10-18-2012

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Mass. abortion issue contested in upcoming elections

By Zoe Roos Daily Free Press Staff

As the nation closely monitors the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race, which could determine party control in the Senate for the next two years, the heated abortion issue survives even in the typically blue Bay State.

Megan Amundson, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, said political history could not accurately predict the voting outcome for this social issue.

“I don’t consider Massachusetts a particularly liberal state,” she said. “I know that it has that perception. I think that Massachusetts can be surprisingly socially conservative in some areas.”

Anne Fox, president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, said Scott Brown’s pro-life voting record helped him win former U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy’s vacant seat in 2010, making him the first Republican senator from Massachusetts since 1972.

Fox also said the 2012 state elections could be greatly affected by the pro-life voting bloc.

“I certainly don’t think Romney is going to win in Massachusetts, but I think that the pro-life vote will show up in the Senate race,” Fox said.

Fox said one factor that got Brown elected was his plan to vote pro-life and against Obamacare.

“He won by a small amount which we felt, mathematically, some of which could certainly be attributed to the pro-life vote,”

she said.

Fox also said economic shifts within specific neighborhoods of Boston could alter the traditional voting record.

“I think East Boston and Charleston have all become a little bit gentrified,” she said.

“And whether that makes them more liberal or not I don’t know, but it does make them different in how they vote.”

While Brown has identified himself as pro-choice through personal statements and at political rallies, his voting record would classify him as a pro-life candidate, said Tricia Wajda, director of public affairs for the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts.

“Scott Brown voted to appeal the Affordable Care Act, and he remains opposed to it,” she said. “He has been very inconsistent with his record, and we just can’t rely on him to be a reliable candidate for women’s health.”

Democratic senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren has presented a pro-choice stance on abortion in her support of the Affordable Care Act. A more distinct difference on the abortion stance lies in the Massachusetts Fourth Congressional District race.

Although Fox said MCFL does not endorse Brown because he is not pro-life, the MCFL endorses Republican candidate Sean Bielat.

Bielat reiterated at a debate at Wellesley College on Tuesday that he is against abor-

Disillusionment, ballot process deter youth from voting

By Abraham Kalaoun Daily Free Press Staff

ABBY CECCHINE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF A protester demonstrates against abortion outside of the Planned Parenthood on Commonwealth Avenue Wednesday morning.

tion and opposes the Affordable Care Act. “I am pro-life,” Bielat said. “I think, though, when I hear women’s issues, I hear the issues that matter to us all.”

Democratic candidate Joe Kennedy III, however, said he supported the Affordable Care Act and identifies as a pro-choice can-

Abortion, see page 2

SEC prepares for elections amid proposed timeline changes

By Amy Gorel Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University’s Student Election Commission members said they are prepared to have an election for the next Student Government executive board in November.

Tess McNamara, co-chair of the SEC, said members are not yet sure what is going to happen in light of the SG Judicial Committee nullifying the new calendar-year election cycle amendment because the process that passed the new cycle in the spring of 2012 was deemed unconstitutional.

“If there is no election now, there will be no executive board of the Student Government next semester,” McNamara, a School of Education sophomore, said.

According to the Judicial Committee, the cycle was never officially changed because the way the action was proposed was unconstitutional, McNamara said.

Students registered for candidacy on Monday, McNamara and Kerry Ford, co-chairs of SEC, said.

While there were 25 students who showed interest in running for the executive board, only three students actually registered for candidacy.

“It was our job to get people informed,” Ford, an SED sophomore, said. “But we can’t force them to run. You could lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.”

A number of people who showed interest in running for the executive board were already involved in SG, so they knew about the controversy surrounding the elections, McNamara said.

“That was likely to make people more tentative [about running for a position],” she said.

Out of the three students who applied for candidacy, one freshman student already withdrew, they said.

“He was tentative about getting involved in the first place, and once he heard about the turmoil, he withdrew,” Ford said.

The election cycle is in the hands of the SG and the administration to structure, she said.

SG Director of Communication Cherice Hunt said the SEC, SG and administrators will

be meeting in the near future to discuss the election cycle.

“We are not sure where the SEC stands, but we support them as they step forward in dealing with this election,” Hunt said in an email.

Dexter McCoy, John Battaglino and Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore will meet Thursday morning to decide where to go from here, McNamara said.

“The student body only elected McCoy and his executive board for this one semester — that was the term they signed up for,” she said.

Only half of the current executive board filed to run for a position again, she said.

McNamara and Ford said no matter what the SG and administration decides, SEC is prepared to do its job.

“We are doing our job to the best of our ability, and that’s what we came absolutely prepared to do,” McNamara said. “It’s unfortunate that all this is happening, because the SEC came completely prepared for the election.”

SEC, see page 4

This is the first part of a weekly series that focuses on issues related to young voters in the upcoming elections.

Although a number of Boston University students said they acknowledge the importance of the democratic system, a few said they are choosing not to vote in the upcoming elections.

“I’m not planning to vote in the election because of the Electoral College,” said Sam Cheney, a College of Arts and Sciences junior.

“My opinion is that in our current system, due to the Electoral College, my vote goes unheard.”

Cheney said neither candidate strongly aligns with issues he cares about.

“I’m just a bit jaded at this point about the whole system,” he said. “But voting is a really important part of our system.”

Douglas Kriner, a political science professor at BU, said often students are preoccupied with other priorities and do not feel informed enough to vote.

