10-23-2012

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Martyrdom, suicide, sins spark Elie Wiesel lecture SG votes to hold special elections, 1-semester term

By Regine Sarah Capungan Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University professor Elie Wiesel addressed the perceptions surrounding martyrdom and suicide in Jewish culture as he spoke before hundreds of students Monday night.

In Wiesel’s lecture, “In the Talmud: Is Martyrdom or Sanctification of His Name a Valid Response?” he focused on whether the act of martyrdom was accepted or legal in Jewish culture.

He said suicide is forbidden in Judaism, as life is always of greater importance than death.

“When a wedding procession encounters a funeral procession, it is the latter who stops, allowing the wedding procession to proceed,” he said.

The lecture, held in BU’s Metcalf Hall, was the second of Wiesel’s three annual talks.

During his lecture, Wiesel lectured on both traditional Jewish culture and his personal history.

“A tortured person dies more than once, and his or her memory lasts a lifetime,” he said.

Wiesel drew on examples from religious texts to support his argument. He gave an illustration of martyrdom by introducing the three largest sins of Judaism: idolatry, or worship of a false idol, murder and adultery.

Wiesel used the story of Rabbi Hanina as an example of martyrdom. Hanina defied Roman law and taught the Torah. As a result, Hanina was sentenced to death and Roman soldiers burned him to death at the stake as punishment.

“We are always amazed at the life and death

By Margaret Waterman Daily Free Press Staff

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Political activist, professor and novelist Elie Wiesel speaks at the second of three lectures titled “In the Talmud: Is Martydom or Sanctification of His Name a Valid Response” in Metcalf Hall Monday night.

of these great teachers,” Wiesel said.

He said suicide was uncommon even during the time he spent in Auschwitz during the Holocaust.

“Usually suicide was not for us an option ... we do believe that we can honor the creator who gave us life by living,” Wiesel said.

Professor Steven Katz, director of the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies, provided the introduction for the lecture.

“The theme [Wiesel chose] is a highly potent one,” Katz said. “Martyrdom is one of the

formative elements of Judaism.”

Some students said they attended because they felt connected to Wiesel through Judaism.

“I thought it would be a good learning opportunity to hear him talk,” said Carly Baxer, a College of Communication junior. “I’m Jewish so I’ve learned about him. I thought he was a really good speaker, he is very intelligent.”

Nate Klein, a COM freshman, said he was motivated to attend by Wiesel’s legacy.

Wiesel, see page 2

Romney, Obama clash on foreign policy, military in final debate

By Mary Yatrousis Daily Free Press Staff

In their last major public appeal to the American people, President Barack Obama defended the nation’s military strength and feats as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called for a stronger economy to secure the nation.

The foreign policy debate focused on the Middle East, though both candidates managed to squeeze in rhetoric on some domestic issues and the strength of the American military.

Bob Schieffer of CBS News moderated the Monday night debate at Lynn University in Florida, and it was broadcast on WHDH in Boston.

The first question from Schieffer focused on the death of an American ambassador in Libya after an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, a topic that has put Obama in the spotlight in previous debates.

Romney said the country is seeing a

“pretty dramatic reversal” of the hopes the U.S. had for that region.

“We’ve seen in nation after nation a number of disturbing events,” Romney said, referring to the death of the Libyan ambassador as well as the killing of Syrian civilians by their own government.

Obama countered by defending his record as commander-in-chief.

“We ended the war in Iraq,” Obama said. “[We] refocused our attention on those who actually killed us on 9/11. And, as a consequence, al-Qaeda’s core leadership has been decimated.”

Obama said Romney’s foreign policy plan is “all over the map,” and lacks consistency, which is crucial on the world stage.

“You’ve got to be clear, both to our allies and our enemies, about where you stand and what you mean,” Obama said.

Throughout the debate, Romney made the point that the world needs more peace and it is America’s purpose to help make

that happen.

“We want a peaceful planet,” Romney said. “We want people to be able to enjoy their lives and know they’re going to have a bright and prosperous future, not be at war.

That’s our purpose.”

Romney attacked the Obama administration by saying the country needs a stronger economy to make this happen, and Romney could do that.

Romney said the former joint chief of staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, agreed with him about the importance of a vibrant economy.

“Mullen said our debt is the biggest national security threat we face,” Romney said. “We have weakened our economy. We need a strong economy.”

Obama countered by saying that America is stronger now than when he entered office.

“Because we ended the war in Iraq, we

Debate, see page 4

Boston University Student Government passed a motion at Monday night’s meeting to hold a special election in November, the winners of which will serve for the spring semester.

The motion, which passed with a 25-to4 vote, decided that students voted into the executive board in November will serve an abbreviated six-month term from January to May. The election timeline will then revert to the academic-year system where executive board members serve from May to May. “We were contacted after our last Senate meeting by a number of stakeholders who expressed concern,” said Aditya Rudra, executive vice president of SG. No specific date in November has been set.

SG voted Oct. 15 not to reinstate an amendment on their election cycle since it had been found unconstitutional. The amendment, which passed in February, had changed the election timeline to a calendaryear system.

Rudra said the Dean of Students Office was concerned with the possible repercussion of the election timeline change.

“No one had said anything, but that doesn’t change the principle of the matter, which is that what we would be doing, what the effects may be, may be misinterpreted or may set a poor precedent for the future,” Rudra, a School of Management junior, said.

Rudra said the current executive board was elected for only the fall semester.

“When we were elected this semester we were elected only for this semester because the understanding was that we have a different election timeline,” he said.

Rudra said that if the Senate voted to not hold a special election, he personally would have to step down and run again on principle.

“There is no way that we, in good conscience, could continue to serve for another semester [without a special election], for it could set a precedent where every [executive] board could change the election timeline and extend their own term,” Rudra said.

SG, see page 2

NSTAR’s monopoly in Boston utilities nearly inescapable, advocacy groups say

By John Ambrosio Daily Free Press Contributor

Although state officials and Boston residents have called for more accountability and better service from NSTAR, Bostonians face few other options for gas and electricity.

In light of recent outages and other problems over 2012, NSTAR has come under consistent criticism, especially as it is the only natural gas and electricity provider in the city of Boston.

“In short, their product is too expensive and the quality is too low,” said Massachusetts Alliance for Municipal Electric Choice spokesman Patrick Mehr.

The company provides 1.1 million households and businesses with electricity and 300,000 with gas, according to their website.

NSTAR also serves all 625,000 residents of Boston, said NSTAR spokesman Michael Durand.

Mehr said he sees this situation as a mo-

nopoly and a threat to consumers, and is the reason why NSTAR is rarely held accountable for outages.

“The reason why the investor-owned utilities have a monopoly is because the state law describes specifically the way that a town can create a municipal power distributor to challenge the incumbent power distributor, and that statute was created over a 100 years ago,” he said.

Mehr said NSTAR owns all the infrastructure, and no one can afford to compete with them, so there is no way to be an upstart gas and electric distributor.

“The town could say, ‘Okay, I’m interested in buying the utilities infrastructure,’” he said. “Then the law says one of two things can happen — either the incumbent utility can say, ‘Ok, I’m willing to sell for that price,’ or they can say no, and then the city or town just has the right to start from scratch.”

NSTAR, see page 2

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NStar, which supplies all of Boston with electricity, has amassed harsh criticism over the years from consumers and state officials over quality of service.

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Application deadline for e-board elections Wiesel: Suicide ‘uncommon’ set for Oct. 29 at latest, SEC co-chair says during time inside Auschwitz SG: From Page 1

Rudra proposed during Monday’s meeting that the Senate keep the constitution as it stands, recognizing an academic-year election timeline and having SG hold a special election in November to determine who will serve during the spring 2013 semester.

