10-24-2019

THE BIG BAN, 2

BOO-TIQUE, 6

CRIMSON ON ICE, 8

PAT-RIOT, 10

Vaping ban survives lawsuit, but changes must be made.

A look into Boston’s Halloween costume scene.

The Harvard Crimson was right to reach out to ICE for comment.

Belichick’s men are leading a defensive revolution

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YEAR XLIX. VOLUME XCVII. ISSUE VII

Ben Shapiro campus visit confirmed for Nov. 13

BY ALEX LASALVIA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Ben Shapiro is scheduled to speak at Boston University on Nov. 13, a BU official confirmed Wednesday.

BU Spokesperson Colin Riley

said it is confirmed that Shapiro will come to campus at the invitation of BU student group Young Americans for Freedom.

YAF has been in negotiations with BU to bring Shapiro to campus since September. The

location for the event has not yet been confirmed, but Morse Auditorium was proposed by BU during September negotiations.

The visit has generated controversy on campus, with students raising concerns about

both hate speech and freedom of speech.

Students held a rally Oct. 16 to protest the visit, saying Shapiro’s rhetoric is hate speech and should not be allowed on campus.

The rally was organized by BU

Candidate Cory Booker speaks at Fenway bar

BY ANGELA YANG AND GABRIELLA FINOCCHIO DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Fresh out of Yale Law School, Cory Booker didn’t know what he wanted to pursue. But when his mother told him to make decisions out of faith rather than fear, the future presidential candidate packed up his life and moved to Newark, New Jersey to begin a career in advocacy.

Sitting inside a Boston sports bar at a grassroots fundraiser Monday night, Booker reflected on how his mother’s words eventually led to his decision to run for the Oval Office and said to The Daily Free Press that this advice pushed him to overcome his inhibitions over entering the 2020 race.

“When I started weighing the pros and cons of running for president, I began to look at the lists,” Booker said.

“One was all about fears and the other one was all about courage and faithfulness. And so I when I saw that, it was clear to me what I needed to do.”

Boston locals gathered at the Game On! sports bar in Fenway to hear the presidential candidate and

New Jersey senator speak and hopefully interact with him as he made his way around to take selfies with attendees.

Booker opened the event with a speech that ended in him shouting out to the crowd after his microphone died mid-deliverance. Under the overarching umbrella of unity over partisanship, he spoke on issues such as the underfunding of public schools, lack of health care for pregnant women and inequity in the criminal justice system.

While the candidate’s fundraising numbers are down, Booker said to reporters he remains confident in his ability to win the Democratic nomination.

“Right now, there’s never been a point in history where someone who was leading in the polls this far out, in the Democratic Party, went on to win the presidency,” Booker said, citing former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. “We’re always getting shellacked in the polls right now, but they kept forging forward.”

Previously, the senator has clarified that he believes in student debt

Students Against Hate Speech, a coalition that formed in response to the visit announcement.

BU Students Against Hate Speech is holding a sit-in at Marsh Plaza Oct. 28 to protest Shapiro’s visit.

A look at the past decade of campus crime statistics

BY SAMANTHA KIZNER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

the fundraiser as a happy hour event to attract college students. The campaign has held similar grassroots events across the country, including another one in Boston this past summer.

“This is a fun, more casual way to just enjoy an event like this and learn more about Cory and hear what he’s all about,” Moyer said.

Harvard University student and founder of the Harvard College Democrats for Cory Selena Zhang introduced Booker at the event. Zhang said she became a supporter soon after the 2016 presidential election, when she was researching “sources of hope” to run for office within the next four years.

Last month, the Boston University Police Department released its Annual Security and Fire Safety Report for 2019.

Statistics from the past decade of reports show trends in crimes such as burglaries, liquor and drug law violations, and aggravated assaults.

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Reports detail the security and safety services available to students and staff, information on how to report incidents, as well as statistics regarding various crimes on both the Charles River and Medical campuses from the past three years.

These reports are published according to guidelines set by the Clery Act, a law set to create transparency between students and campus officials around the crimes occurring on college and university campuses around the country.

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Presidential candidate Cory Booker speaks at a grassroots rally at Fenway bar Game On! Monday night.

forgiveness for individuals who work in public service. After his speech, Booker spoke with The Daily Free Press about his plan for those graduating into the private sector.

“We have a nation right now where the federal government makes billions and billions of dollars off of your interest payments — I think we should take that money, re-channel it so that we could freeze or eliminate interest rates,” Booker said. “I believe that young people who’ve been built by for-profit colleges or colleges that have used insidious means, they should have their debt forgiven as well.”

Chris Moyer, Booker’s New Hampshire communications director, said organizers decided to host

Councilor at-large candidates debate Cannabis start-up finalists announced

BY GABRIELLA FINNOCHIO DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

When the eight surviving candidates for Boston city councilor at-large gathered at WBUR’s CitySpace on the Boston University campus for a debate, they were asked to grade current Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s performance in office. Ranging from A to C-, the diversity of their responses reflected the wide range in ethnicities, ages and experiences represented on the debate stage.

The debate featured incumbent candidates Annissa Essaibi George, Michael Flaherty, Althea Garrison and Michelle Wu, who shared the stage with challengers David Halbert, Julia Mejia, Erin Murphy and Alejandra St. Guillen. Boston Globe columnist Adrian Walker and “Radio Boston” host Tiziana Dearing moderated the debate, which aired live on 90.9 WBUR and WBUR’s YouTube channel.

The moderators divided questions into four categories: transportation, housing and development, addiction and policing and education.

BY ELLIE YEO DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

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The eight city councilor-at-large candidates at a debate hosted at WBUR’s CitySpace Tuesday.

The debate opened with a discussion on transportation and included questions equity in public transportation and other issues such as highway traffic and parking permits. All eight candidates agreed Boston’s transportation systems need improvement, but they differed on how best to make these changes.

Wu, who is running for her fourth term as a city councilor, said improving the city’s transportation systems — and doing so equitably — can help the city achieve other policy goals.

“We have to recognize that public transit is a public good, that the funding for the system should not come on the backs of riders,” Wu said. “We need to invest because this will be the big picture infrastructure that connects us to equity, climate resiliency, affordability, et cetera.”

As for addiction and policing, candidates commented how national conversations on topics such as addiction recovery and drug abuse can affect local experiences.

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The third annual Cannabis StartUp Competition, which is hosted

by Innovate@BU and Green Lion Partners and helps Boston University students and alumni who are developing companies ancillary to the cannabis industry, released its five finalists and slate of judges Friday.

The finalists are competing to win $10,000 and free consulting services from Green Lion Partners, a Denver-based business strategy firm focused on fostering ingenuity and development in the cannabis industry.

Five finalists were chosen from an applicant pool of startup companies that support the regulated cannabis industry. Each team consists of at least one BU student or alumnus. The finalists are Boundless Robotics Inc., Trella Technologies, Phenoxpress, SMART and Waev.

Boundless Robotics Inc., founded by Carl Palmer, a 2004 graduate of the College of Engineering and

2012 graduate of Questrom School of Business, employs robotics and AI to construct one of the world’s largest cannabis farms available to all prospective growers of safe and legal cannabis.

Trella Technologies, started by Angela Pitter, a 1986 graduate of ENG, also focuses on cannabis farming by using their TrellaGro LST horizontal plant-training technology to make indoor cannabis farming more accessible and efficient.

Phenoxpress, founded by Wendell Orphe, a 2019 graduate of the Metropolitan College, is a cannabis genetic testing company that offers low-cost sex testing, chemotype determination and plant pathogen screening to cannabis cultivation facilities.

SMART, The Student Marijuana Alliance for Research and Transparency, started by Mariah Brooks, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, is a national network that provides education, research, and professional opportunities to college students in the cannabis industry.

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Court allows statewide vape ban to stand, for now

BY ANGELA YANG

CAMPUS Crime Logs

DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BY MARY LULLOFF

A state judge ruled Monday that Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s ban on the sale of all vaping products will be allowed to remain in place. However, the ruling also criticized Baker’s handling of the situation and outlined further steps the governor must take to preserve the ban.

Suffolk Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins ordered Baker to resubmit his Sept. 24 ban as an emergency regulation by Monday or be forced to allow nicotine vape sales to resume. Under state law, emergency regulations are limited to three months, meaning this ban would terminate on Dec. 24 if no further action is taken to extend it.

But while the decision leaves an opening for nicotine vaping products if Baker does not take action, it contained no such opportunity for THC vaping products, as CDC investigations have linked THC to recent spikes in vaping-related lung injury and death.

If Baker complies with the ruling and reissues his ban, he will have to release a small business impact statement and allow public comment, according to the court document. The verdict stated granting Baker time to address concerns posed by affected groups would help prevent confusion.

Both Ba ker a nd Vapor Technolog y Association, the industr y group that filed the lawsuit, appealed the ruling Wednesday.

Michael Siegel, a professor at Boston University’s School of Public Health, testified to Congress last week against a ban on e-cigarettes. The physician and public health researcher said in an interview that Baker’s ban misses the mark on reducing vape-borne illnesses — in fact, it could make things worse.

Products from the commercial vape industry are not what’s causing these diseases, Siegel said. Instead, it’s black-market THC e-liquids that pose the real

DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Oct. 17 to 20.

Threatening resident at Rich Hall An RA reported a resident of Rich Hall threatening other residents after returning from the hospital Friday at 2:30 a.m. The resident was moved to buffer housing on Park Drive.

Pedestrian hit by BU Shuttle

A pedestrian was hit by the BU Shuttle at 25 Buick Street Thursday between 6 and 7 p.m. The pedestrian was transported to Beth Israel Medical Center.

Unattended child in West Campus CHRISTOPHER GOUGH/ DFP FILE ILLUSTRATION

A state judge upheld Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s ban on the sale of vaping products on Monday.

risks, because these are not FDAregulated and are prone to counterfeit branding or mislabeling.

