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NEWS The Trump administration is making changes to birth control access. This is how Maura Healey responded. p.4

INBUSINESS Purr Cat Cafe had several grand openings scheduled in the last few months. When will it finally open? p.6

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SPORTS The BU women’s soccer team worked with the Deaf studies program to raise awareness to the ASL community. p.11

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Grads accuse professor of sexual harassment

The BU Graduate Workers Union hosts “Speakout and Rally Against Sexual Harassment in Higher Ed” Wednesday evening at the Metcalf Science Center Plaza.

BY MUGDHA GURRAM

DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

A number of female Boston University graduates have accused earth and environment department chair David Marchant of sexually harassing them during research trips to Antarctica. After the first allegations came out last year — nearly two decades after the incidents allegedly occurred — BU has begun investigating the claims.

In light of the surfacing allegations against Marchant, the BU Graduate Workers Union (UAW) held a rally Wednesday night at the Metcalf Science Center Plaza to show collective support for those adversely affected by sexual misconduct.

“This rally isn’t about calling for the dismissal of professor Marchant,” rally organizer and UAW member Jessica Lambert

said. “It is truly an affirmation of our community values — a way to show support with anyone who’s been directly affected by this incident and anyone who has experienced any form of sexual harassment, misconduct, assault or discrimination.”

Lambert said through the event, titled “Speakout and Rally Against Sexual Harassment in Higher Ed,” UAW sought to “organize collectively to help end harassment and assault on campus” — something that is a community problem, not just an individual one.

Hannah Kinney-Kobre, a sophomore in CAS and rally participant, said she thinks BU needs to take direct action regarding Marchant, including prohibiting him from taking students on research trips and suspending him while the investigation remains ongoing.

“There needs to be much better, much stronger policies in place when it comes to

issues of sexual harassment and abuse on campus,” Kinney-Kobre said. “Because right now, there is no policy. There’s Title IX, but there is no policy in place that provides a neutral arbitration process.”

Among those accusing Marchant is Jane Willenbring, 40, a former earth and environment graduate student who had Marchant as her thesis advisor.

Marchant put Willenbring through “severe hazing” during a 1999-2000 threeweek long research trip, according to Willenbring, who is now a professor in the geosciences research division of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

“He said he would ‘break me down and build me up in his image,’” Willenbring wrote in an email to The Daily Free Press.

“It was common to all sit in the cook tent and all look at porn together. There were often comments about how my body com-

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pared to the bodies of the porn models.”

Willenbring also accused Marchant of calling her a slut and a whore, pushing her down a slope several times, throwing rocks at her while she urinated and trying to persuade her to have sex with his brother, who was also on the research trip, according to an Oct. 6 Science Magazine article.

Two other former students on the trip corroborated the accusers’ stories with Science.

Adam Lewis and Andrew Lorrey said they witnessed Marchant grabbing at and using derogatory language toward Hillary Tulley, another researcher on the trip, including language targeted specifically at her body.

Tulley, a high school science teacher in Skokie, Illinois, was assigned to work with Marchant — the project’s principal investigator — and three male graduate students for a few months starting December 1998.

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Boston mayoral debate in Roxbury

BY TILL KAESLIN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

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Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and City Councilor Tito Jackson held their first debate Wednesday night.

Mayoral candidates Tito Jackson and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh participated in their first joint public debate since the start of their campaigns Wednesday night at Hibernian Hall in Roxbury.

Walsh began his opening statements, reiterating his promise to help Boston youth, pledging to give them opportunities for housing, education and a sound market for job security.

“In the next four years we’re going to continue to strengthen Boston together, because we need to make sure that Boston is for all of us,” Walsh said.

Jackson took a more aggressive approach in his opening words, claiming Walsh has not kept his promise to the City.

“I’m running for mayor, to become the next mayor of Boston, because Marty Walsh has made promises that he did not keep, and because he has forgotten the people that I represent, and all of those good people in the city who are committed to creating a more equitable and fair City of Boston,” Jackson said.

Throughout the debate, both Walsh and Jackson answered a series of questions based on ongoing hot-button issues in the City of Boston, to the cheers and occasional negative exclamations from the crowd.

On the topic of violence in certain neighborhoods within the city, Jackson said it is important that the City recognizes every life as equal.

“We can make sure that a life lost on Blue Hill Avenue is the same as a life lost on CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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BU’s Open Access Month begins with edit-a-thon

BY HALEY LERNER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Kicking off Open Access Month — which celebrates free and equitable access to information — BU Libraries hosted a Wikipedia edit-a-thon Wednesday afternoon. There, library staff members taught a small crowd how to create and update articles for Wikipedia by offering tutorials and reference materials.

The edit-a-thon, which was held at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, was the first in a series of activities and events planned for October, according to BU Libraries open access specialist Anna Newman. Other institutions and organizations celebrate Open Access Week, but BU stretched it into a monthlong series to create more time for events such as this.

These celebrations are meant to emphasize the open access movement, a global initiative that expands the supply of readily available, unrestricted information — as compared to academic journals that require consumers to pay for information. Providing this access to information, according to Newman, is an important step in giving more people more opportunities to learn and share data.

“The goal of the open access movement [is] to create a more equitable distribution of information,” Newman said before the start of the workshop. “Because really, information and access to information is really related to power.”

Bradley Tober, a BU professor of design and visual analytics, said he thinks open access is an essential part of the process of making information more available and that edit-athons like these can help improve the quality and reliability of open access information.

“Open access promotes the idea that the democratization of information is just as important as the democratization of the technology that makes the dissemination of said information possible in the first place,” Tober wrote in an email. “Edit-a-thons serve to empower creator-consumers and amplify their impact within the open access community through a focused effort to ensure the quality of open access information.”

The edit-a-thon provided students and faculty the opportunity to practice the valuable skills of sharing their knowledge through a digital medium, Brad Wheeler, the learning experience designer at the Center for Teaching and Learning, said after the workshop.

“Open access, and particularly the edita-thon, offers an opportunity for students to practice that expression of digital scholarship that I think is critical for students going forward,” Wheeler said. “Giving students and instructors the opportunity to make a real impact in the form of a community event is vital to maintaining the presence of our educational system.”

BU Libraries has hosted similar workshops over the summer to train librarians, but for Wednesday’s workshop, they opened it up to students for the first time.

Wikipedia offers users valuable learning opportunities that can be empowering, according to Laura Jenemann, the communication, media and film librarian who helped organize the edit-a-thon. “[Wikipedia] is a tool we use every day and I think that it has a lot of ability that a lot of people may not realize,” Jenemann said before the workshop. “It’s something you can read and go participate in, and learning about how it’s created makes you a more

empowered user of Wikipedia.”

Several edit-a-thon participants said they think Wikipedia is a useful resource that they wanted to learn more about, and the edit-athon provided them an opportunity to do so.

A’Llyn Ettien the head of technical services at the Alumni Medical Library, attended the edit-a-thon after already having been to other similar programs.

“I love these events,” Ettien said. “It’s nice to get people together that can work on their own projects and can work on what’s interesting to you [and] to contribute to the worldwide greater good.”

Andri Putra, a first-year graduate student in the School of Education, said he came to the event because he wanted to create more reliable information for his home country of Indonesia. “[In] Indonesia, we have a large population, and we kind of are craving for reliable sources. Wikipedia is one of the most prominent tools for students and people in Indonesia to seek information,” Putra said. “I wish to be one of the contributors for information that can be published immediately on Wikipedia in Indonesia.”

Jennifer Robble, the information resources management librarian at the School of Law, said she participated in the edit-athon so she could aid in creating a Wikipedia entry for the library.

