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Students, faculty pleased with completed Law Tower renovation

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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker met with Massachusetts’ medical school deans to address opioids Wednesday.

Baker, medical school deans address opioid crisis

BY SAMANTHA GROSS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker met with leadership from the Massachusetts Medical Society and deans from the four Greater Boston-area medical schools Wednesday to talk about opportunities to collaborate and address opioid medication misuse.

“We had a series of discussions about the practice of managing pain and addiction in the community,” Baker said at a Wednesday press conference. “I view this as something multi-factorial and multi-disciplinary. There is no single silver bullet.

I’m grateful that we are going to have some very important leaders in the healthcare education world working with us on this.”

Providing doctors with additional training on opioids was part of the set of

65 recommendations released in June by the Governor’s Opioid Addiction Working Group.

Massachusetts Department of Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel outlined the focus of the group’s efforts, which covered drug abstinence, instruction and the “core competencies” of future doctors.

“As we look at the governor’s opioid working group recommendations, there is a focus on prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery,” Bharel said. “When we look at prevention, we speak about education. When we talk about education, we mean education for patients, consumers, parents, coaches but also healthcare professionals.”

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick declared opioid abuse a public health emergency in March 2014.

Bharel also touched on the medical school curriculum and the core competencies focusing on appropriate pain management, safe medication prescriptions and screening for early signs of addiction.

“Today, we started with our four fine medical schools in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to talk with them about how we can agree on some core competencies of how we educate our future doctors so that they have this responsibility of providing pain relief and balancing that with safe prescribing and public safety,” Bharel said.

Dennis Dimitri, president of the MMS, has worked with opioid prescription for years. The society has put together guidelines for practicing physicians, but not necessarily physicians-in-training.

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Warren dining hall adds cuisine stations, subtracts seating

BY ETHAN CAPPELLO DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Warren Towers dining hall underwent renovations this summer, reworking the floor plan and expanding the variety of food. New stations include a wok station, a gluten-free pantry and kitchen and an updated deli selection.

Kurt Steinberg, the executive chef at Warren dining, said the renovations were tough, but the workers ultimately did a great job.

“I was watching the guys building this, and it was amazing to go from not thinking it was going to be ready weeks before we were open — they were working here the day before the day of opening — to being ready,” he said.

One of the main renovations is the gluten-free selection. Steinberg described the gluten-free kitchen as “beautiful” and “a restaurant kitchen on its own.”

“With the amount of people that are gluten-free, it became one of our priorities to get on board. We would do gluten-free-friendly stations before, but this

is totally gluten-free,” he said. “We have a pantry that those students will have access to … [and] we have a separate crew of people that will work there, so there won’t be any mix-up.”

Another major renovation is the new

wok station. This station will essentially focus on cuisine from China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore, according to the BU Dining Services website. It will serve full meals, meaning CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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Warren Dining Hall has undergone significant renovations, including a gluten-free station and an authentic asian cuisine station.

Boston University School of Law students attended their first school day in the renovated Law Tower Wednesday after a two-and-a-half year construction project on the building. The tower, Pappas Law Library and BU Law Auditorium were among the 18 different on-campus construction projects that were underway this summer.

On the outside, the tower’s renovation adheres to its original design, but the 17-story tower has been upgraded with new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems as well as new offices, new moot courtrooms and a new space for student services. The tower is also now LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified, meaning its construction was recognized as one of the best building strategies in the country by the U.S. Green Building Council.

“We expect it to be quite similar to the experience [students and faculty] have had since the [Sumner M.] Redstone Building opened [in Fall 2014] — much more community and study space, state of the art classrooms, right-sized classrooms for our transactional law program and new practice moot courtrooms,” Maureen O’Rourke, dean of BU Law, told The Daily Free Press in an email.

“Most of what they need should be accessible on the first five floors.”

BU Law professor David Lyons shared his experience teaching in the “un-renovated tower,” expressing that the renovation was highly beneficial to the students’ and faculties’ mobility within the building.

“The renovation was very much needed, along with the new annex for classrooms.

Without the annex, there was too much reliance on elevators to get to class, and now there are up-to-date classrooms that are more convenient for students,” Lyons said.

With less elevator traffic, refillable water stations on almost every floor and many other environmentally friendly attributes like insulation and concrete panels, the LEED-certified Law Tower is a testament to BU’s eco-friendly priorities, BU Law professor Peggy Maisel said.

“I can’t imagine building and renovating without being LEED-certified,” Maisel said.

“To think about doing a big project like this, they need to make it as sustainable as possible and to make that statement about how important it is to Boston University.”

Maisel, who works in the clinical section of the law school, is not just interested in the greener aspects of the new tower. On the clinical floor where Maisel spends a majority of her time, student lawyers are often meeting with clients who come to BU for legal services. The renovations included interview rooms in her department, making for a much more professional experience, she said.

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Physicians overestimate ability to assess Ebola risk, study finds

BY PAIGE SMITH DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have found that the physicians least likely to encounter the infectious Ebola virus tend to be overly cautious even with low-risk patients.

The report titled “Ebola Risk and Preparedness: A National Survey of Internists” highlights the need for better communication and education, according to an Aug. 27 press release. Authors also explored the unintended impacts of the infectious outbreak and the stigma it may have unintentionally caused.

Ishani Ganguli, one of the authors of the report, said the team of researchers explored the sources of information most primary care physicians referenced when dealing with a potential Ebola patient. Over 75 percent used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines, she said.

“Then we looked at how people felt with Ebola as a diagnosis, and how they felt talking to patients about it, and we found that most

felt very or somewhat prepared to communicate about Ebola, to tell patients about it, or to diagnose it,” she said.

In 2014, an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever originated in West Africa and spread to other countries including the United States, United Kingdom and Italy, according to the CDC website. In the United States, there were four reported cases.

The first locally diagnosed case in Dallas led to distrust of health officials when they began to quarantine symptom-free international workers and request that students and employees with connections to the disease remain at home, the report stated.

Ganguli explained how people sometimes became fearful when they learned of the threat without knowing enough about it.

“Part of our interest in doing this was that we had observed in the press and the reports for the CDC, for example, that there were examples of people overreacting to this threat and not really knowing what to make of it,” she said.

Despite the confidence expressed by most physicians, some

did not properly treat patients, according the release.

“While most primary care physicians responding to a survey taken in late 2014 and early 2015 expressed confidence in their ability to identify potential cases of Ebola and communicate Ebola risks to their patients, only 50 to 70 percent of them gave answers that fit with CDC guidelines when asked how they would care for hypothetical patients who might have been exposed to Ebola,” the release stated.

This information merely highlighted the need for better education and communication regarding the disease, Ganguli said. Improvement in these areas could also translate to a university setting, in the event of future outbreaks.

Several residents said they appreciate that there is more information on how to address Ebola, yet still are wary about the spread of infectious diseases.

Ana Acevedo, 24, of Allston, said she knew about the restrictions in response to the disease, and felt that health officials properly handled the situation.

“I know that for people coming in through the airports, there

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In a report from Massachusetts General Hospital, a survey found that many physicians overestimate their ability to assess the risk of Ebola.

were restrictions, and I know they [officials] had to do it because there are so many people that could be exposed,” she said. “It’s good how they’ve handled it.”

Irma Garcia, 28, of East Boston said she felt better knowing that people are looking at the way Ebola is being handled.

“I use public transportation all the time and I think about diseases and how many people there are around, and I still think it’s good that people are looking at restric-

tions and how it’s handled,” she said.

Nalaphas Piyalangka, 23, of Brighton, expressed her fear for Ebola and how she feels that restrictions are positive.