As part of that process, Rudra said he recommends the candidate application deadline be extended.

Student Election Commissions co-chairs Tess McNamara and Kerry Ford, both School of Education sophomores, attended Monday’s meeting.

The application deadline for candidates would be moved to Oct. 29, Ford said, the latest pos-

sible day for a deadline.

Ford said two of 22 interested candidates submitted the proper paperwork to be eligible to run.

“We’d like to definitely contact the people who went to info sessions and didn’t send in their paperwork, reach out to them first because that’s the easiest,we know they’re interested,” Ford said.

Ford said the SEC plans to send out an email to the whole student body, to advertise as much as possible and to reach out to Residence Hall Association governments to get as many people interested as possible.

“Given the circumstances, we’ll do as much as we can,” McNamara said.

Sophia Woyda, SG vice president of internal affairs, said she has confidence the SEC will do the best they can.

“I think in the past two months they have worked so incredibly hard and built their organization from the ground and they’ve done a fantastic job,” Woyda, a College of Arts and Sciences senior, said.

Christopher Addis, SG director of outreach and a CAS junior, said he was glad SG can move forward and get back to work helping the community.

“It’s always appropriate that the governing body represents the will of the people,” he said. “I’m just excited to move forward and put this behind us.”

Wiesel: From Page 1

“I was really interested in hearing Elie Wiesel speak because of who he is,” he said. “I wanted to take advantage of this opportunity.”

Klein said Wiesel’s breadth of knowledge was notable.

“I was really impressed by his knowledge of Jewish history and his weaving together different stories about martyrs in ancient times,” Klein said. “His stories about the Holocaust and how he related them to the ancient martyrs was very powerful and moving.”

College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Isaiah Dicker said Monday night was not her first time seeing Wiesel speak.

“I saw him last year, and it was a very interesting lecture,” she said.

“My grandparents attended a few of his lectures and they always said he was a captivating speaker.”

The lecture will be rebroadcast on Oct. 28. Wiesel’s final lecture of the series is titled “In Contemporary Writings: Open Heart” and will take place on Oct. 29.

NSTAR ‘properly regulated’ by gov’t, NSTAR spokesman says NSTAR: From Page 3

NSTAR was ranked first in customer satisfaction among similarly sized, investor-owned distributors on the east coast in a 2012 J.D. Power and Associates survey, according to a press release from Northeast Utilities, which merged with NSTAR in April.

But a Back Bay transformer fire caused a blackout for more than 15 city blocks and about 20,000 NSTAR members in March, The Daily Free Press previously reported.

The fire caused smoke to billow into the streets and several T stations shut down.

The blackout prompted a community meeting later that month in which residents complained of spoiled food and a lack of information from NSTAR regarding the incident.

Some Allston residents said they are unhappy with NSTAR’s performance.

“The winter before last, my power was out for five and a half days and I kept trying to call to get updates,” said Mercer Smith, a three-and-a-half-year Allston

resident. “They had no information about when we would be getting power back or what sections did have power.”

Durand said NSTAR is properly regulated by the Commonwealth.

“Anything we do with regards to rates or with regard to reliability improvements, as well as any potential reliability issues, are overseen and regulated by the state,” he said. “That means that there is oversight and that anything we do is answerable to the State House and to the Department of Public Utilities.”

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office criticized NSTAR for their slow response after Tropical Storm Irene and the Oct. 2011 snowstorm.

Attorney General Martha Coakley suggested Boston’s Department of Public Utilities fine NSTAR $9.7 million as a way to repay customers for a lack of service, according to an August press release.

“I think we need to hold them accountable,” said Jillian Fennimore, deputy press secretary for the Attorney General’s Office, “and make sure that if these penalties don’t work, we need to re-

view the quality service standards that they operate under.”

NSTAR officials said they reacted appropriately, according to an August press release.

“NSTAR was one of the first investor-owned utilities to restore power to its customers in both storms and was able to send crews to assist other utilities in the October snowstorm,” the release stated.

Mehr said a 10-year study conducted by the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company found customers of municipal power distributors always paid less than customers of investor-owned power distributors, saving sometimes as much as $40 a month.

Mehr said MAMEC supports passing legislation that would make it easier for towns and cities to create their own municipal gas and electric distributors, which would increase quality of service while reducing costs.

“Municipal utilities have 50 percent more personnel, linemen specifically, than NSTAR, which is why they can restore power so much faster than NSTAR,” he said.

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Campus & City Campus Crime Logs

All of the Bike Thefts

By Chris Lisinski Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Oct. 16 to Oct. 20.

At 9:18 p.m. on Oct. 16, a male BU student reported his bicycle stolen from the College of Communication bike rack. Another student reported a bike stolen on Oct. 16 at 9:41 p.m. The bike was reportedly locked to a sign pole outside 580 Comm. Ave. with a U-lock. At about 11 a.m. on Wednesday, a student reported a bicycle stolen from 91 Bay State Road. The bicycle was chained to a meter with a cable lock.

Struggle bus On Oct. 16, a BUPD officer observed an unaffiliated male trying to break into a motor vehicle at 70 Chester St. When the officer attempted to stop the suspect and take his backpack, the suspect struggled.

Boston Police Department officers arrived and placed the suspect in custody. He will be charged with assault and battery on a police officer and attempted breaking into a motor vehicle.

Just asking for trouble On Wednesday, a student reported his laptop stolen from 595 Commonwealth Ave. The student told police he left his laptop in the School of Management Starbucks at 11:15 a.m. and that when he came back at 11:40 a.m. his laptop was gone. Police said students should not leave personal items unattended, particularly in the Starbucks in SMG due to the large number of people that pass through the area.

Dirty laundry A female student in Rich Hall, located at 277 Babcock St., reported to police at 6:18 p.m. on Wednesday someone had stolen her laundry from a dryer. The student told police her laundry was taken from the Rich Hall laundry room some time between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Oct. 12. Police are investigating.

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Daytime cabbies spared from late-night passengers Thousands of new citizens have voice Cleaning the vomit out of Bosin 2012 elections ton’s cabs on Sunday morning is

By Katherine Noel Daily Free Press Contributor

not something Boston Cab Association driver Youssef Tyawl has to deal with as a day driver.

That responsibility falls on the “night drivers,” Tyawl said, and on any given weekend night the number of cabs needing such cleaning service averages about one out of every 20.

Tyawl said he is a “day driver,” and he does not deal with the decidedly rowdier nighttime crowd of clientele. He said he starts work at 6 a.m. and gets off at about 4 p.m.

“The people I drive are all professionals,” Tyawl said. “You work daytime, you work with businessmen. So I have no problems. Ninety-nine point nine percent of the time, I am dealing with professionals. That’s not the case for someone who works at night.”

Those who work at night, Tyawl said, get the rowdier college students.

On Oct. 15, a Northeastern University student assaulted a Boston cab driver, according to Boston University Police Depart-

By Katherine Lynn Daily Free Press Staff

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Daytime cab drivers in Boston can face a easier, less problematic crowd than nighttime drivers.

ment crime logs.

BUPD observed an altercation at Packard Square, where a Northeastern student was running around a taxi and assaulted the driver. The student damaged the cab’s window and the cab driver was struggling with him.

Matthew Brown, an office employee at City Cab Association, said college students provide much of their business.

While Brown said he does not hear too many specific com-

plaints of drunken students vomiting in cabs, he said many kids skip out on fares.

