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NEWS The Commonwealth’s criminal justice system gets a major facelift with the Senates’ new reform legislation. p.2

EDITORIAL The Daily Free Press endorses Boston Mayor Martin Walsh instead of candidate Tito Jackson in the 2017 mayoral election. p.8

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SPORTS BU’s freshman goalkeeper Amanda Fay plays with the confidence of an upperclassman. p.11

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Financial impact of BU-Wheelock merger

BY HALEY LERNER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston University’s merger with Wheelock College on June 1, 2018 will see the formation of the new Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, which will cause several changes in regard to the financial, physical and human assets of the two schools.

The net tuition paid by current Wheelock students will remain the same after the merger, according to BU spokesperson Colin Riley. However, tuition may increase with inf lation as it would for any other BU student. Financial aid packages for current Wheelock students will remain the same.

For the 2017-18 school year, BU students were charged $67,352 in tuition, room and board, and fees, while Wheelock students paid $54,650, the schools’ websites state.

Wheelock students’ tuition will increase by the same annual percentage as BU’s, according to Wheelock spokesperson Alexandra Smith.

The merger will see that the university’s commitment to educating future educators is maintained throughout and after the process, Riley wrote in an email. The fundamental educational values that the two schools have sought to explore and support will be able to thrive within the new school.

“The legacy of Lucy Wheelock – her commitment to early childhood education – and the college that bears her name, Wheelock College will be preserved and continue on through the merger with BU’s School of Education in the proposed Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at Boston University,” Riley wrote.

The current plan is to have WCEHD remain on the current Wheelock College campuses in Boston and Brookline, according to Smith. The college will retain the Wheelock education philosophy while incorporating BU’s distinguished post-graduate programs and means of research.

“The new college will reflect the current Wheelock College mission to improve the lives of children and families and will combine the doctoral programs and research capabilities of BU’s School of Education with the clinical practice and community

BU tuition:

$50,980 Wheelock tuition:

$34,950

Anti-Marxist group to march without permit

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Wheelock students will continue to pay Wheelock College’s tuition after the recently-announced merger with Boston University, but tuition may still increase with inflation.

focus of Wheelock’s School of Education, Child Life and Family Studies,” Smith wrote in an email.

The merger will allow the universities to bestow their respective strengths on the new college, according to Wheelock President David Chard, establishing a school of education that has both a strong vision and the means to achieve it.

“BU will get an infusion of assets for [WCEHD], which will include endowments, land, faculty knowledge [and] new programs that they don’t currently have,” Chard said. “For the Wheelock faculty, alumni and students, it means that the mission and identity of Wheelock continues, but under the umbrella of a much stronger institution — both by reputation and financially.”

There are several different committees currently working on various aspects of the integration of all academic and administrative components of Wheelock into BU, according to BU President Robert Brown.

The committees are finalizing decisions on details concerning the integration of the schools’ academic and administrative

programs, Brown wrote in an email to The Daily Free Press.

BU and Wheelock also have attorneys who are working together on the documentation and regulation relating to the transfer of assets between the two schools, Chard added.

Wheelock’s current assets will be transferred to BU in June, as will all costs and debts, according to Chard, who will serve as the interim dean of WCEHD from next June until 2020.

“BU will effectively take over all of our liabilities and our assets,” he said.

This includes Wheelock’s property and its endowment of around $50 million.

Despite the facilitating committees, there is still much uncertainty in regard to how students, faculty and alumni will be affected by the merger, Chard said, but BU has been working to help communicate the processes to current Wheelock stakeholders — many of whom fund scholarships for current Wheelock students.

Chard said he has been meeting with alumni to try to help them understand how CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

An anti-Marxist organization announced its plans Friday to proceed with its free speech rally at the Boston Common, scheduled for Nov. 18, despite not being granted the necessary permit.

City officials denied the group’s permit request due to an overlap with a family-friendly 5K race set to take place at the Boston Commons that same day.

Resist Marxism’s Rally for the Republic aims to bring together an estimated 2,000 individuals to rally against anti-nationalist actions and, “defend freedom of speech in Boston from the machinations of [Boston] Mayor Marty Walsh and the violence of the mobs,” according to the official Resist Marxism website.

The group will stop at nothing to host their rally, said a spokesperson for the group Resist Marxism, who wished to remain anonymous.

“We are exercising our First Amendment rights and will not be deterred by threats,” the spokesperson said.

Resist Marxism does not desire to engage in aggressive dialogue or violence, despite allegations that they provided a platform for racist speech at the August rally, according to the site. Dubbed the Boston Free Speech Rally, the gathering of a free speech group at the Common following the incident in Charlottesville drew thousands of counter-protestors, The Daily Free Press reported.

Ryan Woods, director of external affairs for the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, said Resist Marxism submitted their permit application on Sept. 18, but a preexisting application for the Camp Harbor View 5K road race had been filed months before on March 1 and took precedence.

Woods said Resist Marxism was immediately alerted of the scheduling issue, but argued over event timing, rather than adjusting their schedule.

“We offered them a permit for the 19th instead, but they refused it and said it was impossible because they had a speaker and attendees that were flying in from out of state,” Woods said. “So, they told us they were still going ahead with their event on the 18th.”

Resist Marxism claims they did not receive an email denying their permit request until Oct. 26 — long after the 10-business-day waiting period the Boston Parks and Recreation Department outlines on their website.

“They did attempt to get us to move the rally to November 19th in exchange for a permit, but, unfortunately, it was too late,” Resist Marxism said on the site. “Plane tickets had already been purchased, hotel arrangements had been made, and people had scheduled time off.”

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Senate passes final criminal justice reform legislation

CAMPUS CRIME LOGS

BY ISABEL OWENS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Oct. 27-31.

Students harassed at 900 Commonwealth Ave. Callers reported that an unknown female entered the second floor of 900 Commonwealth Ave. and was harassing students on Thursday at 8:51 p.m. The suspect left the building prior to officers’ arrival.

Assault and battery in Allston A caller reported at 12:10 a.m. on Friday that she was victim of assault and battery at 46 Ashford St. The victim declined medical attention.

Chemical spill at Cummington Mall BUPD received a report that a sample of the chemical toluene was spilled in a room at the BU Center for Advanced Biotechnology at 11:37 a.m. on Monday. BFD deemed the room safe for reentry.

Massachusetts legislators pass a final version of the sweeping criminal justice reform bill.

BY SARIKA RAM DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Massachusetts Senate passed a comprehensive criminal justice reform bill Friday morning which has been under consideration in various forms for the past three years.

This legislation, An Act Relative to Criminal Justice Reform, aims to reduce the occurrence of crime and the number of people involved in the criminal justice system by reforming mandatory minimum sentences, juvenile justice, diversion and bail, William Brownsberger, a senator and sponsor of the act, said.

The bill, a product of compromise between Senate Democrats and Republicans, passed by a vote of 27-10, Brownsberger said. This particular legislation has been in review since earlier in October, The Daily Free Press reported.

Sen. Karen Spilka, the Senate Committee on Ways and Means chair, said in a press release from her office the reforms were long overdue, especially in relation to juvenile justice.

“In particular, the juvenile justice reforms … ensure young people are treated fairly and appropriately,” Spilka said. “All young people deserve a second chance.

This bill provides them with access to the resources they need to get back on track and live successful, productive lives.”

Sen. Eileen Donoghue wrote in an email that she was unable to support the bill because although there were some portions she agreed with, the provisions went too far, potentially creating future imbalance in the criminal justice system.

“In my final analysis, I could not support a bill that included provisions like raising the ages for criminal majority and criminal prosecution, eliminating too many mandatory minimum sentences and permitting the early release of convicted drug traffickers,” Donoghue wrote.

After two weeks of review in the Senate Ways and Means Committee in October, the bill remained largely intact as it was debated and amended on Thursday into early Friday morning, Brownsberger said.

Benjamin Forman, a research director at the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth, said one amendment addressed

the group’s concerns about justice reinvestment.

“You can’t incarcerate people for shorter periods of time and expect public safety to improve,” Forman said. “You have to take the savings you produce, redeploy it in programs and practices that get you better outcomes. An amendment opened up the door [for this] by saying 50 percent of any savings produced by reductions in the state incarcerated population have to go to programs in affected communities.”

