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American tourists MBTA Fast Five superheroes battle fare hikes, service cuts considered among worst in world By Megan Allison Daily Free Press Staff
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Americans identify themselves as the worst tourists, with about 39 percent admitting they stole something from hotels and 66 percent reporting they check their email and cell phone while on vacation, according to a recent LivingSocial survey. The survey, which looked behind the “ugly American” myth, debunked the rumor that only 15 percent of Americans have passports, said Dave Madden, LivingSocial Escapes, North America general manager, in a press release. About 78 percent of Americans have visited at least one foreign country, according to the survey. “Americans turn out to be pretty active globetrotters, with the average person having visited at least four countries,” Madden said in the release. “Unfortunately, Americans have pretty low opinions of themselves as travelers, so it’s time to turn on that Yankee charm and improve our global image.” The survey also found Americans have about 16 vacation days, fewer than other countries such as the United Kingdom and Canada, which have more than 20 vacation days. Out of these vacation days, Americans spend about four days outside of the country. Shimshon Erenfeld, owner of BLER Travel in Brookline, said the LivingSocial Survey was misleading. “I know that it is a debatable fact how many have a passport when I researched it; I have seen numbers from 20 percent to 50 percent, and it varies by state or even neighborhood,” Erenfeld said in an email. “It grew lately due [to] requirement to have one for Canada travel.” LivingSocial conducted its survey online with 4,000 Americans in the top 20 media markets and 1,600 others from Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Erenfeld said he has heard few complaints about Americans being bad tourists as far as causing damage and stealing is concerned. The bigger problem, he said, is that Americans do not travel enough compared to the country’s size, as well as its social and financial being.
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While trouble looms for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, one group of real-life superheroes is fighting for plans that could help reduce the MBTA’s $161 million deficit. The group, Alternatives for Community & Environment, has created five “superheroes” that each represent a different solution. “We can see [each solution] being implemented on a short-term basis,” said Lee Matsueda, program director for the T Riders Union at ACE, which created the superheroes. “They have been doing a lot of outreach in the community, speaking to folks [and] saying that there are solutions and alternatives.” ACE’s Fast Five strive for solutions that range from redistributing the T’s budget to holding the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company more responsible for its services. The MBCR Rock Star, one of the Fast Five heroes, wants more fines for insufficiently cleaned stations and delayed commuter rail trains, according to the ACE website. The MBCR Rock Star said she is trying to get the MBCR to cover the $49.6 million the T was entitled to, although they renegotiated their contract to get only a little more than $1 million. “They failed to meet their agreed-upon goals,” the MBCR Rock Star said. “If they didn’t run their service on time they were sup-
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The MBTA Super Heroes are fighting for solutions to fix the MBTA.
posed to be fined. We are encouraging the T to collect these fees that the public could benefit from.” People were losing jobs because the train was running late, the MBCR Rock Star said. “They failed to do what they agreed to do,” she said. “They knew what was going to happen if they didn’t deliver.” In the past, the MBTA reduced penalties placed on the MBCR for non-performance is-
sues, ultimately preventing $42.9 million from going to the MBTA from January 2004 until June 2008, according to an independent state audit report released in 2011. MBCR spokesman Scott Farmelant said the MBTA created an experimental penalty system in 2003, which penalized MBCR for all late trains.
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BU sees small percentage increase in tuition, room and board rates By Chris Lisinski Daily Free Press Staff
Tuition and room and board will increase by $2,032 for the 2012-13 academic year at Boston University, according to an email sent to students Friday morning. BU President Robert Brown announced in the email that the tuition rate would increase by 3.79 percent, which he described as one of the lowest in 40 years. The Board of Trustees decided on a tuition rate of $42,400 and room and board rate of $13,190. Tuition for the 2011-2012 year was $40,848, while room and board was set at 12,710, according to statistics on the Admissions website. In his email, Brown stated the average financial aid award will increase by 5 percent
next year. Fifty-seven percent of undergraduate students receive some aid from school, according to the email. Although this increase will not address every case, BU spokesman Colin Riley said some current students will see a slight increase in their financial aid. “Our practice generally is that the increase in financial assistance to those students receiving it will cover a portion of [the tuition increase],” he said. “The other contribution for those increases will come from the students themselves and the parents.” About $187.5 million were given out in undergraduate need-based aid for the 2010-11 academic year, according to the common set
data. The statistics for 2011-12 were not available. Riley said the increase is on par with the past three years – about 3.8 percent – and less than average costs at similar universities. “These increases as a percent have been below the national average for private higher education institutions [of the same size],” he said. The increase in tuition accounts for the increase in the costs of running BU, Riley said. The operating budget measures at about $2 billion. Tuition accounts for just less than half of BU’s operating budget. The largest expenses come from research and instruction funding, he said.
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BRAWLIN’ BRUIN Students encouraged to get behind the camera, capture life at BU By Thea Di Giammerino Daily Free Press Staff
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Starting Monday, film majors won’t be the only students shooting footage at Boston University. More than 100 students committed on Facebook to work with the Institute for Intellectual Independence to create a documentary about life at BU. The institute asked students spend the week shooting for the documentary, titled “BU in a Week.” Darrien Garay, a graduate student in the science and medical journalism program and director of the project, will compile the footage into a film, which will screen at the BU Ideas Festival on April 20. The concept for the documentary was inspired by the “Life in a Day” documentary directed by Kevin MacDonald. The 90-minute film was a compilation of footage shot by people around the world on July 24, 2010. “The way I imagined it, and the way ‘Life in a Day’ was, was really chopped up,” Garay said. “It was made almost by making a video collage of people’s lives. It becomes less important who they are. It’s kind of just, what is BU from a student’s perspective?” The objective of the project is to define BU
based on students’ daily experiences, said College of Arts and Sciences junior Demarius “DJ” Walker, founder of the institute and one of the leaders of the project. By reaching out to different groups on campus, Walter said he hopes to represent BU’s diverse community. “Hopefully, through the power of reaching out to those groups we get enough people to submit footage that will allow us to see [not only] the diversity of BU but also the similarities,” Walker said. Walker said “BU in a Week” incorporates the institute’s goals to promote intellectual independence and inclusive, substantive public discourse. “We’re trying to hold these conventions, idea festivals, conferences where we get students together who normally wouldn’t be talking to each other,” he said. “To connect that to the ‘BU in a Week’ project, the reasoning behind it is one we want to get people to actually start thinking about reflecting about what it is that they’re doing on a daily basis.” The Liquid Fun Improv Comedy troupe is one of the student groups submitting footage of its annual “Running on Empty” 24-hour improv marathon March 23, said President Shawn
Musgrave, a CAS senior. “We figured we’d submit some footage that we were already going to take of the marathon,” he said. “A lot of funny stuff happens because everyone is up for a full 24 hours.” Musgrave said Liquid Fun members were enthusiastic about the documentary and curious to see how it turned out. “A lot of people talk about the BU experience as if there were just one,” he said. “I think this is a cool way to show how many different ways people approach being at BU.” Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences junior Gina Mucciardi, who committed to shooting footage for the project, said she hopes to get the most realistic footage possible. “I want to get the stuff that every BU kid deals with throughout the course of the day,” she said. “From little minor things, from the crosswalks to opening some of the doors. You know, some of the doors get stuck. Really small things like that that everybody experiences.” Mucciardi said the project is one of the first projects that has encouraged her to become involved in the BU community beyond class and work.