The medical community has not confirmed what is in the counterfeit vapes, Siegel said, but a growing number of researchers are pointing toward one substance as a possible culprit.

“In the overwhelming majorit y of the THC cartridges that have been recovered from affected patients, they have found high levels of vitamin E acetate oil — a thickening agent that has recently become popular in the black market that’s used to thicken the liquid to make it look like it has more THC in it,” Siegel said.

While there is no definite proof that these cartridges were responsible for the rise in vaping related lung illnesses, Siegel said the timing was uncanny.

“Its use picked up rapidly in 2019,” Siegel said. “And so the timing of this is quite a coincidence, that we’re starting to see a large number of these cases right after this thickening agent started to appear.”

Siegel said he believes blocking residents from legally pur-

chasing vaping products will not stop users from vaping, but instead push young users toward black market sellers mixing their own liquids at home.

“The lesson that we should have learned from [alcohol] prohibition is that when you have a really, really popular product, if you ban it, it doesn’t solve the problem,” Siegel said. “All it does is put the product underground.”

Mea nwh i le, loca l smoke shops continue to feel the ban’s impact. Pete Patel, owner of Liquid Smoke and Vape Shop in Allston, said 70 to 80 percent of his revenue comes from vape sales.

“One day’s sales used to be like $1,500 to $1,600 a day and now it’s more like $400 or $300 a day,” he said. “We might have to shut down. That’s the only option.”

Patel said he has a five-year lease on his store and closure would cost him penalties. He said he might attempt selling his leftover vape stock to stores in other states, but would have to set the price at half of the products’ wholesale price.

“So still, I’m losing money,

but I have to at least get something,” Patel said. “We have to pay all expenses, but it’s totally, totally just disaster. It’s nothing good for us.”

Real estate consultant John Gambone, 34, of Kenmore said he now goes to New Hampshire to replenish his vape supply.

“I go to Foxwoods once a week and I pick up the vapes when I’m down there,” Gambone said. “[I’ll continue] until I find an adequate replacement for vaping, whether I quit entirely or switch to another smokeless product.

I had to start using a smokeless tobacco product called Velo, which is like a mouth lozenge.”

Audrey Sun, 22, of East Boston, said she was underage when she began vaping. Because she could not purchase products in the city, Sun ordered liquids weekly from an online dispenser before a combination of cumulative costs and delivery time incentivized her to quit.

“For the ban, in general, I think it’s doing more harm than it is good,” Sun said, “because if people who are legal to buy it can’t buy it, they’re going to find another way to get it.”

Candidates discuss transportation, housing, other issues DEBATE, FROM PAGE 1 Flaherty spoke about the importance of building coalitions across cities and towns to curb the opioid crisis and expressed concern about the lack of participation of surrounding municipal governments.

“It pains me to hear a suburban legislator come out and start to cheerlead for safe injection sites, but when you ask if they’re willing to lead the effort in their own community, [there is no response],” Flaherty said.

The primary elections for the city council races were held on Sept.

24 and narrowed the field of at-large candidates from 15 down to eight.

Councilor Althea Garrison is the incumbent most at risk of losing her seat — she garnered the least votes out of all four incumbents, finished the primary in sixth place behind political newcomers St. Guillen and Mejia, who finished in fourth and fifth place respectively.

St. Guillen spoke with The Daily Free Press about her campaign’s strategy for the primary and said she plans to increase momentum for the general election by focusing on grassroots support.

“We had a really strong field team… and we knocked 28,000 doors,” St. Guillen said. “And so we continue to look at the places where we can grow and double down on the areas that we did really well.”

Brady Baca, a student at Emerson College and a volunteer on Mejia’s campaign, said the team was eager for him to join them when he emailed last February. He was put straight to work, he said, despite having little experience in the field.

“I help plan and launch canvasses and phone banking, which is where I think half of my time on the campaign is spent,” Baca said. “I also co-run some of our social media and I’ve done some work with her on environmental policy and LGBTQ

policy as well.”

Meghan Volcy, a 22-year-old resident of Malden, graduated from BU and moved out of the city in May, but said she still considers Boston her home and wants to stay as involved as she can. She said she believes events such as this debate help residents engage with their city government.

“Increased media participation is huge because I think a lot more people are in tune with social media and other mediums of communication,” Volcy said. “Being virtually connected is half the battle.”

Rosemary Toomey, 56, of West Roxbury, is a research professor at BU and said she came to watch the debate live in order to see the candidates in person.

“The main reason [I came] is just to be able to hear the candidates themselves and get a feel for their nonverbal communication and who they are,” Toomey said, “in a different way than just hearing them on

the radio.”

Eunice Lamothe, a sophomore in CAS, attended the event with other members of Alpha Phi Omega, BU’s co-ed community service fraternity. She said she wanted to learn more about the policy side of the issues she has worked on with the organization.

“Someone told me this past summer that the goal of community service is to get rid of community service and these are the people who have the power to [do that],” Lamothe said. “So it’s important as a part of that organization to come out here and get educated on solutions that the nonprofits we work with are lobbying for.”

The city council general elections will take place on Nov. 5. The registration deadline has passed, but registered voters can check their polling location on Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin’s website.

BUPD checked the well-being of a child who was left unattended in a car outside of Agganis Arena at 8 p.m. Friday. The child’s parent eventually returned to the vehicle.

Elevator entrapment on Fenway Campus A caller reported someone trapped in an elevator in the Fenway Campus dining hall at 8:15 p.m. Sunday.

Help arrived to find that only items were in the elevator.

Political graffiti across campus Facilities workers found several political graffiti stencils across campus from 2 to 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

Locations include Questrom, Tsai Performance Center, Marsh Chapel and the College of Arts and Sciences.

CITY

Crime Logs

BY ANGELA YANG DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Oct. 20 to 21.

Loaded firearm recovered in Dorchester Officers responded to a report Monday of a man threatening someone with a handgun. The victim said he arrived to change locks when a resident objected, wielding a firearm. When police arrived, the suspect dropped the gun and barricaded himself inside. Officers entered by force and arrested the suspect.

South Boston man threatens elected official, assaults police On Monday morning, officers attempted to perform a traffic stop on a suspect wanted on a warrant, but he escaped and later made threats toward an elected official and his staff. Officers found the suspect entering a parked vehicle, which he used to strike the police cars before officers managed to restrain the suspect.

Armed home invasion in Hyde Park Officers responded on Sunday around 9 p.m. to reports that several armed suspects had entered a residence in an attempted robbery and tied up one adult male. The suspects fled when police arrived.

Officers have two males in custody and are searching for the remaining suspects.

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Cannabis competition will award prize money and free consultation WEED, FROM PAGE 1 Waev, co-founded by Kendall Humphrey, a 2019 graduate of the College of Communication, and Nicholas Lai, a junior in ENG, is a cannabis consumption device that cuts the amount of product needed by 75 percent and uses a filtration system to eliminate odors and secondhand smoke.

The three returning judges, Peter Bleyleben, Jaime Lewis and Kimberly Napoli, will be hearing from the five finalists as they deliver their final pitches Nov. 7 at the Questrom School of Business from 6 to 9 p.m. The event is open to the BU community and to the public.

Humphrey, co-founder of Waev, said the smokeless, odorless technology of the Waev smoking device allows smokers to consume cannabis in social settings and outside without bothering those around them with second-hand smoke and odor.

“If you don’t smoke, you don’t want to be around smoke … we want to invest in and promote [Waev] so people know that this is the solution and it’s cheap, it’s effective and it looks cool” Humphrey said.

Humphrey said he and his partner, Nicholas Lai, hope to potentially use Green Lion Partners’ $10,000 prize and consulting services to develop new models of their product, including different options in size and material of the device, as well as to foster connections with local bars and other cannabis industries to promote sponsorship and awareness of Waev products.

Carl Palme, Boundless Robotics Inc. president and founder, wrote in an email that the goal of his business is to distribute cannabis through a

safer and more efficient way.

“Our mission is to ensure that more people have access to a high-quality, low cost, and safe product (flower),” Palme wrote. “The reason we are interested in this is because even though it’s [cannabis] legal in several states, a vast majority of the product still comes from the black market.”

Palmer wrote he was affected after seeing the impact of drug cartels in his home country of Mexico.

“Being from Mexico and seeing what cartels have done to my country, I want to do everything possible to take that power away from [cartels] while still filling a demand for a safe product,” Palme wrote.

The competition began in 2017 thanks to the donation of a BU alumnus involved in the cannabis industry. Ian Mashiter, director of BUild Lab and Questrom School of Business senior lecturer, wrote in an email that the donation was made to give students inspiration to join the competition.

“The competition started in 2017 thanks to the generous donation of a BU alum who is himself involved in the industry,” Mashiter wrote. “He made this gift in order to encourage BU students and Alumni to come up with innovative new ideas and to get involved in this rapidly growing industry.”

The winner of the 2017 Cannabis Startup Competition was Cannabis Community Care and Research Network, a company aimed at bringing together members of academia, politics, healthcare, the cannabis industry, consumers and producers to collaborate on research, education and business practices surrounding

Booker attracts crowd at grassroots fundraiser BOOKER, FROM PAGE 1 Zhang told The Daily Free Press that she approached Booker during a campaign event and shared her desire to promote his campaign at Harvard. Booker then connected her to another Harvard volunteer on his team and the students began organizing events on campus.

“I knew I had to see [Booker] speak because he was such a big role model and inspiration to me so I took a bus up to Manchester and I watched him do what he just did,” Zhang said. “I was already convinced, but that just put me over the edge even more.”

Brewster resident Benjamin Mogel, 29, said he has supported Booker for years. He said he was driving when he first received news of Booker’s entry into the presidential pool, and celebrated with a fist pump.

“I first heard about him when he was interviewed by Tim Ferriss on the Tim Ferriss podcast and I was just really taken by everything he was saying throughout the entire conversation,” Mogel said. “I thought, this guy needs to run for president. That was years ago.”

