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Special Issue: Dining Guide for Students in Hub

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Allston inspections result in condemned properties, fines Students still unsure about pros of using, owning credit cards

By Jasper Craven Daily Free Press Staff

Although Boston city inspectors issued more than 2,800 fines for sanitary code violations during the city’s recent student move-in period, students said conditions in their apartments in Allston are habitable.

Between Aug. 31 and Sept. 4, the city’s Inspectional Services Department issued more than 100 abatement orders and 20 fines for housing code violations, even condemning three properties.

“What we’ve noticed is that with the influx of students coming into the city of Boston, we’ve noticed a burden on trash,” said Lisa Timberlake, a spokeswoman for the Inspectional Services Department. “We’ve also received complaints in the past regarding the apartments that students are actually planning on moving into not being up to code.”

Indira Alvarez, the assistant director of the Housing Division at the ISD who was present at some inspections during student move-in, said some of the most common violations included trash on the property, faulty fire alarms, no postings of ownership and bed bugs.

More than 275 pieces of furniture were tagged for bed bugs, according to an ISD report on the inspections.

Allston received 117 house inspections during student turnover, most of which resulted from student complaints, Timberlake said.

Land managers, who are contracted out

By Emily Payne Daily Free Press Staff

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Allston had 117 house inspections during move-in weekend as a part of the city’s efforts to crack down on violations.

by landlords, are just as responsible for following city housing and sanitary codes as landlords, she said.

“We believe that the landlords and the management companies are well aware of the laws and regulations in the state of Massachusetts,” Alvarez said. “We hold the landlords responsible. Ignorance is not an excuse. If you are renting an apartment to someone, you should deliver it in decent

condition.”

Joshua Krefetz, an Allston-based attorney who deals with landlord-tenant law, said although there were many violations detected in Allston, many of them could have simply been flaws that many people live with every day.

“Just because there was a sanitary code

Allston, see page 2

Boston City Council remembers former member at meeting

By Carol Kozma Daily Free Press Staff

After signing off on a bill involving paid leave for new parents, Boston city councilors took time to remember the late Bruce Bolling, former Boston City Council president, as a man who always served the public.

Councilor President Steve Murphy and Councilor Charles Yancey spoke on behalf of the late Bolling, according to a video posted in the Boston City Council’s online archives.

Bruce Bolling was “the first person of color to hold council presidency in the history of this city,” Murphy said.

Bolling, a Roxbury resident, died Tuesday at his home, Yancey said. He was elected to the

City Council in 1981, and became its president in 1986.

“Councilor Bolling never stopped serving the public, long before there was a Governor Patrick or even a President Obama, there was a president Bruce Bolling right here, in the Boston City Council,” Yancey said.

City Councilor At-Large Ayanna Pressley said she was influenced by the Bolling family, “dubbed the black Kennedys.”

“We will miss our beloved Bruce,” Pressley said. “We will miss him as a public servant, as a loving husband and devoted father.”

Councilor Felix Arroyo and Yancey also presented a bill that would give families paid

Unhealthy food in dining halls easy to avoid

By Emily Overholt Daily Free Press Staff

When Bennet Gavrish, a Boston University College of Communication 2010 alumnus, took philosophy in the spring of his sophomore year he was looking for an easy semester full of hypothetical discussions.

Instead, he said, he found a launching point for major life change.

“All the readings and all the lectures were about death and dying — it was a really depressing class,” he said. “It got me thinking, I would look at myself and I could barely sit in a desk in that classroom, which always really frustrated me, and I said ‘what am I doing?’”

At the time, Gavrish weighed about 300 lbs. After his realization, Gavrish lost more than 120 lbs. in a year by avoiding the pitfalls of college dining, which he recounts in his book “Secrets to Losing Weight in College: How I reversed the Freshman 15 & Dropped 120 Pounds in One Year.”

Many students said they worry about gaining the rumored “freshman 15” in college, but also see options to avoid becoming unhealthy.

“I think you have to have a sense of selfcontrol if you want to stay healthy,” said School of Education freshman Dominique Bray. “But it’s definitely hard with all of these choices [available in dining halls].”

Gavrish said the trick to staying healthy while navigating the dining halls is to choose the right line. He said that often the shortest lines are healthier, since most students wait for hamburgers or macaroni and cheese.

“I stuck to the sandwich line for sure and the burrito or wrap station, where you could customize your meal and see exactly what’s going into it and how it’s being prepared,” he said.

As for why students often gain weight in college, Gavrish said inexperience could be the cause.

Diet, see page 2

leave when they have a child.

The bill, he said, would allow parents to have four weeks paid leave and six weeks if the birth included a caesarian section.

Arroyo said the bill would also allow a two-week leave for adopted children and a oneweek leave for partners.

Aside from Yancey, Pressley and Murphy, Councilors Matt O’Malley, Tito Jackson, Michael Ross, Bill Linehan and others added their name to the bill and referred it to the Committee on Labor, Youth Affairs and Health.

“I think this is a great opportunity for Bos-

Council, see page 2

To pay for increasingly expensive dorm rooms filled with college-specific furniture and brand new textbooks useful for only one semester, many Boston University students cover these costs with credit cards, officials said.

“Credit card use is not uncommon to 19- to 21-year-olds as well as grad students in their late 20s — it is a trend and an issue,” said School of Management professor Mark Williams. “As a student you’re in school to learn and many students don’t have the time to work a second job so their credit card bills add up.”

Students who are not educated about their finances run a high risk of being careless with credit cards and neglectful of their payments, according to a Wall Street Journal article published Monday.

As the economy worsens, students still carry MacBook computers, iPhones and North Face jackets to class, said SMG professor Kathryn Griner.

“Kids are so entitled today,” she said. “Parents are maybe giving them these credit cards more than in the past.”

Griner said she would advise students to use their debit cards instead of credit cards as much as possible.

“If [students] do have a big balance, they can do their homework and transfer to a credit card with a much lower rate,” she said. “Even if it’s just 3 percent less, it makes a difference.”

College of Communication junior Jennifer Ngo said she does not have much trouble with credit card debt, but does tend to spend more recklessly when she uses credit instead of debit cards.

