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Men’s hockey will travel to UConn after finishing in last place in the Beanpot.

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BU on track for carbon Women’s hockey wins first Beanpot as varsity team neutrality

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The No. 7 Boston University women’s hockey team claimed the 2019 Beanpot title with a 3-2 win over Harvard University Tuesday night. This is the Terriers’ first Beanpot win since 1981, before the team was a varsity program.

“It’s been a long time coming,” BU head coach Brian Durocher said. “Needless to say that we’re all excited that the monkey’s off the back. … I couldn’t be prouder of this team.”

Both the Terriers (17-6-7, 13-5-5 Hockey East) and the Crimson (10-12-3, 8-8-2 ECAC) came into the game on successful waves. BU had not lost a game since Jan. 5 at the University of Maine (14-13-4, 7-13-4 Hockey East), and they had been 8-0-2 since.

The Crimson came into the Beanpot championship on a fivegame winning streak, with two of those wins coming against No. 8 Boston College (21-10, 17-7 Hockey East).

One of these two teams was going to slip Tuesday night. Both the Terriers and the Crimson fought until the very end, trying to ensure that they would not be the ones to crack.

Both the players and the fans were ready for the opening stanza in Cambridge. The 1,329 fans in attendance were rowdy and ready to watch a champion be crowned.

Before the scoring books opened, BU had 13 shots on goal, and Harvard had 10. It wasn’t until the end of the opening stanza

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“We have the best band in all of college sports.”

The action from the end of the first transferred into the second. Four minutes in, Schuler laid a check onto Crimson forward Brooke Jovanovich, causing Jovanovich to collapse in front of the rink wall in front of the Harvard fan section. Boos from those fans ensued.

This gave Harvard a power play on the checking penalty, where the Crimson would get their revenge. Della Rovere got the goal right at the five-minute mark, with forwards Dominique

Since Boston Universit y released its Climate Action Plan in December 2017, several BU organizations have being working to keep the university on track to meet its goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2040.

The plan was developed by university faculty, staff and students appointed to a Climate Action Plan Task Force and outlines strategies for the university to implement in order to become more sustainable, such as by reducing energy consumption and building weather-resilient infrastructure.

Lisa Tornatore, the sustainability director for sustainability@BU, said that one of the major goals she and her team have been focusing on is reducing the university’s greenhouse gas emissions.

In September, BU entered into a contract with utility company Engie to buy renewable wind power in South Dakota.

Although BU will continue to purchase electricity from New England, the power it buys from Engie will be sold to the Midwest for energy credits.

“BU Wind is the most significant step to reach that goal,” Tornatore said. “This renewable energ y project will generate enough electricity to match the university’s demand for electricity every year for 15 years.”

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The women’s hockey team celebrates their Beanpot championship, with senior forward Mary Grace Kelley hoisting the trophy.

until the scoring books opened.

After 13 saves from Crimson goaltender Lindsay Reed in the first period, senior defender and tri-captain Reagan Rust took advantage of a power play and got the puck past the netminder at the 18:28 mark. Redshirt junior defender Abbey Stanley and junior forward Natasza Tarnowski picked up the helpers.

Harvard responded just over a minute later, getting hold of their own power play as sophomore forward Kristina Schuler took a penalty for holding. Crimson defender Kaitlin Tse took a pass from forward Kristin Della Rovere, waited

for a while looking for an opportunity and wrist-shotted the puck past Terrier junior goaltender Corinne Schroeder.

The first stanza ended with a score of 1-1. Throughout the period, the crowd went crazy every time either Schroeder or Reed made saves. Both Terrier and Crimson fans were present and ready for two more periods of excitement.

Redshirt junior forward and tri-captain Sammy Davis said after the game that she was a fan of the energy the BU Pep Band brought to the game.

“We’re so grateful,” Davis said.

What’s new with BU Dining Councilors push for wetlands protection

BY DANA SUNG

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Boston University Dining Services has worked in recent semesters to institute new improvements, including active social media accounts, new menus, cultural events and feedback machines, to increase student satisfaction.

Scott Rosario, marketing director for BU Dining Services, wrote in an email that changes to Bay State Underground have brought more variety to the campus dining scene.

“After reviewing student feedback and looking at industry trends the dining services team wanted to bring the Omori Ramen Bar concept to Bay State Underground,” Rosario wrote. “… Omori Ramen Bar opened at Baystate Underground at the start of the spring semester and has been very well received by students.”

In addition to new and diverse food locations on campus, Rosario wrote, BU Dining has worked to host more cultural event nights.

On Feb. 5, all four dining halls celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year, and on Tuesday, the Warren Towers Dining Hall hosted an African Diaspora Cultural Night with BU’s Student Government.

“Dining Services hosts over 30 different theme meals and events in the dining rooms each semester,” Rosario wrote. “Some of those events celebrate food holidays, some feature Boston Area restaurants and Chefs, while others highlight different cultures and cuisines.”

Dining Services often partners with student organizations to plan different theme nights, Rosario added.

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Boston Cit y Councilors Michelle Wu and Matt O’Malley are pushing to strengthen protections for local wetlands, with the hope of improving Boston’s

ability to fight climate change via an ordinance filed at the end of January.

C a l led t he Wet l a nd s Protection Act, the proposal would allow the Boston Conser vation Commission to

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Belle Isle Inlet Marsh is one of Boston’s main wetlands. Two Boston City Councilors are pushing to strengthen protections for local wetlands to fight climate change.

demand that green infrastructure is developed in tandem with new construction projects and includes protection for wetlands within the city.

Wu wrote in an email statement that the ordinance is designed to promote climate change adaptation, given that wetlands help offset the negative effects of climate change and pollution. She noted that these resources will become increasingly valuable as climate change worsens. “[The ordinance would] explicitly adopt climate change adaptation as a resource area value,” Wu said. “Wetlands are important not just for conservation of open space and wildlife habitats, but to manage rain, flooding and heat.”

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City, local organizations celebrate black history

BY JOEL LAU and HALEY LERNER

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February marks the celebration of African American History Month, a time meant to recognize the achievements of the black community and engage in discussions on the systemic racial injustice that occurs in the United States.

The City is hosting events throughout the month to celebrate accomplishments of members of the black community who have fought for diversity and inclusion and commemorate Black History month, according to a press release by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s office.

Events include a trivia and skate night, Walsh’s annual African American veterans brunch, a basketball tournament and several panels.

Walsh and the City’s Age Strong Commission, which works to improve the lives of Bostonians age 55 and above, are hosting a senior luncheon Thursday in Roxbury. The luncheon, called “Black Migration: The Journey that Connects Us,” is being held for people age 60 and up in honor of Black History Month.

Age Strong commissioner Emily Shea said in a statement that the celebration will honor the African American community in Boston.

“Mayor Walsh’s annual senior celebration for Black History Month highlights Boston’s diversity, and reflects on the legacy and ongoing contributions of the African American community in the Boston,” Shea said. “We are proud to come together to honor the trailblazers and advocates in our city, not just today but everyday.”

Age Strong Commission Communications Director Cassandra Baptista wrote in an email that more than 500 people are expected to attend the luncheon.

Sophia Haynes-Cardwell is the

founder and executive director of Stajez Cultural Arts Center and Stajez Dance Company, a performing arts group in Randolph that serves students in the Boston area.

The mission of Stajez is to educate youth in various traditional and contemporary African dance styles while spreading awareness through performance and dance.

Stajez is putting on a Black History Month production of “Go tell it,” an original show featuring African dance, theater, music and poetry, on Feb. 23.

Haynes-Cardwell said the 90-minute production will present many aspects of black culture and is comprised of performing arts students ranging from the ages of 2 to 17.

“The production is a musical production that focuses on black history, the legends, historians, performers from the past, performers in present day,” Haynes-Cardwell said, “and it basically just tells the story of our African American history and our heritage and some of the things we’ve gone through as African Americans, from slavery to Civil Rights movements.”

The purpose of the performance, Haynes-Cardwell said, is to raise awareness for black history for young people.

“They don’t really teach black history in the schools as a curriculum, which I believe that they should, so this is just our little give-back to our youth,” Haynes-Cardwell said.

Haynes-Cardwell said the performance is geared to give young black children an opportunity to understand what their ancestors went through.

“It brings a lot of attention to some of the things that they’re dealing with — racism and crime and just not being treated fairly just based on the color of their skin,” HaynesCardwell said.

CAMPUS crime logs

BY MIA CATHELL

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The following reports were given by Lt. Daniel Healy of the Boston University Police Department. They took place between Feb. 8 and Feb. 11.

Indecent exposure at Mugar Library A man was reported at 3:28 p.m. Friday for making the public uncomfortable inside Mugar Library. People stated that his undergarments were exposed and he bent over numerous times. BUPD could not locate the individual.

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The Museum of African American History in Boston. The City, along with private organizations, is hosting events to celebrate Black History Month in February.