President of Tufts Democrats and Tufts University student Conor Friedmann, 21, of Medford attended the event with his

club after Moyer reached out.

Students within the group said they support a variety of different candidates in the Democratic pool.

“To me personally, someone who isn’t too polarizing, who can bring the whole party together, [is] what I’m looking for,” Friedmann said.

Sam Gross, 25, of Cambridge said he came to see Booker because he remains undecided on who to vote for in the primary elections. Originally from New Jersey, Gross said he voted for Booker during Booker’s Senate race.

“Pretty much all of these candidates have ver y similar positions in key issues like environment or in health care policy,” Gross said. “So I want to hear him talk, understand what he’s trying to do and hear about his policies on issues.”

Melanie Johnson, a 21-yearold Brighton resident and Boston College student, said she had seen Booker speak once before and realized at that event how much she liked him.

“He’s so passionate when he speaks; he’s such an electrifying speaker,” said. “He might not be [at] the top of the polls, but in terms of his attitude toward politics, I think more Democrats need to approach issues like this.”

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The five finalists in the Cannabis Start-Up Competition, an annual contest hosted by Innovate@BU, were released Friday.

medical and adult use of cannabis.

Marion McNabb, the CEO of C3RN, said the prize money and consulting she received after winning were very helpful to her startup.

“I am continually impressed with BU and its forward thinking leadership in the cannabis industry and with Green Lion Partners for their continued commitment to supporting entrepreneurs in the ancillary industry,” McNabb said.

C3RN has used the competition prizes to expand their network and develop new partnerships across Massachusetts, as well as launch event series’ surrounding cannabis education, science, and networking.

Randall MacCaffrie, C3RN chief information officer, said that the advice from BU’s partners and resources has been invaluable.

“The ongoing support in consultation from Ian [Mashiter] at the BUild Lab, specifically, but also from Green Lion Partners, has

been invaluable,” MacCaffrie said.

“They’ve continued their support all the way up until just today even, so we can’t say enough about that.”

Mashiter said that Innovate@ BU is proud to see the previous winners, C3RN and Mary’s List, a service that promotes cannabis projects and providers, succeed with their start-ups.

“We are proud of our first two winners C3RN and Mary’s List,” Mashiter wrote. “We believe these kinds of entrepreneurs serve as great examples to our students on how to recognize and take advantage of new opportunities.”

Selena Chen, a sophomore in Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Services, said she thinks that BU’s focus on the business side of the cannabis industry is a good thing.

“Personally, I think it’s good that [BU] is expanding the horizons of cannabis,” Chen said. “I feel like it’s

always had a negative connotation so making it a business oriented thing is good and will open more people’s minds.”

Noah Klein, a freshman in the Questrom School of Business, said he supports BU’s exploration of entrepreneurship in the cannabis industry, but is interested in how the university’s involvement in the competition reflects its own cannabis policy.

“I know BU has a pretty anti-cannabis policy,” Klein said. “So I think it’s pretty interesting that they would embrace this merger.”

Claire Lukacs, a junior in the College of Communication, said she is unclear as to why BU is hosting a competition about a cannabis start-up, but marijuana related products are not allowed on campus.

“I guess I’m just a little confused,” Lukacs said. “Because I know it’s not allowed on campus but now it’s a whole thing with BU.”

Gov. Baker ranked most popular, again

BY ARO CHOE

DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is the country’s most popular governor for the 11th quarter in a row, according to a recent poll by Morning Consult.

The poll, which surveyed more than 5,000 registered U.S. voters on their governors, found 73 percent of Massachusetts respondents approve of Baker’s performance. Disapproval rate is 16 percent and 12 percent said they were unsure.

Baker took the top ranking despite being a Republican in a consistently Democratic state. However, his party affiliation does match the national trend of Republican governors being relatively more popular than their democratic counterparts, as the nation’s 10 most popular governors are all Republican, according to the poll.

In contrast, two of Massachusetts neighbors have governors that are remarkably unpopular with their constituents.

Rhode Island Governor and Democrat Gina Raimondo was ranked most unpopular in the nation, with a 56 percent disapproval rate, while Democratic Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut showed a 48 percent disapproval rate, making him America’s fifth most unpopular governor.

The poll was conducted from July 1 to Sept. 30, according to Morning Consult. However, Baker’s popularity may be impacted after he sparked controversy by enacting a statewide

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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker celebrates re-election on Nov. 7 with his wife Lauren Baker and running mate Karyn Polito (far left). Baker consistently ranks as the most popular governor in the country.

ban on the sale of all vaping products late September.

Jordan Berg Powers, executive director of Mass Alliance — a political advocacy organization that supports progressive policies — said he believes many Massachusetts voters continuously approve of Baker because of media bias.

Powers said that the media’s constant coverage of of Baker’s popularity may push residents to view the governor in a more favorable light, allowing Baker to defend his position as America’s most popular governor.

“In the absence of any sort of accountability from the media, or any sort of context, people are only left to hear that he’s the most popular,” Powers said.

Despite being a Repunlican, Baker has openly criticized the Trump administration, most notably speaking out against President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban and Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare. He has also spoken in favor of abortion rights

and stricter gun control laws and has voiced his support for investigations into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.

According to a 2017 WBUR survey of registered Massachusetts voters, 66 percent of Massachusetts Democrats said they viewed Baker favorably.

Back Bay resident Ed Ryan, 40, said he isn’t surprised Baker is popular, citing the governor’s moderate stances and even temper.

“I think he’s a very reasonable guy,” Ryan said. “He’s pretty centrist, practical, works well with the opposing party and doesn’t play nasty politics.”

Marty Childs, 65, of Back Bay said the ranking makes sense to her.

“I’m not surprised that Baker is that popular because he is a middleof-the-road Republican,” she said.

“Good governors have to deal with the federal government and try to get the resources that the state needs out of the feds.”

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Campus crime stats show decrease in aggrivated assaults CRIME, FROM 1 Arrests and referrals for liquor law violations have fluctuated but are on the decline after peaking in 2014 with 55 arrests and 1,006 referrals. In 2018, there were 25 arrests and 591 referrals.

Peter Shin, BUPD crime analysis and statistics officer, said that though the statistics show an increase in the number of individual violations, the number of incidents may not be accurately reflected.

“What might end up happening is you end up having a situation where you stop a group of three people,” Shin said. “You don’t necessarily have more incidents or offenses, you just have more people involved.”

Referrals for drug law violations steadily increased from 2008 to 2014 — from 38 referrals to 90 referrals — but in 2015 they dropped to zero.

Shin said this is the result of a 2016 Clery Act policy change that no longer classifies small amounts of marijuana possession as drug law violations in states where possession is decriminalized. Massachusetts decriminalized possession of marijuana in 2008.

The number of reported aggravated assaults in 2018 was lower than any given year since 2012. While aggravated assaults peaked at fourteen in 2015, they were down to two in 2018.

Robberies have also seen a similar decline.

Shin said he thinks one possible reason for the decrease in aggravated assaults is because criminals are finding it easier and less risky to steal money using scams instead of physical force.

“It’s less risk for the bad guy to

call somebody on the phone and say ‘I’m with the IRS,’ give me a gift card or we’re going to send the police to you,” Shin said, “versus being out on the street and actually trying to rob somebody or get into a fight with somebody.”

The Clery Act does not require institutions to publish statistics on scams. The report does, however, state to “Be careful of scam artists.

Never accept cash or checks from, or provide check cashing services to, anybody you don’t know.”

Scams can often occur over the phone or via the internet. They typically ask individuals to send money to prevent against harmful legal actions allegedly being taken against them.

A common form of the scam this year targeted international students by telling them that issues have arisen with their legal paperwork and that they need to pay a fee in order to continue their education in the United States, according to BU. Shin said it is important to prevent these scams by being able to identify one.

“If you do answer the phone and you start engaging with these people, then it becomes a question of how much information you give,” Shin said. “If you start giving your personal information and then you say ‘oh my god, this is a scam, I’m gonna hang up,’ then give us a call and let us know.”

Burglaries have fluctuated around 20 per year since 2012, when the Clery Act definition of burglaries became more narrow, Shin said. In 2018 there were 24 burglaries reported.

Burglaries are unlawful entries into any building with in-

tent to commit a crime, whereas robberies can happen anywhere and are marked by the confrontation and threatening of a victim, but both are considered larcenies, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

“Most of our larcenies, I look at and consider preventable,” Shin said.

“Meaning that the victim, they left something on the table and they walked away from that good for you know, five minutes, ten minutes, 20 minutes and when they came back it was stolen.”

He said students should be vigilant — always taking their valuable items with them and locking up items such as bikes when they cannot look after them.

Anna Frants, a sophomore in the College of Fine Arts, said students at BU might not have first-hand experience with crime before and that could be a potential hazard.

“I think we’ve been seeing a lot more of it lately, especially at night on the weekends,” Frants said. “And I think it’s something to be aware of, especially for people coming from suburban areas, if they’re not used to seeing crime a lot or experiencing it firsthand then it could throw them off a lot more.”

Riley said BU students should take actions to lower their risk of being the victim of a crime.

“We want to make sure that the students here know that it’s in their interest to take precautions, be alert, and follow the information that comes to them if they do receive a BU alert,” Riley said. “Take all these things seriously.”

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BU experts talk mental health following OCD Awareness Week

BY ROSHNI KOTWANI DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Last week marked this year’s annual OCD Awareness Week, which spanned from Oct. 13 to 19 and aims to educate the public about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder through lectures, fundraisers and social media posts.

This year the International OCD Foundation mounted a social media campaign encouraging people to take pictures of themselves doing something that makes them anxious or uncomfortable and posting it on social media with the hashtag, “#FaceYourFear.” Their site now includes a wall of posts from people giving support to those with OCD. To commemorate OCD Awareness Week, The Daily Free Press spoke with various experts on OCD and mental health in order to share information about the disorder.