“I’ve had some friends that don’t quite understand that paying just the minimum balance on a credit card means that the rest of the balance collects interest, and that’s gotten a few people in trouble,” Ngo said.

BU contributes to the financially reckless mentality of the students with Terrier Card points, Williams said.

Calling the money on your Terrier Card “points” makes students forget they are spend-

Credit, see page 2

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Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences senior Alyssa Kleinberg smokes hookah at Boston University Students for Israel’s welcome BBQ Wednesday.

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Replace beverages with water, weight-loss guru says Carrying cash recommended Diet: From Page 1

“Having to make your own food choices, you don’t have your mom and dad buying your food for you, putting it on the plate for you,” he said. “In terms of food freedom, it can be negative if people aren’t prepared coming into school.”

But the same freedom that allows students to become unhealthy also can help them get back in shape, Gavrish said. ”I look at that [freedom] as a great opportunity,” he said. “With that extra freedom you have the chance to have complete control of your diet and your exercise habits. So I think college can go either way.”

While Gavrish had to overcome unhealthy habits, some students said they were not concerned with gaining weight while

at school.

“It’s winter, no one can see your tummy,” said Amber Li, a COM sophomore. “[I usually eat] pasta or anything with a short line.”

Li said if she were trying to be more health-conscious she would eat more salad, but she mainly focuses on going to the gym twice a week to do yoga, especially since the walk from Bay State Road is an exercise in itself.

Walking is a staple for Jessica Malloy, a College of Arts and Sciences senior, who said she never consciously tried to be healthy before.

“I never went out of my way to lose weight my freshman year,” she said. “I lost weight actually because I had to walk all over to get to class.”

For students who are trying

to lose weight while in college, Gavrish said he suggests they eliminate all beverages other than water so they “shock” their bodies with new eating habits, eliminate random snacking, stop eating at least three hours before bed and try to get at least eight hours of sleep.

“Your body has to have time to recover and digest before the next day,” he said.

Gavrish said students should try to expand their dining options beyond what is closest to find the food that works for them.

“When I was a freshman I lived in Warren Towers, so I’d always get Warren food,” he said.

“But once you get a chance to explore other dining halls, even walk to one and burn some of those calories on your way, there are different options.”

properties on Sachem Street near Mission Hill and Reedsdale Street in Allston. Condemnation hearings for all three properties are scheduled for later in the month.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino recently suggested changing city ordinances to require rental unit inspections every three years. His plan would require a compilation of landlords in the city who fail inspections often.

In January, an Allston fire that hospitalized several Boston University students sparked a fury of inspections in the student-populated area, where inspectors found more than 40 violations.

Deanna Abbondola, a junior in BU’s School of Education, said when she was moving in on Sept.

1 a police officer approached her to talk with her about various housing codes.

“He said that we should have a pre-rental inspection and make sure that our fire alarms and everything was in check,” Abbondola said in an email. “He also gave us the mayor’s hotline and told us to call if we ever had infestations or anything else wrong with our apartment, and that in that case we would be moved out and hosted in a hotel.”

Abbondola said she would have

liked to know these tenants rights last year, when her and her roommate suffered a rodent infestation.

“It would have been nice to have a rental inspection in our previous apartment, because our landlord definitely would have faced some fines and problems,” she said.

Abbondola said her new apartment, so far, has been definitely livable and rodent-free.

Kristina Logacheva, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she much prefers living in Brighton Avenue in Allston to dorm life, although living conditions are not always perfect.

“Our landlord wasn’t as responsive as I would have liked,” Logacheva said. “He was actually quite difficult to reach. We’d have to call him on his cell and leave messages.”

Logacheva said she has had brushes with rodents, but it is not that big of an issue.

“We have tried to install traps and close holes,” she said. “It’s as rodent-free as possible.”

But ultimately, Logavecha said she was happy in Allston.

“I don’t find it that dodgy or scary to live here,” she said. “I can say with confidence that I prefer living here than I do living in a dorm.”

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ing actual money. For many students, the money comes from an account that is filled by parents, Williams said.

“It may be convenient, but does it increase the chance of irresponsibility?” he asked.

There are a few, easy steps students can take to improve their financial health, or at least minimize spending, Williams said.

“Carry cash, that way you have a direct connection with how much you’re spending,” he said. “You are in college — in college you’re not supposed to have a lot of money, enjoy the experience. Bike more, take less taxis. Bury your credit card in the

back of your wallet behind your high school picture.”

Not all students said they struggle with the temptation to spend exorbitant amounts of money on a credit card.

“I don’t believe that it’s very necessary to have one as a student, but it helps me as my parents live far away,” said Juan Juarez, a junior in SMG. “I manage it responsibly. My parents have been a big part in helping me handle money.”

BU does not offer much education on credit use and overall financial health, Williams said.

“I think it’s important as students come into BU that there’s a focus on financial responsibility,” he said.

“That’s a lifelong skill.”

City Council meeting addresses Tenants want to see rights, avoid apt. pitfalls proposal of Tufts art project Allston: From Page 1

violation found, doesn’t mean the apartment was in horrible condition,” he said.

An example of a violation could be a small rust stain on a sink, he said.

Krefetz said the current codes are extremely comprehensive and require landlords to maintain good living conditions.

“The laws are all in place,” Krefetz said. “The state sanitary code is exhaustive. It is extremely detailed.”

Boston has the oldest housing stock on any major city in the U.S., Krefetz said.

“When you have old houses like that, they are never going to be perfect,” he said. “I don’t really know if there is an epidemic of unresponsive landlords. I think it’s a question of enforcement.”

Many landlords or land-management companies were only issued one or two violations over the move-in period, according to ISD documents, although some had 10 or more.

J.P. Morgan’s property on Haskell Street received 33 violations, leading to the property’s condemnation.

ISD also condemned two other

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ton to continue what is our example of being leaders when it comes to workers’ rights and workers’ protection,” Arroyo said.

Pressley also introduced My Life, My Choice, a “nationally recognized initiative to reach girls who are vulnerable to sexual exploitation.”

“These are survivors — young women who have been exploited, often on the other side of the camera, who have now been empowered as photographers, to capture life as they see it and as they know it,” she said.

