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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016 THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY YEAR XLV. VOLUME XC. ISSUE VI.

Nonlinear music visualization sets emotional tone

Planet Records gravitates to universal music experience PHOTOS BY LEXI PLINE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Left: Planet Records store clerk Michael Boudreau, of Watertown, organizes vintage vinyl records Wednesday afternoon.

Below: A customer shops for used CDs at Planet Records near Harvard Square.

BY SONIA RAO DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Music is often portrayed as being at the crossroads of mathematics and artistic emotion. Many would argue that there’s an inherent tension between the calculated nature of math and the spirited talent of an artist. One team of researchers is looking to change this conversation.

In a study published Tuesday by the American Institute of Physics, scientists at The University of Tokyo proposed a new “nonlinear time series method” for analyzing irregularities in global music structures. This method was developed to overcome the limitations of past tools, and it aims to visualize musical features such as rhythm and tone through two-dimensional graphs and models.

Some musicians, particularly those with a background in mathematics, recognize the subtle calculations involved in composing or performing a piece. Terry Everson, the director of undergraduate studies at the School of Music in Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, said professionals in the two fields often share a common mission.

“There are a lot of musicians who have at least some propensity that seems to resonate and relate well back and forth,” Everson said. “I think mathematics, pure mathematics, is something of a search for order, and I think music often times … is a very ordered kind of expression.”

This sense of order is often genre-specific, said Michael Reynolds, a CFA professor and the cellist in the Muir String Quartet. While many pieces of the 20th century embrace irregularities in rhythm, Reynolds noted that older genres share structural similarities, to a certain extent.

“There’s always a certain amount of symmetry, particularly in classical and romantic and early contemporary composers,” Reynolds said, “in terms of how they structure a piece so that there is always one climactic moment and some sub-climactic moments and some little hills on the way to those moments.”

The scientists’ proposed model is able to dive deeper into the mathematics behind such climaxes and sub-climaxes, which Reynolds said would help listeners understand the narrative behind certain pieces.

“Every good piece has a storyline of some sort, and I think this can help a listener … come away and say, ‘Oh I kind of understood what that story was about, what the structure was, where the emotional highs and lows were,’” Reynolds said. “Anything that increases awareness is always a good thing.”

Sam Headrick, a professor of music composition and theory in CFA, agreed with Reynolds in championing a broader understanding of musical structure. He also drew attention to the similarly broad array of emotions brought forth by music.

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BY CHRISTY OSLER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

One may wander into Planet Records just to browse its extensive selection of vinyls and CDs, but owner John Damroth promises that whether you’re an “old man from Russia or a young kid from Newark,” there is always a new discovery to be excited about.

“Almost every day, we have somebody come in here that finds a record and [is] freaking out about it,” Damroth said. “It’s actually a wonderful thing to see. These days, people are thanking us for staying in business because I think they know, ultimately, how hard it is.

But that music connection is the thing, and we try to keep that fire burning so the customers that we have can share in that.”

Planet Records has kept that fire burning for 33 years, even after surviving a fire of its own. After losing everything, Damroth rebuilt his business at a Harvard Square annex before settling into the current storefront on Cambridge’s Mount Auburn Street.

Damroth said Planet Records prides itself on two key components: quality and price.

“Back in 1983 … there were other used record stores around, but you were never quite sure of what you were get-

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ting, and we were very careful about the condition of the stuff we sold,” he said. “Back when the record industry was thriving, they had a lot of overstock. So, we sold new, sealed records for $3.99, and there were a lot of excited people about that.”

At Planet Records, one can find genres ranging from jazz and classical to rock and blues, which, at the time of the store’s conception in 1983, was very unusual, Damroth said. Today, the store still offers a wide variety but has trouble keeping classic rock on the shelves.

“If we get any kind of classic rock LP — The Beatles, Pink Floyd, anything like that — it will be gone pretty much within hours of putting it out,” Damroth said. “And that’s not always true with a really cool jazz record or classical record.”

Originally a record store, Planet Records’ selection of music formats has expanded over the past several years to accommodate the changing tastes of consumers.

“Six years ago or so, LPs started coming back, and they came back strong,” Damroth said. “I would say they are back up to 50 percent of our sales. It’s sort of exciting because I love records and they mean something to me, so it’s nice to have that validated by the rest of the world.”

Growing up, Damroth found his en-

eople love music. There’s a connection from their

ear to their heart, it seems in many cases.

thusiasm for music through his discovery of his older brothers’ rock records.

“Although I was not allowed to touch [their records], I would touch them,” he said. “I found out about some rock. Initially, it was people like the Beach Boys … As tastes evolved, it became The Beatles and The Who, and I just developed a real love for rock ‘n’ roll and built up my own collection.”

Damroth’s love for music followed him through college as he shared his musical tastes and discoveries with his friends. He and his friends would stay up late into the night, listening to and deconstructing the music of their favorite artists.

As a record storeowner, Damroth said he is able to revert back to his college days by sitting back and enjoying the music.

“I get to sit around all day and listen to whatever comes in front of me,” he said. “That can be a classical record or a rock record. There’s so much out there.

It keeps it different and fun from day to day.”

But the music that crosses Planet Records’ path is only a microcosm of what record stores offer for avid music seekers and listeners, and Damroth wants to make sure his customers are aware of what the rest of the Boston area has to offer.

“We have a sheet that we give out at the front counter of all the stores that are still around in Cambridge and Boston, because we know that you can find cool stuff anywhere,” he said. “For us, it’s about sharing all of that stuff and helping people out who need to build their collections … We have a good heart, I like to say, and we try to promote [the music].”

Above all, it is clear Damroth has a passion for sharing music with others and understands the personal connection listeners create with it.

“People love music,” he said.

“There’s a connection from their ear to their heart, it seems in many cases.”

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Mayor Walsh announces homeless coordinate system vendor expensive in terms of their use of emergency resources, hospitalizations, justice resources, etcetera,” Byrne said.

Byrne said the city’s previous homelessness programs came out of a desperate need for renovation.

“It’s really important, the way the homeless system came into being,” Byrne said. “It wasn’t the product of a well-thought-out design. It was a response to people sleeping on the streets. Now what’s going on across the country is people are really trying to rethink this for people who are facing housing crises to access the resources that they need, and that’s what this is really about — to help make a more streamlined system.”

Byrne said the program would hopefully act as a connection between resources for the homeless population, which are otherwise less effective. “[Before], people would enter the system at all different places and get routed to all different programs,” Byrne said. “There was no guarantee that they were going to get the actual help that they need, so I think this system is the right step in the right direction for people to access the type of help that they need for their specific crises.”

Green River CEO Michael Knapp said the new system will play a major role in terminating chronic homelessness in Boston.

“We were incredibly enthusiastic about responding … because we want to do our part ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF to end homelessness,” Knapp said. “This is very much in line with our mission of trying to Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced a partnership Monday with the Cambridge technology firm Green River in an effort to combat use technology for social good.” homelessness.

Knapp explained how the new system will work in conjunction with already existing systems.

According to the release, the City of Thomas Byrne, a professor in Boston Uni“Boston’s situation is complex because

BY KALINA NEWMAN Boston is partnering with Green River, a versity’s School of Social Work, said the pro- there is a lot of existing infrastructure, in terms DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF Cambridge software company, to create the gram is useful due to the cost-deficient nature of folks who serve the homeless to more permaprogram, Coordinated Access System. CAS of homelessness. nent places,” Knapp said. “Our job is to build a Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced will allow shelters, housing companies and “Research shows that people who are tool that doesn’t disrupt existing systems, but Friday a partnership to develop a program emergency facilities to engage on a single tech chronically homeless actually account for instead works with them. I think Boston’s right that will tackle Boston’s chronic homelessness platform, allowing for seamless and effective less than 10 percent, but they tend to use the CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 situation head-on, according to a Friday press communication. bulk of shelter resources and tend to be more release.

EPA works to clean up bodies of water within the commonwealth

BY MEAGAN SCHWARZ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will issue a stormwater general permit applicable to all cities and towns in Massachusetts in March to control pollutants entering bodies of water within the commonwealth, according to EPA spokesperson Dave Deegan.

This permit will require each Massachusetts community to develop a plan to control the amount of pollutants that enter the town’s storm drains. Deegan said the permit calls for a complete overhaul of how towns deal with stormwater coming from roads and other surfaces.