Another amendment tightened the “Romeo and Juliet” provision of the bill addressing statutory rape law. The amended provision now only permits minors aged 13 and older to have consensual sex with anyone within two years of age.

Andrew Beckwith, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, said the tightened provision still has dangerous implications because it is especially difficult to prove lack of consent in the case of non consensual sex between young people.

“You could have a situation where a 15-year-old girl is raped by a 17-year-old and under the existing law, as long as they prove the sex act occurred, that 17-year-old is convicted,” Beckwith said. “Now, the prosecutor has to put the 15-year-old on the stand and have her talk about whatever relationship they may have had … which makes it much harder to effectively prosecute rapists.”

Several criminal justice reform advocacy groups said they were satisfied overall with the final legislative package.

Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, wrote in a statement the group supports numerous reforms put forth under the new legislation.

“Last night, the Senate showed courage, compassion and moral leadership by advancing a number of important reforms, most notably, the repeal of mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug offenses that have for years unfairly punished communities of color and driven over-incarceration,” Rose wrote.

Sana Fadel, deputy director of Citizens for Juvenile Justice, said the organization is pleased with aspects of the bill addressing juvenile justice, including raising the age of criminal majority to 19 and providing opportunity for youth diversion from

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the justice system.

“We are very happy that the Senate decided to be pretty thoughtful in understanding that it’s not one fix, that you have to look at the continuum of how young people get involved in the justice system and [look] at each point of the continuum where can they do reforms,” Fadel said.

Other advocacy groups said there was also room for improvement in the criminal justice reform legislation.

Allison Jordan, a board member of the Criminal Justice Policy Coalition, wrote in an email some aspects of the bill are concerning while others do not go far enough.

“The revisions to the bail statute present challenges that risk incarcerating more people and adversely affect already marginalized populations based [on] race and income,” Jordan wrote. “In some areas, the bill does not go far enough, for instance, to limit the use solitary confinement, nor does it go far enough to abolish mandatory minimum sentences.”

Several Boston residents said they support reforms to the criminal justice system in Massachusetts.

Roy de Klerk, 23, of Allston, said he believes the criminal justice system requires significant changes and would benefit from more radical reform.

“I guess my only complaint is I would want more reform,” Clerk said. “I personally think the prison system is barbaric, particularly things like solitary confinement, but really just the whole system.”

Erin Carmody, 24, of Kenmore, said it is important to consider mental health in the criminal justice system.

“Counseling is important. I think mental health is important, and I think that’s a big issue in the justice system right now,” Carmody said. “I think just locking away people is not a great option and we [should] work to include some other resources in besides just confinement.”

Leo Niemczyk, 79, of Kenmore, said he especially supports reforms to juvenile justice.

“I like the younger people, and I think the younger people should get more of a break than they get,” Niemczyk said. “Like more programs for the kids, more programs for the people and the elderly. I don’t think they do enough.”

Suspected assault inside vehicle in Allston

A caller informed BUPD of an apparent assault inside a vehicle in front of her house at 19 Ashford St. on Tuesday at 2:07 p.m. A male in the passenger seat jumped out of the car and ran to Linden Street, and BPD was notified.

CITY

CRIME LOGS

BY ISABEL OWENS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Oct. 30-31.

Patient resists psychiatric hospitalization Officers responded to a request from St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton for the removal of an individual at 5:54 p.m. on Monday. The patient did not want to be placed in a psychiatric unit, but eventually agreed to leave with staff and was escorted from the property by officers on scene. iPhone 7 stolen from woman in Brighton Officers responded to a radio call at 7:41 a.m. on Tuesday regarding a robbery at 6 Camelot Ct., Brighton.

The victim told officers the suspect grabbed her iPhone 7 from behind and ran down Camelot Court toward Gordon Street. Officers searched for the suspect with no success.

Overnight guest vandalizes apartment A caller told Boston Police at 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday a friend had been staying overnight at his apartment at 501 Washington St., Brighton and drinking alcohol. During their conversation, the friend became upset, threw a wooden table and left the apartment. Officers searched the area for the suspect to no avail.

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BU researchers help lead new lung cancer research

BY CAMILA BEINER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston University School of Medicine professor Avrum Spira will lead one of four research teams tasked with investigating ways to detect lung and pancreatic cancers in their early stages as part of a $16.6 million program launched by the non-profit organization Stand Up To Cancer.

As part of the program, Spira, the director of the BU-Boston Medical Center Cancer Center, said he will lead the Dream Team — a coalition including five other institutions — to put forward a four-year proposal with the goal of finding lung cancer before it begins.

Spira said one of the goals is to find new ways to understand how cancer develops in the lungs, which can also lead to new methods of detecting the early stages of lung cancer.

“The short-term goals are to develop new approaches to understand the earliest molecular and cellular change that occurs when the cancer begins to develop,” Spira said. “If we are able to understand this process, then we could develop better tools to identify people who have early stages of lung cancer.”

According to Spira, by developing early detection strategies for lung cancer, the deadliest form of cancer in the United States, his team could potentially stop the cancer from forming and ultimately develop a cure.

“If we could measure the molecules and changes in non-invasive samples in blood, nose then this can tell us if you are on your way to getting cancer then hopefully we can block it,” Spira said. “If we can block it, then we can diagnose it early and cure it.”

Spira said this program is important because it provides an opportunity to change the way doctors approach the treatment of lung cancer, which he says is particularly difficult to treat.

“It is important because right now the way we treat most of lung cancer patients is that we wait until the disease has developed and then we treat them,” Spira explained. “The whole idea of this research program and funding is … to begin to develop approaches that intercept to stop the cancer and stop the disease before it takes a toll on the patient.”

Spira added that his team also hopes to find a new drug to give to “people that are on their way to getting lung cancer in order to

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Boston University scientists help Stand Up To Cancer launch its program to halt lung and pancreatic cancers in the early stages.

prevent it.”

Jane Rubinstein, senior vice president of communications for Stand Up To Cancer, wrote in an email that the nonprofit decided to collaborate with BU researchers because “they brought together wonderful teams of multi-disciplinary researchers from multiple institutions, offering the most robust and rigorous projects with great potential to benefit patients.”

Rubinstein explained that Stand Up To Cancer intentionally provided a very substantial amount of money to researchers in order for them to continue their research without having to worry about funding, which in turn will allow researchers to collaborate with others in the field.

“A core operating practice of Stand Up To Cancer, is to provide … a significant grant award that will allow those scientists to focus on solving that question in cancer research, without having to stop and apply for multiple grants to aggregate funding,” Rubinstein wrote. “This funding model allows researchers such as Dr. Spira a unique opportunity to work

with colleagues with whom they have strong relationships — and with new colleagues with whom they may never have had the opportunity to collaborate with before.”

Several BU medical students said they think funding for lung cancer research is particularly important because the disease is difficult to treat.

Tom Tran, a first-year medical student in the School of Medicine, described the program as “positively ambitious.”

“I look forward to new options and possibilities for early halting lung and pancreatic cancers,” Tran said. “I feel a lot of pride and respect for the BU scientists who are always pushing to discover many ways to impact and change the world.”

Tran explained that he is hopeful patients will benefit greatly from this new program because lung and pancreatic cancers “are hard to detect before irreversible symptoms manifest.”

Eesha Desai, a junior on the pre-med track in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, said she expects the

research conducted as a result of Stand Up To Cancer’s funding to benefit cancer patients.

“Understanding new measures for preventing cancer growth takes both time and high-quality research labs, which will put the spotlight on these cancers through the combined experience of physicians, patients and scientist,” Desai said.

Amareen Dhaliwal, a second-year medical student, said that having a BU researcher leading this program sets the project in the hub of medicine, alongside incredible physicians and scientist.

Dhaliwal explained that research initiatives like the one spurred by Stand Up To Cancer are necessary for early detection and preventing against further escalation of the disease.

“Lung cancer has a poor prognosis and is usually detected later,” Dhaliwal said. “You must have research if you want progress.

With this funding, BU will be able to take more steps forward so that the mother, best friend or sister do not have to continue their lives without their companion.”

Free speech rally conflicts with family-friendly 5K race

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A flyer advertising the Boston free speech rally on Nov. 18 is ripped outside of Boston City Hall.

