4-26-2018

BOSTON STRONG, 3

UNCOMMON, 7

FINAL WORD, 9

YOUNG BLOOD, 11

A local nonprofit made unauthorized ‘Boston Strong’ liscense plates.

An art exhibition was unveiled on the Boston Common Wednesday.

Our editor-in-chief says farewell to the paper and people of the FreeP.

Sophomore attack Kailey Conry has had a stellar sophomore season.

THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018

THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY

YEAR XLVI. VOLUME XCIV. ISSUE XIV

Comm. Ave. Bridge construction to start July 26 Wheelock

social work students will go to Simmons

BY ARMAND MANOUKIAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced Monday that it will continue construction on the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge for 15 and a half days starting in July.

According to a press release sent out by MassDOT on Monday, construction will occur between July 26 and Aug. 11.

All modes of transportation in the Boston University/ Saint Paul Street neighborhood of Boston along Commonwealth Avenue will be affected, including impacts to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line, commuter rail, Amtrak and traffic on Interstate 90.

This phase of construction comes nearly a year after the first phase. While the construction project last summer focused mainly on the eastbound side of the bridge, as well as the MBTA tracks in the center, this phase will focus mainly on the westbound side. The project will likely cost $110 million.

The goal of the project is improved infrastr ucture.

According to the press release, it will replace the bridge’s infrastructure and add “functional and safety improvements” such as more bike lanes and “extensive” pedestrian improvements.

BU spokesman Colin Riley said he does not foresee a huge level of disruption due to MassDOT’s ahead of schedule

BY KIRAN GALANI DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

some stations on the Green Line B Branch and MBTA Bus Routes CT2 and 47, according to the press release.

Contractors will be working 24 hours a day, using accelerated construction techniques in order to minimize the impact of the project.

MassDOT planners have even set up shop in one of the university’s buildings on Commonwealth Avenue, Riley said.

Commuters during the construction period will experience changes in transportation routes in various ways, according to the press release.

Pedestrians and bicyclists will

As a result of the scheduled June 1 merger between Boston University and Wheelock College, more than 100 current Wheelock students will be moving to the Charles River Campus. Some of these students, those looking to complete a Bachelor of Social Work degree, will become Simmons College students despite living on BU’s campus.

Due to the fact that BU does not offer a bachelor’s in social work, the students were given the option to transition to Simmons or remain at BU to pursue another course of study. A little over 20 students who chose to attend Simmons will be living on either BU’s Charles River Campus or Fenway Campus, BU spokesman Colin Riley said.

“It’s actually very straightforward,” Riley said. “We’ve assured the students who are pursuing a bachelor’s in social work that they’ll be able to continue to matriculate in that program, and we’ve partnered with Simmons College to do that.”

Most of the students enrolled in the program are upperclassmen who are going to be matriculating soon, Riley said. As a result, this will not be a long-term arrangement for them.

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The Commonwealth Avenue Bridge will undergo the second phase of its renovation this summer.

work from last summer.

“If it goes as smoothly as it did last year, even though there’s a tremendous amount of construction, there won’t be as much disruption as people anticipate,” Riley said.

Since last year’s construction took place while most students were away for the summer, Riley said, it did not interfere greatly with university operations.

“Students in [summer] activities on campus coordinated so that anything that was taking place on campus could be held with the least [amount of] problems,” Riley said.

Because last year’s renovation was also more extensive than the work planned for this year, the

construction should not be as big of an impediment to BU students, Riley said.

BU has a close working relationship with MassDOT when it comes to construction that will affect students, Riley said.

“It’s been an ongoing conversation for many years and a continued very positive working relationship,” Riley said.

“Everything is being coordinated.

We’ve been in conversation on what their planning entails and what our needs are, so they’re very accommodating.”

Several detours and transit shuttles will be put in place over the 15 and a half days of construction. These will be necessary for

Grad students may unionize Medical marijuana policies still unclear

BY HALEY LERNER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Last week, Harvard University research and teaching assistants voted to unionize, allowing them to collectively bargain with the university for better conditions and payment. This historic result prompts questions of similar efforts occuring at Boston University.

The Harvard students’ vote to unionize was held April 18 and 19, resulting in 1,932 ballots cast in favor of and 1,532 against creating a graduate student union, according to The Harvard Crimson. The ballot tallying was conducted by the National Labor Relations Board at their regional office Friday.

Now, Harvard graduate students can collectively bargain with their administration, which they previously had been unable to do.

The Boston Universit y Graduate Workers Union-United Auto Workers is advocating for the working rights of graduate student employees at BU. While the union is not currently recognized by the BU

administration, the organization hopes to collectively bargain with them regarding graduate students’ employment, said Lizzy Karnaukh, a second year doctoral candidate in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a member of the BUGWU-UAW. Karnaukh said she feels great about the fact that Harvard graduate students have formed an officially recognized union.

“It’s a really incredible thing,” Karnaukh said. “It’s really powerful. It shows the measure of solidarity and building power in working to improve the working conditions of graduate students.”

Karnaukh said she thinks Harvard’s new union will positively affect the progress of the BUGWU-UAW. “We looked at our colleagues across the river and we see that they can win a [graduate student] union,” Karnaukh said. “That’s really exciting for us because it’s fresh momentum for us to build off of in our own organizing on our campus.”

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BY MUGDHA GURRAM DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Massachusetts State Legislature will not be clarifying medical marijuana laws this congressional session despite an April 17 Supreme Judicial Court ruling that raised concerns with the Commonwealth’s current legislation.

A 2012 ballot measure allows

Massachusetts residents to possess a 60-day, or 10-ounce supply, of medical marijuana. Daniel Smith, legislative director and general counsel for Sen. Patricia Jehlen, said the ruling rested partially on the fact that the guilty party was convicted of selling marijuana illegally.

“It wasn’t decided on the amount of plants that were being

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Medical marijuana regulation won’t get updated this year, according to the Senate chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy.

grown at one time,” Smith said.

“It was based upon finding a large quantity of cash, finding scales [and] finding baggies in the same location as the marijuana.”

Currently, medical marijuana patients who require a larger dosage can receive permission with a doctor’s recommendation. Despite this, the court called into question the clarity of the language regarding the 60-day medical marijuana supply.

“What the court referenced was that it’s hard to tell from the language of a 60-day supply and of 10 oz. how that applies to growing plants,” Smith said.

He said defining the supply in terms of the number of marijuana plants could be cause for concern, since plant yield can vary depending on the grower.

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Baker designates investment ‘opportunity zones’

BY MICHELLE SHVIMER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In an effort to generate longterm investment in low-income areas, on April 19, Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration proposed 138 neighborhoods across Massachusetts, including Boston, become “Opportunity Zones.”

Under this program, these areas will be eligible for a new federal program designed to stimulate growth in underprivileged urban and rural communities nationwide.

“The Opportunity Zone Program helps leverage private investment in Massachusetts cities and towns and can be a catalyst for job creation and economic activity,” Gov. Charlie Baker said in a joint press release with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development.

Colleen Arons, director of communications for the EOHED, told The Daily Free Press that the opportunity zone program, created as part of the federal 2017 tax law, asked each state to designate its number of tracts, or communities.

All states were allowed to select up to one quarter of their lower-income census communities, he said.

Low-income census tracts are locations with personal poverty rates of 20 percent or greater and median family incomes that are 80 percent or less than the median for that area.

Eligible applications were judged against the state’s designation criteria, Arons said.

“The criteria assessed the community’s articulation of the economic impact of potential investment, the level of planning that had been done by each community and the need, as demonstrated by key demographics of the proposed census tract,” she said.

Baker recommended the maximum number of opportunity zones as possible for Massachusetts.

CAMPUS Crime Logs

BY SOPHIA BROWN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Apr. 17-23.

Unknown party attempts to climb roof of 949 Commonwealth Avenue

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Governor Charlie Baker. He sent his opportunity zone designations, which would allow for private, tax-free investment into areas of economic need, to the U.S. Treasury Department.

Of the 138 Massachusetts neighborhoods submitted for federal approval, 32 represent communities with the lowest median family income in the state. Less than half are “Gateway Cities,” with populations between 35,000 and 250,000 and household incomes higher than the state averages.

The list of nominated tracts also includes Cambridge, Somerville and Quincy.

Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito said in the release that local leaders were encouraged to nominate eligible tracts they believed would benefit from the program.

“As part of a collaborative process with communities, our administration empowered local leaders to nominate eligible tracts they believed would benefit most from this program, resulting in a diverse set of designations across

Massachusetts,” Polito said.

