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Committee moves closer to new district map in meeting Romney criticizes

By Lauren Dezenski Daily Free PressStaff

As the clock ticks for the Boston City Council to approve the newest redistricting map, city councilors proposed a third map at a redistricting meeting on Tuesday that could pass a council vote as early as Wednesday.

The meeting at City Hall reflected councilors’ efforts to put forth a third map that would serve the needs of Boston residents and meet Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s specifications to avoid yet another veto.

“This is the next step in trying to move the Boston City Council in creating a map a majority of us can approve, so we can get this on the mayor’s desk in time to meet the deadline,” said Councilor Bill Linehan, of South Boston, the Census and Redistricting Committee chair.

Linehan outlined the committee’s goals based off the mayor’s recommendations in his veto of the second map in September.

“We need to have at least four majority-minority voting-age person districts, create more African-American representation in District 5 and get the majority of councilors to approve,” Linehan said.

Councilors Robert Consalvo, Frank Baker and Matt O’Malley put forth a map that a number of committee members called the best map

energy policies in town hall debate

By Mary Yatrousis Daily Free Press Staff

Paré said these situations can be traumatizing for the victims, which can result in less revealing descriptions of the suspects. However, BUPD plans to seek more information on the suspects after the initial incident.

When officials from the BUPD, Brookline Police Department and Boston Police Department spoke at a town hall meeting in Metcalf Hall on Oct. 10, several students raised questions regarding the incidents. One student, who did not identify herself, claimed that a friend of hers told her to avoid black people, The Daily Free Press previously reported.

SMG freshman Stephanie Strager said she had experienced similar jokes with her friends.

“Maybe if we walk by a black teacher, someone will say ‘do you think that’s him [the robber]?’ But that’s just a joke,” Strager said.

Ben Young, a College of Arts and Scienc-

In their second debate, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney attacked the nation’s four years under President Barack Obama, who argued that he would continue his commitments to the country if elected for a second term.

Candy Crowley of CNN’s “State of the Union” moderated the debate, which was held at Hofstra University.

The debate commenced with a question from Jeremy Epstein, a junior in college who asked what each candidate would do to make it possible for him to support himself after graduation.

“We have to make sure that we make it easier for kids to afford college,” Romney said. “and also make sure that when they get out of college, there’s a job.”

Obama echoed Romney’s rhetoric about making college affordable.

“We’ve got to make sure that we have the best education system in the world,” Obama said. “And the fact that you’re going to college is great, but I want everybody to get a great education, and we’ve worked hard to make sure that student loans are available for folks like you.”

Romney reminded viewers of the poor economy that still exists under Obama and said 23 million Americans are struggling to find jobs.

“The president’s policies have been exercised over the last four years, and they haven’t put Americans back to work,” Romney said.

“We have fewer people working today than we had when the president took office.”

Romney said that the recently released national unemployment rate of 7.8 percent, the first time it dipped below 8 percent in Obama’s presidency, did not account for all the people who have dropped out of the workforce.

But Obama attacked his opponent’s fivepoint job-creation plan, which Romney said would fix the unemployment issue.

“Governor Romney doesn’t have a five-

Race, see page 2

Debate, see page 2

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City Councilor Charles Yancey explains his proposal for redestricting maps in the Curley Room at Boston City Hall Tuesday.

presented yet.

“Using voting-age population, citizen voting-age population and unpacking District 4 [criteria], I think the Consalvo, Baker, O’Malley map goes in the right direction to do

that,” said City Council President Stephen Murphy. “If you don’t go down the road to unpack District 4 in a more substantial way, we’re fac-

Meeting, see page 2

Students still feel racial tension after robbery suspects’ arrest

By Tyler Lay Daily Free Press Staff

Although the suspects connected to some of the recent robberies around Boston University’s Charles River Campus are in custody, the crimes raised questions in the BU community about racial tensions and stereotypes about minorities and crime.

The BU Emergency Alerts sent to students after the robberies occurred on Sept. 23, Sept.

26 and Oct. 5, as well as after the attempted robbery of Oct. 9, characterized the suspects by only their race and gender.

Each suspect in each incident was described as a black male, whereas additional description such as attire or an estimate of age was given only in some of the alert messages. On two occasions, the suspects were described as wearing hooded sweatshirts.

Tensions rose among students after racial discrimination was brought to light by the descriptions of the suspects, students and

experts said. A number of students read the descriptions, which included little more than skin color, age and some clothing, and voiced concerns about racial profiling on campus.

“The thing is, that’s a very vague description,” said Javaun Francis, a School of Management sophomore and member of BU’s black student union Umoja, about the alerts.

“It will inevitably cause certain people to be more fearful of certain people on campus.”

Francis said he understands the necessity of getting correct information to the student population, but that the individual responses are what can result in tension.

Deputy Director of Public Safety of the BU Police Department Scott Paré said there is no specific protocol regarding content of the alerts. Rather, they seek to be timely and accurate — in accordance with the victim’s report.

“You have to go with what the victim gives you,” he said.

Despite competitive environment, Newbury Street uses distinct features to survive

By Alex Diantgikis Daily Free Press Staff

Although small stores lining Newbury Street face daunting rental rates and constant competition from more than 60 businesses, employees said their business has adapted to keep their locations on Boston’s fashionfriendly street.

Robin Helfand, owner of Robin’s Candy Shop on Newbury Street, said the key to having success is being open for extended periods of time.

“You have to have steady business, so we’re open seven days a week,” she said.

“We’re open year-round. We tend to stay open for quite a few of the holidays. One of the real keys to our success is we stay open late.”

Robin’s Candy Shop is one of many small independently owned stores on Newbury Street vying for customers within a short eight blocks in Boston.

While some store owners said they see competition on Newbury Street as difficult with a disappointing turnover rate, others said

they were attracted to the area because of the success of small businesses.

James Dewar, Brooks Brothers’ general manager, said the Newbury Brooks Brothers has been open since 1928 and the turnover rate of stores on Newbury Street is disheartening.

“I wish that the rents were more inviting,” Dewar said. “I don’t think there’s any lowrent district on Newbury, and I think we belong here.”

Despite these factors, Dewar said his larger franchise store is able to remain competitive.

“I think our clientele is a fair mix of people who have always shopped at Brooks Brothers and people from outside of the area who have heard of us and like what they see,” he said.

“There’s a lot of tourist traffic on Newbury Street.”

Despite possible tough competition, Helfand said she was drawn to Newbury Street’s emphasis on small businesses.

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Although Newbury Street is a competitive environment for stores, each store finds different ways to adapt to the competition.

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Obama, Romney have ‘equal’ performances in second debate, COM dean says Debate: From Page 1

point plan. He has a one-point plan,” Obama said. “And that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. That’s been his philosophy in the private sector, that’s been his philosophy as governor, that’s been his philosophy as a presidential candidate.”

The candidates clashed on energy issues, specifically on oil production and prices. When the issue of gas prices came up, Romney said production of oil on federal land is down 14 percent because Obama has cut down on licenses and permits.

Although Obama claimed Romney was false and argued that production of oil is increasing, Romney continued his attack on energy and challenged Obama about the rise of gasoline prices. He said if Obama’s energy policies were working, then energy prices would not be so high.

