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MBTA fare hikes set to increase by 23 percent, minimal service cuts expected

By Samantha Tatro Daily Free Press Staff

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will charge 23 percent more for fares, keep service reductions to minimal levels and use money from one-time revenue sources to close its budget gap under the plan the transit system will send to the MBTA board for final approval.

The MBTA announced its proposal to close the $185 million deficit for the 20122013 fiscal year Wednesday, just a day after releasing a preliminary analysis of the public’s response to its earlier plans.

The MBTA board will look at the proposal April 4. If approved, fare hikes will officially begin July 1.

Under the plan, bus fares will climb from $1.25 to $1.50 and CharlieCard subway fares from $1.70 to $2.00, according to an MBTA press release.

“We kept fare increase at a modest level compared to what was proposed in the first two scenarios,” said MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo, referring to earlier MBTA plans for either 35 percent or 43 percent fare increases.

The pricing will allow the T to “remain competitive” with other transit systems around the country, Pesaturo said, adding that even with the raised fares, “the T will

offer a lower rate.”

In New York, a typical subway or bus ride costs $2.25, and in Minneapolis, subway and train rides range from $1.75 to $3.00 during rush hour.

The fare increase will generate $72.9 million in the coming year, according to the release.

The MBTA also outlined its plans to scale back on administration costs, which will involve eliminating 51 jobs, as well as some transportation services, which the MBTA predicts will save $15.4 million. “[The success in the proposal was] that we were able to avoid drastic service cuts – that’s what we heard from the most from in the public process,” Pesaturo said. “People were less opposed to fare hikes than service cuts.”

The MBTA recommended eliminating four weekday bus routes – the only routes that will be entirely removed, it noted – and offered a revised schedule for 14 other bus routes.

The transit system will also scale back on some weekend services, including commuter rail trains on the Greenbush, Needham and Kingston/Plymouth lines.

The MBTA will also receive $61 million

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Hostels offer cheap, secure alternatives for traveling students

By Nicole Leonard Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Rachel Franklin said when she studied abroad in fall 2011 in Grenoble, France, she stayed in many hostels while touring countries in Europe.

But Franklin said she did not know people stayed in hostels in the U.S. as well.

“Everywhere I went I stayed in hostels,” Franklin said, listing the six separate European cities she visited. “I haven’t ever stayed in a true hostel in the U.S. Do people do that? I’ve never heard of them here.”

Boston alone hosts about 10 hostels, many of them clustered within a block of each other in the Back Bay area west of Berklee College of Music.

They offer rates generally lower-than-average hotel prices and provide beds to patrons in large common rooms or in smaller, private

rooms.

Hostels keep prices low – about $30 to $100 a night – by clustering groups of travelers together and by stripping rooms of televisions, cable service, phones and extraneous furniture hotels offer, said Bria Schecker, director of events and media at hostel 40Berkeley.

While hostels often appeal to younger travelers, she said 40Berkeley, in the South End, has hosted a large demographic of visitors between the ages of 18 and 35.

Schecker said she has seen every type of person imaginable walk through the door, including professionals, leisure travelers, families and retirees.

“The U.S. hostel industry in general is very new,” she said. “A lot of Americans don’t even know what a hostel is.”

The hostel on Berkeley Street includes a main sitting room next to a space filled with rocking chairs that face the windows overlook-

ing the street. The hostel also has a movie room, game room and full cafeteria.

While the 40Berkeley hostel provides many different types of rooms ranging from singles, triples, quads, family rooms and suites, other hostels such as the YMCA Hostel on Huntington Avenue have limited rooms specific to certain people.

YMCA hostel personnel Sandra Overshown said during the winter months of the year, the hostel opens for men only and currently has beds in six rooms. During the spring and summer, rooms are available to both men and women with shared bathrooms.

“We’re the only YMCA in the greater Boston area with rooms open,” Overshown said.

Rooms at the YMCA range from $50 for a single per night to $100 for a quad per night.

The maximum stay at the YMCA is 10 days –

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Vomiting birth control proven to decrease effectiveness of pill

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Studies show that birth control can be less effective due to alcohol-induced vomiting.

By Amanda Dowd Daily Free Press Staff

Binge drinking may decrease the effectiveness of birth control pills, a fine-print caution in birth control packets that some Boston University students did not realize.

Birth control brands such as Ortho TriCyclen Lo Tablets and Yasmin warn users that if they vomit, birth control may not work as well.

“Take another pill if you vomit within 3 to 4 hours after taking your pill, or use another birth control method, like con-

doms and a spermicide, until you check with your healthcare provider,” according to Yasmin’s prescription information.

In other words, binge drinking that leads to vomiting could cancel out the effects of the pill.

A College of Arts and Sciences junior, who asked to remain anonymous, said she was surprised her doctor never cautioned her about behavior that could render the pill ineffective.

“Usually that’s the caveat that doctors tell young girls or all teenagers,” she said.

“I think that everyone’s doctor should tell them because even though [the concept of binge drinking reducing the effectiveness of the pill] makes sense, I didn’t hear about it until just now.”

Forty-four percent of students in fouryear colleges consume alcohol at the bingedrinking level - at least four to five drinks in a row - according to the 14-year College Alcohol Study from Harvard School of Public Health.

