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YEAR XLVII. VOLUME XCVI. ISSUE IV

SG presidential candidates, slates announced How can

students stay safe?

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T he race for St udent Government president is officially under way, with juniors Augustine Jimenez and Hafzat Akanni both announcing their candidacies for president this week.

University-wide SG elections will occur March 31 through April 7, meaning Jimenez and Akanni, along with their respective executive board slates, will be campaigning throughout the month of March.

Jimenez, running with the slate YourBU, is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences studying International Relations and Arabic. Jimenez served in SG as the chief of staff for the executive vice president in the fall and said he’s been wanting to run for president since he was a freshman.

“I just saw that there were issues on campus that I’m really personally very passionate about,” Jimenez said. “One of them is how to best support first-generation students on campus.”

In his time working with SG’s executive board last year, Jimenez said he began to notice a deteriorating relationship between the e-board and Senate.

“I felt that there were initiatives coming out of Senate and coming out of e-board, and if they

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Augustine Jimenez, a junior in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is running for President of BU’s Student Government for the 2019-20 academic year.

just manage to work together, I think you could really empower BU students and you could really have a much more positive effect,” he said.

Jimenez said he wants to continue building upon the ideas and projects the current SG e-board and Senate have already been working on, such as the menstrual product initiative and getting another spring concert for 2020.

“I think that some people might look at our platform and say that we’re recycling old initiatives and that we’re not coming up with

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Hafzat Akanni, a junior in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is running for the office of Student Government President for the 2019-20 academic year.

anything new,” Jimenez said. “But I disagree, because I think that there’s really good work happening in Student Government, and we want to take the good work that’s already being done and continue it and also bring new ideas and new initiatives, as well.”

One of Jimenez’s ideas is to create a mental health awareness day at BU to bridge the gap between students and administrative resources on campus.

“We want to bring expert advice and bring in Student Health Ser vices’ Behavioral

Medicine and SARP, as well,” he said. “But we also want to bring student groups and have expertled panels as well as workshops led by students.”

Jimenez’s slate includes three CAS sophomores — Mercedes Muñoz, who is running for executive vice president, Nada Shalash, running for VP of internal affairs, and Norman Toro Vega, running for VP of finance.

“A big theme that we’re trying to bring in is just a fresh perspective,” Jimenez said. “We might

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A f ter 23-yea r -old Jassy Correia was kidnapped outside a bar on the night of her birthday and later found dead last week, law enforcement officials and sexual assault prevention activists said systemic changes needed to be made to ensure the safety of women and gave suggestions on how students can stay safe when going out.

Correia was exiting Venu, a Boylston-area nightclub, when she was approached by a man and boarded his vehicle, according to an affidavit filed Sunday. She went missing, and five days later, police recovered Correia’s body and arrested the man while he was driving in Delaware.

The alleged kidnapper, Louis Coleman III, was later charged with kidnapping resulting in death, and is awaiting trial in Boston.

Kelly Nee, chief of the Boston University Police Department and BU’s executive director of public safety, wrote in an email she thinks with any instance of sexual assault or violence, blame rests solely on the perpetrator of

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For BU, rejections pay City honors Women’s History Month

BY DAMIAN WALSH

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Boston University ranked seventh among colleges that make the most revenue off applications in the United States, according to a recent analysis of national universities by LendEDU. BU generated an estimated $4,595,280 off application fees in the 2016-17 academic year, according to the data from LendEDU. Approximately $3,242,720 of the total came from applications that were rejected.

LendEDU, a website that compares financial products such as student loans and credit cards, ranked national universities in several categories, including total revenue generated from both accepted and denied applications as well as yield, which is the ratio of enrolled to admitted students.

BU followed the University of Southern California, which was No. 5, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, which was No. 6, in rank.

The study notes its values are estimates that may be skewed because universities often offer fee waivers, which would reduce the revenue generated. BU

spokesperson Colin Riley said the university grants fee waivers for eligible students.

“There’s an opportunity for students to request a waiver, and we grant quite a few waivers,” Riley said. “So for those students who qualify, that application fee is waived.”

Yield is typically an indication of overall interest in the university as well as a representation of how attractive the university is to accepted applicants, according to the LendEDU article. According to the data, Boston University accepted 16,907 of 57,441 applicants for the 2016-17 year, and 3,552 of the accepted students enrolled.

Riley said the admission process for colleges can be expensive because of the time it takes for schools to review applications.

“If you’re submitting an application to a school you’re interested in and asking them to review and process your application, there’s a cost to doing that,” Riley said.

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March is Women’s History Month, and the City of Boston is holding events to commemorate women’s achievements and advocate for greater female empowerment in the city. Officials and

activists emphasized many steps still need to be taken to achieve full gender equality in the city.

The City’s Office of Women’s Advancement and Mayor Martin Walsh will be hosting a celebration of International Women’s Day on Friday at Boston City

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The Boston Women’s Memorial on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall. The City is holding events this month to pay tribute to women’s achievements throughout history.

Hall. Speakers will be “be honoring women’s voices and contributions while recognizing the work still ahead,” according to the City’s website.

On March 19, the City is presenting a talk titled “Women in Leadership: Massachusetts Trailblazers” that will feature various Massachusetts women politicians detailing their journeys to civic leadership.

Speakers will include Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell, Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll and State Rep. Hannah Kane of Worcester.

Tania Del Rio, the executive director of the Office of Women’s Advancement, wrote in an email that Boston is working toward achieving gender equality through economic equity and support of the childcare sector, ending commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking and representing women’s contributions to public life.

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the crime.

“It’s important to be mindful of personal safety, but I can’t emphasize enough the person who committed this crime is the problem,” Nee wrote. “Not the actions of this poor victim or her friends.”

Nee wrote it is horrible that women are forced to develop strategies to keep themselves safe from sexual assault or harm while going out, as they should not have to worry about their safety at night.

“Women SHOULD be able to go out in public and celebrate their birthdays without fear of being abducted and murdered,” she wrote. “… It’s terrible that women have to plan to keep themselves and their friends safe.”

Maisha Miraj, a spokesperson for the Boston Police Department, wrote in an email several safety strategies students could adopt.

These include remaining in well-lit and populous areas, wearing shoes allowing for added mobility, calling ahead to your destination to confirm you are on your way and keeping car keys nearby to use as a weapon in the event of an attack.

Miraj wrote students need to remain vigilant when going out and be unafraid to speak up if they feel uncomfortable at any time.

“Walk with confidence. Be assertive. Don’t let anyone violate your space,” Miraj wrote. “Trust your instincts and know that anyone at any time can be a victim of crime. Never assume: ‘IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME.’” Eliza Campbell, a community engagement specialist for the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, said the most effective way to promote women’s safety in environments such as a bar or club is to educate and train bystanders to recognize a suspicious situation.

“I will say that most of the conversations about safety do tend to sort of focus on what individuals can do,” Campbell said. “And what we know to be most effective is actually for people as bystanders to be really active and aware of what’s going

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The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from March 1–5.

Underage liquor arrest at StuVi II An arrest was made for illegal possession of alcohol with a false license at 2:59 a.m. Friday. The offender allegedly deliberately damaged personal property in a dorm room.

Drug arrest at HoJo An arrest was made for possession of a prescription drug at 575 Commonwealth Ave. Friday at 7:10 p.m. The offender reportedly gave a fake name to police while in custody.

Fight on Bay State Road A fight was reported to have taken place Friday at 212 Bay State Rd. at 9:49 p.m. No arrests were made.

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Venu, the nightclub near which 23-year-old Jassy Correia was kidnapped last week. Officials and sexual assault prevention activists spoke about the systemic changes needed to further women’s safety.

on around them.”

Campbell said alert bystanders are able to check in with potential victims and intervene in situations where the victim might feel intimidated or trapped, providing him or her with an escape.

“Just being aware of your surroundings and being willing to sort of step up as the bystander and check in with people, make sure they’re safe, that kind of thing,” Campbell said. “And that’s really what helps sort of keep communities most safe, when people are sort of aware and activated like that.”

Campbell said while individuals of all genders can fall victim to sexual violence, women particularly feel the need to take extra precautions because society has systematically disregarded and discriminated against survivors.

“A lot of the conversation is directed toward women, in part because we live in a culture that has enabled and minimized sex-

ual violence and sex and violence against women,” Campbell said.

“So people feel like they have they have no choice but to take safety into their own hands.”

In order to institute concrete change within society, Campbell said the United States needs to begin educating its children on the basics of sexual assault prevention, as well as consent. “[We need] education from an early age about healthy relationships, boundaries is a really big one,” Campbell said. “So even with little kids talking about, ‘You have a right to not hug someone if you don’t want to hug them,’ and things like that, talking about consent.”

Several BU students said discussing and establishing safety procedures in advance helps them to feel more safe and at ease while going out.

Polina Lissin, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she makes sure to communicate with her friends before

going out at night by sharing their locations with each other to ensure their safety in unfamiliar or potentially hazardous environments.