“There are also a lot of demands on student time,” he said. “Students’ minds are absorbed in other issues and duties. Following politics sometimes just isn’t at the top of their list of priorities.”

Kriner said students might neglect to register to vote because they are conflicted between voting in Massachusetts and getting an absentee ballot for their home state.

Students were over-represented at the polls in the 2008 presidential elections, according to a report by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.

Eighty-seven percent of college students between the ages of 18 and 24 who were registered to vote cast a ballot in those elections.

Kriner said he does not anticipate student voter turnout in the 2012 presidential election to be as high as it was in 2008.

“Student voter turnout in 2008 was abnormally high,” he said. “I don’t think we’ll see the same amount of enthusiasm this election period.”

Mara Mellstrom, executive vice president of the BU College Republicans, said students feel skeptical about voting in the election.

“Our day-to-day routine as students is not affected by government directly,” Mellstrom, a CAS junior, said. “Ultimately, we go to class whether or not we have student loan debt or whether welfare programs are fixed.”

Voting, see page 4

Despite previous crashes, passengers say they feel safe on South Station buses

By Nicole Leonard Daily Free Press Staff

As the U.S. government cracks down on safety regulations for bus companies one year after a Sky Express bus crash killed four people, bus companies preparing for the holiday season said they have done well in safety inspections.

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, transportation companies operating in Boston anticipate a large number of travelers and take measures to accommodate the increases, said Peter Pan Bus Lines Vice President of Safety and Security Chris Crean.

“We hire out to other companies anywhere from 200 to 300 additional coaches for the excessive amount of passengers,” he said. “During the holidays, we have to double and triple everyday schedules.”

Crean said his company increases coaches to accommodate capacity, but safety policies do not change as strict policies are in place year round.

He said he is confident his bus company will

operate safely during the holiday travel season.

“We operate on strict safety and security rules,” Crean said. “The holiday is no different than today. We’re always at the point where constant assessing standards are in place for people to get from point A to point B in a safe manner.”

There were 9,000 crashes involving buses in 2009, in which 254 people were killed and 20,000 were injured, according to Department of Transportation statistics.

After a Sky Express bus crashed in Virginia in May 2011, killing four people and injuring 50, the U.S. Department of Transportation increased policies and security measures for all other bus companies, Crean said.

“Now you have to go through a system where they do an audit of you,” he said. “We’ve been subject to a lot more inspections. They’ll be here for three to four days and go through all [of] our stuff. We’ve done very well.”

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MICHELLE JAY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF In the last year, bus companies have been subjected to stricter regulations after a Sky Express bus crash killed four people in spring 2011.

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didate in the debate.

“Joe believes a woman’s right to choose is a matter of fundamental personal liberty and will always defend our ability to access safe and confidential healthcare,” said Emily Brown, Kennedy’s communications director.

David Palmer, a professor of political science at Boston University, said the issue of abortion as well as other women’s health issues is important in this election.

“It is a very important issue, not exclusively to women but certainly to women,” he said.

But abortion is not only politicized as a social issue, Palmer said.

“I would say that contraception and women’s health in general is an important issue economically as well as in other ways,” he said.

Wajda also said abortion is also an economic issue.

“We would gladly not politicize

women’s health,” she said. “But the fact of the matter is that it has been, and women’s health is now an economic issue in the sense that affording birth control and basic preventative care costs money.”

Wajda said the current political direction on women’s health is cause for concern.

“If you had asked me 10 years ago if this was the direction we would be moving towards regard-

ing women’s healthcare, I would never, never have predicted this,” she said.

But Fox said Massachusetts has given the worst support for MCFL’s cause.

“Historically, or at least fairly recently, the legislation was pretty supportive of pro-life legislation,” she said. “Congress started off pretty supportive and isn’t now at all but the Senate.”

RETRACTION

An editorial that was published on Oct. 16 commenting on the amendment Student Government nullified incorrectly stated that members of the executive board voted to extend their term. The vote was presented by a Student Government member and voted upon by the senators present at the meeting. The vote was not to change the term during which Student Government members would serve, but on whether or not to reinstate the amendment establishing the calendar-year election cycle that was deemed unconstitutional.

While voting down the unconstitutional amendment reverts the election timeline to the academic-year system, SG is still in deliberations as to what will happen with the upcoming election and therefore the term of the current executive board.

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Campus & City Column

Living conditions It’s been a little over a month,

and I would like to think that moving from a three-story house to half a dorm room has been no hassle at all.

However, it’s hard to remember that it’s not just a bedroom, but also a kitchen, art studio and not to mention, a place for studying.

It’s true that sometimes I mix up my drawings RHEA with my homeOOMMEN work, and I find a fork in a book and my phone in the mini-fridge, but until then, nothing had been severely damaged.

One day, as I was Skyping my best friend, she saw the bubble blower I got from Splash.

She told me to blow bubbles to her, and so I did without realizing they would burst right onto the keyboard.

It was only a little bit of water, and my laptop, which seemed possessed as it typed random letters, recovered the next morning.

However, last week, my roommate turned her light off to go to bed, and I was stuck in the dimly lit room to finish a paper.

So I packed up my stuff, said goodnight to Natalie and headed to the study room.

Because of my slight problem with daydreaming, my eyes kept shifting from my laptop screen to random parts of the room.

During that time it hit me. Everybody had a MacBook.

I have an LG laptop. It’s only three years old and still white and shiny.

It isn’t sleek and doesn’t have an apple on it, but it’s sturdy and has been with me through my development as a writer in high school.