“I’m not sure about the U.S., but in my country [Thailand], we have many immigrants and it’s difficult to control what is coming in for diseases,” she said. “Here, in Boston, I’m still scared though because you still can never know who has Ebola.

It’s still a big problem and needs to remain restricted.”

City councilor petitions for Boston to control city liquor permitting

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Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley plans to file a petition with the Massachusetts legislature to grant Boston control of its own liquor licensing.

BY JULIA METJIAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Following recent changes to Boston’s liquor licensing process, Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley is continuing to push for change.

In 2013, Pressley succeeded in returning control of liquor licensing to the city from the Commonwealth. The following year, 75 new liquor licenses were allocated to Boston businesses, said Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu. “The city’s number of liquor licenses is controlled by the state.

There is a cap on it based on popu-

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lation, and therefore, Boston has far fewer liquor licenses than there are restaurants that want them,” Wu said. “The part of this that complicates things is you can transfer a liquor license privately.”

The Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission controls retailing and alcoholic beverage licensing on a state level, according to the ABCC website. After the Local Licensing Authority approves a store or restaurant license in the city that wants to sell alcohol, ABCC will also approve it, the website states.

Wu added that when a restaurant wants to open and desires a liquor license, they must buy a liquor license from a restaurant that is

closing down. The cost to obtain a license can range from $250,000 to $400,000, she said.

“What Pressley has been working on [is] trying to get more licenses for the city. She got control of the city’s licensing board back to the city,” Wu said. “The goal is to make it such that you can open a restaurant or open a business and bring jobs into the neighborhood, [and] there aren’t huge barriers into entry.”

Wu said that smaller restaurants in particular might struggle to get started with the current state of licensing.

“When a business is opening up, if a liquor license is going to cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars, it’s a huge barrier to entry and it keeps out a lot of the smaller businesses,” she said.

Wu said that she feels that Boston should have control over liquor licensing, and that it is important for new restaurants to have every opportunity to open and help neighborhoods. She added that another goal is to not force out long-time residents of Boston.

“Restaurants are foundational to active neighborhoods and really are often the first business to draw people in,” Wu said. “The goal of this is to make sure that our residents in Boston who have spent so

hen a business is opening up, if a liquor license is going to cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars, it’s a huge barrier to entry and it keeps out a lot of the smaller businesses.”

much time and built the neighborhoods in the community aren’t displaced by movements, but benefit from them.”

Several residents said they would like to see changes in Boston’s liquor licensing policies.

Meg Pierce, 31, of Beacon Hill, said that Boston differs from the rest of Massachusetts, and therefore should function differently with regard to state bureaucracy.

“I definitely think it [the city] should have control over liquor permitting and shouldn’t have to face limitations put in place by the state legislature,” Pierce said.

Elizabeth Martin, 29, of South Boston said that she thinks Massachusetts should be able to sell liquor

any day of the year.

“Stores and restaurants should have the freedom to do whatever they want, as long as they’re reasonable about it,” she said. “If Boston having control of liquor permitting allows for that, then I think it’s a good thing.”

Annette Silbert, 66, of Back Bay, said she has firsthand experience with the difficulty in obtaining a license.

“I know, after working 16 years in the restaurant industry, that it is difficult to obtain a liquor license,” she said. “I suppose it would benefit emerging restaurant owners and help them establish their business if they can secure a license more easily if the city of Boston has control.”

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SED and Center for Promise to release education report

BY SEKAR KRISNAULI DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

As part of an official partnership with America’s Promise Alliance this academic year, Boston University’s School of Education and the Center for Promise, America’s Promise’s research institute, will release a study this month that will reflect their joint effort to make a positive impact on the country’s youth.

The partnership emphasizes finding the solution to some young people’s failure to graduate despite historic advances in nationwide graduation rates, according an Aug. 13 release. Focused on learning how young people can achieve better outcomes through an engaging educational experience, the collaboration opens up future research opportunities for the BU community, the release stated.

The Center for Promise’s executive director Jonathan Zaff said the institute will strive to turn its studies’ results into action.

“The center was created to understand how all young people in America have the opportunity to thrive educationally, socially and emotionally,” Zaff, who is also a professor in SED, said. “The School of Education is uniquely qualified to be able to help us reach that goal. Our hope

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The School of Education recently partnered with Center for Promise, America’s Promise Alliance’s research institution.

is that we provide opportunities for students to have high quality research experiences, [and] what we hope to accomplish with the faculty and administration is to hopefully be a high-quality asset that can be promoted by BU.” The joint report is scheduled to be released on Sept. 16, Zaff said.

“The report that we did was on the role of social support in the lives of young people who have graduated, with the purpose to understand how relationship can be leveraged in educational experience [to decrease dropouts],” he said.

The research center aims to understand the power of relationships in fostering youths’ potential success. Community initiatives that promote positive youth de-

velopment as well as reconnecting disconnected youth and establishing youth engagement are some of the main initiatives to determine how influential social support is, the release stated.

By moving to SED, the Center for Promise carries with it six full-time staff members, including Zaff, associate director Marissa Cole, research scientists Elizabeth Pufall Jones and Alice Donlan, youth engagement specialist Craig McClay and youth engagement facilitator and analyst Melissa Maharaj.

Scott Solberg, SED’s associate dean for research, said that Center for Promise’s members have the ability to work directly with BU’s students, and faculty members can also work with the center’s resources.

“[Zaff ] is going to expand the mission that the School of Education has around campus.

The BU community as a whole is made up of faculties who are doing their own research, so he’s going to be complementary to a lot of things going on,” Solberg said. “Being connected with us, it provides that sense of authenticity as well as credibility to the work that [Center for Promise is] doing.”

Solberg cited the Center of Promise’s previous study called “Don’t Call Them Dropouts” to demonstrate the importance of this collaboration in attempting to provide education to all students nationwide.

“A part of where BU is as a school of education is, how do we redesign the education system to make sure it reaches every child?” he said. “The [study’s] data says that these kids want to learn if we can design a system that can be flexible enough to the challenges that they have emotionally and maybe financially.”

Several BU students see the partnership as a doorway to opportunities and a medium through which to spread awareness of the dropout rate and the need for mental and social support throughout students’ academic careers.

Marina Alberti, a senior in SED, said it is important for ed-

ucators to be the students’ “rock,” giving guidance and security to prevent students from failing to graduate.

“The dropout rate is so high, but so is the graduation rate, so we need to look at the reason they’re dropping out,” she said. “Since I’m going to be a teacher, I definitely want to look into [the partnership] and see what I can do to become a part of this.”

Jae Yoon Bae, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, said that he expects big opportunities and collaborations from BU, thinking they are beneficial for students to take part in. “[The partnership] gives BU a really good reputation and it’s another chance for us to get involved and better the community. In the future, I would definitely go into this kind of social and educational research,” he said.

Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences senior Avion Cummings said she seldom hears of the university’s research and appreciates that this partnership not merely for the “glorification” of BU. “We’re all very privileged to be at BU and we may not be aware of what other students are facing,” she said. “We have a place of power to make sure that other people are also getting education. So students should be involved and I’m sure they’re interested.”

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After 2.5 years, BU community attends classes at law tower LAW BUILDING, FROM PAGE 1

will meet with their student lawyers,” Maisel said. “It’s easy to provide good legal services and for the faculty to supervise their students.

The space is fantastic.”

These spaces for student work will be more conducive to group study in a state-of-the-art space, said professor Stacey Dogan.

“I feel like now that we have a first-class facility, the quality of our physical space is on par with the quality of everything else that we offer,” Dogan said. “We could have survived in the classrooms that we had before, but I think that [the new tower] makes for a better learning environment.”

The emphasis on community in the new building is another sentiment shared by professors of law.

The renovations include places for students and faculty alike to sit and discuss work, study for classes and hold meetings.