“I wanted to learn more about what’s involved in creating Wikipedia pages and editing Wikipedia because our library is interested in creating our own Wikipedia page,” Robble said. “We’re just trying to learn the ins and outs of Wikipedia.”

Amanda Kaufman contributed to the reporting of this article.

CAMPUS CRIME LOGS

BY ISABEL OWENS DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Oct. 7-9.

Two vehicles collide in accident on Commonwealth Avenue

An officer reported an accident at Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue Saturday at 12:04 a.m. The officer stated she believed one of the drivers was intoxicated. Boston Police Department arrived on scene and awaited a tow truck.

Unconscious female in Rich Hall trash room

BUPD officers responded to a report of an unconscious intoxicated female in the garbage disposal room of the fifth floor Saturday at 2:48 a.m. The caller reported that the female was vomiting and “acting irrational,” according to the report, and she was transported the female to Boston Medical Center.

Suicidal post reported on BU Confessions Facebook page

BUPD received a call about a post on the Facebook page “BU Confessions,” talking about self-harm Monday at 7:57 a.m. BUPD received another call that evening of the author threatening suicide.

Both posts have since been deleted.

CITY

CRIME LOGS

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The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Oct. 9-10.

Agitated man flees after assaulting stranger

BU Libraries hosts an edit-a-thon at the Thurman Center in the George Sherman Union Wednesday afternoon during BU’s Open Access Month.

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Walsh, Jackson face off in first debate of mayoral race DEBATE, FROM PAGE 1 connections within neighborhoods.

“What we want to do is continue to work to create programs and opportunities to make sure that we strengthen our relationships in our neighborhoods,” Walsh said.

Addressing the issue of the controversial Boston Police Department body camera pilot program, Walsh said although it is too soon to say whether or not the program is appropriate in Boston, it is important to foster positive relationships between residents and local law enforcement.

“It’s about building up trust in the community and also diversifying our command staff so that we can build trust in the neighborhood,” Walsh said.

Jackson, on the other hand, claimed there should never have been a pilot program in the first place.

“We simply should have adopted body

cameras,” Jackson said.

On the topic of economic development within the city, Jackson said wealth disparity is a major issue across Boston neighborhoods, especially in relation to people of color.

Walsh responded to Jackson’s comments on the issue of wealth disparity by acknowledging the problem, and pointing to the work that is being done by his administration to help small businesses within the city.

“The majority of our businesses in Boston aren’t the bigger businesses they’re the smaller businesses, the ma and pop stores on the corner of our streets, and we’re working with our economic development to make sure we give people the tools they need to move forward,” Walsh said.

In regards to the issue of affordable housing, Walsh pointed to the progress made in increasing the availability of low-income units.

Under his administration, Walsh said the

low-income and moderate-income housing they’ve built in Boston has effectively kept people living within the city.

In their closing statements, both Walsh and Jackson called for residents to come out to the polls and vote on election day.

Jackson told the crowd to cast their vote in his favor Nov. 7, pledging to do what Walsh could not in his last term.

“This mayor does not have the political will to fight for working and middle class people in the city of Boston and I’m here because the streets are littered with campaign promises that have been broken,” Jackson said.

Walsh ended his portion of the debate to standing ovation, pledging his allegiance to the City of Boston.

“I’m the son of immigrants, I’m living the American dream every single day,” Walsh said. “I love this city, I’m going to continue to love this city … [and] I get up every morning as mayor of the city to fight for this city.”

BPD received a radio call at about 10:35 a.m. on Monday regarding an assault and battery in Allston. The victim offered to buy pizza for a man on the street but “became nervous,” and asked the clerk to call the police. The suspect became agitated and grabbed the victim before fleeing the scene.

Officer injured during struggle with suspect Two officers responded to a radio call for an officer in need of assistance at Hobson Street at 11:35 p.m. on Monday. A “brief struggle” with a suspect occurred, according to the report. An officer noticed afterward that his right wrist was swollen.

Vandalism committed

by Brighton High School students BPD was notified of a vandalism in progress at about 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

While babysitting, the victim heard the glass door of the house smash at 7:00 a.m.

After arriving on scene, officers observed a broken back door and broken window.

Officers confirmed that the two suspects were Brighton High School students, and turned them over to the school.

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BU professor allegedly harassed female researchers MISCONDUCT, FROM PAGE 1 Tulley, who was 43 at the time of the trip, recalled the emotional distress that came with working with Marchant.

“There were unceasing comments about my body, my age, gross sexual comments, attacks on my intellect [and] attacks on my physical abilities that were constant,” she said.

Besides the constant demeaning comments, Tulley said Marchant incited some physical altercations as well, starting when the research team stepped off the helicopter in Antarctica.

“I think I’d just maybe taken two steps, and he grabbed me by the shoulders and wheeled me around super violently,” Tulley said. “I lost my footing, and [Marchant] screamed the c-word at me and told me I was lazy and that we had to set up camp right away — that it was a life-or-death situation.”

Though almost 20 years have passed since their expeditions with Marchant, both Tulley and Willenbring said they’ve endured lasting, residual anguish.

“I’m still terrified of him, and there’s nothing he can do to me,” Tulley said. “I know that intellectually, there’s nothing he can do to me in my job, and it’s crazy to me that I still have this reaction.”

Willenbring wrote that since her first field trip with Marchant, she has suffered physical symptoms — like urinary incontinence — in addition to academic harm. However, she believes the academic harm would have been worse had she reported Marchant sooner while still a student.

Willenbring added that she waited nearly 20 years to file her report against Marchant last October, as she did not want to cause further irreparable damage to her academic and professional career.

“The harm to my career, I believe,

would have been worse had I reported it while I was a student,” Willenbring wrote.

“Students need recommendation letters to get into PhD programs.”

Tulley noted that sexual misconduct victims are often hesitant to report their well-established superiors — as she and Willenbring were with Marchant — because of the power they wield over their futures.

“When someone is very powerful they often have the keys to the highway,” she said. “[Powerful researchers] can tell other people, ‘no don’t read that paper, don’t give them that grant, the science is bad, they’re bad … It’s a very lopsided power situation.”

Willenbring initially reported her experience to Ann Cudd, the dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, last fall. Cudd passed the information along to BU’s Title IX office, which launched an investigation. Marchant was notified of the allegations against him and submitted a rebuttal last December.

Willenbring then submitted her own “rebuttal rebuttal” in response, drawing in new documentation from two additional women who had similar experiences with Marchant.

In total, the BU Title IX office received testimony from six former female students, two of whom were not affiliated with BU along with two male students who witnessed the harassment, according to Willenbring.

Following Science’s story, which came out less than a week ago, Willenbring wrote that two more women have come out accusing Marchant of sexual harassment and gender discrimination.

In response to news of the allegations, some of Marchant’s associates have come to his defense.

Rachel Watsky, a BU law student and a former student and lab assistant of Marchant, wrote that the allegations are shocking to her

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A speaker engages with the crowd outside of the Metcalf Science Center during a Wednesday rally.

and do not align with Marchant’s character, as far as she knows.

“I never experienced, saw nor heard of Dave sexually harassing women or discriminating against women,” Watsky wrote in an email. “He was respectful of his students and did not favor male students over female students.”

Watsky added that she knew Marchant as an encouraging professor who treated everyone equally.

“He was very proud of all of his students,” Watsky wrote. “My graduating class had more women than men in it.

Dave was always happy to act as a work reference for his students or to give them a letter of recommendation.”

