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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY YEAR XLIV. VOLUME LXXXIX. ISSUE VIII.

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Although Boston University has decided to cut all future men’s swimming and diving scholarships and 71 percent of women’s swimming and diving scholarships, scholarships will not be taken away from the 50 student-athletes currently on the team.

Loss of swimming scholarships causes community-wide shock

BY JUSTIN PALLENIK AND BRIANNE GARRETT DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“It’s back.”

In February 2011, Boston University diver Bailey O’Brien heard the phrase cancer patients fear above all others. Her disease had returned.

Diagnosed with melanoma during her first semester at BU in 2007, O’Brien thought she was in the clear after undergoing two surgeries and a month’s worth of radiation treatments to start her senior year.

However, she heard the worst when doctors told her the skin cancer had escalated to stage IV metastatic melanoma.

On the day of the America East Championships, a bed-ridden O’Brien received a Skype call diving coach Agnes Gerlach-Miller made from the pool deck, and

found a breathtaking scene.

Every single person in the pool, on the deck and in the stands held hands and raised them, a symbol showing her she was not alone in her fight. Following the moment of recognition, donation boxes from O’Brien’s own team, BU Athletics and other teams, made their way around the bleachers, raising money for her cause.

“In more than one way, BU swimming and diving and BU Athletics were extremely supportive of me,” said O’Brien, a 2012 graduate of the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. “So it’s really heartbreaking to hear that funding is getting cut from swimming and diving, because the team that helped me through the hardest time of my life might not make it.”

BU is eliminating all future scholarships for the men’s swimming and diving team and 71 percent of scholarships for the

women’s swimming and diving team, BU Athletics confirmed Monday. BU Athletics spokesperson Brian Kelley said the decision was an institutional one that came from BU as a whole, rather than just the Athletics Department.

Kelley said there are no plans for the swimming and diving programs to be cut as a whole. In addition, any previously promised scholarships will not be taken away from current or incoming swimmers and divers.

Several members of the men’s team, however, said that the scholarship elimination will have severe effects for current team members, coaches and students looking to join in the future.

Adam Gross, a sophomore diver in the College of General Studies, said the decision to cut all of the team’s scholarships was shocking news.

“The team so far this year has been undefeated, and we have one of the highest cumulative GPAs in the university,” Gross said. “So it is a little bit of a surprise, them cutting [9.9] scholarships. That’s a lot for them to cut all at once.”

Gross said the news makes him feel even more underappreciated, as he feels that divers already often experience this as athletes. He said the nature and popularity of the sport could be factors that contributed to the decision. “[People] want all of the aggressive sports, and the thing about gymnastics and diving is that they are not aggressive, they are just more about grace,” Gross said. “But since we don’t have a varsity gymnastics program, I guess the next lowest sport on the totem poll would be swimming and diving.”

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Legislation seeks to reinstate capital punishment in Massachusetts

BY MADDIE DOMENICHELLA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Although capital punishment has been outlawed in Massachusetts, lawmakers are considering a bill that would bring the death penalty back to the Commonwealth.

The legislation, sponsored by Massachusetts Rep. James Miceli, would allow judges to sentence criminals convicted of aggravated crimes, such as first-degree murder, to death by lethal injection. It would also provide those convicted with the qualified legal counsel needed for the appeal process.

“Where a person is convicted or pleads guilty to a crime which is punishable by death, a sentence of death shall not be imposed unless … the jury finds that there is conclusive scientific evidence, including physical or other associative evidence, enabling it to reach a high level of scientific certainty connecting the defendant to the crime,” the bill states.

The bill was heard by the Joint Committee of the Judiciary of the Massachu-

setts State Legislature on Oct. 14.

The last executions in Massachusetts took place in 1947 after two men were con-

victed of murdering a former U.S. Marine.

In 1982, the death penalty was reinstated before being ruled unconstitutional in 1984.

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On Oct.14, a legislative committee hearing was held to discuss a bill to reinstate the death penalty in Massachusetts

A previous attempt to reinstate the death penalty arose in 1997 after the rape and murder of a 10-year-old boy in Cambridge.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was sentenced to death in May for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, was only able to receive capital punishment because his was involved in a federal case. Tsarnaev is currently serving time at the U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colorado.

Once an individual is found guilty “of murder committed with deliberately premeditated malice aforethought or murder with extreme atrocity,” a pre-sentence hearing will be held to determine punishment, according to the bill.

Following the pre-sentence hearing, the judge will instruct the jury about whether or not to impose the death penalty, the bill states. If the death penalty is chosen, the decision must be unanimous or the defendant will receive a life sentence.

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Undergrads head to Antarctica for research be conducted on the volcanic islands and peninsulas of McMurdo Sound and in the dry valleys of the Transantarctic Mountains, Marchant, chair of the Department of Earth and Environment, wrote in an email.

Having led 25 expeditions to Antarctica with graduate students, Marchant said this year the group will focus on discovering whether the West Antarctic ice sheet has contributed to rapid sea level rise in recent years.

Throughout the journey, the group in will be assisted in their fieldwork by a virtual element in BU’s Digital Image Analysis Lab, BURECS’ website states. Those in the lab will have access to real-time satellite imagery that can accommodate

BY MAISIE GUZI DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Two Boston University students will be the first undergraduates to participate in the BU Research Education and Communication of Science program’s fieldwork program in Antarctica. Emelia Chamberlain and Natalie Robinson, along with BURECS Director David Marchant and doctoral student Andrew Christ, will be leaving for Antarctica on Oct. 28. Chamberlain, Robinson and Marchant will be returning Dec. 19, while Christ will remain until Jan. 19, 2016.

Research and study will

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Boston University students Emelia Chamberlain and Natalie Robinson (CAS ‘18) are leaving Oct. 28 for Antarctica, where they will be studying and researching with David Marchant, a BU earth and environment professor, and Andrew Christ, a BU doctoral student.

the group’s analytical and strategical needs, according to the website.

Twenty-seven students, comprised of eight sophomores and 19 freshmen, will remain at BU and assist with the expedition through the lab or mission control, Marchant wrote.

Marchant said he was excited to be able to formally include BU undergraduates in this expedition, which is funded by the National Science Foundation and NASA. “The students are learning a great deal,” Marchant said.

“They will triple what they have learned in 1.5 years of the program in just a few weeks in the field.”

Chamberlain and Robinson, both sophomores in the College of Arts and Sciences, said they are thrilled to have the opportunity to explore another continent while simultaneously conducting research in their field of interest.

Chamberlain said she is very excited to depart for Antarctica. Although she has been highly occupied with daily lab work from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. preparing for the trip, she said the hard work the group has done is further piquing her interest in the project.

“It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity,” she wrote in an email. “The prospect of camping in the coldest, most isolated place on Earth is mildly daunting. But I mean, I could possibly stand on land that has never before been touched by humans!

So overall I’m very excited.”

As an aspiring environmental science major, Chamberlain joined BURECS her freshman year and is intrigued by the idea of combining science and communication to educate the general public about climate change.

“I’m sure I will learn many skills I never expected to [during this trip],” said Chamberlain.

“I’m excited by both how much I will learn through this trip and the sheer adventure of it.”

Robinson said she looks forward to the hands-on experience and feels very lucky to have this opportunity early in her college career. Robinson said she will be living in a tent with

two people without additional heat and expects it to be both a physical and mental challenge.

“There is so much that will happen that I can’t really anticipate,” she wrote. “I feel like I won’t really know what’s going to happen until I get there and start working. There is a lot of unknown and I think a lot of it will be learning by doing.”

The fact that Antarctica has little anthropogenic impact excites her the most, Robinson said.

“Humans haven’t yet harmed or altered this continent directly,” she said. “The thought of walking on land that no person has ever walked on amazes me.”

Christ, a third-year doctoral student in the Graduate School or Arts and Sciences, said he is thrilled to be able to incorporate undergraduate students into the program. The upcoming Antarctic expedition will be Christ’s third with Marchant, he said.

“Each year I learn a lot and get more excited every time,” Christ said. “It will be really amazing to bring down some undergraduates who have never been before and teach them about the science that we’re doing and have them participate.”

Several students said the program fascinates them and thought that it would be interesting to travel to such a remote location for something research-related.

Michael Choate, a freshman in the College of Communication, said he thinks the program will be beneficial to both the BU community and the environment.

“It’ll be really helpful for the environment,” Choate said.

“The ice caps are melting and we obviously need to figure out why it’s happening.”

Mia Lomasney, a freshman in CAS, said the program will help further environmental research and development as it also broadens the spectrum of BU’s research.

“Antarctica is a very different place [to go],” Lomasney said. “The research done there will help benefit both BU and other organizations researching the same thing.”

Support for death penalty on decline, experts say DEATH PENALTY, FROM PAGE 1

the Northeastern University School of Law, expressed doubts about the law’s viability. He said capital punishment lacks national support because people are worried about fairness in how it is administered.