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Travels I find that there is something inherently profound about traveling. The act of making a journey, of moving from point A to B is in itself a wonderful experience, at least in my eyes. Part of that fun lies in the mode of transportation. For some unknown reason, I find a real enjoyment at airports. Of course, I’m pestered by the relentless rules and security as everyone else is, but once the chaos is survived, another feeling comes over me. I am endKRISSEN lessly excited about the exKAWACHI cursion ahead – the promise of a new experience in a new locale. Whenever I am on a plane – before I’ve fallen asleep – I find myself staring out of the window (I always get the window seat), deep in thought. Thinking about where I’ve been in life and where I could go, about my desires to see the country and world and the concept of travel in general. I know, heavy stuff for a trip or vacation, but it happens nonetheless. I always, without fail, stare out that window and onto the ocean of clouds below. And, as the wispy white clusters pass by, I sit and think. This past week, while I was on spring break, I took a train from Boston to D.C. The eight-hour ride was my first train adventure. Yet, the same instance occurred. Again, I sat next to the window; this time, I stared out at the landscape rushing by – the trees, the homes, and the cities. What I think about the most is my future: a time where I’ll, hopefully, be traveling on my own – seeing the world. Art has a very similar impact on me. They both have the ability to infuse me with an overwhelming sensation – as if I’m witnessing and feeling things too beautiful to fully handle. What I feel when I travel, staring out those windows, is just like what I experience when I’m before a Mark Rothko painting. This past week, I’ve seen nearly a dozen Rothko paintings before my own eyes. And while these works of the abstract expressionist may not seem more than mere blocks of color to many people, I take a notable comfort in the large canvases. Rothko’s intention with his work never failed to reach me – I don’t sit and stare in an attempt to find a higher meaning, to dissect his work in order to find a commentary. Instead, I let the colors engulf me. That sounds strange, right? But it’s calming. I know that when things force you to confront truths or the like, it’s scary. Of course it’s scary. However, at some point you reach a comfortable juncture in life where it’s as natural as breathing. So my words of wisdom from my week of city adventures are borrowed from a wise high school teacher: “Feel your life.” While this may be a scary and unsure feat to face, believe me . . . it’s worth it every time. Krissen Kawachi is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences and a weekly columnist for The Daily Free Press. She can be reached at k.kawachi@gmail.com.
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Students find relief from academic stress in yoga Senior class By Allie DeAngelis Daily Free Press Staff
College of Communication junior Nina DiMaggio said she often rolls out her yoga mat and practices a few poses at night before studying. “This really helps to focus my mind and release the stress from the day, and then I’m much more productive with my work,” DiMaggio said. A number of Boston University students said they practice yoga as a physical activity and as a source of meditation and stress relief. Chetanya Pandya, a founder of the Holistic Yoga Club, said the mental, spiritual and physical aspects of yoga work together toward relieving stress. “One misconception is that yoga is just a bunch of physical exercises,” Pandya, a fourth-year graduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering, said. “The mental and spiritual exercises are more important for mental and physical well-being.” The Holistic Yoga Club focuses on poses as well as breathing exercises and meditation, said CAS sophomore Ashley Jones, vice president of the club. A study published in Medical Hypotheses in early March, led by School of Medicine associate professor Chris Streeter, suggested yoga could be an effective treatment for patients with stress-related conditions. Stress exacerbates many chronic diseases, Streeter said. “Yoga, by decreasing stress, has
gift picks up more donors By Mary Yatrousis Daily Free Press Staff
the executive producer for Closest to the Hole productions, producers from Leverage Management and Transition Productions will also be working with A&E on the show, according to the press release. “We believe A&E is the perfect venue to create a cutting- edge show that promises to be like nothing else on television,” said Stephen Levinson, the executive producer of Leverage Management, in the press release. Levinson also served as executive producer of “Entourage” and “Boardwalk Empire.” Dan Silberman, the senior vice president of publicity at A&E Television Networks, said they are shoot-
The Boston University Senior Class Gift campaign received more than twice as many donors it had in March 2011, committee members said. “We’re actually way of ahead of where we were last year,” said Allie Rowe, student philanthropy programs manager, in a phone interview. “There are high hopes that this will be a successful year.” More than 500 donors have contributed to the fund, slightly above 25 percent of the Class Gift Committee’s 2012 goal. Lauren Pyes, co-chair of student relations for the committee, said members have focused on communicating with the Student Union executive board and student group leaders. Members worked on informing student leaders of the donation process and how they can donate to their club. “Senior members who donate class gifts can actually designate their donation to their club,” Pyes, a College of Communication senior, said. Although the Class Gift Committee is reaching out to all student groups, Pyes said the Committee has begun to focus on Greek Life. “We really wanted to let the Greek life know that senior members have a chance to really grow the influence of Greek life on campus,” Pyes said. “Getting them involved especially is just a way to not only benefit their organizations but to make sure that they can continue to do the good work that they’ve been doing in the past.” Committee members are also promoting donations through a Twitter campaign, including a program called “Class Gift Swag.” College of Arts and Sciences senior Rachel Paul, a member of the committee, said the program works as a scavenger hunt on Twitter. “We have a gigantic red gift box . . . and we’re hiding it different places on campus, taking a picture and tweeting it out, so that people will see it and whoever finds the box first will get to turn it in and get some class gift swag,” she said. The committee started Class Gift Swag to help increase its Twitter followers, said Chelsea Merget, one of
Wahlberg, see page 4
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Rich Koontz practices his standing head-to-knee posture before a Saturday morning Bikram Yoga class in Back Bay.
a beneficial effect on a number of diseases such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, chronic pain, hypertension and cardiac disease,” she said in an email interview. DiMaggio said she uses yoga to relieve stress, though she never considered its potential impact on diseases and health issues such as heart problems. “I definitely practice yoga to relieve stress, but I’ve never considered that it could lower the likelihood of diseases and health issues such as heart problems,” DiMaggio said. “That’s an even greater incentive for me to practice yoga now that I know
there are such amazing health benefits.” Jones said the members meditate for the last 15 minutes, which is meant to help members relax. “I’ve even seen people fall asleep during this pose, which is called shavasana,” Jones said. “This is probably what helps the most with stress relief.” Hatha yoga focuses on relaxation practices, Jones said. “It is supposed to be practiced slowly and calmly at an individual’s own level, with no competition,” she said.
