said.

Move-in day for CGS freshmen occurred the weekend of Jan. 19 on a cold, rainy day, which McKnight said didn’t help with student morale.

In order to foster a sense of community and ensure that students starting in January are able to connect with their peers, CGS has adopted a program that puts students in teams with fellow CGS students and professors.

Teams meet regularly to do activities and check in on how students are doing.

“In most cases, students share the same faculty for two semes-

ters, so students get to know one another well,” McKnight said.

“They get to know the faculty well, the faculty get to know them well, and they can be making connections among their course with us.”

Despite the challenges of starting later in the year, the CGS Boston-London program has grown significantly since its launch with 75 students. Next year, McKnight said the program will admit a little more than 600 students.

“We started it out small,” McKnight said, “and if it hadn’t been successful after one or two

years, if we weren’t yielding and retaining students, and if students weren’t satisfied, I don’t think it would have grown like this.”

Anders Larson, a freshman in CGS who started at BU two weeks ago, wrote in an email that the beginning of his semester has been one of “acclimation,” and that the mandatory orientation over the weekend was helpful.

“BU put us through a weekend of Orientation events just before the semester started,” he wrote, “which played out to be somewhat predictable and cliche (but there’s nothing wrong with that). I did, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker introduced a bill to tax manufacturers of opioid medications. If passed, the state would lev y a 15 percent excise tax on the sales of prescription opioids in the state, which would generate an estimated $14 million to address opioid misuse, according to WBUR. This bill follows other recent efforts by the state to combat the growing opioid crisis, including Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, the maker of opioid painkiller Ox yContin, for deceptively selling its highly addictive painkiller to thousands of patients, according to NPR. Healey launched an investigation against Purdue in June 2017, according to a press release from the attorney general’s office.

The investigation later expanded to other opioid manufacturers and distributors including Endo, Janssen, Teva, Allergan and many other companies.

“The opioid epidemic is killing five people every day in Massachusetts,” Healey said in the release. “Purdue Pharma and its executives built a multi-billion-dollar business based on deception and addiction.”

Since 2008, Purdue has allegedly had sales representatives push the use of opioids in Massachusetts doctors’ offices,

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BU endowment hits $2B ‘Trauma spa’ set for pilot in Dorchester

BY ANDY VO

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Boston University President Robert Brown released the university’s annual report on Jan. 22, which included a financial report detailing, among other things, the financial aid given to students during the 2018 fiscal year.

According to the report, about $385.5 million was given in student aid last year, an increase from the just over $344 million awarded the previous year. For the first time in BU’s history, the school’s endowment surpassed $2 billion.

Martin Howard, BU’s senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, wrote in a letter included in the financial report that he was optimistic about the ongoing fundraising efforts made by the university. In FY2018, Howard wrote, BU raised $252.8 million from gifts and pledges.

“Gifts from alumni and friends

have provided generous support for undergraduate financial aid, allowing for greater substitution of grants for loans,” Howard wrote.

Randall Ellis, a professor of economics at BU, wrote in an email that financial aid can be the determining factor to attend a university for a wide range of household incomes.

“Students see [financial aid] as a signal of their being valued at a given university,” Ellis wrote.

“Holding quality constant, a student is much more likely to go to a university with a larger amount of financial aid, even if it is more expensive even after that aid than another alternative.”

Ellis wrote there are several ways schools can go about increasing financial aid for students, but most of them involve cutting university spending elsewhere.

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BY NAMU SAMPATH

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Boston Medical Center has partnered with Northeastern University to begin a 12-week pilot program of a trauma spa based in Dorchester, dedicated to serving women who have lost a loved one to violence and providing them with mental health resources.

Trauma Spa founder Mary Franklin, who lost her husband to violence in 1996 and runs the Women Survivors of Homicide Movement, said the pilot is scheduled to begin in May and will exclusively serve Boston women from lower income brackets who would otherwise be unable to pay for mental health care.

In order to effectively treat these women, Franklin said the Trauma Spa, or T Spa, will utilize a variety of therapies and stress relieving techniques to help them relax and recover from the mental anguish they have endured.

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The location of a proposed Dorchester-based trauma spa for women who have lost their loved ones to violence in Boston.

“Trauma Spa smells, looks and feels good for patients who are treated as guests, not patients,” Franklin said.

“We are going to treat trauma survivors by using acupuncture, massages, sound therapy, aromatherapy to help them deal with their PTSD.” Franklin said she also designed

the T Spa to be a safe place for women of color to treat and talk about their mental health issues, as she thinks mental health is severely stigmatized in Boston’s communities of color.

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2 NEWS

Pro-choice groups push new bill on Beacon Hill

BY SOFIA SARIC

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Across the country and Massachusetts, reproductive rights groups are advocating for increased protections for abortion access, as it was recently the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in the United States, on Jan. 22.

More than 70 organizations rallied for more extensive abortion legislation for Commonwealth residents at the Massachusetts State House on Jan. 17 during Sexual Health Lobby Day, according to a press release from the Coalition for Choice.

The rally was led by NARAL Pro- Choice Massachusetts, Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts, the ACLU of Massachusetts and Massachusetts Family Planning Association.

For the 2019 legislative session, advocates have proposed An Act to Remove Obstacles and Expand Abortion Access, or the ROE Act, which would eliminate needing parental consent for an abortion and improve affordable access by eliminating other provisions.

The bill is sponsored by Massachusetts Senate President Emerita Harriette Chandler, Speaker Pro Tempore Patricia Haddad and State Representative Jay Livingstone.

The ROE Act reforms state law to remove restrictions on abortion, including allowing access to abortion in certain cases of fetal anomalies after the 24-week mark and permitting teenagers to have access to abortion without parental consent.

At the Massachusetts State House on the Sexual Health Lobby Day, Chandler said the bill ensures that women’s healthcare is on the frontlines of the legislative agenda.

“The ROE Act breaks down barriers that women still face when trying to access abortion and contraceptive care,” Chandler said. “I am proud to sponsor this bill in honor of all the women who came before me and struggled to get the services they needed.”

Chandler said her efforts are motivated by the prospect of a better future.

“I will fight for the ROE Act so that future generations may live in a safer and healthier world,” Chandler said.

Not all believe that these efforts to increase abortion access are needed, however.

President of pro-life organization Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Anne Fox, said while she recognizes the legal possibility to expand abortion rights, she thinks there is no need for state abortion expansion because it is already accessible.

“They talk about access,” Fox said. “Well, in Massachusetts no one, no woman, is more than an hour at most from an abortion facility. It is less than an hour to get there.”

These already adequate forms of accessible help, Fox said, make the prospect of further accessibility difficult to imagine.

“It is kind of hard to think how you could expand it,” Fox said.

Massachusetts Citizens for Life, alongside other pro-life groups, is looking to pass legislation as well.

Fox said the organization filed

whether to sacrifice salaries for faculty and staff, offer fewer amenities and activities, or slow down building investments,” he wrote, adding that most buildings at BU are built with money from a specific, individual donor.

Ellis added that there are ways the university could increase its aid to students, such as growing the school’s endowment.

“It takes real effort and motivation to increase endowments,”

Ellis wrote. “BU is doing a better job, but is still behind other powerhouses like Harvard and MIT.” For the fiscal year 2018, Harvard University’s endowment was $39.2 billion, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s endowment was $16.4 billion.

Economics professor Kevin Lang said he believes the university has done an “incredible job” at finding a balance between spending to increase the attractiveness of the university and continuing

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Boston University’s Financial Assistance office. About $385.5 million was given in student aid in the 2018 fiscal year.

crime logs

BY MIA CATHELL

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The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Jan. 24–29.

Homeless male reported sleeping at 1027 Commonwealth Ave. An individual reported a homeless male sleeping in the hallway at 4:05 p.m. on Jan. 24 at 1027 Commonwealth Ave. Boston Police checked the building and did not find the individual.

Methane gas alarm goes off

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A Planned Parenthood location in Boston. More than 70 organizations rallied for safer abortion legislation for Massachusetts residents Jan. 17.

state bills this January that would fight coercion and increase educational information about abortion provided in clinics and schools.

“You take your dog in for surgery, you get a whole lot of information,” Fox said. “If you go in for an abortion, you get very little information. This would require that the people at the abortion facilities tell a women what is involved in the whole process.”

Carmen Hernandez, 52, of Back Bay, said although the possibility for new abortion access legislation could be a positive thing, abortion can still be upsetting.

“In a way, it is a mixed blessing,” Hernandez said. “A lot of

young people aren’t always ready for parenthood.”

Katherine Burke, 19, of Fenway, said that she is pro-choice because she believes that situationally, abortion can sometimes be the best, or only, option for some women.

“There are certain instances where abortion is not the best answer,” Burke said. “However, there are other cases where it might be necessary, or it might be better for the mother to get an abortion.”

