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Year xlii. Volume lxxxiii. Issue II

LABOR OF LOVE: Janitors demonstrate for better contracts, page 3

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OP-ED: LETTING GO OF THE PAST

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past ‘downplayed,’ political experts say

By Chris Lisinski Daily Free Press Staff

Thousands of Boston University freshmen paraded into Harry Agganis Arena to attend this year’s class of 2016 matriculation ceremony Sunday afternoon.

The freshman weigh in at about 3,900 students, originating from all 50 states and 69 countries around the world, according to statistics provided by BU spokesman Colin Riley.

Female students outnumber male students 60.9 percent to 39.1 percent. The incoming freshman class is strong academically, with an average SAT score of 1922 and an average GPA of 3.57.

Following matriculation tradition, Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore called the ceremony to order and introduced Marsh Chapel Reverend Robert Allan Hill, who delivered an invocation inspiring students and faculty alike to exceed in the coming year.

“To those who will study, we ask to give energy,” Hill said in his invocation. “To those who will teach, we ask give the courage to seek and speak truth without fear or favor. To those who will lead, we ask give imagination and insight to create community.”

Student Union President Dexter McCoy, a College of Communication junior, addressed the new students.

“Greatness is not defined by fame or notoriety,” he said. “It is found in the meaningful, shared experiences that we have with one another.”

McCoy encouraged students to keep pushing to reach their moments of greatness and to take advantage of BU. He also encouraged new students to forge their own path through the college experience.

“This is the place where great thought leaders and social pioneers got their start,” he said. “I’m here before you today because,

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Boston University President Robert Brown speaks to the Class of 2016 at the Matriculation ceremony at Agganis Arena Sunday afternoon.

like me, I want you to get involved, to meet some people, to solve some issues and make this institution and this world a better place for everyone.”

Department Chair and Associate Professor of Astronomy Tereasa Brainerd said students should be prepared to work harder than they have in previous years.

“I hope you’re all incredibly excited because you ought to be,” she said. “The reality check is that if you want high grades at BU, you’re going to have to work even harder than you did the past four years.”

Brainerd said students should take advantage of professors and academic programs at BU. “Your professors love to teach and are here to help you, but the onus is on you to take the initiative and come to them if you’re

struggling,” she said. “Ask questions — lots and lots of questions.”

Shadi Daher, president of the Alumni Council, told students that the alumni community welcomes them “to the BU family,” referring to them as “alumni in residence.”

“I know that you will blaze trails of your own and leave your own impact on our university,” Daher said.

BU President Robert Brown then delivered his speech to the students, in which he said college rankings are not as significant as they seem and that BU is a unique and important school.

“Dr. King’s dream that people be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character — their actions and their accomplishments has long been reality here,” he said.

Student in hit-and-run hospitalized for minor injuries

By Chris Lisinski Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run that left a Boston University student injured Sunday night at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and St. Mary’s Street.

BPD officer James Kenneally told The Daily Free Press that a motorcycle struck a female pedestrian in a hit-and-run.

He said the victim was taken to Brigham and Women’s Hospital with “non-life threatening injuries.”

Kenneally said there were no updates to report at this time, as the investigation is ongoing.

“We’re still looking for the individual who operated the motorcycle,” Kenneally said.

BU spokesman Colin Riley said the pedestrian was a returning student. The accident occurred at around 7:50 p.m.

“I understand she’s in stable condition,” he said.

Crisis counseling was offered to individuals who witnessed the accident, Riley said.

Police cars blocked off the two main lanes of Commonwealth Avenue near Marsh Plaza after the accident, as traffic officers detoured vehicles onto the shoulder of the road.

Both Boston University Police Department and BPD vehicles were present at the scene.

Boston Medical Center smoking ban brings cigarettes to residential areas

By Hina Tai Daily Free Press Staff

A newly imposed smoking ban at Boston Medical Center has South End residents frustrated over cigarette trash disposed in their neighborhoods.

After the ban was introduced on the BMC campus in April, George Stergios, president of the Worcester Square Area Neighborhood Association, said he noticed more smokers making the short walk to surrounding commercial and residential streets, where no smoking ban is enforced. “[Smokers] stand there and smoke there and throw their butts on the ground,” Stergios said.

“BMC is in sort of a bind. There are [community] members who have photographed people throwing their butts out there. You can see piles of butts.”

Stergios said the entire South End community is frustrated with the ban. “[BMC] needs to come to [the] reality that just because there is a smoking ban doesn’t mean everyone will stop smoking that day,” he said. “Unless you want to enforce it, you know, shoo people off our streets — you are being unfair to all of us.”

The smoking ban is part of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s Tobacco-Free Hospital Initiative, in which 10 Boston hospitals are participating. The initiative calls for hospitals to outlaw smoking on their premises and divest all tobacco company stock from their investment portfolios, according to a November 2011 press release from the mayor’s office.

Hospitals offer smoking cessation programs to patients and employees through the

Smoking see page 2

Massachusetts’ legislation states that drivers must yield to pedestrians in crosswalks when traffic signals are not in place.

However, traffic signals appeared to be operational at the scene of the accident.

Officers at the scene encouraged pedestrians to observe traffic signals when crossing the street.

