NEWS Pro-pot advocates are looking to block marijuana retail revenue from towns that have placed restrictions on the industry. p.2
INBUSINESS Women@Forbes kicked off the Forbes Under 30 Summit, focusing on women in the technology field. p.6
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Lecturers reach long-awaited compromise with BU
Seth Blumenthal is one of the Boston University lecturers involved in negotiating a contract with BU administration granting higher wages and better job security to lecturers.
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After over a year of negotiations and threats of a lecturers’ strike, the Boston University administration reached their firstever agreement with about 250 members of SEIU Local 509 on Friday. Katherine Lakin-Shultz, an active union member and lecturer at BU, said the threeyear agreement stipulates that BU lecturers will receive pay increases during each year of the contract along with income security and the establishment of a fund for paid professional development. The lecturers, who unionized in April 2016 in hopes of achieving higher salaries and better job security, are teachers at BU who are not tenured and do not have the promise of becoming tenured as professors do.
Julie Sandell, associate provost for faculty affairs, wrote in an email that about 10 percent of the faculty on BU’s Charles River Campus are salaried lecturers and instructors who are now covered by the union contract. “These are skilled and dedicated faculty members, who primarily concentrate on teaching,” Sandell wrote. “They play an especially large role in several programs, including language instruction, the Writing Program and CGS, among others.” Sandell worked on negotiations from the university’s end along with BU’s chief negotiator, Juditra Burgess, who is the director of labor relations. “Our goal was a fair and balanced contract that provided clarity on all aspects of employment,” Sandell wrote. In addition to the paid professional fund, the university has agreed to set up an additional fund to recognize lecturers who have
proven to be particularly distinguished in the BU community beginning in September 2018, according to Lakin-Schultz . Lakin-Schultz, who is the head of the French language program at BU, said the agreement is tentative, pending a ratification vote by members of the union. On average, lecturers will receive a 15 percent salary increase in the first year of the contract and the lowest-paid lecturers will see the most dramatic salary hike, LakinSchultz said. She added that the agreement with the university will benefit not just the lecturers but the entire BU community. “Anything that allows all members of the faculty to have an open dialogue with the administration that actually is effective to create positive and intangible change will directly benefit workers and students and will be really positive,” Lakin-Schultz said. Lakin-Schultz added that the lecturers
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had publicly planned to walk out on Oct. 11 in an Unfair Labor Practice strike. The longawaited settlement averted the strike, but the settlement came months after the National Labor Relations Board issued an official complaint against BU for concealing data about professors’ salaries and workloads, according to a Sept. 29 article in The Boston Globe. Several lecturers involved in the negotiations said they think the terms of the new contract will improve the quality of education as a whole at BU. Seth Blumenthal, a lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences writing program, wrote in an email that he thinks the agreement is a big step forward for lecturers. “We think this is a great start that significantly raises the floor for the lowest paid lecturers, and we appreciate that the BU administration has made an impressive CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
Bostonians oppose ICE arrests BY SHANNON LARSON DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
Fifty immigrants in Massachusetts were among the 498 arrested nationwide, in an effort that ended Sept. 27 called Operation “Safe City,” which targeted individuals who had violated federal immigration laws in regions and cities under a sanctuary status. Of the 50 individuals that officers in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested, 30 have criminal records and 20 don’t, according to figures provided by ICE. ICE specifically targeted sanctuary jurisdictions because of threats to public safety and potential for widespread illegal immigration that may result, ICE acting director
Thomas Homan said in a Friday press release. “Sanctuary jurisdictions that do not honor detainers or allow us access to jails and prisons are shielding criminal aliens from immigration enforcement and creating a magnet for illegal immigration,” Homan said. As a result, ICE aims to arrest these immigrant offenders, prosecute them for their crimes and ultimately deport the individuals, Thomas Decker, field office director for Enforcement and Removal Operations in New York, said in the release. Patricia Montes, the executive director of Centro Presente — a Latino organization fighting for immigrants’ rights and economic justice in Massachusetts — said operations of this nature are the equivalent to “a war against immigrants.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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Pro-marijuana groups say no to revenue for pot-free towns BY CAMPBELL ZACHARA DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR
Pro-marijuana advocates are currently discussing a bill that would prevent Massachusetts towns that are trying to restrict recreational marijuana operations from collecting their share of cannabis retail sale tax revenue. The Massachusetts Recreational Consumer Council, along with other proponents of Question 4, have been in talks about the bill, which they hope will reach the hands of state legislators this January, Kamani Jefferson, president of the the council, said. Since the legalization of recreational marijuana back in November, over 100 municipalities in the state have set bans, moratoriums and other tight limitations on the legal sale of marijuana. Despite towns’ pushback, they will still benefit from the revenue of the recreational marijuana market, Jefferson said. “Any sensible person would agree, why should you get tax money if you don’t have it in your town, it just doesn’t make any sense,” Jefferson said. “I think it will catch on even to the people who may not be in love with marijuana. If you don’t put any work in, you shouldn’t get any benefits is what we’re really proposing to the Commonwealth.” Jefferson said by restricting these towns’ access to revenue from legalized marijuana, the municipalities might reverse their decision to enforce restrictions on the market. “Money talks in this country, so I know for a fact some of the towns that said no, give them a couple of years,” Jefferson said. “Not to mention [in] 2020, we can put up a municipal vote, a referendum vote, in every town no matter how they voted on Question 4.” In states such as Colorado and Oregon that are years into the legalization process for recreational marijuana, similar blocks have been enacted to discourage towns from banning sales, Jefferson said. Many towns in Colorado have begun to overturn bans on dispensaries and sales after seeing the surpluses other towns were receiving. The MRCC expects to see the same kind
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The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Sept. 29-Oct. 1.
Pot consumption sends student to BMC
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Pro-marijuana groups plan to introduce a bill in January that would cut tax revenue for towns in Massachusetts that put limits on marijuana operations. Patriot Care is a marijuana dispensary in Downtown Boston.
of shift in public opinion if this proposal goes through. Geoff Beckwith, executive director and CEO of the Massachusetts Municipal Association, said the proposal Jefferson and other marijuana lobbyists are working on isn’t practical in the long-run and isn’t an actual proposition, as of now, that could realistically be put into place. “This is a punitive suggestion that is merely a political talking point by commercial marijuana lobbies,” Beckwith said. “There is no actionable public policy proposal that could be implemented.” Bill Downing, the member liaison for the Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition, said the legislation could be introduced in January as a “late file,” but at this point it will be difficult to organize necessary hearings and get legislators on board prior to the end of this legislative session. Downing said this idea isn’t worth pursuing as there are other cannabis-related issues that people could be focusing on. “The language that would be required for that kind of bill would be frankly, very, very complex because what you’re talking about doing is calculating what fortune of the general fund is associated with the cannabis revenue and then trying to figure out how that should be apportioned as a part of state funding for the town,” Downing said. “All of the municipalities that have voted
against [Question 4] are all going to be up in arms against this kind of legislation. You’re going to have galvanized opposition.” Several Boston residents are divided on whether towns and cities that have imposed obstructions to the recreational marijuana industry should lose this potential revenue or not. Brandy Smith, 33, of East Boston, said towns shouldn’t be receiving money if they don’t want marijuana in their municipality. “It’s understandable for towns not wanting cannabis in their communities,” Smith said. “The towns shouldn’t get anything if they aren’t supporting it.” Annie Anderson, 36, of East Boston, said she thinks towns deserve the money even if they do not support recreational marijuana sales. “The money is distributed by the state and the towns shouldn’t be punished for not wanting marijuana in their neighborhood,” Anderson said. Chris Whitz, 46, of Downtown Boston, said he thinks that all of the communities should receive the tax revenue from marijuana sales. “All towns can use more money to make their communities better,” Whitz said. “It is hard to justify taking away funding for towns.” Breanne Kovatch contributed to the reporting of this article.
