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NEWS Members of the Israeli Knesset attend a town hall meeting to discuss the relationship between America and Israel. p.4

IMPACT Officers from the Boston University Police Department bond with students through karaoke at the BU Pub. p.5

SPORTS Men’s hockey coach David Quinn gives his final thoughts on the season after his team fell one win short of the Frozen Four. p.12

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THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2017 THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY YEAR XLVI. VOLUME XCII. ISSUE X.

BU students fall prey to on-campus ATM scams Businesses give back to Boston

BY LANEY RUCKSTUHL AND ELLIE FRENCH DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Several students have reported check deposit scams on Boston University’s campus in the past weeks, according to an email BU Police Department Acting Chief Scott Paré sent to the community on Monday.

In each case, the victim has been approached near an ATM on Commonwealth Avenue and asked to deposit a check for several hundred dollars into their account using the ATM, Paré wrote in the email.

“The reported suspect claims not to have a bank account and that the cash is needed for some important purchase,” Paré wrote. “The suspect requests cash based on the amount of the check deposited or slightly less, telling the victim to keep the extra money. The checks are later returned by the bank to the victim as worthless forgeries.

As a result, the victims have lost all the money given to the suspect.”

Paré urged students not to cash checks using their bank account for anyone they do not know.

In an email to The Daily Free Press, Paré wrote that BUPD has received at least eight reports of scams at various ATMs from Kenmore Square to Brighton Avenue. They have several descriptions for two different suspects and are currently in the process of attempting to identify them.

Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore said emails like this one from the BUPD help remind students to keep their guards up while on cam-

BY SOPHIA BROWN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

because there a number of challenges left to swimming in the Charles,” Port said. “While we did stop polluting our rivers across country, only certain rivers were dredged.”

Port said the Charles has never been dredged, and is unlikely to be dredged anytime soon, so the toxic sediment remains.

Port emphasized the fact that the CRC has made efforts to prevent swimmers from disturbing the sediment, so that they are not exposed to the toxins present. The proposed park would include features leading swimmers into an area of the river that is deep enough to swim in without disturbing the toxins.

“North Point Park poses a great area where the dock leads into water that is deep enough that we could have a facility that has a base, that

Several Boston-based businesses are planning to give back to the community in honor of the third annual One Boston Day. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh began the tradition of One Boston Day in 2015 as a way to honor the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing by encouraging locals to perform random acts of kindness in order to demonstrate the city’s strength and resilience, according to a March 22 press release from the mayor’s office.

One Boston Day makes use of social media websites to maximize community involvement, according to the release. #OneBostonDay trended on social media last year, garnering over 77,000 posts in recognition of the celebration.

The city will continue its social media presence on One Boston Day in 2017 by using a special website where residents can post on social media using the hashtags #OneBostonDay and #BeBoston, according to the release.

Residents are encouraged to use the website to share how they will give back to the Boston community this April 15 and show their support on social media using the One Boston Day logos, according to the release.

New Wave Boston Real Estate announced its plans to donate 25 percent of its rental earnings from April 10 through April 14 to the New England Center and Home for Veterans in honor of this year’s One Boston Day, according to a March 23 press release.

Joel Mundele, co-founder and principal broker of New Wave Boston, said the company hopes to use its role as a real estate agency to give back to the community on this occasion.

“Our jobs as real estate agents [are] to help people find homes,” Mundele said, adding that the high population of homeless veterans around its offices contributed to the agency’s decision to partner with the New England Center and Home for Veterans.

This is the first time New Wave Real Estate will be participating in One Boston Day, Mundele said, but the agency hopes to continue to be a part of future One Boston Days.

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The Boston University Police Department warns students Monday to be aware of the several recently reported cases involving check deposit scams happening on campus.

pus and help them to remain safe.

BUPD has recently warned students about other crimes on and off campus, including an email regarding off-campus robberies and a video posted to the department’s Facebook page about larcenies on campus, The Daily Free Press reported.

“We do go about our business and we feel safe, and there are those few people that will want to take advantage of us,” Elmore said. “I think it’s just [the police] trying to be proactive.”

BU spokesperson Colin Riley said students need to be aware of the scams on campus and be conscious not to give anyone their per-

sonal information. “[BU students] should be concerned about all of their personal information and particularly all of their financial information,” Riley said. “It’s one that more and more people fall victim to.”

Riley said BU is located in a generally safe area, but students should not take this for granted by not staying aware of their surroundings.

“One of the things with phones and other electronic devices is people are distracted maybe crossing the street or not paying attention to their surroundings,” Riley said.

“Ideally, it’s always better to be walking in company with people as

well. There are criminals. We can’t close our eyes and pretend they don’t exist. In fact, we need to be alert.”

Riley added that officers from the Boston Police Department are patrolling and looking for suspects and investigating the cases.

Several students said they thought being alert and aware was the most important thing students could do to stay safe.

Isabel Torres Anguiano, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she thinks BU could do more to promote awareness of the issue.

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Charles River Conservancy to build swim park

BY MIRANDA SUAREZ DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

The Charles River Conservancy, a nonprofit that maintains and develops the parkland around the Charles River, has plans to design and open a swimming area at North Point Park and Splash Pad, according to SJ Port, the organization’s director of development and communications.

Port told The Daily Free Press the swim park is the latest development in the CRC’s long-running campaign to get swimmers back in the Charles River.

Port said the push to clean the Charles began in the 1990s as a result of the expansion of the Clean Water Act. Since then, people have started fishing and boating in the river again.

“The Conservancy was part of a commission to study whether the

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Charles River Conservancy expands on its ongoing project to create a swim park at North Point Park, allowing tourists to swim in the Charles River.

water of the Charles had reached a water quality level that was safe enough to return to boating and swimming,” Port said. “The only thing left to return is swimming.”

Port said although a feasibility

report commissioned by the CRC after several successful swimming events determined the park could “potentially be feasible,” the project still faces safety challenges.

“We chose North Point Park

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Your BU hopes to make lasting change in SG

BY HANNAH HARN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Your BU, one of two slates running in Boston University’s Student Government Executive Board election, said they are hoping to give BU students a SG that provides lasting change and a more inclusive and diverse environment.

The slate is comprised of Presidential candidate SaraAnn Kurkul, Executive Vice President candidate Piergiacomo Cacciamani, VP of Internal Affairs candidate Eva Jungreis and VP of Finance Bernie Lai. Kurkul, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said their slate’s platform is focused on creating policies that will last.

“Our three things that we are running on for our platform are transparency, community and sustainability,” Kurkul said. “We’re referring to coming up with policies that are going to last throughout other generations of Student Government, because if you look back at the records and the history, a lot of the history repeats itself.”

Kurkul, who currently serves as the executive vice president of SG, said sustainability plays a big role in Your BU’s campaign because of the experiences they’ve had with SG in the past.

“Over time, the student body has become really disconnected with Student Government,” Kurkul said. “Unfortunately, where it’s at today is not where it was in the past. So we’re looking to to bring that back and create policies that will not only bring the community together but also will be sustainable and lasting throughout the following years.”

Cacciamani, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, said one of the slate’s plans to

help foster a strong community on campus is the formation of an international committee.

“For community we want, of course, a very cohesive and and multicultural community here at BU,” Cacciamani said.

He said this was especially important to him because of his personal experience.

“I’m from Rome, Italy and the first few months I came to BU, I was so overwhelmed by the opportunities that the university presents, and also the system in general because it’s definitely very different than many systems in Europe and the rest of the world,” Cacciamani said.

Similarly, Your BU also plans to establish a multicultural committee to support the many different backgrounds that students at BU represent.

“I’m sure that many incoming students feel the same way so this committee will help guide those students,” Cacciamani said.

One of Your BU’s goals is to see student groups and organizations get more involved with SG, Kurkul said.

“One of the ways in our policies that we’ll do that is requiring senators to go to senate office hours so they have to attend at least six student groups in their constituencies per semester,” Kurkur said. “These office hours would allow the Student Government to gauge the needs and difficulties of the groups in order to better support them and provide resources.”

Cacciamani said that is one of the major things missing from the current Student Government.

“There is a bit of a lack of representation [of student groups] in the Senate in general,” Cacciamani said. “Even clubs, like six major clubs and three smaller clubs, will be in a constituency of each senator so that the senator will not only represent the needs and the

voice of their college, but they will also represent the needs and the voices of all the clubs he or she represents.”

He said most clubs currently have little to no representation in SG, even though they are a core part of the BU community. Your BU aims to bring student groups and student activities back into the realm of SG in order to better support them, he added.

Additionally, Your BU wants to get BU, as well as other local universities, more involved in the city and state government, Kurkul said.

They plan on rebuilding the Intercollegiate Student Union to coordinate initiatives between campuses across the city.

“We’d have a council [of local collegiate governments] that would come together to lobby at city hall, go to events, talk to different people in the city council and just provide information on things that students are facing, especially with everything that’s going on with the current federal government in terms of immigration, and it would be nice to talk to the government about issues that students are facing,” Kurkul said.

Hamilton Millwee, a CAS senior and the campaign manager for Your BU, said that ultimately, Your BU just wants to give back and help make BU a better place.

“I personally believe that student government is a bit of a misnomer, because we’re not a government — we’re much more effectively some kind of lobbying union for students,” Milwee said. “Once you take that view you see that all of us are in this together. We’re all just students trying to make the most of our experience at BU and trying to better inform administrative decisions based on BU and giving back to students in a very tangible way. I know this slate truly believes in that as well.”