Marchant did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Tulley said despite all of the damage and distress rooted in the case, Willenbring’s initial courage to come forward with her story

and subsequent publicity surrounding the case has raised awareness of the issue’s pervasiveness and can precipitate long-lasting change.

“I want people to feel empowered, and [know] that no matter what happens in this situation, at least it’s out there and people are going to have to talk about it,” she said. “No matter what [happens], at least there’s been some publicity, and I know that there’s going to be conversation happening.”

Willenbring’s fortitude, Tulley said, started the momentous chain reaction that may bring relief to victims at BU and beyond.

“People can walk around all day long and say they support these things,” she said, “but you know it’s the actions, not words. I’m relieved it’s out, and I’m ever grateful to Dr. Willenbring for her absolute stellar courage in starting the ball rolling.”

Andres Picon and Alana Levene contributed to the reporting of this article.

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Healey sues Trump administration over birth control access

BY JEN RACOOSIN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey sued President Donald Trump’s administration Friday over new regulations which would allow employers to deny their employees contraceptive health coverage on religious or moral grounds.

The Trump administration nullified the Affordable Care Act requirement which stated employers must include birth control in their health insurance coverage by issuing two Interim Final Rules, which bypass debate and take effect immediately, according to the official complaint filed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Healey filed a complaint against these regulations just hours after they were issued, arguing they violate the Administrative Procedure Act, Establishment Clause in the First Amendment and Equal Protection guaranteed in the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution, according to the complaint.

“The Trump administration’s actions today are a direct attack on women’s health and the right to access affordable and reliable contraception,” Healey said in a statement in a press release.

Healey said her office will continue to fight for better health care and women’s rights.

“I sued the Trump administration today to stop this rule and defend critical protections for millions of women in Massachusetts and across the country,” Healey said in the release.

Renée Landers, a Suffolk University law professor, said the way Trump ignored standard legal process to pass the regulations is questionable and Healey may have a case in accusing the Trump administration of violating administrative procedure.

“It’s not clear in this situation why it was necessary to use interim final rulemaking

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey speaks at the Boston Women’s March on Jan. 21. Healey has sued the federal government following the Trump administration’s new regulations regarding birth control.

instead of going through a whole rulemaking process to change the rule and allowing the comment process to take place before instituting the new regulation,” Landers said.

Landers said Trump probably feared his new law would not get passed under normal circumstances.

“It’s possible that a court would send this new regulation back to say that they have to use the standard rulemaking process,” Landers said.

Landers also wrote in an email that the new healthcare rules face a challenge in the established beneficial effects of birth control coverage.

“The Trump administration will have to overcome the factual record supporting the prior regulation requiring coverage for contraceptives because of the positive impacts on

women’s health as well as preventing unplanned pregnancy,” Landers wrote.

Tricia Wajda, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts spokesperson, wrote in an email to The Daily Free Press that the ACA has helped millions of women access contraception.

“Because of the Affordable Care Act, 62 million women — including 1.4 million in Massachusetts — now have access to no co-pay preventive care, including contraception,” Wajda wrote.

She also wrote that the new healthcare coverage regulations could have far-reaching effects in Massachusetts and across the nation.

“This new set of rules opens the door for any organization, company or university to deny insurance coverage for birth control for any reason,” Wajda wrote. “Almost 60 percent of insured Massachusetts residents are covered

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through an employer-sponsored plan and are therefore vulnerable to lose no-copay coverage under this regulation.”

Regardless of the outcome of Healey’s lawsuit, Massachusetts legislators are taking actions to protect birth control coverage across the state. Many Massachusetts senators have sponsored an Act Relative to Advancing Contraceptive Coverage and Economic Security in Massachusetts, Jennifer Childs-Roshak, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts wrote in an email to The Daily Free Press.

“The ACCESS bill would guarantee insurance coverage with no out-of-pocket costs for all FDA-approved methods of birth control,” Childs-Roshak wrote.

Several Boston residents voiced support for Healey and spoke to the importance of birth control coverage.

Alexa Burrows, 25, of Fenway, conveyed her own concern for how the new governmental regulations on contraceptive coverage could affect her.

“I just ran out and got an IUD on Friday, because I was like ‘I don’t know if this is going to go away, I don’t know if my health insurance is going to cover this in the future, so I’m just going to get it done now, just in case anything happens,’” Burrows said. “It’s sad that you have to do that but it’s true.”

Josu Bernal, 27, of Back Bay, said birth control should be a government health care addition because many cannot afford contraceptives.

“It’s a very important issue that, in the long term, is going to be more costly to the public healthcare than the individual,” Bernal said.

Shantal Gonzalo, 23, of Fenway, pointed out that birth control is a necessity for lower-income families who can’t afford to raise any more children.

“A lot of people don’t have the access to birth control … so why shouldn’t they have the support of the state?” Gonzalo said. “When they probably don’t have the capacity of having a child, then why shouldn’t they be protected?”

Campus Calendar: activities on campus this week THURSDAY, OCT. 12

FRIDAY, OCT. 13

SATURDAY, OCT. 14

SUNDAY, OCT. 15

MONDAY, OCT. 16

Terrier Trivia Night

“Freddy Cougar” Comedy Show

5th Annual Fall Cappella

Introduction into Web Development

Symphony Orchestra Concert

BU Central

BU Central

Stone Science Building

Hariri Institute

Hariri Institute

8 - 10 p.m.

8 - 9:30 p.m.

8 - 9:30 p.m.

3 - 5 p.m.

8 - 10 p.m.

Hosted by BU Student Activities

Hosted by Liquid Fun

Hosted by BU Allegrettos

Hosted by Girls Who Code BU

Hosted by BU School of Music

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2017

REVIEW: ‘Lost Tempo’ explores complex themes in jazz AVA FIGUCIA DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Jazz music is full of melodious, jittery harmonies that often make listeners want to tap their feet to the beat. When paired with words, jazz music can tell its own story, which is exactly what it does in the play “Lost Tempo.”

With a three-piece jazz band to accompany the show, “Lost Tempo” is the first show of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre 2017-18 season.

The 100 straight minute play follows Willie “Cool” Jones (Omar Robinson), a jazz saxophonist, who faces the effects of addiction and racism in 1950’s Harlem. Written by Cliff Odle and directed by Diego Arciniegas, the play discusses the treacherous aspects of the decade that are missing from popular culture.

The play premiered on Oct. 5 and will run through Oct. 22.

The audience becomes a part of Mitzy’s Jazz Kitchen, the nightclub where Willie plays with his quartet every Saturday night.

The set has an old-school, underground feel to it, and to someone in the audience, it feels as if you are enjoying the action and music from within the bar.

The actors do not actually play jazz music themselves, instead, a three-piece band plays prior to the show and during scene transitions, giving the feel of a real jazz club. The actors and the musicians seem to become their own ensemble because of the interaction of words

and music, allowing one to feed off the other.

The play begins with Willie returning to Mitzy’s Jazz Kitchen after spending time abroad in Paris. The characters hint that Willie likely spent time away to deal with a drug addiction that was affecting his ability to perform. His former lover, Barbara “Babs” Rosenbaum (Evelyn Howe), runs the jazz club and welcomes him back as a performer, telling him that all he has to do is play.

Willie’s quartet is formed by an old friend and trumpeter named Lane Blake (Kinson Theodoris), a bass player named Langford “Mack” McDaniels (Mishell Lilly), and an optimistic, newbie drummer named John “Sporty” Dale (Arthur Gomez). Although they have serious moments, the actors in the quartet give the audience much needed comic relief with witty remarks and sly jokes.