ICE targets sanctuary cities for immigrant arrests ICE ARRESTS, FROM PAGE 1 The data released by ICE betrays their claim that those with criminal records were targeted. While mass arrests of immigrants are not new, there has been an increase in anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies since President Donald Trump took office, Montes said. “[The Trump administration is] implementing a more organized [detention and deportation] machine,” Montes said. “But it’s also about the anti-immigrant rhetoric and the hate that is taking place right now against people of color, and in particular, undocumented people in the United States.” So far, Centro Presente has been contacted by two families from East Boston who have someone in detention due to Operation “Safe City,” and are afraid of being detained as well. Without the resources to hire a lawyer, it’s more than likely those arrested will be deported, Montes said. Heather Perez, a legal fellow at the Politica l Asylum/Immigration Representation Project, said the organization works to provide free legal services to asylum seekers and those in immigration detention, like the individuals arrested this past week. “Part of our mission is providing free legal services for those … who have no right to get a court appointed attorney when
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they’re facing removal,” Perez said. Although sanctuary cities are positive in many aspects, they fail to provide a blanket of protection for every immigrant that lives in the city from deportation, Perez said. When those facing removal are unable to obtain a lawyer, they are forced to represent themselves, Perez said. In this scenario, it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, for them to obtain the release they may be eligible for to stay, live and work in the country. For cases regarding immigrants facing deportation, members of PAIR go to the ICE detention center themselves, and attempt to get detainees representation — either with the organization or a pro-bono attorney, Perez said. “We have actually met a few people already that are in detention right now, who were recently arrested, and they are scared,” Perez said. “They are members of our community. They have built lives here, and they have families here who depend on them. And they are in need of legal representation.” Several Boston residents expressed dissatisfaction with undocumented immigrants being arrested by ICE, and said these individuals are more at risk than ever before. Marquis Greene, 24, of Roxbury, said when operations like “Safe City” are tak-
ing place, all individuals deserve the same opportunities and rights, and expressed no undocumented immigrant should be arrested without just cause. “You get to a point where you’re putting somebody’s life at risk or you’re taking it away from them,” Greene said. “America is a land built off of immigrants. Good luck finding people like these hardworking people who come from these other countries, and they just want a better living.” Leslie Guglielmo, 49, of the North End, said she believes only immigrants who have committed serious or violent crimes in the past should be arrested. “I do think immigrants are more at risk currently with this administration,” Guglielmo said. “Contributing members of society, whether they are legal or not, should be allowed to stay.” Van McLaughlin, 27, of Allston, said since Trump took office, there has been an increase in anti-immigrant policies and actions taken. “I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s been increased rhetoric as in the whole country,” McLaughlin said. “I mean everyone knows Trump and his agenda and everything he pushes, so since he’s in office, the office technically promotes more anti-immigration than it previously did under Obama. But, overall, I would say the country as a whole is divided about it.”
BUPD received a call Sunday at 11:26 a.m. from BU Behavioral Medicine concerning a student who had ingested edible marijuana at 195 Bay State Rd. The caller said the student was feeling anxious and depressed and experiencing suicidal thoughts. The student was transported to Boston Medical Center for evaluation.
Warren elevator shuts down, trapping students Warren Towers building security reported an entrapment in the B Tower center elevator on the 11th floor on Sunday at 11:28 p.m. Boston Fire Department pulled three people from the elevator after 45 minutes of waiting.
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CRIME LOGS BY JEN RACOOSIN DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR
The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Oct. 3.
Emotionally disturbed person in Allston taken to hospital Officers responded to a radio call for an emotionally disturbed person at 54 Gardner St. on Tuesday at about 1:02 a.m. Upon arrival, the victim said he was anxious and wanted to go to the hospital. Boston Emergency Medical Services transported him to St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center.
Officer assaulted during drug investigation After witnessing a suspected drug transaction in the vicinity of Linden Street and Gardner Street on Tuesday at 4:35 p.m., an officer approached one of the individuals involved and confiscated two bags of marijuana from him. The individual then shoved the officer in the chest and ran away. The individual has not yet been apprehended and the investigation is ongoing.the investigation is ongoing.
Arrest made in Allston drug investigation After witnessing a suspected drug transaction at the corner of Harvard Avenue and Farrington Avenue on Tuesday at about 6:30 p.m., officers confiscated marijuana from a suspicious individual. They then called a phone number provided by a man who said he called that number to arrange the purchase, and the suspicious individual’s phone rang. Officers then arrested the individual for distribution and possession with intent to sell.
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Boston University alumnae Raagini Jawa and Thuy Luu initiated hospital-wide Narcan trainings at Boston Medical Center.