“If you vomit within 30 minutes after taking the pill, the medication has likely not had a chance to be absorbed into your

system, so it could alter the effectiveness of that pack,” said Student Health Services Director Dr. David McBride in an email.

CAS junior K.C. Mackey, who is planning to go on the pill soon and stop using condoms because she is monogamous, said although the concept of the pill being canceled out by vomiting makes sense, she was also not acutely aware of it.”

“Thank God I don’t binge drink,” she said. “I didn’t know that. That’s really scary. I’m sure a lot of girls don’t [know] either.”

Mackey said the situation is especially critical because when alcohol is involved, it could be “leading to having sex.”

McBride said he has never seen students coming into SHS who are not aware of this issue and have become pregnant because of it.

Despite these concerns, McBride said the most common reason the pill fails is that people do not take it each day.

Binge drinking’s effects on birth control is “not much of a problem,” McBride said.

“Binge drinking is by far the greatest problem in and of itself.”

Students frustrated about rising debt

By Mary Yatrousis Daily Free Press Staff

Average college indebtedness at Boston University has increased by the thousands, officials said.

BU spokesman Colin Riley said students who graduated in 2011 had an average of $36,488 in debt, which marks an increase from the $31,809 of average indebtedness for 2010 graduates. The median undergraduate student loan indebtedness was $28,025.

Riley said 57 percent of graduating seniors borrowed through various loan programs.

David Janey, associate director of financial assistance, said it is important for students to avoid borrowing more money than they need to meet their expenses.

“A quality college education is still just about the best investment a person, particularly a young person, can make,” Janey said in an email interview. “So borrowing, at responsible levels, to help pay for college is in no way a negative thing to do. Over time, the benefits will far outweigh the burden.”

Despite the potential benefits, the financial burden many BU students face when taking out loans may cause them more stress. With college debt increasing, students may face even more economic concerns.

Although she will have a little more than $40,000 in debt, College of Communication sophomore Ariana Hoyos, who is from Geor-

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KHC students BUPD works on visibility, transparency Officials aim to see more electric look to explore cars at stations various fields

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Emily Powell, a School of Hospitality and Administration sophomore, said learning about law, engineering and public health in the same class isn’t as disjointed as it may seem.

“It’s like a succession of useful information that kind of feeds into each other and is intertwined,” she said.

Emily Powell is one of 138 students in the Arvind and Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Honors College at Boston University. The course, called “Insights & Invention,” pushes students to understand fields with which they’re not familiar.

“The idea of the course is to try to give students some insight into how scholars go about their scholarship, go about understanding their field and developing the knowledge that students and others then base their studies on,” said Stacey Dogan, who taught the law section in the spring.

Students look into the concepts behind subjects such as physics, history, classics, law, engineering and public health.

Dogan said the three professors teaching the course in spring semester worked together to try to achieve some continuity from one section to the next, relating the three seemingly different subjects to each other.

“We talked about intellectual property law, and then [we learned about] biomedical engineering,” Powell said. “We were discussing cancer research, and we brought in a couple of intellectual property components and found that law background to be very useful.”

Jesse Goldshear, a College of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said “Insights & Invention” continues the honor college’s goal of offering a broad-based curriculum.

“The goal of the honors college really is to present a really wellrounded curriculum and not just to help you hone in on one specific subject,” Goldshear said.

Goldshear, who studies biology, said he plans to pursue a field in research. However, he noted his career would likely involve subjects and skills beyond pure science.

Powell said the different points of view taught in the class helped her understand how other people think.

“I’ll think a certain way because I’ve been trained by a hospitality school, but it will be very useful if I

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The Boston University Police Department held its first open house Wednesday night as part of its efforts to increase visibility.

About 40 students took a tour of the BUPD station, located at 32 Harry Agganis Way. The open house was meant to generate a “friendly environment” where students could interact with officers, said Deputy Director of Public Safety Scott Paré.

“All too often students are victim of crimes, and they just don’t feel comfortable contacting the police department for one reason or another,” Paré said. “We want them to see us an ally. I think a lot of the students often see the police as an enemy.”

BUPD Account Executive Mallory Shelbourne, a College of Communication senior, said she helped increase transparency on campus and online, specifically through social media.

Shelbourne described BUPD’s initiative as an ongoing process.

“They don’t want to be the police officers you are afraid of and avoiding on the weekend,” she said. “That’s not their goal.”

Paré said the BUPD Twitter account has been successful, accruing more than 900 followers. A number of computers were set up at the open house to encourage students to “like” the BUPD Facebook page.

Other social media initiatives included a live Twitter chat with Chief Thomas Robbins and Paré March 6.

“Obviously, we want everything to be transparent in everything we do,” he said.

A number of students seem intimidated by the officers as au-

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Lt. Robert Casey begins a tour of the Boston University Polic Department by telling students about the process through which the department got its accreditation.

thority figures, said COM junior Samantha Trachten, account executive for BUPD. “They are [here] to enforce, but people shouldn’t fear that,” Trachten said.

Trachten said social media is the best place to inform students.

“Social media gets the information out there, gets the name out there,” she said. “Students are on social media,” she said.

