10-30-2012

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BU reopens after Boston avoids catastrophes from Hurricane Sandy

By Jasper Craven Daily Free Press Staff

As Hurricane Sandy barreled through New England Monday, Massachusetts government officials said the Commonwealth benefited from a change in the storm’s path.

Some schools, public transit and businesses are back in session on Tuesday, including Boston University, MBTA routes and Boston Public Schools.

BU officials announced Monday night that the university would reopen at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, said BU spokesman Colin Riley. He said the administration made it’s decision based on the availability of transportation for faculty and staff.

Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick issued an update on Hurricane Sandy at a news conference Monday night, saying that although the storm remained strong, the state luckily did not suffer any major catastrophes.

“The storm track that we were originally following changed,” Patrick said, “and changed to the advantage of impact for Massachusetts.”

Patrick said there was a lot of wind damage around the state, but no real serious injury.

Patrick said response teams had practice dealing with Hurricane Irene in 2011 and the response so far was pretty effective.

“It’s too soon to fully evaluate the response because there are still 380,000 people without

power,” he said.

Two car accidents were reported in Peabody and Dartmouth respectively, but they were not caused by the storm, Patrick said.

Massachusetts National guardsmen were alerted to clear debris for emergency vehicles, provide power generation and support requests from communities to help citizens following the storm’s aftermath, said Major Michelle Faucher, executive officer for the 65th Public Affairs Operation Center of the Massachusetts National Guard, in an email.

“The Governor of Massachusetts has ordered Army and Air National Guard personnel to State Active Duty in order to provide

resources in support of local authorities and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency’s request for assistance to support Hurricane Sandy,” Faucher said.

NSTAR Electric reported that 13 percent of its customers had been affected by the storm, as of about 9:30 p.m. Monday, placing the number at 149,842.

NSTAR reported 6,916 power outages in Boston at about the same time.

NSTAR said on its website that it had 3,000 NSTAR personnel as well as 1,200 contracted out workers from across the U.S. ready to repair the damages that Sandy incurred.

Hurricane, see page 2

Cause of 5-alarm fire in Allston still under investigation College borrowing decreases, College Board study says

By Tyler Lay & Amelia Pak-Harvey Daily Free Press Staff

The cause of a five-alarm fire that destroyed a wood-frame house in Allston early Saturday morning is still not known, although inspectors have determined the cause is not suspicious, officials said.

Five residents and one firefighter were taken to the hospital to be treated after the fire.

One woman who jumped from the third floor and ended up in critical condition on Saturday has since been upgraded, said Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald on Monday.

The call for the fire came in at about 6:18 a.m. for 62 to 64 Quint Ave., a large two-and-a-half story house, MacDonald told the Free Press on Saturday.

The fire, which stirred a lot of 911 calls, was heavy upon arrival, he said.

“Heavy fire was showing on arrival and the first officer on scene ordered a second-alarm to bring more manpower to the scene,” he said.

One woman jumped from the third floor in the rear of the house as firefighters were putting a ladder up to the window, MacDonald said.

“She just couldn’t take it anymore because of the amount of smoke and fire so she had to get out of there,” he said.

MacDonald said the woman made a jump for the ladder, missed it and fell two stories, bouncing off of a small roof above the first-floor door and landing on top of a firefighter. She was in critical condition Saturday but is no longer in critical condition as of Monday.

The woman and the firefighter were taken to the hospital.

“In addition, we had a man jump from

By Margaret Waterman Daily Free Press Staff

in the house had been snapped, and the roof was almost entirely destroyed.

Water damage was also a factor in the structural assessment.

“The entire cellar is full of water right now,” O’Brien said. “It’s likely that this will be a total loss [for the residents].”

O’Brien also said the department was able to salvage electronic devices that belonged to the residents, specifically computers and cameras.

MacDonald said the estimated damage is $650,000.

Officials could not confirm whether the residents in the house were Boston University students.

Casey Bergerson, a resident of 18 Park

Total education borrowing among students and parents has declined by 4 percent, the first decline in more than 20 years, according to a study released by the College Board on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Boston University has significantly increased its financial-aid budget in recent years, said BU spokesman Colin Riley.

BU funded scholarships in the academic years 2011–12 for 8,577 students, at an average of $22,125, Riley said.

However, the College Board study reported federal grants declined to $49 billion in the 2011–12 academic year from $52 billion in the 2010–11 academic year.

In 2008, federal grants fell at just $26 billion, according to the study. There is some indication that it is a disadvantage to graduate from college during the recession, said Kevin Lang, a BU economics professor.

However, some students are weighing their options when it comes to the value of their degree.

“One would guess that it would be true as well, to some extent, people are also saying, ‘If I’m going to get a college degree, I’m going to get one that means something,’” Lang said.

The loan rates’ decline is somewhat unsurprising in light of current economic conditions, he said.

“We see it for everybody,” Lang said.

Fire, see page 2

Costs, see page 2

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Two people jumped from a wood-frame home in Allston on Saturday in a five-alarm fire that caused about $650,000 in damages, officials said.

a second-floor window,” MacDonald said.

“He landed on the ground and he was also taken to the hospital.”

About 100 firefighters were on scene as the fire grew to five alarms, and three more residents were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation, he said.

None of the injuries from the incident was life-threatening, MacDonald said.

Firefighters were still on scene as of 12:18 p.m., MacDonald said.

On scene at about 1 p.m., Captain Mark O’Brien of the BFD said his team was conducting an assessment of the structural damage that had been done to the house.

The exact cause of the blaze was still unknown, he said.

O’Brien said multiple large beams with-

BU professor overcomes odds, battles debilitating brain injury in year after crash

By Brian Latimer Daily Free Press Staff

One year after the car accident that left Boston University professor Thomas Kunz with a seemingly debilitating brain injury, he has shown astounding improvement, family members said.

“It has been a year since Tom’s accident — and he has made remarkable progress considering the severity of his injury,” his daughter, Pam Kunz, said in an email interview. “The support from Tom’s extended family of international friends and colleagues has been incredibly uplifting.”

His wife, Margaret, spends her time reading him the paper and letters or messages of support from his Caring Bridge blog, Pam said.

Kunz has moved from facility to facility as his needs change and condition improves, Pam said.

Kunz is staying at NeuroRestorative, a brain and spinal cord injury rehabilitation center, in Raynham, Pam said. He works daily on speech and physical therapies along with five other pa-

tients.

“He is very motivated during his [physical therapy] sessions and can walk with a walker while supervised,” Pam said. “He still needs constant supervision to prevent falls.”

She said he is able to maneuver himself around the house in his chair.

Known as the “Bat Man,” Kunz has influenced students, faculty and researchers throughout the world. Some of his work has revolved around a dramatic foretelling of the mass extinction of the little brown bat, which is still on his mind.

“He still likes talking about bats and will often talk about various projects and grants that must still be on his mind,” Pam said.

A former student of Kunz and current colleague, Kristin Radcliffe, said she was devastated when she heard about his accident.

“He was the most energetic, alive, happy man,” Radcliffe, center administrator of the Center of Ecology and Conservation Biology, which Kunz founded, said. “You could not ask for anything better. It’s great to hear that he is

doing well and we can only hope for the best.”

Radcliffe said Halloween, when Professor Kunz would dress up as a bat and run around flapping his wings, was always his favorite time of year.

“We miss him here, and we hope he and his family are doing well,” she said.

Michael Sorenson, chair of the biology department, said faculty members are trying to continue Kunz’s work in the CECB and support his graduate students in finishing their degrees.

“Although he’s been at BU for 40 years, he was really the life of the biology department,” Sorenson said. “He was still one of our most productive and well regarded researchers.