“Support for capital punishment is waning nationwide largely due to concerns about racially discriminatory application and the risk of executing an innocent inmate,” Medwed said.

Medwed added that Massachusetts lacks its usual liberal stance on the policy of capital punishment.

“Massachusetts, while renowned for its liberalism, is not always a font of progressiv-

ism when it comes to criminal justice,” Medwed said.

Lisa Arrowood, president of the Boston Bar Association, said the association does not support capital punishment because it is “fundamentally inconsistent with the fair administration of justice.”

“We are proud that Massachusetts has for decades resisted any effort to reinstate the death penalty, and that the national trend is clearly away from capital punishment, as more and more states have come to recognize these fundamental flaws,” Arrowood said in a statement.

Approximately 55 percent of Massachusetts residents

said they oppose the death penalty, while 30 percent support it, according to an April poll conducted by the Boston Globe and Sage Systems, LLC. Several residents expressed their distaste for the reinstatement of capital punishment, while some expressed the need for such measures in cases of extreme violence or terrorism.

Peter Bent, 21, of Allston, said he does not believe a judge should have the power to end someone’s life.

“I don’t think a judge should have the power to say who lives and who dies, and the cost of an inmate on death row with all the appeals and

everything is very high,” he said.

Brittany McLaughlin, 26, of Brighton, expressed mixed feelings about capital punishment, but noted how significant the reinstatement of the death penalty would be.

“Our prison system doesn’t really do justice at punishing people. Capital punishment can have its benefits, but at the same time it’s a cruelty to an injustice,” she said.

“It would bring about a whole bunch of different religious and cultural differences and opinions regarding whether we should be killing people for their injustices. It would be something to talk about.”

CAMPUS CRIME LOGS

BY KENNEDY DAVIS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department from Oct. 15 to 18.

University laptop stolen from College of General Studies BUPD received a report on Oct. 15 that a university-owned laptop had been stolen from an employee’s office at 871 Commonwealth Ave., the College of General Studies, sometime between Oct. 9 at 4 p.m. and Oct. 14 at 1 p.m.

Cell phone stolen from Warren Towers security desk A male student reported Oct. 15 that he had left his cell phone at the security desk on the fourth floor of Warren Towers between the hours of 10 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. When he returned, his cell phone was missing.

Trespasser seen at Agganis Arena An Agganis Arena employee reported on Oct. 15 at 1:02 p.m. that they observed a non-affiliated male party trespassing on BU property at 925 Commonwealth Ave. BUPD officers checked the building but were unable to locate the individual.

Bicycle cables cut at The Towers A male student reported Oct. 15 that someone had cut the shift cables on his bike at 140 Bay State Rd., The Towers. The incident occurred between Oct. 13 at 3 p.m. and Oct. 15 at approximately 4:49 p.m.

Cellphone stolen from unsuspecting pedestrian A male student reported Friday at 12:32 a.m. that he was the victim of an unarmed robbery. The student was walking down the street when a male suspect on a bicycle rode alongside him, took the cellphone from the victim’s hand and rode away.

Underage male found in possession of alcohol BUPD officers caught an underage male student in possession of alcohol on Friday at 5:17 p.m. at Warren Towers. The student is being summonsed to Brighton District Court.

Vehicle broken into on Commonwealth Avenue A male non-affiliate reported that his vehicle was broken into between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Friday at 730 Commonwealth Ave. Someone had broken the driver’s side window of the vehicle and stolen the victim’s gym bag, which contained an iPad Mini, headphones, clothing and other personal items.

Intoxicated male transported to Beth Israel BUPD officers responded to a call at 834 Beacon St. and found an intoxicated male student on Saturday at 12:56 a.m.

The student was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

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Local endorsements contribute to 2016 presidential race

BY JULIA METJIAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

As the 2016 presidential election draws closer, Massachusetts leaders are endorsing candidates and participating in campaign efforts.

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and Massachusetts Senate President Stanley Rosenberg endorsed former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Oct 14. and Oct. 5, respectively. Boston City Councilor Matt O’Malley spoke in support of former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley at the Massachusetts Democratic Party Convention on Sep. 19. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey endorsed Clinton in August and has accompanied her to several events in New Hampshire.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren have yet to make endorsements.

Baker is a Republican while Walsh and Warren are Democrats.

John Berg, professor of government at Suffolk University, said the combination of endorsements with ongoing support is crucial to developing a strong campaign.

“The importance is letting people know if they like you.

[What is] more important is once a political figure endorses a presidential candidate, it usually means that they’re going to get involved in the campaign … it is important for building up an organization, otherwise it is very hard to build up from scratch,” Berg said.

Berg also said that local politicians might endorse campaigns in hopes of breaking into a larger political environment.

“If you’re an elected official,

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U.S Sen. Ed Markey, President of the Massachusetts Senate Stanley Rosenberg and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey have all endorsed presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.

you have your own campaign every few years, and this gives you a way to keep in practice, to keep your campaigns used to volunteering,” Berg said. “[And] there’s always the possibility that if you’re in there early with an endorsement and work hard, maybe you’ll be brought to Washington in some capacity, and some people find that rewarding.”

Walsh may not make an endorsement yet, Berg said, because his campaign organization is concentrating on the Boston City Council election.

Nicholas Beauchamp, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, said the increasing number of “outsider”

candidates could pose a problem for opposing parties.

“Some folks are arguing that the rise of the outsider candidates in the Republican primary [such as Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina] suggests that endorsements and the party have lost some of their control over the process, or that endorsements are now a trailing rather than leading indicator,” he wrote in an email. “But in my view that will really depend on whether one of these outsiders ever actually wins it.”

Among the Democratic candidates, Clinton has the most endorsements from U.S. representatives, senators and governors, according to FiveThirtyEight.

Approximately 56 percent of leaned Democrats support Clinton, 22 percent support Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and 1 percent support O’Malley, according to a poll by the Washington Post and ABC News from Oct. 15-18.

Several residents said endorsements influence support for both local and national officials.

Caroline Chobanian, 23, of Brighton, said endorsements from local government officials do not affect her opinions or polling decisions.

“I would say that people who are in local power don’t have much sway on me,” she said. “I’m not that involved in local politics, nor am I exposed to their opinions

as much. I pay more attention to things coming directly from the source.”

Sherri Michaud, 32, of Allston, said while leaders will endorse those who hold similar views to them, voters should still do research on the candidates.

“Reading about the issues that are going on and [leaders’] stance on these issues and keeping up with campaign speeches and what they are saying would influence me the most. And talking to people,” she said. “It’s one opinion, and one person. And just because this person holds a specific office doesn’t mean that opinion holds more value than your own opinion. Do your research.”

Michaud said she does not particularly see an upside to endorsements, but added that they could potentially swing voters.

“Because they [leaders] are in a position of power, it may influence the way other people feel and possibly might influence opinion kind of unethically,” she said.

“I know certain politicians don’t tell the truth about certain things, [and] that bothers me.”

Stephanie Morin, 22, of Brighton, said it is difficult to say whether political endorsements are helpful to the public or not.

“I guess there are pros and cons. For senators of Massachusetts to come out and represent presidential candidates can be a great thing in some ways, so that way you know what their stances are on some things and issues that are going on,” she said. “But, at the same time it may compromise how the residents of Boston may feel about them endorsing some presidential candidates.”

Monika Nayak contributed to the reporting of this article.

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Members of the Boston University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams practice at the Competition Pool in the BU Fitness and Recreation Center on Wednesday afternoon.

Swimming, diving teams work to stay afloat after funding cut SCHOLARSHIPS, FROM PAGE 1

Many within the swimming and diving community said they fear the same fate which befell the BU wrestling team, a program whose varsity-level competition was ceased by BU Athletics following the 2013-14 season.

“I have respect for [BU Athletics], but they did the same actions when they cut the wrestling program,” said Austin Kruger, a former captain of the men’s diving team and a senior in the Questrom School of Business. “First, they say it’s to save money. Then, they say the program isn’t competitive because they can’t

recruit. And then, they say they’re cutting the program and won’t answer any questions. … It’s not exactly new, which is why it’s raising so many red flags.”

Richard Waterhouse, a junior swimmer in the College of Arts and Sciences, said the decision to cut scholarships could have been handled better.

“Many people asked, ‘Why not spread it out between other teams?” he said.

The cuts will affect the ability to build a future team, Waterhouse said.

“Now with the level that our

team has gotten to through recruiting, in order for us to stay at that level or to even improve from that level is to get high-level swimmers who will also be offered scholarships at other schools,” said Waterhouse. “So now in order for them to come to us, we need to really sell the university and even if they do love the university, the money is the biggest question.”

Nikki Bookwalter, a swimmer on the women’s team and a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said that her team will also be affected from having its scholarships decreased from 14 to 4.1.

“The team will probably struggle to keep the same standing in the Patriot League and remain at the same level of competition,” Bookwalter said. “I think that makes this upcoming season even more important.”