Nora Lankhof, a College of Arts and Science freshman, said the open house was unhelpful because it did not help her get to know the officers.

“It was pretty general,” she said.

“I didn’t expect much from coming here. I came for the mug shots.”

Lankhof said she was not aware that BUPD has accounts on Facebook and Twitter.

COM junior Amanda Sabga said although social media is a useful way to reach students, many students may be intimidated to connect with police online.

“It can a be a little intimidating if you ‘like’ them on Facebook and

[you figure], ‘Oh BUPD is going to know what we’re doing,’” Sabga said.

Shakeela Najjar, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences senior, said BUPD’s visibility on campus is limited.

“You only hear about them when something big happens in an email or something, but in the everyday normal stuff you don’t hear about them,” Najjar said. “They’re just there. They don’t talk to us or anything.”

Najjar said he feels no police officer on campus is recognizable.

“We only have a select few, so they should be more recognizable,” she said.

Paré said social media initiatives and scheduled events should give students more insight into the role BUPD plays on campus.

“I hope we make some friends with the students,” he said. “I hope . . . they get a chance to understand what we do in some sense and break down some of the barriers that we have.”

For some, postponing grad school option to curb debt Debt: From Page 1

gia, said she has few plans to pay it off successfully after college.

“I assumed I would just get a job slowly and pay it off until I die, but I don’t know,” she said. “I knew I wanted to go to a school in the Northeast . . . so I knew it was going to be a lot more than if I just stayed in state.”

Sixty percent of the millennial generation, or those who grew up during the period of economic growth in the 1990s and graduated during the latest recession, said they feel stressed about outstanding debt, according to a March 19 PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. press release on the company’s recent study.

Hoyos said her roommate received an email from Financial Assistance over winter break, which said her aid would decrease by $15,000.

“She had two weeks to come up with the fifteen grand or she would have to drop out for the semester,” Hoyos said. “She ended up having to take out a bunch more loans. It was just a lot of stress for her, and it’s so last minute too.”

Bryan Mahony, a College of Arts and Sciences junior, said he has “too much” debt already, so much that he would rob a bank, he joked.

“I want to do Teach for America so I can get that cash money,” Ma-

honoy said. “[After college I’ll] do really poor people things, [not] really spend money, live in the ghetto, things like that.”

“I’ve been working all through college so I have money saved up so I can pay my debt, not all of it obviously, but I can already start paying back,” she said.

In addition to the student debt she will already face upon graduation, Hoyos said the rising tuition puts a toll on her and her family.

“This year, it’s another $1,000 we pay,” she said. “I guess I just assumed that even with tuition increases, the amount that I would be paying would stay the same.”

While response to the electric vehicle charging stations in the Boston University Medical Campus may have started out slow, officials said they expect the electric cars initiative will gain momentum.

“Since we just opened it up, not many people have signed up yet,” said Maureen Lacey, transportation coordinator at BUMC. “We are not concerned about the numbers at this time. We are certain that our charging stations are a wonderful addition to our transportation options and will be busy very soon.”

The stations, unveiled Feb. 16, are located on the first floor of the 710 Albany St. parking garage and are among more than 120 stations in Massachusetts and more than 45 stations in Boston, Lacey said.

The BUMC initiatives are part of a greater sustainability effort, said Meredith Withelder, strategic planning coordinator of Sustainability@ BU. “[Sustainability] changes this world,” Withelder said. “It helps motivate others to invest in the technology and start thinking about alternatives.”

The stations were more of a symbolic gesture, Withelder said, since people who are conscience about the environment will be primarily using electric cars.

“The electric charging stations, though not in use a lot at the moment, get people thinking about it,” she said. “When others see them in use, they can get inspired.”

Chenxi Ou Yang, a College of Communication sophomore, said she thought electric cars could be a good idea, but the technology may not be developed well enough.

“I’m not considering buying them right now,” she said. “I don’t care if it’s more expensive. I only care about the index of security in buying cars.”

Mark Sylvia, Massachusetts Department of Energy resources commissioner, said the electric vehicle charging stations reflect the state’s role as a national leader of green policies.

“Massachusetts is a national leader in clean energy due to our policies and investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency and other clean energy infrastructure, including electric vehicle charging stations,” Sylvia said in an email interview.

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Boston hostels use check-in desks, alarms to tighten security Hostels: From Page 1

not uncommon for a hostel.

Hostelling International Boston began construction 15 months ago on building a new location on Stuart Street that will open June 7. HIBoston currently manages a hostel on Hemenway Street, which will close once the new hostel is opened.

Executive Director Deborah Ruhe said the $43 million project funded by state and historical tax credit investment programs was planned years ago to create a hostel with more rooms and modern amenities.

“We could not really meet the demands. Student and youth travel is increasing rapidly and that hostel on Hemenway Street has been full all the time,” Ruhe said. “It didn’t have AC, it didn’t have an elevator, so in the summer times for the past

12 years or so, we’ve been renting dormitories from BU.” Ruhe said the requests for stays in the hostel increase during the period from late spring until November when travel is more frequent.

“We know in the summer we have a demand that is sometimes as great as 500 people a night wanting to be in a hostel in Boston,” she said.

