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‘80s star Molly Ringwald shares novel in Brookline Families, friends of 9/11 victims continue grieving

By Sofiya Mahdi Daily Free Press Staff

Amid an audience at the Brookline Booksmith, Breakfast Club star Molly Ringwald gave insight into her latest book of betrayal, a theme she said she considers central to human life.

Despite Ringwald’s fame as one of the greatest teen stars of the 1980s, she said she will always be learning how to write.

Ringwald said her novel, “When It Happens to You: A Novel in Short Stories,” is a series of stories concerning Philip and Greta, a couple who are struggling to deal with marital betrayal.

The broader story, however, is weaved together with anecdotes, adding a new dimension to the couple’s journey through their issues, she said.

Ringwald said she has seen both sides of betrayal in her own personal experience and spent three years writing her debut non-fiction novel.

Having children and a husband, who also writes, made the process decidedly unromantic, she said, and she would prefer to write on whatever was near and wherever was most convenient.

During the reading, Ringwald applauded the independent bookstore for hosting authors regularly, calling these smaller stores a “place of comfort” for her.

In turn, Paul Theriault, an employee at Brookline Booksmith, said he expected the huge crowd and said these appearances

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Molly Ringwald signs copies of her new novel When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories at the Brookline Booksmith Tuesday night.

help build the bookstore’s brand.

Ringwald wrote another book, “Getting the Pretty Back: Friendship, Family and Finding the Perfect Lipstick,” in 2010.

Despite her success in films, Ringwald said she had been interested in writing since she was young.

“I had to write a lot of bad stories before I wrote a good one,” she said.

Ringwald said that, as an actress, she

was hindered by “the preconceived notions of what actors can and cannot do.”

Ringwald starred in ‘80s movies such as “Pretty in Pink,” “Sixteen Candles” and “Tempest,” for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination.

“Many people don’t consider actors to be writers,” Ringwald said.

Signing, see page 2

Classrooms join with social media for some BU professors

By Alex Diantgikis Daily Free Press Staff

While many professors at Boston University emphasize office hours as an important academic tool, social media sites and other modern approaches are becoming more common, students said.

“One of the biggest benefits [of social media] is immediacy,” said Micha Sabovik, assistant dean of the College of Communication Student Services, in an email. “The digital age has created a culture that demands instant gratification, so new online tools are a must for our students.”

Social media and websites such as Blackboard allow students to find a syllabus on their smartphones, download reading materials and quickly connect with professors and peers, she said.

“Almost all of our professors use Blackboard for their classes, but more mainstream social media, especially Twitter, is becoming

more and more prevalent in student-teacher conversations,” Sabovik said.

COM integrates social media, both for academic and administrative purposes, she said.

“The ‘practice what you preach’ mantra certainly comes into play here. If a class focuses on the benefits and practices behind non-traditional media, it helps to have both the professors and students to be engaged with that technology,” Sabovik said.

Between her own account, @DeanSaboSays, and two main COM accounts, @comugrad and @BUCOMGrad, the college reaches out to about 4,500 followers, she said. The COM Student Services administration also manages Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts for incoming freshmen and the COM Ambassador program.

Amy Bennett-Zendzian, an instructor in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she started a Facebook group for her EN120

class.

“So far I’ve been able to answer several students’ questions about homework through the group, but there are still two students who haven’t joined—which means I won’t be able to use it for official communication for the class,” she said.

Bennett-Zendzian said she also managed a Twitter account for students to access, which offered supplementary materials. However, she said she has given up on it.

“It’s not very effective since, as far as I can tell, most college students don’t use Twitter,” she said. “It’s more of a thing for public figures and institutions.”

While some professors are experimenting with social media, not all professors find it as beneficial as others.

“A school’s faculty spans many generations, personalities and views on new media,”

Social Media, see page 2

Eleven years after two planes from Boston’s Logan International Airport became weapons in a national terrorist attack on 9/11, Massachusetts residents who gathered at the State House on Tuesday morning said their pain has not been healed.

About 100 attendees stood at the steps of the State House as Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray honored the victims from Massachusetts by reading their names aloud.

Red and white flowers surrounded the walkways as people arrived to witness the rise of the American flag and listen to the 206 victims’ names.

Newton resident Claudia Jacobs, 62, lost her brother, Ariel Jacobs, when he was 30 years old in the attack.

Time could not heal her pain, she said, and her grief is “always present.”

“It was like it was yesterday. What happened may not immobilize you anymore,” Jacobs said. “It’s kind of like a scab. You hit something onto it, and it’ll open up.”

Bill Moore, a Weymouth resident, has returned to the commemoration every year to play the taps during the flag ceremony for his friend, Jeff Coombs, who was on one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center.

“He was my best friend,” Moore said.

“A great kid, a hard worker, a family man.

He was definitely a good guy.”

He said 9/11 is always a sad day for him nevertheless.

“That feeling doesn’t just simply go away,” Moore said.

The outdoor air was about 60 degrees, but to many, the weather seemed to replicate the day of 9/11 too closely.

“Every year, [9/11] always seems like a regular day, just like today, where the weather is the same — beautiful,” said Lisa Shore, a Boston resident who was in the Hub on 9/11. “It doesn’t feel any different.”

On 9/11, Shore was on the 15th floor of the Hancock Tower in Boston when authorities ordered that she and her coworkers evacuate, she said.

After everyone had exited the building,

9/11, see page 2

After running for 115 years, MBTA shares history, trivia with T commuters in advertisements

By Samantha Tatro Daily Free Press Staff

In addition to Charlie’s latest reappearance and the new opening of the CharlieCard Store in Downtown Crossing, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority continues celebrating its 115 birthday by sharing the T’s history with its riders.

Starting this week, T riders on their daily commute in subway cars and buses will be able to read fun facts and history of the MBTA, according to an MBTA press release.

The ads, dubbed “CuriousiTy,” inform riders of the history of America’s first subway system.

They feature the history behind the names of the different lines — the Blue Line was named because it travels under the ocean — and reveal that the train to Maverick was once the world’s largest underwater tunnel.

The CuriosiTy campaign was produced by the MBTA’s marketing team, MBTA

spokesman Joe Pesaturo said in an email.

The MBTA will not have to pay for the ad space where the facts are placed, he said.

Christopher Lynch, a member of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s performance management team and innovation team, researched the CuriousiTy facts, according to the press release.