CAMPUS CRIME LOGS

BY SOPHIA BROWN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from March 25-26.

Shirtless, intoxicated man ran down Commonwealth Avenue A BU Shuttle driver reported at 3:25 a.m. on Saturday that he had picked up a shirtless male student who was running down Commonwealth Avenue, and would drop him at Danielsen Hall. Security at Danielsen then called for a medical check on the person, who was later transported to BU Medical Campus.

“Rude graffiti” found on door of 274 Babcock St. A caller reported finding “rude graffiti” on the door of 274 Babcock St. at 10:38 p.m. on Sunday night.

Potentially intoxicated student fell at 700 Commonwealth Ave. Warren Towers security reported at 2:52 a.m. on Sunday that a potentially intoxicated female student fell while leaving the lobby. Officers searched for the student, but could not find her.

Jacket stolen from 915 Commonwealth Ave. A caller reported at 3:34 p.m. on Sunday that their jacket had been stolen from the Fitness and Recreation Center.

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CRIME LOGS

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The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from March 27-28.

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Piergiacomo Cacciamani (left) and SaraAnn Kurkul (right), two members of Your BU, explain their vision if elected to Boston University Student Government’s Executive Board.

BUPD chief’s email warns about ATM scams ATM, FROM PAGE 1 “I think BU needs to do a better job of educating people on the scamming that’s happening and letting people know what’s happening, because if people are aware that that’s going to be an issue, then it’ll be prevented,” Torres Anguiano said.

Eileen Nolan, a sophomore in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, said the only thing that BU can do to help is make sure students are informed about what’s happening.

“Honestly I think that just making peo-

ple aware of it is probably the best that they can do at this point,” Nolan said. “It seems like that’s what they’re doing, I mean I heard of it, I know my friends have heard of it, so like aside from increasing security at every ATM, I don’t think there’s too much else they can do.”

Lelei Pina, a senior in the College of Communication, said she thinks that staying skeptical will help students keep their money safe. “[Students need to] ask a lot of questions and then never give their money to anybody who isn’t like an official bank,” Pina said. “I

think that kids need to be a lot more vigilant and a lot more self-aware, and have a little more common sense.”

Pina said that being on a college campus can give students a false sense of security, which sometimes is what gets them into trouble.

“I think kids in college need to be aware that we do live in a city and although we like to live in our little BU bubble, the things that happen here are real,” Pina said. “Also if you think something is happening, I would report it immediately, even if you don’t fall for the scam ... if you see something you need to say something.”

Streaking reported on Brighton Avenue Officers responded to reports of an individual streaking around the Brighton Avenue and Quint Avenue area on Tuesday at 7:02 a.m. Upon arrival of the BPD, the Boston Fire Department had taken control of the situation and found the suspect with blood around their mouth. Firefighters and police officers struggled to keep the individual covered in blankets.

The individual did not provide any verbal responses to their questions, and was sent to St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center for further evaluation.

Allston Airbnb apartment robbed Items were reported to be missing on Monday at 9:48 p.m. from an apartment at 126 Warren St. after its owner rented a room to an individual through Airbnb. The suspect stayed at the Airbnb room over the weekend and left the residence Monday at 1 p.m. After the suspect left, the owner of the apartment reported that the tenant had taken jewelry, PlayStation 4 gaming equipment and Armani-brand merchandise.

Altogether, the missing items were valued at a total of $230.

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B-trU slate runs on platform of inclusivity, transparency

BY NATHAN BINDSEIL DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Members of B-trU, one of the two slates running in the Boston University Student Government Executive Board election, said they hope to utilize their diverse backgrounds, experiences and interests to cultivate an inclusive atmosphere and provide opportunities for student to engage with SG. The B-trU slate includes Presidential candidate Hector Meneses, Executive Vice President candidate Elie Dwek, VP of Internal Affairs candidate Vaishnavi Kothapalli and VP of Finance candidate Michelle Megala, all of whom are sophomores.

The group is running on a platform that focuses on four major objectives: boosting student engagement with SG, maintaining transparency, introducing campus improvements and fostering inclusivity within SG, Kothapalli said.

“We want to make students feel like

they’re at home at BU,” the College of General Studies sophomore said.

Kothapalli, who currently serves as SG’s director of outreach, said she thinks there is a lot more SG can do to engage with students, such as bringing in more guest speakers of interest and partnering with various student groups.

B-trU members said they want next year’s SG members to regularly be “tabling,” where they would set up a table at popular campus locations such as the George Sherman Union and engage with students.

Representatives would be instructed to take note of students’ concerns with BU and SG and bring them to meetings.

Regarding transparency, the slate wants to make SG happenings more accessible to students by creating a regular newsletter with the latest information and updates from SG. They hope this will not only keep students up-to-date on the inner workings of their administration, but also spark interest in participating in SG meetings

and activities, enabling all students to influence SG legislation.

In the realm of campus improvements, B-trU wants to improve the campus’ Wi-Fi, increase the BU Shuttle in frequency and hours of operation and make campus buildings more disability-friendly.

Dwek, a Hillel senator, said many of the slate’s ideas come from their own experiences.

For instance, Dwek, a sophomore in CGS, said he recently injured himself and was not able to use the elevators in CGS because they required pre-approved swipe access. B-trU wants to improve elevator access for students, particularly those with injuries and increase the number of ramp entrances to buildings.

Due to the amount of people walking to East Campus from Allston early on weekend mornings, the slate also wants to extend bus hours past 2 a.m., Dwek said.

Meneses, a Questrom School of Business senator, said the slate also wants to introduce late-night dining in West Campus.

“A lot of students live there, [and] they

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Elie Dwek, Vaishnavi Kothapalli, Hector Meneses and Michelle Megala (left to right) elaborate on B-trU’s platform.

feel they miss going and having a late-night dining place where students can go to hang out and chat while getting a midnight meal,” Meneses said.

Dwek talked about past flare-ups and altercations on campus relating to political and identity issues. B-trU believes that fostering relationships between different ethnic, religious and racial groups on campus is the best way to solve this problem, he said.

To do this, they plan to host interfaith dinners, try to have all groups represented in SG and bring panels and speakers to introduce BU students to different perspectives, worldviews and ideologies.

“Our idea for diversity and inclusiveness is essentially to show people that this is a great melting pot, with people from various different countries, learn to coexist peacefully, in a way,” said Dwek, who is transferring to the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences next year. “We want to try and help fix the issues on this campus because, if you fix them here, you can fix them on a bigger scale.”

Megala, who serves as the treasurer of BU Stability, Empowerment and Rights in Africa, said the slate hopes to create a committee to help first-generation students adjust to campus.

“I don’t have my mom or dad to talk to about [the] college application process, scholarships or how to cope in college,” said Megala, who is a first-generation college student. “So having a committee that will help the first-generation students see the structure that’s in college.”

In accordance with their name, B-trU slate members said they hope voters will hear their message and grant them the chance to make a positive difference on campus.

“We all want to be true to the students, we want to listen to them, we want them to believe in us,” Kothapalli said.

Megala said the heterogeneous slate wants to use their collective drive to improve BU students’ overall college experience.

“In order to make all the students feel like BU is their campus, we have to target all of their needs, all of their backgrounds, and take into consideration the many different obstacles that different students face,” she said. “So we need to help them so that, at the end, they have the best experience they can have.”

BSA Foundation, residents support Charles River swim park PARK, FROM PAGE 1 really does separate swimmers from that toxic sediment,” Port said.

The park would perform weekly water quality tests and would close temporarily whenever the tests indicated the river was unsafe, Port said.

The CRC held its first public listening session for the swim park on Saturday, where Port said they received a positive response from the public.

Port said the Boston Society of Architects Foundation, an organization that gave a small grant to the project, hosted the public forum.

Elliya Cutler, the program manager of civic initiatives at the BSA, wrote in an email to The Daily Free Press that the BSA Foundation was formed “to support public education programs in Massachusetts related to the built environment.”

“As the CRC is the recipient of a small grant, the BSA Foundation is happy to support programming related to the fulfillment of this grant,” Cutler wrote.

The organization is currently working on the park’s logistics, including the possibility of fees and memberships for those interested.

“There will be times when it’s free or a dollar to jump in, so that it’s accessible to everyone and anybody who wants to come and then you might be able to buy a membership if you want to be a lap swimmer or something like that,” Port said. “These are all to be determined coming up.”

As of yet, there is no set timeline for when the park will begin construction, Port said, although the CRC plans to open a competition for designers this fall.

“It all depends on how quickly we can fundraise and how quickly the permits get passed,” Port said.

As for the operation of the park, Port said the CRC plans to have it privately operated with a long-term lease from the state parks department.

Elisabeth Cianciola, an aquatic scientist at the Charles River Watershed Association, said scientists do not know the health consequences of coming into contact with the sediment.

“The sediments are definitely contaminated,” Cianciola said. “The question would really be sort of how much exposure people would get by swimming around those sediments.”

Cianciola said there are other unresolved safety issues, including E.coli and cyanobacteria contamination, which would require further studies and solutions before the Charles can be considered safe for swimming.

Several Boston residents said they looked forward to the possible development

of a park on the Charles, although some expressed reservations about the safety of the water.