She added that she does not think the United States does enough to commemorate Black History Month.

“It’s one month, while I feel it should be all year,” Haynes-Cardwell said. “You cannot tell the full scope of who we are in one month. You can’t tell the full scope of our history in one month. It’s something that needs to be talked about every day, something that should be taught in our school system daily.”

Jason Andrade, 27, of Brighton, said that while he thinks Boston is a leader in combating racism, he still thinks there is a lot left for the City to do, particularly with fair wages and treatment and equal opportunity for employment.

“There’s a lot more that we can still do, but I think we’re on the right track so far,” Andrade said. “I think education is a first step. Make sure that everyone has the equal right to pursue an education.”

Listo Fisher, 75, of Brookline, said he attends the Boston Martin

Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast every year at the Boston Convention and Exhibit Center, the most recent of which was held on Jan. 21.

Fisher said he thinks more can be done to honor African Americans across the country.

“In a weird kind of way, I’m kind of insulted that the history of African Americans in the United States is only celebrated for a month,” Fisher said, “and it’s the shortest month of the year.”

Jose Altomari, 24, of Allston, said he thinks there is always work to be done to increase awareness of racism in Boston.

“I think everywhere kind of has a racism problem,” Altomari said.

“Just because you’re not overtly trying to form a lynch mob doesn’t mean there’s not prejudice and racism involved in the backing of it, but I think in any city, no matter how progressive you are, there’s racism.”

Samantha Downing and Damian Walsh contributed to the reporting of this

A marijuana odor was reported in Sleeper Hall in West Campus around 1 a.m. Saturday. Officers could not find the party responsible.

Armed person suspected near Kenmore Square The Boston Police Department called at 7 p.m. Sunday to notify units of a person with a weapon at 500 Commonwealth Ave. No person was found.

Hit-and-run reconciled at New Balance Field A caller said their motor vehicle was damaged in the parking lot of New Balance Field at 1:41 p.m. Monday.

The case was reconciled when the person who struck the vehicle called BUPD to report that he had made physical contact while trying to park.

CITY

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Wetlands Act would strengthen City conservation COUNCILORS, FROM PAGE 1 Climate Change report published last fall, that predicted the planet had 12 years until it hits the greenhouse gas threshold, Boston needed to reinforce its land use guidelines as the city is one of only three Massachusetts coastal municipalities without regulations above what is protected in state laws.

“We must take every possible action to reduce energy demand, increase renewable energy supply, and transform our land use policies to align with climate change mitigation and adaptation,” Wu wrote.

Amelia Croteau, the executive secretary for the Boston Conservation Commission, said that ever since a 2016 Climate Ready Boston report called for protection against extreme temperatures and sea level rise, advocates have been working toward a solution.

“I think that the Wetlands Protection Ordinance is one of the many steps we can take to move that forward,” Croteau said.

Lauren Zingarelli, director of communications and community engagement at the City’s Office of Environment, Energy and Open

Space, said the plan has significant backing from both community groups and property owners.

“With this being a part of our Climate Ready Boston strategy to prepare the city for the impacts of climate change,” Zingarelli said, “the City of Boston and the Mayor have been really met with extreme partnership.”

However, Zingarelli said that potential unintended effects of the ordinance on areas such as Boston’s housing market remain uncharted.

“Really early in the development of the ordinance we could really have an understanding of that,” Zingarelli said, “so I think we look forward to better understanding [housing market] impacts, and that’s something we’re eager to work with City Council on.”

Wetlands are water ecosystems that contribute to public and private water sources, animal habitats and protection from f looding. Tidal or coastal wetlands have been known to prevent pollution and land degradation along shores — problems that will likely become worse with climate change — according to a 2017

report from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

In 1972, the Massachusetts Legislature combined the Jones and Hatch acts to form the Wetlands Protection Act. The Wetlands Protection Act protects important water-related lands, including swamps, f loodplains and riverfronts.

Each year, approximately 5,000 permits are issued by the DEP for construction projects that may alter wetlands, according to the DEP’s report.

Massachusetts regulations then require that all disrupted wetlands be replaced.

More 50 percent of the projects were not in compliance with regulations, and more 20 percent failed to even begin replacement efforts, according to a Bio One study that analyzed 114 field sites between 1983 and 1994.

Louis Demarco, 22, of Medford, said that areas such as wetlands possess “the essence of nature” and should be protected from construction projects by the government.

“Although I do believe there’s always time for construction, I

really feel that wetlands should be left alone because it’s been a part of the ecosystem longer than we’ve been here,” Demarco said, “so I think it’s not the best to meddle with it.”

Lexington resident Gayle Harris, 68, said it is important to protect green spaces in the city, such as wetlands and the Boston Public Garden, as they allow Boston residents to gather and take time to enjoy nature.

“You see all kinds of people, all ages, all ethnicities, you see humanity here enjoying the birds and the squirrels and the flora and the fauna,” Harris said. “You see dogs walking, like mine. I think it is a gem. It is like a precious jewel in the life of the city.”

Genc Rex hepaj, 38, of Raynham, said he spends much of his free time in green spaces and does not think nature should be interrupted by a building.

“It’s all good, all summer you get to see the birds, there’s a lot of movement, and it’s pretty,” Rexhepaj said. “I hang around a lot on Carson beach, Castle Island. I go sometimes to the bicycle route, … I would rather have a park than a big building.”

The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Feb. 9–13.

Threat of bodily harm at 72 Euston Rd. A victim was crossing Colborne Road from Euston Road when a driver in a utility van drove past and began to honk and yell at the pedestrian around 12:45 p.m. on Feb. 11. When the victim told the driver that they had right of way as a pedestrian, the driver threatened, “I’ll f--k you up, and I ought to whoop your a--.”

Chips stolen at Allston CVS

A CVS Pharmacy manager said three black males between the ages of 18 and 25 entered the store and left with a bag of potato chips around 6:50 p.m. on Feb. 9 at the CVS at 181 Brighton Ave. The suspects reportedly took one bag of Ruffles Cheddar and Sour Cream chips, valued at $1.89.

Drug purchase at 301 Washington Ave. Members of the District 14 Drug Control Unit purchased a quantity of drugs, which were secured in the District 14 Drug Safe, between Feb. 12 and 13.

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BU Dining undergoes changes to improve service on campus CHANGES, FROM PAGE 1 BU chapter of Spoon University to host 90’s night,” he wrote.

“The Latin Fraternity Phi Iota Alpha has sponsored Latin Night theme meal.”

Robert Flynn, marketing manager for BU Dining, said that the Latin Night meal hosted at West Campus in October was successful.

“The menu was fantastic, and we worked really closely with [Phi Iota Alpha] to go over all of the recipes and how to decorate and plate all of the dishes,” Flynn said. “We’re doing it again this semester, this time at Warren Towers, sometime in late March I think. It was just received so well last semester.”

Flynn said BU Dining hopes to work with more student groups in future.

“We like to work with student groups to promote all of the work they’re doing on campus,” he said. “We hope to continue to expose the student community to great food and new menus.”

Last semester BU Dining installed “Happy or Not” feedback machines in the four main dining halls and the Union Court

to track student opinions on food and service. Rosario wrote that these devices can be used to gauge student satisfaction throughout the day.

“After reviewing and analyzing the data Dining Services can make adjustments as needed or use the data for future planning,” he wrote.

Rosario also wrote that BU Dining Services receives feedback from their social media accounts. BU Dining’s Twitter account has more than 7,000 followers and about 27,000 total tweets.

“Social media is also a great way for Dining Services to connect with and engage with students in real time using apps that most students have easy access to,” Rosario wrote. “Students are able to ask questions and share feedback.”

Vivian Swift, a freshman in the College of Communication, said she sometimes feels uninformed about the various events happening in the dining halls.

“I don’t really understand the point of them,” Swift said.

“Usually I don’t really know when it is happening because they don’t

really advertise it as much. I feel like more people would go to it if they talked about it more.”

Clara Kim, a freshman in the Questrom School of Business, said that she likes the feedback machines.

“I see people pressing the but-

ton more than once though, so it probably isn’t right,” she said.

Sophia Scaglioni, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, said that she believes BU’s dining services are better than those of other colleges.

“I think BU’s food court is rel-

atively good [compared] to other college dining halls,” Scaglioni said. “I always hear my high school friends complaining about the quality of their college dining hall food. Sometimes they tell me horror stories, and I’m glad that I don’t have to deal with that.”

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Progress made on university Climate Action Plan CARBON, FROM PAGE 1

Tornatore said the next step is exploring the feasibility of adding solar panels to BU buildings, which she said could reduce emissions from energy consumption by 31 percent by 2032.

“Now that BU Wind is secured with construction scheduled to begin this spring,” she said, “we will queue up a study for campus solar and build the capacity to begin the hard work to reduce the university’s energy consumption.”