Saloni Jain, 23, of Brookline, said she believes legislation to improve abortion access could be a positive change.

“If it makes it easier, then it is good,” Jain said.

BU gave out more financial aid in 2018 than 2017 ENDOWMENT, FROM PAGE 1

CAMPUS

to expand its financial aid for students.

Sometimes, he said, giving more financial aid to some students can actually harm a university overall.

“A school might be able to raise tuition on students who do not receive financial aid in order to increase grants to students who do,” Lang said. “It might be able to reduce the number of small classes in order to increase grants to students on financial aid.”

Statistics in the report show that BU oversaw more than $140 million in net operating gain and granted $487 million in research awards in FY2018. The merger with Wheelock College increased the university’s total net assets by $517 million.

BU spokesperson Colin Riley wrote in an email that the university’s $2 billion endowment could make the university appear wealthier than it actually is.

“In fact, we have a modest endowment for a school the size of BU,” Riley said. “BU’s endowment dollar per student is around $60,000, while some colleges exceed seven figures per student.”

Riley wrote that given these data points, BU is proud of the financial aid it is able to provide.

“The university recognizes the investment that students and their families are making to them,

and the president and his administration do an outstanding job in managing the university to be as efficient [as possible] in delivering high quality education,” he wrote.

Da n iel Her na ndez, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said that he attends BU in part because of the financial aid he receives.

“I would have to say that without the financial aid I get from this school, I probably wouldn’t be able to go here,” Hernandez said. “For real, I’m actually very thankful for the aid I’ve gotten from this school.”

Amos Mwaura, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, said he is lucky for his financial aid but questioned the financials of BU overall.

“I was pretty fortunate with my financial aid, looking at the official price of the university in relation to that, but I think that many students weren’t as fortunate, and I’m sure it is a big blocking point for students to attend a university,” Mwaura said. “I’m not going to lie, I wonder how all that money is redistributed for sure.”

Joe Walsh, a freshman in the College of Engineering, said he would like to see more financial aid given out.

“I’d always like more financial aid, could always go for some more,” Walsh said.

An individual placed a call to BUPD at 2:39 p.m. on Jan. 27 stating that an alarm was going off that they believed could be indicating high levels of methane gas. Responders have spoken with BU Environmental Health and Safety.

Missing person reported at GSU An employee at the George Sherman Union reported his father, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, missing at 10:15 p.m. on Jan. 29. The man was located in the area of St. Paul and Pleasant streets and was returned to his wife and son.

CITY

crime logs

BY JULIA SULLIVAN

DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Jan. 28–29.

Anonymous phone harassment A victim received a phone call in which an unknown suspect said, “I will take your debt,” around 1:39 a.m.

Tuesday at 42 Ashford St. and filed a police report.

7-Eleven armed robbery An armed robbery occurred around 2:40 a.m Tuesday at the 1227 Commonwealth Ave. 7-Eleven store.

The cashier reported the masked suspect brandished a handgun and demanded the cashier give them all of the register’s contents. The suspect remains at large.

Unknown doorbell ringer An unknown male continuously rang a victim’s doorbell and said the victim had a package around 8:10 p.m.

Monday at 1669 Commonwealth Ave. When the victim closed the door after finding no package, the suspect continued ringing the doorbell and banging on the door.

NEWS 3

Baker proposes tax on opioid makers, distributors OPIOID, FROM PAGE 1 clinics and hospitals more than 150,000 times, according to the release. The release also states Purdue has given money, meals or gifts to more than 2,000 Massachusetts prescribers.

Baker said in the release that holding Purdue Pharma accountable for these allegations is a critical step in reducing the number of highly-addictive pills in Massachusetts. In the future, Baker said he looks forward to working with the AG for reforms to reduce the use and distribution of opioids.

“Our administration will continue to implement reforms, including critical data collection on overdoses and prescriptions distributed through the updated Prescription Monitoring Program,” Baker said in the release, “and work with the legislature on our latest bill to stem the tide of this public health epidemic.”

Rachel Schwartz, director of communications of the Association for Accessible Medicines, said she thinks the 15 percent tax might burden poorer patients, as it fails to distinguish between the drugmakers that sell overly expensive brand name drugs and those who sell affordable generic versions of those drugs to patients in need.

“A tax like this on generic manufacturers is a misguided public policy for two reasons,” Schwartz said. “It does not solve a problem, and it puts an extremely high financial burden on the backs of the manufacturers who bring affordable prescription medicines to patients in Massachusetts.”

When this extra financial burden is placed on companies that make less profit on their drugs, Schwartz said these generic drugmakers may be forced out of Massachusetts. She said this would deprive lower-income patients of their much-needed drugs and will repeat the same problem faced in New York.

“New York passed a law in 2018 that placed a tax on manufacturers and wholesalers,” Schwartz said.

“The law was found unconstitutional.

Tellingly, the tax there would have outstripped the revenues that many generic drug makers have from oper-

ating in that state.”

Schwartz said the U.S. government is already doing a lot to combat the opioid epidemic nationally, including intervention by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and efforts by legislators to pass laws improving doctor education, prescription limits, increased insurance, state prescription drug monitoring programs and a reduction in “pill mills.”

“On the federal side, the Drug Enforcement Agency controls the number [of] opioids allowed to be

manufactured and over the past few years have reduced that number considerably,” Schwartz said. “All of these initiatives are already resulting in a decrease in deaths related to opioid use.”

Joseph Smith, 22, of Roxbury, said he hopes the new bill aids in the fight against the country’s opioid epidemic but thought the heavy tax could cause additional issues for drug making companies, and subsequently, patients in need of the medications.

“I know this tax is something many other states have tried over the

past year and have not succeeded,” Smith said. “This is why I am very concerned towards what this could mean for companies and people in Massachusetts.”

South End resident Steve Williams, 42, said he thought the opioid epidemic has been a major recurring problem in the United States for the last few years and does not believe the tax will be enough to stop the epidemic.

“In order for change to happen,” Williams said, “I think we have to find other solutions to the opioid

problem like informing young people about the long-term consequences of the epidemic.”

Ana Fernandez, 35, of Back Bay, said she supported Baker’s efforts to address the opioid epidemic, as she personally knows many people who have suffered from opioid abuse and addiction.

“I see the effects it has on people’s life,” Fernandez said. “I am glad Governor Charlie Baker is trying to take a different approach on the opioid crisis because it continues to be a problem for people.”

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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is calling to tax manufacturers of opioid medications in an effort to hold pharmaceutical companies more accountable for the opioid crisis.

BU proves both challenging, welcoming to new CGS students CGS-LONDON, FROM PAGE 1 however, get the opportunity to meet some great people with drastically different experiences than me, which I suppose was the point.”

Larson wrote he is excited for his semester in London over the summer but was concerned about the newness of the program.

“I’m worried that they haven’t hammered the curriculum into what they’d like it to be quite yet,” he wrote. “On the other hand, that gives me the opportunity to have some input into the process.”

Marisa Gregory, a CGS sophomore who started at BU last January, said she could remember the first few weeks of her semester being hard.

“It definitely is kind of difficult,” Gregory said. “I know that in fall they have parades and all that stuff, but just because of the weather it’s kind of hard to do that now.”

Gregory said when she first came to BU, she struggled to find friends in her traditionally upperclassmen dorm.

“I lived in a brownstone on Bay State, and if I didn’t have [one] friend it would have definitely been pretty lonely,” Gregory said. “When you’re in CGS Boston-London program, they kind of will just put you in housing wherever there’s space because they can’t fit everyone where most freshmen live.”

Collin McCormick, also a sophomore in CGS who started last January, said that while he didn’t have a hard time making friends in the college, finding students to connect with in other BU schools

was difficult.

“The only real challenge is that by the time you get here, the only people that are doing the same things as you are, like looking for friend groups, are the people that are January-London kids,” he said.

“Everyone is friendly and will say, ‘Hi,’ to you and are happy to meet you, but the only people that are looking to be your friends are the people in your same boat.”

McCormick said that although the majority of his friends are still CGS students, joining clubs and

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student organizations around campus was one way he was able to connect with more people.

“I met the majority of the people that I am very good friends with through activities and by going around trying to find people those first few weeks, from that hockey game and Rich Hall where I live,” he said. “They had a new resident meeting, and I met one of my good friends there.”

Natalie Patrick contributed to the reporting of this article.

4 NEWS

Work underway for Howard Thurman Center move

BY DAMIEN WALSH DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston University’s Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground is in the process of moving from the basement of the George Sherman Union to a location just across the BU Bridge at the Peter Fuller Building, 808 Commonwealth Ave. Pedro Falci, the associate director of the HTC, said the layout of the new location will include various open loungestyle spaces, as well as a space for “mindfulness” and several classrooms that will likely be used by other departments as a part of the BU Hub. Falci said the building will be undergoing construction before opening in fall 2019.