Where a lot of people were winding down, he was speeding up.”

Sorenson said Kunz’s situation is a sad and unfortunate one.

“He’s making progress, and it’s slow,” he said. “But he’s getting better, stronger and his memory seems mostly intact. He recognizes his

Batman, see page 4

PHOTO COURTESY OF PAMELA KUNZ

After his car accident on Oct. 26, 2011, professor Thomas Kunz has made great strides toward a recovery.

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Fire interrupts day on Quint St., residents say Gov.: Cost of recovery efforts for Bay State still unknown Fire: From Page 1

Vale Ave., said she had been delivering rations to the firemen at the point when the blaze had come under control.

She said she overheard one victim tell a fireman that he was a student and that he had lost his passport.

Bergerson also said she was quite fearful of the circumstance early on, because her home is located just behind the scene of the fire.

“It could have been dangerous for the whole neighborhood,”

Bergerson said. “It could have caught on to one of the nearby houses or even one of the trees ... [but] the firemen did a very good job.”

Adam Rogers, a resident of Quint Street, said the fire played a large factor in the outcome of his day, though he did not know the residents.

“I heard the sirens at around 6:30 [a.m.],” Rogers said. “There were maybe 10 trucks total ... five on Glenville, at least two ladder trucks outside the house, and a few more on Quint.”

The mayhem prevented Rogers

from making it work in his typical fashion, as he was unable to move his car from Quint Street, he said.

Andrew Maier, a student at the New England School of Photography and a resident of the perpendicular Glenville Avenue, said he had not been aware of the fire until he arrived at the scene around 1:15 p.m., but was in the area the night before.

“The street was pretty much all parties last night,” Maier said.

“It’s mostly students living here.”

Chris Lisinski contributed to the reporting of this article.

Fin-aid offers play key role in applicants’ college choices Costs: From Page 1

“In some ways it’s even less surprising for college students.”

Laurence Kotlikoff, a BU economics professor, said applications for graduate education are decreasing around the country.

“I think the perceived difficulty of students in finding jobs after they graduate may be behind this,” Kotlikoff said.

Bridget Terry Long, a professor of education and economics at Harvard University, said while she did not know the cause of the national decline, one possible hypothesis is that students are making different choices.

Long said changes in population demographics could have also played a role in these changes.

“Students might be choosing less expensive colleges given that they’re more conscientious about how much it will cost,” Long said.

Teresa Yue, a College of Arts and Sciences junior, said perhaps more and more students are choosing to attend state schools to save money.

“Especially if the state school is near to their home, they wouldn’t have to apply for housing and stuff like that either,” she said.

Yue said fewer people are probably going to graduate school because they are more conscien-

tious of the financial strain college puts on a family.

“Maybe their family was already dealing with the college financial strain, and then on top of that instead of going to grad school they just chose to help support both their family and their younger siblings,” Yue said.

John Waldman, a School of Management senior, said the financial aid he received from BU factored into his college decisionmaking process. “[My family] is at that barrier where we can afford college, but its still a lot of money,” he said.

“We have three other kids at home.”

Waldman said he was uncertain as to why student-loan borrowing has suddenly decreased.

“I just assumed it has to do something with the economy — it’s bouncing back a little bit, now so people have more cash flows to be able to spend on a college education,” Waldman said.

Catherine Enwright, a CAS freshman, said she chose BU primarily for financial reasons.

“You definitely just want to go in [to the workforce] with as little debt as possible,” she said.

Enwright said if she were able to, she would take out as few loans as possible.

“If you have a definite career direction and a more cheap col-

lege can do it for you, then you should totally do it, or a state school,” Enwright said.

However, some students said they have not had positive experiences with BU financial aid.

Nicole Miranda, a CAS sophomore, said she never even heard from the financial aid office after reapplying for aid her sophomore year.

“I don’t even know because last year I got barely anything, and then this year I applied and I don’t think I ever got a notice,” Miranda said.

She said she has a number of international friends who do not receive any aid.

“I feel like if you’re international you should be even more considered for financial aid, but its the opposite,” she said.

Riley said the administration has been working hard on making BU affordable.

“I can say that our budgets in recent years have increased significantly,” he said. “I would say that it’s an important issue for the administration.”

Riley said the administration in particular is concerned about the amount of debt students leave BU with, which currently stands at about one semester tuition’s worth.

“It has increased a few thousand dollars each year,” he said.

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Both Patrick and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officials said they were “cautiously optimistic” that the MBTA would be running regular routes Tuesday.

Patrick said MBTA service depends on when the weather dies down.

“We need the weather to settle so the crews can get out there,” he said.

The MBTA said service would remain suspended through Monday, but the MBTA is preparing to make operations ready on Tuesday.

“MBTA crews are currently working to clear downed trees, power lines and storm-related debris throughout the system,” according to the MBTA website. “The MBTA is cautiously optimistic that regularly scheduled subway, bus, commuter boat and RIDE service will resume at the start of service Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012.”

The Providence line of Amtrak

suffered wire damage and will not resume service on Tuesday, the MBTA reported.

Patrick announced state employees working in executive branch agencies would have a delayed start of work at 10 a.m.

The Boston Public Schools announced Monday night that classes would resume at regular times on Tuesday and buses will run their normal schedules.

The cost of recovery efforts is still up in the air, as the storm will be raging throughout the night, possibly creating greater damage to the Commonwealth, Patrick said.

“One of the reasons we can’t answer the question yet is number one, we aren’t done with this weather,” Patrick said. “The most dangerous part of this event is happening on the South Coast right now.”

Patrick said he was planning on visiting the South Coast and other impacted areas on Tuesday with Mass. Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray.

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North End Ten Kenmore Square food joints unfazed by new Starbucks go to Starbucks. They have stron- their menus, he said. battles dev’t in ger coffee than Dunkin’ Donuts.

“You have in some ways a McBut most people come here because Donaldization and Dunkinization of Dunkin’ Donuts is cheaper.”

Starbucks and a Starbuckization of waterfront area Both chains have at least 50 stores McDonalds and Dunkin’ Donuts, so

By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff

A territorial dispute over the development of Boston’s Long Wharf area pits city and state departments against a number of advocacy groups who claim the development of a restaurant is still subject to certain state laws.

On Nov. 5, the Massachusetts State Supreme Court will hear a case that could determine the fate of Boston’s Long Wharf Park.

Neighborhood advocates claim that Boston Redevelopment Authority has been trying to turn public space over to private developers to build a restaurant since in the area since 2006, according to savelongwharfpark.org.

North End residents filed an appeal in 2008 with the Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Appeals and Dispute Resolution.

The residents, led by Olin College associate professor Sanjoy Mahajan, argued that the BRA needed a two-thirds vote of the Massachusetts legislature to obtain a Chapter 91 license to turn the land over to developers, as required by the 97th Amendment of the Massachusetts State Constitution.

“Once we lost [at the OADR], we could then appeal to the Superior Court. So we did that, and we won there,” said Mahajan, the lead plaintiff of 10 North End residents known as the “ North End Ten.” In June 2011, Superior Court judges denied the DEP’s decision to issue the BRA a Chapter 91 license on the grounds that it would violate Article 97 provisions, according to the official memorandum on the decision.

The BRA and DEP then appealed to the State Supreme court, arguing that Long Wharf was taken as a part of urban renewal purposes, which the BRA’s brief says are “not covered by Article 97.”

The North End Ten rejects this assertion.

“Our argument is, urban renewal doesn’t mean it can’t be also a park or open space,” Ma-

North End, see page4

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Although a new Starbucks is opening in Kenmore Square in early 2013, nearby coffee competitors say they are not worried.

