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Tuesday, October 2, 2012 The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University
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Arsenic traces found in some cereals, page 3.
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SG delays discourse surrounding SEC, upcoming race Brown, Warren clash
on immigration, war in second TV debate
By Margaret Waterman Daily Free Press Staff
Student Government scheduled an emergency meeting for next Tuesday to address concerns with the Student Elections Commission’s handling of the fall semesters’s elections at Monday’s meeting. The SEC was supposed to present its case on Monday regarding running the election season, but notified SG via email that members could not attend. The emergency meeting next Tuesday will offer them an opportunity to speak to SG before the election cycle begins on Oct. 15. The executive board expressed its dissatisfaction with how the SEC handled Boston University’s 2011–12 academic year’s elections, but board members said they wanted the SEC’s performance to improve under new leadership. Jon Donald, SG judicial commissioner, said the SEC owned up to its mistake and that it has taken great strides this semester. “They’ve been working with John Battaglino in the Dean of Students office to get a new elections mechanism,” the College of Arts and Sciences senior said. “You’ll be able to send in your ballot via smartphone ... They’ll be able to know what percentage of the student body has voted at what given time.” The SEC has arranged for a George Sherman Union poster case to go up Tues-
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Student body President and College of Communcation junior Dexter McCoy looks on as Ann Jacobs takes questions about a proposal at the Student Government meeting Monday night in the Photonics building.
day and will also have flyers going up around campus, Donald said. “They have also arranged with the Boston University Ad Club to have assistance for all slates running, which is something slates last year had a problem with,” he said. Aditya Rudra, SG executive vice president, said the SEC will potentially garner
SG’s support despite the delay in conversation. “I really hope that they show us, that they put up a strong show because it would make things a lot easier for us,” Rudra, a School of Management junior, said. Cherice Hunt, director of communica-
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Janitors agree to tentative work contract after threatening to strike By Chris Lisinski Daily Free Press Staff
In the middle of an impending strike, New England janitors’ unions and contractors reached a tentative agreement for a new contract early Monday morning after the janitors’ former contract expired at midnight. “The deadline was midnight last night — that deadline passed,” said MassUniting Communications Director Jason Stephany. “They were still negotiating, and the tentative agreement was reached a little before 2 a.m. That is a tentative agreement — basically, that’s an outline of what the contract will look like.” Stephany said Service Employees International Union Local 615, a union representing 14,000 janitors in New England, and the Maintenance Contractors of New England had been discussing a contract for weeks. “They had been at the table, physically at the table sitting across from one another for weeks,” he said. Janitors voted Sept. 22 to authorize a strike if an agreement were not reached, according to a SEIU Local 615 press release
distributed Sunday. Community members and janitors held a candlelight vigil Sunday night before the former contract expired in support of the union. “There were definitely several hundred, I would say upward of 500 [people attending],” Stephany said. “Folks braved the rain to stand out and speak out on behalf of their fellow workers.” Janitors went into negotiations with specific goals about hours, wages and health care, among others, according to a SEIU Local 615 press release distributed Monday. “Cleaning contractors agreed to convert a minimum of 680 jobs to fulltime positions over four years,” the release stated. “For janitors who work in the Metro Boston area, wages will increase to $17.85 by 2016 — an 11.9-percent increase.” Wages for workers in other markets will increase from 12.4 percent to 13 percent over the length of the contract, according to the release. The tentative contract also ensures contractors will provide health care, vision and
SARP promotes student leadership, advocacy By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Contributor
In its first month on campus, the Boston University Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center has offered training and education as well as help for students, officials said. “I think at this point, since we’ve basically been open a month, a lot of the impact is on the individual students that have come here,” said SARP Director Maureen Mahoney. In 2011, the Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism and other members of the BU community proposed a center for sexual assault victims. SARP was officially announced in May after a number of instances of alleged sexual assault and hazing at BU. Mahoney said the center is tackling sexual assault in two ways, response and prevention, as denoted by its name. In response to incidence of sexual assault, SARP is able to provide counseling and support for victims and families of victims as well as
medical advocacy on the students’ behalf, according to SARP’s website. “The mission of the SARP is to provide confidential care, support and advocacy for victims of sexual assault, while simultaneously promoting awareness and prevention programs on campus,” the website stated. The center is located at 930 Commonwealth Ave. Mahoney said an important part of prevention is community building. SARP members have focused on training residence assistants in what they do and making more students aware of the center. About 1,000 students have been trained in bystander intervention, Mahoney said. The training involves a two-hour program designed to teach people how to prevent gender-based violence. “The bystander intervention program does
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dental benefits and creates a new minimum shift of four hours for all janitors working in commercial office buildings of more than 100,000 square feet, the release stated. Stephany said the tentative contract must still be ratified, and will last four years if ratified. He said the contract is a victory for unions and janitors in New England. “The workers would be very proud to say they have won on numerous fronts,” Stephany said. “This is a breakthrough agreement that will improve the lives of 14,000 New England janitors.” Stephany said the negotiation was a long process with difficulties, but he is pleased with the result. “There were some speaking points between the contractors and janitors on many issues,” he said. “They wanted to come to an agreement that would help improve their quality of life and get to a contract that would be good for the janitors, for the contractors, for the industry and for all of New England, and I think that’s what this result represents.”