“Especially if my friends and I are going somewhere new or if we are traveling internationally, we designate a meeting point at a certain time.” Lissin said. “… We deem that at the beginning of the night, and if we have service and stuff, we will text and communicate about it.”

Iv y Zhang, a junior in the College of Communication, said whenever she goes to bars, she makes sure to stay with a group of friends at all times so that they are able to keep track of each other’s whereabouts.

“One of the big things is staying close together,” Zhang said.

“Like even if we are in a really crowded place, usually you want to make sure that, regardless of where people are, you kind of have an eye on them and know at least where they are in the room.”

BU 7th in college application revenue in 2016-17 REJECTIONS, FROM PAGE 1 capacity and availability to admit, he said, so admission is very competitive and requires qualified admissions counselors.

“Again, with more than 60,000 applications for 31-hundred seats, it’s a very competitive environment,” Riley said, “and it takes the eyes of a professional

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A student logging into the Common Application. Boston University ranked No. 7 in a list of 500 schools in the United States for how much money it makes off of applications.

admission counselor to discern the best fit of those students for acceptance at Boston University.”

Carly Berry, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said she was unimpressed with BU’s position in the revenue rankings.

“I don’t think I would say being top seven in the country for revenue off of the price of submitting an application is something to be proud of,” Berry said. “I think that it limits the demographic of applicants, and I think that if we can make that much money off of applicants, we should also be offering other kinds of opportunities to people who can’t necessarily pay for the application or who are going to struggle to.”

Jessica Phillips, also a COM

sophomore, said she was not surprised by the revenue statistics and thinks the amount of rejections by the university plays a role.

“I just feel like BU only really cares about money,” Phillips said, “so I’m really not shocked that we’re generating a lot of revenue from denials. But I guess a little part of that is how many denials we’ve given out.”

Kyle Handszer, a sophomore in the College of General Studies, said he thinks the cost of the application is worth the money because BU is a competitive school.

“I think that comes along with applying to a very competitive school,” Handszer said. “It might be more expensive than others, but at the end of the day, it may be well worth it.”

An arrest was made Saturday for possession of a Class A substance at the George Sherman Union at 10:26 p.m.

Broken vehicle on BU Bridge A motor vehicle was disabled near the Peter Fuller building, 808 Commonwealth Ave., Tuesday at 10:24 a.m. BUPD was called for assistance.

CITY crime logs

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The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from March 4.

Missing person in Allston A missing person was reported at 455 Cambridge St. at 10:37 p.m. on Monday. The person suffers from a brain injury, must be under adult supervision at all times and cannot be outside in the cold for long periods of time.

Cocaine and Adderall possession Officers found a female in possession of crack cocaine and unprescribed Adderall at Chestnut Hill Avenue and Kirkwood Road on March 4. The woman was placed under arrest, and officers took custody of her Motorola cell phone.

Probation violation, drug possession Officers made an on-site arrest for a probation violation at 127 Sutherland Rd. in Brighton at 11 p.m. on Monday. The suspect was on probation for rape, various counts of assault and battery and intimidation of witnesses, and was found in possession of prescription drugs he intended to distribute.

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City celebrates women of history WOMEN’S, FROM PAGE 1 organization has been involved in celebrations for International Women’s Day. Raab said she would love to see a greater emphasis on and increased funding for violence prevention training — particularly for children and youth in Boston’s public schools.

“A lot of students that I work with throughout Boston schools don’t get comprehensive sex education and much less relationship education,” Raab said, “and as a direct result, they get involved in unhealthy or abusive relationships at a very young age.”

Raab said this prevention training should be taught to students of all genders and that the government should be doing more prevent the spread of sexual violence.

“Sometimes it’s girls perpetrators, sometimes it’s boys,” Raab said. “I would just really love to see more attention paid by Boston City government and the state in general for what is a very preventable health crisis.”

Tricia Wajda, vice president of external affairs at the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts, said in an emailed statement that in order to advance women’s equity in public health, Massachusetts and the City of Boston needs to do all they can to protect women’s access to abortion.

“The right to safe, legal abortion is at risk in our country, and even in Massachusetts the constitutional right to abortion does not translate into access for all people,” Wajda said in the statement. “Stigma and political interference have built barriers to sexual and reproductive health for all people.”

Wajda said discrimination against disadvantaged minorities has worsened the threat on women’s reproductive health and that Massachusetts must take more steps to abolish these restrictions.

“Young people, people with low incomes, people of color, and LGBTQ folks face even higher barriers to care due to systemic and institutional discrimination,”

Wajda said. “Persistent unjust barriers to abortion force Massachusetts residents to face down a gauntlet of obstacles in order to make the decision that is best for them.”

John Pedican, 38, of West Newton, said he agreed that the government needed to devote more money to women’s rights, as women have been discriminated against throughout history.

“There should be state funding for these issues, only because I think women have been exploited and placed in a disadvantage in terms of competitiveness for so many decades,” Pedican said. “In order for them to have a level playing field, there must be some catching up.”

Boston resident Daryn Stevens, 22, said she thought the local and state governments could do a better job at supporting and funding efforts to bolster women’s rights.

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New bill would raise oversight on colleges

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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker filed a bill Monday that would grant the state’s Board of Higher Education greater authority to monitor the financial stability of colleges and universities across the Commonwealth.

Under the bill, titled “An Act to Support Financial Stability in Higher Education,” any institution facing financial challenges that could jeopardize its students would be required to notify the Board of Higher Ed., according to a press release from Baker’s office.

The school would have to submit to the state a plan including measures to give advance notice of a closure to staff and students, as well as provide students with alternate arrangements.

Massachusetts Education Secretary James Peyser said in the release the goal of the new bill is to give the state a larger role in protecting its students.

“We want to make sure that the Board and the Department of Higher Education are capable of being a more proactive participant in ensuring transparency and fairness for students and

families,” Peyser said, “without creating expansive new powers that would be overly burdensome to colleges.”

The bill comes as schools across New England are facing increasing financial uncertainty and, in some instances, shutting down as a result. Last year, Mount Ida College in Newton became a case study in this trend when it shuttered abruptly and with little advance notice to its students.

According to the release, Baker’s bill would allow the Board of Higher Ed. to request financial information from any college or university in the state, as well as impose “reasonable sanctions” on schools that do not comply with its requests. This information would be exempt from public records law.

Baker said in the release that aside from providing education, Massachusetts’ public and private colleges are major employers and businesses in the state.

“O u r le g i sl at ion will strengthen this crucial component of our economy,” Bake said, “but most importantly it will help protect students and families from an abrupt closure that could significantly impact their lives.”

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QST ranks 4th in female-identifying MBA earners SG election

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Boston University’s Questrom School of Business placed fourth in the percentage of full-time Master of Business Administration students who are female-identifying in the nation. Forty-four percent of the school’s most recent full-time MBA class were female-identifying students, according to a 2019 Financial Times rankings report.

Karen Phillips, assistant dean of graduate student experience and services at Questrom, wrote in an email the college is reworking policies to provide more support for female students.

“Currently, we are reworking our pregnancy policies with the central school leadership to ensure that we are providing the proper support and leeway to our students who are pregnant during their time here,” Phillips wrote.

There are multiple clubs and opportunities in Questrom for female students, Phillips wrote, such as the Questrom Women’s Summit. In total, there are more than 25 graduate clubs, including the Women’s MBA club.

Joan Kagan, the president of Women’s MBA Association, wrote in an email the association holds events to connect students to different industries. Within the past year, Kagan wrote they have organized four panel events. “[They are] geared towards industries and opportunities that matter to students, i.e. a Women in Tech event where professionals at leading com-

panies spoke to us about their experiences as women in the workplace,” Kagan wrote.

Kagan added the group encourages students to bond with one another.

“We also try to create fun events for students to bond and feel supported,” Kagan wrote, “such as an empowerment workshop with Google and fitness classes like a dance class at 305 Fitness.”

BU has also implemented a working group of faculty members chosen by the Provost that is tasked with developing recommendations for BU to focus on creating a culture and climate that prevents gender-based harassment.

The Working Group on Genderbased Harassment Prevention will identify the best practices in prevention of harassment and propose a set of recommended action steps across all disciplines at BU that rejects gender-based harassment, according to the announcement by Jean Morrison, the university’s provost and chief academic officer.

“As one of the first universities in the United States to open all its divisions to female students, the first coeducational medical college in the world, and the first American university to award a PhD to a woman,” Morrison wrote in the announcement, “BU has a historic commitment to providing a welcoming and respectful setting for students, faculty, and staff of all genders.”

Jennifer Grodsky, vice president for federal relations and the chair of

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People walk past Boston University’s Questrom School of Business on Commonwealth Avenue. Questrom ranked No. 4 in the nation for the percentage of female-identifying students who are full-time MBA students.

the working group, said in an email based on this fact-finding, the group will write a set of recommendations for the Provost that will be delivered

by September.

“The group will meet over the next few months to review best practices around the country and BU’s own policies and practices,” Grodsky wrote.