I then thought that it was really boring how everyone had the same laptop, and how due to Apple’s unique design, a lot of people stopped decorating their laptops with stickers and such.

When I got back to my room, I didn’t feel like turning on the lights. I set my fully appreciated LG laptop down on the table and decided to watch a movie and have something to eat.

I turned around to grab a plate, but I forgot that I had defrosted my frozen stockings, which were now swimming in a bowl of the water.

Next thing I know, I’m at the Apple store getting a MacBook Pro. A scenario like this would never have happened back home.

It’s always warm in the United Arab Emirates, so girls don’t wear stockings, but that’s beside the point.

In this bizarre instance, dorm life took a toll on me, and it gave me a Macbook Pro. I feel guilty for the switch, but the MacBook does have more features and is more durable than my LG. Things have an odd way of working out, it seems.

Rhea Oommen is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences and a weekly columnist for The Daily Free Press. She can be reached at rheao@bu.edu.

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BU Academy students excel in campus setting Redistricting plan

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By Margaret Waterman Daily Free Press Staff

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Boston University Academy students take BU classes and are integrated with the university, although a number of BU students remain unaware of their presence.

By Megan Kirk Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University students may not know it, but the students sitting next to them in lecture could be members of the Boston University Academy “The only experience I’ve had [with BUA] and the only reason I know it exists is because I took a class and there happened to be some academy students in the class,” said Sunjay Sethi, a post-graduate student in the School of Medicine.

BUA is a four-year high school founded by the late John Silber, president emeritus of BU, on the Charles River Campus in 1993. BU President Robert Brown supervises the school, which consists of 167 students and 23 faculty members. The academy offers its own coursework, but also integrates the upperclassmen into university classes.

BUA students take rigorous academy classes their freshman and sophomore years, which could be considered honors classes in other high schools. In their junior year, students are required to take two BU courses — usually biology or a language, and in their senior year they take most of their courses at BU, said James Berkman, head of school at BUA. “On any given day, 80 of our 160-plus students are in a BU class,” Berkman said. “By the time they graduate, all of them will have a year and a half of BU credit.”

BUA students are integrated into the BU community through their classes, as well as shared campus

resources including the George Sherman Union and Nickerson Field.

They also write their senior thesis papers with BU professors, Berkman said.

However, a number of undergraduate students said they are not familiar with the Academy.

“I just see them walking about, and I know about it just because I’ve heard from other people by word of mouth,” said Pamela Galbraith, a College of Communication senior. “I guess there’s a high school on campus, but I don’t know what purpose their academy serves.”

Sarah Collins, a Colege of Arts and Sciences senior, said it is strange to see high school students on campus.

“I don’t see them [BUA students] much,” she said. “I’ve really just seen them around the GSU. I’ve never had a class with them or seen them sit in on a class.”

Berkman said BUA provides intellectually curious students with the additional benefit of being part of a college campus. “[BUA is] a four-year high school, with all the bells and whistles for the social and emotional extracurricular programming of a high school so that our teenagers can be teenagers, real high school students, but we have no intellectual ceilings and we have a partner that has extraordinary university resources that our students are allowed to use,” he said.

BUA students, who may only be identified by their first names without parental consent, said they benefit

BU faculty evaluations depend on school

By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff

Higher Education.

Martin stated in the article that as much as $2 billion in extra salaries might exist in research universities across the U.S. He said if the least productive 20 percent of faculty members are receiving reduced teaching loads, the cost would be staggering.

However, Martin’s approach differs from BU’s faculty evaluation process, BU officials said.

“There are constant, annual ways that we take a look at the faculty to see both the workload, both in terms of quantity and in terms of quality,” said College of Arts and Sciences Dean Virginia Sapiro.

Sapiro said an annual professional activity report helps determine what professors have done during the year.

Boston University archaeology professor David Carballo said BU’s faculty evaluation program is slightly different from the three schools where he used to teach.

“I’d say there’s almost certainly more emphasis on teaching here than at those other three,” he said of his posts at The University of Alabama, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Oklahoma. “State schools tend to focus on research. BU focuses on both, so I think they are asking a little more of their faculty in terms of production in both areas.”

State University of New York at Stony Brook professor Lawrence Martin has formulated a system for holding university faculty accountable in the fields of teaching and research, according to an article pub- SEE FULL STORY ONLINE lished on Oct. 11 by The Chronicle of

from attending high school on a college campus.

“The fact that we’re embedded in the BU campus is different from your smaller group dynamic here, but I like it because you have access to all the university programs in your junior and senior year,” Jason, a BUA sophomore, said.

Nmemo, a BUA junior, said she enjoyed the rigorous curriculum the academy is able to offer in conjunction with the university.

“It’s nice to have a sort of environment where everyone is really invested in learning,” Rice said. “It’s nice to be out of the public school system and to have students here with me who are similar to me and have a similar drive.”

Jason said he is strongly considering attending BU after BUA. In the last six years, the majority of BUA students have graduated and enrolled as undergraduates at BU. Last year, 24 students went on to attend BU, according to BUA’s 2012–13 Social Profile.

BUA is still a relatively young and small high school that a number of people do not know enough about, Berkman said.

“Even at BU, there are 10,000 BU employees, and so many of them don’t know there’s a high school on campus, and some of them still don’t know,” he said. “But for instance, the human resources office puts out a list of benefits and a list of workshops, and we are now listed as one of the benefits.”

After previous struggles to come to a conclusion on a new redistricting plan, Boston City Council members passed an amendment to a highly disputed map of electoral districts in their weekly meeting on Wednesday.