MLMC Program Director Lisa Goldblatt Grace said that Boston City Hall is holding a MLMC exhibit, from August to September, created by victims in collaboration with the Tufts Institute for Global Leadership.

Goldblatt Grace said one artist chose to take pictures of the hotels she was sold in at the age of 13.

MLMC Associate Director Audrey Porter, who said she was recovering from being recruited in the sex industry and substance abuse, shared her own experience at the meeting.

“When I was in the street at 16 years old, I remember [the police] would just lock us up, they would pick us up, but they never touched the pimps,” Porter said. “They stood on the corners, and we always were charged.”

Porter said many women who have been charged cannot find jobs.

She urged councilors to see the exhibit.

Goldblatt Grace said she strongly supported the organization’s efforts in Boston.

“For us to say we are going to change the climate of the way that girls grow up in our city and [for us to say] that we are not going to tolerate this anymore,” Goldblatt Grace said.

“We want to be your allies in that.”

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Campus & City Campus Crime Logs

By Amy Gorel Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Sept. 4 to Sept. 11.

Back for more On Sept. 5 at 3 p.m., security at the Boston University bookstore notified BUPD that they observed a female, stealing an unknown amount of sweatshirts in her backpack, leave the building without being stopped. Police could not find her after she left the building. On Sept. 11, BUPD said they believe to have caught her at the scene of the crime when she returned to steal more sweatshirts.

Police apprehended her in a nearby building, arrested and arraigned her.

‘Nigerian prince’ A student reported a check scam from a job she found on the Student Link to BUPD on Sept.

5. The company offered her a job where she would receive a $2,000 check and send back a $1,500 check, keeping the difference as her pay. The check she sent was a good one, while the one the company sent bounced.

Toke and text A student’s cell phone was found at 100 Bay State Road on Sept. 6 at 9 p.m. When BUPD looked through the phone to find identification, they found pictures of marijuana and smoking devices, leading to further investigation.

Keg standoff At 9:44 a.m. on Sept. 8, police arrested a non-affiliated male outside of the BU Pub when he was caught stealing seven empty beer kegs in hopes of getting back the deposit on them.

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Students stick with B&N despite cheaper alternatives

Catch and Release

A student left her purse in the lobby of the Kenmore Classroom Building, located at 565 Commonwealth Ave., on Sept. 4. By 2 p.m. the purse was returned to her, without the $60 that was previously inside.

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While the Boston University Barnes & Noble can be overpriced, many students say they opt for its convenience.

By Alex Diantgikis Daily Free Press Staff

A number of Boston University students said they often purchase textbooks online at cheaper prices, but do not frequently use e-books as an alternative.

College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Teddy Meagher said he purchased most of his books on Amazon.com this semester after spending about $600 a semester on textbooks last year at the BU Barnes & Noble.

“I didn’t know any better,” Meagher said. “Last year, I bought them through the [BU] bookstore and it was expensive.”

Meagher said the BU bookstore is easier, but not worth the price. “[At Barnes & Noble, it] was easy to find the books and buy them, but it was just expensive,” he said. “It’s convenient, just way too expensive.”

This semester, Meagher said he spent only $300 on books, including a $180 textbook that was only available through the BU bookstore.

CAS freshman Erin Pierce said Barnes & Noble is convenient because it almost always has textbooks in stock and carries class packages, although she will try

Amazon next semester.

“A lot of people have said the prices are better,” she said.

College of Communication sophomore Conor Ryan said he has purchased most of his books on Amazon.com in the past, but this semester began renting books from Chegg.com.

“I don’t think I’ve bought a book this year,” Ryan said. “[On Chegg.com] you just sign in and they have like the whole list of books — pretty much anything you could need, they have it. Like Amazon.com, you order it and then they just give you a date to send it back.”

Ryan said the books are due back at the end of the semester in December, which does not interfere with studying for finals.

Ryan said he chose Amazon. com in the past because it is a large, reputable website, easy to use and has a wide inventory available.

Ariel Diaz, co-founder and CEO of Boundless, a company that compiles open licensed information into free online course guides for students, said all textbooks are moving toward e-textbooks.

“I think the world, for sure, will go digital,” she said. “Not in less than five years, but not more than 10 years.”

Boundless, founded in 2010, is an application for students to access textbook information with-

out purchasing a textbook and is used by students in more 1,000 universities, Diaz said.

On average, a student could spend $1,000 a year on textbooks, Diaz said. Boundless can be applied in addition to buying a textbook or, in some cases, in replacement of one.

“We have students who use [Boundless] instead of assigned textbook because they can get the information through what we provide,” Diaz said.

However, Diaz said Boundless is solely an online source, not a publishing company, so students can only access the information through computers, tablets or smartphones.

“When you ask students whether they prefer e-books or physical books 75 percent say they prefer physical books … this is because they haven’t had a great digital experience,” she said. “But if you poll those who used an iPad or tablet devise, those numbers will inverse.”

However, some students said they likely would not use Boundless as they do not often use etextbooks.

Pierce said she would prefer a hard copy of a book to a digital version.

“I’ve never considered e-books because I don’t like reading on a screen or a tablet,” Pierce said. “I like having the actual book.”

Researchers find link in DNA connecting cataracts to Alzheimer’s

By Chris Lisinski Daily Free Press Staff

Researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine and School of Public Health identified a gene connecting age-related cataracts to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a Sept. 11 press release.

“Investigators looked at brain MRI findings on or after 10 years from the original eye exam and concluded that there was a significant correlation between a quantitative measure of cortical cataract and several Alzheimer’s diseaserelated measures of brain degeneration,” the release stated.

According to the release, patients studied with cataracts demonstrated lower cognitive ability.

“Another strong correlation in these same individuals, between cortical-cataract formation and poorer performance on several cognitive tests administered at the time of the MRI scan, further supports this link,” according to the report.

Researchers then performed a genome study looking at DNA sequence variations and found a genetic link between cataracts and Alzheimer’s disease.

Since this correlation exists, cataracts and Alzheimer’s disease “may share common etiologic factors,” the release stated.