“When the president took office,

the price of gasoline here in Nassau County was about $1.86 a gallon,” Romney said. “Now, it’s $4 a gallon.

The price of electricity is up.”

Obama said that gas prices were so low before he took office because the nation was on the verge of an economic recession.

“So, it’s conceivable that Governor Romney could bring down gas prices because with his policies, we might be back in that same mess,” Obama said.

In one question directed at Romney, the Republican nominee distanced himself from former President George W. Bush, saying that they were not the same person and this was not the same election.

Obama argued that Romney and Bush have similar economic polices, but differ in social policies.

Obama was also asked about what he had accomplished as president. He listed some of his accomplishments, including his healthcare

legislation, the end of the war in Iraq and the orchestrated attack that killed Osama bin Laden.

“The point is the commitments I’ve made, I’ve kept,” Obama said.

“And those that I haven’t been able to keep, it’s not for lack of trying, and we’re going to get it done in a second term.”

In response, Romney questioned Obama’s achievements while in office.

“I think you know that these last four years haven’t been so good as the president just described,” Romney said. “And that you don’t feel like your confident that the next four years are going to be much better either.”

Romney said Obama claimed he would lower the unemployment rate to 5.4 percent as president, and that it currently is not even close.

Although Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed responsibility for American deaths in Libya on Oct.

New redistricting map due by Nov. 5 Meeting: From Page 1

ing a mayoral veto and the clock is ticking.”

City Councilor Michael Ross, of the Fens, who represents District 8, echoed Murphy’s statement.

“I think this map has come the closest to what we want, and that includes the maps we’ve voted on,” Ross said.

The next step, Linehan said, is to field recommendations for specific amendments to the map, which will be made at Wednesday’s City Council meeting.

From there, the council would vote on the amended map. Should it receive a majority of seven votes, it is then submitted to the mayor for his signature or veto.

“Clearly we’re responding to the mayor’s veto,” Linehan said. “We’re absolutely positioned to meet some of the rhetoric and definition put in the veto.”

City Councilor Charles Yancey, of Dorchester, whose district includes hotly contested Mattapan, proposed another map to the committee that removed one precinct from District 9, and re-uniting Mattapan, which was

divided in last decade’s redistricting map.

More than 30 people sat along the outside of the Curley Room holding and wearing shirts reading “Reunite Mattapan.”

“Mattapan was very callously split 10 years ago,” Yancey said. “I have been trying to put Mattapan back together [with this new map], because the people of Mattapan deserve better.”

At-Large Councilor Ayanna Pressley, however, voiced her concern with saying that the redistricting process “betrayed” citizens or that they “deserved better.”

“I represent all 22 neighborhoods.

I’m not in the business to betray anyone,” Pressley said. “We’re taking a painful step now to create a vision for the future.”

After the meeting, Roxbury resident Regina McClay told The Daily Free Press she was disappointed with the councilors’ meeting and that their efforts lacked essential information.

“People lacked the necessary information to make key decisions today,” McClay said. “If you’re not looking at the economic information,

you’re still going to have poor communities by not looking at the poverty levels.”

City Council is constitutionally obligated to re-draw the map of its nine districts every 10 years to represent population and demographic changes throughout the city’s neighborhoods.

The process for the forthcoming map, due on Nov. 5, has been a long time coming.

Councilors began work in 2010, Linehan said.

The map must be in place one year prior to City Council elections, so candidates for each district can move into their respective district should they be displaced by newly drawn boundaries.

“We have eight days prior to the mayor returning and to get this done,” Linehan said. “We need to talk about specific changes and come up with resolutions to changes maps.”

The result, however, will ultimately benefit the citizens of Boston, Pressley said.

“The goals here have everything to do with morality, mathematics and the constitutional mandate,” Pressley said, “but above all, morality.”

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15, Obama still took responsibility for the incident.

“She works for me,” he said. “I’m the president and I’m always responsible, and that’s why nobody’s more interested in finding out exactly what happened than I do.”

While both candidates were aggressive in the town hall debate Tuesday night, some political scientists noted Obama’s performance, which improved significantly from the first debate.

“Obama came swinging back,” said Graham Wilson, department chair of political science at Boston University. “He made all the points he should have made during the first debate.”

Wilson said neither of the candidates performed poorly, but Obama did “fantastically better” than the first performance.

Douglas Kriner, associate professor of political science at BU, said Obama emerged as the victor.

“President Obama was quite passive in the first debate, but tonight, he made a much more forceful defense of his record and sharpened his attacks on Governor Romney’s proposals,” he said in an email.

Thomas Fiedler, dean of BU’s College of Communication, said Obama and Romney had an equal performance.

“Each side is going to be able to come out of this feeling pretty good about the performance of their candidate,” he said in a phone interview.

Fiedler said this debate will not change poll numbers and that there was no clear winner.

“This is like a football game where both teams seem to just move from one 40-yard line to the other 40-yard line, with a lot of just one and two yard gains and pushing and shoving,” Fiedler said. “But no particular big breaks. And nothing that would really change the dynamic going forward.”

Racial profiling has ‘damaging’ effect on students, CCI exec. director says Race: From Page 1

es freshman, said he had not been aware of any instances of profiling, but that he could understand why it might be difficult for students to avoid.

“That’s just a thing,” he said.

“Black guys wear hoodies sometimes, everybody does. I wear hoodies.”

School of Engineering junior Matthew Farmer, head of community relations for Umoja, said that as a black male he felt discomfort after the alerts were released.

“Both of my roommates are black,” he said. “It struck us as odd, because that means should we be walking down in Allston or something, are we going to be looked at differently because all of a sudden three black males in hoodies [were suspects].”

Paul Marcus, the executive director of Community Change, Inc., a Boston-based organization that seeks to promote racial justice and equity, said people have distorted views of the communities surrounding Boston due to systemic racism.

“We have this image that … the black communities in Boston and

Latino communities are just riddled with crime,” Marcus said. “All of those perceptions that we have are because of the lenses we have been given within the racist system.”

Marcus also said the impact on the individual students who are profiled is a damaging one.

“Ultimately, it’s a feeling that you … don’t belong, it’s a feeling that you’re not trusted and that wears on you,” he said. “It wears on you to the extent that it impacts the stress of your life, it impacts your health outcome and it explains some of the reasons why blacks have a lower life expectancy than whites.”

Farmer said integration and collaboration of student organizations may help prevent instances of racial aversion and profiling.

“What I’m seeing is that [black student organizations] need to work more to involve the community on the whole,” Farmer said. “I feel that a lot of the events that black student organizations do tend to just include black students … but look at all the other student organizations. It’s not just about them, it’s about the community on the whole because that’s why we’re here.”

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Blades of Fury

By Kaneta Zillur & Jasper Craven Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken from the Allston-Brighton D-14 crime logs from Oct. 11 to Oct. 16.

On Friday at about 1:28 p.m., officers responded to a radio call for a person pulling a knife on a security guard inside the parking lot at 370 Western Ave. in Brighton. The victim said the suspect was inside the Star Market store causing trouble, at which point one of the store managers asked the victim to escort the man off of the premises. The suspect swung his hand at the victim several times while on their way out of the store. When they got out of the store, the suspect stopped outside the entrance, turned to the victim and pulled a knife on him.