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic Senate opponent Elizabeth Warren disputed each other’s approach to foreign affairs and jobs in their second televised debate Monday night. Warren again emphasized her Republican opponent’s job bill history, which Brown said was a “misrepresentation of the facts.” The candidates also confronted each other on the War in Afghanistan, taxes and immigration, along with issues related to partisanship. “Meet the Press” anchor David Gregory moderated the hour-long debate, which was held at the University of Massachusetts Lowell in conjunction with the Boston Herald. While character again made up the first chunk of the debate, Brown and Warren dove into prevalent issues such as tax policies, which played a large role in their discourse about job creation. Brown told UMass Lowell senior MaryKate Hazel, an audience member who was selected to ask the candidates a question, that tax relief was part of his plan for job growth, citing regulatory and tax uncertainty for squashing job growth. “People are concerned,” he said. “They don’t know what’s next. They don’t know what the tax policy’s going to be. They don’t know what new regulations are going to be imposed on them and as a result. There’s less people hiring and even looking to hire.” Warren said although Brown portrays himself as an Independent, he stands with Republicans in tax policy, advocating tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. “What Sen. Brown doesn’t want to talk about is that he signed an extremist right-wing pledge never to raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires,” she said. She said Brown voted in step with Republicans on jobs bills, which Brown denied, saying it was a “misrepresentation of the facts.” “I’m not a student in your classroom — please let me respond,” Brown said after Warren’s objection to his statement. Warren has repeatedly pointed out Brown’s rejection of three jobs bills in 2011, which she said would have put “paychecks in people’s hands” and was “exactly the right thing to do.” The candidates contended further over the DREAM Act, which would give children of undocumented immigrants who fulfill certain requirements the opportunity to become U.S.
Debate, see page 2
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Brown’s reelection campaign promotes ‘desperate’ Student Government looks to attacks on Warren, Warren spokeswoman states gain SEC’s support, SG VP says Debate: From Page 3
citizens. Brown called the act “a form of vector amnesty” that would move illegal citizens ahead of 4 million people who are trying to become U.S. citizens legally. He also said Warren was not in favor of securing the nation’s borders, and the act marks a large change in opinion between the two candidates. “Sen. Brown is right — this is a big difference between the two of us,” Warren said, adding that the country needed comprehensive immigration reform, although that means following immigration laws. On the eve of the 11th anniversary of the War in Afghanistan, the candidates debated the war for the first time publicly. Brown, who is a colonel in the Army National Guard, said he supports President Barack
Obama’s troop surge and timetable. “Our goal is to make sure that the Taliban and Al-Qaeda do not once again join forces and then exploit terrorism around that region of the world and potentially move on Pakistan, which has nuclear weapons,” he said. While praising the role of servicemen and women, Warren disagreed and said that the U.S. would be best served by getting out Afghanistan ahead of the President’s schedule, adding that “having unrealistic goals and spending more money is not the solution.” The debate follows a week that saw Warren hold onto her lead in the polls, although by a smaller margin than she held prior to the first debate on Sep. 21. Two polls show Warren leading Brown by between 4 and 5 points, but the two sets of results lie close to or within their respective margins
of error. One of those polls, from The Boston Globe, found that 12 percent of recipients chose the word “dishonest” for Warren. In comparison, 9 percent of overall respondents chose the word “dishonest” for Brown. Warren spokeswoman Julie Edwards said the poll did not mean Brown’s attack campaign was having an effect on voters. “Scott Brown’s desperate strategy of false, negative attacks will continue to be rejected by residents of Massachusetts,” Edwards said. Brown’s campaign was unavailable for comment at press time. Warren has a little more than a month until Election Day to keep a hold on her lead. The next debate is scheduled for Oct. 10 at Springfield Symphony Hall.
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tions, said SG will have to wait and see how the SEC presents itself next Tuesday. “Student government isn’t condemning the student elections commission,” Hunt, a College of Communication junior, said. “It’s really up to them to them to present their work.” Aside from the SEC, SG updated its members on the status of their gender-neutral housing initiative. Caitlin Seele, SMG junior and SG directory of advocacy, told The Daily Free Press that SG has been working on securing gender-neutral housing for BU during the entire summer. “The administration has swarmed the university committee to look at the issue and compare it to a lot of other peer schools that we make sure we
have the best system that’s been tried and true, and one that is also adapted to our special culture because we are different than anyone else around,” Seele said. The social affairs committee proposed an activist expo in which all the political and activist organizations on campus could present their work. “We are gong to use this also as a chance to encourage all the activist organizations on campus to coordinate with each other because despite them all being activist organizations — they are all caught up in what they are doing that aren’t collaborating enough, so this is our push to help do that,” said Social Affairs Committee Director Tarif Ahmed, a CAS junior. The student government allocated $300 to the Social Affairs committee to cater the expo.
SARP to co-teach studies class with CGSA Center: From Page 3
a lot towards community building, towards giving people permission to intervene in a situation that seems maybe a little sketchy or downright dangerous,” she said. “We began putting the wheels in motion the summer of 2011.” Mahoney said she urges students to remember that services provided by SARP are free and information is kept confidential. On nights and weekends, callers have the option of leaving a non-urgent message or being transferred directly to the Crisis Intervention Counselor on call. Chelsea Schwalm, a College of Arts and Sciences junior minoring in women’s, gender and sexuality studies, said education is key to preventing sexual violence. “SARP is something that’s necessary, and it’s really important to have those resources there for people who do experience sexual assault or other types of violence, but the issue is much larger than that,” she said. “It’s about the rape culture that exists at BU and beyond that, which is sort of a societal type of thing.”
Schwalm, who also serves as the health resources coordinator for CGSA, said SARP is attempting to combat issues in culture. Mahoney said she hopes to gain community support for a number of other sexual-assault prevention and education groups. “There’s a list of prevention initiatives on the website that I’m hoping CGSA and other student organizations and individual students will become involved with,” Mahoney said. SARP is also co-teaching a first-year studies class in CAS with CGSA. The course focuses on many aspects of the BU community, Mahoney said. Students said while they have not used the center, they are happy the center exists as a resource. “It definitely seems beneficial and a good source for girls or whoever has been sexually assaulted to reach out to,” said Kim Kaelin, a CAS freshman. College of Communication graduate student Emily True said she was surprised the center was only just established, but is happy that it was.
“Especially in a college environment where alcohol is so prevalent and friendship lines get really blurred, I think it’s really important for men and women, women especially, to feel like there are places and sources available for them to turn to,” she said. Sarah Donovan, a CAS junior, said that the center is beneficial but not known enough by students. “Certain individuals, like leaders of student groups like FYSOP staff, definitely know [the center] exists because as part of your training you’re told that it is there, and that students can use it as a resource,” she said,” but I haven’t seen it advertised to students in the general population.” Mahoney said SARP is always available to students who have experienced trauma. “A big part of our advocacy is helping students that have experienced a trauma be able to live in a safe place, be able to feel safe going to their classes, be able to feel safe rebuilding a part of the community,” she said. “We are available 24 hours a day.”