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BU alumnae spearhead naloxone training to address opioid epidemic BY JEN RACOOSIN DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR
In an effort to combat the growing opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, Boston University alumnae Raagini Jawa and Thuy Luu launched an initiative at the Boston Medical Center aimed at overdose prevention through professional training sessions. Through the program, internal medicine experts, physicians, public safety officers and pharmacists train BMC residents and fellows in recognizing the signs of an opiate overdose and safely administering Narcan, a naloxone drug used to treat these overdoses, Jawa said. Jawa, a BU School of Medicine graduate, said that proper medical training could be an important step in hindering the advancement of the opioid epidemic. “If we can train physicians to not only be able to recognize overdoses but also administer this life-saving medication, maybe we could try to stop the epidemic where it’s at and prevent these deaths from happening,”
Jawa said, “and then later, we’ll be able to intervene and treat people with their substance use disorders.” Jawa and her collaborator Luu, a School of Public Health alumna, said they initiated the program as a response to the current opioid crisis ravaging both the state of Massachusetts and the country as a whole. “What we wanted to do is to train everyone … on what [naloxone] is and what an overdose, particularly an opiate overdose, looks like, and how they can help,” Jawa said, “especially if they see patients who might be overdosing on the street.” The initiative is a collaboration that includes the BMC’s Inpatient Pharmacists, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Graduate Medical Education Department and BU Public Safety officers, according to Jawa. The program’s directors hope to eventually bring their trainings to BU’s Charles River Campus as well, she added. “Young voices are heard really loudly and so the hope is that we’re starting small and then eventually we’ll spread over to Charles
River Campus as well,” Jawa said. Simeon Kimmel, a fellow studying infectious disease and addiction at BMC, participated in one of the naloxone training sessions in order to become a more proficient, wellrounded medical professional, he said. “As a physician and a citizen walking through this neighborhood who may be the first responder to an overdose in a clinic bathroom or on the street, I wanted to feel ready and comfortable with the mechanics of administering naloxone,” Kimmel wrote in an email. Kimmel noted that this program is just one step in tackling the massive drug addiction issue facing the United States. “Without more safe spaces for people who use drugs, we will continue to find people in bathrooms, behind bushes, and at the edge of parking lots,” Kimmel wrote. “We need safe consumption facilities and low barrier entry into treatment for whenever patients are ready.” A Massachusetts Department of Public Health report released in August showed
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that nearly 2,000 of Massachusetts residents died of opiate-related overdoses between July 2016 to July 2017. As many as 40 percent of these overdoses involved fentanyl, an extremely potent synthetic opioid often mixed with heroin. SPH professor David Rosenbloom wrote in an email that programs such as BMC’s are important but unfortunately rare, even among medical centers. “Basic training on addiction has not been part of many medical training programs, so it is very important to train the staff and equip them with naloxone,” he wrote. In fact, the opioid addiction is a more troubling issue than many perceive, according to School of Social Work professor Maryann Amodeo, warranting a need for many people to be well-versed in naxolone administration. “It would be very helpful if everyone had the skills to respond to someone who had taken an overdose, wherever this might occur — in the dorm, in the classroom, on the street, or at home,” Amodeo wrote in an email. “It’s like knowing the Heimlich maneuver, it’s a way to save a life.” Several BU students said they support the alumnae’s initiative, but disagreed on its necessity at the Charles River Campus. Hunter Coughlan, a junior in the College of Communication, said while she is not aware of an opiate problem currently on campus, this program could be useful in preventing one from happening. “For any drug use, there should be cautionary steps, or even reactionary steps to stop it,” Coughlan said. College of Arts and Sciences graduate student Madeline Reffel said that she believes the training program is important on a larger scale, but it isn’t needed on the Charles River campus. “[The medical campus is] around the area where there’s a lot of opiate use,” she said. “I don’t think we see that much over here, but definitely at the medical campus.” Conversely, senior Madeline Hren said she is confident in the program’s value, as it can be used to immediately rectify victims of the opioid crisis. “You don’t know people’s life stories. You don’t know what they do on weekends or when they’re not at school, and so you don’t know who has problems with this,” the CAS student said. “It doesn’t have to be a huge initiative, but I think there should definitely be training [on campus].”
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Lecturers achieve better conditions, higher wages LECTURERS, FROM PAGE 1 investment in its faculty,” Blumenthal wrote. “This is really a win for BU students, attracting and keeping the best faculty while helping lecturers focus on what they do at BU ... teach.” Another lecturer in the CAS writing program, William Marx, wrote in an email that the terms of the agreement provide key improvements to lecturers. “The negotiations showed the strength, determination and passion of this union and its members,” he wrote. “The salary
increases were of vital importance to the members. A full-time lectureship at BU should offer a living wage in a city as expensive to live in as Boston.” Marx added that the settlement marks a pivot in the relationship between the university and its lecturers. “We have begun to turn an embarrassing situation around,” he wrote. “There were also important gains made regarding transparency, professional development and job security. This is the first step in making the voices of the full-time lecturers heard. We will no longer be treated like second-class citizens
at the University.” Several students said they were happy lecturers will see improvements in working conditions with the recent agreement. Wenyi Jiang, a junior in the College of Communication, said she thinks giving appropriate benefits and wages to lecturers benefits the student population as a result. “It is really important that teachers get what they want so that they can teach us better,” Jiang said. “It’s really simple, but I think a lot of time it’s not being done.” Daniel Ronkin, a CAS sophomore, said he thinks these benefits
will incentivize other educators to become lecturers at BU. “It would attract other lecturers, and we’d want to give them that job opportunity,” Ronkin said. “If they’re putting in the work, then they should be treated accordingly,” he added. Ronkin also said he thinks the agreement could help even the playing field among lecturers and professors at BU. “Since [lecturers] already working as hard [as professors], you would kind of want them to be reimbursed for that, for the amount of working that they’re doing,” Ronkin said. “It would give
them an equal standing between a lecturer and a professor. If they’re putting in the work then they should be treated accordingly.” Adriana Joyce, a CAS freshman, said she thinks lecturers should be properly compensated for all the work they do. “If the lecturers really are being treated unfairly, then I think this is good for them,” Joyce said. “If they’re doing sufficient work compared to the professors then they deserve sufficient pay and job security. It’s helpful for them to be paid more and to be secure in their jobs just like the professors.”
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Campus Calendar: activities on campus this week THURSDAY, OCT. 5
FRIDAY, OCT. 6
SATURDAY, OCT. 7
SUNDAY, OCT. 8
MONDAY, OCT. 9
Campaign for Renewable Energy
Free Black Beach Concert
“LOST TEMPO” by Cliff Odle
Fluffernutter Day
Columbus Day
Yawkey Center for Student Services
BU Central
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BU Dining Halls
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Hosted by Boston Playwrights’ Theater
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Ten chefs compete in food festival with sweet, savory dishes BY LAUREN FRIAS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
Nordic smoked salmon and salty crisp bread. A black truffle arepa. Coffee toffee, white chocolate peanut butter toffee and harvest blend toffee. Ten chefs on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list served gourmet dishes, both sweet and savory, in a competition to win the Forbes Under 30 Summit Food Festival on Tuesday night. Judges included Daniel Boulud, chef and restaurateur; Lee Schrager, founder of the South Beach Wine and Food Festival; Ayesha Curry of the Food Network Ayesha’s Home Kitchen and Forbes magazine editor Randall Lane. The audience served as a fifth judge and voted for which chef to nominate for the People’s Choice award. Andrew Chmielewski of Dave’s Sweet Tooth was awarded Judges’ Choice in the sweet category and Christian Pettersen of Mondo in the savory category. Andrew Gonzalez of Night Owl Cookie Co. won People’s Choice in the sweet category and Kelvin Fernandez of Strand Bistro at the Pulse Hotel in the savory. “We were up against such awesome competition that I didn’t really think about if we won,”
Chmielewski said. “I think I’ve already won just by being here and being able to take part in it.” Chmielewski served three different flavors of toffee from his business, Dave’s Sweet Tooth. Named after his father, a retired firefighter who made toffee for the guys at the engine house, Chmielewski took the recipe and expanded the brand from selling out of his home kitchen to 5,000 stores across the country with international shipping starting off. However, Chmielewski said that it was making it on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list that lent integrity to his line of work in candy-making. “Forbes is definitely the endall, be-all for business, so to have that stamp of approval and to tell people that you’re on that list, it lends credibility to something I’m doing,” Chmielewski said. “It makes people take you a little more seriously. They think twice about something other than just being some guy who makes toffee to a Forbes list member.” Working in the candy making business wasn’t something that Chmielewski expected to do for the rest of his life, but he said seeing people enjoy his toffee made the job worthwhile. “If you would’ve told 8-year-old me that I was going to be making
candy, I probably would’ve thought it was the coolest thing ever, but definitely not what I wanted to be when I grew up,” Chmielewski said. “But I love cooking, and I love the reaction people give when they try to their product for the first time and you see the look on their face, saying ‘Oh my God, this is so good.” Like Chmielewski, Fernandez did not plan on becoming a renowned chef at only 32 years old. Having been a wrestler and taking auto mechanics in high school, he only decided to take up cooking when his girlfriend at the time encouraged him to do so. Upon graduating high school, Fernandez was posed with the decision between a wrestling scholarship and a cooking scholarship to the Culinary Institute of America.. Now, years after choosing the cooking scholarship, he not only was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 for three years, but he also out-cooked Bobby Flay on “Beat Bobby Flay,” prepared meals for celebrities like José Reyes — shortstop for the New York Mets — and was featured on Zagat’s first 30 Under 30 list. “This is my second year in Boston, so this is my third year in Forbes, and my second time winning best chef,” Fernandez said.
