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Panel addresses sustainability in business initiatives Student struck by car crossing Comm. Ave. near West Campus

By Jaime Bennis Daily Free Press Staff

As concern for the environment is brought to light following Earth Day, a panel of professionals advised Boston University students about environmental awareness in business Wednesday.

“We wanted to bring in professionals to get a career aspect for students and also to provide information for them on what to do with their own careers,” said Net Impact Treasurer Alex Wong, a School of Management sophomore.

The panel was organized by a number of student groups at Boston University including BU Net Impact, the BU Energy Club and the International Business Club.

“The panel showed that it’s entry jobs and internships that will actually steer you in the right direction even if you start out somewhere else,” said Net Impact Secretary Patricia Zundritsch, a College of Arts and Sciences junior. “It was also creating more awareness about sustainability in general and really showing that there are people out there that can make an impact if they are in corporations.”

Among the topics discussed at the panel was the “utility death spiral,” which is caused by people relying on sustainable technology to replace utilities, said panelist Brett Feldman, a senior research analyst at Navigant Research.

“The fewer people there are on the grid,

By Adrian Baker Daily Free Press Staff

as an elective, and COM officials are hoping to establish it as a mandatory course for film and television majors by the Fall 2015 semester.

Fiedler said similar alternatives to CO201 might be established in other COM departments. JO201, which would focus on an introduction to journalism, and CM201, which would focus on an introduction to advertising and PR, may be available by the Fall 2015 semester as well, Fiedler said.

Paul Schneider, chair of the film and television department, said FT201 intends to tighten the focus on film and television for freshman that wish to major in the field.

“It’s a course about how to communicate visually,” Schneider said. “They’re going to be getting a number of writing courses, and this is an opportunity to get them thinking in a different way.”

A female Boston University student struck by a vehicle on Commonwealth Avenue was transported to a local hospital with a leg injury Wednesday afternoon.

The student was hit crossing Commonwealth Avenue at St. Paul Street by a car traveling inbound, said Boston University Police Department Captain Robert Molloy.

The driver appeared to have a green light when the collision took place. The driver then stopped the car and identified himself.

The student sustained leg injuries and was transported by Boston Emergency Medical Services to a local area hospital.

She was alert and conscious at the time she was transported and is now in stable condition, Molloy said.

“This is a tragic accident,” said BU spokesman Colin Riley. “We certainly hope that she’s able to get back on her feet.”

Aleksander Skjølsvik, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, was attempting to cross the street as well when he witnessed the accident.

“She was trying to cross when the car just came down, doing 40 [miles per hour], tried stopping, but he couldn’t do anything,” he said.

Cars turning right onto St. Paul Street appeared to have obstructed the student’s view of the vehicle that hit her as it was approaching, Skjølsvik said.

The Boston Police Department received a call at 2 p.m. reporting the accident, and BUPD subsequently responded, Molloy said.

The intersection of Commonwealth Ave. and St. Paul Street is the same location where College of Communication graduate student Christopher Weigl was killed in December 2012 in a similar accident, according to police on the scene.

Weigl, a first-year graduate student in COM, died at the age of 23 in a collision with an 18-wheeler truck while riding his bicycle at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and St. Paul Street in December 2012.

In the same semester Weigl was killed, College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Chung-Wei Yang suffered a fatal bicycle

COM, see page 2

Accident, see page 2

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BU Net Impact, BU Energy Club and the International Business Club hosted a panel Wednesday where speakers discussed the incorporation of positive social and environmental change into their careers and companies.

the higher the prices will keep going up until there is one person on the grid paying for the whole utility,” he said. “There is a lot of debate about whether utilities will crash and burn.”

Although the global trend of growing cities requires more energy to power them, 1.3 billion people in this world have no ac-

cess to energy, said panelist Mak Joshi, director of project management at Schneider Electric.

“Cities take up 2 percent of Earth’s global surface, but they hold 50 percent of the population,” Joshi said. “Cities con-

Sustainability, see page 2

COM considers cutting CO201 for more specific intro courses

By Adrian Baker Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University College of Communication officials are contemplating the creation of specialized required writing courses in lieu of CO201, or Introduction to Communication Writing, that would allow COM students to begin taking classes within their major as early as freshman year.

Though all COM students may not be required to enroll in CO201 in the future, the class will still be available to those who wish to take it.

“A lot of our entering freshman, far more than in the past, are coming in with AP credits,” said COM Dean Thomas Fiedler. “They’re ready to move forward much more quickly than maybe was the case five or 10 years ago.”

CO201, a gateway requirement for all COM students, builds students’ writing

skills while introducing them to various areas of communication, including journalism, public relations, advertising and film and television, Fiedler said.

“The way we have approached this for many years is we wanted our students to hold back a little before they take a deep dive into any particular areas,” Fiedler said. “We want you to get a taste of what each of those fields may expect.”

Fiedler said students interested in the film and television track often wish to pursue classes within their major sooner than the CO201 gateway course allows.

“They’re eager. They’re frustrated,” he said. “It’s like holding back a horse that wants to run.”

COM’s film and television department has established a 201 course that will focus primarily on visual communication, Fiedler said. The new course FT201, called Screen Language, may be available next February

Lawsuit filed against welding company after deadly Back Bay blaze

By Sarah Capungan Daily Free Press Staff

After being found responsible for the Back Bay blaze that resulted in the deaths of two firefighters March 26, D&J Iron Works, the welding company that was working on the premesis at the time, is being sued by the owner of the building.

The lawsuit was filed in Suffolk Superior Court on April 14 on the behalf of Herbert Lerman, the executor of the estate of Michael Callahan, who owns the brownstone that caught on fire. Part of the suit is directed toward Oliver Realty LP, which owns the building on 298 Beacon St. where the welders were working.

The suit stated that Oliver Realty LP did not have a permit for the welding work that took place and also said that the company was responsible for failing to take the necessary precautions for welding work to occur on site.

“By virtue of the inherently dangerous nature of the welding work, Oliver Realty

LP is liable for the failure of D&J and Falcone to take such special precautions to avoid damage to the property of adjoining landowners,” Lerman stated in the suit.

The suit is also directed toward D&J Iron Works in Malden, the welding company being held responsible for the fire.

“As a direct and proximate result of D&J’s negligence, the Estate has sustained damages, including without limitation, property damage and loss of building income, in an amount to be determined at trial,” Lerman stated in the suit.

Lerman also said that the welders violated the Boston Fire Prevention Code, as there was no firefighter or firewatcher present at the site. Additionally, the welders did not have a fire extinguisher or fire resistant shield.

Fire investigators determined that the sparks from the welders came in contact with the shingles on 298 Beacon St. Strong winds further ignited the fire. The case is still under further investigation.

Boston Fire Department Spokesman Steve MacDonald would not comment on the court proceedings, but said although the fire was unfortunate, he is not surprised that it happened.

“It happens from time to time especially if you have strong winds,” he said. “It happens, unfortunately it happened this day.”