Hit-and-run accidents are punishable by law in Massachusetts.

The law states that any driver who does not stop and provide his or her information “shall be punished” with between six months and two years imprisonment and a fine of between $500 and $1,000.

In a campaign set against Democratic U.S. President Barack Obama, experts said Mitt Romney’s history as the former Massachusetts governor has been a delicate aspect of his campaign.

Romney’s Massachusetts legacy was a “hitand-run,” said Tobe Berkovitz, a political media consultant and an associate professor at Boston University’s College of Communication.

“It seems that he cut some deals with the legislature, which you have to do if you’re a Republican governor to try to get some laws enacted,” Berkovitz said.

Berkovitz said Romney “burnt out” trying to deal with the Democratic establishment on Beacon Hill and headed for “greener pastures,” such as the presidency.

The Republican presidential candidate, governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007, worked on Beacon Hill with an 85 percent Democratic state legislature.

During his term, the state’s unemployment rate decreased while the national rate also dropped, and Massachusetts adopted a healthcare law with an individual mandate, according to FactCheck.org.

Some experts said Romney’s Massachusetts background could hurt him, while others said it shows his cooperative abilities. Steve Koczela, president of the MassINC polling group, said Romney is not running for the presidency based on his history.

“He’s a Republican from a Blue State — for the most part he’s downplayed the ‘I’m from a Blue state’ dynamic,” he said. “He hasn’t emphasized it much during the campaign.”

Romney’s Massachusetts background makes it difficult for him to connect with his Republican base, Berkovitz said, which is what he needed to do during the primaries.

“That’s why he tried to position himself away from a moderate governor to a conservative, typical and palatable Republican presidential candidate,” he said.

Massachusetts GOP Communications Director Tim Buckley said the fact that Romney is from Massachusetts is positive for his campaign because of his accomplishments in the Bay State.

“He showed that he can work both sides of aisle clearly on issues,” he said in a phone interview. “People appreciate someone who can do that.”

Romney had many accomplishments during his run as governor, Buckley said in a separate

UP IN THE AIR

Romney, see page 7

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Residents living nearby MGH face similar smoking issues as BMC after ban Smoking: From Page 1

initiative.

Massachusetts General Hospital faced similar neighborhood dissatisfaction when they instituted a smoking ban, Stergios said.

To satisfy disgruntled neighbors, MGH implemented two designated smoking areas on North Grove Street

and Blossom Street, according to an MGH press release.

BMC has been speaking to its neighbors, according to a BMC statement emailed to The Daily Free Press in August.

“We sincerely apologize that this smoke-free initiative and the actions of a small number of people are negatively impacting our neighbors,”

the statement read. “We are committed to resolving these incidents.”

The BMC plays a key role in reducing the hazards of tobacco use and exposure by becoming a smokefree campus, according to the statement.

“We have asked people not to smoke on the medical campus, but we also have asked them to be re-

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spectful of our neighbors and their property,” the statement read. “Instead of suggesting where people can smoke, we offer smoking cessation assistance and treatment programs.”

Stergios said BMC is in a bind about creating smoking shelters and areas.

“Public health made an exception for Mass. Gen., but they would

rather not make another exception,” Stergios said.

Some local businesses said they did not notice a change in the streets since the ban took effect.

Kim Austin, assistant manager at Coco Baby, located two blocks from BMC on Washington Street, said she has not seen anything get worse.

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Janitors rally for better contracts, wages on Labor Day Students gear up to report DNC, RNC

By Jasper Craven Daily Free Press Staff

Holding signs such as “Ciudado de Salud por Todos [Healthcare for All],” more than 500 union advocates and members, including Boston University custodians, rallied for better wages, more fulltime jobs and access to health coverage on Monday at Boston Common.

“If you work hard for a living, you ought to be able to work one job, support your family and expect that your children are going to do better than you,” said Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union.

The SEIU local chapter 615 sponsored the rally, with representatives from Local Union 26, SEIU local chapter 888, New England United for Justice and the Chinese Progressive Association, among others.

The Local 615 represents 14,000 New England janitors who intend to negotiate a better contract with their employers once it expires on Sept.

30.

The union argues that many cleaning contractors offer many janitors only part-time work, which means they do not have to offer health insurance, according to a press release.

Massachusetts Lieutenant Gov. Timothy Murray said he and Gov. Deval Patrick are committed to the cause of improved worker rights and wages.

“We want companies to do well.

We want leaders of companies to do well,” Murray said. “But people that work and make those companies suc-

cessful deserve a fair wage and they deserve healthcare.”

SEIU leader Antonia Cordova, a former office cleaner at Russia Wharf, introduced Fourth Congressional District candidate Joe Kennedy III. Kennedy spoke in Spanish and English to the crowd and said a strong middle class is necessary for the vivacity of America.

“To continue to be that country, we all have to contribute,” Kennedy said. “We want to protect that middle class and the worker protections and rights that each and every one of you have fought for so long to make this country what it is.”

The rally was conducted mainly in Spanish and included a translator for Spanish speakers.

“We, 16 million workers strong across this country, demand justice [and] demand equality,” said Adrian Ventura, a worker at the New Bedford Worker Center. “Arriba la union!”