Through two meets in the 201516 season, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are both undefeated. In their latest matchup against Bucknell University, the Terriers won 26 of 32 races, which moved the women’s team into the CollegeSwimming.com Division I Top-50 list.

While the scholarship cuts represent an uphill battle, O’Brien remains confident in her former team, citing her own experience as inspiration.

“It’s not a movement in a positive direction,” O’Brien said. “… But that doesn’t mean we can’t change their mind. If they do have the intention to cut it later on and they’re not saying anything about it now, there’s certainly hope. There’s never a hopeless situation I’ve experienced personally so regardless of what their intentions are, it doesn’t mean that the program is going to end.”

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Transportation departments seek input for capital investments

BY DAVE SEBASTIAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Seeking resident input to create the next five-year Capital Investment Plan, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority hosted the first of 16 Capital Conversations on Monday at the State Transportation Building.

The 2017-2021 CIP is a “multi-modal unified plan” for highway, MBTA, railway and aeronautics projects, a Wednesday press release stated. There will be 16 meetings in various locations throughout Massachusetts through the first week of November.

MBTA General Manager Frank DePaola said the MBTA wants to create a more transparent, user-friendly model.

“We want to hear your concerns, priorities and ideas for the future transportation investment across the state and across all modes of transportation,” DePaola said at the meeting Monday.

“What we learn here will help inform the 2017-2021 Capital Investment Program, prioritize lists of investments for our transportation system funded with available and federal and state resources. That process begins here tonight.”

MassDOT Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack expressed how excited the department is to host these sessions for the public.

“These meetings will help us to develop a comprehensive, data-driven document that strategically identifies and prioritizes transportation projects for the

immediate future,” Pollack said in an Oct. 8 press release. “We look forward to robust participation by the public in the meetings.”

Instead of delivering materials through formal presentations, authorities organized the meeting in a conversational manner, enabling attendees to converse one-on-one with MassDOT and MBTA officials and subject matter experts.

“A lot of people came with the expectation to hear a presentation. That’s what we’ve always done,” said Rick Colon, a spokesman from MassDOT. “But this is different. This is about public input, we want to hear from you. So that’s why this format of answer, question and public input type meeting is the reason for this type of format.”

Colon also detailed some goals MassDOT hopes to achieve through these meetings and the Capital Investment Program. “[We] hope for more reliability and I think we’re well on our way in respect to our Winter Resiliency Program with the MBTA and the rails,” Colon said. “I hope this Capital Investment Program will also offer more opportunity in a wide variety of different programs for commuters all across the state.”

During the meeting, attendees had the chance to put suggestions for transportation improvements into the provided database.

Scott Zadakis, 32, of Beacon Hill, responded positively towards the Capital Conversation.

“I think it’s a good step in the right direction because getting input from the public before they start to plan rather than bringing a plan to the public and asking for

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MassDOT and the MBTA are looking for public input to decide what projects to focus from 2017 to 2021.

feedback on it,” he said. “I would like to see our physical trains and buses kept modern. Basically, just keep things working.”

Sam Wesselman, 26, of Somerville, suggested that the event is too informal.

“I like that you can go up and talk to people one-on-one and it’s maybe too informal,” he said. “I don’t know who to talk to in this event, but I think it’s better than people just talking at us.”

Marah Holland, 26, of Dorchester, said the Capital Conversations serve as a good opportunity for residents to converse with authorities.

“It was a good opportunity for residents to directly engage with MassDOT,” she said. “I think it could’ve been marketed better and advertised better. I feel there weren’t that many residents here.”

Other residents said they agreed that the idea of seeking public input is the way to best meet the needs of the community.

Dea Biancarelli, 20, a senior in Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, said she hopes the capital investments go toward improving the Green Line.

“The Green Line needs a lot of work. It’s old [and] it leaks,” she

said. “Especially when it’s cold out, the buses don’t show up.”

Fatima Smith, 65, of Roxbury, she is concerned about how the transportation will operate during the winter.

“In the winter, my concern is the cleaning of the areas where people have to wait for public transportation, especially when it’s a snow emergency,” she said. “I feel it is the city’s responsibility to make sure to clean these areas out where people have to wait for public transportation. It’s nice they have meetings [to get] the public’s feelings on the transportation process.”

CFA to no longer require SAT, ACT scores, students differ in reaction

BY CAROLYN HOFFMAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Beginning this fall, the Boston University College of Fine Arts is no longer requiring SAT and ACT scores in prospective students’ applications.

According to its website, CFA aims to give its students a “specialized educational experience that demands inquiry and exploration, individuality and teamwork, and academic and artistic immersion.”

Prospective students applying to the Arvind and Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Honors College, a Duel Degree program or for merit scholarships are an exception to the waived score requirement, the CFA website stated.

Interim Dean of CFA Lynne Allen said in an email that the decision to stop requiring standardized test scores makes complete sense for the college, as the school has a distinctive application process already.

“The College of Fine Arts has always had a unique application process that includes standard application process via Undergraduate Admissions as well as an artistic review process with the individual schools,” Allen wrote in an email.

“As a conservatory-style program, it seemed to make sense to move in this direction.”

Allen said test scores detract from CFA’s artistic review, and explained that the application process for prospective CFA students will remain rigorous despite the absence of scores.

“This underscores the sig-

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Boston University’s College of Fine Arts is no longer requiring high school applicants’ test scores.

nificance of the artistic review in the application process unique to applicants to CFA,” Allen wrote.

“The academic review process will still be quite rigorous and include submission of academic record, GPA, etc.”

Kelly Walter, associate vice president and executive director of admissions at BU, wrote in an email that BU’s admissions process enforces the idea of a holistic student, and the removal of test scores from CFA’s application is in line with Admission’s standards.

“For incoming freshmen at BU, high school GPA, not a standardized test score, is the best predictor of college success,” she wrote. “As a result, BU Admissions has always placed strong emphasis on a student’s academic performance and the rigor of their

curriculum. We decided to align our admissions practices with the qualifications that are most predictive of success within a conservatory-style program, such as the one offered at CFA.” Walter emphasized that prospective CFA students’ focus should be on their artistic portfolios, as CFA expects their students to be “both academically and artistically admissible.”

“We hold applicants to CFA to the same high standards of academic performance as applicants to the other nine undergraduate schools and colleges,” she wrote.

“Additionally, we expect students who are most competitive for admission to CFA to possess exceptional artistic talent; talent that is best assessed during an audition or portfolio review rather than by a

standardized test.”

Rodney Lister, a professor music, composition and theory in CFA, said he was aware of CFA’s actions regarding standardized test scores and is neither an advocate nor an opponent of the change, because he doesn’t think it affects prospective students either way.

“My impression is that for most of the students, it’s not an issue anyway,” Lister said. “So I guess it makes it a little easier for some.”

Richard Raiselis, a professor of painting in CFA, wrote in an email that the news caused him to have a split opinion.

“I was of two minds,” he said.

“I thought, ‘Now we might attract those skilled candidates that we often lose to [Rhode Island School of Design] and [Maryland Institute College of Art]. But what if those

student artists are not as intellectually prepared?’”

Raiselis said throughout his time at BU, he has witnessed freshman classes’ willingness to take on difficult assignments, and he worries that this may change because of CFA’s decision.

“The next year or two will reveal if this new experiment is a sound one,” Raiselis said.

Several CFA students differ in their opinions of CFA’s choice to eliminate standardized test scores from their application process.

Madeline Bucci, a freshman in the School of Music, said CFA’s decision is helpful for prospective students’ stress levels.

“It’s a huge stress reliever because I remember for my audition worrying about my audition, but then I also had to worry about my SAT scores,” Bucci said.

Livian Yeh, a second-year Master of Fine Arts candidate in playwriting, said CFA’s decision reflects poorly upon society’s view of artists.

“I’m kinda shocked that they don’t require standardized testing scores anymore,” Yeh said. “It just [perpetuates] this idea that artists aren’t good at anything else.”

Yeh reasons that even if a student wants to pursue art, they need to be proficient in other academic areas.

“I think school is important, and just because you want to be an artist doesn’t mean you’re able to forget about other options in your life,” Yeh said. “I mean if you don’t study math, I think a lot of doors may close to you if you don’t have that basic knowledge.”

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Wencen Wu mobilizes robots with innovative technology

BY KAITLYN LOCKE DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Revealing the latest on her research with mobile sensor networks, Wencen Wu, an engineering professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, presented a lecture at Boston University on Friday.

BU’s Center for Information and Systems Engineering organized the lecture as a part of their fall seminar series, in which the center invites distinguished guest speakers to visit the campus and educate the scientific community about the new and exciting work they’ve been doing. Approximately 30 people attended Wu’s lecture, most of whom were graduate students and faculty members of BU’s College of Engineering.

“The purpose of the talks is really to give graduate students the opportunity to hear from other people in their field of study and to promote faculty networking and liaisons between colleges,” said Denise Joseph, program manager of CISE. CISE graduate students are required to attend at least one lecture during the semester, Joseph said, though all seminars are free and open to the public.