The victim managed to knock the knife out of the suspect’s hand and took it when it fell to the ground.

The victim later turned in the knife to the police and identified the suspect, and said he could smell alcohol from the suspect’s breath. The suspect was arrested, taken to the police station for booking and was charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon. The officers turned the knife in as evidence. An interpreter read the suspect his rights because he spoke Russian.

Stolen swag On Saturday, a victim reported that sometime after he fell asleep at about 12:30 a.m., someone broke into his apartment on Gardner Street in North Brighton.

When the victim woke up, he found many items missing from his bedroom, including a Samsung Galaxy Phone, a Michael Kors wallet, a Chase credit card, a pair of Ray Ban sunglasses, a North Face backpack, $200 in bills and a MacBook laptop. The total value of the stolen items is estimated to be more than $2,300.

Unfair cabbie At about 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, officers answered a phone call from a victim who stated that she was forced by a cab operator to pay the fare from Logan Airport. The victim said the driver refused to return her bags unless she paid the amount he demanded. The victim said she used the credit card machine in the back seat of the cab to pay. After she swiped her card and accepted the payment, a message on the machine thanked her for the payment.

The driver said the payment had not gone through and insisted that she make the payment again.

The driver then got in the back seat with the victim and made her swipe her card under the flat rate. The victim said the first payment was $46.10 and the second payment was $40.10. The driver gave the victim a receipt for the second payment, threw her luggage onto the sidewalk and then drove away.

The victim managed to snap a picture of the license plate as the car drove away, which she later submitted to the police.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Anxiety yields better test results, study suggests Increases seen

in meningitis since outbreak

By Nora Philbin Daily Free Press Staff

While a recent psychological study suggested that pre-exam anxiety can lead to boosted test performance for young students with good memory, experts at Boston University said the findings could apply to college students as well.

Researchers surveyed 96 students between the ages of 12 and 14 and found when working memory was good, anxiety would help to produce higher test results, according to the study published Friday by the British Psychological Society.

Although the study examined younger students, anxiety in the middle of the spectrum can serve as a helpful motivator for college students, professionals said.

“Anxiety is a more future-focused, future-oriented emotional state [compared to fear] with the primary function of preparation, so to have some anxiety leading into a test can get you motivated,” said Todd Farchione, intensive program director at BU’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. “It can be really advantageous to us.”

Farchione said moderate levels of anxiety coupled with strong memory can lead to higher results, but very low or very high levels of anxiety can negatively affect grades.

“The idea [is] that very low levels of anxiety will result in poor performance and very high levels of anxiety will result in poor performance,” he said. “So there is this optimal range where if you are moderately anxious and emotionally stimulated you will actually perform better.”

Exam anxiety for college students is often a result of time constraints, said David Gehrenbeck-shim, a practicing clinical psychologist and professor at BU. “In fact one of the things with anxiety in particular is the effects of time testing,” Gehrenbeck-shim

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A recent study by the British Psychological Society suggests that mild anxiety can boost performance on tests.

said. “If someone has only 50 minutes to do something and then they are given the same task in two hours in a different setting, what do you think is going to happen? It’s going to be much more manageable.”

He said anxiety can help performance when it is in a proper range and coupled with strong memory. “[Anxiety] actually fuels you,” he said. “You get the jitters. Remember anxiety is adrenaline, it can pump you up and get you going or you have something called an adrenaline dump.”

Anxiety can exacerbate weak memory abilities, Gehrenbeck-shim said.

“What happens is that under the best circumstances, a person with limited memory is already going to have problems, and the anxiety compounds on that,” he said.

Treatments for memory problems and anxiety problems are very different, Gehrenbeck-shim said.

“You can’t in fact increase your memory capacity,” Gehrenbeckshim said. “What you can do is develop better mnemonic skills or memory tasks.”

Some students said they find

moderate pre-exam anxiety helps them perform better.

“I always have some pre-exam anxiety and I guess it helps me perform better,” said Ali Miniutti, a College of Arts and Sciences senior.

“It definitely helps if I have a little bit, but if I’m really anxious on tests I don’t think it helps after a certain threshold.”

Ryan McNaughton, a School of Engineering freshman, said he experiences excessive anxiety during exams under time pressure.

“You get five minutes to do what looks like it might take a long time you start to freak out,” he said. “You try to think too quickly and you end up not thinking at all.”

Oliver Rocos, a School of Law graduate student, said while he does not notice a personal correlation between test anxiety and performance, memory and anxiety are linked.

“I was a barrister in London, and we put people under pressure and they forget things all the time,” he said. “Then they would make things up, and then they get under more anxiety. It’s a cascading process, I’ve always found.”

The Center for Disease Control reported 19 more cases of meningitis on Tuesday, as the country grapples with a meningitis outbreak possibly linked to steroid injections from the New England Compounding Center in Framingham.

This brings the overall case count to 233, with 15 states affected. As of Tuesday, 15 people have died from the outbreak.

State and national officials continue to investigate the outbreak that began in September. The Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Friday that vials of a steroid injection from the NECC contained an unidentified fungal contaminant, although the FDA is investigating whether this contaminant is the same as any of those found in patients.

“The FDA and the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy have conducted joint reviews of NECC for more than a decade,” said Alec Loftus, communications director for Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick, in an email statement on Friday. “These collaborative investigations are essential to maximizing regulatory oversight, and ensuring public safety.”

So far, Michigan has reported the most outbreaks of meningitis, with 47 cases reported.

Although cases have been associated with an injection of the steroid methylprednisolone acetate, on Monday, the FDA announced that other NECC products might have caused possible meningitis and another infection in two more patients.

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Some opt out of BU Abroad to focus on course schedules, activities

By Victoria Pierce Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston University Study Abroad Office said more students are going abroad than ever before.

While many students map out their schedules to ensure they have a semester to study abroad, a number of others said their academic schedules and lifestyles work better if they remain in Boston.

“The classes for my majors are very specific and not general liberal arts classes that abroad programs typically offer, so there’s no programs with classes I would need to take,” said Alyssa Langer, a senior in the College of Communication and Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.

Study Abroad added more program options so additional students will have the opportunity to go abroad, said Chris Russell, Study Abroad associate director for marketing and recruiting.

“We are seeing more and more students study abroad than ever before,” Russell said. “We are working to make sure a study abroad option is open to every student.”

BU offers programs for more than 30 locations around the country and around the world that accommodate numerous academic focuses and majors, Russell said.

However, some students said studying abroad might not be an option for everyone because of credit requirements, previous commitments on campus or money.

“I was going to originally study

abroad next semester [spring 2013], but I decided not to for a variety of reasons,” said Abigail Clauhs, a College of Arts and Sciences junior.

“I work two jobs here at BU because I am financially independent from my parents. I need to be able to earn money, and I can’t do that while studying abroad.”

Russell said finances are not as much of an issue as many students expect.

“If a BU student chooses to study abroad on a BU study abroad program, the financial aid they receive from the institution and from the federal government can be applied to their semester abroad,” Russell said.