“To enter the Thurman Center, you will have to enter the 808 building,” he said. “They are going to create a new grand entrance for that building — currently the door is off to the side,

on Essex Street, it’s not actually on Comm. Ave.” Falci said there are plans to have a long hallway from Essex Street all the way to the Booth Theatre that would be adorned with artwork.

In a nod to the history of the building, Falci said that the columns, ceiling and showroom f loor will not be renovated during construction.

The construction will also include a staircase to the second f loor that will double as a small library and sitting area for students to have conversations.

Falci added that the HTC is named after the former Dean of Marsh Chapel, Howard Thurman, whose philosophy of common ground and unity underscores the center’s work.

“His big philosophies and writings are about creating communities where people can help each other thrive and can live together despite differences and

can really get to a point where they respect the inherent dignity of another human being — no matter how different they might be,” Falci said. “And so that’s our foundational philosophy, which I think is why the institution is so eager to expand our resources. ” Falci also stressed that a larger space will allow the HTC to host programming more frequently, as well as increase the amount with which other departments on campus could collaborate with the center.

BU spokesperson Colin Riley wrote in an email that the HTC is being moved due to the program’s expansion.

“We are expanding the staff and the center’s physical space to a prominent location to accommodate a number of programs,” Riley wrote. “It is a fitting tribute to Dr. Thurman and his legacy at BU, which is finding common ground among peoples and cultures.”

Erin Tichenor, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said the HTC has been a big inf luence on her time at BU and was happy that it was finally getting an expansion.

“I’m super excited for the new location,” she said. “I spend a lot of time here, and I was just talking to someone about struggling to find the balance between having this environment to socialize and have really rich conversations with people, but then also having a safe haven to study in.”

Tichenor said the current space was a little “constrained” by all of the events and students that currently use it. She also said that she thinks moving to the center of campus will give the HTC greater visibility.

“I’m excited for the move because it’ll just provide us with more room for people to just sit in silence, to read, to have big discussions, to have classrooms

so that more people come here that might not, and the visibility right by the BU bridge will be a good beacon of light for this campus,” she said.

Helena Gill, a freshman in the College of Engineering, said that she believes the location change will make the center more accessible to more students.

“It’s a really great opportunity to expand the space for more students to be involved with,” she said. “At its current location, it’s a little out of the way, and only those in the know really come down here exclusively.”

Luke Daly, a senior in CAS, said he thinks a location change for the HTC is an important step in making it more of a focal point on campus.

“It’s a really important part of the BU experience to go to the Howard Thurman Center,” Daly said, “and experience and learn from the people that work there and run the center.”

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The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground. The HTC will move from the basement of the George Sherman Union to 808 Commonwealth Ave.

BMC, NEU empower women affected by violence against loved ones SPA, FROM PAGE 1

their issues and to say that ‘the stigma does not control me because I am a woman of color,’” Franklin said. “We [women] are the largest population of survivors who suffer from PTSD. Even more than even veterans of war.”

Once the T Spa finishes its pilot stage, Franklin said she hopes it will become a life-changing institution for women living in Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan and help them open up to law enforcement — eventually bringing justice for them and their loved ones.

“If you help a woman feel more confident mentally, physically and emotionally,” Franklin said, “she has the ability to reach out to detectives and tell them

what she’s going through. T Spa is working to empower women.”

For Franklin, even the Trauma Spa’s ribbon cutting has great meaning to her. It is set for May 14, her late husband Melvin’s birthday, as a final tribute to the loved one she lost.

Katherine Gergen Barnett, vice chair for primary care innovation and transformation in the BMC’s Department of Family Medicine, is a close friend of Franklin.

She said while hospitals such as BMC are increasingly emphasizing the importance of mental health care, the T Spa will further BMC’s ability to reach the communities who need treatment the most.

“As a medical profession, we are getting better at, but still need to work on, recognizing trauma,”

Gergen Barnett said. “The Trauma spa will help reduce stigma around mental health and highlight the importance of talking about mental health in all communities.”

As for reaching out to communities of color, Gergen Barnett said she recognized the challenges that medical professionals face and hoped Franklin’s story and strength would be able to bridge this gap.

“I’m a white person who recognizes my whiteness and who is actively trying to help the community, and this is something that must be done with all white people,” Franklin said. “Mary has such a powerful, passionate narrative.

For me, when I see a truth that is blossoming, I want to stand by it.”

Angel Mathis, 25, of Fenway,

said she thought the T Spa should have more services offered to women than they plan to offer, but said that overall, she thinks people from lower-income communities would benefit greatly from the T Spa. “The spa should have access to psychologists and social workers, in addition to the medical professionals who will be able to help,” Mathis said. “This is an especially important program for people who couldn’t usually afford medical treatment, and this will help them stand on their own two feet.”

Brighton resident Sang Woo Kim, 24, said he supported the T Spa pilot program because he watched his own mother utilize alternative treatment methods to

treat people with great success.

“My mother is a psychologist, and she uses pictures and music to help treat her patients who are dealing with mental health issues,” Kim said. “I’ve seen this type of therapy work for her patients.”

Andeline Laterion, 21, of Malden, said for women of color such as herself, it is extremely important to see programs like the T Spa serving the people who need it the most.

“While I don’t spend too much time in hospitals,” Laterion said, “Boston could be doing better as a whole to impact people of color and their experiences in the hospital. People of color definitely need more help, so it’s great what Trauma Spa is doing.”

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SCIENCE

Cybersecurity talk examines complications of surveillance laws

BY AMELIA MURRAY-COOPER

last June, Carpenter v. United States, it was ruled that police officers need a warrant to obtain seven days of phone location data from cell phones, Landau said.

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As new technologies emerge, the role of government surveillance is continually redefined. Products such as E-ZPass, that allows drivers to easily get through highway tolls, also allows police to track drivers’ whereabouts.

In a talk Wednesday at Boston University’s School of Law, Susan Landau, a professor of cybersecurity and policy at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, explained the legal complexities of modern communication systems.

The lecture, titled “It’s Too Complicated: How the Internet Upends Katz, Smith, and Electronic Surveillance Law,” was part of the Cyber Alliance Speaker Series.

The series is a collaborative effort between the School of Law’s Program on Intellectual Property and Information Law and the Hariri Institute for Computing.

Stacey Dogan, a professor of law in LAW, said she was involved in developing the series and that these events allow students and scholars with backgrounds in law and technology to learn from one another and discuss cutting-edge issues. “[LAW] is really interested in understanding at a fundamental level the technology behind these legal questions, and the technology people are more interested in understanding the laws that are affected by or that govern the technologies that they’re grappling with,” Dogan said. “That’s what brought us together, a sort of shared interest in exploring in this space.”

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Susan Landau, a professor of cyber security and policy at Tufts University, speaks about electronic surveillance law Wednesday at Boston University’s School of Law.

According to Dogan, the series typically hosts talks every couple of weeks and encourages participation from students across the university.

“Everyone’s welcome,” she said.

“There’s a real opportunity both to observe scholars engaging with one another about these issues, as well as to participate yourself. Students often help to shape the conversations we have.”

Dogan said these discussions are relevant to recent current events, including Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and the use of mathematical algorithms to determine who should receive government welfare benefits.

“All you have to do is read the newspaper to see just how often legal questions collide with evolving technology,” she said. “There are all sorts of ethical, philosophical and legal questions lurking in all of these situations, and they’re really important for our society.”

During Wednesday’s lecture, Landau explained the findings of a 2016 paper in the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology that she contributed to with Steven Bellovin, a computer science professor at Columbia University, Matt Blaze, an adjunct professor of computer and information science at University of Pennsylvania, and Stephanie Pell, an

assistant professor and cyber ethics fellow at West Point’s Army Cyber Institute.

According to Landau, electronic surveillance laws were first created for telephone communications over 40 years ago. However, the creation of new electronic devices has given rise to unforeseen legal complications, she said in an interview.

For example, Landau said that phones used to stay in one place, so location information could be collected by looking at the phone number. With mobile phones, a phone’s location can be roughly determined and tracked, Landau explained.

In a U.S. Supreme Court decision

“That is a decision about how privacy-invasive this information is,” she said.

Landau also explained how the invention of the internet has changed the types of data that governments can access through surveillance. She said the amount of content in internet communications isn’t comparable to tracking communication in the past.

“The kind of information in that metadata is very different, and the laws have not kept up with that change,” she said.

Landau said that some electronic surveillance law amendments were made in response to 9/11, such as the Patriot Act in 2001, which expanded government surveillance and investigative powers in the interest of fighting terrorism.

Emily Sorkin, a freshman studying political science in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she thinks the government is justified in using some electronic surveillance to protect citizens.