In December 2017, the City of Boston also released a Climate Action Plan, in partnership with the Green Ribbon Commission, BU’s Institute for Sustainable Energy and BU’s Earth and Environment Department, with the goal of making the city carbon-neutral by 2050.

Curtis Woodcock, a professor of earth and environmental in the College of Arts and Sciences, said he agrees with the steps BU has taken thus far and believes the school is moving in the right direction to become more sustainable.

“This plan to buy electric-

ity from this wind farm in South Dakota makes tremendous amount of sense and shows a lot of forethought,” Woodcock said.

Maxwell Bronfeld, a freshman in CAS, said he is optimistic about BU’s Climate Action Plan and believes the university will meet its 2040 goals.

“BU is consistently making strides to increase its sustainability, which I think it should continue to do,” Bronfeld said. “On top of this I believe the roofs of all dorms and buildings should have solar panels installed. The BU bus infrastructure could also be easily changed from diesel to electric, or even fuel cell technology, to reduce the emissions from the school.”

Linden Vo, a junior in the College of Engineering, said he has read the Climate Action Plan before and believes the work ahead for BU to reach its carbon-neutral goal will require a joint effort by everyone at the university.

“It sounds like a very promising idea, but there is a lot of work that needs to be done obviously,

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A Northern Drill Service truck on the Boston University campus where the school is planning to build a new Data Sciences Building. The building is designed to be flood-resilient, in line with BU’s Climate Action Plan.

and in some aspects, it seems almost unrealistic,” Vo said. “But I think that if everyone contributes to the effort as a whole, then we can make a giant lead forward.

We may reach the goal, we may not, but at the end of the day, it’s about saving the planet.”

CAS sophomore Zach Nelson said he supports BU’s Climate Action Plan and looks forward to a more informed and more energy-efficient campus life in the coming years.

“I think BU is stepping into the right direction,” Nelson said.

“I think any step that BU can take to defer climate is really important. I think it is really cool that BU is going carbon-neutral because in retrospect, I don’t know how much people are doing on campus to help deal with climate change.”

WED class of 2019 will need 4.0 for summa cum laude honor

BY SOFIA SARIC

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The Wheelock College of Education and Human Development is, according to recent figures, the only college at Boston University that requires seniors have a 4.0 GPA to graduate summa cum laude, the highest latin graduation honor.

A mon g ei g ht ot her degree-granting colleges at BU, the minimum GPA required for the summa cum laude honor falls between 3.76 and 3.93. Wheelock’s 4.0 requirement is new for the graduating class of 2019 — the first class of students to graduate from the merged Wheelock College and BU School of Education.

For the SED graduating classes

of May 2018, September 2018 and January 2019, the summa cum laude minimum was a 3.86.

BU amended its latin honors policy at the end of 2002 so that a student must be in the top 5 percent of their graduating class to qualify for summa cum laude. According to the figures, Wheelock’s 4.0 requirement will be in place for the graduating classes of May 2019, September 2019 and January 2020.

Stephen Roeder, an administrative assistant to Wheelock’s Dean ad interim, wrote in an email that WED itself does not determine the honors policy requirement and that it is instead determined by the university at large.

CAS freshman Tay yaba Ishtiaq is involved with Student

Government and leading an initiative to investigate grade deflation at BU. She wrote in an email that SG is working on a “General Review of Academic Development and Environment” survey to better understand academic life at BU. Ishtiaq said the new report could help BU students better understand where their GPAs are coming from.

“We believe that our G.R.A.D.E. Report will help evoke this change and response from the administration because we will be providing direct action items which will not only help students, but are tied to the goals of the University,” she wrote.

Ishtiaq added that she thinks there would need to be more data

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Boston University graduates celebrating commencement in 2016. The Wheelock College of Education and Human Development is the only college at Boston University requiring seniors to have a 4.0 GPA to graduate summa cum laude.

available to conclude whether or not the new GPA requirement for WED students will unfairly favor either former Wheelock or former SED students.

Kristen Lumley, a senior in WED who came to BU in the merger, said that she finds the one course she has taken at BU to be slightly more rigorous than the courses she took at Wheelock but still finds the work manageable.

“I don’t think this change favors Wheelock or BU students,” Lumley said. “A 4.0 is attainable if you’re willing to put in the extra effort for it.”

Hailee Markunas, also a WED senior originally from Wheelock College, said she has continued her exact Wheelock course program at BU. As such, she, along with many other seniors in her program, can’t compare the relative difficulty of the Wheelock College and BU curriculums.

“I was so far into the Wheelock program that they had to teach it out,” Markunas said. “I am still involved completely with a Wheelock program, Wheelock College and Wheelock professors.”

Markunas said she thinks that a 4.0 requirement for the summa cum laude honor is unrealistic for most people. She said she believes that Wheelock students are now being held to a higher standard academically because of the merger.

“I think this favors students who are originally from BU because there is a stigma that BU students are top quality, high GPAs in high school, and they were admitted to BU because they are top of their class,” Markunas said. “Not that it’s not motivating for Wheelock students, but I think it is unrealistic in the sense that it will just be setting them up for failure and favoring the culture of BU.” Tali Costopoulos, a junior in WED, said she believes the edu-

cation styles at BU and Wheelock are completely different, which may have an impact on who is able to achieve which latin honors.

“It’s kind of like comparing apples and oranges,” Costopoulos said. “Most people [went] to Wheelock because their strengths are in … writing and not as much in standardized testing, whereas at BU, I’ve had classes that are more focused on standardized testing.”

Although Costopoulos said that she thinks a 4.0 is technically attainable, she does believe it’s an unfair standard for WED students.

“Asking for a college student to achieve a 4.0 GPA is to be asking and expecting a student to be literally perfect, and that’s an unfair standard,” Costopoulos said. “I think everybody can achieve it whether you were already at BU or whether you merged.”

W ED sen ior Meg ha n Rubadou wrote in an email that she does not believe the GPAcutoff increase is directly related to the merger.

“I would expect and anticipate that BU will always ask that their students do better than the average,” Rubado wrote. “These high expectations are another ref lection of the elite standard that BU is known for.”

Rubadou added that she does not believe that this change favors any student because a latin honor does not define ability.

“I will not generalize students from Wheelock as one type of student because Wheelock College will always be the best school in the nation for public service/education based careers,” Rubadou wrote. “… While many Wheelock College students will not receive a 4.0 GPA, I do not believe that will in any way result in a negative reflection on my ability to be an exceptional Child Life Specialist.”

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Material Robotics Lab founder highlights surgery tools

BY SYDNEY HOLDER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The first surgery performed with the assistance of robotic technology occured in 1985. This surgery initiated an ongoing process in which researchers have since been developing new ways to improve robot-assisted medical treatment.

Sheila Russo, the founder of the Material Robotics Laboratory at Boston University, discussed the lab’s work to enhance the capabilities of medical technology through the use of robotic systems in a talk Jan. 8.

Russo, an assistant professor in BU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, said the lab works with creating technology to make surgery less invasive through smaller, smarter and softer robots.

Russo founded the Materials Robotic Laboratory about a year ago with the primary goal of advancing medical technologies while also making them more accessible, she said in an interview.

“I have always wanted to build something that would make procedures easier to perform and more cost-effective,” Russo said.

Russo explained in the lecture that many medical instruments such as an endoscope, which is a tubular instrument that can show the internal organs of a patient’s body, can cost upward of $30,000. To make technologies more accessible to people,

she said, they must be developed to be more cost-effective.

Another challenge is developing new instruments that are easy to learn to use, as surgeons go through years of extensive training in their fields and may not be eager to re-learn new methods of performing surgery, Russo explained in her lecture.

One of the projects in the Material Robotics Lab focuses on removing small tumors in the intestinal tract, according to Russo. She said when patients are first diagnosed with cancer, tumors may be so small they are difficult to operate on, so the patient will have to wait for it to grow enough to remove.

The Material Robotics Lab is currently working on developing a robotic platform to improve the ease of this process. Usually, the tumor area will have an injection inserted in order to raise the surface to allow it to be cut, Russo explained, but current research in the lab focuses on an expansion to the endoscope that will instead pull the tissue using vacuum suction.

This process minimizes the invasiveness of the surgery by getting rid of injections, thereby reducing the stress this process will put on the human body, Russo said.

Kirk Lewis, a doctorate student studying computational materials science in the College of Engineering, was the student host for the talk. He said he was enthusiastic about the

innovative techniques that soft robotics offer.

“It was fascinating to see how soft robots have the ability to totally transform surgical procedures,” he said. “At the seminar, I got a good feel for how the requirements of soft robots might, in turn, drive the specifications of the materials used in their construction.”

The Material Robotics Lab is also researching the sensory output of instruments, such as the endoscope, Russo said. Current technology in minimally invasive surgery may consist of a surgeon operating a robot with a joystick.

However, endoscopes are not very flexible, and when turning corners in the body, they may bump tissue and cause bleeding, so the Material Robotics Lab is creating robots that can relay sensory information back to the surgeon as if it were hands-on, Russo said.