RALLY, FROM PAGE 1 are a daily occurrence in the Boston Common, and most organizers do not apply for permits, the City will take no restrictive measures to prevent the rally.

“Groups have their freedom of speech every week in the park,” Woods said. “So, [Resist Marxism is] allowed to come that day and have their own peaceful rally, as they say they plan to do, and we won’t stop

them from doing that.”

Professor Lawrence Friedman of New England Law explained that, ordinarily, there are legal restrictions on organized speech events in public parks like the Common, and that he is surprised by the City’s leniency in allowing the rally to go on without a permit.

“Typically, it is illegal for rally organizers to proceed without a permit,” Friedman said. “But, it seems that the City, in its discretion, will allow the unpermitted rally to go forward, albeit without sound amplification.”

Several Boston residents expressed varying opinions concerning the controversial rally overlapping with a family event at the Boston Common.

Anna Duarte, 31, of Dorchester, said, as a mother, she is concerned by the prospect of a controversial organization interfering with a children’s event, especially given the commotion caused by the August rally.

“Despite whatever claims the organizers make about planning for a civil rally they could be disruptive, or even aggressive, like many rallies in the Common are, and that makes me uneasy about this overlapping with an event meant for children,”

Duarte said.

Chris Anderson, 40, of Beacon Hill, said he believes any organization should be welcome to express their views in Boston, but Resist Marxism must take responsibility if the rally disturbs the children attending the road race.

“If one group can hold an event, others should be able to do the same, no matter their views and the city shouldn’t discriminate with issuing permits based on those views,” Anderson said. “Though, if the rally gets out of hand, thawt’s on Resist Marxism because they did it when asked not to, with the knowledge that kids would be around.”

Cassie Lee, 26, of Brighton, said she was disappointed by Resist Marxism’s unwillingness to be f lexible with their planning and believes the rally will attract a considerable number of counter protesters.

“I don’t think they should’ve been denied the permit just because they’ve been accused of giving racists a platform to spew hate speech, but I think it says a lot about their organization’s values that they refused to move their rally back even a single day to let the kids have their race,” Lee said.

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Younger generation rebrands secondhand stores

BY ISABEL OWENS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

College students are tossing out secondhand stigmas associated with thrifting, and leading the move to make recycled clothing more appealing. These trendsetters — from public relations students to thrift and consignment shop owners — are campaigning to transform the way people perceive secondhand fashion.

Boston University marketing professor Shulamit Kahn said this emerging trend is sociological. Although people of various socioeconomic backgrounds have long been attracted to secondhand stores’ slashed prices, vintage and decades-old trends coming back in style is the catalyst for their recent surge in popularity.

The stigma of shopping at thrift stores has been dissipating not only because of their affordability, but also because of current fashion trends that dictate the market, many of which are reviving old styles, she explained.

“It’s a question of how fashion decides what’s chic … it’s chic to wear old-fashioned clothes … from the ‘80s or ‘90s,” she said.

“What was holding people back before is that it wasn’t acceptable, but once it becomes acceptable, especially older-style clothes, then why not do it?”

In the same vein, Hilken Mancini, owner of the vintage boutique 40 South St., said she thinks a revitalized appreciation of past cultures has helped destigmatize secondhand fashion. But besides the nostalgia, many choose to shop used for environmental purposes as well.

“People are maybe more appreciative of not being wasteful and our environment, and they see the value in things that have already existed and they don’t just want to throw things away,” Mancini said.

Like Kahn, Marcini acknowledged the “stupidly expensive” cost of high fashion.

College students, who are often on a tight budget, can buy secondhand, high-quality pieces for a fraction of the piece of clothing’s original price.

“Buying a piece that was made in the United States in the ‘70s was made as well as a high designer piece is now,” she said.

Mancini also said more people want to purchase clothing at these stores because of their uniqueness, being “anti-status quo.”

Back on campus, BU’s own PRLab, a stu-

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Boston University’s PRLab partners with Goodwill and produces DIY Halloween costume videos featuring clothes from Goodwill.

dent-run public relations agency, partnered with Goodwill to promote the store and spread its mission of serving the community, particularly for lower-income shoppers.

Their collaborative campaign aims to alleviate residual stigmas related to thrift store shopping, PRLab account executive Aiganym Ashimbayeva said.

One of the ways PRLab has addressed the stigma of thrifting is by targeting frugal college students through social media, the College of Communication senior added.

This year for Halloween, PRLab created a series of 30-second DIY costume videos showcasing Goodwill as a versatile shopping destination for Halloween, according to Goodwill’s spokesperson, James Harder.

With the closing of this year’s Halloween season, PRLab is now shifting gears to their “Giving Tuesday” campaign to promote a day of donations at Goodwill — the Tuesday after Black Friday — in which customers are encouraged to donate goods, clothing and even financial gifts to nonprofit organizations like Goodwill.

Harder said by shopping at secondhand stores, BU students can mix and match and

come up with unique outfits at affordable prices. But at Goodwill in particular, customers are supporting a utilitarian, community-oriented mission.

“We’re not a big box retailer,” Harder said. “You’re helping the community because you’re supporting Goodwill, and you’re helping the environment because you’re keeping things out of the landfill.”

Many students who shop at the Goodwill on BU’s campus said they have encountered the stigma of purchasing secondhand clothing. Nonetheless, they enjoy the store because of its affordable prices and appreciate the nonprofit’s vision for the community.

Roberto Cordova, a freshman in the School of Education, said he shops at Goodwill because of its inexpensive prices and has been doing so for a while. Cordova said he thinks that students who shop at Goodwill are largely unaware of its mission and are mainly attracted to shop there because of the low pricing.

“I definitely think it’s more about affordability,” he said. “I’m sure some people are [aware] that Goodwill is actually doing good things like that, but I feel it definitely comes

second to price.”

Shaina Horstmann, a COM freshman, said she thinks Goodwill does an effective job of reaching out to students and promoting the student discount for their secondhand offerings.

“Goodwill is overall seen as a good cheap option, but a lot of kids still prefer newer, trendier clothing and are willing to spend extra money at retail stores to get it,” Horstmann said.

Mallika Chandaria, a sophomore in the College of Fine Arts, said she had never gone to a store like Goodwill before coming to BU because of its stigma, but now she frequents the thrift store to buy clothes. However, Chandaria also said she thinks Goodwill could do a better job compensating its employees “based on the hours and demands of their jobs.”

“Although I think it’s great that they hire disadvantaged people and immigrants, I am critical of how little they are paid based on the hours and demands of their job,” she said.

“I definitely think that they could do better.”

Noor Adatia and Alana Levene contributed to the reporting of this article.

Wheelock will transfer all assets to BU next summer MERGER, FROM PAGE 1 they will be integrated with the alumni of BU. “Communication is key,” he said. “We have a transition team that is represented both by BU staff and administration and [those of] Wheelock, and we’re working through every detail of the merger, trying to make sure it’s as positive and progressive as it can be for everyone involved,” said Chard, who was in California to meet with Wheelock alumni during his interview.

Several BU students expressed concern about the intentions and effects of the merger and its resulting economic implications.

Tatiana Morales, a junior in the College of Communication, said she finds it frustrating that current Wheelock students will get to graduate with a BU degree, even though they are not paying the same tuition cost as current BU students. “[The merger] bothers me because I’m here on scholarships and loans and that’s

the only reason I’m here,” Morales said.

“It’s kind of annoying in that sense.”

Megan Apple, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she thinks the merger is more of a buyout situation and that it will negatively affect current SED students. “[The merger] is a buyout. It’s definitely for their real estate,” Apple said. “I think it’s going to be a bigger pain for the kids in SED because I don’t really know what they’re going do if they’re going to move the school.”

Jake Lee, a CAS sophomore, said although he thinks the merger is a good way for BU to acquire more valuable real estate, but he doesn’t think the way in which it’s being carried out is fair to students of either school.

“I honestly feel bad for Wheelock students,” he said. “They signed up for a small campus, small class sizes and all of the advantages that came with that. They didn’t even have a vote. They’re just being forced into a large campus setting now.”

