10-16-2012

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Elie Wiesel talks ancient prophets, modern values SG election cycle reverts to previous timeline after vote

By Taylor Burke Daily Free Press Contributor

In his first of three annual public lectures at Boston University, professor Elie Wiesel focused on how the prophecies of Ezekiel relate to today’s generations and the values society encompasses.

“I admire Ezekiel and I fear him,” Wiesel said. “He has a passion for truth, and for his love. He is the prophet of exile, yet Jerusalem is in him. He doesn’t dwell in the Holy City, but the Holy City dwells in him.”

Wiesel, a writer, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Holocaust survivor, spoke before a crowd of more than 1,000 students, professors and Boston residents in Metcalf Hall Monday night for the lecture, entitled “In the Bible: Ezekiel and His Vision of Our Time.”

BU President Robert Brown introduced Wiesel.

“I have pride, because it is my pleasure to welcome Elie Wiesel, yet sadness because it is usually Dr. John Silber [who introduces him], who passed away this year,” Brown said.

The late Dr. Silber, president emeritus, recruited Wiesel to teach at BU more than four decades ago. Since 1976, Wiesel has been the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities.

In his lecture, Wiesel weighed in on how the lessons from the Jewish prophet Ezekiel, who was exiled from Jerusalem, are especially important to generations today.

The book of Ezekiel is a story of a prophet unlike any other, namely because his story makes readers at first doubt God’s power, Wi-

By Margaret Waterman Daily Free Press Staff

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Professor Elie Wiesel delivers his lecture on the topic, “In the Bible: Ezekiel and His Vision of Our Time,” Monday night in the Metcalf Ballroom in the first of his lecture series.

esel said.

“Based on Ezekiel’s actions, we wonder are there no good people in the land, or no just men, you might ask,” he said. “You would wonder if God abandoned all of his people.”

Ezekiel’s story is relatable to the generation of Holocaust survivors because his story offers insight into the consequences of violence that could ultimately be applied to the future, Wiesel said.

“Professor Wiesel expanded on the lessons of these prophecies and what it means for us to be human beings,” said Joel Udwin, a School of

Management junior and president of the Hillel Student Board.

“Ezekiel’s story applies to us today because we’re in an age where we need to step up and recognize our values, and see where we need to go to hold true to our values,” Udwin said.

Natalie Landau, a College of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said Wiesel’s talk reminded her of her Jewish heritage.

“Considering what Elie Wiesel has been through, and given that he’s still incredibly active, you can recognize that he’s really passion-

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Congressional candidate Sean Bielat faces tough crowd in debate

By Allison DeAngelis Daily Free Press Staff

While Fourth Congressional District Republican candidate Sean Bielat continued to challenge Democrat Joseph Kennedy III’s experience, he was hit hard with questions about the Paul Ryan budget, women’s rights and partisanship during their third debate at Wellesley College Monday night.

Jo-Ann Berry, co-chair of the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts’ Citizen Education Committee, moderated the debate, which was sponsored by Wellesley College and LWV and featured questions from the League and Wellesley students.

Early in the debate, Bielat hit a bump in the road when Wellesley students asked him if he supported women’s rights.

“I’m pro-life,” Bielat said in a live stream of the debate on the Wellesley College website.

“I think, though, when I hear women’s issues, I hear the issues that matter to us all. I hear ‘How are we going to pay our bills? How are we go-

ing to make sure we have jobs? How are our families going to grow and prosper?’ Those are all women’s issues.”

Kennedy responded by telling the audience what they could expect if Republicans gained control of Congress.

“Let’s be realistic about what a Republicanled Congress means and the impacts that that has on women’s health,” he said, citing 10 initiatives the current Congress has brought up to reduce a woman’s access to healthcare and abortions.

Partisanship played a large role in the debate, which seeped into discussions about the national budget and healthcare.

Kennedy brought up the “Ryan budget” many times, saying that his opponent supports it despite its flaws.

“Putting the specifics and the [tax] cuts aside, I think, Sean, it is fair to say that you have embraced the framework of the Ryan budget,” Kennedy said. “And the framework of the Ryan budget is big cuts and big tax breaks, and that is

not reflective of a society where each of us has to do our part.”

Although audience members were told questions should address both candidates, several audience questions singled out Bielat during the night, questioning his bipartisanship and his reasons for running.

One audience member asked whether Bielat could resist being a “whole-sale Republican” if he represented a largely democratic state.

“I don’t know where you heard that I was a whole-sale Republican ... It is certainly true that more of my ideas and beliefs align with the Republican party,” he said.

Bielat told the audience that he had not received much aid from his party, and said Kennedy’s politics were more in line with the Democratic Party than his were with the Republican Party.

Bielat said trying to link himself to Paul Ryan was a Democratic Party message, and

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Student Government voted Monday night to nullify the amendment to their election cycle made in February, reinstating the academicyear Senate term.

The amendment, which changed the Boston University election cycle to a calendar-year system, reportedly passed with a proxy that should not have been counted.

“We found that the methods used to pass the voting timeline change were unconstitutional,” said Jonathan Donald, one of SG’s judicial commissioners and a College of Arts and Sciences senior. “Howard [Male] had a senator who had missed four consecutive Senate meetings give him a proxy.”

Donald said the former election timeline was to be automatically reinstated unless the Senate were to vote to uphold the calendaryear cycle.

Andrew Cho, a senator, motioned to have the calendar-year timeline reinstated, but SG almost unanimously turned it down.

Donald explained that SG rules dictate that any senator who misses that many meetings must cede their seat and their voting rights, meaning that the senator in question is unable to become or give a proxy.

“The senator who was giving Howard the proxy power was not to be seated senator for that meeting,” he said.

Cherice Hunt, director of communication, said SG is in talks with the administration about how the process of changing the election timeline will work.

“We can’t actually officially say that the change has happened,” Hunt, a College of Communication junior, said.

Sophia Woyda, vice president of internal affairs, said reverting back to the old election cycle would benefit the student body as a whole.

“I think the overturning of the amendment and the return back to the election cycle will allow the freshmen who would want to run for executive board in the spring to have more experience, to allow seniors who would like to run for executive board to do that,” Woyda said.

Woyda, a CAS senior, said she was glad the motion to reinstate the January-to-January election timeline did not pass.

“I personally am happy that it did change back because it really does give the executive board more opportunities to build their team,

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Post-doctoral student suffers mild injuries after chemical spill in ENG building

By Lauren Dezenski Daily Free Press Staff

A Boston University post-doctoral chemistry associate student was injured in a chemical spill on the eighth floor of the Life Science and Engineering Building at about 4 p.m. on Monday, said BU spokesman Colin Riley.

Spandan Chennamadhavuni was working on the eighth floor of the chemistry lab at 24 Cummington St. when a trifluoroacetic acid reaction spilled over, splashing his arms and face, said Veronique Martin, a fellow post-doctoral chemistry associate student.

The student used the lab deluge shower in the lab to decontaminate himself immediately after coming in contact with the chemicals, said Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald. No one else was injured in the spill.

Chennamadhavuni was wheeled out of the Life Sciences building on a stretcher with minor injuries at about 4:25 p.m. He

was taken to a Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Riley said.

