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Warren targets student voters at BU rally Anti-Islam video,

protests in Middle East get criticism

By Chris Lisinski Daily Free Press Staff

Elizabeth Warren speaks to a crowd of Boston University students at Morse Auditorium Saturday morning.

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Warren, Mass. Dems address young voters as elections gain momentum

By Allie DeAngelis Daily Free Press Staff

U.S. senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren is attempting to mobilize the youth vote, commencing with her rally at Boston University’s Morse Auditorium Saturday.

Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick and Congressman Mike Capuano joined Warren as they encouraged students and local supporters to cast their ballot in November.

The rally, which was organized in part by the BU College Democrats, filled the auditorium with more than 800 attendees.

The rally marks the start of Warren’s fall campaign.

In her speech, Warren focused on the notion of investing in the nation’s future, citing the road infrastructures, communication advancements and economic growth in the 20th century.

“We came out of the Great Depression, and what did we do as a people? We invested in ourselves, we invested in our kids, we invested in our future,” Warren said. “Why? We didn’t know what the next great business would be, we didn’t know

who would start it, but we were pretty sure you were going to need to plug in when you did.”

Megan Beck, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she attended the rally because the Harvard University professor focused on her issues.

“I heard her speak at the Democratic Convention and really liked her,” Beck said. “She put into words everything that I believe in.”

Julie Edwards, Elizabeth Warren for Senate press secretary, said young people have a lot at stake in the upcoming election.

“Elizabeth Warren has fought for middle-class families to provide a level playing field so that everyone has a shot at success,” she said. “This is a clear difference with Scott Brown, who all too often has stood on the side of big corporations and billionaires and even voted twice against keeping student loan interest rates low.”

Mobilizing students was the goal of the rally for the BU College Democrats, who were registering students to vote as they

waited in line.

CAS senior Margarita Diaz, a member of the organization, said students are the most under-mobilized group of voters in the country and that she hoped Warren’s words inspired BU students.

“Like Democrats believe, I cannot do this on my own. I need you — we need Elizabeth Warren,” Capuano, who represents Somerville, said.

Capuano’s attendance was a sign of his endorsement of Warren, said Alison Mills, the congressman’s press secretary.

Capuano is on the campaign trail, seeking to win the 7th district, which comprises Somerville, in the redrawn districts.

Patrick, who introduced Warren after speaking highly of her consistency when the cameras are on and off, formally endorsed Warren in May. A number of students said they saw the rally as an opportunity to scope out the candidates.

CAS junior Kayla Doyle, an undecided voter, said she was leaning toward voting

Warren, see page 2

Some members of the Boston University community said they are concerned with recent violent protests at U.S. embassies in the Middle East.

Protesters angered by a video slandering Islam stormed the U.S. embassy in Libya Sept. 11, killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others, according reports by the Associated Press.

“If every crazy or hateful person who puts together a film attacking Islam can stimulate this kind of violent reaction, then American diplomatic personnel are in for a rough time in the future,” said William Keylor, a BU international relations professor, in an email.

Violent protests also occurred at U.S. embassies in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, with anti-U.S. protests occurring in India, Bahrain and Bangladesh, among others, according to the AP. “I’m concerned in the sense that I think it seems to be escalating,” said College of General Studies sophomore Joe Walsh.

The protests are in response to a lowbudget film entitled “The Innocence of Muslims,” which portrays the prophet Muhammad as violent, womanizing and pedophilic, according to the AP. A 14-minute clip of the movie was posted on YouTube and translated to Arabic.

College of Arts and Sciences freshman John Hartinger said the film is offensive, but the violence is not an appropriate response. “[The film] is not surprising, it’s concerning,” he said. “I agree that the film was bad. It’s offensive [and] it was made by a bigoted individual, but that doesn’t merit what people are doing over in the Middle East.”

Hartinger said governments should stress this film does not reflect the U.S. as a whole.

“There needs to be an effort on the part of governments in the Middle East to make it clear to their people that this is the work of an individual and not a country,” he said.

Keylor said emphasis needs to be placed on stressing the individuality of the filmmakers.

“The leaders of Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan and other countries must speak out loud and clear to their citizens — the actions of an individual do not reflect the

Islam, see page 2

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank says marijuana should be legal at 23rd Boston Freedom Rally

By Margaret Waterman Daily Free Press Staff

Speaking before a crowd on the Boston Common at the 23rd Boston Freedom Rally, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said using marijuana is an individual choice that should not be criminalized.

Frank headlined the list of speakers at the rally, also known as “Hempfest.”

Frank said he has “been fighting for some time for a measure that will reduce crime very substantially” that will not just cost money, but “make money for the government.”

“We can reduce the crime rate by stop treating people as criminals because they have made the decision to smoke marijuana personally,” Frank said.

In an interview with The Daily Free Press, Frank expressed his support for legalizing marijuana.

“I don’t think anybody should be treated as

a criminal for it [smoking marijuana],” Frank said.

The Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition, or MassCann, ran the rally, partnering with the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML. Frank told The Free Press that people should register to vote and get informed.

“Find out what the position is of people,” Frank said, “and if nobody that represents you is on the right side, call them up or email them and say, ‘I vote and hope you’ll change your mind, and if you don’t I won’t vote for you.’”

MassCann Treasurer Bill Downing said Frank was coming to help “whip up the supporters.”

“We are putting up a big push on voter registration this year,” he said, referring to Question 3 on the Nov. 6 ballot.

If Question 3 passes, people with certain

Hempfest, see page 4

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Barney Frank urges the crowd at the Boston Freedom Rally to vote in the upcoming elections Saturday afternoon.

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Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick and Rep. Michael Capuano warm up the crowd before senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren spoke to a packed Morse Auditorium Saturday morning.

Warren campaign ‘desperate,’ resorts to negative tactics, Brown officials say Warren: From Page 1

for Warren, but that the issue of partisanship made her wary. “[Scott] Brown seems very willing to work with both sides, but she [Warren] hasn’t said anything about that yet,” Doyle said.

Throughout their speeches,

Capuano, Patrick and Warren named Todd Akin, Mitch McConnell, Brown and other Republican leaders who they say are examples of the bad side of the GOP. “The vision of my Republican opponent and the Republican party can be boiled down to this — I got mine. The rest of you are on

your own,” Warren said, eliciting boos from the audience.

Over the last week, the Brown campaign has criticized Warren for going negative, saying in a press release that it is “a sign of desperation from an increasingly desperate and flailing campaign.”

The Brown campaign did not

Freedom of speech should not cause harm, students say Islam: From Page 1

opinions or policies of the United States government,” he said.

“They reflect only the hate-filled views of an individual or a small group of zealots.”

Keylor said the film is a catalyst for radical Islamists to take action.

“Any stupid, hateful expression of anti-Islamic sentiment by an American citizen is exploited to fan the flames of anti-Americanism to further the political cause of this extremist fringe in the Islamic world,” he said.