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Campus & City Campus Crime Logs bikin’ dirty
By Kaneta Zillur Daily Free Press Staff
The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department’s crime logs, spanning from Sept. 24 to Sept. 30. Bicycle unit enforcement officers issued a citation to a non-affiliate last Monday at 8:27 a.m. for crossing the road on a red light at Commonwealth Avenue. Police officers have started monitoring important intersections around the BU area during various times of the day to minimize the number of bike accidents occuring on campus. Maximum collision Last Monday at about 8:30 p.m., unknown persons backed into the rear loading dock located at 100 Bay State Road, which caused the overhead roll-up doors to crush. The damages were reported to be worth $10,000. There was no surveillance footage found of that area so the unknown persons could not be identified. Fake checks A man tried to cash a forged check last Monday at 1:55 p.m. at the Bank of America located in the George Sherman Union at 775 Comm. Ave. The suspect fled the area as soon as he realized he was under suspicion by the manager. Phone sex Last Tuesday, at 4 p.m., a female student at Myles Standish Hall, located at 610 Beacon St., reported receiving sexually explicit phone calls from an unknown number. The student said that the calls had been bothering her for a while. BUPD is investigating the case. Panty raid A female student from The Towers at 140 Bay State Road reported missing her laundry and stolen cash on Thursday at 9:15 p.m. She reported that she had called a laundry service called Dorm Aid to come pick up her clothes for cleaning and had paid them $150 for the service. The student said that she never heard back from the service after that day and that her clothes were missing.
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Arsenic levels in food not alarming, students say Unions benefit
workers, despite troubled history
By Zarah Kavarana Daily Free Press Contributor
Consumers might be receiving more than their daily starch value from certain rice products that have “worrisome levels” of the carcinogen arsenic, according a Consumer Reports study. More than 60 rices and rice products were found to contain potentially dangerous arsenic levels, with many of the heavily arsenic-infused products aimed at child consumption, according to a study in the November issue of Consumer Reports. “Worrisome arsenic levels were detected in infant cereals, typically consumed between 4 and 12 months of age,” according to the study. The study tested at least three samples of certain rice and rice products for levels of organic and inorganic arsenic. Gerber SmartNourish Organic Brown Rice cereal was found to have the sample with the highest level of total arsenic in the category at 329 parts per billion. But another sample of the
By Carol Kozma Daily Free Press Staff
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A Consumer Report study found that certain rice and rice products, including cereal, had “worrisome levels” of the carcinogen arsenic.
same product had the lowest level, at 97.7 ppb. The researchers found those who consumed rice had arsenic levels that were 44 percent higher than those who had not. Ethnic background played a substantial role in the data and that particular groups such as Hispanics and Asians were more highly affected. “In virtually every product
tested, we found measurable amounts of total arsenic in its two forms,” according to the report. Inorganic arsenic is one of more than 100 substances regarded as a human carcinogen by the Department of Health and Human Services. Ingestion of arsenic is known to increase the risk of cancer in
Arsenic, see page4
Mass. students given opportunities to stay in state for college By Katherine Lynn Daily Free Press Contributor
Although thousands of students across the nation and globe vie for competitive spots in Boston’s top colleges, both the City of Boston and its higher learning institutions give in-state students a chance at staying in Boston for college. “We value students from around the world,” said Boston University spokesman Colin Riley. “But certainly because we are Boston University, we are a part of the city. We want to stay connected with the schools in the city.” In 2011, the Boston Public School system had a graduation rate of 63.2 percent, the highest rate in the city since the statistic was recorded. In 1994, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, then a city councilor, took advantage of a state law that allowed residents to donate money to a city scholarship fund
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through real estate and auto excise tax bills. This entirely resident-funded scholarship, known as the City of Boston Scholarship Fund, still exists today. Every year the fund is awarded to Boston Public High School students who are pursuing higher education in Massachusetts. A total of $155,500 was awarded to 64 students in 2011, according to the City of Boston’s website. Success Boston, an initiative Menino launched in 2008, also encourages public high school students to graduate high school and enroll in college. “The mayor is keen on having students not only go to college, but to stay in college,” said Martha Pierce, Menino’s education advisor. College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Bria Riddick grew up in Boston and attended Boston Latin School, a Boston public
school that only admits students with high academic credentials. “I know people like to go out of state and get out of their city,” Riddick said. “But at BU, there’s people from all over the state and even the world. It’s still a good experience.” About 45 students from Riddick’s graduating class at Boston Latin School now attend BU, she said. “I wanted to stay close, but I also wanted the diversity of people from outside the city,” she said. College of Communication junior Patrick Abberton, who is from South Boston and also went to Boston Latin School, said BU offers substantial grants to students coming from Boston Public Schools, and it was free for him to apply to BU. Abberton said he likes being in the familiar Boston areas because he knows the ins and outs of the
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Although labor unions have been tainted with accusations of corruption in the past, opponents and supporters of unions agree that often, albeit not always, workers can still get better deals when part of a union. Michael Harper, a law professor at Boston University, said unions help workers by bargaining for higher wages, health care and pension benefits to build middleclass wages. Unions can also provide an agreement system in which a neutral arbitrator jointly chosen by the union and the employer can negotiate over contentious issues, he said. “So you have a way, a cheap, efficient and fast way to resolve disputes at the work place in a way that does not result in strikes shutting down the workplace,” Harper said, “but also ensures fairness to individual workers.” Stanley Greer, a spokesperson for the National Right to Work Committee, said the committee opposes unions who force members to join as a condition of employment. “We certainly have no quarrel with the idea that in many cases, workers, by banning together in a union, can get a better deal for themselves than they could get by not banning together,” Greer said. “But that is not always the case.” Unions aim to lower wage differences between workers, but this can result in flattening of compensation, where a worker may earn a lower wage than he or she would otherwise, Greer said. Although Harper said most unions do not have a history of corruption, he said opposition to unions could stem from corruption. “Some union leadership will look out for themselves more than for the members of the union,” Harper said. Four former International
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BU’s ROTC program helps students gain military leadership By Tanner Hawkins Daily Free Press Contributor
Cadet Sean Cass, a College of Arts and Science senior, said the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Boston University gave him the opportunity to become a military leader. “You’re going to get commissioned as lieutenant,” Cass said. “You take care of them both overseas and at home, and you’re responsible for making them better both as individuals and as a unit. There’s no greater job, and there’s no greater responsibility than that.” BU’s student army training began in 1919 and has continued to have a long-standing history with ROTC with a brief 10-year break in the 1970s. BU is one of few colleges in the country that offers all three ROTC branches on campus — Army, Naval and Air Force. A number of schools in the Boston area such as Boston College, Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts participate in ROTC programs. MIT is the only other school in the area that hosts all ROTC programs.