“It’s about 45 percent who end up not paying out of all rides, I’d say, so yes, it is significant,” he said. “We get a lot of complaints from drivers about kids just jumping out of the cab or saying they’ll be right back with money and never coming back.”

Khaled Yicine, a cabbie of 10 years, said he started driving dur-

Drivers, see page4

Despite int’l challenges, foreign policy not as popular

By Amy Gorel Daily Free Press Staff

Although Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama debated foreign policy Monday night, foreign policy might not be a top prority for everyone who votes.

“I don’t think a lot of students are aware of what’s going on with foreign policy,” said Jesse Fordyce, a College of Engineering sophomore. “But I think foreign policy is the most important thing [in the election].”

The sanctions imposed upon Iran by the U.S. and its allies to halt Iran’s nuclear weapon’s development has cast a spotlight on the strategy’s efficacy and the candidates’ foreign policy platforms during the presidential campaign season.

Brennah Montague, a College of Arts and Sciences junior, said foreign policy should be the most important topic in the decision for president.

“I don’t want another administration that is going to jump into

war,” she said. “We tend to have a pretty narcissistic view with how important America is. We’re very interconnected. It’s not realistic looking forward to be so focused on America.”

Although some Boston University students agreed issues in Iran were important, a number of them said they did not know much about it and that they would focus on other issues in their voting decision.

“Personally, I focus on their [the candidate’s] stances on things like abortion and gay rights,” said Rachel D’Apice, a CAS freshman.

“Though foreign policy is just as or more important, these issues are more important to me personally.”

Rebecca Lysiak, a CAS junior, said most college students are more concerned with social issues than foreign policies.

“If they vote Republican, they are concerned with the economy. If they vote Democrat, they are concerned with social issues,” Lysiak said.

Phoebe Bartlett, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation

Sciences sophomore, said she is concerned with the candidates stance on women’s rights and gay rights.

“To a lot of people, foreign policy is confusing, so people tend to focus on other things,” she said.

“I don’t know much about foreign policy, but I know their stance on women’s rights and gay rights.”

Bartlett said students and adults alike do not research enough into these policies to make informed decisions.

“They don’t have time to watch the debates and they overlook details about their policies,” she said.

“It would be beneficial to pay attention to all the topics though.”

Fordyce said he still needs to watch the debates and read more about the issues before he makes his decision.

“Students have more important issues on their mind like gay marriage, but I don’t think they have much control,” he said. “But these issues are all about people getting into other people’s lives. These things shouldn’t be in politics.”

As many as 4,000 new Massachusetts citizens could be casting their ballots in the upcoming elections, an opportunity granted to recently naturalized residents after the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Group conducted the largest voter registration of naturalized citizens in the group’s history.

“This is a very encouraging turnout — the biggest we have had by far,” said Franklin Soults, communications director for MIRA. Soults said MIRA officials attended more than 20 new citizen meetings throughout the state to help these naturalized Americans register to vote.

“We found a tremendous eagerness among new Americans to register to vote because they are very aware of the upcoming election and the heated rhetoric around immigration,” Soults said.

Political rhetoric surrounding the immigrant population that discriminates and scapegoats them encourages more immigrants to register to vote, Soults said.

“By going to these events, we had a captive audience where new citizens were unregistered and were particularly affected by the political climate out there,” he said.

Soults said new citizens feel an obligation to vote in order to give voice to the immigrants, like themselves, who do not yet have a right to vote.

“As new Americans who have just been through the immigrant experience, they want to speak up for their immigrant brethren who are here and don’t have the ability to vote,” Soults said.

About 12 percent of registered voters in the Commonwealth are naturalized citizens or children of immigrants, according to the Immigration Policy Center.

Six percent of eligible Massachusetts voters are Hispanic, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.

Pew reports that there are 299,000 Hispanic eligible voters in Massachusetts, making it the state with the 11th largest population of eligible Hispanic voters.

Naturalized citizens could significantly affect election outcomes,

Immigrants, see page4

BU Greek Life, OCC, SG throw fair to foster dreams for terminally ill children

By Abraham Kalaoun Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University students spent the first day of Greek Week playing horseshoe contests, throwing darts and throwing pies at the Greek Week fair Monday afternoon on Marsh Plaza.

The fair was organized to benefit the Dream Street Foundation, with 100 percent of proceeds from admission fees going directly to the organization, said Amanda Lake, Off-Campus Council vice president.

“This year Greek Life, OffCampus Council and Student Government are all chipping in to cover the costs of the event so that all the proceeds go directly to kids who are terminally ill,” Lake, a College of Communication sophomore, said.

Dream Street is a nonprofit

organization that provides nationwide summer camp programs for children who are terminally ill, according to its website. More than 750 children and young adults attend Dream Street camps each summer.

Monday’s fair marks the first time Greek Life has asked other organizations and student groups to co-sponsor a Greek Week activity, said Jason Feldman, vice president of programming for the Interfraternity Council.

“I think Greek Life is always trying to find ways to spread our message. We figure to get more involvement from all kinds of students, it’s best to try to bring in different bases from around campus,” Feldman, a COM junior, said.

Linsey Zanchetti, a Sargent College of Health and

Rehabilitation Sciences junior who proposed the foundation as the Greek Week focus, said she found out about Dream Street from another sorority sister.

“It was in California, I decided to volunteer one summer,” she said. “Once I joined the camp, I fell in love with it.”

Zanchetti said she is still working on making Dream Street more well known outside of BU Greek Life.

“It really helps to get Greek Life organizations involved, but I don’t think enough people know enough about Dream Street,” she said. “We’re going to keep doing various programs to raise money and get the name out there.”

Sameer Patel, a School of Management sophomore who at-

Fair, see page 4

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Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity members have a pie-throwing contest at Marsh Plaza Monday afternoon as a part of the Greek Week Dream Street Fair.

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1,000 new citizens registered before day’s end Immigrants: From Page 3

said Sara Brady, policy director at MassVote.

“State elections here are won by margins of 100 [votes] or less with some frequency,” Brady said.

“So, I think it [naturalized citizens voting] certainly can have a lot of influence.”

About 89 percent of registered immigrant voters came out to vote in the 2008 election, according to a study by Rob Paral and Associates, a research organization.

This rate is almost identical to the 89.7-percent voting rate of native-born citizens, even though there are about 10 percent fewer registered naturalized voters.

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larger, than the native-born population,” Soults said.

MassVote also worked to help encourage new citizens to register to vote, Brady said.

The organization works every year to register new voters, but this year was particularly successful, Brady said.

Brady said in one day in front of the TD Garden, MassVote registered 1,000 immigrants.

“In a lot of cases, new citizens have been living in the U.S. for a very long time,” she said. “They have been following the political process for quite a long time.

Overall, people are really excited to have the opportunity to cast a ballot.”

The Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers, a nonprofit organization based in Cambridge,

worked with MassVote over the fall to encourage and assist voter registration among the immigrant population, particularly in the Portuguese-speaking community.

“We have helped more than 200 new voters register this fall,” said Lois Josimovish, the director of development and communication for the organization. “We always have a special effort around the major elections.”

Brady said MassVote hopes that 2012 will have the highest turnout of new citizen voters ever seen in Massachusetts.

“It is important for our democracy and our elected officials to be as representative as we can,” Brady said. “New citizens are a new portion of our population that need to have their voices heard at the state, national and local level.”

Organizers use social media to reach students Fair: From Page 1

tended the fair, said while Monday had a good turnout by students, he would have liked to see more people there.

“There’s always room for improvement,” he said. “Things could always be a bit more organized.”

Patel said if all the fraternities and sororities in Greek Life always hosted philanthropic activities together as they did on Monday afternoon, student turnout could be even higher.