Walsh said the filmmakers should consider taking the film down to prevent further damage.

“There’s something to be said for freedom of speech, but I think [protesters] are obviously very offended by it,” he said. “I think

that the people who made the film while protests are going on, secushould want to take it down ... rity should be increased at embassince it has incited so much vio- sies for safety. lence.”

“It’s very dangerous for U.S. The 14-minute clip is still ambassadors and people working available on YouTube in the U.S. overseas,” he said. “A situation A College of Engineering being necessary and a situation sophomore who identified him- being desirable are two different self by the name Mohammed said things. I don’t think it’s desirable, that as an Egyptian Muslim he did but I think it’s necessary.” not react to the movie at all.

Keylor said people should re“If someone is trying to offend, alize the difference between radiwe take ourselves away from him cal protesters and average Musand don’t respond,” he said. lim citizens in the Middle East.

He said the film was offensive, “The mobs consist of angry but he ignored it. young, probably unemployed or Mohammed said the protests underemployed, men who are vulhave become charged by politics nerable to the appeal of the radibetween the U.S. and the region. cal Islamists,” he said. “The vast He said the violence is in no way majority of Muslims are peaceful, justified. decent people who merely want to “The U.S. is not responsible make a living, care for the loved for the film at all,” he said. ones and go about their lives.”

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Partisanship aside, Warren still has a ways to go before the Nov. 6 election. She and Brown remain in a dead heat with close to 50 days of campaigning left, according to recent polls.

Doyle said that while she

thought Warren did a good job at the rally, she remains undecided.

“I think the debates are going to help me decide,” she said.

The first of Brown and Warren’s four debates will take place Thursday on WBZ-TV with host Jon Keller.

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Campus & City Column On Relationships

Life rarely presents second chances. The big decisions you make don’t sit in a temporary state to see how things unfold, ready to alter at will.

A situation presents itself, you make a decision and thus life unfolds, consequences at your feet. It’s seldom that, after a choice that changes so much, an opportunity arises.

This summer, I was lucky.

KRISSEN Two summers ago, I KAWACHI was younger, more naïve and impressionable, so I threw myself into love after a rough beginning in 2010. I wanted happiness. Fast. But even with my trip to England that July, I felt lost. I spent the end of junior year of high school and start of summer invested in a classmate — a silly, joyful, kindhearted boy who thought the world of me. For the six weeks before England, we were inseparable. I was happy for the first time in months.

But I was still that young, naïve and impressionable girl.

England presented obstacles to us — the nine-hour time difference, shaky Internet and no cell phone made communication inconvenient.

Somehow we managed. But in the last leg of my absence, problems arose. It’s never easy to reconcile an argument, but it’s exacerbated when you’re continents apart. Long story short, I made a mistake. When I returned home, we were no longer together. When school started again, he moved on, and I could only imagine his hatred for me.

The months of senior year came and went, as did the first year of college, and I was happy for his happiness. We hadn’t spoken in the same way — anything more than cordial conversations in passing — in nearly two years when I returned home this summer. Toward the end of July, I spent a lot of time with him at a beach day and bonfire with our mutual friends. That night, an old spark rekindled and a summer fling ignited.

We discussed early on that it would end after the summer, that the distance and timing were wrong. Now that I’ve returned to Boston and he remains in San Diego, my heart is heavy and full. I knew that things wouldn’t be easy, that goodbyes would hurt, but I didn’t realize just how deeply I could feel again.

Yet while I shoulder this pain, I recognize the situation’s bitter sweetness. I had the opportunity, maybe not to right the wrongs, but to replace scarring impressions with happier memories. The month in which our lives intertwined again was beautiful — it made me feel alive.

I guess that’s all you can ask for when you’re a 19-year-old college sophomore. No one knows where the future leads, and while we all like to make plans, it’s full of surprises.

Yes, I realize how cliché it all is, but then I think about how they’re clichéd for a reason. Two years ago, I didn’t think I would ever be with him again. And then August happened.

Krissen Kawachi is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences and a weekly columnist for The Daily Free Press. She can be reached at k.kawachi@gmail.com.

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BU dining ranked high for variety, healthiness Assisted suicide, marijuana up Walking through Marciano Commons and other campus dining halls, for vote in Nov. Boston University students said they

By Amy Gorel Daily Free Press Staff

can find not only vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options, but also carbohydrate-loaded alternatives for study breaks.

“I like how many options there are, so I could, but I don’t have to just eat burgers and fries everyday,” said Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences sophomore Cristina Kossak.

BU was ranked 23rd in the best colleges for food in America by The Daily Meal on Friday .

“Continuing to provide food, services, new options and healthy options is something that Dining Services does on an ongoing basis, and they’re very successful at it,” said BU spokesman Colin Riley. “They’re very responsive to student likes and interested in and always looking for things that are new and healthy.”

Dining Services Director Barbara Laverdiere said they provide a survey to see what students are looking for and monitor tweets to see what they think about the food and plan.

“In terms of where we are, we want to do more on South Campus because that area is not particularly well-served,” she said. “We are taking a seriously look at a food truck and putting more food in the stores that are currently on campus.”

By Carol Kozma Daily Free Press Staff

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The Daily Meal ranked Boston University’s food offerings the 23rd best college food in the nation.

The top colleges were chosen based on food variety, access to healthy choices and sustainable dining practices.

“Our sustainability program is part of a campus-wide effort to reduce the use of natural resources, operating costs, improve environmental and social impacts and prepare this generation to lead our society toward a more sustainable future,” according to the Dining Services website.

Kossak said gluten-free and vegan options, especially those available at Marciano Commons, help her to lead a healthier lifestyle.

“I think the food you could buy at the George Sherman Union is really

good, and there are lots of options,” said Anita Knopov, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. “In the dining halls there are not as many — though there are now gluten-free and vegan options, which is great.”

Someone who is gluten-free could not eat at a dining hall at Brandeis University, she said.

“Compared to Brandeis, the options are better [at BU], and the prices are better,” said Sung-Jae Park, a sophomore at Brandeis University who often visits the GSU. “It’s a lot nicer here, and there are outside companies.”

Food, see page 4

Boston’s college students add vitality to city, natives say

By Nicole Leonard Daily Free Press Staff

While Boston natives may not always appreciate hordes of students clogging city sidewalks, some residents living amid Boston’s sea of college students said the out-of-state residents are valuable to the city.

Full-time Boston resident Sue Berger, a clinical associate professor of occupational therapy at Boston University, said during the summers the city “seems incomplete without students around.”

Berger, who has lived in Warren Towers for three years, said while it is quieter and less crowded during summer vacations, she misses the “hustle [and] bustle” of the school year.

“I love the vibrant environment with many cultural, academic and social activities going on,” she said.

“Living right here in Boston makes it easy for me to attend many of the plays, concerts or events that BU and the surrounding community has to offer.”