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Discussion of fear brings new perspective to mental disorders

BY YUNA KOMIYANA DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

With a multitude of spooky activities this past weekend, some Halloween enthusiasts started their “Halloweekend” by attending a Friday event that took more of a scientific approach to fear.

The “X-Position with Vadim Bolshakov: The Panic Lab” took place in the Harvard Science Center and answered questions including what does it mean it to fear, what is fear and where do our fears come from.

Hosted by the Harvard Extension Student Association, the event was the second to be featured in the X-Position series. Although the X-Position is an interdisciplinary series, this is the first time the center hosted an event that sheds light on the scientific field.

“This [Fear Lab] was definitely heavy in terms of contents,” Benjamin Basseri, the director of events at the center, said. “We live in an environment designed for human bodies but perhaps not human emotions. It’s been a long time since we lived in caves though I wonder if our emotional systems have actually caught up, or how much of us still lurks in the caves hiding in the dark.”

“Dr. Bolshakov’s work strives to illuminate these primal mechanisms,” he added.

Basseri said that the Halloween season sparked the initial idea of the lab.

“It is Halloween season, so we thought what better way to make productive use of

our time than … to talk about scary things — let’s talk about what it is to be scared,” Basseri said to the audience, inciting laughter as he started off the Panic Lab and introduced the star guest of the night.

Vadim Bolshakov, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the director of McLean’s Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory at McLean Hospital, has been studying the mechanisms of fear memories and conditioning to better understand how fear, both unconscious and conscious, affects mental disorders.

Moderated by Basseri, Bolshakov opened up a discussion regarding innate fear versus learned fear and whether these two types could be controlled to treat human conditions.

Throughout the discussion panel, Bolshakov talked about his research — he used mice, since their brain mechanics work similarly to that of a human, and how certain nerves could be triggered to control mechanics of fear memories.

“I thought it was a very interesting event,” attendee Andrey Bayadzhan, 25, of Cambridge, who is an inventor, said. “My work has nothing to do with this field, but I liked it very much. My favorite part was when Dr. Bolshakov explained the bits about photosensitive proteins and how they react differently to when you shed light upon different colors.”

Regarding fear and mental disorders, Bolshakov explained that fear, both innate and learned, creates a significant stress on a human body that later may manifest into anxiety disorders or phobias that can hinder someone from participating normally in society. Understanding how fear mechanisms

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Neuroscientist Vadim Bolshakov discusses “mechanisms of fear” Oct. 27 at the Harvard Science Center.

work to treat people from these disorders is the main goal of Bolshakov.

“Many people should be curious about these things,” Bayadzhan said.

Bolshakov also described the reasoning for his research into fear.

“I studied synopsis [at Columbia University],” he said when asked about where his passion for mechanism of fear conditioning came from. “But fear memory is easily quantifiable, and circuits are kind of well known – that’s why I became interested in these models.”

Bolshakov described his ongoing research as an “exciting time right now,” and expanded his topics of research in the field.

“It would be good to be able to apply modern technological advancements to treat human conditions,” he said. “We could basi-

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cally intervene in certain conditions, like depression, anxiety, drug addiction, and perhaps we can improve memory, moderate addictive behaviors and treat disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder.”

Bolshakov ended the night on a lighter note, expressing his excitement over the next steps in the scientific field. However, he and the audience mutually agreed on this — the new advancements in the field of fear is certainly a fearful thing, as it could eventually lead to discoveries that can control the emotion, and even further, memories of a human being.

Future installments by the center will discuss 21st century intellectual property issues, the future of journalism, and education reform.

Author, director of ‘Wonder’ urge viewers to ‘choose kind’

BY SOPHIE WILL DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“Wonder,” a 2012 New York Times best-selling book by R.J. Palacio, is headed to the big screen in a film directed by Stephen Chbosky on Nov. 17.

In preparation for the release, both the author and the director discussed the process of filmmaking and the take-away from the story at The Ritz-Carlton Boston for a roundtable interview on Monday afternoon.

“I’ve often described [the book] as being a meditation on kindness,” Palacio said during the roundtable talk. “The theme of the book is the importance and the impact of kindness.”

Chbosky, who is also a critically-acclaimed author — most notably for “Perks of Being a Wallflower” — and Palacio described their

collaboration in making the movie, building on their bond as authors and how that contributed in the authenticity of the storytelling. “[Chbosky] wanted to be completely faithful to the book, faithful to the intent and the spirit of the book,” Palacio said. “I had faith he would do it.”

While the two joked and laughed about their disagreement of the song choice of “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” by Bruce Springsteen in the film, most of the plot proved to be the same in the film as the novel with minor changes.

With this mutual understanding of preserving the accuracy of the story’s central themes, Chbosky said he made it his mission to maintain the complex narrative built into the story by giving “perspective through narrative and quick shots,” he said.

“There’s something about shining a really

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Director Steven Chbosky and author R.J. Palacio sit for a roundtable interview Monday about upcoming film “Wonder.”

simple light on a simple truth and let the audience make their own conclusions,” Chbosky said. In this way, he explained, he wanted the viewers to take the lessons and perspectives into their lives.

Palacio famously employed the use of imagination on the audience’s part in her novel in this way, specifically describing the extent of the main character’s craniofacial anomaly, which is a deformity in the growth of the head and facial bones, according to the Stanford Children’s Health website.

“It didn’t matter ultimately what he looked like, it’s just that he looked different. And the movie gets that,” Palacio said.

Chbosky described the careful prosthetics process for now-11-year-old Jacob Tremblay, who plays Auggie Pullman, and the precision of making the makeup realistic enough that it was still true to Tremblay’s performance.

“Jacob is a once-in-a-generation talent,” Chbosky said. “In order for the audience to respond to Auggie, it had to be the real Jacob.”

Both Palacio and Chbosky made emotion a huge part of the story, ensuring that audiences of all ages could find an eye-opening lesson from Auggie’s experience through fifth grade.

“One of the worst things a writer can do is write down to a certain age group.

Certainly, I tried not ever to do that with ‘Wonder,’” Palacio said.

But she did admit that she kept her “target audience in mind” by keeping sentences shorter than usual.

Chbosky said he loved the book so much that he felt that if he focused on showcasing the characters, everyone of any age would connect with the story.

“Regardless of how you get into the story … I was hoping everyone would find the same

exit,” Chbosky said. This same exit, he said, is the emphasis on kindness and empathy.

Chbosky went on to describe how the actors of this age connected with the lesson greatly, and were “so kind.”

He’s such a fan of the story behind ‘Wonder’ that he said he ranks it with “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Outsiders” as “American literature that must be taught in the middle grade.”

“I don’t cast actors — I cast human beings,” Chbosky said, describing how he wanted the kids to bond and for the filming to feel more like a “summer camp than a job.”

This bonding and joy carries through the screen to the viewer of “Wonder.” Palacio enjoyed the feeling of the movie, noting that it is necessary in today’s society.

“You leave the movie feeling really good, and certainly given the times we’re living in now that’s really great,” she said.

This collaborative experience between the two authors, however, was not met without some change to the film adaptation. Yet, Palacio said she is happy with how the movie turned out, and no matter the difference in how she pictured Auggie versus how he was portrayed, she can only see Tremblay’s Auggie now.

For her, the film and the book go hand in hand serving the same goal of encouraging people to always “choose kind,” she said.

In agreement, Chbosky said he hopes “that the movie will lead everybody back to the book.”

No matter the difference in details, it is clear that one central theme is revisited throughout both adaptations.

“I tried to remind us all the time that we are not our conditions, we are ourselves,” Chbosky said.

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OUT’hood FEST highlights LGBTQ artists of color

BY DIANA LEANE DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Four dancers, illuminated by dim blue light and dressed in white and silver, cast shadows onto an image of the moon behind them as they moved to a spoken word piece. It was part of a performance called SPECULUM, a show in last week’s OUT’hood FEST that featured LGBTQ artists of color.

Black Venus, an artist who graduated from Boston College in 2015, directed the show and performed alongside Ny Wallace, Destiny Polk — known as Radical Black Girl — and Arira Adeeke.

The performance told their experiences as black queer individuals through dance, song, poetry and video. OUT’hood FEST included four more shows spanning from Saturday to Tuesday.