By Reenat Sinay Daily Free Press Staff

Although a new Starbucks opening in Kenmore Square brings more options for the chain’s loyal drinkers right across the street from the Starbucks in Barnes and Noble, coffee competitors in the area said they are not worried about the competition.

The new store is set to open in early 2013, according to a Starbucks spokesperson.

The store is expected to be located next to the Wine Gallery and Eastern Standard and to offer a second choice

for customers of the Starbucks coffee served by Barnes and Noble across the street, according to an email from the spokesperson.

It will also be in direct competition with the New England stronghold coffee supplier, Dunkin’ Donuts.

Kenmore Square Dunkin’ Donuts Assistant Manager Mostpha Mouzoune said the new Starbucks will not affect their business because customer choice comes down to price and personal taste.

“It doesn’t worry me at all,” he said. “If people like Starbucks, they

A number of Boston University students said they were not surprised by a study conducted by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, which found students from low-income backgrounds are not as prepared for college as other undergraduates.

The study, released Wednesday, examined high school students in New York over a 10-year period and concluded that low-income as well as African-American and Latino high school graduates from the inner city are not as college-ready as their peers.

If high school students pass a standardized New York State Mathematics Regents exam with a score of an 80 and the English Regents exam with a score of a 75, they are defined by the state as college-ready, according to the study.

“College-readiness rates are still largely predicted by the demographics of a student’s home neighborhood,” the study stated.

that the three of them are competing more strongly,” he said.

Despite increasing similarities among the three, some customers said they will stay loyal to their brand of choice.

School of Management senior Carlos Rojas said he welcomes the new Kenmore Square Starbucks because he prefers the ambience and atmosphere to that of other coffee shops.

“I’ll definitely be going to the new Starbucks instead of the Barnes and Noble one,” he said, adding that the Starbucks in Barnes and Noble is not quite of the same quality as an official Starbucks location.

College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Mariel Hathaway said she will stick with Dunkin’ Donuts.

“I prefer Dunkin’ across the board,” she said. “I think the coffee tastes better and it’s less expensive. If I’m going to be in this area anyway, then I would go to Dunkin’ first.”

Other coffee drinkers said convenience is key.

“I generally prefer Starbucks, but I will drink Dunkin’ Donuts as

Starbucks, see page4

Allston residents address latest Harvard plans, impact on community

By Cosette Pérez Daily Free Press Staff

As Harvard University unveils more plans to expand into Allston, residents and university officials plan to meet on future plans to create a cooperative relationship between both communities.

Harvard’s 10-year plan includes construction of new academic buildings, a hotel and conference center, as well as a new basketball venue.

All of this new infrastructure will be built in the Allston community, part of an ambitious master plan by Harvard affecting a community dealing with an altered landscape.

Harvard has about 151 acres of land zoned for building space, with the more than 110 of these acres allocated to the Harvard Business School and Harvard Athletics.

The 10-year plan would add 1 million square feet of additional building space and renovations to 500,000 square feet of existing Harvard space.

The project detailed in the Institutional Master Plan Notification Form and development is mainly located in Barry’s Corner.

Susan Elsbree, spokeswoman for the Boston Redevelopment Authority, said interactions between the Allston and Harvard community, once Harvard infrastructure is in place, will be a cooperative relationship.

“There will be a lot of faculty there and a lot of students, so the interaction will be much better,” she said. “It is a great way for Allston and Harvard to utilize some untouched land.”

But a number of residents have expressed frustration or problems with Harvard’s presence in Allston in monthly meetings of the HarvardAllston task force.

Gerald Autler, project manager of the Harvard Allston Campus Planning and Institutional Master Plan, said the residents of Allston are being consulted in the matter regarding

Low-income students less prepared, study suggests

By Abraham Kalaoun Daily Free Press Staff

in Boston, making them each other’s biggest competition in the city.

But the other competition Starbucks will face in Kenmore is from McDonald’s, according to Frederic Brunel, a Boston University marketing professor.

“McDonald’s has actually been rebranding itself much more as a café,” he said. “They’ve been serving Green Mountain coffee and have been very aggressive. They’ve been offering Wi-Fi in their stores, and in a lot of their stores they’ve introduced wood paneling and little blue Murano glass pendant lights.”

McDonald’s, however, is not worried about its new neighbor, said Kenmore Store Manager Johnny Chiu.

“I don’t think it will hurt us at all because McDonald’s [coffee] is cheaper,” Chiu said. “And right now we’ve been expanding to holiday flavors [for lattes], which makes us competitive.”

This is a common business strategy, Brunel said.

Starbucks has been making an effort to introduce more breakfast food, while Dunkin’ Donuts and McDonald’s have added espresso drinks to

BU spokesman Colin Riley said this trend does not affect a large portion of BU’s student body.

“Students need to have had a certain level of achievement to be a competitive applicant,” Riley said. “We certainly have students who are from socioeconomically disadvantaged homes. And if they get accepted to BU, it’s very likely they’ll graduate and do well here.”

Riley said BU operates with needblind admissions.

“An applicant might also indicate a difficult [economic] situation in their essay,” he said. “Basically, when we are looking at applicants, we ask how is this student going to contribute to their education and the education of others here at the University.”

In the 2011–12 academic year, more than 8,580 students had BUfunded scholarships averaging $22,125, Riley said. Included in that group were 2,750 students who also received Pell Grants with an average award of about $4,000.

BU sociology professor David

Swartz said the study raises concerns in educational disparities.

“Class and race factors continue to be powerful forces shaping education and career outcomes in American society,” he said in an email. “Public policies that aim to increase employment opportunities for the lowest income groups should be considered.

And early-childhood intervention programs, while expensive, should be pursued.”

“Low-income families don’t have the financial resources to provide students with ways to continue their education at home, which can affect a student’s performance in the classroom,” said Adam Jakubiak, a College of Communication graduate student. “It’s also up to teachers and schools as well so that every student has a fair shot to learn.”

Jakubiak said he comes from a median-income background and took pride in working hard to get accepted into BU.

Low-income, see page4

the expansion on a meeting that will likely take place on Nov. 7.

“It’s a chance for the public to hear the filings and to consider them for the scoping determination,” Autler said. “Harvard has filed a form and there’s still not a whole lot of information about the project. We get comments from the public scoping determination.”

The plan that has been submitted so far includes nine projects that will take 10 years to build.

“This is the process for building institutions,” Elsbree said. “We require all institutions to come up with plenty of plans to show what it is they want to do with the area, so this is required of all institutions.”

She added that all institutions are required to draw up these plans so that they can go under review by the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the Boston Zoning Commission.

The Institutional Master Plan is a fluid document and will continue to be developed as more information

and feedback accrues, Autler said.

“There is traffic and parking studies that will come out of this,” he said.

“We want to see implementations of the planning goals and there will be recreation of a neighborhood center.”

Michelle O’Berg Figueroa, 31, a freelance journalist and Brighton resident, said she is excited for the new developments by Harvard.

“The Harvard-Allston expansion is a fantastic way to bring what’s taught inside Harvard’s classroom to the outside community,” she said.

“The English-Language program they offer will be an invaluable asset to people who want to improve their English, but might not have the resources.”

Figueroa said the potential for other schools to offer similar resources would benefit the state.

“We are looking forward to such a wonderful resource and hope this will be modeled after in other Massachusetts’ communities as well,” she said.

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Boston residents stock up on essentials to prepare for Hurricane Sandy at the Allston Shaw’s Tuesday.

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Continued dev’t of Long Warf Coffee drinker calls Starbucks stores ‘excessive’ needed for vibrancy, BRA says Starbucks: From Page 3

North End: From Page 3

hajan said.