Berger is one of many Bostonians who said the increase in student population and out-of-state, part-time residents in the city helps add business revenue and social activity to the city.

Downtown Boston Business Improvement District President Rosemarie Sansone said in an email that students and faculty, especially from Emerson College and Suffolk University, are valuable to the district.

“We know they not only bring vitality to the area, but the students fill our restaurants and stores with added customers,” she said. “As long as there is a collaborative relationship and one that involves consistent communication with the local colleges, we all benefit.”

Organizations such as the Beacon Hill Civic Association offer discounts in an effort to engage the out-of-state student population with the permanent and long-time residents of the neighborhood, said BHCA Executive Director MaryLee Halpin.

$18M donated for renovations

By Chris Lisinski Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University’s School of Law set plans to construct a new building after executive Sumner Redstone donated $18 million for the project, officials said.

Redstone’s donation, announced Thursday afternoon, is entirely earmarked for the construction of the building, said LAW Dean Maureen O’Rourke.

The building will house classrooms and moot courtrooms, as well as a study space, lounge, dining area and room for the transactional law program.

“We have been trying to address what are truly pressing facilities needs for quite some time now,” O’Rourke said. “Mr. Redstone’s donation will allow us to

provide our students a top-notch facility and to put even more effort behind fundraising for priorities in addition to the building, particularly for financial aid.”

The five-story, 93,000-squarefoot facility, which will be named the Sumner M. Redstone Building, will be constructed between the Law Tower and Mugar Memorial Library, according to the LAW press release.

Redstone is executive chairman of the board for Viacom Inc. and CBS Corporation. He joined BU’s law faculty in 1982 and helped establish courses in entertainment law and intellectual property, the release stated. He sponsors the Redstone Film Festival, which is annually held by the

Redstone, see page 4

Halpin said it is easy for people to give students a bad reputation and the BHCA tries to teach the students how to be good neighbors.

“Not a lot of students have grown up in tightly packed cities,” she said.

“We want them to understand that noise is a very different thing in the middle of the city than in the suburbs.”

Boston resident and BU professor of film studies Roy Grundmann said although Boston re-populates with students once the school year starts in the fall, there are not as many college students in areas outside of campuses, such as Ruggles or South Boston.

“I have always felt that the image of Boston being swamped by its college students during the school year is a little bit of a myth,” he said. “I lived in the South End [and] Back Bay area, where the presence of students is not felt very strongly at all.”

Grundmann said although the

Natives, see page 4

While polls show the majority of voters support the controversial questions on the Nov. 6 state ballot, opponents of medical marijuana and medically assisted suicide still argue that the bills would have adverse effects.

An August poll from Public Policy Polling surveyed 1,115 likely voters in Massachusetts and found that 58 percent would support the elimination of state and civil penalties for medical marijuana, Question 3 on the ballot.

If passed, it would allow patients with certain medical conditions to receive marijuana from state-regulated distribution centers, according to the Massachusetts Secretary of State website.

The Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area in Colorado, part of the national Office of National Drug Control Policy, published a three-week study showing that medical marijuana, which was legalized in Colorado in 2010, was diverted to 23 other states.

Abigail Moncrieff, a professor at the Boston University School of Law who specializes in healthcare law, said if the bill passes, it will be harder to enforce the law.

“We just have to expect that our homegrown marijuana will make it across state lines,” Moncrieff said.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration would have to help enforce the law in Massachusetts, she said, but it would not hurt the state.

Thomas Gorman, director of the Rocky Mountain HIDTA, said the report, which shows more than 60 incidents where marijuana was used illegally, would discourage states considering a similar law.

“There is no way that you can control this if there is a demand for the product,” Gorman said.

The Massachusetts Medical Society opposes the law for medical reasons, said MMS spokesperson Richard Gulla.

“Marijuana smoke contains more poisons than tobacco smoke, as well as carbon monoxide and tar,” Gulla said in an email. “Its use has also been associated with long-term impairments of mental capacity.”

The MMS wants “scientific studies [to] demonstrate its safety and ef-

Ballot, see page 4

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A father helps his son onto the carousel at Boston Common Saturday afternoon.

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Assisted suicide bill detrimental for misdiagnosed patients, prof. says Ballot: From Page 3

ficacy” before it would support such a law, he said.

Fifty-eight percent of those surveyed also support Question 2 on the ballot, the legalization of assisted suicide, according to the same PPP poll.

“It would allow terminally ill patients to request from their doctor medicine to end their life,” said Stephen Crawford, spokesman for Dignity 2012, a coalition supporting the bill.

Doctors could prescribe medication to end the life of patients diagnosed with six months to live. Patients must be mentally able and must have “made an informed decision,” according to the bill on the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s website.

Doctors can choose not to prescribe the medication if it is against religious or ethical beliefs, but Crawford said many doctors support the bill and people in Massachusetts think it is a “personal choice for those who are in their final days.”

Washington and Oregon, the only states with a death with dignity law, passed the law through the initiative petition process, he said.

But John Kelly, director of Second Thoughts, said although the bill “superficially” sounds good because it considers healthcare costs, choice and suffering, the bill is actually dangerous.

“We can just set up all these situations where bad things can happen,” Kelly said.

Kelly said people are sometimes misdiagnosed or outlive their diagnosis by years.

He said cuts and rising costs in healthcare means that doctors who perform the final certification of the patient cannot be objective.

“People already can refuse any treatment,” Kelly said, adding that they can live comfortably with pain relievers.

An annual report by the Oregon Public Health Division found that one out of 71 patients who have taken the medication was referred for

psychiatric evaluation, Kelly said.

He said 40 percent said they were a burden on their family, which pressures the patient.

“Whatever benefits [the bill] is going to have are really going to be outweighed by the dangers,” Kelly said.

Question 1 on the ballot is the Right to Repair law, which has already been passed and is the first of its kind, said Art Kinsman, spokesperson for the Massachusetts Right to Repair coalition.

The law lets owners repair their vehicles themselves, by their dealer or in independent car shops, he said.

“It requires auto manufacturers and car rooms to sell all repair and diagnostics information to either the car owner or repair shop,” Kinsman said.

He said vehicle owners often save money since independent car shops are usually cheaper.

The Legislature received the bill in January and passed it in July, but the organization gathered the addi-

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tional 11,000 certified signatures in June to put the question on the ballot just in case it did not pass, Kinsman said.

If passed on the ballot, the state legislature will have to review the bill because it differs from the current law, he said.

Meal plans costly, students say Frank: Marijuana less dangerous than alcohol Food: From Page 3

Julian Bercu, a School of Education junior, said the dining services at BU are very economical for him.

“The food in the dining hall is obviously mass-produced, so it’s not the same as if you ate in a restaurant, but it is cheaper,” he said. “In the dining hall, it’s about $10 per meal, but I eat about three courses, which would be about $35 if I got that at a restaurant.”