“In our old building, we really didn’t have any common space for students,” Dogan said. “It’s already resulted in a palpable difference in the sense of community that our students have with one another and with the faculty.”

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After two and a half years of construction and renovations, the now LEED-certified Law Tower is complete.

BU Law professor Maria O’Brien Hylton said the building not only caters to academic needs of students, but upholds aesthetic expectations as well.

“It’s clean and has lots of nat-

ural light coming through the windows,” she said. “We have a huge, open space between the faculty offices where there are lots and lots of chairs and places for students to sit.”

Several law students find the renovation compliant to their academic needs, appreciating the tower’s state-of-the art facilities and hoping that it will enhance their study experience.

Lucas Caruso, a second-year law student, said he enjoys the scenic panorama of the city from the renovated Law Tower.

“I don’t have anything to compare it to, but the view is the nicest part of the tower,” he said.

Jeffrey Butensky, a second-year student in the law school, said he looks forward to what the facilities have to offer. Last year he enjoyed the Redstone building, but he has yet to explore the renovated tower, he said.

“It’s going to open up a lot of necessary study space, which understandably was lacking last year,” Butensky said.

Sara White, a third-year law student and president of the BU Law Student Government Association, said she thinks the building’s space will enhance community and cooperation among students.

“To see the completion of the law complex has been pretty great,” White said. “It’s offered a lot of community space to work, study and collaborate within the law school environment, which has been great, since some people equate law school with being competitive. It’s a good way to break that.”

Deans look forward to working together with MMS, Baker COLLABORATION, FROM PAGE 1

“We were extremely pleased when Commissioner Bharel called us up to work with the Department of Public Health in terms of bringing together the deans of the medical schools to address this issue at the front end of medical education,” Dimitri said.

Karen Antman, dean of Boston University School of Medicine, said the opportunity to collaborate is not only welcomed by the medical schools, but also held to the highest importance.

“We are very enthusiastic about working with this collaboration. I believe this needs to be inter-professional,” Antman said.

“We need to include dentists, nurses and we also have to have it at multiple levels — medical students, residents and attending physicians.”

Todd Griswold, the director of medical student education in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, said the initiative will move curriculum away from textbooks and closer to hands-on opportunities.

“This is a fantastic initiative to have the medical schools working together,” Griswold said. “It’s crucially important as we discussed to work with residents and attendings at the other clinical settings in which medical students learn how to practice and how to prescribe. Not just from lectures or online modules, but in the clinical settings when working with patients.”

The medical professionals are working to help those like Felicienne Beda, 50, of Cambridge, who knows firsthand about the

importance of ethical practice and prescription. In her job as a walker for those with mental illness, she saw patients on opioids who were overprescribed, addicted or going through withdrawal.

“There is a terrible side affect. Whenever [patients] take a lot of medication, sometimes people go off. I heard one of the residents killed a walker two years ago,” she said. “I’m sure people abuse medication and drugs and will abuse them again just because they’re free. But everyone pays for the consequences.”

Dean Papademetriou, 54, of Back Bay, said that the city is doing a good thing by bringing in medical and academic expertise.

Doctors should be held responsible for restricting opioid prescriptions, he said.

“It’s great to have other opinions and expertise involved,” he said. “It has become a medical issue so doctors need to be instructed on how to prescribe it more carefully. Now that people are addicted, they need to use a medical model.”

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that entrees, salads, soups and desserts will all be offered at the one station.

Steinberg said he has worked with other chefs on the menu and focused on featuring a variety of Asian countries.

“We found the recipes by going online, looking through books, trying to find recipes that were as authentic as we could get them and that students would want to have,” he said. “We spent the whole summer doing taste-testing down at the GSU three times a week. We have desserts coming out soon.”

The deli station was also renovated to include two new panini presses that will help move the long lines quickly.

“The deli has ovens that are similar to what Starbucks has, but these are the newest model. It’s sort of a panini maker but a microwave, so you get consistent heat,” Steinberg said. “We have more refrigeration. We have a better flow with two lines. We’ve done a great job.”

Several returning students said they are satisfied with the renovated dining hall, despite the fact that there is now less seating for students.

Ashtan Raniga, a junior in the College of Communication, said he was surprised to see the renovations.

“Although I was a little skeptical on BU taking out seating in the dining hall, I do like the added variety with the two new stations,” he said. “It’s especially nice for me because I can’t eat gluten so now I feel welcome when I eat there.”

Hannah Wolf, a sophomore in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, also lamented the loss of some seating, but said she is glad to see the additions.

“I think the Asian [cuisine station] will be a nice addition,” she said. “I’m not gluten-free, so I don’t really notice it, but I think it will be nice for people who need it.”

Some freshmen were more than happy to enjoy all that the dining hall had to offer as they be-

gan their first day of classes.

Jonnathan Heitzman, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, said he is excited to make use of his unlimited dining plan.

“I just love food,” said Heitzman. “I came from a public school system that doesn’t really have the best food, so to come to a private university system where they have better quality food is pretty awesome.”

Devansh Patel, a freshman in CAS, is happy to see that the food in the dining hall is far better than the food offered in the boarding school from which he graduated.

“I’m really happy with the different foods they’re offering,” Patel said. “It’s really quite amazing because you can have anything you want.”

Jon Winkler, a freshman in the College of Engineering, said his first experience at Warren dining was “overwhelming.”

“You walk in, and it’s … people everywhere, so many choices, a lot of places to sit, and good food,” he says. “There was tons of variety.”

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SPOTLIGHT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

North End Week festival a feast for both eyes and stomach

BY ELIZA SULLIVAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston’s famous North End neighborhood, with its thin streets studded with Italian eateries, began its annual North End Week celebration Friday, carrying it out through the weekend. While there was a wide variety of festive events, the main attraction was Saint Anthony’s Feast, one of the largest Italian cultural festivals in New England.

The feast has been celebrated since 1919, when San Antonio Di Padova Da Montefalcione, Inc. was founded. The society, which is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, is a religious and cultural nonprofit within the North End community.

According to Joe DiGirolamo, a member of the feast’s organizing board, the festival closely follows the customs of its Italian beginnings and religious basis. In continuation of the entire event’s giving spirit, the money raised by the feast is put back into the Boston community.

“We maintain a lot of tradition as they do in Italy,” he said. “It runs simultaneously with what happens in Italy … [The feast’s] proceeds are used to pay for the event as well as a number of charities the group donates to.”

Lively crowds, vibrant decorations and excited vendors marked the feast.

“There were a few streets filled with vendors and tents, all local restaurants,” said Samantha Blank, a senior in the College of Communication. “All Italian, of course. And it was so crowded.”

While long lines at local staples such as Mike’s Pastry and Modern Pastry are not unusual, they grew immensely during

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The North End Week Celebration, beginning August 28 and ending September 6, celebrates the neighborhood’s rich culture.

the festival. Passing the bakeries, North End visitors could see people dodging each other as they tried to enter, exit and cut the lines that wrapped around the block.

The vendors involved in the celebration numbered somewhere around 100, including both pushcarts and tents. Many local restaurants added tents outside their establishments and offered meals on shaded patios for visitors to escape the heat.

The festival’s well-known traditions were highlighted at the opening and close of the event. Friday saw a blessing of Saint

Anthony’s statue, while Sunday brought an Italian-language mass followed by a grand procession carrying the statue through the streets. Upon returning to Endicott Street, festival patrons participated in a candlelit walk to the chapel where Santa Lucia’s feast would begin on Monday. “[Santa Lucia’s feast] is more local …

It has a more solemn, religious tone,” DiGirolamo said.