“Giving up some of your own personal liberties in this case would be better for the greater good,” Sorkin said. “If you’re not doing anything bad that the government wouldn’t like, it’s not that bad for the government to have access, as long as it’s not too much of an invasion of privacy, and it’s used to ensure safety.”

BUSINESS

HerNetwork connects students with internship, job opportunities

BY LAUREN RICHARDS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Nestled in the atrium of the Questrom School of Business, a herNetwork booth has pens and flyers neatly stacked and organized. An open laptop rests on the table, and the club’s president sits behind it preparing for a networking event, greeting students as they hurry in from the cold.

The club’s website describes herNetwork as a “women in business club which serves as a networking and mentoring group.” They host weekly information and networking sessions on Tuesdays for members to learn about different companies and their employees. Boston University and herNetwork alumni also come and speak at some of these events.

HerNetwork hosted employees from Accenture, a consulting firm, at Questrom Tuesday to share their experiences in the company and stories about finding their rhythm and adjusting to a new workplace.

Accenture offers services in a variety of fields, including strategy, technology and consulting.

Kimberly Tam, herNetwork’s vice president of operations and a senior in Questrom, said attendees had time to network and hold individual discussions after the presentation.

“[This] event with Accenture is essentially just like a networking and info session event for juniors,” Tam said, “[also] sophomores and freshmen if they want to get their foot in the door with networking. It’s a great opportunity and a great time.”

This is the second time herNetwork has welcomed Accenture to campus. According to Minna Tang, president of herNetwork and a senior in Questrom, the session held Tuesday was scheduled in October and carefully planned so attendees could learn more about the company and potentially apply for an internship.

HerNetwork has previously helped members prepare for applying to internships.

“I don’t want to say we’ve been able to connect people with actual internships and jobs, but we’ve definitely helped people get their foot in the door because we give them that access to talk to recruiters and talk to current alumni who are working at those companies,” Tam said.

The session was open to current herNetwork members and BU students of all majors.

According to Danielle Edmonds, herNetwork’s vice president for marketing and a Questrom sophomore, herNetwork is always looking to welcome new members. Individuals can

reach out via social media, email or in person.

The club is also seeking to increase their social media presence, according to Tang. With accounts on Instagram and Facebook, they are seeking to better appeal to their audience.

“We’ve really grown on our social media platform,” Edmonds said. “Last year, we weren’t really on Instagram very much, now we try to post two to three times a week.”

Tang said that in addition to networking and workshops, herNetwork provided social opportunities.

“I’ve definitely become more confident and am very glad that I have this community at BU,” Tang said. “In the business school people can be a little bit more competitive, so it’s nice to have a group of family you can always rely on.”

In addition to the networking and information sessions in Questrom, herNetwork is next holding a Valentine’s Day Cards and Information session with PwC — an audit and assurance, tax and consulting company — and the annual Women Mean Business Conference in February.

“It’s a really great way to explore different concentrations, as every week we have meetings with people from different companies so there’s

finance panels, accounting, marketing and more,” Edmonds said.

Tang said she joined herNetwork freshman year with the hope of finding a community. She quickly increased her involvement.

“When I was a freshman, I was a little bit scared, lost and intimidated

by Questrom,” Tang said. “I wanted to find a place where I can basically be myself and have a group of friends.

I met herNetwork at Splash and went to a couple general meetings.”

Tang joined the marketing committee first semester of her freshman year, officially beginning her herNetwork career.

Edmonds said the club allowed her to meet people with the same interests.

“I know that a lot of people in herNetwork continue to go on to work with people we host and those companies,” Edmonds said. “It’s a great place for women to band together and learn about different companies.”

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FEATURES 7

ARTS

Wondertwins reflect on police brutality in politically charged dance

BY ELSA SCOTT

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Identical twins Billy and Bobby McClain, known onstage as the Wondertwins, built their dance careers out of love and talent for upbeat broadway-hip hop. Yet last Sunday at the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Wondertwins used their talents to shed light on a different movement: the fight against police brutality.

The dance duo performed their politically charged dance, titled “BLACK,” a documentary-style work about the effects of police brutality on the black community, at the ICA’s Dance UP feature Sunday.

Dance UP is a program sponsored by the Boston Dance Alliance that showcased diverse dancers and choreographers throughout New England, according to the show’s playbill.

The McClains said “BLACK” was mainly improvisational, and they danced to a background of music, poetry and videos of violent arrests, court testimonies and viral videos in order to portray outrage and grief among black communities.

Debra Cash, executive director of the Boston Dance Alliance, said the McClains are Boston natives who have been dancing together since they were young.

At 10 years old, the Wondertwins were recruited to join Boston’s first professional street dance crew, The Funk Affects. By their teen years, the McClains broke off to become the Wondertwins, touring as the duo that would soon be performing on stages all over the world.

Offstage, the McClains are active

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The Wondertwins performed Jan. 27 at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.

throughout Boston communities.

According to an interview with the twins published in WBUR in 2014, the duo have taught dance in Boston public schools for over 20 years and are directors for Project RISE, “a nonprofit performing arts summer camp where they work with children of low-income families from Massachusetts.”

In “BLACK,” the Wondertwins breakdanced to loud and sharp music.

There were two white chalk outlines of bodies on the floor of the stage, where the twins fell once the videos of violence began to play. They lied still as the music, poetry and videos told the performance’s story.

The last poem featured in the video, Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise,”

played aloud as the twins rose slowly from the chalk outlines. They stood seemingly exhausted, facing a projection of falling rain. The twins raised their arms, their silhouettes presenting as dark outlines in the falling rain.

Pausing for a moment, they then turned slowly to face the crowd. The audience then rose for a standing ovation.

The Wondertwins are known for their dignified approach to hip-hop and street dance, the McClains said in an interview with The Daily Free Press. As African American men, they said they object to the negative overtones that permeate the culture of hip-hop.

In a pre-performance talk, Cash discussed how the twins avoid refer-

ences to “drugs, gangs, gratuitous violence and objectification of women.”

Accord i n g to t he McClains,“BLACK” contrasts starkly to their usual routine of lively pop culture performances.

“BLACK” followed their first performance in the show titled “That’s Entertainment” — an homage to vaudeville, Broadway, hip-hop and Las Vegas entertainment, according to the show’s playbill.

The performance’s music blared hip-hop beats mixed with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson, soundbites from films like “The Wizard of Oz” and viral songs mixed into a medley of pop culture. Similarly, the Wondertwins performed in combination of many styles of dance during

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“That’s Entertainment.”

The contrast between “BLACK” and “That’s Entertainment” was jarring for the audience, but even more so for the Wondertwins themselves, the McClains said.

“We say a prayer in between sets,” Billy McClain said. “We also have a completely different dressing room, so that when we go back to change, we don’t bring any of the energy from the first performance into the second.”

“BLACK” is heavy, emotional and difficult for the McClains to handle with composure, the twins said.

“We do cry onstage,” Billy McClain said.

Jason Harburger, of Newton, said he is a friend of the McClains and was in the audience for the ICA show.

Reactions from the audience to “BLACK” varied “based on how far along individuals are in understanding the concepts of white privilege and systematic racism,” Harburger said.

“Some white people will walk away having ‘enjoyed a fascinating night of dance theater,’ possibly feeling their lives are distant from the stories depicted,” Harburger said.

“Others will see the enormity and leave the theater more resolute as an ally in words and actions.”

Harburger said “BLACK” made him feel sad and appreciative.

“Sad for the devastation and inequity we heard from victims of police violence. Sad for the scarce and skewed media coverage when victims of police and gun violence happen to be black,” Harburger said.

“Appreciative for Billy and Bobby’s courage and skill to create this work.”

Social media catalyzes spread of false human trafficking allegation

BY ERIN TSANG

DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Soon after police found 23-yearold Olivia Ambrose on Jan. 22, 38-year-old Victor Peña was charged with her kidnapping. Meanwhile a viral screenshot of a message that said that a “top investigator in Boston” discovered a human trafficking plot circulated in the Boston area.

Screenshots of the text message, which said local Uber drivers had drugged their passengers and handed them to traffickers in a Cambridgebased operation and name-drops Ambrose, reached students at Boston University — heightening concern over kidnappings in the city.

The Cambridge Police released a Facebook post in response to the influx of inquiries concerning the text message on Jan. 24.

“The Cambridge Police Department has no knowledge of any such information or investigation and the information does not appear to have any validity,” wrote the Cambridge Police Department in the post.

BU criminal justice assistant professor Shea Cronin said the circulation of misunderstood or false news of crimes and investigations is not rare.