“When every fraternity and sorority is working together, it’s better that way,” he said.

Riley Allen, a College of Arts

and Sciences freshman, said the fair seemed to be a success because everyone having a good time when he was there. However, Allen said more advertising could have been targeted toward the general BU student population.

“If I wasn’t involved in Greek Life, I probably wouldn’t be aware of today’s event, “ he said.

“I personally didn’t hear any of my friends who aren’t involved in [BU] Greek Life talking about today’s event.”

Feldman said Greek Life, SG and OCC all used social media as one way of advertising for the event.

“I think also that just the sight

of people with booths in Marsh Plaza attracts attention,” Feldman said. “It’s central to campus.”

College of General Studies sophomore Rogger Andrade said Monday’s fair was unique because it was not exclusively for members of Greek Life.

“Overall, today was a great way to start off the week,” Andrade said. “All the fraternities and sororities at BU were represented here today, and it was just good fun for everyone who showed up.”

Greek Week will continue with fundraisers through Thursday.

Proceeds from the entire week will be donated to Dream Street, Feldman said.

Obama, Romney support foreign relations with Israel Debate: From Page 1

were able to refocus our attention on not only the terrorist threat, but also beginning a transition process in Afghanistan,” he said.

Obama later attacked Romney, saying his policies are “wrong and reckless.”

When Schieffer asked about Romney’s military spending policies, Romney answered with the broader assertion that Obama has not been able to balance the budget and that he has experience that would allow him to do so.

“I went to the Olympics. That was out of balance,” Romney said.

“And we got it on balance and made a success there.”

Romney said the Navy needs more ships and that the current Navy is the smallest the U.S. has had since 1917.

Obama said military spending has increased every year he

has been in office, and said there are fewer ships than in 1916 because the nature of the military has changed.

“We have these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them,” Obama said. “We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines.”

Both Obama and Romney agreed of the topic of Israeli relations, and said they would stand behind them if Israel were attacked.

“Israel is a true friend,” Obama said. “It is our greatest ally in the region. And if Israel is attacked, America will stand with Israel.

I’ve made that clear throughout my presidency.”

The comment that Israel is “our greatest ally” represents a slight shift for the president, who said in September on “60 Minutes” that Israel was “one of our closet allies in the region.”

Romney agreed with the president, and espoused support for Israel.

“We need to make sure as well that we coordinate this effort with our allies and particularly with Israel,” he said.

Romney pledged that by the end of 2014, troops would be home from Afghanistan if he were elected president, a policy shift from his previous view to consult with military leaders on the timetable out of the war.

“We’ve seen progress over the past several years,” he said. “The surge has been successful and the training program is proceeding at pace.”

Both candidates ended the debate with their closing statements, and Schieffer ended the debate with a quote from his mother.

“Go vote,” he said. “It’ll make you feel big and strong.”

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ing the day in 2006 and prefers working daytime hours rather than at night because there are fewer problems.

During the day, people only skip out on paying fares about three times a year in his experience, he said.

Yicine said his current customers are all courteous.

“I have no problems,” he said.

Michael Stedronsky, a Suffolk University junior, said cab drivers will frequently try to rip off college students, usually by taking a longer route.

“I always use the GPS on my phone to make sure drivers don’t

rip me off,” he said. “I’ve actually gotten yelled at by cab drivers for using it to get my own directions.”

One driver swore at Stredonsky, telling him to shut his GPS off or get out of his cab, Stredonsky said.

But Seth Neel, a Harvard University sophomore, said he had a good experience with a cabbie when he was on his way to a Final Club punch gathering.

“First I gave the driver the wrong town once,” Neel said.

“Then I again gave him the wrong town, and then when we were in the right town I told him ‘street’ instead of ‘road’ on the address, which left us at the opposite end

of town from my destination.”

A 15-minute ride from Harvard Square to Newton took about an hour and 15 minutes, he said.

“I asked him to shut the meter off at 30 and he did, so I guess I kind of lucked out,” he said.

Although Suffolk University junior Karina Lakhman’s friend was causing trouble in one cab ride, the driver eventually let them back in the car.

“We were in a cab once and my friend puked in the back and the driver threatened to call the cops and told us to get out,” she said. “My friend paid him like $10 and he let us all back in, plus like five extra people that were on the sidewalk.”

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The Secrets of a Smile A study on smiling shows how perceptions of power and status influence one’s likelihood to mimic smiles.

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he eyes may be “the window to the soul,” but a smile can reveal a lot about a person, whether he or she is happy, amused or interested — ­ friendly, approachable or polite.

A study presented at the annual Society for Neuroscience conference in New Orleans Oct. 17 suggests a smile might reveal more about a person than once thought — it might reveal how that person perceives another person’s social status.

Why Do We Smile?

Smiling — an example of mimicry — is an important mechanism for bonding and conveying nonverbal messages in social interactions.

Evan Carr, a graduate student in the department of psychology at the University of California San Diego and the study’s lead researcher, said that both power and status seem to affect how humans unconsciously use mimicry.

“Mimicry has been shown in a variety of past research in psychology and neuroscience to aid in socially adaptive behaviors,” Carr said in an email interview.

Such socially adaptive behaviors include affiliation, rapport and empathy.

“Power — this feeling of being able to control the actions of others — has been shown to lead to quite different, and sometimes almost opposite, effects,” he said.

These contradicting functions are what led Carr and researchers to investigate the effects self-perceived status and power have on mimicry, he said.

The Study In the study, Carr and his colleagues analyzed how one’s perception of power and status influenced the likelihood he or she will return smiles.

Using a sample of 55 volunteers, Carr asked participants to respond to videos of both high-status and low-status people, according to the study.

“High-status” subjects consisted of figures such as doctors and business people, according to an article in The Guardian, while “low-status” subjects were characterized as trash collectors or employees of fast food restaurants.

Volunteers were asked to watch brief videos of people with either high- or low-status jobs. People in these clips expressed either a frown or a smile, conveying feelings of either anger or happiness.

While subjects watched these clips, Carr measured the activity of two particular facial muscles — the first was the zygomaticus major, often referred to as the “smiling muscle,” that brings up the corners of the mouth, and the second was the “frowning muscle,” the corrugator supercilii, which furrows the brow, according to the study.

Carr calculated subjects’ reactions using facial electromyography (fEMG), a technique used to measure muscle activity in one’s face. This technique is capable of recording small electrical currents caused by minute muscle movements.

The Results After analyzing the data, Carr and the other researchers said they concluded that people who consider themselves as more powerful are more likely to mimic the smiles of people whom they perceive to be lower-status. However, these same subjects are less likely to return the smiles of people they consider to be of a higher status or power than they are. Unlike those who perceived themselves as higher status, people of self-perceived lower status, who do not feel particularly powerful, returned smiles almost equally.

Subjects also reacted to frowning in the videos, according to the study. Regardless of each volunteer’s self-perceived power and status, he or she mimicked the frowns of high-status people more often than the frowns of low-status people.

The study reported two major findings, the first being that feelings of high- and low-power lead to different and distinct changes in facial mimicry. The second is that these effects are influenced by the perceived status of the “mimicry target.”

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A new study shows new meaning behind a smile, suggesting psychological differences between people with more authority than others could be evident in a person’s smile.

This research established that there is, in fact, a relationship between power and mimicry.

Deborah Belle, a psychology professor at Boston University, said that power discrepancies play a tremendous role in society.

“Power is often reflected in nonverbal behavior,” she said.

She said smiling is an example of these non-verbal behaviors.