In the fiscal year 2013, the MBTA projected a budget deficit of $185 million.

But Pesaturo said that placing the ads inside buses and T trains will not in any way affect the MBTA’s deficit.

Public transportation in Boston has had a rich history throughout its 115 years, said Massachusetts Department of Transportation Secretary and CEO Richard Davey in the press release.

“We try hard to keep our customers up to date with the latest technology like mobile apps, mobile ticketing and our new countdown clocks,” he said. “This Curi-

MBTA, see page4

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To celebrate the T’s 115th anniversary, the MBTA is launching a campaign with ads highlighting fun facts about the history of the T.

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Attendees remember 9/11, spread awareness about fateful day 9/11: From Page 1

she said, there was news that two children were locked in an office on the 59th floor after the building’s power had been shut off.

“No one wanted to be in the building,” she said. “And no one wanted to get them.”

Shore said she ran to the top and released the kids.

“And it’s just scary, you know, because everybody’s afraid [for] their personal safety, but I feel as if you have to think of others, too,” she said. “Especially at a time like this.”

She said people everywhere should remember the anniversary.

Other attendees came to support those who have been affected by 9/11.

Nancy Trautman and her husband, both Lexington residents, came to support Teresa Mathai, head coordinator of the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund and their close friend.

Trautman said she and her husband have been friends with Mathai since before 9/11, when Mathai’s husband passed away.

“At that time, I helped her a lot with the kids,” Trautman said.

“She had kids that were in second and fourth grade and our children were friends, so we spent a lot of time with the kids and with her.

She’s really a great person and her husband was too.”

Mathai, a Boston resident, said that she felt the need to “rally our own community with awareness” about the events of that morning.

Mathai said she created her own organization with the help of fundraisers and family to hold “events for [the] families” and “organize the annual commemoration.”

The Massachusetts 9/11 Fund holds a ceremony every year to celebrate and remember the 206 Massachusetts residents who fell victim to the 9/11 attacks.

Ever since the 2002 ceremony, families have helped Mathai to raise money and create an organization that continuously raises money, she said.

The ceremony will forever hold an annual commemoration, she said.

Mathai, however, said the grief

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On Tuesday morning, hundreds of people stand inside and around the gate of the Massachusetts State House as thousands of 9/11 victims’ names are read aloud.

is gradually diminishing.

“He was just on a routine day at work, my husband. He was a

Profs post articles, course info on social media outlets Social Media: From Page 1

Sabovik said. “Social media isn’t for everyone.”

Laurence Breiner, an English professor in CAS, said he prefers to make himself available to students through email and office hours. He said email is effective more immediately than Blackboard because students check their emails more often.

“In my experience, almost everyone is more thoughtful and more interesting in email than in texting, tweeting or instant messaging,” Breiner said. “That makes it a much more productive use of time.”

College of Engineering junior Troy Wilson said his economics professor manages a Facebook group for the class.

“I think it’s pretty useful when your class is full of so much discus-

sion that you can’t really fit it all in the actual section,” he said. “We had a lot of side comments on the Facebook page.”

Wilson said the entire class joined the group and most students actively post on the page. He said the professor posts links to academic articles and other useful information for students to access.

“I like Blackboard. I think it’s a nice way to have documents that you might have lost, or just announcements,” said College of General Studies sophomore Alexis Brogden. “The whole Facebook and Twitter thing — I’ve never had a professor use it. I never really found a need for it because I feel that I’ve always been able to contact them through their office or email.”

Brogden said most of her professors communicate with students

by sending emails saying to check Blackboard for updates, but she would prefer they just email all the information. Because she does not check Blackboard constantly, it is possible to miss things, she said.

Brogden said she would participate in a professor’s academic social media account if it were purely academic, but expressed concerns about a professor having access to her personal social media networks.

“The thing is, my Twitter isn’t purely academic,” she said.

CGS sophomore Linda Yung said if her professor had an academic Twitter account, she would consider following it, but didn’t want her professor to follow her back because it would be too invasive of her personal life.

“I just think there’s boundaries between personal life and academic life,” Yung said.

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great man,” she said. “But I feel like I can be stronger now, especially establishing these funds

and ceremonies for the other families.”

Ringwald’s character seen as relatable to real life, fans say Signing: From Page 1

But many of Ringwald’s audience members said they were attracted to her book.

Samantha Weber, a sophomore at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, said she was a huge fan of Ringwald’s films, but was also drawn to this work because it was fiction.

“It’s refreshing that she wrote a novel, instead of another autobiography,” Weber said. “This book is something worth reading.”

Jennifer Hessenflow, an employee at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Research and devoted fan, said she felt all of Ringwald’s characters, both on and off the screen, were easily relatable to real life.

“I designed and made my own prom dress because of her movies,” she said.

Growing up in the ‘80s, Hessenflow said she could identify with Ringwald’s characters and still does.

“I am from a small town myself, but I always knew there was more,” she said.

Another audience member, Cal Thompson, said she applauded Ringwald’s efforts to veer away from more stereotypical works by known celebrities.

“A lot of celebrities put out trash everyday because they can and someone out there will buy their books,” Thompson said.

“But at the same time, you can tell a good writer pretty quickly.”

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Campus & City City Crime Logs

Missing Tires

By Kaneta Zillur & Samantha Tatro Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department’s Allston-Brighton D-14 crime logs from Sept. 4 to Sept. 11.

At about 8:23 a.m. on Friday, officers responded to a call for larceny at Herb Chambers Toyota at 32 Brighton Avenue in Allston. The inventory manager of Herb Chambers told the officer that all four tires were gone from one of their vehicles, which was parked in the Herb Chambers used car lot across the street. Officers were told that the vehicle was a 2012 Toyota Venza, which was placed in the parking lot by one of their sales associates at about 10:00 p.m. on Thursday.

The manager said the parking lot is gated and locked during non-business hours. The car was discovered raised on cinder blocks by a lot attendant, with all its tires missing.

Drink and Fight At about 2:20 a.m. on Saturday, officers observed a fight near 170 Brighton Ave. and found two people pinned to the ground by bouncers from the bar, Tavern in the Square.

The bouncers told police that the two men on the ground were involved in a stabbing that took place moments before. The stabbed man was found outside 160 Brighton Ave. with a wound to his chest. He was taken to Beth Israel Hospital by Boston EMS A-14. Police searched the area but did not recover the weapon.