The Boston Fire Department Hazardous Materials Response Unit arrived at the scene, in addition to the BU Police Department and Boston Emergency Medical Services.

At least five fire trucks, six response vehicles, four BUPD cruisers and two EMS trucks were on scene.

The Boston Fire Department cleared the scene, then the BU Office of Environmental Health and Safety took over, Riley said.

People who were on the eighth floor were brought outside until the scene was cleared, Riley said.

BUPD vehicles blocked traffic onto Cummington Street while the acid spill was being contained.

Students were let back into the building at 5:10 p.m.

Amy Gorel contributed to the reporting of this article.

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The Boston Fire Department Hazardous Materials Response Unit are on the scene after Boston University post-doctoral student Spandan Chennamadhavuni came into contact with acid at the Life Sciences Building Monday afternoon.

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SG also fields arguments about Iran sanctions Joe Kennedy III says service, not family name validates campaign Debate: From Page 1

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Student Government turned down a vote to uphold the calendar-year election timeline at its meeting Monday night, after finding the calendar-year change unconstitutional. Members also heard arguments about the Iran sanctions.

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to work independently over the summer,” she said.

SG also heard arguments from both the BU Anti-War Coalition and the BU Students for Israel group on whether or not SG should endorse or not endorse the sanctions being put up in Iran.

“Our resolution has four parts to it,” said Tyler Cullis, a School of Law student and coalition member.

“Most importantly, that the BU student government initiate and support programs … informing the BU student community about the ill-effects of sanctions on civilian life.”

Jack Goldberg, COM senior and member of BUSI, said the sanctions on Iran are justified.

Tarif Ahmed, CAS senior and director of social affairs, said SG is being asked to choose what they stand for and to be leaders.

“We’re being asked to have a

the talking points Kennedy uses are straight out of the book.

“Listen to Obama, listen to the next debate, you’ll hear ‘Paul Ryan this, Paul Ryan that,’” he said.

Bielat also called claims that he supports the Ryan budget “debatable at best.”

Bielat praised “Romney-care” in Massachusetts but then said that the Affordable Care Act, known by many as “Obamacare,” was harming the job market.

“I would say that one of the sources of unpredictability is the Affordable Care Act,” Bielat said. “Many small business owners have told me over and over, ‘I don’t know what’s coming.’ And one of the things they always say is, ‘I don’t know how the Affordable Care Act is going to affect my business and I don’t know what

spine,” Ahmed said. “[Goldberg] mentioned that there are 100 senators in the United States Congress that voted to pass the sanctions, and I don’t remember being asked for my opinion on the decision they made … [SG has] the discretion to lead, to make choices and to set precedents.”

SG passed a motion to create a committee of five students to send to the BU Anti-War Coalition’s meeting Friday and the BU Students for Israel’s meeting next Tuesday.

it’s going to do if I hire more people, so I’m not.’”

But people in the audience also targeted Kennedy in their questions, as a Wellesley resident asked if Kennedy’s campaign would be a joke if his name did not have “Kennedy” attached to it.

After Kennedy pointed out his service record with the Peace Corp., Bielat again stressed that he did not believe Kennedy had the experience for the office.

“I wouldn’t say that Joe’s candidacy is a joke,” he said. “I would say that he doesn’t come to the table with enough experience.”

With three weeks until Election Day, the two candidates recently scheduled a final debate to air on Oct. 24 at 7 a.m. It will be the only live televised debate before the election, according to a press release from the Bielat campaign.

Ezekiel applicable to modern world crises, Wiesel says Elie: From Page 1

ate about what he’s doing,” Landau said.

Wiesel said that Ezekiel was the first prophet to speak of Israel’s privilege and, because of his exile, he speaks to all generations about the dangers that could result from social structures.

“In his worst outbursts, Ezekiel declares his own nation ugly and repugnant,” Wiesel said. “But in his best, everyone radiates serenity.

There is nothing in between. He is a man of extremes.”

Ezekiel’s solution to humanity can be applied today, Wiesel said.

“Ezekiel believed that suffering is always because of sin,” he said.

“There is no pain, no death and no suffering if people do not sin.”

Jeremy Meltzer, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences senior, said though he was not educated on the topic, he appreciated Wiesel’s expertise.

“The content was different, and I’m now going to do research,” he said. “Wiesel was very inspirational and very engaging.”

Aditi Amlani, a SAR sophomore, also said she knew little about the Book of Ezekiel, but Wiesel was able to make her understand how it applied to modern times.

“It was interesting to see how his experiences have shaped his insight into issues of today,” she said. “You can always learn from someone. Just

by listening, I came away with something new.”

Landau said she especially was struck by Wiesel’s reference to the city of Jerusalem.

“When Wiesel said that Ezekiel wasn’t in Jerusalem, but that Jerusalem is in Ezekiel, it goes back to what I learned in Hebrew school,” she said. “Even though not every Jewish person can go to Israel, Israel is still in us because it is a part of our history and culture.”

Wiesel will hold two other lectures at BU, “In the Talmud: Is Martyrdom or Sanctification of His Name a Valid Response?” on Oct. 22 and “In Contemporary Writings: Open Heart” on Oct. 29.

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Campus & City Campus Crime Logs Back to School

By Kaneta Zillur Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Oct. 8 to Oct. 14.

Last Wednesday, a female student reported a stolen MacBook computer from the Metcalf Science Center, located at 590 Commonwealth Ave. The student said that she had forgotten her laptop in a classroom and that when she returned an hour later, it was gone.

Police said that students oftentimes leave their things behind in this building during labs, which can lead to theft.

Swiper, no swiping Last Wednesday at about 11 a.m., a male student living at 57 Park Drive told police that he noticed a suspicious male outside of his home.

The student witnessed the stranger by peeking through his keyhole.

After the student saw the person outside trying to swipe into the building multiple times he quickly called the BUPD. BUPD officials responded immediately, but by the time they arrived at 57 Park Drive the suspect had left the area.

I got nothin’ BUPD officers stopped a male non-affiliate who was taking pictures through the glass at BU’s Fitness & Recreation Center, located at 915 Commonwealth Ave., on Thursday.

When asked why he was taking pictures, the man said he was working on a photography project for his class.

BUPD politely asked him to leave the area, according to the report.

Family matters A female student living at Rich Hall, located at 277 Babcock St., called BUPD at 3:15 p.m. on Friday to report that her estranged father was attempting to get in contact with her. Since the student did not want to speak with her father, BUPD gave the father a trespassing warning.

Grab and go A female student reported that her bag was snatched from her side while she was in T’s Pub at 973 Commonwealth Ave. on Sunday. The suspect came from behind her, snatched her bag and immediately ran away. The student told police that she was not able to get a clear view of the suspect.

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Potential cigarette carton images stir debate Brookline armed

By Amira Francis Daily Free Press Staff

Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is pushing to require graphic images on cigarette packaging, controversy over First Amendment rights has stirred a number of health and smoking rights advocates.

The FDA asked for a full-court review of a U.S. Court of Appeals decision ruling that the FDA’s motion to enforce all cigarette companies to display images, such as diseased lungs and corpses, on packaging violated the First Amendment.