Christopher King, 25, of Allston, said the creation of a swim park could benefit Boston residents by providing an opportunity for more outdoor activities.

“I think that we have a lot of catching up to do when it comes to fun activities [compared to] other cities,” King said.

Tracy Simoneau, 55, of Jamaica Plain, on the other hand, said she knows the Charles has improved but is hesitant to actually go in because of existing issues.

“I probably personally wouldn’t swim [in the Charles],” Simoneau said.

Lindsey Wang, 27, of Brighton, said she would bring her child to the swim park, but only if it was deemed safe.

“It’s good place to have fun with people, with friends, with children, perhaps,” she said.

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Israeli Knesset members attend town hall meeting in Boston

BY ALANA LEVENE DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Five members of the Israeli Knesset, the country’s national legislature, participated in a public town hall meeting in Boston that drew about 300 audience members to Congregation Kehillath Israel on Wednesday night.

The Ruderman Family Foundation organized the meeting as part of the Ruderman Knesset Fellows Mission, the foundation’s Advocacy and Media Relations Manager Dvir Assouline said before the event.

They bring Israeli Knesset members to the United States in an effort to bridge the gap between American and Israeli Jews.

“Hosting an event like this is a go-both-ways opportunity,” said

Jasmine Gothelf, program officer at the Ruderman Family Foundation, before the meeting started. “One is ... to give the people here an opportunity to be heard by Israeli elected officials. On the other hand, [it] is for people here to be able to hear from Israeli elected officials how they feel about issues that they care about.”

The Algemeiner’s Editor-inChief Dovid Efune moderated the question and answer session focused on the relationship between American and Israeli Jews. Afterwards, members of Knesset took questions from audience members.

Knesset member Amir Ohana talked about the Israeli political system and how it differs from that of the United States.

Ohana explained how, instead of the two-party system the United

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Members of the Israeli Parliament visit Boston Wednesday night to discuss the relationship between the Jewish community in America and in Israel.

States has, multiple parties comprise the Knesset and none of which hold a majority. The smaller parties form coalitions with each other in order to form a majority and advance their initiatives.

Ohana is also the first openly gay person right-wing person in the Knesset. For the first time, under his party’s leadership, LGBTQ issues, including increased funding for social services, were included in Israel’s budget.

Ohana was the only representative from the Likud party, the party of current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The other Knesset members represented various parties along the ideological scale.

Knesset members talked about the importance of understanding the complexity of the IsraeliPalestinian conf lict. Knesset member Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin offered to organize conference calls and speak with those interested in educating themselves.

Ohana said college students, particularly those who participate in Israel Apartheid Week, should meet the Israeli Arabs in person who they claim to represent. The vast majority of Israeli Arabs would counter the apartheid claims, he said.

“I want to bring a group of 30, 40, maybe 50 Israeli Arabs to the campuses on Apartheid Week saying, ‘When you are talking about apartheid, you are talking about it on my behalf. Here I am,’” Ohana said.

Kulanu Knesset member Rachel Azaria recalled her legal advocacy in dismantling gender segregation.

When she ran for Jerusalem City Council, an Orthodox community refused to put her picture on a bus advertisement. She brought the case to the Israeli Supreme Court, which sided with her, fueling her nationwide campaign to introduce legislation outlawing segregation.

Nahmias-Verbin spoke about women’s rights in Israel, stating three out of the five members present were female. Nahmias-Verbin, a member of the Zionist Union party, compared women’s rights advocacy in Israel to that of the United States.

She said although women’s rights in Israel continue to advance with time, they do not have the same separation of church and state that the United States does, which can bring unique challenges to women who are trying to advance in the workplace.

While discussing President Donald Trump’s administration, the Knesset members expressed gratitude toward the American government for its support of Israel. However, Nahmias-Verbin was skeptical about political advisor Jared Kushner’s qualifications in advising Trump on Middle Eastern policy.

“The situation in the Middle East is being held by Jared Kushner, who I’m not sure completely understands all the complexities,” Nahmias-Verbin said. “I’m from the

business sector, OK? This is not just a merger you close. This is not just a straightforward deal that you close.”

Several people in the audience said bringing in representatives from Israel is helpful in facilitating America’s understanding of the Middle East and its conflicts.

Iftach Wizel, 48, of Brookline, said as an Israeli immigrant, he appreciated the Ruderman Foundation’s efforts to educate American and Israeli Jews about each other’s cultures.

“Strengthening the bond between Israel and the Jewish community in Boston is very important for both sides,” Wizel said.

Lila Sesholtz, 89, of Brookline, said as a Jew, she finds that many other American Jews are not as informed on Israel and Israeli Jews as they should be.

“I’m not so knowledgeable about the affairs of Israel,” she said.

“I should be, so I thought I would come and see.”

Karyl Weicher, 65, of Sharon, an American-Israeli dual citizen, said she thinks engaging Israeli and American Jews, two groups separated by a vast distance, can help dispel misconceptions the two groups hold about each other. “[It is] a wonderful idea to get the [members of the Knesset] to understand what the American Jewish community is like,” Weicher said.

“There are a lot of preconceived ideas of what the American Jewish community is [in Israel].”

Local restaurant, inn donate to community organizations BUSINESSES, FROM PAGE 1 restaurant with two locations in Boston, donated one dollar from every burrito sold on One Boston Day last year to the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, and are planning to do the same this year, said Jim Hoben, the owner of El Pelón Taqueria.

Hoben said this is the most public in a long series of donations from El Pelón Taqueria to MIRA. “Everybody’s an immigrant,” Hoben said. “We’ve been supporting them … maybe five years, and it’s [even] more important now.”

El Pelón Taqueria chose to be involved with One Boston Day because they were open on the day of the bombing and had a lot of customers come in after the explosion, Hoben said.

Because of this, Hoben said he sees One Boston Day as “an opportunity to be part of the

community and help out,” as well as a reminder of how the city rallied together in 2013.

Pine Street Inn, a shelter and resource center for Boston’s homeless community, also partnered with a local Whole Foods to host a dry cereal drive in honor of One Boston Day last year, according to Barbara Trevisan, the communications director for Pine Street Inn. Trevisan stressed the importance of One Boston Day in the Pine Street Inn’s community relations. “[The cereal drive] was a way for Pine Street to interact with the community,” Trevisan wrote in an email to The Daily Free Press.

“Cereal is a basic staple that we use in our shelters every day.”

The Pine Street Inn will continue its involvement this year by organizing special volunteer groups for One Boston Day, Trevisan wrote.

Several Boston residents shared their experiences from the day of the Boston Marathon bombing and praised the city’s One Boston Day initiative.

Justin Donkor, 29, of Jamaica Plain, who was working at Marshalls about a mile away from the blast site on the day of the bombing, said Bostonians “should be proud” of the way local businesses and employees came together after the attack.

“It’s a good thing for different businesses to recognize the terrorist act with their employees and customers,” Donkor said.

Zachary Winter, 23, of Allston, who watched the bombing on the news after hearing about it through word-of-mouth, said One Boston Day is an effective way for the city to show its support of those who witnessed the atrocity.

“I think [a day of unity] would be helpful for those who were actu-

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New Wave Boston Real Estate is one of the many businesses participating in One Boston Day, a citywide initiative that encourages random acts of kindness to commemorate the anniversary of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

ally involved in the incident in general,” Winter said.

Qvgeniy Dolzhenkov, 46, of Brighton, said while he hopes nothing like the Boston Marathon bombings ever happens again, togetherness promotes strength in the aftermath of the tragedy.

“We have to stay together,” Dolzhenkov said of the Boston community. “We have to focus [on being] positive. We have to trust more people who want to help.”

Sabrina Schnur contributed to the reporting of this article.

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BUPD karaoke night builds bonds between officers, students

BY KIRAN KISHOR GALANI DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston University Pub’s weekly karaoke nights presented a twist on Tuesday as officers of the Boston University Police Department joined the students as special guests for an evening of singing and laughter.

Lauren Oubre, the host and an account executive at PRLab who represents BUPD, said the karaoke night aims at fostering a better relationship between students and the police officers.

“Basically, the reason why we’re hosting this event is to really just increase positive relationships and positive interaction between the BU student community and the BUPD,” Oubre said.

She explained PRLab’s role with the BUPD and mentioned several upcoming campaigns that they were collaborating on.

“We run their [public relations], we do their social media, event management and pretty much all their PR stuff,” Oubre said.

Oubre then proceeded to mention the two upcoming campaigns, “Stop. Think.

Secure.” and “Pace Yourself.” “Stop. Think.

Secure.” is an anti-larceny campaign, and “Pace Yourself” will help bring awareness to binge drinking and advocate for responsible drinking habits beginning in April, Oubre said.

Patricia Murphy, a BUPD officer, further elaborated on the two campaigns that Oubre introduced.

“We have the larceny campaign, so what happens is that a lot of the time students leave their property unattended, so what the PRLab is doing is handing out individual business card-type things on property that they find unattended,” Murphy said. “To kind of let them know that you may not have realized it but this was left out, whether it

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Boston University students connect with officers from the BU Police Department during a karaoke night Tuesday at BU Pub.

be a laptop, a cellphone, an expensive jacket, that kind of thing.”

She also emphasized how, with the larceny campaign, they were trying to solve the problem before it became a bigger issue. The same goes for the campaign on binge drinking.