Another security member told officers that before the stabbing he saw two groups about to start a fight outside the bar, and one person had a knife. Police tried to find witnesses, but no one came forward with information. A bouncer from the tavern told officers a member of the group that stabbed the man approached the staff and made a gesture, imitating the slitting of a throat.

I wanna hold your hand At 3:17 a.m. on Saturday, officers responded to a call for a breaking and entering in Allston near 23 West Sorrento St. Upon arrival, officers spoke to a man who said he was sleeping and woke up in his bedroom to an unknown 5’11” white shirtless male. The suspect knelt beside the victim and held his hand, telling him he was not “nearly as sorry as you are going to be.”

The suspect left the victim’s room and went into his roommate’s room, where he woke him up and asked, “What are you doing in my house?”

The shirtless male was then asked to leave and complied.

Dumpster dimes At about 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, officers responded to a call for a white male throwing trash behind Comm Ave. Wine and Spirits store.

When officers arrived at 1229 Comm. Ave., the suspect was sitting on the rear steps, reeking of alcohol and breathing heavily. Officers at the District 14 station recognized him as a man who frequently generates citizen complaints. The male said he was looking for nickels and change in the trash. Officers told the male that the police would seek a Section 12 from Brighton District Court, at which point the man cleaned up the trash.

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24/7 study space helps decrease distractions New autism lab

will grant speech to young patients

By Chris Lisinski Daily Free Press Staff

A number of Boston University students said they have not begun to use the 24-hour study space, but consider the option convenient and helpful.

It is a space that will be useful, however, later in the year, they said, and a way to avoid disturbing roommates late at night.

“I think it’s a really good idea because there just isn’t any place around here to go,” said Caroline Roig-Irwin, a College of Communication freshman. “Nothing is open late enough to actually go anywhere else, and I think it’s great that the university is doing something.”

Student Government successfully established Shelton Hall’s former dining area as a 24-hour study space at the start of the fall semester.

SG President Dexter McCoy said he is happy progress has already been made with 24-hour study spaces.

“Once we were elected, in my very first meeting with John Battaglino [executive director of student activities and operations], that was one of the first topics discussed,” McCoy, a College of Communication junior, said.

The 24/7 space provides a place where all students can study at any hour without disturbing roommates. Because students do not need to swipe into Shelton to

By Maha Kamal Daily Free Press Staff

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The new study lounge at Shelton Hall offers off-campus students an accessible 24-hour study space.

enter the study space, off-campus students can use it for group work at late hours.

“We’re hoping that people take advantage of that [the availability] on East Campus so that we won’t have situations where people don’t have a place to study,” McCoy said.

McCoy said it was important to take advantage of space opening up as dining halls closed in preparation for the new Center for Student Services opening.

“With the retiring dining halls, it was important for us to get in that conversation on what those spaces would be used for moving forward, and so that’s what was discussed, 24-hour study space in

Shelton,” he said.

James Marin, a College of Fine Arts senior, said he is happy to see 24-hour space as he has had problems in the past disturbing his roommate while studying late at night.

“In the past, I’ve had to stay up and write papers sometimes, and when I had a roommate, I’d have to keep a light on,” he said. “I keep very weird hours. I’m now in a single, so it does work out, but for those who are in doubles or triples, it seems like a good idea.”

Ruijia Liu, a CAS freshman, said he has used the space a few times while his roommate was

Study, see page4

Massport, airlines might pay nearly $3B in 9/11 case

By Jasper Craven Daily Free Press Staff

The Massachusetts Transportation Authority and other litigants might pay billions to the World Trade Center Properties, which is suing over poor security at Logan International Airport following the 9/11 attacks.

WTCP argues that Massport, the owner and operator of Logan Airport and other defendants in the four-year case such as United Airlines and American Airlines could have prevented the attack of 9/11, according to court documents.

Attorneys representing WTCP filed documents on Tuesday that appealed to Judge Alvin Hellerstein and wrote about the shortcomings of the defendants, including Massport.

On Sept. 11, 2001, Mohamed Atta and Abdul Aziz al Omari, two of the terrorists on 9/11, flew into Terminal B at Logan Airport from Portland,

Maine, wrote Richard Williamson, an attorney for WTCP. Once in Boston, both men had to exit one secure area of the terminal and re-enter another, passing through an American Airlines’ security checkpoint, he wrote. Once on flight 11 out of Boston, Omari and Atta hijacked the plane and crashed it into the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m.

In his document, Williamson said the security was notoriously poor, which allowed the terrorists to slip through the cracks.

“The lax security at Logan Airport was well-publicized from at least 1999,” he wrote. “Checkpoint security personnel were so poorly selected, paid, motivated and trained that there was an astounding 207-percent turnover rate.”

The WTCP alleges that if it were not “for the Aviation Defendants’ negligence, the terrorists could not have boarded and hijacked the air-

craft and flown them into the twin towers,” according to earlier court documents.

The WTCP paid $2.805 billion for a 99-year lease of the World Trade Center in July of 2001, only to have their investment destroyed two months later in the attacks, according to court documents.

Massport and other defendants argue that the insurance payout to WTCP, which totals more than $4 billion, should be credited against what they owe the WTCP, according to court documents.

But U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein denied this motion on Aug. 31.

“The overlap between WTCP’s insurance recovery and its potential tort recovery presents issues of fact requiring trial,” he wrote in his opinion.

In the same opinion, Hellerstein wrote that the limit of tort recovery

Massport, see page4

Anna Melnick, a member of Boston University’s Student Volunteers for Special Needs, said working with children with autism can be eye-opening.

“My boyfriend’s younger brother has autism and it has been an incredibly rewarding experience getting to know him over the past three years,” the College of Arts and Sciences sophomore said. “Not many people realize how frustrating it can be for someone who doesn’t have language as an option to express themselves.”

BU’s upcoming Autism Center of Excellence will focus on why patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders fail to acquire spoken language, officials related to the project said.

Psychology professor Helen Tager-Flusberg, the director of the new center, said recent research has not focused on autistic patients with verbal problems.

“The majority of funding hasn’t been steered toward understanding and developing treatments for older non-verbal children with ASD,” Tager-Flusberg said in an email. “This is the gap that our center will fill.”