MacDonald said the deaths of Lt. Edward Walsh and Kennedy were a “tragic loss” for the Boston Fire Department.

“Lt. Walsh was 43 years old and married with three very young children,” he said. “Firefighter Kennedy was 33 years old and actually scheduled to run in the Boston Marathon. Both are missed greatly and it’s just a tragic lost for the department.”

Diana Pisciotta, spokesperson for Oliver Realty LP, said in a statement that she and other members of the company are saddened at the effects of the fire.

“We are deeply saddened by the tragic

Fire, see page 2

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The owners of 298 Beacon St. are suing the welders believed to have unintentionally sparked last month’s nine-alarm fire in Back Bay that killed two Boston firefighters.

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sume 75 percent of the energy.

By 2050, 70 percent of the population will reside in cities, and you can imagine how much the energy demand is going to be.”

Because the responsibility for the environment is a commonality between all human beings, people need to become more conscious of preserving their world, Zundritsch said.

“The environment is something all of our lives are based on, and people really don’t pay enough attention to it,” she said.

“For example, all of the paper cups that we send to the landfill every year use up energy from trees, they use up space and they will end up polluting the environment. We just use this all for ourselves without giving back.”

Lucy Mui, a member of Net Impact and a CAS sophomore,

said she was impressed by the diversity of the panel and the insights panelists had to offer.

“It’s really reassuring to hear this from a lot of senior executives in a lot of corporations and different companies and industries,” Mui said. “After all that they’ve been through at the positions they are in now, the best advice they still have for us is still to follow our dreams.”

Mui said it is important for everyone to be conscious of the environment and sustainable initiatives regardless of the career path they choose.

“I definitely have an interest in sustainability, and I want to incorporate that into what I do later,” she said. “I don’t have any career plans yet, but I think it’s important for everyone to have sustainability and environmentalism in the back of their minds no matter what they do.”

Companies involved with fire cooperating fully with courts

again. It’s just so sad that someone can lose their life because of fire,” she said. “Our hearts go out someone’s stupid mistake.” to the families of the firefighters Dimitri Racklin, 33, of Boswho gave their lives to save oth- ton said he agrees with the owner ers and protect property.” of the building, in protecting his She also said the company has rights as a landowner and making been cooperative with investiga- sure he gets compensated for the tors and is launching its own re- damage. view of the fire.

“If someone under their au“We have cooperated fully thority was doing something with the investigators, providing wrong that ended up in a fire, them with all relevant informa- then they should definitely take tion, and will continue to do so,” them to court,” he said. “That she said. “The company also ex- kind of stuff cannot be allowed pects to launch its own review.” to happen, especially when it can Several residents had mixed end with two guys dead.” feelings about the lawsuit. Some Harry Mellinger, 54, of the said it is sad to specifically blame West End, said he is glad that lecertain people for the tragedy, but gal action is being taken if polialso said giving someone respon- cies and procedures were not folsibility will prevent it from hap- lowed. pening again.

“People dealing with that sort “It’s complicated, pinning the of equipment can’t be lazy and fire on one person,” said Lisa they can’t slack off,” he said.

Cukier, of Back Bay. “But we “Procedures rules105: are there to mer Term at51, 755 Commonwealth Avenue, and Room never want this to happen again. prevent stuff like this. The buildur course Entertothe raffleing for owner a freeneeds course So catalog • forcing one person accept to do what he the blame and change what they can to make sure his people are are doing wrong that led to the following the rules, that’s his refire will hopefully keep some- sponsibility too.” thing like that from happening Fire: From Page 1

Tinker Ready, an adjunct COM professor of CO201, said CO201 helps students hone important writing skills with a particular emphasis on grammar.

“The value for my students of [CO] 201 is that a lot of them don’t know what they’re going to major in yet,” she said. “Some of them say to me that it helps them to try out the different areas to figure out what they want to do.”

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to start to do more of that.”

COM freshman Annie Kemper said she would prefer a 201 course specializing in film and television if it were available as an alternative to CO201.

“I personally find it a little bit frustrating, because I’m not really interested in public relations or advertising,” Kemper said. “But all the professors say that in today’s world, you need to know how to do everything in communications, so they do have a point.”

Writing Center John Hall said because FT201 would primarily teach visual communication, students taking the course might need to pursue help with essential writing skills outside of the classroom.

“The Writing Center is probably going to have to be a more active supporter in terms of helping students,” Hall said. “We work with students currently on all levels of writing from structure and content organization down to grammar issues, so we might have

Residents already cautious of data mining risks dAtA breAch: From Page 3

and to prevent something similar from happening in the future.

Ann Hall, 56, of Dorchester, said she feels concerned about her own personal information.

“You see something like this on the news and people are already doing it,” she said.

“They’re intelligent enough to know what to do,” she said.

“I hope people [like Ngo] get caught. It’s not right and I hope they put an end to it as soon as

Jen Moran, 22, of Allston, said she is mindful about how much of her information she shares, especially on the Internet and in other digital formats.

“It’s comforting that [Coakley] has our backs looking into this and making sure we’re safe,” she said. “It’s really unsettling that a lot of people [who] felt safe [were] taken of advantage of. I am disappointed in people who do this and don’t understand the desire to do so.”

possible.”

Tom Grochowski, 23, of Allston, said he has found himself in a situation where the safety of his social security information was in jeopardy.

“I applied for a job ... when I went for the interview, I found out [the company] was not legitimate at all,” he said. “Fortunately things turned out fine, but I was very worried and scared. [Coakley] has every right to go through with this investigation and it’s a great thing she’s doing.”

2nd accident at corner despite upgraded safety Accident: From Page 1

crash in Allston in an incident involving an MBTA bus.

In the wake of Weigl’s death and several other bicycle collisions, BU President Robert Brown and former Boston Mayor

Their campaign brought cautionary signs, enhanced bike lane pavement markings and highway reflectors to the portion of Commonwealth Avenue running through BU.

Thomas Menino pushed for greater safety measures in March 2013 to protect cyclists on the 1.5-mile strand of Commonwealth Avenue that stretches along BU’s campus, according to a March 2013 press release.

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Something inside of me has shifted since I started at Boston University. Okay, many things about me have shifted (including my waist measurement, unfortunately), but I’m just realizing in my last month that I have an entirely different outlook on my academic work and why it’s totally sucked lately.

As a freshman and sophomore, I can remember SYDNEY L. SHEA writing essays for class with a huge amount of confidence. I would begin writing well before the due date and finish up a five or 10-page paper with a flourish of intellectual sparkles exuding from my head.

On about every paper I received a solid ‘A’ with beaming remarks at the end. While I don’t think I entered BU as intellectually entitled, I certainly felt that way after my second year (specifically in the Core Curriculum, which was a lot of fun, but I suspect designed to make students feel like brilliant geniuses). I developed a skewed perception of myself. My courses during the first two years of college made everything seem easy.

When I began to do serious research junior year, however, I had absolutely no neurons compared to the scholars whose articles and books I was reading.