Sean Ashburn, a CAS junior, said that he does not plan to study abroad while at BU due to his commitment as an ambassador coordinator at the BU office of admissions.

“There was nothing in my way that kept me from doing it, it is just easier and more convenient for me not to,” Ashburn said. “I think there are more reasons to stay on BU’s campus for all four years, so it was okay with me. I think it is a great experience for a lot of people, but for me I don’t really see the relevance for my future career [as a high school guidance counselor].”

Clauhs also said she wants to stay on campus because she has responsibilities over clubs on campus.

“I am part of multiple clubs and organizations, and I didn’t want to

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While some students choose to study abroad for the irreplacable cultural experience, others choose to stay in Boston for academic and community reasons.

be away from them for a whole semester,” she said. “I didn’t want to leave for a whole semester only to come back and see that they had become disorganized or that membership wasn’t as strong.”

Students who have been able to study abroad during their four years at BU said their experiences overseas have been well worth it.

COM senior Chris Roys, who is studying abroad in Sydney said going abroad is an opportunity he would not necessarily have had if not for BU. “I wanted to study abroad because the chances of me ever get-

ting to travel to Australia on my own outside of school weren’t concrete,” Roys said. “Traveling the world was made so much more accessible through BU and its many programs.”

Elizabeth Mehren, a COM professor, said studying abroad is an excellent way for students to feel out the workplace for their intended career.

“It’s a way to experience an overseas work environment at a time when it’s pretty tough to get those jobs, realistically,” Mehren said. “They get to get their toe in the water in a structured fashion.”

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ollege, more than any other time in a person’s life, is an opportunity for new experiences and adventures. For a number of students at Boston University, this means exploring not only the Hub, but a new country. With more than 75 programs in 30 cities on six continents, BU Study Abroad has sent about 16,000 students to various destinations since 1984.

Practicing Medicine in Paris In Paris, “everything is smaller, yet bigger in a sense,” said Alberto Medina, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences who is majoring in Biology and French, in a Skype interview.

“The cars are smaller, streets are narrower and people are tinier,” Medina said, “but then there’s everything else that’s bigger and longer, like the nights out, the monuments and the dinners.”

Medina said the Parisian lifestyle is much more “relaxed” than the Bostonian way of life.

He is interning in the Parisian hospital Franco-Britanique, working in the pediatrics and neonatology department, during the second half of the semester and said he cannot wait for it to begin.

“It’s the perfect opportunity for me because I am pre-med and I am also looking into being a pediatrician,” he said.

He advocated in favor of Parisians, saying that they do not fit the cold and rude stereotype many people might believe they embody.

“In Texas, you have the southern hospitality feeling, whereas in the Northeast, you have less of that,” he said. “In Paris, you get a mix of both.”

Medina said he is excited about his living conditions — he is staying with a 70-year-old woman, whose apartment is 10 minutes away from the Eiffel Tower.

“I can actually see it from the living room — the view is amazing,” he said.

Mixing in with Madrid Maya Jimenez, a senior studying photojournalism in the College of Communication, said she is comfortable with her host family.

She is living with a single mother and her 11-year-old child in Madrid, Spain.

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—it’s all very European,” Jimenez said via Skype.

Having grown up in Ecuador, Jiminez compared the Spanish environment with her experience in South America.

“There are so many similarities — both cultures are very friendly, you always eat with other people and everyone is very open-minded,” she said. “It’s like every day revolves around drinking and eating. It’s a very warm city.”

Jimenez is taking classes at the International Institute of Madrid with students from all over the world. She also works for a fashion photographer, who she said might call her up at any moment for an unexpected shoot.

“It’s possible I’ll get a call right now saying, ‘I have a shoot for you, can you make it?’” she said. “It’s pretty erratic, but I enjoy it.”

When Jimenez went to Madrid, she decided to maintain her relationship with her boyfriend despite the long distance. Although she said she understands how it can be a large issue for a number of students, she urges those who are concerned for their relationships to give a shot at it, because it is worth it.

“Don’t let your homesickness keep you from doing things. Even if you’re in a fight with your boyfriend or you miss your parents, you must force yourself to go out and enjoy the city,” she said. “It is a once in a lifetime experience, and if your relationship is strong enough, it will be okay.”

Living London COM junior Josh Crampsey studying advertising, recently got back to London after spending a weekend in Austria — just in time for the final days of the London Film Festival.

“I’m grateful for the opportunity,” he said in a Skype interview. “I’m getting the chance to see these amazing places that I could’ve probably only seen in pictures.”

It was not easy to adjust to the European life at first, but now that he is accustomed to the lifestyle, Crampsey said he is enjoying every minute.

“The way of life in Europe is so different than [in] America, but it’s been a great experience, and I know I’ve grown as a person from it,” he said.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS GOODWIN

Chris Goodwin, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, goes hiking through an ice tunnel in Fox Glacier, New Zealand.

Nature in New Zealand On the other side of the globe, Chris Goodwin, a junior in CAS concentrating in biology, said he enjoyed a two-week trip around New Zealand’s South Island. It was the first time Goodwin was traveling by himself, he said, to an unknown location, without any idea of where he would be sleeping each night.

“It was an amazing experience — everyone was vey hospitable and impressed by us traveling on our own,” he said over Skype.

“Everywhere you looked you could imagine being in a scene from ‘The Lord of The Rings.’”

As he talked about the landscapes, his passion for the images he described was more than noticeable.

“As we hiked around the island, you could see the most majestic mountains all around ...

The forests are beautiful, thick and lush,” he said. “I wasn’t thinking about the movie locations while I was there, but one night, after a hike, someone said, ‘We hit Isengard today.’”

Awesome Australia “Coming to Australia is probably the best decision I’ve ever made,” said Rachel Canalita, a senior studying international relations and Film/TV in CAS and COM via Skype. “I can’t imagine anyone having a bad experience here.”

Canalita said that studying abroad is a must do for students.

“Studying abroad is one of those things you have to do or else you’ll regret it,” she said. “Immersing yourself in a different culture is refreshing. You get to understand more about your own culture and learn to appreciate a different one.”

While studying abroad, there is no limit to the activities one can participate in, from starting new internships to enjoying the sunrise and breakfast on the beach.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ALBERTO MEDINA Canalita is interning in a small production Alberto Medina, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, takes in a view of the Eiffel Tower company called Naked Flame Productions, from his host mother’s apartment in Paris.

were she says she will be doing “virtually everything” during the semester.

“Right now, I do research and edit trailers, but I’ll be doing many different things for the company,” she said.

Canalita also said that she is pleased with her classes and professors. Since the classes she takes are very small, professors take the time to know everyone’s name and develop a personal relationship with each student.

“One of my professors would always ask us what we did the previous day, if we didn’t do something new or if we stayed in our dorm, he’d get upset,” she said. “He really pushes us to experience new things — it’s great.”

Budget Wisely If there is one thing that every student abroad said, it was that travelers need to be mindful of their spending habits.

Crampsey said he was initially shocked by the difference in prices.

“Everything in London is really expensive,” he said. “I spent 30 American dollars in going to watch a movie.”