“The permit isn’t anything out of the ordinary, but rather an initiative to focus on the reduction of the presence of phosphorous found in abundance in stormwater runoff,” Deegan said.

“We want to work with each community affected by the permit as they create a plan to reduce their discharge.”

Deegan described the permit process and how it will be implemented.

“The EPA is issuing this permit in the next four to six weeks,” Deegan said. “The permit requirements include the community’s plan to be implemented over 20 years, and will be funded by both federal and local government.”

Margaret Van Deusen, deputy director of the Charles River Watershed Association, said the permit is often thought of as a forced cleanup of the Charles River, which she says is misleading.

“It’s a general permit for stormwater … and is applied to all of Massachusetts,” Van Deusen said. “In the general permit, a section on Charles River Watershed specifically requires every community in Watershed to reduce its phosphorus discharge in the Charles.”

Van Deusen said the previous permit had expired in 2008, and this new version will be im-

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In March, the Environmental Protection Agency will issue a stormwater general permit aimed at lowering the level of pollutants in the bodies of water within the commonwealth.

plemented in March.

“This permit is long overdue,” Van Deusen said. “It will affect the Massachusetts community as a whole by making the river a cleaner and healthier one.”

CRWA spokesperson Alexandra Ash explained the harmful effects of high concentrations of phosphorus.

“High amounts of the phosphorous in the stormwater gets fed to bodies of water all over the state,” Ash said. “They can contribute to toxic cyanobacteria blooms, which harm water quality, degrade wildlife habitat and limit recreational activities.”

Ash said the harmful nature of polluted water implies the importance of keeping the river clean.

“Harmful levels can lead to eye, ear and skin

irritation in humans and pets,” Ash said. “This is why cleaning it up and preventing it is so important. So many live nearby the Charles or spend time on it, and we want to keep them safe.”

Several Boston residents said they were pleased with the ideas behind the new initiative, but were hoping for more government assistance in implementing the policy.

Lauren Fuller, 34, of the South End, said this type of government intervention is welcomed when it comes to the environment.

“With all of the recent news about unclean water, I think it’s very important for government intervention here,” she said. “If we’re cleaning up our water, it’s hard to see a disadvantage, obviously other than cost, which is always a factor in huge projects like this one.”

Vera Daniel, 58, of Back Bay, said she hopes

the attention the new permit is getting will hopefully result in more support for keeping the river clean.

“If all of the communities in the Watershed work together, I can see positive change coming out from this,” she said. “The river is a part of Massachusetts … Ultimately, it should be about more than just stormwater. We should clean up all of the pollution.”

Ed Jacoby, 68, Beacon Hill, said the benefit might not be worth the cost of cleaning up the river.

“I’m not sure how I feel about this,” he said.

“On the one hand, it’s a great idea to work on cleaning up the river. But on the other, it’s going to cost a lot no matter what plans they come up with, especially if it’s only focusing on one aspect of pollution.”

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Hillary Clinton opens six new campaign offices in Massachusetts

BY CAROLYN HOFFMAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Hillary for Massachusetts, the 2016 presidential campaign for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, opened six organizing offices throughout the commonwealth Saturday.

According to a Feb. 17 press release, Clinton’s campaign volunteers and supporters will utilize the new offices to talk to local voters before the March 1 Democratic primary.

Hillary for Massachusetts’ offices opened offices in Boston, Springfield, Holyoke, Pittsfield, New Bedford and Worcester, the release stated. At each office opening, volunteers and supporters were encouraged to sign a “Commit to Vote” card to pledge their support for Clinton in the upcoming Massachusetts primary.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, who endorsed Clinton in 2015, said in a statement that he is honored to support Clinton because she is receptive and compassionate of individuals’ diverse backgrounds.

"I am proud to support Hillary Clinton for President of the United States,” Walsh said in the statement. “Hillary understands how to work with people from all backgrounds to advocate and support the most vulnerable; it has been her life's work and her leadership is needed now more than ever.”

Walsh said in the statement that he believes Clinton will help encourage equality among the American people through her enthusiastic work ethic.

“Hillary has spent her life fighting and advocating for those in need and I know she will bring her experience and passion to the White House to ensure that every American has an equal opportunity,” Walsh said in the statement. “Being the Mayor of one of the largest cities in America, I understand how important it is to have someone in the White House who knows how to get things done.”

Clinton will face Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Massachusetts primary on

March 1. Sanders said in a Monday press release that Clinton’s association with super PACs should be questioned, and said his campaign, funded by individual donations, relates to Americans more than super PACs do.

“Now I know that every candidate who has ever received special-interest money always says that the millions of dollars they receive will never influence them,” Sanders said in the release. “If these contributions from powerful special interests have no influence over the candidates, why are they making huge campaign contributions?”

Douglas Kriner, a professor of U.S. politics in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences, said Clinton’s decision to open six new offices in Massachusetts was a strategic move, as she is in a tight race against Sanders for the commonwealth.

“Massachusetts is one of the few states that looks like a real battleground [for Clinton],” Kriner said. “She won the state in 2008 against Sen. Obama. She looks to be behind Sen. Sanders. I’d imagine she’d just like to keep it close and keep the story about her [projected] big wins in the southern states.”

Kriner said while Clinton’s tight race against Sanders was not predicted months ago, it reflects what ideas are resonating with the American people.

“There’s a lot of anti-establishment anger,” Krisner said. “I think if you were to ask Jeb Bush if he thought he were to have raised over $100 million between his campaign and his super PAC and he’d be at home in Florida right now, he’d also be very surprised. That said, I think the Clinton campaign is certainly in a better position then most of the folks in the establishment side of the aisle in the Republican side.”

Kriner said the biggest threat to both Clinton and Sanders in the upcoming election is the fact that there is currently a Democratic president.

“It’s a tough year to be a Democrat,” Kriner said. “You know, Obama has an approval rating hovering slightly below 50 percent. That’s not the territory you want to

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2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton opened six new campaign headquarters in Massachusetts on Saturday.

be in, and it’s very tough to win the White House three consecutive elections for the same party. Some candidates might be better foils for Secretary Clinton or Sen. Sanders than others, but we’ll see.”

Several residents expressed concerns about voting for either Sanders or Clinton.

Yusuf Roohani, 24, of Allston, said he supports Hillary because he has concerns about Sanders’ adaptability.

“If I could vote, I would probably vote for her, because she is the most qualified person for the position,” he said. “I like what Bernie Sanders talks about, but I don’t know how far that’s going to get through Congress.”

Cory Marcotte, 20, of the North End, expressed concerns about Clinton’s consistency.

“She’s a little inconsistent and that’s concerning for a lot of people our age,” he said.

Daniel Shea, 25, of Jamaica Plain, said both candidates have had problems holding onto their voter base.

“Bernie has the better policies, to be honest, but I think his supporters have done a lot to turn people off from him,” he said.

“I think at the same time, Hillary has done a poor job at explaining why to choose her over him, why the second Obama basically isn’t just going to win again.”

Higher education jobs increase indicates healthy economy

BY DAVE SEBASTIAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The job market in higher education has shown the largest increase in any one-quarter period since 2012. The market had a 1.25-percent increase, or approximately 24,100 jobs, in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to a HigherEdJobs report published Friday.

The report based its analysis on data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics and concluded that four-year colleges across the nation gained 29,400 jobs, while community colleges lost 5,300 jobs in 2015.

The report also showed a 10.6-percent job increase in the New England area.

John Ikenberry, president and co-founder of HigherEdJobs, said the increase in the number of higher education jobs can be attributed to the growth of the U.S. economy overall.

“The factors that caused the increase can be a variety of things,” he said. “It can be an increase in enrollment at decent institutions, or [colleges] are feeling more confident in both enrollments and the ability to set tuition. It shows some increasing confidence that these institutions have to be able to do their planning and hiring for those positions.”

Though the increase of higher education jobs in the fourth quarter of 2015 reached a high point, it was still lower by 0.11 percent in comparison to the increase of U.S. job market, Ikenberry said.

“When times are tough, the U.S. economy could be down significantly, more than higher education,” Ikenberry said. “And when things are better, the U.S. economy tends to be much better than higher education. Higher education is steadier, while education in the U.S. is more volatile.”

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A HigherEdJobs report published Friday showed that there was an increase of 24,100 jobs in higher education in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Despite a job increase over the past year, in the four-year category, jobs in community had decreased, Ikenberry quoted from the report. He said that as the economy improves, more people would likely leave their education and join the workforce.