Over the course of her hour-long lecture, Wu explained that her research focuses on designing small, mobile robots that can be sent into hostile environments inaccessible to humans in order to gather vital information. The robots are sent into the field in small teams of around two and collect data from their surroundings instantaneously. This information is then processed and shared with the other robots in the team, which determines how they will re-coordinate their positions and advance their location in this unknown territory.

“They will need to move a lot in the field to get enough information before they can make the decision of which direction is

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Wencen Wu, engineering professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, speaks during the “Bio-inspired Distributed Sensing with Mobile Sensor Networks” talk on Friday.

the way to go,” Wu said, showing an example video of two model robots making several short, jolted movements on their way to the designated energy source — a beam of light.

The robots’ physical movements are not remote-controlled by an off-site technician, Wu said, but rather are the result of direct communication between robots themselves on a mobile sensor network.

This communication between the robots was actually inspired by the interaction between animals, which, Wu said, has “a wide range of applications in engineering.”

She said she specifically focused on the behavior of schools of fish, comparing the need for scientists to determine the source

of a pollutant in water after an oil spill to fishes’ tendency to “move collectively to find food.”

Wu concluded her lecture by stating that although this field of work does face certain challenges, such as the possibility of the unfamiliar terrain being too difficult for the robots to navigate or the environment interfering with the robots’ communication, she remained optimistic about the potential good her research could do in gathering invaluable information during environmental disasters.

Shuai Wang, a second-year doctoral student in ENG, said he enjoyed the lecture because it was related to his own research in bio-inspired sensors.

“The research is quite interesting,” he said, noting how unique it is that Wu’s work in the field involves multiple robotic agents instead of just one. “It was an eye-opening lecture. You never know when new information could be useful to your research.”

Seminars similar to Wu’s are helpful to students who haven’t chosen a specific area to focus on within systems, attendees said, because they offer fascinating information from top contributors in the academic field.

Sanjeev Kale, CEO of SKale Consulting, a web and database programming company based in Cambridge, said he attended the lecture because he is interested in the applications of robotics in helping with natural disaster relief.

“In the early stages of a natural disaster like an earthquake, it is very difficult to mobilize humans because it’s dangerous,” Kale said. “What Dr. Wu is working on, multiple robots with multiple sensors, could be very helpful in gathering information.”

Sean Andersson, a professor or mechanical engineering at ENG, was the faculty host of Wu’s lecture. After having studied with Wu as a doctoral student at the University of Maryland, Andersson thought Wu would be a prime lecturer for CISE’s seminar series and invited her to Boston.

“Her research intersects the interests of several faculty members here and so, by connection, to several students,” he said. “I think it’s really good for the graduate students because they get to hear what other people around the world are doing. For the faculty, it’s good too because we get new ideas and new people we want to collaborate with. And of course, it’s good for BU because people like Dr. Wu come in and see what BU is doing and hopefully go away impressed and tell their friends and colleagues about how wonderful BU is.”

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“Suffragette” brings equality movement to silver screen

BY CONNER REED DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

An icy cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide” scores the theatrical trailer for “Suffragette,” the new film by BAFTA-winning director Sarah Gavron. Aside from the obvious metaphorical implications — woman’s right to vote being the titular cultural landslide — the song harbors deeper, sneakier weight.

At its core, the “Landslide” is about the uneasiness that accompanies assimilation: is it worth living in stasis for the sake of comfort? “Suffragette,” unsurprisingly, answers that question with a resounding “No,” but the trailer’s images of militant women smashing windows and resisting arrest takes on a haunting new dimension when adorned with the distant, wounded echo of, “Can I handle the seasons of my life?”

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Carey Mulligan stars as Maud Watts in director Sarah Gavron’s “Suffragette.”

The message seems to be that stasis is not worth the comfort. But God, can that comfort be nice.

“Suffragette” tells the story of Maud Watts (Carey Mulligan), a working-class British woman who has more or less sold

her life to the London laundry service where she works. At work, she witnesses the flagrant mistreatment of female employees and receives subpar wages.

With the help of coworker Violet Miller (Anne-Marie Duff ), Maud reluctantly joins the Women’s Social and Political Union and becomes a voice in the early 20th-century movement to allow women the right to vote alongside their male peers.

Various other characters flesh out the film’s canvas. Maud clashes fiercely with Inspector Arthur Steed (Brendan Gleeson), meets tortured ambivalence from her soft-spoken husband Sonny Watts (Ben Whishaw) and finds allies in local doctor Edith Ellyn (Helena Bonham Carter) and her husband Hugh (Finbar Lynch). It’s through these other characters that the film explores the more controversial aspects of the suffragettes’ actions.

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INBUSINESS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

HUBweek provides entrepreneurs with exposure, inspiration

BY NATASHA MASCARENHAS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

According to statistics released Monday, Boston’s first HUBweek, a weeklong festival that ran from Oct. 3-10, drew more than 46,000 attendees to 106 different events that highlighted the areas the city knows and does best — art, science and technology.

Organized by The Boston Globe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, the program combined leaders in fields ranging from technology to life sciences, according to a Monday statement from HUBweek organizers.

“The idea of HUBweek was to showcase all of the amazing work that is happening across the city,” said Elizabeth Paquette, head of marketing and communications for HUBweek. “So to do that, you need the people that are actually doing it, to be part of it, right?”

And the number of people that are “actually doing it” rose. More than 600 speakers were involved in the variety of HUBweek activities. The presentations focused on five main areas — climate change and sustainability, future of learning and work, art and engagement, social and civic innovation and wellness and healthcare delivery.

Peter Marton, a professor of strategy and innovation at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, said the collision of differing ideas is what made HUBweek the valuable program that it was.

“When we study the difference between good ideas and great ideas, the great ideas are often ideas that have been constructed from different perspectives,” he said.

Many HUBweek activities served as examples of innovation in these vast fields, with programs such as De-Stress Boston pushing people to have conversations about mental health and #BeantownThrowdown to give college students opportunities to get publicity for their start-ups.

However, it was more than just a “direct marketing tool for individual businesses,” Paquette said. HUBweek was meant to be a platform for people to discuss and innovate in conjunction with one another. Often, up front and center on the platform was Boston’s brightest bunch — young entrepreneurs.

“Students always benefit from exposure to new ideas and exposure to new things,”

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HUBWEEK, a week long series of events combining art, science and technology, concluded Saturday.

Marton said. “The most innovative thinkers, the most creative people, draw upon the perspectives of others. Out of that comes some of the best ideas of them all.” #BeantownThrowdown, for example, was an entrepreneurial challenge that gave students three minutes and three slides to deliver a pitch. The winner received over $12,000 in legal services, along with other consulting opportunities. The winning company, PICCPerfect, focused on a combination of comfort and style to help those who need peripherally-inserted central catheter lines lead normal lives.

As a rapidly growing company, PICCPerfect leaders saw HUBweek as a huge step forward for exposure and legal services.

“HUBweek provided us with another audience that we wouldn’t generally seek,” said Emily Levy, a senior at Babson College and the CEO of PICCPerfect. “We usually

talk to patients or nurses in hospitals and gift shops. But now we got exposure.”

Since winning #BeantownThrowdown, PICCPerfect has been featured in a number of publications, including BostInno.

Another startup company called Agora won HUBweek’s #Tech4Democracy competition. Agora works to create opportunities for individuals at any level to participate and voice their own ideas on issues happening in their society. Their “online town hall” forum gives people an outlet for direct communication with their representatives. The company works to start a discussion around economic growth, specifically with those at the lower level of the income ladder. “[#Tech4Democracy] helped us put that discussion forward and get the civic network out there so more people can engage,” said Matthew Patton, Agora’s vice president of operations. “And more people

can have civic discussions.”

Since HUBweek, Agora has been in direct contact with Newton Mayor Setti Warren to help continue the civic engagement discussion.

PICCPerfect and Agora are only two of the 250 companies that participated in the weeklong experience, and although each company had individual goals, they all had two things in common — a thirst for innovation and a hunger for inspiration.

“There’s a power in bringing different types of people together and sitting them at the same table,” Paquette said. “[This week] was kind of the tide that rises all boats. If we collectively work together with different organizations and companies to showcase the kind of things that are happening here, we’re going to raise each other up.”

“Suffragette” revitalizes aspirations of 20th century political activists “SUFFRAGETTE”, FROM PAGE 5

“As doors were closed on them, [the suffragettes] found new ways,” said Helen Pankhurst at a press conference on Oct. 11 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, referencing the often violent tendencies of the women at the movement’s core.

“You could’ve done a nice, pretty story without it,” Pankhurst said, “but I think being honest to the reality of how far they were willing to go is more powerful and more interesting in terms of how we reflect on the world today.”