The center will be employing a new research technique known as auditory-monitor mapping training. AMMT is a behavioral technique that uses motor activities and the use of singing to strengthen parts of the brain that are used in developing verbal communication. It is still being developed and tested in pilot studies, TagerFlusberb said.

Tager-Flusberg said the center’s research into non-verbal children separates it from other centers of its kind.

“We at BU are uniquely focused on investigating the mechanisms that may explain why some children with ASD fail to learn to speak and in conducting trials of a novel treatment for these children,” she said.

Melnick said non-verbal patients suffer more than many people realize.

“Being able to say ‘I don’t feel well’ or ‘I’m hungry’ is something many people take for granted every day,” she said.

The $10 million, five-year grant was awarded by the Na-

Autism, see page4

BU hires new professors for 2012–13 in keeping with strategic plan

By Amy Gorel Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University’s Charles River Campus welcomed 53 new professors to its faculty for the 2012–13 academic year.

“Every year BU hires new faculty,” said BU spokesman Colin Riley. “They look at the freshman class and see what sections need more faculty. New hires are consistent with the goal of increasing faculty as part of the strategic plan.”

In BU’s Strategic Plan, the first of 10 commitments the university made to improve itself over the next decade pertain to hiring new faculty.

“As a great, 21st-century research university, we are committed to the highest standards

of teaching, research, scholarship and professional accomplishment — a level of excellence which must be reflected in our faculty,” according to the plan completed in 2007.

The Charles River Campus hired 53 full-time professors this year compared to only 46 new faculty the previous academic year, said Julie Sandell, associate provost for faculty affairs at BU. “The University’s Strategic Plan calls for adding well over 100 new faculty positions over 10 years (starting in 2007), so we are on track,” she said in an email interview.

While 38 of the 53 new professors were hired to replace faculty members who retired or resigned, 15 were hired into new positions,

which increases the size of the faculty, Sandell said.

During the 2011–12 academic year, Boston University had 2,032 full-time faculty members, according to the 2012 Faculty Salary Survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

While the additional positions cost the university more money, Sandell said it will “make us a better institution with a broader base of scholarship and teaching.”

Sandell said the exact costs of paying the new faculty are not available.

The average salary for full professors at BU for 2011–12 was $151,700, according to the survey.

The average salary for associate professors was $105,000,

while the average salary for assistant professors was $87,800. According to The Chronicle, these numbers are all “far above the median” of the 1,251 “doctoral institutions in the survey.”

Most of the new faculty are hired as assistant professors, but work their way up to become associate professors and then full professors. Though some faculty are hired at the associate or full professor level if they are “extraordinary,” Sandell said.

Having additional faculty does not reduce the work for the faculty who are already on campus, she said.

“More faculty allows us to reduce the student-faculty ratio and develop new programs,” she said.

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Jury expected to determine final payout Massport: From Page 3

payout to the WTCP could not exceed $2.8 billion.

Hellerstein wrote that the insurance payout to WTCP could not qualify as similar to aviation payout in his opinion.

“In order to make such a finding, I would have to find, to a ‘reasonable certainty,’ that the categories of insurance payments received by WTCP could recover in its lawsuit against the Aviation Defendants,” he wrote.

“On this record, before trial, I am not able to make such findings.”

The litigation will continue to a federal trial. Despite Hellerstein’s payout limit, the defendants could face a jury that could dictate a hefty payout from Massport with other defendants possibly exceeding $2.8 billion, depending on what the jury decides.

Massport would not comment on this case as it is still pending in court.

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asleep.

“It’s very helpful,” Liu said. “[I study here] sometimes. My roommate always sleeps, so I need to find somewhere quiet to read.”

Andrew Richard Farrell, a CAS sophomore, said the space in Shelton is useful, and he enjoys studying in it.

“I always like places that aren’t too crowded to study in,” he said.

Farrell also said he would likely use a similar space closer to him.

“I prefer going somewhere [other than my room] late at night to study, and I like having places like this,” he said.

However, he said Farrell thinks Shelton’s 9th floor study lounge is more popular among students than the recently opened 24-hour study space.

“It feels a little bit like wasted space because it’s so big, and most people who come to Shelton just go to the ninth floor,” he said.

Students said they would like to see spaces expanded to other parts of campus.

“They should put one in West Campus,” Roig-Irwin said. “I think especially because, from my impressions, West Campus is the more social and active side of campus, so it would be harder to

find a quiet study space there.”

Marin said it would be especially helpful if more dorms adopted the 24/7 study space so that students would not have to go out to study or collaborate late at night.

Some students said they would like to see amenities upgraded in the space.

“I think partitioning parts of the room off, or maybe just having some resources here other than plugs or tables [would be good],” Farrell said. “I think it would be great if they had white boards and stuff like that, and that’s not expensive.”

Marin said partitions could allow for private, non-disturbing study such as the ones at Mugar Memorial Library.

“Those little cubicles they have at Mugar are very helpful,” he said. “Tables are very good for group work.”

Roig-Irwin said that a study space gives students a place to focus and not be distracted by their peers.

“My roommate likes to talk a lot,” she said. “I usually leave my door open because it rattles but it’s distracting because then people are always coming in and talking. It’s kind of awkward to say, ‘Get out, I’m studying,’ because I don’t know them that well.”

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tional Institutes of Health and was highly competitive, said CAS Associate Dean for Research and Outreach James Jackson.

“The Austism Centers of Excellence is a highly competitive research program, and Helen Tager-Flusberg did an amazing job organizing BU’s strengths in this area and writing a great proposal,” he said.

Mike DeGuglielmo is a member of Autism Speaks, an organization dedicated to raising awareness in the Boston area.

DeGuglielmo said BU has served as a leader in Greater Boston in raising awareness about ASD and the announcement of the center is good news.

“The establishment of this collaborative center in Boston, home to some of the finest minds in academia and medicine is an encouraging development,” DeGuglielmo, walk-events director for

Autism Speaks, said.

NIH awarded the grant to three centers of excellence this year, compared to the six centers awarded in the last funding cycle, according to the press release. BU received the award along with the University of California, Los Angeles and Emory University.

Jackson said he is confident in the center’s ability to make headway in the study of ASD. “The center is looking to apply those same ideas that work for stroke victims to regain speech and do clinical work and try to understand why autistic patients become non-verbal,” he said.