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Wahlberg, Teamsters to bring reality series to Hub By Grace Rasmus Daily Free Press Staff
Aided by Boston native and producer Mark Wahlberg, a new unscripted show featuring the Teamsters Local 25 union in the Hub will reveal “the most legendary union in the most aggressive and territorial city in America: Boston,” according to an A&E press release. A&E will collaborate with Wahlberg and others on a pilot for “Teamsters,” the working title of the new television program. On the show, Teamsters Local 25 will “battle for the rights of their 11,000 members,” according to the press release. Bob DeBitetto, the president and general manager of A&E and the BIO Channel, said in the press re-
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lease A&E strives to deliver “firstclass auspices” to viewers. “We’re so proud to collaborate with this group of producers and offer an authentic point of view from the unique characters this world provides,” DeBitetto said. The Local 25 chapter, part of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, is one of the oldest and largest locals in the country, according to its website. Wahlberg’s father, a truck driver, was a member of the Teamsters’ union. Wahlberg has seen success producing the scripted television shows “Entourage” and “Boardwalk Empire.” He has also starred in Bostonrelated films such as “The Departed” and “The Fighter.” In addition to Wahlberg, who is
Circle the City to bring outdoor activities to Bean, recognized by Obama By Jennifer Janiak Daily Free Press Staff
After the new open-streets initiative Circle the City is put into full gear, Bostonians may enjoy a weekly outdoor festival featuring farmer’s markets, yoga classes, live performances and more every Sunday. Already awarded the distinction of 2012 Signature Urban Project of President Barack Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative, the project aims to draw Bostonians to the city’s parks by shutting down nearby streets for pedestrian use and holding free activities, according to the Emerald Necklace Conservancy website. “We’re inviting people into our parks to connect to other parks through this open streets festival, and along the way people are going to be doing activities like yoga classes, fitness classes,” said Circle
the City Project Manager Jessica Parsons. “We’ll hopefully have some art instillations, we’ll engage people through healthy food, we’ll have a farmer’s market at every event, [and] we’ll hopefully have healthy food vendors.” The project is a collaboration between the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, the Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness, LivableStreets Alliance and the Franklin Park Coalition. “Those four partners have been working for the last couple of years to define this initiative that they originally looked at, connecting more people to the parks that we have here in Boston,” Parsons said. “We have incredible natural resources here.” Similar events occur in cities nationwide, including New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles, but
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The Boston Public Garden is one of the major Boston area parks participating in the the new Circle the City parks initiative.
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Survey: More than half of Europeans report being multilingual Tourists: From Page 1
In Erenfeld’s 20 years of working in the travel industry, he said he has noticed the American citizens who do the most traveling and use his company’s services are first-generation immigrants. Erenfeld also said in foreign countries, young people after high school usually take about a year and a half to explore Africa, South America, Australia and other regions. In the U.S., not as many young people do this and opt for a semester abroad in college, he said. Some American students studying abroad at the Instituto Internacional in Madrid said Americans get a bad rap because they are just being “American.” “I don’t think Americans know how to act in their own country, so why would they go to another country where they would know how to act?” said Michelle Almeida, a junior at Williams College. “There is
something about being American that makes you sort of automatically [proud.] I think that when Americans go abroad they feel arrogant for being American.” James Kelly, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University who is also studying abroad in Madrid, said Americans should try to learn more languages to make traveling more enjoyable. “If you really don’t have any idea of where you want to travel some good starting points would be Spanish, Arabic or Chinese,” Kelly said. Twenty percent of the 281 million participants in a 2007 American Community Survey reported speaking a language other than English at home, and many of them reported speaking English “very well.” But a European Commission survey shows 56 percent of Europeans from 14 different countries reported speaking more than one language. Elena A’lvarez Diaz, a reception-
ist at the No Name City Hostel in Madrid, said American tourists do make an effort to speak Spanish to her. “I am really surprised that most of them try to speak Spanish, most of them are able to speak Spanish,” Diaz said. “It is really nice when they arrive in your country and they try to speak your language. So to me, I don’t have any problem with them.” The No Name City Hostel hosts between 10 and 20 American tourists per week, depending on whether or not there is a major holiday, Diaz said. The majority of Americans stay at the hostel are students studying abroad and come to Madrid on vacation for about a week, she said. “To me it is nice just to say a few words in Spanish,” Diaz said. “I think in every country it happens the same. You become closer to the people and the foreign country when you try to speak the language.”
COM prof: A&E, Wahlberg ‘perfect fit’ for Teamsters show Wahlberg: From Page 3
ing a pilot, although he has no exact timeline on that right now. Deborah Jaramillo, an assistant professor of film and television at Boston University, said in an email “Teamsters” will be a successful show. “The Teamsters are the most famous union in the country, having been featured in movies like [Martin] Scorsese’s ‘Casino,’ so they have a brand that could work well on TV,” she said. Jaramillo said Boston is the perfect location to host the reality show because it would “give it this whole tough, ‘working-class hero’ vibe.” She also said Wahlberg’s televi-
sion track record is an indicator that his new venture could be successful. “A&E seems like the perfect fit, given its grittier reality programs like ‘Hoarders’ and ‘Heavy,’” she said. Though reality shows tend to have a bad reputation in the eyes of the critics, Jaramillo said not all unscripted television is bad, and viewers should give “Teamsters” a chance. “It’s ignorant to dismiss an entire television genre simply because the most popular ones are a bit silly,” she said. “Instead of letting the fluff sink the genre, why not let the most substantial ones raise the bar?” A specific date for the premiere of the program has not been scheduled.
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Class gift campaign trying to encourage ‘sense of ownership’ Gift: From Page 3
the committee members in charge of the Class Gift Swag program. “Even if [Twitter is] just a resource for people to reach out to if they have questions about donating, where they can donate, what’s the link, can they pay with credit cards, it’s just another way for people to reach out if they have questions,” Merget said. Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences senior Fernando Limbo, the committee chair, said members encourage students to
donate the amount of their class year, $20.12, but any donation is accepted. “Students can donate a dollar, and students can donate up to as much money as they see fit,” Limbo said. “Our goal is to get as much participation as possible, so it’s not the monetary amount that we’re going off. It’s in terms of sheer numbers.” Rowe said students can donate any amount to be entered into the Red Sox ceremonial first pitch raffle, and they can honor a mentor if they donate $20.12. The mentor would receive a thank you note and a small gift.