“The new hostel will have 480 beds, where the one on Hemenway could only accommodate 205 [people].”

Ruhe and Schecker said both 40Berkeley and the new Stuart Street hostel have security measures in place to limit crime and ensure the safety of peoples’ possessions ranging from locks on personal drawers, check-in desks, security alarms and late-night policies.

Schecker said 40Berkeley locks

its door after 10 p.m. and guests must buzz in and show a room key to a security guard.

Since hostels attract people because of their low costs, competing hotels in the nearby areas with slightly higher rates are available to people traveling on bigger budgets.

Gretchen Chauncey, general manager of The Chandler Inn Hotel, said it is a good thing that people have different options for where they want to stay depending on their needs.

“I don’t think it impacts [us] in a negative way to have hostels – I think it’s a positive,” Chauncey said. “Every traveler has unique needs. Some people, their primary need is cost effectiveness – it could be location or availability. I think it is fabulous that there are all different options out there for all different price ranges.”

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Travelers on a low budget can play lower rates at hostels such as HI-Boston, a hostel still under construction.

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MBTA aided by grants from MassDOT MBTA: From Page 1

to shore up its debt in one-time grants to the T, which include $51 million from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Vehicle Inspection Trust Fund, $5 million from MassDOT snow and ice surplus, as well as $5 million from North Station Garage lease payment, according to the press

release.

“The proposal we put forth today reflects our current fiscal reality and the feedback we heard from customers,” said MassDOT Secretary and CEO Richard Davey in the release. “We have put forth a solution that limits the impact on riders for one year, but I encourage everyone to remain engaged in helping us find a long-term fix for

the T’s budget challenges.”

MBTA officials built the plan “almost entirely” based on the more than 6,000 comments they received in response to their first two proposals, Pesaturo said.

“We hope people understand the T is faced with difficult financial situations and this proposal reflects the comments we heard in the public process,” Pesaturo said.

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Testing diet We are constantly bombarded by advertisements and documentaries on how the human race is getting fatter. The “obesity epidemic” has swept across countries, and the advent of sitting indoors and playing with electronic devices instead of walking around in the outside world means we are a lot less physically active than previous generations. As a result, there has been pressure from media announcements and government initiatives to promote more active lifestyles. However, one man has taken the debate to an alarming extreme. Dr. Pierre Dukan, the French creator of the infamous “Dukan Diet” proposed that the baccalaureate exam in France should have a section that rewards students who fall below a certain weight.

According to an article published by TIME yesterday, the comments made by Dukan have prompted an ethics hearing by the College of Physicians. Dukan allegedly violated the ethics code, which states, “A doctor must be aware of the repercussions his views can have on the public.”

Words cannot adequately express how ridiculous this proposition is. The fact that such an insensitive comment even warrants a hearing is absurd. This so-called doctor,

who advocates a diet that has been deemed dangerous by another nutritionist, put this proposal forth with no regard to students’ self-esteem.

Should Dukan be found guilty of violating the code of ethics, he would be removed from the medical registry – severe punishment that will be seen by many as futile since his comments are already in the public domain. There is no question that obesity is a health issue that plagues our young population, but having stressed students worrying about their weight as well as their exams is not the solution. The fact that there is an educated individual who thinks it makes sense to reward thin students academically proves that the world has become a pretty twisted place. Nevertheless, adverse reactions from the medical community and the general public mean that there still remains some semblance of decency regarding body image.

Hopefully, public condemnation alone will ensure that Dr. Dukan and his work lose credibility among young students.

The hearing is set to take place in the next six months; unfortunately, by that time the whole issue could be swept under the rug and forgotten.

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I N T E R RO B A N G This week, the show “Gilded Lillys” was being filmed on Bay State Road at The Castle. So, we here at the ol’ Free Press wondered how BU students would react to the news.

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COM students would offer themselves as PAs and start networking.

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BU Athletics would try to avoid all the cameras.

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SMG students would try to buy the whole production.

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CFA students would offer to write a musical score for the episode.

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CGS students would wonder why they were making a movie about lilies.

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Dean Elmore would make a cameo appearance.

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The FreeP would text the photo department to go shamelessly stalk the

Here’s what some of them said.

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“It’s a good thing because if BU is trying to increase its standing as a research university a better class would be helpful.”

- CAS Sophomore

What is it about weather that changes people’s moods so much? Rain is usually what makes me reflective but it seems, in a strange twist of events, sunshine’s what has got me thinking. Every time I do something now I keep thinking “this could be the last time I do this in London.”

Everyone abroad gets frantic that they want to do everything and go everywhere and meet everyone (in fact, that was my first tweet while abroad. #embarrassing).

The problem with this is we book trip after trip not realizing that England, London even, has more than enough to offer.

Hence my bucket list.

In the past few weeks, I’ve been trying to check off items from the list I created at the beginning of the semester – a mix of touristy things like the London Eye and local clubs like Cable (which is under the London Bridge – and yes, it’s as cool as it sounds). I love lists – you can ask anyone.

So naturally, I follow this one religiously.

One of these lovely list items was to go to Stonehenge. Guess what? Stonehenge is literally rocks. Rocks on rocks on rocks.