U.S. businesspeople who invest in the tracts will be eligible to receive tax deferrals and other benefits when they rollover unrealized gains, or profits that exist on paper, for five years or more, according to Enterprise, a nonprofit dedicated to making quality housing more affordable.

The Treasury has not released guidance on the process for certifying Opportunity Funds, but Enterprise anticipates the program will be fully implemented by early 2019.

Massachusetts Housing and Economic Development Secretary Jay Ash said he is optimistic about the program’s ability to attract investment to Boston’s low-income communities.

“We are committed to helping our cities and towns prepare for

and attract investment, and we are enthusiastic about the possibilities represented by [this program],” Ash said in the press release. “Here in Massachusetts, our communities have proven that planning, site readiness, and community engagement are major factors in successful development.”

Lilly Worthley, 23, said she was curious if the tax breaks would be enough incentive for investors to contribute to the program.

“As long as it’s done right, I can totally see it being good, but a lot of issues with housing come from poorly written legislation, where they have the right idea, but the details got muddled and loopholes were abused,” the Fenway resident said. “As long as it’s done in a thought out and ethical way, and all perspectives are analyzed, I think it could be a good idea.”

A caller reported April 17 at 5:51 p.m. that an unknown male was attempting to climb the roof of 949 Commonwealth Ave., which houses both the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers Restaurant. The Boston Police Department and Boston Fire Department responded to the scene, and the male, who was not a Boston University affiliate, was transported by Boston Emergency Medical Services for evaluation.

Dumpster fire attempted in front of the Albert and Jessie Danielsen Institute The Boston University Police Department received a report April 18 at 5:27 p.m. of four people attempting to start a dumpster fire in front of 185 Bay State Road. The parties were advised of the danger of dumpster fires and ceased their attempts.

Public demonstration at Marsh Plaza BUPD reported at 10:28 a.m.

Friday that approximately 50 people gathered in front of 735 Commonwealth Ave. A supervising officer observed the demonstration for an hour and reported it to be peaceful.

Shutdown looming on Comm. Ave. Bridge BRIDGE, FROM PAGE 1 have full access to Commonwealth Avenue and the bridge through the eastbound side. For drivers, Commonwealth Avenue between Packard’s Corner and Kenmore Square will be closed to through traffic between 7 p.m. on July 26 and 5 a.m. on Aug. 11.

“Access through this area will be maintained for local businesses and customers, residents, MBTA buses, emergency services, pedestrians, and bicyclists during this time,” the press release states.

The BU Bridge will face closures to vehicles and buses from 7 p.m. on July 26 to 5 a.m. on Aug. 11.

The I-90 will face serious

restrictions during the reconstruction period as well, with MassDOT operating a “dry-run” of the closure before the actual construction period from June 1 to June 3.

In terms of ramp closures, the I-90 eastbound on-ramp from Cambridge Street/Soldiers Field Road will be closed during the construction period, and the I-90 westbound Exit 20 off-ramp to Brighton/ Cambridge will be closed at various points in time, according to the press release.

The changes to the MBTA Green Line may affect BU students attending summer sessions during the construction period.

The Green B Line will be

replaced with shuttle buses between Babcock Street and Blandford Street from 5 a.m. July 27, to 5 a.m. Aug. 11.

The Route 57 Bus will have its route remain unchanged, while the CT2 and 47 buses will see detours from their normal routes.

Both commuter rails and the Amtrak will be intermittently replaced by shuttle buses.

The Framingham/Worcester line of the commuter rail will operate regularly with the exception being July 28-29 and Aug. 4-5, when it will be replaced by shuttle buses.

For those same weekends, Amtrak trains between South Station and Albany, New York will be replaced by shuttle buses.

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Construction on the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge.

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CLINICA DE MIGRANTES

Head over to Robinson Chapel at 5 p.m. for a free Vinyasa flow class. Don’t forget your yoga mat and water bottle!

Join the Asian Student Union in Metcalf Hall from 6 to 9 p.m. for a night inspired by Asian game shows. $8 BU tickets.

Go to the GSU Backcourt from 8 to 10:30 p.m. to hear Egyptian music and experience the mood of café El-Fishawy. $5 BU tickets.

Enjoy a concert of electronic music made by School of Music students in CFA’s Marshall Room at 5.p.m.

Head to the Law Auditorium at 6 p.m. for a film about a medical clinic for undocumented immigrants.

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The Boston Strong mural near Kenmore Square. Attorney General Maura Healey’s office is investigating a charity organization, Boston Strong Disaster Relief, because they are selling “Boston Strong” license plates in advance of their approval by the RMV.

Charity fundraises for unauthorized ‘Boston Strong’ license plates

BY VIVIAN SITU DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Strong Disaster Relief, a nonprofit charity, is taking orders for “Boston Strong” license plates, which are unauthorized by the state, to allegedly provide support for survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

Boston Strong Disaster Relief claims to be a charity organization that supports the long-term needs of the survivors of the bombing and to provide education for the community, according to the mission statement on the organization’s website.

The charity’s name is based on the slogan “Boston Strong,” which was popularized in reaction to the Boston Marathon bombing in order to support victims of the attack and their families and maintain city-wide solidarity in the wake of the tragedy.

Chloe Gotsis, deputy press secretary for the Attorney General

Maura Healey’s office, said in a statement that Healey will be reaching out to Boston Strong Disaster Relief because of her concerns regarding the organization’s intentions.

“The AG’s office does not look kindly on organizations that misrepresent their support for survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing,” Gotsis said.

“We understand that the license plates never went into production and the Registry did not have any pre-orders for this plate for which the organization was reportedly soliciting.”

Tim Roberts, 27, of North End, said his first thought when hearing about the license plates was that they might be part of a scam.

“I think that anytime you’re trying to claim that you represent somebody in Boston — when you’re trying to represent victims of the Boston Marathon bombing or any other type of crime — there

needs to be some authorization from the City,” Roberts said.

Stanley Brick, president of Boston Strong Disaster Relief, wrote in an email wondering why the integrity of the production of the license plates was being called into question.

“Why are you escalating scrutiny to investigation ?” Brick asked.

“The State has multiple offices that together … provide a system for over 22,000 MA charities.”

Brick wrote that in order for the plates to be put into production, the company needed 750 prepaid Registry of Motor Vehicles checks and applications. Brick specified that the organization is a charity and does not collect any cash.

However, Brick said the charity did not ever sell any of the “Boston Strong” license plates, as the organization did not reach the 750 minimum pre-orders needed for the plates to be manufactured

by the state.

The pre-order cost for the “Boston Strong” license plate was $40. Boston Strong Disaster Relief also suggested an additional $10 donation in the application process form, according to the organization website.

T.K. Skenderian, communications director for the Boston Athletic Association, which hosts the Boston Marathon, refused to comment on the situation.

Vincent Tseng, 28, of Brighton, said he was concerned about how the money generated from the plates could be misused and not put toward the causes donors claimed it would be.

“If the people are notified upfront about what it’s about, then I have no problem with it, personally,” Tseng said. “You could see it as exploiting a tragedy, but people generally don’t help people unless there is a tragedy.”

Tseng said he does not think

taking advantage of a tragedy in order to spread your voice is necessarily a bad thing.

“It really depends on how good you are about maintaining your integrity once you have the money, but if there is no way to hold that party accountable, then I don’t really know how to assess that.”

Tseng said.

Liam Cruz Kelly, 24, of Allston, said he disapproves of Boston Strong Disaster Relief’s license plates and thinks exploiting a tragedy is one of the lowest acts one could do.

“I feel like that’s a really disingenuous act that’s exploitative of a tragedy, to use the phrase [for] the use of an organization … under the guise of charity,” he said. “I think it doesn’t represent a godly way of approaching tragedy and helping people in suffering.”

Samantha Day and Jordan Kimmel contributed to the reporting of this article.

BU aids Simmons housing WHEELOCK, FROM PAGE 1 One of the primary reasons that the students are going to be residing on the BU campus is that they had undergone the housing selection process before BU had finalized the agreement with Simmons College, BU Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore said.

Jorge Delva, dean of BU’s School of Social Work, said that since BU has never had a Bachelor of Social Work program and Simmons has had one for a long time, it made sense to make the arrangement for Wheelock students to continue their studies there.

Sachi Simpson, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she feels sympathetic toward the students transitioning to Simmons and said she believes that BU made the right decision to provide them housing.

“It’s definitely not their fault that their major got taken away, so it would only be fair to provide them with housing while they’re transitioning and pursuing their studies,” Simpson said.