The Theater Offensive, a group that advocates for and presents diversity within the LGBTQ community, created the festival this year to support local queer artists of color and provide an outlet to share their work, according to Evelyn Francis, the director of programs.

“We said, ‘Well this would be a huge risk for us to work with local artists [and] the works that they would like to do and it would be a huge opportunity for us to put this dream into action,’” Francis said.

The Theater Offensive worked in coordination with Hibernian Hall and funded the festival with grants from the Barr and Klarman foundations. They also used the grants to create the OUT’hood residency program to support artists for the festival.

The Theater Offensive selected seven residents, five of which showed their works at the festival. The five artists included Black Venus, Laury Gutierrez, Elizabeth James, Eddie Maisonet and Billy Dean Thomas.

Gutierrez created “Divine Sisters,” James wrote “Uncommon Ties,” Maisonet created “The Boston QTPOC Mixtape Project” and Thomas directed “Rocky Barboa.” The performances covered a broad range of art forms, including plays, hip-hop music, a Latin-Baroque music fusion, dance and poetry. Each artist addressed their personal obstacles as queer artists of color. “[The Theater Offensive] wanted to be at the forefront of presenting the work by artists who were investigating and exploring the intersections of their identity,” Francis said.

According to Joseán Ortiz, the community programs manager at The Theater Offensive, the group has shifted their focus in recent years toward people in the LGBT community who receive less support. “What we’re doing, now

OUT’hood FEST features LGBTQ artists of color performing “Uncommon Times.”

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we have to do it with more emphasis,” Ortiz said. “We are living again with moments of insecurity and uncertainty in terms of support to the arts in general, but specifically for the LGBTQ community support and rights.”

Venus’ show addressed LGBTQ oppression within the black community and national issues, including the high murder rate of trans black women and the lack of attention towards problems LGBTQ people of color face.

Jeté Thames, 25, of Somerville, said she teared up when an artist at SPECULUM talked about feeling invisible.

“I felt so oppressed in being at my college and being black and being around a lot of environments where I didn’t feel welcome,” Thames said. “I’ve been comfortable with being invisible … but as she said, the idea that there’s another person that needs your story was something that opened my eyes.”

Thames said she believed it was important to discuss intersectionality because the black community is already excluded from many atmospheres.

“This is another layer of an issue on top of the injustice that’s happening,” Thames noted.

“When I was in college, the black struggle on top of being queer was … you had to deal with being black first.”

Ortiz said he found a supportive community in The Theater Offensive 20 years ago where he could embrace being queer. “[The Theater Offensive] helped me to figure out who I am, to find my voice and to give my confidence to develop my leadership in what the company is continuing doing,” Ortiz said.

When Francis came out, she said she obligated to fulfill the lesbian butch stereotype, but after finding people similar to her, she embraced her femme self.

“What I think this festival does given the variety of work that’s being presented is that it provides an opportunity for folks to see themselves –– to hear their own stories told by artists that live next door to them that are their neighbors,” Francis said.

Francis said issues the queer community faces cannot be addressed without looking at structural racism. She hoped the festival would open attendees’ eyes to this while providing a supportive community for LGBTQ people of color.

“We feel like folks that are struggling with racism every single day and can speak to it from their own personal experiences need a way to speak to other folks who are struggling with it,” Francis said. “We hope that this festival is a way that that dialogue can happen and that the structural racism can be combatted.”

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Amazon HQ2 in Boston: some are thinking twice

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Amazon announces that it will invest over $5 billion into the local economy of the location it chooses for its new headquarters.

BY CARINA IMBORNONE DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

This September, Amazon announced its search for a second metropolitan headquarters, calling on cities across the country to create proposals outlining their accommodations for the massive online retailer.

On Oct. 20, the City of Boston submitted its bid, generating buzz over the prospect of Amazon choosing Boston for its second headquarters.

In “Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You,” The New York Times ranked Boston as one of the top four metros Amazon should consider. Mayor Martin Walsh expressed strong support for Amazon’s potential presence in the City’s proposal.

“It is with pride and enthusiasm that I propose Boston become the home of Amazon’s second North American headquarters,” Walsh wrote in the City’s proposal. “As America’s city of revolutionary progress, Boston is the perfect fit for Amazon to build community, create opportunity, and advance its world-changing mission.”

But now, some are questioning the potential impacts of the corporate behe-

moth coming to town.

The prospect of gaining Amazon does promise to inject the economy with a major boost: in a press statement, Amazon said it will invest over $5 billion into the local economy and possibly 50,000 jobs. However, there may be unwanted side effects on the housing market.

According to Sydney Bennet, a research associate at Apartment List, a rental marketplace service, Boston is expected to see rents rise at a higher rate if the Amazon proposal were accepted. She used government and internal data to analyze the impact of Amazon on rent for many major U.S. cities.

“Boston is moderately impacted. Rent is already pretty high, so the wages of Amazon workers would not necessarily be that different from Boston workers,” Bennet said. “Because there’s not that much available housing, we will see some rent increases in Boston.”

On top of existing annual rent growth, which yearly averages 2.8 percent, her team said Amazon HQ2 would add 0.5 percent to 0.8 percent of additional rent increase. For the average renter, Bennet said, these spikes would result in thousands of dollars in additional rent over the next decade.

“The extra rent paid over 10 years in Boston would be somewhere between $6,600 to

$10,500,” Bennet said.

The City claims to be addressing the housing issue by committing to adding 53,000 new units of housing by 2030, according to a press release. According to an earlier release from July, the City claimed that it aimed to designate 6,500 of these units as low-income.

As new luxury apartments are built in previously lower-income areas such as Dorchester and Fenway, neighborhoods gentrify — new restaurants, retail and developments erase whatever former image the neighborhood may have had.

When contacted for comment, Taylor Connolly, the communications manager for the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development, said that no staff members were available to comment at the time.

Ian Mashiter, director of entrepreneurship activities at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, said he sees potential benefits to students who graduate looking for jobs in the city. Boston already oversees Amazon’s Alexa project, he said, and more opportunities for students to work at Amazon amount to more job creation.

“Obviously every city in the country is interested in Amazon for the job creation opportunities it will bring,” Mashiter said. “I

think for Boston we want to create jobs for our highly qualified graduate population so they stay in Boston.”

Mashiter said jobs created by Amazon could help Boston hold onto more of the talent educated by its universities.

“We get a lot of really smart people in Boston, [but] many of them at the end of their university degree go to other parts of the country,” Mashiter said. “[It] would be nice to keep more of them.”

Students are reacting differently to the proposal. Sneha Shankar, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, saw the potential for jobs creation.

“It would be great opportunity for current undergrads and recent grads in terms of the number internships and job positions opening up,” Shankar said.

Grace Shin, a sophomore in BU’s Seven Year Liberal Arts/Medical Education program, said she believes that Amazon will only make living in the city less accessible than it already is.

“It definitely will raise the rent in Boston and rent in Boston is already extremely high,” Shin said. “It is so expensive to live here and impossible for the average person to afford.”

Jenni Todd contributed to the reporting of this article.

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EDITORIAL Lexi Peery, Editor-in-Chief Elise Takahama, Managing Editor

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Innovative and effective, Walsh deserves a second term In September, Boston voters cast their ballots in the mayoral primary election.

Or more accurately, less than 15 percent of Boston voters cast their ballots. This vote, though marked by low turnout and high disinterest, determined the two candidates that would go head to head in the upcoming general election for mayor: City Councilor Tito Jackson and Mayor Martin Walsh.

Next week, voters will take to the polls to make their final decisions, but in many ways, it feels like Bostonians still haven’t decided what differences define these two candidates. Heading into the election, the number one question in Boston after “Wait, what election?” is “So what’s the difference between Jackson and Walsh anyways?”

In some ways, it’s true that the two candidates aren’t so different from one another.

Both are Democrats running on similar platforms, and both hold similar priorities.

They even grew up just a few miles apart. But there is a stark contrast between Walsh and Jackson when it comes to how they hope to address these issues, and it all boils down to one key difference.

Walsh is reasonable.

That sounds like a lukewarm endorsement, but it couldn’t be further from it. We could use a lot more reason in our government these days. Walsh has big dreams for Boston, but they are all dreams within reason. He promotes reasonable policies and sets reasonable goals. Walsh’s campaign was a smart and level-headed one — and it has showed.