Belle said there are many different functions of smiling. It can convey multiple emotions and feelings. “[Smiling] can manipulate people’s sense of power,” she said. “Being induced to feel temporarily powerful prompts you to smile more at low-status people.”

The Effects of Smiling Psychologists often characterize smiles into one of two categories — the Duchenne smile and the non-Duchenne smile, according to the American Psychological Association. The Duchenne smile is a genuine smile that signifies true pleasure and enjoyment. The non-Duchenne smile, however, is a “fake” smile. It is used solely to satisfy others and does not bring one true enjoyment.

There is one major difference between the Duchenne smile and non-Duchenne smile. The Duchenne smile involves the use of the muscles around the eyes while the non-Duchenne smile does not.

Carr said he and researchers did not measure muscle movement around the eyes, making it difficult to determine whether the responsive smiles in the study were genuine or “fake.”

“We cannot make 100-percent accurate predictions as to why the muscle was recruited,” Carr said. “Our results only speak to the fact that that pattern of muscle activation did occur. We cannot tell, or even make certain predictions about, the ‘why’ behind it.”

Duchenne smiling has more than an important social function, according to an article in the article. It also has a physiological one. Duchenne smiling releases chemicals within the body that boost immunity, reduce stress and lower blood pressure and heart rate.

“Sometimes just a smile can make your entire day,” said Sam Green, a junior in Boston University’s College of Communication. “I can definitely see how simply smiling can reduce anxiety and improve overall happiness.”

However, Carr said that it is difficult to determine health ef-

fects based on this study.

“It is hard to generalize these results to overall health and well-being because our experiment looks at very ‘low-level’ effects in a controlled environment,” Carr said. “‘Health’ is influenced by hundreds of other factors.”

A BU Interpretation From the results in the study, researchers will continue to formulate questions for research regarding emotion, relationships and social hierarchies.

“It is very important to note that we must be cautious of over-interpretation,” Carr said. “Many people want to make overblown or presumptuous claims about why our corrugator would react more intensely to high-status targets, or why powerful people wouldn’t smile back at high-flyers.”

From an anthropological point of view, Eric Kelley, an anthropology professor, said there are other factors that may influence how volunteers reacted to certain images.

“There is a lot of variation,” he said. “Different people may have different reactions.”

He said that aside from social class, factors such as the gender, race and ethnicity of both the volunteer and the subject in the video could influence smiling.

“I find [the results] surprising only because sometimes you’ll smile at people of higher status to gain an advantage.”

He said an example of this would be if he wanted to become acquainted with a more prestigious professor.

“I might smile at them to get them to notice me,” he said.

BU students have their own theories as to why this occurs.

“I think people don’t smile at people of higher status maybe because they’re intimidated by them,” said Kaila Cappello, a senior in the College of Engineering.

Rima Butto, a junior in COM, agrees with Cappello that intimidation may play a role. However, she has a different idea about why high-status people smile at low-status individuals.

“Assuming this is an unconscious thing, maybe they do it to make people of a perceived lower-status to make them feel better about themselves,” Butto said.

Regardless of these theories, Butto said she will think twice the next time a stranger smiles at her on the street.

“I may be a little more perplexed when I think about who exactly is smiling at me and why they’re doing it,” she said.

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Moms who use marijuana

A new group called Arizona Moms for Marijuana has been generating heat as it aims to educate people “on all the aspects the plant can do,” particularly how it can help someone be a better mom, according to an article on CBS 5 Arizona Monday.

Two mothers who belong to the group reported to CBS that they have medical conditions marijuana helps alleviate and how being relieved of their pain leads them to be better mothers.

The mothers’ medical argument is understandable. Motherhood in and of itself is an extremely stressful role, combine that with medical issues and the role becomes even more challenging. It makes sense for a mother with medical issues to argue that using the drug makes her a better mother because it makes her more mobile or less irritable.

However, the argument that a mother can smoke pot recreationally and better

fulfill her role is probably a stretch.

Mothers should not feel like they need to smoke in order to be more fun for their kids.

Something that should have been mentioned in the CBS article was how often the mothers smoke and how much they smoke.

There is a difference between people who abuse the drug and people who use the substance in moderation.

Hopefully these mothers are not psychologically addicted to the drug but are educated on its effects and are using it responsibly.

It would be interesting to see how other mothers groups respond to the formation of Moms for Marijuana, if at all. Traditionally, mothers groups have rallied against certain types of illegal behavior, such as drunk driving. It is rare to find a group of mothers who support the use of a particular drug.

Few universities are willing to bear the financial costs of hosting a presidential or vice-presidential debate, according to an article in The Daily Beast Monday.

To put things into perspective, Hofstra University, which hosted the second presidential debate, spent $4.5 million on the debate, according to The Daily Beast.

The price is steep. It makes sense that some universities would opt out of the experience because it is so costly.

However, if a university’s student body was very engaged politically, the institution might look past those costs.

A politically active student body would be excited about the opportunity to see the candidates up close. For many college students and adults, viewing a debate in-person is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

The university also gets exposure on the night of the debate and in the days leading up to it, which is probably why lesser-known universities have stepped forward to host the debates.

But what do schools really gain from this experience in the long run?

Several schools reported to The Daily Beast that they experienced an increase in applications after they hosted a debate.

Many times, though, the attention on the schools wanes. The venue isn’t something that is discussed days after the election — ­ the content of the debate is.

Universities should not agree to host a debate solely because of the publicity factor. It should be something the students really want.

It would be interesting to see whether something such as this would hold up at Boston University. In 2002, BU hosted the Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial debate, according to a BU press release.

However, would students support a debate of this scale being held at BU? BU students tend to be quite vocal about the school’s spending practices. If students were aware of how much an experience like this cost, they might not be in a favor of one happening at BU.

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here’s an important part of our lives that I think we have all forgotten about. I’m talking about our manifest destiny, our purpose in life. A single question that has driven our generation since before we knew how to drive. That subconscious goal in the back of everyone’s mind. An interrogative statement so nefarious, so convoluted that it has baffled the world since before the craze of lawn flamingos and foam parties. A simple question asked by one young, but brave American: How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie roll center of a Tootsie pop?

You remember the commercials, don’t you — they were quick, vignettes really, stuck in between our favorite episodes of “Care Bears” and “Animorphs,” charming the subconscious minds of children in every home. They captured what it meant to be a young person growing up in a world where men would soon walk on the moon and U.S. presidents could be something other than old, white men. A timeless tale really, of a young naked boy, discussing the existential meanings of life with personified animals, and a journey, a quest for a simple answer really. An answer that would shape the way we look at lollipops, and dare I say it, candy, across the globe.

Some may argue that humans are the animals that make war, but truly, we are the animals that lick lollipops.

However, this endeavor is not for the faint of heart. The Tootsie Roll industry reminds us that “Many have attempted and failed to lick their way to the center of the Tootsie pop. The temptation to bite and reach the embedded Tootsie Roll prize has proven to great ... just like it was for Mr. Owl.” But, for the truly worthy, those with the discipline of King Arthur’s knights, patient enough to make the exploration all the way through the luxurious sugary armor into the deep rich center of these candy-fide earths, the Tootsie franchise has a special gift for them of the highest regard — they get an award!

This honorary “Clean Stick Award” is offered to these noble humans in the form of a plaque, very officially printed out of your own home computer. It reads “AWARD — Be it known to all people — the world may never know how many licks it takes to reach the center of a Tootsie pop … but a few strong willed young men and women know. The bearer of this Award is one who knows.” Pure genius — and eloquent, too.