The center will work with researchers from all around Boston including the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Northeastern University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to the press release.

“Boston University and thus

the greater Boston area may become the go-to place where this area of research comes to fruition and the place to study this area so that one day we may overcome and solve this problem,” Jackson said.

Jackson said receiving the grant is a huge honor for BU. “We have a huge commitment to this, and it’s a big award,” he said. “It harnesses all our strengths of research and is an exceptional start.”

Melnick said she is proud of BU’s commitment.

“Boston has a reputation of being at the forefront of the medical world, and combined with BU’s dedicated research divisions, the new ACE program could not have chosen a better home,” she said. “Especially with BU’s ties in the past of supporting the autism community and research and development, the new center will undoubtedly change many lives for the better.”

Historical ads make T rides more interesting, riders say MBTA: From Page 1

osiTy Campaign is a fun way to remind our customers that we’ve always had this innovative spirit.”

The MBTA’s customers are very knowledgeable and informed about the services the MBTA has to offer, said MBTA Acting General Manager Jonathan Davis in the press release.

“We hope transporting them back in time to the start of service in 1897 and some big milestones in between will brighten their trip,” he said.

The unveiling of the CuriousiTy facts are only a part of a larger birthday celebration, which includes the CharlieCard Store opening in Downtown Crossing and the first “Charlie” mascot ap-

pearance, according to the press release.

Some commuters at the Kenmore T station said the ads sounded interesting.

Emily Gagnon, a resident of the Back Bay, said the factual ads are fun to look at.

“I used to commute from the Back Bay and I’m a long-time T user — me and the T go way back,” Gagnon said at the Kenmore T station. “I think the ads are interesting and in the future I’d probably read them.”

Tatyana Ivanova, a Boston resident originally from Russia, said she was not interested in seeing the T’s facts in buses and trains.

“Why should I be interested in the MBTA?” she said. “[The ads] really never occurred to me, I

only use the T from time to time.”

The ads would make no difference in her daily commute, she said.

Debbie Smith, a Middleboro resident, said she had not seen the ads before but liked the idea.

“I like trivia and fun facts,” Smith said. “I would read them if I was in the T and it would be fun to learn more about the T’s history.”

Brian Andrews, a Newton resident, said the ads would not enhance his experience but he sees the appeal.

“I don’t care much for trivia,” Andrews said. “But it is a good way to get T riders thinking about their ride and where they are sitting.”

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Passion for Photography Boston University student turns an artistic hobby into business venture

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annah Paull, a sophomore in the College of General Studies, is an entrepreneur with a passion for expression, photography and exploration.

Paull started playing around with photography, specifically portraits, when she enrolled in an independent study through her high school.

“I used to spend time on the website Tumblr. com, and it inspired me to create my own, more meaningful art,” Paull said.

By working closely with her photography teacher, Scott Greenwald, Paull learned about the finer details of the art form.

“Hannah started out with an eye for photography,” he said in a phone interview.

“She developed her own unique style, and I was impressed by how quickly she learned things.”

people, either with my own handpicked quote or with theirs,” Paull said.

Some of Paull’s canvases are made from the photographs taken on film cameras.

“I love using film cameras because there is definitely a different feel. I have to know which setting to use and the correct way to use it,” Paull said. “Once you drop off your film, it’s done —

AN ARTIST AT HEART Paull said her artistic background as a dancer influenced her to capture different human expressions.

“My goal when photographing a person, object or place is to have everyone view it the same way that I do,” Paull said.

With the support of her grandfather and his old camera, Paull went cross-country to visit San Francisco to explore and learn more about photography.

Paull considered her time meandering around the busy streets of the city to be a “trial-anderror” period for her photography.

She returned home to Atlanta and won several photography contests.

Paull said it “felt good to see a good product” after winning a few awards, and she soon began to explore more of her hometown.

A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE Her greatest inspiration was Kaveh Sadri, a close friend who passed away. Sadri “led a different lifestyle” and took her to areas that she “would never come across on a regular day.”

“We went to sketchy areas that people never see,” Paull said. “We went to railroad tracks, underneath bridges and discovered an inhabited teepee.”

Paull would pick up Sadri in her car, and he told her in which direction to go.

“Kaveh spent hours with me giving me pep talks and helping me find passion in life,” Paull said. “I think he was missing that in his own life which is why he pushed it onto me.”

ONLINE ENTERPRENEUR Most recently, Paull has created her own line of canvas art. She adds inspirational quotes on top of her original photography with the program Adobe Photoshop.

“My mission is for my photography to inspire

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Paull stands with one of her pieces, which hangs in her apartment.

you just have to wait.”

Through the website Kickstarter.com, viewers can see a slideshow of her original art and a summary of her background experience with photography.

Paull’s line is called “Braveheart Designs.”

Her slogan is “Photography by me, unique canvas wall art for you.”

Paull launched her website on Sept. 7, hoping to get backers who pledge money towards the creation of her own professional website.

“Hannah is doing an amazing project in memory of her friend Kaveh, but it’s not just artwork,” said her roommate Shayna Leeds, a sophomore in CGS. “Kickstart is giving her

the opportunity to raise enough money to allow customers to customize her photography with their own favorite quotes.”

So far she has three backers who have pledged $120 toward her goal of $1,000.

“I hope to create a website that allows visitors to click and drag my photography and quotes onto a canvas that will then be printed and hung in a dorm room,” Paull said.

Her website has more of her back-story, information on her product and her long-term goals and photos.

“When I go out for photographing, what catches my eye is stuff I don’t see often or things that can be overlooked,” Paull said. “For example, the paint rusting on a train track.”

The project will be funded only if at least $1,000 is pledged to her account through the Kickstarter website by Oct. 7.

“I helped Hannah think about what she wanted the photos in the video to convey to the audience,” said David Danesh, a sophomore in CGS, who helped Paull create her video montage for the website.

“I am ready to buy a canvas for my apartment,” Danesh said. “Hannah is very creative and has a good vision. She is wacky, caring and always living in the moment.”

“It’s nice seeing the canvas in our suite every day and knowing that Hannah took that picture, it’s not something we just bought at Target,” Leeds said. “She’s even thinking about doing a line for sororities and Big/Little week.”

FUTURE PLANS Paull is making plans to expand her art and include four to five photographs on a canvas.