In 2011, the FDA released the nine graphic health warnings that cigarette companies were required to put on the back of every cigarette pack. But in August the court decided that the FDA’s proposed rule violated the First Amendment and was not put into affect, as intended, in September.

Leonard Glantz, a professor of health law at Boston University, said cigarette companies were concerned that the government was attempting to persuade consumers.

“What they [the cigarette companies] are complaining about are the pictures, and that the pictures are designed to persuade as opposed to being designed to inform,” he said.

The warning labels proposed by the FDA would cover 50 percent of the front and back of cigarette packs, as well as 20 percent of all cigarette

robberies suspect pleads not guilty

By Amelia Pak-Harvey Daily Free Press Staff

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s attempt to place certain images on cigarette cartons has stirred controversy over First Amendment rights.

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Glantz said he believed these cigarette labels would be unconstitutional.

“The government can persuade people, they just can’t make individuals do it on the government’s behalf,” he said.

But Micah Berman, director of the Center for Public Health & Tobacco Policy, said the court had made the wrong decision in prohibiting the FDA from attaching the labels to cigarette packs.

“The courts have been clear for a very long time that as long as the

warnings that are being proposed are factual, then in general, warnings can be used to alert consumers to the dangers of a product,” he said.

Berman said previous case law has sided with the notion that these labels should be allowed.

“There’s a Sixth Circuit case which was about exactly the same law, where the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal said essentially the opposite,” he said. “Its analysis was in conflict with what the D.C. court said, so that’s a major reason why the government’s appealing this case.”

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Students question effectiveness of watch parties

By Mary Yatrousis Daily Free Press Staff

College of Communication sophomore Devon Dunn said she attends viewing parties of the political debates in part to see the diversity of ideas exchanged among students. “[Watch parties] widen the debate with people so you can get opinions on what the candidates are saying,” she said. “I think the discussions that people have about the debates are important to forming an opinion about what happened at the debate.”

Dunn said she looks forward to attending Tuesday night’s watch party as a member of BU Democrats.

“I’m excited to watch it with Republicans, too, and get their side,” she said.

BU Student Government will be hosting a watch party in BU Central for Tuesday’s presidential debate, along with BU College Republicans, BU College Democrats and Democracy Matters.

Margarita Diaz, deputy communications director for Boston University College Democrats, said debate watch parties allow viewers to see other viewpoints.

“If you’re watching it with other

people there’s always an opportunity to expand your own views, to expand your own mind and to get into a discussion,” she said. “I think discussion always fuels ideas.”

Sophie Miller, president of BU College Republicans, said she does not see watch parties as necessary.

“I actually don’t think they’re that important, I think that they’re more fun than anything else,” Miller, a CAS junior, said.

However, Miller said there are some benefits to attending.

“You get to hear everyone else’s live reactions in real time and bounce thoughts and reflections off each other,” she said.

Dexter McCoy, SG president, said watch parties are a good way to encourage dialogue.

“I think a watch party creates a community around this idea of your civic duty to vote,” McCoy, a COM junior, said. “The watch party gets people together ... starting a conversation together.”

McCoy said while watching a debate in a group prevents a personal connection with the debate, watch parties are good idea.

“I think it’s important that people

Grads face loan issues, report shows

By Brian Latimer Daily Free Press Staff

As the country’s student debt climbs to over $1 trillion, borrowers nationwide struggle with dead ends, loan defaults and benefits, according to a new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Rohit Chopra, a student loan ombudsman with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, released details on a student loan ombudsman report in a press call on Monday, detailing complaints from loan borrowers nationwide.

“I think that the issue inventory will actually help industry with how they might address the customer service issues to make sure consumers are protected and laws are being followed,” Chopra said in a conference call with the press.

The report aggregates complaints from people with under a $1,000 in debt to more than $80,000, he said.

Since the report’s launch in March, borrowers have filed 3,000 complaints, 95 percent of which were related to servicing and collection.

Many of the complainants, who are mostly ages 22 to 29, graduated in a tough economy and are struggling to pay their federal student loans, Chopra said.

“The lender may be better off negotiating a payment plan the borrower can afford,” Chopra said.

“Sometimes servicers cannot make those deals efficiently.”

The report will reach the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Education and Congress on Tuesday.

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really come out to get sense of what’s going on and what people are talking about on campus and this is a bipartisan-hosted event,” he said.

COM professor Tobe Berkovitz said the debate itself is far more important than the watch party.

“It’s important [to watch] because you’re watching candidates who are less filtered and less protected by all the handlers who work on their campaign,” he said. “It is the best way to take a measure of who are these candidates, what they stand for, what do they believe in, and so for those reasons debates are important for voters to make up their minds.”

Berkovitz said watching at a debate party can undermine the debate’s seriousness.

“If you’re watching with a group who all pretty much have the same political views, it can be sort of exhilarating, but to watch in a group where some people are Republican and some are Democrats, a few are sort of Independent, then it’s more like watching a ... football game,” he said.

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One of the suspects allegedly tied to two of the four armed robberies that occurred near Boston University’s campus pleaded not guilty at his arraignment at Brookline District Court Monday morning.

Taquari Milton, 17, of Roxbury, charged with two counts of armed robbery in relation to two robberies on Sep. 25 and Oct. 5, of which three BU students and one BU graduate were victims. He is being held without bail until a later hearing on Thursday.

Milton returns to court at 2 p.m. on Thursday for a dangerousness hearing, in which his defense attorney could argue to lift Milton’s detention without bail.

“By moving to have a dangerousness hearing, he is held without bail until that time,” said Norfolk District Attorney spokesman David Traub.

Police arrested Milton, the one adult suspect who did not willingly turn himself in, on Oct. 12, The Daily Free Press reported previously.

No further information was released or open to the public on the juvenile suspects in the armed robberies, who turned themselves in last week.

Court documents show a relative and attorney accompanied the juvenile suspect who turned himself in to the Brookline Police Department last Thursday.

The relative stated that the 15-year-old suspect “was turning himself in so he wouldn’t get hurt and so he couldn’t hurt anyone else,” according to court documents.

Later that day, police conducted a search of the apartment where the relative lived.

Police also received a tip from the Boston Police Crime Stopper Tip Line at about 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, informing police that one of the suspects was a junior at the Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers.

Police officials visited the school, located on the Northeastern University campus, on Friday and showed school officials the surveillance video retrieved of Egmont Street.

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Advocate: Labels could cut smoking Smoking: From Page 3

In the same ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals also said the government failed to present data showing that the warnings would cut smoking rates.

But Berman said the labels would cut smoking rates, and that this has been witnessed around the world.

“There is a lot of experience with this in other countries,” Berman said.

“And in other countries where this has been used, smoking rates have gone down.”

Stephen Helfer, a smoker’s rights advocate, said he sided with the cigarette companies.

“It absolutely violated the First Amendment,” he said. “The government, in this particular case, is compelling cigarette companies to cover probably most of their package with a government message.”

Will O’Brien, a chef that works at BU, said the labels probably would not affect his smoking habits.