Dr. Gyungah Jun, research assistant professor in the departments of biomedical genetics, ophthalmology and biostatistics, was the study’s lead author. Dr.

Lindsay Farrer, the chief of biomedical genetics at BUSM, was the study’s senior author.

“Though much work remains to be done, a link between cataracts and Alzheimer’s disease supports the idea of a systemic rather than brain-limited focus for processes leading to Alzheimer’s disease,” Farrer said in the release.

The study may be a first step toward earlier diagnosis and new treatments for patients of Alzheimer’s disease, Farrer said in the release.

“This study gives hope that we are moving toward earlier diagnosis and new treatment targets for this debilitating disease,” he said.

Alzheimer’s Disease affects about 5.4 million Americans and one in eight older people, in-

cluding a projected 120,000 in Massachusetts, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. The majority of Alzheimer’s patients are older than 65.

The disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the U.S., and mortality rates from the disease rose 66 percent from 2000 to 2008, according to statistics provided by Alzheimer’s Association.

Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common type of dementia that leads to memory loss and behavioral problems before eventually causing death. The disease worsens as it progresses and no known methods exist for reversing the decay.

BU’s Alzheimer’s Disease Center helped to fund the project.

Boston aims to attracts college students with free activities, Hub happenings

By Hannah Johnson Daily Free Press Staff

Although Boston offers many free fall activities for students looking to get off campus without spending money, a number of Boston University students might not take advantage of what the city has to offer.

Several groups, including the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District and the Museum of Fine Arts, offer free activities students can enjoy outside just before winter sets in.

In a more intimate setting, the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District Corporation’s Reader’s Park Concert Series allows listeners to enjoy musicians such as Mark Rosen, Carlos Ramos, D’Raphael and Harry Fix Piano.

On Saturday from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., various musical acts will perform next to nearby cafes in down-

town Boston’s School and Washington Street as a part of the series.

Bostonians can also enjoy music from Jerry McFarlane and John Wells in the BID’s Shopper’s Park Concert Series in downtown Boston this Thursday and Friday.

At the end of the month, jazz fans can check out the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival, which will feature free outdoor concerts on Sept. 29 on Columbus Avenue.

The festival, now in its 12th year, includes Grammy award winner and Berklee alumni Paula Cole, the Berklee City Music Big Band Ensemble and Lalah Hathaway, a vocalist who has performed with Prince and Mary J. Blige.

Dancers can also enjoy music, dancing and the water at a free outdoor swing dance at the Charlestown Navy Yard on Sept. 23 at 5 p.m.

Art enthusiasts have three more

chances to enjoy a free tour at the Museum of Fine Arts, which already offers free admission for Boston University students.

The hour-long tours include lessons about the architecture of the MFA and surrounding buildings.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino urged students to “break the bubble” and venture off the college campuses when he launched his “Break the Bubble” campaign during move-in weekend.

“During the school year, I encourage you to break the by getting off campus,” Menino said. “Explore our neighborhoods, volunteer, learn about local issues and respect your neighbors.”

But while a number of students at BU said they might attend the free events around the city, they said they often do not know about them.

College of Communication junior Kelly Carrion said free enter-

tainment encourages her to attend festivals.

“I’ve been to a few free events, especially at Quincy Market around Christmas,” Carrion said. “I do feel like I have to go out and look for events. They aren’t easily accessible to me.”

But Carrion said just because something is free does not mean she will attend.

“I would still go to something if it was $5 or $10, but free is better,” Carrion said. “I have to be interested in the event.”

College of Arts and Sciences junior Natalie Madrigal said she has never been to any free events except for College Day at Fenway Park. “ I never know about them until they have passed,” she said. “I might pay money to an event if I’m really interested in it, but I’d rather go to something free.”

Sophie Lang, a CAS sophomore,

attended the MIXFest event on the esplanade on Sept. 8 and said she enjoyed it.

MIXFest was held at the DCR Memorial Hatchshell along the Charles River and featured musicians Train, Gavin DeGraw and Andy Grammer.

“If the event is interesting enough, I would probably still pay to go,” Lang said. “But it definitely helps and makes me want to go more if it is free.”

Alyssa Aaron, a School of Management junior, also said she would attend more free activities if she knew about them.

“I’d like to go to more events, like the MIXFest this past weekend,” Aaron said. “I didn’t know about it until the day of. I think free events are great, and they attract a lot of people, especially with all the college students in the area.”

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Bon Appetit, Boston:

Going green in dining halls Katie Doyle Food Editor

Boston University Dining Services offers different meatfree entrees each day, but what is a vegetarian to do on a down day in the dining hall, when the meat-free options are not as appetizing?

With a little creativity, vegetarians and vegans across campus are figuring out how to make the dining hall delicious on their own terms, from first course to last.

GET CREATIVE Eighty percent of the dining hall’s offerings are vegetarian-friendly, according to BU’s Dining Services website, so there are plenty of ways to whip up a meal that is truly unique.

“You can also generally mix the sides from other stations for some nice cooked vegetables if you’re not feeling a raw salad,” said Andrew Weaver, a College of Communication junior and member of the BU Vegetarian Society.

The sandwich station is a good place to start.

“For dinner, most of the time the vegan option suffices, or I’ll get a sandwich with hummus and grilled veggies from the sandwich station,” Weaver said.

James Kutter, a School of Management junior, said in an email that the pizza station was his goto vegetarian choice. The Dining Services’ website states that vegan pizza is occasionally offered as well.

CHECK THE MENU Weaver said while there are only three dining halls operating on campus, there has been an improvement in the quality and consistency of vegetarian options.

That makes it easier for students who are vegetarians and vegans to keep track of the day’s offerings.

The menus for Warren Towers, Fresh Food Co. at West Campus and Fresh Food Co. at Marciano Commons are available online, with vegan meals marked with a green “V” and vegetarian signified with an orange

“V.”

RAID THE SALAD BAR When the dining hall’s vegan option disappoints, making a salad offers a quick fix, Weaver said “For lunch I really love making my own salad if the vegan option doesn’t float my boat,” he said. “I usually layer it with black beans, spinach, carrots, kale and mushrooms and have some fruit on the side.”