“When the economy starts to improve, it would end up being a countercyclical effect on higher education,” Ikenberry said.

The report also pointed out a trend of increased employment in part-time posi-

tions with a 17.3-percent growth in the fourth quarter in 2015.

Higher education institutions, especially publicly funded institutions, are still recovering from the economic recession during the late 2000s, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education spokesperson Katy Abel said. Even so, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts continues to encourage the increase in higher education jobs.

“Massachusetts faces a shortage of

skilled college graduates who are needed to work in [various] industries,” she said. “For Massachusetts, having a well-educated population of college students with degrees in what we call ‘high demand fields’ is important in the state’s economy. Therefore, investment in higher education tends to benefit an entire region or even an entire state.”

Several students expressed mixed views of the minimal increase in higher education job postings in comparison to other fields.

Grace Thomson, a first-year graduate student at the College of Communication, said the overlapping growth of other job sectors and jobs in higher education will cause workforce disparity in the future.

“If [jobs in] other fields are increasing, then we’re going to need more students entering … higher education to fill those [jobs],” Thomson said. “If the higher education job market is not increasing, then we might run into problems with too many students and not enough faculty.”

Melanie Medeiros, also a first-year graduate student at COM, said though the higher education sector offers substantial benefits, it has a higher entry level.

“Higher [education] jobs have better benefits than a job in regular commercial industry,” Medeiros said. “[However], it often requires more advanced degrees, which is marking it harder for people [to join the industry].”

Agnes Zhan, a sophomore in the Questrom School of Business, said the jobs boost in the higher education sector should still be appreciated.

“Maybe being a professor doesn't [generate] that much money [compared to] other jobs,” Zhan said. “I don’t think it’s that bad that other job sectors’ [increases] are larger, as long as it’s increasing in higher education.

Maybe people’s values change. That’s why they want to do something else.”

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Professors learn as students in “Faculty Terrier Days”

CAMPUS CRIME LOGS

BY ALYSSA MEYERS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Feb. 15 to Feb. 21.

Marijuana confiscated at 775 Commonwealth Ave. Officers observed a male student Feb. 15 at 6:45 p.m. in the fourth-floor lounge of the George Sherman Union and detected the odor of marijuana. When officers questioned the student, he stated that he was smoking marijuana and studying. The student was issued a civilian citation, and the officers confiscated a grinder and a jar containing marijuana.

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Terry Everson, a professor in the College of Fine Arts, is one of the professors opening his classes to faculty members this week as part of the Faculty Terrier Days.

BY CAROLINE HITESMAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston University commenced its first annual Faculty Terrier Days Monday, in which professors can participate in classes other faculty members teach, said STEM Education Initiatives director Bennett Goldberg.

BU’s Center for Teaching and Learning partnered with STEM Education Initiatives, from the Office of the Provost, to organize the five-day Faculty Terrier Days, which Goldberg said aims to create proactive conversations about teaching methods on campus.

“If you open classrooms for faculty to go and visit each other, it can start to generate more talking about teaching and learning,” Goldberg said. “It can give faculty more exposure to different kinds of teaching that’s happening on campus. It can help people who maybe want to try something new.”

The program, which will host the last set of classes Friday, allows faculty members to choose from 165 free classes in different subjects. Classes range from photography to chemistry labs to online journalism seminars, Goldberg said.

“We frequently … invite people to hear our ideas at seminars or workshops, but we don’t really invite them into our classrooms,” Goldberg said. “Open classrooms brings the idea of teaching to the same level of sharing as we would our scholarship.”

Goldberg said he has received a lot of support across the university since he proposed the idea of an open classroom.

“The provost and the dean and the chairman and the faculty have all been re-

ally supportive,” Goldberg said. “I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback from people, so it wasn’t hard to convince anyone [to participate]. It doesn’t cost much.”

Faculty Terrier Days is a positive way of exchanging ideas among professors, University Provost Jean Morrison said. The wide range of classes also enables almost any professor the opportunity to attend an open class, Morrison added.

“It’s a really good idea for faculty to get new ideas and learn from their peers about innovative and creative teaching approaches,” Morrison said. “It’s all designed to improve the quality of undergraduate education.”

Morrison said Faculty Terrier Days is a valuable addition to BU, as the open classes provide firsthand experience to new ideas instead of simply listening to a lecture.

“You’re doing collaborative learning and interactive learning,” Morrison said.

“These are the ideas that we hope faculty can pick up from their colleagues. You can never share too many good ideas. You don’t have to go to a conference, all you have to do is select a peer’s class at BU and go. It’s an easy fun way to see something new and different.”

Jay Halfond, a professor in the Metropolitan College Graduate Programs in Management, said though he had never experienced Faculty Terrier Days before, the program would allow faculty members to see teaching methods from a different perspective.

“All too often, we treat the classroom as our private sanctuary and rarely invite in visitors, except in formal situations where faculty members are being evaluated,” he said. “We need more transparency in the art of teaching.”

Halfond said the program will benefit not only faculty, but also the BU student community in the long run.

“I admire the openness and confidence of the faculty who volunteered to participate, and expect their teaching will improve as a result,” Halfond said. “When faculty share ideas about how to improve their teaching, students are the ultimate beneficiary.”

Several students said they are looking forward to seeing the impact of Faculty Terrier Days on professors in the future.

Ying Xing, a second-year graduate student in the Metropolitan College, said Faculty Terrier Days would improve the teaching methods of some professors.

“Teachers can improve their teaching by going to different classes,” Xing said.

“One of the professors who goes to a lecture will be challenged to think about how he or she currently teaches.”

Alexandra Schley, a freshman in the College of Communication, said Faculty Terrier Days will allow professors to innovate their teaching strategies.

“Some of my classes could be a lot more interesting if my professors did different things to teach us the information,” Schley said. “This program will be helpful for some teachers who are looking for new ways to teach their curriculum.”

Abbey Weis, a sophomore in the Questrom School of Business, said she hopes professors will learn about students’ perceptive after attending open classes. “[Faculty Terrier Days] is cool because it will give teachers an alternative perspective,” Weis said. “It seems like a good way down the road to see if going to these classes will help and seeing how professors teach down the road.”

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Trespassing at 590 Commonwealth Ave. Officers responded to a report Feb. 16 at 11 a.m. of a male party trespassing at the Metcalf Science Center. Officers identified the suspect and placed him under arrest. They also found two laptops in the suspect’s possession, which were later determined to have been stolen possessions.

Passport stolen from 685 Commonwealth Ave. A male student reported Feb. 16 at 12:41 p.m. that he left his passport unattended inside room 326 at the College of Arts and Sciences and returned to find it missing.

Packages stolen from 852 Beacon St. A male student reported Feb. 16 at 4:36 p.m. that two packages were stolen from the vestibule of the building.

Laptop stolen from 232 Bay State Road A female student reported Feb. 17 at 12:09 a.m. that her laptop was stolen from the first-floor study room of the Political Science department. The victim reported the laptop was left unattended during the time of theft.

Medical assist at 700 Commonwealth Ave. Officers responded Feb. 17 at 11:10 a.m. to reports of a male employee who had spilled hot water on his foot in Warren Towers.

The victim was transported to the Mount Auburn Hospital for further treatment.

Marijuana reported at 91 Bay State Road The Office of Residence Life in Kilachand Hall reported Feb. 18 at 12:57 a.m. that they detected the odor of marijuana coming from room 409. The suspect, a male student, admitted to smoking marijuana and was issued a civil citation.

Laptop stolen from 725 Commonwealth Ave. A female employee reported Feb. 18 at 5:13 p.m. that a laptop was stolen from room 306 in the CAS building. The room is typically secure, but the victim was unsure if the door was locked or not at the time of theft.

Missing person from 204 Bay State Road Officers responded Feb. 18 at 9:43 p.m. to reports of a missing female at The Towers residence. The party later contacted BUPD and stated she had returned to her home country due to a knee injury.

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Criminal justice, prison reform addressed at AI at BU panel

BY MADDIE DOMENICHELLA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Three experts in criminal justice and prison reform spoke to approximately 30 Boston University students at a panel hosted

by Amnesty International at BU Wednesday night.

AI at BU was the first human rights awareness and activism student group to form on campus, said AI at BU President Sofie Engen. The group has weekly meetings in which it screens documentaries and invites guest speakers and panels of legislators and activists.