Sure you know that going in – but you expect rocks the size of Egyptian pyramids.

Rocks that are as majestic as Mount Rushmore. Nope. Nevertheless, I took pictures (even jumping ones) and left knowing something else was crossed off the list.

People at work keep asking me what’s left and I really just want to say, “What isn’t?”

In the last two and a half months, I’ve travelled to four cities across Europe. Yes, that’s real life. After this program, I will go to two more countries, so add eight more cities.

But I don’t want to leave London with regrets that I didn’t get to see what I wanted to see or that I went away for the weekend and missed the beautiful weather that London bestowed upon us. After all, aren’t I studying in London?

Sometimes I wonder if the bucket list is limiting me. Sometimes I think I do things just to take pictures of me doing things.

But other times, I just take a look back and look at everything I’ve done and think about everything that lays ahead.

Here’s to the final 30-day countdown and going beyond the bucket list.

Saba Hamedy is a College of Communication and College of Arts and Sciences junior, Fall 2011 editor-in-chief of The Daily Free Press and now a weekly columnist. She can be reached at sbhamedy@ bu.edu.

Terriers Talk

BU admissions SHIENA GODOVICH

SABA HAMEDY

ou could barely see the green grass glimmer on the wide expanse of Hyde Park this weekend because of all the crowds of people basking in the sunlight.

Everyone was tanning. Biking. Reading. Drinking. Picnicking. Some even took a dip in the pond, usually reserved for ducks but hey, I’m not going to judge someone else’s fun in the sun. Even Kate Middleton, Will and their new puppy were spotted strolling in Hyde Park. (SPOILER ALERT: Royals - they’re just like us . . . but royal).

On Saturday, Sunday and even a little bit of Monday, I found myself in a sun coma in Hyde Park, nestled beneath a tree that offered me both shade and rays of light that perfectly bounced off my sunglasses. I had the perfect view of the pond, a veranda and dogs. With cider, a book and good company, I found myself paralyzed.

Stuck in a moment that I never wanted to escape. Life seemed, for a moment at least, to stand still in the unusually warm haze.

If this past weekend had a soundtrack, it would definitely include Belle & Sebastian, “500 Days of Summer” and Disney tunes because nothing ever tops the feeling of being sun-kissed, especially in one of the greatest cities on the planet.

Sun. It’s more rare here than it is in Boston (but thankfully not as cold). Usually, a traditional portrait of London includes bleak, grey skies and relentless rain.

“You guys are lucky – you’ve got some summer weather early!” said my professor to the class, as we were unfortunately sitting inside instead of sitting outside.

“How about this weather?” asked the man out loud on the elevator to work.

“Can you believe the sunshine?” asked my colleague.

No. No I can’t. But my California self was more than ready for this. The only problem I ever had about London was its weather and now that it’s perfect . . . I have nothing critical to say.

Oh, sunshine – how you tease me.

In Los Angeles, you mock me for how pale I have become after life in New England.

In Boston, you hide until finals week – when you know I can’t play until work is all done.

And now, in London, you make me never want to go to work, study or leave this city.

But alas, Wednesday marked the onemonth countdown until the end. Gulp.

set.

The FreeP asked students what they think of this year’s admissions selectivity

Winning London

JOE RAFALAK

“I think more people apply every year so statistically it would get more selective each year.”

- ENG Sophomore

RICHARD LAPIA

“I guess it sucks for poeple with lower GPAs.” - CAS Junior

MARY ESTY

“I like it because it makes it look like I go to a better school.”

- SED Sophomore

Thursday, March 29, 2012

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MARASCO: Terriers gave fans great moments, heartache during season Marasco: From page 8

happen?!” you thought, “I knew we were overrated.”

You told the Terriers that they were sleeping on the couch that night, and you needed to reevaluate things.

But you just couldn’t stay mad at them.

They rolled into Chestnut Hill and lambasted Boston College.

Any win against BC would’ve been good enough for you, but the Eagles were No. 2 in the nation.

Just like that, the Terriers had won you back.

They beat Cornell in exciting fashion at Madison Square Garden – how romantic – and then beat BC again at Conte Forum. They lost the next game against the Eagles, but they won two-out-of-three vs. BC and you were OK with that. “No one’s perfect,” you thought.

A couple more Hockey East clashes went BU’s way and you were all set to go home for break with butterflies in your stomach.

“There’s this great team here at school, and things are going so well,” you excitedly told mom and dad over the phone. “I really think

this one is special.”

Then, out of nowhere, they dropped an anvil on your head. Corey Trivino, Charlie Coyle . . . gone . . . and in such abrupt and shocking fashion. ”How could you?!” you thought. “I need some space over break,” you declared.

You cried all the way home.

You missed the Terriers. You wanted it to work.

You saw them on New Year’s Eve, but it didn’t go well at all – they looked awful against Notre Dame. You just wanted to forget all about them and enjoy the rest of the night with your friends. . . . Your fragile heart couldn’t take any more.

“It’s just not our year,” you thought. You were over it.

Then BU won five straight games. It outscored Providence 14-1 in a weekend sweep, and rose to second in the national polls, first in the PairWise.