Jimenez said students she knows on the Madrid program have had the same issue.

“You need to spend your money wisely, and always keep in mind that Euros are not dollars,” she said.

Despite the financial warnings, the students are unanimous in their opinion. Whether it is enjoying the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Paris, or “the French New York City,” as Medina calls it, finding epic adventures while admiring New Zealand landscapes such as Goodwin, or eating tapas and enjoying good wine bar-hopping down the streets of Madrid like Jimenez, every student said that studying abroad is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

“I can’t imagine another moment in my life where I could’ve been immersed in such a different and beautiful culture,” Canatina said.

“I do not regret my decision one bit.”

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Go abroad domestically, leave Boston without passport

By Amy Gorel Daily Free Press Staff

A number of Boston University students said they chose study abroad programs in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles instead of international programs because they are more career-oriented.

“My favorite thing was the fact that I was able to go to the city where I hope to get a job,” said Hannah Patnaik, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences who studied in D.C. over the summer.

Though the L.A. and D.C. programs are not international programs, Bernd Widdig, executive director of BU Study Abroad, said students are not missing out on any opportunities.

“No, on the contrary,” he said. “For anybody who is interested in the entertainment industry in the widest sense, the L.A. program is totally unique and there are so many success stories where students later on were able to find jobs in the entertainment industry.”

These programs allow students to immerse themselves in very specific internship experiences that you cannot get abroad, he said.

“I feel like I’m missing out on a broader experience, I kind of get jealous of my friends who are going abroad internationally, because they get to experience a lot more,” said Craig Baldino, a College of Communication junior who plans to attend the L.A. program during his senior year. “But I think professionally, I’m a lot better off going to L.A. because of the program that it is.”

Hollywood, L.A., is the entertainment capital of the world with hundreds of companies, networks, cable companies and media outlets offering internships, said Bill Linsman, director of the L.A. programs.

“It’s like a candy store to go there for an entertainment industry related student,” he said. “The main benefit to students that come to us in the program are obviously internships and many, many of them end up with jobs.”

Conor Sullivan, a COM senior who is participating in the L.A. program this semester, said the program is very career focused.

“I feel like I already graduated,” he said.

“This is a whole different experience than just studying abroad, it’s a different thing than just spending a semester away and then heading back to campus.”

Sullivan said the program made him focus on the business and think about his future.

“If you’re trying to do that, the program is very successful,” he said. “I’m learning a lot about the industry and learn a lot of things that I wouldn’t have been able to learn at BU.” Nevertheless, Sullivan said there is a part of him that wishes he had gone overseas for a semester.

“Going to another country is extremely important. You learn so much and grow so much as a person — when you go outside of the U.S. and get out of the American way of thinking,” he said. “It would be a different option, it’s a different goal than the L.A. program.”

Walter Montaño, director of the D.C. programs, said there are similarly many benefits to going abroad in D.C. as opposed to another country including the unique internship program in areas where these students may look for jobs soon.

“D.C. is a very international city with many connections to other countries, embassies and different internships that if you have an interest in issues — anything from lobbying to prelaw to research, anything federal government related — you have access to here,” he said.

Patnaik said she preferred the D.C. program because it was not just a cultural experience, but academic and internship ori-

ented.

“I was in an internship that is exactly what I want to do with my life and spent my time with people who are interested in the same things as me,” she said.

As an international student, Patnaik said that since she is already technically abroad for four years, the D.C. program was perfect for her.

“I can understand why most American students would want to leave,” she said.

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ally go abroad and see what it’s like outside of America.” Brett Armstrong, the Auckland Study Abroad program manager, said that to become a competent, modern individual, it is important for students to spend time outside of the country to learn to move between different cultures and adapt to foreign languages.

“Those interested in being future leaders, regardless of their chosen field, have everything to gain from exploring the world, learning outside of one’s comfort zone,” he

said in an email interview.

Working at internships in a foreign environment gives students a learning experience of adapting to other cultures and communicating, he said.

“When our students go back to the U.S., they do so with a new sense of confidence and accomplishment,” he said. “They go home with a better understanding of the world and of themselves.”

Chris Lisinski and Tanner Hawkins contributed to the reporting of this article.

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To apply or not to apply?

Monday was the deadline for many of Boston University’s spring study abroad programs, and it is around this time that younger students and their parents tend to discuss how they would or would not benefit from studying abroad in a future semester.

Is it academically advantageous for college students to study abroad?

That answer depends on a student’s academic concentration. Clearly, the experience would benefit an international relations student. An understanding of another country’s economic, social and political climates is essential to his or her career.

On the other hand, a journalism major might consider the quality of a domestic internship greater than a London internship, one of the abroad programs offered to BU journalism students.

The academic coursework that BU offers overseas also has the reputation of being less rigorous or academically challenging than the coursework in Boston.

Students who are serious about complet-

ing eight productive semesters in college might choose to opt out of study abroad programs for that reason.

Then again, some companies might consider a candidate who studied abroad more competitive than a candidate who did not.

Studying abroad shows intellectual curiosity, a trait that many employers find attractive.

The uniqueness of the study abroad experience should also be considered. Studying abroad is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it is worth noting that a semester overseas costs just as much if not less than a semester at BU. Chances are, upon graduating, not many students will have the opportunity to spend several months abroad.

Choosing whether or not to study abroad is a personal decision. There are many factors to be considered. The academic worth of a semester overseas depends on students’ desired careers. Some concentrations lend themselves to those experiences, while others, not so much.

Ryan’s photo op President Barack Obama and his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, weren’t the only national election candidates who made headlines Tuesday night.

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan was in the news for his alleged photo op at an Ohio soup kitchen.

The president of the charity that runs the soup kitchen, Brian Antal, told The Washington Post the Romney campaign members “ramrodded their way into the group’s soup kitchen” so Ryan could get a photograph of himself washing dishes.

Ryan’s blunder was embarrassing, coming off as artificial in a video his visit. Antal’s statements further suggest that Ryan was at the soup kitchen just for the sake of making an appearance.

However, this matter does not deserve such intense scrutiny from the press. The media’s handling of this story is inappro-

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priate. The photo op was a misstep, but the press is treating it like a scandal.

Kissing babies and scrubbing dishes is what politicians do to garner more votes. It makes them seem sincere and humble.The intense scrutiny from the media is unnecessary and distracts people from the real issues of the campaign.

The election is not even three weeks away. The media should be focused on how well Ryan can govern instead of how sincere or insincere he was about scrubbing pots.

Hopefully, this incident encourages people to reevaluate what traits they want to see in their political candidates. Do we really need more images of candidates kissing babies? Probably not.

There are bigger issues to be scrutinized over, such as how well a candidate’s tax plan will hold up.

Dad comes to Boston

fter being at college for two months, separated from my home in California, I’ve been more than ready to have my dad visit. In order to avoid the craziness of Parents Weekend in Boston, he decided to visit the weekend before. I knew that seeing my dad for the first time in over two months would be overwhelming, but I did not expect it to be as difficult as it was, mostly because I would be spending time with him away from our hometown. I assumed that since we were going to be in Boston, it would feel more like a vacation than a reunion.