A redistricted map approved by a majority of City Council members has already been sent back from Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who cited a need to better represent the diverse population of Boston.

The amendment, which restructured seven of the nine voting districts of the city of Boston, was passed unanimously save for Councilor Charles Yancey, of Dorchester.

Yancey said the amendment maintained four districts of color, which was a positive sign, but the amended map could still marginalize the voices of minorities.

“There should be a public hearing so that the public can weigh in before we take a final vote,” he said.

Councilor Robert Consalvo of Hyde Park said it was hard to please all the city councilors with a redistricted map.

“We are really trying to take what we think is a fair and reasonable understanding of the impact of our goals on the city,” he said.

“The reality is because of the nature of the task we are facing, we are probably not going to be able to, in a perfect world, unite every neighborhood.”

Consalvo said the map, as amended, acknowledges recent population shifts and related legal issues.

The map, as it stands, shifts around precincts of different wards around the city to different districts.

There are 22 wards and nine districts, made up of many precincts.

Excluding Districts 1 and 9, all districts on the proposed ordinance will undergo swapping of precincts among wards within the individual district, Linehan said.

Councilor Matt O’Malley of Jamaica Plain said while the amended ordinance is good, it could still be better.

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Student: Every-vote-counts mentality could make impact Student Elections Commission thing.”

2012 elections.

She said students at BU are inter“One vote might not seem like it prepared to do job, co-chair says Another obstacle hindering stu- ested in the political issues at stake matters in the scheme of things, but Voting: From Page 1

dent voter turnout is a lack of political knowledge by students, she said.

“I think there’s an unwillingness by students to understand complex policies,” Mellstrom said. “You can ask for a student’s opinion about abortion or gay rights, but not about Romney’s or Obama’s economic plans.”

Students generally do want to get civically involved, said Margarita Diaz, deputy director of communications for the BU College Democrats.

“Students are the most under-mobilized demographic,” Diaz, a CAS senior, said. “That has to do with actually getting students to go out and vote versus being an interest-related

even though she has seen reports by the media of a disengaged youth during this election season.

“Speaking from personal experience, I’d say a lot of students are actually interested,” Diaz said.

Student loans and inflation are issues that students consider important, as they directly affect their demographic.

“Personally, these are the issues that have enticed me to get involved in campaigning,” Diaz said.

Emily Holm, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences freshman, said she is planning to vote because she is passionate about the healthcare issues brought up in the

it could make a difference if everyone has the mentality to go vote,” she said.

Karim Hanna, a CAS sophomore, said although he did not get around to registering in time for this election, he might vote in future elections.

“I have my opinions, but it’s not enough right now to get me to vote,” he said.

Hanna said if he were to go out and vote, it would probably only be for the presidential election.

“I’d say that I could definitely play a part in electing the president, but I’m not the deciding factor,” he said.

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In light of the low number of candidates for election in the spring of 2012, McNamara and Ford said they have been working on publicizing the elections more.

They have moved to more promi-

nent locations around campus, such as BU Central and the George Sherman Union Link, to get as much student involvement and input as possible.

“We are 100 percent ready for an election,” McNamara said.

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Nike cuts ties to Armstrong

Nike decided to terminate its contract with Lance Armstrong Wednesday because of “insurmountable evidence that he participated in doping,” according to TIME. Nike said in a statement that it “does not condone the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs in any manner.”

It is understandable that the company would feel inclined to cut its ties from Armstrong. Nike athletes are typically held up as role models. An athlete who uses performance-enhancing drugs should not hold a position of influence in that field.

However, it is interesting that Nike continues to sponsor Tiger Woods, another controversial athlete. Woods was involved in several extramarital affairs, but that behavior was unrelated to his sport. Even still, is it appropriate for Nike to endorse an athlete whose private life is so controversial? Probably not. Like Hollywood stars, athletes’ private lives are not all that private. The decisions they make outside of their sport can influence their fans. It

is probably inappropriate for Nike to endorse an athlete who was involved in extramarital affairs.

Returning to Armstrong, just before Nike’s announcement, the cyclist made an announcement of his own. Armstrong revealed that he was “stepping down as chairman of the Livestrong cancer fighting charity so that the organization can steer clear of the whirlwind surrounding its founder,” according to the TIME article.

It will be interesting to see how Armstrong’s absence affects the charity going forward, if at all.

Armstrong’s concern is understandable. It would be unfortunate if his poor choices tainted an organization that could do some pretty life-changing work.

It’s a sad state of affairs. Hopefully people focus on the charity’s work and not the mistakes of its founder. But really, only time will tell.

Letter to Editor: On SG coverage To the Editor: The two articles published on Oct. 16 about the changes made to our Student Government’s election calendar wrongfully accused the Executive Board of changing the calendar in order to remain in office for another semester and incorrectly accused the Senate of voting to overturn last year’s amendment. These charges are harsh and are not factually based. I want to take a moment to explain what really happened.

At the end of the 2011–12 school year, Senate voted on an amendment to change the election calendar from a school-year cycle to a calendar cycle. Elections would be held at the end of fall semester rather than the end of spring. There was contentious debate, and the vote was deadlocked until Howard Male, the sitting president, broke the tie and called for the passing of this amendment.

While the president does not typically possess voting powers, Howard was serving as an approved proxy for the 10 Buick St. Residence Hall Association.

Elections were held at the end of the spring for the new executive board, which would serve for only one semester, until the end of fall 2012.