Engen, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said the organization focuses on three main topics: criminal justice and prison reform in the United States, the Syrian refugee crisis and “My Body My Rights,” an AI campaign to promote women’s health and reproductive rights.

“Our main purpose is to raise awareness and educate the BU student body about important human rights issues locally, nationally and internationally,” Engen said before the panel discussion. “[It] will give students the opportunity to get involved and work to change legislation on such issues.”

The panel on criminal justice and prison reform included Jason Lydon, the founding director of Black and Pink. Lydon said the LGBT prisoners’ rights organization conducted a survey about its members’ experiences in prison.

The result of the survey showed that solitary confinement and strip-search procedures were the issues that needed the most attention.

“Very rarely do we have a conversation about the fact that prisons themselves are built upon and function with sexual violence at its core,” Lydon, who underwent 45 days in solitary confinement while imprisoned more than 13 years ago, said during the panel.

Another panelist was Leslie Walker, executive director of Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts and an expert in litigation for criminal justice and prison reform. She also championed against solitary confinement be-

cause she said it “drives people mad” after an average of 15 days.

“People start having delusions and hallucinations after 15 days, so imagine what it would be like for 15 months,” Walker said during the dialogue. “That is the tragedy.”

Though many policies are based on pure politics, Walker added, BU has taken positive steps to create opportunities for individuals in the Massachusetts Department of Correction to get a degree for no cost through the Metropolitan College.

“It takes those smart people who ended up in prison [to] realize that they are smart, and [the program] teaches them about a bigger world where they can think differently,” Walker said.

Phillipe Copeland, a professor in the School of Social Work, said the main problem is the effect of prison and the caste system on families and the greater community — particularly children.

“You’re trying to help [children] deal with the loss of a parent who was incarcerated by the state in a way that is very stigmatized,” Copeland said during the panel. “The response you hear for a parent who is locked up isn’t really very understanding.”

Copeland said a major issue in the discourse of prison reform is life after prisoners are released, including disenfranchisement, prison gerrymandering and an internalized sense of second-class citizenship.

“It’s really significant,” Copeland said. “When you have a political system where whole groups of people have been taken out of it, they become more vulnerable. We spend most of our time scared of the people we should actually be working with.”

Several students said the panel was informative and motivated them to continue to pursue the issues of prison reform and solitary confinement.

Emma Bowers, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said the concerns the professionals raised about the prison system motivated her to want to become more active in learning about solitary confinement and prison reform.

“Hearing about all the im-

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not to replace the system, but it does create some challenges.”

Knapp said Boston is one of many major cities across the United States that has taken action in working through the homelessness crisis.

“I don’t know if you’ve seen San Francisco’s situation,” Knapp said. “[The] techies of San Francisco are taking over every neighborhood, skyrocketing rent prices and putting people on the streets. We’ve seen a lot of harsh criticisms, and they’re going to be next to do something about their homeless.”

Several Boston residents said they were optimistic about the program.

Rosanne Foley, 63, of Dorchester, said the program would be a positive step in solving one of Boston’s main issues.

“I think it’s a wonderful endeavor on Walsh’s part,” she said.

“Homelessness is such a key issue in Boston, but I didn’t know that chronic homelessness was so preva-

lent. There are so many people who have to live on the streets, from veterans to families to even children. It’s about time technology was incorporated to making Boston better for the homeless.”

Dorothy Clark, 55, of South Boston, said while much has been done about homelessness in Boston, she hopes the program will finish the job.

“Mayor Walsh has done a good job of getting veterans off the street, but they’re definitely still there,” she said. “I hope that the technology works out, and it sounds to me like it’s a good program.”

Orlanda Jeffers, 24, of South Boston, said she hopes the program will simplify the way the homelessness issue is handled.

“I know some people who go from shelter to shelter,” she said. “It gets expensive, and it can get complicated. It seems like Mayor Walsh is really trying to do the right thing.

I know a lot of people who would appreciate some calmness to the whole system.”

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Monika Nayak, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of Amnesty International at BU, speaks during a panel Wednesday night about problems within the criminal justice system in the United States.

plicit biases in the system resonated with me,” she said. “Learning this is systematic, especially in the prison system, and that it hasn’t changed through time made me want to get more involved, because this is an issue not a lot of people talk about.”

Jane Dimnwaobi, a sophomore in CAS, said though solitary confinement is not widely talked about among students, hearing the information presented at the panel made her realize how big of

an effect this issue has on society.

“I’ve heard vaguely that it’s unethical, but it was good to hear professional perspectives on it,” she said. “Just how damaging it is to individuals, and how it’s not constructive. Abolishing the prison industrial complex is something all students should get involved in, because at one point or another, we are all going to be affected by someone who is taken into jail. Everyone should pay attention to it.”

Jodi Manning, a junior in CAS, said the panel focused on issues she had learned about through her involvement in AI. “Even though I knew some of these things, hearing them speak and elaborate on this was amazing,” she said. “It’s important for students to get involved, because prison reform has a huge effect on our justice system, and the more people who get involved, the more control we have.”

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Artists "Feel the Bern" through politically charged pieces

PHOTO COURTESY TYLER GIBNEY

A man posesand with Bernie Sanders-inspired Artists musicians from all across art at “The Art of a Political Revolution,” a gallery show at the Artists For Humanity EpiCenter on exhibition Friday through Sunday. the country have come together in support

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of Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to use their work as a means of political communication.

Bernie Sanders 2016, in conjunction with the HVW8 Art and Design Gallery in Los Angeles, sponsored “The Art of a Political Revolution” at the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter in Boston. The exhibit opened Friday night and ran the entire weekend.

The gallery exhibited the work of nearly 40 different artists and was accompanied Friday night by live music from different musicians. Participating acts included DJ

Kon, Riobamba, YVNG PAVL, Tigerman WOAH and special guest, Boston rapper Michael Christmas. The musicians were stationed in different locations throughout the EpiCenter to enhance the exhibit-goers’ perception of the pieces.

“The way [artists] communicate their support is through art,” said Tyler Gibney, an artist and curator of the event. “We put together a number of like-minded artists that were in support of Bernie and created this show.”

Although art is commonly used as propaganda, this was not the case for “The Art of a Political Revolution.” The art exhibited and music played were not advertisements.

In fact, a majority of it did not directly relate to Sanders as a person. Rather, it was an artistic and creative expression of the ideals

surrounding Sanders’ ideology. “[Sanders] gave quite a bit of artistic freedom and license for some of the pieces,” Gibney said. “[Some] may be a little more light and aesthetically pleasing whereas some are quite direct with what they’re saying.”

Both the music and the art promoted Sanders’ ideas and showed support for the campaign. One participating artist, Jermaine Rogers, created a poster titled “Together,” which depicted several profiles in different shapes and colors, representing the diversity of the U.S. population. In front of all of them was a clear, smiling portrait of Bernie Sanders.

“Listening to Bernie Sanders’ message more in depth, the one word that sort of kept coming to mind was ‘together,’” Rog-

ers said. “For people who are not artists to come in and see these heavy ideas presented in these sort of unspoken, cosmic ways, it’s special.”

Rogers said Sanders’ strong support for the arts is part of what drove this nationwide event in addition to the participating artists’ eagerness to promote the senator’s campaign.

“At the end of the day, it’s going to be art that’s really going to change on a very deep level the way people think about themselves, and ultimately, art is going to change the world,” Rogers said. “When I say ‘art,’ that means visual arts, music, film, writing — those things will change the world.”

Vermont native Dug Nap, another participating artist, created a piece comprised of license plates labeled “Bernie,” with different inspirational quotes. Massachusetts’ plate read “The Spirit of America.” The poster contained 12 different plates, with an original Vermont plate crafted back when Bernie was mayor of Burlington.

“As an artist, I notice a lot of the art that people use for their campaign,” Nap said. “It’s kind of interesting to me because a lot of the art tends to be so … stylistically commercial.”

One of the goals of “The Art of a Political Movement” was to have a large variety of unconventional artwork and music that in some way supported Sanders.

“Bernie’s ideas are so different,” Nap said. “I feel like that … should be represented by art that’s different.”

Although the exhibit saw a smaller turnout Saturday, there was a diverse group of Sanders’ supporters there, from older couples to families to younger students.

Support for Sanders and the arts sparked interest in Boston residents to visit the event.

“To see that so many people have come together and created such awesome art in support of that is so cool,” said Nick Mellace, 24, a Dorchester resident. “I love art.