Mahajan said the area is also a park, an open public space, so it is protected by the 97th amendment.

The DEP brief states that its Waterways program determined that the project serves “proper public purpose” for a Chapter 91 License.

Other parties have filed three amicus briefs have been filed supporting the North End Ten. One was a joint brief, filed by the Conservative Law Foundation, Massachusetts Association of Conservative Commissions, The Trustee of Reservations and the Nature Conservancy.

The Sierra Club filed another brief.

On Oct. 19, landscape architect and co-founder of the Alliance for Boston Neighborhoods Shirley Kressel filed a brief.

Kressel said the implications of the case are much larger, as the BRA is trying to set a precedent that urban renewal lands are not subject to Article 97 review.

Kressel also said she has disagreed with the BRA’s actions before, saying the organization has a habit of abusing its power.

“They use their powers to reduce the public recourse to city building and development decisions,” Kressel said. “My problem has always been that they are using all their powers to either advance development that is against the intent of the community zoning or that provides tax breaks to developers that they don’t deserve.”

Sanjoy said the North End Community enjoys the park.

“It’s valued as the most peace-

ful, quiet place on the entire Boston Waterfront because there’s no cars there, there’s no commercial activity,” he said.

In the BRA’s reply brief, the group defended its prior development of the Long Wharf.

“The BRA’s urban renewal efforts, detailed in its principal brief at pp.13-16, transformed long wharf over the past four decades from a dilapidated pier to a vibrant marina and pedestrian destination on Boston’s waterfront,” the brief stated.

The BRA also argued that continued development of the Long Wharf is required to ensure its continued vibrancy.

“The use of the long wharf pavilion may be modified depending on what is needed to eliminate blight and prevent its recurrence,” the brief stated.

Doc’s, the restaurant planned to open on the Long Wharf in 2008, was planned to “greatly enhance the current open space with a casual dining option for residents and tourists alike,” according to a 2007 BRA press release.

The restaurant would have had an architectural design fitting for Boston’s historical waterfront setting, and garnered support from Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.

“Soon, this restaurant will enliven Long Wharf with increased daytime activity and nighttime entertainment — and provide another way in which residents and visitors can enjoy Boston’s harbor,” Menino said in the press release.

The State Supreme Judicial Court hearing will take place on Nov. 5 at the John Adams Courthouse.

Colleague recalls past Halloweens, bat costumes with Thomas Kuntz Batman: From Page 1

family and still has that twinkle in his eye.”

The Caring Bridge blog, set up by his family, keeps his students, coworkers and extended family informed daily on his progress including stories on outings with his family and treatment he receives.

On Oct. 27, the one-year anniversary of his accident, his wife posted, “Today has been the one-year anniversary of Tom’s accident; it doesn’t

seem possible! Thanks to all of you who have supported us; you have made the journey easier.”

Pam said it has been an incredibly difficult year for the entire family.

“There have been a lot of ups and downs and we are really hopeful for a better year,” she said. “Though my dad is a different person since the accident, we continue to hope for some small improvements and that his life will be filled with whatever happiness and joy we can bring him.”

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well,” said Starbucks customer Cynthia Barakatt, 51, a daily Starbucks customer who works in Kenmore Square. “It all comes down to convenience really. [I prefer] whichever is closest and most accessible.”

Despite the variety of coffee choices in Kenmore Square, both Dunkin’ Donuts and McDonald’s will be outnumbered in the area by Starbucks, which has two other stores within a three-block radius of Kenmore Square in addition to the Barnes and Noble location.

While Dunkin’ Donuts has five locations in the Kenmore area, four of those are inside Fenway Park and inaccessible to the general public, according to the Dunkin’ Donuts website.

The increased visibility of Starbucks by comparison could pose a problem for the coffee giant, Brunel said.

“You could potentially be in a situation where there are too many stores, which actually becomes unprofitable because you are spreading the demand across too many locations,” he said.

Some coffee drinkers agree that too many Starbucks stores might turn them off.

“I think it’s a little excessive,” Hathaway said. “I would rather have more Dunkin’ Donuts, honestly.”

Rojas, however, said the expansion would be welcome.

“I wouldn’t mind if Starbucks expanded here like in New York,” Rojas said. “That would be great. I don’t get sick of seeing them.”

However, Brunel warns that opening too many stores could also change Starbucks’s image.

“Traditionally they have been the more exclusive coffee brand, the one that’s not as mainstream as some of the others,” he said. “So as they open more and more locations they are giving away some of that exclusivity and that type of image.”

It is unclear whether this new Starbucks location is the jumping point for a new wave of expansion.

Starbucks went before the Boston Licensing board in September to apply for a seven-day Common Victualler license for a location in South Boston.

Starbucks declined to comment on this point, although reports say the license was approved.

CAS senior: U.S. education ‘polarized,’ based on income Low-income: From Page 3

“My parents are financially stable, but I don’t have much money or a scholarship,” he said. “I’m going to be in debt for a while, but the thing is, I came to BU to pursue my education and to try to do what I want to do in life.”

Jakubiak said BU has done a good job of accepting students from various types of economic backgrounds.

“It all depends on how hard students are willing to work and if they’re able to get past financial hindrances,” he said. “BU is an expensive school, but that shouldn’t hinder kids from chasing their dreams.”

Charlie Chung, a College of Arts and Sciences senior, said although he was born in Korea and attended high school in New Zealand, the conclu-

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sions of the study make sense to him.

“My understanding of the educational system in the U.S. is that it’s very polarized,” he said. “The rich get the best education they can afford while students from low-income backgrounds don’t receive a quality education.”

Chung said college readiness was not an issue in New Zealand.

“However, I do see a similar trend in that country too because people from low-income backgrounds can’t afford to send their kids to private institutions,” he said. “Even in such cases, the government gives students free education at public schools until the student turns 18.”

School of Management junior Sanjay Motwani said despite the students he knows who receive schol-

arships at BU, a number of students come from higher-income backgrounds.

“Most students here were fortunate enough to go to better high schools and such,” he said.

Jamil Williams, a CAS freshman, said the study fails to take into account all the factors that contribute to why Latino and African-American students may not be as college-ready as their peers.

“I’m from an inner-city public school,” he said. “I feel one of the factors is the culture present at inner-city schools. You can go to a good school, but it’s not cool to study. I think that’s where the disparities in college readiness between white and black kids start to emerge.”

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Taking back control of brain functions New alternatives can help focus one’s mind, attention without using drugs

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or students looking for a way to focus their minds while studying, researchers at the Strong Foundation have an answer. Their website, Brain Shift Radio, launched after three decades of research on music-based therapy, is an alternative to common mind-focusing methods, such as use of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) drugs.

Brain-Shifting Technology Users log into their personal accounts and choose from a list of mental states ranging from brain boost and focus to meditation and sleep. Rhythm and ambient tracks are played simultaneously to achieve the desired effect.

The tracks are created based on an algorithm that evaluates rhythm pattern. Strong said rhythm pattern is related to a sentence in which each word has its own sound and meaning.

“If you look at the characteristics of music and of rhythm, you’ll notice that there are different instrumental sounds and different accents and tempos,” Strong said.

Each of these parameters is assigned a value, which are eventually strung together to create an overall picture of the track’s intensity, like words connect to make a sentence.

The algorithm was created based on research on Rhythmic Entrainment Intervention (REI), which has two underlying principles.

The first is auditory driving, the ability of an auditory signal to drive the frequency of the brain. The brain will match a rhythm’s tempo if certain conditions are met, Strong said.

The second principle is complexity — the brain was built for an attraction to novel stimuli.

“When we encounter stimuli that are unusual, our brain keys in to decipher what is going on,” Strong said.