“What we’re trying to encourage is a sense of ownership and philanthropy amongst student groups,” Limbo said. “It doesn’t matter how much you give, but it’s that you are giving back.” Pyes said donating to the class gift supports places on campus that have influenced a senior’s time at BU. “[It is] really a chance to give back to the places on campus that have made their experience a good one,” she said. “It is also a way to maximize . . . the education that they’ve paid for, to support the university and to support their classmates.”
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In the Heavy Heavy Light: An interview with Dr. Dog’s Toby Leaman, Part 1 of 2 Lucien Flores Music Editor
On Thursday night, Philadelphia’s finest will take Boston captive. After playing two gigs at Paradise Rock Club last February, Dr. Dog will be calling The House of Blues home on March 22 in support of their recent release, Be The Void. Dr. Dog traces its roots to 20 years ago when the dual songwriters/vocalists Toby Leaman (bass) and Scott McMicken (guitar) began jamming and writing music together in eighth grade. Leaman—Dr. Dog’s bluesy bassist with the whiskey howl—spoke to music editor Lucien Flores on topics ranging from songwriting, the band’s underdog label, beanie hats and more. Lucien Flores: Dr. Dog has obtained this hardworking underdog label that always seems thrown around and mentioned with you guys. How do you respond to this? How does it resonate with the band and with your fans? Toby Leaman: I definitely think that we think of ourselves that way. We’ve been doing it for so long and there hasn’t been a major jump in success at any given time. Just doing the same thing. Our live shows are sort of what have made the band a success, it’s not like we sell a ton of records or anything like that. I think we like working that way. I think we like the idea that . . . something none of us could live without. The other side of it is it’s a job and you can’t really be a man if you’re treating your job like it’s a problem, you got to find a different job or find a way to exist in your job and feel good about it. We all look at it that way. There are a lot of times where you don’t want to do a gig or you don’t want to go away for the weekend or do this or do that, but it’s a job, you got to do it. All bands that I feel sort of kindred to feel the same way: Don’t take it for granted; don’t assume that you’re going to be here next year. You got to do the work.
and I just didn’t understand. Not that I thought it was dumb; it didn’t occur to me. Why would you be in a band? LF: That’s probably one of the reasons you guys are in a successful band making original music . . . TL: There’s a lot of times we’d have heart-to-hearts; we’re no good, we stink, we need to get better at this and this, and we need to figure out what’s going on, and these songs are dumb and our voices are stupid and these chord changes are dumb. You have to go through all that kind of stuff in order to write. We’ve been writing forever. It’s not like we just started writing when the band started. We had been writing for 10 years before Dr. Dog started so I think we have a leg up in that way. LF: You guys have that 50/50 split in songwriting. Does that help temper any sort of egos that you may have? Or
nel it? TL: If we’ve been playing a lot, that’s always the first thing to go. I’ve slowly been writing songs in lower and lower keys. I hurt my throat real bad about four years ago. I cracked my trachea in this dumb boating accident and it was terrifying. I couldn’t sing for about five or six months. It was right when Fate came out. To have to go on tour and not be able to sing, it sucked. My voice has been coming back, I started to write songs in lower keys so I wouldn’t have to push it hard. I’m about back to where I was or at least pretty close. I’m definitely a better singer. I definitely know what I’m doing more. In terms of being able to channel . . . you have to put yourself in a head space to perform. You have to believe what you’re doing or nobody else is going to believe it. You’re the first filter. LF: I remember last year when you came into Boston. You said you were sick, looked sick, but your voice still sounded great. Do you have to persevere?
TL: Fortunately with my voice, even when I am sick, the character is still sort of there. I can’t always hit the notes I want to hit, but the character is there. That’s just something you have to do your whole life. You have to figure out where you feel comfortable and what is [the] most compelling way to sing. So that people can respond the most and that is definitely a conscious thing. You try and think different ways on different nights and you try and find the one the one that works the most and the one you can maintain the most. The first couple shows, you’re always pretty much displaying your stuff up there, doing whatever is possible and going nuts for two hours, thinking, “I feel great! This is going to be totally LF: And then on the flip side, there are fine!” Then three or four shows into the buzz bands that explode on everybody’s it you’re like, “Oh, I totally screwed Photo Courtesy / WikiCommons radar and then fizzle out. What do you think Dr. Dog will play the House of Blues in Boston this Thursday night. myself! I’m wrecked!” Finding the balof that buzz band phenomenon? ance is definitely the hardest thing for a wanting to outdo the other? Does having this split help you singer; I can’t do everything every night that I want to do. TL: It’s awesome for bands that happens to and then they both know that you have the space and time to create some- And I want to do a lot! maintain it. Not every band is only good for one record; thing and not worry about what Scott’s doing and he doesn’t there’s lots of bands that [stay popular longer]. It kind of have to worry about what you’re doing? LF: What song is hardest for you to sing? sucks for those bands because they’ll get to a place pretty quickly and then the idea is that, “Well we got to this TL: Maybe we have always done it that way as a cushTL: There’s a bunch. I mean there’s some I just can’t place, we’re at this level, we’ll maintain this level and we’ll ion for us. Not consciously, but I think it definitely helps to straight up sing anymore . . . some older stuff. There’s a only get bigger,” and I don’t think that’s the reality in a lot know that I might only have ten songs and Scott has twenty, sweet spot in the way you sing where you’re like, “I used of cases. Usually the second record is never going to do but I know that five of mine will make the records. Some- to not be able to do this, but now I can do it because I do it as good because that’s the fickleness of the public, but if times you might write 25 songs and only eight of them are this way.” it’s good, then that band can still exist and still be a great good. That happens. Him and I have just been doing it for band and continue working. I think it’s a shame sometimes so long so when a song is there as a Dr. Dog song, it’s our LF: Dr. Dog has those great beanie winter hats . . . [when] you see these bands and think, “Oh man they’re a song. Whatever song I’m writing, he’s definitely influenced good band, I hope they don’t shoot themselves in the foot,” whether or not he’s written any part of it at all. Just the fact TL: We sell so many of those things. Love it. but a lot of times people do. that he and I have been doing this forever and been constantly influencing each other and hearing what the other LF: I see them around all the time. Do you or anybody in LF: You and Scott have been playing together since person is doing and just taking out the parts that you feel the band wear them around? eighth grade . . . comfortable about and going in the same direction and viceversa. Even though it’s his song, I still feel as if it’s our TL: Oh yeah, everybody does. That’s why we made them TL: It will be 20 years in October. song. I know he feels the same way because it’s just the way initially because, “Oh it would be awesome to have these we’ve always done it. And then once it gets in the record- hats,” because you don’t really see those hats all the time. LF: Which is . . . ing process it’s sort of everybody’s. We’re pretty democratic We just sort of made them and then we wanted to see how in the way we do things; everybody’s voice is pretty much they did, but people love them. TL: So long! We’re a slow burn. equal when it comes to the way we record stuff and the way we produce stuff. Only very rarely, at the very end of the LF: Do your fans see you in the street wearing them? LF: When you guys started playing together, what sort process, if somebody feels really strongly about something of music did you bond over? How different was that cre- and another person doesn’t . . . usually we’ll just scrap it if TL: I don’t know. Where I live I don’t see a lot of fans. ative process? Obviously back then it wasn’t Dr. Dog; it was somebody is really opposed to something, we’ll just wait Sometimes when we’re on the road, when you’re hanging eighth graders just jamming to music or playing covers. on it and see what happens. There’s been a few songs over around a venue all day sometimes I’m walking around and the years that have not worked on one album and worked on you see people looking at you and coming up to talk to you. TL: We actually never did covers, which is weird. From other albums down the road. I’m like, “How do they even recognize [me]?” . . . and then the first time we ever played together, we wrote. It’s just I realize I’m wearing a Dr. Dog shirt and a hat and I’m comstrange because that’s what I assumed bands did . . .. I didn’t LF: You’ve got this raw, bluesy, voice. Can you channel pletely decked. know people were playing covers until I started playing that at any moment or is that something that you have to Part two of Lucien Flores’ interview with Toby Leaman with other kids our age and they were just playing covers, work your way into? Is it difficult or even painful to chan- will appear on Thursday’s issue of The Daily Free Press.
