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MAKE AN IMPACT, 6

FINAL WORD, 9

HELLO BALTIMORE, 11

A new Mexican restaurant is coming to West Campus.

A film and arts festival at the BUild Lab promoted creative innovation.

Our Editor-in-Chief says goodbye to the paper that taught him everything.

Men’s lacrosse is traveling to Baltimore Friday for the conference semifinals.

THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019

THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY

YEAR XLVII. VOLUME XCVI. ISSUE IX

Checking in with BU Hub, two semesters in

BY KAMI RIECK

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Thomas Fiedler.

COM Dean Fiedler looks back College of Communication Dean Thomas Fiedler, is retiring next month. He described his time at BU as rewarding and looks forward to new experiences to come.

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When Boston University initially launched its new general education curriculum, the BU Hub, at the start of the Fall 2018 semester, College of Communication professor John Hall said he opposed the changes. Two semesters into the Hub system, Hall said he appreciates the program’s multidisciplinary approach.

The BU Hub aims to broaden students’ education to navigate a more interconnected world, according to the program’s website. All students who matriculate in fall 2018 or later must complete the program’s requirements in six different disciplines, called “capacities,” prior to graduation.

Eric Jarvis, the Hub’s program manager, said the curriculum integrates academics more holistically into the undergraduate experience, as it is interwoven with other

coursework, offers innovative learning experiences and encourages student exploration.

Incoming transfer students entering in fall 2020 and beyond are obligated to fulfill a modified Hub curriculum from the one taken by students who matriculated at BU as freshmen, according to Jarvis.

He said the requirement policy for transfer students is still being finalized and approved by the university.

Hall said he has redesigned his courses and syllabi to better meet the various BU Hub requirements.

He said he anticipates other professors underwent a similar process to adapt to the Hub, as well.

The Hub program’s six essential “capacities” include Philosophical, Aesthetic and H istor ica l Inter pretation; Scientific and Social Inquiry; Quantitative Reasoning; Diversity, Civic Engagement and Global CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

Scooter rollout smooth At-Large Council seats up for grabs

BY NATALIE PATRICK

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It’s been a month since the electric scooter companies Bird and Lime brought their dockless rental vehicles to streets of Brookline for a pilot program.

There have not been any reports of accidents involving e-scooters and cars, said Kristiana Lachiusa, community engagement coordinator for the Cambridge-based transportation advocacy group LiveableStreets Alliance.

Overall, Lachiusa said she has heard mixed reactions from people who have used the e-scooters in Brookline.

“Some people think they are a fun, easy way to get around,” Lachi-

usa said. “Other people have felt uncomfortable riding them, especially given the pavement conditions in certain streets, so it depends who you talk with, I would say.”

The e-scooter pilot program deployed 200 total vehicles across Brookline, according to MassLive.

Lachiusa added that more e-scooter use could increase the need for bike lanes in Brookline or in other cities that have the vehicles.

“It feels like this is a good opportunity for cities like Brookline or their surrounding cities,” she said, “to increase the number of bike lanes — and protected bike lanes specifically — to help try and CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

BY JOEL LAU

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Since nomination applications opened two weeks ago, more than 50 Boston residents have applied to become candidates in the 2019 Boston City Council elections, according to WBUR, hoping to be chosen by voters to fill one of 13 open seats in November.

Out of these 55 candidates, 21 are running for the four at-large positions, with the four incumbents — councilors Michael Flaherty, Michelle Wu, Annissa Essa ibi- George a nd A lthea Garrison — facing 18 potential challengers for reelection,

WBUR reported.

Six of Boston’s nine remaining councilors, who each represent one of Boston’s nine districts, are also running for reelection, according to WBUR. District 5’s Tim McCarthy, District 8’s Josh Zakim — who represents the area of Boston University — and District 9’s Mark Ciommo announced they will step down once their term finishes.

There are 10 contenders running for the District 5 seat, six vying for the District 8 seat and seven contenders competing for District 9, WBUR stated.

As Nomination Petition

Forms were released on Tuesday, candidates now have to gather enough signatures of support to get on the ballot for the preliminary elections in September.

Contenders for an at-large seat need 1,500 signatures each by the May 13 deadline, while most individual district candidates need 200 signatures each.

Wu, a current City Councilor At-Large who was elected in 2013, said she hopes voters look at her track record of opening doors for community engagement and that she will focus on advancing three areas: economic mobility, racial CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

Student workers face extra burdens

BY CHLOE GRINBERG

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When Jessica Frith is awake until 5 a.m., an experience college students know well, she isn’t cramming for a test or getting back from a night out. She’s at home in bed watching Netf lix to “decompress” after a ninehour shift, attempting to ignore stressors that might be an overdue paper, an upset coworker or the Uber home that cost the same amount she made in an hour.

Frith is a fourth-year Boston Universit y student working toward a five-year program in the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, after which she will receive both a Bachelor of Arts in international relations and a Master of Arts in international affairs.

She also works 35–50 hours a week at Earls Kitchen and Bar in the Prudential Center, where she works as a shift manager two to three times a week and as a server one to three times a week.

Frith said she receives little help from her parents and works to pay for her rent and food. BU students like Frith, who take on long work hours in addition to a full class schedule, said their commitments have sometimes affected their classwork, social life and mental health.

“I haven’t gone to half my classes this semester because I’ve been too anxious to go,” Frith said. “I really care about school, but I’d be more successful if I could put more energy into being a student.”

Elise Frankera, a senior in

the College of Arts and Sciences studying math, works 30–35 hours a week at Yard House in Fenway and said she is taking five courses, spending 17 hours total in the classroom.

“After work I just don’t want to do any schoolwork,” she said.

“Around a month ago I kind of had to step back and tell my managers that I am not able to focus on school because I’m at work so much.”

Frankera said she sometimes feels frustrated by her peers at BU who don’t work to pay their own expenses.

“They’re able to focus on school,” she said. “They’re able to get these unpaid internships.”

Katerina Chew, a coworker and friend of Frith’s, is a junior in the Metropolitan College study-

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Often stretched for time due to long work hours, fourth-year Boston University student Jessica Frith (right) frequently hands in her assignments late and chooses to catch up on sleep when her commitments become too overwhelming.

ing criminal justice and pays for her rent and tuition by working as a server and hostess at Earls, she said.

“I had a friend who thought

he was doing the same thing as me, but he had a 10-hour-a-week job at BU and wasn’t paying for school,” she said. “I feel like it’s

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Professor receives grant to study TB in India

BY DANA SUNG

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Natasha Hochberg, an associate professor of medicine at Boston University, received a grant last month for a research proposal to study the effects of nutritional interventions on combating tuberculosis in India.

The grant was announced April 26 in a press release from the School of Medicine.

The research proposal, titled “Scaling Up Nutritional Interventions to Stop Tuberculosis in India,” will be funded by the BU Global Programs and BU Foundation-India’s Spring 2019 Seed Fund. Hochberg’s work will start this summer.

The project will have two co-investigators: Nalin Kulatilaka, the co-director of the Questrom School of Business’ Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy, and Lindsey Locks, an assistant professor in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, according to the release.

Additionally, the BU researchers will work with Dr. Subitha Lakshminarayanan, an associate professor at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research in India, according to the press release.

Hochberg said data shows that people who are inadequately nourished are more likely to develop tuberculosis. The Seed Fund grant will build off of an existing study that BU has in India, she said, which provides multivitamins and nutritional food packages to families with a TB patient.

“The Seed Grant is going to provide the funding to evaluate the border impact of the nutritional package from things like economic endpoint [and] the social endpoint of the ability to, for example, get to work, get to

school, not [have] some catastrophic cost at the family’s well-being,” Hochberg said.

India has the highest number of TB cases in the world, Hochberg said — 27 percent of the 10 million global cases each year. Because of this crisis, she said, the country has created a plan to eliminate TB in the next six years.

“India is committed to trying to eliminate tuberculosis on an even more aggressive timeline than the rest of the world,” Hochberg said. “The Indian government means to eliminate TB by 2025, so there is a need of a potential way to do this.”

Amanda Miller, managing director of strategy and communications for BU Global Programs, wrote in an email Global Programs looked into nine research proposals and ultimately chose Hochberg’s for its crossover of health sciences and economics.

“The committee evaluated each proposal against the assessment criteria,” Miller wrote. “Ultimately Dr. Hochberg’s proposal … best met the evaluation criteria. The committee also particularly liked the unique cross disciplinary approach to the problem.”

Kulatilaka said he and Questrom will work to try to find ways to involve the private sector in India in nutrition-based TB management programs. The context for this work, he said, is a program in India that mandates all companies above a certain size devote 2 percent of their profits “to the social impact of sustainability.”

“One of the keys is what qualifies for that sustainability program?”

Kulatilaka said. “One of the things that we are trying to do with this project is that, in fact, nutrition programs that are looking for health outcomes actually have a much broader social

BY ALEX LASALVIA

A new Mexican restaurant called Taqueria el Barrio is slated to open by the end of the month at the former location of UBurger in Boston University’s West Campus.

Servio Garcia, co-owner of the restaurants Bergamot in Somerville

and Bisq in Cambridge, is opening the taqueria at 1022 Commonwealth Ave. along with Bisq chef Alex Saenz.

The restaurant will serve tacos and other traditional foods of Northwest Mexico.

Taqueria el Barrio will be open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to midnight, according to an article

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The former location of UBurger at 1022 Commonwealth Ave. A new Mexican restaurant, Taqueria el Barrio, is set to open in this location by the end of the month.

crime logs

BY MIA CATHELL

DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs between April 24–25.

Alarms tested at Questrom A caller reported flashlights coming from the top three floors of the Questrom School of Business around 2:30 a.m. on April 24. A Facilities Management and Planning advising officer was testing fire and smoke alarms.

Suspicious vehicle near Bay State Road

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The Boston University Medical Campus. Natasha Hochberg, an associate professor of medicine at BU, received a grant last month to study the effects of nutritional interventions on combating tuberculosis in India.

impact by improving the quality of life of the community and the society at large.”

If the researchers can measure that impact, he said, it could “justify a much broader set of financial assistance” in the country.

Hochberg said she and her co-investigators will work to engage Indian businesses on nutritional intervention efforts.