“I want to market this new idea to Greek life or other clubs at BU,” Paull said. “With several photos of an organization, in addition to a quote that matches their mission, I hope this will be a success.”

Paull said she has hopes to take her project beyond Kickstarter.

“With Kickstarter’s help, I hope to create my own website and be a name that everyone knows about, especially college students looking for art to liven up a dorm room,” Paull said.

Paull is a member of BU’s photography club.

“It is cool to see other people’s focuses when we go out to new places in Boston,” Paull said.

Greenwald said he is pleased with Paull’s progress with her art and encourages her to delve into her creativity.

“I want her to expand on her art by traveling to new locations and honing in on her style. I’m happy she found a niche for what people want,” he said. “She has always been so willing to go out and take risks. The time and energy she puts into her work is impressive. I hope her ventures are successful.”

A few business pointers: - Be radical, but follow the rules.

- Manage your time.

- Find a mentor.

- Do what you love!

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Moving forward Eleven years later, evidence is still emerging that former President George W. Bush was warned of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil prior to 9/11, according to an NBC News article. An op-ed article in The New York Times on Tuesday mentioned a series of warnings the former president received and ignored, that the public is only now being made aware of.

In their article, NBC interviews former U.S. intelligence officials about the possibility of even more incriminating evidence.

Nearly 3,000 people were killed on 9/11. It’s probably worth looking into this new evidence. That being said, staring at more evidence does not change what happened that day.

It has been 11 years, and this whole “White House was warned” issue has been beaten to death. People should be moving forward in a positive and constructive way. Each anniversary, however, our

country decides to play the blame game.

Bush is not even in office anymore. Why are we still talking about him? And if it’s not Bush, it’s Massport. People are constantly looking for somewhere to place the blame.

Interestingly, though, news articles in the Times and The Boston Globe provided glimpses of a nation that was moving on.

The papers described anniversary celebrations in New York and elsewhere as “subdued.” The Times even stuck their two 9/11 articles several pages in.

However, there is a fine line between subdued 9/11 coverage and downplaying the anniversary. For what it’s worth, the Times’ coverage was tasteful.

Looking forward, how many more anniversaries are going to be marked by a heap load of incriminating evidence? The White House messed up. 9/11 happened.

Let’s stop the placing the blame and move forward.

Social media savvy A number of Boston University professors have entered the social media stratosphere, dishing out exam review questions and class assignments to their students via websites such as Facebook and Twitter.

The trend is especially prevalent in the College of Communication, where some professors have encouraged students to live tweet lectures and join a class Facebook page.

On first thought, this sounds like a clever way to keep students engaged.

A quick glance around any one of BU’s lecture halls features students slumped over their computer screens, scrolling their Facebook newsfeeds. A professor who requires his or her students to interact on a class Facebook page would most likely yield positive results.

Asking students to use Twitter, on the other hand, is not that simple. The Twitter newsfeed is overwhelming, and many

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students will not want to sit there, sifting through every one of their professor’s tweets because there may or may not be a review question.

Then there’s the issue of privacy.

Where we draw the line between “this is an innovative, exciting way to get my students to pay attention” and “I’m asking my students to give up their privacy?”

Many students will not friend their professors or Facebook or want them scrolling through their personal twitter feeds.

Looking forward, it will be interesting to see whether any other BU professors jump on the social media bandwagon.

Then again, it’s hard to see social media being used as a communication tool between students and professors outside of COM. Would science professors send out a Facebook message reminding students that their labs are due? Some of them refuse to touch Blackboard, so probably not.

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Terriers Talk Reflections

The Daily Free Press asked what students thought about BU’s first 24-hour study space located in Shelton Hall.

Here’s what some of them said.

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ELIZABETH SELMI

“It’s a pretty cool idea, but Shelton isn’t accessible to most people that live off campus.”

- CAS junior

JULIA DENARDIS

“I don’t really think I’d use it ...

I’d rather sleep than study at all hours of the night.”

- SMG junior

ALLI GEORGADARELLIS

“Considering that Shelton isn’t near most off-campus residences, I find it kind of irrelevant.”

- CAS junior

TIM SPEZIA

“I think it’s great.

It gives students greater opportunities to have more time and space to study.”

- CGS sophomore

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Marasco: Professional athletes, celebrities poor choices as role models Marasco: From page 8

ported a “culture of entitlement.”

Yeah, no kidding.

A lot of athletes feel entitled.

A lot of singers and actors are entitled too. Kids whose parents are wealthy often develop a sense of entitlement. That should not be groundbreaking news to anyone.

Watch their games, listen to their music, see their movies … but don’t worship them.

It’s your own fault if you do because we should know better by now.

Rafael Palmeiro lied and waved his finger at Congress. Pete Rose lied to you for decades.

Alex Rodriguez took steroids.

Dez Bryant assaulted his mother.

The Minnesota Vikings sex boat scandal, Ben Roethlisberger, University of Miami football — shady stuff.

Kobe Bryant cheated on his wife. Michael Jordan punched a teammate and gave us perhaps the most arrogant and bitter Hall of Fame speech of all time.

Last year, Lebron James told you that your life was lame compared to his.

If you want to hang up their posters and wear their jersey that’s fine — they’re incredibly talented people — but don’t think that makes them role models.

It’s not warm and fuzzy, but it’s reality. A lot of big-time athletes feel entitled for a reason.

We, society, are that reason.

When you’re an infant, your entire world is what you see — Mom, Dad and the spinning spaceships above you in the crib.

That’s it. That’s all you know.

When you’re a star athlete (such as a BU hockey player), everyone tells you how great you are. Everyone lets you get away with things other people don’t get away with. Everyone wants to be your friend. That’s your world.

That’s all you know.

Are you surprised when cops are crooked? When politicians lie to you? We don’t like that aspect of society, but we recognize that it’s there.

How can a problem be ad-

dressed if we can’t accept that it’s real?

And don’t say you’re going to stop watching — because you don’t. Ratings for the PGA tour are more than doubled when Tiger Woods plays.

He’s done some questionable stuff. Remember?

The highest-rated sports teams in this country across the board have all had very public, very immoral stories surface about them in recent memory.

USC Football. The Patriots were caught cheating — you still watch them. You still watch ARod and the Yankees. You still watch Kobe and the Lakers.

You know all about Christian

Bale’s on-set temper tantrums and run-ins with police. You still saw “The Dark Knight Rises.”