If the Pankhurst name sounds familiar, that’s because Helen is the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the suffragette movement in early 20th-century Britain (portrayed briefly in Gavron’s film by

Meryl Streep). The younger Pankhurst was consulted throughout the filmmaking process and has had a presence in the project since the mid-2000s.

At the conference, Pankhurst was joined by the film’s creative team: Gavron, screenwriter Abi Morgan and producers Alison Owen and Faye Ward, all of whom have also worked on the film since its initial conception.

Aside from the discussion of the suffragettes’ methodology, the panel focused on the ways that the film has shifted over time as Morgan drafted and redrafted the screenplay.

One significant change was the choice of protagonist — Maud is a composite character, her story pulled from various stories of the time, unlike a number of

the other real-life British women and men that the film portrays. More unusual and deliberate, though, is Maud’s social status.

In popularized depictions of the suffragettes and members of the WSPU, the women are largely posh, tea-sipping aristocrats, whose wealth and social affluence were often said to undercut the gravity of their political convictions.

While they took this route at first, members of the creative team eventually realized that they wanted to tell a different story.

“I was irritated that the suffragettes ... were pretty much represented by Mrs. Banks in ‘Mary Poppins,’” Owen said, “and that these legions of women who were very working-class, very poor, had given up an enormous amount, and

whose shoulders we stand on today, had been almost entirely forgotten.”

And so Morgan tightened her focus on the women of the factories and the streets, whose stakes in the fight for the vote were arguably much higher than their more socially comfortable counterparts. This tightness of focus, according to the panel, is what gave the film its thrust and will help it resonate with the larger cultural narrative about the treatment of women today.

“By looking at something very specific and particular, you can draw universal truths,” Gavron said.

To hearken back to Fleetwood Mac, perhaps a glance at the past is the best way for us to see, as the song says, “our reflection in the snow-covered hills.”

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SPOTLIGHT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

OUTober event shines light on religious LGBT community

BY MICHAELA JOHNSTON DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The candlelit Muelder Chapel at Boston University’s School of Theology provided a safe space Wednesday night for those who identify as a part of the LGBT community. The setting was intimate, with just 17 people, mainly graduate students, sitting in a circle around a small table topped with candles, some left unlit.

The gathering, “Sacred Stories of Emergence,” was part of OUTober, an entire month dedicated to celebrating and bringing awareness to the LGBT community at BU. Presented by Sacred Worth, a student group within STH, Sacred Stories offered a space for members to share their personal experiences with coming out in a religious setting.

The event began with a recording of Barry Manilow’s “One Voice,” creating a peaceful mood in the room. The song was followed by an invocation led by Lambert Rahming, a third-year graduate student in STH who facilitated the evening.

“This event was one year in the making,” Rahming said. “We’ve been celebrating OUTober, but this was an idea to really make sacred those persons who come out or are struggling to do so.”

Katie Omberg, president of Sacred Worth and a third-year graduate student in STH, expanded on Rahming’s comment.

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Candles were lit in honor of students’ coming-out stories at the “Sacred Stories of Emergence” service at Muedler Chapel on Wednesday night.

“We’ve done storytelling around coming out with Sacred Worth before, but it’s usually been very secularized and it’s just telling those stories,” Omberg said. “But we’re really looking to have it in a place framed in religious tradition.”

The event continued with a passing of the peace and another song of inspiration, “The Voice Within” by Christina Aguilera.

Afterward, the floor was opened to those who felt encouraged to share their stories.

For the next hour, attendees told the stories that have impacted their lives the most. Emotional and personal, each story arose from a different background, experi-

ence and culture. At times, silence allowed the attendees to collect their own thoughts and reflect on the stories being shared. After each story, the storyteller was invited to light a candle on the center table.

As the session came to a close, there was an open invitation to light a candle for a person who had come out, was struggling to do so or was going through other issues, such as domestic violence and abuse. By the end, each candle was lit and honored a person of the LGBT community.

Nathan Bakken, a second-year graduate student in STH who helped plan the event, spoke of the impact Sacred Worth has had in their life.

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“I think for me, coming from my background, my queerness and spiritual life has always existed in separate spaces and being apart of Sacred Worth for me has really given me a community and a space where I don’t feel the need to separate these aspects of myself,” they said.

Rahming also emphasized the important aspect of community within Sacred Worth.

“It’s a community of people who not only find their authentic selves, but have a vested interest in authentically knowing other people,” he said. “And community is such a valued part in the School of Theology.”

Towards the end of the event, the song “Just Do You” by India.Arie played. The opening lyrics of the song — “I hear a voice that told me I’m essential, how all my fears are limiting my potential” — reflected the message of the evening. Coming out is a process that often brings much anxiety, Bakken said, but it should not stop a person from having faith in their own self.

A litany of blessing ended the evening.

With an emphasis on the combination of faith and coming out, Bakken predicted that the event would spark difficult conversations and encourage people to ask questions.

Referring to the impact the event and OUTober will leave on STH and BU as a whole, Bakken said, “It reminds the community that these stories are present and that queer people of faith and LGBT people of faith exist.”

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

Mike DeSocio, Editor-in-Chief Joe Incollingo, Managing Editor

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Where in our transcripts does it say we’re coddled?

We’ve all been accused of having “easy” days. The common idea is that we wake up at 11 a.m., stroll out of our luxurious apartments, go to class for four hours, come home and crawl right back into bed with our headphones and Netflix subscriptions. But let’s call this what it is: a misconception. For many of us, our college days don’t work this way.

But Arizona State University professor Jeffrey Selingo seems to think that this is a fantastic representation of what our lives are like here at the typical American university. In response to a new book on the failures of helicopter parenting, which argues that parents are unsuccessful in preparing their children to go off to college and the “real world,” Selingo claims that colleges are just as responsible for this kind of “coddling.”

Selingo uses his soapbox at The Washington Post to make grandiose statements about today’s college student, specifically at public universities like ASU. He says that because students are introduced to their roommates online before getting to school, they no longer have to resolve conflicts with random strangers in close living quarters. He also argues that the “luxurious apartment-like dorms” mean that students will never have to share living space or eat in dining halls.

Selingo also states that computer-generated programs that help students choose their majors and degrees are ruining the chance for failure because they map out our paths for the future. In the past, the student next to you might not have graduated, but now A’s account for 43 percent of grades nationwide.

According to Selingo, the glut of A’s must mean students aren’t being exposed to feed-

back — instead, we are handed semester-long projects that we turn in and never see again.

We don’t complete drafts or take steps as one would do in the business world.

In all, our coddled isolation makes us “paralyzed of the prospect of failure,” because most of us have never experienced it.

While Selingo’s statements may ring true for Arizona State — we don’t go there, so we can’t know the situation — they contradict what we face as students here at BU. It’s as if Selingo noticed a single cartoon of millennial college students and decided to take it as a core representation of college students nationwide.

It’s ridiculous to assume that because we meet students online we don’t face the struggles of living with another. Living with someone always brings challenges — people always have habits in their own homes that no one sees until they are behind closed doors.

And in many cases, like ours at BU, luxurious dorms aren’t something we have access to until after we have lived in the classic dorm situation at Warren Towers or in West Campus. We eat in dining halls for almost every meal, we share communal bathrooms and we are kept up all night while our roommate has the light on.

Even in apartments here at BU, the number of students who have their own bathroom is slim. And if they do, they have the money to pay for that luxury. This coddling doesn’t stem from university, but from the fact that these students are still coddled by their parents.

Most college students we know are struggling even to pay the ridiculously expensive room and board fees that plague our tuition bills each semester.

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from the start that they “don’t give A’s” on principle. There’s a balance either way.

That being said, many of us are forced to work harder just to attempt to earn that elusive A. We attend office hours, maintain relationships with our professors and lose sleep to get our assignments completed on time and up-to-snuff. Very rarely do we experience an instance in which a professor doesn’t invite us to office hours or hands back an assignment without criticism. And if they do turn us away or discourage us, we either become disinterested and stop trying, or we fight harder to prove them wrong. Perhaps we should weed people out this way instead of commencing the semester with an announcement that students won’t be receiving A’s.

Selingo can’t rightly make the claim that all college students don’t care about their education. Of course we are looking to get a job after graduation, but we also are at college to learn and grow. In one way, we prepare ourselves for the trials of the real world. In another way, we gain knowledge in our classes and in our lives outside them.

We understand that this world is cutthroat. We understand that some people don’t realize that. Someday, they will learn. But for now, the biggest takeaway is that it’s impossible to make such huge generalizations as these, even if we were to agree with them. The college experience is different for everyone. Not all of us sit in luxury apartments with fabulous roommates and drink wine — some of us live in closets with random roommates and drink cheaper wine. But that’s our prerogative, and colleges can’t be held responsible. The only people we can hurt are ourselves.

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While we’re at it, let’s discuss Selingo’s claim that an organized system of academic advising is detrimental. Of course, technology might not be perfect, but most of us benefit from having access to the sort of pathfinder that he describes. No plan that we make is ever perfectly planned out, though, so even a computerized system has room for failure and struggles along the way.