The scholarship I was studying had quarter-pages filled with complicated footnotes and highly abbreviated apparatus critici that would require a cryptologist to decode. There was an entire world of knowledge out there, and with only two years left at BU, I was just on the periphery.

There was too much of a gap between the first half and second half of my college career. After being on a solid climb to what I though was the pinnacle of my intellectual summit, I realized that I was actually standing at the bottom of a deep, deep valley. The ignorance about scholarship I had before was totally shattered, and I saw the harsh reality of what was ahead of me.

I often wonder about my classmates who probably have not come to this realization yet. If I hadn’t applied for research funding and done serious work in my area (Classics), there is no way I would have noticed this gap.

Obviously I’m better off knowing that there is a nearly infinite amount of information out there, but in some ways this has actually made my behavior in an academic setting has actually suffer.

When I was younger, I thought all of my questions and comments in class were relevant and interesting, and I probably seemd as if I had much more self-assurance while interacting with professors and classmates.

But now I can barely speak in class at all. Everything I could say would be both vain and wasteful of everyone else’s time. I do, however, pick up on other classmates who are unaware of all the knowledge they don’t possess – these students might come off as super intelligent, but I’d bet they really aren’t. Whatever, at least I know. I guess what I’m saying is I’d like a refund.

Sydney L. Shea is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at slshea@bu.edu.

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Patrick establishes restrictions for Zohydro Tsarnaev friends’ lawyers attempt to move trial

By Stephanie Pagones Daily Free Press Staff

In order to prevent people from abusing prescription painkiller Zohydro ER, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced Tuesday new restrictions would be placed on the monitoring and availability of the drug.

The immediate restrictions imposed on the painkiller will establish a Prescription Monitoring Program and will require doctors to complete risk assessments and pain management treatment agreements on patients prior to prescribing the drug, the Tuesday press release stated.

Drug screening, safe storage and disposal and pill counts are among the issues addressed by the agreement.

A federal judge overturned Patrick’s emergency ban on the painkiller on April 15, but Patrick stood firm in wanting to prevent any harmful uses of the drug.

“We are in the midst of a public health emergency around opioid abuse and we need to do everything in our power to prevent it from getting worse,” Patrick said in the Tuesday release. “The broad actions we are taking to address the opioid epidemic will help save lives and give

By Kelsey Newell Daily Free Press Staff

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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration announced Tuesday it would be imposing restrictions of prescribing the new potent painkiller Zohydro.

families struggling with addiction new hope.”

Patrick was not alone in his crusade against the painkiller, said Alec Loftus, communications director to Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services. The FDA approved the drug over the objection

of its own advisory council, which voted against it 11-2, and a majority of all states, over 30 attorney generals have requested review of approval.

“Late March, Governor Patrick announced a comprehensive plan, declared a public health emergency

Drug, see page 4

Coakley investigates widespread data breach

By Mina Corpuz Daily Free Press Staff

As a result of a potential widespread data breach in March, Massachusetts Attorney Gen. Martha Coakley launched an investigation Tuesday into data broker company U.S. Info Search and credit reporting company Experian.

Several criminals have reportedly been able to access a commercial database containing personal information, including social security numbers and credit card numbers, of over 200 million U.S. citizens.

“Allegations that companies have allowed criminals to purchase personal information of consumers are extremely troubling,” Coakley said in the release. “We are especially concerned about allegations that the companies may have known of this incident for over a year, while not reporting it so consumer could protect themselves.”

On March 3 in a New Hampshire federal court, Hieu Ngo,

a Vietnamese national, pleaded guilty to accessing the personal information of U.S. citizens and offering clients the information on his website, according to the Tuesday release.

Ngo accessed people’s personal information through a company called Court Ventures, which had a data sharing agreement with U.S. Info Search. When Experian purchased Court Ventures’ assets in March 2012, they allowed him to stay on as a customer until December, stated the Tuesday press release.

“Ngo may have resold access to his Court Ventures account through his website to over 1,300 people,” stated the release. “The extent of the breach is not currently known and Experian has represented that its credit card databases were not impacted or accessed in this incident.”

Coakley has gotten in contact with Experian and U.S. Info Search to review the situation and make sure they do what they can to protect customers’ information.

Several attorneys general from other states, including Connecticut and Illinois, have also opened similar investigations into both U.S. Info Search and Experian.

Communications directors at those attorney general offices declined to comment since the investigation is ongoing.

In response to the allegations, Susan Henson, vice president of public relations at Experian, said Experian will assist in the investigation to get to the root of the problem.

“While this is an unfortunate and isolated issue, Experian has devoted its full attention to the matter and continues to fully cooperate with investigators to uncover the facts,” she said in an e-mail Wednesday. “We look forward to addressing this issue through proper legal channels.”

U.S. Info Share was not available to comment at this time.

Several residents said they appreciate Coakley’s efforts to look into the extent of the data breach

Data Breach, see page 2

In order to ensure a fair trial unaffected by the intense publicity and hostility surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing case, the attorneys for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s three friends are pushing for the venue of the trials to be moved outside of Massachusetts.

The three friends of Tsarnaev, Dias Kadyrbayev, Azamat Tazhayakov and Robel Phillipos, are being charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy. Shortly after the bombings, when pictures of the suspects were released, the three men allegedly went over to Tsarnaev’s dorm and took a backpack full of fireworks and Tsarnaev’s laptop to hide them from the police. Additionally, they allegedly lied to the police regarding their knowledge of the crime.

Tazhayakov and Phillipos’ attorneys had already previously filed motions to change the venue of the trials.

On Tuesday, Kadyrbayev’s attorney followed their lead.

David Rossman, law professor at Boston University, said he is doubtful the attorneys will be successful in their motions to change the venue.

“It is very difficult to convince a federal judge to change venue,” he said. “In the case of the three friends of the defendant responsible for the bombing, it will be almost impossible.”

Rossman went on to explain that since the alleged bomber will be tried in Boston, there would be no reason that his alleged accomplices would not be tried here also.

“By all accounts Tsarnaev is going to be tried here,” he said. “To move his trial at this date in the process would force the court to redo many steps that have already been taken. If he can be tried in Boston, they certainly can be. Jury selection will take a lot of time and effort, but there have been many other notorious cases where careful jury selection results in a panel able to put aside their preconceptions.”

All three defendants have pleaded not guilty to the charges of obstructing justice and hindering the investigation. If proven guilty, they are facing up to 20 years in prison and a

Tsarnaev., see page 4

Speaker explains using digital humanities to study Enlightenment

By Adrian Baker Daily Free Press Staff

Stanford University professor Dan Edelstein spoke to members of Boston University’s history department Wednesday about how he and his colleagues are modernizing the study of history by using data analysis to better understand the European Enlightenment.

BU professors and librarians who attended said they found Edelstein’s methodology useful to their own studies and teaching.

“Before this data was available and before texts had been digitized at this large scale, we had to extrapolate a lot on the basis of fairly small evidence,” said Edelstein, a professor of French and history.