Gail Steketee, a professor and dean emerita at the Boston University School of Social Work, said it is necessary that students in particular understand OCD. OCD affects around 2 percent of the population, with many people experiencing its effects for the

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The #FaceYourFear social media campaign on the International OCD Foundation’s website, one of their efforts for this year’s OCD Awareness Week, which took place from Oct. 13 to 19.

first time while in college according to Beyond OCD. The basis of OCD, Steketee said, consists of obsessions that provoke discomfort and lead to physical and mental compulsions that relieve tension.

“Some obsessions can be concerned about contaminants leading to excessive cleaning and handwashing while others may be based on the imagined fear of making major mistakes causing patients to constantly check to make sure they didn’t do anything bad,” Steketee said. “It took people a while to figure out that

they’re all different versions of OCD.” Julianne Wilner Tirpak, a clinical psychology doctoral candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences, said during her time at BU’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders she learned patients attempt to neutralize their thoughts — leading to the inadvertent dominance of their compulsions.

“I think that OCD can be a very isolating experience,” Wilner Tirpak said, “because so much of it happens in your own head.”

Obsessions which involve

thoughts of causing harm to others can be a part of an anxiety disorder that is consequently treated as strange, Steketee said. She said that everyone has intrusive thoughts or impulses that they get alarmed, but that’s normal — odd thoughts are a part of every human experience.

“It’s common for people to be sensitive to OCD symptoms when obsessions are about causing harm, it’s a common OCD obsession but people don’t want to report to someone else because it’s scary to admit you want to pick up a knife,” Steketee said.

“It feels quite upsetting — would you really do that? The answer is actually no.”

The public, Wilner Tirpak said, tend to associate OCD with the need to constantly clean.

However, she said, the habit of cleaning as related to OCD has often been exaggerated.

“One of the biggest misunderstandings in the public about what OCD really is involves the confusion between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder a nd Obsessive Compu lsive Personality Disorder,” Wilner Tirpak said. “A lot of the times people who clean a lot will say ‘Oh I’m so OCD’ but more often

than not cleaning is just a personality tendency.”

Dania Haj-Darwish, a sophomore in CAS, serves as the co-chair of the Undergraduate Student Government Mental Health Committee and works on eliminating stigmas surrounding mental health on the college level.

There are a number of concerning misconceptions about mental illness, Haj-Darwish said, especially when it comes to the abilities of those aff licted.

“I think there is a stigma that is subconscious that causes people to associate mental health issues with weakness,” Haj-Dar wish said. “People with anxiety are deemed weak like they can’t handle the situation.”

Haj-Darwish said she and her co-chair are hoping to develop an online portal to help students have easier access to resources that can help normalize anxiety and depression on campus.

“People give you that look when you go to a therapist like it’s a taboo to talk about it,” Haj-Dar wish said. “Hopefully through access to resources it won’t be weird to go to a therapist anymore. It’ll make it easier for people to talk about all of it.”

ARTS

Get serenaded, see art at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

BY GEENA GRANT DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Enter a serene courtyard where the light shines from the transparent roof and see a vocalist approach random visitors with a simple question: “May I give you the gift of a song?” Agree, and be serenaded with a personal performance of one of five lieder, German art songs by Franz Schubert.

While museum exhibitions typically engage with one’s sense of sight, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s latest exhibition “In the Company of Artists: 25 Years of Artists-in-Residence” wants to engage with viewers in different ways.

The exhibition, which opened to the public on Oct. 17 and will leave Dec. 1, consists of a collection of works created throughout the past 25 years by the museum’s artists-in-residence, who are invited to live and work at the museum for varying intervals of time.

“Sonic Blossom,” one of the exhibition’s pieces, is a participatory performance where random visitors in the museum’s courtyard are asked by a solo vocalist whether they would like a song and are subsequently led to a chair where the singer performs for them.

Created by artist Lee Mingwei, who has frequented the museum since his residency there in 1999, “Sonic Blossom” is a participatory installation which has been featured in museums globally and

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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum courtyard. The museum opened a new exhibition highlighting the works of in-residence artists on Oct. 17.

throughout in Boston since its conception in 2013.

Pieranna Cavalchini, the Gardner Museum’s Tom and Lisa Blumenthal Curator of Contemporary Art curated the exhibition. Cavalchini, who has worked at the museum since 2002, said she has had a large role in inviting artists-in-residence to showcase their work at the museum.

Cavalchini said she wanted to carry on Isabella Stewart Gardner’s legacy of inviting artists into her home or letting them live

with her.

“It was interesting to make this exhibition because I really wanted to get across the idea of the legacy that existed in this place it was,” Cavalchini said. “[Gardner] really created the haven for artists.”

Caitlin Dalton, a professor of art history and architecture at Boston University, said the museum’s support of artist residencies has created a dynamic space in which artists can respond to the institution and the city of Boston.

“The prompt for artists to con-

sider their relationship with the museum’s collections, space and history has led artists like create works they would never have imagined outside of this context,” Dalton said.

The artist-in-residence program was started by Anne Hawley, a former museum director, in 1992, but follows a long tradition of engaging with artists started by Gardner herself.

The new exhibition, which will remain on display until January 2020, includes works in the

Hostetter Gallery by Sophie Calle, Bharti Kher, Luisa Lambri, Laura Owens, Rachel Perry, Dayanita Singh and Su-Mei Tse. Cavalchini said while nothing in the museum is physically adjusted by the “Sonic Blossom” exhibit, the work fundamentally alters the museum’s atmosphere.

“I feel the museum’s rhythm has changed somehow, slightly slowed down,” Cavalchini said. “People are more careful, less noisy, less rowdy, looking at things maybe for a little bit longer.”

Robin Meyers of Back Bay said she saw multiple performances of “Sonic Blossom” from the balcony of the Dutch Room on the museum’s second floor which overlooks the courtyard.

“The rest of the world and everything outside of this courtyard paradise seems to fall away when [the vocalist] starts to sing,” Meyers said.

Dalton said she thinks Mingwei often works to establish transformative encounters that create an exchange between strangers.

“I think it is exciting whenever an artist can disrupt or dismantle our expectations,” Dalton said.

“With ‘Sonic Blossom,’ even the museum-goers who are not actively part of the exchange would be forced to consider their own presence in the space. Whether in the museum or elsewhere in life, our behavior changes when we realize we aren’t expected to be passive consumers.”

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BUSINESS Local costume shops face difficulty keeping up with online retailers

BY MEGAN GREGOIRE DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

As Halloween draws closer, racks of traditional, eclectic and colorful costumes begin popping up all over Boston. With residents venturing out to look for their costume of choice, local businesses are starting to roll out alternatives to big-name stores.

Dorothy’s Boutique, a family-owned business on Massachusetts Avenue, has been selling Halloween costumes for more than 30 years. Jon Diamond, the store’s manager, inherited the boutique, which opened in 1947, from his mother Dorothy and converted it into a costume shop in 1985.

With industry giants taking over the market, Diamond said he hopes to offer customers a more personal experience when they are shopping.

“Especially if you have questions, or size issues, or need inspiration, a store definitely enhances that experience,” Diamond said.

While Dorothy’s offers a vast selection of costumes, Diamond said companies like Amazon are providing heavy competition.

“They’re a beast,” Diamond said.

“They don’t really have customer service like we do with the shop. But, if you know specifically what you want, you can get it the next day before noon.”

Due to these larger companies, the store is reporting lower numbers than in previous years, Diamond said.

“Our numbers are way off, I don’t have a great forecast for this year. It’s going to be okay, but it’s not going to be good,” Diamond said. “Just because people can just get their costumes on their phone and have it delivered in the next day or two.”

In spite of the fact that numbers have recently been low for Dorothy’s, Diamond predicts that a business rush is coming.

“People do like our store and they like to shop, to touch it, and get personal service, which is very important for a lot of people,” Diamond said. “It just depends on what your needs are.”

Nephtaliem McCrary, owner of Great Eastern Trading Company in Cambridge, said his store maintains a longstanding tradition of transforming from a vintage, second-hand store to a Halloween-themed shop for the entire month of October.

With the rush of people that usually enter the store this month, McCrary said Halloween has become the busiest — but also the most fun — time of the year.

“We get people from all walks of life and they have extravagant ideas and we make it come to life here at Great Eastern,” McCrary said.

The Great Eastern Trading team is aiming to inspire and boost creativity this year through their approach to costuming, McCrary said.

“We are a formidable team to help people create any costume or any idea that they can think of and make it a reality,” McCray said. “I am really proud of that and it is something that is very unique to Great Eastern Trading Company.”

McCrary said he has received some odd costume requests — once he was asked to create a “Sully” costume that

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The interior of Dorothy’s Boutique, which is decked out with costume garments for Halloween season.

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Costume wigs and headwear on display inside of Great Eastern Trading Company.

combined Flight 1549 pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and Sully from “Monsters Inc.” “This dude came in and got a blue furry suit that I think was intended to be a Sesame Street costume, and he put on a pilot’s jacket and a pilot’s cap and he was Sully squared,” McCrary said.

Eric Propp, buyer and rental supervisor at Boston Costume in Cambridge, said there is a lot of build up to the Halloween season. Working at the store provides a sense of independence, Propp said and allows him to be creatively expressive.

“For me, it’s the flexibility I have where I have the autonomy to decide what costumes I want to get and

there is a lot of leeway,” Propp said.

The start of the Halloween season creates a build-up at the store Propp said, requiring the establishment to stock up on products, follow current Halloween trends and compare sales reports from previous years.

Being in what Propp described as the “Amazon era,” has affected sales throughout the years.

“It’s hard to compete when someone can just lay in bed with their phone and shop,” Propp said. “I think especially for costumes, it is something we’ve had to deal with, knowing that ‘OK, Halloween isn’t what it used to be’ for us, where it used to be a bigger chunk of the entire year. Now we know that it is a little less.”