The play aims to explore themes of the 1950s that are consistently ignored by modern culture. The nostalgia of the ‘50s often refers to things like milkshakes in a diner and Marilyn Monroe on the big screen, but Odle chooses to abandon these popular images in order to emphasize the dangers of the time period.

All of the characters struggle with issues of racial identity during the rise of the civil rights movement. There is an acute sense of awareness for the musicians that they are simply there to make money for the owners.

When Willie attempts to buy part ownership of the club, Babs reminds him that the

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Diego Arciniegas directs “Lost Tempo” at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, showing from Oct. 5-22.

other owners do not want him to have any power, despite his immense talent.

In addition to the theme of race, the play focuses largely on the effects of drug addiction — both the addict and his family and friends.

The play touches delicately — yet powerfully — on the subject, following the decline of Willie’s music and relationships as he continues to use drugs.

The play also explores the idea of feminism and independence from men. Both Babs and Sheila “She’She” Jones (Miranda Adekoje) rep-

resent strong figures who stand up for themselves and each other. Even though they are the only two female characters in the play, the women occupy a large part of the plot and exist outside of Willie’s story.

In spite of the dark themes, the play is full of upbeat jazz music paired with comedic one-liners. The audience will find room here both for boisterous laughter and quiet introspection that allows them to come away with a new perspective about a wellknown decade.

CATALYST THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2017

Cognitive Builder Faire brings data science to life

BY GIULIANA CALIA DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

In the past, it was necessary to hand-code information and data into an app in order for it to have better, more efficient responses.

Now, information is fed into a program, and the application makes its improvements at a much faster rate than any single person could, all thanks to a new interdisciplinary study of technology: data science.

Students, CEOs and everyone in between came together at the Cognitive

Builder Faire to learn about this field. In three days, this group learned about data science and challenged themselves to create smarter applications in a builder hackathon over the weekend.

Galvanize, Inc., an educational tech company, partnered with IBM Watson Health to organize this event at the MassChallenge headquarters in Boston.

The day kicked off with a keynote speech from Prasad Chalasani, chief scientist at MediaMath, who talked about how data science impacts advertising specifically. He presented on how observing data can ultimately test the

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Education company Galvanize hosts the Boston Cognitive Builder Faire Oct. 6 at MassChallenge.

productivity of advertisements by showing how much profit comes from ad exposure.

In this and other presentations, it was up to the participants to see how they wanted to put data science to use.

“People came here with ideas for applications that can be made smarter with data science and our goal for them is leave Sunday with that built,” said Chyld Medford, a principal instructor of Data Science at Galvanize.

Examples of data science are seen in daily life from facial recognition in Apple photos to driverless cars.

“Understanding this technology will be key in any field in the future, not just technology,” Pawan Trivedi, 41, of Boston, an attendee of the event and Solutions Architect at Syntel, said. “That’s one of the reasons I am here.”

The main seminars of the event were led

by Alex Alkson and J=oseph Santarcangelo, both IBM developer advocates. They demonstrated IBM’s technology at work through the application Foursquare API and then encouraged the attendees to explore how to utilize all the data at their disposal with IBM Bluemix.

“We want make the people who come here comfortable with data science and then show them how it can enhance their products,” Santarcangelo said.

With so many competitors in this field from Microsoft to Google, IBM placed an emphasis during this faire on Bluemix, an IBM Data Science software that focuses on an attempt to grow IBM’s customer base.

After information sessions on Saturday, the attendees deliberated together in a product pitch session. With possible product ideas on the table and a great deal of new knowledge, the participants broke up into teams and began to build.

“This is a hands-on seminar,” Alkson said. “We are not just telling them the possibilities that IBM’s Data science app has, but rather we are asking them to use it to create smart apps.”

For 12 hours split across two days, the teams worked tirelessly to put together their products.

On Sunday, the participants in the hackathon presented their new developments to the entire seminar with prizes being awarded to the best team.

The Cognitive Builder Faire also provided a number of food items from recipes developed by IBM’s Chef Watson, an artificial cooking app. This “cognitive cooker” uses ingredient data in order to produce unique recipes, placing a spin on typical hors d’oeuvres.

IBM’s data science technologies are not just limited to the technology and culinary fields, but actually expand to medicine as well with the Watson Health. Located in Cambridge, the lab is currently using data collected from a number of doctors and patients in order to look for medical solutions.

“Data science is a fast moving topic. It never is stagnant,” Santarcangelo said. “You always have to learn something new and it is going to make a huge impact in the future.”

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IMPACT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2017

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Artist Jen Bradley’s record of her experience with gorillas, “Ape Drawing Project,” is featured in the School of Theology until Dec. 20.

Artist presents 10-year project on apes

BY JULIA MARUCA DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Over 10 years ago, Jen Bradley started visiting the Franklin Park Zoo every day. But she wasn’t drawn to the lions or giraffes, like others often are. Instead, she made a beeline for the gorilla exhibit.

Now, those gorillas are depicted in oil paintings on the walls of Boston University’s School of Theology.

Selected paintings from Bradley’s personal series, “The Ape Drawing Project,” are being displayed there until Dec. 20, which are all

based on charcoal drawings she’s been creating since 1994.

For around 10 years, the project was limited to charcoal drawings until Bradley said she decided to turn some of them into paintings. These paintings vary widely in scale and use primarily oil paints and caustic wax paints, she said.

One might not immediately associate gorilla artworks with STH, but for Kara Jackman, archivist and research collections librarian at STH, there’s a definite link.

“These artworks have so many facets to them and so many different ways to look at them,” Jackman said. “You can look at them

in terms of captivity, moral questions, human/ nature relations. It’s something to think about and that sort of critical thinking is something we want to encourage in our students.”

Jackman was first was introduced to the artist last year by a doctoral student who suggested she exhibit some of the art at the 2016 Theopoetics Conference, an interdisciplinary theology dialogue held at BU. “Jen’s art immediately ‘clicked’ with me, and I wanted it on display here again,” Jackman said. “I feel like art like this helps us understand our humanity — who we are, where we’re going and where we come from. I want to foster that in our students, no matter

where they end up career-wise.”

Jackman said she hopes professors in STH will discuss the paintings with students and make links between the art and other areas such as religion and science.

Bradley also agreed that a multidisciplinary approach is important, since the project originally started as an intersection of two separate fields.

“It’s evolved over time,” Bradley explained. “First it was about watching gorillas, but then I started watching the humans watching the gorillas and realized how odd it is, this idea of apes watching apes. I started to think about themes of sociology along with art, biology and anthropology.”

The artist said she often finds herself thinking about the artificial separation between humanity and nature.

“When you look in the eyes of any animal — an ape, a whale, anything — you see something powerful. I’m not the only person who’s said this,” Bradley said. “When I sit there, it’s very intimate and present. I feel like the best art comes from those powerful, emotional experiences.”

She said she also believes in the ability of art to raise larger questions.

“While I work on this project, I can’t avoid thinking about that sadness of captivity,” Bradley said. “I try to let that come through, and make art about the experience overall, everything that comes with it. I want to get people to stop, look and pay attention to something they might not have otherwise.”

The lack of an overarching end goal is integral to “The Ape Drawing Project,” and, to Bradley, there’s something about it that has to be flexible and spontaneous. She said she plans to continue the “The Ape Drawing Project” as long as she can.

“I want to keep following my curiosity and fascination with nature — that will stay with me for my whole life,” she said.

“Animals are amazing. We always seem to forget humans are animals, too. The possibilities opened by engaging with that fact; that’s what excites me.”

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Purr Cat Café holds open house in response to controversies

BY SOPHIE WILL DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“Make yourself at home,” the owner of Purr Cat Café said as she cut through the silence at its open house. “Just enjoy the cats,” she said, 20 minutes after longawaited doors had opened.