Chris Larabee, a freshman in the

College of Communication, agreed with Simpson, but specified that it was a good arrangement only as long as it was a short-term one.

“I guess they need to be accommodated for because it sucks for them that they don’t have a choice that their school is merging and that BU isn’t accommodating them educationally,” Larabee said. “It’s just fair for a couple of semesters, but any more than that, I don’t think they should.”

There are some students who may choose not to go to Simmons to continue with their bachelor’s in social work, and will instead come to BU to continue with some other program, Delva said. That option has been left open for the students.

Wheelock’s Dean of the School of Social Work, Leadership and Youth Advocacy Hope Haslam Straughan will be teaching at both BU and Simmons to help ease the students’ transition to the new universities, Delva said.

Even though Straughan will be a BU employee, she will be teaching at Simmons because she knows the transitioning students and the

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Simmons College in Boston. Some former Wheelock students are transitioning to Simmons rather than Boston University, but will be living on BU’s campus.

arrangement has been made to ensure that they are comfortable with the teachers they will not have had before.

“We are just essentially lending them one of our instructors to help them at Simmons — to help the students maintain a sense of continuity so that it’s not totally strange for them to go from Wheelock to

Simmons,” Delva said.

Delva said he hopes that students will consider BU as an option for a Master of Social Work after completing their Bachelor of Social Work through the BU-Simmons program.

Delva added that there are no current plans to add a Bachelor of Social Work program to BU’s curriculum.

McKenna Kennedy, a freshman

in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, said she thinks it is important for Bostonarea universities to work together to provide students with the education they want and deserve.

“If we can offer it, I think it’s fair that they should have the opportunity to pursue the degree they wish to,” Kennedy said.

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Harvard TAs voted to unionize. BU grad students want the same.

UNION, FROM PAGE 1

Daniel Kleinman, the associate provost for graduate affairs at BU, said he is unaware of any current efforts by BU graduate students to unionize. BU currently provides doctoral students with five years of guaranteed funding that includes tuition, health insurance, mandatory fees and a stipend, Kleinman said.

For some students, he said, especially those studying the sciences, the stipend covers the entire year. For other students, typically those in the humanities, they are paid for eight months of the year.

K leinman said students are eligible to receive stipends through becoming teaching fellows or research assistants.

Alternatively, students can also receive a non-service stipend.

He said graduate students do not work more than 20 hours a week.

“Ph.D. students are students, and we are seeking to provide them with an education, and teaching and research is generally part of that education,” Kleinman said.

Next year, stipends will go up by 3 percent, Kleinman said.

The eight-month stipend will be $22,660 and the 12-month stipend be $33,990.

Alice Jayoung Jang, a second-year graduate student in the Questrom School of Business, wrote in a Facebook message that she is in full support of graduate students’ unionization. She wrote that she thinks unionization is necessary for the betterment of

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Harvard University in Cambridge. Harvard research and teaching assistants have voted to form a union, allowing them to collectively bargain with the university for better conditions.

students’ lives and performance in their studies.

“The graduate students’ stipend is enough to make a living, [but] considering the living expense in Boston, it is almost impossible to keep other parts of life besides working in the office,” Jang wrote.

Jang wrote that she thinks BU should have an official graduate student union like Harvard, but students should be cautious of trying to model their approach exactly like Harvard’s.

“We should be cautious about

what to bring to the table,” Jang wrote. “We are not Har vard.

The students at BU could have different needs and wants, as we have [a] different working environment.”

Mark Harrison Ingraham, a third-year doctoral candidate in GRS, wrote in a Facebook message that he thinks a graduate student union at BU is necessary because graduate students have many challenges, specifically with regard to not getting paid year-round.

Ingraham wrote that even

though he is not likely to be paid in the summer, he signed an agreement when starting at BU stating that he would not seek outside employment.

“My landlord won’t accept that I’m just not paid in May and August,” Ingraham wrote.

“My 15-year-old son doesn’t stop existing during those months. Yet despite my and others bringing up this problem to administration many years running, they have done nothing about it.”

Ingraham wrote that he thinks it is extremely challenging, if not

impossible, to complete a doctorate degree at BU if one is not independently wealthy. As a result of these challenges, even though he wants to finish his doctorate, Ingraham is trying to change his program to a master’s degree so he can leave BU to get a job elsewhere.

“I have essentially no official support from BU,” Ingraham wrote. “We do a tremendous amount of the teaching and grading for undergraduates here, as well as the research. We should be valued for that.”

State won’t budge on medical marijuana MARIJUANA, FROM PAGE 1

kind of criminalizes people that are poor at growing marijuana,” Smith said.

Jehlen, who is also the chairwoman of the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, said in a statement that the language of the law allows patients to consult with their doctors about their medical marijuana dosages.

“Growing these plants is difficult,” Jehlen said. “Different medical conditions require different treatments, so there is no magical plant count that ensures the exact adequate supply, no more no less.”

Therefore, law enforcement cannot solely rely on the number of plants being grown to determine illegal activity, Jehlen wrote.

However, Joseph Gilmore, director of community outreach at the Massachusetts Recreational Consumer Council, wrote in an email that the language of the 60-day supply rule creates uncertainty in the medical marijuana

law, thus making the need for legal clarifications more urgent this congressional session.

“Clarification is necessary so that we can provide better solutions for those who need better access and are not restricted to their medicine,” Gilmore wrote.

“Gray areas in the law also leave patients vulnerable to law enforcement due to non-specific parameters that can be easily misinterpreted.”

Sehar Khalid, a resident of South Boston, said she supports legislation that gives people easier access to medical marijuana.

“If folks can have an easier time with growing it at home rather than having to go out and actually purchase it, I feel that it’s actually beneficial for people who really truly need it for medicinal reasons,” Khalid, 24, said.

While having the ability to grow medical marijuana at home could benefit those who have trouble accessing the drug, she

said the vague language of the law could set them up to end up unintentionally violating it.

“I think that really cracking down on the regulations for Massachusetts would help definitely for people who don’t really understand what the regulations are,” Khalid said. “It could keep people who aren’t intending to get in trouble from getting in trouble.”

As an employee of a medical marijuana facility, Gilmore wrote that he has seen patients struggle with the law’s current limitations.

“I’ve had to turn away many sick patients simply because they reached their 60-day limit, which was an arbitrary number to begin with,” Gilmore wrote.

“I think the cap on the supply of marijuana for medical patients should be removed … We should be increasing access across the Commonwealth.”

Gilmore wrote that residents

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Medical marijuana regulation won’t get updated this year, according to the Senate chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy.

should reach out to local lawmakers to encourage clarification this session.

“We need to urge our local representatives and senators to

not forget about the patients in Massachusetts who are suffering because of lack of access to their only medicine that provides a better quality of life,” he wrote.

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SCIENCE

AR/VR Festival cooks up new virtual technology opportunities

BY AMELIA GRIFFITHS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students gathered in a cluster to watch as a volunteer attempted to navigate a virtual world while standing in the BUild Lab. Spectators were amused as she fumbled with virtual reality goggles and hand controllers to cut carrots and throw them into boiling water.

As VR has steadily gained popularity in recent years, its current presence at Boston University is attracting companies and students from around the country. The BUild Lab IDG Capital Student Innovation Center buzzed with excitement about new advances in VR/augmented reality as students and experts from around Boston gathered to share and learn at the AR/VR club’s first festival April 19.

The AR/VR Club, composed of students with a common interest in augmented and virtual reality technology, formed in the fall.

Sponsored by BU Spark! and Innovate@BU, the festival was part of Innovation Week, which encouraged students to recognize “novel ideas and endeavors across our campus and community,” according to the Innovate@BU website.

S t u d e nt s from BU, Northeastern University and Brown University showcased the VR projects they designed and built. Their equipment and augmented reality screens attracted

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A student tests out an AR/VR project at the AR/VR festival on April 19.

students, faculty and BUild Lab staff to explore the power of the virtual world.

Br ya n Song a nd Theo Ts a pa kos , s en ior s f rom Northeastern, helped design a VR cooking game using Oculus Unity, the current VR software.

“I knew that I wanted to work with VR for our capstone project,” Tsapakos said. “We sort of took the inspiration from [another game, ‘Overcooked,’] and said, ‘OK, how can we create something like cooking, but in virtual reality?’”

Song said that he was thankful to be a part of the festival, as this was one of the first times others could test the game in its final stage.

“Our game is in the final build, [so] we’re just kind of demoing it [and] showing it off,” he said.