Russo’s lab is investigating how to develop robots out of soft materials.

According to Russo, the inspiration for these robots is drawn from origami. The devices can be made of soft tissue, which can then be folded to interact with the human body in a gentler way in order to gather information and send it back to the surgeons.

The 10-millimeter actuators can also be developed to enter smaller and harder-to-reach places, such the bronchioles in the lungs, Russo explained.

Stephanie Woodman, a junior

studying mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering, attended Friday’s talk and said it was refreshing to see research being applied like this.

“I came in not knowing much about soft robotics, and it was cool to see the kinds of things they’re trying out,” Woodman said. “A lot of times people in research don’t see reason-

able applications.”

Kirk said he left the seminar feeling inspired about the work Russo and the Material Robotics Lab was doing.

“The origami-inspired robot designs of professor Russo and the new materials used in their construction,” he said, “are a fascinating and hugely beneficial research area.”

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Boston University’s College of Engineering. ENG professor Sheila Russo founded the Material Robotics Laboratory, which is working to enhance medical technology through the use of the lab’s robotic systems.

SPH talk explores diverse perspectives on death, grieving

BY AMELIA MURRAY-COOPER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

From Boston to Zambia, death is a universal experience regardless of wealth. In a recent symposium, scholars from a variety of disciplines gathered at Boston University to offer insights on death from across the globe.

Tuesday’s talk, titled “Death and Dying: A Population Health Perspective,” was part of the School of Public Health’s quarterly Dean’s Symposia and took place in the Hiebert Lounge in the School of Medicine. The talk was open to members of the BU community and the public and addressed grief and empathy.

It was co-hosted by the College of Communication, College of Arts and Sciences Center for the Humanities, School of Public Health Program for Global Health Storytelling and the Pulitzer Center.

The program was divided into three sections that spanned throughout the day with brief breaks in-between. Opening remarks were provided by Sandro Galea, dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at SPH, and Jon Sawyer, executive director of the Pulitzer Center.

The first installment discussed how society perceives death. It included five speakers and moderator Sharon Begley, a senior science writer at STAT. During the second part, Barbara Moran, an alumna of the College of

Communication and senior producing editor for WBUR’s environmental vertical, moderated a discussion among five additional speakers who delved into strategies to handle grief.

In the third component, four speakers and moderator Dianne Gray, chief innovation and advocacy officer for Acclivity Health Solutions, took to the stage to discuss the aftermath of death, as well as the presence of grief throughout life.

“We grieve while we live, we don’t just grieve after the death of someone,” Gray said in the talk. “We grieve every day in some way. We also grieve throughout illness. We grieve throughout prognosis and diagnosis.

We grieve in so many ways.”

Gray said Americans should become more empathetic and engaged in ending the stigma around grief that persists today.

“I promise you that doing nothing will continue the legacy that we have, which is of isolation and a lack of caring, and it’s not good enough anymore, it’s not acceptable,” she said during the presentation. “There is no reason in our country that we continue the legacy of shame and stigma that surrounds grief.”

During the final section, Dr. Christopher Gill, associate professor of global health in SPH, discussed his current research project, which focuses on child mortality and grief counseling for families in less developed areas, particularly in Lusaka, Zambia.

Gill explained in an interview that some Americans are apathetic

toward mortality in less affluent countries because death happens more frequently in these areas.

“I morally believe that every life is pretty much equally valuable, and the loss of a child is as painful in Africa as it is anywhere,” Gill said. “This notion that just because death is more common can mean that somehow a mother who loses her baby in Zambia is less devastated by that than a mother who loses her child in Boston, … I find so painful and unacceptable.”

Gill explained that his research

team has been running a field study for about a year-and-a-half with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

He said the team is working to understand how many children in Lusaka are dying of two common pediatric infections: pertussis and respiratory syncytial virus.

The project is designed to run over a three-and-a-half year period and study the presence of these infections in children under six months of age who die in Lusaka, according to Gill. He said that the team has studied more than 1,100

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People speak on a panel called “Death and Dying: A Population Health Perspective,” at the Boston University School of Medicine Tuesday.

infants so far.

According to Gill, this study comes with serious complications for the families of the deceased children, since the children must be enrolled in the study immediately after they die.

“We have to get informed consent from a family that has just suffered a total devastating loss and is shattered,” Gill said in an interview.

“Presumably, the last thing in the world they want to do is talk about a research study.”

Gill’s team decided to offer grief counseling irrespective of whether the families give informed consent to study their children or not. He said his team is interested in setting up a simple a protocol for grief counseling that can be implemented by people without advanced degrees in psychiatry, psychology or social work.

“Almost everybody you know has lost somebody in their lives and been sad and wounded by that event, and I’m no exception,” Gill said. “We all lose people. To somehow say that this doesn’t matter because it happens more commonly, really trivializes an event that is fundamental to human nature and should be respected wherever it happens.”

Ivy Fan, a freshman in the Questrom School of Business, said she agreed that death is a universal human experience.

“Death affects everyone,” Fan said, “but it also makes life seem more precious.”

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COMMUNITY

Dimitar Bechev lectures about foreign and religious policies

BY SHIFA RAJWANI DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Nestled inside a room in the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Dimitar Bechev held his audience in rapt attention as he discussed religion and foreign policy in the Balkans in a lecture Feb. 7.

The lecture delved into the religious identities and international relationships of Russia, Turkey and their neighboring countries.

Bechev is the director of the European Policy Institute, a think tank located in Sofia, Bulgaria, and was accompanied in the lecture by Vesko Garcevic, a professor of practice of international relations at Pardee.

Garcevic said in an interview he believes this talk helped dissect Russia’s extensive reach into the affairs of Eastern European countries, a topic he said he previously discussed with the European Parliament and U.S. Congress.

Hosting Bechev and helping moderate the discussion was a special kind of victory for Garcevic, he said.

Bechev is a source of deep admiration for Garcevic, who uses Bechev’s book when discussing the Balkans relations with Russia and the European Union, he said.

“Though I know him well and I’m quite familiar with the subject, this type of event can help you deepen your knowledge of the topic as his view-

points were not always identical with mine,” Garcevic said.

Bechev’s lecture attracted BU students alongside other scholars on Eastern Europe.

Metropolitan College student Artemis Friel attended the lecture and said that she became interested in Russian foreign policy as rumors of Russian collusion during the 2016 U.S. presidential election began to spread rapidly.

As Friel’s knowledge of Russian foreign policy increased, so too did her curiosity about other Eastern European countries, she said, and this interest inspired her to attend the lecture.

“I try to understand as much as I can about the relationship Russia has with other countries, but particularly with its former Soviet Union constituents,” Friel said. “Russian involvement in that area in the world is potentially a pretty good indicator of their future policies and intentions.”

While some students attended the lecture aware of their interest in the topics discussed, others left with newfound knowledge.

Ava Shome, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said she attended Bechev’s lecture to fulfill an assignment for one of her classes yet found her interest peaked as the talk progressed and Bechev scrutinized how Russia attempts to frame itself as a pious nation.

“I did not really know much about this subject matter going into this lecture, so it was just interesting to learn more about it from someone who was so experienced in this area,” Shome said.

While Brechev primarily focused on Russia, Shome expressed interest in the relationship between Russia and the United States.

“If I were to attend another lecture by Dr. Bechev, I would ask him how the religious identity and foreign policy of Russia and Turkey affect the United States or how it could in the future,” Shome said, “and if there is anything that the U.S. can do to stay involved.”

Gowtham Asokan, co-editor-in-chief of the BU International Relations Review and senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said Russia’s global dynamics are changing.

“If the current trend keeps up, the U.S. will be reduced potentially,” Asokan said. “Watch the Balkans slip away toward the Russian orbit and see the EU become more self-reliant, this diminishing and ending the American century of global dominance.”

Asokan said through these changing dynamics, Russia could pose a significant threat to the West.

“Russia’s policies are definitely an existential threat to the ‘western liberal world order’ built by America

and Europe following World War II,” Asokan said. “It does not help that America has radically departed from their conventional approach to isolationism again.”

Friel added that she believed Bechev’s wide-spanning appeal, in particular, lies in his ability to connect

several underlying issues in a manner that makes foreign policy understandable regardless of prior knowledge.

“He understands that you need to approach foreign policy from several different angles,” Friel said, “such as history, religion and state-to-state relations.”

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Dimitar Bechev, director of the European Policy Institute, lectures about foreign and religious policies in Southeast Europe on Feb. 7 at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies.

Angela Davis discusses violence, racism in packed auditorium

BY ZOE ALLEN

DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston University’s Jacob Sleeper Auditorium thundered with laughs, snaps and cheers as renowned activist Angela Davis spoke about the marginalization of women of color Saturday night. The talk provoked a range of emotions from the packed crowd.

Davis spoke on the subjects of violence against women, institutionalized racism, prison abolition and the importance of intersectionality.