While the feast overwhelmed the weekend, the rest of the week included,

and will continue to include, events from the Freedom Trail Foundation, a group that offers tours along the city’s historic pathway. Their tours include North End-specific walks and tours like the Walk Into History and Pirates & Patriots tours.

Many more events will run this weekend as North End Week concludes. There will be a tour Friday at 1 p.m. called “The North End: Gateway to Boston.” Led by Boston By Foot, the tour will explore and explain one of Boston’s oldest and most distinct neighborhoods.

Saturday includes three major events, celebrating both the festival and Labor Day weekend. At 9 p.m., there will be a fireworks show at the harbor. From 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Battery Wharf Hotel will be hosting a BBQ and Blues event, from which the fireworks will be directly visible. The day is also one of the final Summer Saturdays at the Paul Revere House, which includes craft demonstrations, historic talks and live music.

Sunday, the final day of North End Week, will wrap up the festivities with additional tours from the Freedom Trail Foundation.

Each year, the Week offers both Bostonians and visitors to the city a chance to immerse themselves in the culture of the North End. With the ever-increasing popularity of social media, the event’s coordinators hope that the celebration grows larger each year.

“The basic basis of the festival remains the same,” DiGirolamo said, “but the days of social media and the Internet are creating more visitors … exposing it to the world.”

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BUSM associate provost Hyman appointed to federal agency

BY SHANEE ABOUZAGLO DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Starting Sept. 14, Linda Hyman, associate provost for the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences at Boston University School of Medicine, will begin serving a one-year term as director of molecular and cellular biosciences at the National Science Foundation.

The NSF stands as a funding source for roughly 24 percent of all federally supported research conducted by American colleges and universities, something Hyman understandably has some interest in.

According to Hyman, the opportunity to serve as a director at NSF is wonderful because it will provide her with the chance to learn about both how the government works and how to influence policy and the direction of science.

For the past 15 years, Hyman has been

involved with NSF as a manager of a genetics research project portfolio. She credits this experience as being an “eye-opener” that influenced her to shift her career trajectory toward a more administrative track.

“In [my new] role, I will become engaged with the broader scientific community,” she said. “I will be getting back to cutting-edge science nationally and internationally. NSF is asking itself how [it] can use the taxpayers’ dollars [for] the most impactful discoveries.”

In her new administrative position, Hyman will oversee the allocation of research funding and policy setting and will not maintain an active research facility as she had before. Her duties now demand heavy decision-making while still demanding transparency and accountability to both the government and broader community.

“My leadership style is to go on a listening tour and hear what the big issues are before making any big decisions,” she said.

Though Hyman will be stationed at NSF’s headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, she will be commuting back and forth to BU twice a month.

“One of the perks of [this year] is that I get to keep active in both worlds,” she said. “NSF recognizes that they’re borrowing faculty from institutions so they make it so [we] can stay engaged in our home institutions.”

In addition to her efforts to stay involved at BU, Hyman’s team at the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences will support her by taking over the smallest of her former duties.

“The assistant dean will be stepping in for day-to-day duties,” she said, “but I CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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Associate Provost for Graduate Medical Sciences (School of Medicine), Linda Hyman, will be serving a one-year term on the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Hatch Fenway serves as dynamic incubator for local startups

BY ELLA TORRES DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In a city that has gained national recognition for its efforts in sustaining small business innovation, a recently-launched company in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood is hoping to make startup creation more manageable.

Hatch Fenway, an initiative of the real estate developer Samuels & Associates, offers lease agreements to up-and-coming startup businesses to allow them to grow, without making a several-year commitment to a space. According to Kate Haranis, a spokeswoman for Hatch Fenway, the leases are offered at Landmark Center and last for 12 to 24 months.

“If you’re a company that doesn’t know what your size is going to be in five years, it’s hard to sign a lease to commit to five or 10,” she said. “But you’ve outgrown, maybe, a traditional co-working space.

You need more than a few desks. You want your own front door. You want your own footprint. There’s kind of this in-between [where] there really wasn’t anything in the market that was meeting that need.”

Thus, Hatch Fenway was born.

The space, which opened in August, aspires to be a hub for the startup businesses it will house, but like many of its clients, Hatch Fenway is in the early stages of figuring out what will work and what will not. It has one company signed on so far, and several others interested. In total, they expect to accommodate eight to 10 startups. However, Haranis said, the future of Hatch Fenway is uncertain, and will adjust based on the Boston startup climate.

“It’s not necessarily something that’s going to run forever,” she said. “We’ll see what the interest continues to be and we’ll see what we want to do.”

But as the engineers of Hatch Fenway work out the details, the driving goal is locked in: harbor more innovation in the neighborhood and provide a haven for the

PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Christopher Grandoit, software testing manager at the startup company Toast, works at his desk at Hatch Fenway Wednesday morning. Hatch Fenway is a startup that provides affordable workspaces for Boston-based startups to launch their businesses.

development, expansion and collaboration of startups.

In the spirit of collaboration, the 100,000-square-foot floor plan will be a far cry from traditional office space, complete with swing sets and a community work center for each business to use. And it all comes at a “significantly lower price,” Haranis said.

“We know that these are folks who are extremely nimble and are extremely creative, so [this is about] creating opportunities for folks to have more serendipitous conversations and work in different environments and have … different spaces with different energies and the opportunity for different kinds of interactions,” she said.

“All of those things are really important.”

Hatch Fenway’s collaborative environment and short-lease guarantee also offers Boston students the opportunity to launch their startups while in school, without making any commitment to stay in the Landmark Center office after graduation.

Connor McEwen, a 2014 graduate of Boston University’s College of Engineering and a software engineer at the startup Wildcard Inc., said that although Hatch Fenway is guaranteeing a lower cost for office space, having to pay for space at all could still be a roadblock for many startups.

“We would have only used it if it was free,” McEwen said. “[Also], a lot of times,

being in a space with other people can be distracting.”

Joe Zhou, a 2015 graduate of the Questrom School of Business, founded the startup Alt-Options, and said that a collaborative launch pad may only be helpful in some circumstances because “it depends on what the other companies are.”

But for startups working in the building that are entirely unrelated, “I don’t see how helpful that would be,” Zhou said.

Luke Sorenson, an ENG senior, had a more positive view of shared spaces, though. After co-founding the app Downtyme, Sorenson and his company won a spot in Coalition, a co-working space in Downtown Crossing, and he said simply having an environment dedicated to work helped the company thrive.

“What makes these spaces special is the flexibility they give new businesses to actually have an office space,” he said.

“Working from home just doesn’t cut it.”

And though Zhou wasn’t overly zealous about communal work spaces, when he remembered the frustrating process of bouncing from space to space to build his startup, he couldn’t entirely rule out using a business like Hatch Fenway.

“Right now, we stick with what we have, but in the future, for sure,” he said.

“Especially when the team is growing, a co-working space might just not be a bad idea.”

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expect to be fully engaged in major decisions.”

The molecular and cellular biosciences division invests heavily in systems and synthetic biology, genetic mechanisms, gene regulation and neuroscience. Since BU has similar major initiatives on the brain, Hyman’s goal is to bring back what

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eeds that you plant now can ultimately grow into real change and that’s why we’re doing it — to make a difference.”

she learns in order to enhance BU’s scientific community. The ability to wear “both hats” this year — one for NSF and one for BU — is what Hyman ultimately considers one of her biggest strengths.

“BU has a lot of research strength in neuroscience,” she said. “I hope to learn [from NSF] and inform our community [on] how we can best leverage our own research.”

Hyman also noted that her move to NSF is part of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act, which provides temporary assignment of personnel between the federal government and, in her case, universities.

She hopes that faculty members like her will be able to bring new viewpoints to the government’s attention.

“Those who are visiting come in with a fresh perspective because we [the universities] are in the trenches,” she said.