And it did feel like a vacation for the most part. He took the T for the first time, explored my school and the city of Boston and took me to restaurants that he learned about from a tourist handbook.

It didn’t feel like I was spending time with my dad — it felt like we were touring Boston. Although it was nice to spend so much time with him, it didn’t make me feel any better about being away from home. Even while he was here, all I could think about was spending time with him in our house in the hills of Los Angeles, far from Commonwealth Avenue and far from my dorm room.

I constantly feel like I am stuck between two different worlds — my home in California and my “home” in Boston. Having these two worlds collide this past weekend did not make this weird separation any easier. I just felt like my dad was intruding on my life here rather than comforting me. Every hour we spent together, I wished for a weekend in Los Angeles in my own bed rather than a hotel room. If anything, I came to school on Monday feeling much worse about my dad’s visit than I had expected to feel, and it had nothing to do with my dad’s departure.

While many students assume that having your parents visit while you’re feeling homesick might brighten up your mood, I now know that it’s not the best option.

Bringing a piece of home to Boston might temporarily rid you of your homesickness, but it does not solve the problem. When I’m sitting in my dorm, missing the feeling of being in my own house and sleeping in my own bed, simply imitating my bedroom at home doesn’t give me the same feeling as actually being in my own bedroom – I’m still stuck with a roommate, a noisy floor

and a communal bathroom. Even though my dad came to visit me here, it’s not the same as coming home every day and seeing him there.

I can print out pictures of my friends and tape them to my wall, reminding me of our great memories together, but that cannot come close to actually hanging out with my friends back home.

Being able to go home for a weekend is a luxury I can’t have while living on a college student’s budget. Flights to California are long, draining and expensive. Even though spending a weekend at home might alleviate my problems for a few days, in the end, I will still have to fly back to Boston and deal with the same problems I had tried to escape (and I would also lose hundreds of dollars in the process).

Temporary solutions can rarely become permanent. Even if my dad comes to visit me every weekend throughout the school year, he will still eventually have to leave, making my happiness dependent on his visits. And if I go home every weekend to spend time with my friends who stayed back, will I really be living on my own?

Whether you originally came from Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago or New York, constantly craving the things you had at home will not teach you how to live on your own. Unless you plan on moving back into your parents’ home after you graduate, establishing a dependent relationship with your old home will only hurt you in the long run.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with the occasional visit back or a surprise visit from your parents, but constantly seeking out these options will not let you mature into an independent, hardworking adult. After my weekend with my dad, I’ve realized that in order to be happy here, I need to find things in Boston that will cheer me up rather than ponder on the things I’m missing out on back home. Even though I miss my home and my family, there are truly many things that Boston has that California could never live up to.

Rachel Chistyakov is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences and a Fall 2012 columnist for The Daily Free Press.

She can be reached at rachelch@bu.edu.

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Terrier Talk Reflections

The Daily Free Press asked students for their opinions on gender-neutral housing.

Here’s what some of them said.

INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS BY MAYA DEVEREAUX

ABRIELLA STONE

“It’s fine for the people who choose to do it. It adds diversity to a room.

Sometimes gender is a little overbeering.”

—CAS junior

MICHAEL MOJAHED

“I think it’s a great idea, and I can’t wait for it to be offered.”

—SMG sophomore

CHINSAN LIM

“I like the idea because a couple of my best friends are girls, and it would be cool to live with them.”

—CAS sophomore

ANNA MARTIN “It might not make for the best living situation. A lot of drama can crop up.”

—SAR sophomore

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MARASCO: Preseason polls, college brands fail to predict success Marasco: From page 8

lege hockey. They might be 15th. We haven’t seen enough to form a confident opinion about that.

It’s precisely that turnover — the constant revolving door of players — that makes preseason college polls an unreliable source.

You can look at BU’s recent history. The Terriers came into the 200809 season at No. 9. They won the whole thing.

The next season, they opened in the two spot. They didn’t make it onto a bracket.

Ferris State, UMass Lowell, Michigan State, Air Force — none of those teams were ranked at the start

of last season.

They all went ice dancing last year — playing in the championship tournament, with Ferris State finishing runner-up.

Notre Dame was your preseason No. 1. They were not among the final 16.

Merrimack was the nation’s top dog at one point.

Fans tend to get married to these early season polls. I say you need not even look at them until Christmas.

You’ll see top ranked teams fall off the map. You’ll see schools that weren’t on the radar have meteoric rises — some will stick around, some will flame out by midseason.

You’ll see teams that are darn

good fall to the edge of the rankings, only to rise from the ashes and return to the top.

It’s hockey. The puck takes funny bounces. Weird stuff happens.

Coaches adjust, players get better, others get hurt. Teams change, they grow. They evolve.

And we’re talking about 18–23 year olds — volatile people.

Don’t be a victim of the polls every week — you’re too young to start losing your hair.

So, you’ve decided to call off the wedding with USCHO.com and return the ring, but be careful you’re on the rebound.

Just as easily as you almost said “I do” to the preseason polls, you could

end up drunk in Vegas with your arm around a hot, scantily-clad collegiate brand name.

Fans love to put the schools they know on a pedestal. People know Coke, so they drink a lot of Coke.

You’re not a sucker though. You knew Ohio State was a fraud last season!

You knew Notre Dame was a sham at No. 1! Who cares about 1920s football?

Colorado College?

Who cares what they did in the mid ‘90s? Don Lucia is long gone.

New Hampshire? Please.

They were off your radar by November.

So, don’t be so quick to anoint the

Golden Gophers. They look great, but doesn’t the Minnesota brand make you a little quicker to crown them king?

Make North Dakota work for their affection. See how long Miami can stay unbeaten before you pencil them in for April hockey.

And don’t be so quick to write off a team like Northeastern just “because it’s Northeastern.” They might be the real deal.

How scary did Ferris State look last year? Their pedigree is worse than Northeastern’s.

Don’t allow your brain to be clogged with pre-conceived preseason notions.

Everything shall change.

Despite goal from Badji, men’s soccer drops another game in OT Men’s soccer: From page 8

especially by the forwards and midfielders but simply could not capitalize. By the 65th minute of the game, BU had 10 corner kicks, but was unable to convert on even a single one.

Finally in the 70th minute, on a give-and-go pass from junior midfielder Vicente Colmenares, Badji took a strike from about 35 meters out and landed a goal in the top left corner to give BU the equalizing goal.

“I thought Badji started to come along,” Roberts said. “Obviously that was a great goal. We hope to see those good glimpses he has more consistently.”

The goal did not stop the pressure and effort from BU. Three minutes after the Badji goal, the Terriers

earned another corner and nearly scored on a shot taken Colmenares, but Mendez was up to the challenge and made the save.

Although BU had a great number of chances to win the game at the end of the half, regulation ended at 1–1 and the game headed to overtime, a situation with which the Terriers have become all too familiar.

The Terriers opened the first overtime with the aggression they displayed in the second half of the game. In the 93rd minute Parker Powell had a great chance to score but shot it wide over Mendez. In the 95th minute the Terriers earned backto-back corner kicks but could not get any good chances on goal to seal the victory.