“We also have a lot of alcohol-related incidents that come into the BU Police, protective custody, that type of thing,” Murphy said. “So with ‘Pace Yourself,’ we’re trying to educate people and bring down the numbers to help them in the future.”

The karaoke night opened with BUPD

officer Dianna Maneksha singing the hit song “Let It Go” from “Frozen.”

“I have to say, she sang fantastically,” said Alexandria Yen, a third-year graduate student in BU’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Yen received plenty of laughs from the audience for her performance of “The Bad Touch” by the Bloodhound Gang.

The karaoke night continued with various renditions of songs, including those by artists such as Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Journey. Most of the BUPD officers didn’t sing, and were content with just talking and watching, although those who performed

did so enthusiastically. Maneksha sang several times over the course of the night and Murphy got up to sing a duet with Oubre.

The night took a multicultural turn when Max Bork, a first-year German graduate exchange student in BU’s Metropolitan College, and his group of friends decided to sing a popular Turkish song, “Kiss Kiss” by Tarkan.

Bork said he had no idea what the song was about, as he did not understand the language, but he knew the lyrics because of his Turkish friends.

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She Geeks Out focuses on ethnic, gender diversity in workplace

BY TYLA PINK DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Conversations surrounding diversity and inclusivity have been at the forefront within the educational, political and corporate spheres, and a Boston-based organization is working to further implement these values into the workplace.

She Geeks Out, co-founded by Felicia Jadczak and Rachel Murray, is an organization that builds dynamic communities through events, networking and education.

Their mission is to create an inclusive culture that values diversity and to develop talents and skills to transform organizations. She Geeks Out places an emphasis on gender diversity and supporting girls and women within their fields, according to their website.

Jadczak and Murray hosted their first SGO corporate workshop on March 23, the co-founders explained. These workshops are aimed at corporate audiences, specifically hiring managers, recruiters and directors of all backgrounds. The workshops are

used to support the initial initiatives implemented within the workplace.

They started with “Power Hour,” a mini workshop that taught attendees how to write inclusive job descriptions. On Thursday, they will offer a workshop called “Running an Effective and Inclusive Meeting.”

“Last spring we did an event with a large company about networking and after the event they asked if we offered diversity training and we said, “When would you need it by?” Jadczak said. She later said, “We thought about moving into that space at some point but we didn’t plan to work on it that early.”

Thomas Harwell, the director of Student Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives in Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, said he believes there are many benefits to maintaining diverse and inclusive environments and that all companies should strive for this kind of environment.

“I think that many organizations are starting to realize how important diverse and inclusive environments are to their ability to compete in a global marketplace,” Harwell said.

He said adding diversity to the conver-

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Rachel Murray and Felicia Jadczak are the co-founders of She Geeks Out, an organization that promotes gender and ethnic diversity in the workplace.

sation, when talking about representation within an organization, is key.

“Understanding the long-term proposition of your organization necessitates an understanding of how the world is changing

and how to be prepared to meet the needs of a changing global landscape,” Harwell said.

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Pete Holmes, known for his stand-up comedy, discusses his new HBO television show “Crashing” as well as his past comedy specials.

INTERVIEW: Pete Holmes reflects on stand-up comedy career

BY KAYA WILLIAMS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Comedian Pete Holmes is an enormity, towering at 6 feet 6 inches tall. When performing one of his stand-up routines, that height is exacerbated by an elevated stage and seated audience. And yet, he is anything but intimidating. His gleeful, chipper jokes are always doled out with an ear-to-ear grin.

When listening to his podcast, “You Made It Weird,” one often has to adjust the volume to account for his booming, goofy laugh.

In an interview with The Daily Free Press, Holmes discussed his accomplished career in comedy. The Lexington native boasts a resume that includes three stand-up specials, two comedy albums and a semi-autobiographical television series, “Crashing,” which was renewed for a second season on March 15.

Holmes’ mother and father — of South Boston and Somerville, respectively — might have something to do with it. The 38-year-old credited his success to his upbringing, saying that both of his parents “are very funny people.” Considering the large number of fellow comedians from the Greater Boston area, he noted their strong work ethic, adding with a laugh that “living

through those winters may have something to do with having a good sense of humor.”

His Boston roots get something of a tribute in “Crashing” in the form of the Boston Comedy Club. When he was just setting foot on the New York comedy scene, Holmes said it was fellow Bostonian and comedian Bill Burr who recommended the West Village venue as a place to begin “barking,” or handing out flyers in exchange for stage time later in the evening. Recreating the interior of the club for “Crashing” offered a surreal flashback to Holmes’ days as a struggling comedian a decade earlier, he said.

Remembering that time, Holmes said he would “try and take comfort in the fact that I knew that so many other great comedians had done that exact same thing.” For him, standing on a New York street corner in January was simply a required step toward becoming a successful comedian.

“It becomes a rite of passage as opposed to just unnecessary suffering,” he added.

“Crashing,” which is loosely based on Holmes’ life, involved quite a bit of rehashing old memories, not all of them as fondly recalled as those of barking and 3 a.m. performances.

At the time, Holmes was undergoing a divorce after he was cheated on by his wife of eight years. Revisiting those memories was anything

but easy. He noted that to relive those difficult moments repeatedly while working on “Crashing,” was “trippy ... It was almost like The Twilight Zone.”

But, this time around, he has some support.

He proposed to his girlfriend, Valerie Chaney, on Feb. 9, and noted how essential she has been to the creative process on “Crashing.”

“As I’m making a show ... inspired by my divorce, it’s really nice to have the circle … spill out on the other end and find the right person to marry,” he said.

He added that Chaney provides a much-needed steadiness to ref lect upon unstable times.

“Such a huge part of life is to be able to retell some traumatic event with a smile and look back and actually be grateful for them,” he said.

This graciousness translates well in Holmes’ brand of comedy, which is centered around positivity. He frequently refers to “uncircumstantial happiness” in his podcast, and joy is a persistent theme throughout his work.

Adam DeAngelo, a junior in Boston University’s College of Communication, is a fan of Holmes’ podcast, noting that it was his favorite of Holmes’ work because it is “just his personality.”

His personality, while multifaceted, is driven by honesty, a near-constant state of

merriment, and kindness not often seen in high-profile celebrities.

His friendly, easygoing nature is part of a glowing charisma that allows Holmes to connect with audiences and fellow comedians alike, including longtime friend and two-time podcast guest John Mulaney. In an email correspondence, Mulaney reminisced about the moment when they first met in 2005 and discussed a couple of his jokes. “I don’t recall a moment after that when we weren’t friends,” Mulaney noted, adding that over the course of two years of Sunday breakfasts, they “almost exclusively discussed what it meant to be a man and a good person.”

Being a good person and bringing happiness to audiences is what distinguishes Holmes in a cynical industry. Mulaney, like many of Holmes’ fans, takes pleasure in Pete’s gleeful style, noting that “he wants his audience to feel joy and sometimes tries to strongarm them into it. It’s a delight.”

At its core, that delight stems from the joy of doing what one loves.

“I know that the truest part of 20-yearold Pete would have been purely excited, just thrilled ... You can find holiness and goodness and light in some of the most unexpected places,” Holmes said.

She Geeks Out holds networking meetings to give hiring tips DIVERSITY, FROM PAGE 5 Eventbrite page, the “Recruiting and Retaining for Diversity and Inclusion” workshop helps professionals make thoughtful and informed hiring decisions.

“Creating an inclusive environment means creating a more tolerant world,” Murray said. “Everyone has biases, and that’s OK, and we have the luxury to explore them.”

Overall the response to these trainings

have been positive, Jadczak said, and companies have increasingly been thinking about diversity and inclusion issues at a broader level while working on how to implement them into their internal structures.

“There are very specific and concrete ways we can address issues around recruiting and creating an inclusive culture,” Murray said. “There are also things we can do to deal with unconscious and conscious biases.”

Diversity of age, thought, race, eth-

nicity and ability are being considered as things to value rather than things that create a divide, she added.

“There’s a lot of dialogue about the recruiting pipeline and getting people from diverse backgrounds into different companies,” Jadczak said. “If you get those people in the door but you have no follow-up and you have culture that’s negative or harmful then you’re wasting time and effort.”

Saania Malik, a senior in Questrom, said

she believes that inclusive work environments are crucial to the success of an organization.

“Problem solving in today’s dynamic business environment is not as straightforward as it once was, and with innovation as the key, bringing together minds with different biases, optimizes the chances of a unique solution,” Malik said. “Employees from different walks of life, such as employees of different genders, ages, ethnicities or socioeconomic backgrounds all add a unique layer of thinking.”

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BMC study shows benefits of offering naloxone to opioid users

BY SARA FRAZIER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Thousands of opioid users die each year from unintentional overdoses, a number that continues to increase every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This statistic requires more attention, and Boston Medical Center released a new study on March 23 to attempt to provide answers.

Pharmacies should proactively offer naloxone, commonly known by the brand name Narcan, to patients who meet certain criteria, the study found. Published in the Journal of American Pharmacists Association as part of the Maximizing OpiOid safety with Naloxone study, the research attempts to change the way that pharmacists provide naloxone, a drug that blocks the effects of overdose.

The MOON study is a three-year project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, said lead author Traci Green, a professor of emergency medicine and the associate director of the Injury Prevention Center at Boston Medical Center.