“I had you all wrong,” you told them. “I just thought since Corey and Charlie were gone . . . I . . . I think I was too hasty about us. I need you back.”

But after that, things just didn’t have the

spark you had hoped for. Max Nicastro left this time, and the Terriers were just 8-8 in the next 16 games.

They tried just hard enough to keep you around, but you felt like they could’ve been doing more.

They beat Harvard in the Beanpot Semifinal, but lost to BC in the final. It was a close game on the scoreboard . . . and exciting . . . but deep down you knew they had been badly outplayed at times.

The Hockey East Tournament was their big chance . . . their big chance to let you know how much they cared.

Sure, the Terriers beat New Hampshire in the quarterfinals, but you felt like they were supposed to. You needed more – you needed them to beat Maine. After all, they’d dropped the last two against Maine at home.

It was a great opportunity. “If we win the Hockey East tournament, we could have an outside shot at a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament!” you thought.

But they let you down again. Dumb penalties, bad team defense. . . . You didn’t want to be too judgmental, but you felt like they didn’t

care.

“We’ll see what happens against Minnesota,” you thought after you saw the NCAA tournament bracket. “They’ve done this all season. They always realize when they let me down, and they always have a way of making it up to me.”

This time was different. You felt it as soon as the puck dropped in St. Paul.

Undisciplined play and conduct – quite frankly embarrassing at times. The season ended on a rather sour note.

You’d taken all the heartache you possibly could. You couldn’t bear it when your hotheaded friends starting saying that Jack Parker’s job should be in question.

“How did it all come to this?” you thought.

But after a couple days to let it all sink in, you realize what a fun ride it’s been. Sure, they let you down a few times, but they were going through a rough patch themselves.

When it’s all said and done, the Terriers did give you some great moments this season.

It’s hard for you to say it right now, but deep down you know you’ll give them another chance next year.

Redshirt freshman Mat Piotrowski BU to play UMBC for first game in week leaves Terrier men’s basketball team Lacrosse: From page 8

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By Craig Meyer Daily Free Press Staff

Redshirt freshman center Mat Piotrowski has left the Boston University men’s basketball program, team official Scott Ellis confirmed to The Daily Free Press.

The departure was first reported by the website One-Bid Wonders.

Piotrowski, a 7-foot-1 center from Port Republic, N.J., averaged just 0.3 points and 0.5 rebounds in two minutes per game in the 2011-12 season. He was recruited and signed by former BU head coach Patrick Chambers.

While BU head coach Joe Jones did not comment on Piotrowski’s future plans, noting that it’s a decision that’s “kind of personal” for his former center, he noted that playing time and style of play are things that are important for any player, just as they were for Piotrows-

“For him, style of play, all of those things are going to be very important for him, and every kid deserves to have a career where they’re getting an opportunity to get on the floor,” Jones said. “Every kid wants to do that.

He’s making a decision that’s best for himself to have that chance to go to a place that has a style of play that more fits his skill set and his abilities.”

Jones said he and Piotrowski had talked throughout the season about what Piotrowski wanted to get out of his career, adding that he supports his departing player’s decision and hopes for the best for him going forward.

“He and I had a very good relationship, a very open and honest relationship, and we had been talking throughout,” Jones said. “I wish him the best. I want to see him have a great career.”

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fielder Lindsay Cox. Cox has started all nine games for UMBC, scoring 24 goals, earning six assists and taking 47 shots on goal. She has scored on eight of the 18 free-position shots she has taken, again leading the team in both categories.

Midfielder Alicia Krause has controlled 14 on the Retrievers’ 115 ground balls. Of the 92 draw controls UMBC has won, 32 have been the responsibility of sophomore midfielder Kristen Bilney.

And of the 57 turnovers caused by the Retrievers, 10 were the work of defender Jessica Harkey.

In goal, two players have guarded the cage for UMBC this season: junior Kendall Mason and freshman Anna Barnett.

Mason has played 317:47 across eight games, all of which she started. She has allowed 58 goals, and made 29 saves with a record of 3-4. Barnett has come into six

games and started one, allowing 26 goals and making 33 saves. She has a record of 1-1.

Since the Terriers played Vermont, BU has not played a game, something that worries Robertshaw.

“From a coach’s standpoint, I would rather be playing,” Robertshaw said. “It keeps them sharper, gets them in that game mentality. I think anytime you take some time off, you get a little sluggish.

Still, the coach said she was happy with how her team performed on Wednesday, the usual day for a midweek game, and she knows the break could help bring the Terriers back to full strength.

“I was really happy with the way we practiced [Wednesday] and the intensity they came out with,” Robertshaw said. “I also know, on the other side of things, I love the break to be able to rest some of my players that need the rest.”

All three Terrier pitchers take mound in loss to UConn Softball: From page 8

D A I L Y F R E E P R E S S

not a bad day.”

The Terriers’ offense continued to miss opportunities, leaving two runners on base in the top of both the fourth and fifth innings.

Schuppert only pitched for two innings before Rychcik replaced her with sophomore Holli Floetker at the beginning of the fifth inning, allowing all three of BU’s pitchers to see playing time before the weekend’s games against Stony Brook University.

“That was the plan. To let everyone go in and get a little bit of work,” Rychcik said.