David Soper, a BU custodian and Local 615 member who has worked at the university for more than 30 years, said he came to the rally to voice support for a new, comprehensive contract for janitors.

“They need more full-timers and better wages,” Soper said.

The janitorial contract with BU still has more than a year before expiration, Soper said.

“At BU we have had to fight very hard, but we have a decent contract,” Soper said. “We have a lot of benefits that a lot of people here don’t have to-

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Boston area janitors, security officers and airport workers rally for higher wages and more hours and benefits at the Boston Common bandstand Monday morning.

day. Of course, we always want more full-timers instead of part-timers.”

Soper said about 16 years ago, BU only employed full-time custodians. Still, he said, BU and the custodians compromise on a fair contract.

BU School of Education sophomore Zoi Zaldivar said she attended the rally after she heard a SEIU speaker when she worked at the FirstYear Student Outreach Project over the summer.

Zaldivar, whose FYSOP group painted banners for the Labor Day rally, said it is important to keep workers’ wages at a constant rate.

“A lot of these people are immigrants who are new to this country who really need the strong foundation of a decent wage to support their families and make a living,” she said, “and without that, it’s really hard for them to have hope in that American dream ideal.”

Mayor’s campaign urges students out of dorms, into city

By Hannah Johnson Daily Free Press Staff

Amid the chaos of Boston’s major college move-in weekend, a new citywide campaign encourages students to explore Boston and take advantage of its activities.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s Break the Bubble campaign urges students to get off campus and explore Boston, a city with over 50 universities and colleges.

The campaign helps college students explore all of the culture and opportunities Boston offers, according to a YouTube video posted on

Wednesday.

The campaign also encourages students to continue living in Boston after graduation, according to the video.

In conjunction with the campaign, Menino introduced a 24-hour hotline for students and residents through Citizens Connect for those who need help, according to the campaign’s website.

The Mayor also introduced Citizens Connect, a smartphone application that aims to “empower Boston residents to be the City’s ‘eyes and ears’ throughout [their] neighbor-

hoods,” according to the application’s website.

About 84 percent of people living in Boston are college students, according to the American Institute for Economic Research’s 2010–2011 College Destinations Index.

In his video, Menino urged these students to “break the bubble” and leave campus to explore the neighborhoods of Boston.

“Take advantage of all the city has to offer — our parks, our museums, the Hubway bike share program, internships and jobs,” Menino said.

Menino visited Allston on Sept.

1 to reach out those moving into the neighborhood for the first time, said Bryan Glascock, the acting commissioner for the Boston Inspectional Service Department and director of the Boston Environment Department, during Menino’s visit.

Menino wanted to educate those moving in to the neighborhood for the first time, Glascock said, and wanted to highlight the landlord and resident responsibilities to promote getting along with neighbors.

Menino chose Allston to empha-

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Among the 15,000 journalists covering the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., are seven Boston University students as part of the Washington, D.C., study abroad program. Six other students are returning after covering the Republican National Convention last week.

“This is a chance for the students to operate beyond college, in the real world,” said Lester Kretman, an editor to the students during the convention and former NBC News White House producer.

Joel Senick, a graduate student in the D.C. journalism program, found out just a few days before the convention began that he was going to the DNC. “I didn’t expect to be able to go to something like this when I applied for the program,” he said. “It’s a great opportunity.”

Since Senick and a dozen other students learned they would be covering the national conventions, they have been researching and learning as much as they could from their professors and speakers about political journalism.

“Being a journalist, I want to have more opportunities for practical experience, and this is going to be one of those opportunities,” Senick said. “We will be put in a lot of situations that we haven’t been put in before, and that’s the way you learn and grow in this profession.”

Denise Baer, director of the BU Washington, D.C., program, said this gives students experience in political journalism. She said the students will be covering stories inside and outside the convention, as well as the state delegations particular to their media outlets.

The students will be working on assignments for newspapers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont as well as working with Lilly Broadcasting to produce content used on ABC, NBC

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BU Student wins $100,000 for non-profit organization

By Alex Diantgikis Daily Free Press Staff

When Boston University School of Public Health student Katia Gomez started Educate2Envision after the spring of 2009, her plans were to send school supplies to rural communities in Honduras.

But soon after, Gomez said, she realized the problem was bigger. The children in Pajarillos, one of the villages, had no access to education past the sixth grade.

Through E2E, Gomez said she took it upon herself to establish a high school in Pajarillos. She enlisted 10 students from the village and neighboring communities who passed the sixth grade to create the program.

“We have to bring not only high school, but leadership roles to the community,” Gomez said. “We’re creating a precedent in the community, creating role models. We’re empowering the students so they can feel capable enough to break the mold.”

On August 21, Gomez and E2E won the $100,000 grand prize of VH1’s Do Something! Awards to fund the organization she created.

E2E provided 90 percent on the

materials to build the high school and the additional 10 percent came from the government. However, the students’ families did the labor themselves.

“They’re going to have that much more a sense of pride and accomplishment,” Gomez said.

DoSomething.com is the largest organization in the U.S. for teens and social change, said Business Development Manager, Baylee Greenberg.

Founded in 1996, the Do Something!