Just think of all the things lollipops have inspired. Everything from that 1958

classic number-two hit by the Chordettes all the way from Sheboygan, Wis., to our very own version by Lil Wayne. One Dr. Elliott Reed, of “Scrubs,” said it’s been clinically proven that nobody can hear the song without chiming in. The Lollipop Guild sure knows what she’s talking about.

The Tootsie company offers the results of in-depth studies done by renowned groups such as Purdue University, University of Michigan and also some junior high school students from Swarthmore Junior High. The students at Purdue even invented a licking machine designed with practicality in mind — finding the perfect seal for an envelope, giving the expertly moistened wet willy and solving the world’s greatest mystery. On average, the college students discovered that it takes 364 licks to rich the chocolaty center. That’s one lick a day for just about a year. However, the junior high students found the results to be inconclusive, wrong and for stupid heads.

Yet, the confectionary world’s most puzzling secret was revealed all those years ago, back in 1970, when American citizens were learning to hide under desks to defend against a nuclear bomb. The little boy, drawn with the precision of a highly trained 48-year-old, turned his ear to one wise owl who spoke a simple statement of fact — “a one, a t-hoo-woo, a three, ‘CRUNCH.’” The wisdom of the advertisement, its ingenuity, is embedded deep within the thought provoking words of the owl. It’s the solution to every life problem — the rule of “Three ‘Crunch,’” when you have an obstacle in your way, you slowly ware it down until it’s weak enough, and then you pounce. You bite off its head and move straight for the gooey core of success.

There’s nothing I like more than a smart owl.

While the number of licks it takes an individual to get to the center of a Tootsie pop may rely on a variety of factors from the size of your mouth to the amount of saliva used, the rule of “Three ‘Crunch,’” will forever go down in history as the greatest of all things ever said, period.

But where have the little naked boy and his merry band of animals gone now? Well that, the world may never know.

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

Letter to the Editor: On energy use at BU and other universities To the Editor: This year, a movement is launching at Boston University and across the nation. It will be the boldest, largest attempt to fight global warming yet. It is is the intnet of Divest BU for BU and universities nationwide to pull their investments out of the dirty energy industry, and for students to discover the incredible voice we have when we speak out together.

The real human cost of global warming has already begun to display itself. This summer’s corn-belt drought could become America’s second costliest weather event ever. We’ll all get pinched by these rising food prices in the coming months, but for the world’s poor who may spend as much as 80 percent of their income on food, this pinch will be more of a stab. Unable to make up the difference by simply eating out less, they will sit down to empty tables and difficult conversations with their children. Conversations I

prefer not to imagine.

I won’t sugarcoat it: the situation is dire. If we do nothing, our children will witness 6 degrees Celsius warming by the century’s end.

This would truly be hell on earth. In order to avoid more than 2 degrees Celsius of warming, generally regarded as a serious threat to global stability, we can only emit another 565 gigatons on CO2. Yet, fossil fuel companies own 2,795 gigatons in their reserves. While it’s all physically in the ground, economically it’s very much on the table. It’s bought, sold and traded. These assets permeate the financial markets. Everyone owns a bit, including Boston University. This must change.

Frankly, these companies are killing people — an estimated 100 million people in just the next 18 years. That’s a third of the U.S. population, more than all the WWII deaths. This is an unprecedented number of people that these companies are killing. If global warming were just the next 18 years,

that alone would make it the greatest injustice members of humanity have ever perpetrated. And for what? To return a profit to their investors. That’s us. Those deaths are on us. By holding these assets we commission these crimes and implicitly endorse the idea that it’s perfectly reasonable to burn all 2,795 gigatons of that carbon. While we hope that this will be the birth of a large movement that stops climate change, we think ending our contribution to the crisis is a worthy objective in its own right.

Divesting from fossil fuels is also in BU’s financial interests. There are many possible planets that our children could inherit from us, but on none of these potential earths will we have burnt all of that carbon. Maybe a hurricane will finish off the District of Columbia.

Maybe the next drought will double grain prices. Maybe it happens next year, maybe in 10. But something’s gonna push, something’s gonna shove and something’s gonna

click in the minds of millions of Americans.

Once we realize the reality of our reckless behavior, America will quickly abandon fossil fuels, rendering all of those assets that we’re invested in utterly worthless. BU should get out before the next economic bubble strikes.

Barring a specific company or industry from a portfolio is common, easy to do and as studies have shown, does not affect investment returns. In the ocean of all possible investments, there are many fish. Salaries and scholarships are terribly important to finance — I wouldn’t be here without them — but these debts must be paid in cash, not lives.

As young people, our future hangs in the balance of this fight, and this fight depends on us. Only by working together will we be able to support great change. Are you in?

Ben Thompson, GSAS Divest BU member blt@bu.edu

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

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Neff: Fantasy games make watching live sports more enjoyable Neff: From Page 8

ing the right players at the right time in the right place, and if you do a little reading up you can do well enough.

It’s a small commitment for the opportunity to steal some cash from your buddies along with bragging rights at the end of the season. It enables you to be the GM that assembles that all-star team that is the envy of the league.

There’s nothing better than to be the GM that leads a championship season.

Unfortunately, I’m not that GM too often. And this looks like it’s going to be one of those seasons.

This year, I’m in over my head.

I normally dedicate all of my time to one league, ensuring I give it 100 percent. I joined a league with my co-workers from Fenway Park.

It’s not like they’re that good, but it’s taking up time.

I’m at about .500 in both of my leagues and can’t seem to keep my head above the water. I find myself simultaneously cheering and swearing on Sunday as a touch-

down pass from Tom Brady goes to a receiver other than Gronk.

And when a quarterback from one league goes up against a defense from another league, forget it!

Word to the wise: just go with one team and give it your all. Onehundred percent effort gives you a 100 percent chance at dominance and a championship season.

I look back longingly at my championship teams from the past and wonder what I have to do to bring myself back to those glory days.

As good as I like to think I am, my buddies will tell you I’m not.

And don’t mistake this for bragging, things don’t go my way all the time.

I’ve experienced too many playoff defeats, including two championship losses by less than 10 points. Yeah. An entire season decided by fewer than 10 points.

Real kick in the gut. I lost fantasy football last year and fantasy baseball this past year, by one point.

I feel like the Patriots: just not able to close it out.

I guess I could take a cue from the Red Sox and just pack it in for the year.

One thing is certain: if I dedicated as much time for research and organizing that I do for fantasy, toward my schoolwork, I’d be a much better student.

I’m Mike. Thanks for letting me share my story.

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

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stellar performance, saving 12-of15 shots. One of the three goals she allowed was on a penalty shot that barely made it over her outstretched glove.

So far this season Maroney has made 56 saves over the course of 15 games and allowed only 12 goals, making her one of the top goalies in the country at the moment.

(Whistle)-Blowing the Game For the second time this season, officiating has caused some drama for the Terriers. The first time came against the No. 4 University of Connecticut on Sept.

30.

Tensions ran high in that game as the coaches and fans began to get upset with the lack of calls the referees were making in favor of BU. In regards to the officiating after this loss, Starr simply said “It was a tough game.”

On Sunday afternoon, the officiating seemed to strike a nerve

during the team’s double-overtime upset victory over No. 10 Northeastern.

“I think it had a huge impact.

There were game-changing calls that really could have impacted this game,” Starr said on Sunday.

“I think I would have cried if we lost this game because I really felt that the officiating was that poor.”

An example of the impact of the officiating on Sunday came in the first minute of the second overtime when junior Ella Gunson ripped through Northeastern’s defense, setting up Nicole Van Oosterom for the game-winning goal. As the ball rolled into the net, a penalty was called rather than the advantage being held, which would have resulted with a game-winning goal much earlier than Ella Gunson’s game-winner that came later, in the 93rd minute.