“It’s what’s called a demonstration study,” Green said. “It’s aiming to take interventions that we know are efficacious, like naloxone distribution, in settings that we know can do amazing things for healthcare, like pharmacies, and to demonstrate that this technology and intervention in naloxone can be provided in an optimal way.”

The study was conducted through eight focus groups with four different types of participants in two states, including people who were using opioids to treat pain, people who were using them illicitly or were in recovery, their family members and pharmacists, Green said.

Hannah Posner, a freshman in Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, noted the importance of medical research and said she hopes this study will be able to make a positive change.

“Studies like this one are very important in the medical field when it comes to making positive changes,” Posner said. “I think that pharmacies being able to offer Narcan initially instead of waiting for people to ask for it will definitely change the way people think about addiction and will probably save a lot of lives.”

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In order to be eligible for the “opt out” model where pharmacies universally prescribe the drug, patients must be taking opioid medications at a high dose or must be taking benzodiazepine as well as opioids. This is because benzodiazepines interact with opioids in a way that can bring on respiratory depression, Green said.

“It’s really for patients that might be filling those medications or their caregivers are picking them up for them at the pharmacy that naloxone might be really appropriate, medically indicated, and might resonate really well with patients as an opportunity to expand on and bring a pharmacist and a patient together about reducing their risk and care for the patient beyond the pharmacy,” Green said.

Although pharmacists in Massachusetts and Rhode Island can currently offer the drug without a prescription, research showed that there was often discomfort and shame on behalf of patients or their loved ones in asking directly for naloxone, Green said.

“Naloxone is associated with overdose and overdose is associated often

PRLab helps BUPD with image KARAOKE, FROM PAGE 5 Refocusing on the topic of the night, Murphy spoke about how the most important aspect of the evening was that the students understood that the police officers are approachable.

“I think it’s important for people in the BU community to realize that the officers here are just normal people who also like to have fun,” Murphy said. “And so this is an easy way to interact with people, laugh a little bit, and just get them to look at us in a different light.”

Scott Paré, BUPD’s acting chief and BU’s executive director of public safety, said he had a very similar line of thought.

“I think this is a great opportunity for the officers to meet with the students, and

the students to meet with the officers, in a very low-key setting, where we can actually enjoy each other’s company and get to know each other,” Paré said.

He said he wants the students to familiarize themselves with the officers, who are “real and down-to-earth people,” and are there for the students to use as a resource whenever needed.

Murphy concluded by talking about how students need to realize everything BUPD can do for them, and understand that they are a resource present for them.

“I think it’s important for students to understand everything that the BU Police has to offer,” Murphy said. “We’re here to help in every situation, so if anybody is doubting any kind of situation they’re in, the BU Police is a great resource to have.”

times with addiction,” Green said. “With that dark place of stigma comes shame.

Unfortunately, naloxone sort of sits in this crevice of stigma, but is also a really life-saving antidote.”

Elissa Schechter-Perkins, associate director of Emergency Medicine Research at BU, also noted the stigma associated with naloxone.

“I think there is a lot of stigma around opioid use in general,” Schechter-Perkins said. “Part of the challenge is creating a culture where it’s acceptable to have naloxone available.”

Americans use 80 percent of the world’s opioids but constitute less than 5 percent of the world’s population, according to a statistic listed by the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.

Schechter-Perkins said that historically, medicine may be to blame for this statistic.

“There was a big push recently in the medical community to make sure that pain was adequately controlled and that was a measure that hospitals were judged on,” Schechter-Perkins said.

She added, “I think some of what we’re seeing right now in the opioid problem stems from that push that happened over the last several decades.”

One reason that pharmacies are not currently using the “opt out” model of offering naloxone may be the cost of the drug. There are four kinds of products available now, some of which cost thousands of dollars, Green said.

“The cost of the medications has been inconsistent,” Green said. “Creating sustainable models for naloxone access is one of the reasons that we felt like pharmacies were really important, because community-based organizations are huge for naloxone access and will always be a cornerstone, especially for the most vulnerable.”

There are still several steps to be taken in addressing the opioid crisis, Green said.

“In times where money is tight and our time is even tighter, we have to really focus in on the things that are working,” Green said. “So I’m hoping that our findings can add to that and provide people with some tools for implementing and scaling of things like naloxone.”

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Lyft shuttle is worthy competitor to public transportation Ride-sharing apps have quickly taken over the transportation industry. Between Uber, Lyft, Boston-based Fasten or San Francisco-based Chariot, users have a lot of options that leave public transportation in the dust. Why board a crowded bus or subway when there’s a private car that can get you to your destination faster and with more accommodations?

These apps have been coming up with new ways to make getting places better, including options to ride with several other passengers. This might take up more time, but is often less than half of the cost for a private ride. In fact, Lyft has just launched a new service in two select cities — San Francisco and Chicago — to test the concept of a Lyft commuter shuttle, according to a BuzzFeed article.

This shuttle seems to act as a glorified bus, creating schedules and specific routes to certain neighborhoods during peak commute hours. The standard price for a ride will be $3.50. For comparison, that’s almost one dollar more than the price of taking the T. As ride-hailing users, we need more information on how the new service operates. Lyft hasn’t made it clear what these shuttles will look like. Will they be regular cars given the name “shuttle” or will we be seeing little pink mustaches on the dashboards of buses? It seems counterproductive of Lyft to provide drivers with actual shuttles, since their entire business relies on individuals sharing their vehicles with strangers for a quick trip. Lyft would just

become a bus company, and it certainly wouldn’t be environmentally friendly. If the company just continued to have normal-sized cars drive around as commuter shuttles, then how would that be any different from their current Lyft Line option.

Hopefully, as the launch moves from just these two cities, the specific details of the program will be revealed.

Depending on the exact details of the project, this initiative could make Lyft a huge competitor to public transportation.

With taxi drivers already coming at them with complaints and lawsuits, it’s ambitious to now enter the bus and subway territory.

There is a very likely chance that more people would opt to use this service rather than public transportation. It may be more expensive, but it’s private, cleaner, faster and more reliable. With all those pros, why would commuters continue to struggle onto crowded busses and unreliable subway systems? Lyft has the advantage of using technology to make their transportation both user-friendly and accurate. Many cities are lacking that ease of access to public transportation. Even in Boston, T-tracking apps aren’t always factual or don’t account for buses that are out of service or driving express, often leaving riders waiting hopeless in the wind. A ride-hailing bus, while not essential, is certainly in the background of what city residents need. However, the same cannot be said for every city within the United States. While Los Angeles is lacking a good public transportation system and could benefit from a carpool ser-

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riders have chosen to use these ride services because the public sector is lacking in terms of convenience and accuracy. Uber and Lyft are taking away profit from taxi drivers because taxis are unsatisfactory, and they’ll do the same to buses and subway systems if patrons are continuously let down by them. If this is successful, then Lyft made the smart decision to launch this shuttle program. It gets to a point where public transportation is no longer worth the benefits.

When considering recent events, it’s reasonable to assume that Lyft is taking advantage of Uber’s recent public relations crises. Between unsavory management practices and an extremely undiversified workforce, Uber’s approval ratings must be among the lowest they’ve ever been. Lyft has always maintained a relatively positive reputation. The company has become involved in community service initiatives and publicly protested President Donald Trump’s immigration ban, which many users appreciated. It even prompted loyal Uber customers to make the switch. Now is the time for Lyft to make their move and prove themselves to be the better ride-hailing company.

One thing to remember, however, is that Lyft and Uber started out as just that — ride-hailing companies. They ensured private, personalized and comfortable transportation for those willing to pay the price. However, options to ride with more and more passengers almost defeats their initial purpose.

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However, public transportation remains one of the locations where people of all economic classes interact with each other.

A banker, architect, mother, college student and homeless person can sit next to each other on a public bus or subway, while there’s practically no other place where their interaction could be possible. While public transportation isn’t necessarily facilitating conversation, it’s important that people are simply surrounded by others from the poverty line to the highest level of wealth. There’s a real possibility that Lyft’s shuttle service could put an end to this.

Wealthier individuals could easily choose to take advantage of the cleaner and more private mode of transportation rather than use the public commuting service. This only adds to the barrier between the poor and the decently well-off.

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Scottish political discourse

BY PAIGE SMITH COLUMNIST

Scotland has a curious relationship with independence. I’m currently enrolled in a Scottish medieval history class whilst abroad, and it has been nothing short of an eye-opening experience.

For many Americans, the only familiarity one may have with Scottish independence and its long struggle is the brutal movie, “Braveheart.” I’m certainly not bashing William Wallace because he is, after all, a prolific figure in Scottish history. However, it is worth noting that his story does not even begin to encompass Scotland’s multi-century struggle for sovereignty from its neighbors, or its diverse political environment through the ages.

It’s difficult to comprehend Scotland’s political stance without understanding some fundamental political differences between Scotland and the United States. I also have to preface these statements with the fact that this is pure opinion, developed from my observations at the University of St. Andrews.

Here, students are definitely politically engaged. Student turnout for our most recent class elections was 36.12 percent, ranking us as the university with the highest turnout in Scotland. Our student body values politics on a local scale, and it definitely translates to interest in national events.

At Boston University, students are, for the most part, aware of national politics, but it’s incredibly easy to remain insularly focused.

The United States functions as this sort of stupid and self-consumed giant, because it can. Its citizens often follow suit.