What we’ve seen this election has been a reflection of the candidates themselves. Jackson has led a campaign with a lot of bark and very little bite. His tone has been inflammatory, and his goals for Boston are not realistic ones.

Jackson may be fighting for all the right things, but going about it in all the wrong ways. He’s even lost his own district because of it. He puts down Walsh every chance he gets, and plays the race card far more frequently than he should. He deserves a lot of credit for embarking on such an ambitious campaign, but the closer we get to the election, his attacks on Walsh are becoming even more harsh and even less called-for.

Walsh doesn’t fight that way, he never has. And that’s not just an effect of his

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incumbency — it’s fundamentally who he is.

He doesn’t call names or point fingers. His campaign is not against Jackson, it’s for the people of Boston.

In his mayoral tenure of almost four years, Walsh has made his mark on the city. You can’t accomplish an infinite amount in such a short period of time, but you can start. And Walsh has gotten some great things started.

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ning, and the kind of leader that Walsh is has played a big part in making that possible.

But these pushes for innovation and technology haven’t distracted Walsh from prioritizing the people who actually live here. Issues like homelessness, housing and education remain at the heart of his administration. Walsh has made affordable preschool and community college critical to his campaign. He has been tackling Boston’s crises

in homelessness and housing since ever since he took office, as well as many, many more.

And all of this has been done against the backdrop of a quickly changing political landscape. In the face of Trump’s tirades on immigration, Walsh made Boston a sanctuary city. He has made it more than clear ever since Trump’s inauguration that no matter what kind of fear-mongering was happening in Washington, it wouldn’t affect Bostonians.

That’s not to say that Walsh has been the best advocate for immigrants and minorities.

Walsh is far from perfect, and race relations is one of the areas where he needs the most work. There’s a reason a black man from Roxbury got so much traction running on a platform not all that different than Walsh’s own. People of color are looking for more representation in Boston. This was made especially obvious with the dismal report card of the Walsh administration recently released by the NAACP. Race is a big issue in Boston, and it’s something that Walsh could stand to pay a little more attention to.

Sometimes, incumbents are the right choice for no better reason than “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” This is not one of those times. That can of course be said of Walsh’s office, but so much more can be said too.

Marty Walsh is Boston. He even has the accent to prove it. Walsh is a child of immigrants, he grew up in Dorchester — 39 percent of Bostonians have even met him personally. He has a unique ability to make Boston feel like both a small town and a major metropolitan hub.

When it comes down to it, we’re pretty impressed by what Walsh has done these past four years, and we’re excited to see what he’ll do with four more.

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No Sugar, No Cream:

I only miss Obama a little

BY NASHID FULCHER COLUMNIST

It was so easy to fall in love with the Obamas. In fourth grade, I witnessed President Barack Obama’s inauguration. It felt like the world stopped, and I had no idea why.

My school canceled classes and we sat in the auditorium watching the entire ceremony, as though elementary schoolers would be able to understand what was happening. It all seemed dramatic, and when we were finished watching, we had our own Inauguration Ball. In eighth grade, I finally began to grasp why that day had frozen in time.

Barack Obama is Black history.

He was the first Black president. He represented hope for this country to racially unify, or at least pretend to racially unify, after the Bush-era was stained by a lack of aid to Black communities post-Hurricane Katrina. Obama ran his campaign on the slogan “Yes, we can,” and while never explicitly promising to heal the divide in this country, he more than effectively sold dreams of a post-racial America to his voters.

As he was elected and sworn in, there was a collective feeling, one that said “Now is the time for equality, right?” Wrong. The air of racial progression was fraudulent. Obama’s changes maintained a stagnant state of racial uneasiness all to preserve the idea that Obama becoming president proved we’re all above race. Obama served his term as complicit in U.S. violence as every president before him.

He perpetuated imperialist policies in other countries, pacified racial injustice at home and

implemented drone strikes in ways that were far from humane.

The one big thing people thought Obama would do was help to heal race relations in the United States, but he just glossed over it. He apologized for racial injustice with his tears, often alluding to America’s “dark past” with racism — you know, with people owning other people and then not owning them and then disproportionately mass incarcerating Black men, and all that boring stuff that would be a bummer to discuss.

However, the accomplishments of Obama’s presidency were astonishing. He managed to end the war in Iraq, with the last troops leaving in December 2011. His troops found and executed Osama Bin Laden in 2011. He passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010. And he did everything he did never allowing time for any scandal.

The closest he came to scandal was when he wore a tan suit and looked better than any other president has ever looked or will ever look ever again. He really went off. To be quite honest, sometimes I think about it and tear up. In that moment, I was proudest of my president.

The simplest way to love Obama is to appreciate him as a person and to focus on his positive moments. Even in the acknowledgment of his faults, I find myself missing Obama. Very much. I miss the diplomacy he was forced to have. I miss that I never felt the need to block him on Twitter. Above all, I miss a president that looked like me.

I would never denounce President Obama as a whole. I couldn’t. I loved him as much as I could. People tend to get upset by my criticism, but those people aren’t bothering to look into what he was actually doing in between speeches dinners. They aren’t seeing the full picture.

I will always stand by Obama’s work, showing how Black people can be anything they set their mind to in this country, but it is even more important than protecting his image that we all be aware that there is a big difference between appreciating and romanticizing the Obama-era of the United States.

Small Smiles:

Dancing to an American beat

BY OLIVIA POLOS COLUMNIST

In times of such polarized political standings, it is easy for people here in the United States to lose sight of what this country is, what it stands for — and most importantly — the influence it has on countries across the globe.

When a recent trip had me flying into Madrid, I had little to no idea what to expect. I had been to Europe once as a little kid, but I was far too young to appreciate or even remember it. I had forgotten what traveling internationally entailed.

It became very clear once we were in the city that the language barrier was going to be tough. I was a bit surprised there wasn’t more English, with Madrid being the international hub that it is, but I was wrong. This made for some tricky taxi rides and hard-to-locate sites.

As we navigated our way through the tourist attractions and down the beautiful, cobblestone streets of Madrid, I heard something that stuck out: American pop music.

It was played in restaurants. It was played in taxis. It was played on the tour bus in between sites.

Why were so many people who understood zero English listening to music they could not understand? Why was it normal to listen to American music in Spain, when here in the United States, we rarely ever listen to music that wasn’t produced here — let alone music that’s not in our own language. How was a city 4,000 miles away from mine listening to the same tunes I do?

I was unable to pinpoint a single reason for this in my short time in Spain, but I do attribute at least some of it to a general affection other countries have for the

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United States. Our country’s culture extends further than I had ever imagined, and I found myself proud to be a U.S. citizen for the first time in far too long.

With the clouds of controversy surrounding the United States, it is far easier to sit on how awful we are doing; it is easier to list the negatives shake a head in disbelief as opposed to stepping back and remembering all that this country has done and means. Regardless of the turmoil, gridlock and controversy surrounding the presidency and literally everything else in America, I realized that parts of the United States are universal — and that’s not something that can be said for just any country. Whether you are happy with how things in the government are going or not, there is something to be said for a place that has established itself to the point where its music crosses oceans and barrels through language barriers. The experience made me recognize just how far American culture goes.

As cringe-inducing as we were as American tourists in Spain — completely stereotypical and unable to speak any Spanish and constantly holding maps up to our faces — there was something really cool about hearing people so different from us, in a place so far from home, listening to the same music I listen to on the weekends in Boston.

There was no better feeling than when I saw a random “Americano” sign with a heart next to it in the window of a Spanish boutique. Our country is not perfect — it never has been — but it cannot be disputed that the United States holds a special place in the world. America has set a precedent for countries across the world, and in times where hate seems to be spreading like wildfire, I challenge you to remember the positives of what this country stands for and has done.

Traveling internationally is all about discomfort — about expanding horizons, about pushing one’s self, and frankly, about being unfamiliar. Don’t get me wrong, the changes in language, food, time zone, currency and location still managed that just fine — but hearing the songs I knew so well gave me a sense of comfort that I was proud to see even existed.

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On Wednesday, the live-action version of “The Lion King” released its final cast list, starring Beyoncé.

We here at the ‘ol Free Press want to know — what live-action remake would BU students star in?