School of Management senior Ismayil Aliyev said though he used to enjoy the fresh food in the dining halls, it was too expensive for him to continue using a meal plan through Dining Services.

“I like the GSU now,” he said.

“The prices are good compared to other places where the same thing would be three to $4 more.”

Students who frequent Marciano Commons have said though the dining hall offers a wide variety of food, the lines and set up of the hall are troublesome.

“The new dining hall is great, but it’s very artistic,” Knopov said.

“When you’re in college, you just want a good, big meal that will get you through the day.”

Kossak said although she likes Marciano Commons, the food lines are a hassle.

“100 Bay State [Road] has been a huge focus lately, and we are still working out some problems and making the lines move faster,” Laverdiere said.

She said while dining services are initiating their own projects, they also focus on taking suggestions from students.

Students help Hub’s economy, prof. says Natives: From Page 3

city is less crowded in the summers, which makes it easier for locals to get into restaurants, students increase business revenue and “make public life look more diverse.”

Halpin said there was not a time where she went into Starbucks in Beacon Hill that she did not see students. “[Businesses] like having the students’ business,” she said. “There are stores that don’t appeal to students and ones that don’t appeal to residents.”

Since Boston is home to a combination of public and private schools, the student population consists of people from all over the country, said BU spokesman Colin Riley.

He said BU in particular has 18 percent of its undergraduates from

Massachusetts, with out-of-state people and international students constituting the final 82 percent.

While the influx of out-of-state residents may pose more competition for college admissions, Riley said Massachusetts students are reviewed the same as anyone else applying.

“We look at each student individually,” he said. “Mass. students who are a great fit for BU can apply and get in like everyone else. That’s always how it’s been.”

Instead of looking at Boston past, Halpin said Bostonians recognize that the city is changing and still want students as their neighbors.

“We really do understand that the city is very different from where a lot of people grew up,” she said. “Boston is a fabulous city and part of what makes it great is all the education here.”

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medical conditions would be able to have up to a 60-day supply of medical marijuana at any given time. Patients with these medical conditions would require written certification from a physician to obtain the medical marijuana supply.

The law would also allow certain certified centers to grow marijuana for medical supply.

Downing said the biggest reason for legalizing marijuana is that “prohibition is just a complete failure.”

If the objective was to keep marijuana out of the hands of children, he said, that has not happened.

Downing said it is easier for kids to acquire marijuana than it is for them to acquire alcohol.

Standing before the crowd at the rally, several speakers spoke on the importance of voting “yes” on Question 3 this November.

“If people vote ‘yes,’ they will greatly reduce the amount of people getting arrested in this state,” said Lt. Jack Cole, a founding member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

Cole also spoke about the increase in marijuana-related arrests in

the U.S. “In 1970, we were arresting back then about 65,000 people per year in this country for non-violent drug offenses,” he said. “By 2005, however, we were arresting 1.9 million people per year.”

Almost half of those arrests were marijuana violations, he said.

Cole said that by doing that, law enforcement “destroyed those folks’ lives.”

“You can get over an addiction, even, but you will never get over a conviction,” he said.

Frank, who is retiring from his post in the U.S. House of Representatives this year, told the crowd that people in politics like to talk about what they can do to reduce crime.

“Sometimes it costs money to reduce crime,” Frank said.

He said marijuana was less dangerous economically, socially and culturally compared to alcohol and tobacco.

“If this was a beer festival, instead of a marijuana festival, the cops would have been a lot busier,” he said, adding that the marijuana issue is one in which the public is ahead of the politicians.

Frank again urged the crowd to go out and vote.

“My bet is that most of you are not in the habit of voting regularly … If everybody here votes this November and gets friends to vote, we will get this changed very quickly,” Frank said.

Students and the NORML Women’s Alliance also took the stage in support of Question 3 and of the legalization of marijuana in general.

“We want to change the world of drugs for the better,” said John Decker of the Students for Sensible Drug Policy.

Rally attendees wore T-shirts emblazoned with phrases such as “Grassachusetts Welcomes You” and “Keep Calm and Hit a Bong.”

Attendees could purchase various pieces of marijuana paraphernalia.

Jane-Ann Bilon of Washington, D.C. attended the rally, and said she was “a hippie from the old days.”

Bilon said marijuana should have been legalized 50 years ago.

“I actually have to use it for sleep,” she said. “It really is good for a lot of medicinal purposes. Also, it is not even nearly as harmful as alcohol.”

New LAW building set for completion in fall 2014 Redstone: From Page 3

College of Communication.

The executive’s daughter, Shari Redstone, is a LAW graduate.

“School of Law is one of the finest institutions of legal scholarship in the world and deserves a home that will enable it to continue to innovate and build on that legacy,” Redstone said in the release. “I could not be more pleased to provide this gift that will benefit generations of future students.”

BU President Robert Brown said the donation comes at a crucial moment in LAW’s history and will have an impact in two main ways.

“First, it will permanently link the school with the Redstone name, which will forever set a high standard for our work in legal education and scholarship,” he said in the release. “And second, it means that our long-deferred dream of transforming the School of Law campus can now begin with the ground-breaking for this new building.”

Planning for the expansion and renovation began in 2006,

O’Rourke said. Officials aimed to raise $20 million before breaking ground on the project.

“We had raised $14.6 [million] in pledges and cash,” she said.

“Mr. Redstone’s gift put us well over the top of our break-ground goal.”

BU spokesman Colin Riley said a number of amenities and resources will be moved to the new building once construction is completed.

“After they do the addition, they’re able to then move in a lot of the class space, moot court [and] study space,” he said.

Riley said plans for renovation have existed for years, and Redstone’s donation allows progress to be made.

“We’ve been looking at this over time and the law school has worked very hard to raise funds for this,” he said. “This donation, this gift in particular provides them with the ability to move forward.”

The new building will be open for classes in the fall of 2014, at which point the existing law tower will also undergo extensive reno-

vations, the report stated.

“It will undergo an extensive renovation and the upper floors will be used for offices so they’ll have modern offices for the faculty and staff,” Riley said. “The exterior [will be] maintained and they’ll be renovating it to modernize it and to make it designed to achieve student activity at lower floors.”

The goal of the construction is to update LAW’s campus while maintaining its history.

“Together the two buildings will provide the functionality, comfort and convenience of a modern educational facility while preserving the iconic architectural tradition in which the school was built,” the report stated.

Riley said the donation is a great gift to the BU community.

“This is a terrific gift for the law school, and I’m sure the faculty and students and staff are really excited that they’re able to upgrade that facility,” he said.

“The faculty is highly regarded and continually ranked among the best in the country.”

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Local clothing company Vicious History gears up for Fall season Justin Soto Muse Staff

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Models show off Vicious History’s Fall line.

History buffs, look no further than Vicious History, an independent T-shirt company grounded in historical symbolism.

After more than a year and a half, the brand has found its niche — bold, simple and vibrant tattoo style designs that made the clothing popular, said owner Chaz Matses on the company’s website.