“I wouldn’t want to smoke if I saw those images,” he said. “I mean, it depends. I guess if it was before I

got addicted to cigarettes, I wouldn’t have started, but now that I’m addicted and can’t stop, I really don’t mind.”

But O’Brien said labels would persuade non-smokers not to begin the habit.

Bethany Vanora, a sophomore at Emerson College who has one or two cigarettes a day, said the labels would be effective.

“If you see the image, it might trigger you to do more things to stop,” she said. “I think the images are a really good start.”

Glentz said it was necessary that the government be able to prove that the images would have a substantial affect.

Haejin Hwang, a sophomore in Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences who also smokes, said the labels would not stop his smoking habits.

“It wouldn’t make a big difference,” he said. “Maybe a higher price would make a bigger difference. I think the cost would influence more than just graphics.”

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Students differ in plans to pay back loans Loans: From Page 3

The CFPB published suggestions for Congress on how to deal with the quality of loan disclosure agreements and customer service tips for private and public lenders.

Although students nationwide struggle with growing debt, Congress has implemented some legislation aimed at ensuring prudent financial decisions by college students.

The 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act allows students to weigh the cost of college after financial aid is given. Students can withdraw after being accepted in case financial aid is insufficient.

The Higher Education Opportunity Act also requires schools to disclose information about the fairest, most beneficial moneylenders.

But student debt is still growing fast.

The country passed the $1 trillion threshold in student debt in May. More than 850,000 private loans are in default and even more in delinquency.

“We have heard from borrowers that have said that they cannot always get a straight answer and face surprises, runarounds and dead ends,” Chopra said. “We also heard from borrowers that access payments were accredited to loans with the lowest interest rate instead of the highest rate.”

Many student loan borrowers noted how difficult it is for them to take advantage of the benefits given to them by law, Chopra said.

The complaints that were filed seem to be the last input from people who have been searching for help for years, Chopra said.

“We heard from a borrower paying on time and doing everything agreed on in the contract,” Chopra said. “The cosigner, the parent, filed for bankruptcy, but because of a term in the loan note, their loan went into default.”

Some Boston University students with loans said they were not completely aware of all that accompanied a loan. Evelyn Ling, a junior in the School of Management, said she took both government and private student loans out to pay for school.

“I don’t really know how the paying process works,” Ling said. “They don’t really tell you. It just says you are paying after graduation, but it doesn’t say where you should go to do all these things.”

Ling said because she does not have to pay right now, her parents inform her about her loans.

“My mom gets the letters and then she’s telling me things, and it’s [the loan is] piling up a lot faster than I thought,” she said. “I didn’t know it would accrue interest that fast.”

Mary Froehlich, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she does not have to worry about paying her loans, although they are issued for a high amount.

“I took my loans out through private companies,” she said. “My parents are paying for my loans.”

Mariah Bailey, a College of General Studies sophomore, said she had to take her first student loan out this year from the private company Sallie Mae. “I did a lot of research, because I don’t want to be stuck with something like this and then just be up to my neck in debt when I graduate,” Bailey said.

Bailey said she picked to have a fixed interest rate on her loans, so that there was no chance her interest rate could waver up.

“I think student loans can stink when companies aren’t very straightforward with how they are going to deal with the students after graduation,” she said.

Bailey said that while she has already started paying off her loans, her parents have reminded her several times to be responsible for her loans.

“My mother is a cosigner,” she said, “and she told me she’s not getting stuck with anything and that I have to be on top of it.”

School officials help to ID suspect after watching video Robberies: From Page 3

School officials identified the suspects in the video, and on Friday an attorney for one of the robbery suspects announced the suspect would turn himself in, ac-

cording to court documents.

Later that night, the suspect arrived at the station with his mother and grandparents.

Milton’s attorney, Robert Sheketoff, declined to comment

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Cells that Change Themselves

Has the recent Nobel Prize Award in Physiology or Medicine added fuel to the stem-cell debate, or is it old news?

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he recent announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winners, John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka, has stirred emotions in the Boston University scientific community.

Gurdon and Yamanaka, who received the combined Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Oct. 8, were awarded the prize for their combined findings on the nature of cells, particularly stem cells, throughout their careers, according to the Nobel Prize website. Their combined findings have created the foundation for further research on the manipulation of living cells.

In 1962, Gurdon demonstrated that cells that were previously considered fixed could be changed. By taking a mature or “specialized” cell from a frog and isolating its DNA or genetic material, Gurdon was able to create the first clone — a tadpole, the website stated.

Gurdon took a frog egg and replaced its nucelus with the DNA of a specialized cell to see if a new tadpole could develop. The egg with the specialized DNA was able to create a tadpole, demonstrating that cells were not as static as originally imagined.

In 2006, Yamanaka took this concept a step further using mice. He found that he could reprogram cells to revert back to a more generalized state and that by inserting certain genes into the cell, it could become an unspecialized cell to be used for stem cell research. An unspecialized cell can develop into any specialized cell.

The announcement brings to light the gains scientists have made in finding alternatives to embryonic stem cell experiments — a controversial aspect of the research, experts said.

BU biology professor Frank Naya said that while the findings were introduced to the scientific community six years ago, the announcement helps the public understand what scientists already know — embryonic cells are not the only option for stem cell research. ¨Now [cells] have the ability to do something else, to change their function,” Naya said.

The findings, he said, especially those by Yamanaka, have altered the way cells are viewed. The findings have also changed the way students are taught because they are now made aware that cells are not as fixed as once believed.

Reactions from BU Community Members Many within the scientific community said they see great potential in the findings of Gurdon and Yamanaka. ¨The concept is novel and groundbreaking,” said BU post-graduate student Nicole Vega, 32.

Vega, who studies molecular, cell biology and biochemistry, said the findings have been incorporated virtually into all forms of cell study, especially at the graduate level. She also said that professors have made students at the graduate level aware of these findings.

Vega said that she hopes the undergraduate students are also being made aware of the findings because of the potential that bring to cell studies.

Finnegan Hewitt, 24, a third-year post-doctorate student in the cell and molecular program said that the findings of both Gurdon and Yamanaka debunk the ethical issues related to stem cell work.

Yamanaka’s finding of reprogramming cells without the use of cloning has made the controversial aspect of stem cell research less serious or important because it no longer

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Jose Medrano, GRS’15, cultures mouse cardiac tissue cells in a Boston University lab. The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to stem cell researchers who used tissue cells.

involves destruction of embryos, Hewitt said.

Other students also said that the recent Nobel Prize award will impact the stem cell debate.

Abby Cecchine, a freshman in the College of Communication, said she did not know that stem cells do not only develop from embryonic cells as the research shows.

“What’s so great about this discovery is that the ethical controversy that used to surround stem cell research won’t be such an issue anymore,” Cecchine said.

Some members of the BU science community said that while the Nobel Prize award has been given to important research, the findings are no longer considered as groundbreaking.

Iker Etchegaray, 28, a neurobiology graduate student said he learned about Yamanaka’s findings in a molecular biology course in 2008. Etchegaray, unlike Vega, said that the concept discovered in Gurdon and Yamanaka’s findings had been taught and recognized for a while and that the recent publicity no longer plays a revolutionary impact in the scientific world.