“It’s great to have all three services at BU,” said First Lt. Dylan Neidorff, the Recruiting Flight Commander for BU’s Air Force ROTC. “It’s definitely an opportunity which not every Air Force ROTC detachment gets, so it definitely brings a joint feel to the campus. I would say that’s the best thing about this university.” Although each ROTC program is different, they all allow students to prepare for a future in the military while attending college. Beyond training in subjects relating to their particular ROTC branch, students learn lessons pertaining to leadership, time management and communication, Neidorff said. Being an ROTC student requires a level of commitment few other college students have, but BU is accommodating, students in the ROTC program said. “Professors have a good understanding that we have other obligations,” said Naval ROTC student Carolyn Ross said, a CAS junior. “You have to take extra classes and
ROTC, see page4
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Boston University is one of the few local campuses with officer training program for all three military branches.
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Contract marks win for janitors, Arsenic findings too limited for conclusion unions, labor union official says on rices, Consumer Reports study suggests Union: From Page 3
Brotherhood of Teamsters union members of Local 82 were indicted on 30 counts on Sept. 19, according to a press release from the attorney’s office of Massachusetts. The charges included racketeering, theft of government money and extortion. John Perry, Joseph Burhoe, James Deamicis and Thomas Flaherty, known as the “Perry crew,” allegedly extorted event planners, hotels and other businesses since 2007, according to the press release. The Perry Crew allegedly approached these entities, threatening to picket and disrupt business if the entity did not give in to the Perry Crew’s demand for “unnecessary and superfluous jobs for themselves, their friends and family,” according to the press release. About 700 members of Teamsters Local 82, of which the Perry Crew were members, merged with Local 25 in January, according to the spokesman, an online publication by Local 25. Sean O’Brien, president of Teamsters Local 25, said the union has internal policy procedures and mandates by both the federal government and the union’s constitution and bylaws to ensure no corruption. “There are certain people that make certain decision that are not the right decisions, and eventually they are exposed and barred from union membership,” O’Brien said.
Rich Antonellis, spokesman for the local electric workers’ union IBEW 103, said unions inform members of everything they do and that corruption is almost nonexistent in unions. “There’s a lot more laws that unions have to abide to than the corporative world,” Antonellis said. In 1959, the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act was passed to ensure union democracy and corruption protection, he said. Harper said the main reason some people oppose unions is because they lower a company’s profits. “They take profits away from richer people,” he said. “And people don’t want to share their money with workers — they want to maximize their profits.” Management also does not like to have unions challenging wages, firing and hiring decisions and working conditions, Harper said. Boston University has collective bargaining agreements for about 1,200 employees on the main and medical campuses, according to BU’s Human Resources website. These agreements include the Local 2324 United Workers agreement, Local 888 and 615 Service Employees International Union agreements, the BU Police Patrolmen’s Association agreement and the BU Security Officer’s Association agreement.
ROTC provides rewarding opportunities, students say ROTC: From Page 3
you have to keep your grades higher and there are physical standards, but I definitely feel like the leadership training has helped me in my classes and in my civilian life.” Some citizens are not as supportive, Ross said. She said she was once called a “killer” when walking through Kenmore Square in her uniform. Cass said her family and friends tend to support her participation in ROTC and the cause. “I’ve never really had a problem with anybody ever talking down on the military,” Cass said. Kelsey Cummings, a freshman in the College of Communication in the Army ROTC program, said students are always interested in hearing about ROTC. “You get a lot of respect walking up and down the streets wearing your uniform,” Cummings said. “It is very rewarding because of the opportunities that you receive through the mili-
tary while also [having] the chance to live the college life.” ROTC students are required to wear their uniforms, attend physical training and take extra classes on certain days, Cass said. Students have other opportunities available to them within the program, Cass said. It is what enabled him to become an army battalion commander. “From day one I was talking to people about what I could do in addition to just being a normal cadet,” he said. ROTC entails many extra commitments, but students involved in it said it is more than worthwhile. “I grew up in the military so I always knew I was going to somehow be involved with the military, and Navy ROTC was just the easiest way,” said Ashley Potts, a freshman in CAS and Naval ROTC student. “It allows you to get more involved, and, honestly, I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
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Arsenic: From Page 3
the liver, bladder and lungs. Organic arsenic is “essentially harmless,” according to the FDA, although studies have shown it may be a health concern. The standard amount of arsenic permitted in drinking water is 10 ppb, although federal arsenic limits on most other foods are nonexistent. The study also showed that one serving of select rice products provided one-and-a-half times the amount of arsenic found in about one liter of water conforming to New Jersey’s 5 ppb arsenic limit. U.S. Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman Tamara Ward said in an email that there is no evidence that the consumption of arsenic found in food poses an immediate health risk. “However, FDA will continue to monitor levels of arsenic in rice and will consider whether steps are needed to reduce public exposure to arsenic in the food supply,” she said. Ward said arsenic has been found in apple juice, chicken and brown rice syrup in recent years. Steve Sylven, a spokesperson for Shaw’s supermarkets, said he remembered hearing about unusually high levels of arsenic in fruit juices earlier in 2012.