And what’s the alternative? Would we rather have students learn to do something they hate or are terrible at, and in turn become sucks on the system? Not so much.

The point is, we still have to make plenty of decisions for ourselves. Even on the small scale, we visit advisors who tell us what classes we still need to take. What is so wrong with that? Just because our parents pay for college doesn’t mean we don’t face struggle — many of us work hard every day to attend school. We can’t all be clustered into a stereotype that relies on mommies and daddies for some extra cash every time we want a new pair of shoes.

Perhaps the most offensive claim Selingo makes is that students have never experienced failure, and that we are automatically being handed A’s for all of the work we complete. Of course, we understand that there is an element of entitlement among students for good grades.

It’s true that people get upset over minor grade discrepancies. But a more appropriate model, at least for students at BU, is the so-called “weed out” course that pushes us to our limits to see who is strong enough to survive. It seems that both extremes are detrimental in their own ways. On one hand, some professors may overlook a half-baked project and give a student an A based on personality. Other professors tell us

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

Trench-coating is the new black Embrace sexy Halloween costumes

BY KATELYN PILLEY COLUMNIST

I stood on the sales floor, trying desperately to blend into the wall of jeans I was standing in front of. Maybe if no one notices me, I will still get paid ten dollars an hour. This daydream seemed unlikely as my fellow sales associate asked me to help a customer find pants. I was shocked and horrified because, for one thing, it took me a solid 18 years to figure out my own pants size, let alone help someone else. And, more importantly, it’s my first day here and I literally don’t even know where the bathroom is. I stuttered as my coworker handed me a measuring tape (what is this? the “Land Before Time?”) and I meekly followed the customer to the pants section. I thought about bolting for the door and assuming a new identity, but ultimately I gave in, because I’m a big girl with my first retail job.

To be honest, I trench-coated the entire thing.

Trench-coating (n): the act of feeling as if you are two kids inside a trench coat, pretending to be an adult. At any moment, whether by wind or by personal child-like grace, that trench coat is going to rip open and two children are going to come tumbling out, across the floor, obviously unequipped to live a day-to-day adult life, let alone help another adult find reasonably priced pants.

As a TV trope, this concept is known as the “totem pole trench.” In “Madagascar,” the two chimpanzees attempt to buy a train ticket in this disguise. The totem pole trench is a running gag in “The Little Rascals.” In the Netflix original series “Bojack Horseman,” Vincent Adultman is just a regular guy who also happens to be two kids in a trench coat. He frequently answers questions with one-word “adult” answers: “What do you like, Vincent?” Princess Carolyn asks.

“Business,” he answers after a couple of “ums.”

In this situation, Vincent is both literally trench-coating and intellectually trench-coating his interactions with Prin-

cess Carolyn by giving vague answers about the stock market and taking his “car to the place.” Vincent says exactly what he needs to just to get by, to “pass” as a normal adult.

The characters live their lives alongside Vincent without exposing him for what he truly is. We find humor in Vincent’s exchanges even though he is so clearly out of his comfort zone.

In reality, Vincent represents a large part of who we are as people. While stuck in the elevator or trapped at a holiday party, the topic of banking will inevitably come up. I usually pick the first couple of words I know about the stock market and fumble my way through a conversation about Wall Street, or maybe French painting or maybe even grilling, if appropriate. Usually, by the end of the conversation, I have deduced some piece of general knowledge based on the subject. I leave a little bit better and my conversational partner leaves none the wiser.

Life is a series of challenges. Some challenges seem harder, like competing on American Ninja Warrior or taking a geometry test (both are nightmares of mine).

Some seem easier, like finishing a tub of ice cream or complimenting someone for something simple. Either way, it varies based on person and time and mood lighting. 90 percent of the time, nobody really has a clue what they are doing and if they do, there is always room to make mistakes.

If every time you found a problem you couldn’t solve, you quit, you probably wouldn’t have made it out of the womb. Man would not have made it to the moon and “Julie and Julia” would have not made it to the movie theaters. Trench-coating makes us better. You smile through whatever you need to in order to make it to the other side, usually coming out largely unscathed and maybe a little bit better as a person. This is not to say that you should trench-coat all the time — there is an importance in admitting ignorance. There are day-to-day occurrences, however, where you just have to get through. In trench-coating, I learned that men’s pants are waist-by-length and if you try on enough jeans, one pair is bound to work out. I also learned that customers can be kind and hilarious and are also probably trench-coating because they don’t understand pants sizes either.

Next time you’re nervous, just picture everyone around you as two kids in a trench coat. Know that they are probably a little smug because they got to be the top kid, but also that they are just as scared as you.

Show compassion, smile, talk about the stock market, cash crops, finance boom: live.

BY SARAH BURSTEIN COLUMNIST

Let’s get this out of the way quickly: I love all things autumn. Don’t whine to me about how pumpkin spice lattes aren’t made with real pumpkin, or how apple pie is an overrated dessert or how it’s too cold outside for anything to be enjoyable. You can stick to your sweaty summers and your allergy-inducing springs — I’ll be here frolicking in the leaves and researching the best New England foliage tours.

However, hands down, my favorite part of the season has to be Halloween. I can and I will eat caramel apples until I get sick, carve horrible excuses for jack-o-lanterns and watch “Hocus Pocus” until I’ve practically memorized the script.

But alas, every Halloween I’m faced with the inevitable dilemma that I’ve termed the “Sexy Halloween Costume Conundrum.”

If part of me even considers dressing up in a costume that could be considered sexy, the internal feminist part of my brain shrieks at me. How could I even entertain the idea of feeding into the misogyny of the female Halloween costume business? But then, when I decide that maybe I will go for something a little more reserved, that pesky feminist brain of mine screams at me again. If I want to dress up as something sexy, why can’t I? Who’s going to tell me not to? It’s my choice, right?

Unfortunately, I don’t think there’s an easy answer for this one. Either way, any time I’ve dressed up for Halloween, something just hasn’t felt right. This leaves me feeling that no matter what I choose, I can never win.

And the Internet is just as conflicted as I am.

Truth be told, you don’t even have to consider yourself a feminist to realize that storebought Halloween costumes very rarely keep women’s empowerment in mind. Some of my personal favorites this year are the sexy blind mouse costume, the sexy ninja turtle costume and especially the sexy pizza costume. At this point, when there are sexy versions of basically every single costume imaginable, it’s no longer a matter of figuring out if these costumes can coexist with a feminist conscience, but rather of considering why there are such a

high number of them on the market.

This question becomes even more baffling when you look at younger girls’ costumes in comparison to their mature counterparts.

In September, a woman named Lin Kramer went to Party City, the popular costume shop, in search of a costume for her three-year-old daughter. She ended up writing an open letter to the store on Facebook, reprimanding them for their “antiquated views” and for making career-oriented costumes for girls much more classically feminine than the same type of costumes for boys. She points out that the police costume designated girls features as “short skirts and low cut shirts,” while the police costume designated for boys features a more realistic depiction of a police uniform.

At first, gendered designations like this may seem trivial, but in reality they perpetuate the idea that girls are supposed to dress more femininely from a young age, which eventually leads to the pressure of dressing sexy as a young adult. Most of the time, boys are completely exempt from this unspoken rule, because sexy costumes designed for men are crafted to be humorous and come with their own punch lines.

Having gained this knowledge, the thought of feeding into the corrupt process of dressing sexy for Halloween seems pretty horrible. Even still, we all do it — and at this point, maybe taking part isn’t so bad.

The idea of sexy Halloween costumes was probably created to push women into boxes from which they weren’t supposed to be able to break out. Girls have to wear “girly” police costumes because they’re not supposed to be able to be real police officers. Women wear sexy doctor costumes because there’s no chance they could ever be real doctors.

Well, it’s 2015, and even though we have a lot of work to do when it comes to gender equality, we’ve made some pretty good progress breaking out of those boxes. The sexy doctor you see at a Halloween party is going to have the time of her life dancing the night away. But tomorrow she’ll be back at her medical residency at a world-class hospital.

Women have taken an instrument of their own oppression and have used it for their own enjoyment. We realize the level of ridiculousness that comes with sexy costumes, but we also realize that we are defined by so much more than what we wear for Halloween.

So, ladies, whether you show a little skin when you dress up this year or you choose the least sexy costume you can think of, remember that what you do and who you are matter much more than your Halloween costume, and anyone who disagrees can go eat some stale candy corn.

Interrobang A woman was moved to tears this week when her boyfriend surprised her with a visit from her two favorite Instagram-famous corgis, Ralph and George. We here at the ol’ Free Press want to know what surprise would move BU people to tears?

President Brown: Corgis in a new rolling backpack

CAS: Corgis with a selected major

CGS: Corgis with completed Capstone projects

BU Athletics: Corgis with more scholarships

Rhett: A new corgi best friend

COM: Corgis on a new lawn

Questrom: Corgis with reduced banking regulations

FreeP: A corgi scribe

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Alyssa Parisi dominates Holy Cross, posts sixth shutout

BY NICK FRAZIER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

PHOTO BY DANIEL GUAN/DFP FILE PHOTO

Senior goalkeeper Alyssa Parisi leads the Patriot League with a 0.80 goals-against average.