The rhythms used for Brain Shift Radio were constructed so that the brain has something to “chew on,” Strong said.

The rhythm in each track is constantly changing and the brain is stimulated as it tries to decipher the music. As a result, the brain’s activity level and focus increases.

The success rate for REI was shown to be 98 percent.

Skeptical Reactions Boston University associate professor of psychology David Somers said the website was “possibly helpful, but mostly pseudo-science.”

He said humans positively benefit from music, as it boosts arousal or alertness, filters out distractions and betters overall mood, but only under certain conditions.

Somers mentioned three factors that must hold for this to work — an enjoyment for the music, an ability to work over said music and a variety in the music.

Somers added that music-attention effects are often learned or acquired and that results are therefore unique for each person.

“I’m very skeptical ... the site may not be a bad starting point,” he said, “but it’s going to be pretty far from optimal.”

History of Therapeutic Success Strong, who studied music at the Musicians Institute of Los Angeles, said his research is based on the therapeutic practices of drumming, which date back to ancient times.

The Shamanic cultures, which date back 30,000 years, used rhythm. This is where the tempo portion of REI comes from.

Strong said they used slow beats to enter into an altered state of consciousness.

“The traditional technique used a four beat-per-second pulse,” he said, “whereas we use much faster rhythms — usually around eight beats-per-second and up to 12.5.”

The Yoruba tribe of West Africa also used rhythms in traditional culture to influence the listener. The complexity portion of REI stems from this, Strong said.

He said he brought his theories into a clinical setting when he began drumming for autistic children in 1992. His study involved 16 children who were tracked for 16 weeks.

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Jeff Strong of the Strong Foundation plays the drums, the instrument that inspired him to study music therapy.

“We brought each of the kids in a private room where I played live, and a psychologist took notes,” he said.

They tracked each child’s response to the rhythms and the tracks that prompted a positive outcome were put on a recording to listen to once a day.

Researchers noted an overall decrease in anxiety and seizures and an increase in speech ability and sleep.

Strong said he does not have a background in science, but doctors and professionals in the field jumped on board and a 10year formal study began in 1994.

Healthy Alternative Strong said Brain Shift Radio is not only a healthier alternative to ADHD medications, which are abused by 34 percent of students, but it is more effective.

A recent study suggested that REI techniques seem to be more effective. A 43-year-old man who used ADHD medication in doses of 20 mg had a reaction to REI music that was twice as effective as the higher dose of medication.

Brain shift radio also shields users from the side effects of Adderall and Ritalin. On USA Today College, a college student reports having nightmares, anxiety and shortness of breath after using non-prescribed medication. The drugs are especially dangerous for patients with pre-existing heart conditions and have been linked to deaths in these cases. They may also worsen behavior, increase aggression and cause lack of sleep, among other side effects, according to The New York Times.

“I’d expect that it alters synaptic regulation and brain networks,” Strong said about ADHD medication.

He said the same benefits can be achieved without using the drugs.

Community Responses Students said ADHD drug abuse is troublesome, but differed on their prescribed remedies for the problem.

Michael Snyder, a junior in Boston University’s College of Engineering, said people do not want to put in the hard work that their courses demand because it is much too easy to be distracted by technology.

“Too many kids say, ‘I can’t study because I have ADHD,’”

he said. “No, you just can’t put your phone down.”

Snyder said he is against the abuse of ADHD medication.

“It’s the easy way out,” he said. “It’s a crutch. Just to have that crutch — it’s terrible.”

Some students said the problem is not the students, but the prescribers.

“It’s prescribed too easily, especially to young children, and its widespread availability kind of makes the abuse inevitable,” said Jasmine Elbarbary, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She said that children have a lot of energy in general and thereby tend to have a difficult time focusing and taking things seriously.

“Not every kid actually has ADHD and needs that kind of medication,” she said, “especially those at a young age.”

Students said they would rather follow healthy methods to stay on top of their work. Zhimu Wang, a sophomore in CAS, said she tries to pay attention to what affects her studying ability- both positively and negatively.

“If I’m tired, I can’t concentrate,” she said. “Negative emotions can definitely affect my ability to study. I will take a rest if I’m tired or if I’m feeling bad, I’ll go to the gym or watch comedies.”

Qi Lu, a sophomore in CAS, said that she prefers safer methods. She added that music is her go-to concentration method.

“I like listening to classical music,” she said. “Slow music is the best.”

The Future Strong said his main goal for the future is adding more material to the website. They began with 50,000 tracks, and now have 75,000. Their goal is to reach 100,000 by the end of the year.

Recent statistical analysis showed that the number of users is now in the thousands and 39 percent of tracks being played are focusing tracks.

The Strong Institute is now working on a mobile app that should be released by the end of 2013.

“As a person with ADHD,” Strong said about the future, “I’m excited.”

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BU’s Hurricane Sandy preparations On Sunday and Monday, Boston University students received a flurry of emails and text messages from BU Alert, Residence Life and Dining Services about the university’s preparations for Hurricane Sandy.

Many of the steps were realistic and necessary. The university decided to cancel classes Monday, which was appropriate because students should not have to risk their safety to attend class. Also, some professors travel long distances to teach and probably would have canceled their classes even if the university had not.

BU’s departments also sent emails to students with tips on how to prepare for the storm such as to unplug electronics and move papers and books away from windows. It was important the university provided students with this information because some students hail from landlocked states and have never dealt with hurricanes before.

However, the first BU email was sent a couple of hours before BU announced its decision to cancel classes Monday. The Housing and Dining email confused and frustrated students because it seemed to send the message, prepare for the worst but expect to attend classes tomorrow.

For what it’s worth, BU probably wanted to take time to analyze the severity of the storm before deciding to cancel classes. It is very easy to blow weather incidents out

of proportion, and BU did not want to cancel class unnecessarily. Some people looked at the city of New York and the numerous precautions it was taking and became concerned that BU was not doing enough to prepare. However, Boston is located farther north than New York. The hurricane is going to affect Boston differently than it does New York.

Still, BU should have been a little more forthcoming with its announcement to cancel classes Monday. Mayor Thomas Menino announced Sunday afternoon that all public schools would be closed Monday and that “non-essential city employees” should remain at home, according to a statement on the city of Boston’s website. BU should have issued its statement shortly after the city’s, not several hours later. If the city determined it was unsafe for people to go to school or work, BU should have assumed as much for its own community.

The university’s formation of a hurricane task force also seems unnecessary. The City of Boston operates without one. It seems like of waste of time and resources for BU, a body much smaller than the city government, to have a weather-related task force.

While BU was correct in its decision to cancel classes Monday, it’s handling of the situation leading up to the cancellation left much to be desired.

Letter to the Editor: On Obama’s presidency To the Editor: I graduated from Boston University’s College of Communication in 2009. My classmates and I transitioned out of undergraduate life just after experiencing the energy and excitement of the 2008 election, during which most of us were swayed by the promises of “change” that were offered by then–U.S. Sen. Barack Obama. Obama promised “politics of hope,” implicitly offering policies that would provide economic recovery, relief for the underprivileged and an end to the aggressive military posture that the U.S. adopted during the early and mid-2000s. It was an attractive vision, painted with rhetorical skill, which resonated with the ideals of young Americans.

Years later, I can speak for myself and many of my classmates when I say that Obama’s vision for America has failed to materialize. Our economic wellbeing is still jeopardized by debt, unemployment and slow markets. Our foreign relations are just as marred by violence and distrust as they ever were under President George W. Bush.