Diane Kelly will be the owner of Boston’s first cat café — when it opens.

After promises of officially launching earlier this year, then again in mid-August, and now “probably” in two weeks, according to Kelly, the doors of the Brighton store opened over the weekend for a two-day open house.

Despite branding themselves as a café, there will be no food preparation in-house because of health regulations, Kelly said.

Staffers at Purr will take patron orders and go to get food from outside food suppliers.

Construction hasn’t been a straightforward process, either. Purr’s building process began in May, but after a fire destroyed the storefront, Kelly hired a contractor to build the café in 94 days.

The construction finished in August, leaving a few weeks to get the store ready, but Kelly faced other obstacles that delayed the open date further — one issue being securing a shelter to provide the cats.

According to its website, the purpose of Purr is to reduce the number of homeless cats and find them “forever homes.”

However, the cats currently residing at Purr are not up for adoption.

Purr currently has six cats — all are in Kelly’s personal possession and she said she brings them to Purr from her home in Hull. One of her cats, Gussie, was adopted from Little Lions Cat Café in New York City, and Kelly said she doesn’t think the cat is comfortable in Purr.

Kelly said she’s in negotiations with two unnamed shelters, after she severed business ties with the Boston’s Forgotten Felines shelter, which was supposed to supply rescued cats for the café. Kelly said after their verbal agreement was broken, Kelly wrote in a Facebook post, that has since been deleted, that BFF was not a registered shelter in the state.

However, according to the Massachusetts office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, BFF has been registered as a shelter since at least July of this year — two months before Kelly made her post.

Kelly said there’s been a lot of “fallout” since parting ways with BFF. Besides dealing with problems with the store, Kelly has been under fire for her conduct on the Purr Cat Café Facebook page, from cursing at commenters, to shaming a past employee for personal matters and lashing out at negative reviews.

“I think that the owner should watch her mouth more, be a little more polite,” Megan Quay, 21, of Jamaica Plain, said at the open house. “It’s really about the cats, not about her or any drama.”

Kelly acknowledged that Purr’s Facebook presence is very important to her, and it’s the “face of a business nowadays.”

The Purr Boston Cat Café is set to open before 2018.

“I know I have made mistakes on my Facebook page ... I have clearly been upset and angry at people and I have made mistakes posting,” Kelly said.

However, Kelly went on to blame followers of the Facebook page for the online drama.

“Everyone on there is incredibly negative, the commenters. People haven’t been here, they don’t know who I am, they haven’t been to Purr Cat Café, and all these people have been making such negative comments about a business that’s not even open yet.”

Kelly relies on volunteers, like Chandler Rowland, 33, of Boston, to help run the store.

“I will be working in here once it opens, but I offered to help because it seemed to need help,” he said.

Not all those who made their way to the open house over the weekend were there to affirm the online controversies.

Frederick Frank, 66, of Brighton, was there

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because he has been excited for the opening of Purr from the beginning.

“I’m glad there’s people here supporting it,” he said.

Frank said he was anxious about how it was going to end up looking and how the café dynamic was going to pan out. He said he felt uncomfortable at how Kelly handled the open house, wishing she had made more of a welcoming statement and clarified opening dates, rules, entry fees and more.

Quay said she felt Kelly was not “very friendly” and felt an awkwardness about the whole situation. While Quay talked about her experience at the open house, Kelly sat nearby, listening in.

As tension started to dissipate, Kelly asked the crowd, “Does anyone have any questions for me?”

The silence that followed lingered in the room long after.

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Banning bump stocks is an important first step When Stephen Paddock killed 58 people at a Las Vegas music festival earlier this month, he used a device called a bump stock, essentially turning his semiautomatic rifles into fully automatic ones — exponentially increasing their rate of fire, and in turn, the death toll of the attack. Before the shooting, most Americans didn’t even know what a bump stock was. A few days afterwards, the term had become common knowledge.

Now, we’re calling to ban them.

On Wednesday, 10 days after the shooting, the Massachusetts House legislators overwhelmingly approved an amendment banning any device that would increase the rate of discharge of a firearm. The amendment saw 151 votes in favor and only three votes opposed, all from Republican legislators. On Thursday, the amendment and the budget bill as a whole will head to the Senate for consideration.

The amendment’s critics have been few and far between. However, some still found fault with the legislature for moving so quickly and for acting on the matter without a public hearing. Sure, the House could have slowed down and waited a little on this amendment. But whether or not legislators take their time, gun violence won’t.

It is perfectly plausible that Massachusetts might have seen a mass shooting in the 10 days it took to get the amendment this far. It’s possible that one could still happen before the bill is signed into law. Without restrictions on bump stocks, there is absolutely nothing stopping someone in Massachusetts from legally obtaining these accessories to inflict the

same kind of damage here that we are still grieving from in Las Vegas.

Bump stocks are not a Second Amendment right. They are killing machines, and they are absolutely unnecessary. Civilians have no place owning them.

In 2010, bump stocks were legalized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives under the Obama administration. Up until the shooting in Las Vegas, a quick YouTube video could show you how

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ump stocks are not a Second Amendment right. They are killing machines, and they are absolutely unnecessary. Civilians have no place owning them. to attach one to your gun. These small pieces of metal or plastic were written off as if they were toys rather than the accessories of mass destruction that they are, at least up until a few weeks ago.

It shouldn’t be as easy as a Google search and a little bit of cash to turn your legal firearms into weapons of war.

Hopefully, Massachusetts law will make this process illegal.

This idea is such common sense that even the National Rifle Association is tentatively on board for some additional regulations on

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thing since January. The Trump administration has shown us the importance of state and local governments. When the people in the White House and on Capitol Hill refuse to act, the states still will. That’s exactly what they’re here for.

Massachusetts is only one liberal state, and a small one at that, but it’s a start. It’s one more place where it will be clear that we won’t let guns turned into automatic rifles without batting an eye. With any luck, a few more states will follow suit, and eventually, the federal government too. That’s

how change happens — state by state, little by little — until we have laws in place that could potentially stop massacres from taking place regularly.

But we know banning bump stocks won’t stop mass shootings. It might not even stop people from turning their guns into automatic rifles. It will make accessing this equipment a little bit harder. There is some extent to which criminals won’t go to obtain these kinds of tools — there is some amount of effort that prevents these transactions from happening. Even if this law only stops one single shooter from buying a bump stock, it very well might save dozens of lives.

When something so massive and so horrible like this happens, it’s our nature to do what we can to help, no matter how small that thing may be. We might donate blood or post on social media, or in the case of Massachusetts, pass an amendment.

Individually, these things might not do much, but in aggregate, the progress is very tangible.

If the shooter in Las Vegas didn’t have a bump stock that night, who knows how many lives might have been saved. Now we have the opportunity to make sure it doesn’t happen again, or at least to try. It is both immoral and irresponsible not to do so.

There are so many other gun control reforms that we desperately need in Massachusetts, not to mention America as a whole. Banning bump stocks would be the bare minimum step in keeping people safe. But it’s a step nonetheless, and one that we just might have enough momentum to take right now, despite who’s sitting in the Oval Office.

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Trump fumbles Puerto Rico Contraceptives are not sins

BY PATRICK BURKE COLUMNIST

Late September, Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico, leaving the island without food, water or power. President Donald Trump has taken a strange approach to solving this ongoing crisis: stepping back and opening up the gates for new heroes to come to light. In a moment like this, I wonder if it will eventually be looked at as Trump’s “Hurricane Katrina moment.”