I love Bernie Sanders. It all came together here.”

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ette,” he said. “If you have a piece with very jagged, asymmetrical meters and so forth, that might create a different emotional response than something that is more repetitive and predictable … Any type of input that helps one understand the overall shape or communicate some aspect of the drama, that’s going to be helpful.”

The potentially problematic nature of the study comes into play with analyzing the visualization, according to Marié Abe, an ethnomusicologist and professor in CFA. Abe said Western culture practices “ocularcentrism,” or favoring vision over the other senses, which poses a threat to the auditory side of music.

“I think the impulse to want to decode sound by visualizing it in a way comes from it,” Abe said. “I think there are a lot of positives, but I also feel that there’s an importance to paying attention to just the act of practicing and sound itself.”

Abe credited the culturally specific potential of the scientists’ method, but also warned against universalizing emotional reactions to certain pieces of music, as the AIP did in its Tuesday press release.

“I think that’s kind of a dangerous assumption, that there’s this universal relationship that you can decode by visualizing sound,” she said. “Each culture

becomes socialized to hear sounds in a certain way … I would definitely resist the narrative of this being the key to answering the mystery between human emotion and music.”

A possible solution would be to use the new technology as a mere means to understand and strengthen composition and performing skills rather than as a way to analyze global emotions, both Headrick and Everson said. This would make the method a positive resource for music professionals.

“All research is good because there are going to be some people that think something about this research stimulates them and makes them successful, whereas someone else may not be interested and may not use this new technology,” Headrick said.

Everson, who also instructs CFA students on trumpet performance, said a simplified visualization could be helpful while communicating difficult techniques to his students. However, he added that the quantifiable element of the research shouldn’t distract from artistry.

“I hope we never get rid of the art,” he said. “I don’t think we will. I tend to believe that there’s something in the human spirit and soul that’s more intangible … There are elements of this that I would think there could be some pedagogical use for.”

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Researchers at The University of Tokyo published a study Tuesday about a new method to analyze tonal structures in pieces of music.

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A Great Big World says something about upcoming tour

BY CHRISTY OSLER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Amid shopping for clothes, scheduling their days-off activities for the next month and writing a Broadway musical, A Great Big World’s Ian Axel and Chad King have been planning a North American tour.

The Grammy Award-winning duo will kick off their Kaleidoscope Tour March 1, performing songs off their new album, “When the Morning Comes,” as well as some old favorites.

“The tour is named after the song,” Axel said. “It’s one of our favorite songs on the album. It’s so much fun to say — it’s a big party. We want people to know that we’re a fun band and that all of our music isn’t sad and depressing like ‘Say Something.’”

The multiplatinum hit “Say Something,” changed the duo’s lives quite literally overnight.

“Chad and I have been doing this for seven or eight years, just really grinding away, not stopping and tr ying to build something and all of a sudden, a song we had written years prior, ‘Say Something,’ we get an email that it’s going to be on ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’” Axel said. “Then Christina [Aguilera] hears it and we get catapulted into this cool, crazy rollercoaster ride.”

Reflecting on the past few years, Axel said they are still recovering from their whirlwind of experiences and opportunities. Now, there are certain pressures on them with their new album and tour — a different kind that they have never experienced.

“There’s all this pressure … this pressure that we never felt before, so we’re dealing with that and staying true to who we are and not letting that change and get affected by expectations and opinions that are in our lives ever y day,” Axel said.

“But we’re super lucky and blessed to be in this position where we get to make music and people listen and it’s really amazing.”

Axel and King had about eight years to write their first album, “Is There Anybody Out There?” King explained that it wasn’t created like a traditional album.

“We formed A Great Big World and we did songs to fill an album,” King said. “We looked at the catalog of the songs we’ve written over the last eight years and were like, ‘Let’s take that one and that one,’ and put them all together and put out an album. That was the first album.”

For “When the Morning Comes,” however, King said they were given strict writing and recording deadlines to abide by. Additionally, the added pressure of creating songs

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Grammy Award-winning pop duo A Great Big World prepares for their national “Kaleidoscope Tour" to promote their latest album, “When the Morning Comes.”

to follow the success of “Say Something” made the writing process of the new album drastically different than the first.

“We were definitely writing with deadlines in mind,” King said. “I think that put a different sense of pressure, and also there was a pressure with ‘Say Something’ and how that success changed our feelings of what a true pop song was

or what we should be writing and what will connect with audiences. Whereas the first album, we were just writing to write and it was writing whatever we wanted to write — it had no real direction. So this was definitely directed a lot more.”

As if writing their sophomore album wasn’t hectic enough, the duo simultaneous-

ly wrote the music for a new musical.

“We were approached three-and-a-half years ago by a couple of Broadway producers,” Axel said. “They were working on an original Broadway musical with a book writer and they wanted us to write the music because they heard the theatrical sound in our music. We don’t know what we’re

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Unfortunately, the two aren’t ready to share the musical, tentatively titled “Strokes of Genius,” with the world just yet — it is “in an incubator,” Axel said. But following the Kaleidoscope Tour, they plan to premiere the show’s music and work toward the show’s ultimate end game — Broadway.

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South Korean holographic protest creates smaller impact The hologram craze first hit with Michael Jackson, then Whitney Houston and now political protesters. The second-ever holographic protest was held Wednesday in South Korea, NPR reported. Amnesty Korea organized the event in response to the Seoul Metropolitan Police shutting down an in-person protest due to concerns about disrupting the city’s traffic.

The police threatened to arrest anyone who chanted along to the holograms and repeatedly asserted that the holograms were a part of a cultural festival, not a rally, NPR reported.

The protest was held in opposition to South Korean President Park Geunhye’s crackdown on free speech in the countr y.

Holographic projection was likely the only way Koreans would have been able to publicly voice their concerns with the government. Ahn Se-young, an Amnesty Korea campaign manager, told NPR, “Freedom of speech and assembly has deteriorated since Park Geun-hye took office. Why can we hold a demonstration here only as ghosts? That's what we want to ask."

The idea of a holographic protest is fascinating, but the whole point of a protest is to show that people are willing to put their lives on the line to support an opinion they care deeply about.

A holographic protest doesn’t strike that powerful of a blow.

A holographic sit-in wouldn’t hold much weight if you could sit on the projections sitting in. Holograms can be ignored, and that directly contrasts the ver y nature of a protest. The power and intensity that come from crowds of people banding together doesn’t translate well to a light projection.

Additionally, protests can escalate and build on themselves. A roaring crowd’s passion is infectious, and it’s easy to get swept up in the sheer power of an actual protest. But with holograms, that dimension no longer exists. There are no people yelling in the streets, but people yelling through a screen. The raw human aspect is di-

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Holographic protests are also the most practical for security purposes. In countries where protesting is dangerous, people could use the technolog y to protest from afar without risking their lives to fight for their rights. Protesting could be easier — albeit less impactful — than it has ever been.

Holographic protests are more similar to performance art than actual protests, especially in the United States, where the right to assemble is just that — a right. Protestors can still make points, but simply projecting bodies in front of a political space is more symbolic, if anything. There’s little consequence, little impact and little disruption. Daily life wouldn’t be halted by them, just paused. It will motivate public discourse, but not public mobilization.

Holograms aren’t likely to revolutionize the protesting game any time soon. Taking the time out of your day to gather in protest of something shows real dedication to an issue. A pre-recorded hologram doesn’t pack the same punch. But the holograms send the message to the South Korean government that even if protesters can’t assemble, they’ll find other ways to have their voices heard.

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Both parties wrong in "English only" Fish Down Under takes field trip

BY LUCY GAMADES COLUMNIST

As a result of this past week’s Nevada caucuses, an incident from one of the gatherings caught fire on Twitter. Actress America Ferrera tweeted that some of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ supporters were chanting “English only” to prevent civil rights leader Dolores Huerta from acting as a translator. Huerta confirmed the incident on her own Twitter account as well.

Actress Susan Sarandon later tweeted that she was present at the event and the moderator was the only one who said “English only” after a neutral translator could not be found, tweeting a link to a video of the incident. The issue is further complicated by the fact that Huerta and Ferrera are openly Clinton supporters, while Sarandon has endorsed Sanders.

Upon watching the video, it seems that, as The Washington Post reported, “neither side was quite right.” It’s hard to hear anything actually said in the video. The Sanders supporters are not audibly shouting “English only,” although they are certainly not happy with Huerta up there. It is pretty evident why she may have felt attacked in the middle of the yelling and hissing.