Industry experts were also present to recruit students and provide information about types of professional opportunities available in the augmented reality/VR field.

Representatives from companies, including PTC, Wayfair

and Simmetri, gave presentations in the main lobby about their missions. They also gathered in rooms to answer questions and speak with students.

“We really want to tap into the BU student base, especially with people with good passions in terms of AR and VR and really understanding that they have a great niche,” said Alex Jorge, a college program specialist at PTC. “It’s really finding a place for a lot of up-and-coming [Internet of Things] students in a great and innovative company.”

Jorge said he was thrilled with the students he met throughout the morning and that BU students represent the “fresh, young talent that can come in with the grains of passion to succeed at PTC.” Chandler Zhang, a senior in the College of Engineering and co-president of the AR/VR club, said he is always looking for outreach inspiration. Having attended other augmented reality/ VR festivals such as Boston VR and Boston AR, Zhang said he was inspired to bring innovative ideas to Commonwealth Avenue.

Zhang was responsible for making and enacting plans for the festival with the help of his co-president, Alicia Hong. He said their first ideas were based on bringing company exhibitors to campus to showcase their technology.

However, after discovering the talent of students at BU and at other institutions, the team was inspired to include a student display, Zhang said. At the end of the day, Zhang ref lected and commented that he was thrilled with the success, adding, “we’ll be back.”

As technologies improve and universities expand, Zhang said he hopes to invite more augmented reality/VR students from other institutions in the future.

“We want to host an event where BU is the hub of augmented reality and virtual reality technologies,” he said.

BUSINESS Innovate@BU kickstarts first annual IDEA Conference

BY EDUARD MISKA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Questrom School of Business is often quiet and calm on weekends, but the building filled with over 150 students and alumni who came to attend Innovate@BU’s first annual IDEA Conference Saturday.

Innovate@BU created the event with the purpose of encouraging students’ creativity while teaching them about how to turn ideas into reality.

The speakers at the conference ranged from established entrepreneurs and innovators to local Boston University students with their own clubs.

After a morning of “lightning talks” and the first presentation, attendees split to go to breakout sessions covering various aspects of business and innovation. This concluded with a keynote address from Johnny Earle, the CEO and founder of Johnny Cupcakes, a Massachusettsbased T-shirt “bakery.”

Formed in November, Innovate@ BU is a university initiative meant to assist undergraduate and graduate students in developing their ideas.

Located across from Marsh Chapel, Innovate@BU’s hub of operations is the BUild Lab IDG Capital Student Innovation Center, which opened in February.

Blake Sims, program director of social innovation at Innovate@BU,

said the BUild Lab has had a successful couple of months, especially considering how young the organization is.

“We’ve been open for two and a half months, and we’ve had thousands of students and faculty and staff come through,” Sims said.

Over that period, Sims said the BUild Lab has hosted over 70 events including collaborations with student organizations.

“It’s been a whirlwind of two months being open, and it’s been great connecting with so many students from across the campus,” she said.

She said Saturday’s conference was also the fruit of months of planning and labor from the entire BUild Lab team and that it went off “phenomenally.”

“I’ve heard nothing but rave reviews,” Sims said. “[People] got to see lots of examples of real life entrepreneurs and innovators.”

The program held the conference to help encourage camaraderie and support among BU students who innovate. “[We] wanted to celebrate and recognize innovation and really encourage students that may not feel comfortable working on an idea or don’t know that they have an idea or how to take an idea to the next level,” Sims said. “[We wanted them

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Ian Mashiter speaks during the Innovate@BU Conference on Saturday.

to know] that there was a place and space for them to celebrate and connect with one another.”

She said she was hopeful that students made connections with resources who could aid them in their endeavors during the conference.

Nikita Arora, a freshman in the School of Public Health, said she felt the IDEA Conference helped her formulate some new ideas.

“I feel like an idea takes time to develop, but I definitely feel inspired

now after this conference,” Arora said. “It makes you feel like even if you didn’t have an idea before, it’s never too late to have an idea.”

Bharathi Gandi, a freshman in SPH, shared a similar sentiment.

“I have a couple of ideas on the backburner that I haven’t thought about in a couple of years … and I acquired some tools today that I’m going to go think about,” she said.

They both said they agreed that Johnny Earle’s was one of the best

parts of the conference.

Aaron MacDaniel, a volunteer at the IDEA Conference and an alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences, said he was asked to come assist at Innovate@BU’s event at an alumni event. MacDaniel, CEO of VR Front Desk, a virtual property management company, said he believes in the goals of Innovate@ BU. “I wish we had something like this when I was a student,” he said.

6 FEATURES

COMMUNITY JSA students sell bread in form of fantasy character Totoro

BY DANIELA TELLECHEA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Three students, a Japanese flag and a couple of empty boxes surrounded a table at the George Sherman Union Friday afternoon.

One by one, students came up to the table asking for the sweet bread they had seen advertisements for. They turned away disappointed –– the sellers were all out.

The Boston University Japanese Student Association was selling a Japanese favorite, Totoro bread, April 17 at the GSU and April 18 through Friday in the lobby of the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences to fundraise for Omatsuri, their main event over the weekend.

Omatsuri is the annual spring festival the JSA puts together. This year’s event took place Saturday night in the Metcalf Ballroom and featured Japanese food, games and performances.

Momotaro Nakamura, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences and JSA president, said the bread is made to look like the fantasy creature, Totoro, from the famous Japanese movie “My Neighbor Totoro” directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The movie is about two sisters who move to the countryside to be with their mother and encounter fantasy creatures like Totoro.

Nakamura described the bread as sweet with a chocolate cream filling and a crunchy cookie crust.

“You know the brûlée on a crème brûlée? The burnt sugar on the top?”

Nakamura asked. “It’s kind of like that.”

JSA purchased these treats from a bakery on Beacon Street called Japonaise Bakery. According to E-board member Ray Akamatsu, a freshman in the CAS, the bakery has been around for a long time.

Akamatsu shared that his parents would eat at the bakery when they lived in Boston about 20 years ago. The bakery is often overlooked, he said.

“No one really knows about it because it’s kind of hidden,” Akamatsu said. “As [the] JSA, we wanted to introduce [the bakery] to the BU campus.”

Nakamura and Amatsu explained

that character-themed food is very common in Japan.

“It’s not just about the taste –– it’s the appearance, too,” Akamatsu said.

“They put in so much time.”

Wooju Chong, a CAS and College of Fine Arts freshman and a JSA E-board member, said she was intrigued by the substantial time required to make the treat. Chong is from South Korea, and said she had never tried Totoro bread before.

She said she was motivated to taste it because of its appearance.

“The cuteness definitely played a part in it,” Chong said.

Anais Han, a sophomore in Sargent, said she hadn’t tried this character-themed bread before and did so to support one of her friends involved in the JSA. Han commended the association for selling the bread in Sargent.

“This was the first time I saw a snack being sold there that did not include quinoa and/or kale, so that was really eye-catching,” Han said.

Han said the bread reminded her of a croissant.

“It was delicious, really fluffy and had a bit of a crunch on the outside, but the inside was very soft and chewy,” she said. “The bread had the perfect amount of flakiness … [and the filling] was sweet and had a Nutella-like consistency.”

Despite never having tried the bread before Friday, both Chong and Han had seen “My Neighbor Totoro,” a movie which Chong said has a unique style. “[The movie feels] very organic because everything is hand-drawn, so it feels more like someone actually made this rather than [it being] computer-generated like the Western movies that we see today,” Chong said.

Han said she grew up watching and appreciating the film.

“Totoro is such an iconic part of my childhood,” she said. “My family just loved the Studio Ghibli movies and anything by Hayao Miyazaki.”

Han recalled that the animation, storytelling and “fun and lovable” characters initially drew her to the film.

“I always asked my mom to get me Totoro ‘plushies’ and stuff when I was a kid,” Han said.

Totoro breads from the BUJSA Totoro Bread Sale.

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ARTS

‘Pathways to Freedom’ brightens Common with Bostonians’ stories

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Bright colors lit up the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common starting Wednesday as “Pathways to Freedom,” artist Julia Vogl’s newest installation added vibrancy to the park in the spirit of spring.

After conversing with 1,800 people in the Greater Boston area about freedom, Vogl installed the project that will remain up until May 2. The installation features the stories of the Bostonians in the form of small, symbolically decorated metal circles installed in the ground.

“I think for many people, it was a point of ref lection,” Vogl said. “They haven’t really thought about these issues before and really had to dig deep in processing how they answered the questions.”