“I get most of my inspiration from esoteric history, events and individuals who people may sometimes forget about,” 24-year-old Matses said.

Vicious History’s upcoming fall line includes about six new T-shirts and hoodies. One piece, which Matses said he’s most excited about, features a pheasant with a skull head, in which Matses drew inspiration from tattoo artist Ron Henry Wells.

The designs cater toward a large demographic, Matses said, whether it’s tattoo enthusiasts who enjoy the design style or those who enjoy the historical allusions behind the designs. A Napoleon Bonaparte T-shirt became most popular simply because people knew who the figure was.

However, it took two releases before things picked up for Vi-

cious History.

“It happened after my second release,” Matses said. “The first release we were still learning, but after late 2010 and early 2011, that was when things picked up ... We took things more seriously and had good photo shoots. People then really started getting attached and we grew from there.”

Matses drew inspiration from everything he set his eyes on, he said. Though a designer sometimes draws up his ideas with him, he prefers scouting for designs with hidden symbols and history on his own.

“I do a lot of antique shopping in Boston, and I get a lot of inspiration there, especially through books and illustrations,” he said. “When I find what I like, that is when I take that idea and mold it into something that will look like our brand. I like something contemporary and bold that people will like to wear.”

With his eye on design since high school, Matses became a Tshirt collector and a fan of Johnny Cupcakes and Electric Zombie.

“After becoming such a big fan and collector I thought to my-

self, ‘Why can’t I do this?’” he said. “I figured I would give it a shot, and it hit me that I should combine my passion for clothing design and history. No one else was really doing it at the time and I just went from there.”

Though the brand has grown, Matses continues to ship out his clothing on his own and “stick with his roots” as a local company, he said. He is a one-man show, but looks forward to potential expansions.

Vicious History is finalizing a relationship with a store called River City Social Club in Omaha, Neb. that will be selling the line.

His passion for history extends into educating, and Matses set up history trivia on the Vicious History Facebook page to spread awareness about a birthday or death of a historical figure.

“With this being my brand, it is basically my life,” he said. “I just wanted to share that although not everyone is a history buff like me, I want to educate people on subjects that I particularly enjoy. It’s my passion and I think that is what makes part of our success.”

Boston’s Draft Marathon While on the T heading to the North End for the Boston Beerathon, I asked a friend who was joining me, “How crowded do you think it will be?”

“It’s 3 in the afternoon,” he said.

Walking along Union Street only a few minutes later, however, felt strikingly similar to St. Patrick’s Day — minus the obscene cover charges.

Hordes of patrons had come out for the festival and were flooding in and out of the various bars more quickly than beer could flow from the taps.

There was live music, singing, dancing, thousands of “marathoners” drinking merrily and strangers becoming friends — everything there is to love about bar-hopping.

The Golden Fleece for many was to visit and have a drink at all 26 bars. Many people sported punch-card necklaces, indicating how many bars they had visited — the drinking aspect was apparently being left to the honor system.

Those I chatted with expressed their realization that they had no chance of completing this task. It got me thinking — which is harder to finish, the Boston Marathon or the Boston Beerathon?

You may scoff at this notion, but when I really look at it critically, I have trouble saying definitively that the Marathon is harder than the Beerathon.

The Marathon is perhaps a nobler quest and more prestigious.

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Our mind is trained to think it is much more difficult because it involves running instead of drinking. But just because it is a more athletic feat, does that necessarily mean it’s more difficult?

There were 23,879 runners who completed the Boston Marathon in April out of the 26,895 people who entered the race. About 90 percent of the participants completed it. I did not run into a single person who had been to more than seven bars, let alone who had had a beer at each. I would be shocked if 5 percent of the Beerathon field completed the entire course.

Think about it. You have to physically enter 26 different bars, which are only open for a limited amount of time, in a single day.

Do you even enter 26 different rooms on the average day?

Now factor in the giant lines, which grew throughout the day, to enter each individual establishment. Plus, you have to have at least one drink at each spot. So, there are still enormous lines to deal with once you are inside the bar.

There’s a mile and a half to cover between locations in addition to all the waiting time. Let’s also not forget that it gets much harder to navigate as the day progresses. You cannot waste any time. You cannot get stuck in one place for too long. It is not as easy as it seems.

The Purple Shamrock had a charming old Irishman singing and playing Irish drinking songs on his guitar. I couldn’t leave for hours. What if you hit it off with some friendly folks at the

bar? What if that handsome guy, or pretty gal starts chatting you up? What if someone offers you a free round? Are you going to just leave and go to the next bar?

We haven’t even talked about the literal act of consuming 26 beers. First of all, that’s 312 fluid ounces ... in your stomach.

Heck, drinking 312 fluid ounces of water is tough to do.

There is another major obstacle in addition to just fitting that much liquid in your body — extreme drunkenness. Marathoners have to deal with fatigue, cramps and dehydration. Beerathoners have to deal with losing their keys, forgetting how to spell and spinning rooms.

Which side effects are worse? It’s difficult to say.

Let’s not belittle the financial commitment you have to make.

The average beer at the Beerathon cost about $5. Even if you drank just one beer at each bar on the course, you would be spending $130. Plus, factor in all the overpriced food you would have to order to satisfy your extreme drunken hunger-levels.

Courage, perseverance and stamina are vital if you have any chance of completing the 26 bar course. But if you are just looking to have a wonderful time, meet some new people and experience everything that is great about Boston’s pub scene, you cannot go wrong with the Beerathon. Wander around the North End and stumble in and out of as many old, brick pubs as you can handle.

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Aftermath of anti-Islam video A U.S.-made trailer for a longer film attacking Islam has sparked protests across the Middle East and North Africa, according to an article in BBC. “The Innocence of Muslims,” depicts “Islam as a religion of violence and hate, and its Prophet Muhammad as a foolish and power-hungry man,” according to the BBC article.

While many people agree that the video was offensive, should it be a cause for violent protests?

These protests are making a bad situation worse. The video was obviously produced in poor taste, but storming U.S. embassies that are trying to promote peace won’t solve anything.

Rather, people need to recognize that hate does exist and instead find ways to move forward, ways that are more positive and constructive.

Moreover, it’s embarrassing that such a video has been produced in the U.S., especially at a time when our country is push-

ing for democratic peace.

The views of a few ignorant Americans should not taint our country as a whole, but unfortunately, not everyone will see it that way. One movie appears to represent the entire U.S. now.

Did the producers expect this level of response? On first thought, one would say, absolutely, they knew what they were getting themselves into and didn’t care. Sept.

11 brought Muslim culture to the forefront, and Americans were made aware of just how sensitive the topic was. On second thought, however, not everyone in the U.S. is educated about religion and global affairs. Perhaps the producers were just really, really ignorant.

While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the video “disgusting,” it is important that the Obama administration as a whole show more action in response to the video. It would be interesting to see if the administration appeals to the protesters or ignores the region’s concerns.