The lecture, titled “Violence

Against Women and Its Ongoing Challenge to Racism,” was presented by the BU Undergraduate Sociology Association and followed by a Q&A session.

College of Arts and Sciences senior Nkemdirim Ogbogu was one of the few who was able to ask a question to Davis during the Q&A session, an experience that she described as unreal.

“I was really nervous — I didn’t know that the mic had to be exactly at your mouth,” Ogbogu said. “It felt crazy that my question got picked and that I could actually

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Angela Davis drew a large crowd for her talk on Feb. 9 at Boston University. The famous activist spoke in a packed Jacob Sleeper Auditorium.

address her and look her in the eye.

She actually gave me eye contact, and I thought that was wild.”

Davis was introduced by Saida Grundy, an assistant professor of sociology and African American studies. Grundy spoke about Davis’ childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, which was marked by the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four young African American girls.

“When you are a daughter of violence, your heart is so filled with a yearning to right the wrong,” Grundy said during the introduction. “[Angela Davis] is living evidence that those daughters of violence emerge as mothers of the movement.”

Davis began her talk by discussing institutionalized violence and emphasizing the maintenance of hope in a world full of violence.

“All of these models of violence are linked to institutional and ideological structures,” Davis said in the talk. “We need to think about ways to talk about these violences in ways that do not assume their permanence.”

Davis’ visit to Boston University coincided with African American History Month, which spans the month of February.

“Through black history, we learn the best history of the United States of America,” Davis said.

Davis later reminisced on some of her first memories of segregation and of violence during her childhood in Birmingham. She and her childhood friends would play a game that consisted of daring each

other to cross the street or run up to a porch in the “white side” of a segregated neighborhood, and then run back to safety.

To Davis, those moments were more than games. She said they were moments of resistance.

Event organizer and BUUSA President Claire Lawry said she has been working on this talk since October, but began to put the wheels into motion around June.

“I wanted to bring someone such as Angela Davis because I feel like BU students have a lot of discussions, but it never really leaves the classroom — it never really leaves BU campus,” Lawry said.

“I wanted to bring someone that I thought would really inspire us, make us think, inspire us to get outside the classroom. The first person that came to mind was Angela Davis.”

Lawry, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, shared that she dedicated a large amount of her senior year to bringing Davis to BU. The talk was originally advertised as being open to the public but later, due to space constraints, BUUSA allowed only BU students to attend. The Daily Free Press reported Monday that Boston residents who had purchased tickets in advance were upset by this decision.

Throughout the evening, Davis questioned the universality of whiteness, especially in relationship to women of color and the #MeToo movement. She spoke about the genealogy of the movement, reminding the audience that a black woman, Tarana Burke,

coined the term for the movement but that it was made popularized by white actress Alyssa Milano.

“My questions are about the connections we make,” Davis said in the talk. “Why are black women’s experiences only considered to relate to black women?”

Along with women empowerment, Davis has been a vocal advocate for prison abolition throughout her decades of activism.

“You end up generating more violence by assuming that the perpetrator has to go to prison,” Davis said. “It’s always been a way to deposit the issues that we don’t really want to think about.”

Davis concluded her thoughts by addressing the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s decision to rescind the Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award they had previously bestowed to her after determining that she did not meet the required criteria of the reward.

“I ask myself how I keep being at the center of these controversies,” Davis said in the talk. “All I did was say, ‘I’ll happily accept this human rights award.’” The award was later given back to Davis.

One audience member, Claudia Benincasa, co-founder of the BU chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists club, said she was very impressed by Davis’ remarks.

“It was exciting to have someone a little more revolutionary [on campus],” Benincasa said.

“Someone who would name specific evils and call for abolition and say that reform isn’t enough.”

FEATURES 7

ARTS

Moroccan artists explore identity, visibility in CFA exhibit

BY JENNIFER SURYADJAJA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Colorful images and videos of Morocco’s history, culture and people were brought together in the exhibit “Looking Out, Looking In: Contemporary Artists from Morocco” for the first time on Feb. 7.

The exhibit, which portrays the culturally rich lives of Moroccans, is a collection by seven diverse Moroccan artists at Boston University’s Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery at the College of Fine Arts.

The exhibit features the work of photographers and videographers Hassan Darsi, Wiame Haddad, Hassan Hajjaj, Randa Maroufi, Safaa Mazirh, Lamia Naji and Nour Eddine Tilsaghani and debuted with a panel discussion Thursday night. It will be on display until March 31.

According to the exhibit’s website, the artists are connected through their exploration of Moroccan identities, yet each brings a unique perspective through their different styles and backgrounds. At the opening event of the exhibit, guests were invited into a gallery that was split into two sides.

On the right side was “Looking In,” displaying art that represented the political and social spheres and challenges within Morocco. On the left was “Looking Out,” displaying the country’s colonial archives and art that explored the projection of Morocco into the outside world and how its struggles are tied to other countries.

The website detailed that the “Looking Out” section of the exhibition is made up of artists’ renditions of how outsiders view Morocco and “confront the historical biases inherent in the colonial gaze.” Artists in the “Looking In” section depict “moral and emotional experiences” and “complex

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Artist Randa Maroufi’s photograph on display in the exhibit “Looking Out, Looking In” at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. The exhibit portrays Morocco’s history, culture and women.

social issues” of Moroccan culture.

Hajjaj’s “Zezo Tamsamani” is located in the middle of the exhibition. Moroccan Coca-Cola cans frame a glossy photograph of a professional Moroccan boxer, Zezo Tamsamani.

The Coca-Cola cans are used to evoke a sense of familiarity when one steps into the exhibit, in case they are unfamiliar with Morrocan culture, according to Cynthia Becker, a BU associate professor of African art and one of the curators for “Looking Out, Looking In.” Tamsamani is pictured wearing a traditional blue Moroccan printed towel as a cape and his red boxing briefs and punching gloves. On his feet are traditional Moroccan shoes with Nike swooshes on both of them, symbolizing commercialism bleeding into the country, according Becker.

Haddad’s series “Ceux qui Restent” included photographs of letters written by Moroccan political prisoners, including some from the secret prison Tazmamart of former King Hassan II. The series included photographs of other scenes from this time in history, such as prayer beads a prisoner made from secretly collected dates and olive pits, according to Haddad’s artistic statement.

“A lot of the [art] deals specifically with Morocco, but I think many of the themes have relevance here in the United States today,” Becker said.

She said people from cultures around the world can relate to oppressive histories, and many save and interpret objects to remember trauma.

In M a z i r h’s series

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One of artist Hassan Hajjaj’s pieces at the exhibit “Looking out, Looking In” located at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. The exhibit portrays Morocco’s culture.

“AMAZIGH,” the artist takes photographs of herself partially undressed and creates a double exposure of her artwork by drawing the tattoos of indigenous people on a wall.

The gallery’s left side, “Looking Out,” features a wall with text that says, “these artists confront the paradoxes and traumas in contemporary Morocco and seek to bring attention to the memory of inequality, to release its creative energy, and to escape the trappings of colonial and postcolonial history.”

In an annex in the gallery, a video plays that documents Moroccan women making a traditional rug in a dark room, with the same piece of rug that they created to display on the front side of the room.

Hannah Palacios, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences

and the College of Communication, said she thought the gallery space was thoughtfully constructed.

“I like that you can take your time for each piece,” she said, “and you have enough wall space to look at it itself, but you can also step back and kind of look at everything as a whole.”

Michael Kiefer, 65, of Medford, said that the contemporary art in Morocco is very rich and filled with political observations and meaning. “[The artwork] suggests that Morocco is a vibrant society right now with a lot of challenges, but a lot of wonderful opportunity,” Kiefer said. “I think that’s especially important because there’s so much turbulence everywhere in the world, but especially in the Arab world — and it’s great to see artists expressing themselves so freely and thoughtfully.”

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Artwork displayed at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts exhibit “Looking out, Looking In.” The piece shows the many different faces of Morocco and aspects of the country’s culture.

8 OPINION

EDITORIAL

Council reforms would make City government better Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell proposed several changes to the council Monday that include extending councilors’ terms from two to four years, barring candidates from running for two city positions at once and requiring a special election when there is a vacancy in one of the four at-large council seats.

“There are ways I think we can change some of our election procedures … to strengthen us as a body, making us more autonomous,” Campbell said Monday.

Barring candidates from running for two city positions is something that should have been done a long time ago. Allowing people to run for multiple positions sends a poor message: those candidates simply want a government position. When anyone runs for office, they should express why they want to represent the people in that role explicitly.

If voted and passed by the council, the proposals would still require the approval from the State Legislature. A similar proposal to extend terms passed the council in 2016 but was not passed by the state.

Boston spends about $800,000 on every election, according to City Elections Commissioner Dion Irish. When considering preliminary and general municipal elections, the Boston Globe reported, the City could save about $1.6 million if it did not have to host preliminary and general municipal elections every two years.