SPEAK UP TO THE STAFF The dining halls are generally well-equipped to address students’ needs, so do not be afraid to speak up.

In addition, there are plenty of vegan and vegetarian alternatives lingering behind the scenes of the dining halls, according to Dining Services’ website. Tofutti spread, vegan cream cheese and even vegan hamburgers and hot dogs are available upon request.

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Not in Kansas anymore

Reviewing dining experiences at Boston University’s Marciano Commons Danielle Focarile MUSE Staff

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hen walking into Marciano Commons Fresh Food Dining Hall at 100 Bay State Road, you’ll think you’ve stumbled into the Oz of college dining.

With a spacious layout, seating for 920 students and a number of menu options, it’s nothing like the on-campus dining facilities you have come to know. The fancy, if not temperamental, ID and fingerprint scanners allow entrance into a culinary wonderland that is just a meal swipe away.

If you’re planning to enjoy a feast around dinner, expect a long wait at many of the stations.

Lines can form 20 people deep for stations serving up delicious choices, including a Cuban chicken sandwich with shoestring French fries, Afghani-inspired chicken kabobs, a hearty lamb ragu served over freshly made rigatoni pasta, a slab of moist beef topped with fresh onions, tomatoes and parsley, an allvegetarian spinach and Italian vegetable risotto.

The wait is even understandable, considering that all entrees are prepared fresh, before your very eyes, with the raw ingredients displayed in plain view.

The atmosphere is very social, with a lot of open space and round tables situated on both floors. The beautiful displays of fresh fruit are both enticing and aesthetically pleasing.

While the staff is friendly and

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Marciano Commons, located at 100 Bay State Road, opened in September and has since been packed with students. The state-of-the-art atmosphere and varied food choices have attracted students from all over campus.

accommodating, they have yet to nail down a steady pace at which to prepare and present the food for the eager students who are waiting.

Even with such delicious specialty entrees being changed daily, there are still the classics for the less adventurous eater.

There is a salad bar with a various array of fresh vegetables and various other toppings, and there is also a do-it-yourself waffle

iron and a grill serving up classic cheeseburgers.

My dining companion, a Boston University alumnus, said he was shocked at the transformation of the usually mundane and repetitive dining halls located around campus.

With the French fries being served in mini deep-fryer baskets and an eclectic display of fruit-infused water, it was unrecognizable to the avid eater.

He was more than jealous that this new “cafeteria” was acquired after he had finished his time here at BU. For those residing in West Campus, Marciano Commons is a bit of a hike, but the end result is worth it. Sharing little resemblance to the West Campus and Warren Towers dining halls, it is a good alternative when things seem to be a little routine.

Even though you cannot

procure that day’s menu online, there will undoubtedly be something served up to be excited about. If you’re looking for the gourmet experience close to campus, Marciano Commons has you covered.

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Boylston ranked among exciting food streets in U.S. From French cuisine to cheap Pad Thai, Boylston Street gives Boston diners a plethora of food options, landing on Zagat’s list as one of the seven most exciting food streets in the country.

Boston’s own Boylston Street gives “the well-heeled and hungry more variety,” according to Zagat’s blog post from Sept. 4.

The street, which runs through the heart of Back Bay, offers diners anything from award-winning L’Espalier to “chocolate by the Bald Man” at Max Brenner’s.

People with a tighter budget can also visit Crazy Dough’s Pizza or grab a Boloco burrito.

On Wednesday evening just before dinner, some Bostonians dining at various Boylston Street eateries said they could see Boylston’s dining appeal.

Amy Stevens, a Boston resident who visited Boloco, said Boylston Street is one of many exciting places to eat.

“It’s not just Boylston,” she said. “Many areas around here are exciting and diverse places to experience culture.”

Boston was generally filled with plenty of restaurants, she said, but Boylston offers “a really peaceful atmosphere.”

Min-Sang Lee, a Boston resident walking out of the upscale French restaurant Bistro du Midi,

said Boylston was not the best street to eat at in Boston.

“They do have a wide selection of foods,” Lee said. “But there’s not a lot going on in the area.”

Lee, however, said the Boston Common made the area more enjoyable for her while she eats. But the food is “nothing you can’t find at Copley Station,” she said.

Eighty-eight percent of the people who ate at Bistro Du Midi enjoyed it, according to Zagat’s website.

The restaurant features an allday café in addition to brunch, dinner and dessert.

Troquet, a restaurant near Emerson College that boasts an extensive wine list, offers appetizers such as lobster crepes and New Zealand langoustines.

Nathan Brooks, a Boston resident leaving Troquet, said sites like Zagat.com do not influence his decisions.

“I have limited time on lunch breaks to eat,” Brooks said. “Yes, there are nice places here, but it’s not unlike the rest of the area.”

For those who crave burgers, FOUR Burgers at 134 Boylston St., features beef, black bean, turkey and salmon burgers.

Katie Brunner, a Boston University College of Arts and Sciences sophomore at the gourmet burger restaurant, said she comes to Boylston every once and a while to hang out with her friends.

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Her favorite burger on the menu is the beef burger, which she said was delicious.

“I mainly come to Boylston to eat and hang out,” Brunner said.

“There’s a lot of college students in this area and it’s a great place to eat, watch a movie, or sit and talk.”

Although she said she agrees Boylston is exciting, she also enjoys eating at Quincy Market.

Cathy Miller, who sat outside with her friends at FOUR Burger, said she enjoys eating at the restaurant because there was no glass separating the seating and the street.

“It might be a little loud, but the food is good and they have great burgers,” Miller said. “It’s a quaint location for my friends and me to meet and talk.”

Her friend Betty Strelitz said she agreed that the area was “quaint.”

“It’s close to where we all live, and we never get sick of the food here,” Strelitz said. “If we do, we go a little ways up to Park Street.”

There, Strelitz said her and her friends often eat at Fajitas & ‘Ritas, a joint that offers barbeque and faijtas.

She said the Boylston and Park Street area offered lots of opportunities for girls’ night outs.

“There’s a fascinating crowd here of all sorts of people,” Strelitz said. “People who want to eat good food.”