Obama promised economic recovery and a bipartisan approach to solving America’s financial problems. Yet, he handed us ineffectual spending programs that increased our nation’s debt without increasing employment rates. He constantly promotes higher taxes on the wealthy as a solution to America’s yearly deficit, yet he has increased spending so much that no realistic income tax increase could compensate for it. Meanwhile, young Americans have not been able to find gainful

employment or use the degrees that they have earned. Student debt mounts, yet a bachelor’s degree does not provide a sufficient basis for employment in such a depressed job market.

A significant number of the students who embraced Obama’s vision in 2008 are still searching for jobs, living at home and paying off exorbitant loans. So much talent, both young and old, has gone unused these past years due to the continued economic downturn. The current administration is not effectively addressing economic problems, and the result is evident in the tough job market that students are graduating into today.

A president cannot fix things overnight, nor can he be held responsible for every individual problem that a country faces. Yet our current leader, Obama, has failed to move our country in the direction of a recovery. His ineffectual, divisive administration has not inspired much “hope,” nor has it resulted in meaningful “change.”

When students cast their ballots this year, they should be mindful of the course that Obama has taken. They should weigh his promises against the tough reality that we face. This man has had four years and considerable public good will to work with. Unfortunately for all of us, he hasn’t gotten the job done.

Sincerely, Jeffrey Estano COM ‘09 jeffestano@gmail.com

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Hurricane Sandy: Day One DAVID FONTANA

e interrupt your regularly scheduled programming (“Keeping Up With the Kardashians”) to bring you this special National Weather Advisory: Hurricane Sandy is coming. Stop.

Run for your lives. Stop.

Don’t actually do that. Stop.

Apparently running around outside during storms. Stop.

Is bad. Stop.

Everybody start yelling ­— maybe that’ll help. Stop.

Ahhhhhhh. Stop.

No, actually stop screaming. Stop.

Thank you. Stop.

I woke up yesterday morning to texts from friends in more centralized, safer locations across the U.S. that read, “Don’t die” and “Sandy is coming!” Selina Kyle’s gracious warning rang through my ears, “There’s a storm is coming, Mr. Wayne.” I, for one, am taking her advice — it’s time to batten down the hatches, boys!

This special service announcement is coming to you from my makeshift bunker, conveniently located in my watertight, absolutely secure, Allston basement. I’ve got walls made from excess laundry to absorb any run-off from the surge and a ceiling made from cardboard box to battle against the roaring winds. Shaw’s was all out of sandbags. My supplies include one-half filled water bottle (space for fresh rain water), a flashlight without batteries (for attacking anyone who attempts to overrun my fortress) and a box of Ritz crackers (for sustenance, of course). I think I’m as ready as I’ll ever be — bring it on, Sandy! Sandy?

Where did you go?

In the morning, it looked like Sandy was sleeping in. Or perhaps Miss Hurricane was taking some advice from my man Teddy (Theodore Roosevelt for those of you less acquainted): “Speak softly, and carry a big stick.” Only in this case the stick isn’t just big, it’s hurricane-sized. Literally. This morning, however, was only a red herring, meant to lull us into a false sense of security, for by midday, it was safe to say, “Der she blows!”But perhaps calling the storm a “she” is unfair. Really, Sandy is a unisex name, and gosh darn it, or dagnabit for you more reserved folks, I say it’s about time we had a nice unisex storm for once. Sure, there might be more girls’ names than boys, and maybe they didn’t even start using boys’ names for tropical storms until 1979, but it’s nice not knowing whether I’m being bullied into hiding in my home by a girl or a boy.

There’s something refreshing about nature, simply being nature.

Either way, this storm is sure to go down on a long, long list of famous people named Sandy: Sandy Olson, Sandy Cheeks and Sandy (little Orphan Annie’s dog).

I kind of hope she is like Sandy — Olson that is, not the dog — from that classic movie “Grease.” It would be great if she just rolled in, leathered up and started belting out some doo-wop tunes as she floods our streets, knocks down our trees and turns off our power. Sandy, you’re the one that I want.

But what does Sandy really stand for as a possible candidate for the 2012 general election? As defined by my dictionary, Sandy means one of the following: 1) of the nature of or consisting of sand 2) containing or covered with sand 3) of a yellowish-red color 4) having hair of sandy color. 5) shifting or unstable.While I had to run outside to check to see whether Numbers 1–4 were true — I was relieved to find that red sand was not, in fact, falling from the sky in long strings of hair — the fifth definition is rather fitting for little Sandy. However, following the etymology of the name, I found that unisexual Sandy actually means “defending man” or rather “defender of men.” Epiphany! Intrigue! Or more accurately, irony.

Does anyone feel a draft in here?

Although for a number of residents across the East Coast, this storm will surely be difficult, for most of us here in Boston, it’s rather like a gift from the great Mayan god himself — Huracan! I suppose I should be thanking Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick, too, for politely requesting all of the school in Boston to close down. Sunday Part Two really has changed a lot of things: it’s given me more time to study, sleep in and do absolutely nothing. College really does detract from one’s time to simply do nothing. This calendar change could be a revolutionary cure to those Monday blues. But maybe Sandy is just another sign in the long list that the end of the world really is rapidly approaching: earthquakes across the world, hurricanes in Boston at the end of October, Gangnam Style.

Even if the world really is ending, we’ve still got a few more months, I’d say. And if you’re reading this now, that means you’ve must have survived HSD One. Best of luck with Hurricane Sandy Day Two. You may now return to your regularly scheduled programming.

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.

No cameras here

The Custom and Border Protection Agency has been receiving heat for its policy that prohibits the public from taking photos near U.S. ports of entry. The American Civil Liberties Union recently sued the federal government over the policy, which it argued is unconstitutional, according to The Los Angeles Times Friday.

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of two activists who were trying to document possible human rights abuses at CaliforniaMexico border crossings. The activists reported being taken into custody and having their photos discarded by U.S. authorities, according to The L.A. Times.

It makes sense the government would prohibit people from taking photographs because some photographs might expose weak spots in border control. Terrorists could use the information conveyed in those photographs to smuggle people or materials across the border.

However, terrorists are probably going to circulate that information whether or not there is a no-photo policy in place. Chanc-

es are, someone who is intent on bringing people or materials into the U.S. is going to employ some tactic less conspicuous than snapping a photograph of border agents. He or she might simply communicate information through word of mouth, on paper or in some other way.

There are more invasive measures the government could take to improve defense efforts. For instance, they could increase border patrols. More patrols could mean fewer illegal activities fall through the cracks.

The policy also prevents activists and journalists from recording possible human rights abuses at those sites. What if patrols were racially profiling people at the border?

The government’s handling of the border should not go unchecked.

It will be interesting to see how the lawsuit pans out. Our borders do need to be made more secure, but activists and reporters should not be banned from accurately relaying what goes on there.

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Neff: Champagne celebrations well-deserved for league champs Neff: From Page 8

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John Lackey is a double-fisting machine, even when the Sox lose road games.

I’m sure that many BU athletes are up for a beverage or two after a hard-fought win. I’m sure every sports team or club likes to let loose after an intense game or a long season.

So why is anybody trying to put a halt to that?

It’s a time-honored tradition.

And as a fan and drinker, I demand this silly idea that people be more responsible with their victory celebrations end. Celebrating success should not be limited to what the media and the league see as politically correct. It should represent an honest sense of accomplishment, and as Americans we know that involves hitting the bottle.

Now, pay attention. I’m not suggesting a guy should play first base with a flask.

We saw how slippery a slope beer can be in a clubhouse with the epic 2011 Red Sox collapse.

But shouldn’t professional athletes be responsible enough to decide when it’s appropriate to drink?