Awards give young adults the opportunity to apply for grant money to support their causes.

“The really exciting part about Do Something is its wide range of causes,” Greenberg said. “We want to get young people to take action.

The awards are given to young people who are doing work and bettering communities.”

Gomez founded E2E in 2010, gathering most of the donations from on-campus bake sales and personal money from her five-person student team.

“When I started E2E, it was the first time in my life that I saw something that I will be 100 percent dedicated to,” Gomez said. “I’m in this

for long haul. It’s not a fad. These are people’s lives I’m working for. It’s going to be my life’s work.”

E2E sponsors 80 percent of a student’s school tuition for the first year in high school. If the student shows commitment and continues after a year, E2E pays it in full.

“It only takes $50 per year for one student to attend high school, which is a very reasonable price,” Gomez said.

After the high school was established, Gomez said she saw incredible changes in the community. Enrollment in primary school doubled, adolescent pregnancy rates went down and parents began to see the benefits of schooling.

“It’s great because there’s need there,” Gomez said. “No one else in these areas work in education. We aren’t overlapping with other organizations.”

Gomez and the E2E team went to Honduras this summer for a month and a half to help develop the leadership workshop to empower young girls and teach older girls to be role models.

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Too fancy?

The Center for Student Services opened Saturday, generating mixed reviews. While we expected the new dining hall to be crowded, we did not realize just how crazy “crowded” would be. Students and staff appeared frazzled, weaving through people and tables while balancing plates of food and mugs of coffee.

The intimacy of the old dining halls — Myles Standish Dining Hall, Shelton Hall and The Towers Dining Room — did not appear to have been duplicated at the Center for Student Services. It is much harder for students and dining hall workers to forge relationships in such a large space packed with so many diners.

Similarly, the convenience that Myles, Shelton and Towers’ dining halls provided cannot be replaced. Food is no longer an elevator ride away, and we doubt that diners will

feel comfortable eating breakfast in their pajamas like they did months before.

To give it credit, the new center does offer sweeping views, and it is nice to see a menu that competes with the Fresh Food Company at West Campus.

But, then again, some of the dinner options were too fancy for our taste.

Speaking of the fancy fare, we find it strange that BU promotes itself as an academic institution, but focuses many of its resources on new dining facilities and residence halls.

We do not feel that a sit-down restaurant and showy menu meets the needs of a fast-paced student body.

Overall, our hope is that the excitement the new building brings will ware off, allowing lower Bay State Road residents the opportunity to enjoy their new dining hall in peace.

Posh dorms

Parents and students have become fiercely materialistic when it comes to decking out their college dorm rooms, according to an article in The New York Times.

Despite the recession, more students are choosing to live in dorms, and more parents are willing to fork over the cash to make those spaces comfortable.

A glance down Commonwealth Avenue this weekend revealed yellow carts stuffed with televisions, posh bedding and other accessories.

At Bed, Bath & Beyond, students and their parents filed through the store, piling refrigerators and throw pillows into shopping carts.

Parents, it appears, are going out of their way to make their children’s new digs comfortable. It’s almost like they are satisfying any loneliness their kid may

feel by arming him/her with a fancy television.

Some stores have started hosting afterhours sales, which may even be fueling the frenzy. Now parents and students can roll out at dawn to buy more electronics and accessories they don’t need.

Pinterest, a website that allows users to create their own catalogue of sorts, is serving up images of flashy rooms, encouraging students to buy, buy, buy.

Then again, those rooms encourage variety. Students who use Pinterest are probably less likely to purchase the same polka dot comforter and hanging mirror that their roommates and floor mates will all buy.

It will be interesting to see how far parents and students are willing to go. After all, a dorm room can only hold so much stuff.

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MEAGHAN KILROY

hen I returned to campus at the start of my sophomore year last August, I felt comfortable — relieved even that Boston University was just as I had left it.

Nothing about the campus, at least nothing I could put my finger on, had changed.

So maybe my place of residence was different, but I was not the least bit saddened about swapping my former home, Warren Towers, for the classier Myles Standish Hall.

But this year’s homecoming went a bit differently.

Charlie ate my wallet I got out of the airport, boarded a courtesy bus to the Blue Line, arrived at the turnstiles and got smacked in the face by a 30-cent fare hike. Oh Boston, it’s good to be home.

Freshman status After dumping my luggage in my parents’ hotel room, I marched on over to the Terrier Card office to pick up my new “tap-and-go” ID card. I hadn’t even crossed the office’s threshold when I heard, “Are you a freshman?”

For what it’s worth, this woman was probably told to ask every student whether he or she was a freshman so she could direct him or her to the correct line, but for the purposes of my sanity — in other words, my ego — ­ I would have appreciated something more akin to, “Are you a returning student?”

Where art though BU beach?

I decided to nurse my wounded ego outside. Mistake. Moments after leaving the GSU I stumbled upon a deconstructed BU beach. Disgusted with what I saw, I fled to Bay State Road, hoping that the attractive

brownstones and towering foliage would offer some relief.

Thankfully, the BU beach was restored a few hours after. Yet, the site of a grassless beach — yes, this beach has grass — will forever scar me.