There are many reasons that help explain why the Boston University women’s soccer team has surrendered just three goals in its last five games.

For one, the Terriers (8-5-3, 6-0-1 Patriot League) focus on controlling the possession, in order to limit the other team’s shot count.

In addition, the back line has been dominant in winning loose balls and preventing the opponent’s top scorers from breaking free.

However, in Wednesday night’s 3-0 home win over the College of the Holy Cross, the main cause for the shutout was undoubtedly senior goalkeeper Alyssa Parisi. The Camarillo, California, native recorded four saves vs. the Crusaders (4-8-3, 1-4-2 Patriot League) en route to another shutout.

It may have been only four saves, but it was the way that Parisi made the saves that caused her stand out in the game. Her most impressive save came in the 34th minute, when forward Annie Galvin snuck past the Terrier back line and streaked towards the goal.

A well-aware Parisi sprinted out of the six-yard box towards the senior and disrupted the shot attempt with her chest. The ball then rolled back to a BU defender and was cleared away from danger.

BU coach Feldman had high praise for that heads-up play from Parisi.

“It was textbook goalkeeping on that breakaway,” Feldman said.

“It’s textbook because her poise and her confidence to hold herself upright until the final moment, and not play herself out is experience and confidence. We’re so fortunate to have her back there, she’s done that a few times on the road for us, and that was a big moment.”

Parisi also made other solid plays in front of the net. In the 21st minute, she reached up and deflected a well-hit shot over the post, then punched the ball away on the resulting corner kick.

“She’s just been really steady, and her distribution is a plus for us,” Feldman said. “I look at goalkeeping as, ‘Can it be at least a neutral?’ Because if it can, I think that you give your team a chance to win.

It’s great when you can get a plus in goal, and it doesn’t happen every year, because a plus in goal is some-

one who is talented, experienced and poised. This year, we got a plus in goal, and that’s something that can really carry a team to a regular season championship and more.”

Along with her six shutouts, Parisi finished Wednesday’s game with a goals-against average of 0.80, good enough for first in the Patriot League.

Parisi also sits in fourth in the conference in save percentage, as she sports a .815 rate. Feldman credits her goalkeeper’s success to the experience she has gained over the years.

“It’s experience and it’s training,” Feldman said. “It’s been working with her for two years now, and it’s her having experience as the starting goalkeeper last year.

So she comes back this year [and] she’s like, ‘I’ve been there, I’ve done it.’ She’s just gaining experience in the game.

“You can train all you want, but if you don’t get real game experience, it’s hard to be a game goalkeeper,” Feldman added. “Because it’s not just shot after shot like training is. It’s making a lot of decisions, seeing it before it happens. [Parisi] is better this year because she’s gaining really great experience from last year.”

Davis builds on high school success, paces Terrier third line REARDON, FROM PAGE 12

Eight minutes and 53 seconds into the third period of her first official collegiate game, Davis scored the game-tying goal vs. the Huskies (1-1-2, 0-1 Hockey East). Just days later against the University of Maine, the Pembroke native would notch two more scores, including the game-winner with 3:04 remaining on the clock.

In the Terriers’ 3-1 win over Penn State (3-3) on Oct. 10, she scored the final goal, giving the Terriers a more comfortable lead.

Davis scored the only goal in BU’s 4-1 loss against Clarkson on Saturday.

Durocher is impressed with Davis’ solid start.

“A good year starts with early success and early season results, and she’s got that,” he said. “She plays hard and fearless at the net and a lot of goals are scored right there.”

Davis had an impressive career at Tabor Academy before attending BU. She was the assistant

captain for the United States Under-18 Team, which won the gold at the IIHF Women’s World Championship in 2015. The Boston Bruins named her the winner of the John Carleton Award for exceptional hockey skills and academic excellence.

Davis’ ability to score gives some depth to the Terriers’ offensive lines. The second line, composed of senior forward Rebecca Russo and sophomore forwards Rebecca Leslie and Victoria Bach, has been the most productive this season for the Terriers. Davis has nestled comfortably on the third line alongside senior center Dakota Woodworth and junior winger Samantha Sutherland.

Durocher said his third and fourth lines have been keeping their pace going all season, and Davis certainly helps keep balance throughout every line.

Defense shows weak spots in weekend matchup Despite some stellar per-

formances in earlier games, the Terriers’ defense showed they still have a lot to work on going forward.

Clarkson outscored the Terriers 8-3 over the two-game weekend. BU has allowed nine goals in its previous three games. The Terriers are capable of curtailing a capable offense and completing a comeback. However, neither of these traits were exhibited in this past weekend’s competitions.

Durocher said he believes a win was within his team’s grasp.

Both games went into the third frame with Clarkson having scored two goals.

“We just need to get better in all areas,” Durocher said. “The forwards back-checking a bit more, the [defense] being more determined in our end and the goalie stopping the ones they’re supposed to stop and occasionally making a great save. Everyone has a part in this process. All of us together need to tighten up a bit.”

PHOTO BY FALON MORAN/DFP FILE PHOTO

Freshman forward Sammy Davis leads the Terriers with five goals in six games.

Bruins’ defense corps inexperienced, struggling without veterans SHULMAN, FROM PAGE 12

the part of the black and gold.

Against the Winnipeg Jets, of the six goals the Jets scored, two came directly off a turnover in the defensive zone, one came on a breakaway and another went into an empty net. In essence, Rask was only to blame for two tallies.

The same goes for the games against the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning, where defensive lapses were prevalent.

However, in Colorado, something finally clicked and the Bruins blue liners only conceded twice against the Avalanche with Jonas Gustavsson between the pipes.

The Bruins are missing Dennis Seidenberg, who is dealing with a back injury. An experienced defenseman, his contributions are extremely missed at the moment, as evident in the Bruins’ struggle to tame opposing offenses.

Captain and defenseman Zdeno Chara is also working back to full health. Breaking a rib in preseason, the 6-foot-9 Slovakian has struggled to play at full capacity due to his ailment. His contribution, albeit limited, is evident through his three assists in his first three games.

Even with Chara and Seiden-

berg at full health, there are still only five defensemen on the roster who have full-time NHL experience. Five. You need six defenseman. This is a huge problem for the B’s.

The team traded away Johnny Boychuk last season for god knows who, and this past offseason, the team parted ways with Dougie Hamilton as well. Those are two defenders who should still be donning the spoked B. But alas, all they got in return were some draft picks.

The motto “defense wins championships” really should be

carved in stone, framed and given to both former GM Peter Chiarelli and Sweeney because they destroyed the Bruins.

Offensively, the Bruins lost a few key elements and some of their long-time players are underperforming. However, that isn’t any concern, as goals will come like they did against Colorado.

Goaltending is also something to be confident about. For the first time in two years, the Bruins have a legitimately talented tandem between the pipes.

So let’s not get distracted here. It is clear that the real

problem is defense. Not goaltending, not offense and certainly not Claude Julien. The front office needs to wake up, make a big splash by acquiring a notable defenseman, and revive the Bruins.

So for everyone looking for someone to point a finger at, you should be looking in the direction of the front office, not Julien.

Fans just need to take a breath and relax. There are 82 games in a season and a lot can happen between now and April. The Bruins will be fine. If not this year, then next, but it can’t get much worse.

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No. 17 field hockey fights for top seed against Bucknell

BY PAIGE SMITH DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The No. 17 Boston University field hockey team returns to New Balance Field on Saturday to meet Bucknell University following a tough series of wins and losses.

The game follows a backto-back weekend on the road for the Terriers (10-5, 5-0 Patriot League), which started well with a shutout 3-0 win at Lehigh University and finished with a difficult 5-0 loss against No. 2 University of Connecticut.

However, the Terriers walk onto their home field leading the Patriot League in wins and armed with sophomore back Allie Renzi’s Corvias Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week award, distributed Monday. Renzi played a pivotal role in leading BU to its win over Lehigh (3-11, 0-4 Patriot League) on Saturday, aggressively defending the goal. She also took one of four shots on net and made two defensive saves against the Huskies (15-0) the next day.

BU coach Sally Starr credited Renzi’s hard work and marked improvement for her accolade.

“She showed a lot of improvement this past weekend, and I’m

just happy for her that she was able to get this award because it’s a testament to the hard work that she’s putting in,” Starr said.

“She’s a young kid who’s working hard to get better.”

Renzi was not the only player to stand out in last weekend’s games, with senior midfielder Sofi Laurito scoring two of the three goals against the Mountain Hawks, securing her place as BU’s top goal-scorer with a total of eight scores this season.

Junior midfielder Hester van der Laan also stood out last weekend and will be critical to a win against Bucknell (7-8, 3-1 Patriot League) on Saturday. Van der Laan almost scored for BU against the Huskies on Sunday, only to be stopped by a defensive save.