“We are going to develop a symposium that tries to engage these businesses and thinks about their role in promoting health,” she said, “so trying to engage with the 2 percent corporate social responsibility to re-invest back in public health and thinking about the role for nutritional intervention in community.”

Hochberg said she hopes her team’s research will have a positive impact on India’s fight against tuberculosis.

“The end goal is to try to provide

additional evidence to local businesses and the Indian government to think about the goals that the nutrition plays in tuberculosis, as well as other health matters,” Hochberg said. “We are trying to provide that support and, through the symposium and the research, try to help develop the infrastructure.”

Sam Sajdak, a junior in the College of Communication, said she was excited to hear Hochberg’s research proposal was chosen for funding.

“Boston University takes pride in their international presence,” Sajdak said, “so funding research that will provide insight in India’s TB crisis is amazing.”

Gracie Abdalla, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, said this could be inspiring for students studying medicine at BU. “I like how BU is striving not only domestically,” she said, “but also internationally in the medical field.”

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published by Eater. Other items on the menu will include quesadillas, tortas and plates, Eater reported.

Garcia said his restaurant, which he described as a “totally different” approach to a Chipotle, is looking forward to becoming a part of the BU and Brookline communities.

“That is pretty much our main focus — cater to them,” Garcia said. “Not only in terms of options, also price point. We’re really looking forward to be part of the BU community.”

Garcia’s other two restaurants are higher-end, sit-down dinner spots, he said. Taqueria el Barrio will be completely different — a “traditional Mexican taqueria,” he said.

The restaurant has shared a handful of photos of the construction process on their Instagram page over the last several weeks. Several photos show tables tiled with colorful patterns, and another shows a long, winding wooden table against an exposed brick wall.

Gracia said the restaurant plans to have as much of their food locally sourced as they can.

“We will be working with — as much as possible — local groceries, local farmers, and get as much as possible local in order to be able to offer fresh and delicious food,” he said.

Garcia added he hopes Taqueria el Barrio will be able to help improve the area around 1022 Commonwealth

Ave. as a place both to live and to shop. “[We] hope we have the support of all the community from BU, and we’re definitely looking forward to partnering with them to help the area to become a better [destination],” he said.

Fajer Almarzouq, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said they spend most of their time in East Campus but would want to try Taqueria el Barrio if they had the chance.

“I don’t really go to West Campus since most of my classes are in Questrom,” Almarzouq said. “Yeah, I mean [it] sounds interesting, … if I’m going to CGS I wouldn’t mind trying it.”

Fahar Laqa, a CAS freshman, said he’d be interested in trying the new taqueria when it opens.

“I don’t think there’s a nice taco place here, so if it’s good, then it’s nice,” Laqa said. “I’ll be here for the summer, so I might [try it].”

Christopher Young, a junior in the College of Communication and the College of Fine Arts, said he thinks the opening of this new restaurant makes sense in a changing West Campus.

“I feel like it’s just par for the course just in terms of all the development there,” Young said. “But it’s cool that there’s going to be a taqueria there.”

A loud vehicle was reported operating erratically in front of 62 Bay State Rd. on April 24 around 9:30 p.m. BUPD and the Boston Police Department were notified, and the owner arrived to take control of the vehicle from the driver.

Man sleeping near Rich Hall bike rack A female security affiliate reported a man sleeping on the concrete near Rich Hall’s bicycle rack in West Campus on Thursday around 3 a.m.

The suspect was not found.

Lewd activity on Esplanade A suspicious person was reported to have displayed open and gross lewdness around noon on the Charles River Esplanade Thursday. The case was referred to the Massachusetts State Police.

Painting prohibited outside StuVi II Residential Safety asked parties to stop painting behind 33 Harry Agganis Way around 6:30 p.m.

Thursday. Facilities Management and Planning was contacted to assist with the cleanup.

CITY

crime logs

BY EVELYN BERGMAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from April 26–27.

Shoplifting at 122 Brighton Ave.

Officers received a call reporting a larceny in action at at approximately 3:20 p.m. on Saturday at Urban Renewals.

Upon arrival, the officers spoke with the store manager at Urban Renewals stated a woman aged about 40 to 45 stole a black winter jacket valued at $20. The suspect left the store with the jacket and was not found or apprehended.

Threat of bodily harm at 20 Washington St.

An apartment building manager reported at 10:22 a.m. on April 26 that one of their tenants made threats against them and two other contractors hired to fix the sprinkler system.

The tenant was preventing the contractors from doing their job by yelling, “You’re a little b----. I’ll get rid of you, you’re nothing but a person!”

Sudden death at 30 Washington St.

Officers responded to a call at 8:37 a.m. on April 26 that reported a sudden death. On arrival the officers observed a white elderly female sitting on the toilet and unresponsive. The victim was pronounced dead at 8:42 a.m.

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Federal lawsuit seeks to end ICE arrests at Mass. courthouses

BY JOEL LAU

DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts district attorneys, public defenders and a community group filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to prevent the agency from arresting and detaining immigrants at courthouses in the state.

The injunction was filed by Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan, the Committee for Public Counsel Services — the state’s public defender — and the Chelsea Collaborative, a Latino-led community organization ser ving vulnerable residents in Chelsea, according to a press release from Lawyers for Civil Rights.

Oren Nimni, an attorney at Lawyers for Civil Rights — the organization representing the Chelsea Collaborative in this case — said if the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts grants the preliminary injunction, ICE would be barred from enforcing arrest orders in and around state courthouses until a full trial can be held.

“Although you never know, but we expect that the government will likely oppose [the injunction],” Nimni said. “And so that’s probably the next step, is for this court to schedule a hearing … on whether or not they’re going to grant that preliminary sort of relief.”

Nimni said he estimates that the litigants will have to wait anywhere from a year to a year and a half before a full trial can take

place. He also said ICE’s strategy of arresting immigrants in and around courts prevents the administration of justice in a “very concrete way.”

“When people come to court, some people are just arrested in the parking lot, on the steps, or in the courthouses,” Nimni said.

“They are torn away from their families, they are torn away from the court hearings, the court hearings can’t go on. And those people are put into immigration detention, you can never access justice.”

Wendy Wayne, director of the Committee for Public Counsel Services’ Immigration Impact Unit, said ICE’s enforcement prevented immigrants and their families from accessing justice.

“It is having a tremendous chilling effect in immigrant communities and preventing witnesses and other people who have legitimate reasons why they want to come to Massachusetts or need to come to Massachusetts courthouses,” Wayne said. “It is preventing them from coming out of fear of being arrested by ICE officials.”

Wayne said ICE’s actions are unlawful, as they violate a “long-standing understanding” — called a common law privilege — originating from English law that recognizes people should be protected from civil arrest when attending court. Residing in the United States without lawful status is a civil offense, Wayne noted, rather than a criminal offense.

“There is a privilege against being civilly arrested on an unrelated matter,” Wayne said. “And the purpose of that privilege is to

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The Suffolk County Superior Court building in Government Center. A new federal lawsuit is seeking to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting immigrants at Massachusetts courthouses.

provide unfettered access to the courts and to provide unfettered ability of the courts to administer justice.”

Wayne said the case was originally filed in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, but that a judge denied the petition, ruling that it was better suited for federal court.

After their unsuccessful first attempt, Nimni said CPCS was joined by Rollins, Ryan and the Chelsea Collaborative to bring the lawsuit to the federal level. “[We] got contacted by DA Rollins’s office to come in and say, ‘Look, this is harm that we’re

seeing in our day to day, we can’t effectively prosecute people,’” Nimni said. “… And Chelsea Collaborative got involved because they really are on the ground and seeing the impact that this has on the community every single day.”

Jainil Shah, 24, of Brighton, said he thinks the lawsuit is a good idea and that ICE should not be able to arrest people if they have not done anything wrong besides being an undocumented immigrant.

“I think everyone should have a fair chance and equality of freedom of what they are expressing,”

Shah said. “No one should be arrested on where they enter and where they come from.”

Emerson College student Brooke Dunn, 21, said she is in favor of the lawsuit against ICE. “I’m pretty much against anything ICE does because I feel like it takes away access from people who are trying to have a better life,” Dunn said.

Zafer Yuksel, 38, of Waltham, said he is totally in support of the lawsuit.

“It is a good idea,” Yuksel said.

“ICE is taking the constitutional rights of people and scaring people, and also harming justice.”

Updates to Bird, Lime SCOOTERS, FROM PAGE 1 address some of these car safety issues.”

Scott Mullen, Lime’s director of expansion in the Northeast, wrote in an email the company had more than 10,000 rides in their first four weeks of operating in Brookline.

“The people of Brookline have embraced dock-free Lime scooters very quickly and the town has already approved our request to increase our fleet by 25% to meet the demand,” Mullen wrote. “The Town has also been very proactive in supporting public education and outreach, both through social media and also with strategically placed signage reminding people to ride in the road, wear helmets, etc.”

Mullen also wrote Lime hopes to expand the pilot program to provide more scooters to residents in Brookline.

“The brisk uptake of scooters in Brookline speaks to the demand for new mobility options that enable people to live a car-lite lifestyle,” Mullen wrote. “Our goal is to expand this pilot to truly serve all residents and visitors of Brookline with our clean, green, and fun scooters. I think we’re only scratching the surface right now.”

A spokesperson for Bird said in an emailed statement the company hopes more Massachusetts residents will get access to e-scooter rentals in the near future.

“We are thrilled to see the peo-

ple of Brookline quickly embrace our option as a way to get around town, without having to get in the car,” the spokesperson said. “… Our hope is that soon cities throughout the state will be able to enjoy the benefits of e-scooters replacing short car trips and improving overall transportation challenges.”

Hayden Mcguire, 23, of Brighton, said he thinks the e-scooters can cause issues for drivers in the city but feels the environmental benefits of the vehicles are worth the cost.

“It’s annoying, driving around is a pain in the a-- with them, definitely,” Mcguire said. “I think that the pros probably outweigh the cons for me personally.”

Erfan Arkin, 26, also of Brighton, said he does not think the scooters are a good idea because of the foot traffic in the city and the nuisance that leaving the scooters around can cause.