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Photo moderators for Facebook and other popular websites are contracted out, some of those negotiations even crossing international boundaries, according to article in The Daily Beast.

The Daily Beast launched an investigation on Facebook censorship after the popular social media website banned The New Yorker’s page for containing a cartoon of a naked man and woman where the woman’s breasts were represented as two black dots.

Eventually, Facebook lifted the ban, calling it “a mistake.”

On first thought, the words “Facebook moderators” sound appealing. The site is so popular, so some form of regulation needs to be in place. Remember when users were exposed to image after image of women breastfeeding? People do not want to see that.

That being said, things are going to get tricky when Facebook employs a staff of moderators who hail from several different countries.

Those moderators are going to have vary-

ing codes of ethics, which will only lead to a confusing array of guidelines about what’s permissible to post and what’s not. In fact, moderators from the same country even could have different definition of what’s appropriate. Finally, it’s understandable that The New Yorker faux pas occurred. The moderators have to sit there, sifting through photo after photo after photo, most of them probably tasteful. Then something slightly questionable such as The New Yorker cartoon pops up, and the moderators see reason to label it inappropriate. Also, the moderators probably didn’t even realize the image was from The New Yorker. After clicking through so many photos, they’re probably not paying much attention to where those photos are coming from.

Looking forward, it will be interesting to see if Facebook comes up with any new tools to identify what content is and isn’t appropriate. However, it seems unlikely that the company will ever be able to eradicate every inappropriate post on its site.

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Tonight is Lobster Night at BU. So, we were at the ol’ Free Press wondered what food each school would dedicate a night to.

• COM students demand that Starbucks be served in the dining halls.

• CFA students would want Dining Services to pass out cigarettes, not food.

• BU Athletics would want a night devoted to Wheaties.

• Dean Elmore would request that bowtie pasta have its own night.

• CGS students would ask Dining Services to pass out dino nuggets and mac n’ cheese.

• SMG would request that higher-quality lobster be served tonight.

• The FreeP would demand that the next theme night be rolls on rolls on rolls.

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Time Capsules KRISSEN KAWACHI

As college students, we’re constantly wired to technology. It has become an integral part of our day-to-day lives — we’re plugged in through our laptops, our smartphones and our tablets.

Our incessant need to update statuses, comment on each other’s posts and upload pictures are just a part of life, it seems. Often, the people who surround us — those of the older generations that went through life without the unnecessary social tools — see technology as evil, which is understandable.

We’re living a large part of our lives through wiring and transmitted signals.

It can seem cold and impersonal, and it often is.

The world of social networking, what with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr ... engulfs our generation.

Even we recognize the downsides, a majority of the time, yet we still opt to indulge.

I, however, see an inherent, but often overlooked, beauty in it all. Think about it.

Those active on Facebook and especially Tumblr are constantly updating every bit of their profile and page to reflect their current mood and stage in life.

The opinions and photographs uploaded are snippets of the present, thrown onto the endless web that is the Internet.

When Facebook first released its new Timeline format, people were outraged. Not just because they feared change, but because of the odd abilities Timeline presented in forms of social “stalking.”

But let’s be honest ... have people really used Timeline to creep through the histories of random people they are friends with on Facebook?

I have, on my own profile.

It was such an interesting, slightly scary adventure. With only a few clicks, I could access things I posted years before, even posts from five years ago when I first activated my account.

My Facebook page contained bits of my life from the past five years that I wouldn’t otherwise have remembered.

As I looked back over the countless posts, I saw messages from friends I no longer have, “likes” of my interests at that time, and photographs of memories I might not look at in other contexts — little moments

from forgotten days.

Not everything on my Facebook page evoked happiness or pride — as the past often stirs hurtful memories and painful thoughts — but those hurtful and painful bits are just as necessary, if not more, than the jovial ones.

Tumblr fits that sentiment, more so than Facebook.

With Tumblr, more is possible. A lot of the people I’ve talked to who don’t have a Tumblr don’t believe me, but on Tumblr, what I see and what I know, many others get see as well — it’s sort of like a virtual scrapbook, a collection of all the thoughts and interests that comprise each person depending on what they choose to post.

With Tumblr, we have the Archive, which catalogues every single post by date.

I can view the first posts I ever made, back in February 2010.

From there, I see a track of my life for the past two-and-a-half years. I see the photography I’ve posted merge with a collection of famous quotes I enjoyed and soon began to understand.

From there, I reblogged songs, videos, pictures, quotes and text posts I enjoyed or identified with, but most importantly, I actually blogged.

I wrote about my feelings of the day or of any incidences I felt were earth shattering at the time. I wrote about relationships, mistakes, precious little moments and some of the greatest days of my life.

I often mused this summer what a double-edged sword Tumblr was, holding moments of my past for me to either pine for or scoff at in the future.

Yet, to have all these bits of me frozen in the past is a blessing.

Even though Facebook and Tumblr are often pests in my daily life and constant sources of procrastination, they are both worthy endeavors — they’re this generation’s time capsules.

Krissen Kawachi is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences and a Spring 2012 columnist for The Daily Free Press.

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BU hopes Green continues stellar performances in upcoming game Women’s soccer: From page 8

pointment we didn’t win one of those games,” said BU coach Nancy Feldman. “We felt very satisfied after the Stanford game. But we also felt like we let a couple of games slip away.”

The Terriers’ first game in the Stanford Invitational was against the defending national champs, Stanford, where Green and company kept the game scoreless for the first 88 minutes.

With several game-saving stops

by Green, including a diving save in the 85th minute to keep the game scoreless, the Terriers were in reach of at least a tie.

That all changed when defender Alina Garciamendez of Stanford hit a bullet inside the right post, passing Green and giving the Cardinal a 1–0 win.

The second game of the Invitational did not make things any easier for the Terriers, who went up against another highly ranked opponent in Santa Clara. Santa Clara had come into the game at 1–2–2 and was looking to bounce back from its loss against Georgetown University in their first game of the Invitational.

Things looked good for the Terriers early, when junior Kylie Strom had a corner kick for BU one minute into the game. However, BU once again was outshot 17–9 and let bad defensive mistakes continue to plague them, when Bronco defender

Sofia Huerta scored on a misplayed ball by the BU defense.