Some Sanders supporters online went so far as to call the event a disingenuous attempt by Huerta to smear the Sanders campaign, accusing her of lying and picking apart her statement for its word-for-word accuracy. They are vehement that no supporters were “chanting.”

It was reasonable for the Sanders supporters at the event to want a neutral translator — Huerta was wearing a Clinton campaign t-shirt, after all. What is unreasonable is the way they went about it. And the aftermath, dismissing an iconic civil rights leader as some kind of establishment goon for Clinton, is, frankly, ridiculous.

This is not the first time Sanders supporters have been accused of bad behavior.

The “Berniebros,” a term originally coined by an October 2015 article in The Atlantic, have gained a nasty reputation for using everything from the smug dismissal of others’ opinions to verbal harassment to support their candidate of choice.

The Huerta incident is not even the first occasion in the past month involving Sanders supporters and a notable civil rights leader. When Georgia congressman and activist John Lewis endorsed Clinton earlier this month, he said he “never saw” Bernie Sanders at civil rights rallies, Mother Jones reported. While this comment is not really a fair assessment of Sanders’ participation in the civil rights movement, some Sanders supporters took to insulting Lewis or accusing him of being part of the “establishment.”

It’s not fair to paint all Sanders supporters as being like this. For every “Berniebro,” there are others apologizing on their behalf or at least respectfully disagreeing.

But the aggressive supporters are detrimental to the Sanders campaign and everything it purportedly stands for.

The Sanders campaign throws around the word “establishment” a lot. Usually when Sanders talks about establishment, he means those with all the power — the political insiders and the big banks. But when a Sanders supporter accuses Huerta or Lewis, people who have fought their whole lives for civil rights, as being part of the establishment, the term loses its meaning.

Are Huerta and Lewis part of the establishment because they support Clinton, or because they are not voting for Bernie Sanders? Support for Sanders becomes the litmus test for whether someone is “one of them” or “one of us.” And that’s dangerous.

On the one hand, it’s reasonable to see why Sanders supporters might be frustrated that these iconic civil rights leaders don’t support the Sanders campaign. In their eyes, Sanders is the best candidate for issues like civil rights and labor.

But on the other hand, when people like Huerta or Lewis don’t agree, the solution is not to accuse them of selling out their decades-long work. Attempting to find an excuse for why they’ve made a decision on a candidate is patronizing, especially given the causes these two have championed.

Neither Huerta’s and Lewis’s comments were entirely correct. They may have been misplaced in one way or another and phrased a bit poorly, but when the knee-jerk response is an attack on character, it does not bode well for those doing the attacking. It’s possible to acknowledge the flaws in their statements without giving them a verbal slap in the face.

As I’ve said, these Sanders supporters are probably a small percentage of his overall support. But the Sanders campaign has been struggling to gain more traction with voters of color, and the solution is not to tell people who have been leaders in those demographics that they are sellouts or that they just have not seen the light. That’s an insult, not a political revolution.

BY FELICIA GANS COLUMNIST

Let me start by saying that this is going to be an unpopular opinion.

To put you in the right frame of mind, picture the teacher’s pet in your sixth-grade English class who read every single summer reading book on the list just so he could answer every one of the teacher’s questions. Well, for the next 900 words, I am going to be that kid.

Except I’ll try not to annoy you quite as much.

From Feb. 14 to 17, the entire Boston University in Sydney program took an academic trip to Melbourne, and BU covered all the major expenses — side note: Thank you times a million for that, BU. They also planned a few academic components: a one-hour lecture Monday morning and two academic tours over the course of our three days there. Overall, it added up to about five hours of required academic programming in the 72 hours in Melbourne.

Here’s where I go a little teacher’s pet on you: Academic trips here are not academic enough.

Yes, you heard me right.

Now, I’m not asking for more time spent in academic programming. To be clear, that free time — and keep in mind that about 24 of those 72 hours were spent sleeping — was invaluable. In my free time in Melbourne, I experienced a virtual reality art exhibit at the National Gallery of Victoria, took a 12-hour tour of the Great Ocean Road and went to a bar called Berlin, where the physical bar separates the room into two pieces — East Berlin and West Berlin. To say the least, my trip to Melbourne, outside of the academic programming, was still an educational experience.

But as soon as I arrived home, I had to jump into the post-trip assignment and write an ethnography about an activity, venue, event or piece of Melbourne’s identity that I found fascinating. And that was when I realized the problem: the academic components of the trip were not academic enough. I can only speak for the two academic tours I attended, but overall, they didn’t prepare me to write an ethnography. They gave me a disjointed idea of the many beautiful things that make up the city of Melbourne. But I don’t feel that I understand any single piece of Melbourne with complete confidence. I needed something more.

Now, before you all go jumping down my throat that lectures are boring and “experiential learning is the best kind of learning,” take a step back and hear me out. Though you’re probably still rolling your eyes at the absolute cliché that is a young bookworm begging for more academia in her life, I’m here to make a real point, and it’s not just about wanting to learn more.

The bigger issue is that when I initially said that academic trips here lack academia, you most likely did not respond, “Really? I’m shocked!” In fact, you probably weren’t surprised at all. You probably even considered closing this tab because why read a column about a group of college students who prefer to explore a city than sit through an academic session? Isn’t that the entirety of college-aged America?

Well, first of all, thanks for not closing this page when you considered it. But now onto the issue at hand: why weren’t you surprised?

It’s most likely because you know that most college students don’t travel abroad to challenge themselves academically. Ultimately, the personal and cultural challenges they’ll face abroad are vastly more important to their growth than the academic ones. And there’s nothing wrong with that. I’m one of those students too.

But the assumption that academic growth needs to be forfeited or minimized for the sake of personal growth is where we run into a problem, and it starts far earlier than just college. In a study released during winter 2014, University of Arkansas researchers reported a decrease in field trips in U.S. public schools. In the 201011 school year, more than half of schools eliminated fields trip, according to an American Association of School Administrators survey cited in the research. As a result, museums, arts organizations and other historic sites across the country are seeing a decrease in attendance.

So how does this affect college field trips?

Well, for one, as students get older, any requirement of time or energy feels like a breach of independence. As a result, educators do anything to keep students actively involved and motivated, even if it means forfeiting some straightforward instructional time. During the Melbourne trip, this resulted in academic tours that were led casually with very little educational commentary tying the sites together.

It’s not that the trip to Melbourne wasn’t well planned or incredibly valuable. In fact, that trip is probably one of my favorite experiences from studying abroad so far.

But here’s my call to action to educators everywhere: Personal growth and academic growth do not have to be in a game of tug-ofwar. Next time you’re planning a field trip, find ways to make the fun educational and the education fun. Both sides can win. And as a result, your bookworm-ish journalists won’t feel the need to write columns about the need for more academia in academic trips.

Interrobang Recently, a London man legally changed his name to “Bacon Double Cheeseburger.”

We here at the ol’ Free Press want to know, what food-inspired names would BU folks give themselves?

Questrom: Caviar Goldschlager

SAR: Gluten FreeGluten

West Campus: Box Combo DoubleToast

Allston Crawlers: T. Anthony

Warren: Crispy ChickenWrap (hold the fur)

BU Basketball: Toast’n SpaceJam

BU Hockey: Beanpot Chili

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Men’s hockey jostles for playoff seeding in Notre Dame series

BY JUDY COHEN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

For the No. 9 Boston University men's hockey team, the goal entering the weekend is simple.

"Get four points instead of three," said BU head coach David Quinn.

As the Terriers (18-9-5, 11-5-4 Hockey East) get set to begin a weekend away at the No. 10 University of Notre Dame, Quinn said the team did "a lot of good things" last week in its Friday tie and Saturday win against the University of New Hampshire.

But, naturally, there are things to improve upon as well.

"Play a full 60 minutes," Quinn said.

"Both nights, we had some lapses. Cost us a point on Friday night, let them creep back in the game on Saturday night.

Hopefully we can continue to play mentally tough hockey for the 60 minutes instead of maybe 55 or 50."

Facing the Fighting Irish (18-7-7, 144-2 Hockey East) isn't about completely changing the way BU approaches a game, though, Quinn said. It's about continuing to get better.

"We've got to have a good mindset, we've got to make sure that we're mentally tough and resilient and we've shown a lot of those characteristics this year," he said.