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Henry Herbert serves his duck donut “Donald you doughnut” at the Forbes Under 30 Food Festival.
“To be able to do this back to back is such an amazing feeling … Forbes has helped me create a platform to just show my talent, and I’m very grateful for that.” Gonzalez said that Forbes also lent validity to his dream of making cookies, just as it did for Chmielewski and Fernandez. “My parents, my family, my friends all thought I was insane,” Gonzalez said. “I was literally dropping out of college to sell cookies, and they never thought anything like this could amount to anything. If anything, it pushed me a little harder to make a name for myself.” Gonzalez competed with his
Ave Maria cookies, which was a cookie topped with crumbled Maria cookies and a drizzle of guava and queso crema, which is cream cheese frosting with white chocolate. He said he chose this specific cookie because it incorporated his Cuban culture and Miami flair in each bite. “Forbes had a quote on Instagram not too long ago that really hit home,” Gonzalez said. “It was, ‘We only have two lives. The second one starts when you realize there’s only one.’ I love that quote, and it means so much. I want everybody to understand that and know that.”
CATALYST THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2017
Tech leaders discuss advancement in practice of medicine, healthcare BY LAUREN FRIAS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
While science is constantly advancing, the field of medicine has been at a standstill, employing primitive practices that date back to the 1940s, according to David Fialkow, co-founder of venture capital firm General Catalyst. However, scientists and entrepreneurs of the Science and
Healthcare Forbes Under 30 list could change the discipline in as soon as the next five to 10 years. In addition to the five original content tracks, Forbes Under 30 introduced a new track, the Discover Stage, which primarily focused on science and healthcare. The Discover Stage took place on Monday morning and Tuesday afternoon at the University of Massachusetts Club. “We got a lot of feedback from
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David Fialkow (second to left) moderates a panel on medicine in the digital age with Andrew Beck, Jeffrey Leiden and David Altshuler.
the attendees, and they wanted one,” Matthew Herper, senior editor of pharma and healthcare of Forbes Magazine, told The Daily Free Press. “There’s a science list and a healthcare list here at the event today. We thought it was a really exciting idea, so we did it.” Presentations on the stage ranged from discussing the entrepreneurial side of medicine to genetically engineered pig organs for human transplants. “I was looking for people who could speak to the experience of being a young scientist or entrepreneur and some of the challenges they face,” Herper said. The first panel examined the application of data science to the field of medicine, with each panelist being chief executives of America’s top biotech companies. Jeffrey Leiden, chairman, president and CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, summed up how data can be used to change the roles of medical professionals in the next few years. “This intersection between information sciences and medicine is going to change profoundly very quickly over the next five to 10 years how we do things,” Leiden said during the panel. “Radiologists
won’t be the primary readers of X-rays, machines will be the primary readers of X-rays. Nor will pathologists won’t be the primary readers, machines will do that, and they’ll do it much better.” Andrew Beck, co-founder and CEO of PathAI, said data science will create more uniformity in diagnoses across the nation. “Today, every diagnosis is done a little differently based on the practitioner making it,” Beck said during the panel. “But you can imagine a future where you have the world’s best system in the cloud is distributed to labs and hospitals everywhere.” Narrowing the scope in the field of medicine, the Discover Stage hosted biologist Luhan Yang, chief scientific officer of eGenesis Bio, talked about genetically engineered pig organs, which would be used for human transplant to solve the organ transplant shortage in the United States and eventually the world. “Imagine a world where there’s no need for dialysis if we can provide a functional kidney,” Yang said during her presentation. “Imagine a world where there is no Type 1 diabetes if we can trans-
plant function pancreatic islets. We at eGenesis aspire to create a world without shortage.” With the combination of science and business in panelists and presentations, audience members were able to see the expansion of medicine from just a field of science to an industry. “It’s amazing how these people are incredibly entrepreneurial, and they’re from academia,” Christopher Look, an Under 30 Scholar from the University of Maryland College Park, said. “So they have the rigor of academia, but also the ability to scale it up and put it on the market.” Sanna Madan, another Under 30 Scholar from the University of Maryland College Park, said the Discover Stage inspired her and encouraged her to make her own impact in healthcare and biotech in the future. “It helped me realized that there is so much to still be done and that I shouldn’t be discouraged and think, ‘Oh I’m just an undergraduate, so I can’t come up with some idea or venture at this stage,’” Madan said. “There’s a lot of potential impact waiting to be made in healthcare and biotech.”