Even with seven of their nine shot attempts coming in the second half, two of those being scoring chances, the Terriers could not put the ball in the back of the net, and went on to lose the game 1–0.

The lack of offense was a primary issue last weekend at the Stanford Invitational and is something Feldman said “isn’t there when you’re playing better teams.”

“The reason we play the Stanford’s and the Santa Clara’s and the teams in the top 25 are because we want to keep getting better at attacking and defending the best,” Feldman said. “How do we improve?

We attack, and we keep working on timing a little bit and how do we kill the attack. It’s not a one-day thing, it’s not a two-day thing. It’s a series of practices and a series of weeks to get that done.”

Even though the Terriers did not come home with a win, there were some spotlights that cannot be ignored entering the game against UMass. Green’s play has been phenomenal so far this season as she has averaged only a 1.07 goals-against average.

“She is very brave. She makes really big saves,” Feldman said. “She makes some mistakes, but she has responded to them really, really well.

She’s competed and she’s not backing down.”

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Junior Kylie Strom will look to help the Terrier offense against UMass on Friday after being held scoreless in California.

Stewart to play in Belfast, Irish Superleague Terriers to take on Tribe following season’s first loss Stewart: From page 8

Stewart received an offer to play at the next level. Her presence in the paint was felt for a total of 122 games between 2008 and 2012, good enough for fifth on BU’s all-time list.

In her 122 games as a Terrier, she scored 737 points and grabbed 791 rebounds (fourth all-time at BU). BU made it to the America East championship match twice throughout her four years with the university and made three appearances in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament including one last year, during Stewart’s senior campaign.

Greenberg said that Stewart was a major boon to the BU bas-

ketball program not just as a contributor, but as a leader.

“She left her mark because she taught so much to [senior forward Jacqueline Kuczynski] and [junior forward] Rashidat [Agboola] and to [sophomore forward] Mollie [McKendrick] and [junior forward] Whitney [Turner], our forwards who are coming up now,” Greenberg said.

“That’s the best way to leave a program. Your work ethic, your leadership and your consistency … you put it all out there every day, and now others learn from it and carry it on.”

The Ulster Rockets came in seventh place out of the 10 teams in the Superleague in the 201112 season. Also playing in the Superleague for the University

of Limerick is BU alum Rachael Vanderwal, who also competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games for team Great Britain.

“I’m excited that [the Rockets] are in the Superleague because that’s probably the best league in Ireland,” Stewart said.

“I’m thrilled to be part of a new team and start that next chapter of my life. I missed being part of a team this whole summer — it’s been weird.”

Now prepared to don a new set of colors, Stewart has by no means forgotten the influence of BU. “I wouldn’t be where I am today without BU,” she said. “The education and the athletic program of the past four years have made me the athlete that I am.”

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ing, but they still outshot them and out-cornered them.”

Another key point of the upcoming match is unfamiliarity.

The last time these two schools played each other in field hockey was over a decade ago which yielded a 1–0 overtime win for the Virginia natives.

However, that is the only time in either teams’ history of that there has been such a result.

Since that game, both teams have become entirely different groups with equally changed playing styles.

The out-of-conference games such as those against the Tribe

have a much greater impact on the Terriers now as well. Absent of the America East bid into the NCAA playoffs due to next year’s transfer to the Patriot League, BU is now stuck competing against higher-level teams constantly just to have a chance at the postseason.

The evidence lies in as short a time as next week when they take on University of Massachusetts on the Sept. 18, so every game has to be important. “[William and Mary is] a very well-coached team, a very athletic team,” said Starr. “Overall, they play a good game. It should be an excellent hockey match.”

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Stewart to BU Men’s soccer ready to play Brown in home opener continue takes a majority of Brown’s shots (16 so far this year).

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Come winter, the Boston University women’s basketball team will be without a significant force to which it has become accustomed during the last four years.

That force, former forward Caroline Stewart, will not be gone from the hardwood altogether, however, as the Topsfield, Mass., native will make her way to Ireland, where she will play the sport professionally.

Stewart said the University of Ulster first contacted BU coach Kelly Greenberg, who relayed the offer to Stewart. Once the former Terrier reaches Ireland, she will be taking on a schedule and variety of responsibilities that would intimidate one without the endless determination that this six-footer so often displayed on the court.

Not only will Stewart be playing in the Irish Superleague for the Ulster Rockets out of Belfast, Ireland, but she will also be a member of the Ulster University women’s basketball team. On top of her positions on such higherlevel basketball teams, Stewart said she plans to pursue a master’s degree at the university. “[Stewart] grew here at BU, and she had such a great experience on the court and off the court, and I think she wants to keep doing it,” Greenberg said.

“She has a passion for it and doesn’t want to give it up yet, and this is a great opportunity for her to keep going.”

To round out her responsibilities, Stewart mentioned one final activity that highlights her good nature and her willingness to give back to the basketball community.

“I’ll be working with a Sports Changes Life,” Stewart said.

“I’ll be working with at-risk youth and working with young kids and coaching them and being a part of their life for about a year.”

Stewart mentioned a blog that she will be running for the organization during her stay overseas. It can be found on the Sport Changes Life Facebook page.

In spite of her busy schedule, Stewart said she is excited to experience the European culture.

“I think I’m up for it,” Stewart said of the grand endeavor. “I think it’ll be very similar to a college schedule of always going, and I think I’m a little bit used to that. It’ll be different because it’ll be such a new place, but I’m very excited for the change …

I’m going to be playing all over Ireland, so it’ll be great to travel and see the whole country.”

It is certainly no surprise that

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men’s soccer team finally gets to play a match at home. On Thursday night, the Terriers will host No. 24 Brown University at 7 p.m. on Nickerson Field.

“Brown is a very good team,” said BU coach Neil Roberts. “[They are] a top team — a very experienced team that made it into the quarterfinals last year. You do not want to get into a track meet with these guys, because they are very athletic.”

For BU (1–3–2), the competition continues to remain tough as this game will feature their sixth-ranked opponent in the last seven games.