Fast forward to Tuesday, Oct. 9. At an emergency Senate meeting held to discuss the involvement of the Student Election Commission, I

stood up to propose that the election calendar be reverted to a school-year cycle. I stood up — not the president, not the executive board, not a senator.

I explained that from the perspective of a student leader, having a calendar cycle was detrimental. I explained to the senators that by holding elections in the middle of academic year, seniors were excluded from running.

I explained that only two categories of individuals could seek office — those willing to abandon their leadership positions and those who do not hold leadership positions.

I explained that we must seek leaders who are dedicated and loyal, rather than leaders who are willing to leave their organizations halfway through the year. I explained that we want experienced individuals, rather than students who are new to leadership on campus.

The senators overwhelmingly voted that evening to have the Judicial Commission review the Amendment and present a suggestion for further action at the following meeting.

At the following meeting this past Monday, the Judicial Commission explained that at the contentious meeting last semester, Howard Male’s vote was unconstitutional.

The 10 Buick RHA had lost their vote because they violated the constitution due to the use of proxies on more than

four occasions. The amendment, therefore, was nullified. This was done according to the Student Government Constitution. This was done fairly.

Upon the Judicial Commission’s presentation, the senate held a vote. One senator put forward a motion to uphold the controversial amendment. No other senators voted in favor. This is a clear indication that the senators were overwhelmingly against last semester’s election calendar change.

It is also clear that the current executive board is not attempting to extend its term in office. This was not a power play. The team was only voted in for one semester, and the election that was promised to the student body will be held.

I suspect that this upcoming election will also be for a onesemester term, so that in the spring of 2013 we can resume a normal election cycle.

Dexter McCoy and his executive team have done a fantastic job in this short amount of time. It is unfair to accuse them of making a power play.

The student voice is the strongest it has been in recent history.

Thank you, Zach Herbert ENG 2014 President of RHA Overarching Executive Council zherbert@bu.edu

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Happy 96th Birthday ARIELLE EGAN

very morning on my way to class I, like most BU students who live in Allston, walk past Planned Parenthood. It’s a beautiful building composed with deep red bricks and polished steel which sits unassumingly on Commonwealth Avenue.

Yet, walking past it is often my least favorite part of the day. The sidewalk outside has been damp with autumn and peppered with golden leaves. The white circle that once wrapped around the entrance to Planned Parenthood has faded and the new larger yellow circle stands bright against the gray of the city.

Along the edge of the circle old women hunker down armed with roses and Bibles to await students walking to class. They do not care if you are male or female and will flit alongside you somewhat like gnats.

Their message, “Jesus loves you.” I always nod and smile, cast them off as uninformed, from a different era, a different world. I try not to make eye contact. Though it is important to learn from the past, I will not allow it to dictate my future.

On Oct. 16, 1916, the first birth control clinic in America opened on Amboy Street in Brooklyn, N.Y This past Tuesday was Planned Parenthood’s 96th birthday. For nearly 100 years it has promoted a commonsense approach to women’s health and further to our well-being based on respect for each individual’s right to make informed, independent decisions regarding health, sex and family planning.

Health centers like the one on Commonwealth Avenue, provide a huge range of healthcare, more than 90 percent of which is preventative, primary care. It helps prevent unintended pregnancies through contraception, reduces the spread of sexually transmitted infections through testing and treatment and provides screening for cervical and other cancers.

Today, Planned Parenthood has nearly 800 health centers. According to its website, every year, Planned Parenthood’s doctors and nurses provide family planning counseling and birth control to 2.2 million women and men, more than 1.1 million pregnancy tests, 770,000 pap tests identify about 94,000 women at risk for developing cervical cancer, nearly 750,000 breast exams, more than 4 million tests and treatments for STI’s including HIV, nearly 1.5 million emergency contraception kits and conduct education programs for nearly 5 million people worldwide, 1.1 million of which are in the U.S. It is estimated that the work of Planned Parenthood prevents about 584,000 unintended pregnancies and 277,000 abortions each year. That’s right, prevents 277,000 abortions. I think that is more than those little old ladies can say.

Planned Parenthood is more than a

medical facility. It is a leader in educating Americans about sexual health as well as a leader in reproductive health and rights movements.

Planned Parenthood is not only providing us with affordable and comprehensive reproductive healthcare, but it is fighting for our right to have it through the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Which is an independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization formed as the advocacy and political arm of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

One of my favorite aspects of Planned Parenthood is how they handle teenagers.

My own parents have always been fairly open about sex and birth control, but I couldn’t necessarily say the same for a lot of my then high school friends. Besides being a large and impressive organization steeped in women’s rights and health care advancement, Planned Parenthood is a safe haven, especially for young adults.

Individuals under the age of 18 can use Planned Parenthood health centers for free.

That means there is no need to provide proof of insurance, and no need for parents to be inadvertently informed through an explanation of benefits (EOB) form sent home from insurance companies, which lists visit details.

Through this clause, women can make decisions about their own bodies as soon as they become aware of them. Naturally, Planned Parenthood takes it a step further, and with that first exam and possible birth control prescription comes counseling, so any decisions made are informed ones.

All of these accomplishments and manifestos paint a picture of an innately good service. So, what is it that these older women find so horrifying about Planned Parenthood? Do they know that less than 10 percent of Planned Parenthood’s funding goes to abortions, and that before you are eligible to receive one there is mandatory counseling in which all options are outlined?