Week to week, the Terriers' main

focus approaching a slate of games is to fixate more on their game than adjust to what a certain opponent brings. That doesn't change, despite the success Notre Dame has had or the way the Hockey East standings have played out.

As it stands, BU is currently tied for fourth with the No. 11 University of Massachusetts Lowell, though the Terriers have the tiebreaker and are four points behind the Irish for third. With the River Hawks (20-7-5, 11-5-4 Hockey East) playing No. 2 Boston College, which is currently holding down first place in the conference, this weekend, points are at a premium. The Terriers will want a firstround bye, and the top four teams get home ice in the quarterfinals two weekends from now.

"It's human nature to know what the standings are and know what you need, but at the end of the day, we got to win a hockey game on Friday night," Quinn said. "That's all that matters."

Even if it splits the coming weekend's series, BU's chances fall on hanging onto the fourth seed. As every conference bout goes, however, taking points from the Irish in South Bend, Indiana won't be easy. BU is winless in its last seven meetings with Notre Dame, posting a 0-5-2 record dating back to Jan. 2011.

And even though it was swept by No. 5 Providence College last weekend, Notre

Dame is 8-3-0 in its last 11 games.

The Fighting Irish have both a top15 offense and defense, scoring 3.28 goals per game. They are led by sophomores Jake Evans and Anders Bjork, who have 32 and 31 points on the season, respectively.

Senior and assistant captain Tommy DiPauli has also contributed 29 points in 32 games played. And with a little help from the blue line, sophomore Jordan Gross sits second in Hockey East in defenseman scoring with 27 points on the season so far.

Gross is also part of a D-corps that allows just 2.22 tallies per contest, though much of that has to do with sophomore Cal Petersen, Notre Dame's starting goaltender.

Like other top netminders in Hockey East, Petersen ranks near the top of many statistical categories. His .930 save percentage is 11th best in the country. Within the conference, he's third overall in that category and behind only BC's Thatcher Demko (.938) and Lowell's Kevin Boyle (.932).

Petersen has also posted that impressive clip while playing the most minutes of any goalie in the nation, logging 1,927 minutes and 37 seconds of work leading into the final games of the regular season.

Also on a national scale, special teams are another strength for the Irish. They rank 14th in terms of power play success at 20.69 percent and are 16th overall on

the penalty kill with 84.7 percent.

"They're good," Quinn said. "But we've played good teams all year."

What's worked for the Terriers when playing those "good teams" is having their players step up, and that becomes even more important with the postseason looming. Through a "good second half," Quinn said, BU has succeeded even with some of its key players struggling to find the back of the net, and he added that he's not concerned about a lack of production.

"Eventually those guys are going to score goals," he said. "They're too good not to, and hopefully it's this weekend."

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BU secured one of a four possible points versus Notre Dame last year in two games at Agganis Arena.

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The Boston University women's lacrosse team fell behind early in its game at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Wednesday and, despite a late rally, suffered an 11-8 loss.

After enjoying their first win of the season against Fairfield University this past weekend, the Terriers (1-2) eyed a second-straight win when they battled the Minutemen (3-0).

BU head coach Liz Robertshaw, fresh off winning her 100th game this past weekend, said her team went into the matchup trying to slow down Erika Eipp, but that game plan didn’t come to fruition. The senior scored with five goals, besting sophomore goaltender Christine Laible with each attempt.

“We talked about how we wanted to slow down Erika Eipp with how we were going to play her, but I just don’t think we followed through on that game plan,” Robertshaw said. “We gave her too many opportunities, and she’s an All-American kid and she’s going to take advantage of that.”

Prior to their matchup with the Minutemen, the Terriers held the Stags (1-2) to just four first-half goals en route to a 13-8 triumph. Against UMass, BU allowed nine goals in the first half, with the first five coming from Eipp.

Eipp and attack Callie Santos scored nine of their team’s 11 goals, and the majority of their damage was done early on, making it difficult for the Terriers to mount a comeback.

“In the beginning of the game, we just started off a little f lat,” Robertshaw said. “The coaching staff was trying to work the kids out of it. It’s pouring rain, it’s not your ideal game and I just think UMass came out with a little more fire, little more energy and we didn’t.”

Once BU got through sophomore midfielder Caroline English, it shored things up defensively, outscoring the Minutemen 7-6 after that point.

Senior midfielder Remy Nolan and sophomore attack Mackenzie Larivee each chipped in two goals, with the latter’s contributions helping the Terriers outscore UMass 4-2 in the second half.

“Luckily in the second half, we regrouped and we came back and played a better half, and we’re proud of that,” Robertshaw said. “But we can’t come out that slow if we’re going to try and knock off some of these high-caliber teams.”

Robertshaw noted that the game’s intensity was high, and that caused her team to come out even stronger in the second half.

“We came out a little more aggressive,” Robertshaw said. “I encouraged the players to keep shooting. It’d be easy for a team to just stop shooting if they weren’t finding success, but I actually encouraged them to do the opposite. I wanted them to keep challenging these goaltenders, and I think they did a better job of it.”

BU will have a week to avenge its loss at the hands of the Minutemen, as it travels to Dartmouth College next Tuesday. The Terriers will seek to have a better approach, as the Big Green (2-0) have outscored their opponents 29-12 thus far.

Robertshaw also addressed turnovers as an area her team needs to approve upon before it faces off with Dartmouth.

“It was something we addressed postgame,” Robertshaw said. “There were too many players that, whether it was for a moment or for the game, got a little unsure or unsteady with the game plan, and it really hurt us in a game like today.”

As the Terriers look to get back to .500 next week, Robertshaw wants her team to improve with each passing game.

“We just need to make sure we get better,” Robertshaw said. “We showed a lot more resilience than we had earlier against Boston College, so we’re getting better. We just have to make sure we’re still progressing and moving forward.”

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Remy Nolan scored two goals, while Mickenzie Larivee tallied two as well.

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NHL, college hockey continuing on two-way development path BENEDYKCIUK FROM PAGE 12

St. Louis Blues captain David Backes played consistent, solid hockey for three years at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Also of the Blues, defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk played on Boston University’s 2009 National Championship team, alongside Colin Wilson (Nashville Predators) and Nick Bonino (Pittsburgh Penguins).

This list could go on even further, but the bottom line is this: in 2003, only 21 percent of NHL players came from the NCAA. In 2015, that number had risen to over 30 percent. Looking ahead, that number could continue to grow even further.

Aside from this year’s rookies, the NCAA has sent several high-profile players to the NHL in recent years. Most notably, Johnny Gaudreau, the 2014 Hobey Bak-

er winner out of Boston College, has taken the league by storm.

Although he stands at just 5-foot9-inches and weighs less than 160 pounds, Gaudreau’s game is anything but small. He’s been an AllStar in each of his first two years, and led the Flames to an unexpected playoff bout last season.

Despite college hockey’s rapid rise, an overwhelming majority of first-round picks (and especially first overall picks) have come from either North American Major Junior Leagues or leagues overseas.

In fact, the last No. 1 overall pick to come from the NCAA was defenseman Erik Johnson out of the University of Minnesota, selected by the St. Louis Blues in 2006.

For example, Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning played junior hockey in Canada and was drafted first overall in 2008. Nail Yakupov,

the Edmonton Oilers’ 2012 first overall pick, played for the same junior team as Stamkos. The trend goes on, largely because Canada is a hotbed of hockey, but things appear to be changing.

Last year’s NHL Entry Draft may be remembered as a milestone for college hockey draftees, as three of the top 10 picks came from the NCAA. Eichel went second, Noah Hanifin from Boston College went fifth and Zach Werenski from the University of Michigan went eighth.

NHL Drafts have featured at least 60 college hockey players (either future or current) for each of the past 13 years. Additionally, professional scouts thoroughly search through unsigned college free agent lists. These two feats have led to college hockey becoming one of the largest, strongest talent providers to the NHL, surpassing Europe alto-

gether.

Here at BU, there are tangible examples of college hockey’s increasing importance. Currently, defenseman Charlie McAvoy is a valuable selection among North American skaters for the 2016 Entry Draft. He currently skates with drafted players (who will likely be staying with the Terriers next year) such as Jordan Greenway, Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson and Doyle Somerby. Next year, BU is set to welcome an influx of talent, including forwards Kieffer Bellows and Clayton Keller, defensemen Chad Krys and Dante Fabbro and goaltender Jake Oettinger.

This is just a microcosm of college hockey’s increasing prominence. The trend holds true across many other programs, and the NHL will undoubtedly benefit down the road.