“A major example is the Charles Stuart case in Boston, where traditional news media helped to facilitate the false story that a black man was responsible for the killing of Charles

Stuart’s wife, when it was him all along,” Cronin said. “I shudder to think how social media would have made that terrible situation even worse, but the traditional media sources played a role already.”

In December 2018, the Harahan Police Department in Louisiana posted on Facebook that crystal meth had been contaminated by the Zika virus, and confusion ensued as the message went viral online and was shared at least 7,000 times.

The department has since deleted the post, and the police chief, Tim Walker, said the post was false and only meant to raise awareness on the opioid and meth problem.

Boston University Police Department Sergeant Daniel Healy said that anonymity could be dangerous in conjunction with social media.

“The reality of it is that a lot of this information can be generated anonymously,” Healy said. “It’s somebody that has the veil of secrecy behind emails and accounts that really don’t line up to a specific person, so it really is just anonymous information that’s flying out there.”

However, the process of investigations have changed with the times, Healy said.

“Social media can bog investigators down in leads from the public that are influenced by false information,” Cronin said.

Despite the potential downsides,

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Cambridge Police said they had “no knowledge” of a human trafficking operation by Uber drivers based in Cambridge despite a viral message shared on social media saying an investigation on the matter was underway.

social media has opened the doors to new forms of investigation, according to Healy. He recalled a time when social media helped BUPD protect students from a recent incident of checks fraud.

“When we messaged the community about a fraud in October 2018 — there was a fraud being perpetrated by checks — we asked people to be aware of it and to let us know if it happens to them or if they thought it was happening to someone else,” Healy said.

Kevin Xia, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said he

thinks social media can spread false information quickly because it has such a wide user base.

“I wouldn’t necessarily say that social media is a reliable source for these kinds of issues, but I think it’s more accessible for people nowadays,” Xia said.

Sarah Porter, a junior in CAS, said she thinks this viral Uber text message spread to many students throughout the Boston Area rapidly because it was easy to believe.

“I think that any information, whether it is from a reliable source or

not, as long as it’s plausible, people will continue sharing it,” Porter said.

According to a 2016 Pew Research Center Survey, 62 percent of U.S. adults get their news from social media.

“When people hear gossip, studies have shown that when introduced to people via gossip, it affects the impression of that person,” Porter said. “So even if the gossip is wrong, it still affects what you think. Especially in Uber’s case, because it is a possible event, it still affects the way that people perceive Uber as a company.”

8 OPINION

EDITORIAL

Proposed congestion fee will hurt lower, middle-income residents In 2016, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh requested that the Green Ribbon Commission — a group of business, institutional and civic leaders in Boston — develop strategies to achieve Boston’s 2050 carbon neutrality targets. The GRC partnered with the Institute for Sustainable Energy at Boston University to create the 2019 Carbon Free Boston report.

The report recommends a congestion fee of $5 for every trip a private vehicle takes in an area that includes Downtown, Back Bay, the Seaport and the Longwood Medical Areas. This fee would be on the higher end of congestion fees, compared with currently-implemented congestion fees in other major cities.

Moreover, the report recommends charging private vehicles a $0.20 fee for every mile traveled in the city, a $5 parking fee for every trip into Boston that ends anywhere excluding personal residences, and a $1 per mile fee for rideshare trips.

The City of Boston plans to become carbon neutral by 2050 and has 25 and 50 percent reduction benchmarks for 2020 and 2030, respectively, compared to a 2005 baseline.

Congestion pricing will do little to meet these goals — instead, it would come at a high cost to lower and middle-income families.

“I have a record of leading and supporting pro-environment causes,” City Councilor At-Large Michael Flaherty said to the Boston Herald on the proposed congestion pricing plan.

“But not at the sake of our working-class families. This is overly bureaucratic. Charging $5 for people to come in and out of the city, would have grave consequences. The cost of living in Boston has become unlivable for too many families and individuals.”

Several U.S. cities — New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco — have considered congestion pricing. But congestion pricing is mostly limited to European cities such as Stockholm and London.

In 2003, London created a congestion pricing

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program to help curb traffic in Central London.

Looking back almost 16 years, the program has been generally successful. The number of vehicles driving in the congestion zone is about 25 percent lower compared to 10 years ago.

But Boston does not have a public transportation system that can compete with London’s expansive subway and buses. In 2013, 75.6 percent of Boston metropolitan area residents commuted by car, according to the Boston Globe. On the other hand, in London only 35 percent of commuters used cars to get work in 2015, according to CityLab. Supporters argue that congestion fees allow consumers to realize the full costs of driving.

Drivers — through tax revenue — indirectly pay for construction and maintenance costs. With a congestion fee, drivers directly face negative externalities such as congestion, pollution and driving accidents.

Moreover, revenue can help fund improved

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transit service, sidewalks, bike lanes and other transportation infrastructure.

But a standard $5 congestion fee will cause a whole new set of problems. It will negatively affect lower-income citizens who may not be able to afford the fee. If public transportation was a viable option, more people would take it.

City Councilor Matt O’Malley said that addressing the MBTA first is important in any talks about reducing vehicle congestion.

“The focus needs to be working with the state,” he said to the Herald. “We could have a lot more people riding the T.” Creating a congestion fee will result in a regressive tax that primarily hurts the lower and middle classes. The rich will be able to absorb the tax and continue to contribute to climate change. Before even considering implementing a congestion tax, Boston must invest more in the MBTA, so people are incentivized to take it.

In Dorchester, for example, 56.3 percent of

people commute via a car, truck or van, according to a report from the Boston Redevelopment Authority Research Division. In 2015, the median household income in Dorchester was $47,200, lower than the citywide median of $55,777.

Congestion pricing is also not popular within Boston. Only 38 percent of 709 individuals surveyed in a poll conducted by the Barr Foundation and advocacy group Transportation for Massachusetts wanted a congestion fee during busier periods, and 55 percent opposed the idea.

A congestion fee would simply serve as another tax that would hurt the middle-andlower income residents of Boston. In order to fight climate change, subsidies for renewable energy projects and electric cars should be prioritized. Sure, the congestion pricing plan would reduce traffic — but at an unreasonable cost to most Bostonians.

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OPINION 9

AMERICAN PROTEST:

COLUMNS

THAT’S RIGHT, SIR:

New York abortion legislation is A life lesson: choose to break a victory for women’s health it so you don’t have to buy it

BY MEREDITH VARNER COLUMNIST

Abortion is a subject that has faced much controversy and debate over whether or not it is morally correct, when it should be done and how available it should be. Some people believe no one should abort a child under any circumstances, and others believe it is the choice of the person carrying the child.

Frankly, the only opinions that should matter about abortions are those of the people capable of having abortions. No one gets an abortion for fun or enjoys the process. It is an extremely difficult decision that can be traumatic and horrible, but sometimes it is necessary.

New York recently passed a law that allows a woman to have an abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy if the fetus is not viable or if it is necessary to protect the mother’s life. Additionally, it removes abortion from the state’s criminal code, so those performing abortions are no longer at risk of criminal prosecution.

After signing the act, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, “With the signing of this bill, we are sending a clear message that whatever happens in Washington, women in New York will always have the fundamental right to control their own body.”

This should be the case in every state. A woman’s body is her own, and no legislator should be able to control what she does with it.

Some people are under the impression that women love to have abortions and take joy in the process of killing a fetus. That is extremely incorrect, especially in regard to the new legislation. This law allows abortions for women in their third trimester in the case that they or their baby will die. No woman should be forced to have a child if it will kill them.

New York’s new legislation was not created with the intent to harm anyone, but rather to give a woman the right to her body and some-

times even the right to her own life. No one should be denied that right, and if you think someone should, then maybe you are the one with some moral issues that need sorting out.

Unfortunately, there are still some who do not value a woman’s life as much as I do and, therefore, have extreme opposition to this legislation. Charlie Daniels, a country singer, tweeted, “The NY legislature has created a new Auschiwitz dedicated to the execution of a whole segment of defenseless citizens. Satan is smiling.”

This statement is possibly one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard, and I listen to a lot of speeches from President Donald Trump.

First of all, an abortion is in no way comparable to the Holocaust. Millions of people of all ages were murdered due to extreme bigotry. A fetus that will be born dead, or kill its mother by being born, is nowhere near equivalent to a Jewish child, man or woman being murdered in a gas chamber.

Second of all, Daniels will never have to choose whether or not to have an abortion in his life. He will never know what it is like to carry a child for six months only to realize it has no chance to live. He will never understand the fear a mother has for her own life if the pregnancy has a strong potential to kill her.

People like Daniels need to start valuing the lives of women much more.

If they were truly so concerned about a fetus surviving birth, then they would be much more enraged that the infant mortality rates in American are about 71 percent higher than other comparable countries — and the infant mortality rate does not include abortions.