And I’m not saying you shouldn’t. You should enjoy the talents of others.

Our society makes lots of separations. We separate church from state. We separate business from emotion.

Make the same separation for athletes, for celebrities.

Love your family. Love your boyfriend or girlfriend. Heck, love your dog.

Enjoy sports. Appreciate talented athletes.

Don’t love athletes.

Love your life.

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Men’s soccer: From page 8

“He is playing left side, right side, in the center and every game Anthony has been very very dangerous,” Roberts said. “He is really causing some problems for defenders on some good teams.

So that has been good to see.”

Roberts also discussed the impact of senior midfielder Michael Bustamante, who returned to the team this season after missing all of last year due to injury.

So far this season, Bustamante is goalless with a single assist. However, Roberts said he has been pleased with the impact he has made on the midfield as a whole.

“Obviously Michael is an attacking player that is going to help us,” Roberts said. “He is finding himself the last couple games, he was very active in the North Carolina game. He hit the crossbar in the Connecticut game, he made some good penetrating runs, which is good.”

Soon to be making his return to the starting lineup is sophomore midfielder Cameron Souri, who missed all of the preseason due to an injury. Souri missed the first game of the season against St. John’s, but has been easing himself back into the lineup ever since.

After playing 87 minutes in the 1–1 tie to UConn on Sunday, it appears Souri is prepared to return to the lineup.

“I think it really started in the North Carolina game that he started to get some serious minutes coming back from his injury,”

Roberts said. “So I think now he is back to 100 percent so his role will probably change over time.”

Another injury Freshman forward Carlos Ruiz suffered an injury in the 1–1 draw with Providence on Friday, sidelining him for the game against UConn.

Ruiz, a Boston native, started the first five games of the season for the Terriers. The freshman notched two shots over the 301 minutes he played during that span.

Roberts said he is not sure how long Ruiz will be out, but he is hoping he will be back at practice by next Tuesday.

Extra Soccer The Terriers played back-toback overtime games on Friday and Sunday against Big East opponents Providence and UConn.

Both games ended in ties, which meant the Terriers played 40 extra minutes of soccer over the past weekend — almost an extra half of a game. This ended a six-game road trip in which the Terriers went 1–3–2. “[The overtime games] took a lot out of us,” Roberts said. “Especially at Providence, which was hot. It was our first overtime game so that was hot and it took a lot out. Connecticut was mentally draining and physically draining.

They are a very athletic team and are a very good team, but we get a couple days off and we don’t play until Thursday so we should be fine.”

ergy, good decision-making, good tackling. Tackling requires good footwork, balance and patience.

When you’re tired, you tend to just plant your feet and reach, and that’s what started happening in the second half.”

To improve their fitness and strength, the Terriers will add more fitness exercises into their drills.

“It’s not to say they haven’t worked hard — they have worked hard throughout the season,” Starr said. “We really just have to do a better job to make sure we’re able to sustain a good work rate so that we’re able to continue to be effective in the second half.”

Golden Goalies Over the weekend, Starr continued her strategy of platooning both of her goaltenders, senior Jess Maroney and sophomore Valentina Cerda Eimbcke.

So far this season, Cerda Eimbcke has started in five of the team’s six games. Most of the time, she is replaced in the second half by Maroney. Such was the case this weekend.

Earlier this season, Starr referred to the change as being akin to a baseball manager switching his pitchers, as both goaltenders have extremely different styles.

Both Maroney and Cerda Eimbcke have taken home America East honors this season, and their stats put them in the top of the conference for goals against average.

Neither goaltender has proven herself over the other though, as Maroney and Cerda Eimbcke have nearly identical lines. Maroney has given up four goals in 216:51 minutes of play, giving her a 1.29 goals against average. Furthermore

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Senior midfielder Nicole van Oosterom Maroney has 17 saves on the year, giving her an .810 save percentage.

Likewise, Cerda Eimbcke has allowed four goals this year in 215:16 minutes of play, giving her an 1.30 goals against average. She has 16 saves, giving her an .800 save percentage.

Due to how well both goaltenders have performed, Starr has not decided which will become the team’s main goaltender between

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the pipes.

“It’s a day-to-day evaluation,” Starr said. “It’s a practice evaluation, and it’s a game-to-game evaluation. No decisions have been made yet with how we’re going to go with that.

“I just think that we’re fortunate to have two talented goalies that really respect each other and push each other and support each other.”

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He may be a little bit busier without Kelvin, but that is about it.

BU men’s soccer coach Neil Roberts on sophomore goalkeeper Nick Thomson

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The Empty Net

A handfull of reality pills

Frank Marasco For many years I worked as a counselor at a youth summer camp. One summer, I oversaw a group of third graders who loved playing dodgeball, so we’d play the game fairly often.

However, one day, one of the smaller girls was hit right in the face with a rubber ball. For obvious reasons, we decided it was in the best interest of the kids to remove dodgeball from the regular rotation of games.

We explained to the disappointed kids that we were sorry, but we couldn’t play a game where something like that was so likely to happen.

They were 8-year-olds, so they were a bit peeved, but they all seemed to at least understand and accept the fact that we wouldn’t be playing dodgeball anymore — all of them except for one little boy.

Every single morning he’d arrive, lunchbox in hand, and ask me, “Frank, are we going to play dodgeball today?” So, every single day (literally) he would sulk around, disappointedly after I said no — refusing to accept the reality of the situation.

I spoke with a friend not long after the findings of an internal BU hockey task force were made public in a difficult-to-read Boston Globe exposé. She, one of the biggest hockey enthusiasts I know, was distraught about what she had learned in the article.

She even floated out the idea that she might not be able to enjoy the hockey season — the very thing she repeatedly told me that she missed most of all during the summer.

She was on the verge of denouncing her very pride and joy because those players were not just hockey players to her — they were gods.

If you choose athletes to be your idols, you’re going to end up very disappointed — like an 8-year-old.

I think Charles Barkley said it best in his Nike Air commercial, “I am not a role model.”

He’s right. He’s not, and neither are college hockey players.

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Thomson in great form in goal for men’s soccer

By Kevin Dillon Daily Free Press Staff

Without its best defender for the rest of the season, the burden has fallen upon Boston University men’s soccer goalkeeper Nick Thomson to keep the opposition from scoring.

Thomson started the season slowly, allowing six goals in the first three games of the season.