Probably not. Somewhere there was a disconnect in some bank of generational collective knowledge. I’ve always found the paradox strange. These women do not want you to abort, but should I walk past pregnant, they would likely lower their eyes.

Either way, my choice, my body — and regardless of how often they whirl around my morning commute with Bible verses, I will continue to support Planned Parenthood. If not for myself, then for every young person who should have access to information and resources. Happy birthday, Planned Parenthood!

Arielle Egan is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and a Fall 2012 columnist for The Daily Free Press. She can be reached at aegan@bu.edu.

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I N T E R RO B A N G Over the weekend, Republican vice presidential cnadidate Paul Ryan staged a photo op of himself washing dishes at an Ohio soup kitchen.

So, we here at the ol’ Free Press wondered what photo op each school would seek out.

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COM students be doing math in their photo.

CGS students would be graduating from BU in their photo.

ENG students would be partying in their photo.

CFA students would be employed in their photo.

Dean Elmore wouldn’t need another photo op.

The FreeP would be sleeping in their photo.

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As for Morrow, the assist was her fourth of the season, which leads BU defenders.

Unfortunately for the Terriers, Dartmouth answered back just 10 minutes after Clemens goal, when forward Libby Hamlin beat BU junior goalkeeper Andrea Green and tied the game up, 1–1.

As the first half ended, the Terriers and Big Green were tied with three shots apiece and the teams were relatively even.

However, the second half was not so kind to the Terriers. Dartmouth outshot BU, 7–2, in the second half and the Big Green took control of the game.

“In the second half, we really lost our way,” Feldman said. “We really didn’t keep the ball well, we got into playing their game and we got into chasing and never really had control of the game in the second half like I thought we did for the majority of the first half.

“That was really the difference, not being really able to sustain that, it’s something that we

need to work on.”

Dartmouth came close to taking the lead in the 63rd minute when defender Aurelia Solomon lined up for a free kick.

Solomon’s drive squeaked just over Green’s crossbar and left the score tied, giving the Terriers a chance to come back.

The Big Green had more chances though, as midfielder Chrissy Lozier and Solomon both had chances at goal.

The BU defense was there both times though to clear the ball from danger and keep the score even as the game approached the end of regulation.

The score remained tied until the 87th minute, when Dartmouth midfielder Kendall Kraus found the back of the net for the Big Green, giving Dartmouth a 2–1 lead. Despite a shot on net by BU freshman midfielder Rachel Blauner in the final minutes of the game, Dartmouth held on to secure the victory.

“I’m disappointed and I think [the team is] disappointed,” Feldman said. “Dartmouth is a very good team ... It’s a team that is an

NCAA-caliber team, and we really wanted to prove that we were an NCAA-caliber team and we didn’t quite prove it tonight.”

The Terriers struggled to muster up shots in the game, recording five total shots, only two of which were on goal.

No individual player had more than a single shot in the game.

The Terriers’ bench players outshot the starters 3–2.

Boston University will finish up its regular season at home on Sunday against the University of New Hampshire.

With a win, the Terriers would win their 32nd consecutive America East game and win the America East Regular Season title.

“We really want to finish the season and conference schedule with a win,” Feldman said. “We want to be the number-one team in the league at the end of the season without sharing it. It’s a goal we’ve had.

“That’s the way we want to finish on Senior Day, we want to send Jess Morrow and Brea Hewitt off feeling good about their last game on Nickerson Field.”

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Junior forward Madison Clemens scored the only BU goal in the Terriers’ 2–1 loss to Dartmouth.

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Anthony Ciccone. With his six assists, he not only leads the team, but is also the second in America East.

Ciccone has been the primary ball distributor of the Terriers’ offense.

BU has put itself in an odd situation with its ineligibility to play in the America East tournament. When the team seemed poised for a run at an

unlikely at-large bid into the NCAA tournament, it suffered crucial injuries to starting lineup mainstays junior midfielder Fannar Arnarsson and McGuire.

“We lost Fannar [Arnarsson] and we lost Mac [McGuire]. That was a big change within the team, so we had to adjust once again,” Roberts said.

“It took a game for the guys to get it

going. I think they’re settled in.”

Making adjustments to injuries is nothing new for a BU team that already dealt with season-ending injuries to star junior defender Kelvin Madzongwe and up-and-coming freshman defender Jeroen Blugh early in the season. But adjusting won’t do BU much good this time, as their NCAA tournament hopes have all but

disappeared.

Coach Roberts said his team is still playing hard if for nothing more than the good of the game.

“I think they will want to go out and play well,” Roberts said. “I expect to see some passion and appreciation for the game.”

The Terriers are a young team that is looking for improvement going

into next season. They have gotten just that out of Powell, McGuire and Badji — among others — but Roberts said he wants to keep seeing it until the end of the season. “[Against Harvard] I saw a team that dominated like we haven’t dominated in a long time,” Roberts said.

“I expect them to do that [against Albany].”

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Starr said the biggest factor in the Terriers’ rebounding is focus.

She said the main reason for her team’s losses this season was not that other teams performed much better, but rather that her players hurt themselves with sloppy decisions late in games.

“We need to find our ‘on’ switch,” Starr said. “We need to find it and keep it on for the full 70 minutes.”

If Thursday’s game ends in fa-

vor of the Terriers, they will remain in the running for an NCAA at-large bid.

BU will likely have to win every game for the remainder of the season, including this Sunday’s home game against No. 10 Northeastern University (11–3) if it wants to make the postseason.

“We want to continue to play into November,” Starr said.

“We’re in a situation then where we can’t afford a loss. A loss gives us a culmination to the season.”