Fez Guitart, a floor supervisor at The Garment District in Cambridge, said consumer tastes have been shifting towards a focus on sustainability and second-hand options.

“I have noticed people who would typically buy newer clothing and might be of a different economic bracket,” Guitart said, “are starting to shift a little bit more towards purchasing second-hand clothing, which is pretty industry.”

When it comes to costumes, Guitart said The Garment District brings in new merchandising so shoppers will have plenty of options to build a costume from their curated new and vintage selection.

“In October, we turn the store

quite a bit and we get in a lot more new costume pieces for folks,” Guitart said. “We also expand our do it yourself costume section, which is a lot of fun.”

Greta Gurvits, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said she appreciates the nostalgia surrounding Halloween and still enjoys dressing up.

“I love getting dressed up for Halloween because it gives me a chance to express myself creatively and relish in childlike fantasy again,” Gurvits said. “Pulling together pieces for a DIY costume, or scavenging through thrift stores and local shops is just so much fun, especially with friends.”

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SCIENCE

24th annual Boston Veg Fest celebrates vegan, plant-based lifestyle

BY AKSHATA SHUKLA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

This weekend, Boston residents headed to the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center in Roxbury to indulge in foods such as burgers, chicken wings and ice cream — only, there was no meat or dairy to be found.

The 24th Annual Boston Veg Food Fest, hosted by the Boston Vegetarian Society, took place Saturday and Sunday, providing vegetarians, vegans and omnivores alike a place to taste plant-based food and explore exhibits and lectures on veganism.

Evelyn Kimber, head of the event’s organizing committee, said Veg Fest aims to raise awareness of the harmful effects of meat consumption and animal agriculture have on both the climate and one’s individual health.

“It’s a little hub of activity that brings people together,” Kimber said. “We’re trying to educate about the benefits of moving towards a plant-based diet for your health, for the environment, climate and for animals.”

One of the vendors at the festival was Waku, a Boston-based company specializing in herbal tea blends that are meant to improve digestive health. Samples of the various plant mixtures were provided by company founder Juan Giraldo.

Giraldo said he wants to share the benefits veganism can have on gut health, after having experienced poor gut health in the past.

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An attendee at the Boston Veg Food Fest stops by FoMu’s booth, a Massachusetts-based vegan ice cream company. The annual event was hosted this past weekend at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center in Roxbury.

“The tonics are made from 20 different herbs and flowers that are sourced from independent farmers in the Andes Mountains,” Giraldo said.

Veg Fest, Giraldo said, is a great opportunity for community members to find new companies.

The festival also hosted a number of speakers who presented different perspectives on the impacts of animal product consumption and shared their motivations for choosing a vegetarian or vegan diet.

Harvard University graduate stu-

dents David Ding, Enrico Calvanese and Carlo Amadei shared their experiences from climbing Mount Denali in Alaska in June — the first to do so following a fully vegan lifestyle — and presented a short video documenting the entire journey.

The team said they reached the summit on a vegan diet by eating mainly vegan energy bars, protein powders and freeze-dried meals, Amadei said in an interview prior to the event.

“If you can have some sort of vegan diet in an extreme environment like Denali,” Amadei said,

“it is easy to have it in a city-like environment.”

Ding said their group liked presenting at Veg Fest because they had the opportunity to reach vegetarian and non-vegetarian people alike.

“That helps to build a community, spread a message and involve people that wouldn’t normally see this kind of thing,” Ding said.

Aysha Akhtar, a neuroscientist who spoke at the festival, promoted the publication of her new book, “Our Symphony With Animals. On Health, Empathy and Our Shared

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Destinies,” which documents studies, experiences and stories on the correlation between empathy and the treatment of animals.

Akhtar said she hopes readers will be able to view animals as having emotions that are similar to those of humans. If people learn to empathize with animals, she said, they will be more likely to go vegan. “[I want] to show just how deep these relationships with animals can be and how much their lives are intertwined with ours,” Akhtar said. “How we treat them, how we think about them does play a role in our lives.”

Clarisse Flon, head chef of Café Forty One, an all-vegan restaurant in London that specializes in French patisserie, gave a live demonstration on how to bake a plant-based passionfruit tarte.

Flon said being a vegan chef in a field that is dominated by the traditional use of animal products has been a rewarding challenge. Many aspects of the culinary industry are still adjusting to the sudden popularization of veganism, Flon said.

Leah Cussen, a student at Northeastern University, said she attended Veg Fest for the first time this year. As a vegetarian, she said she thoroughly enjoyed the ability to learn more about the diet and lifestyle.

“I think it’s really cool that they have something like this,” Cussen said. “I think it’s good for people to learn that veganism is an option.”

BU health professionals warn of dangers of excessive Halloween candy

BY SARAH READDEAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Halloween, for many Americans, marks the beginning of a holiday season filled with food and desserts.

And although they might not be trick-or-treating anymore, college students will likely still indulge in their fair share sweet treats.

While it might be tempting to spend Oct. 31 gorging on chocolate bars, peanut butter cups and candy corn, health professionals at Boston University warn that students now, as always, should remain conscious of what they are putting into their bodies.

Rachel Reynolds, assistant director and senior nutritionist at the Sargent Choice Nutrition Center at BU, wrote in an email that the food environment around people in college impacts how they eat.

“This already challenging food environment becomes even more difficult to navigate during the holiday season as our environment becomes increasingly filled with pleasure foods, making it even harder to be thoughtful,” Reynolds wrote.

For some people, it is reasonable to enjoy only one piece of candy each day, Reynolds wrote, but when candy is everywhere some find it more challenging to have only one

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Grocery aisles have been stocked with candy for the Halloween season, but health professionals encourage people to enjoy sweets in moderation.

or two pieces.

“Foods that contain these less healthful components are not ‘bad,’” Reynolds wrote, “as a healthy eating pattern has room to include foods that we enjoy, regardless of their nutrition profile.”

Vasiliki Maseli, a clinical professor at BU’s Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, said that cases of dental cavities spike during this time of year, but that everyday habits are the most important thing in preventing cavities.

“The biggest part of this kind of holiday is candy, absolutely,” Maseli said. “It can play a significant role.”

Bacteria in the oral cavity metabolizes the sugar that we eat, Maseli said. This creates an acidic environment inside the mouth, which makes the tooth structure more susceptible to break down.

It is not the amount of sugar we consume, but the frequency at which we eat it, Maseli said. It is better, she said, to eat an entire chocolate bar at once rather than throughout the day, because each time sugar is introduced to the bacteria, the acidic environment is recreated. Maseli said it takes 30 to 60 minutes for the oral environment to neutralize again.

Some preventative measures to lower the risk of cavities include eating a meal before sugar to neutralize the acidity, drinking water to rinse away the sugar or sticky debris left between the teeth, chewing sugar-free gum to increase saliva flow and brushing the teeth, Maseli said.

“Whatever is healthy for the body is healthy for the teeth,” Maseli said.

The National Retail Federation reports that Americans will spend $8.8 billion on Halloween this year, with candy being the second ranking category at $2.6 billion (costumes came in first).

Hannah Schill, sales associate at the Teuscher Chocolatier on Newbury Street, said chocolate is a seasonal business.

Schill said Teuscher is known for its truffle boxes, of which they have a line of Halloween themed witch, ghost and vampire boxes. The Swiss truffles have a lower calorie count — 80 calories — than other candies, Schill said, which often surprises people.

Schill said she does not feel guilty for encouraging customers to eat chocolate.

“I don’t believe that the solution to health problems is cutting out sugar,” Schill said. “And I really don’t think that indulging in crav-

ings is a sensibly bad thing.”

Schill said she believes the pattern of restriction and overindulgence worsens the problem.

“I feel happy to encourage people to eat chocolate,” Schill said.

Reynolds wrote that people don’t have to live without their favorite foods, but reminds them to stay mindful of the foods that cause them to feel satiated and energized.

“My advice to any person during the holiday season,” Reynolds wrote, “is not to worry about which foods are ‘best’ or ‘worst’ or ‘allowed’ or ‘not allowed’ as all foods can fit into a healthy eating pattern.”

The best way for college students to approach Halloween in a health-conscious way, Maseli said, is to eat it only once per day as opposed to throughout the day to maintain a neutral oral environment.

Maseli said she would not recommend gummy or chewy candies that can stick to the teeth or sour candy which is more acidic. She would recommend dark chocolate, which she said has some antioxidant properties.

Everyone needs candy, Maseli said, so just enjoy it.

“But, you know, everything in balance,” Maseli said. “Everything in moderation.”

8 OPINION

EDITORIAL

The Harvard Crimson was right to reach out to ICE After covering a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Harvard University on Sept. 12, The Harvard Crimson contacted ICE for comment on the story they were writing, to which the government agency did not respond..

A month later, the protest’s organizers, student-led advocacy group Act on a Dream, chastised The Crimson for reaching out to ICE and have refused to cooperate with the news organization in the future.

But The Crimson was correct to seek comment from ICE. In fact, it would have been irresponsible for them not to.

It is The Crimson’s right and duty as a newspaper to contact both sides of a story. In this case, ICE was directly implicated and extremely relevant to the coverage of the event. If The Crimson had, on the other hand, sought comment from ICE for a story only loosely related to the group, The Crimson would have been wrong to seek comment.

But by expecting The Crimson to not reach out to ICE regarding a protest whose main subject was ICE themselves, these groups are asking The Crimson to take a political stance and violate a basic principle of journalism.

Some groups have even said they would not be giving statements to The Crimson because of this incident.

Boycotting this newspaper is an incredible disservice to the student body; it is the holistic journalism that the newspaper provided here that informs Harvard students and Cambridge residents.

ICE is not a fringe radical group The Crimson has propped up or given a bigger platform to. They are a large government agency that, whether they should or not, have legitimate authority and the right to comment on a protest directly targeted against them.