Man vs. machine The following day, I checked into my new home on Bay State Road. A quick survey of the laundry room — let me rephrase that, laundry closet — made me realize that brownstone life was going to take some adjustment.

Twenty-two people to one machine?

100 Bay State, say what?

As I peered of my parents’ hotel window Tuesday night, glaring at me from across the street was the new East Campus Center for Student Services. It was a beautiful building — the Bay State Road side at least — but it saddened me to think that Shelton would never host another Fancy Friday, that Towers would never serve another smoothie. Though I never indulged in either of those things, it was always nice to know they existed.

Since moving in I’ve come across remnants of BU’s former self, the academic buildings remain largely unchanged, Warren and West appear the same, and yesterday I ran into a former Myles dining hall worker serving up pancakes in the center for Student Services. Nevertheless, as I look down over Bay State this Sunday morning, I can’t help but reflect on the changes.

Meaghan Kilroy is a junior in the College of Communication and the Opinion Editor for The Daily Free Press. She can be reached at mkilroy@bu.edu.

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Band, fans at Terrier Tailgate Field hockey team remains undefeated, help inspire Terriers to victory wins home opener over Golden Flashes Tailgate: From Page 8

Cuffia, who experienced her first career Terrier Tailgate, thrived under the brighter spotlight, scoring the goal and creating many other chances throughout the game with her speed.

“It was good. It was really exciting,” Cuffia said of the event. “We finally got a big crowd, bigger than usual at least, but it keeps us going.

We really like the band and it just motivates us even more.”

Junior midfielder Emma Clark added an insurance goal in the second half with a penalty kick drawn by senior midfielder Brea Hewitt, and the Terrier faithful went back to their dorms happy with a win on a night that Feldman hopes will increase interest in her team.

“I think our marketing department does a tremendous job of coming up with some really neat campaigns and to find ways to get students to be more connected to the athletic program,

and I think we have a good product,” Feldman said. “It is a fun environment on a sunny night like this. You can sit with your friends — why not socialize here versus socialize in a dorm room. It’s outside and it’s beautiful out and you can also support BU athletics.”

It would appear that the women’s soccer team would enjoy having one of these events every year, as it has had a lot of success at Terrier Tailgates. Of the six Terrier Tailgates, three have featured the women’s soccer team, and three have featured the men’s soccer team. The Terriers have won all three times in which the women’s team has participated.

According to Cuffia, the added attention at the Terrier Tailgates does not distract the team, but rather helps give the team an extra incentive to win.

“It’s not added pressure,” Cuffia said. “I think it’s more excitement. We like it a lot when the fans come.”

Goalies among top in America East Goaltending: From Page 8

ponents relatively silent. Cerda Eimbcke and Maroney combined have given up one goal or fewer in three of the team’s four games played.

Due to these numbers, Cerda Eimbcke and Maroney have found themselves among the top goaltenders in the America East in goalsagainst average with Cerda Eimbcke posting a 1.45 average in 145:16 minutes of play and Maroney having a 0.95 average in 146:51 minutes of play.

In fact, Cerda Eimbcke has not given up a goal since the three-goal game against Delaware to start off the season. “[Cerda Eimbcke] is a little bit more technical and very solid [in goal],” Starr said. “She just has incredibly good reflexes, but she’s very calm and disciplined.”

Maroney was already lauded for her ability in net this season when she was named the America East Defensive Player of the Week.

Maroney took home that title after she made her first and only start so far this season against Rutgers University on Aug. 26. Maroney made two saves during the game, and, after giving up a goal early in the game, held Rutgers scoreless for the final 71:24 of the contest.

“Jess is getting to be more calm and more disciplined, but she is an amazing athlete,” Starr said. “She might come out a little more aggressively or play something a little different, just because she athletically has cat-like reflexes and speed.”

While both Cerda Eimbcke and Maroney have performed well for the Terriers, it is not yet clear which one, if either, will become the team’s starter.

“Right now we have two goalies performing well at practice and performing well at games,” Starr said. “As long as they continue to do that they will split. If one begins doing a lot better than the other, or one begins to struggle a bit, then we won’t split them.”

Field hockey: From page 8

entire career at BU, which included 16 games (two starts) her sophomore year and 20 (with five starts) last year as a junior.

Senior midfielder Macey Gaumond, the Terriers’ leading scorer last year with 10 goals and 24 points, made it 3–0 with less than two minutes remaining in the first half. She tipped a ball from fellow senior midfielder Kiley Allosso into the net to take BU’s biggest lead of the year.

About four minutes into the second half, Kent State’s Rebecca Lee broke up the BU goalkeeping tandem’s shutout streak. Lee scored on a penalty corner, but she was the

only Golden Flash player to find the back of the net, and Gaumond all but sealed the Terrier victory when she scored an unassisted goal with less than 10 minutes remaining.

The Terriers dominated the Golden Flashes in shots — leading 24–16 — and in penalty corners, leading 10–3. They have outshot opponents 66–38 on the year so far and are averaging 2.75 goals per game to opponents’ 1.25.

BU is expected to face its first nationally ranked opponent, local rival No. 17 Boston College, on Thursday in Chestnut Hill.