Creating special elections for vacated seats is an important step in improving the democratic process. Special elections already exist when there is a vacancy for one of the council’s district seats.

A current At-Large City Councilor, Althea Garrison, has run for local election 32 times.

She was only able to obtain her seat after

former At-Large City Councilor Ayanna Pressley was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Because Garrison was the fifth-runner up in the election for the at-large City Council seats, she gained a seat to represent all of Boston. It didn’t matter that she only garnered 6.87 percent of the vote in the 2017 election.

According to the Globe, City Councilor At-Large Michelle Wu was skeptical about extending the term for councilors. Wu expressed concern that it could discourage people from running for office against incumbents.

However, District 6 City Councilor Matt O’Malley disagreed, saying he believed it would allow candidates to build up their own profiles and campaign finances.

A two-year term forces councilors to be in an almost constant state of campaigning.

CROSSWORD

Instead of constantly worrying about donations, four years is enough time for councilors to forget about the next election and focus on passing legislation to improve the lives of Boston residents.

Ian Kea, the communications and advocacy manager of Mass Vote, an organization that promotes political participation, said the organization would support extending council terms since it could improve voter interest in council elections and allow councilors to spend more time doing their jobs.

“For too long, and too often, we have to see public officials campaigning for half the time,” he told the Globe.

Voter participation should be a concern for the city councilors, as well. In the last two elections when the mayor was not on the ballot, 2015 and 2011, voter participation was 13.63

percent and 18.14 percent.

But in the past two elections where the mayor was on the ballot — in 2017 and 2013 — voter participation was 27.80 percent and 38.17 percent, respectively.

Therefore, it is clear that extending the City Councilors’ terms to four years would be positive. By having elections that would always coincide with the mayoral election, the City Councilors At-Large turnout would roughly double based off past elections.

The mayor and the City Council work sideby-side to represent the people of Boston, so it makes sense that the City Council and mayor have elections at the same time. While the mayor currently overshadows the council as the preeminent representative figure for Boston, the City Council works tirelessly to express the concerns of all Bostonians.

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OPINION 9

MODERN BEAUTY:

COLUMNS

My college valentine makes me all the more confident

BY EMILY CONFALONE COLUMNIST

We met in an Allston fraternity house basement.

The place was diseased. Cracked, empty solo cups pooled around my feet as I gasped for air in the overcrowded space.

“Come on Becky, get your coat from the microwave and let’s leave,” a blonde screeched from behind me. “We need to get to the PIKE mixer.”

I had lost my very last brain cell. Defeated, I turned to go up the steps to the first floor of the house and head back home when a hand shot out from the crowd and pulled me back into the pit.

“Emily,” my friend shouted. “Meet Danny — isn’t he cute?” She then gestured to the guy standing next to her.

And he was. Tall and laid-back looking, he stuck out his hand, and I met it with mine in the space between us. It was warm. He had the best grin. Like, picture the most perfect Hollywood smirk you’ve ever seen with a thousand creases near the corners of the mouth. Dan’s smile was 10 times better.

We’ve been dating for two-and-ahalf years now, and this will be our third Valentine’s Day together. Many find issues with a college relationship that lasts a long time, and I understand them, but few see the positives.

A huge benefit of having a boyfriend includes a better understanding of my worth.

Before my fellow feminists come at me with their bralettes in a twist, let me explain.

I know that I don’t need a man to validate my beauty, but unfortunately the freshman year version of myself didn’t fully comprehend that. Dan gave me the confidence to see my inner and outer beauty. For the first time in my life, someone told me I was beautiful even though they didn’t have to.

My parents have to tell me I’m beautiful because they’re my mom and dad — it’s their job. Friends need to tell friends they look perfect in that jumpsuit, even though it makes

Gender discrimination in the workplace must be stopped

them look fat, and the mirror isn’t actually warped.

Constant positive comments from him built my confidence exponentially. It made me see my value and see what makes me beautiful and showed me that I deserve more than I thought.

“You look beautiful today,” he’ll say when smeared mascara tattoos my cheeks from last night’s TITS festivities. He says it all the time.

When I’m sweaty from the gym. When I fail an economics exam. When I don’t get the final round interview.

He sees my strengths and acknowledges them. Growing up, I struggled with realizing my successes, which led to self-doubt. I could blame it on my cultural background. My mom, while loving, made sure to keep me humble by carefully choosing her praises. Her Japaneseinfluenced modesty rubbed off on me, allowing me to overlook my aptitude in and outside of the classroom.

My boyfriend sees how hard I work for a B on my assignment and congratulates me for it.

He notices how great I am at flicking out my eyeliner. He even perceives my weaknesses as something to behold because they, too, make me who I am.

On top of using his words to build my confidence, he uses his actions to tell me how he thinks and feels.

Let me illustrate this for you. I had a terrible time at work one day last year because I accidentally deleted an entire spreadsheet for a project due the next day. I was also dealing with major body insecurities because of mass OliToki consumption. OliToki serves Korean fusion food in Allston, and it makes some great stuff, but it goes right to my thighs.

Spreadsheet-less and thick-legged, I went home to wallow in my problems. When I opened the door to my living room, flowers bloomed from the empty wine bottles that lined my windowsills. Dan bought four bouquets and a salad from Sweetgreen for me just to turn my day around.

His actions said, “despite pitfalls, you still deserve the best.” I believe him more every day.

Don’t get it confused, though. We fight, and our relationship stands far from idyllic. But he’s done so much for me. Because of him, I have the courage to love who I am. I’m better for it.

I’m not saying everyone should go out and scour the streets of Boston for a partner, but I am saying there lives value in having a college relationship. This Valentine’s Day, celebrate your person and the times they’ve been there for you. Celebrate lessons learned.

Happy Love Day, everyone! And I love you, Dan.

INTERROBANG

SUPPLYING YOUR DEMAND:

BY HILLARY HAO COLUMNIST

“Down with the patriarchy!” The narrative of the patriarchy, described by modern feminists as when men are placed unfairly into positions of power, lends credibility to this brazen statement. Why? In this case, the narrative isn’t just leftist ramblings. It’s the truth.

The toxic nature of the patriarchy is upheld by an older, more sinister social construct: sexism, which is all too often targeted at women.

Sexism’s seemingly eternal lifespan has allowed it to infiltrate not only social settings but also the workplace.

There is an unspoken sanctity surrounding the modern-day workplace. It was established as a meritocracy, awarding individuals based on the quality of their work rather than something entirely out of their control, such as sex.

Considering the strides this country has made in civil rights, one would assume that equality is guaranteed.

But it is not. This assumption has been violated in the most basic metric of an individual’s value to a firm — their salary. Even in 2019, a rather large wage gap persists. Women on average earn 80 cents for every dollar their male counterparts earn.

In order to understand why sexism is the root cause of the wage gap, we need to break down the opposing side’s arguments.

Immediately what caught my eye was how opponents treat motherhood as an unpaid job title.

Is that not infuriating, that a patriarchal society turns the creation of a family into an unattractive bullet point on a resume? Society has, after all, effectively cemented women into the role of primary caretaker and constricted the definition of parenthood to motherhood.

A study in Denmark showed that children cause a woman’s earnings to drop sharply and never quite recover. This same restriction in earnings did not apply to her male counterpart after the birth of his first child.

Why? Because of social norms. Longterm exposure to male-centered narratives

normalizes that the onus of caretaking fall onto the mother. Now, it is an unremarkable expectation.

What are the ramifications of this change in a professional setting? Studies show that there is a link between the expectation of childrearing and tending to household duties and women disproportionately preferring positions that offer temporal flexibility.

Everywhere, especially in Japan, women are doing more unpaid work — such as childcare and household chores — than their husbands.

In addition to these duties, these women often still have careers to maintain. The “motherhood penalty” they are subjected to is reflective of the influence society’s gendering holds over professional settings.

In addition to this twisted motherhood argument, wage gap disbelievers rely on arguments that supposedly are founded on biological differences between the two sexes. Upon closer examination, these abominations of scientific arguments are rooted in sexism.

There is a common argument that boys are more interested in STEM subjects and, therefore, seek out higher-paying industries.

Yet a study using PISA standardized exams and focusing on the top percentile scores for each gender, which could explain differences in future career paths, showed that there was actually little gender disparity among the top-scoring students.

Significant variations were actually more attributable to geographic differences. Clearly, what is advertised as a biological difference is once again a social construct founded in sexism.

Once this argument is dismantled, wage gap disbelievers will proceed to claim that biological inferiorities render women unwilling, even unable, to negotiate for higher salaries.

Women aren’t predisposed for shyness because of genetics. Rather, this is a matter of the gendering that is imposed upon us every day of our lives. It has permeated my life as well — my mother constantly lectures me, “Don’t be so aggressive, be softer! That’s how you succeed.”

And in spite of my self-confidence, I still wonder if I should take her advice seriously.

That is how deeply ingrained sexism is, even in our increasingly liberal society.