Harvard, for the most part of the first overtime, did not touch the ball

in its offensive zone.

The game moved into a second overtime, despite the strong effort put forth by the BU attack.

Although the Terriers controlled the ball for the beginning part of the second overtime, they were yet again unable to get any good looks for a shot on goal.

However, in the 107th minute of the game, sophomore forward Zack Wolfenzon scored the game-winning goal for Harvard on a great crossing pass from freshman forward Connor McCarthy.

“We laid off a soft pass and they intercepted it. And it counted. They finished,” Roberts said. “I couldn’t have been happier with the way we played. We controlled the game and played as well as we could have played. We just didn’t finish.”

Roberts content with team’s passion Effort: From page 8

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Sophomore forward Dominique Badji scored BU’s only goal in its 2–1 double-overtime loss to Harvard.

began outplaying Harvard.

Even after Badji’s goal, BU still had many more chances, most notably in the 73rd minute and again in the 89th minute, but they could not score. The Terriers and Crimson were tied 1–1 after regulation and entered overtime.

BU continued its dominance in overtime, playing with intensity and purpose. The first overtime period ended without a goal, even though BU still held a heavy advantage in shots and opportunities.

As the time ticked down it seemed the game would end in a tie until Harvard got its first offensive opportunity in what seemed like an eternity. The Crimson outnumbered the Terriers in transition and forward Zack Wolfenzon, on his first shot of the game, scored the game-winning goal.

As the Harvard stormed the field to congratulate, the BU players hunched over, exhausted and in a state of disbelief — it was a game they were poised to win.

“We played extremely well,” Roberts said. “I asked the kids to

come out with passion and commitment no matter what the situation, no matter what our record was and they did that. I couldn’t have been prouder of the way they prepared for the game and the way they presented themselves during the game — we just didn’t get the goal.

“Like I told them, it’s something we have to deal with. They are devastated, but I’m proud of their effort and I expect them to come out on Saturday with the same passion, the same commitment and I think they will.”

Cardella, Terriers win over Terriers prepare for match with Big Green on Sunday Northeastern at Matthews Women’s soccer: From page 8

Women’s hockey: From page 8

just 47 seconds into the third period when senior co-captain Jill Cardella sent a pass to the right circle that Lefort wristed into the back of the net. The goal was Lefort’s teamleading sixth goal of the season.

Cardella scored a goal of her own on a pass from Poulin. The Terriers’ third goal was Cardella’s first of the season.

Northeastern finally found a way to get a shot past Sperry with about eight minutes left in the contest. Senior captain Casey Pickett picked up the rebound off a shot by sophomore Ann Doherty to cut the Terriers lead down to two.

With less than three minutes left in the game, however, senior forward Taylor Holze, in her first game of the season, scored to make it a 4–1 contest. Holze had yet to play in a game this season as she has been recovering from an ACL injury that she played with for the final two months of the 2011–12 season.

“For somebody last year who

played the last two months with a brace on and no ACL, she could have opted for surgery right then, but she showed her true colors and knew that she could be an important part to that team because we were a little bit thin last year at times,” Durocher said. “She really gave it up for her teammates and maybe got rewarded tonight for playing that way.”

Last season, the Terriers dropped both of the games that they played at Matthews Arena. According to Durocher, last season’s struggles remained on the team’s mind when they entered into Tuesday’s game against the Huskies.

“I don’t think we want to come to any building and lose three in a row,” Durocher said. “To get back here and get a win tonight was certainly on our mind, and the last thing I said getting off the bus was that a Tuesday win was just as important as a Saturday-Sunday win … This is a top-10 team, this is a highly talented opponent, and this is a big win for a lot of reasons.”

She and sophomore midfielder Ana Cuffia have taken big steps to take their games to the next level. Both will be key factors tonight in attacking and getting penetration into Dartmouth’s backline.

The game on Wednesday against Dartmouth, although not an America East conference game, is still a pivotal game for the Terriers. Every win means a more impressive resume to give to the NCAA Tournament committee, who will be deciding the Terriers’ fate.

Feldman said the thought of getting an at-large bid should be in her players’ minds.

“We want to put ourselves in the best position possible,” Feldman said. “Given that’s our only entry into postseason play, then of course they’re thinking of it. While we do that we set goals if we want to put ourselves in a position to get an at-large bid. The way we do that is to focus on the next game, and the next game is Dartmouth. Fortunately for us, their RPI is higher than ours, so it’s a game that if we’re successful it’s going to help us.”

The Big Green come into Wednesday’s game playing well, having won three games in a row and outscoring their opponents 6–2 in those games. The team has a productive offense that is led

by junior midfielder Chrissy Lozier and senior midfielder Emma Brush. Each leads the team in goals with seven and are second and first, respectively, on the team in points (14 and 17).

Dartmouth has scored at least two goals in eight games this season, and has gone up against nationally ranked teams such as the University of Central Florida, Rutgers University and Pepperdine University.

The Big Green also rely heavily on the play of sophomore goalkeeper Tatiana Saunders. Saunders has been

crucial to Dartmouth’s success this year, starting all 13 games and posting an impressive 0.84 goals against average.

Saunders has four shutouts this season, and has not allowed more than one goal in her last four games. “[We need to put] their line under pressure so they can’t get into a rhythm,” Feldman said. “It’s a commitment to defend. It’s all the players. It’s forwards, midfielders, backs and goalkeepers.

That’s how you control the tempo of the game and also how you control possession.”

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Polling your leg

Frank Marasco It was a good weekend if you are a Boston University hockey enthusiast.

BU had a fun, come-from-behind victory over Providence behind the strength of Cason Hohmann, who got himself a trio of points.

Meanwhile off the E Line, Northeastern University ended Boston College’s 19-game winning streak and knocked them out of the No. 1 spot in the USCHO national rankings. So, with BC dropping from first to third, BU moving one rung up to No. 11 and Northeastern making the leap all the way to the 14 spot, there was a healthy amount of poll activity for the Boston schools — not surprisingly sparking the typical early season outbreak of poll-mania.

“The Terriers have already jumped three spots since preseason, and BC lost the No. 1 ranking! Gee golly!” said the poll-trolls.

As a society, we love lists and rankings — the “Best Songs of 2012”, the AFI Top 100, the “100 Hottest Celebs”, NFL power rankings. We obsess over political poll projections.

So, when we go an entire offseason without NCAA hockey rankings to track, we understandably get a little excited when the puck polls come back.

Hey, it’s great on a superficial level, but do early season polls really mean anything?

They mean about as much as a side salad means to Ron Swanson.

The very concept of a preseason poll seems like an oxymoron.

“Hey, let’s rank the top teams!”

“Okay. Let’s look at their results.”

“There are no results! They haven’t even played a game yet. Hey let’s rank the top movies of 2013!

That trailer for Oz was good. There’s our No. 1.”

A preseason poll is conjecture. It’s a theory that hasn’t yet been tested in the lab.

It seems useless to me in the world of sports ... why not just wait until these teams play each other to rank them?

Sure, BC was phenomenal last year, but look at the turnover on their roster.