“Our approach is more to try to collect everything that’s possible to know and that has been turned into some kind of machine-readable form, and then see what emerges.”

Edelstein described the method of analyzing available data, such as

correspondence between members of the Enlightenment, to better understand the time period.

“What we’re working on right now is a social network graph that would allow you to try and identify key individuals who acted as hubs in this network, but maybe we haven’t really thought about,” Edelstein said. “It would be a way of exploring a network of people based on their links rather than where they were or what they wrote.”

As an example, Edelstein shared a map illustrating the destinations of letters sent by the French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire.

Most of his correspondences were with other individuals living in France.

“It’s just a very national network, which came as a bit of a surprise given the image of the Enlightenment as a much more cosmopolitan period,” Edelstein said. “We always focus on the famous foreign correspondence that they have, but

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Dan Edelstein, professor of French and history at Stanford University, gave a talk Wednesday afternoon about how he and colleagues are using techniques in digital humanities to better understand and map out the European Enlightenment.

when you look at the aggregate on the quantitative level, it tends to fall into a national dimension.”

Edelstein said metadata could

offer new perspectives of history and prompt further research.

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Zohydro one of over 30 opioids available Drug: From Page 3

and banned the drug, Zohydro,” Loftus said.

“He put $20 million toward treatment and recovery services and made available Narcan, a nasal spray that helps to reverse the effects of overdoses.”

When a federal judge overturned the March rulings, Patrick established a new set of limitations on the use and distribution of the drug.

In response to Patrick’s actions against the drug, Zogenix, the pharmaceutical company that markets Zohydro ER, stated in a Wednesday press release the two parties should work together to promote safe drug-use and combat drug abuse and addiction.

“The active ingredient in Zohydro ER, hydrocodone bitartrate, is no more potent than most other opioids,” the press release stated. “The amount of drug in each Zohydro ER capsule is consistent with, and on a relative

basis, lower than that of comparable extendedrelease opioid products. In fact, there are more than 30 extended-release opioids on the market and only one has an FDA-approved label indicating it has abuse deterrent properties.”

The release also stated how no product currently on the market addresses the issue of people taking an unsafe number of pills, which is the most prevalent form of abuse, even when it is approved by the FDA. “It is important to remember that Zohydro ER was approved by the FDA after an exhaustive 18-month review of the clinical data,” the release stated. “This rigorous FDA review process serves the nation’s public health needs, the medical community and those in severe chronic pain.

A Zohydro spokesperson was unable to comment due to the ongoing nature of the situation.

Resident: Impartial jury hard to find

fendants did something so severe that they are incapable of finding an impartial jury, then they $250,000 fine. must face those consequences.

In August, The Daily Free Press previously “Sometimes it’s incredible the way criminals reported that Kadyrbayev’s lawyer, Robert push for justice when they’re the ones that did Stahl, said his client is only guilty of befriending something horrible in the first place,” he said. a person who spoke the same language as him “If that’s the case, then they have to face the fact in a statement. that their jury may be biased. But I don’t think “He and his family hope that the tragedy and these kids did anything that bad, so they should sheer violence of the bombing will not blind jus- still be able to find a fair jury and have a fair tice, that the American justice system will prevail trial.” and that his innocence will be proven at trial,” he Justin Keith, 35, of Back Bay, said their trial stated. “When authorities first approached him, should be treated just like every other one. Alhe fully cooperated. ... The FBI recovered all of though they deserve an impartial trial, going to the items because of [Kadyrbayev’s] complete great lengths to get them into courts outside of cooperation with their investigation.”

Massachusetts is unnecessary.

Many residents said the attorneys probably “That would kind of be going too far and have a very slim chance of changing the trial’s giving them special treatment,” he said. “I still venue. believe the trial will be fair, that’s the reason we remy's_collegenight_4.87x8.pdf 3:59 PM system we do.”

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hen conjuring up the image of a salsa dancer, a pale, overweight British man is the least likely candidate to come to mind. Yet Nick Frost is out to change all of that with his newest starring vehicle, Cuban Fury, which — despite its lackluster script and cases of poor character development — hip shakes and quick steps into the heart with its earnestness, originality and charming cast.

The story is certainly a novel one, even if the same can’t be said for the script itself. The film begins in 1987 when young salsa star Bruce Garrett (Frost) is involved in a merciless bullying incident before a huge U.K. salsa competition and vows to give up dancing forever. About 20 years later, adult Bruce is overweight, under-confident and lacking any kind of meaning in his life. This all changes when he meets Julia (Rashida Jones), his new American boss who is, of course, quite fond of salsa dancing. In an effort to reclaim a lost passion for life — and to reclaim Julia from his insufferably disgusting coworker, Drew (Chris O’Dowd) — Bruce has to rediscover his love for salsa.

If you were to judge Cuban Fury solely from its script, you would probably cramp up from all of the eye-rolling dialogue and abandon the story altogether by the time Frost’s character assigns a numerical value to himself and to Jones’ Julia. (He’s a two, and she’s a 10, in case you were wondering.) Jon Brown, who penned the script, has written for a few acclaimed British TV series, including Misfits and Fresh Meat.

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Cuban Fury, starring Nick Frost, pulses with quick-stepping feet, loud salsa music and flashy sequin-laden costumes, but lacks any kind of lasting substance.

certainly shows. Brown’s résumé shows promise, and here’s hoping he can work out the kinks in time for his next project.

Certain characters are similarly clichéd, even venturing into the realm of cartoonish. O’Dowd’s Drew, for example, is so impossibly one-dimensional that it’s remarkable he doesn’t disappear altogether every time he turns to the side. He is repulsive in every respect of the word, perhaps in an effort to sell the lanky, kindeyed Irishman as a villain in the first place. He spews a non-stop diatribe of fat jokes and obscene sexual references, which are exhaustingly unfunny at best.

Beyond this character development, or blatant lack thereof in Jones’ case, it’s the performances

that really sell this film and make it bearable, even enjoyable, for its 98-minute runtime. Bridesmaids good-guy O’Dowd clearly relishes playing the slime ball for once, putting all he has into every crude joke and accompanying hip thrust, and his palpable enjoyment in stepping into such a role is contagious.

Frost injects a similar level of enthusiasm into playing Bruce, eliminating any traces of doubt that he can lead a film when separated from the Cornetto Trilogy gang of Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg. (Although Pegg does make a hilarious, blink-and-you’ll-miss it appearance in Fury, to be fair.)

The nature of the role requires that Frost be schlubby, but he expertly walks the line between los-

er and sad loser. When he opens and eats an entire four-pack of yogurt in one sitting, for example, it’s amusing rather than depressing.