“We’re like fresh air for the government, which is often needed … I hope that I can make a contribution in a small way and affect changes that will serve the community. Seeds that you plant now can ultimately grow into real change and that’s why we’re doing it — to make a difference.”

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Viewing “A Walk in the Woods” far from a walk in the park

BY ROSS HSU DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“A Walk in the Woods” is a perfectly fine movie spoiled by its grumpy, acerbic mood. Even if the book it is based on is as cantankerous, one would think that Robert Redford’s pet project about two geriatrics hiking the Appalachian Trail would be tender and artful. It is not.

Based on Bill Bryson’s nonfiction novel of the same name, the film follows Bryson (Redford) as he becomes intrigued by the section of the Appalachian Trail behind his house and decides to hike it, bringing along estranged friend and recovering alcoholic Stephen Katz (Nick Nolte).

The two play a delightfully charming odd couple. Nolte’s Katz is a raspy, bumbling lurch of a man whose aimless existence is a perfect foil for Bryson’s academic and literary success — a fact that Katz points out while Bryson describes the difference between igneous and sedimentary rock: “I’m a big picture guy, Bryson. They’re all just f--ing rocks.” Nolte is the highlight of the film, proving his skill for physical comedy in every shot as Redford responds with straightfaced composure and derision.

The revival of Katz and Bryson’s bromance is endearing, but their interactions with others sour the mood. The script is impressively mean-spirited — in one example,

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Robert Redford stars as Bill Bryson and Nick Nolte as Stephen Katz in the film, “A Walk in the Woods.”

two virile young hikers offer to help the older pair ford a river. The latter pair stubbornly refuses, as Bryson grumbles, “Nice guys.

I hate ‘em.” Their characters constantly remind the audience of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon in “Grumpy Old Men.” The misfit dynamic between Katz and Bryson is reminiscent of characters in the television series “The Office,” which director Ken Kwapis directed for some of its greatest episodes. Unlike the show, however,

“A Walk in the Woods” wastes most of its promising cast. “Parks and Recreation” actor Nick Offerman gets a predictable cameo as a salesman at REI, but all of the jokes in the scene come from Redford. Mary Steenburgen shines as a motel owner who flirts with the married Bryson, but their sexual tension doesn’t resolve and is never addressed. Comedian Kristen Schaal plays an annoying and oblivious tag-along — a trope she is beginning to be typecast in — whose inclusion

is so unnecessary and jarring that I’m willing to excuse Katz’s equally jolting suggestion that they should just kill her. I breathed a sigh of relief when she disappeared from the movie, but in retrospect, the kind earnestness of Schaal could have helped make the film less cranky had the director included the character in the right way.

The wasted ensemble is disappointing, but the film’s real failure is its tone. The original book is a travelogue that swings between comedic episodes and explorations of the history and ecology of Appalachia. The film plays out like a Lifetime movie for pissy people.

“A Walk in the Woods” could have been a classic buddy flick — a calmer, more brooding “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.”

Instead, the script leans towards a message or lesson that ultimately isn’t clear. The last five minutes of the film cover a begrudging hiking accomplishment, adoration for nature, rekindling friendship and literary inspiration, but none of these themes shine through as touching or interesting.

It is a shame that the film is so spectacularly mediocre, because it is wonderfully refreshing to see Redford and Nolte stretch their flawless comedy chops. Their performances make “A Walk in the Woods” occasionally brilliant, but ultimately the film is as forgettable as the original book is unknown.

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Finding middle ground on students’ sensitive subjects With college classes starting up for the fall, it is only natural that conversation surrounding trigger warnings and politically correct speech in classrooms will start up, too.

In its September issue, The Atlantic published a piece discussing the use of trigger warnings on college campuses, as well as in the real world. It suggests that by implementing trigger warnings into college curriculums, schools aren’t exposing students to the real-life problems they will face after graduation.

The term “trigger warning” refers to the idea that professors should provide students with advance warning when a potentially disturbing topic will be mentioned in the classroom. The Atlantic specifically profiles trigger warnings for race and sexual assault, for example.

But perhaps a student may be triggered by something other than discussion about rape — a student who has suffered from an eating disorder may be triggered by talk of something as seemingly simplistic as food.

Another student may be traumatized by a horror movie that he or she is expected to watch in a classroom setting.

While the last issue may seem silly to some, the trauma is very real to the person who is experiencing it. We as individuals are in no place to discount the triggers others around us face. But where do we draw the line in classrooms? The answer isn’t found simply, but the first step to understanding is in understanding the significance of trigger

warnings.

The Huffington Post writer David Moshman, a clinical psychologist, argues that we as human beings already filter around what triggers us. College campuses are responsible for taking care of students and keeping them safe in both a physical and mental capacity.

To some, a triggering discussion may be as much of a violation as if someone walked into their classroom with a gun. We simply can’t gauge how detrimental a trigger may be to a student.

That being said, it should not and cannot be solely the professor’s responsibility to provide warnings for every potential trigger that may arise in his or her classroom. It’s virtually impossible to predict what each individual in every college classroom may be triggered by. For this reason, it is imperative that students understand their responsibility in avoiding their trigger during classes. If one suffers from a seemingly unfamiliar or rare trigger, it is his or her responsibility to mention it to the professor.

For some, trigger warnings offer less of a safe haven and more of a ladder rung towards speaking about the topics that trigger them.

If a discussion is prefaced with an acknowledgment that the topic may be difficult for some to speak about, perhaps that understanding would allow deeper conversation among students. Not only would this be a safer space in which those triggered can speak, but it can also provide a learning experience for those who don’t experience the same triggers as their peers.

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potentially detrimental path. Who is to say that replacing the word “poor” with “low economic status related to a person’s education, occupation and income” is any less offensive?

This isn’t to say that creating a wider understanding of politically correct speech is wrong — quite the contrary. But these extremes seem to lead to more prejudices and less accomplishments overall. Simply changing the language we normally use to describe a person or persons won’t change the stereotypes we associate with them. Changing the words “rich” and “poor” won’t change what we as individuals and as a society already associate with those terms. Aren’t we creating more damage by skirting around terms that already exist? By not facing the issue head on, we are creating less of an opportunity for conversation and more of an opportunity to sweep problems under the rug.

In general, more communication regarding trigger warnings and politically correct speech is key. Clearly, there is a tough line to be drawn here in terms of being politically correct while also respecting others’ past experiences. In reality, it is impossible to please everyone. It’s easy to call trigger warnings damaging when you aren’t the person who needs them, just as it is easy to discount UNH’s language guide when you aren’t the person to whom a potentially offensive term refers. Perhaps trigger warnings and politically correct speech in college classrooms can influence a healthier space in which students can become more understanding of their peer’s struggles.

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However, the issue The Atlantic is addressing lies within the fact that most students don’t take the time to speak one-on-one with their professors. Instead, they turn right to administration. The front page story lists multiple examples in which professors were unable to properly execute their jobs due to trigger warnings, and even more prominently, due to political correctness. Some professors have been forced into resigning or seeking mental health evaluations for making what some would call “jokes” in the classroom.

Just as with trigger warnings, students must take some responsibility fowr the topics that may offend them. In other words, students must understand that they cannot go through life simply avoiding what they may deem offensive or uncomfortable. Like it or not, social media has made this nearly impossible.

This isn’t to say that we as a human race have become overly sensitive, but rather that the Internet has given us a platform in which we are encouraged to state our opinions in a way that had never been so prominent before.

The issue isn’t that the U.S. has suddenly begun using politically incorrect terminology, but that we as a culture are more aware of it.

In July, the University of New Hampshire Campus Reform released a “Bias-Free Language Guide,” which lists hundreds of terms that are now deemed unacceptable in society. The guide suggests referring to one who was previously regarded as “rich” as a “person of material wealth.”