Now, as the number of women pursuing higher education overtakes the number of men, I can positively say that I am sure of my abilities.

I’m tired of having to prove myself in a room full of men when there is absolutely nothing to prove.

Evidently, this new generation of women, empowered by #MeToo and figures such as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, need to and will decisively close this gap.

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Frats: Another basement

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SHA: Wine cellar

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Terriers to move forward vs. UConn after tough Beanpot

BY LIAM O’BRIEN

it was going to be easy.”

Mired in a five-game losing The Boston University men’s slump after the Beanpot, the hockey team is far from the top of Terriers will face the University of the Hockey East conference and Connecticut this weekend. UConn currently ranked at No. 7.

(9-17-2, 4-12-2 Hockey East) sits The Terriers (10-14-3, 8-7-2 three places below the Terriers in Hockey East) have had a difficult the Hockey East rankings at 10th. four-game stretch as of late, losAfter defeating Arizona State ing twice to the No. 2 University 4-2 on Jan. 25, BU was 10-9-3 and of Massachusetts and both inching closer to the USCHO top Northeastern University and 20 rankings. The Terriers suffered Harvard University in the Beanpot. a shutout loss to the Sun Devils the Monday’s 5-2 loss to Harvard following night, however, and the (13-7-3, 9-5-2 ECAC) saw the slide ensued.

Terriers finish last in the Beanpot.

BU will bus down to Hartford, It was the team’s first time losing in Connecticut, for Friday night’s both the tournament semifinal and contest before hosting the Huskies consolation round since the 2013-14 Saturday night at Agganis Arena. season.

After this weekend, the Terriers “[Harvard] were more com- will have just one home game left petitive,” BU head coach Albie in the regular season.

O’Connell said of the Crimson.

This weekend is an opportu“They were skating harder.” nity for BU to begin its climb back Harvard attempted 76 shots up the ranks in the college hockey in Monday’s consolation match, landscape. The Terriers have had including 39 on target. The Terriers success against this UConn team could not match their opponent’s before, beating them 3-2 in the offensive output, though, tallying 42 Friendship Four in November.

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victory.

Junior forward Patrick Curry also scored in that tilt. That game was part of a seven-game losing streak for the Huskies that put them in a deep hole before 2019 began.

UConn recently endured a sixgame winless streak from Jan. 12 to Feb. 1, but the group’s record has improved as of late.

The Huskies have won their last two games, including a 3-2 upset win over Northeastern Thursday.

Forward Karl El-Mir assisted on each of his unit’s goals in the triumph, adding to his team-high of 25 points.

The Montreal native has used his teammates to compile points this year, scoring 12 times and assisting on 13 goals. Against the Terriers in Northern Ireland, he garnered a goal and an assist.

BU also has to worry about fellow Montrealer Alexander Payusov.

The forward leads the Huskies with 14 goals and has four assists. Payusov has scored twice in a game on three occasions this year, including a pair of goals in contests against conference foes University of Maine and University of New Hampshire.

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Sophomore forward Logan Cockerill scored a goal in BU’s last meeting against the University of Connecticut Nov. 23.

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SUSPENSION, FROM PAGE 12 Oshie in the head.

These two hits, while appearing similar on paper, are much different than one another. Malkin’s sw inging h is stick to reta l iate against Raffl shows he consciously made the decision to turn around and attempt to hit him in some way.

Recent discoveries in CTE have caused sports organizations to hone in on decreasing head injuries.

Before the 2018-19 season, the NFL announced a rule that would penalize players for using their head to hit other players. This was created as an attempt to lower the number of head and neck injuries players face each season.

While the research pool regarding CTE and the NHL is smaller than that of the NFL, CTE continues to be discovered in the brains of former NHL players.

CTE is no longer something the N HL or a ny indiv idua l within the league can deny. The research is there to show how these high-impact sports are affecting the brains of their players. It’s up to each league to do what it can to keep the amount of head injury to a minimum.

That’s where the Malkin suspension comes in.

The discovery of a prominence of CTE in players is relatively recent, or at least its step to the forefront of many professiona l

sports news stories is. In the early 2000s, Nigerian doctor Bennet Omalu discovered CTE in Mike Webster, a former N FL player.

Since then, the amount of research regarding the disease has grown exponentially.

The NHL has an opportunity w ith ever y case of a hit to the head or potential hit to the head to make a statement about how they treat these situations. The swing at Raffl had the potential to be an incredibly dangerous hit to the head. Especially given Malkin’s previous hit on Oshie earlier in the season, letting that overt attempt at a hit slide would signal a lack of care for player safety.

The hit may not have resulted in any injury, but such unnecessary contact to the head is exactly what the league should be avoiding.

Injury is inevitable, whether it’s intentiona l or not, but the league stepping up and working to protect its players can lead to other leagues following suit.

If the industr y standard becomes a n active attempt to enforce the protection of athletes, then that may ultimately lead to cross-league standardization of this protection.

This type of action should be expected from the league, and one can only hope that the NHL continues to enforce hits or potential hits to the head as they have so far.

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Women’s hockey takes home first Beanpot title since 1981 BEANPOT, FROM PAGE 1

Petrie and Lexie Laing getting the helpers.

The Crimson would hold this lead for 10 minutes, until the Terriers struck back and tied the game at two apiece.

It was Tarnowski who got the goal — her seventh of the season — and junior defender Abby Cook who got the helper.

The score would remain this way at the end of the second and through the rest of regulation. The third period consisted of a lot of back-and-forth aggression from each team, with each set of fans cheering and bowing as both Schroeder and Reed made huge saves.

Regulation ended with BU leading Harvard in shots on goal 48-23, with Reed making 46 total saves before overtime began.

Per Beanpot championship rules, overtime was to last 20 minutes, and the game would go on until one team scored a goal. There would not be any shootouts to determine a winner, unlike in BU’s victory in the first round of the tournament.

Overtime was lively right from the start. Within the first eight minutes, there were nine saves by Schroeder and six saves by Reed. But eventually one of these goalies was going to have to give up a goal to end the game.

Seven-and-a-half minutes into overtime, the championship would be decided at the hands of Davis, the tri-captain who missed all of last season

due to a knee injury.

After Harvard’s Laing got a penalty for roughing, BU went on the power play. The very next shot attempt was from Davis, who took a pass from sophomore forward Jesse Compher and buried the puck from the right side into the Crimson net to clinch the Beanpot win.

“I’m going to be honest, I kind of blacked out,” Davis said about scoring the goal. “I looked at Jesse [Compher], and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, we just won the Beanpot!’”

For this goal, Davis would win the honors of Beanpot MVP from the writers in attendance at the game.

Reed would win the Bertagna Award as the tournament’s top goaltender.

She recorded 51 saves on the night, an effort that ultimately fell short.

“I’m really proud of my kids and how hard they played,” Harvard head coach Katey Stone said. “Obviously we’re disappointed, … but BU also earned a victory.”

The Terriers will ride the high of this Beanpot victory into Saturday, when they will come back home to play the University of New Hampshire (13-14-4, 10-13-1 Hockey East).

Durocher said the Beanpot win is going to be a confidence booster for the Terriers going forward.

“The optimal word is confidence,” Durocher said. “It’s super important that we have that confidence going for a long time.”

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The Boston University women’s hockey team celebrates by the boards after scoring the winning goal in overtime in Tuesday night’s Beanpot final. It was the team’s first title since 1981.

Tiki Taka: 5 things to watch in Champions League Round of 16

BY SHUBI ARUN COLUMNIST

Ask any soccer fan around the world, and they’ll tell you that the most torturous time of the year is the two-month period between mid-November and mid-February.

To have to wait so long for the Champions League knockout rounds to begin is almost criminal. For two months now, we’ve all been left licking our lips at the Round of 16 fixtures and the fascinating matchups the draw has thrown up.

The thing with the Champions League, especially with the new format that was adopted in 1992, is that it pushes each team to its absolute limit. With a six-game group stage followed by two-legged knockout games, it truly does become a game of survival of the fittest.

Luck has very little to do here.

Each team goes only as far as they deserve to. So, for instance, Roma knocking out Barcelona in the quarterfinals last year was no fluke. Neither was Monaco reaching the semifinals the year before that. It gives the so-called lesser teams the license to dream. That’s the beauty of the Champions League.

Here are five things we have to look forward to in the Round of 16: 1. Will PSG finally take the next step forward?

How do you solve a problem like Paris Saint-Germain? Because clearly

buying the best players around the world and changing managers like revolving doors isn’t helping. The problem with PSG is they crave for the UCL with an almost sad desperation.

And it’s this very fact that hinders them. They want it a bit too much.

Granted, the draw hasn’t been easy on them in recent years — in the last three years they’ve faced Barca, Real Madrid and now Manchester United in the Round of 16. But hey, if you want to be the best, you need to beat the best.