Allston: “Ratatouille”

Freshmen: “Trolls”

BU Academy: “Minions”

DivestBU: “The Lorax”

Computer science majors: “Sausage Party”

Srat and frat mixers: “Beauty and the Beast”

Everyone during finals week: “The Nightmare Before Christmas”

BU On Broadway: “Sing”

Student Government: “Wreck-It Ralph”

FreeP: “Ice Age: The Meltdown”

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Quotable “We don’t see them that often so we’re still trying to string that together, but I know they’ve always worked extremely hard,” said women’s hockey coach Brian Durocher about his team’s upcoming series against RIT. p.10

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Men’s soccer finale BU’s men’s soccer team’s regular season finale against Colgate has major playoff implications. p.11

Following UNH tie, women’s hockey sets eyes on RIT

BY KYLE PATTERSON DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

After getting off to a slow start at the beginning of the season, the Boston University women’s hockey team seems to be showing signs of a change.

Despite a loss against No. 2 Boston College last Saturday, the Terrier’s (1-5-1, 1-5-1 Hockey East) first victory against University of Connecticut the weekend before and a 2-2 tie against the University of New Hampshire on Sunday suggests momentum building up. The Terriers are currently ranked No. 6 in the Hockey East conference alongside Merrimack College.

Nonetheless, the outcome of Sunday’s matchup had to have been bittersweet. The Terriers led 2-0 for a majority of the game, but gave up two goals to the Wildcats (5-1-2, 3-1-2 Hockey East), in the third period and neither team was able to put points on the board in overtime.

BU head coach Brian Durocher said he is hopeful for the remainder of the team’s season, stating “our best days are ahead of us.”

However, Durocher said he believes that there is plenty of room for improvement, being somewhat critical of the team’s performance against UNH. “I thought we played OK,” Durocher said. “We got a road point, but maybe in some ways it was disappointing because we were up 2-0 at the third and you want to close the door.”

The Terriers hope to bring home a win this week as they face off against the Rochester Institute of Technology in a two-

game set.

The first game will take place this Friday at 7 p.m. at the Walter Brown Arena and the second game will be played on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Agganis Arena.

The Tigers (3-4-1), a member of the Atlantic Hockey Conference, will be the Terriers’ first non-conference opponent in their f ledgling season.

BU’s coaches acknowledged that the non-conference game ma kes prepa ration sl ightly more difficult, given that they are not as familiar with RIT as they are with the likes of BC (6-0-1, Hockey East 3-0-1) and Northeastern University.

But Durocher stated that the Tigers have had consistently strong goaltending and that will be a primary focus for the series.

“We don’t see them that often so we’re still trying to string that together, but I know they’ve always worked extremely hard,” Durocher said. “Year after year they have a goalie that plays extremely well.”

The game will also mark a reunion of sorts for junior transfer defenseman Reagan Rust, who joined BU this season after transferring from RIT. With 14 points under her belt while a Tiger last season, Rust was the third highest scoring player on the team and led the team in assists with 11.

Despite only tying UNH, the Terriers’ defense had a strong showing in Sunday’s matchup especially in regards to freshman goaltender Corinne Schroeder.

The game was Schroeder’s second collegiate start in goal and the Elm Creek, Manitoba native had a

strong performance with a careerhigh 42 saves. Schroeder saw 20 shots fired at her in the first period and stopped all of them.

She finished off the game with 16 saves in the third period and overtime. The freshman goaltender had a similarly strong game against her first starring role in net a week prior in BU’s 6-2 win against UConn (3-3-1, 0-2-1 Hockey East) on Oct. 22, where she clocked in a total of 26 saves.

Schroeder has yet to see any losses as she is currently 1-0-1 in her young career and so far has never given up more than two goals in any game of the season.

These numbers currently hold her at a .944 goal save percentage and 1.92 goals against average.

Senior forward Victoria Bach also gave a strong performance, scoring just 18 seconds into the game off a pass from senior forward and captain Rebecca Leslie against UNH. This currently puts Bach’s goal tally at four, making her the second highest goal-scoring members of the team second only to Leslie’s five.

Freshman forward Kristina Schuler sank her second goal of the season into the net on a power play, with offan assist coming from junior forward Mary Grace Kelley.

In contrast, RIT faced a tough 6-0 loss to fellow AHC rival Lindenwood University last Saturday after beating the Lions (2-5-1) 4-3 the previous night.

Lindenwood led in shots 23-16, and Tiger forwards Kaelyn Johnson, Tori Hay wood and Kendall Cornine led RIT in shots with three each.

RIT’s starting junior goalten-

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Junior transfer Reagan Rust will play her former team, RIT, this weekend.

der Jenna de Jonge was pulled late in the second period after giving up three goals and put in her place was freshman Jessi O’Leary who stopped all six shots fired at her in the third period.

Despite the Tigers’ poor performance against Lindenwood and a temporary departure from

their otherwise strong goaltending, Durocher is adamant that his team not brush them off.

“We’ve got to take them as seriously as anyone else,” the veteran coach said about RIT. “You can’t put yourself behind because of showing a lack of respect for your opponent.”

Dropping the Gloves: About the Vegas Golden Knights

BY JESSICA CITRONBERG COLUMNIST

When the NHL season began, few thought that the new expansion team would be able to stand up to the rest of the league. The Vegas Golden Knights are 8-3, which on the outside seems like a good place to be in. But those wins are covering up their issues on and off the ice.

The Golden Knights are ranked second in the Pacific Division, but that’s arguably not the most important statistic.

They might be at the top of the pack in the Western Conference, but they’re really closer to the

bottom of the standings when it comes to actual game play.

Vegas is No 17 in power play and No. 21 in penalty kill. While these stats don’t necessarily ref lect the outcome of the game, they do ref lect how the team is playing throughout. If you can’t score on a power play and you’re struggling with penalty kills, that’s eventually going to catch up to the team in the form of losses.

They’ve already begun to fall a bit. Seven of the last 11 games were at home. Their current six game road trip was meant to be a way to show off what this team can do to other fans around the countr y, but they’ve already dropped their first two games against the New York Islanders and the New York Rangers.

After a stop in Boston today, the Golden Knights will head up to Canada.

People are now even betting huge bucks on Vegas winning the Stanley Cup. It’s premature to be betting on anyone for the title, especially for the Golden Knights.

Yes, they’re having success.

But it won’t last. They’ve been able to hide under the façade of a

new team, but they’ve got plenty of veterans on their lineup who have been playing in the NHL for years.

In fact, Vegas even has two Stanley Cup winners. Brayden McNabb and Marc-Andre Fleury have won cups in the last five years.

These two know what it’s like to hoist that trophy, and it takes a certain type of player to be able to endure that long, hard postseason and come out victorious. Their knowledge of postseason hockey would be an assit to the team.

And while this may be the inaugural season for the Golden Knights, a few of their players are not new to skating with each other. Shea Theodore, Clayton Stoner, Dav id Perron a nd William Karlsson all played for the Anaheim Ducks sometime between 2014 and 2017.

So they’re comfortable playing with each other. This comradery could be confused by playing well, but in reality they’re just already good at playing together having done so for a few seasons.

You also have to take into consideration that there was so much buzz around this team beginning

its first season, and that could explain their success in the first few weeks of play. Now that the buzz has sort of faded, the team will start to look more like a hodgepodge of guys with varying levels of experience who have played all across the league.

Vegas is already starting to crack under the pressure.

They’ve lost three goalies to the injured reserve. It’s a huge hit for the team, especially the loss of Marc-Andre Fleury. The former Pittsburgh Penguins goalie was supposed to be a staple on this team, and now he’s out a few games with a concussion. Last week, former Bruins prospect Malcolm Subban was placed on the injured reserve with a fourweek timetable return with a lower-body injury.

And as if they needed another goalie injury, Oscar Dansk left the game on Monday against the New York Islanders in the second period with a lower body injury.

He’ll reportedly only miss a little bit of action, but that’s plenty of time for Vegas to fall in the standings while they scramble to call up more goalies.

A team that has been in existence for longer would be able to handle this situation better, mostly because of their connections to prospects in the AHL. Coach Gerard Ga llant was more frazzled than any other coach would be in this scenario, because this is the first time in his coaching career that he hasn’t been able to rely on the prospects the team has a relationship with.