Brittany Steinfeld, a senior in Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, said she thinks BU should have more advertisements for programs that support women on campus.

“I know they have lots of groups and programs, but they are not advertised that much,” Steinfeld said.

Amy Lopez, a sophomore in Sargent, said she has never felt disadvantaged as a female student at BU,

but one of her female friends who also attends BU was offended after a professor made her feel like she was disadvantaged because she was a woman.

“She’s a neuro major, and her professor kind of made it seem like she would know less than one of her peers because of the fact that she was a woman,” Lopez said, “and she got very offended by that.”

Maria Yepes, a junior in College of Arts and Sciences, said she thought more female clubs in the science field would be a good addition to women’s life at BU. “I feel like the only clubs that are just for women is greek life, so maybe something more specific,” Yepes said. “Especially because I’m a science major, so something in the sciences would be good.”

Mixed reactions to need for free speech protections

BY ALEX LASALVIA

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Weeks after Boston University announced the creation of two committees to uphold and review freedom of speech on campus, President Donald Trump vowed Saturday to sign an executive order protecting free speech at colleges in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Trump said the executive order would require colleges and universities to support free speech in order to qualify for federal research funding.

The proposed executive order was met with mixed reactions, with some supporters saying this would encourage open expression of views — especially for conservative students in a liberal environment — while critics said Trump had politicized free speech and that federal engagement on the issue would interfere with the mission of higher education institutions.

In the university-wide email sent

out announcing BU’s free speech committees on Feb. 12, BU President Robert Brown touched on how free expression is topical given the time.

“In times in which there are deep divisions in society, the commitment to free expression is tested,” the email reads. “As we observe events both on campuses and in the broader society, I believe it is reasonable to suggest we are in such a time.”

Research from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education published in January found attempts to disinvite speakers at college campuses are at their lowest in a decade after peaking in 2016, and schools with restrictive speech codes have dropped to historic lows.

Sean McDonald, the communications director for the BU College Republicans, said he thinks Boston University has a good record with freedom of speech.

“It doesn’t seem to be an issue,” McDonald said. “The other con-

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People rally at Boston’s City Hall Plaza in support of transgender rights in October 2018. Boston University announced the formation of committees to review freedom of speech on campus on Feb. 12, and President Donald Trump said Saturday he would sign an executive order protecting free speech on campuses.

servative group on campus, [Young Americans for Freedom], just got a speaker approved that’s pretty conservative.”

McDonald said he thinks the proposed executive order is a good idea nonetheless.

“I certainly believe that it’s a good thing, and I think that’s a pretty unanimous thing amongst the other college Republicans I’ve talked to,” McDonald said.

Neta Crawford, the chair of BU’s Department of Political Science, wrote in an email she did not want to comment in detail on the potential content of the executive order, as it has not been released yet.

“I am not sure what Mr. Trump means here or what he intends to accomplish,” Crawford wrote. “But this is not the first time I have been puzzled by Mr. Trump.”

BU spokesperson Colin Riley said BU has supported freedom of speech in the past.

“We support civil discourse and free exchange of ideas and discussion and debate that is civil and collegial and based on, you know, facts and evidence,” Riley said. “Let the weight of the message and let the weight of the argument be what makes a difference.”

Riley said the university’s support of free speech goes hand-in-hand with its mission to educate its students because “you can’t learn without listening.”

Mackenzie Evans, a senior in the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, said she doesn’t think there are any problems with freedom of speech at BU. “Every professor I’ve had has always stated, ‘These are my opinions,’

if they ever express them, but you’re free to have your own opinions,” Evans said. “[They try to] create a space in which all different kinds of opinions are acceptable.”

Evans said she does not think freedom of speech is an issue to worry about but that divisive times have made it seem like more of a prominent issue.

“People feel highly offended on both sides by someone’s opinion,” Evans said. “It’s not that colleges are trying to stop free speech, it’s just that people are more offended by what someone else says.”

Julia Fabbro, a freshman in the Questrom School of Business, said she doesn’t think BU has any issues with freedom of speech.

“I’ve never in my time here encountered someone being persecuted for something that they say regarding what they believe,” Fabbro said.

Federal support for freedom of speech is still beneficial to have, she said.

“Free speech is incredibly important,” Fabbro said. “It’s one of the foundational elements of our country, so I do support federal support for free speech on campuses.”

Chiebuka Onwuzurike, a junior in Questrom, said he doesn’t think there is much restricted speech on campus, just frowned-upon speech, but all views should be talked about and debated openly.

“I felt like at the end of the day, you know, there may be views of people who don’t agree with mine, but shutting them down isn’t the answer,” Onwuzurike said. “I think the conversation needs to be had.”

have been involved in Student Government before, but I think that we can bring new ideas and also continue the good work that is already being done.”

Hafza Akanni, running with the slate EmpowerBU, is a junior in CAS studying international relations and African American studies. Akanni is the current executive VP under SG President Devin Harvin and said she couldn’t imagine being a senior at BU and not being involved in SG. “There’s still so much that I want to help accomplish here,” Akanni said. “I’ve always loved BU, that’s why I ran for vice president, but being in it this year made me see the work that was done to impact students’ lives across campus.”

Akanni said seeing how much her current e-board has been able to accomplish in one year made her excited to see what she could accomplish next year.

“Knowing that there is work that still needs to be done, I do feel like I’m the best person to do it,” she said.

Akanni said her platform focuses on empowering students, which ties into her campaign logo: two connecting power plugs with “EmpowerBU” written in the middle.

“EmpowerBU is used in the middle for a specific reason,” Akanni said. “It’s in the middle because we hope to be that connected force that connects the university so that we can continue efforts to empower the university.”

Akanni said she wants to empower academics by implementing two programs — one being a system in which if a professor assigns a books for class, they have to provide the library with four or five copies on reserve for students who don’t have the funds to purchase the book for themselves.

“That way those who can’t afford the book don’t feel the stress to buy the book, but they know that, ‘Hey, if I take this class with this professor and the book is on reserve, I know where I can find it,’” she said.

Empowering international students is also something Akanni said she wants to focus on.

“We hope to work with the International Student and Scholars Office to discuss the state of international students here at BU,” Akanni said. “Why is it that international students are constantly getting the short end of the stick when it comes to jobs, housing, scholarships and internships?”

Two members of the EmpowerBU slate are international students: Jessica Zheng, a CAS freshman running for VP of internal affairs, and Lukas Flores, a sophomore in the Questrom School of Business running for VP of finance.

Neha Iyer, a junior in Questrom, is the slate’s candidate for executive VP. If Akanni is elected in April, she said, she will be the first female African American SG president in BU’s history.

In additional to academics and international student affairs, Akanni said she also wants to work on reducing BU’s carbon footprint and making sure SG retains the tradition of having a spring concert.

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New study shows changes in fast food menus in past 30 years

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Fast food chains have expanded across the United States in recent decades, putting more nutrient-lacking and calorie-dense food into American diets. To help explain the nation’s growing dependence on this “junk food,” researchers at Boston University and Tufts University examined how fast food menus have changed over the past 30 years.

The paper, published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics last week, analyzed changes in menus from 1986, 1991 and 2016. The team studied a total of more than 1,700 menu items from 10 popular chains in America, including McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King.

According to Megan McCrory, the study’s lead investigator and a research associate professor in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the research showed an increase in the variety of entrees, sides and desserts.

“Based on our study, the menu is quite different because the number of items offered on the menu is a lot more,” McCrory said in an interview.

According to the study, the number of entrees, sides and desserts offered on menus grew by about 226 percent from 1986 to 2016, an average of 23 new items per year.

The portion sizes of entrees also increased by about 13 grams each decade, and the size of desserts grew by about 24 grams each decade. The portions of sides remained relatively constant, according to the paper.

Energy and sodium levels also increased across all three menu categories, with desserts showing the highest increase of about 62 kilocalories per decade and entrees gaining 4.6 percent more sodium each decade.

McCrory said it is unclear whether these trends will continue into the future. She explained that some chain restaurants are dropping high-calorie items from their menus in order to encourage healthier choices.

“The food industry knows that it partly plays a role in obesity,” McCrory said. “It would be a good business decision for them.”

Susan Roberts, a professor of nutrition at Tufts University, said she was interested in working on this study because Americans eat more fast food than people in many other countries.

“We have an enormous obesity problem in America,” Roberts said in an interview. “It’s a terrible thing.”

According to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 37 percent of adults consumed fast food on a given day in the United States between 2013 and 2016.

Xiu Na Liang, a senior in the

College of Engineering, said in her personal experience, most students at BU do not stop to consider the nutritional facts of fast food.

“I don’t think most students think about what they’re eating first.

They just eat it,” Liang said. “But I do think more students should be concerned about nutrition.”

McCrory said not all the changes to fast food menus observed by her research team were negative.

In four out of the 10 restaurants studied, she said, there was also an increase in levels of minerals such as calcium and iron in entrees and desserts, respectively.