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Tackling tuition
Spring break brought a welcome relief from the daily trials of an average college student. Here was one week where deadlines, frantic emails and copious reading could cease for at least a few long, lazy days. Unfortunately, the rediscovered inner peace was short-lived. Thousands of Boston University students opened their email accounts four days ago and read, “For the academic year 2012/2013, the Board of Trustees has set the standard tuition rate at $42,400 and the basic room and board rate at $13,190. This is a combined increase of $2,032, or 3.79 percent, which is among the lowest in the last 40 years.” While an increase of just more than $2,000 may seem “conservative” in an overall picture of the university’s budget, these consistent increases could dissuade future students from coming to BU, and further penalize those already enrolled. As the email progressed, its recipients were informed of the various areas that would benefit from the increase in funds, including a promise to increase financial aid by 5 percent. According to an article published on The Daily Free Press website on Friday, this increase is consistent with tuition increases in the past three years, averaging about 3.8 percent. Obviously, this in-
crease is due to a rise in costs for running and maintaining facilities. Nevertheless, notable inclusions are the highly anticipated building projects coming up at BU, including the New Balance Athletic Field and the Center for Student Services. While the increases aren’t unjustified, there seems to be no clear end in sight to tuition hikes. These new facilities will improve the student experience and enhance BU’s campus. Yet one has to question whether these new projects, which many current students won’t be able to fully utilize in their time at BU, should overshadow the importance to ensuring the university is financially viable to as many people as possible. An alternative that could be considered would be fixed tuition rates for each class. With this system, students will have a concrete idea of what their tuition rates will be for the duration of their undergraduate career. Of course, this alternative would need to be explored in more depth before implementation, but it could be a viable solution. An editorial in The Daily Free Press from 1985 reads, “Measles are hot right now. So is the tuition hike. The measles will go away.” Sadly, some of these words are still relevant almost three decades later.
Hazing horrors Hazing students in order to cement their place in sororities and fraternities is deeply cemented in American college culture. Immortalized in popular culture and through eyewitness accounts, these bizarre rites of passage are often tolerated no matter how severe they are. This process is perpetuated by members who endured the pledge process and consequently want to experience being on the other side of proceedings. However, this tradition has recently featured in numerous judicial cases, the most recent taking place at Youngstown State University in Ohio. Nine men have been formally accused of beating two pledges in an off-campus event, which left them severely injured and in need of medical attention. These pledges were allegedly attacked with wire hangers and paddles. According to an article published in TIME on Friday, the fraternity has consequently been suspended for 15 years, which will be followed by a 10-year probation. Unfortunately, this account isn’t the worst incident to occur. Other incidents include pledges being forced to swim in vomit, or engage in other activities that
have led to fatalities. Yet, these practices are preserved and often justified in the name of tradition. Of course, one has to remember these extreme cases should not hinder the other contingent that understands where the lines should be drawn. Rituals that aren’t life threatening or psychologically harmful can still preserve a fraternity’s exclusivity and reputation. Hopefully, social condemnation of members who abuse the pledge process will prevent innocent students from enduring extreme hazing. If universities begin to exercise a low tolerance for these cases, the rules for hazing pledges will change. Conversely, if these cases are never publicized, or completely ignored, this vicious cycle will only continue to spiral out of control. Fraternities claim to promote a sense of community and bonds between its members; maintaining such drastic hazing practices seems to be a contradiction. Perhaps a review of hazing by those select chapters that promote such abusive behavior will bring with it a general reconstruction of what being in a fraternity should actually be about.