“There’s a lot of cyclists and a lot of students on the sidewalks,” Arkin said.

“I just don’t think it’s safe, and leaving the scooters around everywhere would be a problem for the city.”

Fraliza Gianniodis, 36, of Allston, said she thinks the scooters are a good idea because they offer some people an affordable mode of transportation.

“The customer will have another option instead of a bicycle,” Gianniodis said, “so they have something more easily affordable to get from point from point A to point B.” Joel Lau contributed to the reporting of this article.

Our bloggers’ tips for finals week The last week of classes calls for a little something special: a word from the blog. Even though midterm season is all semester long, finals are just around the corner, and our weekly bloggers have a few tips to help you make it through.

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Get Psyched By: Anju Miura

By: Melissa Dalarossa

Stress levels are heightened this week as term papers are due and studying for exams begins. This often results in less self-care time, even though it’s when we need it most.

Here are just a few ways to ensure that you’re prioritizing yourself this upcoming week.

Even if it’s past midnight, eating a snack will help you power through that study session, but overloading on caffeine will not help you retain any extra info. Taking an extra nap or going to bed early can help improve your brain function for all of that test-taking. Also, don’t forget that you are not defined by those letters or numbers that are your final grades.

Your health (physical and emotional) should always come first.

Intentionally make time for yourself this finals season because your grades genuinely won’t matter in five years, anyway.

To deal with the most stressful time of the semester, we should study effectively and actively. Excessive worrying about upcoming exams sometimes overwhelms us to the point that we can’t do our best work.

Here is how we can reduce exam anxiety and overcome a sense of inferiority in academic performance.

Firstly, don’t be satisfied by spending a large amount of time just reading a textbook, but think critically and deeply about the material.

It is the best way to conceptualize what we are learning.

Oppositely, being overly confident can have a negative impact.

Known as “illusory optimism,” too much confidence in our own ability can keep us from taking sensible precautions against failing exams, such as studying or getting enough sleep.

Get psyched for summer, and good luck!

It’s that familiar time of year when summer vacation seems so close and yet so far. Everyone is calculating the exact grade they need on their final exam to clutch a B-minus in the class, and the realization that it’s finally time to start cracking down on all the work you’ve put off is dawning on you. That’s right, folks — it’s finals season.

To get you through the stress of it all, try these Spotify playlists curated for good vibes and productive study sessions. Just search:

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Melissa’s Mix

Confidence Boost: For when you need one!

Calm Before the Storm: Because it’s coming, but it will also pass.

Intense Studying: Because you might need to.

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55 Council candidates Study space hours for finals week AT-LARGE, FROM PAGE 1

equity and climate justice.

“We’re at a really critical moment in our city and our country’s history.

There are challenges that need to be addressed now because we can’t afford to pass them down to the next generation,” Wu said. “Challenges around income inequality, racial disparities and climate change, and we can get a lot done at the city level to build momentum to address them.”

One of Wu’s challengers for an at-large seat, David Halbert, said he has worked in positions ranging from a City Council staffer to the deputy director of community affairs for the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office. Halbert said in office, he would devote part of his focus to providing more opportunities for Boston Public Schools graduates.

“What if we were to take City agencies and partner them directly with city high schools, and a program modeled somewhat off of the Northeastern [University] co-op model where students as freshmen, they can work with these agencies?”

Halbert said. “And by the time that they graduate in four years, as there’s openings available, they are ready to step into those roles.”

At-large contender Taushawn Tinsley said he wants to make sure Boston is “working for everyone” and that he would work to improve Boston’s public school system by pushing to make the City’s School Committee democratically elected.

“Boston is the only municipality within the state of Massachusetts that does not have an elected school body,” Tinsley said. “Baffling, some would say, that the major city within the state doesn’t fully believe in … giving families the tools to be able to create a democracy within their school system.”

At-Large contender Alejandra St. Guillen said she spent four-and-a-half years as the director of the City’s office for Immigrant Advancement and that she would work to reform BPS and inequality in the city. St. Guillen said the City needs to focus on protecting its immigrant population, especially considering U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.

“Whether that be limiting cooperation with ICE, as well as limiting the Boston Public School corporation with ICE,” St. Guillen said, “I think we have a duty to our immigrant communities that have helped up this city to make sure that they’re able to stay and feel safe here.”

As for District 8, Kristen Mobilia is one of the candidates looking to fill Zakim’s empty seat. Mobilia wrote

in an email she plans to foster community engagement through efforts such as mentorship opportunities and wrote she would focus on topics like responding to the opioid crisis and the availability of affordable housing.

“We need to push forward with legislation to address public health and safety related to the opioid crisis; we need more short-term and long-term recovery programs made available,” Mobilia wrote. “We need greater community input on decision-making for affordable housing … and neighborhood development that needs to be more strategic.”

Landon Lemoine, another candidate for District 8, wrote in an email he would focus on addressing “real problems with real solutions” and highlight “community innovation.” Specifically, Lemoine wrote he would focus on streamlining the city government to make sure all residents of Boston had equal access to the city’s resources.

“Streamlining City Hall process for resident facing services, infrastructure (Roads, Sidewalks, Seawall) investments, affordable housing transparency, and public safety are my top priorities next term,” Lemoine wrote. “… Our minority and women-owned businesses, youth, and seniors should not be deterred from the process, but instead empowered by the resources of the City.”

Candidate for District 5 Mimi Turchinetz, the assistant deputy director of the Mayor’s Office for Financial Empowerment, said her experience in government would help her focus on areas such as economic equity and affordable housing.

“I think I have the experience and the tenacity to get things done,” Turchinetz said. “I have a history of real results. I’ve been asked this in terms of both municipal government and making change for over two decades, built affordable housing, created the local community development corporation in Hyde Park called the Southwest Boston CDC.” Justin Murad, a candidate for District 5, said he hopes voters will be able to look past his comparatively young age, 24, and instead pay attention to the ideas he brings. Specifically, Murad said he would focus on managing traffic and increasing affordable housing.

“Traffic congestion, basically everything that involves traffic through infrastructure, that’s one of the big emphasis,” Murad said.

“Another big, very big emphasis that I would be for is the affordable housing.

There needs to be a lot more affordable housing in the area and a lot more towards rent control in District 5.”

Mugar Memorial Library

Mugar will be open 24 hours a day from the beginning of the study period this Friday through the end of finals week on Saturday, May 11. Students can reserve group-study alcoves on the first floor of Mugar for two to five people or room 305 for two to six people on weekends or after 5 p.m. on weekdays.

Frederick S. Pardee Management Library

The Pardee Library in the Questrom School of Business will be open from 8 a.m. to midnight on Sunday, May 5, through Thursday, May 9. The library has its regular Friday hours — 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. — on Friday, May 10.

School of Theology Library

The Theology Library will be open from 7:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. this week on Monday through Thursday, and the same time next week Monday through Thursday, as well.

Marsh Chapel

Marsh Chapel will be open Saturday, May 4, through Monday, May 6, for a “Study Period Study Retreat” from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. all three days. The retreat consists of study time, meditation, free meals and movie breaks.

Dining halls

The three main dining halls on campus — West Campus, Marciano Commons and Warren Towers — will be open until 2 a.m. Tuesday, May 7, through Thursday, May 9. Coffee and beverages will be served all night, though meal services end at regular hours.

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Hub sparks course renovation, mixed feelings among freshmen BU HUB, FROM PAGE 1

Citizenship; Communication; and Intellectual Toolkit.

Under each capacity are several subsections that target different skills, called “areas,” in which courses are listed. For example, the Intellectual Toolkit capacity encompasses two areas: “Critical Thinking” and “Teamwork/ Collaboration.”

Within each area, every student must acquire Hub “units,” the measurement for the Hub’s requirements, and to graduate, they must amass 26 Hub units.

According to the Hub’s website, most students can accomplish this within 10–12 classes.

Hall said the new program encouraged him to create a more elaborate syllabus, adding extra details for semester assignments.

His current “Understanding Film” film and television course satisfies a Hub “unit” for the Philosophical, Aesthetic and H i stor ic a l I nte r pr e t a t ion capacity.

In light of the implementation of the Hub, Hall said the film department also looked at the requirements to determine how it wanted to approach the program. The department collectively decided not to pursue one specific area under the “communication” capacity: writing-intensive course.

For a course to fulfill the writing-intensive Hub requirement, Hall said, students must produce at least 12 pages of finished written material and have opportunities to gain feedback.

Ha l l sa id he pur posefully avoided adding heav y writing assignments to his “Understanding Film” course when reworking the curriculum because the changes would burden his teaching assistants.

“My TAs do all the grading in that course,” Hall said, “and I didn’t want to put the burden on them as master-level students to really do a lot of drafts of papers and have them give substantive feedback.”

Students in the Class of 2022 said the transition into the Hub has been a complicated process and expressed mixed reactions over the multidisciplinary course requirements the curriculum entails.

Ha l l a lso teaches an “Introduction to Communication Writing,” also known as COM 201, class and said his students in the class have been both receptive to the new initiative and critical of its implementation, expressing their praises and concerns through an opinion-editorial assignment in his class.

For the assignment, Hall’s students chose if they were in favor or against the Hub and then had to present their opinion. Hall said one of his students who is in the College of Fine Arts displayed the schedules of students who are in CFA with the added Hub requirements.

“It evoked visually that the CFA students had these jammed-

The BU Hub is Boston University’s new general education system, which was put in place for freshmen entering the university in fall 2018.

packed schedules with not a lot of time or opportunity to get the Hub credits,” Hall said. “If you say it’s an issue for one group, you have to really look at if it’s an issue for everybody.”

Since the Class of 2022 was the first class to matriculate into the Hub, Hall said several of his freshman students expressed confusion about what classes to register for. One student’s COM 201 project compared Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s general education systems to Boston University’s.

Hall said that, according to the student, Harvard’s course work was beautifully laid out and easily searchable, and MIT’s was a multipage list of courses. In either case, Hall said he thinks there was some accessible way to search for courses.

Hall said he hopes BU can improve the advising and registration process for current and incoming students.

“Clearly that would be another facet that BU would want to build into its system — is to be able to filter those things,” Hall said.

Jarvis said the Hub is working closely with advisors across the schools and colleges to provide resources and information to aid them in preparing students.