Incoming Red Sox coach John Farrell said this past week on Felger & Mazz that he hasn’t made a decision about whether he’ll allow beer in the Fenway clubhouse this upcoming season, but that he had allowed it in Toronto.

He said he believes in treating players like grown men. Which they, well at least most of them, are. A responsible approach to a beer after the game makes complete sense. Just look at any softball league.

Farrell’s mature approach is exactly the way all sports professionals should act. I’m not suggesting guys take shots of 151 to celebrate picking up two out of three in a series. A couple beers for celebration after a win or a

champagne party following a championship are absolutely appropriate.

So before we turn professional sports victories into an AA meeting, let’s just use some common sense, be mature, and have a drink.

Cheers!

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.

Notebook: Kohanchuk remains productive after season-ending concussion last season Women’s hockey: From Page 8

scored two of the Terriers’ three goals.

“Her job is to finish off, get the lose pucks, get the rebounds, and [Saturday] was a good example,” Durocher said of Lefort’s performance.

While her stats from this weekend are impressive, the Ormstown, Quebec native’s season has made her one of the top rookies in the conference.

This is the third time this season Lefort has won Rookie of the Week honors.

She leads the Terriers, as well as Hockey East rookies, in scoring with eight goals this season.

Two of those goals came in her first career hockey east game, as she was the first star in the Terriers’ 4–2 win over No. 8 Boston College.

Lefort has three game-winning goals this season, which ties her for the national lead.

She also leads the Terriers in shots (30) and shooting percentage (.267) on the season.

“I’m just trying to do the small things and just not focus on the big things,” Lefort said after Saturday’s game. “The big things will come. I think that’s where I have to keep my focus on.”

Overcoming the concussion After much of what was supposed to be her senior season was wiped out by a concussion, senior forward Jenelle Kohanchuk has returned to her old self, notching eight points thus far this season.

“Jenelle adds tremendous speed,” Durocher said. “She brings tremendous intensity to the game. She’s a big part of our team that surprisingly almost slipped under the radar I think in some people’s minds as you look around at people in the league.

But we knew what we were getting back.”

On Saturday, Kohanchuk tal-

lied her 100th career point during the game against Robert Morris as she assisted on sophomore forward Kayla Tutino’s first-period goal.

Kohanchuk sent a pass to Tutino in the slot, from where Tutino scored what would become the game-winning goal.

Kohanchuk now has 44 goals and 56 assists in 106 games as a Terrier, and she is averaging one point per game this season.

“She’s a kid who’s got great energy, great speed, great puck position, is going to get her share of assists and she’s obviously going to get goals because she can shoot the puck,” Durocher said.

“She’s already distinguished herself as having a good start.

“To have basically a point a game ... is a good sign. In this team, you’ve probably got three, four, five kids with a-point-agame now, which is a good problem for our team and a good problem for my staff as well.”

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Senior forward Jenelle Kohanchuk has averaged a point per game so far this season.

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Alosso scored three minutes later to put BU ahead by a score of 6–2.

“We’ve been working on it and we’ve been close, and it all came together,” Starr said. “Today they were making the extra passes, running to the right spots and finishing really well. It’s nice to finally see it all come together.”

On Sunday, BU traveled to New Haven, Conn., to take on Yale University in its final game of the regular season.

The first half was scoreless, but the Terriers outshot the Bulldogs 11–6 heavily throughout the frame.

The first goal of the game came in the 54th minute when BU earned a penalty shot. Senior Kiley Alosso, who scored the team’s last goal against Fairfield the day before, took the shot and converted, giving her team a 1–0 edge.

In the 63rd minute, another senior, Macey Gaumond, scored off of a pass from sophomore Anne Fruitema to give BU some insurance.

They would not need that insur-

ance because standout goalie Jess Maroney was in goal for the Terriers and did not let up a goal. It was the second shutout victory of the season for BU. “Going into this weekend, we needed to take care of what needed to take care of,” Starr said. “I really wanted a decisive win today and a decisive win tomorrow so that when the NCAA takes a look at our most recent scores, they’re going to see three out of four very good results, especially with the Northeastern win last weekend.”

Because of BU’s ineligibility to play in the America East tournament as a result of its move to the Patriot League in the 2013–14 season, the Terriers have to hope for an at-large bid in this season’s tournament.

With these two decisive victories, the Terriers finished the season with a 12–6 record, putting them in good position to get such a bid. BU will find out its fate on Nov. 6 when the tournament bracket is released following the multiple conference tournaments that will be played this week.

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the 42nd minute, the Terriers had their second and final shot of the first half taken by junior midfielder Evin Nadaner, but it was saved by Wildcat goalie Travis Worra.

Despite BU’s limited amount of chances, the team held the Wildcats to only four shots in the first half.

None of them got passed sophomore goalie Nick Thomson.

After a scoreless first half, the game appeared to be another stalemate, which BU has been involved in all season. However, New Hampshire looked to go in for the kill to start the second half. In the 47th minute, the Wildcats took two consecutive shots in the box, but both were blocked by the Terrier defense.

In the 49th minute, junior midfielder Robert Palumbo had a great chance to put UNH on the board

and in the lead, but his shot hit the cross-bar and did not go in, keeping the game scoreless.

The 59th minute saw UNH get another great chance right off of a corner kick. Forward Jordan Thomas headed the ball toward the goal, but Thomson made another save. The Wildcats had a few more chances during the half, but none as close as these attempts to put them on the board and give them the lead.

Like the first half, the Terriers had trouble getting an offensive attack going. BU took six shots in the half, but two stood out as solid scoring chances. In the 71st minute, Ciccone took a hard shot that had an excellent chance of going in, but Worra made a great save. The 88th minute saw the Terriers get one final chance in regulation to break the draw when Michael Bustamante took the ball after a cross and shot it, but it was blocked by the Wild-

cats.

Again, BU headed to overtime.

This was the eighth and final time that the Terriers took a game to overtime this season.

The Terriers, just like the previous 90 minutes, could not establish offensive consistency. They did not record a shot in the overtime period. UNH appeared hungry to get the golden goal, and after missing on its first four opportunities of overtime, UNH finally capitalized and scored the game-winning goal.

After a long throw-in in the 97th minute, senior Alex Hussein scored in front of the net in a wild scramble to give UNH the 1–0 victory.

“The goal was just a throw in into the box. It went through a scrum and it just bounced the wrong way for us,” Roberts said.

“The guys still fought hard through the game and the difficult year we had.”

BU offense ends regular season on hot streak Offense: From Page 8

Starr said. “We’re finishing really well [now].”

Such a change in offensive presence was, in part, due to the play of Gunson. Against Fairfield University last Saturday she had two of the team’s six goals, and against No. 10 Northeastern University she had three of the team’s four goals in BU’s victory.

She finished the regular season as BU’s leading scorer with nine goals.

However, Gunson was not the only reason for the offensive growth. A vital part of the Terrier attack was depth. Over the span of 18 games, 11 players scored at least once. Seven of the team’s 39 goals came from senior defender Jacinda McLeod, the second most of any Terrier this season.

“I’m very proud of the way this team has played and developed,” Starr said. “The range of talent across classes promises future progress as well. With Terriers from each class contribut-

ing to the attack, there is less of a burden in losing the seniors to graduation.”

The team should be well-prepared to lose five of its seniors after this season, as the underclassmen account for just under half of all goals scored.

“What I liked about the seniors this year was they really gave everything,” Starr said. “They are a vital part of the team ... but our depth is what makes us, and will continue to make us, a force not to be messed with.”

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It’s nice to see it all come together.

BU coach Sally Starr on her team’s offensive performance over the weekend.

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Tuesday’s Take Bottoms up!

Mike Neff Am I the only one that thinks that champagne celebrations after the World Series, or any major sporting event is absolutely fitting?