Despite youth, Feldman impressed by team’s resilience during weekend W. soccer: From page 8

second bobble allowed senior forward Brea Hewitt to get her head on the ball, but not before she was tripped up by Lewis and brought to the ground. A whistle was blown, and BU was rewarded a penalty kick. Junior midfielder Emma Clark calmly stepped up and struck a waist-high shot right by Lewis’s left side with just more than nine minutes left of regulation play.

Feldman said that she was impressed by her team’s ability to bounce back from tough losses, but she understands that they must change their focus to the future. With defending NCAA champion Stanford University coming up in the next week, the Terriers will certainly have to buckle down.

“The reality is that we’re kind of a young team,” Feldman said. “We have to learn how to bounce back, we have to learn how to let things go when we aren’t successful, and we have to learn how to let things go when we are successful.”

BU moved past its win over Monmouth

and traveled to Harvard University on Monday, where the Terriers tied the Crimson 2–2.

Harvard got on the scoreboard early when defender Taryn Kurcz headed a cross from midfielder Aisha Price past junior goaltender Andrea Green in the fifth minute.

The lead lasted until the 38th minute, when freshman forward Jenna Fisher scored off a pass from junior midfielder Kylie Strom and tied the game 1–1 entering halftime. The freshmen were not done scoring though, as freshman midfielder Clare Pleuler netted her first collegiate goal off a pass from sophomore forward Taylor Krebs in the 64th minute to give BU the 2–1 lead.

The lead did not last long though, as Kurcz struck again with another header goal in the 68th minute to tie the game up. The teams remained tied through two overtime periods while the only shot on goal during either frame came from Harvard.

Next on the schedule for the Terriers is the Stanford Nike Invitational tournament, where it will face Stanford and No. 24 Santa Clara in Stanford, Calif.

Romney sheds political history in Mass., distances self from healthcare, bipartisanship Romney: From Page 1

email interview.

Unemployment dropped while Romney was governor, he said.

“Governor Romney also pulled the state out of a $3 billion deficit and increased the rainy day fund to $2 billion without raising taxes,” Buckley said. “These accomplishments were all achieved with bipartisan support, as the legislature was controlled by Democrats.”

He said Romney worked across party lines to achieve his accomplishments.

Part of Romney’s job was working with

both sides, something Romney has a long history of doing, Buckley said.

Berkovitz, however, said he did not believe Romney would win his home state of Massachusetts.

Romney is 12.7 points behind Obama in Massachusetts, according to the latest polls from Talking Points Memo’s Poll Tracker.

“That’s pretty clear that he’s going to get rubbed in his home state,” Berkovitz said.

But Berkovitz said this would not hurt Romney’s campaign. “[This] really doesn’t hurt him with Repub-

licans anywhere else because I think Republicans in most parts of the country thought, ‘If this guy is appealing to Massachusetts, then he’s not appealing to me,’” Berkovitz said.

He said there would be very little support for Romney in Massachusetts because it is a “highly Democratic state.”

“Romney is not going to look for support [in Massachusetts],” Koczela said. “He’ll focus on the Boston media market because of New Hampshire, and it’s a swing state.”

Despite Romney’s Massachusetts healthcare legacy, Berkovitz said Romney has been

“pretty much running away from government healthcare.”

“His rationale is that he wants to leave it up to the states,” he said.

The state’s comprehensive healthcare law somewhat adheres to this philosophy, but Romneycare might tarnish Romney’s reputation, Berkovitz said.

But placed against Obamacare, Romney might not be too hurt by his healthcare history.

“Obamacare is so much worse that it’s probably not going to hurt him with the Republicans,” Berkovitz said.

Baer said she hopes to expand D.C. program Village changes after new high school built DNC: From Page 3

and CBS affiliates, Baer said.

One of the most difficult aspects of the job will be to focus on local angles of the convention to make the stories relevant to his readers in New England, Senick said.

Baer, along with faculty advisors at the conventions Louis Peck and Lester Kretman, have been to a combined total of 30 conventions, Baer said. They have been preparing the students for the convention and will teach the students to cover not just the big stories, but also everything going on behind the scenes.

“This gives them a big head up over others because they’ve already worked in a very competitive environment where they are not being treated as college students, but as journalists,” said Kretman.

The students will gain an insight into how the political process works and how to interact with journalists from all over the world, he said.

One of the purposes of bringing students to a convention is to give them a sense of how to cover something of this size and scope, Peck, founder of National Journal’s Congress Daily, said. Peck accompanied the students to Tampa,

Fla., for the RNC last week as their editor.

“They have to be prepared for a lot of surprises,” he said. “Conventions are not just what you see on the podium.”

Morgan True, a graduate student who went to the RNC, said the experience was surreal.

“I’ve never been to a political event like that of that size and magnitude,” he said. “Its nerveracking. You’re there with a lot of people you’d like to work for. As a student you have to have confidence in what you’re doing there.”

Mounira Al Hmoud, another graduate student who attended the RNC, said she experienced many difficulties being thrown into a new city and jumping into a huge convention.

“It was really stressful sometimes, and we didn’t sleep much,” she said. “It wasn’t easy, but it was worth it.”

Baer said she plans to expand the D.C. program to continue offering advanced reporting opportunities and include students studying other things such as public relations.