Vogl worked on “Pathways to Freedom” in partnership with the Jewish Arts Collaborative, a local organization seeking to showcase Jewish art in the Boston area.

She explained that although the project is inspired by the Jewish holiday of Passover and its Exodus story, it also serves as a reminder of a societal need to contemplate freedom and the reasons why many people still lack it.

“I think that word, [freedom],

gets used really liberally, and we don’t define it as much as we should,” Vogl said. “Based on contemporary political and societal issues going on in America today, I think it’s especially relevant to bring that discourse up.”

Vogl began gathering stories from the Boston community on March 20 at venues including City Hall, the University of Massachusetts Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Vogl said she heard from immigrants, families and students of all backgrounds and nationalities, and that she challenged them to ref lect on topics such as diversity and immigration. They were asked to answer each of her questions four times, Vogl said, prompting deeper contemplation.

“It was a great experience to be able to hear so many people from so many different walks of life,” said Caleb Hardwick, Vogl’s project assistant. “It was also kind of an interesting psychological experiment to see the way people respond differently to these questions.”

Hardwick said he created the audio component of the installation. Keywords scattered throughout Vogl’s floor mural will correspond to recorded interviews

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The “Pathways to Freedom” public art project at the Boston Common.

on the Jewish Arts Collaborative website. More than 100 participants were interviewed anonymously over the course of a few weeks, of which 44 were selected, he said.

Hardwick recalled one particularly memorable interview that he conducted with a former U.S. Marine.

“You could tell that there was a deep fear and a deep sense of uncertainty in the way that he looked upon the country’s current position and circumstances,” Hardwick said. “He got a little emotional because he really loves his country and is also deeply disturbed by what he sees now.”

After the interview concluded, Hardwick said the veteran asked another member of Vogl’s staff if a psychiatrist was available.

Jim Ball, director of communications at the Jewish Arts Collaborative, said that the emotions captured in the interviews expand on the impactful storytelling of the installation by add-

ing another dimension beyond the visual.

“We believe that [‘Pathways to Freedom’] sparks people thinking about freedom and immigration in a new and interesting way,” Ball said.

He said the collaborative sought out Vogl because of her successful artistic works of social protest and commentaries. Ball said they hope Vogl’s newest installation will follow suit.

Ball worked alongside Vogl and Hardwick to select the installation location, plan the logistics and introduce the artist to local Boston culture. He also said that he looks forward to the impact of this project because it involved many participants and he felt its message applied to the entire community.

“I hope that it will at once bring [people] joy and be a nice surprise, but I also hope that it will make them think,” Vogl said.

“I hope that it will make them engage with friends, strangers

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Vogl said she completed her own personal journey of self-reflection as she worked on the project through conducting research into her own past as a first-generation American, spending time to integrate herself into the Boston community and volunteering to help refugees in Lesbos, Greece.

Even now, as she opens the installation to the public for its weeklong exhibition, Vogl said she is still reflecting on what she has learned.

“In many ways, this project is not over for me,” she said. “It’s been really inspiring and empowering to hear so many people share their stories with me. I didn’t know that people would open up so much and be so open to share, and that was really rewarding. I’m excited to share those with the public.”

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8 OPINION

EDITORIAL DACA opens doors for undocumented immigrants A federal judge ruled Tuesday in favor of protecting undocumented youth from deportation — a ruling pushing back against the Trump administration’s efforts to discontinue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Judge John Bates of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia ruled protections for DACA will remain in place and, for the first time since Trump launched attacks to the program, be reopened to new applicants.

DACA provides two-year, renewable work permits for less than 700,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, known as “Dreamers.” DACA was created to ease some of the burden the children of illegal immigrants face. Brought into the United States illegally by their parents, these young people face extreme pressure growing up while avoiding deportation.

Reflect on the stressors you felt growing up: the pressure to succeed academically and socially, the challenges of navigating family relationships and the desire to get into your top college. Now add to those stresses the fear of being deported from your home, of being torn away from a society you are acculturated to, of losing everything you know based on the perception that you belong to a different nationality.

These are real fears that Dreamers face.

DACA provides Dreamers with a reprieve from fears of deportation and the ability to receive an education, find work and earn a driver’s license. These are fundamental rights that should not be stripped from any minor

based on prejudice against their parents. force. The potential wasted economic benefits Children have no control over whether of deporting these are estimated to be $433.4 or not they immigrate legally to this country. billion, and deporting youths themselves would Rather than punishing them for their parents’ cost an estimated $69 billion to $76 billion. choices, we should support them in their goals Boston itself is home to a significant Haitian of achieving successful futures. Holding youth immigrant population — approximately 5,000 accountable for their parents’ decisions to relo- Haitians currently reside on Boston under the cate them to the United States is punishing Temporary Protected Status program. The

them, quite literally, for existing.

The existence of each of these Dreamers is something that should be not only tolerated, but also appreciated. Discontinuing DACA would have dire effects on the future of each Dreamer it protects, but it would have an economic cost as well. Currently, nearly 700,000 DACA recipients reside in the United States, and they constitute the future of our work-

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one racial subset of people to the lower class.

Repealing DACA keeps upper class whites in positions of power.

The impulse to deport Dreamers is often based on the idea that they do not belong in the United States — that they are somehow less American for having been born elsewhere.

Some proponents of DACA use the idea of “being American” to their advantage, arguing that immigrating to America as young children makes Dreamers just as American as the rest.

In truth, to be American is an idea that is purely constructed. There is no age limit at which one can adopt a national identity, and no one can determine another’s national identity for them. The ruling to protect DACA sends a message to Dreamers they have a place in the United States.

But this ruling is not necessarily permanent.

For 90 days, the Department of Homeland Security has the chance to petition against the ruling and give reasons as to why they ended the program — a difficult task, seeing as the DHS hasn’t been able to prove this in a year’s time since Trump first repealed the program last March.

Bates, coincidentally, is a judge appointed PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS cultural and economic atmosphere of the city by Republican president George W. Bush — would not be the same without their influence speaking to just how bipartisan the issue of in the small business and political realms. protecting Dreamers is. The general conserHigher education is largely representa- vative population does not back the Trump tive of the white, upper class. When immi- administration’s efforts to dismantle DACA. grants are not granted full citizenship, they Trump’s efforts have no basis in rationale; they are unable to become educated and find are motivated by misguided prejudice and fear work. Policies preventing upward mobility of “the other” that is so extreme that it extends of immigrants act as gatekeepers, containing to children.

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OPINION 9

COLUMNS BEARING WITNESS:

FINAL WORD:

Bridge the achievement gap

A letter from the editor

BY ELLIE FRENCH EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

W

hen you interview for an editor position at The Daily Free Press, there’s this little sign that hangs inside the editor’s office.

“One day, this could all be yours,” it says.

Freshman year me thought that was really cool.

It was something I kept at the back of my mind as FreeP went from being a casual hobby of mine to something that encompassed my entire life — and also totally changed my life.

The office where the dust just refuses to be vacuumed, where the heaters break during snowstorms, where the ceilings leak water faster than we can put out containers to catch it and where the windows somehow get dirtier when you clean them is one of my favorite places in the world.

I love it partly because of the fun stuff — the cardboard cutout of Ron Burgundy and the plastic pigeon and the decorations from years worth of holidays that we refuse to take down — all of the things that make FreeP FreeP. But I also love it because of the serious stuff — the quotes on the walls from editors I look up to. The newspapers hanging up showing some of our greatest days, our best reporting, our most impactful moments. And the stacks and stacks of newspapers reminding us of how much work we’ve done. How day after day, year after year, The Daily Free Press has written BU’s history.

This semester, when mass shootings turned the national conversation toward gun control, we reported on the gunman that researched BU’s campus, the push for active shooter training that followed and the marches and protests for gun reform that students were at the heart of.

When a racist slur was found on a student’s door after the Patriots lost the Superbowl, we wrote the story. And when BU’s tuition continued to rise, we covered students who struggled to keep up, and students who became sugar babies to

make ends meet. And that’s not the half of it.

It isn’t always the easiest job in the world.

When I first started out, our website had almost entirely stopped working. We wanted to push FreeP’s digital presence further than it had ever been, but we couldn’t even load our homepage.

No amount of trouble shooting with customer service or IT or internet forums or anyone else could seem to tell us what was wrong with our website, and it certainly couldn’t tell us how we might fix it.