Beyond these high-billed names, those on the sidelines are the characters that really give Fury depth. Olivia Colman is wonderfully endearing as Bruce’s sister and dance partner, Sam, who works in a tropical-themed bar, mixing drinks in coconuts and doling out life advice to her hapless brother. Kayvan Novak plays the unfortunately small supporting role of the delightfully campy Bejan, Bruce’s salsa classmate and vehement weirdo who spouts nonsensical phrases in his native tongue and carries around a homemade jug of “still”

Fanta — which he insists that everyone drink straight from the bottle. Even Alexandra Roach in the small role of Bruce’s unenthusiastic secretary, Helen, is a welcome addition for the impressive amount of sardonic disinterest she’s able to convey in her relatively short time onscreen.

Most important in a film about salsa, however, is the actual dancing itself. And in that respect, Cuban Fury does not disappoint.

The film is peppered with amateurs and hardened salsa pros alike, each putting all that they have into every twist and turn.

The heavier Frost, who occupies the majority of the film’s dance scenes, is unbelievably nimble on his feet, whirling and twirling through the film with professional skill. In one of the standout moments, romantic rivals Bruce and Drew make the ridiculous suggestion of dancing for Julia’s heart.

But the absurdity doesn’t matter when they launch into an intense dance sequence that would make both the Sharks and the Jets quake with jealous dance rage.

With its fast-moving feet, blaring salsa soundtrack and bedazzled silk shirts, it’s hard not to get caught up in the frenzy of Cuban Fury. And, on its surface, the film has all the right ingredients to make it a feel good hit: romantic rivalry, dance numbers, humor and even the most adorably awkward meet cute since Woody Allen’s and Diane Keaton’s jittery verbal spar in the tennis court clubhouse.

Never mind that Cuban Fury does little beyond that surface. Like the transitory moments of a salsa, the film is entertaining and exciting watch, but once it’s gone, there’s only an empty dance floor.

Black Lips bring patented punk rock antics to Paradise

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f there is one word to describe the Black Lips, it has to be “weird.” And when I say that, I don’t mean pseudo-hipster, beanie- and flannel-wearing weird. I mean straight-up drooling, wildly gesticulating, outof-tune-yet-somehow-working weird.

When the kings of quirk took the stage at Paradise Rock Club Saturday evening, there was already the expectation that it would be an odd evening. The band is known for its on-stage antics. From vomiting to nudity, nothing is too over-the-top. They take raw, uncensored garage punk to a new level.

They took a step back with their most recent album, Underneath the Rainbow, co-produced

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Keys. Although it is perhaps a bit more refined and tame than some of their previous work, it still exhibits the band’s fearlessness in breaking the rules that was so prevalent in their previous work.

And it’s not as if their fans are so innocent, either.

At the show Saturday, a mosh pit broke out immediately with the first few notes the band played, along with the throwing of beer receptacles onto the stage — special props to the band members, who all appeared to be expert in dodging flying beer cans. Three songs in, there were already people crowd surfing. The security guards situated at the front of the stage looked extremely pained from the get-go.

With a couple of older tracks, “Family Tree” and “Modern Art,”

the band appeared even more comfortable with their obscurity.

They played with a secure sense of self, unafraid to make suggestive gestures, dance and yell into the microphone with very little regard for intonation.

But the good thing about the Black Lips is that lack of intonation totally works. They see no need for sophistication, for any sort of rule following. Instead, the only important thing is making crude punk rock that gets an entire room dancing.

The band rattled off a slew of quick and dirty songs from their new album — “Drive-By Buddy,” followed by “Boys in the Wood” and “Smiling.” With metallic guitars and a Southern twang, “Boys in the Wood” shone brightly.

“Smiling” featured, again, ex-

treme mastery of out-of-tune yet oh-so-perfect harmonies.

That being said, it was nearly impossible to pay attention to the performances at all.

Even physically safe and secure on the balcony, it was difficult to focus on the music purely due to the rapid movements of the crowd. It was a dizzying experience, between the projected video of some sort of growing bacteria under a microscope and the sweaty shoving occurring on the floor. A crew member for the band threw toilet paper rolls into the audience, prompting even more sweaty, disgusting confusion.

The first part of the set closed with the band’s biggest hit, “Bad Kids.” As if everyone in the room could relate, the audience erupted into the largest mosh pit of the

evening. Drummer Joe Bradley took proper bows before leaving the stage — pretty much the only proper thing of the night, really.

As an encore, the band played “O Katrina!” from the 2007 album Good Bad Not Evil. Guitarist Cole Alexander rolled up into a somersault, playing insane chords while essentially standing on his head.

The evening ended with a rendition of “Bow Down and Die” by the Almighty Defenders, a supergroup consisting of members of Black Lips and The King Khan & BBQ Show. It was a swinging back-and-forth, joyous conclusion to the set. One surfer lost his pants during his trip over the rippling crowd in a fitting end to an evening that had completely broken all the rules and run free.

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On police brutality

On Tuesday, the New York Police Department asked its Twitter followers to tweet pictures of them interacting with the city’s policemen with the hashtag #myNYPD. This attempt of promoting a positive image for the department instead backfired into a public-shaming stint by their followers.

The #myNYPD Twitter campaign became an outlet for people to erupt the Twittersphere with pictures of the department’s excessive brutality, particularly during the Occupy Wall Street movement. Instead of happy pictures of cops in uniform posing with locals and helping people out, the #myNYPD hashtag was flooded with barbaric images of policemen kneeing civilians, bashing people with sticks and the bloody results.

After more than 10,000 tweets in an hour with the hashtag #myNYPD Tuesday evening, NYPD did not have much to say in defense.

All NYPD spokeswoman Kim Royster publically had to say was, “The NYPD is creating new ways to communicate effectively with the community. Twitter provides and open forum for an uncensored exchange and this is an open dialogue good for our city.”

This revealing #myNYPD Twitter campaign sparked similar hashtag trends directed toward various police departments around the country, such as LAPD. Twitter user @ amusem tweeted a picture of an NYPD officer pulling at a woman in handcuffs’ hair, with the caption, “Is that the one your public relations people requested? #mynypd.” Well, probably not.

Although this was most likely not the social media activity that NYPD intended with this hashtag, a conversation around police brutality is one that needed to be brought to light. Since police are a vital part to keeping any community safe, their shortcomings and excessive violence often go overlooked.

Just a few weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Justice released a report scrutinizing the Albuquerque Police Department in New Mexico for their unacceptable “pattern of excessive force.” Last month the APD shot and killed James Boyd, a homeless Albuquerque man, during an outburst of mental instability. According to a Tuesday USA Today article, Boyd was the 37th person shot by APD and the 23rd one killed since January 2010.

And just two days ago, an APD policeman shot and killed 19-year-old Mary Hawkes who was suspected of truck theft — “suspected” being the operative word. Similar to Boyd,

even though Hawkes never pulled out a gun on the police, she is the third person in five weeks to be shot dead by the Albuquerque police.

As the brutality of the APD and NYPD have re-entered the spotlight via social media week, it is vital that our justice department revisits the conversation around conventional police training. The fact that Tuesday evening’s Twittersphere was dominated with more pictures of police brutality than compassion speaks to a fundamental problem within this country’s police force, in which they are trained to act based on reaction rather than rationale.