Professor breastfeeds in class

During her first lecture of the semester, American University professor Adrienne Pine treated students to a visual of her breastfeeding her baby, according to an article in CNN Sunday.

Pine, who was unable to find someone to watch her sick baby that day, decided to bring her to class.

When the baby became fussy, Pine decided to nurse the child in front of the lecture hall full of students.

Stepping outside to breastfeed her daughter would have been “an interruption” for her students, Pine said in an interview with CNN. But isn’t breastfeeding your child midlecture a bigger interruption?

In 2011, several mothers uploaded Facebook photos of themselves breastfeeding, prompting a debate on when and where the act was appropriate. Those in favor of women breastfeeding in public argued that it was a natural act that should not be confined to bathroom stalls.

However, nursing one’s child is a very private act and should take place behind

closed doors. On top of that, Pine is a professor and should project a certain air of professionalism.

Nursing your child on the job is unprofessional.

People do not want to see their doctors, attorneys, grocers or co-workers nursing their children. Students do not want to see their professors nursing their children.

Plenty of working mothers have been able to handle that business after their shifts or on breaks. Pine should have waited until class was dismissed to nurse her child.

It will be interesting to see what type of action AU will take against Pine, if any.

Student-professor boundaries do exist, and when one party oversteps, the other party can wind up feeling uncomfortable. A breastfeeding professor tends to overstep those boundaries.

Moreover, many students see themselves working under their professors. It would be interesting to see if that relationship prevented many students in Pine’s class from speaking up.

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This side of paradise ANNE WHITING

here is a certain quiet energy about Boston that keeps me coming back to it, even though my relationship with the city resembles a very rocky, Nora Ephron-esque love story — that is to say, an almost incomprehensible relationship, one that involves a very warm and welcoming Beantown and a very begrudging me, but one in which said Hub ultimately wins me over to the point at which I can’t, it would appear, seem to pull myself away.

My state of “begrudged-ment” is entirely justified, however, given that I just spent a year with London and Paris with intermittent flings with Spain, Scotland and Santorini, to drop a few names. I’ve been frolicking around with artists and fashion students in Shoreditch, eating lots of falafel by the Seine and drinking only the chicest of mojitos in Barcelona. So naturally, a beer in Allston seems unexciting. And yet, here I am.

It seemed, therefore, as I got in a white cab at Logan and told the driver I was headed to Bay State Road like I was that forlorn and confused lover returning once again after a long soul-search abroad to rest in the arms of her steadfast and oldest, most intimate companion ... if only to finalize things, but still.

Flying into Boston is always the same story: you share the plane with Harvard hockey players and have a Dunkin’ iced when you land and make your way to the baggage claim where, while you wait for your oversized luggage, you can peruse and memorize the altogether un-confusing and pathetic-looking MBTA map on the wall (after navigating the Tube and le Métro and finding my way around Venice, the T seems rather small) before debating paying a cab or attempting the Blue Line. It is not like flying over Manhattan, or even like taking the train to Brighton or Île de Ré.

But as South Station gleamed in the late August sun, and I felt the warm breeze out the taxi window as we passed by signs pointing to the Harbor, to South Boston, past the bridge, the boat houses and the stretch of the sun-glossed Charles River en route to Boston University’s campus, I couldn’t help but feel, especially as my roommate waved out the bay window upon my arrival at our brownstone, that although I would be deleting the foreign cities’ numbers from my phone, I’d arrived exactly where I was supposed to be.

I am a seasoned veteran of packing and unpacking, of storing, of changing my mind and moving in and out of many different homes. I left Europe for some very good

reasons. Londinium and Lutitia of the Parisii ask a lot, and as a senior the fleeting nature of my collegiate youth is no longer an abstract concept to me. I may have fallen in love with St. Germain, but for the time being I’ve chosen the College of Arts and Sciences, the Writers’ Club, Sweet cupcakes, and late nights with Charles Shaw and Joan Didion — I’ve chosen this side of paradise where Josh Howard spends Friday nights making butterbeer in Superman pajamas and Kubs turns on strobe lights to dance to Madonna and an old lover’s cigarette smoke lingers on the fire escape while I drink tea and ponder what on earth Dryden could be trying to convey about literary criticism.

I have eight months left of crisp Autumn air on the river, of the dense smell of used books in Brookline, of broken Goodwill lamps and tables, cheap wine and costume parties. Eight months of pavement I’ve walked a thousand times before to brunch at Trident, to Church or to the frat party where I met that one boy, of brick buildings that house mistakes and memories and new students who don’t know I lived there. That really isn’t much time to savor the sleepless nights that occur for reasons academic or otherwise, the unclean bathrooms and the Sunrise Sandwiches with Marit at Espresso Royale.

Perhaps it is the influx of students, and of boxes and moving trucks and new bikes that constitutes the first days of September in Boston that sparks a thrill that stems from my insides and forces upon me an overwhelming sense that the old red bricks around me are brimming with possibility, and the shade of the green leaves on Marlborough Street is like, kissing me, really happy to have me back.

Or maybe it’s just the knowledge that within the encapsulated and temporal fouryear stretch that is college, the rich and untested newness ahead of me in this last year promises as much adventure as any weekend trip to Rome or fashion show in London or Wiener schnitzel dish in Berlin. Hopeless romantic that I may be, something hopeful brings me back to the people, the things, the literature and the Bostonian cobblestones that throb with rich histories, interesting subjects, and pave the path of many beautiful, familiar people.

Anne Whiting is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and a Fall 2012 columnist for The Daily Free Press. She can be reached at aew@bu.edu.

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BU field hockey drops to 5–2 with second consecutive loss

By Steven Dufour Daily Free Press Contributor

In its first road loss of the 2012 season, the Boston University field hockey team fell to The College of William & Mary Friday night in Williamsburg, Va. The score was 1–0 when the final whistle blew, the only goal coming from Tribe senior Maria Caro in the second period.

The theme of the first period was tension. BU (5–2) dominated in the attacking third, at least in terms of possession. The Terriers had only two shots on goal, but they were rarely on defense.

Sophomore goalkeeper Valentina Cerda Eimbcke did not have to make a single save. It seemed just a matter of time before they would convert because of the difference in possession, but pres-

sure from the Tribe (6–1), however brief it may have been, was obviously dangerous.

The main problem for the Terriers was unsuccessful attempts at the net, an issue that remained prevalent until the match was over.

“We pressed them well. We did a good job of keeping the ball in our attacking zone, but we didn’t do a good job really manufacturing quality corners [and] quality shots,” said BU coach Sally Starr.

As halftime grew closer with no change on the scoreboard, emotions began to show as Tribe midfielder Leah Zamesnik received a green card. The teamlater received two more cards in the second half: a green card for junior Giovanna Golen and a yellow card for senior Christine

Johnson.