Making enemies is something that seems to come naturally to Trump. This situation is proving to be no different, and it is downright absurd to watch. Putting aside the human aspect of this tragedy, take into consideration the political headway that could have been made.

Trump could have, for lack of a better word, “used” this devastating natural disaster to seem more human and likeable to the public. A proper response by the government would have led to an uptick in support for the administration.

The support that Puerto Rico currently needs was given to Florida and Texas almost immediately, while reports of the Federal Emergency Management Agency underutilizing their workforce are rolling in.

The American public is starting to take notice of the lack of response to the island.

According to FiveThirtyEight, Trump’s approval rating is now at a low of 37.8 percent. As sad as it is, political ratings depend on responses to national tragedies. This time around, Trump really squandered his opportunity for the public to gain some faith in his administration. I guess our president would rather tweet about how good he is at something than actually show us.

It is a weird world we live in.

Instead of showing the citizens of both the United States and Puerto Rico a speedy and helpful response to the disaster, Trump decided to attack the mayor of San Juan on Twitter. At

this point, we can all agree that the president needs to get off Twitter, or else he’ll keep creating problems where there aren’t any. The most ironic thing about this latest Twitter barrage is the fact that Trump is using a medium that requires internet and electricity to tell the people of Puerto Rico how the response is going.

In addition to the Twitter attacks, mentioning Puerto Rico’s debt crisis does nothing to help the situation. When I saw Trump talking about how this recovery effort is affecting the budget, I cringed and shook my head. I originally went into this administration with an open mind — I think it opens the door for new, fresh ideas. Lately, I feel like I know exactly what I am going to get from this administration, and the results are usually frustrating.

By almost blatantly lying about the recovery efforts, Trump has allowed a few new heroes to come to light. The first one is San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz. Her politics do not matter.

What matters is the fact that she has been seen wading through flood waters to get to families that need help. She is taking matters into her own hands and helping wherever she can. Cruz said she wanted to keep politics out of a situation that desperately did not need it.

The other hero that may emerge in the coming weeks is Elon Musk. In a great use of Twitter, Musk responded to someone asking about the possibility of rebuilding Puerto Rico’s power grid. He showed interest, and the governor of the territory, Ricardo Rossello, now wants to talk. If Musk were to rebuild the power grid with a private company and not the U.S. government, it would be a huge slap in the face to the Trump administration. Musk once sat on some of the president’s advisory boards, but left after the United States pulled out of the Paris Climate Accords.

The popularity of these two people in the eyes of the everyday American is sure to be much higher than the popularity of the leader of our nation. It is strange to say, but millions of people who looked to the United States for help are now starting to look elsewhere. It is clear that FEMA and the Trump administration are not going to be there to answer Puerto Rican prayers. Trump should be ashamed of the way that this has been handled so far.

In short, American citizens are dying, suffering and losing everything they have ever had, while our president is seemingly treating it like a joke. Out of all the decisions that Trump has had to make so far, this may be his worst.

BY MEREDITH VARNER COLUMNIST

Birth control has been a highly debated topic and an extremely stigmatized product for many decades now. Women who use it are sometimes seen as sexually promiscuous or unnatural. To me, birth control is something to be celebrated, for all the ways it helps those who use it. The stigma surrounding birth control is one that must go — though that seems like a harder feat than ever thanks to a Friday mandate sent out by President Donald Trump’s administration.

Trump’s stance as of late is to protect religious people’s rights by allowing them to not cover birth control in their employees’ health insurance. It is interesting how concerned Trump is with protecting religious rights, when he also tried to ban Muslims from entering the country. He seems to have a specific religion in mind when he talks of this “religious freedom.”

Trump has always wanted to ensure “religious freedom,” saying back in May, “we will not allow people of faith to be targeted, bullied or silenced anymore.” While it’s great that he’s sticking up for a group of people, it’s not so great that in doing so, he undermines an entire other group: women. With this new mandate, women whose employers decide to end coverage for birth control could end up having to pay high prices to get it.

Trump and his administration do not seem all too concerned with women’s health in this mandate. In fact, the document Trump released stating why he is no longer requiring birth control to be covered says birth control can “affect risky sexual behavior in a negative way.”

Basically, the administration is saying birth control allows women to be too sexual. I was unaware that female sexuality is something our government is supposed to be concerned about.

I thought the only person who is supposed to be

concerned with a woman’s sex life is that woman.

Clearly, I had the wrong idea. Silly me.

What this mandate fails to grasp is that birth control has more uses than just preventing pregnancy. It can help with acne, excruciatingly painful menstruation, hormone production and much more. I have a friend who has to take birth control because her body does not produce enough hormones in order for her to menstruate. The birth control gives her those hormones so that her body can function the way it is supposed to.

Unfortunately, birth control may become harder to get for some women, and those who truly need birth control to function may be at risk.

This is the real question: why is the Trump administration so concerned with women preventing unwanted pregnancy? Even if that was all birth control did, it still should not be seen as a bad thing. Trump opposes abortions, yet is trying his hardest to make pregnancy prevention even more difficult.

If a woman gets pregnant because she is no longer able to afford birth control, but getting an abortion is also wrong according to some, but she also cannot afford to raise a child, what is she supposed to do?

She ends up raising a kid in poverty.

That’s the problem here. The GOP has all these morals about being promiscuous and getting abortions, but they don’t seem to care when a child is going to suffer their entire life because the mother could not afford to raise another human for 18 years. This demonstrates that they really aren’t concerned about the future child or the health of the woman, they are just misogynistic.

Many people are angry about this new development in the Trump administration, while others stand by the idea of protecting religious freedom. While I see both sides, I believe that we cannot allow something as important as birth control to be made more expensive in the name of “religious freedom.”

It is too critical to the health of many women, and those who believe birth control is a promiscuous sin really need to reevaluate the morals they are citing as most important to them. Instead, they should work on some new morals, like tolerance and respecting one another. Maybe then, women will have easier access to a healthier life, and we can stop seeing birth control as some terrible sex drug.

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Men’s soccer finds net while improving defense

BY GRANT DOWLING DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

After coming off a threegame winning streak, the Boston University men’s soccer team continues to finish games strong.

Since its fifth loss without a goal to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the Terriers have been on a tear, winning five out of their last seven games while only dropping a 2-1 loss to Brown University and seeing a 1-1 draw to Princeton University in the process.

BU head coach Neil Roberts said the turnaround was due to his players.

“Credit to the guys sticking to the plan and being patient,” Roberts said. “Just working on time, to fixing mistakes. They didn’t lose faith and now we’re in a much better spot than we were at the start of the season.”

Since the turning point in this season against UMass Amherst (8-22), the Terriers were able to bury 12 goals to their opponents’ three and cultivate shutouts for every win during this run.

Leading the scoring for the Terriers is sophomore forward Matt McDonnell. His three goals are good for 10th place in the Patriot League.

Junior mid T.J. Butzke was named the Patriot League Mifielder of the Week. He was one of four Terriers to be honored to the weekly award list.

This was the first time in school history that four players earned conference weekly honors For Butzke, this was the first time.

Five shutouts are not easy feat to accomplish in a seven-game window, but sophomore goalkeeper Michael Bernardi has done all he can to keep the ball out of the net, coming up with 17 saves in his last five games.

opportunities to score. The scoring opportunities [for opponents] have been at a minimum.”

BU has since steadily improved its defense and given its team a chance to score goals.

Bernardi’s recent hot streak in net Bernardi got off to a rough start this season after allowing six goals in his first two games, but since then the transfer has lead his team to four shutout wins over the past seven contests.