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Winding roads
oad trips: You either love them or you hate them. I’m one of those kids that loves them . . . and good thing too because I just spent 20 hours of spring break in a car. Now, some people could go on and on about the freedom of the open road but frankly, when it comes to traversing America’s highways, there’s really one thing that stands out in my mind. The culture. Road trip culture. Every road trip, or at least the ones that I’ve been on, has had the following characteristics: Fast food. You aren’t a true “road tripper” until you’ve spent time in the back seat slurping down a Sonic Cherry Limeade. For all those New Englanders who don’t know what Sonic is (according to my Massachusetts friend, there are Sonic commercials in Massachusetts but very few Sonics), it is a drive-in restaurant with roller-skate clad waiters and occasionally old-timey music; they’re a big thing out west. If I remember correctly, my first Sonic experience was in a Jeep out in New Mexico. Another fast food joint motorists can’t ignore is Cracker Barrel. At least in the Midwest, you can’t go 20 miles without seeing a sign for this place. So what is Cracker Barrel? Cracker Barrel is a family style restaurant with a Southern flare. The lighting is always a searing yellow and the wood paneling makes you feel like you’re in a barrel . . . or a general store . . . I think you’re supposed to feel like you’re in general store. Rest Stops. No, Sonic and Cracker Barrel don’t count. I’m talking about the roadside businesses that are some combination of gas station, bathroom, convenience store and/or food court. In Illinois these rest stops have a name: “Oasis.” I guess you get to call it that when your highway is surrounded by nothing but grass, grass and more grass. Anyway, there’s always an interesting character or two at these rest stops – the family with the funny accent, the truckers with the Levi jackets, the bus full of Canadian tourists. You usually run into these people when you’re in line for the bathroom or unwrapping your McDonald’s snack wrap. Road tripping attire. Let’s be real. You’re in the car for five, six, seven hours
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– I’m not entirely sure at what hour a road trip becomes a “road trip” and no longer “a drive.” Anyway, you’re in the car for a long time so it’s understandable that you want to be comfortable – sweatpants paired with sweatshirts are acceptable. However, what I don’t get are the people who come into the “Oasis” with their hair disheveled and spots of dried drool on their sleeve. In Meaghan Kilroy world, pulling up to a rest stop is a cause for alarm; it means I finally have to shake the crumbs from the lap and redo my flattened ponytail. Music. You’ve got to have it. The whole karaoke thing I can do without, but road tripping music is a must. The ideal song? The Proclaimer’s “500 Miles.” Yes, this selection has everything to do with “How I Met Your Mother’s” Ted and Marshall Fiero fiasco. Let’s just say that the pair’s stereo broke and was stuck on one song – “500 Miles.” Even though they weren’t driving 500 miles, this scene felt equally as long. In all honesty though, something about this song reeks “I’m cruising down the highway with the top down and my girl (or guy) by my side.” “World’s Largest . . ..” You know you’ve seen them . . . the world’s largest something or other conveniently located right along the highway – that or a sign indicating where you can find the largest (blank). Those signs go something like this: “The world’s largest ball of twine. 5 miles.” Hey, at least it’s something other than grass. By far the best “overlooks” are the ones where you to guess what makes that spot “scenic.” Oh, that expanse of grass over there? I can’t wait to get a closer look. When it comes down to it, road trips have their staples – fast food, truckers, sweatpants, etc. It’s hard to be in a car for more than a few hours and not run into any one of those things. Like I said, I’m a long car rides kind of kid. I’ve never really had a bad road trip experience. Then again, I’m rarely ever the one driving. Things probably look a lot different from the captain’s seat. Which reminds me, it’s surprising that I even know what the road trip staples are. I’m usually zonked out in the back with my head plastered against the headrest – not always, but a good deal of the time, yes. That’s okay, though. Somehow, I always manage to regain consciousness just as we’re about to pass the world’s largest ball of twine. If you don’t call that winning, I don’t know what is. Meaghan Kilroy is a sophomore in the College of Communication and a weekly columnist for The Daily Free Press. She can be reached at kilroymeg@hotmail. com.
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Senior attack Tilton sets program record for single-game assists during Terriers’ victory Lacrosse: From page 8
game, 13-9. Draw controls in the closing frame were split at seven, with the Gaels holding a 17-12 advantage overall. BU junior midfielder Kristen Mogavero led all scorers with five goals, followed by junior attack Danielle Etrasco with four and sophomore attack Hannah Frey and freshman attack Mallory Collins with three apiece. Junior defender Brittany Carlin picked up three ground balls and sophomore midfielder Sydney Godett won five draw controls. Sophomore goalkeeper Christina Sheri-
dan played 48:16, allowing six goals and making seven saves. Junior goalkeeper Kim Elsworth played the other 11:44, in which she allowed two goals. Senior attack Catie Tilton set the program record for single-game assists in the victory with nine, breaking the previous mark of seven. Entering the game, Tilton had seven assists on the year. Last season, she recorded 23. “Saint Mary’s was a little bit off and on in pressuring her and I think she handled it better,” Robertshaw said of Tilton’s play. “I think she saw the open looks from Hannah [Frey], from Kristen Mogavero, from Danielle [Etrasco], and she just fed the ball. For
the first time this season, I really saw her play a game that I think she can play and I’m going to expect her to play.” Cross, Minarovich and midfielder Mariah Walk led Saint Mary’s with two goals apiece. Minarovich won eight draw controls to lead the Gaels, and no player picked up more than one ground ball. Junior goalkeeper Kathleen Worsdale played 47:24 in front of the cage, allowing 16 goals and making four saves. Sophomore goalkeeper Julia Holton replaced Worsdale in the second half and allowed two goals with one save during her 12:36 of play. The Terriers are now on the verge of
.500 for the second time this season and will face Yale University at Nickerson Field on Wednesday, a game postponed from Feb. 29. The game is BU’s last before conference games begin, though a few non-conference games will be played in the back half of the season. During the rest of the non-conference part of the schedule, Robertshaw said she wants her team to work back to two themes she has emphasized all year long. “I’d like to see this team come here and play with a little more confident style of attack from the start of games,” Robertshaw said. “I’d also like us to be a little more consistent.”
Men’s hockey to play Minnesota for first time since two-game series in 2005 M. hockey: From page 8
around some of the people that are going to be able to make it that I haven’t seen in a while,” Connolly said. “I’m extremely excited. I don’t know how the boys feel, but I can tell them all they’ll be real excited when they get to such a great spot. The Xcel Center is arguably one of the best places to play. The fans are great and diehard hockey fans. St. Paul is a great city. It will be a short trip for my parents and it’s going to be really nice to get back there.” Although Connolly is familiar with the area, neither he nor the rest of the Terriers is familiar with its first-round opponent. BU has not played the Golden Gophers
(26-13-1) since Minnesota traveled to Boston in 2005 for the final game at Walter Brown Arena on Jan. 2, 2005 and the opening game at Agganis Arena the next day. BU lost the first game, 2-1, then came back to win the second game, 2-1. Parker said the team will have to rely on film to get to know its opponent. “I haven’t seen anything of Minnesota this year,” Parker said. “I know historically, they’ve always been wide open. I shouldn’t say wide open, but a real fast team that can get after your offense. They’re probably very similar to UNH. They play in a big rink. They have a lot of young skaters that can move around and we’ll watch them on film. We’ll watch a lot of film these next
couple of days.” Since St. Paul is more than 1,000 miles from Boston, it will be difficult for many Terrier fans to make the trip, but Connolly said the Terriers should expect a strong crowd. “[Minnesota fans] literally have to travel nowhere to go watch their team play,” Connolly said. “They’re going to be crazy. It’s going to be loud. The North Dakota fans bring their entire state down, so there won’t be a lack of fans down there. There won’t be a lot of empty seats and it’s going to be an exciting place to play.” The long trip gives the Terriers a chance to come together and get focused. The Terriers have performed well in longer road
trips this season, as BU is 4-1 when playing in games that require an overnight stay. The only loss came against Notre Dame in BU’s first game back after losing two players over winter break. “We’ve done very well on the road this year and that’s good because [in the] playoffs all the games are on the road,” Connolly said. “To get out there in a new environment, away from the city and away from all the local media, just something new to be together with the guys, it’s a bonding experience. The plane ride, the hotel rooms, the meals, you’re always together. “I don’t think it could have played out any better for us, to be honest.”