And let me tell you, the stereotype about COM kids being bad at math is true. And it also applies to computers too. But we were lucky enough to meet a team of computer science

BY ARIEL STEIN majors who were able to build us a new website COLUMNIST from the ground up. Now, every time I type in www.dailyfreepress.com and the page loads, a n Kevin’s community, he is rewarded for little part of me can’t help but smile. violent behavior. His parents encourage I guess today is the “one day” that the sign him to solve his battles in school through referenced, but “this” — the FreeP — isn’t all physical aggression. In his community, mine, not even close. It’s all of the writers’ and social status is often increased through violence, all of the photographers’ and all of the associ- especially in gang membership. ates’ who spend so much time on this paper.

In Brian’s community, however, he is taught And more than anything, it’s the editors’ who to never be physical and always solve problems I am lucky enough to have shared it all with. with his words. In the American education I got lucky to have an editorial board that system and dominant culture in general, probnever stopped pushing boundaries. When I lem-solving skills are valued over aggression. took the BuzzFeed quiz for which member of Instead of having mental health counselors our e-board I am, I got myself, but in so many in schools that are equipped to deal with this of ways, I am all of you. You guys have inspired disparity, kids who behave violently are punme so much in your creativity, your talent and ished and labeled as “problem” children, further your passion. Every night, you make me laugh, affecting their self image. Instead of pushing make me think, and more than anything, make them to success, we are actually preening them me proud. I can’t imagine what it’s going to be for prison. For kids coming from a lower socilike to not spend the better part of my time oeconomic status, aggression is treated as a with all of you. manifestation of personality and often unfairly And I got so lucky to do it all with my man- attributed to race. Instead, aggression should aging editor who made all of the work not feel be treated as a public health problem and like work at all. Rachel, you are my total oppo- treated accordingly. site in some ways, and the exact same person as The kids with the lowest socioeconomic me in others. I love you and I like you — and standing in society suffer the most trauma, I can’t imagine doing all this with anyone else. have the least access to resources and conseThe end of the semester is always bitter- quently the lowest shot at achieving upward sweet, but I imagine for me, this one will be so mobility. more than most. Ending my time here means If a school’s mission is to educate students a lot will change for me. It’s a weight that I’m and set them up for success in society and relieved to have lifted from my shoulders, it’s higher education, those students who are most an adventure that I’m sad to leave behind me, at risk need the most qualified teachers, supand it’s the job of a lifetime that I am so excited plemental care and resources to level out the to pass on to the new editors who are beyond playing field. Part of these resources should ready to take it all on. include mental health counselors who are not Remember that sign? The one I thought only qualified to treat mental illness, but also was really cool? qualified to deal with and understand the plight I still think it’s really cool. It’s cool that it of students suffering from the effects of neighgot me to where I am today. It’s cool that I got borhood violence, poverty and racism. lucky enough to have my dream job. And it’s Annette Lareau presents in her study cool that it might get a few more years of jour- “Invisible Inequality: Social Class and nalists to chase their dreams with this paper, Childrearing in Black Families and White just like I did.

Families” that students from different socio-

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economic backgrounds experience different parenting styles growing up. Parents who have middle class or upper class standing exhibit the child-rearing approach of concerted cultivation, in which they deliberately stimulate their children and foster their cognitive and social skills through various extracurricular activities. The cultural capital that children obtain through concerted cultivation leads to a heightened self of entitlement, which is valued in the classroom.

For example, with more cultural capital, students will be more comfortable with asking for help from a teacher. As they develop relationships with adults outside of the classroom, they are prepared to interact with teachers.

For kids raised under the child-rearing style of accomplishment by natural growth, the parenting style of working-class parents, they participate in fewer orchestrated activities. They have longer stretches of leisure time, initiate their own play time and feel a sense of clear boundaries between adults and children.

Children who are raised according to accomplishment by natural growth “tend to develop an emerging sense of constraint,” according to Lareau. This sense of constraint further manifests itself in institutions dealing with authority.

They blindly accept the actions of authority figures, which is rewarded for behavioral purposes but not always helpful in the work world when one needs to stand up for oneself.

In order to close the achievement gap, education policy makers need to be aware of these differences and, furthermore, restructure schools to supplement children who are at the lower end of the spectrum. In order to combat this vocabulary gap, English language education reform should take place. Students who have a lower socioeconomic standing should be provided with extracurriculars that build cultural and social capital as well as enrich their academic performance.

Privilege should also be taught in schools.

Students from poor neighborhoods should know what they are up against, not only so they can learn how to beat the system, but also to understand that their failures or hardships are not their own fault, but rather a result of racist public policy. Heightened social consciousness is also important for those who have privilege, so they can use their privilege to better society and create needed social change.

These changes could have great effects on children, but most likely will not occur on an institutional, macroeconomic scale. In a capitalist society, there will always be inequality and exploitation. If everyone was smart, there would be no 1 percent. What we can do is try, and if we can save one school of students, I consider that a win for the education system.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had a baby Monday, and his name will soon be announced. We here at the ol’ Free Press want to know — what would the BU community name their baby?

Questrom: Marlboro

Freshmen: Lanyard

President Brown: $$$

Warren: Juulie

CGS: Marque

BU Dining: Cecilia

Frats: Chad

SAR: Quinoa

FreeP: Montserrat

10 SPORTS

Men’s lacrosse to face No. 8 Loyola in Patriot League semifinals

BY NICOLE HAVENS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

After knocking off No. 10 Bucknell University last Tuesday, the Boston University men’s lacrosse team will set its sights on No. 8 Loyola University Maryland Friday afternoon during the Patriot League semifinals.

Tuesday night had been the first time in program history that the Terriers (8-7, 3-5 Patriot League) defeated a top-10 team, and Loyola (10-3, 7-1 Patriot League) will prove to be BU’s toughest challenge yet.

The Greyhounds secured the top seed in this year’s postseason tournament and their lone conference loss of the season went to Buckell (11-4, 7-1 Patriot League) on March 24.

However, a bright spot for the Terriers remains the fact that the team completed a 12-11 comeback victory over the Bison in the Patriot League quarterfinals.

“I’m just really happy for the seniors, and I’m really happy for this team,” BU head coach Ryan Polley said following the matchup.

Freshman attack Chris Gray propelled his team to its second straight semifinal appearance. The 2018 Patriot League Rookie of the Year honoree put up nine points against Bucknell and currently leads BU with 68 points — thanks to 30 goals and a team-leading 38 assists.

The Terriers’ leading goal-scorer, junior attack James Burr, had two goals and one assist on the night.

Sophomore goalkeeper Joe McSorley backstopped the defense with 12 saves in net while the defensive line in front of him edged the

Bison in ground balls 33-27 and allowed no goals on Bucknell’s four extra-man opportunities.

Junior defender Quintin Germain only collected one ground ball, but limited the Bison’s leading scorer, senior attack Will Sands, to two assists.

“We just put [Germain] out on an island and said, ‘Listen, we really don’t want Sands to get everybody else involved,’” Polley said. “So, we were trying not to slide to him at all and then [Germain] just did a wonderful on him — just kind of containing the ball and staying on Sands [who’s] one of the best attackmen in the league …”

While Loyola boasts a strong offense that is led by junior attack Pat Spencer’s 76 points (28 goals and 48 assists), junior midfielder P.J. Brown’s career-high three goals led the Greyhounds in their most recent 12-8 win over the United States Military Academy.

Loyola never trailed Army (5-7, 2-6 Patriot League) during the contest and its defense held strong, preventing the Black Knights from mounting a comeback.

Senior defender Foster Huggins was essential to the Greyhounds finishing with a 42-31 ground ball advantage and forcing 17 turnovers.

Huggins currently leads the NCAA in caused turnovers with 3.38 per game.

Behind him, junior goalkeeper Jacob Stover made 12 saves to bring his goal save percentage and goals against average to .521 and 8.4, respectively, on 13 starts this season. “[I’m] looking forward to playing

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Sophmore goalkeeper Joe McSorley made 12 saves against Bucknell

a great team, and they’re going to be hard to stop,” Polley said. “They’ve got the best play in the conference, and I’m just really excited to keep playing and [to] have a really great game.”

BU will look to avenge its 23-9 loss to Loyola that took place just under two weeks ago.

The Terriers only trailed 9-6 at the end of the first half, but were handed a 10-1 run by the Greyhounds in the third quarter and were unable to recover.

Despite the team’s rough loss during the regular season, Polley said he knows his team will be alright come Friday, especially with many of the key defensive players back in the lineup.

“Anything that could’ve went wrong, went wrong, so we’re just going to clean the slate and go out and play and give it our best,” Polley said. “The team has come a long way, and it’s great having Chase [Levesque] and [Germain] back, but we also have Lukacs back, we have Okmin back, so this is the healthiest we’ve been all year.”