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“I’m extremely excited to play that caliber of hockey coming up this weekend, and I’m looking forward to giving them an extremely tough goaltender to play against.”

While the Terriers no longer have the offensive force of former Terrier Jenn Wakefield to help them in the contest, they do have the prowess of freshman forward Sarah Lefort, who leads the Terriers with six goals in her first four games.

On Monday, Lefort earned her

the energy and the conviction and hope that when it’s time to relax, you’re doing just that in a game like this because that’s what sometimes happens — you try too hard and you know you don’t execute as well as you can.”

Although Durocher said he would like to take two games from Cornell, he also said the team must win at least one of the competitions.

“We have to come out against a tremendous team and see if we can get a ‘W,’” Durocher said.

“It’d be great to win two, but you certainly want to make sure that you get at least one of the two in a game like that.”

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second consecutive Hockey East Rookie of the Week award after she scored three goals in the Terriers’ games last weekend. Lefort added to that on Tuesday when she scored another goal.

While this game comes with heavy emotions attached to it, BU coach Brian Durocher said he is not going to try to put a hold on the excitement.

“You just talk about being smart,” Durocher said. “You don’t want to really hold too many emotions. You want to make sure they don’t carry over into people’s sticks being in the air, or [getting] foolish penalties, being so excited you go offsides. You play with

O’Malley said he and the other councilors had a lot of work left to do in the upcoming week.

“Going forward, we need to figure something out, and that may be simplistic but we have days left,” he said. “So ladies and gentlemen, if these changes aren’t good enough ... offer something else.”

The amendment was drafted

by O’Malley and Consalvo, as well as Councilor Frank Baker, of Dorchester.

Baker said he was willing to support the ordinance as amended, but was somewhat reluctant.

He mentioned some groups contributing to the discussion of the redistricting amendment were not citizens of Boston.

“This here was supposed to be a shared exercise, and I, quite frankly, I don’t feel like it was totally

shared,” Baker said. “It frankly felt like we had a gun to our heads.”

The ordinance, now amended, was referred to the Committee on Census and Redistricting, which will meet next week and might pass the new map to the mayor for approval.

A few days after Menino asked Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick for $15 million to handle possible inmates released in the wake of a lab scandal, the council also suggested ways to alleviate the potential safety and re-entry problems of temporarily released convicts.

“This matter is imminent,” said City Councilor At-Large Ayanna Pressley. “It has the potential to permeate every neighborhood of this city.”

While Pressley said she believes in everybody’s ability to reform and rehabilitate, the council should do “everything in our pow-

er to keep peace in our streets.”

Judges have released a number of convicts whose drug evidence could have been handled by state chemist Annie Dookhan, who allegedly faked drug test results.

Councilor Tito Jackson, of Roxbury, reminded the council that 95 percent of prisoners are going to eventually be released from prison regardless of the recent scandal.

“Helping them get a job is one of the things that we really need to look at doing ... this can’t only be a public safety issue,” Jackson said.

Councilor Michael Ross, of the Fens, said Menino’s proposed $15 million in funds should not completely go to only police departments.

“I think some of those funds have to go to the organizations that are working on preventing violence,” he said.

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Junior co-captain Marie-Philip Poulin and the women’s hockey team has redemption on their minds this weekend against Cornell.

After months of replaying the images from the hard-fought game that ended its season last March, the No. 3 Boston University women’s hockey team will look for redemption when it takes on Cornell University in a twogame series this weekend.

“It was so emotional when we played that game, and we’re still talking about it,” said junior cocaptain Marie-Philip Poulin.

That game took place in the first round of the 2011–12 NCAA Tournament as the Terriers (4–0) traveled to Ithaca, N.Y., to face the Big Red, against whom they had struggled earlier in the season.

What started out as a sizable lead for the Terriers in the first period progressively dwindled, as BU was forced to come back from a 7–4 deficit with less than half a period left in regulation. Tying the game would become the least of the team’s worries as what had become a high-scoring competition turned into a stalemate that lasted into the final 10 seconds of triple overtime.

As junior defenseman Lauriane Rougeau of Cornell scored the final goal, an exhausted BU squad fell to the ice, devastated.

“Next time, if we get to over-

time, we for sure want to win it,” Poulin said. “I think it’s a great motivation for us to talk about it.”

This time around, BU will come into the game with a slight advantage, having played six games, two of which were exhibition games, whereas Cornell has yet to play an official game. Furthermore, the contests will take place on the Terriers’ ice with the first game occurring at Agganis Arena Saturday night and the second at Walter Brown Arena Sunday afternoon.

The Terriers most recently played Tuesday night when they defeated No. 8 Northeastern University 4–1. While the contest featured a lot of late-game scoring action, the spotlight was on the net as junior netminder Kerrin Sperry successfully earned her 44th career victory making her the winningest goaltender in the program’s history.

During the six-period duel against Cornell on March 10, Sperry played the entire contest, giving up eight goals with 58 saves in 119:30 of play.

“Cornell’s obviously a very talented team. They’re a big name,” Sperry said. “[When] we lost to them last year in the quarterfinals of the NCAAs ... that was tough. That was something you

Women’s hockey, see page 7

BU women’s soccer falls 2–1 in matchup with Big Green

By Conor Ryan Daily Free Press Staff

In the final nonconferBU 1 ence game of the regular season, the Boston University women’s soccer team fell to DartDartmouth

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mouth College 2–1 Wednesday night in Hanover, N.H. With the loss, the Terriers fall to 11–6–1 on the season while the Big Green improve to 10–4–0.