It appears that Bernardi has found a comfort zone and a chemistry with his backline. After all, letting the ball pass into the net cannot be solely put on the shoulders of the goalkeeper.

Bernardi was awarded the Patriot League’s Goalkeeper of the Week for his efforts of the course of last week.

Bernardi has stepped in for freshman goalkeeper William Bonnelyche. The Stockholm native went down with an injury earlier in the year.

Before the injury, Bonnelyche had won one out of the five games he appeared.

Despite not starting all of the games for the Terriers, Bernardi currently ranks fourth in the Patriot League in goals allowed average and is fourth in the league in saves.

Roberts said that the team’s defensive chemistry has improved and has been able to limit the shots at the net. “[The] team has played well in front of him,” Roberts said.

“We’ve limited scoring opportunities, which in turn gives our attack

Improved defense leads the Terriers to a 4-0 start in Patriot League After a slow start to the season and conference play approaching, the men’s soccer team had to turn its results around quickly.

Five losses to non-conference opponents seemed to prepare the Terriers to salvage their 2017 campaign by winning their first four Patriot League matches.

During this 4-0 conference unbeaten streak, BU has scored nine goals while also not allowing a single goal in their own net.

The Terriers’ focused effort on the defensive side of the ball have propelled the players to a state where they can control the game and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves.

BU is on a three-game win streak and will look to keep it alive through strong defense when it faces the rest of its Patriot League rivals, starting with Loyola Maryland at Nickerson Field this Saturday.

Pacing the defense is current Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week, senior defender Adam Sheikali. In addition to his standout defense, Sheikali is also part of the offensive game plan for the Terriers as his three points have him tied for sixth on the team.

Roberts said that his team is “going to stick to what we’re doing” in terms of how it plans on main-

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Senior defender Adam Sheikali and the Terriers will look to maintain their current momentum.

taining such a high performance for the rest of the season.

“This team adjusts well to different team tactics,” Roberts said. “Right now we want to have a chance to win every game. At the beginning of the season, we

didn’t do that. We’re down 2-0 early against good teams and made it impossible to give ourselves a chance. If we stick to our game plan and have faith in each other, we should make each game a competitive one.”

Living in Fantasy: 3 receiving running backs to start this week Andre Ellington have been guys who are now truly startable in standard leagues, something that I would have never believed before the season. With this odd trend going forward let’s take a look at Chris Thompson and Alvin Kamara, who have the potential to put up big games this week and going forward.

BY TYLER ORINGER COLUMNIST

In prior years I have always strayed away from pass-catching specialty backs as a RB2 play in fantasy football. Ideally, you would have a guy who could get you 15+ points from your RB1 spot, and then a safety valve at RB2. In standard leagues, the PPR-specialty guys never seemed to jump out to me as anything but a flex play, but for some reason, this is the year of the receiving running back.

We have seen players in the past such as Darren Sproles, Danny Woodhead and Theo Reddick prove to be valuabe picks in the past as they can earn points both as a receiver and as a runner.

Last year we saw the emergence of Tyreek Hill, who scored touchdowns on Special Teams, rushing and receiving.

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Chris Thompson (Washington Redskins) versus San Francisco 49ers: This should be an obvious play coming off of a bye. There is no reason to think that Thompson won’t put up top 25, even top 15 running back numbers this week.

The Niners have given up the fourth most points to the position this season, and have been noticeably torched through the receiving game by RBs. Most recently, Frank Gore, who enters his absurd 13th year in the NFL, was able to pull away with 38 receiving yards in Week 5. This bodes extremely well for the quick-cutting, elusive 5’8” back, Thompson.

The FSU alum has already recorded 235 receiving yards and four total touchdowns this season.

Rob Kelley, the early-down back for the Skins has been banged up, and it is possible that Thompson will cut into those first and second down carries, especially after one or two more big runs.

San Francisco, a team that

isn’t very good by any stretch of the imagination, has also been prone to giving up big plays.

Gore’s now-protégé, Marlon Mack rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown on just nine carries last week. This speaks very well for Thompson who had a 61-yard rushing score against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 2.

Thompson has now developed into a premier PPR-specific back and warrants every-week standard league consideration as well.

Prediction: 7 carries 35 yards, 5 receptions 55 yards, 1 TD Alvin Kamara (New Orleans Saints) versus Detroit Lions: With Adrian Peterson out of the picture after a trade to the Arizona Cardinals (I don’t know why he was ever even in the picture), the dual-headed tandem of Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara will be plus plays going for ward each week. Kamara, like Thompson, is a pass-catching specialist, but through limited work, has earned 5.5 yards per carry. Now that Peterson is gone, Kamara will likely take the carries the former MVP was “stealing.” After catching 10 passes in Week 4 against the Miami Dolphins, look for another high target total this week out of Kamara.

The Lions have been in the

middle of the pack against running backs giving up the 18th fewest points to the position.

However, Kamara has turned into a legitimate check down back for Drew Brees in just four games, and after this week, like Thompson, will solidify his name in the RB2 ranks going forward.

Because Brees is 38 and he lost one of his top offensive weapons in Brandin Cooks, it was reasonable to assume that he would struggle.

But he has silenced the doubters.

Instead, Brees has thrown for eight touchdowns and has yet to thrown an interception.

Kamara represents one of Brees’ new weapons, which is a scary thought for NFL defenses.

In his two years of college football, Kamara scored 23 touchdowns from scrimmage.

The 1:00 p.m. game against Detroit should be a closely contested matchup. With Ingram now looking like the man for early-down work, Kamara will see the field more than he already has towards the end of close games in passing situations.

With a very high floor, and the exit of AP, Kamara is a rock solid RB2 this week in standard leagues.

Prediction: 8 carries 40 yards, 7 receptions 60 yards, 1 TD Jerick McKinnon (Minnesota Vikings) versus Green Bay Packers I don’t know if you could really

consider McKinnon and true “receiving back,” but compared to his backfield partner, Latavius Murray, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. That being said, the now bellcow for the Vikings is sure to see a generous amount of carries after an impressive 16 carries for 95 yards and touchdown last week.

So for McKinnon this season, McKinnon has already put up 14 catches. Although he has still yet to score a touchdown in that department, he should hit pay dirt soon.

The 2014 third-round draft pick will look to realize his athletic potential and translate it into fantasy points the rest of the season. Now that Dalvin Cook is out, McKinnon has carved out a chance to be a top 10 running back contributor the rest of the season.

With the emergence of Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen, McKinnon should see some great matchups when he leaves the backfield.

While Green Bay has been stingy in defending running backs on pass plays, it would not surprise me one bit to see McKinnon break a long one this week at home against the Pack.

While he is most definitely going to lose goal line touches to Murray and even C.J. Ham, his usage under a confusing quarterback situation between Sam Bradford and Case Keenum make him a plus flex play this week.

Prediction: 16 carries 60 yards, 3

SPORTS 11

Women’s soccer survives tough test against Harvard, wins 1-0

BY ELI GRISWOLD DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

The Boston University women’s soccer team defeated Harvard University 1-0 on Wednesday night at Nickerson Field for its seventh shutout of the season.

The Terriers (6-6-3, 3-3-1 Patriot League) controlled possession throughout the contest while the Crimson (7-6) struggled to break through the BU defense.

Showcasing a very aggressive attacking mindset in the first period, the Terriers were able to jump out to a quick lead.

Senior forward Christina Wakefield pushed the ball into the box off a fast break and delivered a perfectly timed dish to freshman midfielder Anna Heilferty in just the sixth minute.

Throughout the contest, the Terriers were propelled by strong performances from two of their freshmen stars, Heilferty and goalkeeper Amanda Fay. The pair has so far showed no signs of being overwhelmed by the physical play of the Patriot League, BU head coach Nancy Feldman noted.