“It was a surprise that calcium and iron increased because we always say that fast food is not good for you,” McCrory said. “It’s kind of a side benefit because you’re getting a greater portion size and more calories and sodium, but also some calcium and iron.”

While this study focused primarily on menus, McCrory said she is also interested in seeing what customers are ordering. She said it would be useful to study beverages, as well, since they were not included in the original study.

McCrory said that further research should also focus on what kinds of positive changes restaurants can make, such as offering the same items in smaller portions. She also suggested finding ways customers can change their ordering habits at fast food chains.

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A McDonald’s hamburger, fries and drink. Fast food chains have been expanding across the country, adding more nutrient-lacking and calorie-dense food into American diets.

“If you go with a friend and share a side like french fries instead of each getting your own, then you can save potentially 100 calories,” McCrory said. “You can find a happy and sustainable solution.”

Roberts explained while fast food chains may contribute to the obesity epidemic, they are more

transparent than other types of restaurants that do not publish nutrition information.

“It’s so easy to blame fast food because they put out the numbers on their food, but the other restaurants don’t report calorie numbers on their menus,” Roberts said. “This is just the tip of the iceberg.”

ICA holds ‘Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon’ for online representation

BY JENNIFER SURYADJAJA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Less than 15 percent of all the biographies on Wikipedia are about women, and only 16 percent of Wikipedia editors identify as women, according to Monica Garza, director of education at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art. The ICA’s fourth annual “Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon” invited the public to the Seaport-based museum on Sunday to help increase the representation of women and gender non-binary people on the website.

Sunday’s edit-a-thon was also a celebration of International Women’s Day, with the goal of helping to “close the gender gap in Wikipedia articles and editors,” the event’s website reads.

Tucked onto the second f loor of the ICA, a handful of editors gathered together in the Paul and Phyllis Fireman Family Digital Studio. Scribbles of wall art and wi-fi passwords were displayed on the room’s white walls, juxtaposed against a communal table of Apple desktops used by the editors.

At the “Wikipedia Edit-aThon,” attendees created new Wikipedia pages or edited existing pages for female-identifying and gender non-binary artists who are part of the ICA’s past or future exhibitions.

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The Institute of Contemporary Art held a “Wikipedia Edit-a-ton” Sunday with the goal of increasing female and gender non-binary representation online.

Some of these artists include Huma Bhabha, Kara Walker and Diane Simpson, according to Sarah Hachey, the museum’s interpretive media and adult education coordinator.

Wikipedia edit-a-thons are held throughout the year in cities across the world. The events are organized by the “Art+Feminism” campaign, which is based out of the Museum of Modern Art in

New York, according to the movement’s website.

Equipped with digital and print resources, the editors at the ICA Sunday gathered on a black leather sofa against the tinted windows to hear Anna Kolesova, an adult learning fellow at the museum, teach them the editing process step-by-step.

“An edit-a-thon is a campaign that is created to combat gender

biases and it focuses on the arts specifically,” Kolesova said in an interview.

This year’s Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon campaign focused on “gender and the non-binary,” inviting people of all gender identities and expressions to attend, according to the Art+Feminism Facebook page.

Hachey said women, transgender people and other non-binary people should be able to have equal representation, both as Wikipedia editors and the subjects of Wikipedia articles, compared to their male counterparts.

For example, she said she didn’t expect that Marlene Dumas, an artist whom she had known for a long time, would have merely a blurb on Wikipedia.

“She seemed like a really important figure with her paintings, so I was surprised to see how short her article was,” Hachey said.

She added that Wikipedia serves as a gateway for the general public to get a general, neutral overview of an artist.

“I think what’s so great about Wikipedia is that it’s a great starting source,” she said. “It’s a great starting off point for self education.”

Anastasia Yandulskaya, a graduate student at Northeastern University, said because her background lies in science, she was

interested in attending the edita-thon to learn more about the Wikipedia editing process and help other women scientists get more online exposure.

She expressed her excitement and apprehension to create a new Wikipedia page about an artist.

The process involves taking information from the depths of Google searches, she said, and putting it together to give the artist more online visibility and honor their work.

“It feels like I’m an agent of knowledge almost,” Yandulskaya said. “It feels like a lot of responsibility, as well.”

Attendees were encouraged to edit Wikipedia articles with a non-English language if they felt comfortable, Kolesova said, adding that she she had plans to edit a Wikipedia article in Russian.

In line with the day’s focus on feminism in art, Liz LaManche, an artist from Somerville, said she attended the edit-a-thon to learn more about underrepresented women artists and to give them greater exposure online.

“I believe in increasing representation in Wikipedia and adding more material and making better quality material about women and artists,” LaManche said. “Women have been traditionally underrepresented or their works have been given less input, especially in the art world.”

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BUSINESS

Massachusetts’ first all-women salon opens in South End

BY LAUREN RICHARDS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Shamso Ahmed said she was only 10 years old when she came to the United States from Somalia and 12 years old when she first wanted to own a hair salon and spa.

She said she imagined it to be a huge, grand space where women of all ethnicities and backgrounds could find beauty and relaxation. On Feb. 23, she saw part of that dream become reality.

Shamso Hair Studio and Spa, located in the South End, is the first women’s-only salon in Massachusetts.

With shaded windows and a camera monitoring the outside, she said she wanted to create a private, safe space for women.

While Ahmed said her business concept has attracted much attention from around the country, she said she is really doing nothing new.

“There are plenty of Muslim women out there who are successful business owners — I’m not the first one,” she said. “I have the first [women’s] salon in Massachusetts, but I’m following in the footsteps of those before me.”

Ahmed said she wanted to help disprove the stereotype that Muslim women cannot be successful business owners. She said her mother, who owned both a restaurant and a grocery store back in Somalia, played a key role in her life and served as inspiration.

“My mother has been a huge support for me, she’s just a really bright business woman,” Ahmed said. “Even though she does not have an operating business right now, she’s someone that I consult with when I’m a little bit stuck or need different ideas.”

Yusufi Vali, director of public affairs at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, said in a press release Ahmed’s faith played

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Shamso Ahmed, the owner of Shamso Hair Studio and Spa in Boston. Ahmed’s studio, which opened last month, is the first women’s-only salon in Massachusetts.

a crucial role in her decision to open the salon.

“The Prophet Muhammad’s wife, Khadijah was an entrepreneur,” Vali said. “Shamso is living that legacy of Muslim women entrepreneurs in our tradition, and through her example, she is inspiring so many Muslim women to get into business. Our whole congregation is proud of her.”

Ahmed said her business is encouraged by a strong support system. She said a woman from Rhode Island drove in for a hair appointment, despite a snowstorm the night before, and people from Worcester are scheduling appointments, as well.

This salon is not Ahmed’s first

business — eight years ago, she founded the International Translation Company in Roxbury. She said she first noticed her community’s need for translators when she was a young girl interpreting for her parents at their doctor’s appointments and when volunteering in the community.

Ahmed went on to get a degree from Northeastern University and eventually open her own business to help meet this need.

“I always had a passion for languages, my goal was to learn as much as I could possibly do,” Ahmed said.

“More than anything, I really wanted to help deliver quality services to the immigrant community.”

She said her translation company now has eight full-time staffers and almost 700 interpreters offering their services in more than 100 languages. About two years ago, she said the business outgrew its location and had to relocate. The former location now serves as the salon.

Naima Awmaalim, the store’s manager, said she came to work at the studio after spending seven years as a makeup artist with Too Faced Cosmetics, a national makeup brand.

“I knew Shamso, so when I used to work for Too Faced, we formed a close friendship,” Awmaalim said. “… I decided to work with her because she’s an amazing person, she has a great personality, and she treats people fair.

That is who I want to work with.”

Awmaalim said she also came to the United States from Somalia at a young age. Since then, she has lived in various states and, she said, embraced the opportunities each has offered her.

“We had money and businesses, but when the war happened, they stole everything,” Awmaalim said of herself and her family. “So having nothing, then coming here where there’s so much opportunity, you can make your life nothing, or you can make your life something because you have the opportunity.”

Awmaalim said she started doing makeup at age 18 for her friends.

When she married and moved to Maine, her former husband suggested she go to cosmetology school.

She has been working in the cosmetology industry for the past 11 years.

“I came to Boston because there’s a lot of opportunity here — this is perfect for me because I want to grow,” she said. “Here, we are in a big city, and we have so many different people, and I like that, and here I am working at Shamso Salon.”

In addition to hair services,

Shamso Hair Studio and Spa offers services in henna, makeup, nails, hijab wraps and a hammam spa — an extensive process that involves a steam room, traditional soap and an exfoliating massage to remove dead skin.

Ahmed said she also wanted to incorporate wellness and fitness into the spa’s services. In the future, she said she hopes to organize fitness groups that meet every few months with a health coach to learn about health and wellness.

“So I grew up right here in Roxbury, and there’s not really healthy food,” Ahmed said. “A lot of the population here struggles with diabetes and high blood pressure, but those are all from what they’re taking in. I want to talk to them a little bit more so they can learn more about themselves and their bodies — not just their hair or their skin, but more so how we can help them internally, so we can really help them feel good about themselves.”