He said the advisors within each school and college are beginning to collaborate to ensure students are being supported in the advising process.

Furthermore, Jarvis said the Hub is gathering feedback on the program from a variety of sources, including students, faculty members and advisors, and will be actively and rigorously assessing the curriculum over the course of the next few years.

Heran Haile, a freshman in the College of Engineering studying mechanical engineering, said

she has run into issues with Hub because she has to accumulate 135 credits in order meet major requirements to graduate, which provides limited space in her schedule to take Hub courses.

“I was planning to minor in either computer engineering or political science, and I thought I could do it,” Haile said, “but I can’t apply those [Hub requirement] classes to a minor, and I have to do it for Hub.” She said she was unaware of the Hub at the time that she applied early decision to BU, and was accepted and had committed to the university when she found out about the Hub last April.

Haile is not currently pursuing any minor, she said.

Katryn Tsvirko, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she applied early decision, as well, and was unaware of the implementation of the Hub until after she received her acceptance letter.

Jarvis wrote in an email the Hub tried to provide updated and accurate information about the program to incoming students as soon as it became available.

“Because the BU Hub was a new program, it was especially important to share information about it with incoming BU students in a timely fashion,” Jarvis wrote.

Tsvirko said going into BU before she knew the specifics of the Hub, she thought the AP credits she received would have fulfilled more Hub units.

“Even though I took all of these courses so I could be ahead of the game when I came into college, I was set back by the Hub,” she said.

Jar vis wrote in the email that Hub units are only awarded through an AP exam if the exam specifically tests for the Hub area.

“For example, the Hub area of Teamwork/Collaboration might be awarded for a class taught on campus,” Jarvis wrote, “but not be awarded through an AP exam because the exam doesn’t test for Teamwork/Collaboration.”

Josephine Olson, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she favors the Hub and likes how one class can fulfill multiple capacities.

Olson said she is taking full advantage of the permitted “double-dipping” by pursuing a dual degree in American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and deaf studies in the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development.

Olson enrolled in a history course for the upcoming fall semester, titled “Understanding Revolution: France and Algeria,” that counts toward units in three different areas, and thus three separate capacities.

“I like how it is interdisciplinary and covers multiple fields of study,” Olson said. “It’s a good way to get multiple Hub requirements filled in fewer classes.”

Olson is currently enrolled in an environmental science course, titled “Crises of Planet Earth,” and the 100-level course also triple-counts toward three of the Hub’s area requirements.

“I think it is definitely going to make it easier for there to be a baseline of requirements for all students at BU because if you change majors, the basic requirements are still there,” Olson said.

Olson could likely graduate early, she said, but instead wants to take advantage of her time at BU with the dual degree.

However, she said it’s difficult to have her four-year schedule set in stone since upper level courses have not all been approved to fulfill Hub requirements.

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The process of integrating the Hub into upper level courses is an ongoing process for colleges within the University, Jarvis said, but the new general education curriculum does not have any bearing on students’ ability to graduate early or late.

“The Hub is not asking students to do any more than they would have necessarily had to do before the Hub was implemented,” Jarvis said. “It’s still about 10–12 courses, which is about what is was before the Hub was implemented.”

Olson said she had hoped to take a general statistics course when she heads home to Illinois this summer at a nearby institution in order to get ahead on credits, but refrained from registering after learning it would not satisfy the “Quantitative Reasoning” Hub unit requirement.

Jarvis said since the Hub is strictly a BU program, coursework taken at other institutions will not carry Hub units.

While students can receive credit toward their degree and where applicable to major and minor requirements, Hub units are not earned through transfer courses.

“Hopefully, they will find a way to make it work where we can get Hub credits for a class that is the same,” Olson said. “That will make it easier for people to take summer school classes near home or wherever they’re going to be over the summer.”

At the end of the day, Hall said he promotes anything that gives students access to a wider array of study, as long as the process isn’t too confusing or cumbersome.

“I hope BU students will find themselves taking classes outside of their majors,” Hall said, “that will open up new worlds and better prepare them for the working world and constant change.”

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TEDxBU hears talks about breaking free from status quo

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A throng of people escaped the rain on Friday at an “Avant Garde” evening held in the Francis D. Burke Club Room at Agganis Arena. The independently organized TEDxBU event consisted of seven speakers as part of this year’s conference.

Seven current Boston University students organized the two-and-ahalf-hour talk. The organizers chose the “Avant Garde” theme to emphasize and encourage experimental and new ideas in a range of industries, including business and art, according to the event’s website.

The team had to obtain a license from the national TED organization, according to Thomas Rigal, the team’s lead organizer and sophomore in Questrom School of Business.

The first speaker was Travis Roy, a former BU hockey player, who gave his talk about appreciating the simple things in life after being paralyzed in his first collegiate hockey game.

Other speakers included Nikki Innocent, Rob Kornblum, Stacy Chin and Mackenzie Bullard, whose talks had one thing in common: using new perspectives to bring change to the world.

Andriana Skaperdas, TEDxBU operations and outreach coordinator and a sophomore in Questrom, said tickets were sold out hours after the event was posted online, and they had to open a waitlist. She said approximately 300 people attended the “full house” event.

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The organizers of TEDxBU, pictured left to right: Geneve Lau, COM ‘21; Andriana Skaperdas, QST ‘21; Ethan Weinberg, QST ‘21; Thomas Rigal, QST ‘21; Alex Hutchinson, CGS ‘19 and QST ‘21; Anna Pham, COM ‘21.

“It was awesome to see all the hard work pay off,” Skaperdas said.

Rigal said he had the initial idea to hold a TED event. His inspiration, he said, came from a public speaking class at Questrom. He pitched the idea to his friend Ethan Weinberg, the TEDxBU event coordinator, in November 2018 and built the rest of the team from there.

When undergoing the initial phase of planning, he said he had a clear idea of the kind of team members he wished to have.

“I knew I needed someone that was motivated and ambitious because this is like a side project,” Rigal said.

“We’re just doing it basically for fun.”

This is not the first TEDxBU. Rigal said he and the team wanted to build off of previous TEDxBUs, when they began planning in late November

last year. They kept to a strict monthly schedule to accomplish everything.

Rigal said he kept his team as efficient as possible.

“My main goal was to keep it small and to keep everyone on top of everything, and they would directly communicate with me, which I think made it a lot easier,” Rigal said.

Finding the speakers and the venue were two pivotal aspects the team had to navigate when they began planning.

Alexander Hutchinson, TedxBU’s development and financial manager and a sophomore in Questrom, said the venue was the biggest expenditure.

“We were shopping around places in classrooms, but at the end of the day, it just seemed more official — a lot more TEDx — to have it in a real venue,” Hutchinson said.

The team credited the College

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of Arts and Sciences Student Government for their helping fund the event. The TEDxBU team also received a portion of funds from the BUild Lab, according to Hutchinson.

Skaperdas said the team promoted the event on social media mainly by posting content on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. She also said the team put up digital signs of the event in Questrom and the George Sherman Union.

The team initially started their search for speakers by asking BU professors to give a talk. In addition to the professors who were asked to speak, 22 others from across the country applied, according to Rigal. They selected 13 speakers for the event, although they finally cut it down to seven, she said.

“We’re just really looking for speakers to embody this idea of Avant Garde,” Rigal said. “It was like taking something and make it their own or kind of doing something revolutionary in their industry.”

All of the speakers are connected to Boston in some form, though not all of them are BU-related, according to Rigal.

“My main goal is to bring these speakers to show that these people didn’t take that path that everyone’s supposed to take, and they’re doing fine, they’re killing it,” he said.

Wendy Swart Grossman, adjunct faculty member at BU and a consultant to nonprofits and foundations, was one of the speakers at the event. She did her talk with Jeannette Guillemin, the director ad interim of BU’s School

of Visual Arts. Both Grossman and Guillemin are close friends and teach the class CFA 560, a course about the creative economy and social impact, Grossman said.

“The idea of having normally a TED talk would just be one person, so that’s kind of crazy to have the two of us together,” Grossman said. “Jean and I are obviously individuals who do our own work, but in terms of what we do in terms of the the creative frame, in terms of what we do together, it’s really collaborative.”

Grossman and Guillemin’s talk was titled “Creative Reframe: Bringing Meaning to the Marketplace,” where they discussed the importance of the intersection between arts, social impact and entrepreneurship. The speakers finished each others’ sentences at points, evidently being the night’s “dynamic duo,” according to Grossman.

The two addressed the common problem in which graduating artists lack the business skills to work, and they then focused their talk on how to teach artists entrepreneurial skills for them to use “arts as a vehicle for social change.”

Alexis Mills, a sophomore in the College of General Studies who attended the event, said she would attend another TEDxBU in the future.

“I thought it was fantastic,” Mills said. “It’s inspiring to see how others talk about how your path is not always linear and how you can use innovation inside and outside the classroom in your own ways to succeed.”

BUild Lab holds arts festival to promote creative innovation

BY MACY WILBUR

DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Photographs of all kinds — from portraits to polaroids — of a range of subjects such as sea creatures and microscopic organisms adorned the walls of the Boston University BUild Lab last week. The center’s Innovation Week began on April 20 and ran through Friday, hosting student demonstrations of innovation projects and ideas.

Previously, the BUild Lab, which is home to Innovate@BU programs, has focused on STEM and business-related projects and events. But Blake Sims, the program director for social innovation at the lab, said she wants to ensure the arts get the spotlight they deserve, as well.

The I.M.P.A.C.T. Film and Art Festival took place on April 25, combining arts, technology and innovation to express the importance of creativity in every field, according to Sims. The festival featured a student gallery, live performances, a student film competition, a photography contest and a late-night screening of the film “Meow Wolf.”

Hailey Hart-Thompson, a sophomore in the College of Communication and College of Arts and Sciences, said she brought the idea of the photography contest to Sims. She said adding this component to the event helped contribute to the festival’s atmosphere.

“It grew to be this full night of creativity,” Hart-Thompson said.

Sims said it was important to promote diverse collaboration when bringing the art and film festival to life. Many different students and schools within the university worked together to organize Innovation Week, including COM, the Questrom School of Business and the College of Engineering, she said.