Postseason Hunting After two consecutive losses, one to the unranked Hofstra University and the other to No. 22

New Hampshire, many would not have expected the Terriers to rebound the way they did against Northeastern.

Even as their dream of making this year’s NCAA tournament via an at-large bid was coming to an end, the Terriers dug in and upset their cross-town opponents.

“When we came home from Hofstra we had a long talk about finding the ‘on’ switch and keeping the ‘on’ switch on,” Starr said on Sunday. “They found the ‘on’ switch today and we just have to continue this on Saturday against Fairfield.”

The Terriers found the “on” switch early Sunday, and it showed in the first few minutes of the game as freshman forward Sofi Laurito scored her first career goal and the game’s first goal in the third minute.

As long as the Terriers continue to play with this skill and intensity in their final two games, they have a good shot of grabbing an at-large bid in this year’s NCAA tournament.

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Junior midfielder Madeline Hackett suffered a season-ending concussion during Friday’s 1–0 BU loss to No. 22 UNH.

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tunities, which have led to goals.

Being in constant attack mode, BU has garnered a significant advantage over its opponents in the shot category, taking 269 shots this season while their opponents have been relegated to 184. They have been awarded 108 corner kicks, compared to their opponents’ 70, and have thus outscored their opponents 30–17.

This lopsided offensive showing also speaks volumes to the Terriers’ exceptional defensive play, led by junior goalkeeper Andrea Green. In Sunday’s game, however, BU coach Nancy Feldman inserted sophomore Alyssa Parisi in the second half in place of Green.

“I just felt like Andrea has played great all season,” Feldman said. “There’s not much separating the two of them, and it was Alyssa’s time.”

Parisi, who has seen action in only two games this season, was placed into a tight 1–0 game when she entered, and was quickly put to the test as she was faced with a penalty shot just over 15 minutes into the second half.

Parisi successfully anticipated the placement of the shot and dove onto it, preserving the win for the Terriers.

Over the course of the season, the Terriers have been faced with a rigorous schedule of both conference and non-conference

games.

What the selection committee will have to decide is if BU has proven that they can play with national competition. In non-conference matches, BU is 4–6–1. In the Stanford Nike invitational, the Terriers faced then-No. 5 Stanford University, and fell 1–0.

The Terriers held Stanford scoreless through the first 88 minutes of play until they gave up a goal fired from 20 yards.

In the following game, the Terriers faced No. 19 Santa Clara University where they once again gave up only one goal on a defensive error.

Overall, the Terriers make a good case for the NCAA tournament by showing that they do have the ability to compete at a national level.

Their recent 2–1 loss at Dartmouth College, however, may have caused a hiccup in their aspirations toward a postseason.

Dartmouth, at 11–4 overall and 4–1 in the Ivy League may be a deal-breaker for the Terriers as their fate is in the balance.

“With our loss against Dartmouth it’s not looking as great,” said senior defender Jessica Morrow. “But we’re still going to train with a sliver of hope so that we are ready if we are chosen.”

The NCAA Division 1 women’s soccer selection committee will deliberate from Nov. 3 through Nov. 5 and announce its selections on Nov. 5 at 4:30 p.m.

goal, but BU played tenacious defense and held on for the 1–0 victory.

BU finished the game with a 14–8 advantage in shots, while also recording four more shots on goal than UNH. UNH has not defeated BU since Oct. 4, 2002, more than 10 years ago.

“It was great to win,” Feldman said. “I thought we played with good style. I didn’t like how many chances UNH got, but our possession was good, I thought we generated good attack. We got everybody in the game.”

Despite securing their sixth straight America East regular season title earlier this week, the Terriers are banned from the America East tour-

nament because of BU’s move to the Patriot League in that will take place next year.

“It’s really disappointing,” Morrow said. “It’s unfortunate that in my senior year we can’t play in any playoffs ... But I’m glad we were able to pull trough and win the regular season.”

Morrow, as well as senior midfielder Brea Hewitt, was honored before the game on Senior Day and the two were thanked for their contributions to the team during their collegiate career.

For now, the Terriers will sit and wait to see if they receive an NCAA at-large bid. The selections for the tournament will be announced on NCAA.com on Nov. 5.

When asked if the team had made

a strong enough case to the selection committee, Feldman said that she was unsure.

“I’m not sure we have. I don’t know how they rate us, we’ll just wait and see,” Feldman said.

Despite the disappointment in not being able to participate in the America East tournament, Feldman said she is proud of her team’s resilience and performance this season.

“We felt like we were up against it all season long,” Feldman said. “I think the weight of not being in the postseason for America East was something that was hanging over us a little bit, and I think the players did a good job of not dwelling on it. Given that circumstance, I’m really proud of the team, both today and all season long.”

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the left and hit the post. BU was only inches from a commanding 2–0 lead.

Albany took the ball down the field in transition and looked to get on the board. Albany defender Christoffer Nisser launched a shot at the BU goal, but Thomson made his second and final save of the game to keep the score at 1–0. BU, through ball possession and crisp passing, took over the game while the fatigue in the Albany players became evident.

“You don’t understand how tired teams get,” Roberts said. “When they got the ball, they would give it right back to us. They are probably used to playing teams that would give it back

to them. I don’t know how many teams they play that actually keep the ball. That’s when you punish a team, when they get tired. That’s the whole idea behind defense.”

Additionally, the exhaustion causes teams to start playing inattentively and begin committing fouls, Roberts said.

“When you chase the game like [the Great Danes] do, like Harvard did, like Hartford did, you get tired, and that’s when the fouls come in,” Roberts said.

Sophomore forward Dominique Badji continued to dominate in the box and look for headers. In the 54th and 55th minutes Badji had opportunities for headers but missed on both over the net. Badji ended the game

with six shots, two shots on goal and zero goals.

In the 71st minute BU was controlling the pace of game and held the ball in the Albany zone for a while before sophomore Mac McGuire received a short pass and scored the second BU goal of the day. Freshman forward Carlos Ruiz and sophomore midfielder Cameron Souri were credited with assists on the goal.

The score remained 2–0 as Albany was noticeably outplayed for a majority of the game.

The Terriers will play their last home game of the year Wednesday night against Binghamton University before they conclude their season at the University of New Hampshire on Saturday.

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BU coach Nancy Feldman on her team’s 1–0 win over the University of New Hampshire.

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Tuesday’s Take Dear Mr. Fantasy

Mike Neff

Hi, I’m Mike, and I have a fantasy football addiction.

It’s sad, really.

I can’t go through a Sunday morning without consistently refreshing my lineup to check the latest projections for the day.

Last-minute injury reports are crucial to victory in the week. Nobody wants to leave an inactive player in their starting lineup.

Once the games are on, I’m refreshing my matchup to see the latest scores in real time and to gauge whether I can send a trashtalking tweet to my opponent for the week.

As Sunday progresses and my points don’t increase, the “what if” scenarios start running through my head. What if his running back tears his ACL? What if his quarterback throws four picks? What if I hadn’t drank so much during the draft? It’s stressful.

On Sunday, I’m glued to NFL Red Zone. If you’re a serious fantasy player and you aren’t watching the Red Zone Channel, which chronicles every scoring play and red zone opportunity commercialfree with stats constantly running along the bottom of the screen, then you’re doing it wrong. Get Red Zone.

I use ESPN’s fantasy football, and it’s great. If you aren’t there, get there. It’s comprehensive and free. It has the best resources to bring you the most current news on all of your players. Make the switch. I’ve used Yahoo!, and it is a joke compared to ESPN. Put simply: I’m hooked on fantasy football.