Attila Denes, a Colorado County Police Captain, said the incessant issue of police brutality around the United States lies in the way policemen are trained. According to a 2013 report by the National Sheriff’s Association, at least half of the people who are violently killed by police in the U.S. every year have some sort of mental health problem — such as one of APD’s victims, James Boyd. If police were taught how to better identify the psychological rather than physical state of the suspected criminal, than fatal encounters between the police and mentally ill wouldn’t be so frequent.

“Traditional law enforcement tactics are rooted in logic, in reasoning — and in issuing commands for someone to comply so that we can make the situation safe right now by taking a person into custody,” Denes said. “But barking orders at a person with serious mental illness doesn’t work.”

This is not meant to undermine the importance and vital role police forces play in a community, however. Just look at the positive role both the Boston Police Department and Boston University Police Department play in our daily lives. Both of these departments act with good intentions, and, for the most part, succeed in making BU and Boston feel safe. Their excessive presence at Monday’s Marathon was not only warranted, but comforting as well.

But, at the same time, it would do our country a disservice to overlook how frequently the police use excessive force to quiet at rowdy crowd. Police should be inherently emphathetic, not just toward the mentally ill, but also toward normal, everyday civilians. If the police were trained with more of an emphasis on psychology and empathy, maybe Tuesday evenings Twittersphere would have been filled with fewer pictures of NYPD police officers with their knees on people’s necks, and more pictures of Hallmark moments like their social media managers probably intended.

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Life in the left lane

Minority opinion SARA Ryan We’ve all gone through the dreaded college application process. There were far too many essays written at 2 a.m. and countless interviews where you had spinach from lunch in your teeth. Then when it was all done with, you had to wait for months to find out whether or not you were good enough. Well, for next year’s high school seniors, the desirable qualifications might be a little bit different, and I can’t decide if that’s a good thing.

On Tuesday the Supreme Court announced its ruling on the controversial Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action. According to Oyez.com, an Illinois Institute of Technology at Chicago and Kent College of Law collaborative project (long-winded explanation, I know), the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action challenged a 2006 Michigan referendum.

The referendum amended Michigan’s state constitution to prohibit “all sex- and racebased preferences in public education, public employment, and public contracting.”

The Court ultimately decided that this referendum was constitutional. A Washington Post article from Tuesday noted that this ruling gives constitutional support to similar laws in California and Florida.

Now I know what you’re thinking, “Wow. A white girl from a middle class family doesn’t like affirmative action. How surprising!” Before you get incredibly offended by what you think I’m arguing, listen to this. I don’t have a problem with the concept of affirmative action. My issue is with how affirmative action is implemented.

Affirmative action was created to give those without access to higher education a better chance of succeeding. Specifically for universities, this meant giving disadvantaged applicants a boost in the application process. Somewhere along the way “disadvantaged” was equated with “minority.” This is where I have a problem.

The affirmative action system has become a system that perpetuates stereotypes and fails to actually help those in need. I am not the only one who has heard “She only got into Prestigious Ivy League because she’s black,” or “We have the same grades and test scores, but he’s Hispanic, so I probably won’t get in.”

Affirmative action in the college admissions process has created stereotypes that minority candidates might not be as qualified, but there’s an unwritten assumption that they have a better chance of getting that coveted acceptance letter based on their melanin count.

Introduced in the 1960s to combat centuries of racial discrimination, affirmative action sought to close the achievement gap.

In a May 9, 2010 New York Times interview, Julián Castro, mayor of San Antonio

and potential 2016 presidential candidate, said that he was accepted to Stanford because of affirmative action. Coming from a lower income neighborhood, both Castro and his identical twin brother, Joaquín, excelled in their environment, but didn’t quite measure up on standardized tests.

Both men graduated from Stanford and then Harvard Law. The Castros are obviously not the only example of affirmative action success stories. There are plenty of other cases where lower income students earned access to educations they might not have been able to afford or qualify for based on merit alone.

The point here?

Affirmative action worked. That’s past tense, everybody, meaning that it is no longer working.

There is still plenty of work to be done in closing the achievement gap, but basing it solely on race severely limits our ability to help. It reinforces inaccurate stereotypes that do not promote equality and respect.

There are plenty of minority millionaires in this country. Do you expect me to believe that the daughter of a successful Hispanic businessman needs help getting into college as much as a white waitress’s son? Affirmative action should reward those who have excelled in their environments, rather than look at superficial qualities, such as race.

Despite bans becoming more commonplace in the United States, affirmative action will continue to exist as long as private universities and companies survive. However, it could certainly use a makeover.

Affirmative action should be based on socioeconomic situation, rather than race.

In a country that is becoming increasingly diverse at all economic levels, we cannot stop at race. That unfairly says that all minority candidates need assistance, regardless of background. Logical fallacies like this will only prevent our country from becoming more accepting as a whole.

This is not to say that race shouldn’t be a consideration for university admissions teams. Diversity (in more ways than just race, mind you) is incredibly important for a college atmosphere, but a college cannot call itself diverse just because X percentage of its student body is not white.

We live in a country (and world) that is working toward equal opportunity for all. If we can only see one characteristic, namely race, we might as well be blind.

The longer we perpetuate this system of affirmative action, the longer we will be unable to achieve true equality.

Sara Ryan is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences studying political science and math. She can be reached at sryan15@bu.edu.

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Chipps: McCarron leaves Sims big shoes to fill at Alabama Chipps: From Page 8

keep his team relevant in America’s toughest conference.

While Sumlin and Texas A&M look for someone to rise above the rest of the field and take control of the starting quarterback job, Blake Sims must also prove that he is capable of leading a loaded Crimson Tide team that intends on remaining one of the elite teams in college football.

How do you replace a legend? Can you replace a legend?

These questions have always crossed my mind. After years and years of watching college football, I think I finally have an answer.

You don’t.

Replacing Johnny Football or A.J. McCarron is like trying to replace your favorite football jersey. You just don’t. All you can do is finish that chapter of your life and write a new one.

Regardless of what transpires between now and the fall, someone will attempt to follow in the shoes of Johnny Manziel. Whoever that may be, they must realize that trying to fill Manziel’s shoes is impossible. Winning games is the only way to rid the memories of Johnny Football, not with incredible acrobatic displays of greatness that Manziel so frequently delivered.

In Sims’ case, three years on the bench is a

long time to wait for a chance to become the starting quarterback. But now Sims must prove he is worthy of leading the Crimson Tide back to the national championship.

One of the reasons why college football remains such an exciting entity is because you get to watch legends exist while new ones enter frequently.

A.J. McCarron was the starting quarterback at Alabama for only three years, but it seemed like a lifetime for college football enthusiasts who continued to watch McCarron beat their favorite team and rack up award after award.

But unlike the NFL where the AFC East has faced the wrath of Tom Brady for more than a

decade, SEC opponents can shed a sigh of relief knowing that McCarron is long gone after three years of reckoning.