The Limitations Yamanaka’s findings have a certain limitation, said Frydman. Although the work has demonstrated that cells can be reprogrammed, the cells he worked with were only of a specific type — tissue cells. Tissue cells are easy to access and not fully differentiated, meaning they can be used for stem cell research. However, other cells do not appear to

Nobel Prizes 2012 The Nobel Prize in Physics Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland The Nobel Prize in Chemistry Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka The Nobel Prize in Literature Mo Yan The Nobel Peace Prize European Union The Prize in Economic Sciences Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley Information courtesy of NobelPrize.org

have those capabilities.

“Theoretically, yes all cells can be reverted, but there are several practical limitations,” Frydman said.

Certain cells, such as neurons, or brain cells, are hard to isolate completely because of their extended size and complex features. As a result, trying to reprogram a neuron would be impractical, Frydman said.

Naya also said that in most cases, specialized cells such as neurons are still considered to be relatively fixed because it would be practically impossible to reprogram them effectively compared to less differentiated cells.

Potential: Tissue Regeneration Several students and faculty members at the BU biology department said award is expected to influence a number of future research projects.

“I can see an increase in research in this area in years to come,” said Sarah Yunes, 22, a graduate student in the molecular, cell biology and biochemistry program.

Yunes said that in the labs, these findings have widened the possibilities of stem cell research and its applications in medicine especially in pharmaceutics and therapeutic research.

“What an amazing achievement,” said College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Jacqueline Hwang, who also was not aware of the findings. “Hopefully this will pave the way for further research into this discovery and make it a widespread technique that doctors can use to help patients.”

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Political throwdowns on Facebook

With the presidential election three weeks away, Americans have taken to Facebook and other popular social media websites to spout their views on the candidates and their platforms.

That behavior can be positive as it is a form of political activity. Those posts suggest that a person has been following the candidates and or the issues and is passionate about the outcome of the election. Americans should be civically engaged.

Political statuses might also inform Facebook users who have not followed the election as closely. Chances are, more Americans are tuned into their newsfeeds than the homepage of a major news publication. Election related material on the site may keep them informed.

However, that is not to say users should take every political post they see at face value.

Rather, those posts should encourage them to learn more about the issues and the candidates.

Some users probably have hidden agendas and the material they post may not be all that

accurate. Also worthy of discussion are the political statuses that come off as militant and overly aggressive. Who wants to log onto their Facebook page only to find material attacking them for thinking a certain way? No one.

Then again, users have the option of hiding more militant posters from their newsfeeds.

Just because someone has a habit of posting hostile statuses doesn’t mean you have to subject yourself to them every time you log onto the site.

For better or for worse, people’s behavior on Facebook and other social media websites sometimes influences their interactions in the real world. Someone who attacks a political party online might find that they have fewer friends who are willing to carry on a conversation about the subject with them in person.

Their friends may even steer clear of discussing any controversial topics with them in the future.

In the end, these people will likely not refrain from posting political statuses, but it does not mean their Facebook friends will listen.

Hasty decision-making from SG?

The Student Government’s vote to change the election cycle from the calendar-year to the academic-year system Tuesday night was a sign of hasty judgment, one that did not appear to involve much consideration of students’ opinions outside of the Senate.

While the ruling is still subject to approval from the Boston University administration, it is still an attempt by Student Government to extend their term for another semester despite the provisions under which they were elected.

All in all, this change is not something that should have been agreed upon by the SG midsemester. The Senate, including the executive board, will not have to run for re-election in November as was agreed upon in February.

Although the election change was ruled unconstitutional, the Senate had the choice to vote to uphold the law. The members’ decision to strike it down deviates from their original commitment to serve for one semester.

Why did the SG think that now was an appropriate time to make the change? Why not after the November elections?

It is unfortunate that an institution that is supposed to represent BU students most likely did not consult them on whether or not SG President Dexter McCoy and his executive board should be allowed to continue another term without an election.

It would be interesting to see how students react to this ruling, if at all. Hopefully, they will call the ruling into question and demand their opinions be considered before such fundamental decisions are made. An apathetic student body would be just as upsetting, if not more upsetting, than the SG’s ruling.

We would hope that Student Government could hold itself accountable to the students by issuing some sort of an explanation. A vote to lengthen an officeholder’s term, after all, is not something that can be done on a whim.

Nature’s calling you home

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DAVID FONTANA

n life, there are those days when your brain’s not working, your eyes and your butt hurt and you’re thinking, “I just really don’t want to touch my computer ever again.”

I am right in the thick of midterms and papers, a period of disillusioned productivity, and I’ve started to just feel like a 10-piece bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken Colonel’s Secret Recipe chicken — greasy, crunchy and completely fried.

Of course, I’m using that all-encompassing “I” we’ve been using since about the time we could talk: “I want food,” really means we all want food. “I am bored,” really means someone should find something fun for us to do. And “I hate you,” really means everyone, even you, hates you.

Because we’re all really fried, aren’t we?

And we could all really go for some KFC, couldn’t we (only $9.99)? And, well, some gigantic part of us all really does loath midterms, doesn’t it?

But in the midst of these study sessions that drag on late into the eternal evening at MuMeL, (Mugar Memorial Library) when you find yourself studying for midterm number seven, (even though you’re only taking four classes) you turn to the only good thing in your life that you have left. What you crave is that human connection, that place you can go where everyone knows your name, a home filled with words of encouragement. But where can you find this magical land? Well, lucky for you, there’s at least one located in every building, (designated by law) and all you need to do is follow nature’s call and head for the bathroom.

What you’ll find there is strange, but true: yes, there will be dirty stalls, unflushed toilets and wads of half-used paper towels littering the ground, but more importantly, there will, without a doubt, be bathroom graffiti.

There’s nothing quite like sitting down on the porcelain throne and finding the exact words of wisdom you needed to get through that 34-page research paper on the subtle nuances between the color blue and light blue used during Pablo Picasso’s blue period in one of his many paintings that could aptly be entitled “Blue.” And under the mental fatigue of one such paper, there it was, a simple idea that broke from the dark brown walls of my bathroom stall like a light from heaven, if light were the scribbles of a dark, black permanent marker: “My Advice: Don’t Force It.” Now, I know what you’re thinking, “Come on David, that phrase could have

been written by any old Joe Schmo with a whole assortment of different activities in mind!” But I implore you to look deeper: why else would it have been written slightly above my eyesight and in a library’s bathroom no less — it was a sign that I was fated to see, understand and spread to the four corners of the earth.

Thank you, guardian angel for taking the form of some random college student with a large amount of pent-up angst and frustration, probably stealing that marker from some friend and expressing yourself artistically. You have provided a great service.

Of course, sometimes you run the risk of encountering some truly saucy messages such as “Hail Satan” or “Call me Wexler,” but most of the time it’s exactly the advice you need, the essential recharge your brain requires before conquering its next big obstacle.