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What could be worse?

BY CASEY MINTZ COLUMNIST

Traditions of every sort have such a prominent place in American culture, and maybe nowhere more than among horny teenage boys.

Some are more innocent in nature: boys with hookup lists in the Notes application on their phones or conversations about their latest conquests over a few beers. I know many a girl with the same lists on their phones — my sister has one complete with a series of emojis after each name to denote where it was, who it was, and how good it was. I’d be lying if I said that I never sat around whilst discussing boys and the merits and pitfalls of “getting with” them.

But something somewhere took a sinister turn. Of course, this is nothing new. You see it in the news, you hear it being discussed in the dormitory elevators. Hookup culture has turned, at least for a (way too large) segment of the population that includes many aforementioned horny teenage boys, into something much more insidious, something that seems much more like — or that literally is, in some cases — a game.

Flash back to Marathon Monday. Somewhere between the whole “waking up at ungodly hours of the morning and immediately starting to drink” thing and the “heading home by 3 p.m. to eat in the West dining hall and nap” thing, I ran into a guy with eight or so tally marks written on his arm. Pretty smart, I thought. Keep track of how many shots you’ve taken so you don’t find yourself waking up at 7 p.m. in Kenmore Square wondering how on earth you got there.

“Is that how many shots you’ve taken?”

I probably slurred.

“No, it’s how many girls I’ve hooked up with,” he replied. I suddenly felt nauseous, and it was not related to all the alcohol.

In the grand scheme of things, this is not that preposterous of a story. People will roll their eyes at my words and write this off as normal guy behavior and tell me that I’m overreacting. But I am not shutting up.

I’m not shutting up about consent and how often the lines are blurred and fabricated and manipulated. I’m not shutting up about how my best friend was screamed at from the balcony of a fraternity house and called a slut and a whore and worse just for daring to walk by. I’m not shutting up about the time a senior coerced my

freshman year roommate into doing things she was clearly uncomfortable with during the first few weeks of school. I’m not shutting up about the letter that The Daily Free Press received last semester about a girl who’d allegedly been raped and then grossly mistreated by the system that Boston University put in place to aid survivors of sexual assault. I’m not shutting up about the time I told a guy “no,” but he overpowered me and I had to kick him in his unmentionables to get him off of me.

And I am certainly not shutting up about Owen Labrie, the former prep school senior from New Hampshire who allegedly raped a 15-year-old freshman and was handed, after a long and highly public trial, a bone-chilling “not guilty” verdict on August 28.

If you are unfamiliar with the case, let me explain: St. Paul’s School is a co-educational prep school where senior prefects often partake in a tradition called the “senior salute.”

During this, senior boys proposition desirable younger girls for sexual favors during the last few months of school.

The girl, whose name has never been released, was the object of Labrie’s affections, and while at first she rebuked his attempts to get a “salute” out of her, she was eventually coerced by one of his friends. In return, Labrie said, he would give the friend “10,000 blow jobs.”

This is where the lines get blurry. Labrie says that the consensual encounter ended at kissing and touching. The girl says that he raped her, scraping the inside of her vagina and being too rough.

The jury gave Labrie three misdemeanor charges of having a sexual encounter with a minor, using a computer to lure a minor and endangering the welfare of a child. But they did not convict him of aggravated sexual assault, even after finding him guilty of penetration.

And herein lies the problem. The nine men and three women on the jury didn’t find the encounter “bad enough” to accuse Labrie of the legally worse charge of misdemeanor sexual assault, which in New Hampshire would carry a fine of up to $2,000 and/or up to one year in prison.

Maybe this is a sign that sexual assault laws need to change with the times, but this is also a reflection of the culture that we live in that allows traditions like the senior salute to thrive.

We dismiss it and throw around phrases like “it’s not that bad,” or, “it could’ve been worse.”

But what’s “not that bad” about making sex into a one-sided, male-favored game? What “could be worse” than physically and emotionally harming a minor who was smooth-talked into bed by someone with only the worst intentions? And what, exactly, does it take to actually get a sexual assault conviction? When will the female finally be trusted to decide whether or not she was assaulted?

I’m worried that we will actually have to find out before any changes are made.

Film hits and misses

BY ERIC MOOTS COLUMNIST

Well, we’ve made it through the summer, and with every summer comes movies that can’t be missed. From the marvelous highs of “Jurassic World” and “Mad Max: Fury Road,” to the rocky lows of “Pixels” and “Fantastic Four,” film reviewers had a lot to talk about with summer blockbusters. With many more films on the way, here’s a look back at the first half of the year.

The first film that needs to be discussed is “Jurassic World.” This film held the top spot of the box-office for three weeks. “Jurassic World” received critical and popular praise and although I do not think it held up to the original film (not a comment on how bad this film was, but on how perfect the original is), I do think it was a great movie that deserved all its accolades.

Another film that received both critical praise and commercial audiences this summer was “Ant-Man.” Not much was expected of this film when it was announced. I, for one, thought this would be the film with which Marvel finally did not have a winner. I was wrong. Marvel hit it out of the park with this one, and showed us yet again that they know how to make a superhero movie. The main problem I had with this film is that I’m personally getting a bit bored with superhero movies. The market is oversaturated — at this point, there are two or three films per year about superheroes, even if the films are vastly differ from each other.

“Mad Max: Fury Road” was also one of the top films of the summer, and although not as commercially successful as the ones listed prior, I believe this was the best film released this summer. The many explosions and car chases mask the surprisingly deep but simple story, and the film plays well for audiences of all maturity levels. This film is essentially a two-hour long chase scene with a lot of emotion and very few words packed inside.

And going from what was arguably the best movie this summer to the worst, I now turn my attention to “Pixels.” The new Adam Sandler vehicle did receive poor reviews among critics, although that is not very surprising, considering most everyone has all but given up on Adam Sandler since

the release of “Jack and Jill.” However, the film has recouped its budget, so it’s safe to expect many more films in the same vein to surface.

Now, who could forget about “Fantastic Four”? This film plays into my earlier apprehension about the overabundance of superhero films. This foray into a classic comic book group felt quickly thrown together, and the reviewers of the film agree with me.

With many problems within the plot, “Fantastic Four” was made entirely so Fox could keep the characters from being bought by other studios, such as Marvel. The one facet of the movie I wasn’t entirely bored or angered by was the acting. Kate Mara, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan each held his or her own, given the terrible script, and the sound of the film pulled its weight very well.

Late summer hits also made some waves this summer, although they were all much more muted in comparison to these first four films.

One film that I really enjoyed came late in the summer season: “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” The film, directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer, is a highly-stylized revival of a ‘60s spy television show. If you liked either of Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes” films, you would enjoy this film. Richie’s direction is sometimes jarring, with split-screen segments and extremely fast-paced montages, but it is interesting to watch. There is a good amount of witty charm throughout the spy caper.

And how could I possibly talk about late summer hits without bringing up the one currently taking over the box office: “Straight Outta Compton.” The biopic has been dominating the field these past two weeks, and it does not look like many other films can stop it. Although I haven’t seen the film, I can say that the marketing was exceptional. The viral marketing campaign of the movie, which includes a neat image-maker where anyone can juxtapose a custom logo on a picture of their own, is a showing of how the Internet and culture can affect Hollywood’s profits and bring in more audiences. While I wish this film were a little less biased — the people on whom the story is based on are the ones who produced it, so all viewpoints are slightly more pointed — I do think it is an emotional piece that works well in the social climate of America at the moment.

I know this doesn’t cover all of this summer’s big films (sorry “Inside Out”). This summer had a lot of upside to it. From the reemergence of George Miller to continued success of Marvel, a great amount of good has happened this year in the movie industry, and looking forward it looks like a lot more will happen.