Now it’s Blake Sims’ turn to write a new chapter in the Alabama Crimson Tide’s long book of college football dominance.

The journey from bench warmer to star quarterback is always unique and underappreciated, and Sims story is no exception.

With one year left of eligibility, this may be Sims’ last shot at the limelight.

Will he blossom in his last shot at stardom, or will he be derailed by McCarron’s legacy and disappoint the Tuscaloosa faithful?

It seems only time will tell.

Talkow continues faceoff success Men’s Lacrosse: From Page 8

saders (3-11, 1-7 PL), the rookie again won a majority of the faceoffs, this time going 12-of21, and also tied the game-high by gathering 5 ground balls.

Talkow excelled in his role in both those games, giving the Terriers possession and allowing his teammates to create opportunities on offense.

Terriers prepare for last game against Duke The Terriers will host No.2 Duke University on May 4th in both teams’ last regular season game.

The Blue Devils (12-2) are getting set for its matchup with No.4 Syracuse University in the Atlantic Coast Conference semifinals this Friday.

BU already garnered experience against the top level of Division I men’s lacrosse in a rough 15-6 defeat at No. 1 Loyola UniversityMaryland on April 12.

Moreover, the Terriers will take comfort in the fact that Duke’s only two losses have come on the road, although BU has yet to win a game at Nickerson Field.

The Blue Devils excel offensively, as they are second in the nation in scoring with 14.36 goals per game. They demonstrated that trait most thoroughly versus the Orange (9-3) on March 23, when went on a dominating roll to win 21-7.

Duke also has one of the greatest attacking threats in the country in senior Jordan Wolf.

The senior is third in the country in scoring with 3.31 goals per game, and fifth in points with 4.79 per game.

“Exam week’s right after [the game against] Duke and [the players] are going to be tied up with that,” Polley said on preparing for the

matchup. “So we’re seeing where we are in terms of how fast we are and how strong we are and how conditioned we are, and that way they have a baseline for the summer and how we hope to improve.

“We’re doing that this week, and then next week, starting either Saturday or Sunday, we’ll start preparing for Duke.”

Schaal displays all-around skill In BU’s slim victory over Holy Cross this past Saturday, freshman attack Adam Schaal showed his continued ability to contribute in multiple areas. Schaal only took two shots in the game, but the Collegeville, Pa., native made efficient use of them, scoring one goal to go along with an assist.

The rookie has contributed to the Terriers’ offense in a similar way all season by demonstrating his skills as both a shooter as well as a playmaker. Schaal has 10 goals this season — fourth on the team — in addition to 11 assists, the second most on the team. Schaal is also second on BU in total points with 21. “[Schaal]’s our primary ball-handler right now, and he’s doing a nice job,” Polley said.

“He’s kind of stepped up his game.

“He was more of a role player for us at the beginning of the season and then [freshman attack] Pat Myers went down with his injury and Adam’s really stepped up and kind of been the quarterback of our offense” The most impressive statistic of Schaal’s though, may be his shots on goal percentage, .741, which leads the team. The attack’s efficiency in shooting the ball helps the Terriers make the best of valuable possessions on offense.

“He’s done a nice job being balanced,” Polley said. “Scoring a little bit but also assisting, and he’s really controlling the tempo of our offense.”

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work for what we want.”

To counter the Navy attack, BU could look to freshman goalkeeper Caroline Meegan in the contest, despite having not played in the quarterfinal game against Lehigh. Meegan started 12 of the 14 games she played in this season and owns a 11.03 goals-against average and a .418 save percentage.

Senior goalkeeper Christina Sheridan, who played a full 60 minutes against Lehigh, has started five games this season and holds a 10.15 goals-against average and a .372 save percentage. In the win over the Mountain Hawks, she made seven saves to secure the victory.

On the opposite end, junior Annie Foky

will likely be in the net for Navy. The goalkeeper has started each of the 11 games she has played in and has an impressive 4.97 goals-against average as well as a .440 save percentage.

Navy may also look to sophomore Cassidy Chaney, who has started five games this season. Chaney possesses a 8.43 goalsagainst average and a .328 save percentage.

Despite going up against a tough opponent, Robertshaw said her team is ready for the challenge and not nervous to be going on the road to Maryland for the semifinals.

“We just have to go out there and play our game and see what happens,” Robertshaw said. “We’re not surprised to be here.

This was one of our goals, to do as well as we’ve done, and we want to keep going.

We’re not surprised at all.”

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against the streaking Crimson like any game.

“I don’t think it’s different than any other,” Gleason said of the matchup. “I just think it’s a great inner-city rival here … I know they’re on an [18]-game win streak and they’re undefeated in the Ivy League, so I know they’re having a great season. They’re a very good team, very well coached.”

The Terriers’ senior right fielder Jayme Mask and senior shortstop Brittany Clendenny hope to continue leading their surging offense this weekend and continue the win streak against a tough Harvard team.

Over the winning stretch, Mask has been a hitting machine, scoring nine runs, while Clendenny has driven in five, including a two-run homer to right field in Wednesday’s win against the University of Rhode Island.

Despite the pressure associated with a win streak, Gleason said she does not let that affect the team’s mindset.

“Just one game at a time,” Gleason said of preparing for the games. “That’s all we focus on is one game at a time … I don’t think we look ahead or look behind, we just look at what’s in front of us.”

Following the matchup against the Crimson, BU will have a three-game series against Patriot League foe Lafayette College over the coming weekend.

To describe the Leopards’ (6-29, 4-11 Patriot League) 2014 season thus far as frustrating would be an understatement. In Patriot League play, the team falls dead last in six offensive categories, most notably average, runs and RBI. They do however lead the league in one offensive category — strikeouts.

The other side of the ball has not been much better for the Leopards either, as they are second-to-last in the conference in pitching and fielding with a bloated 4.11 ERA and 29 errors.

Along with the Terriers’ big bats, BU has seen the return of freshman pitcher Makinna Akers and sophomore pitcher Melanie Russell from injury. The pitching has been strong since they have come back to the rotation, which could mean trouble for the struggling Leopard bats.

Gleason said at the end of the Terriers’ matchup against URI (11-29) Tuesday, that the team started to take its foot off the gas pedal at the end of the contest, allowing Rhode Island to get back into the game. Going up against a struggling Lafayette team, Gleason said the URI game has taught her team some valuable lessons.

“I think we learned a lot [Tuesday]. We learned that we had a lot of work to do on the infield and the outfield and with our footwork … We talked today about how no game is ever over. We learned a lot [Tuesday].”

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— BU coach Liz Robertshaw on reaching the Patriot League semifinal round.

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Quarterback Blake Sims has been on one hell of a ride.

Since he began playing for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in 2011, he has won two national titles and watched his team amass an incredible 36-4 record over that time span.

You’ve probably never heard of Blake Sims though, and for good reason.

Sims ride has been one of epic proportions, but over the course of his Alabama football career, he has played almost no part in his team’s unprecedented reign of success.