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Forbes Under 30 Summit 2017
INBUSINESS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2017
Female professionals talk gender disparities in tech BY JENNI TODD DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
Last summer, Silicon Valley was hot with controversy; there was Uber’s sexual harassment scandal, the sexist Google memo and numerous sexual harassment lawsuits filed against technology companies. On Sunday, Women@Forbes kicked off the Forbes Under 30 Summit with a day of programming titled, “Women@ Forbes Under 30: Closing the Tech Gap.” It’s an event that comes at a crucial time for women in the technology field, said Ruthie Ackerman, deputy editor of Women@Forbes and Boston University College of Arts and Sciences graduate. “It’s such a critical moment because we are seeing so much attention being paid to women in the tech industry, not only Silicon Valley but across the board,” Ackerman told The Daily Free Press. “Enough things have happened — sexual harassment [and] people behaving badly — that there’s actually media attention for the first time on the issue of the gender gap and the pay gap in tech.” Bozoma Saint John, the recently appointed chief brand officer of Uber, began the presentations for the day with her keynote, “Making Bold Moves.” “It’s Sunday morning ... and I grew up in church,” Saint John said. “So let’s just pretend for today. I am your preacher, with my boobs out, which is so inappropriate but totally fine!” During her keynote, Saint John recollected her lifelong experience of standing out, from her childhood to working in Silicon Valley. “It’s no secret that there’s a lack of diversity in Silicon Valley. I mean, there are not a lot of people wearing glittery skirts around Silicon Valley,” Saint John said, gesturing to her glittery pink frock with a laugh. “But that, to me, is actually quite beautiful.” Ref lecting on those experiences, Saint John said authenticity is key to making a genuine impact. “Bring your whole self to work,” Saint John said. “It is the reason I am able to make a difference, because I’m not trying to copy anything else.” In later panels, many speakers discussed the value of authenticity in the face of scrutiny. Asmau Ahmed, founder of fashion
startup Plum Perfect, revealed that she used to hide her gender when arranging meetings with investors. She said it’s something she regrets. “I’m not proud of it,” Ahmed said during her panel. “I would make my resume gender neutral, and, from my name, most people thought I was a guy. I took my photo out of my LinkedIn profile, not my proudest moment.” Ahmed said that her strategy of gender neutrality worked initially but ultimately backfired. “I got more meetings,” Ahmed said. “But eventually, when I got seen, it all fell through. So, I stopped that ... [and] I got less meetings, but I got meetings with people who wanted to meet with me.” Much of the day focused on being true to oneself in male-dominated spaces, like the technology industry. Some panelists contemplated and discussed inclusivity in environments that are women-centric. “Especially when it comes to ‘women’s networks,’ the white men of women’s networks are white women,” Natalia Oberti Noguera, founder and CEO of Pipeline Angels, told The Daily Free Press. Pipeline Angels creates capital for women and feminine non-binary social entrepreneurs while prioritizing intersectionality and diversity, according to Oberti Noguera. “[Privilege] can be f luid,” Oberti Noguera said. “Depending on the room we’re in, our role and our place in that room will change.” Alexa Little, who attended the event, serves as the executive director of 7000 Languages, a not-for-profit working to create free language-learning software for endangered languages. Little said she hoped to make connections at the summit that could expand her organization’s resources and capabilities. “I’m not far from Boston,” Little said. “I’ve been trying to network with other people who are doing innovative things, to try and spread our resources and help people, if it’s possible.” Little said her gender has impacted her experience working in tech. “It’s tricky for me sometimes to know where to go with advice,” Little said. “People give me advice, and I just wonder, ‘Will this be interpreted the same way from a woman as it would be from a man?’”
Kelvin Fernandez celebrates his win of the People’s Choice Award in the Savory category at the Forbes Under 30 Food Festival.
Arlan Hamilton, founder and managing partner of BackStage Capital, speaks with Clare O’Connor at Women@Forbes Tuesday afternoon.
Ed Boyden speaks about his development of neurological technology with Matthew Herper at the Forbes Discover State Tuesday afternoon.
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From Oct. 1-4, young innovators and entrepreneurs from different professional fields gathered in Boston to discuss their career successes and aspirations. Entertainers, business people and chief executives alike inspired thousands of attendees through panel discussions and presentations.
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‘Imagination is key’ when faced with oppression BY JENNI TODD DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
Four panelists, moderated by Alex Knapp (far left), gather to discuss the entrepreneurial aspect of medicine at the Forbes Discover Stage.
Ippy Aiona’s smoked salmon taretar on wonton crisp is served at the Forbes Under 30 Food Festival Tuesday night.
Rebecca Novak of ScriptEd, an organization that teaches coding skills to students in under-funded high schools speaks at Women@Forbes: Closing the Tech Gap Sunday afternoon.
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Beneath lettering that read “Liberty and union now and forever,” speakers who presented on the Impact Stage of Forbes Under 30 Summit meditated both on society’s current state and their hopes for the future. Sitting in Faneuil Hall, having woken up to the news of the Las Vegas shooting, attendees, moderators and presenters alike steeped in a sense of greater context. The Monday morning programming was preceded by a moment of silence for lives lost in Las Vegas. “We think that environment is very important,” said Randall Lane, editor of Forbes magazine. “What we think is that we have venues that help bring home the momentousness of the issues of the day and hopefully drive some answers.” Monday’s final panel, “How to Create a Movement,” explored the process of inspiring substantive action around significant social and political issues. Panelists included Gavin Grimm, transgender activist and plaintiff in a U.S. Supreme Court case impacting bathroom laws, and DeRay Mckesson, creator and host of Pod Save the People. The panel discussed current events through a social justice lens, introducing a new perspective to the audience. Opening the discussion, moderator Adam Foss asked Grimm and Mckesson to reflect on waking up to news coverage of the Las Vegas shooting. “This is all too familiar for so many people,” Mckesson said. “People talk about this being the worst massacre on American soil, and we know that there have been so many instances where whole towns of black people were killed.” Mckesson added that he’s interested in the pessimism present in organizing communities following mass tragedies. “There are a lot of people [whose] immediate reaction is that nothing will change; we can’t do anything about it,” Mckesson said. “I want us to check the way that we become pessimistic and we don’t even realize that it’s happening to us.” When asked how to maintain hope in the face of oppressive institutions, Mckesson said imagination is key. “A world of equity and joy is a world that we actually don’t know what it looks like,” Mckesson said. “That requires deep imagination.”
Monday’s first panel, “Changing Society Through Pop Culture,” was the first panel in the history of Forbes annual summit to address the LGBT community specifically, according to moderator Raymond Braun. In line with the panel’s discussion of the success of the LGBT rights movement over the past decade, Braun asked panelists how their work has changed people’s perspectives on the LGBT community. Asia Kate Dillon, an actor on the television show “Billions,” shared a powerful social media interaction with a fan. “I used to be transphobic, homophobic and such,” Dillon read from their phone. “I recently came out as bisexual after hating myself for a long time, because I didn’t know it was okay to be anything other than cisgender and straight.” Contemplating the stage’s true impact, Lane said it lies not predominately in the summit’s stages or speakers but in its aftermath. “It’s one thing to see something,” Lane said. “What we try to do is take it to the next level is how do we do something about it. By convening everyone together, all these young leaders from all these different fields ... what we’re doing is creating community that can then take action to actually solve our world’s biggest problems.” Minhaj Chowdhury, co-founder and CEO of Drinkwell, is working on one of those problems: clean water. Drinkwell produces and installs technology that purifies arsenic tainted water, which is common in South Asia and highly carcinogenic, according the organization’s website. In one of the stage’s final events on Monday, Chowdhury pitched for a chance to win $500,000 for his company, and won. “I just flew in,” Chowdhury told The Daily Free Press. “So [I’m] half jetlagged and trying to get my bearings on where I am, and [I was] incredibly nervous. But I guess adrenaline just kicked in, and I was able to put it.” Sarah Shugars, a graduate student at Northeastern, said that the initiative shown by young people, like Chowdhury and the summit’s attendees, gives her hope for the future. “The truth is that young people are very active,” Shugars said. “This is the most active generation that’s happened in a long time.”
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Diversity on campus should be reflected in college rankings Every few weeks, a new list of college rankings is released — each with its own criteria for what aspects of colleges and universities are worth considering. Some are based more on research, and others more on campus life. The variety in how colleges are ranked is matched only by the variety in colleges themselves. In September, The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education released their most recent list of schools they deemed to be best. Usually, these reports come and go with little fanfare. But this year, their list took a little heat. The criticism came from Richard Vedder, a higher education professional who helped Forbes develop their ranking system of U.S. universities. Writing for Minding the Campus, Vedder criticized the “diversity component” that the WSJ/ THE rankings took into consideration. Also known as the environmental factor, this measure includes statistics on the racial diversity of a campus, as well as the proportion of international students they enroll, and comprises 10 percent of a school’s score. Vedder argued this category was created in an attempt to be politically correct, rather than to identify the actual quality of an institution. The way he sees it, most schools have already achieved these kinds of diversity, and that other factors are far more important to consider. In Vedder’s dream world — a world he acknowledges to be nearly impossible — the only diversity that would come into play in the ranking of colleges would be the diversity of ideas.