Terriers cannot overcome Maine’s late lead during Hockey East Semifinal Maine: From page 8
BU fought back to take a 2-1 lead 6:16 into the second period when sophomore forward Matt Nieto scored on a power play off a pass from sophomore forward Sahir Gill that found its way through the crease and traffic to Nieto. That goal was the only bright spot of the period for BU. A few minutes after the BU goal, Maine nearly scored when forward Adam Shemansky rang a shot off the right post. The puck bounced on the goal line before slipping away from the net. The officials ruled it a no goal on the ice, but had to go to review to confirm the call. Maine tied the game at 2-2 just a few plays later, as defenseman Will O’Neill used forward Mark Anthoine to screen Millan on a shot from the top of the slot that beat Millan high gloveside. The Black Bears took their first lead of the night 18:25 into the second period. Junior forward Wade Megan started the play with a turnover in the Maine zone. Maine forward and Hockey East Player of the Year Spencer Abbott recovered the puck, carried it into the BU zone, then passed to O’Neill, who roofed a shot past Millan to give the Black Bears the 3-2 lead. BU looked to be in trouble early in the third period when Chiasson hobbled off the ice after being hit into the boards. BU’s leading pointgetter missed a few shifts, but the Terriers still tied the game at 4:03 in the third period when
Nieto completed a tic-tac-toe play for his second goal of the evening. Maine received a tough blow right before the goal, as Terrier junior defenseman Sean Escobedo elbowed Abbott in the head immediately ahead of the BU rush that resulted in the goal. The nation’s leading point scorer was down on the ice for several minutes before he was finally helped off, and he did not return. Abbott did not play in Maine’s 4-1 loss to No. 1 Boston College in the Hockey East Championship Saturday night. Despite losing Abbott, Maine took control of the game shortly after Nieto’s goal. BU turned the puck over in its own zone on a Maine power play, and Anthoine, filling in for the injured Abbott, made BU pay. He picked the top corner of the net to help Maine to a 4-3 lead. Despite a desperate BU attack in the waning minutes of the game, Maine held onto the lead and potted an empty-net goal with 28.7 seconds left to punch its ticket to the Hockey East Final against BC. “We need to reflect on this,” said senior captain Chris Connolly. “Guys need to come to the rink and every time you step foot in that building you need to be focused and realize what’s at stake. We still have an opportunity to win something big. Unfortunately we didn’t win the Hockey East Tournament this year but the big tournament is still ahead of us.”
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Sophomore forward Matt Nieto had his first career two-goal game during BU’s loss to Maine Friday night.
Parker: We passed it to them, turned the puck over in semifinal loss to Maine Miscues: From page 8
amount of penalties it successfully killed. On his power-play goal, O’Neill received a pass from Hockey East Player of the Year Spencer Abbott on a 4-on-2 rush and rifled it over Millan’s shoulder for his third goal of the season. The process that led to the goal began long before that shot was taken. The penalty that O’Neill scored on occurred while BU was on a power play of its own. Freshman defenseman Alexx Privitera mishandled a pass at the point, where Abbott pounced on the puck and skated in for a breakaway. Privitera, who had fallen while chasing Abbott, slashed him on his route to the net, which drew a penalty while Millan made a sprawling glove save. Then, while BU was killing that penal-
ty, junior forward Wade Megan turned the puck over in Maine’s zone. The turnover led to the 4-on-2 rush, and with Privitera in the box and Megan behind the play there was nobody to pick up O’Neill, who took an open shot on goal. Anthoine’s power-play goal came on another defensive-zone turnover, as sophomore defenseman Adam Clendening flung a puck through the zone that found the tape on Anthoine’s stick. The turnover gave Maine another chance at the goal, and Anthoine quickly released a wrist shot from the slot and found the top-right corner of the goal. “The opportunities we gave up, especially on the power play – they have a great power play, there is no question about it – but they got power-play goals where it was
like ‘How did that happen?’” Parker said. “I’ll tell you how it happened. We passed it to them. Or we turned it over and gave them a 4-on-2.” The penalty and turnover mistakes BU ended its chance at a Hockey East title matchup with Boston College Saturday night, but similar mistakes almost cost BU a shot at even facing Maine Friday night. Poor defensive play and unfocused puck handling led to a BU loss in the first game of the quarterfinals against UNH, and almost cost BU the series in the Sunday night double-overtime win before it came back from a 4-1 deficit. In fact, BU has consistently made mistakes in every game since its 5-0 win over the University of Vermont on Feb. 24. In its past seven games in regulation time, BU
has given up on average more than 36 shots on goal per game. Six of those seven games came against teams that were in the bottom-half of Hockey East, and three of them were against the only two teams that didn’t make the Hockey East tournament. If it is going to succeed in the NCAA tournament, BU will have to improve its focus on defense and stay out of the penalty box. One way for the Terriers to do that is by not playing like they played Friday night. “We were in and out with our effort. We were in and out with our thoroughness. We were in and out with doing the little things,” Parker said, “and there were an awful lot of guys who were out [Friday night].”