Neymar and Edinson Cavani’s absence could hurt PSG against a resurgent Manchester United, but Kylian Mbappe has the opportunity to further the claim that PSG is his team.

2. Spurs – Dortmund is the

bout to watch out for Tottenham Hotspur and Borussia Dortmund are similar in more ways than they probably realize.

Strong fan base? Check. Youth team players? Check. Captain Fantastic?

Check. Glory? Let’s wait and watch.

Both of these teams were in the same group last year, and Spurs won both the games with an aggregate score of 5-2. But Dortmund isn’t that same team anymore. An 18-year-old English winger in the form of Jadon Sancho has turned around the fortunes at the Westfalenstadion.

The German side sits pretty atop the Bundesliga, as they hope to bring an end to the era of Bayern Munich’s domination. All eyes will be on Sancho as he makes his return to England. It is to be seen if he will

wilt under the pressure, but if his recent performances are anything to go by, the Spurs defenders have a lot to contend with Wednesday.

3. Captain Marvel Messi Lionel Messi is a unique player and a unique captain, too. Much like his style of play, which is all about his dexterity and small, delicate touches, his captaincy is molded much the same way.

In the second leg of the 2019 Copa Del Rey quarterfinal against Sevilla, Barca needed to produce a comeback, coming into the game 2-0 down. Eleven minutes in, Barca were awarded a penalty, but Messi, the usual penalty taker, gifted his penalty to Coutinho.

Coutinho, whose performances and confidence have dipped in re-

Lionel Messi plays in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup final against Brazilian club Santos FC.

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cent months, converted the penalty and went on score another goal in the second half. Barca not only needs Messi the player, but also Messi the captain if they want to bring the trophy back to Catalonia.

4. Bayern could determine who wins the Premier League Liverpool are the favorites to proceed to the next round in their matchup with Bayern. Yes, you read that right. The very same Liverpool who, six years ago, were languishing in the Europa League under Brendan Rodgers while the very same Bayern went on to clinch a historic treble.

In soccer, you can’t really predict the future. The Premier League has been an obsession for Liverpool, and it’s to be seen how they’ll cope with the Champions League and its midweek fixtures. Win here, and they’ll have two big competitions to divide their energy and squad between.

Lose, and they can focus completely on the EPL. But then again, beating Bayern can be the confidence boost Liverpool needs to fend off Manchester City. It’s in your hands now, Bayern.

England awaits.

5. Will Ronaldo take down Atletico again?

Cristiano Ronaldo is back in Madrid. Six months after his move to Italian giant Juventus, the Portuguese superstar is back in Spain to take down his old team’s arch nemesis, Atletico Madrid.

Ronaldo has a habit of scoring against Los Rojiblancos, as he has 21 goals in 30 games against them. Diego Godin and company won’t have forgotten the hat-trick he scored against them in the Champions League semifinal two years ago. The Wanda Metropolitano is a daunting venue, and Atletico will need their fans if they want to bring down the Old Lady of Turin.

“We have the best band in all of college sports.” ­— Junior redshirt tri-captain Sammy Davis on the BU Pep band bringing energy during the Beanpot Championship. p.11

BEHIND THE GLASS:

Suspension step in right direction

BY LAURA GUERRIERO COLUMNIST

It looks like the NHL is taking the proper steps to keep its players safe.

On Monday, Feb. 11, forward Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Pen g u i n s l a nd ed a h i g h st ic k on Philadelphia Flyers for ward Michael Raff l. After a quick jab at the back of Malkin’s head by Raff l, Malkin turned around and clearly swung his stick at Raff l.

The contact that resulted from the swinging stick was nothing major, just grazing Raff l’s head and shoulder area, but Malkin still received a one-game suspension because of his actions.

He did not play in Wednesday n i g ht ’s m a t c h u p a g a i n s t t h e Edmonton Oilers. This is his first suspension in his NHL career.

NHL Player Safety stated that the suspension was due to Malkin’s intentionally swinging his stick at Raff l in response to the hit made at the back of Malkin’s head.

Although there were no serious injuries resulting from this altercation, it was smart for the NHL to suspend Malkin, especially given all of the emphasis that has been placed on protecting players across all professional sports leagues.

In the locker room, Malkin attempted to explain his actions, saying there was nothing dangerous because Raffl wasn’t hurt, but this isn’t the first time Malkin has swung at another player this season.

In November, Malkin struck Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie in the head with his shoulder, leaving Oshie lying face down on the ice. Malkin was ejected from the game. He did not receive a suspension for the hit because the NHL stated that he was “bracing for contact” and ultimately hadn’t made a ny overt attempt to hit

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“It’s been a long time coming.

Needless to say that we’re all excited that the monkey’s off the back.” ­ Women’s hockey head coach Brian — Durocher on his team breaking a 38-year Beanpot title drought. p.10

Hauck earns season-high points at Colgate

BY LUKE TAYLOR

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After a home loss earlier in the season to Colgate University, Boston University women’s basketba l l soug ht revenge on the away court Wednesday night. The Terriers (12–10, 8–4 Patriot League) came away with a 61-53 win thanks to strong performances from junior forward Nia Irving and senior guard Payton Hauck.

“I think [their veteran presences] are huge, those guys have played a lot of minutes in a BU uniform,” BU head hoach Marisa Moseley said about Irving and Hauck. “[Hauck] is one of the quickest players in the league and explosive, so she’s able to get to the rim. Both of their rebounding tonight was huge.”

Irving finished with 12 points and 14 rebounds, her sixth double-double of the season. Hauck had a season-high 22 points on 10-of-20 shooting, and freshman forward Riley Childs also chipped in 10 points and nine rebounds.

Going into the game, Moseley said she knew that the Terriers would need to slow down Colgate

(9–13, 5–7 Patriot League) guards Rachel Thompson and Haley Greer, who both scored 17 points in the prev ious matchup a ga i nst the Terriers on Jan. 16.

“They got us on a lot of f lair screens in the last game, so defensively we really talked about being a lot more alert about what they were trying to do,” Moseley said.

“With [Thompson] we really had to give her a step, so we made a concerted effort to pick up the ball early and stop her transition and find their shooters.”

After five minutes in the first quarter and a three-pointer by Raider guard Keelah Dixon, the Ter riers were dow n 8-9. But a fast-break layup by senior guard Lauren Spearman gave BU a lead that they never gave back in the first frame, finishing the quarter with an 18-12 lead.

The Raiders scored five straight points to open the second quarter, but BU did not relinquish the lead until there were four minutes left in the period. It did not take them long to recover, however, as senior forward Naiyah Thompson made

a shot to put the Terriers up 24-23.

The Terriers, however, domiBU went on to score four more nated the glass, pulling down 17 in the period and prevented Colgate more rebounds than their oppofrom adding any more points in the nents. BU’s 18 offensive boards, half. Irving finished the first half nine of which came from Irving, leading the game in scoring and gave the Terriers a few crucial extra rebounding, with eight in both possessions throughout the game categories. which helped clinch the win.

T he t h i rd q u a r ter sa w t he “It’s huge,” Moseley said about Raiders coming out strong, and the Terriers’ offensive rebounding. they held a 34-32 lead with just “I think it really takes the wind out under six minutes left in the period. of the other team’s sails when you Thanks to six points from Hauck can get some additional opportuin the remaining time, the Terriers nities at the basket.” went into the fourth quarter with BU will be home Saturday to a three-point lead. take on Patriot League foe, the With 12 score changes and eight College of the Holy Cross (14-9, ties, the Terriers and the Raiders 6-6 Patriot League), at 2 p.m. When were neck-and-neck for most of the teams last faced off on Jan. 19, the game. It was a three-pointer Holy Cross won 75-69. by sophomore guard Katie Nelson, Mo s el e y s a id h e r Te r r ie r s BU’s first of the game, with just are already getting ready for the more than a minute remaining matchup. that helped the Terriers take the “We went down there, got down momentum to see out the game. about 15 points early, but I think With neither team having their that we have a good opportunity best shooting game of the season, to be hosting them,” Moseley said. it came down to the rebounding “Traditionally this season we’ve and turnover battles. The Raiders played pretty well at home, and I finished with one less turnover, and think our kids are looking forward one more point off of a turnover. to the rematch.”

Senior guard Payton Hauck scored a season-high 22 points in the Terriers’ 61-53 win against the Raiders Wednesday night.

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BOTTOM LINE SATURDAY, FEB. 16

SATURDAY, FEB. 16

SATURDAY, FEB. 16

Men’s Lacrosse will face off against

Women’s hockey will drop the puck against University of New Hampshire at Walter Brown Arena, 3 p.m.

Women’s lacrosse will face off against UMass Lowell at Nickerson Field, 3:30 p.m.

Dartmouth University at Nickerson Field, 12 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEB. 16

Men’s basketball will tip off against Lehigh University at Case Gym, 4:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEB. 16

Men’s ice hockey will drop the puck against the University of Connecticut at Agganis Arena, 7 p.m.