What Vedder doesn’t see is that this fairytale — the one where rankings are able to consider the diversity of ideas — is not a fairytale at all. It’s already happening. When colleges consider their applicants’ races, ethnicities and origins, they are all but ensuring a diversity of ideas. Were they to decrease their emphasis on these kinds of diversity, a sharp decrease in the diver-
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dents might have all the academic qualifications in the world, but without diversity, their realm of learning would still be very narrow. However, if a school sought out a diverse student body, regardless of their academic merit, those students would still have a lot to learn from each other. The college admissions game is tough. Some people will get in, and some people
won’t. Some of that will be based on smart students are, and some of it won’t. And sometimes, the thing that gives one applicant an edge over another is the country they were born or the community they were raised in, or even the color of their skin. This isn’t wrong. When you consider diversity in college rankings, it admittedly puts certain states at a disadvantage. California, New York and Hawaii — states where diversity thrives — have no problem scoring high in diversity. Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire on the other hand, don’t stand a chance in these areas. But this doesn’t make that category unfair. It is a legitimate detriment to schools in non-diverse states that they have such a homogeneous population. If their student bodies are lacking the diversity that other schools have, they are missing out from the benefits of this, too. And that should be reflected in their rankings. That’s not to say diversity should be increased for the sake of rankings — it should be increased for the sake of diversity itself. In fact, schools shouldn’t do anything solely for the sake of rankings. Both universities and students place far more weight on these rankings than they deserve. Schools are so much more than those numbers can show, regardless of which criteria they decide to use. But that’s not the world we live in. Rankings are a very real part of higher education. And that means we need to decide what we want those rankings to ref lect. Contrary to what Vedder says, diversity should absolutely make the list.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2017
Post-Maria Puerto Rico
BY ANNA STROINSKI COLUMNIST
Late September, a Category 5 hurricane devastated Puerto Rico. Now, several weeks later, the island is still facing mass power shortages — communication mediums like phone towers and data centers remain unaccessible to the general population. What’s even worse — because of this lapse in regular communication, disaster aid has been especially slow to arrive. Without phones or internet, no one knows exactly what Puerto Rico needs, and where they’re going to need it most. No one can coordinate the pick-ups and drop offs of supplies, and no one knows when, where, or even if cargo ships from the mainland will arrive. However, the problem doesn’t stop there — and it certainly didn’t start there either. The U.S. government is by no means absolved of its embarrassing inaction on behalf of Puerto Rico just because phone lines are down, and talking to local officials is tough. Our government’s failing is not in the response to Maria per se, but in our perpetual and systematic undermining of Puerto Rican infrastructure, economy and spirit. There were preventive measures that we could have taken, that we should have taken, but that we didn’t. And that’s where we erred worst of all. Puerto Rico is an American territory, and it has been since 1898, falling under United States federal dominion. This means Puerto Ricans must adhere to U.S. laws, pay U.S. taxes and
respect U.S. legislation. They can also serve in the U.S. military, which many of them do. However, the U.S. Constitution mandates that only states are awarded representation in Congress, and only states have the capacity to elect the executive. Since Puerto Rico is a territory and not a state, it does not have a say in high-political discussions or legislative decisions on the federal level. That’s an injustice. These are bonafide Americans, and preventing any American from having a political say goes against every notion of democracy and republicanism we hold near and dear. For more than 100 years, Puerto Rico has been forced to exist and function in a lot of gray area — gray area that has lasting consequences when it comes to economic growth and development. As I’m sure you know, a severe debt crisis has been mounting on the island for quite some time now, and they can’t exactly wipe the slate clean, since a U.S. territory’s right to declare Chapter 9 bankruptcy was revoked by Congress in the 1980s. As for spending their way out of financial trouble, that too is unlikely, as the territory has lost a significant chunk of its population to states like Florida and Texas. Instead, they are regularly forced to make cuts to key infrastructure initiatives and and social programs that keep economies viable and the citizenry financially secure. In short — no one’s buying much because they’re too concerned with base-level survival. The weight of these issues adds a lot of pressure to relief efforts post-Maria. Puerto Rico will simply not recover if saddled with debt if they’re not given an opportunity to relieve themselves of that debt. With no money, they can’t rebuild. Puerto Rico can’t help people who’ve found themselves homeless, jobless and food-insecure. With no political efficacy, they don’t have a say in which president they answer to, which president they have to ask for aid. If there’s any silver lining in all of this — and believe me, it’s hard to find silver lining in all of this — it’s the realization that Puerto Rico is deserving of full statehood, once and for all.
Saudi law lets women drive
BY NAMU SAMPATH COLUMNIST
I remember the day I got my driver’s license very clearly. It was my dad’s birthday, and I remember him telling me that it was the best birthday present he’d ever received. All the excitement of having my own independence — this weird energy, the feeling that “I did it!” — was very empowering. To this day, the fact that I have a physical driver’s license is still ineffable to me. In the United States, this milestone of life is something that most teenagers look forward to usually when they turn 16 years old. In Saudi Arabia, it is quite the contrary. The country just passed legislation allowing women the right to drive on Sept. 26. This day was an incredible achievement for not only the uber-conservative Saudi government, but the women of the country as well. In a country where basically everything a woman does has to be approved by a male “guardian,” this loosening of the law is a tremendous step forward — one that will benefit the women of this generation, and those of many more to come. It’s quite preposterous that men in other countries think it would be a hassle for women to have basic human rights. Ideas like the need to have male guardians to oversee women’s basic life activities, that driving could lead to things like increased promiscuity and the collapse of the Saudi family, or even more ridiculous, that driving harms a woman’s ovaries — are completely absurd and only work to hinder the progression of women’s rights in the country.
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This new law will be beneficial to the country overall, not only the women. Its passing will be positive for the economy because right now, women spend a good portion of their salaries to pay for drivers to chauffeur them around, leaving less money to put into other sectors of the economy. In recent years, the Saudi government has been making strides in the right direction regarding women’s rights. The crown prince’s brother and ambassador to the United States, Khalid bin Salman, told CNN, “in order to change women’s participation in the workforce, we need them to be able to drive to work … we need them to move forward, we need them to improve our economy.” Despite this positive change, we should remember that this law is coming too late in the game. It’s amazing that it took this long for women to get the right to vote, the right to make decisions or the ability to drive should not come only after permission from a male family member. This is an extremely condescending and patriarchal way of life. How is it possible for driving to lead to promiscuity? In what world did it make sense for a common act (that men also do!) to be promiscuous or scandalous if a woman does it? This issue is far greater than just the topic of driving. This authoritarian analysis of a woman’s abilities is purely a stereotype created to perpetuate the idea of men as the superior gender. Unfortunately, these patriarchal views are the reality for most countries around the world, and the United States is no exception. We’re definitely not perfect here. While Saudi Arabia’s government has made big strides towards a brighter future, there is a long way to go before this problem is resolved. The rift between men and women in any nation shouldn’t be so contentious that a woman’s basic rights are taken away from her. In the future, more world leaders should be open to change, because there is little chance that women are going to stop fighting for parity.