It’s kind of like a hodgepodge of fortune cookies conveniently located on the public bathroom walls, only there’s no overpriced Chinese food, stale “fortune cookie” flavor and if you don’t like your first fortune, you can always just choose another stall. And now that I’ve unlocked this revolutionary source of peace, how can we spread word and alert the global masses? I propose a two-pronged plan of attack. First, we need to start offering more water — it should be everywhere, and it should be free. I want to see water fountains in classrooms, sprinklers in the Sahara desert, the lines at the single water dispenser in the entirety of the George Sherman Union should wrap across the globe! We need to insure that bathrooms are kept in high demand. Secondly, I suggest an ad campaign featuring Christopher Walken saying, “I’ve got a fever, and the only prescription is more permanent markers!” — if you feel like singing, draw, if you feel like writing, draw, if you feel like doing nothing, go use the bathroom and draw. If you feel like drinking, well, drink water and then draw! I can’t emphasize the importance of perfecting your graffiti art enough. In the words of one stall, “A clean wall is a Sin.” Not just anyone can draw surrealist appendages of the human body on walls and make it change the world.

And that’s what we’re doing, really, changing the world, one Wexler at a time.

David Fontana is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and a Fall 2012 columnist for The Daily Free Press. He can be reached at fontad5@bu.edu.

Letter to the Editor: A journalist’s take on the Cuban Missile Crisis, 50 years later To the Editor: It was a year of change and contrasts. I was a senior in 1962 at Boston University’s School of Public Relations and Communications (SPRC).

In a few months I would be graduating — hoping for a job in journalism. Boston was in the spotlight because of its association with President Kennedy and life at that time for a college student was quickly changing. There was a metamorphosis from the peaceful fifties to the uneasy turbulence of the ‘60s. No one was thinking Armageddon, but that was about to change. The Air Force, conducting secret surveillance flights over Cuba, discovered a battery of Soviet missiles aimed toward the United States. Ultimatums were flying around fast and furious by both the U.S. and Fidel Castro’s Cuba. It looked like we were heading down the path to thermonuclear war … and that was the reality.

As a journalism student and also as news director of BU’s radio station WBUR, I got to

be involved in my first big story, but it was tempered by knowing that we were at the brink. I remember walking down Commonwealth Avenue and looking skyward toward the nearly completed 52-story Prudential Center and wondering if it soon would be tumbling to the ground. I was not unique in my angst. Classmates and I looked for escapes, and many of us went to the movies and saw the newly released Cinerama film “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm.” We went twice.

But I realized I had a job to do and that we had to confront news events and deal with them. Our professor, H. Paul Jeffers, mobilized us, and soon we were on the air telling our listeners what little there was to know. We knew we were up against the big boys … WBZ Radio and the television networks … but we did have a 20,000-watt radio station that had the capability of reaching a lot of people. What would make our coverage unique — something that would be different from the wire copy spurting

out endlessly on our teletype machine?

We knew that Castro was about to deliver a major foreign policy speech that might give a hint of what the Cuban dictator or the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev were planning to do. This was in an era when satellite technology and live overseas radio transmission were in their infancy, but we wanted to make a difference and give listeners a unique perspective of what was happening. Our veteran radio engineer Jim Bonney had a great idea that we thought might work. Why not try to get a short wave radio signal of Castro’s speech and broadcast it live? Impossible — not for Jim. He went to the roof of 640 Commonwealth Ave., armed with coils of wire and an antenna. But there was a problem. Where would we get the radio?

Well, Radio Shack was just a couple of blocks down the street from SPRC. We cajoled, schmoozed and persuaded its manager to let Jim borrow a radio. The next barrier for Jim was not so easy, but he found the frequency and

soon we had Radio Havana feeding into BU. But who speaks Spanish fluently? Again our collective journalism instincts kicked in. We found a language major who was willing to join our team and made sure that the local newspapers knew what we were doing.

That night, as the world bit its collective fingernails and wondered what bellicose comments would come from Cuba or Russia, our interpreter paid very close attention to what Castro was saying: “They threaten us with being the target of nuclear attacks. They do not frighten us ... and the consolation of knowing that the aggressors in a thermonuclear war, those who unleash a thermonuclear war, will be exterminated.”

I recall my words that night, “Oct. 22, 1963.

Remember this day. It will go down in history.”

Lester Kretman SPRC 1963 lkretman@bu.edu.

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Neff: MLB umpires should use instant replay to make correct calls Neff: From Page 8

didn’t blame Nelson for being a terrible person.

“It’s frustrating. I don’t have a problem with Jeff’s effort,” Girardi said following the loss. “I don’t, because he hustled to get to the point. But in this day and age, when we have instant replay available to us, it’s got to change.”

I’ve got to agree with the Yankees skipper here.

Hiroki Kuroda, the Yankees starter, was charged with three earned runs and was lifted from the

game after the blown call. That out would have finished a valiant effort

by Kuroda of eight innings pitched with just one earned run. Would the Yankees have rallied with confidence knowing they only had to score one run?

We’ll never know.

The Yankees chances were lessened because MLB is resistant to modern technology. There must be at least 20 cameras within Yankee Stadium. They must be able to capture just about every possible angle where a play could occur within

the park. Why doesn’t MLB follow the lead of the NFL and realize that their umpires are prone to mistake?

This is the second notable instance this postseason of umpires brutally blowing calls. A fly ball to left field was ruled an infield fly during the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves Wild Card game.

If a play like that was reviewable, umpires would have watched the replay and realized that an infielder could not have played that ball with “routine effort,” as the MLB rulebook stipulates and was therefore

not an infield fly. Many believe this call cost the Braves the game.

So what’s holding you back MLB? Opponents of instant replay in baseball note that it would slow down the game more.

The manager running out to the field and arguing for five minutes about a call, which the ump won’t change, slows the game down just as long as it would take an umpire to run into the dugout, review the play and make the correct call.

Why don’t we just get it right?

These guys play from April through October nearly every day.

Why blow it for them by not instituting an instant replay to ensure accuracy? It’s worked already for home run review.

Just do it.

Wait, did I just support the Yankees?

Mike Neff is a weekly columnist for the sports section. He can be reached via email at mneff@ bu.edu or via Twitter at @mneff2.

Terriers riding 8-game winning streak Women’s soccer: From Page 8

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Junior midfielder Emma Clark scored her fourth goal of the season in BU’s 1–0 win over Hartford.

Amelia Pereira, was held to only one shot. Hartford was also denied any corner kicks.

As the game wore on with each team trying desperately to generate offense, the Terriers caught a break with about 16 minutes to play when senior defender Jessica Morrow was awarded a corner kick.

She lofted the ball into the box where Junior Midfielder Emma Clark was there to finish, beating the goalkeeper for her fourth goal of the season.

“It took us a while to get the winning goal,” said BU coach Nancy Feldman. “But we played a really good game defensively, and I thought we actually had the ball really well.”

Clark was also given the task of marking the Hawks’ Pereira, who is widely considered their best player.

“I knew I had to be really conscious of moving my feet and keeping my footwork,” Clark

said. “[Pereira] is really technical, and I knew that if I did that, I would succeed.”

Offensively the Terriers stayed on the Hawks all game, taking 11 shots and being awarded six corner kicks. Their slow, wear-downthe-defense approach once again proved successful as the Terriers were able to capitalize when the moment presented itself.

“It was a total team effort,” Feldman said. “We knew that we were going down to their home field, and they don’t give up a lot of goals anywhere, particularly their home field.”