No one is off-limits when news directly involves them. Entire films and television series have been built upon journalists’ interviews with murderers and serial killers. How is a statement from ICE worse than giving these criminals platforms?

The Boston Globe published a story on this disagreement and, unsurprisingly, sought the statement of not only Act on a Dream, but The Crimson themselves. The two organizations were the main characters of the story and were rightfully asked to explain their stance and contribute to The Globe’s thorough reporting.

Act on a Dream included in a petition against The Crimson, “in this political climate, a request for comment is virtually the same as tipping them off, regardless of how they are contacted.” But there was no “tip” involved — The Crimson contacted ICE well after the event was finished. Besides, what is the purpose of a protest when the subject of controversy is fully oblivious to it?

The Crimson even noted that they have a specific policy in place in order to not give the subject of a protest any notice of it in advance, instead reaching out for comment after the event occurs.

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and it should inspire other publications to adopt similar guidelines.

It is the job of The Crimson to objectively report on news that occurs on the Harvard campus and in Cambridge while providing fair coverage of the events.

The public can then form their opinions based on the hard truth as reported by the media. There is no group so frowned upon that a newspaper should go so far as to exclude from their reporting. The job of the media is ultimately to report what happens in the world, not to decide which news should be written and which voices should be heard.

A quote or notice of contact in an article does not directly translate into promotion. It informs the public and

gives them the tools to have their own thoughts on divisive issues. Asking The Crimson to stray from the foundations of journalism in favor of political leaning is dangerous and limits the press from providing comprehensive and objective news.

Instead of focusing on seemingly punishing The Crimson for good journalism, these groups should aim their attention and effort at the issues they believe justify the censorship they’re asking for.

Restricting the freedom of the press and refusing to cooperate with the Crimson only perpetuates the misinformation that has led to the ignorance these groups claim to fight. Informed residents are essential to making substantial and sustainable progress.

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Warren’s lobbying tax Implicit biases shape plan prevents free speech behavior in subtle ways

BY CAROLINE FLOAM COLUMNIST

After the last presidential debate on Oct. 15, many democratic voters are pointing to Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren as the new frontrunner.

She scored the most speaking time and swiftly responded to attacks from those with whom she shared the stage.

Warren discussed her plans to finance Medicare for All and her opinions on a wealth tax; she commented on the current impeachment inquiry and Social Security benefit issues.

While she freely discussed all of this policy on national television, she unveiled a plan one day later that aims to limit free speech in the American political arena.

Specifically, Warren hopes to levy a tax against “excessive lobbying” if elected.

Under this law, organizations are taxed 35 percent on lobbying expenditures if they spend over $500,000 on lobbying efforts.

If organizations spend more than $1 million, the rate increases to 60 percent.

If spending exceeds $5 million, the rate tops at 75 percent.

Expenditures are to be calculated on a quarterly basis, creating four annual opportunities for U.S. organizations to be taxed from $175,000 to more than $3,750,000.

Lobbying is the formal term for the practice of petitioning the government, an extension of free speech protected under the First Amendment.

Like individuals, organizations have needs from their government and have a desire to influence legislation to their benefit.

Instead of holding up posters and walking down the street like a citizen might, they hire highly-qualified lobbyists.

Because most lobbyists are experts in a given policy field, they don’t come cheap.

The average lobbying firm charges anywhere from $15,000 to $50,000 for full advocacy services each month.

Clearly, outsourcing political influence

is costly, but this is the manner through which organizations voice their concerns and petition their government.

And it is perfectly legal. The First Amendment provides the basis for all free speech.

Warren is proposing the tax in an effort to “strengthen congressional independence from lobbyists” and has understandably received considerable blowback.

One of these voices is U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President Neil Bradley.

Bradley was quick to condemn her plan and said on the same day she revealed it.

“Senator Warren wants to tax people because she doesn’t like them exercising their constitutional right to petition the government,” Bradley said. “I am sure lots of people would like to tax politicians who give too many speeches, but that isn’t constitutional either.”

The American public also took notice of the plan’s irony. In her 2012 and 2018 Senate campaigns, Warren took $95,000 from Federal Election Commissionregistered lobbyists.

Citizens are questioning why she is now penalizing an industry that she has benefited from in the past.

Not only has she benefited from lobbyist funding in past races, but members of her party are currently utilizing money from these sources.

To name a few, Montana Governor Steve Bullock, also in the race for the Oval Office, has accepted more than $4,000 from foreign lobbyists since his campaign took off and, Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington, received and used $1,000 from a lobbyist for Kosovo’s ministry of foreign affairs.

If Warren’s proposal is made a reality, she will be hurting the campaign spending ability of members of her own party, possibly forfeiting seats at various levels of government.

More importantly, the senator is limiting the constitutionally-granted right of free speech and petition. Her law, if passed, has scant chances of holding up in court— see Citizens United v. FEC. If a court somehow deems the plan constitutionally coherent, she will be seriously injuring the industry that serves as yet another vessel of free speech for organizations, causes and individuals that do not have access to higher-level elected officials.

A democracy is, in the words of President Abraham Lincoln, “of the people, by the people, for the people.”

Citizens have the right to use their voices — through intermediaries in this case — to create a government responsive to the public’s will.

Perhaps Warren’s ta x proposal would receive more success outside of a democracy.

INTERROBANG

BY HANNAH BOHN COLUMNIST

In a society so deeply saturated with rapid communication and immediate access to the media, we often absorb information that we may not realize affects us.

What we see online, what we view on television and what we hear in conversations with friends subconsciously shapes our assumptions.

We draw on what we have been directly and indirectly exposed to in order to build expectations for how the world around us works; this is in fact how we function.

In order to make speedy decisions in everyday life, we rely on what is called our implicit bias.

Implicit biases are like shortcuts in our heads that come out of ordinary mental functioning — they affect our behavior in indirect yet important ways.

In a nutshell, an implicit bias reaches into a collection of an individual’s past experiences and uses them to interpret situations, pass judgments and create associations.

Everything from what we have overheard standing in line for a coffee down to the microinteractions of our everyday lives has informed our implicit biases.

This tool is actually quite resourceful, enabling us to form connections across various contexts.

Implicit bias is different from our conscious decisions or opinions and it is challenging to be completely aware of the ways our implicit bias affects how we behave.

To an extent, our implicit bias acts as a sort of fog we have been breathing in our entire lives; it can easily be clouded and misguided. But how does this impact society on a deeper level?

We get our information from the media and the environment around us.

We are also susceptible to influence through the transmission of nonverbal messages between generations like mannerisms and traditions we gain from our families.

These factors can easily play a role in perpetuating unsound beliefs about people, particularly impacting the way we attach labels to different categories of people without even realizing we’re doing it.

The dilemma lies in how our implicit biases may be built on social frameworks of passive racism and prejudice in ways that often slip through the cracks of everyday life.

The material we take in each day does in fact affect our behavior and much of it is loaded with suggestive racism and built on a foundation of inequality.

Take the multi-billion dollar franchise of the glorious Harry Potter series for example, which different people from all over the world have come to love and admire.

The films run for a total of 1,207 minutes and only six minutes have people of color speaking, even though there are twelve somewhat notable characters played by actors of color in the Harry Potter films.

This type of white supremacy is woven into an overwhelming amount of the media we are subjected to throughout our lives.

Being that the U.S. is becoming a majority-minority country, the lack of colored representation and the stigmas still attached to different races in our society is deeply concerning.

The implicit biases we adopt through what we face exposure to differs from biases racism.

Implicit bias is not to suggest that everyone is racist, but rather that our behaviors may be impacted by aspects of society that feed this suggestive racism.

We can still consider ourselves openminded and be passionate about equality while continuing to unknowingly perpetuate a bias toward different races and minorities.

This phenomenon is seen across multiple platforms.

According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, nonwhite people are less likely to be prescribed strong pain medication than white people for equivocal medical circumstances.

Unconscious stereotypes about people of color can play a dangerously harmful role in our world.

The question comes down to how accountable should we be for our implicit bias?

If it is manipulated by our surrounding environment and operating in our subconscious, can we really prevent being impacted in some way?

The only potential remedy seems to be our use of self-awareness and reflection on the things that shape our choices — and then, we may still fall subject to our assumptions.

Selena Gomez released a new single Monday, suspected to be about exboyfriend Justin Bieber. We here at the ol’ Free Press want to know — what scorned lover would BU groups write a song about?

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Kenmore: Barnes & Noble

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Wheelock: Fenway Campus

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7th Inning Stretch: The permanent stain on the Houston Astros just grew bigger

BY JACOB GURVIS COLUMNIST

With the 115th World Series beginning this week, the baseball world should be focused on the exciting matchup bet ween t h e Ho u s t o n A s t r o s a n d t h e Washington Nationals. The Fall Cl a ssic is a rel iable sou rce of intriguing storylines, surprise stars and historic, emotional moments.

Instead, we are embroiled in yet another controversy surrounding domestic violence in sports. This isn’t quite how we should be spending National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

According to a Sports Illustrated piece by Stephanie Apstein, during the Astros’ clubhouse celebration after advancing to the World Series on Saturday, Astros assistant general manager Brandon Taubman “turned to a group of three female reporters, including one wearing a purple domestic-violence awareness bracelet, and yelled, half a dozen times, ‘Thank God we got Osuna!

I’m so f-----d, glad we got Osuna!’”

The crucial context here is that “Osuna” is closer Roberto Osuna, whom the Astros acquired last season in the midst of his 75-game suspension for violating the league’s domestic violence policy.

Fol low ing Apstein’s report, the Astros declined to comment.

Taubma n did not spea k to a ny media. Then came the despicable part: the team released a statement

denying that the incident took surfaces. It may be easier to deny place, defending both Taubman the claim than to face it. But it’s and Osuna. also reprehensible and spineless.