It was in the second half that William & Mary found their stride on both sides of the ball. Its strategy involved, simply enough, high pressure.

It kept the Terriers constantly fighting just to maintain possession, and when they could not keep the ball, they were always on their heels trying to stop each aggressive attack.

An initially timid performance on paper began to show a second half in the Tribe’s control. Goaltender Catherine Johnson made four saves, and the players outshot Boston University 5–4.

All the pressure finally showed on the scoreboard when Caro’s shot found its way past BU senior goalkeeper Jess Maroney just after the 42-minute mark.

The shot seemed too high though to those on the Terrier sideline, causing frustration for the entire team.

Starr said the goal was caused in part by small lapses in judgement on the Terriers’ part.

“We just weren’t making good decisions on the ball,” Starr said.

“We were being too direct, playing into their press as opposed to working the ball around their press, which is a strength of ours.”

After the goal, BU held its composure. The players did not become overly aggressive, nor did they commit any fouls worthy of a card.

They continued to attack, but they continued to attack straight through their opponent’s press.

Coach Starr said they played “like [they] had blinders.”

The fact that they were not discouraged by the goal kept the game competitive, but the same mistakes in front of the net prevented any points from going up on the board in favor of the Terriers. The BU defense remained solid, and the offense kept its pressure. However, it was not enough to change the result.

To prepare for Tuesday’s away game against the University of Massachusetts, Starr said the Terriers would have to improve mentally and technically on both offense and defense. “[The game] was frustrating,” said Coach Starr. “On the flip side [though] we had our opportunities to score goals ... We were up against a really good opponent, and we just didn’t play as well as I know we can.”

BU drops match despite Blauner’s return Women’s soccer: From Page 8

8–3 advantage in the first half.

Of those shots, seven BU shots were on goal while only three UMass shots were on goal.

BU earned a lot more corners than the minutewomen as well, as the Terriers earned 10 while UMass did not take a single one.

Junior forward Madison Clemens led the Terriers in shots with three, while freshman midfielder Rachel Blauner, who missed the first seven games of the season with a leg injury, led the team with two shots on goal.

Coach Feldman was particularly excited to see Blauner performing well on the pitch.

“You can see how dynamic she is … I think she should be a key player for us … She started out preseason really well before she got hurt,” Feldman said.”She’s dynamic, she’s explosive, she’s aggressive, she’s got good skill, so it was good to get her back in there. I think she should be helping us down the line with our attack.”

Despite the “disappointing” loss, Feldman still found many gains to take away from the game,

saying, “I thought we played pretty well … The positives are that the players are getting better, and I think people have a better understanding of how to work as a unit. … Performance-wise, I think we’re taking steps forward.”

In spite of the loss on Friday,BU still leads the all-time series between the Terriers and the Minutewomen with a 5–3 record.

BU will end its non-conference stint with a road game against North Carolina State University on Thursday.

Terrier offense scoreless in loss to UMass Offense: From Page 8

ate something.”

In its last three games, the Terriers have been shut out three times while averaging nine shots per game. While the BU offense has averaged nine shots per game, opposing goalkeepers have only had to make three saves per game, proving the Terriers have struggled to earn shots on goal.

Despite coming off the bench in the UMass game, Blauner led the Terriers’ offense with two

shots on goal. However, junior forward Madison Clemens led the Terriers with three shots in the game, only one of which went on goal.

“I don’t really know what the reason is, it could be a combination of lack of confidence, youth, right attitude or just getting more comfortable in our patterns and how we’re going to create goals.”

Looking ahead to the Terriers next match, the team will head down to Raleigh, North Carolina

to face the North Carolina State University on Thursday with the hopes of jumpstarting this stagnant offense before heading into America East conference play.

The matchup with the Wolfpack should be a good opportunity for the Terriers to generate some offense, as NC State has allowed a total of 11 goals in its past three games.

This season, the Wolfpack has allowed 1.70 goals-against per game to its opponents.

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Junior forward Madison Clemens had a team-high three shots in Friday’s loss to UMass.

Missed calls hurt Terriers in loss to Brown Men’s soccer: From Page 8

foul was called. Again with 1:30 remaining, senior Michael Bustamante appeared to be hit with an elbow and fell to the turf.

Along with a no-call when BU junior attack Ali Sozeri took the ball deep into the box, it seemed there would be no calls going the Terriers’ way on the night.

“There were a lot of elbows. A broken nose. Who knows what’s

up with Max’s jaw. It must have been the mosquitoes,” Roberts said sarcastically following the game.

“There were no calls. The mosquitoes were hitting hard tonight.”

With the teams deadlocked at no score through regulation, the game went into overtime. With the teams both excelling on defense, it looked as if the game could come down to penalty kicks. However, only 40 seconds into the extra time, Brown scored the game-winning goal on a header by defender Tim Whalen,

coming from a free-kick close to midfield. The Terriers looked to be in a state of disbelief that the game ended just in an instant.

Roberts seemed more disappointed in the outcome, rather than his team’s effort and performance on the field.

“The guys deserved better.

[Brown] played more conservative than we did,” he said. “That’s why it’s disappointing.”

BU’s depleted defense succeeds without Blugh Blugh: From Page 8

cal presence, BU made all of the proper adjustments to keep Brown’s offense at bay. Junior Derek McCaffrey, who has consistently started at midfield all season and was recently moved into more of an attacking role, was moved to defense to replace the injured Blugh.

Coach Roberts also made a formation change, switching from a

three-man defense to a four-man defense. The team played well under the new system.

“The guys adjusted well to it— [Brown] didn’t really have any opportunities in the game,” Roberts said.

The Terriers held Brown to no goals and only three shots on goal in regulation as the teams went to overtime tied at zero. Just when it seemed like the defensive corps had

approached an obstacle too difficult to overcome, it came through with one of its best performances of the season. It took a free kick from midfield and two bounces off the heads of Brown players for the Bears to finally end the game with the decisive golden goal 40 seconds into overtime.

“We thought the only way they were going to score would be on [a play] like they did,” Roberts said.

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Men’s soccer loses home opener to Bears off overtime free kick Terriers fall to No. 24 Brown in overtime

Defense takes another hit with loss of Blugh

By Andrew Battifarano Daily Free Press Contributor

By Gregory Davis Daily Free Press Contributor

After a string of six games where the Boston University men’s soccer team played on the road, the team fell short in its home opener against No. 24 Brown University at Nickerson Field on Friday, falling 1–0 in overtime.

The Terriers faced off against five ranked opponents in the top 20 on their six game road trip, including then-No. 1 University of Connecticut and then-No. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Although the Terriers were to play at their home field for this game, it was unlikely be an easy matchup from the start, as evidenced Brown’s play early on in the season.

Coming into the game, Brown was fifth in the NCAA in goals allowed per game (.25) and goalkeeper Sam was 13th in the nation in save percentage (.889). That being said, the Terriers knew that with a vaunted defense ahead of them, one key play could make the difference in the game.