“The trip as a whole speaks to BU’s journalism program,” Senick said. “They are able to get us experience we need to go out into the real world and get a job. These programs aren’t at every journalism school.”

Do Something!: From Page 3

Financial struggles were also a problem in the past, Gomez said, but with the Do Something! Award, things are turning around.

E2E focuses on three communities and more than 1,000 people. With the grant money, they plan to reach out to 30 communities and more

than 5,000 first-generation high school students and buy the first official E2E car, Gomez said.

“We loved that Katia’s passion is so tangible, but she still really thinks through it,” Greenberg said. “She thinks strategically. You can have a grand idea about students and getting them into a school, but Katia planned things carefully.”

BU students know little of city campaign Menino: From Page 3

size the responsibility that lies in both tenants and landlords to make a great neighborhood, he said.

With the Break The Bubble campaign still getting off the ground, many Boston University students moving in to their dorms this weekend had not heard of Menino’s efforts.

Diana Hughes, a College of Arts and Sciences sophomore who recently transferred from Binghamton University and moved into Warren Towers this weekend, said she would like to learn more about the program.

“I haven’t heard of [the campaign], but I would be interested in learning more about the city,” Hughes said. “I feel like I really only

know bits and pieces.”

Although a number of freshmen are unaware of the campaign, they said the city itself was a major reason for applying to BU. “When I visited BU, the city just seemed welcoming,” said CAS freshman Emma MacDonald.

Returning students also expressed interest in checking out Boston and leaving campus.

Hayley Lukaczyk, a College of Communication sophomore, said the campaign seemed like a good idea.

“I always look on the internet for the best things to do in Boston because I feel like I do the same things all the time, so a guide would be awesome,” Lukaczyk said. “You can only go to Faneuil Hall so many times.”

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It’s almost like changing a pitcher at a baseball game.

BU field hockey coach Sally Starr on her goalies

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Stellar goaltending keeps BU field hockey unbeaten

By Meredith Perri Daily Free Press Staff

As the No. 14 Boston University field hockey team continues its undefeated streak, two players have continued to show just how vital they are to the Terriers.

Having given up just five goals in four games, sophomore Valentina Cerda Eimbcke and senior Jess Maroney have not just kept their team in the game, but have given it a few wins as well.

This weekend was no exception.

“Right now we are blessed with two very, very good goalies,” said BU coach Sally Starr. “Their styles are very different, so it’s almost like changing a pitcher at a baseball game. The opposing team is getting a very different look in the second half than they had in the first half.”

Platooning between the posts in both games, Cerda Eimbcke and Maroney combined to give up just one goal during BU’s contests against Providence College and Kent State University.

During Friday’s 1–0 overtime victory over Providence, Cerda Eimbcke spent the first half of the game in the net. With the help of her defense, Cerda Eimbcke did not need to make a single save.

Maroney followed that up with 38:16 in goal where she had three saves during regulation. Two of Maroney’s saves came in the final 10 minutes of play, sending the game into overtime.

From there, Maroney’s job was essentially complete as the Friars did not have another attempt on goal during the 3:16 of additional play. It was the Terriers’ first shutout of the season and their third overtime win in as many games.

The next day, in their home opener, the Terriers once again came out with Cerda Eimbcke starting the first half of the game. The Santiago, Chile native made four saves, keeping the Golden Flashes at bay and making it over 140 minutes since BU had last given up a goal.

Maroney came into to relieve Cerda Eimbcke for the second half and put an end to the Terriers’ streak by giving up a goal in the 40th minute of play. Maroney stopped five shots during her 35 minutes in net.

While Maroney did give up a goal, the Terriers had given her plenty of wiggle room as they held a 3–0 lead before the penalty corner by Kent State University’s Rebecca Lee made its way into the back of the net.

BU went on to take the game 4–1.

Since Cerda Eimbcke gave up three goals in the Terriers’ first game of the season, BU has held its op

Goaltending, see page 7

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Terriers shoot down Hawks, tie Crimson

By Tyler Lay Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston University women’s soccer team bounced back from a couple of losses to get itself back on track on Friday night.

In front of more than 700 fans, the Terriers blanked Monmouth University 2–0 at the sixth annual Terrier Tailgate.

After beginning the season with a pair of shutout wins, BU (3–2–1) dropped a pair to Dayton University and No. 10 Boston College.

The well-received victory at Nickerson Field returned a significant amount of confidence to the club and its coach.

“It was a bit of an early season defining moment for us,” said BU coach Nancy Feldman. “We were either going to respond in a way that was a fight response, or we were going to respond in a way that was a weaker response. I thought we responded with a fight response, and that’s what we needed to do.”

The Terriers responded by quickly taking a lead over the Hawks during the first half. Just before the seventh minute of play, junior midfielder Megan McGoldrick pushed a slow-rolling cross into the box of the opposition. As the ball just barely snuck by Monmouth (1–4) goalkeeper Ashley Lewis and one other Hawk defender, sophomore forward Ana Cuffia launched it into the net

from just yards out.

After drawing blood early, BU’s offensive approach lessened slightly, and focus seemed to be on preventing the Hawks from producing any opportunities of their own. The Terriers took only 10 shots over the course of the game, seven fewer than their average of 17 coming into the Tailgate.