It’s not the same team. They might still be the best team in col-

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Sperry becomes winningest goalie in BU history

By Meredith Perri Daily Free Press Staff

Shot after shot, junior netminder Kerrin Sperry turned away the No. 8 Northeastern University women’s hockey team’s attempts, just as she has done against Hockey East opponents for the No. 3 Boston University women’s hockey team since her freshman year.

This time, however, her efforts put her in BU’s history book as Sperry earned her 44th career victory, the most wins by a women’s hockey goaltender in the program’s existence, as the Terriers defeated Northeastern 4–1.

“Obviously it’s a great feeling,” Sperry said. “Breaking records is great, but I definitely think it’s a demonstration and the culmination of the entire program’s progress from the last two or three years, and you can see it from the coaching staff, the strength and conditioning, our recruits — the program is only going forward. I like to say that goalies can’t win games by themselves, so it’s definitely a program effort.”

With the win, Sperry took the record from Allyse Wilcox, who graduated with 43 wins in 2009.

“She’s the kid who almost every night gives us a chance to win,” said BU coach Brian Durocher of Sperry. “We know the fight in her.

It’s off the charts. If it was a scale of one to 10 she’s a 10 1/2 in her competitiveness, her fight, to the point where I think people know we have to dial it down once in a while … I know her teammates like to play for her because she is somebody who competes so hard.”

Sperry held the Huskies (4–1) scoreless until the middle of the third period. Up until that point, however, the North Reading native kept her team in the game as the Terriers (4–0) and Northeastern battled for the lead.

BU ultimately took that lead with just 36 seconds left in the second period after a tightly contested start to the game. Junior co-captain Marie-Philip Poulin took a shot from the point while the Terriers were on the power play. Sophomore forward Kayla Tutino redirected the shot into the net for her third goal of the season to give the Terriers the 1–0 advantage.

Freshman phenom forward Sarah Lefort extended the Terriers lead

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Junior goaltender Kerrin Sperry earned her 44th career victory on Tuesday in BU’s 4–1 win over Northeastern.

Terriers look for outright America East regular season title

By Isaac Teich Daily Free Press Staff

After shutting out Binghamton University 1–0 on Sunday to clinch at least a share of the America East regular season title, the Terriers need to win their game Sunday against the University New Hampshire, or have Hartford University lose its final regular season game Sunday against Stony Brook University, to claim the outright regular season title.

Before the Terriers (11–5–1, 7–0 America East) can celebrate their sixth consecutive America East championship, they must go up against a very tough Dartmouth College (9–4) team tonight in Hanover, N.H. The Terriers have won eight games in a row and are surging at the perfect time. Thanks to the offense and junior forward Madison Clemens, more consistent play from the backline and the rock steady play

of junior goalkeeper Andrea Green, the Terriers have put themselves in prime position for a possible at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament.

“Were a little bit more cohesive in how we’re playing. Defensively, more organized, so each of the lines are more connected. So as a team, we’re defending better,” said BU coach Nancy Feldman. “Our timing is better. Our use of space is better. The variety of different

ways to attack is better. Just being a better unit in attack and defense.”

This team is led by its upperclassmen, but it cannot be understated the importance of the underclassmen.

Freshman forward Clare Pleuler scored the lone goal of the game against Binghamton, and has become more of a contributor as the season has progressed.

Women’s soccer, see page 7

Men’s soccer loses double- Amid difficult fall season, OT thriller with Harvard Roberts happy with effort

By Andrew Battifarano Daily Free Press Staff

After getting blown out of the water by the University of MarylandBaltimore County 5–1 on Saturday, the Boston University men’s soccer team came back home to take on Harvard University. Despite the Terriers controlling of the game and tempo through most of the second half, they fell in double overtime by a score of 2–1.

Throughout many of BU’s (4–7– 4, 1–1–2 America East) games this season, the team has had a slow start, and has been seemingly stagnant on offense. Tuesday night’s effort was no different. The team had limited chances and could not capitalize on the few it had.

In the 13th minute, sophomore midfielder Cameron Souri took a shot into the box but it was wide of freshman goalie Evan Mendez. Later, in the 18th minute, junior midfielder Anthony Ciccone drove the box but was blocked by the Harvard defense.

The Terriers’ chances were very limited after this, and it took until the 33rd minute of the half for the team to get close to goal, when Ciccone

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took a corner kick but the Harvard defense disposed of the BU attempt.

Harvard’s chances in the first half were limited as well, only including three shots, one of them being saved by sophomore goalkeeper Nick Thomson in the 22nd minute. BU coach Neil Roberts said he noticed the first half performance and its lack of any offensive surge.

“I thought we controlled things,” Roberts said. “At the beginning of games both teams come out with a lot of energy. You want to move them around and see where the holes are.”

On a foul close to midfield in the 50th minute, freshman midfielder David Barna crossed the ball into the box where it was headed in for a goal by freshman forward Oliver White to put Harvard in the lead 1–0.

Although the Terriers fell behind early in the half, something seemed to click, as they began to pour on the offensive pressure. Soon after the Crimson goal, a solid header attempt was halted by a tremendous leaping save by Mendez.

The Terriers had a number of chances at the early stages of the half,

Men’s soccer, see page 7

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By Michael Bagarella Daily Free Press Staff

Although the Boston University men’s soccer team fell to Harvard University in double overtime Tuesday night by the score of 2–1, the team gave a strong offensive showing and came out with an unmatched intensity on both offense and defense.

“I just told the guys it’s obviously not bouncing for us,” said BU coach Neil Roberts. “We’ve got a lot of injuries, but I couldn’t have been happier with the way we played. I’m gutted for the result they got, it was unjust, but that’s the game, you have to finish.”

The Terrier offense again had a strong night offensively as they outshot Harvard 27–8 and had more offensive opportunities with an advantage in time of possession as well as an unprecedented 16–1 advantage in corner kicks.

Sophomore forward Dominique Badji had the Terriers’ only goal on a strong shot from about 25 yards out. The shot was nicely placed in the top corner of the Harvard goal, just out of the reach of goalkeeper Evan Mendez. Additionally, Badji lead the

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

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team in shots on goal with five.

“It was a great goal,” Roberts said, referring to Badji’s goal in the 70th minute. “He is getting there.

There is a lot more in Badji that he can give us but we see it in glimpses. Our goal for him is to see those glimpses become more consistent.”

Badji had a strong match. Not only did he take shots from outside the box, he was also ever-present in the Harvard box, looking to head crosses into the net and get BU the win.

Roberts also said that he gave praise to the passion and play of the trio of junior midfielders — Evin Nadaner, Vicente Colmenares and Derek McCaffery — as well as sophomore forward Parker Powell. Roberts, after the University of Maryland-Baltimore County loss, hoped the midfielders would play tighter and control the game in the future.

They did just that against Harvard.

It was a slow first half that saw zero goals, buy action picked up in the second half. After a Crimson goal early, BU began taking shots on goal, controlling the game and noticeably

Effort, see page 7

Sunday, Oct. 21

Field Hockey vs. Northeastern, 1 p.m.

W. Soccer vs. UNH, 1 p.m.

W. Hockey vs. Cornell, 2 p.m.

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