The Chicago Wolves are the Golden Knights new AHL affiliate. The Wolves aren’t a new team, but they’ve been most recently affiliated with the St. Louis Blues. Vegas and Chicago haven’t been able to connect as well as other NHL and AHL affiliates, simply because Vegas is so new. This is also a huge problem that was bound to come up, and with all of these goalie injuries, the team is now in a position where they need to utilize their affiliate team’s goalies wisely.

The Golden Knights probably won’t finish in last place of the Western Conference, or even their division. But the likelihood of them reaching the playoffs or even the second round is slim.

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Fay plays with the experience of an upperclassman

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Freshman goalkeeper Amanda Fay has become a consistent force in net for the Terriers.

BY LIAM O’BRIEN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

For many freshman goalkeepers playing Division 1 women’s soccer, much of the year is spent on the sidelines, watching and learning as older players tend the net.

However, Amanda Fay has had a much different experience in her first season with the Boston University squad. The freshman has played 1,196 regular season minutes in goal for a team that got the third seed in the Patriot

League Tournament.

“I wasn’t sure what was going to happen [at the start of the season],” Fay said. “I just wanted to come in, train as hard as possible, and see what [would] happen.”

Fay was one of the main catalysts of the Terriers’ (10-7-3, 6-21) success in conference play. She had shutouts against seven Patriot League teams — the first shutout she had occurred when she spent the whole game in net on Sept. 16 against American University.

She has allowed just four goals in Patriot League tilts this year.

In addition to her conference

shutouts, she also shutout two non-conference teams, Dartmouth College and Harvard University.

“She’s had a big one or two [saves] in just about every game,” BU head coach Nancy Feldman said. “She has proven to be a gamer. She finds a way. The [shots] that she gets, she seems to be ready for. [She] stays focused in the match and shows a lot of poise, confidence, toughness and maturity. Kids have a lot of faith in her.”

Her Patriot League play is impressive considering the manner in which she began her career.

After being thrust into the spotlight in the final 15 minutes of a 2-0 loss to the University of Cincinnati in mid-August, Fay received her first start on Sept. 10 against Boston College.

Facing an Atlantic Coast Conference team in her first ever nod proved to be a tough task for the freshman. The Eagles (10-91) unloaded three goals despite being outshot, 12-10, by the Terriers going on to win 3-0.

“That was a tough game,” Fay said. “I was expecting that to be a tough game so I was mentally prepared for it. When we lost, I was feeling a little bit upset but I thought that I should just come back and show people that I actually should be on the field and [that] I could handle the next team.”

At that point, BU boasted a record of 1-5-2 and needed some consistency in order to turn their season around — Fay stepped up and found her niche in that role.

Beginning with her 6-0 shutout of American University (2-15, 1-8 Patriot League) in which the Terriers took task to the Eagles with an 18-3 shot advantage, Fay became a reliable force in goal.

This victory marked a fivegame straight shutout streak and a 555-minute scoreless stretch for Fay — her team enjoyed an 11-0 point differential during that time.

The improvement in Fay’s approach rested on her communication and footwork in net, two aspects that assistant coach Molly Poletto has assisted her with, Fay said.

“I didn’t really like to talk before,” Fay said. “Coach [Poletto] has taught me so much about com-

munication. She is always reminding me to do it. Everything I have improved on is because [Poletto] is such as great coach.”

Feldman said that her freshman goalkeeper has improved and will continue to get better.

“Her distribution with her feet is getting better,” Feldman said.

“When she came in, it was an area of weakness and she has made strides in that area through her work with [Poletto]. I think in the future it will become a strength because when Amanda focuses on something that she wants to improve, she gets it done.”

Fay said she has fit in well with her new group of teammates, something that has allowed her to feel comfortable on the field.

“It is just great being here because everyone is so welcoming,” Fay said. “Everyone is working so hard all the time and it is just amazing because you are working hard for a common goal. It is awesome being part of this program, being part of a new family.”

Fay has also benefitted from having one of the best defenses in the Patriot League in front of her.

The Terriers defense has forced Fay to make 2.56 saves per game, which is the 10th lowest mark in the conference.

Having a stout defense in front of her prevents Fay from being bombarded with shots by opposing scorers, something that the Fay said she is thankful for.

“I could not have asked for a better defensive line,” Fay said.

“Everyone who plays back there is so amazing, and I am so grateful for that because it takes a lot of pressure off me.”

Men’s soccer takes on Colgate in regular season finale

BY JORDAN KIMMEL DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston University men’s soccer team will play its last regular season game on Friday — taking on Colgate University — as the Terriers (7-7-3, 6-1-1 Patriot League) look to seize their second Patriot League season title and the No. 1 seed with a win.

BU, who will return home following two games away from Nickerson Field, has a chance to extend their all-time series lead to 7-1-2 with a win Friday.

The Raiders (6-10-1, 3-4-1 Patriot League) won last year’s contest 2-1 on Nickerson Field.

The Terriers, who haven’t lost since the Oct. 14 match against Loyola University Maryland, will look to bounce back after a disappointing 0-0 draw versus Bucknell last Saturday. In that game, the team commanded a 15-5 advantage in shot attempts but was denied of their fifth road win.

During their weekend tilt, both BU and Bucknell could only muster a few quality scoring chances as both sides defended well. BU sophomore goalkeeper Michael Bernardi and the rest of the Terrier defense did not allow a goal in regulation or overtime.

For the third time in four years, the Terriers are locked in as a top-three seed for the

approaching Patriots Leag ue tournament. The team controls their own seed — a win gives them the No. 1 slot, while a loss could potentially drop them down to third in the conference.

BU head coach Neil Roberts said the team will have to work hard to get a win on Friday as the Raiders are vying for playoff contention.

“I’m sure Colgate’s going to have something to say when they play us,” Roberts said. “They need the game to make the playoffs, so it’ll be a good game. It won’t be easy — we’re obviously going to play everybody that we can that’s healthy and go from there.”

The Raiders netted a critical 2-1 over the United States Naval Academy this past Sunday to stay alive in the clash for a position in the Patriot League Tournament.

The Terriers have to keep an eye on Colgate senior Jared Stroud, whose corner kick assist against Nav y (2-12-2, Patriot League 0-6-2) tied the team’s single-season assist record. One more assist, giving him nine on the season, would provide the midfielder with the highest career and single-season assist total for Colgate.

Colgate junior back Aram Ouligian scored his team-best sixth goal during Sunday’s game.

BU sophomore forward Matt McDonnell, who has not scored since an Oct. 17th 1-1 draw against

Northeastern University, looks to get back on the board Sunday. He leads the team with four goals.

Roberts said his squad has relied on its f ledgling players to step up after losing several veteran plays, such as junior back Ben Valek and senior David Amirani, to injury this season.

“Obviously, we’ve had to count a lot more on the younger kids than we’d hope to,” Roberts said. “The freshmen have all done a great job. We’re using five of them, and they’re doing well.”

Roberts said though the play of senior back Adam Sheikali and McDonnell have been noteworthy, it’s been the team’s united effort that has impressed him the most. “[Sheikali] in the back is a veteran guy who’s done well for us,” Roberts said. “[McDonnell] up top has done well for us. It’s funny that it’s more collective than anything else. It’s not really one guy that’s doing it all for us.”

Despite starting the first five games of the season without a goal, the Terriers have rebounded nicely. They have only been outscored 20-18 and have received goals from nine different players.

Freshman Toti Knutsson sits atop the Terriers’ leaderboard with 11 points. Knutsson and McDonnell have been the top two scoring threats for the Terriers.

The underclassmen have stepped

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Sophomore forward Matt McDonnell leads the team with four goals this season.

up to fill the role that was left behind last year by Felix De Bona and Anthony Viteri.

Though the team’s final regular season game will be a home contest played on Nickerson Field, the Terriers already celebrated 10 upperclassmen for Senior Day on Oct. 21 with a win over Navy.

Roberts said the ultimate goal will be securing the No. 1 seed for the tournament.

“We’re going out to try to win the game,” Roberts said. “We’d love to get home field, and we’d love to come in first in the conference. We have the opportunity to do it, so now it’s a question of whether we can pull it off.”

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