“We do sell rice and cereal products and therefore, we do sell some of the products containing arsenic,” he said. “Safety is a top priority for us at Shaw’s. We’ve been looking into the issue, and we’ll continue watching it.” Sylven said the FDA has not encouraged consumers to change their diet and purchases based on levels of arsenic in rice products. Based on the available data and scientific literature, the FDA is not recommending changes to consumers regarding their rice and rice product consumption, Ward said. “Our advice for consumers is to eat a balanced diet including a wide variety of grains in order to minimize any potential consequences from consuming any one particular food,” she said. Ward said arsenic can be released through natural phenomena such as volcanoes, but can also be released by humans through the burning of coal, oil, gasoline and wood. Pesticides, herbicides and wood preservatives also contain arsenic, she said. The U.S. has used a total of 1.6 million tons of arsenic for such purposes since 1910, according to Consumer Reports. But the report does not provide conclusions about overall
arsenic levels in certain brand or rice products, Consumer Reports stated. “Our findings are a spot check of the market and are too limited to offer general conclusions about arsenic levels in specific brands or within [or] across rice product categories,” the detailed test results stated. Some Boston University students said this study would not drastically alter their eating habits. “All types of products are being analyzed and studied with new data emerging every now and then,” said College of Fine Arts sophomore Sonya Fung. “Every food is like that these days, so we might as well just accept it. I eat cereal and rice almost every day of the week, and I’m not going to let this data change my eating habits.” College of Arts and Sciences freshman Luke Cooper said he would also still consume rice products. “I definitely won’t stop eating rice or cereal,” he said. “As a consumer, I feel comfortable purchasing these products in the current quantities I do. Arsenic is a naturally occurring element often found in apple seeds and cherry pits, so I wouldn’t put that much thought into it.”
Mass. schools still reach out to to out-of-state, int’l students Competition: From Page 3
Hub’s social scene. “I like being familiar with your surroundings and knowing how to operate the T without awkwardly asking strangers how it works,” he said. Many Boston institutions of learning cater to Boston and Massachusetts residents. “Boston University has the largest and most sustained scholarship program for graduates of Boston public high school,” Riley said. This program, known as Boston Scholars, covers all four years of tuition costs. Northeastern University also offers full tuition scholarships to high-performing Boston Public School students. More than one fourth of Northeastern’s students are from New
England, many of those from the Boston area specifically, said Jeremy Daley, a counselor of undergraduate admission at Northeastern. “Most of the work we do recruiting is done locally,” he said. “I think we offer a unique educational experience. Kids often have the mentality to go as far away as possible, but we [give] students the opportunity to stay local but still be able to do those things through international co-ops and study abroad.” University of Massachusetts Amherst, a public university in the state, has a particular investment in educating the state’s residents. About 78 percent of the student body of fall 2011 is from Massachusetts, according to the UMass Amherst Office of Institutional Research.
“Our first commitment is to the in-state students,” said Daniel Fitzgibbons, a spokesman for UMass Amherst. “We are a public university — we serve the people of Massachusetts.” But it is important to the university to have a diversity of students, he said. “Bringing in students from out of state and from other countries is a valuable experience for our students, faculty and our community as a whole,” he said. Even at the most competitive universities in the country, local recruitment occurs. “There is a genuine good faith efforts to try to distribute the word,” said Harvard Senior Admissions Officer Roger Banks about Harvard’s recruitment efforts. “We do trips locally, as well beyond the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.”
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Dropping eaves like they’re bombs
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Human error? Fox News inadvertently broadcasted a man’s suicide on Friday. The network aired live feed of a car chase near Phoenix, Ariz., including the final scene where the driver abandoned his car and shot himself in the head. Fox had a “five-second delay on the helicopter feed of the chase,” according to an article in The Washington Post Friday. However, Fox said it was due to “severe human error” that the network did not take down the footage within the five seconds, according to The Washington Post. It is unacceptable that Fox aired footage of a man committing suicide. When a network runs live video feed, a scenario such as the one on Friday could occur. However, Fox’s coverage wasn’t live. It was delayed five seconds. The suicide scene could have been avoided. Now, a “technical error” excuse would probably have been more acceptable. Technological snafus happen, some of them unpredictable and unavoidable. Had Fox said a
technological glitch prevented it from using the time-delay tool, people would probably have been more understanding. But the “human error” excuse is unacceptable. In the broadcast journalism world, five seconds is a lot of time. The people editing this footage are trained to respond to these situations in that amount of time or less. The question of whether or not this car chase was even newsworthy should also be raised. Should car chases be covered at all? What makes a particular chase worthy of coverage? Does a chase have to be conducted for a certain amount of time or does the driver have to engage in a shootout with police to make it deserving of coverage? While it’s true that viewers are drawn to car chases, they’re action-packed and unpredictable, it’s hard to say where networks should draw the line between chases that should and should not be aired. Hopefully this event will prompt networks to review their coverage of car chases (or any potentially violent acts) more closely.
Vanishing act Images of women were removed in the Saudi Arabian version of an IKEA catalog, according to article in TIME magazine Monday. A spokesperson for the Swedish furniture retailer said “IKEA Saudi Arabia is run by an external franchisee who created the catalog” and that the company “should have reacted and realized that excluding women from the Saudi Arabian version of the catalogue is in conflict with the IKEA group values,” according to TIME. Removing women from its catalog’s pages is a reflection of Saudi Arabian culture. Saudi Arabian women are prohibited from engaging in certain activities. It’s understandable that the country would want a catalog that reflects those beliefs. Does it mean deleting women from the catalog’s pages was right? No. Many people would argue that prohibiting women from fulfilling certain roles is unjust. However, are we in the place to tell Saudi Ara-
bia what is and isn’t just? No. We’re not. Whether or not IKEA should condemn the Saudi Arabian catalog for printing a “women-less” issue is a gray area. If the images in the catalog conflict with IKEA’s values, then it seems the company would be justified in asking them to print images that do adhere to IKEA beliefs. It is interesting that the furniture company has responded the way it has. Sometimes with large companies money takes precedence over morals. While allowing “women-less” pages may preserve its customer base in Saudi Arabia, IKEA has emphasized that is goes against company beliefs and is wrong. Would this scenario occur in the Western world? Would an American business condemn an alternate, “women-less” issue? Or would it go to all lengths to please another customer base for the purposes of making a buck? It’s hard to say.