In that stretch, the Cramlington, England, native did shut out thenNo. 11 Boston College, but allowed three goals apiece to thenNo. 13 St. John’s University and then-No. 16 Wake Forest University.

Madzongwe injured himself in the Wake Forest game, leaving the Terrier defense shorthanded to the Demon Deacons’ attack.

However, in the three games following that, including matchups with then-No. 1 North Carolina and then-No. 1/3 University of Connecticut, Thomson has only allowed four total goals, making 15 saves in the process.

“His role hasn’t changed,” said BU coach Neil Roberts. “He has got the same role of being a goalkeeper. He may be a little bit busier without Kelvin, but that is about it. He had been playing extremely well before Kelvin got hurt and after.”

Thomson has started all six

games for the Terriers this season, recording a 1.55 goals-against average and a .737 save percentage.

In 17 starts for BU last season, Thomson held opponents to only 16 goals, which was good for a 0.95 goals-against average and a .768 save percentage.

Those stats were good enough to help him get named to the America East All-Rookie Team last season, something he is looking to build on this season.

“He has definitely matured as a goalkeeper from last year as a freshman, and he obviously had a lot of playing time as a freshman, but he is playing extremely well,” Roberts said. “We played against one of the best goalies in the country last year in Connecticut, and Nick matched him headto-head with saves and ability and everything else.”

Midfielders making a difference The Terriers top two point scorers are midfielders to this point in the season, as juniors Derek McCaffrey and Anthony Ciccone have four and three points, respectively.

Roberts said that Ciccone stood out as a midfielder who has made a big difference for the team offensively, citing the 19-yearold’s versatility on the attack.

Men’s soccer, see page 7

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Sophomore midfielder Cameron Souri is close to making his return to the starting lineup.

Superior seniors lead BU field hockey on score sheet, off field

By Meredith Perri Daily Free Press Staff

As the No. 12 Boston University field hockey team progresses through its season, it has become even clearer that its senior class possesses a wealth of ability both on and off the field.

A look at the stat sheet proves that fact, as the top four point scorers are seniors. Furthermore, the seniors have scored 10 of the teams 13 goals this season.

Senior back Jacinda McLeod

leads the team with four goals, while classmates midfielder Nicole van Oosterom, forward Tabi Hatch and midfielder Macey Gaumond have two apiece.

BU coach Sally Starr said the seniors’ offensive performance has made as much of an impact on the team’s play as their leadership abilities.

“I think the seniors’ leadership can really bring a lot to a team,” Starr said. “Senior experience can also bring a lot to a team. So that’s

what’s happening for us this year.

“We have a lot of senior experience. Our philosophy is that you’re not just led by your captains.

You’re led by your senior class …

I think that is a really good strength for us.”

Tired Terriers After Sunday’s 2–0 loss at the hands of No. 2 Syracuse University, Starr made the comment that the Terriers’ fitness let them down in the second half. It was during

the second part of the game that the Orange scored two goals within one minute.

Starr said the situation may have been the result of BU being tired after a late game against Boston College Friday, a contest that started late because of a thunderstorm in the area.

“I really felt we played an excellent game in the first half against Syracuse,” Starr said. “A lot of en-

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Men’s, women’s XC has strong showing in first meet of season

By Sarah Kirkpatrick Daily Free Press Contributor

The Boston University cross country team kicked off its season on Saturday with a strong showing on a humid day at the Bryant University Invitational in Smithfield, R.I. “First meets, you have to wait and see what happens,” said BU coach Bruce Lehane. “Sometimes you get bizarre results.”

But the results were anything but bizarre as the men showed continued dominance from last season and took home the team victory.

Senior Matt Paulson finished first overall in the men’s eightkilometer race with a time of 25:25.1, the second straight year a Terrier has taken home an indi-

vidual title at the meet.

Senior Robert Gibson was close behind, finishing second with a time of 25:44.2.

Senior Michael Caputo finished 12th with a time of 26:27.7, and freshmen Kevin Thomas (17th, 26:36.9) and Alec Olson (21st, 26:45.2) excelled in their collegiate debuts.

“I thought [Paulson and Gibson] were very strong,” Lehane said. “At a personal level, I thought that [Caputo] did very well and our freshmen, Kevin Thomas and Alec Olson, did a good job stepping up too.”

The men finished with a total of 53 points, cruising to a 15-point victory over second-place Northeastern.

The women also showed positive signs for this season, finish-

ing eighth out of 17 teams with a point total of 188 in the five-kilometer race.

They were led by freshman Shelby Stableford, who finished 19th with a time of 18:57.1 in her first collegiate race, and junior Danielle Bowen, who placed 26th with a time of 19:05.4. Senior Nikki Long (42nd, 19:34.2), freshman Erin Pierce (43rd, 19:34.8), and sophomore Ashli Tagoai (58th, 20:05.3) rounded out the scoring for BU. Harvard took home the team victory in the women’s race with a team score of 27.

Coach Lehane said he was pleased with Stableford’s performance.

“I thought it was very good for a first-timer,” Lehane said “Through high school, she’s been

at a very steady level since her sophomore year, and she’s continued that success.”

The Terriers were missing one of their top runners, junior Monica Adler, who is recovering from injury, but she should be available for the next meet.

Lehane says he believes that Adler’s return will elevate the women to even further success.

“We knew going into it that we have some good runners,” Lehane said. “At this point, we have to get five runners functioning at a high level.”

The runners will look to continue their success at their next meet, which will take place on Sept. 14 at the University of New Hampshire Invitational in Durham, N.H.

Saturday, Sept. 15

Sunday, Sept. 16

The Bottom Line Wednesday, Sept. 12

No Games Scheduled Tyler Seguin signed a six-year contract extension, ensuring that teenage girls will follow the Bruins for at least that long.

Thursday, Sept. 13 M. Soccer vs. Brown, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 14

Field Hockey @ William & Mary, 7 p.m.

W. Soccer vs. UMass-Amherst, 7 p.m.

M. Tennis @ Brown Invitational, All Day Cross Country @ UNH Invitational

Softball @ Providence, 12 p.m.

Softball @ Bryant, 2 p.m.

M. Tennis @ Brown Invitational, All Day Golf @ Dartmouth Invitational, All Day

M. Tennis @ Brown Invitational, All Day Golf @ Dartmouth Invitational, All Day