Spencer put up nine points in the effort while freshman attack Aidan Olmstead notched four goals.

A total of 14 different Greyhounds found the back of the net against BU, including senior midfielder Jay Drapeau and freshman attack Kevin Lindley, who put up a pair of goals apiece.

Drapeau and Lindley currently

lead the Patriot League in shooting percentage at .485 and .455, respectively, and will remain large threats to the Terriers.

In order to prevent offensive runs and replicating a similar performance to Tuesday night, Polley said his team playing with composure will be imperative.

“When … we don’t turn the ball over and we clear the ball with efficiency and we give our offense a chance and when we execute a defensive game plan, we’ve got a shot at being pretty good,” Polley said.

“When we kind of make mistakes and we’re unsure, we’re not very good. So, for us, it’s going to be understanding the game plan, executing it and playing with composure.”

Deep lineup puts softball on brink of regular season league title

BY JOSH ROTHSTEIN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

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BU leads the Patriot Leauge with triples with senior infielder Brittany Younan at its helm.

On any given day, any player of the Boston University softball team could provide an offensive spark.

The Terriers (31-17, 10-2 Patriot League) lead the league in batting with a .294 team average, .017 ahead of Bucknell University, who sits directly behind BU. The Terriers don’t have just one player constantly ranking in the Patriot League. They have four of the top eight in batting average, led by junior catcher Alex Heinen who is hitting .384 on the season.

“Our one through nine, that is a tough lineup to get through for any pitcher,” BU head coach Ashley Waters said. “Every single person has the ability to drive in runs, get things going and hit a gap. We really have some kids who have a lot of power, but also can drop a bunt or get a single.”

The Terriers also lead the league in triples with 26, twice as many as second place Bucknell (23-19-1, 12-3 Patriot League).

Sen ior i n f ielder Br itta ny Younan has a league-high nine and leads the nation with 0.19 triples per game, meaning she’s notching one in about every five games.

Waters said she likes what she sees from her offense, but is still look ing for ever yone to put it together, as she knows they will be a force to be reckoned with.

“If we can hit on all cylinders, where one through nine is hitting,

I think we’re an impossible team the circle. You win or lose in the to beat,” Waters said. “For us, we circle. We’re excited where Ali have to find that consistency. Every [DuBois] is at right now and we single week, it’s three or four kids, just need to do our job one pitch but we could get everybody going at a time.” [and] we’ll be in great shape.”

BU three wins away from hostYoung pitching strong now, but ing league tournament only getting better With a weekend series coming BU has used five pitchers this up against Bucknell, the Terriers season. A ll f ive are underclass- can clinch the regular season crown men, and the two pitchers who with a sweep. have thrown the most innings are A nd wh i le BU cou ld cl inch freshmen. this weekend, it will still have an In their first years with the pro- opportunity to do so the following gram, freshmen pitchers Ali DuBois weekend against Colgate University. and Cali Dolfi have headlined the If the Terriers win 2-of-3 games rotation with a team ERA of just in the upcoming series against 2.31 that tops in the Patriot League. Bucknell, the Patriot League regA ll four of the players, who ular season title and right to host have appeared in more than three the postseason tournament will games, are comfortably within the be on the line when BU travels to top ten in league ERA. Hamilton, New York.

DuBois leads the pitching staff The Terriers are looking to host with 29 starts in 48 games this season the Patriot League tournament for and made 10 additional appearances. the first time since they joined the T h e n a t i v e of Tor r i n g ton , League in the 2014 season.

Connecticut, also leads the team Waters said she hopes her team with an ERA of 1.91, which puts performs, as she knows the imporher third in the Patriot League. tance of home field advantage and Dolfi ranks fourth, followed by what it would mean to the team, sophomores Lizzie Annerino and especially to the seniors.

Kali Magane at fifth and seventh, “I think we play great at home. respectively.

When you have the pride of your Waters said she looked to inject city there and when you can sleep some youth into a pitching staff i n you bed at n ig ht, t h at ’s a n that needed some fresh arms, and advantage,” Waters said. “I think is excited for now and the future. it would very cool for the senior “When you have depth in your class to be able to host the Patriot staff, people that can keep games League tournament at their place at bay, that gives us the best chance and have teams have to beat us on to win,” Waters said. “It starts in our own field.”

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Sophomore attack Kailey Conry emerging as one of the best

BY NICHOLAS MIATA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston University’s women’s lacrosse sophomore attack Kailey Conry started playing the sport for the first time in sixth grade. Eight years later, the Needham native is wearing a scarlet and white jersey and emerging as one of the Patriot League’s most talented players.

The Terriers (9-6, 5-3 Patriot League) recently clinched a spot in the 2018 Patriot League tournament after their 9-8 victor y over the United States Military Academy.

Conry’s offensive production all season has played a large part in securing her team’s fifth consecutive trip to the postseason tournament.

“Once I picked [lacrosse] up, I never wanted to put it down,” Conry said. “It kind of clicked right away.”

Conry credited her parents for encouraging her to remain active and play a wide variety of sports growing up, which included a fouryear starting career in field hockey.

However, lacrosse runs deep in her family, as both of her parents played. Conry’s mother, Kate, is in the Boston College Athletic Hall of Fame for her contributions to both the lacrosse and soccer teams.

During her time in high school, C on r y enjoyed success a s her team won four straight Bay State Conference Championships. She also set a record at Needham High School with 473 points, including 244 assists.

Her acute vision of the field was evident even in high school, and BU head coach Liz Robertshaw explained that this was one of the reasons why the program recruited Conry.

“I just saw a player who read the game very well and could see her teammates open before they even knew they were open,” Robertshaw said. “I felt like she had this really neat way of seeing the game and being pretty creative, and I felt like that was something that I wanted to work with.”

C on r y i m m e d i a tel y br oke out on the scene in her freshman campaign.

T he a t t a c k notc he d t h r e e assists in her first career start and went on to set a new single-season record for assists with 54. In addition, she led the team in points with 68.

She recalls being the quiet one on the team, but explained that she has taken on a new role.

“I think I’ve developed so much as a player and even more so as a person,” Conr y said. “I think just my voice has been the most improvement I’ve seen. I used to be very shy and very quiet on the field, and now I’m taking more of a vocal leadership role.”

This season, Conry avoided a “sophomore slump” and improved on her already stellar rookie campaign.

She has collected an assist in every game so far this season and scored in all but four.

Her most high light-worthy matchup came on April 4 during BU’s 20-16 victory against Harvard University, where Conry contributed five goals and eight assists for a total of 13 points — breaking the program’s record.

Conry explained that the other Terriers are the ones on the field that allow her to be successful and remain consistent.

“It’s my teammates,” Conry said.

“You can’t have an assist unless your teammate puts it away. My relationship with my teammates has allowed for that, and just being dedicated to being my best every day and doing what I need to be doing.”

With one game remaining in the 2018 regular season, she currently has 41 assists and averages a Patriot League-best 2.73 assists per game.

One of those teammates that Conry credits for her success, freshman attack Ava Barry, said she has seen Conry develop into more of a leader during her first season with BU. “She sets a great example for

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Sophmore attack Kailey Conry dominates offense with 66 points.

a lot of the players on the team, Conry currently leads the team especially our attack because it’s yet again in points with 66 and has a lot of younger players right now,” increased her goal total from 14 Barry said. “Kailey’s someone they last season to 25 this year. look to for how to play on the field Robertshaw said she has noticed and that confidence she has.” improvements in Conry’s game, and After making 15 starts last sea- stated that the experience gained son, Conr y has started in ever y from freshman to sophomore year game so far this season, and contin- has helped her tremendously. ues to be a key part of Robertshaw’s “I’m seeing her be a little bit starting lineup. more dynamic,” Robertshaw said.

Since senior attack and co-cap- “When she came here, she was a lot tain Avery Donahoe was sidelined more feed-heavy, but she’s become due to an injury on April 11th against a dodger. It’s been fun to see her the University of New Hampshire, elevation as an attacker. I’ve also Conry has made her presence on seen her increased game knowledge. the field known even more.

I think there’s some games that In the three games since, she you’re really seeing her able to pick has been a key factor in the Terrier apart defenses.” offense, often setting up shop Two games that Robertshaw behind the net, accumulating 10 noted specifically were BU’s games points and scanning the field in against Harvard (5-9) and UNH front of her for open teammates.

(6-9).

Against the Wildcats, Conry dished out two assists in the 16-13 victory.