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he George Sherman Union is a magical land, is it not? Filled with wonderful food, friends and fun. After only some three years, I’ve now learned the proper way to execute the perfect GSU Experience (and only at the low, low cost of one Boston University tuition — yours now for only eight small payments of your soul). And yet, even after selling my soul for happiness, there is still one thing that gets in the way of enjoying my sufficiently soggy bread bowl. What is this evil force that scours the eating establishment that I love? The poisoned apple that seeks to ruin this magical land that many call “ga-sue?” Well, simply put, it’s the people, or more specifically, the things that these people seem to say. And there I am, little old me, spoon in one hand, homework in another, caught right in the midst of this war on words. And before I can even say, “ga-sue,” I’ve been drafted, not into the cannon fodder of shouting infantry, but into the special forces: dropping eaves, like they’re bombs. Eavesdropping is truly a tale as old as time, an act that was even punishable under Anglo-Saxon Law back in the first century. But instead of looking through your personalized copy of Black’s Law Dictionary for a proper assessment, the book that needs at least two oxen and a cart to carry, just look around your own campus — we’ve got websites such as “Overheard at BU,” the infamous organization of “People Watching Club” and countless of other websites and groups devoted to enjoying other people’s ridiculous antics. We may not have Fred and George Weasleys’ Extendable Ears, but we’ve got our very own late-night infomercials for Silver Sonic XL, the giant, electronic wonderland in your ear, that elegantly blends into you’re your natural colors with its plastic, metallic shades. And while they champion that “you might even hear things that will pleasantly surprise you,” in actuality, you’re more likely to hear the most appalling statements of your life. We’ve grown up in a society that cultivates both a simultaneous celebration of speaking your mind and a complete abhorrence and ridicule for people who act and say things that are strange. However, I’m not sure what I would do without the random outbursts from the strangers I’ve come to know. I can’t even count how many of the jokes I have with friends are completely based on overhearing the crazy things that other people have said. But do you ever sit and wonder the snippets
that people catch of your own conversations? If you’re like me, then you probably don’t. We’ve adapted to our environment of ever decreasing privacy and evolved into fully formed “Emabarrassaholics” — people who are not only devoid of caring what others hear them say, but who in fact strive to be overheard, trying to become the ones who are worthy of embarrassment, or at least, the ones who should be. While embarrassment might sometimes be an annoying human emotion, it isn’t always a bad thing. In a lot of ways, it keeps us conscious of the things we do and how they affect other people. And while I’m all for shouting out random words, I’ve found that there are very few things overheard in public that are really worth saying at all. That’s probably because the things that should be important — great discoveries, philosophical debates, heartfelt sentiments — are completely drowned out by one of two different extremes: the extraordinarily pretentious or the even more astonishingly offensive. But what can we do to stop this conscripted eavesdropping? This unlawful taxation of my mind? Well, my fellow Bostonians, once again it falls in our hands, like our forefathers before us, it’s time we take a page out of the old Anglo-Saxon textbook — brush off the pitchforks and fire up the torches. I mean, freedom may just be another word for nothing else to loose, but I think most of society would still like to cling on to its final shreds of dignity. Luckily for us, our government has a solution — muzzles. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, colors and material. You can get those cheap disposable ones for short trips out of the house, or those reusable ones too, for those long dinner parties, important discussion classes, leader of the country kind of decisions. Simply go to the nearest doctor near you, hit them over the head with your Silver Sonic XL device and steal their prescription pad. You’ll be the talk of the town of with muzzles for sale! And once you’ve done that, try one on yourself. Once that’s done, why don’t you give me a call. If all I hear is silence, I’ll know that my work here is finally done. David Fontana is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and a Fall 2012 columnist for The Daily Free Press. He can be reached at fontad5@bu.edu.
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Neff: Red Sox will continue struggling with unconditional support from fans Neff: From Page 8
brand, the team, the ballpark and the ownership. I suggest to the Red Sox that if they want positive feedback, give us something positive to talk about, like a winning baseball team. Sure, Boston sports fans have been spoiled over the last decade. With championships in every major sports league, we’ve become a bit expectant of our hometown
teams. But when you have a major league baseball team that enters last September at 83–53, you expect them to make a post-season run. And when they don’t make the playoffs, you expect the team will do the necessary tinkering to fix what failed. And when the team doesn’t, you, as a fan, have a right to be upset.
No, Sox fans, I’m not suggesting we charge Fenway Park and demand Lucchino’s head on a platter (I wonder how much they’d charge for that). I’m suggesting we not be fooled by the silliness of a celebration of the eighth anniversary of the 2004 Red Sox World Series victory. I suggest we don’t buy 100th anniversary memorabilia. I suggest we don’t buy those $9 beers.
I suggest we don’t buy a brick. I suggest we don’t tune into NESN’s endless Red Sox shows. If they have us hooked on their product, we should at least force them to make it a quality product. As they wrap up the season, being swept this past weekend by the Baltimore Orioles, let’s remember all those precious memories we had at Fenway this year. And keep your eyes peeled. I’m certain there’s some sales
opportunity out there for the last place team in the AL East. I can see the t-shirt now. “I like it better on the bottom, with my Sox on.” Mike Neff is a weekly columnist for the sports section. He can be reached via email at mneff@bu.edu or via Twitter at @mneff2.