And you should be too.

If you aren’t already playing, what’s stopping you?

It will get you more involved in Sunday’s games. You’ll be more knowledgeable during those Monday morning discussions about plays that went awry.

The competition is most of the fun. Fielding a better team that week than an opponent is so gratifying. And on Sunday, the beer will taste that much better when you’re team is on top. There is no reason to not be involved. I know people who have never watched any football that have done well in fantasy leagues. It’s all about hav-

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The No. 13 Boston University field hockey team lost two key players to injury in its 1–0 loss to No. 22 University of New Hampshire on Friday. P. 8.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

BU tops UNH, goes undefeated in conference

By Conor Ryan Daily Free Press Staff

In its final America East conference game, the Boston University women’s soccer team defeated the University of New Hampshire 1–0 at Nickerson Field. This game followed a University of Hartford loss to the University of Vermont on Thursday, which clinched an America East Regular Season title earlier in the week.

With the victory, the Terriers (12– 6–1, 8–0–0 America East) continued their streak of 32 straight victories against America East opponents, while also earning an undefeated conference record for the fifth time in the team’s history.

At the beginning of the game, both the Terriers and Wildcats (5–11– 2, 3–4–1 America East) struggled to get anything going offensively, as the first shot on goal for either team came at the 26th minute of the first half.

Luckily for the Terriers, this first shot on goal gave BU a 1–0 lead, as a corner kick by senior back Jessica Morrow was deflected by junior midfielder Kylie Strom and kicked into the UNH net by sophomore forward Taylor Krebs. The goal was Krebs’ second goal of the season.

“Great corner-kick by Morrow,” said BU coach Nancy Feldman.

“She’s not a left-footed player but she has a great left-footed service ...

Great serve, great first touch by Kylie, and [Krebs] just made sure it was in.”

At the end of the first half, the Terriers led the Wildcats in shots, 8–4, while BU’s defense did not allow a single UNH shot on goal during the 45 minutes of play.

In the second half, BU junior goalkeeper Andrea Green was replaced by sophomore Alyssa Parisi, who made the play of the game in the 62nd minute. With the Terriers still holding onto their 1–0 lead, the Wildcats were awarded a penalty kick after a BU foul inside its own box.

UNH midfielder Kirstyn Corder took the shot for the Wildcats, but Parisi made a spectacular save to hold on to the Terriers’ slim lead.

“I thought that they might tie it,” Feldman said. “But I felt confident that we were going to score another goal. I was thinking, if they score, we’re going to get the winner. I just felt like it was our day.”

UNH managed one more shot on

Women’s soccer see page 7

MICHAEL CUMMO/DAILY FREE PRESS FILE PHOTO

Senior defender Jessica Morrow set up the Terriers’ only goal in their 1–0 win over UNH on Saturday.

Terriers end America East regular season unbeaten again

By Matthew Fils-Aime Daily Free Press Staff

With a 1–0 victory against the University of New Hampshire on their senior day, the Boston University women’s soccer team completed yet another perfect season in the America East Conference.

This game also served as the team’s final regular season game as a part of the conference as they will be transitioning into the Patriot League next season.

Because of the Terriers’ (12– 6–1, 8–0 America East) ineligibility to participate in the America East postseason tournament, BU

will wait patiently for the NCAA to decide if it is indeed worthy of a position in the NCAA Tournament.

Looking back on their season, the Terriers started off slowly, facing difficulty in their nonconference schedule, but as they began America East play, the Ter-

riers made the necessary adjustments and heated up at just the right time in order to a make their push for a possible postseason berth.

As a whole, the Terriers have shown that, offensively, they have the ability to generate shot oppor-

Unbeaten see page 7

Men’s soccer defeats Albany, Field hockey loses top players earns 2nd America East win McLeod, Hackett to injury

By Michael Bagarella Daily Free Press Staff

Determined to continue fighting this season, the Boston University men’s soccer team made quick work of the University at Albany in a lopsided 2–0 victory.

Coming into the game it seemed this would be a one-sided match. Albany (5–10–0, 2–3–0 America East) was struggling both offensively and defensively and was last in America East in shots, goals and goals against average.

The Terriers (5–7–4, 2–1–2 America East) came out of the gate strong, and in the 13th minute, junior midfielder Anthony Ciccone charged into the Albany defensive zone and launched a cross. The cross found the head of sophomore midfielder Parker Powell who put the ball past Albany goalie Tim Allen.

Ciccone, aside from getting the assist on the first goal, continued to beat defenders and control the game on offense. Additionally, the goal was the team-leading fifth goal for Powell.

After squandering their first chance in the 12th minute when a

Wednesday, Oct. 24 M. Soccer vs. Binghamton, 7 p.m.

Brandon Wilson header was saved

by BU sophomore goalkeeper Nick Thomson, the Great Danes looked to attack again but were swallowed by the strong BU defense. BU held its opponents to just three shots.

“The success on defense comes from us staying compact and holding on to the ball,” said BU coach Neil Roberts. “In the UMBC game we got stretched, we gave the ball away, we played long ball — when that happens teams kill us. When we keep the ball and stay tight, even if we lose it on a pass we are still right there to defend it.”

At the end of the half, BU had the advantage in shots 7–2 as well as a 1–0 lead. The lead could have been larger if it had not been for a few missed opportunities and four saves from Allen.

In the second half, the Terriers continued attacking the Albany defense. In the 47th minute, after a few missed shots and a save by Allen, Powell received a rebound and was poised to score. The bouncing shot beat Allen, but was just a bit too far to

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Thursday, Oct. 25

No Games Scheduled So did the entirety of the Orlando Magic when they realized that their entire 20122013 season is doomed.

By Christopher Dela Rosa Daily Free Press Staff

The 2012 Boston University field hockey team has faced adversity all season, whether in the form of injuries, overcoming deficits or even poor officiating.

However, BU coach Sally Starr’s team has overcome many of the obstacles it has been presented.

Unfortunately for the Terriers, another challenge has emerged.

The Terriers have to try and finish the season on a strong note without two talented players, junior Madeline Hackett and senior Jacinda McLeod. Both players suffered injuries during the team’s game Friday against the No. 22 University of New Hampshire.

McLeod suffered a careerending knee injury after an opposing player took out her leg from behind. Later in the game, the same New Hampshire player that hurt McLeod caused Hackett to go into a somersault, giving her a season-ending concussion.

BU (10–6, 3–1 America East) has already taken a big step towards continuing its season with-

Friday, Oct. 26 W. Hockey vs. Maine, 7 p.m.

M. Hockey vs. UMass-Amherst, 7:30 p.m.

out these two starters by upsetting No. 10 Northeastern University on Sunday afternoon.

Full-Time Goalie Up until the New Hampshire game, sophomore netminder Valentina Cerda Eimbcke typically started the first half for the Terriers with senior Jess Maroney entering in the second half and closing out the game in net.

Going into the final stretch of the season, Starr named Maroney the starter. Against UNH on Friday night, Maroney only allowed one goal after saving two.

“We’re blessed to have two good goalies,” Starr said. “Jess hadn’t had the opportunity to start and unfortunately with some games we weren’t scoring early and were being scored upon in the first half. With a game like this and particularly the way [Northeastern] runs their offense, Jess’ style of play is better for our defense.”

On Sunday she had another

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Saturday, Oct. 27

Field Hockey vs. Fairfield, 1 p.m.

W. Hockey vs. Robert Morris, 2 p.m.

M. Hockey @ UMass-Amherst, 7 p.m.

M. Soccer @ UNH, 7 p.m.