Ahmed said she is looking to serve healthy snacks and Somalian tea at the salon in the future and possibly start a running group in the spring. Looking at the larger picture, she said she wants to open 10 more international locations.

Malika Kounkourou, a freshman in Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, said she was “ecstatic” when she heard about the salon.

Kounkourou said she has had trouble in the past trying to find salons with a blocked area for her to remove her hijab without worrying about men and outsiders entering.

“I think it’s great to see more Muslim-friendly spaces in the city,” Koukourou said. “This step very much works to elucidate the importance of representation in all work forces for all peoples.”

SCIENCE

Sociology lecturer explores role of social media on bullying

BY ANQI ZHANG

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Teenagers across the country use social media to voice their opinions, though not always to spread positivity. A lecture hosted by the Boston University Department of Sociology Monday explored the influence of Twitter on bullying, specifically regarding the LGBTQ community.

In the talk, titled “Twitter Wars & Culture Wars: Teens, Tolerance and the Anti-Bullying Era,” Sarah Miller, a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, discussed the “invisible” bullying she observed during her 18-month fieldwork in a rural high school in the Northeast.

At the high school, Miller interviewed 100 teenagers ages 14 to 19 and observed 75 students’ public use of social media, she explained in the lecture.

Miller discussed the case of a young bisexual girl who was the tar-

get of multiple attacks on Twitter.

The tweets did not specifically identify the targeted subject, Miller said, so they could not be recognized by adults who did not know the underlying context.

According to Miller, targeted subjects often feel like they are being observed and judged all the time by their peers, yet parents and administrators are often unaware of online harassment.

Adults’ definitions of bullying are typically clear, Miller said, and include making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally or excluding a certain person from a group.

However, students today often experience types of bullying that their parents are unfamiliar with, Miller explained. Because online bullying can be harder to identify than in-person bullying, some students struggle to report harassment.

“You can’t always tell the teacher because it’s barely there,”

Miller said.

Some students also contribute to bullying by choosing to be bystanders, Miller said. Some students she interviewed said they allow bullying to happen instead of taking action because they were unsure of how to deal with it, she said.

Miller found that one group particularly targeted by online bullying is LGBTQ students, which is partially due to a lack of education.

In her study, she found neither the school nor parents provided enough education about diversity of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Based on her interviews, Miller said she also found students could benefit from social media by using it as an educational tool. Miller explained that in some cases, students used Twitter to broaden their knowledge and embrace diversity.

Miller cited a tweet by one of her interviewees, in which the student wrote, “There’s nothing

immoral about two people loving each other,” in reference to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage.

According to Miller, administrators did not take actions to address the bullying LGBTQ students were facing. Discussions on Twitter can be more positive than the school’s tolerance code and anti-bullying policies, she explained.

“We can work toward making schools not just tolerance and anti-bullying zones, but sites that are empowering and embracing of marginalized students, and that inspire and instruct all of us how to combat inequality together,” Miller said.

Kelsey Harris, a fourth-year doctoral student studying sociology in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, said she was glad to see Miller calling attention to the power of social media among teens.

“It is not something that is talked about very frequently on

stage since it’s in very small circles, and I think bringing it out to the large historical discourse is important,” Harris said.

Sociology Department Chair Deborah Carr, who helped organize the event, said Miller provided a unique perspective on the effects of social media.

“I think her work kind of challenges the notion of the internet as a wholly dangerous place, and as a tool that young people can use to assert their own power and their own initiative,” she said.

Carr said the topics forwarded

by BU sociology faculty are timely, and professors are willing to share them with both scholars and those who are interested in understanding human lives.

“Despite the tremendous strides made by the LGBTQ community, we still have a very long way to go,” Carr said. “It kind of sends a wake-up call that greater awareness and education is needed about gender nonconforming youth.”

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Student shares memes on BU’s self-deprecating finsta

BY EMMA KOPELOWICZ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In her time as an avid contributor to Boston University’s Facebook meme group, Vanya Kohlweg’s friends complained about the incessant stream of notifications they received as she would upload new content.

Finally, they encouraged her to start her own meme page — an Instagram account where she could share her original memes on a platform that could reach a broader audience.

Kohlweg, a sophomore in the College of Communication, created Rhetty2die, a BU-centric Instagram meme account, in January. She said she created the account to entertain herself and her friends but that it started gaining greater attention soon after she started posting.

In about two months online, Rhetty2die has amassed more than 1,550 followers with just over 40 posts. Most of the posts are simple text overlayed on an image, with a couple “starter packs” — collages of objects that represent a specific type of person — mixed in, as well.

The account calls itself BU’s “finsta,” referencing the “fake” Instagram accounts people will use to post photos and videos they would prefer be kept out of the public eye.

Kohlweg said she played off the “finsta” social media trend to post relatable and, at times, disparaging humor that is often found on these types of private accounts.

“I’ve always had a sort of

self-deprecating sense of humor,” Kohlweg said. “I don’t know about other people’s finstas, but my finsta is just a mess of emotions. …

I wanted to convey that kind of humor through my account.”

All the content on Rhetty2die is produced by Kohlweg, who cited Twitter and her day-to-day interactions as her main sources of inspiration. She said she also taps into other social and academic spheres around campus to create memes based on her friends’ stories, complaints and perspectives.

Lisa Liberty Becker, a master lecturer in COM’s writing program, wrote in an email that social media forums like Rhetty2die have created a space for students to come together outside of the classroom.

“As a whole, I think that [meme culture] has fostered a sense of community and given BU students a chance to laugh at things they have in common with each other,” Becker wrote.

Kohlweg said the key to Rhetty2die’s success is her inclusion of “very specific situations that still apply to a lot of people.”

Students will be able to understand and laugh at the experiences being portrayed, she said, even if they aren’t involved in those things themselves.

While Kohlweg believes BU’s urban campus can make it difficult for students to feel a sense of school spirit, she said, meme pages are a way for students to connect with one another and feel unified online.

“My approach to meme cul-

ture is very Marxist,” she said. “I believe in the redistribution of memes to the masses.”

Kiana Carver, a COM sophomore, said she started following Rhetty2die in February.

“I wouldn’t call it spirit because spirit kind of sounds like you’re all ‘rah-rah,’ proud of your school,” Carver said. “It’s more of a mutual, ‘We’re all going through this together,’ kind of thing.”

Kohlweg said she focuses on ref lecting the diverse voices of the BU student body, carefully crafting each meme to ensure her content is universally funny. Over the past few months, she has created a process to test whether or not a post is Instagram-worthy.

“I go through my contact list and just send them to like 20 people,” Kohlweg said. “I ask, ‘Hey, guys is this funny?’ or ‘Is this good?’ … If I don’t get at least five LMAO’s in all caps, then it’s just not going to get posted.”

Rhetty2die has experienced a recent inf lux of followers since being reposted by the popular Instagram account BarstoolBU, Kohlweg said. An account that began as a personal creative outlet has risen to local fame.

“I have people come up to me and tell me how [rhetty2die] is relevant to their lives, and it feels really cool,” Kohlweg said. “The fact that I’m connecting with so many people even if it’s through something as simple as a meme, it has this very unifying sense to it. … It’s super wholesome even if the content isn’t always wholesome.”

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EDITORIAL

As Faneuil Hall recognizes ties to slavery, name must be changed Faneuil Hall is no doubt an iconic Boston landmark. Tourists frequently visit the area on their journey along the Freedom Trail, and after walking past brick after brick, cobblestone after cobblestone, people from around the world arrive at the site of a building named after a Bostonian merchant who traded and owned slaves.

Beneath Faneuil Hall, 17th and 18th century artifacts have been found that have roots to the slave trade. Mayor Martin Walsh’s administration proposed spending $315,000, from Boston’s community preservation fund, to restore, highlight and display these artifacts.

This preservation will help bring to light Boston’s early history that linked it to the slave trade. When Bostonians think of slavery, the first image that pops into their minds may be a southern plantation. But slaves were owned and traded in Boston.

The Triangle Trade brought great fortunes to people such as Boston merchant and slaveholder Peter Faneuil. The marketplace that is Faneuil Hall was originally built with money tied to slavery on the backs of Africans forced into labor.

Boston merchant ships traded rum and other goods to West Africa, then West Africans were sent to the Caribbean as slaves, and from the Caribbean, the ships transported sugar and molasses to Boston to be distilled into rum. On and on, a slavery-driven trading pattern continued.

Peter Faneuil was known for trading fish, tobacco, produce, rum and molasses, and like many of his fellow merchants, slaves. Faneuil enslaved five people himself, according to the appraisal of inventory of his estate after his death.

Yet Walsh refuses to change the name of Faneuil Hall. As the eighth most visited

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tourist site in the United States, according to a 2012 Travel and Leisure article, millions of tourists will view this historical site that is tainted by its name.