“It’s not an easy thing to do,” Feldman said. “There’s a physicality in the game that is greater than what you had in high school and club soccer. These two girls have been exceptional in how … they came in prepared and both of them have some physical strength to them.”

Feldman also praised the air of confidence and experience rarely seen among newcomers to the pressures of college play.

“Their concentration and focus have been above and beyond their years, and therefore they’ve been able to be relatively consistent day in and day out,” Feldman said.

“And that’s unusual, and it’s special, and we’re really fortunate.”

As the first period of play

Junior Pietra Sweeney and the Terriers picked up their seventh shutout of the season on Wednesday.

came to a close, Harvard picked up its attack.

Avoiding a near disaster in the 43rd minute, the Crimson attack put forth a relentless attempt at the net, but ended up being stifled by Fay and the Terriers stingy defensive backline.

As the second period of the game got underway and the temperature at Nickerson Field dropped, the action on the field heated up. Both sides upped the ante on the attacking end, demonstrating a breakneck pace throughout the period.

On several occasions, Harvard was able to get through the Terrier defense and nearly converted on a late push by Crimson midfielder

and back Leah Mohammadi near the 74th minute.

Mohammadi showed off some blazing speed, splitting a triple team from the Terriers. It appeared she would have a clear shot at Fay in net, but played the ball slightly out of her reach and the BU defense recovered to stymie the threat.

Feldman said she was impressed by how her team held off this late rally from Harvard.

“We held on because we were committed, we’re focused, we’re mentally tough and we won our duels,” Feldman said.

Feldman praised junior back Pietra Sweeney’s late defensive stand to keep the Terriers’ lead.

TERRIERS GAME LEADERS

PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“Pietra right at the end not letting that girl get her service, that’s just digging in and being strong,” Feldman said. “That’s important and that’s going to put us in position to vie for a championship.”

On the offensive end, BU refused to relent, launching shot after shot at the Crimson goalkeeper Danielle Etzel. The Terriers ended the night with eight shots on goal and a 20-6 shot advantage over Harvard.

However, much to the dismay of their head coach, BU was unable to extend the advantage.

“If we can finish our chances a little bit better, we can put teams away that we should put away earlier in the game [and] that should make

our lives easier,” Feldman said.

If the Terriers are able to remain focused and avoid getting too far ahead of themselves, a team conference title does not seem out of reach.

Currently BU finds itself sitting in the fourth spot of the Patriot League. Although the Terriers are still within reach of the United States Naval Academy who holds the first spot with a 5-0 conference record and a eightgame win streak.

“Now it’s just stepping up and [finishing our chances],” Feldman said after the game. “The time is now for that and that’s going to be important in the remaining conference games.”

MATCH STATS HARV BU

Amanda Fay (GK) Saves: 4 SF: 6

Anna Heilferty (M) Shots: 3 (SOG: 1) Goals: 1

McKenna Doyle (F) Shots: 5 SOG: 3

Goals 0 Shots 6 SOG 4 Saves 7 Corners 2 Offsides 1 Fouls 4

1 20 8 4 4 2 3

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Quotable “We’ve limited scoring opportunities, which in turn gives our attack opportunities to score,” said BU men’s soccer head coach Neil Roberts on his team’s turnaround. p. 10

Sports Thursday, October 12, 2017

Women’s soccer BU women’s soccer team bounces back to shutout Harvard University after losing to the US Naval Academy. p. 11

Women’s soccer celebrates Deaf Night with ASL community

PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students in BU’s Deaf studies program cheer for the women’s soccer team at the game against Harvard University.

BY RISHABH KRISHAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

On the night of the Boston University women’s soccer game against Harvard University Wednesday, the team collaborated with the BU American Sign Language community to host Deaf Night, inviting the community to a night of free food, school spirit and competitive soccer.

The BU Deaf studies department collaborated with BU Athletics for the first time in February, said Deaf studies professor Bruce Bucci via an interpreter. Working in tandem with the women’s basketball team, the Deaf community put together the American Sign Language Night.

This semester, women’s soccer head coach Nancy Feldman and her team followed suit, organizing for free admission to the Wednesday game for Deaf studies students and faculty, as well as class credit for ASL students.

“The women’s basketball team had an event like this last year,” Feldman said. “We are taking a page out of their book. We have a great relationship with our ASL faculty and we like to honor and support them while also providing support and honoring the ASL community.”

Several of the students within BU athletics are already proficient in ASL, she said. “[The student athletes] have been working hard on it and [they] are really proud of their skills,” Feldman said. “They have made a strong commitment [to] learning sign, and have done a good job in communicating with professors in the field.”

Although students can now earn a Bachelor’s degree or minor in Deaf studies at BU, much of the current collaboration and activity taking place was inaccessible several years ago.

Bucci expressed his determination back in 2012 in an interview with The Daily Free Press to

make BU’s Deaf studies programs and community well-known.

“My vision for [the] BU Deaf studies program is to increase awareness about deaf studies and deaf people in general” Bucci said in the 2012 interview, explaining that he wanted to make the university’s deaf studies program available to primary and secondary schools throughout Massachusetts.

But Bucci was also heavily involved in setting up Deaf Night this fall. He said many of the women’s soccer players knew some level of ASL. “The players had a wide range of skill levels,” Bucci said. “They were all the way from ASL 1 to ASL 4 … they were very happy to be able to show their skills [and practice] the language.”

The Terriers were able to pull out the victory on this speical night as they shutout Harvard 1-0 due to the lone goal by freshman Anna Heilferty. This was

Heilferty’s fourth goal of the seaso and was assited by senior foreard Christina Wakefield.

Bucci did note some of the unique challenges that could occur if a student athlete is deaf.

He added that communication aspect is the most difficult challenge since they could struggle to communicate with their teammates and their coaches if there is not an interpreter present or if the rest of the team does not know sign language.

But, he said, this challenge doesn’t apply to every deaf athlete, as some players have the ability to communicate without using sign language.

Beyond Deaf Night, Bucci mentioned the variety of services the ASL community offers Deaf students at the university.

“We provide interpreting, notetaking and tutoring services,” Bucci said. “It’s to make sure they have access to all the academic information.”

Bucci’s initiative through

on-campus events and off-campus advertisement has garnered a lot attention and applause from professionals throughout BU. “Bruce Bucci, an ASL professor, has been honored before and he will be honored [this time too],” Feldman said.

In spite of efforts to increase awareness about the deaf community, there still exists a veritable distance between the Deaf and hearing communities, Bucci said.

The BU Deaf studies and ASL society at BU seeks to reshape the environment by normalizing deafness and its associated culture.

“Our deaf studies program believes that we can give our students the opportunity to use their American Sign Language … during a game,” Bucci said. “It shows how the deaf people are valued in the community.”

SUNDAY, OCT. 15

MONDAY, OCT. 16

Breanne Kovatch and Matthew Martin contributed to the reporting of this article.

BOTTOM LI NE THURSDAY, OCT. 12

Thursday Night Football Eagles at Panthers, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCT. 13

SATURDAY, OCT. 14

Men’s Tennis @ Dartmouth Invitational

Men’s Tennis @ Dartmouth Invitational

Field Hockey @ Holy Cross, 6 p.m.

Men’s Soccer vs. Loyola, 4 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey vs. Minnesota State, 7:30 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey vs. Minnesota State, 7 p.m.

Men’s Tennis @ Dartmouth Invitational Field Hockey vs. Boston College, 1 p.m.

One night until NBA regular season starts