Moving into Sunday, Feldman said the team had more than just soccer to focus on as it took on Binghamton.

“We can’t forget that the kids have a lot of academic work to do in between soccer practice and soccer games,” Feldman said.

“It’s hard to dig down deep and bring out that full effort.”

But BU rose to the occasion and came away with a win.

The Terriers were again solid

on defense, as junior goalkeeper Andrea Green captured her second straight shutout. BU allowed 11 shots and was trailing the corner kick differential 4–1.

“They tried to control the tempo by playing with high pressure,” Feldman said. “The first half we didn’t play quite crisp enough, but at the beginning of the second half, our kids came out and changed the way the game was going and really upped the tempo with our attack.”

One minute into the second half, the Terriers were on the attack when freshman midfielder Clare Pleurer received a pass from junior midfielder Megan McGoldrick and fired a shot into the box, bouncing it off of the far post and into the back of the net from 16 yards out. The goal was Pleuler’s second of the season.

Following the win, the Terriers will take a break from their conference schedule on Thursday when they travel to Hanover, N.H., to take on Dartmouth College.

Field hockey falls in tough Women’s hockey set for battle with Huskies road contest with Hofstra Women’s hockey: From Page 8

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riers earned another corner and the team’s leading scorer, senior Jacinda McLeod knocked in the go-ahead goal.

Six minutes later, Coll knocked in a goal of her own and gave the Terriers a nice cushion.

The goal was Coll’s second of the season, which puts her tied for sixth on the team in goals.

BU held onto the 3–1 lead for the remainder of the game, easily closing out the victory.

By the end of the evening, the Terriers held a 20–4 shot advantage, a 9–1 corner advantage and improved their record so as to put them in a tie for the first-place spot in the America East.

It was a tale of two days for the Terriers though, as they went on to face Hofstra University (6–8) Sunday afternoon in Hempstead, N.Y. As they have done most of this season, the Terriers fell behind early.

In the 19th minute, Cerda Eimbcke allowed a goal from sophomore Jonel Boileau, who slipped past the last BU defender and knocked in a goal while on a fast break.

When it came to their second half performance, the Terriers were unlike themselves and were unable to overcome their first half woes. By the end of the game, however, BU outshot the Pride 11–7 and held the advantage when

it came to corners by four (5–1).

The loss was very unlike this year’s Terrier team. Not only was Sunday the second time this season that BU has fallen on the road, it is the second time that they have been upset by an unranked team.

Despite the loss, senior Jess Maroney and Coll were named America East Field Hockey Defensive Player of the Week and Rookie of the week, respectively, on Monday. It is Maroney’s third Defensive Player of the Week award this season while Coll earned her second Rookie of the Week honors.

As to what this loss does for the teams’ hopes of making the NCAA tournament in November, and possibly advancing to the national championship, the Terries will have to prove over the next five games that they belong among the other top teams in the nation.

This process of showing their worth will begin this weekend, as the Terriers have another big series ahead. On Friday night, they will travel to Durham, N.H., to take on No. 20 University of New Hampshire in a battle for first place in the America East.

This game will be followed by another tough game against No. 11 Northeastern University at Jordan Field, which could determine the Terriers’ fate as an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament.

a Hockey East Tournament record with 44 saves.

Chloe Desjardins has played all four games this season, and currently leads Hockey East in goalsagainst average, save percentage and winning percentage.

“Desjardins done a great job at getting in there and getting her feet wet,” Durocher said. “It’s probably their most talented team up to this point. It will help them transition from an all-world goalie to a new goalie.”

However, the team’s “bell ringer,” according to Durocher, is sophomore and Olympian Kendall Coyne, who currently leads the Huskies’ offensive charge with

five goals and two assists. Coyne was named the Hockey East Athletic Republic Player of the Week for her performance.

“Casey Pickett is a Hockey East all-star type player. Brittany Esposito is a very talented played.

Rachel Llanes has outstanding speed, and I think that another freshman to watch is a girl named Paige Savage, who’s a two-time under-18 US National Team player,” Durocher said. “It’s not one kid or two kids the girls have to watch out for.”

Coming off the loss of key player such as previous captain Jenn Wakefield, the Terriers have had success getting used to the new team dynamic.

So far, freshman forward Sarah

Lefort has scored five goals this season.

Lefort and fellow freshman Dakota Woodworth have been key goal-scorers over the past two games, as they have combined for five of the team’s nine goals.

“The last game of the year that [Northeastern] played and lost to Providence has kept them from getting into the NCAA tournament. Maybe if they had won different games in their season, it would have changed the tables for them,” Durocher said. “You’ve got to win these games for local bragging rights, for Hockey East and for the NCAA. “It will be a nice start if we can follow this one up after the BC win and get two quality wins.”

Terriers prepare for match with Crimson Men’s soccer: From Page 8

foes while just .391 overall.

Although the season has been a subpar one for Harvard, the Crimson have had a few bright spots which they can look forward to over the course of the season’s remainder and into the future.

One of these bright spots has been freshman forward Jake Freeman.

The freshman comes to the Crimson after captaining his high school team during the 2011 campaign. So far with Harvard, he has provided some spark that could be potentially dangerous for the Terriers on Tuesday night. Freeman

is tied for the team lead in points with four, having scored two goals this year. Although Freeman has only started in three of Harvard’s games, he has still been an impact player.

Freeman scored a crucial goal against Michigan State, which ended up being the game-winner.

He also leads the team in shots with 22, and is fifth on the team in shots on goal percentage at .636.

For the Terriers, this means that any time Freeman touches the ball near the goal, sophomore goalie Nick Thomson must be on his toes and ready to defend the net.

Despite the power outage on offense for the Crimson, their

defense has kept them in most games. Harvard’s mostly young defense led by a bevy of sophomores has limited opponents to 1.68 goals a game, which has allowed the Crimson to be in any game they play.

The Crimson have been working a goalie platoon, using freshmen, Joe Festa and Evan Mendez.

Festa has the slight edge in playing time, and has solid numbers.

In seven games started he’s had a strong .714 save percentage while allowing 1.50 goals a game.

“Both of us have been struggling out there,” Roberts said.

“You’ll see two hungry teams going at it on the field Tuesday.”

I tip my cap to them.

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BU coach Brian Durocher on Northeastern’s success against his team last season.

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Tuesday’s Take MLB, take a second look

Mike Neff

Is it time to institute more widespread instant replay in the MLB? Yankees fans would say so.

And I agree.

The blown call during Game 2 of the ALCS highlights the reason that instant replay is a necessity in most, if not all, situations in Major League Baseball.

The idea that one wrong call in an under-pressure moment by an umpire can cost a team a run, a game, a series or potentially their season, is mind-blowing.

After sitting on the couch watching football all day Sunday and seeing countless amounts of “Under Review” chyrons on the TV, I flipped by to see highlights of the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers ALCS games. I’d read on Twitter that an umpire had made a terrible call.

After seeing the replay, terrible is an understatement. Anybody with two eyes could clearly see that Yankees second basemen Robinson Cano tagged the Tigers’ Omar Infante out as he dove back to the bag after overrunning it. If you haven’t seen the video, go check it out online. It’s brutal.