Terriers fall to No. 5 UConn at home BU prepares for first ever game with Adelphi Field hockey: From Page 8
Midway through the first half the Terriers had a shot on Connecticut’s goal that appeared as if it went in, but the referees disagreed and said it did not go in. At the beginning of the second half, BU seemed as though it would not put up much of a fight as the Huskies kept pushing into Boston territory. After a few minutes of getting back into the swing of things, it seemed as if a switch went off in the Terriers as they started to push into Huskies territory. Freshman forward Sofi Laurito, who did not score a goal in Sunday’s game, was up and down the field, controlling the ball all night, led the offensive charge. At the start of the 44th minute, freshman forward Rachel Coll set up junior midfielder Ella Gunson
for a goal to cut the Connecticut lead in half. However, the Huskies responded 14 minutes later with a goal by sophomore Chloe Hunnable. Senior goalkeeper Jess Maroney made a great stop on Hunnable’s shot, but it took an unlucky bounce into the goal, thus expanding Connecticut’s lead back to two. “The third goal was unlucky for us, it was a weak outlet and we created that dangerous situation” Starr said about Hunnable’s goal. With eight minutes remaining in the game, junior Madeline Hackett scored a goal that brought BU within one of the Huskies again. From that point on, it seemed as if BU was going to defy the odds and make a comeback. The small crowd at Jordan Field was beginning to get louder as the team continued to penetrate into Connecticut’s circle.
The game reached its pinnacle in the final two minutes when BU got three straight corners. Unfortunately, the Terriers failed to capitalize on any of these opportunities. Their best chance came on their final attempt, but Connecticut’s goalie made a spectacular diving save that allowed her team to escape with a 3–2 victory and remain undefeated. “We created opportunities, Connecticut is an outstanding team, but we competed, we competed well against them and I think we got unlucky,” Starr said. “I was really proud of our resilience to come back, to get the two goals, to make it competitive. I loved how we had the corners at the end of the game trying to tie it. It was a very gutsy, good performance against a good team.”
Men’s soccer: From Page 8
While the team tries to fill its holes along the defensive line, BU will continue to rely on junior midfielder Anthony Ciccone to provide offense. Ciccone has scored a goal and tallied four assists so far this season while serving as a primary weapon setting up scoring chances. “[Ciccone] has had good games for us since his freshman year but they haven’t been consistent,” Roberts said. “I can say this year he has been at a high level pretty much all year long. You can see his hard work, concentration and he is being dangerous. I’m happy for him.”
Ciccone has taken over the attacking role this season that was left over from graduated players Ben Berube and Stephen Knox. Alongside senior midfielder Michael Bustamante, the junior has helped create the majority of the BU offense on the season through his passing and shooting. If the Terriers want any chance at making the postseason this year, they will have to get an atlarge bid. However, with only two wins at this point of the season, the Terriers will have a very tough road to make the NCAA Tournament. “We need to get wins, obviously,” Roberts said. “We are going to need a big stretch to have any sort of chance.”
Freshmen, Tutino help Terriers win over Martlets in exhibition contest Women’s hockey: From Page 8
later on a wrist shot into the top right of the net. While these goals do not count toward their season records, Durocher said scoring in this exhibition game might do a lot to help the freshmen feel more comfortable on the ice. “It probably bodes well for their confidence that they put the puck in the net in a college hockey game, albeit an exhibition game,” Durocher said. “It is always a good feeling.” While Durocher said he was particularly impressed with the performance of Juron and Russo, he also said he was pleased with how his entire freshman class played during the exhibition game. “There is still a lot to be learned by everybody. There’s still a lot for our team to have to sort of re-learn or make sure they know so they’re playing well,” Durocher said. “But it’s good to get them in a game like this where, without a doubt, this is a
competitive team with a super first line. Everybody seemed to matchup against someone somewhere along the way.” The Martlets brought the Terriers’ lead back down to one at 12:21 in the second when right wing Leslie Oles picked up her own rebound and slipped it past Sperry, making the score 2–1. For the most part, the third period went along similarly to the first, with the teams playing evenly. In the last five minutes of the game, however, McGill showed fatigue and the Terriers capitalized. “[McGill] played until whatever time their game ended last night — 9:30 — at [Providence College],” Durocher said. “They had the long drive to get down to Providence and then came up here … I think you saw that in the third period.” With less than four minutes left in the third frame, Tutino picked up a pass from Russo and drilled a shot from the slot by Weckman. Just more
than a minute later, senior co-captain Jill Cardella tallied a goal seven seconds into a power play to round out the scoring. Although the Terriers experienced power from their freshman class as well as some veterans, the overall look of the team was different than what it will be when BU opens up its season against Boston College on Friday. The Terriers were missing three players — junior co-captain Marie-Philip Poulin, senior forward Jenelle Kohanchuk and freshman forward Sarah Lefort — due to Hockey Canada’s camps. “Without a doubt, all of a sudden your talent level accelerates,” Durocher said of having those players back on the ice. “I think we’ll have an injection of talent, but right now I like the vibes. I like what people are doing as far as being good teammates and being around and being supportive. It’s a long season, and we’re going to have to get over hurdles in that regard.”
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The Boston University field hockey team went 1–1 over the weekend, topping No. 23 University at Albany and falling to No. 5 University of Connecticut. P.8.
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Junior midfielder Anthony Ciccone has been a catalyst for the BU offense, totaling a goal and four assists on the season.
The Boston University men’s soccer team will take a brief detour from its upcoming America East schedule on Tuesday, when it faces Adelphi University at Nickerson Field. Tuesday’s matchup will be the first time the Terriers (2–5–3, 0–0–1 America East) will face the Panthers (1–9–0) in either program’s history. Neither team has had much success throughout the season, and BU coach Neil Roberts said he expects a battle between teams hungry for a win. “We are looking at both teams trying to find a win, I guess. That’s the best way to look at it,” Roberts said. “They have been searching for a win. They have played a lot of teams close and lost some overtime games. We have been in the same situations. It is pretty much what it is.” Adelphi is coming off a tough 3–2 loss to Marist College on Saturday, in which the Panthers fell apart in the second half. Midfielder Nicholas Costa scored in the 37th minute off a penalty kick for the Panthers before freshman Chris Joseph increased their lead with a goal in the first minute of the second half. However, just under 20 minutes later, Adelphi allowed two goals in just over a minute and allowed the Red Foxes to get even. The Red Foxes scored once more in the final six minutes to take a lead they would never surrender. The two goals Adelphi scored on Saturday tied the most the team has scored in a single game this season. The Panthers’ offense has been shut out five times in its 10 con-
tests and has only scored seven goals over the entire season. Adelphi has struggled on the defensive end as well, as goalkeeper Ahmad Salamah has allowed an average of 2.64 goals per game on the season. While he has made 47 saves on the year, he only has a .635 save percentage with one shutout. His shutout came in the team’s double-overtime loss to the University of Massachusetts. While the Panthers have struggled on the back line statistically, the Terriers have had a tough year along their own back line in terms of staying healthy, as they have already lost the former America East Defender of the Year in junior Kelvin Madzongwe and stand-out freshman defender Jeroen Blugh to injury. Things have only gotten worse for the team though, as sophomore defender Sanford Spivey is likely out for Tuesday’s game due to an injury he suffered in the team’s 1–1 tie with Hartford University. Spivey had started all 10 games for BU this season, totaling 941 minutes of playing time. Without Spivey in the lineup, the team will have to rely on some more inexperienced defenders as well as a stronger defensive effort from the midfield to keep shots away from sophomore goalkeeper Nick Thomson. “I think that we have been dealing with [the injuries] pretty well,” Roberts said. “I think we saw in different games we have played well at times, and we played well the other night with the players we had out there. People get hurt and that is an opportunity for people to come in and get their opportunity to play.”