For the first time this year, BU will get to see how it stacks up against Ivy League competition.

The Bears (3–1) have the second-best record in the Ivy League behind Cornell University.

That being said, the Bears are no strangers to success. Only a year ago, they won the Ivy League Championship and have returned many key players from that title team.

In this young season, Brown has scored an average of one goal per game while allowing an average of only 0.25 goals per game. The Bears have four players leading the scoring category with one goal each.

Taking that into consideration, BU must watch out for senior midfielder Thomas McNamara, who

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Sophomore goalkeeper Nick Thomson has had a lot of success in goal for the Terriers so far this season. very good teams and creating scoring chances. That’s a good sign,” Roberts said.

Sophomore goalkeeper Nick Thomson will have to continue the dominance and leadership he displayed on the road, while the Terriers’ balanced offense, including sophomore forward Dominique Badji, continues to put pressure on opposing goalkeepers.

Of the six opponents the Terriers have faced so far this season, five of them were nationally ranked when the Terriers faced them. For a young group that is trying to grow both individually as players and as a team, the strong opposition has made that tough.

“It is difficult, but you are put

under pressure and honestly when you can do well and control the midfield in some of those games it is a good sign,” Roberts said. “No matter what game it is, [Boston College], or St. John’s [University] or Connecticut, I think our midfield did a good job in all of those games, sometimes longer than others but it is definitely coming and we are pretty close to having a real good midfield.”

Coming back from that road trip filled with difficult competition, The team is looking forward to finally playing a home game.

“It’s been a challenging few weeks but the guys are looking forward to playing at home,” Roberts said.

Terriers look to regain offensive form in matchup with UMass

By Isaac Teich Daily Free Press Contributor

After a tough stretch for the Boston University women’s soccer team out west at the Stanford Nike Invitational, where it lost to No. 3 Stanford University and Santa Clara University, the Terriers return home Friday night to Nickerson Field to take on the University of Massachusetts.

With the two losses behind them, the Terriers hope to turn things

around this Friday against UMass.

After winning two out of its first three games, the Minutewomen have lost three in a row, including losses to No. 17 Wake Forest University and No. 11 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Now, UMass is looking to bounce back and knock off an instate rival in BU. If there is one player to look out for on the Minutewomen, it is mid-

fielder Moa Mattsson. Mattsson, a native of Uppsala, Sweden, has scored three goals in two games to start the season, including a twogoal effort in UMass’s 3–2 win over Bryant University.

Mattsson leads the team with her three goals and 13 shots in six games.

The UMass goalkeeper, Stephanie Gordon, has allowed nine goals in six starts this season for a goals-

against average of 1.50. She has one shutout on the season, which came against the University at Albany on Aug. 26.

For the Terriers, it has been a tough stretch over the last week, as they failed to produce enough offense to match the great performance of junior goalkeeper Andrea Green.

“There was a little bit of disap-

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William & Mary to pose tough test for 5–1 BU field hockey

By Steven Dufour Daily Free Press Contributor

Coming off its only loss of the season, the No. 11 Boston University women’s field hockey team will look to redeem itself against The College of William and Mary Friday in Williamsburg, Va.Disregarding NCAA rankings, the teams are entering the match fairly equally. They each have five wins and a loss apiece and both lost only recently to a highly ranked opponent. Boston University fell to No. 2 Syracuse, and W&M lost to No. 9 University of Virginia.

Even experience away from home is the same. Both the Tribe and the Terriers have had four matches away and all eight of them were wins on the respective

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very busy, hard-working player.

BU also needs to be aware of defensemen Eric Robertson and Dylan Remick who, along with McNamara, were named to the All-Tournament team for the Dunkin’ Donuts Brown Soccer Classic.

Senior Sam Kernan-Schloss, an All-Ivy Academic winner, will be starting in goal for the Bears. In the 2011 season, Kernan-Schloss earned nine shutouts (ranked first in the Ivy League) and posted a .800 save percentage (ranked third in the Ivy League).

Roberts said they have a strong back and do not give up many goals.

So far this season, KernanSchloss has only allowed one goal in four games and currently boasts a .889 save percentage.

The Bears are coming off their first loss of the season against Fordham University on Sunday in their final game of the Dunkin’ Donuts Brown Soccer Classic.

Prior to the loss, Brown defeated Cleveland State University in the Brown Soccer Classic, Providence College in the Ocean State Tournament and the University of Rhode Island.

After tying one of the best soccer teams in the nation in No. 1/3 University of Connecticut, will be ready to take on the Bears in their next non-league game.

“We have been playing some

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score sheets.

All the equality leaves is something to prove, something to show that one team is better. “[William and Mary] showed in their game against Virginia — as we did with our game against Syracuse — that they can play with [high-ranking] teams, so they’re going to be a very good opponent for us,” said BU coach Sally Starr.

All past games for the Terriers, with the exception of last Friday’s win over No.17 Boston College, were against unranked teams, so, despite the result on paper, the loss to the Orange yielded only positive results.

The match proved that the Terriers could measure up to this year’s steeper competition, such

as the Orange.“I’m very pleased with how the team is responding with their work ethic and their attitude,” Starr said. “What I found this week in practice was a motivated team that wanted to get better and I’m not sure the motivation level would be like this if we had beaten Syracuse.”

In practice, the focus was on mental endurance and technical execution. Coaches drilled the players to the point of exhaustion but forced them to stay attentive and in the moment.

The point was to improve both awareness and quality of play both on and off the ball late in matches when slight mistakes can mean a loss.

More specifically, the forwards were particularly isolated.

Their respective training revolved around the key point of their function on the field: scoring. Only six games into the season, William and Mary has outscored Boston University 23–13.

The Terriers have allowed one more goal against than their opposition, but the difference is not enough to avoid specific attention to the drastic difference in offensive conversion. “[William and Mary’s] game against Virginia last Friday actually told us a lot about them,” Starr said. “They’ve been scoring a lot of goals, but they’ve been scoring a lot of goals against just good teams, not great teams. They lost against Virginia two to noth-

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No Games Scheduled Matt Stafford threw three interceptions on Sunday, prompting Calvin Johnson to give him the nickname “Starscream.”