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A Canadian woman is planning to get surgery after a failed attempt to tattoo her eyeball. We here at the ‘ol Free Press want to know — what tattoo would BU students get? CGS: “No ragrets”
Chemistry majors: The periodic table
Stage Troupe: “Hamilton” lyrics
Film and TV majors: Their Oscars acceptance speeches
ENG: Formulas for the next test
SHA: “The customer is always right”
BU Republicans: A picture of Ronald Reagan
BU Memes page: “_____ reaccs only”
Freshmen: Their BU ID number
FreeP: Our Wordpress logins
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Field hockey prepares for pivotal weekend matchup BY JOSH ROTHSTEIN
DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR
The Boston University field hockey team is preparing for a pivotal weekend series including a rematch of last year’s Patriot League final. The weekend begins with a home contest against American University followed by a short trip to Northeastern University to take on the Huskies. Last weekend, the Terriers (6-5, 2-0 Patriot League) remained unbeaten in conference play by beating Colgate University (2-9, 0-3 Patriot League) 5-1. On Sunday, No. 2 Duke University traveled to New Balance Field and came away with a 5-1 victory. This was only the second time all season the Terriers conceded more than three goals in a game, the other time being against the No. 1 ranked University of Connecticut. Junior back Ally Hammel finally got in the goal column Friday against Colgate, scoring a total of two goals. Head coach Sally Starr said she knows her team needs to be ready for a huge game Saturday. “Traditionally it’s either been us or American hosting the conference tournament,” Starr said. “So it’s definitely a game that could turn out to lead to home field advantage.” American (9-3, 3-0 Patriot League) has won two in a row and and six of their last seven, good enough for first place in the Patriot League standings. American is leading the Patriot League at both ends of field, in both average goals scored and average goals against. The Eagles offensive attack is definitely something Starr has her team preparing for, but she said she is confident the defense can hold up. “In the second half of the game
Junior back Ally Hammel will look to build on her two-game scoring streak this weekend.
against Duke — without question one of the top teams in the country — we were able to hold them to only three shots and zero corners,” Starr said. “If we can defend like that against American that will definitely heighten our chances for success.” Starr said her team is ready to face the best competition that the Patriot League has to offer. “The schedule we have played the past three weeks has really prepared us to compete in the same league with a team like American,” Starr said. The Eagles are led by five
of the top 10 goal scorers in the Patriot League. With eight goals each, senior forward Haley Bowcutt and freshman midfielder Noor Coenen are tied for the team lead in goals and tied for second in the Patriot League behind Holy Cross’ Maureen Connolly. The Eagles also have 2017 Patr iot L ea g ue preseason Offensive Player of the Year Rafaela Rubas. The midfielder scored the deciding goal in last year’s conference final. Northeastern (6-5) will begin a two-game homestand on Friday against Hofstra Universit y
before welcoming the Terriers on Monday. The Huskies are also coming off a weekend split in which they defeated Towson 2-1 before losing to College of William & Mary 3-1 in a battle of CAA opponents. Redshirt senior forward Jamie Bartucca has 11 goals on the season, including seven goals in her last six games. Similar to BU, Northeastern has been using a platoon in goal. In the game against Towson, goalkeeper Julia Gluyas played all 70 minutes. However in the 3-1 defeat to William & Mary,
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goalkeeper Julia Ennis played 62 minutes. In addition, Ennis has a better save percentage compared to Gluyas, .737 to .514 respectively. Although Northeastern did participate in the Terrier Classic in August, Starr said she did not see any advantage in having seen the Huskies play. “We are a very different team than we were in August and they are a very different team than they were in August,” the long time BU field hockey coach said. “We’ll be looking at much more recent video in preparation for the game against Northeastern.”
Dropping the Gloves: Will the Dallas Stars ever shine?
BY JESSICA CITRONBERG COLUMNIST
The Dallas Stars are not shining quite as bright as they did a few seasons ago. Many believed that at the start of the 2015-16 season, Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin, Patrick Sharp and Jason Spezza would potentially be able to bring Dallas its first Stanley Cup since the 1998-99 season. Seguin and Sharp were supposed to be all-star additions, having both won Stanley Cups. Two seasons later, and the Stars
haven’t really improved. Patrick Sharp is back with his Chicago Blackhawks, where he won three Stanley Cups. Benn, Seguin and Spezza are still the main offensive force of the Stars, but they haven’t really made any additions recently. The team somewhat resembles a hodgepodge of guys with varying levels of years in the league, but no one has really emerged as an award winner or a key player in comparison to the rest of the NHL. The Stars do have some recent additions on defense, though, including new goalie Ben Bishop. You may know his name from his stint on the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he assisted in bringing his team to the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals. While Tampa Bay was unsuccessful in winning that series, Bishop proved that he is a stellar goalie. After a year with the Los Angeles Kings, Bishop has now made his way to Dallas, where he will be expected to shine. After years of having iffy goalies, the Stars
really need someone like Bishop who at least has experience in going farther into the playoffs than the rest of the team. The Stars have another huge addition to the team, Ken Hitchcock. Or should I say, a reunion. Hitchcock coached the Dallas Stars from 1996-2002, before being fired. He brought the team to the playoffs every full year he was in the head coaching position, which makes sense why Dallas administration may have wanted to bring him back on the team. Hitchcock even led Dallas to their first and only Stanley Cup victory. He won over 500 games with the Stars before moving on to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Columbus Blue Jackets, and his most recent place of employment, the St. Louis Blues. The Blues relied on him to bring them their first ever Stanley Cup Championship, but they failed to make it past the third round of the playoffs under Hitchcock, despite
being in first or second place in the central division almost every year that Hitchcock was at the helm. St. Louis fired Hitchcock in February 2017, in what he announced to be his final season before retiring. But he’s not done yet, because he’s coming back to Dallas with no sign of retirement this time. In all Hitchcock’s years as a head coach in the NHL, his only Stanley Cup victory was back in 1999. It’s unclear how many years he will have to continue coaching if he wants to see another win with Dallas. It’s hard because the central division has been the toughest in the league in the last five years. With competition like Chicago, St. Louis and Minnesota, it’s tough to get past those first two rounds of the playoffs. The standings at the end of the regular season have typically been very tight, especially as the regular season comes to a close. If the Stars want to succeed in the playoffs, they need to start add-
ing guys who have at least gotten to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Bishop addition was smart, and his expertise will certainly assist the defense. In 2016, Dallas also picked up defenseman Dan Hamhuis who at least has Stanley Cups Finals experience. He helped the Vancouver Canucks reach the championship game in 2011, where they lost to Seguin and the Bruins. Dallas is starting to put the pieces together. A solid goalie, a familiar coach with experience in the tough central division and longtime reliable captain Jamie Benn are the stepping stones to the Stars potentially winning another cup. But truthfully, it probably won’t happen for them for at least another four years. The additions they’ve made to the team are progress, but it’s taken them so long to realize these changes were needed. Dallas will certainly see another cup, but they might have to wait until the next decade to hoist the trophy.