The Yankees were trailing 1–0 at that point, and following the blown call, with two-outs, the Tigers managed to put two additional runs on the board. Infante, who was “safe,” scored. The Yankees went down 3–0 and it would remain that way.

Following the game, second base umpire Jeff Nelson acknowledged the error.

“I had the tag late and the hand going into the bag before the tag on the chest,” Nelson said. “The hand did not get in before the tag. The call was incorrect.”

Ya think?

Did Joe Girardi storming you at second base and the visceral reaction of the fans not convince you enough that perhaps you were wrong then? But, in Nelson’s defense, there is no recourse for an umpire after making an out call like that. They can’t use instant replay to review it. They can’t take the advice of another umpire who was in a different position on the field. They can’t say, “my bad” and do it over.

Girardi, after the game, said he

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Terriers split weekend with Maine, Hofstra

By Chris Dela Rosa Daily Free Press Staff

Going into this past weekend, it seemed as if the No. 12 Boston University field hockey team would coast through another duo of games as they faced No. 25 University of Maine and Hofstra University. While the Terriers topped Maine on Friday, they dropped a close contest at Hofstra on Sunday.

On Friday night, the Terriers (9–5, 3–0 America East) welcomed the Black Bears (9–7, 2–1 America East) to Jordan Field to play one of the team’s final games at Harvard University before its move to New Balance Field in the fall of 2013.

Less than 11 minutes into the game, sophomore Holly Stewart slipped the ball past sophomore goalkeeper Valentina Cerda Eimbcke’s outstretched leg to give the Black Bears a 1–0 lead. The score remained the same entering the half.

“Almost the first 10 minutes we could have had a shot, corner or goal and we just gave it [back to Maine],” said BU coach Sally Starr, “and that was really frus-

trating in the first half.”

In typical Terrier fashion, it was not until the 44th minute that the Terriers responded with a goal of their own. On one of their nine corners of the game, the Terriers tied the game on a goal from junior midfielder Ella Gunson.

Gunson was set up by freshman forward Rachel Coll and with a bit of help from a Maine stick, the ball found the net.

“We played a much more aggressive press than what we played in the first half, I think that almost acted as a catalyst and our team was playing quicker and harder,” Starr said. “It’s just like football — high risk, high reward, and I really think it set up a faster pace game for us and really helped us on that end of the field.”

With the support of one of the biggest crowds the team has seen this season, the Terriers took the momentum they gained during Gunson’s goal and did what they were used to doing most of this season — make a big second half push.

In the 49th minute the Ter-

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Junior midfielder Ella Gunson scored a goal in the Boston University field hockey team’s 3–1 win over the University of Maine.

Women’s soccer takes wins over Hartford, Binghamton

By Matthew Fils-Aime Daily Free Press Staff

In a big week for the Boston University women’s soccer team, the Terriers put aside both physical and mental fatigue to garner key victories over the University of Harford and Binghamton University.

The Terriers traveled Hartford, Conn., Thursday night to take on the then-undefeated Hawks, and then continued on to Binghamton, N.Y., on Sunday for a match against Binghamton. The Terriers (11–5–1, 7–0 America East) were successful, achieving 1–0 victories in each match.

Thursday night the Terriers were put to the test against Hartford, who had a share of the top spot in the America East. The game was a defensive battle, with only four shots taken in the first half.

As the game progressed, the Terriers’ defense, which has seen

success for the better part of the season, stifled a very good offense. BU limited Hartford’s chances to score all game long, holding them to four total shots in the match. The Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division I Offensive Player of the Week,

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Struggling men’s soccer set BU to travel to Northeastern to take on 1-win Crimson for Hockey East showdown

By Andrew Battifarano Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston University men’s soccer team lost on 5–1 to the University of Maryland-Baltimore County Saturday night, ending the Terriers’ four-game unbeaten streak. On Tuesday, the Terriers look to start a new streak against cross-river Cambridge rivals Harvard University.

Although the Terriers (4–6–4, 1–1–2 America East) have seemingly faced a tough schedule all season long, the Crimson do not appear to pose as much of a threat as others have to the Terriers.

Coming into the game, Harvard has a record of 1–7–3 overall, while holding a 0–2–1 record in the Ivy League Conference.

The Crimson’s only win of the season was all the way back on Sept. 7, when they defeated Michigan State University. Most recently the Crimson dropped their last two games to No. 16 Cornell University by a score of 3–1, and 2–1 to No. 19 Brown University.

“They’ve had a tough schedule,” said BU coach Neil Roberts.

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“They have a lot to prove, and I’m sure they’re going to play us tough.”

Throughout Harvard’s campaign they have played in a number of close games, similar to how BU’s season has gone. Six of its games have been decided by one goal, three by ties and one game was decided by two goals. Things have not been bouncing the Crimson’s way in these games as they have only won one of these close battles.

One major problem with Harvard is its lack of offense.

Throughout the 2012–13 season, Harvard has not generated more than two goals in a game, which only happened once. The Crimson have only been averaging a low 12.1 shots a game, which has culminated in 0.7 goals per game.

When they do shoot however, they have not been able to put the ball on goal. Throughout the season, the Crimson have only been able to boast a .408 shots-on-goal percentage against conference

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Thursday, Oct. 18 M. Tennis @ ITA Regionals, All Day

By Kira Cole Daily Free Press Staff

The No. 3/6 Boston University and Northeastern University women’s hockey teams have both started the season off strong — BU with a record of 3–0–0 and Northeastern with a record of 4–0–0 — and are due to meet at Matthews Arena on Tuesday.

“You’re looking at a really good top-to-bottom team [at Northeastern],” said BU coach Brian Durocher. “Their team is a very deep team. It’s a very quick team, and it’s a very highly competitive team.”

Northeastern finished up the 2011–12 season with a record of 22–7–4, and BU finished the same season with a record of 23–14–1.

In that season, BU lost to Northeastern three out of four games, including a loss in overtime at the Beanpot Championship.

“It’s a team that we didn’t have great luck against last year … and I tip my cap to them,” said Durocher. “We are both pretty competitive, and we both want to win this game because it’s a game that’s big

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not only in Hockey East, but on a national scale it’s a big game.”

The Terriers only scored seven goals against Northeastern last year in their four games.

A lot of that offensive struggle was due to the play of then-senior goaltender Florence Schelling, who shut out the Terriers on Nov. 30.

Schelling had a 1.75 goals against average against BU alone last year while posting a .952 save percentage in those games.

“The only uncertainty [at Northeastern] is the fact that you’ve got to replace an all-world goalie — Florence Schelling — but obviously so far [sophomore] Chloe Desjardins has done a super job in her first four games,” Durocher said.

A competitor for the Swiss national women’s hockey team, Schelling goaltended for Northeastern during the span of 2008– 12.

During the 2010–11 season at Walter Brown Arena, Schelling set

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Saturday, Oct. 20

M. Soccer vs. Albany, 2 p.m.

W. Hockey vs. Cornell, 7 p.m.

M. Hockey @ UNH, 7 p.m.

Tennis @ ITA Regional, All Day