Men’s soccer see page 7
Field hockey goes goes 1–1 BU women’s hockey defeats against Albany, Connecticut McGill in exhibition game By Chris Dela Rosa Daily Free Press Contributor
It was more of the same this past weekend for the No. 12 Boston University field hockey team as they played two tough games this weekend. Their first game was against No. 23 University at Albany on Friday night. The Terriers (7–4, 1–0 America East) traveled to the capital of the Empire State and won 2–1 in a close battle on the road. In the game against the Great Danes (5–6, 0–1 America East), BU hurt itself by getting three straight cards, leading to Albany scoring the game’s first goal in the 58th minute. Fortunately for the Terriers, they were able to recover from the small 1–0 deficit a few minutes later as senior midfielder Macey Gaumond tied the game with a goal in the 62nd minute. In the 66th minute, senior forward Tabi Hatch put in the go-
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Terriers looks for elusive win against Adelphi
Mike Neff
“So bad! So bad! So bad!” That’s what Sox pink hat fans should be chanting during the eighth inning at “America’s Most Beloved Ballpark.” But they aren’t. Instead, the Red Sox PR machine has brainwashed a nation of Sox fans in to thinking that coming out, spending money and having a “good” night is more important than the team actually winning baseball games. The Sox are in the middle of a three-game series with the lifelong-rival New York Yankees to finish out the season. A Sox-Yankees three-game set during the first week of October should be must-see baseball. But it’s not. The Sox can’t even put together a compelling enough lineup to make even some of the truest diehards tune in. Kenmore Square and Fenway area bars should be packed for these games. Business should be booming. But since the Sox have dropped 10 of their last 11 games and traded away the heart of their roster, what’s to cheer for? I guess we could cheer for our sellout streak? Or at least the Red Sox front office thinks we should. They want the fan base to be proud of how supportive we are of the team. How can we have pride in something so hollow and flagrantly untrue? “We’ve averaged 37,600 people, somewhere around there,” said Sox CEO and president Larry Lucchino in an interview on WEEI-FM. “That’s an average for every game this year.” No you didn’t, Larry. Just because you dumped all of the tickets out to team partner Ace Ticket, doesn’t mean it’s a sellout. I was at the ballpark for most games this year. A family of five who bought standing room tickets could have seats together in virtually any section of the ballpark during the final month and a half of the season. The only sellout, Mr. Lucchino, is you. The Sox PR machine wants only positive comments about the
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ahead goal, giving BU a 2–1 lead over Albany, a lead it held for the remainder of the game. Because of her strong play Hatch was named America East player of the week. BU returned home to take on the No. 5 University of Connecticut in what would turn out to be a controversial game at Jordan Field on a cold Sunday afternoon. Similar to Friday, BU fell behind early against the Huskies (11–0). In the sixth minute, graduate student Louisa Buddy scored Connecticut’s first goal and 24 minutes later, freshman Hayley Hoge put her team ahead 2–0, a lead the Huskies held going into the half. While the Terriers went down 2–0 early, they put pressure on Connecticut, but as head coach Sally Starr said after the game “[they] were just unlucky”.
Field hockey see page 7
Thursday, Oct. 4 W. Soccer @ UMBC, 7 p.m.
By Meredith Perri Daily Free Press Staff
After two fiercely competitive periods of play, the No. 6 Boston University women’s hockey team pushed past McGill University to take the exhibition game by a final of 4–1 Sunday afternoon at Walter Brown Arena. Last week, BU coach Brian Durocher coined this contest as being the most competitive exhibition game that BU will play. While the Terriers took a substantive lead during the end of the third, Durocher said the game lived up to his expectations. “I really thought they carried the play in the second period and maybe didn’t get as much as they should have out of it,” Durocher said of McGill. “We got a shorthanded goal that was a good individual effort and a real nice wrist shot that found the net. But I thought that they kind of carried the tempo and the play in the second.
Friday, Oct. 5 W. Hockey @ Boston College, 7 p.m. M. Soccer @ Stony Brook, 7 p.m. Golf @ Rutgers Invitational, All Day
“It could have been 2–1 or 3–1 for them, but thankfully [junior goaltender Kerrin Sperry] made a couple of good stops, and we got a couple of good bounces and we were up 2–1 [after two periods].” After a scoreless first period where each netminder gathered eight saves, freshman forward Rebecca Russo put the Terriers on the board just seconds into the second frame. With freshman forward Jordan Juron still in the penalty box after a tripping call with 1:17 left in the first, sophomore forward Kayla Tutino forced a turnover that sent the puck to Russo. Russo skated into the offensive zone by herself, and, after forcing McGill netminder Andrea Weckman out of position, notched a shot into the back of the net for the shorthanded tally. Juron joined her classmate in scoring a goal just over six minutes
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Saturday, Oct. 6 Field Hockey @ Vermont, 12 p.m. W. Hockey vs. Boston Blades, 3 p.m. W. Golf @ Rutgers Invitational, All Day