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Women’s soccer looks to continue shutout streak at Navy BY LIAM O’BRIEN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
It has been smooth sailing for the Boston University women’s soccer team. Since a 3-0 loss to Boston College, the Terriers (5-5-3, 3-0-1 Patriot League) have yet to allow a single goal in five consecutive games. BU has captured victories in four of these five shutouts, the last two coming against Patriot League opponents. This Saturday, the Terriers will ship down to Annapolis, Maryland to face off against the United States Naval Academy. The Midshipmen will have their hands full, as BU has simply dominated their competition over their twogame winning streak. “The philosophy doesn’t change at all,” BU head coach Nancy Feldman said. “We know Navy is a very good team. They are very good in midfield. They are sound and stout defensively as well, but we’re not going to do wholesale changes at this point. We are going to try to keep doing what we do.” The Terriers began this surge last Wednesday night in a 1-0 victory over the College of the Holy Cross. BU outshot the Crusaders by a whopping 27-2 margin while garnering 10 corner kicks to their the Crusaders’ one. They forced goalkeeper Caroline Cashion to make 14 saves in a losing effort as BU’s senior forward Christina Wakefield broke through with her fourth goal of the season just 12:55 into the contest for the go-ahead goal. This momentum was carried on the road, as BU asserted their authority over Lafayette College from start to finish on Sunday afternoon. Senior midfielder Jesse Shreck, freshman midfielder Anna Heilferty and sophomore
Senior midfielder Jesse Shreck and the Terriers will take on Navy over the weekend in a Patriot League tilt.
defender Shannon Keefe each landed their first goals of the season in a 3-0 shellacking. The Terriers defense did not allow a single Lafayette shot while taking 24 of their own. The defense only allowed the Leopards failed to record a single corner kick as well, with BU outnumbering them, 10-0, in the category. Shreck was honored earlier this week with the Patriot League Midfielder of the Week award. “[Shreck] has certainly lived up to our expectations,” Feldman said. “She is a terrific playmaker. She can strike a ball well with [either] foot from distance which we saw in the
game this past weekend. She is creative, nifty on the ball. Her 50-50ball winning has improved over the last couple of years. She’s a much more complete player.” BU’s defense, ranking third in the Patriot League with 1.00 goals allowed per game average, will be put to the test against the Midshipmen (11-3, 4-0-0 Patriot League). Navy’s offense has blown away opposing defenses as the squad has posted 2.4 goals per game, a figure which leads the Patriot League by a landslide. The Midshipmen also rank first in the league in shots on goal per game (7.79). Midfielder
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Eleanor Pratt leads the conference with nine goals while forward Ash Fairow ranks second with seven. Navy also has three of the top four assist-getters in the Patriot League, as defender Baseley McClaskey leads with seven while forward Clare MacAdam and midfielder Meghan Hegarty are tied with Shreck with four assists on the year. The team has been in control of almost every single one of their tilts this season. Navy specializes in keeping the ball in the opponent’s defensive zone, a catalyst in their 0.93 average of goals allowed per game, the second lowest mark in
the Patriot League. Like the Teriers, Navy has an ongoing shutout streak of their own. The Midshipmen have won their last three contests by a combined score of 8-0. In their last contest, a 2-0 victory of Lehigh University, both Pratt and Fairow potted goals while the team tripled the Mountain Hawks in shots on goal, 9-3. “We have to commit to movement and playing away from pressure,” Feldman said. “The higher the pressure, the quicker you have to be in solving it. When there is a lot of pressure, it is hard to be able to solve it.”
Men’s soccer beats Holy Cross for third Patriot League win BY NICOLE HAVENS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
Less than a month ago, the Boston University men’s soccer team was in the midst of a 0-5 start to the 2017 season. It was clear that BU (4-6-1, 3-0-0 Patriot League) had struggled offensively with the loss of senior midfielder Anthony Viteri and former forward Felix De Bona. However, Wednesday night told a different story as the Terriers secured their third Patriot League victory of the season against the College of the Holy Cross (3-5-2, 1-1-1 Patriot League). For BU head coach Neil Roberts, the 3-0 win came as a result of a tightened defense and an aggressive offense. Roberts went on to say the team learned through
earlier games of the season. “After about the third or fourth game, we knew that everything was going to be the conference so we were able to relax the guys and say we’ve got to use these games to get better, we got to use these games to figure things out and find out what our personnel’s going to be,” Roberts said. “I think we did that and I think it’s paying off now.” After going scoreless for its first five games of the year, the Terriers have increased their offensive pressure on the field. Over its past two contests, BU has registered 47 fouls, 26 of which were in last weekend’s win against Lehigh University. The Terriers were able to limit their fouls to 14 against Holy Cross, but their aggressive offense proved to be productive as BU got three goals past the Crusaders junior goal-
keeper, Henry Stutz. Roberts said he was impressed with his young team’s ability to adapt to their opponents’ differing styles of play. “We played differently today than we did at Lehigh and I think they adjusted pretty well,” Roberts said. “They kind of lost it in the first half, but then they got it back so that’s impressive for a young group.” Sophomore goalkeeper Michael Bernardi made his sixth start between the posts. Although the Crusaders got seven shots his way, the Mahopac, New York native was essential on the other side of the field to bring BU its third shutout in four games. Holy Cross increased its pressure as it attempted to get on the scoreboard, but was only able to get one shot on goal during the contest.
Nonetheless, the Terriers’ defense, led by senior back Adam Sheikali, was able to keep the Crusaders offense at bay. Roberts said that collectively his team has defended much better since their game against the University of Massachusetts Amherst on the road. “In the first half of the season, we were creating goals for the opposition by making huge mistakes [such as] penalty kicks,” Roberts said. “In college soccer, if you don’t create goals for the other teams you’re always in the game.” The scoring began early while both teams battled for the Turnpike Trophy. BU is currently 2-0 in Turnpike Trophy games this season. Immediately following a turnover by Holy Cross, sophomore for-
With this young group, you never turn the corner because yesterday is right behind them all the time, but they’re heading in the right direction.
ward Matt McDonnell was tripped up in the goalie box and earned a penalty kick at the 13th minute. Nine minutes later, sophomore midfielder Satchel Cortet, who has notched two assists this season, headed the ball into the goal to tally his first goal of the season and extend BU’s lead to two. “He’s a grinder, you know what I mean, he does all the dirty work for us and his goal was kind of like that, the dirty work,” Roberts said. “It was a loose ball. He got on the end of it and he’s been playing really, really well for us.” Late into the second half at the 78th minute, sophomore midfielder Jerry Ozor notched his first goal of the year after receiving a nice pass from junior midfielder T.J. Butzke to seal the Terriers win. Roberts said that this game marked a turning point in the right direction for his team. “With this young group, you never turn the corner because yesterday is right behind them all the time, but they’re heading in the right direction,” Roberts said. “There’s a lot of things we can get better and they know that, and hopefully we’ll continue to work at [those] as we’re getting better.”
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