Preserving artifacts and preserving the name of the hall are different. Calling the building “Faneuil” is necessary for the preservation of history, but displaying the artifacts is required to recognize the role Boston played in the United States’ history of slavery.

Just as there are displays of artifacts, there should be a display for Peter Faneuil.

His legacy as a successful merchant who helped fund infrastructure in Boston should be acknowledged alongside his legacy as a slaveholder and slave trader. We should never erase history, but we must also not ignore it. By keeping the name as Faneuil Hall, we would

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be doing the latter.

Yawkey Way, the iconic street near Fenway Park, was recently renamed to its original moniker: Jersey Street. Tom Yawkey, the previous namesake, was a former Red Sox owner, a philanthropist and a racist who presided over arguably the most segregated franchise in baseball. Tom Yawkey’s legacy certainly played a larger, more noticeable role in Red Sox history than Peter Faneuil’s legacy matters to Boston. If Yawkey’s name can be taken off a few signs, Faneuil’s certainly can, too.

Most Bostonians are likely unaware of the history behind Faneuil Hall. Most are unlikely to even know that the building is named after Peter Faneuil. So why not name the historical site after someone who deserves to be remembered by the tourists

and Bostonians visiting the hall?

Bostonians may have an attachment to the name — they grew up with it and have always known this marketplace as Faneuil Hall. But this attachment only exists because Bostonians are used to the name, not because they love “Faneuil,” and certainly not because it is the most important place in Boston.

The Old North Church, the Paul Revere House and even the Prudential Center carry more significance and value to many. Faneuil Hall is not a Times Square, Hollywood Sign, Space Needle, Eiffel Tower or Big Ben. When Mayor Walsh enters his office and looks out his windows, he has a perfect view of Faneuil Hall. Shouldn’t he look out at a building whose name represents the best of Boston?

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Turkmenistan’s political crisis The remakes that outdid could have dire consequences their original counterparts

BY DAVID DAMIANO COLUMNIST

Turkmenistan is globally renowned as one of the world’s most repressive and totalitarian states. The country’s political life revolves around the cult of personality surrounding President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, who has been in office since 2007.

Jakub Jakóbowski and Mariusz Marszewski argued in a commentary for the Centre for Eastern Studies that a social contract has existed between the regime in Ashgabat and the Turkmen people, in which the people accept “the most extreme variant of Central Asian authoritarianism” in exchange for basic monetary benefits.

Such benefits include water, food and energy, in addition to societal relief from the state.

This model has worked for the three decades in which Turkmenistan has been independent.

Yet recent economic crises have tarnished this informal contract which, in turn, presents a threat to Berdymukhammedov’s legitimacy.

Turkmenistan’s economy is based primarily on natural gas — it controls the fourth-largest reserves in the world. Understandably, this overreliance on natural gas renders the Turkmen economy highly vulnerable to fluctuations in global gas prices.

Trouble began in 2014 when global oil prices, which serve as the benchmark for global gas prices, began to tumble. Ashgabat proceeded to shoot itself in the foot when it antagonized two of its most important customers, Russia and Iran, losing them as clients in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

Consequently, China effectively became Turkmenistan’s sole purchaser of natural gas. In 2017, China received around 94 percent of the country’s total gas exports, representing around 90 percent of the total value of Turkmen exports.

This extreme dependence on the Chinese market has harmed Turkmenistan’s negotiating power, and this, coupled with the decline in gas prices, caused the average price of Turkmen gas exports to China to drop from $160 per thousand cubic meters to $100 in 2016.

Not only has this development harmed government revenue, 80 percent of which is generated from energy exports, but it has also decreased the value of Turkmenistan’s currency, the manat. As of 2018, foreign economists estimated the value of inflation in Turkmenistan was about 294 percent, a significantly higher figure than the official estimate of 8 percent in 2017.

Ashgabat has evidently recognized its vulnerability and has taken steps to reduce its reliance on the Chinese markets by diversifying its export portfolio. The Turkmenistan–Afghanistan– Pakistan–India pipeline is one example of this effort.

Moreover, Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom resumed imports of Turkmen gas this January. Combining these developments with the gradual recovery of global gas prices, one would assume Berdymukhammedov has been fortunate enough to avoid backlash.

Turkmenistan’s economy, however, is still in shambles despite encouraging external developments. According to Radio Free Europe’s Turkmen branch “Azatlyk,” unemployment is estimated to be at 60 percent.

Disconcerted by an exodus of people from the countryside to the capital either searching for work or to buy basic necessities, the government has banned non-locals from entering the city.

Berdymukhammedov evidently is gravely concerned about losing power. He has made a concerted effort to limit travel due to fear of a coup and has started sending his son and designated heir to represent him abroad.

Jakóbowski and Marszewski argue Berdymukhammedov’s regime has forfeited responsibility and shifted the burden of the crisis onto the general public, effectively violating the social contract that grants the regime its legitimacy. If Jakóbowski and Marszewski’s assessment is correct, Berdymukhammedov is not incorrect to fear a coup.

In many senses Berdymukhammedov’s situation parallels that of Maduro’s in Venezuela: both are incompetent autocrats responsible for devastating the economies of energy-rich nations.

The key differentiating factor, however, is that there is no external pressure against Berdymukhammedov’s regime. The two great powers pivotal in Turkmen foreign policy, China and Russia, certainly harbor no qualms about supporting a repressive regime. Moreover, neither China nor Russia has any incentive to support dissent against the incumbent regime.

Consequently, while it is undeniable that Berdymukhammedov faces a challenging political predicament at home, it is unlikely that his blunders will lead to genuine opposition to his rule.

BY VICTORIA LARA COLUMNIST

Although original films are often praised for their originality and creativity, remakes can be equally as admired, if not more, if they are done well. Rather than simply sharing the same story again, an effective remake must adapt to its time period and try to improve key elements essential to the story.

When done properly, as shown in the films below, the remake can seem to make audiences forget the original ever existed, overshadowing it through superior storytelling.

Martin Scorsese’s only Oscar award for Best Director came from “The Departed,” which is argued to be a remake of “Infernal Affairs,” a film from Hong Kong released in 2002. With only a few viewers knowing of the existence of the foreign film, it is evident Scorsese’s adaptation has overshadowed the original movie.

Released four years later, “The Departed” is a prime example of a movie so beloved that it somewhat wipes away the original work from which it stems. With its catchy soundtrack, stellar cast and performances and Scorsese’s evident artistry as a director, “The Departed” is one of the most famous remakes of all time.

The 1983 hit “Scarface” is another beloved film with a relatively unknown remake status. Famous for its amazing performances and the quotable, “Say hello to my little friend,” line, “Scarface” is often considered one of the best gangster movies of all times.

While the 1932 original was the precursor to Brian De Palma’s most famous film, it was the remake’s instant pop culture status that has made it as memorable as it has been for decades. The ‘80s film was so successful that a remake of the remake might be expected in the nearby future.

“Ocean’s Eleven,” with a celebrity-starring cast, featuring George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon, to name a few, has managed to become one of the most famous

remakes of all time.

An adaptation of the heist movie “Ocean’s 11” released in 1960, the newer film somehow captured the coolness of the original all while elevating it through a better screenplay, awesome performances and captivating cinematography.

Perhaps less star-studded but similarly using a higher budget to its advantage is the 1986 remake of “The Fly,” originally released in 1958. While the 1958 version shocked audiences with its “body-horror,” the 1986 version elevated the gory depictions.

However, David Cronenberg’s 1986 version is not only applauded for its graphic nature, but also for the emotional complexity the director incorporated in his remake. The remake chooses to delve deep into the protagonist’s psyche as he undergoes the many changes that ultimately lead to his demise.

This portrayal also mirrored living with a terminal illness for many viewers, especially as the movie was released in the midst of the AIDS crisis in the United States. Evidently, Cronenberg went above and beyond in contextualizing his remake to connect with audiences most effectively, all while shocking them with gruesome visuals and uncomfortable scenes.

Sometimes films do not need an extravagant budget to be successful, but rather a new approach to impact viewers, as was the case with John Carpenter’s 1982 film, “The Thing.”

A master of the horror genre, Carpenter is more than comfortable with making viewers uneasy with his films.

This is most evident with “The Thing,” as the film deviates from the trope of an “evil-looking” villain by giving the antagonist the ability to shapeshift. By giving the foreign creature the ability to transform itself into anything from the team’s pet to even a member of the team, there is a constant sense of paranoia and suspense for viewers.

While a scary monster can earn a fright or two, there is something about uncertainty and believing that anyone could be the enemy that elevated the 1951 “The Thing from Another World” to a cult classic.

Evidently, while there are many remakes, there are only a few that manage to break out from the mold set by the original film and become pop culture staples. While some films use their ample budget to create a more realistic or eye-grabbing depiction, others choose to better reach out to audiences emotionally or adapt to their new time period.

Regardless of their approach, however, remakes will continue being a staple of films for years to come.