This collaboration is reflective of the interdisciplinary mission behind the BUild Lab, she added.

BUild Lab events are partially led by students, Hart-Thompson said, and all the ideas come from student leaders themselves. This demonstrates the BUild Lab’s commitment to student-run innovation and leadership, Hart-Thompson said.

At the I.M.P.A.C.T. festival Thursday night, attendees were encouraged to view the student photography, vote for their favorites, immerse themselves in student films and mingle with leaders from the BUild Lab. Sims, Hart-Thompson and other BUild Lab leaders organized this night to emphasize the importance of art to students in every school, Sims said.

“All of us are innately creative beings,” Sims said. “But a lot of times that creativity takes a backseat to other things, like school.”

Sims understands firsthand the challenges of balancing school with photography and said that has inspired her to organize the annual film and arts festival.

“People are hungry for that oppor-

tunity to express themselves,” Sims said.

According to Sims, I.M.P.A.C.T. encourages BU’s different colleges to participate in the arts by allowing students of any major to submit photography, screen their film or just attend.

“Everyone has something to bring to the table,” Sims said.

Sam Macriss, a freshman in CAS studying political science, said she enjoyed the opportunity to explore topics she doesn’t typically engage in within the confines of her academic classes.

“In the College of Arts and Sciences, I don’t get a lot of exposure to the arts,” Macriss said, “so being able to see this in the BUild Lab and even see other CAS students’ art and photography was really impactful.”

Hart-Thompson said the I.M.P.A.C.T. festival specifically reaches students who wouldn’t typically use artistic creativity in their academic coursework.

“Artists outside of COM or CFA can submit work or just enjoy the event, bringing people who are traditionally STEM majors into the arts,” Hart-Thompson said.

She said any student can come to the coordinators with ideas and art through the BUild Lab’s newsletter, the website or by appointment during BUild Lab office hours.

People often don’t give enough credit to art as a form of innovation, according to Sims.

“It was really important that we

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People talk at the I.M.P.A.C.T. Film and Art Festival held at the BU BUild Lab on April 25. The event featured a student gallery, live performances and a late-night screening of the film “Meow Wolf.”

emphasize the creative aspect of innovation,” she said. “It takes a lot of innovation to create a movie idea, edit a photo or paint a new piece, even if it isn’t normally included in the category. The BUild Lab is traditionally STEM, so the leaders wanted to include a night of appreciation for artists’ innovation.”

As the BUild Lab plans to hold the I.M.PA.C.T. festival annually, the innovation center is anticipating more

diversity and inclusion, according to Hart-Thompson. But the current goal, she said, is to reach out to more students interested in the creative side of innovation and allow them to express interests their university may not focus on.

“We try and create this space where no matter what idea you’re working on,” she said, “everybody has something to bring to the conversation.”

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COM’s Dean Fiedler reflects on time at BU, discusses future

BY JENNIFER SURYADJAJA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

A white wooden bookcase that stretches from floor to ceiling in College of Communication Dean Thomas Fiedler’s office serves as his personal library. One shelf of the bookcase is dedicated to the work of faculty who have taught at COM over Fiedler’s nearly 11 years at the head of the college.

Fiedler, who is retiring next month, describes the work he’s done as the Dean of COM as rewarding.

“It’s something that’s heartwarming,” he said. “It’s soul-satisfying work, and I’ll miss that.”

A COM alumnus himself, Fiedler earned a master’s degree in journalism from the college in 1971. He then went on to work at the Miami Herald for more than 30 years before becoming dean of the school.

During his time at the Herald, he reported on the scandal surrounding presidential candidate Gary Hart in 1988 that killed his campaign, and he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1991 for an investigation into a religious cult.

“If you think of life lived in a circle, I am back, I am finished where I started in a very positive way,” Fiedler said. “That is a gift, and I am very appreciative about it. In completing that circle, I am able to give back and help build forward for the future.”

Fiedler serves as the U.S. President of the Board of Trustees for The Conversation, a not-for-profit, independent global news network, and will continue to hold this position after his retirement from COM. He said he will also volunteer for U.S.

Sen. Cory Booker’s 2020 presidential campaign and plans to get back into writing more and travel with his wife.

“I’m excited about that part — something that makes you say, ‘Sounds fun!’” Fiedler said. “I have the time, and I’m going to do it.”

While Fiedler will miss the faculty and staff, he said, he will miss interacting with students the most.

He said he has built relationships with individual students, even when they were mere high schools seniors looking forward to attending school at BU. Over the years, Fiedler said he has appreciated the “unique experience” of watching students progress from their first day of college to their graduation, and even after they become working professionals.

“There is the kind of reward that I have been able to get here, and I’ve never seen that before in my previous work in journalism — seeing the transformation that takes place,” Fiedler said. “I truly enjoy being a part of that. That is truly special.”

Dustin Supa, senior associate dean in COM, said he first met Fiedler approximately eight years ago but has only started working closely with him in the past two years.

He said Fiedler struck him as “down-to-earth” upon first impression.

“When you first meet him, you don’t know what to expect,” Supa said. “I mean, you’re meeting one of the most influential journalists of the past 30 years.”

Fiedler said at present, the field of communications is profoundly chang-

ing through the use of technology, and communicators have no choice but to adapt and evolve with the changing technological landscape.

“I think it is critically important for us, here in the College of Communication, to make sure that we were able to not just adapt to the change as it was coming, but to try and anticipate what that change would be,” Fiedler said, “and then position in such a way that when we adapt it, it was a almost a seamless shift in that direction.”

As BU climbs the rankings of top universities nationwide, Fiedler said the school has “evolved in a strong, positive direction.”

“It’s humbling to walk into a conference, for instance, of educators to find that when people talk about Boston University in these organizations, they talk about Boston University and the College of Communication as being among the gold standard in a way — schools that others look to and aspire to match,” Fiedler said.

Traci Hong, an associate professor in COM, said Fiedler has had a tremendous run as a dean. She has seen the student population grow and the quality of students improve during his time as a dean, she said.

“Deans have to make hard choices, it’s not always easy and you can’t make everybody happy, but I think he’s always tried to make the best decision for the college,” Hong said. “As a faculty member in a research university like BU is, that’s a breath of fresh air. You have a Dean that supports research, who is inter-

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Thomas Fiedler, Dean of the College of Communication, sits outside on the COM lawn.

ested in the truth and is interested in generating knowledge.”

Supa said Fiedler has balanced the practical and theoretical side of communication practices well and that he has a strong understanding of academics.

“He’s had a great first career as a journalist and a great second career in academia, and he’s going to have a great third career in what he chooses to do,” Supa said. “I’ve enjoyed working for him and with him.”

As he prepares to leave COM, Fiedler said he is optimistic about the future of the college. The Dean’s successor hasn’t be announced yet, but Fiedler said the decision will be

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made soon.

“It’s like a sailboat with strong wind in our back, we’re just going to go,” Fiedler said, “so I feel like I’m optimistic about what it’s going to be.”

Fiedler said he does not like the word “bittersweet” to describe the feeling of parting with a memorable place. Rather, he said he prefers the word “sentimental” for the change that is going to unfold.

“Change is disrupting whatever comfort patterns we have,” Fiedler said. “But at the same time, there are some opportunities I’m looking forward to that I’ve never done, so that’s exciting.”

BU students working long hours off-campus face challenges WORKERS, FROM PAGE 1 worse at BU, everyone has so much money… the level of people who are understanding is so low.”

Chew took this semester off to save money and said she wishes more students understood her situation.

“I came in for the first week of classes just dreading it because of how many hours I was putting in,” she said. “I found out that my grades were slipping when I was working 45 hours a week. … I just became completely overwhelmed.”

Chew said she is planning on finishing her degree with BU online to reduce anxiety.

“My professors were really sy mpathetic,” Che w sa id , ex pla i n i ng that someti mes they would allow her to turn in late assignments or even miss them completely with no repercussions.

Frith said she has considered taking an incomplete on one of her classes this semester, but that her mom convinced her to continue with it and get it over with.

Claire Grossi, a senior in CAS studying political science, attends BU with a partial scholarship. In addition, she said has worked throughout college to pay for what her scholarship doesn’t

cover.

She said she works on-campus 5–10 hours a week at the BU Office of Student Programs and Leadership and works another 25–30 hours a week at Roxy’s Grilled Cheese in Cambridge.

She said she also takes part in extracurricular activities for about 10 hours a week.

Grossi said she is graduating with honors but expressed that working multiple jobs impacted her schoolwork, mental health and social life.

“It makes you a lot stronger, but it shouldn’t be a thing that you have to do,” she said. “I think it’s unreasonable that I know so many students who need to work.”

Mary Ann French, the director of the Student Employment Office, wrote BU pays approximately 11,000 students within a fiscal year. BU’s Policy on Student Work Hours for Employment limits student work to 20 hours each week during academic periods.

This policy was enacted in September 2016 to “standardize the number of hours allowed across all employing units, and assure that students have sufficient time to pursue their studies and graduate in a timely manner,”

French wrote in an email.

“A student’s primar y purpose/focus while attending Boston University should be their academics,” French wrote.

“Numerous studies have shown that when students are working in excess of 20 hours per week, their academic performance suffers.”

Grossi said her packed schedule has forced her to manage her time better. Though she’s had to ask for extensions, she’s been able to “keep up with everything.”

Frith, who said she has also been able to maintain good grades despite her time constraints, said she originally took on more responsibility at Earls because she wanted management experience for future job opportunities.

Lou Gaglini, the executive director of the Center for Career Development, said working as a student can be difficult but rewarding.

“The greatest drawback is time management and preserving energy,” Gaglini said. “However, we do recommend that students gain some experience.”

Any job can strengthen a resume, Gaglini said, even if it’s not related to a student’s desired career path.

“What’s important is the

transferable skills that you gain,” he said. “Employers hire for skill.”

Chew said she sometimes feels jealous of students who can focus their free time on unpaid internships and extracurricular activities.

“It makes me nervous to have mostly just waitressing experience on my resume,” she said.

Gaglini said students struggling with an over whelming amount of commitments can seek help with time management at the Educational Resource Center. BU Behavioral Medicine also offers some online resources to help students cope with stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health issues.