After a weekend in which they’d rallied

twice in the bottom of the seventh to come out with a victory, the Terriers could not repeat the performance and were taken down 1-2-3 by UConn pitcher Kiki Saveriano, who improved her record to 8-5.

Though it ended an eight-game winning streak, the Terriers will have to be ready to bounce back quickly as they head into a weekend of conference play against fellow America East leader Stony Brook.

“We swung the bat well, we just didn’t get the big hit, “Rychcik said. “You know, nine hits is a good day. Sometimes you just get the big hit and sometimes you don’t.”

Floetker leads conference, only pitcher to be double digits in wins Seawolves: From page 8

of conference pitchers. With a record of 12-2, she is the only pitcher with wins that reach into the double-digits. Floetker has also held her opponents to a .226 batting average while maintaining a 1.88 ERA. Junior Whitney Tuthill and her 2.60 ERA have also performed favorably for the Terriers this season, earning four wins in her eight starts.

The Terriers’ offense, while extremely effective thus far, is not quite at the level of that of their upcoming opponents’. While Stony Brook has six players who are batting above the .300 mark, BU only has three.

However, this could be partly explained by the fact that BU has played five more games

than Stony Brook.

Sophomore outfielder Jayme Mask currently leads the Terriers with a .361 batting average – a number just high enough to place her in the top five of the conference.

Fellow sophomore catcher Amy Ekart leads the team in home runs (five) and in RBIs (19).

Despite Rychcik’s acknowledgment of the importance of this weekend’s series, he prefers not to get ahead of the team’s schedule and to focus on the individual matchups.

“A lot of movement is going to happen in the standings after this weekend depending on who does what,” Rychcik said.

“You can’t win games ahead of the first one . . . so it’ll be one game at a time.”

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Quotable

Sometimesyou just get the big hit and somtimes you don’t.”

-BU softball coach Shawn Rychcik on his team’s 3-0 loss to UConn

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The Empty Net

Heartbreak Hotel

Frank Marasco The roller coaster that was Boston University’s 2011-12 hockey campaign made its final loopty-loop and completed its circuit on Saturday night. It was a season marred by off-ice scandal and erratic play.

Those fickle Terriers played with your heart all season.

They began the year ranked sixth in the nation and clobbered New Hampshire in the opener.

“This team could be a keeper,” you thought.

But BU seemed to mail one in on the road in its next game at Providence.

So you were confused. You were wary of the game against the thenNo. 3 Denver squad. “Maybe we’re ranked too high,” you thought – your head already in knots after just two games.

Then, those handsome Terriers gave you one of the most exciting victories you’d ever seen, and you swooned.

It was early, but you were riding high. That win against Denver brought you back to 2009. You don’t like getting hung up on those days, but you couldn’t help it.

So quickly they had built you up . . . but then they tore you down.

A 4-1 lead against Holy Cross blown at home the very next weekend. Shortly thereafter, BU suffered its worst loss since the 90s: a 7-1 drubbing at UMass-Lowell.

You lost it. “What the heck is a River Hawk, and how could this

Marasco, see page 7

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Huskies gnaw away BU’s eight-game streak

By Sam Simmons Daily Free Press Staff

The University of Connecticut proved Wednesday afternoon that its bite was worse than its bark as it snapped the Boston University softball’s team winning streak at eight games. The Terriers had their streak broken by the surging Huskies, whose 3-0 victory over BU was their third in a row.

Despite reg3 istering nine UConn hits to UConn’s 0 eight, the TerBU riers (19-9, 3-0 America East) did not get a runner across the plate in Wednesday’s game. BU left 11 runners on base in the scoreless outing as the team struggled to get the right hit at the right time.

“We had nine hits in the game. It wasn’t like we were shut down,” said BU coach Shawn Rychcik. “We just couldn’t get the big hits. Sometimes it happens that way.”

The game began on a less-thanpositive note when sophomore leadoff batter Jayme Mask, after reaching first on an error, was caught stealing second. Despite this, the Terriers’ got runners on base after a single by sophomore center fielder Chelsea O’Connor. A fielding error allowed sophomore third baseman Megan Volpano to reach base as well.

A ground out by junior second

baseman Emily Roesch advanced the runners to second and third, but sophomore catcher Amy Ekart grounded out to second, unable to add another RBI to her team-leading 19.

“We swung the bat really well today,” Rychcik said. “I was really hoping we’d be able to get some runs on the board today, but other than that it was a pretty good game.”

The Huskies (13-11), on the other hand, converted hits into runs as left fielder Amy Vaughn continued her dominant offensive play, knocking in UConn’s first run of the game on a single to center field.

The team loaded the bases after two quick outs in the top of the second, but the Terriers failed to capitalize on the opportunity when O’Connor grounded out to second.

UConn extended its lead with two runs in the bottom of the third.

After a leadoff single by shortstop Emily O’Donnell, starting pitcher Whitney Tuthill was pulled from the game and replaced by junior Erin Schuppert.

Schuppert could not hold off the Huskies’ offense when right fielder Marissa Guches hit a two-run home run to put UConn up 3-0. After that, Schuppert suppressed her opponent’s offense and did not allow another run in the game.