The Terriers will not be the only team stepping onto New Balance Field with accolades, though, with the Bison snagging two awards this week. Senior Kiersten Sydnor was named Corvias Offensive Player of the Week and freshman Nicole Rupnik was named Corvias Rookie of the Week, following two standout performances last weekend by the pair.

Sydnor was exceptional in Bucknell’s games last weekend,

scoring four goals in two contests. Rupnik was too, in propelling the Bison to victory against the College of the Holy Cross with two tallies of her own.

Starr is focused on homefield advantage this weekend, in hopes of securing New Balance Field as the site for the Patriot League Tournament with a win Saturday.

“One of our goals is to go undefeated in the Patriot League and one of our goals is to host the Patriot League Tournament, and that is totally in our control on Saturday, against a very, very good Bucknell team,” Starr said.

“We have our work cut out for us.

They’re playing excellent hockey as well and they’re playing for the opportunity to host.”

This weekend’s match also marks Senior Day for the Terriers, which Starr believes will be an emotional, but motivational afternoon for the team.

“We only have one game to concentrate on, and it’s a big game to concentrate on, so it’s great that we’re home,” Starr said. “It has our total focus, and [we’re] looking forward to a great contest against a good Bucknell team.”

PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DFP FILE PHOTO

Junior midfielder Hester van der Laan has been a force for the Terriers on both sides of the field.

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- BU women’s soccer coach Nancy Feldman on Rachel Bloznalis’ first collegiate score. p. 12

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

Women’s soccer earns win in Turnpike Trophy tilt

Indirect Kick Who’s to blame for the Bruins’ poor start?

BY EDWARD MORAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BY DANIEL SHULMAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The 2015-16 NHL season is finally underway and one of the biggest storylines is the number of winless teams through the first few weeks. The Los Angeles Kings, Columbus Blue Jackets and Pittsburgh Penguins were all 0-3 to start the season.

Joining this trio with three emphatic home losses in five days was the Boston Bruins. After being outscored 16-7 through three games, the Bruins finally notched one in the win column with a 6-2 victory against the Colorado Avalanche on Oct. 14.

This rough start to the season is just the tip of the iceberg for the Bruins. They missed the playoffs last season, overhauled their front office this summer, traded half the team away and wasted three consecutive draft choices on prospects who won’t see NHL action for a few years. At the center of this controversy is head coach Claude Julien.

Julien has been behind the Bruins bench since the start of the 2007-08 season, and has led his team to the playoffs in seven of his eight seasons. But, after winning two Prince of Wales Trophies and a Stanley Cup, the clock is about to strike midnight on the Julien Era. It’s an unfortunate truth but it’s a move that must be made. And it has nothing to do with Julien’s ability to coach. If that was ever in doubt, he would never have been hired. Instead, it’s an issue of a new front office bringing in its own coach.

However, I believe Julien deserves to stay. I mean, come on. You can’t finish a puzzle if you aren’t given all the pieces. If anything, Julien should remain coach just on the sheer principle of the way Bruins general manager Don Sweeney and the new front office has blown up his team.

The Bruins really need to fix themselves quickly, but consider all the other teams who are off to rough starts. There is still hope for the Bruins and it’s not impossible for them to make the playoffs this year.

Looking at the situation statistically, the Bruins are certainly struggling defensively. Goaltender Tuukka Rask, despite his abysmal goals-against average, cannot be blamed for the poor defensive showing on CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

The Boston University women’s soccer team ended its regular season home campaign victorious on Wednesday night, shutting out the College of the Holy Cross, 3-0, in the teams’ inaugural installment of the Turnpike Trophy.

The Terriers (8-5-3, 6-0-1 Patriot League) imposed themselves offensively right from the opening whistle, attacking a Holy Cross back line that has now allowed 25 goals.

Within 73 seconds, senior forward Jenna Fisher surged down the right side of the field, sending in a cross that initially fell onto the hands of Holy Cross (4-8-3, 1-4-2 Patriot League) goalkeeper Brooke Holle. A diving Holle could not maintain control however, and the loose ball fell onto the left foot of freshman midfielder Dorrie Varley-Barrett, who tapped it in from close range to give the Terriers the 1-0 lead.

Fisher was once again involved in a BU scoring opportunity just six minutes after its opening goal. She played a perfectly weighted through-ball to junior forward Erica Kosienski, but she was stopped in her tracks by Holle, who made a big save.

The closest opportunity the Crusaders had in the first half of play came in the 42nd minute. After an aerial ball took a favorable bounce in the direction of Holy Cross senior Annie Galvin, Galvin made her charge through Terrier territory. She was one-on-one with senior goalkeeper Alyssa Parisi, but her shot went right off Parisi’s chest and away from danger.

When the first half came to a close, the Terriers were the clearly dominant side, as they outshot the Crusaders 11-5 and took an astounding seven corner kicks.

Just when Holy Cross gained more possession time in the early stages of the second half, junior defender Rachel Bloznalis lined up a free kick 30 yards away from goal. Whether she meant to cross it or not is something only Bloznalis knows, but her effort found the top left corner of the goal, giving her team a much-needed 2-0 cushion.

The BU win was eventually sealed in the 84th minute when senior midfielder Rachel Blauner found freshman forward McKenna Doyle making a run in the box. The youngster sent a smooth shot into the top left corner, leaving Holle stunned.

Despite the scoreline, BU coach Nancy

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Junior defender Rachel Bloznalis tallied her first career goal Wednesday vs. Holy Cross.

Feldman said she was impressed with Holy Cross’ performance in the game.

“They came out to play,” Feldman said.

“I never felt like we had the match in hand. I felt we could’ve a little more. They did a pretty good job of taking us out of our flow and producing great counterattacks.”

Feldman added that she was proud of how her team approached the match, despite some worrying moments.

“We fought the whole match,” Feldman said. “We kept trying to come back to imprint our style, but we didn’t do it consistently. We would take two steps forward, and then a step back. If we don’t make a save down there by Alyssa Parisi, it’s 1-1, and the momentum shifts and now we’re in a dogfight. If Rachel Bloznalis doesn’t take it off of the goal line, it’s a whole different ballgame.”

Bloznalis turned in a stellar overall per-

formance. If not for her defensive and offensive contributions, the outcome could have ended a bit differently.

Feldman had nothing but praise for Bloznalis’ ability to make game-changing plays from set-pieces and restarts.

“She’s fantastic on restarts — corner kicks service, restart service,” Feldman said. “I don’t think she was shooting at goal. Maybe she’d tell you differently, but she wants to put it in a place where the goalkeeper has to make a really tough decision and she wants to drive it and give our kids a chance to run onto balls.

“She’s a strong, physical defender and tactically really, really good,” Feldman added.

“She and [senior defender] McKenzie [Hollenbaugh] have a really good partnership going.

I can’t believe it’s only the first goal of her career. In my head, she scores a lot of goals, but she certainly helps create a lot of goals for us.”

Victoria Hanson, Erin O’Neil shine for No. 10 women’s hockey

BY SHELBY REARDON DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Although the No. 10 Boston University women’s ice hockey team fell to offensive powerhouse No. 3 Clarkson University twice this past weekend, both Terrier goaltenders proved themselves in net.

Sophomore Erin O’Neil made 37 saves Saturday against the Golden Knights (7-0), tying her career-high. The previous night, junior Victoria Hanson matched O’Neil’s performance, making 37 saves herself.

Hanson faced 21 shots in the Terri-

ers’ (3-3, 2-0 Patriot League) season opener against the University of Connecticut. She watched one puck go by her, but ultimately stood strong, helping the Terriers earn their first Hockey East win. However, she could not pick up wins in her last two games, giving up a total of nine goals, and bringing her record to 2-2 for the season.

O’Neil is 1-1, although she has started three games. BU coach Brian Durocher pulled the young goalie from her first start this season after letting in two goals in just over a period. In her second appearance, O’Neil made 27 saves, allowed one goal and

earned the win against Pennsylvania State University.

Durocher said he is glad to see O’Neil’s confidence improving.

“She went out and the first six or seven times they had it around the net, she was back there getting the puck,” he said. “That’s a telltale sign of confidence.”

Sammy Davis leads team in goals On the opposite end of the ice, freshman forward Sammy Davis has excelled offensively, and leads the Terriers with five goals.

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BOTTOM LI NE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26

Women’s hockey vs. Vermont, 3 p.m.

infamous loss to the Chicago Cubs in

Field hockey vs. Bucknell, 1 p.m.

New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy has seven postseason home runs.

Murphy was quoted as saying, “I

Women’s hockey @ Northeastern,

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2 p.m.

Henry Rowengartner. He’s caused so much pain to the franchise.”

Men’s hockey vs. UConn, 4 p.m.

Men’s soccer vs. Lehigh, 7 p.m.

Murphy was referencing the Mets’ Rookie of the Year.