In the first half, the Terriers started off well, as junior forward Madison Clemens scored her eighth goal of the season after a

great pass from senior defender Jessica Morrow, giving BU a 1–0 lead.

“We started the game really well,” said BU coach Nancy Feldman. “The style was favoring us ... We were putting them under a lot of pressure.”

Clemens has been the top

player on the Terriers’ offense this season, leading the team in shots, points and goals.

While she does not have a single assist on the season, Clemens leads the team in goals by four after scoring her first goal since Oct. 7 on Wednesday.

Women’s soccer, see page 7

Field hockey to play for 1st place in America East at UNH

By Steven Dufour Daily Free Press Staff

The No. 13 Boston University field hockey team will travel to Durham to take on No. 22 University of New Hampshire on Thursday. The game decides who will be the last undefeated school in America East conference play.

BU (9–5, 3–0 America East) is coming off a rare and unexpected loss to Hofstra University this past weekend, which BU coach Sally Starr said was disappointing.

“There was a rare misstep on Sunday,” Starr said. “There will not be another one tomorrow.

There cannot be another one.”

BU has repeatedly proven itself to be one of the most dominant teams in the conference. A 2–1 win over No. 23 University at Albany, a 4–2 win over the University of Vermont and, most recently, a 3–1 win over the University of Maine show a pattern.

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Seeing Red: BU set for duel with Cornell

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Following a three-game skid that continued with a double-overtime loss to Harvard University, the Boston University men’s soccer team will look to end its slump against the University at Albany on Saturday at Nickerson Field.

Albany (4–9, 2–2 America East) has struggled on both sides of the ball this season, as they come into this game with a 0.92 goals per game average and 1.77 goals allowed per game average.

“They have some good players, and they made a good run in the playoffs last year,” said BU coach Neil Roberts. “I think they’re still finding themselves.”

Nobody on the Great Danes has more than two goals, as five different players currently lead the team with two apiece.

It is a young team, but none of Albany’s younger players have stepped up to become a true scoring threat during the season.

Despite these glaring weaknesses, Albany has a strength hidden in the fact that they lead America East in saves with 77.

Sophomore goalkeeper Tim Allen is one of the best goalkeepers in the conference. He ranks third in save percentage (.784), first-in saves (76) and first-in saves per game (5.85). Allen has been a solid safety net for a team that gives up a lot of shots and does not score many goals.

This is an interesting time to play Albany, a team that recently went on an eight-game losing streak during which they surrendered 17 goals. The Great Danes have allowed only two goals in their past two games, and both resulted in wins.

“They’re going to be motivated.

They’re good in the conference games,” Roberts said of Albany.

“They’re an up-and-coming team.”

The Great Danes recently beat the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (7–4–4, 1–2–1 America East) by a score of 2–1. This is not a good sign for BU’s chances, who recently lost to UMBC in a 5-1 blowout.

While Albany is coming into this game with newfound confidence, BU is coming in off of a three-game winless streak.

The Terriers have been consistent offensively and defensively this season, posting a 1.20 goals per game average and a 1.47 goals allowed per game average.

They score by committee, as sophomore forward Parker Powell leads the team with four goals (eighth best in America East) and redshirt freshman forward Mac McGuire, senior midfielder Michael Bustamante and sophomore forward Dominique Badji are tied for second on the team with three goals apiece (10th best in America East).

However, another crucial player on BU’s offense is junior midfielder

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With a victory over the Wildcats, BU would stand alone in first place and would be just short of a guaranteed regular season conference championship for the 2012 season.

“This is going to be a game we’re very much up for,” Starr said. “A goal that we set for ourselves was [to be] regular season champs, and UNH stands in our way.”

Despite that they are ranked lower than the Terriers nationally, the Wildcats (7–7, 3–0 America East) are a tough obstacle for BU. Overall, the Wildcats have 45 goals, compared to BU’s 27. In all three of its America East matchups, UNH has scored at least twice while putting points on the board in all but two of their 14 games overall.

A major reason for UNH’s success is junior forward Hannah Richard.

With 11 goals and four assists

in 14 appearances, she leads the Wildcats’ offense. Close behind her are sophomore forward Meg Flatley and junior back Megan Bozek, both of whom have seven goals.

“Their strikers are dangerous with the ball,” Starr said. “They’re fearless in the circle. [Richard] is one we’re going to have to watch out for specifically, but we just have to do a good job of playing aggressive defense against all of them.”

The Terriers have threats of their own on both ends of the field.

Senior goalkeeper Jess Maroney — who was named America East Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this season — is rated the second-best goalkeeper in the country based on her .840 save percentage. That percentage is second only to University of Connecticut goalkeeper Sarah Mansfield.

On offense, nearly everyone is a threat as nine Terriers have scored this season. Senior defender Jacinda McLeod is the current team leader with seven goals and four other players have at least three.

The 1–0 loss against Hofstra was “horrendous,” Starr said, but the Wildcats are also entering the game with a loss in their last match.

UNH fell to No. 16 Boston College Sunday 6–2 after conceding four goals in the second half.

These losses, along with an undefeated conference record, puts both BU and UNH on nearly even ground for tomorrow.

“We’re looking to rebound off of a loss, just like [UNH],” Starr said. “I’m sure they have had a tough week of practice — as we have — in order to get back on the saddle and play the way they know they can play.”

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Sunday, Oct. 21

Monday, Oct. 22

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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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