They would also be more upset about all of the children stuck in the foster system or born into families who cannot afford to have the baby and are, as a result, at risk. I do not hear them complaining about these aspects of a child’s life, though. Therefore, the objection to abortions must revolve around their desire to control a woman and her body.

The notion that women choose to get abortions recklessly and without any thought needs to disappear. That is not the case, especially when the woman is in her third trimester.

Anyone who has had an abortion late in the pregnancy can tell you it was the most difficult decision of her life, and she is still dealing with the pain and grieving her lost baby.

No woman should have to sacrifice her life, though, and anyone who says otherwise disgusts me. I will do what I want with my body, as will every other female, and no legislator or man has the right to tell me otherwise.

INTERROBANG

BY KATHERINE WRIGHT COLUMNIST

I used to work for a children’s birthday party place. I would attend at least five parties every weekend, so I got used to the routine: greetings, coloring, games, crafts, dance parties and cake.

Even though the kids were different every time and the activities varied, there was always a set structure I could rely on. It became a predictable routine, which allowed me to feel increasingly comfortable with my responsibilities. I can now dance to Katy Perry like nobody’s business.

But one day, things changed. Instead of my usual birthday party scene, I was volunteering at a charity event with my coworkers. I had never attended before, so I didn’t know how to prepare. I was told to wear a nice, yet comfortable outfit, which I interpreted to be a little too casual.

At work that day, my manager told me she was going to change into a dress for the event and then asked what I planned on wearing. But the thing is, I was dressed in a cardigan and black pants and had no intention of changing.

It would have been so easy to say so.

I could have apologized for being too casual, or said that I was confused by the attire. But I didn’t. I said I would change into a nice top.

But there was a problem. There was no time to go home, and I had no “nice top.” So I did what any normal person would do. As we both left for the event, I stopped at the only open clothing store nearby and grabbed the first nice-ish-looking top I saw.

It was expensive — which I didn’t know until I checked out — but I bought it anyway, rushed out of there and left the tags on.

“I can return it later, right? This is completely rational,” I thought.

My normal birthday party routine — same outfit, same pace, same songs — had locked

me into a path of predictability. And when a new situation was thrown at me, I didn’t know how to handle it, so I panicked and bought a shirt I couldn’t afford, in an attempt to right my “wrong” outfit choice.

We tend to get scared when things fall out of place or are different than usual. We might really want to try out a new club but never go to the meetings, fearing embarrassment or unanticipated challenges.

As much as we claim to crave change, we hate what’s new. We have been locked into the same routine for so long, so we get nostalgic or scared when we leave it. That’s why it’s so hard to start a new job, or change schools or leave home for the first time. Breaking routines is stressful.

Don’t get me wrong: routines are great.

They provide a sense of balance and predictability to an otherwise unpredictable life.

They make it easier to know what class we have to go to and when to make appointments and have a schedule that propels us through the day.

We brush our teeth and wash our face in a certain order, go to specific classes and attend predetermined meetings. However, we don’t notice how dependent we are on these patterns of daily life until we break the routine.

After being away from our usual schedules for long periods of time, we feel off-balance, confused, even uncomfortable. Life becomes uneven and uncertain. We are less productive. We have fewer goals. We crave the comfort of our usual repetition, even if we complain about the mundaneness in the moment. Routines bind our days together.

I’m not arguing we should get rid of our routines and approach every day with a blind eye. That would cause unnecessary stress and chaos and stifle efficiency. But when we become so reliant on the predictable schedules, we are scared to change and panic when an unexpected challenge interrupts us.

Routines are meant to provide a helpful path and create balance, not prevent us from growing beyond them. Beneficial risk-taking by doing small actions outside our comfort zone can increase our confidence, make us stronger and help us become more wellrounded people.

I tried to return the blouse I bought, but the store would only accept store credit. Not exactly what I was looking for, but definitely an appropriate ending to a story where I spent unnecessary money on an outfit that no one probably cared if I had or not.

Embrace those breaks in routine. That’s when it gets interesting.

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Milo Ventimiglia of “This is Us” was named the 2019 Man of the Year by Harvard’s Hasty Pudding theatrical society. -- We here at the ol’ Free Press want to know — who would BU groups name as their “person of the year?”

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10 SPORTS

Men’s basketball snaps 4-game skid with win over Holy Cross

BY DYLAN WOODS

DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston University men’s basketball led nearly wire-to-wire to win 68-54 in a Turnpike Trophy matchup against the College of the Holy Cross Wednesday night.

BU (10-12, 3-6 Patriot League) snapped a four-game losing streak in front of a deafening crowd at Case Gym on Club Sports Night. The students never let up in cheering on their fellow Terriers in a big win for the team.

“The crowd was awesome. It was a great atmosphere,” BU head coach Joe Jones said. “Club Sports Night is always one of the best nights of the year.”

Right away, BU looked primed to put on a show for their loud and proud supporters. Junior forward Tyler Scanlon scored six of the team’s first eight points on two threes, and in the first seven minutes the Terriers did not miss a shot.

Scanlon would lead all scorers in the first half with 12 points on 5-6 shooting from the floor.

On the defensive end, BU settled in to a 2-3 zone that they would use for the entire game. Although the Terriers gave up the ball a good amount themselves, their zone never allowed Holy Cross to get comfortable when the Crusaders (12-10, 3-6 Patriot

League) were on offense.

Holy Cross turned the ball over seven times in the first half, leading to several easy baskets for BU in transition. All night, BU defenders got into passing lanes and pestered Holy Cross ball handlers.

“Tonight, we did a great job the [defensive] gameplan,” Jones said.

“Our guys played hard, they were focused. … I thought [they] played great basketball.”

At the break, the Terriers led 30-26, but the score was not that close for long. BU went on a 21-9 run to start the half after big plays from junior forwards Max Mahoney and Tyler Scanlon.

First, Mahoney raced down the floor for a putback dunk, forcing the Crusaders to call a timeout 2:16 into the half. Then, Scanlon came up with the steal and a dunk that sent the crowd into overdrive.

A few minutes later, Mahoney made the crowd erupt again, scoring on a basket with a foul after a loose ball bounced off multiple players and sent a few to the floor. When the dust cleared, BU had a 51-35 lead and had effectively ended the game.

The duo of Scanlon and Mahoney was unstoppable against Holy Cross.

Scanlon would finish with 17 points, 10 rebounds and six assists to win the

Turnpike Trophy MVP. Mahoney had 19 points and nine rebounds, narrowly missing a chance to add another double-double to his tally.

BU’s starting frontcourt combined to grab 27 rebounds. In comparison, the Holy Cross starting big men combined for just seven. Overall, the Terriers held a 42-18 advantage on the boards.

“We had a size advantage against them. I thought we used that to our advantage,” Jones said. “That has to be a strength of ours if we’re going to play with size. I thought our guys went to the glass pretty hard.”

Sophomore guard Javante McCoy also led the team with 4 for 6 shooting from beyond the arc. As a team, BU shot 11-20 from long range. At 55 percent, it’s the best rate they have shot the three ball at all season.

With a four-game losing streak behind them, the Terriers will head to Colgate University Saturday. After arguably their best game of the season in conference play, BU has a chance to use this as fuel to go on a run in the second half of their Patriot League schedule. “ We were fa r from perfect,” Mahoney said. “… But it’s definitely something we can build off of. We just have to keep working and keep improving.”

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Junior forward Tyler Scanlon scored six of the Terriers’ first eight points in their win over Holy Cross Wednesday.

Women’s hockey to play at Vermont Friday, open Beanpot Tuesday

BY NICK TELESMANIC DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

After playing a home-and-home series against Merrimack College last weekend that was not short of action, Boston University women’s hockey will be back in action in Burlington Friday night against the University of Vermont.

The weekend series against Merrimack (14-9-4, 10-8-2 Hockey East) saw Terrier sophomore forward Kristina Schuler score three goals — two on Friday and one on Saturday. She now totals four

goals on the season.

Before the Merrimack series, it had been a trend that junior redshirt captain Sammy Davis and sophomore forward Jesse Compher were leading the team’s offense.

Now, players such as Schuler and linemates sophomore Nara Elia and junior Deziray De Sousa, are showing up in the box score and contributing to the offense.

Elia and De Sousa assisted on two of Schuler’s three goals against Mer r i m ack , a nd t he d uo a l so picked up helpers on freshman

for ward Emma Wuthrich’s goal in the Friday leg.

Vermont (7-16-4, 5-13-2 Hockey East) sits in ninth place in Hockey East, right behind the University of New Hampshire (11-12-4, 8-11-1 Hockey East).

Despite their distant records, Boston University (14-6-6, 11-5-5 Hockey East) head coach Brian Durocher said that the Catamounts are still in a fight for pride against UNH. “ T h e y ’r e i n a b a t t l e w i t h [UNH],” Durocher said. “They

Sophomore forward Nara Elia picked up three assists during last weekend’s home-home series versus Merrimack College.

try and get one game a year where they get as many people from the campus and community and pack the [stadium].”