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Women’s lacrosse takes tough 8-9 OT loss at Harvard

BY NICK TELESMANIC DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Despite a goal from senior midfielder Kaitlin Belval near the end of regulation that gave the Terriers a shot in overtime, Boston University women’s lacrosse (3-3, 0-0 Patriot League) fell by a score of 8-9 in double overtime against Harvard University (3-2, 0-1 Ivy League) Wednesday. Crimson Madison Conklin got the game-winning goal in double overtime.

After losing against the University of Southern California (4-1, 0-0 PAC12) on Sunday, BU has now dropped their second straight game.

“We knew it was going to be a tough game, and we knew we need to be able to execute,” said BU head coach Lauren Morton. “Coming off of their Cornell game, [the Crimson] were a hungry team.”

Wasting very little time in the first half, the Terriers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with a free position goal from Belval and a goal from freshman attack Hannah Kenneally.

Harvard would then go on a four-point run that lasted a little over eight minutes. Highlighting this run were two goals by Crimson midfielder Katie Muldoon that were 3:17 apart from each other. At the 13:07 mark, Harvard held a 4-2 lead.

The first half would conclude with the score from Cambridge being 4-5 in favor of the home team.

enough to decide a winner of the game. After missing a free-position shot earlier in the second overtime, Conklin would defeat freshman goalkeeper Kennady Smith and give Harvard the 8-7 win.

Despite not winning the game, Morton said she believed Smith played well. Smith tallied 14 saves on the afternoon, the best of her young career.

“I think Kennady had an awesome game,” Morton said.

While Morton is happy to see Smith perform well, she said, she believes the team could have played better to prevent dropping their second straight game.

“We had too many turnover and self-errors,” Morton said. “I think we could have played better and taken better care of the ball to have a different outcome.”

BU will next travel South to play Temple University (2-4, 0-0 AAC) MADDIE MALHOTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF Tuesday afternoon. The Owls (2-3, Kaitlin Beleval in an April 2018 game against Lehigh University. Although the Terriers fell short 7-8 against Harvard University Wednesday, the senior midfielder managed to give the Terriers an extra life in overtime by tying the game at 0-0 AAC) will play the University eight apiece. of Maryland, Baltimore Saturday lation, Crimson attack Hannah before facing the Terriers.

As soon as both teams came out leads the team.

Harvard would get another Keating gave Harvard an 8-7 lead. after halftime, it would be BU that Morton said she believes her goal to jump in front 7-5, but it was The Crimson could not keep this team will be able to focus on one would stop Harvard from pulling away with the game. With a player not until there were four minutes lead within the remaining 47 sec- key issue — taking care of the ball advantage, senior midfielder Kelly remaining in regulation that both onds, as Belval would give the — during the game at Temple.

Terriers another life with a man-up Mathews would tally a goal to tie teams fought to come out on top.

“Our opportunity to play A free-position goal from goal with 13 seconds remaining. the game at five apiece.

Temple is certainly to get back into Both teams played hard in the focusing on what we do,” Morton The game would not see scor- Mathews and a goal one minute ing for the next 15 minutes. At the and three seconds later from soph- first overtime, but neither team said. “I think we need to get back 14:44 mark, Harvard broke the omore attack Bridget McCarthy would be able to score. All shots into taking care of the ball and silence with a goal from Crimson got the game tied up again at seven that were attempted in during the finishing our shots, as well as some first overtime were wide of the net. really basic things that we can easattack Keeley MacAfee. That goal apiece.

With 47 seconds left in reguThe second overtime would be ily control.” was her 12th of the season, which

Tiki Taka: I woke up in time for a tranquilized El Clasico

BY SHUBI ARUN COLUMNIST

Perhaps the most painful part about following the Premier League in the United States is having to wake up as early as 7:30 a.m. to watch your team play. Having grown up in India, where due to the time difference all Champions League games start by 1:30 a.m, I felt that my already fallacious sleep schedule would be able to adapt.

How wrong I was.

The North London derby was going to start early Saturday morning, and so Friday afternoon itself, I set my alarms on my phone to ensure I’d be up. But, alas, once again, I fell prey to my social life, which is becoming a mild hindrance to my fandom. The game kicked off at 7:30 a.m. — I woke up at 1 p.m. Darn pre-spring break parties.

A f ter what seemed l i ke a Herculean effort, I pushed myself out of bed and made myself comfortable on the couch in the living room. Tired, dehydrated and nursing a throbbing headache, I read the BBC match report on the Arsenal-Spurs game on my phone as I made myself some cereal.

I read about how Arsenal had

been tactically sound, about how A a ron Ra msey ’s goa l was wel l taken, but I also read about the controversial Harry Kane penalty and the dramatic Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang penalty miss.

I wasn’t sure if I regretted sleeping through the game. But, my appetite was craving some sort of soccer action. I checked the time, and it was perfect — I had woken up just in time for El Clasico.

Last week, a friend sent me a truly beautiful piece on Lionel Messi, about how we didn’t realize that we were lucky to be alive at the same time as him. That article actually got me thinking I hadn’t seen Messi play enough.

Sure, I’d seen him in the big Champions League games and the World Cups, but I wanted to see the stuff that didn’t make it to the f inely edited YouTube and Instagram videos.

From a neutral point of view, the game was quite drab for large durations. Messi didn’t feel the need to ever break out of stride. The lion prowled the den, while his pride did the rest. When everything is said and done, we’re all going to regret that we didn’t appreciate Ivan Rakitic enough.

Overshadowed by Messi at the club level, and by Luka Modric in the national team, the graceful Rakitic always needs to assume the role of chief lieutenant instead of the kingpin, which is why it’s baffling that rumors of his departure this summer are dominating the gossip columns.

This Barcelona midfield is a

well-oiled machine, which operates like lubricated cogs of a wheel.

Arthur Melo is showing that he is ready to take on the mantle of the No. 8 jersey, and he’s showing a lot of signs of the old No. 6. The Brazilian pranced around the Bernabéu Stadium in a lazy trance, dancing all over Casemiro and Modric.

The hug Modric gave Ernesto Valverde after being substituted showed everything the Spaniard had felt about Valverde’s performance.

With players such as Luis Suarez, Messi and Neymar ahead of a player, the job of a midfielder can often get overshadowed. Providing regular service to ensure the tap is always flowing for others to lap up is no easy feat.

Just ask Mesut Ozil — he knows exactly the value of a created chance.

Thankfully for Rakitic and company, they have enough thirsty mouths in front of them.

Real Madrid struggled to get a grasp on the game, and their best chance of scoring was through teenage sensation Vinicius Junior.

The forward has an electric touch and gets you on the edge of your seat any time he surges toward a goal.

He has flashes of Arjen Robben in him. The cut-back-and-shoot, which still needs work, looks like something defenders are going to have to get used to. He cut a stark contrast to Gareth Bale, who looked jaded as ever.

The much-maligned Welshman seemed to be carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, and Madrid fans didn’t help easy the

load, either. When he was hooked off the pitch, the cacophony could be heard even on the screen. This could perhaps be the last El Clasico Bale plays in.

Santiago Solari looks as lost on the touchline as Luiz Felipe Scolari did in Belo Horizonte. He has as

good a chance of hanging on to his job as Ronaldo has of returning to Madrid.

Madrid wasn’t that bad, and Barca wasn’t that good either, but it felt as though the white flag had been raised in the Bernabéu long before kickoff.

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Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic has attracted a lot of attention based on rumors he will leave Barcelona FC, though he’s been playing well.

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Terriers riding high into regular season finale vs. Maine

BY PAIGE MAUTNER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Entering their final regular season game, the Boston University men’s hockey team will face the University of Maine Black Bears (14-15-4, 10-9-4 Hockey East) in a Saturday battle at 7:30 p.m. in Orono, Maine.

The Terriers (14-15-4, 12-8-3 Hockey East) tallied a convincing win last week, beating the last-seeded Hockey East team, Merrimack College (7-24-3, 4-1812 Hockey East), by a score of 5-1 at Agganis Arena.

Not only is BU looking to continue their five-game unbeaten streak, but they are also trying to climb as high up in the conference rankings as they can. “[There is] quite a bit [of pressure] I think,” said junior defenseman Dante Fabbro regarding the Terrier’s upcoming game against Maine.

The co-captain had a strong performance in the Merrimack game, tallying five points.

BU has the opportunity to land in the No. 3, 4 or 5 seed heading into the Hockey East tournament depending on this weekend’s conference results. The top four positions play first-round playoff matchups at home, so the fifthplace Terriers are still on the outside looking in at UMass Lowell one point ahead, and Northeastern University two points ahead.

The Terriers hold the tiebreaker over these two teams, so if BU wins against Maine

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Junior defenseman Dante Fabbro in a March 2 game against Merrimack College. Fabbro said he believes “there is a lot of pressure” in the Terriers’ upcoming game against Maine, where BU can potentially gain home ice for the Hockey East playoffs.

and Northeastern loses against UNH, the Terriers will overtake Northeastern. In addition, if BU wins or even ties against Maine and UMass Lowell loses against Vermont, the Terriers will jump above UML.