“We were able to hold them to three runs,” Rychcik said. “That’s

Softball, see page 7

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Sophomore center fielder Jayme Mask went three-for-four in BU’s loss to UConn on Wednesday.

BU gets back to conference play in series with Seawolves

By Tyler Lay Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston University softball team had no trouble with Stony Brook University last season, outscoring the Seawolves 32-3 and forcing the NCAA mercy rule to be invoked in each of the three BU victories.

Stony Brook has improved greatly this year, however, and is only three wins shy of its total of 20 achieved last year. Tied with BU (19-9, 3-0 America East) atop the America East standings after sweeping its opponents in the opening weekend of conference play, the Seawolves (17-6, 3-0

America East) will seek payback at the BU Softball Field in a doubleheader on Saturday before playing the series finale on Sunday. “[The Seawolves] are a much different team this year, there’s no doubt about it,” said BU coach Shawn Rychcik. “But we’re a different team too. We had six freshman last year, and now we have sophomores . . . so that means that it will probably be a pretty good game.”

The past week produced three different America East honorees from these two teams.

BU junior Erin Schuppert was named the Pitcher of the Week by the conference after she shutout

Binghamton University in a twohit complete-game effort. Schuppert has a 3-3 record on the season.

For Stony Brook, America East recognized senior Lauren Maloney and freshman Shayla Giosia as Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week, respectively, for their offensive performances. Maloney batted .625 over the team’s five games, while Giosia racked up three home runs and eight RBIs. Limiting the offensive production of the Seawolves will be a primary goal for the Terriers over the course of the series. Led by Giosia, who is batting .366 on the season, Stony Brook maintains a team batting average of .300. Giosia also

leads America East in RBIs with 20.

Rychcik remains confident in his pitching staff and its ability to slow the Seawolves’ bats, and he feels as if taking a relaxed approach toward the weekend’s rotation will be the most productive.

“We’ll start out on Saturday and see who is ready to go and who we feel confident in,” Rychcik said. “We’ll see what [Stony Brook] swing[s] the bats like and kind of make the adjustment from there.”

Sophomore Holli Floetker is leaps and bounds ahead of the rest

Seawolves, see page 7

Terriers face UMBC for first time since 2011 America East Tournament

By Shep Hayes Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston University women’s lacrosse team made an early exit to the America East Tournament last season, as the University of Maryland-Baltimore County dealt BU a 12-11 loss in the first round of the tournament.

On Saturday, the Terriers and the Retrievers will face off for the first time since then in an America East game at UMBC. Despite the loss in 2011, BU coach Liz Robertshaw said she does not think her team harbors any lingering animosity toward UMBC.

“We look at every year as a new year,” Robertshaw said.

“We can’t change it from last year, we can’t change what happened. We can’t go back and fix it. This Saturday isn’t going to change last year.”

The Terriers (5-4, 1-0 America East) are now in possession of their first winning record of the season. After beginning with a 1-4 record, BU has won its last four games, three of which were non-conference.

The latest victory was its first in-conference matchup of the season, a contest against the University of Vermont last Saturday at Nickerson Field. The

Terriers won a close battle with the Catamounts, 16-15. Junior attack Danielle Etrasco scored five goals for BU and senior attack Catie Tilton recorded five assists.

Etrasco remains BU’s leading goal scorer with 32 goals, followed by freshman attack Mallory Collins with 27. Etrasco also leads BU with 31 draw controls, while senior midfielder Annie Stookesberry has 13 ground balls. Tilton brought her assist total for the season up to 24 against Vermont.

Sophomore goalkeeper Christina Sheridan has allowed 102 goals in her 528:16 spread

across nine games in net. She has also saved 73 shots. Junior goalkeeper Kim Elsworth totals 11:44 in goal this year, allowing two goals.

The Retrievers (4-5, 1-0 America East) also began their conference schedule last weekend in a bout with the University at Albany. UMBC won 8-5, scoring four goals in each half.

UMBC’s opponents have only taken 195 shots, but they’ve scored on 84, whereas the Retrievers themselves have scored on 85 of 221 shots. Opponents have registered 40 assists against UMBC, whereas the Retrievers only have 23 assists.

Robertshaw said she wants the Terriers to be original when they try to take advantage of UMBC’s tendency to allow assists.

“I want our offense to be as creative and as aggressive as possible,” Robertshaw said. “We have to create our own opportunities by going at this defensive unit from UMBC and seeing if we can get them off-balance and create some looks for ourselves and for all the players on our attack, not just Danielle and Mallory.”

The Retrievers are led in all scoring categories by midLacrosse, see page 7

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Sunday, Apr. 1

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The Bottom Line

Thursday, Mar. 29

Track @ Texas Relays, All Day

Men’s Tennis @ St. John’s, 3 p.m.

Track @ Texas Relays, All Day

W. Lacrosse @ UMBC, 12 p.m.

Softball vs. Stony Brook, 1 p.m., 3 p.m.

M. Tennis @ Stony Brook, 1 p.m.

W. Tennis @ Dartmouth, 1 p.m.

Softball vs. Stony Brook, 12 p.m.

W. Tennis vs. Albany, 1 p.m.

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