Rather than having two offensive juggernauts in Compher and Davis like the Terriers do, the Catamounts have three players leading their charge, a lthough they don’t tally as many goals as Compher and Davis.

Cata mou nt for wa rds Eve Audrey Picard, Kristina Shanahan a n d S a a n a Va l k a m a l e a d t h e Catamounts in goals, respectively.

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Pickard has seven, and Shanahan and Valkama both have five.

Pickard is likely a familiar face to the Terriers, as she prevented them from a series sweep back in November by tying the game late in the third period. The score remained that way through overtime, and the Terriers settled with a tie.

Once the Terriers f inish in Burlington, they will shift into Beanpot mode to face Northeastern University (19-3-3, 17-2-2 Hockey East) Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Harvard’s Bright-Landry Hockey Center.

Du rocher sa id the bea npot becomes a frequent topic of conversation in the clubhouse around this time of the season.

“Because the beanpot comes up in February, it’s not a conversation that is had for the first three or four months of the year,” Durocher said. “But when you get to the back half of the season, there’s no question that they’ll be excited and ramped up for that.”

BU will come into this year’s tou r na ment remember i ng last year’s overtime 3-4 loss against Boston College in the finals. The Terriers have not won a Beanpot since 1981.

“It ’s somet h i n g t h at h a sn’t treated us ver y well,” Durocher said. “But we played really well last year, [we] came really close, and I know they’ll be ready when the puck drops.”

Still, Durocher said, the team’s focus is f irst on Friday ’s ga me against the Catamounts.

“Our task, as it always is before the Beanpot, is to get point up there a nd get a w i n up there,” Durocher said. “We’ll worry about Tuesday on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.”

SPORTS 11

Second-half comeback does it for BU in 47-44 win at Lafayette

BY NICK TELESMANIC DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Fa c i n g a n 1 1 p oi nt d ef ic it at ha lftime, Boston Universit y women’s basketball snuck out of enemy territory with a 47-44 win at Lafayette University Wednesday night.

“I was really proud of the team coming back out down by 11 at the half on the road,” BU head coach Marisa Moseley said. “It was a night where we were clearly having problems scoring, but we were still able to get the win.”

The first five minutes of the first quarter began with BU jumping out to a 6-4 lead, with junior forward Nia Irving hitting a layup and a jumper and sophomore guard Katie Nelson hitting her own jumper.

This would be the last time BU held a lead against the Leopards in this half of the game. Lafayette qu ick ly d ista nced t hemsel ves from BU within the first quarter, which began with three pointers

by Leopard guard/forward Olivia Martino and guard Nicole Johnson.

BU would come within striking distance again in the second quarter, but Lafayette would set an 11 point barrier between them and the Terriers at halftime. This was a result of Lafayette going on a five-point run and seven point runs all during a period when the

The game remained close, as BU Terriers only scored four points.

The points that broke those runs held a 47-44 lead with 1:16 remaining. With six seconds remaining totaled 6:01 of play time.

During halftime, Moseley said and the score remaining the same, she assured the team that the game Lafayette called a timeout with the ball about to be in their possession. was not over.

Leopard guard Drew Freeland “I told them that we were fine,” Moseley said. “I said that shots missed the game-typing three-point were going to fall for us, but it shot with one second remaining, was more about [improving our] giving the Terriers a ver y close defense.”

Patriot League win.

Despite the distance between “The best part about basketthe teams, BU stopped Lafayette ball is that there are two halves,” from running away in the third Moseley said about coming back to period, outscoring the Leopards win. “We have an opportunity to 12-6. Although BU did not grab come out and approach differently the lead, they reduced their 11 point in the second half.” deficit to five going into the fourth The Terriers resume action quarter. with another Patriot League game The fourth quarter was the Saturday at Case Gym. They will chance for the Leopards to stop face Buck nel l Un iversit y, who BU from creeping in further, in are currently tied for first with front of their Easton, Pennsylvania, American University in the Patriot crowd.

League standings.

The Leopards were unsuccessThis road win, combined with ful — it took three minutes for BU the road win last weekend against to equalize the game at 39 apiece. the United States Naval Academy, Before Lafayette was able to score should give the Terriers the confiin the period, two free throws from dence they need to face Bucknell freshman for ward Riley Childs, at home, Moseley said. one from Irving and a jumper from “We are extremely confident Childs brought BU back into the going into [this weekend] knowing game. that we are coming off of two wins,” BU kept Lafayette scoreless for Moseley said. “I think we have a seven minutes and 11 seconds in good chance to beat the second this quarter. They took a 41-39 lead place [Bucknell], knowing that before Lafayette equalized again. we are in third place.”

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Sophmore guard Katie Nelson led the Terriers with 18 points in the team’s 47-44 win against Lafayette College Wednesday night.

In wake of Davis’ trade request, which players should go where?

COAST TO COAST, FROM PAGE 12 This year, with the abundance of Western Conference teams vying for a playoff spot, only six teams come off as clear sellers at the deadline: the Knicks, Bulls, Cavaliers, Hawks, Grizzlies and Suns.

From those teams, I have compiled five players that could help any one of the many contenders hoping to make the playoffs this season.

1. Courtney Lee Although he has played in just 12 games this year, Courtney Lee could still serve a major role in the upcoming playoffs. In his 10year NBA career, he has hovered around 40 percent shooting from three and has been a strong wing defender. In today’s NBA, you cannot have too many players that can shoot the long ball and play defense.

The Knicks have already made Lee available along with shooting guard Tim Hardaway Jr., but Hardaway is on a deal that pays him $18 million for next season with a player option for almost $19 million in the 2020-21 season. Lee is on a cheaper deal that expires after next year, which makes him more attractive to a larger number of teams.

Potential Fits: Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings, Oklahoma City Thunder, Utah Jazz Lee could be the next wing in a long line of Rockets players not named James Harden that just stands around the perimeter, watching Harden dribble and waiting to shoot a three.

He could also help a Sacramento Kings team that loves to hoist the long ball but is having a hard time stopping teams on the other end.

The Thunder or the Jazz could also use him as another piece on their already great defensive teams.

2. Robin Lopez With the Chicago Bulls going nowhere fast, it makes no sense for them to keep Robin Lopez, a veteran center whose contract expires after this season. This year, Lopez has played in 43 games but averages just six points and three rebounds in 16 minutes.

Clearly, this is a result of the Bulls wanting to play their future frontcourt Lauri Markkanen and Wendell Carter Jr. over the 30-year-old Lopez. Even so, the grungy-looking center has something to offer for potential playoff teams.

The last time he was in the playoffs, Lopez averaged 12.7 points on 65 percent shooting from the floor and 7.2 rebounds for the Bulls. In the first round in 2017, he torched the Celtics with endless mid-range jump shots and back-breaking offensive rebounds.

Before Rajon Rondo injured his hand, the Bulls looked like they were going to advance in large part due to the efforts of Lopez. Maybe he could dust off some of the cobwebs in his hair and help someone out in a similar fashion this season.

Potential Fits: Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs, Charlotte Hornets All three of these teams rank toward the bottom of the league in offensive rebounding, and all three lack a clear backup center.

In Milwaukee, Robin could back up his brother Brook and give the top team in the league some rebounding in the playoffs.

In San Antonio, he could take over for Pau Gasol, who has looked terrible for the Spurs after returning from an injury. For the Hornets, Lopez could fill a void at center left by Cody Zeller, who has been out with a broken hand.

Bismack Biyombo and Willy Hernangomez have not done anything in Charlotte to show that they

deserve minutes in the playoffs.

Maybe Lopez can.

3. Richaun Holmes In his short four-year career, Richaun Holmes has not played a ton of minutes. Injuries have kept him off the floor, and he gets in foul trouble pretty easily. But one thing always remains constant: Holmes plays every minute like it’s his last.

Every night, he plays as if the Suns are battling in game seven of the NBA Finals. On a random Tuesday with a quarter of the stands filled, Holmes will get in the trenches and fight. The only problem with that is Phoenix has been sitting in the abyss of the Western Conference for the entire season.

If dealt to a contender, he could help with offensive rebounding and rim protection off the bench. In 46 games this season, Holmes is averaging 8.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks in 16 minutes a game.

What’s more, someone who gives his all on the court could help inspire others on the team. Holmes is someone that any coach will love — someone that never quits and always looks to get better.

Potential Fits: Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Washington Wizards In Detroit, Holmes could look to inspire a group that Blake Griffin recently called out for a lack of focus. He would bring energy to a team that certainly needs it.