As students here at St. Andrews discuss the upcoming French elections and the effects of Geert Wilders’ defeat, American students are only zeroing in on Paul Ryan’s culpability or lack thereof. Yet, what astonished me most is that European students also discussed the current joke that is the Trump administration. It’s not as if their European perspective excluded them from American affairs. No, they simply had a worldlier view of how global powers interacted politically.

In the United Kingdom, and across Europe in general, citizens are not afforded the same ignorance as Americans because of their geo-

graphic fate. With close borders and constant interaction, the events of other countries inevitably spill into the greater European consciousness.

Another sharp divide between my fellow students here versus at BU is an unabashed responsibility for conservative views. In the United Kingdom, it seems that many students on campus are far more right than left, and are not at all afraid to declare this belief. I feel that many students in American liberal arts colleges and universities are fearful of stating their conservative affiliation because of the possible ramifications from their classmates.

As the former editor of this very opinion section, I felt like I had to pry musings from even the most vocal of BU’s conservatives.

Here, views are openly voiced, and discussed, in a democratic and respectful manner.

Certainly, some of the letters to various student newspapers seem to be preposterous, and I am often even offended, but I would much prefer to see my enemy than have him or her lurk in the shadows, waiting to spring at the voting booths or in the process of policy creation.

The moments that I have most enjoyed this transparency of political affiliation is in class discussions. It’s fascinating how once citizens own their beliefs, they tend to spill into all realms. Discussion of the former occupation of the Nile River is no longer just about the historical significance of the event, but a time to discuss poetically the grand time of British imperialism. Though terrifying, it is also intriguing.

And so, to pull this transparency back to Scotland’s independence and the greater landscape of Britain’s exit from the European Union, the discussions that are taking place on campuses are not in hushed gatherings but with shouts.

For instance, a group on campus, whose beliefs are decidedly right, petitioned for the hoisting of the Union Jack above Prince William’s former dorm, to celebrate the triggering of Article 50. This is, after all, the formal beginning to the process of Brexit, and was, in their opinion, a time to celebrate British identity.

When reflecting on my experiences last semester, where people I thought I knew turned out to be completely different individuals ideologically, I absolutely prefer these expressions.

When hiding behind false statements, one cannot have a substantive or productive conversation about why one may believe this way. It’s not only frustrating, but deceptive.

Ironically, I’ve found that stepping far away from American soil has renewed my interest in American politics, something from which I was so enjoying an escape if only for a few months.

I think that, inspired by the worldly views of my friends, I will return stateside with a new perspective of American political ideology.

Don’t appoint your family

BY PATRICK BURKE COLUMNIST

In 1883, the 47th U.S. Congress enacted the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act. This act set in stone a rule that positions of government should not be handed out to those who support a particular political party, but should be awarded based on merit.

As I look around at today’s society, I can’t help but be surprised by the amount of people that get jobs based on who they know instead of what they know. I clearly remember reading a headline that spoke about Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin offering a government position to Kevin Durant if he signed an extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

While that may have been a friendly gesture that probably would have done more good than harm, appointing people that are friends and family to be senior advisors of an administration is horrifying.

Looking back at the Obama administration, we saw the president appoint colleagues to positions before giving the reigns of the office to Donald Trump. Some people he appointed included Chelsea Clinton’s mother-in-law and Michelle Obama’s former head speechwriter and Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes. But, the thing here is they were appointed to positions like the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, respectively. These are the type of appointments that, frankly, I don’t care about. They don’t affect me in any sort of way and if those people are coordinated enough to run these departments, then let them run them.

One dark spot in Obama’s appointment history appeared in a situation that didn’t technically involve an appointment at all. Bill Ayers was the founder of The Weathermen, a radical left-winged group that tried to carried out bombings against the U.S. Capitol building and the Pentagon back in the late 1960s.

The two met (after Ayers had become an education professor) at a meeting discussing how to fix schools in Chicago. Many conservatives criticized Obama and accused Ayers of forming Obama’s political stance based on the notion that they knew each other. This was, rightly so, staunchly denied by all parties and

the conspiracy theory lost momentum after the election.

This practice of appointing friends to political positions dates all the way back to the days of Abraham Lincoln. He appointed his friend Thomas Pickett to be the quartermaster of Rock Island and people were not happy about it. It seems that politicians appoint people that they know will help to keep their power.

With that being said, Trump may be the one who will go down in history as the president who appointed the most friends to the highest positions. It’s easy to look at Stephen Bannon and question how in the world he was appointed to anything of importance. Going from a banker at Goldman Sachs, to a news media mogul and finally to senior counselor to the president is pretty baffling. But, what really struck me was the appointment of Jared Kushner, the husband of Ivanka Trump.

Kushner doesn’t come from a long line of, let’s say, respectable people. His father was a real estate developer who, although wildly successful, was imprisoned in 2005 when he plead guilty to tax evasion and witness tampering.

Kushner took over the family business just two years removed from school.

All of this is fine and good, and I will never knock a man for taking what he is gifted. However, it is what he did with this gift that is deeply troubling. After being born into a primarily Democratic family, Kushner began to advise Trump on the campaign trail.

This is not illegal by any means, but it sure is fishy, showing that Kushner would give up his values for power.

Up until this point, Kushner had done nothing wrong. Or so we thought.

Someone should probably have told Kushner that meeting with a Russian, state-owned and sanctioned bank was not the smartest idea in the world. The bank, Vnesheconombank (VEB), confirmed that they met with Kushner while he was representing Kushner Companies, but did not specify where or when the meeting was. The White House even came out and said that nothing of importance was discussed.

Funny, because our own intelligence agency has come out and said that this bank paid Russian spies in New York City to try to get an inside man for Moscow. I don’t think that Kushner took this meeting with a total ignorance to what was going on around him.

He couldn’t have.

Now, I don’t mean to single out the Trump administration here. I think that in all levels of politics, dating back to when democracy was a baby, if you look around you will see nepotism everywhere. It is sad and it is disheartening.

Those who work hard day in and day out often do not get their chance to shine because of people like Kushner. Life sure has changed since the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act was made 134 years ago. We need more help.

Interrobang As March comes to an end, jokesters everywhere are contemplating what hilarious and outrageous pranks they should plan.

We here at the ol’ Free Press want to know — what April Fools’ Day prank would BU people pull off?

Dean Elmore: “Pull my finger!”

West Campus: Covering toilet seats in Saran Wrap

BU Dining: Toothpaste Oreos

CFA: Drawing on someone’s face when they’re asleep

Seniors: Covering the BU Shuttle in Post-it notes

Questrom: Running for president

BU Housing: Changing the locks

FreeP: Publishing fake news

10 SPORTS

Softball looks to end losing skid against UMass, Maine

BY NICK DIBONA AND GREG LEVINSKY DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston University softball team will look to end its six-game losing streak when it heads to the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Thursday for a doubleheader.

The games were originally scheduled to be played in Boston on Tuesday, but inclement weather forced them to be postponed and then ultimately moved to Amherst.

The Terriers (8-18, 0-3 Patriot League) started their season off well, going 5-4 through their first two season-opening tournaments. However, BU has not won a game since March 10 and is 1-9 in its last 10 games.

This weekend also marks an exciting opportunity for BU head coach Ashley Waters, who will face her alma mater, University of Maine, in a series after the doubleheader against UMass (8-14).

“I love playing Maine,” Waters said. “When I used to play in the America East, the big matchup was always us and BU or Albany. It’s special to play against them because I care a lot about the University [of Maine], but I’m proudly wearing red now, so I’ll be rooting for the other side in that rivalry now.”

Compared to the Terriers, the Minutewomen have had the opposite results. They started their season 2-10, but recently they have picked it up. UMass has won five in a row, yet has not played since March 15, so they could be rusty.

The Black Bears (5-17) are in a similar position to UMass, riding a two-game winning streak. Maine

swept a doubleheader at Sacred Heart University last Saturday.

Although Waters looks forward to playing her alma mater, she said her team has to approach every game the same.

“We try to focus on one game at a time,” Waters said. “We need to show up to every game the same and play our best softball every game, whether it’s against Maine, Lehigh [University] or UCLA, and that’s something we have gotten away from. Earlier in the season when we were playing better we were more crisp with our approach.”

One of UMass’ recent wins came against Lehigh in a convincing 6-1 victory. This past weekend, Lehigh (11-14, 3-0 Patriot League) swept the Terriers in three games, which included two games decided in five innings by the eight-run mercy rule. In the three games, BU allowed 30 runs total. The pitching has been inconsistent recently compared to earlier in the season.

Freshman pitcher Kali Magane has shown signs of brilliance, going all seven innings in four of her appearances and allowing just one earned run or fewer in six of her outings. However, she has struggled lately, allowing at least six runs in four of her past five appearances.

Senior pitcher Makinna Akers was also dominant early on, as her ERA was as low as 2.79 on March 9.

However, it has climbed back up to 3.87 over the past two weeks.

“I think the biggest thing for [Magane and Akers] is to regain confidence,” Waters said. “It was a tough weekend, and when you don’t

have your best stuff and start giving up runs, it turns you around. They tried overthrowing, so they just need to get their confidence back.”