As the Terriers prepare for postseason play, they will certainly turn to Conry to lead them in an attempt to reach the Patriot League tournament championship for the first time since joining the league in 2014.

With another full season almost under her belt, Conry said she is excited about the upcoming tournament play and her developing career as a Terrier.

“We had a tough start to the season, but we learned from the mistakes we made, took it on the chin and decided we weren’t going to let that happen with the rest of our season,” Conry said. “We went to work and you can see the outcome.”

In the Paint: Carmelo Anthony, it’s time to move aside 21.3 points, 11.8 rebounds and 8.3 assists in this series — has been limited to just 13 total fourth quarter points this round. Compare that to Mitchell? The potential Rookie of the Year outscores the defending Most Valuable Player 36-13 in that category. Come on, Brodie.

George has been better. The first-year member of the Thunder has put up an average of 27.3 points in each game this series, while shooting a not-too-shabby .449 percent from the field. While it wouldn’t hurt for

BY ANDREW MASON COLUMNIST these two to get a few more buckets The first round series between to go in crunch time, the major the Oklahoma City Thunder and reason for OKC’s failures points Utah Jazz has taught us one thing: back to none other than Anthony.

OKC’s “Big Three” of Carmelo It’s no secret that Anthony hasn’t Anthony, Russell Westbrook and had the year he wanted. The 10-time Paul George is about as useless as All-Star put up career-low numbers trying to predict this “spring” Boston in just about every stat category: weather. points (16.2), steals (0.6), assists A s the T hu nder f i nd them- (1.3), shooting percentage (40.4), selves down 3-2 to Utah’s Donovan free throw percentage (76.7) — the Mitchell, Rudy Gobert and Ricky list goes on and on.

Rubio, some of the blame must fall I want to defend Anthony a little on the shoulders of Westbrook and bit right quick. It’s not his fault George. that OKC decided to take on the Westbrook — who’s averaging rest of a 33-year-old’s five-year, $124

million contract, incurring a $27.8 million luxury fee in the process.

What’s Anthony supposed to do, refuse the money?

You can see the frustration on his face in almost every game. The dude is trying as hard as he can to be that supreme talent once again, I truly believe that. It’s just not going to happen anymore, ‘Melo. Father Time has come knocking, folks.

Nevertheless, Anthony can still be a ver y important part of the NBA. Here’s how.

While his days of being the go-to guy and putting up 20-point fourth quarters are as likely to resurface as Mark Wahlberg’s music career, Anthony still has immense value as a role player. He needs to take a step back and examine his realistic capabilities and become the piece of the puzzle that his team needs him to be.

It’s not common for a former elite to possess the ability to do this.

It takes guts and a selflessness that isn’t always seen in sports. Many NBA superstars, such as former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant,

weren’t willing to take a backseat position towards the ends of their careers, even if their team would have benefitted from it. And I get it — basketball means a lot to these guys. Seeing your skill stripped away from you has to be tear-jerking.

But if Anthony doesn’t want his career to be tampered by a disastrous fall-off, he has to buckle up and face reality. Not only will it salvage his legacy, it will make it even more special.

I wish I could sit Anthony down at a table with the Sacramento Kings’ Vince Carter. The 41-yearold “Vinsanity” has sacrificed trying to be his team’s top guy better than anybody in the history of game. By doing so, Carter has found his niche in the league. He’s proved that it’s perfectly fine to admit to yourself that the ball just shouldn’t be in your hands as much — there’s other ways to help your team win. There can be beauty in decay if you play your cards right.

Of course, Anthony still has more left in the tank than Carter does. But let’s face it — 33 is old in

professional sports, and Anthony’s 34th birthday is coming up in May. The only reason basketball fans expect guys drafted in the early 2000s to still play like they did when they were 20, is because LeBron James is still somehow doing so.

Think about it this way: in that famous 2003-04 draft class, which included both James and Anthony, most players have been out of the league (or at least it’s relevance) for quite some time (think Kirk Hinrich, Chris Bosh, or T.J. Ford).

Compared to some other former NBA legends, it doesn’t stack up great for Anthony’s future either.

Allen Iverson, Isiah Thomas and Larry Bird all played their final NBA game in their early-to-mid 30’s.

So Anthony, don’t just be willing to take on, but actually embrace the opportunity to come off the bench.

Welcome the chance to give some of your shot attempts to the younger guys, help them develop into sound players. Chances are, some veteran did the same for you all those years ago in Denver. And it worked out pretty good for you.

“Anything that could’ve went wrong, went wrong, so we’re just going to clean the slate.” ­ Men’s lacrosse coach Ryan Polley on rematch — against Loyola during semifinals. p.10

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The game had been bittersweet for Donahoe, who scored eight goals After securing a close 9-8 win against the Wildcats and was on against the United States Military track to set a new program record Academy last Saturday, the Boston for most goals in a single game.

University women’s lacrosse team Donahoe has not played since now boasts a six-game winning streak. that game, but still holds the highThe Terriers (9-6, 5-3 Patriot est goal count on the team with League) now look to continue their 35, with sophomore attack Kailey good fortune in their last regular Conry in second with 25.

The Terriers have managed to season matchup, where they will head to Annapolis, Maryland to maintain their win streak despite face off against the United States losing their leading scorer, and Naval Academy Saturday afternoon. Donahoe’s absence has given some The recent string of wins placed other players time in the limelight, BU fourth in the conference, mak- especially the underclassmen.

“Two of our freshmen who have ing the team eligible for placement in the Patriot League tournament. stepped up big time have been With this success, however, the [attack] Ava Barry and [midfielder] Terriers have seen some casualties Ryann Gaffney,” Robertshaw said.

Over the course of the season, along the way — the loss of senior attack Avery Donahoe, who was Barry has earned 30 points total, injured in early April when the team with 22 goals and 8 assists. This squared off against the University makes her the team’s third best of New Hampshire. overall scorer as well as the leading BU head coach Liz Robertshaw freshman scorer. stated that she cannot comment on Gaffney has also contributed the details of Donahoe’s injury but to the team’s late season success. said that she is hoping to return Although the Huntington, New as soon as possible.

York native did not start playing “She’s been working very hard until midway through the season and it’s our goal to have her back, due to injuries of her own, Gaffney so she’s been working her tail off has become one of the team’s leadthe field,” Robertshaw said. “That’s ing scorers since her debut against something we’re both working Lafayette College. for, and if she gets the green light Hav ing on ly played in nine and she feels good about it, then games so far, Gaffney has already I’m absolutely going to put her on racked up 14 goals with two hat the field.” tricks and has put points on the

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Thursday, April 26, 2018

“You can’t have an assist unless your teammate puts it away. ­— Sophmore attack Kailey Conry on her success this season p.11

board in all but two of her showings.

“She has a great sense of having fun and playing hard,” Robertshaw said of Gaffney. “A lot of people struggle when they’re thrown into their first game, but Ryann just goes and scores goals.”

Robertshaw also made light of what sophomore midf ielder Mackenzie Howe has done for the team. Although Howe may not boast the same statistics as players like Barry and Gaffney due to her limited play time, Robertshaw considers her a critical asset on the draw control, having made 31 through the season. “[She] def initely needs a lot of credit for the work she does,” Robertshaw said. “What she has done for us is huge, because she’s given us confidence on the draw and sets the tempo for the rest of PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF the team.”

BU’s dominance at the X is in part due to sophmore midfielder Mackenzie Howe.

In spite of the team’s winning streak, its next and final regular season. streak. A fifth win would force the C ol l i ns wa s na med Patr iot Terriers to play on the road in the season opponent, Navy (13-3, 7-1 Patriot League), may prove to be League Midfielder of the Week opening round of the upcoming a cha l lenge. T he M idsh ipmen for last week’s performances against tournament. are currently ranked second in American University and Lafayette. “[The Midshipmen] bring a confiShe collected 15 total points dent game of lacrosse,” Robertshaw the conference — on ly L oyola University Maryland sits higher, and earned her 13th and 14th hat said. “They’re very aggressive, simithe only conference team to have tricks of the season in the t wo lar to Army. I think that’s a service victories. beaten Navy. academy thing. You’re gonna see a Tea m m ate a nd s ophomore With this success comes some very fast game, aggressive on both attack Kelly Larkin leads the Patriot offense and defense. We need to high prof ile players, including senior midfielder Jenna Collins, League in points per game with 5.50 bring our best game down there who has contributed 66 goals and and leads the team in assists with 39. and play the style of lacrosse that Navy is riding a four-game win 19 assists for the Midshipmen this we know.”