French also recommended students reach out to the University Service Center or the Office of Financial Assistance if they struggle with finances and schoolwork.

When asked how she believes BU can help students who can’t afford to take off work, Frankera said she doesn’t believe there is anything that the university can do.

Grossi said she would like BU to allow more f lexibility with rescheduling exams.

“You can a lmost a lways

reschedule if you have another on-campus conf lict, but if I work until 2 a.m. and then have an exam the next day at 9 a.m., BU doesn’t make any accommodations,” Grossi said.

French wrote the university does not regulate off-campus employment and noted whether students work or not, and if they do so on or off-campus, is up to them. Still, she wrote, their schoolwork should be a priority.

“We expect all students to have open lines of communication with their super visors regarding any factors that will affect their performance on the job and their ability to meet their work schedules,” French wrote.

“Academics should always be a student’s first priority.”

Chew said she believes more students should be receiving financial aid, saying that going to BU is “not sustainable” for most people.

Frith expressed concern that students who work to live at and attend BU may feel isolated from the rest of the student body.

“It sucks,” Frith sa id.

“Especially when there are so many people who are so lucky that they don’t have to pay for a lot of their things. It makes me feel like an outsider at BU.”

8 OPINION

EDITORIAL

The US needs to pass a substantial infrastructure plan U.S. House Speaker Leader Na nc y Pelosi a nd S enate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the congressional leaders of the Democratic part y, met with President Donald Tr ump on Tuesday to talk about infrastructure. Pelosi and Schumer said they agreed to a $2 trillion infrastructure plan over 10 years.

This m a r ke d a not her so-called “Infrastructure Week” of the Trump presidency. This notorious week happens ever y time the president tries to roll out major infrastr ucture policy, only to have his efforts muddled by the scandal and ineptitude going on in his own administration.

Trump’s first attempt at infrastructure reform came in June 2017, when FBI director James Comey was testifying before the Senate. His second was overshadowed by his racist comments in August 2017 after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. And the third attempt came last February in the shadow of a White House resignation and the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Current controversies facing Trump include the fallout from the Mueller Report and the president’s pursuit of legal action against two major banks — an effort to prevent House

Democrats from obtaining documents related to his finances in a perfectly legitimate and legal investigation.

It seems like little coincidence that Trump wants to pursue infrastr ucture policy during another tumultuous time that ref lects so poorly on his presidency.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement after the meeting Tuesday, “The United States has not come even close to properly investing in infrastructure for many years, foolishly prioritizing the interests of other countries over our own.”

This statement is classic Tr ump ad m in istration ta l k, though it’s mixed in with the traditional rhetoric given on both sides of the aisle about this issue.

Democrats and Republicans both enjoy touting infrastructure as something distinctly bipa r tisa n that affects a l l Americans. Yet no legislation during Trump’s presidency, let alone Obama’s or Bush’s, has been passed that systematically and fundamentally improved the bridges, roads, trains, airports and other vital pieces of our nation’s infrastructure.

Schumer referred to the meeting with Trump as “ver y constr uctive,” but noth i ng

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concrete has been publically detailed yet, including a funding measure. It’s also very possible Schumer has had to lower his standard of productivity when dealing with Trump. Perhaps a productive meeting now means a meeting without a temper tantrum.

Massachusetts alone has 482 structurally deficient bridges, according to Patch, and it would cost $18.5 billion to fix the more than 4,700 bridges that require repairs. Logan Internationa l Airport, which has undergone several renovations, still ranked as one of the worst major airports in the country in a J.D. Power survey last year.

The American Society of Civil Engineers, which evaluates the United States’ infrastructure every four years, gave the United States an infrastructure grade of D+ in its 2017 “Infrastructure Report Card.”

In an interview with CNBC this February, ASCE Executive Director Tom Smith said the grade “ref lects, unfortunately, a failure to invest in our infrastructure in the United States.

We’ve been relying on the work that was done by former generations. And there’s an investment that we need to make to make sure we’re protecting future generations going forward.”

Interestingly, the $2 trillion figure agreed on by Pelosi, Schumer and Tr ump exactly matches what Smith said the ASCE calculated as the infrastructure funding gap between 2015 and 2025.

Still, the issue exists of how to pay for a plan that would cost $200 billion annually. As with all spending measures, there are three pathways the federal government can ta ke: raise taxes, cut spending elsewhere or increase the deficit.

U.S. Rep. Chris Collins, a Republican and ally of Trump, told The Hill that Congress should double the 18.4-centsper-gallon gasoline ta x — a federal tax that has held f lat for more than 25 years — to help pay for this infrastructure development.

While raising the gas tax is a good idea in principle, doubling the tax would be a widely detrimental shock to lower and middle-income families. Moreover, it is highly unlikely such a large tax increase would pass in the Republican Senate.

Congress should pass legislation that ties the gas tax to inf lation, which would raise revenue but at a much more reasonable rate over time. Of course, even if Congress doubled highway-related excise taxes, which are

made up mostly of the gasoline and diesel taxes, this would still not raise enough revenue to cover the cost of the $2 trillion plan.

These taxes totaled only $37.6 billion in 2017, according to the Tax Policy Center, far less than the $200 billion that would be needed annually in additional revenue.

In addition, large companies who make money using public infrastr ucture, such as Uber, Lyft and especially Amazon, could be taxed more to fund this plan. This revenue would go toward repairing the roads, bridges and airports their services use. Amazon currently pays $0 in corporate taxes even though it is worth almost $1 trillion.

During the 2016 campaign, Trump promised to pass a $1 trillion infrastructure plan. But as with many of his promises, it is highly unlikely this will see the light of day as a real policy.

Infrastructure is a public good that the government must commit itself to investing in for current and future Americans.

Infrastr ucture spending is one of a few key policy topics that ever yone can and should rally behind. If we can’t find a compromise on this, it’s unlikely there’s much more we could come together to solve.

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47th year | Volume 95 | Issue 9 The Daily Free Press (ISSN 1094-7337) is printed Thursdays during the academic year except during vacation and exam periods by Back Bay Publishing Co., Inc., a nonprofit corporation operated by Boston University students. No content can be reproduced without the permission of Back Bay Publishing Co., Inc. Copyright © 2019 Back Bay Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved.

Audrey Martin, Campus Editor Haley Lerner, City Editor Sam Drysdale, Features Editor

Nick Telesmanic, Sports Editor Max Berman, Editorial Page Editor Gabriela Hutchings, Photo Editor

Michal Shvimer, Blog Editor Chloe Qin, Layout Editor Ananya Panchal, Multimedia Editor

OPINION 9

FINAL WORD:

COLUMNS

BOSTON UNCOMMON:

Looking back on my 2 years at the FreeP Improve foster care in Mass.

SOPHIE PARK/ DFP STAFF

BY SHAUN ROBINSON EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

I walked in to The Daily Free Press on my first night of college with a copy of Adobe InDesign, no idea how to write a news story and little notion of what to expect from the Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

Four semesters later, I can say this: I’ve still got my InDesign, I’m fairly versed in the inverted pyramid, and I’ve probably learned everything there is to know about this place — a place I can’t believe I’m finally telling goodbye.

I don’t think I’ve gone a week in Boston without stepping foot in the FreeP office, be it the old ragtag rooms in Kenmore Square or the new cookie shop basement in the heart of Central Campus. This paper sits at the very core of my identity as a student at BU, and looking back now in my final days as an editor, there’s no way I’d rather have it.

Like it did for so many before me, the FreeP taught me everything I know about how and why to be journalist. It’s a place that taught me how to pitch, interview, write, shoot, edit, post and inform.

It’s a place where I’ve laughed and a place where I’ve cried. A place where, every day, I have the privilege of working alongside people so talented that I’m humbled to call them friends.

This was a defining semester in the history of our paper — for probably the first time in some 49

years of publishing, we went weeks without printing a single issue. In February, the Board of Directors announced we would only be able to print if we had print ads. For about a month from early March to early April, we had no print ads.

In the end, though, we printed more weeks than we didn’t. And in the wake of the announcement three months ago, the support we received from students, faculty, alumni and readers alike was nothing short of incredible. It was telling, I think, of just how much people care about the work this paper does.

We forged ahead with new multimedia initiatives this semester, bolstering our social media presence and laying the groundwork for a new website. We made our Snapchat Publisher story even better. And we created a dedicated podcast desk that gets better every week and is unrivaled at any other college outlet I’ve seen.

We were also around for some pretty great stories these past few months — like when the Patriots brought home another Super Bowl trophy, when the BU women’s hockey team won their first varsity Beanpot and when the university hosted its first spring concert in half a decade.

We reported on BU’s low faculty diversity, Mail Services workers slated to lose their jobs, the impact of students who use fake IDs, issues with the BU Shuttle, conversations surrounding divestment and invest-

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ment, the revenue BU makes from application fees and changes to a Latin honors policy. We also, and this is important, wrote the definitive story on real-life Rhett.

For much of this work, along with the tireless work of last semester’s editorial board, we were named New England College Newspaper of the Year. That was pretty awesome.

To my editorial board — Sam, Nick, Ananya, Gab, Max, Audrey, Haley, Michal, Chloe — I will truly miss working with every single one of you and the energy and passion you bring to 708 Commonwealth Ave. Thank you for taking in stride my unbridled proverbs, intolerance for Pad Thai and sometimes indecipherable Google Docs comments.

To Diana — I never could have made it through this semester without your leadership, your skill and your humor by my side. We’ll never agree on the best bottled water brand, but other than that, I think we’ve made every decision in tandem. I’m going to miss our Subway runs, our ant-trapping antics and our lengthy conversations along Bay State Road at 4 a.m.

And to all the associate editors, writers, photographers, videographers, podcasters and designers who bring this paper to life each day — thank you. I may not have met every one of you, but I can say this for certain: you are all fantastic at what you do. Make the most of every assignment because like everything in life, your time here goes too fast.

When we announced our limited printing in February, I wrote in a tweet there is no one better equipped to deal with a changing media landscape than the people who grew up with it — us, the student journalists and reporters. I really believe that.

Because whatever the medium, be it print or anything else, we did, and we will continue to serve the BU community with the authority of our independent voice. This is a place where students are free to uncover the truth in the institution and the city around us, a pursuit rooted in our journalism but ultimately defined by our curiosity.