Another area in which BU needs to improve is preserving leads in late innings. In the past week, they have lost two late leads. First it was last Thursday against Bryant University, when the Terriers had a 2-0 lead heading into the fifth inning, but ended up losing 4-2. Then it was Sunday against Lehigh, when BU had a 6-3 lead heading into the the bottom of the fifth, but the Mountain Hawks proceeded to put up seven runs in the inning, resulting in a 10-6 loss for BU. It will be essential for the Terriers to get hot again on offense later this week, as UMass has allowed just 2.4 runs per game in its last five games. UMass will likely feature freshman Candace Denis, who has a 2.25 ERA and nine complete games, on the mound in one of Thursday’s games. While Maine doesn’t have any particular ace, it allowed just two runs in its series against Sacred Heart (7-12).

In order for her offense to get back to its early season form, Waters said her team has to battle every at-bat.

“We need to be more consistent,” Waters said. “Everyone needs to be a tough out, and opponents have done a good job with that, but we’ve gone down too easy. I thought we were good in the last game against Lehigh, but we need to be tougher and have more productive at-bats. It doesn’t have to be a hit, but just a good out where you’re moving the runner along.”

Senior pitcher Makinna Akers and the rest of the Terriers’ pitching staff have struggled lately, as the team has lost 9 of its past 10 games.

Defense creates easy offense for women’s lacrosse team

BY OLIVIA O’BRIEN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Senior goalkeeper Caroline Meegan was second in the NCAA in saves per game going into Wednesday’s game. She made 9 stops against the Raiders.

The Boston University women’s lacrosse team dominated Colgate University in an 18-8 victory at Nickerson Field on Wednesday evening in its Patriot League home opener.

Following a 16-11 loss at Loyola University Maryland last week, the Terriers (4-5, 2-1 Patriot League) set out to reverse course against the Raiders (4-5, 1-2 Patriot League). BU began with improvements on offensive, as they struck a 14-0 scoring run between the first and second half.

The Terriers’ success against Colgate, however, is equally attributed to their defensive presence, thanks to senior goaltender Caroline Meegan.

“We know [Meegan] is back there to make big saves,” said BU head coach Liz Robertshaw. “She has been a huge backbone for us, and it’s been great.”

Meegan entered the contest as second in the nation in saves with an average of 12 stops per game. She finished with nine saves on Wednesday.

Although last week the Terriers blew a five-goal lead against Loyola (4-6, 3-0 Patriot League) and let up 13 goals in the second half, Robertshaw was impressed with the dominance of her upperclassmen defenders and attributes much of their productivity to the presence of Meegan in the net.

“I think [Meegan] allows our defenders to be more aggressive on ball, so that if they do come up with a foul, she’s been working on her free positions, and she’s going to continue that,” Robertshaw said.

Seniors Janelle Macone and Charlotte Castronovo led the Terrier defense against Colgate and at Loyola, despite the loss.

“The [defensive success] is a senior mindset,” Robertshaw said.

“The starting five defenders had a really good game against Loyola, and we were soft in other areas. We said we needed them to keep playing that way to allow our younger middies and attackers to have more opportunity to play and take risks and even make mistakes, and I think they’re doing a really good job with that.”

Meegan provides a level of comfort not only to defenders, but also the attack due to her consistency in the net.

“She allows our attackers to take more shots because they know if they happen to miss one or two that she is going to come up with a big save,” Robertshaw said.

On Wednesday night, the BU offense recorded its most goals all season with 18, beating its previous high of 13 goals in its victory against Bucknell University.

“We really had a couple of heart-to-heart conversations after Loyola [University Maryland] in

the locker room, and I said we needed more from people all over the field,” Robertshaw said. “I think Monday and Tuesday’s practice was awesome. They came in locked in, they came in focused, and they came in ready to go, so I felt like today could be a really good day, and I was happy with the production of all the players.”

Sophomore midfielders Kelly Mathews and Kaitlin Belval both scored twice while junior attacker Avery Donahoe scored three times in the Colgate victory. Sophomore defender Tonianne Magnelli recorded four goals and senior attacker Elisabeth Jayne scored a team-high five goals. Freshman midfielder Christine Carugati scored her first collegiate goal to make the final score 18-8.

On the defensive end, BU held Colgate’s top scorer, senior Isabel Kreitler, to just two goals.

On Saturday, BU will take on another Patriot League opponent in Lehigh University, and Robertshaw hopes her team continues to play as aggressive as they did on Wednesday.

“We have to continue to challenge [our defense] and make sure our attackers are driving more in practice, so that they have to play good defense and not give up those fouls,” Robertshaw said. “[Lehigh] is a huge conference game.”

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Women’s lacrosse bounces back, dominates Colgate

BY OWEN TRIPPE DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston University women’s lacrosse team played a stellar game against Colgate University on Wednesday evening at Nickerson Field, winning 18-8 following a streak of 14 unanswered goals.

It was the third win in four games for the Terriers (4-5, 2-1 Patriot League) and easily their most dominant win of the season so far.

BU head coach Liz Robertshaw was pleased with her team’s performance.

“We really had a couple of heart-toheart conversations after Loyola [University Maryland] in the locker room, and I said we needed more from people all over the field,” Robertshaw said. “I think Monday and Tuesday’s practice was awesome. They came in locked in, they came in focused, and they came in ready to go, so I felt like today could be a really good day, and I was happy with the production of all the players.”

The Terriers and Raiders (4-5, 1-2 Patriot League) were neck-and-neck in the early stages of the first half, as the two teams went back and forth for the first 15 minutes, with neither side developing a lead of more than one goal. Sophomore midfielder Kelly Mathews struck first for

BU, scoring a free position goal less than a minute into the game.

Colgate responded with two straight goals, but BU recovered thanks to junior attacker Mickenzie Larivee, who tied it at two.

It looked as though both teams were in for a competitive back-and-forth battle, however, Colgate exploded with four straight goals.

BU then fired up a run of its own just 12 seconds after the score reached 6-3, starting with Mathews’ second goal of the game. Sophomore midfielder Kaitlin Belval cut Colgate’s lead to one, and four minutes later sophomore defender Tonianne Magnelli tied the game.

BU did not stop there, as senior attacker Elisabeth Jayne gave the Terriers the lead just after the six-minute mark, and this margin expanded, as junior attacker Avery Donahoe scored to make it 8-6 BU. In addition, Belval, Jayne and Donahoe all struck again in the closing minutes of the first half, with BU ending on an 8-0 scoring run to take an 11-6 lead into the break.

After the game, coach Robertshaw had high praise for Jayne, who had the best game of her career, finishing with five goals and six points.

“I think she has a good amount of influence,” Robertshaw said. “I think she’s an aggressive and vocal leader out on the field. She wants and believes in [her teammates] to do good things.”

The Terriers got right back to work in the second half as both Donahoe and Jayne scored within the first minute. Jayne’s goal was her fourth of the game, and Donahoe’s was her third. BU then widened its lead at the 22:30 and 22:13 marks with a pair of Magnelli goals, making her the third player on the team to earn a hat trick at this point in the game.

With the score at 15-6, and BU’s unanswered goal tally at 12, Colgate brought in freshman goalie Samantha Croston for benched goalie Asil Asfour.

This slowed the Terriers, who did not score again until Jayne netted her fifth goal of the game at the 15:25 mark to make it 16-6. The Raiders had not scored since taking a 6-3 lead with just over 14 minutes remaining in the first half before finally breaking through at the 6:27 mark, as attacker Tara Atkinson scored her tenth goal of the season.

Colgate played well in the final minutes, but was never able to mount a real threat.

After a strong bounce back performance from her team, Robertshaw credited the win to preparation.

“If [the players] are feeling good in practice, if they’re finding success, they come out with additional success,” Robertshaw said. “It’s not magic, it’s not a secret, it’s just that they need to play the way we want them to play in a game [during] a practice, and they all did that.

PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Junior attacker Avery Donahoe matched her career-high with three goals on Wednesday.

Quinn expects underclassmen to come back next year HOCKEY, FROM PAGE 12 going to be how BU, with 11 NHL draft picks and just three seniors, would handle its twopronged Achilles Heel: youth and hype.

“Our biggest concern as a staff was with all the hoopla over the summer, we felt all of a sudden we had a very young team that was going to believe the hype,” Quinn said. “I think they did a great job of balancing being confident but also understanding we just can’t show up and win. We knew maturity was going to be an issue, or youth was going to be an issue. They go hand in hand.”

As Quinn alluded to, there were moments when the Terriers struggled.

The first half of the season was largely defined by penalties, a trend that contributed to BU finishing with the NCAA’s fourth-best penalty-penalty kill unit (87.1 percent success

rate). Plus, on the tail end of being named the nation’s No. 1 team by USCHO.com, the Terriers were swept by Merrimack College for the first time in program history.

Then came BU’s performance in big-time games, as it fell to Harvard University, a Frozen Four team, in the 65th Beanpot Tournament final. Then, in the semifinals of the Hockey East Tournament, Quinn’s group lost to BC. From those moments, Quinn said “there was a stretch in late January and February where there were fatigue issues” and the season undoubtedly had “peaks and valleys.”

“There’s such a fine line at this level when you get to the top 10 teams in the country,” Quinn said. “All 10 teams could win it. Lowell could’ve won it, Air Force almost beat Harvard. You look at these regional games and they’re all going down to the wire.

Ours goes to overtime. You play [the NCAA]

Tournament next week and you might have four different teams in the Frozen Four.”

All things considered, though, Quinn felt his team started playing “more mature” hockey as the year unfolded.