Similarly, Holmes could help out the Wizards, who are relying on Thomas Bryant to give them a bulk of minutes at center and have been known for chemistry issues and uninspiring play. In San Antonio, Holmes would certainly gain the praise of Gregg Popovich and fill in some of their rebounding gaps.

4. Garrett Temple When the Grizzlies traded for Garrett Temple last summer, they hoped they would get a reliable veteran leader that could help

them in a bounce back season. So far, he has started all 49 of the games he has played in for Memphis and is averaging 9.4 points on 35 percent shooting from three and 43 percent shooting overall.

The Grizzlies got a reliable veteran in Temple, but there have been many bumps in the road for the team overall. After starting the season 16-11, they have gone 4-20 and are now out of the playoff hunt. It’s time to start selling, and Temple is someone everyone should have their eyes on.

Potential Fits: Brooklyn Nets, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings While all these teams shoot the three-pointer well, they lack veterans that play significant minutes.

Brooklyn and Sacramento have been the surprises of the NBA this season, but the Nets’ average age is 25.8, and the Kings’ is 25.7.

For the Nets, top players D’Angelo Russell, Spencer Dinwiddie and Caris LeVert have not sniffed the postseason. The same can be said for De’Aaron Fox, Buddy Hield and Willie Cauley-Stein for the Kings. Temple is no LeBron James when it comes to the playoffs, but a veteran presence on young teams could help down the stretch.

For Portland, their backcourt duo of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum have played past the regular season for five straight years, but not many on the bench have played significant minutes in the playoffs.

5. Dewayne Dedmon Out of all players in this category, Dewayne Dedmon is probably the most desired. He is the perfect center for the current NBA, one who shoots threes at a 37 percent clip on three attempts per game. After attempting one three in his first four seasons, Dedmon transformed himself. He has taken more than 250 triples in his

last two seasons with the Atlanta Hawks.

Dedmon isn’t the best defender you’ll ever see, but he does average one block and one steal per game.

His primary value on the defensive end is rebounding, where he uses a seven-foot, 245-pound frame to grab almost eight rebounds in less than 25 minutes a game.

Even though the Hawks have outperformed their expectations and Dedmon has been a big part of their success, it makes sense to sell high on Dedmon now. At 29 years old, his timeline does not quite match up with Atlanta’s top draft picks from the past few seasons — Trae Young, Kevin Huerter and John Collins. Dedmon should be helping out another team as a grizzled veteran once Young, Huerter and Collins start to hit their prime.

Potential Fits: Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Toronto Raptors Even though more than just these teams will be interested in Dedmon, the Lakers, Thunder and Raptors are teams with finals aspirations and would probably push harder for a deal to outbid the others.

Once LeBron gets back in the lineup for LA, the Lakers should surge up the standings like they were before the King went out with a groin injury. As with any LeBron-led team, three-point shooting is a necessity.

At the moment, Lance Stephenson is the only Lakers player shooting above 35 percent from three who hasn’t betrayed his hometown twice in five years. Dedmon can change that.

For the Raptors and Thunder, Dedmon could come off the bench to provide quality shooting and rebounding. In the playoffs, you can’t have too much shooting on the floor. For two teams that lack quality stretch big men off the bench, Dedmon is their best option on the open market.

“The best part about basketball is that there are two halves. We have an opportunity to come out and approach differently in the second half.” ­— Women’s basketball head coach Marisa Moseley on their 47-44 comeback win against Lafayette. p.11

COAST TO COAST:

5 players to consider for postseason

BY DYLAN WOODS

DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

After word leaked at the crack of dawn Monday that Anthony Davis had requested a trade, every basketball fan is now focused on where The Brow will end up either before the Feb. 7 deadline or at the beginning of next season. If and when the Pelicans decide to move him, it will change the entire landscape and portrait of the NBA. However, Davis will certainly not be available to everyone. Not every team has the players, draft picks, tampering department or whatever else is needed to trade for one of the most talented players the league has ever seen.

What ever y team does have, though, is the ability to trade for a fringe starter or talented bench player that can swing a playoff contender to championship caliber or a borderline playoff team to one suiting up deep into April.

Sometimes, all it takes is one or two moves, and a team starts to play much differently. Sometimes, teams have little gaps to fill, and once they’re filled, things start to run like a well-oiled machine.

Just last year, the 76ers made moves for Marco Belinelli and Ersan Ilyasova, two bench players who had instrumental roles in the postseason and helped Philadelphia advance to the second round. The Pelicans added Nikola Mirotic, a stretch four who added a whole new dynamic to their offense.

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Sports

BY BRADY GARDNER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In a final tune-up before the Beanpot, the Boston University men’s hockey team will host No. 2 University of Massachusetts Friday night in one of the Terriers’ most difficult matchups of the season.

While histor y may favor BU (10-10-3, 8-5-2 Hockey East), who have not lost to the Minutemen (19-5, 11-3 Hockey East) since 2013, a victor y over this UMass team is by no means a guarantee. The Minutemen have been consistently ranked among the top teams in college hockey all season, including multiple stints holding the No. 1 spot in the Division 1 rankings.

This season, UMass has the second-highest scoring offense in D1 hockey, averaging 3.79 goals per game. Individually, forward Jacob Pritchard holds a team-best 31 points on 12 goals and 19 assists, while forward Mitchell Chaffee leads the team with 15 goals.

Chaffee has also been recognized on a national level, currently tied for fourth among all D1 players with an average of .65 goals per game.

O n t he defen si ve end , t he Minutemen have been nearly as dominant as they have been in MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS attack. UMass has allowed the Senior forward Bobo Carpenter, a favorite of BU head coach Albie O’Connell, got the night off last weekend against the Univerfifth fewest goals per game in the sity of Arizona.

NCAA’s top division, with only as the Terriers fell 0-3 to No. 17/15 the night off. After appea ring 1.96 goals conceded on average.

All hands will be on deck for Arizona State University on Jan. in every one of BU’s 22 contests this week’s meeting with UMass.

Anchoring the defensive effort has been sophomore goaltender 26. After benefitting from some prior, Oettinger was replaced by BU’s two-game home-and-home Matt Murray, who ranks fifth in fortunate bounces to put up four freshman Vinnie Purpura, who set against the Minutemen will college hockey in terms of save goals in a 4-2 victory over the Sun made 36 saves in his debut with be split between Feb. 1 and Feb. percentage, turning away 93 per- Devils the night prior, the Terrier the Terriers.

8, separated by the first round of offense came up dry in the second “ O u r g o a l i e w a s o u r b e st the Beanpot Feb. 4. cent of all shots faced. player,” O’Connell said Jan. 26 of It will be a challenging stretch While the Minutemen boast the game of the weekend series.

It was the first time in nine Purpura, who joined the Terriers for the Terriers but one with crujoint-best D1 winning percentage cial implications for their season, at .792, the Hockey East leaders games that the Terriers had been during the winter break. held goalless, a streak dating back O ’ C o n n e l l r e p o r t e d t h a t as the team simultaneously fights have stumbled as of late.

Carpenter, who is BU’s leading to claim a Beanpot title and climb UMa ss fel l 1- 2 i n a v isit to to Dec. 1.

“The team that wants it more goal scorer, had been banged up above fourth in the Hockey East Northeastern University on Jan. 19, before splitting a series at the usu a l ly w i ns,” BU head coach going into the Friday contest. Still, standings.

T he Ter r ier s w i l l ta ke t he University of Maine over Jan. 25 A lbie O’Connel l said after the the co-captain was still able to and 26. The team’s current road loss. “Arizona State wanted the tally his 100th point as a Terrier A g ga n is A rena ice a ga inst the — joining a list of 82 other BU Minutemen at 7:30 p.m. Friday. sw ing could be responsible for game more.”

The Terriers were without a hockey alumni who have hit the The Boston Hockey Blog will have their drop in form, as all but one minute-by-minute coverage of the of their losses have come away few significant names during the century mark. loss to A r izona , a s ju n ior net “I love Bobo,” O’Connell said game through a live blog, accessifrom home ice.

Like UMass, BU will also enter minder Jake Oettinger and senior fol low ing the m i lestone ga me. ble on hockey.dailyfreepress.com Friday’s contest coming off a loss, forward Bobo Carpenter each got “Everything he gets, he deserves.” or @BOShockeyblog on Twitter.

SATURDAY, FEB. 2

Men’s hockey will play against No. 2

Women’s basketball will play against Bucknell University at Case Gym, 2 p.m.

Agganis Arena, 7:30 p.m.

­— Men’s basketball head coach Joe Jones on their 66-70 loss against American p.10

Terriers set to host No. 2 UMass Friday night

FRIDAY, FEB. 1

University of Massachusetts at

Thursday, January 31, 2019

“Tonight, we did a great job, the [defensive] gameplan. Our guys played hard, they were focused ... I thought [they] played great basketball.”

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