What is it they say? Keep on FreeP’in on? Do that. I’ll be rooting for you.

BY VICTORIA BOND COLUMNIST

The number of children in the Massachusetts foster care system has risen dramatically in the last five years, according to The Boston Globe, and the system is plagued with inefficiencies. There are not enough foster homes for the number of children in need of a place to stay, the Globe found, and social workers can only do so much with the little resources the state provides.

Even those foster homes with space for new children are left in the dark about important details such as medical history, according to the Globe, which helps alleviate the transition for foster parents and children alike.

Many children in the system aren’t able or willing to share intimate details with their foster parents, the Globe stated, and some have said the state provides inadequate professional help for the emotional trauma many of the children are up against.

Foster parents train for 30 hours before taking any children in, according to the Globe, but many have said they do not receive the tools needed to deal with the complex problems foster children face — such as opioid exposure or the loss of a family member.

The Globe concluded many families are pulling out of the system because they feel the state hasn’t provided them with the resources they need to adequately care for these children.

The National Court Appointed Special Advocate — CASA — Association provides volunteer advocates to underprivileged children and assists the children in court proceedings and the foster care process, according to their

website. More importantly, these advocates ensure that the well-being of the child is prioritized.

These advocates can take it into their own hands to seek medical records and useful information that future guardians would need to provide the child with the best life possible.

The Massachusetts foster care system, whether through a partnership with outside organizations or the establishment of its own program, should do more to provide services like the one-on-one support that CASA provides.

There are simply not enough social workers to give each of the thousands of kids in the system the attention they deserve. A program that allows volunteers to partner with even one child could close the gap between neglect and a loving, permanent home.

The crippled foster care system disproportionately affects low-income communities, according to the Globe, often taking in children who have lost parents to opioid addiction and overdose.

Because the outsourcing of psychological treatment has proven nearly impossible for foster families who are told there is a six-month wait for a therapist, according to the Globe, many have turned to training themselves to help children face and heal from their trauma.

UMass Memorial Medical Center helps provide this knowledge through a trauma coaching program, the Globe stated, but the program has only impacted “several dozen families.”

This program is another example of the type of initiative that should be expanded in Massachusetts. More programs like this one at UMass Memorial would be vital to helping more families better provide for more children.

This is, after all, the issue at the heart of the foster system’s greatest challenges.

The state’s shortcomings are detrimental to the wellbeing of thousands of kids, and Beacon Hill must do a better job supporting the people willing to help out. A child’s future should never be determined by their parents’ mistakes, much less the state’s inaction.

In “Avengers: Endgame,” the Avengers try to save the world from Thanos, their No. 1 enemy. We here at the ol’ Free Press want to know — what enemy would student groups try to save the world from?

Questrom: Socialism

RAs: “Mysterious odors”

COM: Fast fashion

Living Rhett: Mortality

BU Bookstore: SlugBooks.com

Dental School: Plaque

ENG: Decaf coffee

Audrey Martin: Laundry

FreeP: Buggy the mouse

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Softball blanks Brown 6-0 away

BY CHRIS LARABEE & NICK TELESMANIC DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

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Senior infielder Alexa Ponce in an April 17 game against UMass Lowell. Ponce recorded 4 RBI en route to a 6-0 win over Brown University.

The Boston University softball team beat Brown University 6-0 Wednesday afternoon in their final non-conference matchup, increasing their win streak to 13 straight games.

Sen ior i nf ielder A lex a Ponce carried the offense for the Terriers (33-17, 14-1 Patriot League), with four RBIs in the first three innings in a game that BU led wire-to-wire. Freshman pitcher Emily Gant stepped into the circle for BU and delivered another strong performance to the tune of six innings, four strikeouts and one hit while working around four walks.

BU head coach Ashley Waters said the team was working on different strategies, as they picked up the win. Some worked, she said, and some did not.

“I think we did a good job scratching out a win,” Waters said.

“I don’t think it was our best game, but I certainly don’t think it was out worst.”

The Terriers scored early and often against the Bears (1128, 5-16 Ivy League), starting in the top of the first inning when Ponce doubled to left field, cashing in on two runs to give the Terriers a lead before Brown had

a chance to bat.

Ponce then doubled up the score in the top of the third inning when she crushed a tworun home run over the fence, giving her an efficient four RBIs in her first two at-bats.

Waters said Ponce, as well as the rest of the middle of the lineup, has been contributing well.

“Any time there’s runners on, there’s that extra focus to drive people in,” Waters said. “I think that middle of the lineup is coming up big with people on.”

While Ponce was crushing the ball around the field, Gant was working through the Bears’ lineup, albeit in a different manner than she normally does.

Gant usually cuts through opposing lineups with strikeouts — she had 138 strikeouts in 119.2 innings entering the game — but against Brown, she worked around four walks and struck-out four. Despite the drop in strikeouts, Gant did not surrender her first hit until the bottom of the sixth inning, a double to right field from Bear outfielder Ashli Lotz.

Senior catcher Alex Heinen capped off the scoring for the Terriers in the top of the sixth, when she knocked in freshman outfielder Aliyah Huerta-Leipner with a single up the middle.

Waters called on sophomore pitcher Ali DuBois to close out the game for the Terriers, and she worked a one-two-three inning to secure the win for BU. Looking ahead, the No. 1 seed in the Patriot League tournament is on the line this weekend as the Terriers travel to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, to battle second-place Bucknell University in a three-game set.

The Bison are second in the Patriot League with a conference record of 13-2, while the Terriers lead by one game at 14-1. If BU takes at least two games from Bucknell, it will clinch the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage for conference tournament play, which starts May 9.

Bucknell will likely send pitchers Raeanne Geffert (14-12) and Lauren Lichtenwalner (11-6) to the circle to face the Terriers. Geffert sports a 2.16 ERA in 175 innings pitched while Lichtenwalner has a 2.80 ERA through 112 innings.

Waters sees this high-stakes series as nothing but a challenge her team faces every weekend.

She said she is confident the team will know what to do.

“It’s pretty cool when it comes down to this on the final week,” Waters said. “This is why they play. … Every weekend is a challenge.”

Coast to Coast: 4 fulcrum players for second round of playoffs

BY DYLAN WOODS COLUMNIST

Sometimes, all it takes is one pl ayer to w i n a pl ayof f ser ies.

Maybe it’s a bad matchup for a certain team, or maybe a singular talent takes their opponent down with unstoppable play. In this year’s playoffs, we have already seen Damian Lillard eviscerate the Oklahoma City Thunder and Kevin Durant dominate the Los Angeles Clippers.

As the second round begins, each series has a player that could single-handedly make the difference in a win or a loss for their teams. Each matchup has one guy that could decide whether a team is watching the conference finals from their penthouse or their home court.

Here are four guys that could tip the scale, or serve as the fulcrum, for each second round series.

Nikola Jokic Nikola Jokic is obviously a great player, and he has clearly been the Denver Nuggets’ best player in the playoffs so far. In the first round against the San Antonio Spurs — the first postseason series of his career — he averaged 23.1 points, 12.1 rebounds and 9.1 assists.

Those are elite level numbers, especially for a center. His Game

6 performa nce of 43 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists, even in a loss, said a lot about Jokic as a player. He isn’t going to shy away when the pressure is on, and he is going to do everything in his power when it matters most.

Now, i n t he s e cond rou nd against the Portland Trail Blazers, there is no question that Jokic is great. The next question is how great Big Honey can be. He has already proven his ability in the first round, but now he has a chance to get the Nug gets to the conference finals, which would be a huge accomplishment for such a young team.

Can he outduel Lillard to be the best player in this series? Can he continue to maneuver the balance between getting his shots and setting up teammates? These are two questions to be answered, for better or for worse, in the remainder of the series.

In Game 1, Jokic had 37 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in a 121-113 Nuggets win. So far, it looks as though he is going to take advantage of a matchup with Enes Kanter and either Meyers Leonard or Zach Collins off of Portland’s bench — none of whom are ver y good defenders.

If the Nuggets are to win this series, the center from Serbia has to keep dominating and show the NBA world his regular season and round one showing was no f luke.

Danny Green With firepower on both sides, the semifinal matchup between t he Toronto R a ptor s a nd t he Philadelphia 76ers has a chance to be an exciting series.

The Sixers — with Joel Embiid,

Ben Simmons, Jimmy Butler and Tobias Harris — have four players who can break out in any game. The Raptors, with Kawhi Leonard and Pascal Siakam, have two players that have been nothing but great so far in the playoffs.

However, Toronto’s two frontcourt stars are going to need some help if the Raptors are going to get to the conference finals. Kawhi and Siakam can’t shoulder the entire offense, and Green is just the guy that can ease the tension.

Unfortunately for Green and the Raptors, he hasn’t shown up after the two games that the two teams split up north. Against Philly, Green has just 10 points on 3-13 shooting from the f loor. He is shooting just 2-10 on threes, the shot that makes him valuable on the offensive end.

In Game 2, Danny missed two potential game-tying threes in the final minute, including the Raptors’ last gasp with less than 10 seconds left. He is on the floor because he can shoot threes. When he misses big threes, that obviously does not help the team.

Green doesn’t have to score 30 points a night. He doesn’t have to take over a game like Steph Curry.

But when Kawhi and Siakam draw the defense on drives and kick it out to him, he has to knock a few down. If he can start to hit threes, it’ll just be one more reason why the Raptors advance and get a chance to play for their first NBA Finals in franchise history.

Jayson Tatum Jayson Tatum was the star of last year’s NBA playoffs for the Boston Celtics. Everyone remembers his dunk and follow-up celebration

on LeBron James in Game 7 of the there shouldn’t be much hope for a Houston victory. After taking Eastern Conference Finals.

Golden State to seven games last But this year, Tatum has been year, the Rockets might be lucky a complete no-show for the Celtics to draw this one out to six games, in the second round against the nevermind advance.