The Terriers’ defense had to step up, especially in the wake of a season-ending ACL injury to last year’s America East Defender of the year junior Kelvin Madzongwe. That meant the Terriers would look to freshman back Jeroen Blugh to step up as a top defender to thwart the Brown attack.

However, in the 11th minute of the game, injury struck. Blugh went down with what appeared to be a knee injury and he did not return to the game. After the injury it appeared the Terriers had to change their defense to adjust to the loss of Blugh, moving junior Derrick Mcaffrey from the midfield position to defense.

BU coach Neil Roberts said he was saddened by the loss of the freshman defender.

“Jeroen just settled in,” Roberts said. “He became a focal point of the defense. We went from three [defenders] to four in the back. We had to change things to protect some guys.”

Despite yet another key injury to the team’s defense, the Terriers held strong. In the first half, Brown was limited to only two shot at-

The Boston University men’s soccer team suffered yet another costly injury in its loss to No. 24 Brown University on Thursday night. In the 10th minute of the game, freshman defenseman Jeroen Blugh fell to the ground holding his knee and did not return to the game.

For a team that recently lost its top defenseman, junior Kelvin Madzongwe, in the third game of the season, this injury was not good news. However, in the face of rising adversity, the defense of BU’s men’s soccer team has shown incredible resilience by remaining a stalwart force in the NCAA. The Terriers were shaken up early in the season by the torn ACL that would end Madzongwe’s season. The incredible defenseman was awarded Rookie of the Year honors in his freshman campaign, followed by defenseman of the year in his sophomore campaign. Madzongwe was poised for a great season, leading the way for a fantastic defensive corps.

The Terriers had their work cut out for them,recovering from such a crucial loss, but the defense responded with fantastic results.

Since Madzongwe’s last game, the Terriers have allowed only five goals in four games.

Three of those games came against ranked opponents, including No. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and No. 3 Providence College.

The most recent game against Brown, in which the Terriers lost Blugh to injury early on, was arguably the most impressive showing of the season for the defense.

“They fought hard. Losing Jeroen early in the game really made things difficult for us,” said a disappointed BU coach Neil Roberts after the game. “Jeroen settled in, he was replacing Kelvin and he was doing a good job. He was becoming the focal point of the defense.”

Despite the lack of Blugh’s 6-foot-2 physi-

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Junior midfielder Anthony Ciccone and the rest of the BU offense failed to score against Brown in the Terriers’ 1–0 loss on Thursday. tempts, both coming from forward Voltaire Escalona. One of those shots was blocked by the strong Terrier defense, while the other shot went wide of the goal.

Despite the change in strategy to put more defenders back to stop Brown, the Terriers actually were more aggressive than Brown offensively. The Terrier offense posted four shots in the first half, two of them on goal but both saved by Kernan-Schlosse.

The Terriers controlled the ball throughout most of the first half, but just could not connect on one good shot to push the tally across.

The second half saw Brown step up its offense, which tested the will of the newly aligned

Terrier defense. The defense held strong, and sophomore goalkeeper Nick Thomson made his saves when he needed to. Perhaps the biggest save came in the 84th minute, when he made a sprawling save on midfielder Thomas McNamara after junior midfielder Fannar Arnarsson drew a foul near the box.

With both teams in a tight defensive struggle, where position at midfield was the key, the game became much more physical in the second half. With 21:45 remaining in the half, senior Max White appeared to be elbowed intentionally in the face by a Brown defender, but no

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BU women’s soccer shut out in Lack of offense kills Terriers’ chances 1–0 home loss to Minutewomen at victory for third consecutive game

By Conor Ryan Daily Free Press Contributor

Looking to move on after a rough West Coast trip that resulted in losses against No.3 Stanford University and Santa Clara University, the Boston University women’s soccer team returned home Friday night to take on the University of Massachusetts.

An early goal by UMass (3–4), coupled with BU’s (3–5–1) inability to find the back of the net, led to UMass leaving Nickerson Field with a 1–0 victory.

The Terriers seemed to be in control at the beginning of the game, as they had complete possession of the ball and were given two corner kicks within the first five minutes.

However, a miscue by both the Terriers’ defense and junior goalkeeper Andrea Green allowed UMass freshman Jackie Bruno to score the first goal of her collegiate career just 6:54 into the game.

After the early goal by the Minutewomen, BU desperately attempted to even the score, but was unable to get anything going against UMass senior goalkeeper Emily Cota, who made seven saves in her season

debut. “[Cota] had a great game,” said BU coach Nancy Feldman. “We didn’t keep corner kicks away from her enough ... She was very steady.”

Although Bruno’s goal was made possible by a breakdown from the back line, BU’s defense played well for the remainder of the game, limiting the Minutewomen to only one shot in the entire second half.

Despite that BU did not score a goal, they held possession of the ball for a majority of the game, outshot UMass 12 to 4 — including a 7–3 advantage on shots on goal — and led UMass in corner kicks, 10–0.

With so many offensive chances and so little to show for it, the inability to score has become a frustrating issue for the Terriers.

We created enough chances, and I thought we did some good things,” Feldman said. “We should have had a goal or two tonight.”

In the loss to the minutewomen, the Terriers outshot UMass 12–4, including an

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On a clear night over Nickerson Field, the Boston University women’s soccer team took the field against a physical University of Massachusetts team. Coming into Friday night’s game, the Terriers had not put the ball in the net in two games.

This offensive struggle continued into Friday due in large part to the play of UMass goalkeeper Emily Cota, whose seven saves anchored the stifling defense and held off the Terriers in a 1–0 decision.

The Terriers fell to 3–5–1 on the season as the Minutewomen moved to 3–4–0.

“I don’t look at it like ‘three games we haven’t scored,’” said BU coach Nancy Feldman. “I look at it as tonight, we should have scored.”

The Terriers were not short of chances, as they were awarded 10 corner kicks in the game.

Early in the first half, sophomore forward Ana Cuffia used a bit of trickery and quickly crossed the ball into the box off of a corner, but it was punched away by Cota.

The Terriers began the game with a

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steady pace, controlling possession as they did for the better part of the game, but were unable to generate a goal.

Their methodical approach to the game backfired early when the Minutewomen launched a counter-attack on the Terriers and beat junior goalkeeper Andrea Green for a score.

The Terriers did however show many signs of life throughout the match. As time wound down in the 79th minute, freshman midfielder Rachel Blauner dribbled into the box and fired a shot high towards the net, but Cota’s outstretched arms punched the ball high.

As the game entered the final minutes, a sense of urgency to score became apparent as the Terriers transitioned into a four-player front to generate somewhat of a push toward the goal.

“The energy dropped, and we needed to do something to kick it back up.” Feldman said.“The last 25 minutes is not the part of the game that I want to remember because we were playing a 4–2–4 and a 3–3–4. It’s not our shape, we were just trying to gener-

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