The statement read: “The story The fact is, trading for Osuna posted by Sports Illustrated is in the first place showed Houston’s misleading and completely irre- true colors. There is no question sponsible. An Astros player was that Osuna is an elite closer; he being asked questions about a has 50 saves since his trade last difficult outing. Our executive July. But by acquiring him, the was supporting the player during Astros made it crystal clear that a difficult time. His comments w ins a re more importa nt tha n had ever ything to do about the ethics. So it should come as no game situation that just occurred surprise that the team chose to and nothing else — they were also back its assistant GM rather than not directed toward any specific stand up for civility. Not only did reporters. We are extremely dis- Taubman verbally accost reporters, appointed in Sports Illustrated’s but he did so with the clear intent attempt to fabricate a story where of bragging and intimidating female one does not exist.” journalists about a player who has There is so much wrong with a documented history of violence this statement, both factually and against women. morally.

O n Tu e s d a y a f t e r n o o n , First, multiple reporters have Taubman finally spoke. In his statecorroborated the incident, includ- ment he said, “This past Saturday, i ng Ha n na h Keyser of Ya hoo! during our clubhouse celebration, Sports and Hunter Atkins from I used inappropriate language for the Houston Chronicle. To bla- which I am deeply sorry and embartantly deny the occurrence of the rassed. In retrospect, I realize that episode is craven. my comments were unprofessional Nex t, “t he g a me sit u ation” and inappropriate. My overexuberincluded Osuna surrendering a ance in support of a player has been game-tying two-run homer that misrepresented as a demonstration could have cost the Astros the game. of a regressive attitude about an That would seem a questionable important social issue.” time to brag about your closer, no? “ T hose that k now me k now Finally, Houston is the latest that I am a progressive member example of a tone deaf organization of the community, and a loving and or individual in a position of power committed husband and father,” hiding behind the claim of “fake Taubman said in the statement. news” when an unflattering report “I hope that those who do know

me understand that the Sports Illustrated article does not reflect who I am or my values. I am sorry if anyone was offended by my actions.”

No, Taubman, I’m sorry. I’m sorry to report that it’s too late for your half-hearted apology. Osuna almost lost you the game, so forgive us if we cannot help but conf late your “overexuberance in support” of him with “a regressive attitude about an important social issue.”

It’s not your job to scream at female reporters about a domestic abuser.

It’s your job to not hire one in the first place.

A n importa nt executive for

the American League Champions publicly acted inappropriately and crassly about an incredibly difficult topic and the league needs to make it clear that such behavior is unacceptable. As ESPN’s Jeff Passan writes, “This is who Major League Baseball is implicitly endorsing every minute it does not discipline him.”

But every time Osuna enters the game, a spotlight will be shone on the permanent stain that Houston brought upon itself by cowardly and repeatedly condoning the disgusting behavior of some of its players and employees.

First and Goal: The Patriots are currently leading a defensive revolution

BY CHRIS LARABEE COLUMNIST

The 2018 season brought an offensive explosion to the National Football League it had never seen before. Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints averaged a whopping 31.5 points per game, but the kicker is that they were only the third highest scoring team in the league.

The Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs put up video game numbers, scoring 32.9 and 35.3 points per game respectively and when these teams met in the regular season, they combined for 105 points and played the only game in NFL history where both teams scored more than 50 points.

This performance and the season as a whole left fans wondering if this was the new norm.

Then Super Bowl LIII happened.

The New England Patriots clamped down the 12th highest-scoring offense in NFL history, holding the Rams to only three points with an outof-this-world performance that no one could have predicted after a shaky reg-

ular season from Bill Belichick’s defensive unit. In an ironic twist, people that were complaining about a lack of defense all season were now complaining about a low-scoring Super Bowl.

Now, the tables have turned, after years of the league trending toward high-octane offenses that score at will, it’s defenses like the San Francisco 49ers and Buffalo Bills that are the stars of the 2019 season thus far with the Patriots leading this sudden defensive revolution.

The New England defense materialized out of nothing at the end of last season and has Tom Brady and Belichick poised for one more Super Bowl, much to the chagrin of the league and fans alike.

Critics will say the Patriots have not played any good opponents yet, and that is most certainly true, but in the end it doesn’t mean anything. The Patriots are expected to beat these bad opponents handily and they are doing more than just that — the Patriots are steamrolling these teams in historic fashion.

Since last season’s playoffs, Belichick has put on a masterclass of

defensive coaching unlike anything we’ve seen. The Patriots faced the best offenses in the league in the playoffs in the LA Chargers (seventh), the Chiefs (first) and the Rams (second) and shut them down like it was nothing.

This effort has carried over into this season with the Patriots sitting at 7-0 and holding opponents to a jaw-dropping 6.9 points per game, almost half of the 12.4 points per game that the legendary 1985 Bears’ defense allowed in their Super Bowl season.

When the Patriots defense is on the field this season, they have outscored opposing offenses 20-18, in what might be the most eye-popping stat of them all. This is due to the mass amounts of turnovers that the Patriots force. They lead the league in interceptions with 18 interceptions, double of

Americans, before the forward pass was fully legalized.

The Patriots are dismantling opposing quarterbacks. In four of their seven games thus far, opposing quarterbacks have been held to under 150 yards passing. A team cannot and will not defeat the Patriots running the ball and kicking field goals; a passing attack is needed to win in this league and the Patriots are creating a no-fly zone.

This defense is chock-full of great players but there are a select few that deserve to be highlighted The rebirth of Jamie Collins is like something out of a movie. He was shockingly traded by the Patriots in the 2016 season for not following his defensive assignments. Collins spent a few years on the Browns, including the 0-16 season, which must have been an eye-opening moment because he has pulled a movie-like redemption arc with a magical return to New England.

Collins is second on the team in total tackles and leads the team in both sacks and tackles for a loss while also registering a career-high three interceptions not even halfway into the season.

Collins is one of the aptly named “Boogeymen,” the nickname of the linebacker core featuring the underrated Kyle Van Noy and hulking Dont’a Hightower. the team in second.

As if the Boogeymen weren’t terThe defense does such a good job rifying enough for opposing QBs, the of keeping opponents off the board Patriots have the best lockdown corner, and setting the offense up with good Stephon Gilmore, prowling the defenfield position that we have to go back sive backfield too. to 1920 to find a higher scoring marFitting in with the spooky theme gin than the Patriots this season. The of October and the Boogeymen, Patriots are outscoring opponents Gilmore has haunted QBs around the 223-48 (with an offense that has yet league with three interceptions and to find its footing to boot); the more nine passes defended on the season. than 175 margin is the highest through Three picks might might seem low seven games since the 1920 Buffalo All- because safety Devin McCourty has

Belichick’s team is doing things not seen in almost a century and in an era where offensive players have more advantages than ever.

five, but QBs are too scared to target Gilmore. In his past two games, QBs have targeted Gilmore 11 times and he has as many interceptions as he does receptions allowed: two.

Belichick’s team is doing things not seen in almost a century and in an era where offensive players have more advantages than ever.

In a league that prides itself on the phrase “any given Sunday,” the Patriots continue to dominate teams in the way that we expect them to. Their opponents are still NFL teams with worldclass football players, but the Patriots make them look like college teams.

This past week, the Patriots didn’t just blowout the New York Jets, they flat out embarrassed them 33-0 on national television. The defensive play was so effective that Jets QB Sam Darnold said he was “seeing ghosts” while mic’d up by ESPN. This soundbite adds another edge to the Boogeymen and their power to completely infect a QB’s mind and is just another notch in Belichick’s masterful defensive coaching belt.

The New York Jets are a bad team and everyone knows this, but on any given Sunday, any team can win, and the Jets beat a good Dallas Cowboys team last week, showing that the Patriots’ record is far more than just a weak schedule.

Football fans have pointed at the Patriots’ weak division for 20 years now, but at this point it should be known that it’s far more than that.

This is a team that has subverted the NFL’s efforts to increase parity and thrashes the league’s best each year.

So sit back, enjoy the ride, and try to appreciate history during this second half of the season as the Patriots try to cement one of the best defensive efforts ever.

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Men’s soccer hoping to secure win against Navy on Saturday

BY ZOE PANTAZELOS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston University men’s soccer team hopes to clinch its third conference victory against the United States Naval Academy this Saturday at Nickerson Field.

T he Ter r ier s (3 -10 -1, 2-4- 0 Patriot League) have struggled to maintain consistency in their performances this season, with their longest winning streak this season (three games) ending at Bucknell University this past Sunday in a shutout 3-0 loss.

BU head coach Neil Roberts believes the team’s success lies in getting greater consistency overall from the players, something that will come with experience.

“It’s a young group,” Roberts said. “We started eight freshmen and sophomores against Bucknell so they’re learning, they’re figuring things out, and they’re being tested under fire, so to speak.”

BU leading scorer Matt McDonnell missed the game at Bucknell, his first absence of the season, after making an unexpected ea rly ex it i n BU ’s w i n a ga i nst Harvard University on Oct. 15.

According to Roberts, McDonnell suffered a leg injury and it is still unknown whether or not he will be ready to play Saturday.

Saturday’s game against Navy (11-1-1, 4-1-1 Patriot League) will be a tough matchup for the Terriers.

The Midshipmen are currently ranked second in the Patriot League just behind Lehigh University and will be looking to rise to the top spot. Navy is ranked nationally at No. 22 in the latest College Soccer News Poll.

However, the past two games have been d iff icu lt for the Midshipmen as they have fallen in the national rankings after a draw versus Army West Point and a loss to Lehigh that ended Navy’s 16-game unbeaten strea k since last season. “ T hey ’re a ver y good tea m,” Roberts said. “They’re very, very good, so it’ll be a difficult [game], but we need to be able to beat a good team and that’s what we want to do. We have to prepare well over the next three days and be ready for them.”

Navy’s defense has been a key weapon to opposing offenses, only allowing five goals so far this season.