BU and Maine met twice back in November, and the teams split a home-and-home series. The first night in Boston, BU won 3-2, while the next night Maine grabbed the win on their home ice with a 3-1 victory.

“I think if we keep building off of things we have worked on in the last half-year or so we will do really well,” Fabbro said. “At the same time, we have to execute what coach is saying and bring it every day.”

A player to watch on the Black Bears’ bench is defensive standout Simon Butala. The freshman has appeared in every game for Maine this season and has logged 40 blocks for the Bears. Leading Butala and the rest of the Black Bears is senior defenseman and captain Rob Michel, who has recorded 37 blocks of his own.

Moving up the ice, the Black Bears have a deep junior class at the forward positions. Mitchell Fossier, Chase Pearson and Tim Doherty are leaders in points for the Bears. One player that BU will need to key in on is Fossier, who leads the Bears with 27 assists. If BU is able to subtract him from the play, Maine will have a much tougher time unlocking the Terrier defense.

Along with their recent success and win against Merrimack, BU has been gifted with the return of senior captain Bobo Carpenter, who missed more than a month with a lower body injury. BU head coach Albie O’Connell said the Terriers have already noticed a difference with Carpenter back on the ice.

“His competitiveness is infectious,” O’Connell said. “His presence on the bench was felt.”

If the Terriers want any shot at home ice in the playoffs, Saturday’s game is a must-win.

You can follow the game through the Boston Hockey Blog’s live blog, as well as on Twitter. You can also listen to the game through goterriers.com.

Playoff woes possible COLUMBUS, FROM PAGE 12

four ga mes. On ly one of those three teams was below them in the standings: the Edmonton Oilers.

The Oilers blanked Columbus, ea r n i ng E d monton goa ltender Mikko Koskinen a 4-0 shutout.

In that game, for wards Connor Mc D a v id a nd L e on D r a i s a it l notched three points apiece, and the Blue Jackets just couldn’t get on the board.

Despite having 12 points less than Columbus, the Oilers have been on somewhat of a hot streak, winning five of their last seven games.

The only win the Blue Jackets had in their first four games following the deadline was in overtime versus the Philadelphia Flyers, but there’s no reason to be discouraged by that. It’s not like Philadelphia is much further below Columbus, considering they occupy the spot directly below the Blue Jackets in the Metropolitan Division.

In the four games before the trade deadline, Columbus won two versus the Ottawa Senators and San Jose Sharks, and lost two versus the Tampa Bay Lightning, who are by far the best team in the league right now, and the Montreal Canadiens.

Comparing this set of games to the set previously mentioned, Columbus seems to be doing just about the same if not slightly worse than they were before the deadline.

But there’s no reason to panic

yet.

First, there has only been a handful of games since the trade deadline, so it’s impossible to see how successful the team will be in this last leg of the regular season.

There’s going to be an adjustment period, especially when players are traded at the deadline.

It will just be a matter of how long that adjustment period is and whether or not the team will be able to scrape together wins in time to make the postseason.

Columbus doesn’t need this new crop of players to work miracles for the team, but they do need consistent, cohesive play.

The Blue Jackets are currently popping in and out of the Eastern Conference wild card spot, battling with teams including Montreal and Pittsburgh to ma ke it into the Stanley Cup playoffs. Now is an important part of the season when digging a hole with repeated losses may end in a team being eliminated from postseason play.

Columbus has a tough schedule ahead in the final month of the regular season. The Blue Jackets will be playing teams including the New York Islanders, Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators and Boston Bruins, who are all currently occupying either first or second in their respective divisions.

If they want to secure a spot in the playoffs, they’ll need to start securing wins against these tough teams now.

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Matt Duchene playing for the Colorado Avalanche. Duchene was one of the players the Columbus Blue Jackets acquired at the trade deadline, along with Ryan Dzingel, Adam McQuiad and Keith Kinkaid.

“We knew it was going to be a tough game, and we knew we need to be able to execute.”

- Women’s lacrosse head coach Lauren Morton on the team’s 8-9 loss at Harvard

Sports Thursday, March 7, 2019

“There are no unbeatable teams. The league has a lot of parity, and we feel like we can compete with anybody.”

- Men’s basketball junior forward Tyler Scanlon on moving on to the Patriot Leauge quarterfinals after beating Loyola Maryland

BEHIND THE GLASS:

Columbus Terriers beat Loyola Maryland in PL tournament slump could spell danger

BY JONATHAN CHANG COLUMNIST

BY LAURA GUERRIERO COLUMNIST

The Columbus Blue Jackets definitely have more eyes on them as they barrel toward the postseason. In some of the big gest trades of the season, Columbus acquired forwards Matt Duchene and Ryan Dzingel, defenseman Adam McQuaid, goaltender Keith Kinkaid and a seventh-round pick in this year’s draft.

Add i n g some bi g n a mes to the roster didn’t come without a price. General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen stacked draft picks and tossed them out, trading conditional first-round picks for the 2019 and 2020 drafts, second-round picks in 2020 and 2021, fourth and seventh-round picks for 2019 and, my personal favorite, a fifth-round pick in the 2022 draft, which was in exchange for 29-year-old Kinkaid.

With Kekalainen almost altogether abandoning the first two rounds of the next two drafts — unless the conditions aren’t met — it would be important to have at least some semblance of a guarantee for a successful couple of years.

Of course, there’s no way to actually guarantee that, so taking a gamble with these draft picks may be either the best or worst decision for the Blue Jackets. So far, the team’s season isn’t looking much better, but that doesn’t mean the trades ca n be immediately stamped as failures.

Following the Feb. 25 deadline, Columbus lost three of their next CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

In the first round of the 2019 Patriot League Tournament, sophomore guard Javante Mcahe quarterfinal round of the 2019 conference tournament to face No. 1-seeded Colgate University in Hamilton, New York Thursday.

“Javante was terrific tonight,” BU head coach Joe Jones said. “He’s a heck of a player, … and he’s getting better.”

The 6-foot-5-inch, 180-pound guard performed well in the first half with 15 points behind his three 3-pointers, and he kept it going in the second half by scoring 15 more points.

“We wanted to keep getting him the ball so he can do his thing,” junior forward Tyler Scanlon said, “and he really capitalizes getting hot, and we were able to get him the ball and keep that fire going.”

McCoy said after the game his playstyle reflected Jones’ mentality.

“I was just trying to be aggressive,” McCoy said. “Coach said play loose, play your game and be aggressive, so that was my mindset going into the game.”

BU (15-17, 7-11 Patriot League) launched the evening with a 14-7 run after back-to-back baskets from Scanlon. With the first of the two

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Sophomore guard Javante McCoy tallied a career-high 30 points to lead the Terriers to a win in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League tournament.

field goals, Scanlon became the 38th Terrier to score 1,000 career points.

Loyola Mar yland (11-21, 7-11 Patriot League) tied the game at 23-23 with 4:51 remaining in the first half, but McCoy led the charge with two 3-pointers during the Terriers’ 8-0 run that started after Loyola tied.

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Junior forward Tyler Scanlon became the 38th Boston University men’s basketball player to reach 1,000 career points in the Terriers’ 71-63 win over Loyola Tuesday night.

T he Greyhou nds looked to overta ke the momentum when a steal-and-slam by All-Patriot League First-Team guard Andrew Kostecka cut the BU lead to one possession, but McCoy ’s third 3-pointer of the half would save the Terriers, and BU entered the half with a 34-30 lead.

“I thought we had a level of toughness tonight that we hadn’t shown,” Jones said. “I’m proud of how hard our guys played. We controlled the game with our halfcourt defense.”

After forcing nine turnovers and keeping Loyola to 30 points in the first half, the Terriers improved their defensive efforts in the second half, holding the Greyhounds to 13-of-32 shooting, or 40.6 percent, in the second half.

“Col lectively, we were more focused for the majority of the g a me,” S ca n lon sa id . “ D u r i n g other games, we would go through stretches of minutes when we were unfocused. Today, we would have a play or two when things went wrong, and we snapped right back into it.”

Loyola center Casmir Ochiaka’s basket helped the Greyhounds be the first team to get on the score-

board in the second half, but the Terriers quickly responded and extended the lead with 14 unanswered points, capped off by backto-back layups from McCoy. “It wa s just qua l it y of fense matched with some intense defense,” Scanlon said. “When you play hard, play together, things work out your way.”

From here, the Terriers would not let their lead slip. They would not let the Greyhounds get any closer than within five points of tying the game. The final score would be 71-63, with the Terriers topping Loyola by eight.

T he Ter r iers w i l l travel to Hamilton, New York, to face the first-seeded Colgate Thursday. The two teams split the series in the regular season, but Colgate guard Jordan Burns was unavailable during the Terriers’ Feb. 2 win.

“We’re up to the task if we can defend,” Jones said. “We’re as good as anybody offensively in the league.”

Scanlon said the Terriers are capable of taking on any team.

“There are no unbeatable teams,” Scanlon said. “The league has a lot of parity, and we feel like we can compete with anybody.”

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