However, Monmouth was held to a mere four shots (two on goal) of their own.

Most significant of the backline for the Terriers were junior Erin Mullen and freshman McKenzie Hollenbaugh. Both players stymied multiple breakaway attempts and did well to prevent any dangerous through-balls from becoming too threatening. Feldman even credited the young Hollenbaugh as showing similitude with a recently graduated defensive standout. “[Hollenbaugh]’s actually very similar to Catherine Donnelly,” Feldman said. “She’s got the speed, she’s got the tenacity, she’s an incredible one-v-one defender and she’s got a real high level of confidence. For a first-year player to have that high level of confidence and believe in herself is pretty rare.”

Eventually, the Terriers found an opportunity to pad their singlepoint lead. A ricochet forced the ball up high and inside the 18-yard box on Monmouth’s end where Lewis attempted to make a play. A split-

W. soccer, see page 7

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Sophomore forward Ana Cuffia scored the game-winning goal in Friday night’s 2–0 win over Monmouth University.

Women’s soccer thrives in atmosphere of Terrier Tailgate

By Kevin Dillon Daily Free Press Staff

Following the Boston University women’s soccer team’s 2–0 victory over Monmouth University on Friday, the Terriers did not immediately go into their normal routine of circling up and stretching. Instead, the team ran over to the Nickerson Field stands and lined up, bowing while yelling, “Thank you band.”

BU’s players wanted to give credit to the BU Pep Band, a group of talented young musicians who played

a major role in the sixth annual Terrier Tailgate. The Terrier Tailgate is an event set up by the athletic department that uses a combination of free giveaways, musical and dance performances, as well as the actual athletic competition to help welcome students to a new year of BU sports.

The event drew more than 700 fans to Nickerson field, a crowd that gave the Terriers extra energy according to BU coach Nancy Feldman.

“Who doesn’t want to play not

only in front of their friends and family, but also the student body and the band — it adds another level of excitement,” Feldman said. “It just feels like an environment — a soccer-crazy environment. It certainly is an added motivation.

“Unfortunately, we don’t get thousands of fans every game. We appreciate the people that come out and support us all the time, but when there is a bigger crowd than normal it gives you a little bit of extra adrenaline push for sure.”

The extra adrenaline paid off quickly for the Terriers, who got on the board very early in the game. In the seventh minute, junior midfielder Megan McGoldrick dribbled the ball to the right of the 18-yard box and delivered a low cross toward the goal. The ball slipped past Monmouth goalkeeper Ashley Lewis and onto the foot of sophomore forward Ana Cuffia, who netted her first goal of the season and gave BU the early 1-0 lead.

Tailgate see page 7

Terriers take 2, continue undefeated streak with 2 wins

By Annie Maroon Daily Free Press Staff

The No. 14 Boston University field hockey team finally got it done in regulation, beating Kent State University 4–1 on Saturday at home. Prior to that, the Terriers’ three wins had all come in overtime, including a 1–0 victory over Providence College on Friday.

Junior midfielder Madeleine Hackett was BU’s (4–0) latest hero on Friday, scoring the gamewinning goal 3:16 into the extra frame on a low shot to the left of Providence goalkeeper Deidra Clymer. Hackett is the only nonsenior to record a goal for the Terriers so far this season.

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experience that I have, and I really feel when you have a strong senior class, it really is a very good thing for the success of the season,” said BU coach Sally Starr.

Through the first 35 scoreless minutes of the game, neither team managed a shot on goal, although BU attempted four to Providence’s two. The Friars (1–2) had their first shot on senior goalkeeper Jess Maroney 16 minutes into the second half.

Maroney played the second half and the overtime frame after sophomore Valentina Cerda Eimbcke started the game. Maroney made three saves in her 38:16 in net. At the other end of the pitch, Clymer made four saves.

After three straight games de-

cided by one goal to open the season, the Terriers finally enjoyed a particularly decisive victory over Kent State in their home opener the next day.

“We’ve been able to play overtime and finish it in the first five minutes — all three overtimes were pretty quickly decided,” Starr said. “I was really glad Friday night didn’t go late because of the quick turnaround that we had Saturday against Kent … I’m pleased that we’ve shown a resiliency to be successful in overtime, but I’d be happy to not have any more overtimes this season.”

Against Kent State at Harvard University’s Jordan Field, BU’s “home” turf, Cerda Eimbcke and Maroney split time again, with

Cerda Eimbcke making four saves in the first half and Maroney making five in the second to shut down the Golden Flashes.

Senior midfielder Nicole van Oosterom led off the scoring less than six minutes into the game for BU, carrying the ball into the circle herself and driving it past Kent State goalkeeper Jahna Jordan. The goal was van Oosterom’s first of her senior season after she recorded six goals and four assists for 16 points last year, ranking her third on the 2011 team.

Hackett then picked up her second goal of the weekend at 19:31, scoring unassisted after a restart. Prior to this weekend, Hackett had just one goal in her

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M. Soccer @ Providence, 3 p.m.

Field Hockey @ Boston College, 7 p.m.

W. Soccer @ Stanford, 10 p.m.

Field hockey, see page 7

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