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Senior Aimee Oertner pitched in 14 points and seven rebounds for Army to go along with six blocks.

Despite Oertner’s defensive presence in the paint, BU was roughly even with Army in points in the paint, with the Black Knights

holding a 26-24 edge.

After taking an initial lead, Army went on to outscore BU 22-11 in the first quarter. While BU was competitive in the second quarter, it failed to mount any threat of a comeback in the second half. The Terriers shot 6-of-28 from the floor for a measly 21.4 percent after halftime, as it became clear the Black Knights were going to run away with the game.

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the players spend countless hours together on and off the ice.

Whether it’s meals in the dining hall, taking the same classes, living together or spending time in the weight room, Russo said the Terriers have created a unique environment.

Much of that stems back to storied players of Terrier teams past, as legends Marie-Philip Poulin, Louise Warren, Kaleigh Fratkin, Jenn Wakefield and Tara Watchorn all set a winning standard. This year’s senior class embodies that too. As Durocher said, “You can go right down the line, and they’re all bringing certain things to the table.”

Through familiarity and comfort, BU continually tightens its belt and finds a way to win, even if it’s not the odds-on favorite to do so.

“You see it in many teams,” Tutino said. “What happens off the ice and away from the rink and the locker room translates to on the ice. We’re definitely a really close group this year, and we have each other’s backs. We communicate really well, and that’s the key. If you communicate really well, you’re not afraid to give each other constructive criticism, and that’s really important come playoffs.”

With well-documented suc-

cess, BU know extending its dominance will be no easy task, as it’s not afforded the luxury of an underdog or Cinderella run.

Rather, the Terriers plan to lean upon a measured, patient approach.

“This weekend we’re playing UVM, so that’s our first concern,” Tutino said. “We’re going to make sure we come out strong and not play them any differently than any other team.”

Regardless of what’s in store, this year’s senior class has been a part of something that doesn’t come around often. Many players advance through their college hockey careers without winning a single title, never mind a coffer-full.

The eight-member class, Tutino said, definitely wants to “leave with a bang” and “finish the right way.” With history on its side and Durocher at the helm, BU knows just how to make that reality.

“I just think it’s something special,” Russo said. “Our senior class is already leaving behind a huge personality and talent type of legacy, so I think with this Hockey East Championship coming up, it’s just an honor to put the BU jersey on every day.

To think we’re next to each other and have each other’s back, we’re just looking forward it.”

Afterwards, Steding wrote that Army was among the best teams that BU has faced this season.

“They are aggressive, great scorers and tough on both ends of the floor,” she wrote.

Sophomore guard Corrine Williams led the Terriers with 11 points. Aside from Williams, BU had little success on offense, as only six players total scored points,

compared to nine for Army.

Sophomore forward Meghan Doogan knocked down a three on BU’s first possession and went on to finish the game with eight points. Junior guard Sarah Hope only played eight minutes, and was 0-for-2 on field goals.

It was a forgettable night for the Terriers, but Steding remained positive after the game, looking at what BU did well as well and what

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Too Little Too Late The women’s lacrosse team fell in an early hole vs. UMass, and a late surge wasn’t enoughz to earn the victory. p. 10

Women’s hockey’s senior class leads playoff culture

College hockey, NHL closely linked

BY JONATHAN SIGAL DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BY MIKE BENEDYKCIUK DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Led by Canadian sensation Connor McDavid, this year’s NHL rookie class is loaded with talent. McDavid is considered by many to be the best prospect since Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby. Despite suffering an injury early that sidelined him for most of his rookie campaign, he has still managed to score 24 points in his first 20 big-league games — the same number Crosby had in his first 20 games.

Aside from McDavid, though, this year’s rookie class features some top-caliber talent that come from college hockey.

Former Boston University star forward Jack Eichel (2015 Hobey Baker award winner) and former Union College defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere (2014 Hobey Baker award finalist) have manufactured excellent rookie seasons. Each has entered the conversation as a viable candidate for the Calder Memorial Trophy, which is given annual to the NHL’s best rookie.

While neither of the two is favored to win the trophy, they both perfectly exemplify not just the quantity, but the excellence of NCAA Hockey players in the NHL in recent years.

A closer look reveals that many of the NHL’s best players and leaders trace their roots to the NCAA. Jonathan Toews, captain of the Chicago Blackhawks — winners of three of the last six Stanley Cup Championships — played two years at the University of North Dakota. His teammate and alternate captain, Duncan Keith, spent one full season and a bit of a second at Michigan State University before starring for one season with the Western Hockey League’s Kelowna Rockets.

The alternate captains of the Minnesota Wild — Zach Parise and Ryan Suter — both played college hockey. Parise also played at UND and dominated during his two seasons there, scoring 116 points in 76 games. Ryan Suter played just one year of college hockey for the University of Wisconsin. The stout defenseman excelled, scoring 19 points in 39 games.

San Jose Sharks’ captain Joe Pavelski also played for Wisconsin and played a key part in the Badgers’ National Championship in 2006.

That particular team sent other players to the NHL as well, most notably St. Louis Blues goaltender Brian Elliott.

The regular season has come and gone, and that tends to mean one thing for the Boston University women’s hockey team.

Playoff hockey is on the horizon, and this year’s senior class is no stranger to the win-or-go-home mentality that often defines February and March. After all, they’ve played a crucial role in BU (20-12-2, 17-5-2 Hockey East) advancing to six straight NCAA Tournaments and capturing four straight Hockey East championships.

The quest for even more silverware kicks off this weekend against the University of Vermont, and it’s fair to postulate Walter Brown Arena has produced a mini dynasty of sorts over the past half decade. BU head coach Brian Durocher attested the success to one part luck, one part talent and one part composure, but there may be something else at play.

“From my freshman year to my senior year, it might sound cliché, but I really do think there’s something special about Boston University and our hockey team in terms of us being a family,” senior forward Rebecca Russo said. “I just really think we recognize that when the word ‘playoffs’ comes about, we f lip on a switch and we’re a different type of team.”

While staunch competition in the form of No. 1 Boston College and No. 6 Northeastern University stands in the way this year, the Terrier's focused approach is purposeful. Senior forward Kayla Tutino, who has the chance to become the first Hockey East player

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This year’s senior class has helped BU assert its dominance over Hockey East, especially come playoff time.

ever to capture five titles, said the team breeds confidence this time of year.

The captain said anxious nerves, confidence and a second gear all coalesce, as BU uses every edge it can get.

“Without a doubt, that momentum you create and the psychological advantage can work both ways,” Durocher said.

“Your kids are innately confident, and the other team is saying, ‘Uh oh, here come the lucky ones.’ There’s a little bit of that with your opponent, and you’ve got a little bit of that positive feeling and momentum yourselves.”

A perhaps unrecognized explanation for BU’s playoff surge is team culture, as CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

Women’s basketball falls at Army, struggles with Minato

BY JORDAN GREEN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston University women’s basketball team fell to the United States Military Academy Wednesday night in West Point, New York by a score of 72-38.

The Terriers (3-24, 3-13 Patriot League) began the contest on a 5-0 run, but Army (242, 15-1 Patriot League) answered with an 11-2 run of its own to take a lead that it would not relinquish.

The biggest difference between the two sides was offensive execution. The Black Knights shot over 45 percent from the field and nearly 43 percent from behind the arc. In contrast, BU shot just over 27 percent from the floor and 33.3 percent on 3-pointers.

“I thought we played pretty tentative,” BU head coach Katy Steding said in an email.

“Our objective was to use the shot clock but I thought it also made us less aggressive. [It

was] effective for the first five minutes or so, but I really thought we lost steam after they started hitting a lot of threes.”

The star of the game was undoubtedly Army senior Kelsey Minato. The Huntington Beach, California native entered the game as the only player in the nation to average at least 20 ppg, shoot 44 percent from 3-point range and shoot 85 percent from the free throw line.

Minato reached all of those benchmarks except for free throw shooting, as she was 2-of-3. However, she made 11 of her 18 field goals and was 6-10 from deep, as she finished the game with 30 points.

After the game, Steding raved about the play of Army’s star guard.

“She's a very talented player obviously, but more so I'm just impressed with how focused she is,” Steding wrote. “She reads defense and screening actions so well. And clearly she can shoot as well as any player

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Normally a strong presence, Courtney Latham could only muster two rebounds and three assists vs. Army.

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