Milwaukee Bucks. After averaging There really isn’t a game plan 19.3 points in the first round against the Indiana Pacers, he has scored to stop the Warriors. Some teams just 9 points on 4-17 shooting in hope they miss, some teams just two games against Milwaukee. give up, but the Rockets tr y to The Celtics need a consistent outscore them — a ver y daring second option in a series where the proposition. Obv iously, Ja mes Bucks already have their pecking Harden, the league’s top scorer order set in stone. It may be too by a wide margin, is their best late to expect Tatum to explode chance to do that. But he can’t for 25-30 each game for the rest score every time down the f loor, of the series, but what he showed and Paul needs to step up. in Games 1 and 2 is unacceptable.

Before his injury at the end of The most frustrating part about Game 5 against the Warriors last Tatum is his lack of aggression. season, Paul was spectacular in The Bucks weren’t doing anything the Conference Finals. In a Game particular to take his offense away, 4 victory on the road, he scored 27 like how they were swarming Kyrie points on 10-20 shooting and hit Irving and at times sending two five threes. In a Game 5 win, he hit defenders at Al Horford. If any- four of nine threes, carrying his thing, they were conceding shots team on a night in which Harden to Tatum by defending him with struggled. smaller guys like Pat Connaughton So far in this series, in between and Sterling Brown. arguing with the refs and getting Still, most of the time, Tatum ejected, Paul has taken just 23 shots either defers to someone else or in two games for 35 points. This misses a tough or bad shot. After isn’t terrible, or even bad, but he last season’s explosion, the dimin- needs to get more opportunities ished role probably isn’t helping on offense. Harden, especially with him. But Tatum is still in the start- his eye injury, cannot be given an ing lineup and is still getting a good isolation while everybody stares amount of touches. at him on every possession.

If he can’t complement Kyrie I don’t know who has to decide on offense by putting the ball in that, whether it be Houston coach the hole, then there is a very bleak Mike D’Antoni, Paul or Harden chance that the Celtics make a himself — but Paul needs more third straight appearance in the chances to run the offense. If the Rockets go back to more of a balEastern Conference Finals. ance between Harden and Paul Chris Paul With the Houston Rockets instead of having the Beard dribble dow n 0-2 to the Golden State the air out of the ball, then I like Warriors after the first two games, their chances a lot more.

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Men’s hockey ready to turn the page to 2019-20 season

BY BRADY GARDNER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

After an action-packed 40 games and an eventful first month of the offseason, the dust has settled on the 2018-19 season for the Boston University men’s hockey team.

“There were a lot of ups and downs this year,” BU head coach Albie O’Connell said in reflection on the 2018-19 campaign.

It was O’Connell’s first season at the helm for the Terriers, though the former team captain said he had some help along the way from BU hockey legend Jack Parker, as well as New York Rangers head coach and former BU boss David Quinn.

O’Connell served as an associate head coach under Quinn from 2015 to the summer of 2018, when Quinn MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DFP STAFF left for the NHL and O’Connell was Junior forward Patrick Curry in a November 2018 game against Northeastern University. Curry will serve as BU’s sole named to the top job. captain next season. “[Those were] two guys I leaned on a little bit this year,” O’Connell said. final four teams at TD Garden was a total from his first two collegiate sea- Canadian looks to be the clear-cut “They were pretty helpful to me and notable accomplishment in itself. sons combined. leader of BU’s defensive corps. our staff in the transition.”

“It’s hard to get to the Garden,” he As Curry is entering his senior sea“He really was stable back there,” The first-year manager led a team said. “The league was very tight this son, O’Connell said the Terriers know O’Connell said of Crotty. “He gave us that finished with an overall record year.” they have a strong skipper to set an some offense at times but didn’t do it of 16-18-4. The Terriers went winless O’Connell noted his team’s effort example for the club. in the way of losing any defense.” in their first five competitive games, on the ice was never a question this “To the guys who are in the weight Cockerill will round out the list though would only fall in three of year. room, watch what Curry did last year,” of BU assistant captains. O’Connell their final 10 fixtures. O’Connell “The guys gave it their all,” he said. O’Connell said. “We love the way he said the Michigan native has major said he credits his players for this “We look for the same, if not more, plays, we love the way he competes.” potential on both ends of the ice and improvement. from the returners.”

Alongside Curry will be Harper, could play a critical role for BU as an “They stuck with it and kept workLooking ahead to next season, who was named an assistant captain upperclassman. ing,” he said. “Guys were playing the Terriers will rely on continued for next season. As one of just a hand“When he’s on his game, he’s pretty banged up.” contributions from major players ful of seniors on the roster, Harper about as good as anyone in the counThe Terriers finished their sea- in the 2018-19 squad. Among those will be expected to continue his knack try,” O’Connell said of Cockerill. son without bringing any hardware anticipated to carry the weight will for production that has brought about “He’s a competitive guy, and we back to Commonwealth Avenue. be a leading group comprised of ris- three straight campaigns of 20 or expect him to be like that every game The team fell in the semifinals of the ing senior forwards Patrick Curry and more points. next year. Consistency will be a key Beanpot and the Hockey East tourna- Patrick Harper, as well as rising junior “He’s a great scorer, playmaker for him.” ment, both 2-1 overtime losses against forward Logan Cockerill and rising and offensive threat,” O’Connell said The team will welcome 10 recruits Northeastern University. junior defenseman Cam Crotty. of Harper. “We believe we have the to Agganis Arena in the fall, replac“We were, in the Beanpot and the Curry will serve as BU’s sole cap- most dynamic guy in the league in ing the five graduating seniors and Hockey East semifinals, a goal away,” tain next season, as announced by Patrick Harper.” five premature departures bound for O’Connell said. “Those are tough pills O’Connell at the team’s annual banCrotty will also be an assistant professional hockey. Per O’Connell, to swallow.” quet on April 27. The Illinois native captain for his third season on the the team also has plans to bring in a O’Connell said he thinks earning had a breakout 2018-19 season as a team, and as the only non-forward graduate transfer goaltender to fill a spot to play among the conference’s junior, tallying 26 points to top his among the leadership group, the the void left by junior netminder Jake

Oettinger, who has elected to move on to the Dallas Stars organization.

Oettinger has patrolled the BU crease for the last three seasons, and bringing in a graduate student for 2019-20 would only serve as a temporary solution between the pipes.

Within the program, O’Connell said he is confident rising sophomore goalie Vinnie Purpura is poised to make a long-term impact, whether it be in this upcoming season or the next.

“He did a really good job,” O’Connell said regarding Purpura.

“We expect him to have a good summer and push for the No. 1 job.”

The central mission for the Terriers this fall, O’Connell said, is to put an emphasis on teamwork and cohesiveness. This unity, he said, was a point of development for his team over the course of his first season in charge.

“At the start of the year, we had a lot of individuals, we had a lot of guys on their own page at times,” he said.

“By the end of the year, we became a team — we played a team game. We weren’t worried about who was scoring, we were worried about winning.

That’s what the program should be about.”

While the academic year is in its final legs, there will be no break for the men’s hockey team. O’Connell said his squad is already preparing for when they take the ice against Union College this fall to open the 2019-20 campaign.

“The new season is starting now,” he said. “We’re worried about pushing as hard as we can to start October when we go down to Union to play that first game.”

As the offseason progresses, stay tuned for continued posts, articles and podcasts from The Boston Hockey Blog at hockey.dailyfreepress. com, and follow @BOSHockeyBlog on Twitter for more updates.

Men’s lacrosse tops Bucknell 14-8, advances to PL semifinals

BY MATT MEUSEL

DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston University men’s lacrosse team defeated Bucknell University 14-8 Tuesday night at Nickerson Field in the Patriot League quarterfinals.

“I just thought we were ready to go,” BU (11-5, 5-3 PL) head coach Ryan Polley said after the game. “I thought our energy from bench to our starters was outstanding.”

The Terriers jumped out to a quick lead to begin the game and never looked back. Freshman attack Timmy Ley got the scoring going just 45 seconds into the game off an assist from senior attack James Burr. Ley went on to find the back of the net two more times to finish the game with a hat trick.

The majority of the scoring came from the two players who have carried BU’s team all season long — senior attack James Burr and sophomore attack Chris Gray. Together, the duo scored nine of the Terriers’ 14 goals on the night to continue their dominant play.

Gray finished the game with five goals along with four assists.

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Sophomore attack Chris Gray’s point total for the season hit 108, which is the highest mark in the country.

His point total for the season rose to 108, which stands as the top mark in the country. Gray’s five goals also tied the Patriot

League tournament record for most goals in a single game by an individual.

“If [Gray] isn’t a top five

player in the countr y, I don’t know who is,” Polley said.

Burr clocked in four goals and an assist on the night. Burr scored three straight goals in three minutes to open the second half and extend BU’s lead to 10-1, allowing the Terriers to run away with the game.

Polley said he was impressed to see Burr go on this three-goal run.

“It made it really tough for Bucknell to come back,” Polley said. “That’s a pretty big deficit, even though there was almost a full half to go.”

On the other side of the ball, BU’s defense and goaltending got the job done. Bucknell (6-9, 4-4 PL) turned the ball over 26 times on the day and was unable to get their offense into a f low in the first half. The Terrier defense hounded passing lanes and never made things easy for the Bison.

Ju n ior g oa l kee p er Jo e McSorley continued his solid play, a llowing BU to build their lead and eventually pull away. He made 15 saves and only allowed one goal in the first half.

McSorley made save after save

from shots at point-blank range, which fired up the Terriers and got them into halftime with a comfortable 7-1 lead.

Bucknell went on a 4-0 run in the final quarter to cut the deficit to 13-8, but by then it was too little, too late. Burr put another one in the back of the net with 2:19 left, and the celebration had begun on the BU bench.

The Terriers now face a tough task, as they will travel to take on Lehigh University (8-7, 5-3 PL) Friday night in the semifinals of the Patriot League tournament. The game will be played in Baltimore, Maryland — the home of the top-seeded Loyola University Maryland.

“We’re going to have our work cut out for us,” Gray said after Tuesday’s game.

Lehigh and BU faced off once this season back in March, in what ended a 10-8 victory for the Mountain Hawks. The score was 5-5 at halftime, but Lehigh outscored BU 5-0 in the third quarter and withstood a late Terrier run to squeeze out a win.

“I expect it to be a dog fight,” Polley said. “It’s important that we rest.”