The San Francisco Giants deservedly showered one another with champagne, beer, and whatever else they could find in the locker room following their sweep of the World Series on Sunday night.

And I think that was well deserved.

They played what, 178 games this season? And fought multiple elimination games.

And they can’t pop champagne following a big win?

MLB Commissioner Bud Selig expressed his concern earlier this postseason about the champagne centric celebrations (say that five times fast).

“It is something I have talked to the clubs about and will continue to talk to the clubs about,” Selig said. “You want to have great celebrations, fine. But spraying each other with champagne is not that.”

Have a beer and relax, Bud. Taking a gulp of alcohol and then, while you’re swallowing it, pouring some on your buddy is a fantastic celebration.

I just don’t get why we have to censor professional baseball players who are all of age. They just won the most coveted prize in their sport. And by some measure, the World Series is among the hardest titles to capture. Why can’t they have the bubbly on ice in the locker room? I fully expect any team that wins their respective league’s championship to go out and get blitzed for days on end.

Hell, when I finish this column I’m going to have a beer.

Everybody does it.

Drinking from the Stanley Cup is among the first things done in the locker room following the win.

And we’ve all heard the stories and seen the pictures of a lessthan-sober Brad Marchand celebrating the Bruins Stanley Cup victory, all summer long.

Rob Gronkowski definitely had a few beverages on the flight back from London after the Pats embarrassed the Rams this week-

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Starr wins 400th as field hockey wins twice

By Christopher Dela Rosa Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston University field hockey team made sure no questions would remain as to whether they are a tournament-caliber team by sweeping its final weekend of regular season play.

Saturday afternoon was full of emotions. The Terriers (12–6, 4–1 America East) defeated Fairfield University on Senior Day. It was also the team’s final game, ever, at Jordan Field. It was a milestone victory for the program, as it was BU coach Sally Starr’s 400th career victory.

“It’s definitely a milestone for the program more so than for myself,” Starr said regarding her 400th victory.

After upsetting No. 10 Northeastern the previous weekend, BU kept its attacking mentality going against the Stags (10–9, 1–4 America East).

In the eighth minute, junior midfielder Ella Gunson, who scored a hat trick against Northeastern, kept her hot stick going by scoring her eighth goal of the season off of a corner.

Junior forward Ysi Schieb got the assist.

In the 14th minute, senior Tabi Hatch, with help from freshman Rachel Coll, picked up right where Gunson left off by scoring and giving her team a 2–0 lead. Two-and-a-half minutes later, the score margin got even wider as freshman forward Sofi Laurito split the Fairfield defense and ripped a shot from the middle of the circle to give BU a 3–0 lead.

Fairfield stopped the bleeding six minutes afterward as sophomore Felicitas Heinen scored a goal. The potential for a comeback was shortlived for the Stags though. Within a minute, Hatch scored another goal to put her team back on top by three.

Two minutes after setting up Hatch for a goal, Gunson scored another one of her own by knocking in a goal from the top of the circle. Senior midfielder Macey Gaumond got the assist.

In the 29th minute, Fairfield junior Christy Starsinic scored to lower the deficit, but BU senior back Kiley

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Junior midfielder Ella Gunson scored her team-leading eighth goal of the season.

BU offense enters potential postseason with strong offense

By Steven Dufour Daily Free Press Staff

The No. 15 Boston University field hockey team found its offensive rhythm recently, scoring 12 goals in its final three games, and ended the season by dominating its last few opponents. The Terriers scored almost a third of their total goals on the season in the final 210 minutes of the season.

This dominance was put on display on Saturday in a game against Fairfield University (10– 9, 1–4 America East). BU (12–6, 4–1 America East) defeated the Stags 6–2, with goals coming

from four different players and from all positions except goalkeeper.

Junior midfielder Ella Gunson scored twice, making herself the team’s leading scorer. Senior forward Tabi Hatch had two as well.

Senior defender Kiley Allosso converted once for her second goal of the season, while freshman forward Sofi Laurito chipped in and scored an unassisted goal for the second game in a row.

BU did not just dominate the scoreboard, but it won the shot battle with Fairfield too by a total of 19–10.

Men’s soccer drops contest with UNH to end season

By Michael Bagarella Daily Free Press Staff

After two wins in a row against the University of Albany and Binghamton University, the Boston University men’s soccer team dropped its final game of the season by a score of 1–0 in overtime to the University of New Hampshire. The game was the Terriers’ last game in the America East Conference, as the team is moving to the Patriot League next season along with many of BU’s athletic teams.

As with many of BU’s (6–8–4, 3–2–2 America East) games in the 2012–13 season, the team did not have many chances to score in the first half. The Terriers attempted to control the game and find weaknesses in the other team’s defenses rather than go for the goal early in the game.

On Friday against UNH (6–7–4, 2–3–1 America East), BU’s offensive chances were limited even

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more. New Hampshire decided to play many defenders in the back line against the Terriers, even putting as many as six defenders in an attempt to thwart BU’s offensive attacks.

“It was hard to break it down,” said BU coach Neil Roberts of his opponents’ defensive strategy.

“They really pressured us in the back. We tried to keep the game under control, but we really never had any flow throughout.”

Although the Terriers did not get too many shots in the first half, they took a few to at least test the goalie.

However, due to the strength of the Wildcat defense, the Terriers were only able to take two shots in the first half.

In the 35th minute of the game, the Terriers finally had their first look at the goal on a shot by junior midfielder Anthony Ciccone, but that shot went wide of the goal. In

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“[Our success] is just a lot of hard work finally coming together,” said BU coach Sally Starr.

“We made the extra pass. We weren’t shooting at the goalie.

We were really getting around the goalie, moving [her]. We had players in good scoring spots.”

For a team that initially struggled to convert on its scoring chances, this dramatic shift revealed its growth on the attack.

When the season began, goals were a luxury. The Terriers nearly always held the ball in the attacking zone more than their opponents, even in games they lost,

but they consistently converted only around 14 percent of all of their attempts at the net.

In early September, this issue was a major factor in practice.

Starr worked her forwards and midfielders heavily and it appears to have worked. “[Their] attempts just had to convert,” Starr said.

In both of their closing home games, the Terriers’ conversion rate was greater than 20 percent.

“We’ve been working on it and working on it and working on it,”

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Terriers earn 2nd straight Team of the Week honors

By Meredith Perri Daily Free Press Staff

After taking both of its games this past weekend, the Hockey East Conference honored the No. 3 Boston University women’s hockey team with its second consecutive Team of the Week title.

During the two weeks that the Terriers (7–1, 3–0 Hockey East) have held the honor, they have gone 4–1, defeating conference opponents No. 7 Northeastern University and the University of Maine, as well as shutting out Robert Morris University and splitting a weekend series with No. 2 Cornell University.

So far in the 2012–13 season, the Terriers lead the conference with an average of 3.88 goals per game, having scored 31 goals in eight contests.

BU coach Brian Durocher said even when the team does not score four goals, such as the game

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against Robert Morris on Saturday, the team’s defense gives the Terriers just as much of an advantage.

“It’s a good sign our team’s playing hard — they’re thinking about defense first,” Durocher said after BU gave up just 24 shots on goal to Robert Morris.

“We’re going to get our goals ...

Maybe not four like we’ve been averaging, but still we put a lot of chances on. [Robert Morris] fought hard, maybe keeping us from getting a fourth or fifth goal, but I like to see defense first.”

Freshman Phenom Freshman forward Sarah Lefort also garnered conference recognition this week when she earned the title of Hockey East Co-Rookie of the Week.

During Saturday’s game against Robert Morris, Lefort

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