For the last three years, Sims has been the backup quarterback to Alabama star A.J. McCarron. While sitting on the bench, Sims has watched his predecessor shred defenses, win national titles, become a Tuscaloosa, Ala., legend and steal the hearts of Winn-Dixie.

In his three years at Alabama, Sims has attempted just 39 passes and thrown for less than 300 yards.

But with McCarron off to the NFL and gone for good, Sims finally has the opportunity to make a name for himself and solidify himself as the “go-to” guy in Tuscaloosa.

But Sims is not the only quarterback in college football who will be charged with the task of replacing an elite college quarterback.

At this time two years ago, newly appointed head coach Kevin Sumlin at Texas A&M University was without a starting quarterback. After losing Ryan Tannehill to the NFL Draft, Sumlin was desperate to find a competent replacement to keep the Aggies competitive in their first year as members of the Southeastern Conference.

In came an undersized and underappreciated redshirt freshman by the name of Johnny Manziel. At first glance, Manziel was a cocky underclassman that had already been arrested once for disorderly conduct.

But as we all know, that didn’t stop Manziel. He went on to become the first freshman to win the Heisman trophy and in the process became the most talked about player in college football history.

Sumlin once again sits a crossroads, with Manziel gone to the NFL and fifth year senior Matt Joeckel transferring. So the coach is desperate to find a quarterback who can

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After besting Lehigh University 14-9 in the Patriot League quarterfinal round, the Boston University women’s lacrosse team is set to take on the fourtime defending Patriot League champions U.S. Naval Academy Thursday in the Patriot League semifinals in Baltimore.

The third-seeded Terriers (8-9, 5-3 Patriot League) pose a threat to the No. 2 Midshipmen (14-2, 6-2 Patriot League). Earlier in the season on March 22, BU edged Navy in a close 9-8 battle in Annapolis, Md. The Terriers’ win ended the Navy’s 15-game Patriot League winning streak that dated back to the 2011 campaign.

“We’re going to have a great battle,” said BU coach Liz Robertshaw about the upcoming game. “We’re all excited to go out there and have some fun in Maryland.”

Tuesday’s game against Lehigh (7-9, 4-4 Patriot League) saw major contributions from many Terriers. Sophomore midfielder Jill Horka scored a careerhigh five goals and freshman attack Taylor Hardison accumulated a career-best five points.

Senior midfielder Becca Church and junior attack Lindsay Weiner each scored twice and added a helper in the win. Sophomore attack Jenny Thompson, junior attack Jenna Boarman and senior midfielder Sydney Godett each tallied a point as well to help lead the Terriers to the next round of the tournament.

Earlier this week, four TerriMICHELLE JAY/DAILY FREE PRESS FILE PHOTO ers were also honored with All- BU senior midfielder Sydney Godett was named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team on Tuesday.

Patriot League accolades. Senior defense Christie Hart and Horka squad also boasts some big trols (100) and ground balls (28). have had a great deal of success Senior Aimee Gennaro, se- this season,” Robertshaw said. secured spots on the All-Patriot names. Four Midshipmen were League First Team, while Church named to the All-Patriot League nior Jill Coughlin and sophomore “We really need to take chances and Weiner earned All-Patriot Team, including junior Loren Ge- Lizzy Rullan each earned spots on attack and be aggressive.

“Our schedule has prepared us League Second Team honors. neri, who was named to the First on the Second Team for the Midto take on such a tough team like Tuesday, the conference named Team for the third consecutive shipmen.

“We have to bring a strong de- Navy. We’ve taken some hits, but Godett a member of the Academ- season. The Bayport, N.Y., native leads her team in points (78), fensive end because they’re going it has prepared us to battle and ic All-Patriot League Team.

On the other side, Navy’s goals (44), assists (34), draw con- to be bringing goal scorers who W. lAcrOSSe, see page 7

Terriers more effective on road Crimson unbeaten in previous 20

By Alex Rozier Daily Free Press Staff

After a stretch of five straight home games in the first half of the season, the Boston University men’s lacrosse team traveled to Easton, Pa. on March 15 to defeat Lafayette College 12-7.

In their last game on April 19, the Terriers (2-11, 2-6 Patriot League) were again victorious on the road in a 9-8 victory against the College of the Holy Cross.

The statistics from BU’s home and away games do not differ greatly. On the road, the Terriers’ scoring margin is minus-3.83 goals per game, while at home that figure is minus-3.57 per game. Similarly, BU only scores 0.24 more goals per game on the road than it does at home.

“I think [the team’s winning on the road] is just a coincidence,”

The Bottom Line

Thursday, April 24

Softball vs. Harvard, 4 p.m.

W. Lacrosse vs. Navy, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 25 Track @ Penn Relays, All Day

said BU coach Ryan Polley. “We’ve played well at home. Lehigh [University] was ranked, Colgate [University] was ranked and [the U.S. Military Academy] was ranked.

We’ve played some tough opponents at Nickerson.

“Canisius [College] was our second game, and we weren’t quite ready to win yet. I think it’s just a coincidence that we’ve won on the road, because we’ve actually played fairly well at home and we just weren’t able to secure victories.”

One constant in BU’s two wins is the play of freshman midfielder Sam Talkow.

In the game against the Leopards (2-11, 1-7 Patriot League), Talkow won 64 percent of the game’s faceoffs and picked up a game-high eight ground balls. Against the Cru-

Men’S lAcrOSSe, see page 7

Saturday, April 26 Softball vs. Lafayette, 12 p.m., 2 p.m.

W. Lacrosse vs. TBD, TBA Track @ Penn Relays, All Day

By Joe Calabrese Daily Free Press Staff

With momentum on its side, the Boston University softball team will look to continue its sixgame winning streak with four games at home in as many days.

First up for the Terriers (25-18, 8-4 Patriot League) is a Thursday afternoon matchup against crossriver rival Harvard University.

Much like BU, the Crimson (27-11) are playing with a lot of momentum, but their streak is one of monstrous proportions. Harvard has not lost in their last 20 contests, which includes two ties.

A scoreless game against Princeton University and an 8-8 contest versus the University of Pennsylvania were suspended in the fourth and sixth innings, respectively. Harvard’s last defeat was

Sunday April 27 Softball vs. Lafayette, 12 p.m.

a 2-1 contest against California State University–Bakersfield on March 21.

Leading the charge for Harvard is senior Kasey Lange, who is having a spectacular year at the dish. Lange leads her team in all but two hitting categories this season, including home runs, average and RBI. But BU’s confident bats will look to put Harvard’s long streak to an end. The Terriers’ Patriot League leading offense has outscored opponents 36-10 over the last six games and will try to put a dent in a Crimson pitching staff that boasts the NCAA’s 24th-best ERA at 1.94.

BU coach Kathryn Gleason said she is treating the game

SOFtbAll, see page 7

Monday, April 28 Softball vs. UMass - Lowell, 4 p.m.