With “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “The Hateful Eight,” “Crimson Peak” and “Bridge of Spies” all on the horizon, we have a lot left to be excited about in 2015.

Interrobang At Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, pop-culture icon Kanye West announced his candidacy for the 2020 U.S. presidential election. We here at the ol’ Free Press were wondering who would get BU people’s vote in 2020?

BU Athletics: Jack Eichel

SHA: Martha Stewart

COM: Micha Sabovik

CFA: The Marlboro Man

CGS: Miss Frizzle of “The Magic School Bus”

Questrom: Donald Trump

School of Medicine: Dr. Oz

FreeP: President Felicia

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BU promotes Albie O’Connell to associate head coach

BY JUDY COHEN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The departure of former associate head coach Steve Greeley to the New York Rangers in mid-August left a hole to be filled in the Boston University men’s hockey coaching staff.

On Wednesday, BU announced that assistant coach Albie O’Connell will take Greeley’s spot, and director of hockey operations Scott Young will be promoted to assistant coach.

Both coaches have histories with the Terriers, as they donned scarlet and white jerseys through their college careers. O’Connell played for BU from 1995 to 1999 and captained the team during his senior season, while Young took the ice during the 1985-86 and 1986-87 seasons before departing for the NHL. After years apart, the two were reunited with BU last April when they were named to the coaching staff for a more-than-successful 2014-15 season that saw a Beanpot Tournament win, a Hockey East Tournament and regular season title and the Terriers’ first trip to the Frozen Four since 2009.

“It’s great to have two guys working here who love BU the way they do,” head coach David Quinn said in a release from BU Athletics. “This university has been a big part of their lives and I know they will make a very positive impact on our student-athletes in all aspects of life.”

Prior to returning to BU, O’Connell served as an assistant coach around the region, includ-

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Both Albie O’Connell and Scott Young were essential to the Terriers’ 28-8-5 record and their Beanpot win.

ing stints with Harvard University (2011-14), Northeastern University (2008-11), Merrimack College(2007-08), College of the Holy Cross (2006-07) and Niagara University (2004-06).

And though his title has changed, O’Connell said his role and responsibilities will remain largely the same.

“It’s nice to be recognized in a different title, but at the end of the day, my job’s still to recruit, to coach, so it hasn’t changed much, but it’s nice to get recognized,” he said.

O’Connell added that his primary goals both when he first joined the staff and now include representing the program well and trying to find the best student athletes that fit in with the culture that head coach David Quinn has instilled. He said he tries to

field the best team with quality kids, quality players and quality students, as well as help with player development, “whether it be in the mornings with extra work, or on the ice during practice, or on the bench, or in between periods.”

“Our job is to make our head coach’s job easier and be a good sounding board and give good information that’s sometimes used, sometimes isn’t, but it just gives different voices,” O’Connell said.

Those different voices are important to the environment of the coaching staff because, according to O’Connell, everyone works very closely with one another and everyone’s “pretty equal.”

“We try to decide as a group what we’re trying to do, but at the end of the day, it’s the decision of the head coach, of what he wants to do and we support that and fa-

cilitate it,” he said.

Young is stepping into a newer role in terms of hockey at BU. With a 17-year NHL career, two Stanley Cup championships, three Olympic appearances and two seasons with the Terriers under his belt, his resume is rich in playing experience. But coaching is not unfamiliar to the ex-forward by any means.

From 2010-14, Young served as head coach of the boys’ varsity hockey team at St. Mark’s School in Southborough, which he had attended before arriving on Commonwealth Avenue for the first time. He helped guide the Winged Lions to three winning seasons, including their first back-to-back winning campaigns in 12 years.

And while he wasn’t behind the bench for his alma mater’s

New England Preparatory School Athletic Conference championship this past season, Young was responsible for much of the team that took the ice to win it.

O’Connell’s role is pretty much the same, as he said, but for Young, there’s a whole new facet of the team that he gets to be involved in, and that’s what he’s most excited for.

“I loved my job last year and just really enjoyed being with the staff and with the team, but it had its limitations,” he said.

“And as far as player interaction and coaching abilities, that wasn’t part of the job, it wasn’t a coaching job. I had input, but I couldn’t coach the players directly so this is, to me, is exciting.

“My role’s increased and I really look forward to being able to recruit, to be able to travel and watch players and be able to be more involved with our players.”

Now Young can run drills and be more involved with more than what just happens behind the scenes. He said he had as much input as the other coaches regarding team film and preparation for games, echoing O’Connell’s sentiments, but now he can also provide input on recruits.

“Last year, I would always hear from our associate head coach and assistant coach about players that we were recruiting, but I couldn’t go watch them, so now I’ll have the input of being able to go watch players and bring that back to the office and bring that back to Coach Quinn.”

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Season preview: Men’s soccer preparing for 2015 matches

BY JONATHAN SIGAL DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The 2015 season has arrived for the Boston University men’s soccer team and it is shaping up to be one of great promise.

After winning the Patriot League regular season title in 2014 and coming within mere minutes of an NCAA Tournament berth, the Terriers (1-1) were picked to finish second in the conference’s preseason poll.

On the back end of a 12-4-4 record, that recognition comes as no surprise. The Terriers routinely defied expectations in 2014, hovering around a top-25 national ranking and earning numerous postseason awards for their collective and individual efforts.

“We have some talented players and the rankings show a lot of respect for the guys we have coming in and guys we have here already,” said BU coach Neil Roberts. “The kids are working hard and it’s a matter of time be-

fore it all comes together, but the ranking is something that we’re proud of.”

While the Patriot League as a whole recognizes the Terriers’ strength and the veteran savvy of Roberts, this year’s team will be vastly different. Key players from 2014 have graduated, creating gaps at crucial positions on the field.

Most notably, graduated forward Dominique Badji, who was the 2014 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, is now playing for the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. His eight goals and four assists will be missed, as will stalwarts like goalkeeper Nick Thomson, defender Kelvin Madzongwe and midfielder Jordan Barker, who have also graduated.

With the spine of the 2014 team no longer donning scarlet and white jerseys, Roberts and the rest of his coaching staff have been diligently working toward replacing their contributions.

“It is what it is,” Roberts said. “It’s an honor to lose very good players. You’d probably be more disappointed if you lost players who weren’t very good, but we cope with it and move on.

They all left a mark on the program, and hopefully a year from now we’ll be talking about how to replace some other key guys.”

Conversely, the Terriers are returning a core group of players, too. Sophomore midfielder David Amirani and junior midfielder David Asbjornsson will once again man the center of the field, and look to improve upon their combined six goals and three assists from 2014.

Additionally, senior defender Jeroen Blugh will once again anchor the back line, while junior forward Felix de Bona and senior forward Lucas McBride enter the season with a combined 13 goals for the program.

The Terriers also welcome 15 newcomers to the program including two transfers, which cre-

ates a unique blend of youthful experience and veteran guile.

“We have a nucleus of very talented players and hard workers,” Roberts said. “We’re quietly smiling and optimistic that we’re going to be fine. It’s going to take a little bit to piece together, but we’re pretty confident that as the season progresses things will come together and we’ll be a dangerous team.”

Based on their 2014 record and their standing in the preseason poll, the Terriers will not be sneaking up on the Patriot League in 2015. Roberts, who is beginning his 31st season at the helm has a group of promising underclassmen and experienced players that he feels are ready to compete for a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

“We were disappointed last year with our finish and we want to get back there,” Roberts said.

“We don’t know a lot about what the conference has in store, but we’re at a good spot with get-

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Senior defensman Jeroen Blugh logged three points for the Terriers last season.

ting guys where they need to be.