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By Arielle Aronson Daily Free Press Staff
By Shep Hayes Daily Free Press Staff
The Boston University lacrosse team won its second straight game Saturday afternoon, ending a two-game road trip to northern California with an 18-9 win over Saint Mary’s University. For the first time this season, the Terriers are on a win streak. “I think all of us were excited to come out of this week with two wins,” said BU coach Liz Robertshaw. “It’s always [challenging] on spring break because there’s a lot of distractions.” BU (3-4) was only up 8-6 at halftime in the contest with Saint Mary’s (2-7), but scored six unanswered goals at the beginning of the second half to move well ahead of the Gaels of the West Coast Conference. Saint Mary’s scored the first goal of the game off of an unassisted shot from midfielder Amanda Cross only 25 seconds into the first half. But the Terriers came right back with two threegoal runs, split by another goal from Cross. Saint Mary’s followed BU’s run with a three-goal streak of its own. BU and Saint Mary’s exchanged a goal before senior attack Molly Swain notched the final goal of the half for the Terriers with 2:51 remaining. Despite being on the lower end of the scoreboard at the end of the first, the Gaels led the Terriers in a number of statistical categories. Saint Mary’s outshot BU 15-9 in the first half, and won 10 draw controls, double BU’s total. Robertshaw credited the Gaels’ play to a general sense of aggressiveness. “Saint Mary’s came out and played a very strong first half,” Robertshaw said. “They came after us. They went really hard on the draw controls. They caused turnovers. They forced us [into] doing things we didn’t want to do.” In the second half, BU began with the aforementioned six-goal run and never really saw much of a goal scoring threat from Saint Mary’s. The Gaels stopped the run with 17:10 to go with goal from a free-position shot by midfielder Rachel Minarovich, but BU scored four more times over the following eight minutes to put away the game. Minarovich scored unassisted with 4:00 remaining and junior Caroline Mahony scored the final goal for the Gaels with 2:39 left to create the penultimate tally. BU outshot Saint Mary’s 16-9 in the second half, finishing the game with a one shot advantage. The Terriers also picked up nine ground balls in the second, a category BU won throughout the
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Wild, Wild West Regional
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Despite losing in the Hockey East Semifinals Friday night, senior captain Chris Connolly of the No. 5 Boston University men’s hockey team was all smiles Sunday afternoon. The reason? The Terriers are headed to Connolly’s home state of Minnesota for the West Regional of the 2012 NCAA Tournament in St. Paul. After a two-year absence from the national tournament, the Terriers earned an at-large bid due to a 23-14-1 overall record this season. BU is the ninth overall seed in the tournament and will face eighth-seeded University of Minnesota on Saturday at 4 p.m. Central Standard Time. Fourth-seed University of North Dakota and 14th-seed Western Michigan University fill out the rest of the West Regional bracket. “This is quite a field, and I think every bracket has tough draws,” said BU coach Jack Parker. “Certainly ours is a tough draw for everybody.” The Terriers watched the selection show from the video room of Agganis Arena, and a brief player poll before the bracket was announced showed the majority of the team – with the exception of sophomore defensemen Patrick MacGregor and Adam Clen-
dening as well as junior assistant captain Alex Chiasson – predicted BU would play in St. Paul. Connolly was absent for part of the viewing party in the video room as he called in to the ESPN selection show as part of a simulcast with his younger brother Jack, a senior captain for the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs. In an odd twist, Jack Connolly and the Bulldogs will travel to Massachusetts for the Northeast Regional in Worcester while Chris Connolly and the Terriers will play in Minnesota. “I [texted him and] said it was pretty cool on the show and everything, said it looks like we’re swapping positions,” Connolly said. “I was reading about the possibility of us playing them in Worcester, so that was a little nerve-wracking. I know it’s a potential possibility of meeting him at some point. I just didn’t know if it was potentially going to be this early.” Connolly, a Duluth, Minn. native, last played at the Xcel Center in St. Paul when his high school team, the Marshall School, finished third in the state tournament in 2005. Connolly said he is very excited to return to Minnesota for the regionals. “For me, it’s an opportunity to get back home and enjoy being
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Senior captain Chris Connolly will return to his home state when BU plays in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday.
BU bows out of Hockey East Tournament with loss to Maine Maine tallies four power-play Frequent defensive miscues cost goals during win over Terriers BU chance at conference title By Arielle Aronson Daily Free Press Staff
A recurring theme that has haunted the No. 5 Boston University men’s hockey team for the past few weeks proved costly Friday night when the Terriers lost in the Hockey East Semifinals, 5 5-3, to No. 10/11 Maine University of 3 BU Maine in a game in which BU could not give a thorough effort for a full 60 minutes. By virtue of the loss, BU (23-141) was eliminated from the Hockey East Tournament. Its season will continue for at least one more game, however, as BU already earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament, which will begin on Saturday. Maine (23-12-3) toppled the Terriers on the strength of four powerplay goals and out-shot BU 44-31. “I can’t describe how disappointed I was in my team’s effort tonight, or lack of such,” said BU coach Jack Parker. “We had a lot of key guys just disappear I thought. I thought that we left [senior goaltender Kieran Millan] out to dry a number of times. We gave up four power-play goals, one of which was an empty-
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netter, and they didn’t have to work for anything. We just turned it over and gave it to them.” The Terriers were especially absent in their own zone. For the third time in the last four games, BU allowed its opponent to take more than 40 shots on Millan, who could not come up with the heroics necessary to propel BU into the Hockey East Final. Millan made 39 saves on the night and is now the all-time leader for saves in a single Hockey East tournament with 189 saves in four games. Millan stopped all 13 shots he saw in the first period, and BU took an early lead when junior assistant captain Alex Chiasson charged into the offensive zone, split the defensemen and lost control of the puck on his way to the net, giving the puck the momentum to slip through Maine netminder Dan Sullivan’s legs. The Black Bears tied the game early in the second period on the power play. Millan made a save on Maine forward Joey Diamond, but BU junior forward Ross Gaudet barreled into Millan after he made the save, knocking both Millan and the puck into the net.
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By Kevin Dillon Daily Free Press Staff
Within the first minute of the second period of the Hockey East Semifinal on Friday night, the No. 5 Boston University men’s hockey team gave up its 1-0 lead when No. 10/11 University of Maine forward Joey Diamond netted his 10th power-play goal of the season. The final push of the puck into the back of the net, however, did not come off Diamond’s stick. After BU senior goaltender Kieran Millan stopped Diamond’s shot, junior forward Ross Gaudet barreled into his own goalie, knocking the puck into his own net in the process. That was the way the night went for the Terriers, whose frequent mistakes ultimately led to the puck sitting in the back of their own goal. “We looked like we were trying not to lose,” said BU coach Jack Parker, “and when you try not to lose you usually do.” Millan, who had already stopped 150 shots in BU’s quarterfinal series against the University of New Hampshire, set the record for most saves in the Hockey
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East Tournament with 189 saves after recording 39 Friday night. Nonetheless, not even he could stop all of the shots he faced Friday night, especially with his own teammates knocking pucks into his net. “We ran our own goalie and knocked the puck in the net,” Parker said, “so it wasn’t a real good night for us.” Things didn’t get much better for BU after the Diamond goal, when defenseman Will O’Neill capitalized on a defensive-zone turnover by junior defenseman Sean Escobedo to net his second goal of the season. Escobedo had the puck behind his own net, but Maine forward Mark Anthoine stole the puck and fed it back to O’Neill, who moved in to the slot before ringing one in off the post. O’Neill and Anthoine both capitalized on BU penalties later in the game, as they, combined with Diamond, scored four power-play goals during the contest. One of the biggest problems for the Terriers all night was the penalty kill, during which BU surrendered twice as many goals as the
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