Nav y goalkeeper Ian Bramblett has been a force in the goal with a save percentage of just over 84 on the season. Senior defender Diego Manrique was named last week’s Patriot League defensive player of the week.

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The Boston University men’s soccer team during a game against Colgate University on Oct. 5. The Terriers need a win on Saturday to make it to the postseason.

Despite the formidable Navy defense, Roberts is confident that the Terriers can break through and find the back of the net when the time comes.

“There will be chances in the game,” Roberts said. “We’re going to try to attack them, so there will be chances and we just have to be able to take care of our chances and defend well for ourselves.”

Roberts added that BU’s success

will depend on its ability to create “quality chances which we really didn’t do at Bucknell.”

Navy’s success is a turnaround from last season’s struggles. The Midshipmen finished last season with a 5-11-1 record but closed out the season on a four-game winning strea k. Nav y sophomore Jacob Williams currently leads the team in points (17) and goals (seven).

With three games remaining,

time is running out for BU to secure its spot in the Patriot League conference tournament. Only the top six teams in the conference play in the tournament; BU is currently ranked seventh.

The Terriers will have to win at least two of the next three games to advance to the tournament. Roberts said all they are worried about right now is getting the first win and going from there.

Offense will be key in weekend games Comeback floors Terriers WOMENS SOCCER, FROM 12

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Rookie Trevor Zegras, a freshman who has impressed as an offense player for the Terriers so far this season, in a game against Northern Michigan University on Nov. 18.

Graduate transfer goalie Sam

MENS HOCKEY, FROM 12 Tucker has allowed seven goals on Mastrosimone, Domenick Fensore and Case McCarthy join Zegras in a group of freshmen that have certainly impressed offensively in the early proceedings of the young season.

“A lot of [freshmen] are contributing at a high level,” O’Connell said after the series finale.

While it is no secret that the Terriers present quite the offensive capabilities, challenges in the defensive end remain the biggest question marks for the team heading into the weekend.

33 shots through two starts and NMU hung four on 33 shots against sophomore Vinnie Purpura during Saturday’s matchup. However, defensive lapses and breakdowns in coverage on the penalty kill certainly haven’t helped either goaltender’s case.

O’Connell will challenge his team to tighten up defensively and take some of the burden off of the offense in order to start out on the right foot in Hockey East.

“We’ve scored seven, we’ve

scored four, and we’ve scored three,” O’Connell said. “If you told me that at the beginning of the year, I would have thought [we’d be] better than 1-1-1.”

BU will kick off the weekend against the Riverhawks at Lowell’s Tsongas Center at 7 p.m. on Friday night and Saturday’s matchup with UNH at Agganis Arena is scheduled for 7 p.m. as well. The Boston Hockey Blog will be providing in-depth coverage of each game, which can be found on Twitter @BOSHockeyBlog and online at hockey.dailyfreepress.com.

going into halftime.

The Terrier offense came out blazing in the second half, picking up back-to-back corner kicks and senior midfielder Chloee Sagmoe and Keefe attempting shots on goal.

In the 51st minute, Holy Cross stopped the defensive bleeding and tied the game up.

Crusader midfielder Paige Epp quickly dashed past the BU defense and striked the counter-attack into the net to tie the game at one apiece.

From then on, Holy Cross maintained f irm ball possession. Much of this possession was led by Crusader midfielder Sydney Fisher, who attempted two significant strikes between the 67th and 75th minutes that were barely saved by Fay. Fay had to work a lot more in the second half. After giving up the goal to Epp in the 50th minute, she made six saves within twenty-five minutes.

Event ua l ly, the Cr usader offense would solve Fay for a second time. In the 78th minute, Holy Cross midf ielder Kelly Crowley beat Fay on the short side of the BU net and picked up the go-ahead goal to put the Crusaders up 2-1.

With this one-goal lead, Holy Cross was able to hog up ball possession, not allowing BU to have many chances to have ball control as the clock ran down.

At the 89:59 mark, Keefe would attempt a last-minute close-range strike on the goal.

However, Lettieri dove on top of the ball and got the save, securing the win for Holy Cross.

Despite starting the second half strong, Feldman said her team did not raise their energy and pressure when Holy Cross began to gain traction after the Epp goal.

“We dropped off, I’m not sure [where],” Feldman said. “And then you know, they’re [shooting] more balls, they’re possessing it more than we are and you lose your grip on the match.”

After this loss, BU now stands in seventh place in the Patriot League with seven conference points. Holy Cross is currently in sixth place with ten conference points and is within the top-six teams in the conference that will qualif y for the Patriot League playoffs.

With the likelihood of making the Patriot League playoffs getting dimmer, Feldman is going to remain focused on winning. The team is ready to play the next gamer to win the next game and keep believing in making the playoffs until no hope is left.

“I don’t look too much at the standings, I just know we need points,” Feldman said. “We need to get points until someone tells me we have no hope. And even at that point, we have games to play and we need to finish out the season.”

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“If you told me that at the beginning of the year, I would have thought [we’d be] better than 1-1-1.”

- Coach O’Connell on the team’s performance not matching results

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“Our penalty kill is something that we need to work on,”

- Captain Patrick Curry

Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019

Terriers set to open Hockey East schedule this weekend weekend, losing to Bentley 3-2 in overtime. UNH junior netminder DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF Mike Robinson has posted a lacklusAfter coming away from the ter 2.90 goals against average and an weekend series with Northern .874 save percentage over the team’s Michigan University winless, first three games. the Boston University men’s ice On the other end of the ice, hockey team (1-1-1) are looking for a UNH junior forward Charlie bounce back weekend as they open Kelleher’s two goals and five assists their Hockey East schedule at the lead the Wildcats in scoring while University of Massachusetts Lowell his fellow junior forward Jackson (3-2-1) on Friday night before return- Pierson is right behind with two ing home to Agganis Arena to face goals and four assists. Max Gildon University of New Hampshire (1-1-1) (five points), Patrick Grasso (four on Saturday night. points), and Kohei Sato (three The River Hawks head into points) are also setting a pace at or Friday’s contest without a win above a point per game for UNH in their last three games having head coach Mike Souza’s squad. lost to Colgate University last For the Terriers, the 4-4 tie and Friday before tying the Raiders 4-3 loss in this past weekend’s series on Saturday. UMass Lowell had with Northern Michigan left somestarted the season on a three-game thing to be desired for players and win streak, beating the University of fans alike, especially on the defenAlabama in Huntsville twice before sive side of the puck and in shortupsetting eighth-ranked University handed situations. of Minnesota-Duluth.

“Our penalty kill is something Senior for ward Kenny that we need to work on,” said senior Hausinger (4G, 5A) and freshman captain Patrick Curry, who is a staforward Matt Brown (2G, 5A) have ple in all areas of BU’s special teams. led the way offensively for Lowell Curry has four goals and an through the team’s first six games assist through the Terriers’ first with seven points apiece. three games of the season, setting In net, UMass Lowell senior the example in offensive production.

Tyler Wall has been steady for head BU head coach Albie coach Norm Bazin’s group with O’Connell’s team showcases five a 3-1-1 record, although he is win- more skaters with at least a point less in his last two starts. The 2016 per game so far this season, includsixth-rounder (174th overall) of the ing David Farrance, Patrick Harper, New York Rangers boasts the sec- Robert Mastrosimone, Jake Wise ond-best goals against average in the and Trevor Zegras. Harper was cernation with a 1.18 mark to go along tainly a bright spot for BU during with a .953 save percentage, which is the two-game set versus NMU as good enough for a share of fourth in he had two goals and three assists Division I. on the weekend. Adding to the first Meanwhile, UNH will travel line’s dominance, Zegras notched to Merrimack College on Friday his first collegiate goal and two night before visiting Agganis. Like assists in the games against NMU the Terriers and Riverhawks, the as well.

Wildcats come into the weekend after failing to garner a win last CONTINUED ON 11

BY PATRICK DONNELLY

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Senior Patrick Harper in a game against Northern Michigan University on Nov. 18. Harper is one of the five players to have scored at least one point in every game this season.

Early goal not enough for womens soccer to claim Turnpike Trophy

BY NICK TELESMANIC DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

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Junior Anne Heilferty got on the scoresheet in the loss to the College of the Holy Cross on Wednesday night.

In the Turnpike Trophy matchup, the Boston University women’s soccer team (5-10-2, 2-4-1 Patriot Leag ue) allowed the College of the Holy Cross (3-3-7, 1-1-4 PL) to stage a comeback in the second half leading to a 1-2 loss at Nickerson Field Wednesday night.

Going into the second half up 1-0, BU let Holy Cross score two goals in the second half to secure the win on the road.

BU head coach Na nc y Feldman gave credit to Holy

Cross for maintaining consistent momentum in the second half that her squad could not keep pace with.

“They got on a front foot, they raised it a little bit,” Feldmen, said, “and we just didn’t respond.”

Collecting her seventh career point against Holy Cross, junior forward Anna Heilferty struck a long pass from sophomore forward Jenna Oldham. The ball went past the diving Crusader goalkeeper Sophia Lettieri and into the lower right corner of the Holy Cross net and put BU up 1-0.

For the rest of the first half,

BU dominated the offensive and defensive game, maintaining secure ball possession and keeping the pressure on the Crusader net. Heilferty got two more shots on the net and senior for ward Shannon Keefe got a decently-open look in the 23rd minute, but her shot went wide of the net.

The last few minutes of the first half Holy Cross got their offense moving fast in the BU zone. A failed corner kick attempt that gave the Terriers the ball ensured a 1-0 BU lead

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BOTTOM LINE SUNDAY, OCT. 25

SATURDAY, OCT. 26

Celtics take on Raptors at TD Garden at 7PM

Boston Bruins take on St.Louis Blues at 7PM

SATURDAY, OCT. 26

Boston Celtics take on New York Knicks at 7:30PM

SUNDAY, OCT. 27

Patriots take on Cleveland Browns at 4:25PM