Perhaps the most profound example of that was the NCAA Tournament win in Fargo over the University of North Dakota, a 4-3 win in double overtime that featured a 56-save showing from Oettinger.

“We were playing like a team that could win a championship,” Quinn said, “and we just weren’t able to do it.”

The question for the Terriers, therefore, is what 2017-18 could have in store. Keller and sophomore defenseman Charlie McAvoy have already signed professional contracts, foregoing the remainder of their careers at Agganis Arena.

There are rumors, too, of junior defense-

men John MacLeod and Brandon Hickey as well as sophomore forwards Jordan Greenway and Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson leaving early.

Quinn, however, quelled those fears, saying he believes they’ll return.

And, in another layer of hope, Quinn confirmed he’ll welcome an eight-member freshman class of forwards Shane Bowers, Brady Tkachuk, Logan Cockerill, Ty Amonte and Henry Crone and defensemen Kasper Kotkansalo, Cam Crotty and David Farrance.

In short, the Terriers fell just short of their ultimate goal in 2016-17, but there’s optimism that they’re trending upward.

“We have enough faith in our staff and BU hockey that we’re going to continue to get good players,” Quinn said. “We’ve always been able to get good players here at BU. Well before me, well before coach Parker, well before coach Kelley. It’s BU.”

Red Sox can win it all in 2017, even without Big Papi RED SOX, FROM PAGE 12 MVP season from Sandoval, but 12-15 home runs, 60 RBIs and a batting average near .260 is reasonable.

Shortstop The Red Sox have made it quite clear in recent seasons that Xander Bogaerts is staying put. He hit 21 dingers, 89 RBI, and a .294 average in his All-Star and Silver Slugger-winning season. At only 24, Bogaerts is still improving, and he can be a 30 homer/100 RBI player.

Bogaerts is looking to run more in the coming season, and should be exciting to watch in 2017.

Outfield The Red Sox outfield could be the best in the league with Andrew Benintendi in left, Jackie Bradley Jr. in center and Mookie Betts in right.

Benintendi is the top-ranked MLB prospect, and all signs point to superstardom for him. JBJ cranked 26 homers and 87 RBI in his first All-Star season in 2016.

Though he was snubbed for a Gold Glove,

Bradley is arguably the best defender in all of baseball.

Then we have Mookie. In 2016, Betts batted .318 with 31 home runs, 113 RBIs, 26 stolen bases, an .897 OPS and 42 doubles. Mookie was an All-Star, a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger winner, and the runner-up for MVP. He may be the face of the MLB soon.

Designated Hitter While Big Papi’s bat and presence will be sorely missed, the Sox will adapt. The coaching staff can now use the position strategically, as most teams do, to allow position players to rest.

Pedroia, Ramirez and Sandoval will all likely see time at DH. It will be strange to see a Red Sox team without their smiling leader, but regaining the ability to cycle players through DH and take days off from the field may enable the Sox to be a healthier team in 2017.

Bench Brock Holt can play seven positions. Need I say more? With Marco Hernandez, Holt, Josh Rutledge, Chris Young and Christian Vazquez, the Sox have a deep bench. Hernandez has

shown an ability to hit, and is a valuable late-inning defensive replacement and pinch-runner.

Young is a solid fourth outfielder, and he hit .329 against lefties, with a .999 OPS. Expect him to see an uptick in playing time between the outfield and DH. Starting Rotation Boston sports history forever changed when the Sox acquired Chris Sale from Chicago. Sale has finished in the top six in Cy Young voting each of the last five seasons. His numbers are just unfair. Over his seven-year career, Sale averages an ERA of 3.00 with 225 strikeouts and a WHIP of 1.065. He may be the best pitcher on the planet not named Clayton Kershaw.

Oh, and the Sox also have the reigning Cy Young Award winner, Rick Porcello, and ace David Price. With the pressure on newcomer Sale, expect Price to regain his dominance, even if he misses the first month. Price avoiding elbow surgery is nothing short of a miracle.

With a combination of Eduardo Rodriguez, Steven Wright and Drew Pomeranz rounding out the rotation, the Red Sox have fantastic depth at starting pitching.

Bullpen The bullpen may be the Sox’s weakest link in 2017. New addition Craig Kimbrel had a shaky start to his Boston career, but he is still an elite closer. The Sox traded for Tyler Thornburg, an under-the-radar set-up man who had a 2.15 ERA with 90 punchouts in 2016. Thornburg is starting the season on the DL, but he can be a huge asset down the stretch. Carson Smith, Robbie Ross Jr., Matt Barnes, Heath Hembree, Joe Kelly and others round out the pen. If Barnes, Thornburg and Kimbrel pan out as an elite back-end trio, the Sox bullpen could be a strength.

Quick Hot Takes 1.Of the three major awards — MVP, Rookie of the Year and Cy Young — the Red Sox will capture at least two. Mookie, Benintendi and Sale, I’m looking at you.

2.Six Sox hitters will end with 25-plus homers. Mookie, Hanley, JBJ, Bogaerts, Moreland, Pedey, Benintendi, Sandoval — take your pick.

3.The Red Sox will beat the Chicago Cubs in the World Series. Bring it, Theo Epstein.

Who’s excited for some baseball?

Quotable “It’s special to play against [them] ... but I’m proudly wearing red now.” - BU softball coach Ashley Waters on facing her alma mater Maine this weekend. p.10

7th Inning Stretch 2017 Red Sox season preview

Sports Thursday, March 30, 2017

Terriers Bite Back The women’s lacrosse team responded from a disappointing loss to Loyola with an 18-8 thrashing of Colgate. p.11

Quinn reflects on BU’s tumultuous season

BY JACOB GURVIS COLUMNIST

Believe it or not, we are just days away from Opening Day 2017. Can you smell the Fenway Franks yet?

In this preview, I will break down each position and lay out some predictions.

Catcher Last season, Sandy Leon was the primary backstop. In 78 games, Leon hit a surprising .310 with an on-base percentage of .369 and an OPS of .845. In short, Leon played much better than anyone could have anticipated. In fact, he was so good offensively that it had to be a fluke.

Though Leon may begin the season as the starter, the future behind the plate is Christian Vazquez. Though Vazquez, 26, has not hit well in his minimal experience, his elite defense and throwing ability will make him the starter before season’s end.

First Base After a rocky start with the Red Sox, Hanley Ramirez is a new player and person. He will play a vital role in filling the hole left by David Ortiz.

In 147 games last season, Hanley launched 30 homers and 111 RBI with an OPS of .866.

This winter, the Sox signed 2016 American League Gold Glove Award winner Mitch Moreland, who is slated to start against righties. Last season, Moreland smacked 22 homers and 60 RBIs. The Sox are in good shape at first.

Second Base 2016 showed how valuable a healthy Dustin Pedroia is. In 154 games, Pedey batted .318 with 15 homers, 74 RBIs and a .376 OBP. Pedroia continues to display elite defense, and he is now the longest-tenured member of the team. Look for Pedey to keep up his fight against Father Time.

This is his team now.

Third Base Going into 2017, third base belongs to Pablo Sandoval. While Sox fans complain about his contract and his weight, count me as a Pablo optimist. A sharp change in attitude and a trimmed waistline have been good starts, but a strong bat must follow. I don’t expect an CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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Clayton Keller signed with the Phoenix Coyotes immediately after BU was eliminated and made his NHL debut on Monday. With Charlie McAvoy leaving as well, the Terriers hope to retain most of their talented underclassmen for another run at a title next year.

BY JONATHAN SIGAL DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston University men’s hockey team’s 2016-17 season was always going to be defined by one thing: winning a national championship.

Therefore, after losing last weekend in the NCAA Tournament’s quarterfinal round, head coach David Quinn had an honest assessment about his Terriers.

“I’m not going to call any year here a suc-

cess until we win a national title,” Quinn said.

“It’s a good year, but there’s only one measuring stick and that’s a national title.”

That’s the sort of standard that exists on Commonwealth Avenue, a place that’s seen five scarlet-and-white squads hoist college hockey’s biggest crown.

Still, as Quinn hinted at, this year’s group — which had an average age of 20 years and seven months — can hardly be labeled a failure. It earned a share of the Hockey East regular-season title, posted a 6-6-1 record against NCAA Tournament teams, rattled

off an eight-game winning streak and went 3-1 against Boston College, its bitter rival.

There were high moments, too, including seven Terriers skating in the gold medal game of the World Junior Championships, another appearance at Frozen Fenway and a 10-member freshman class that earned three spots on the conference’s All-Rookie team (forwards Clayton Keller and Patrick Harper and goaltender Jake Oettinger).

Still, the looming question was always CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

BOTTOM LI NE THURSDAY, MARCH 30

Softball @ UMass Amherst, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Men’s and women’s track & field @ Texas Relays, all day.

FRIDAY, MARCH 31

SATURDAY, APRIL 1

SUNDAY, APRIL 2

NCAA men’s basketball National

Women’s lacrosse @ Lehigh, 12 p.m.

Men’s and women’s track and field @ Texas Relays, all day.

Men’s lacrosse @ Lehigh, 3 p.m.

Men’s tennis vs. Bryant, 3 p.m.

Softball vs. Maine, 2 p.m.

MONDAY, APRIL 3

Championship, 9 p.m., CBS. Softball vs. Maine, 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.

Will this year’s game top last year’s buzzer beater and crying Jordan memes?