It will be a work in progress and we definitely have our eyes set on getting back to what we missed out on last year.”

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Season preview: Field hockey heads preseason poll

BY JUSTIN PALLENIK DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Following an NCAA Tournament berth last year, the Boston University field hockey team has begun the new season under the weight of expectation, as they were unanimously chosen to top the Patriot League in 2015 by conference personnel.

The Terriers (1-1) enjoyed one of their best campaigns of the Sally Starr-era last fall. Behind their National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Hall of Fame coach, they waltzed to an 11-7 regular season record before heading into the Patriot League Tournament as the No. 2 seed.

They made quick work of the defending conference champions, American University, beating their semifinal opponent 3-1. The

next day, they snatched the Patriot League championship from regular season title-holders Bucknell University in a 2-1 affair.

The conference title marked the program’s first as a member of the Patriot League and ninth under Starr’s direction. The win also sent BU to its 11th NCAA Tournament appearance, where they fell to No. 4 Syracuse University in a 2-1 nail-biter.

Although the Terriers fell short of their own aspirations with their first-round defeat, the season was a resounding success in other ways. Junior forward Amanda Cassera led the Patriot League in goals (14) and points (32). Meanwhile, midfielders Sofi Laurito and Hester van der Laan flew around the field and tallied 18 points and 17 points throughout the 2014 campaign, respectively.

At the back, Rachel Coll starred

during her junior season on penalty corner inserts and helped to organize a defense that limited opponents to 1.57 goals per game.

According to Starr, the 2014 season is a sign of things to come this fall.

“We’re really looking forward to taking advantage of the momentum we established last year,” Starr said, “with returning so many starters and also some upperclassmen that didn’t start but have returned and are really doing well. [Sophomore midfielder/forward] Grace Boston is a player who didn’t get a lot of playing time [because] she had a broken ankle last year. And then [there are] some freshmen who are really making an immediate impact, three freshmen in particular: [midfielder/backer] Allie Doggett, [forward] Ally Hammel and [forward] Kara Enoch.”

Starr’s key newcomers have filled the stat sheet already through two games. Boston registered her first career goal in a 4-3 win over the University of New Hampshire last Friday. Enoch has also contributed, delivering two assists off the bench against the Wildcats (1-1). Enoch, along with BU’s other reserves, will look to be a major factor in the team’s success going forward.

“I feel we have more depth this year,” Starr said. “We can keep fresher legs out on the field. Last year, our bench was really kind of nonexistent. We pretty much went with our 11 players last year. This year we definitely have more talent coming off the bench. We can hopefully play faster, play better, play at a better work rate and sustain it longer because we’re able to substitute.”

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Senior midfielder Sofi Laurito was recently named to the Patriot League 25th Anniversary Team.

Season preview: Women’s soccer pushes for third title

BY NICK FRAZIER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

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Senior defenseman McKenzie Hollenbaugh will help anchor the defense this year.

Despite winning the Patriot League championship for the second straight year, the Boston University women’s soccer team failed to accomplish more than that last season, falling in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to crosstown rival Northeastern University.

This year, BU coach Nancy Feldman said she has noticed a difference in her team that may help the Terriers (0-3-1) have an even more successful season.

“I think it’s a more mature group overall,” Feldman said. “That doesn’t mean that the team was immature last year, there’s just more of a level of experience. I think the number of players that have experience playing significant roles is greater this year and that just makes us a much more mature team.

“The group last year did a wonderful job,” she continued. “The seniors finished their career in a really strong way by winning the Patriot League championship. Certainly this group having gone through that experience is one of the reasons that they’re in the position that they’re in, being as mature and experienced as they are.”

That group is led by the seven seniors that will have ample time on the field this season. Among them is forward Jenna Fisher, who led the team in points last season with 17. She will represent her class with midfielders Clare Pleuler and Rachel Blauner, who should help generate offense for the Terriers.

Meanwhile, fellow seniors Ariana Aston, McKenzie Hollenbaugh and Lauren MacLellan will provide

defensive experience on a team that lost back line anchor Kai Miller to graduation last year. Additionally, senior goalkeeper Alyssa Parisi will look to improve her 0.75 goals against average from last year and command the Terrier defense. Feldman said she is looking forward to seeing her experienced players get their chance to shine this season.

“Every year we lose good players, and the next group of players are ready to step in and take a larger role,” she said. “That’s something that we pride ourselves on in our program. We try to develop players and are committed to their development. They grow and improve because they really put their minds to it and work hard.

“Lauren MacLellan played a significant role last season as an outside back, and we expect her to do the same. In the midfield, Claire Pleuler is a senior and an experienced player. She had her shining moment at the end of last season in the Patriot League Tournament. Of course, Jenna Fisher is really the leader of the front line and is an example for all of our attackers and forward players.”

Feldman also went on to express how important it is for Parisi to return for her fifth year to the team after starting 20 games in the net for BU last season.

“She was our starter for most of the time last year and was a primary player for us,” Feldman said. “With that year under her belt of being the go-to goalkeeper, coming back and having that experience is better.

You know what to expect, the game slows down a little bit and you’re more confident.”

Not to be outdone by the experienced core group, this year’s freshman class will also be vital to the team’s success. Defenders Chelsea Churchill and Pietra Sweeney, midfielder Julianna Chen and forward McKenna Doyle all played in the first three games for the Terriers, with Doyle notching an assist in the season opener. Feldman has nothing but praise for the freshman class, and said she believes they can provide talent for a team that lost five starters from last season to graduation.

“We’ve added some really good players to the mix,” Feldman said.

“Our freshman class has been really solid. There are kids that are contributing right away, and that’s pretty amazing considering the number of returning players that we have, that some of the freshmen have proven to deserve some playing time this season. We’re going to need a few of them to play like veterans.”

In their first four games, how-

ever, the Terriers have failed to register a win, scoring only one goal.

After losing a hard-fought match to rival Boston College in the season opener by a score of 2-1, BU was able to keep La Salle University from scoring in a 0-0 tie before losing to Northwestern University and Marquette University last weekend by a combined score of 5-0. After watching her players struggle in these first few games, Feldman said she knows what this team needs to work on in order to get back on the winning track.

“We need to score goals,” she said. “In these first couple of games we have not yet broken out into a high-powered attack, and I think we can. We’ve got to put more shots on frame and I think we’ve got to prove that we can be a terrific scoring team. Also, our goals against average is stingy so far. That’s always something we built our championship years on, and this year won’t be any different.

“We’re forming right now. I like what I see, I think we have terrific leadership, the work ethic and competition level is very high in this group, and they’re just going to have to keep getting better every day,” she added. “If they can do that, I think we’ll be vying for a championship, but it’s a long way away.”

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support for Young in his new position.

“I think Scotty will do great,” O’Connell said. “I shared an office with him for the past year, he’s a great guy, he’s got a good way about him. I think he’s got imme-

diate respect with his knowledge of the game and his playing career and his coaching career.”

O’Connell said that, as Young is 144th on the all-time NHL goal-scoring list, he knows his way around the net. That gives the Terriers an added boost when it comes to working with the for-

wards.

“He sees things maybe a little bit differently,” he said. “From a forward perspective, he scored a lot of goals in his day and I think he’ll be very good at helping our forwards and our team get better.”

Young was also originally reported to be Greeley’s successor,

per Jeff Cox of SB Nation, but some hiccups along the way made that difficult. Mike McMahon of College Hockey News tweeted Wednesday that there was a “small hurdle with [the administration], not major” in that Young left BU early, so he did not earn a degree.

But Young said that he didn’t think that had ever been the plan.

“I don’t think that was the way it was going to work,” he said. “That wasn’t how we had planned it, or how Coach Quinn had planned it. Albie was going to move into that position and I was moving into Albie’s position.”

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