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The Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering, a nine-story research facility, opens at 610 Commonwealth Ave.

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The Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering set to open next week

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If you’re wondering about the new, shiny building in front of the College of Communication, it is the Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering, which is set to officially open Sept.

14,according to BU Director of Research Communications Sara Rimer.

CILSE is a nine-story, state-of- the-art research facility where researchers from a variety of scientific fields and backgrounds will be working and collaborating on a wide range of projects, Rimer said. The building, located at 610 Commonwealth Ave., will be home to the Center for Systems

Neuroscience, the Biological Design Center, the Center for Sensory Communication and Neuroengineering Technology and the Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging.

The building will also have 170,000 square feet of lab space where over 160 researchers and 270 graduate students, faculty, postdoctoral students and undergraduate research assistants will be working, according to Rimer.

CILSE Director of Operations Kevin Gonzales said the building’s construction cost over $100 million since breaking ground in the spring of 2015, and it was funded by BU’s capital budget.

The research taking place in the building will be funded by various outside grants, he added.

Gonzales said that one of the build-

ing’s most notable new technologies is the Siemens 3 Tesla.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanner, which will have a home in the Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging. “[The scanner] is an important part of the building because it allows BU researchers to conduct their scanning needs on campus without having to travel to other facilities or institutions,” Gonzales wrote in an email.

The National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation Program covered $1.6 million of the fMRI scanner’s $2.2 million price tag, Gonzales said.

Researchers working inside the building include students and faculty members, and some said they are very excited about the access to the fMRI scanner.

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The five members of the Cannabis Control Commission were finalized last week by state officials, with the addition of three more appointees, according to a press release from the Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg’s office.

The CCC is to function as an independent agency, working to establish and regulate the recreational marijuana industry in the Commonwealth, according to the release.

Kay Doyle and Shaleen Title were jointly appointed by Governor Charlie Baker, Attorney General Maura Healey and Goldberg, according to the release. Healey individually chose attorney Britte McBride.

The other members of the commission include Goldberg’s selection of former business executive Steven Hoffman as the chair of the Commission and Baker’s naming of former Massachusetts State Senator Jennifer Flanagan.

Doyle and Title are the only two members of the commission who possess experience working with the marijuana industry in some capacity, according to the release. In addition, Title is the sole appointee of the CCC to take a pro-marijuana stance, with the state officials’ other choices voting against Question 4 this past November.

The Daily Free Press reported on election night that more than half of Massachusetts voters cast their ballot in favor of the legalization of recreational marijuana in state.

Jim Borghesani, who served as the communications director for the Yes on 4 campaign, said the state’s selections are concerning because the majority of the commission is opposed to legalization.

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BU bus introduces a new route

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Sept. 5 marks the first day that the new daytime shuttle bus makes its rounds on the Comm. Ave. Loop on BU’s campus.

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Boston University Parking and Transportation Services added a new shuttle bus to complement the already existing fleet of BU Shuttles last week, BU spokesperson Colin Riley said.

This shuttle will run on a new route called the “Comm. Ave. Loop,” according to Billy Hajjar, the director of Parking and Transportation Services. The new route skips the trip to the BU Medical Campus that the other shuttles will continue to make, as they have since the shuttle service began in 2005.

The addition of the new route is the product of a new statistical system that was used by the university last year to better

understand students’ transportation needs, according to Hajjar.

“The Comm. Ave. Loop is a result of 20162017 passenger count data analysis and rider feedback,” Hajjar wrote in an email. “A new automated passenger counting system on the shuttle buses provided daily use patterns throughout the academic year, which included times buses tended to be at capacity.”

The new shuttle will display the words “Comm. Ave. Loop” on its electronic message boards, and it will operate weekdays from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., according to Hajjar, as these are the times when the buses tend to be most crowded.

During these time intervals, the bus will stop at 33 Harry Agganis Way, Amory Street, St. Mary’s Street, Blandford Street, Silber Way, Marsh Plaza and the College of Fine Arts.

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Majority of CCC opposed to Question 4

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CANNABIS, FROM PAGE 1 influence their professional responsibilities,” Borghesani said. “But, we’re still concerned that if deadlines are not met, or regulations are not written, that they’re not going to feel a great responsibility to rectify that because of their personal opinions.”

While Borghesani said he didn’t know if the state intentionally composed the CCC to be dominated by those against marijuana legalization, he said better efforts could have been made to include more individuals who voted in support of the referendum.

“In some cases, particularly the treasurer’s case, she was so limited with people that she could select,” Borghesani said. “But, I think that the attorney general and the government could easily have found a person who supported Question 4, and put them on the commission.”

Borghesani said he is also worried about proper funding, without which the CCC will not be able to craft an effective application to process.

“Right now, they do not have the proper funding to do so,” Borghesani said. “I would like to hear the [Massachusetts] Speaker of the House [Robert DeLeo], and the Massachusetts Senate President [Stanley Rosenberg] and the Governor [Charlie Baker] commit to giving them the resources that they need in order to meet their obligations.”

Despite Title being the sole commissioner in support of legalization, Borghesani said, her voice will not be drowned out.

“She’ll be very fair, and she will be a good voice for minorities and for anybody who was unduly affected by prohibition,” Borghesani said.

Kamani Jefferson, president of the Massachusetts Recreational Consumer Council, said Title has been involved with mar-

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ijuana legalization efforts since college. “[Title] helped write the law initiative for Question 4,” Jefferson said. “She also is the co-founder of the Minority Cannabis Business Association. She also runs the THC Staffing Group, which is a trading firm in the industry that specifically tries to roll out diverse candidates for cannabis shops across the country. She wrote the [marijuana] legalization law in Colorado.”

Jefferson said although Title may be able to sway the rest of the commission from enacting too strict of regulations on the marijuana industry, the rest of community is going to need to speak up in defense of legalization as well.

“I think it’s going to take not just her, it’s going to take everybody, all constituents, all consumers of Massachusetts, anyone involved in the state needs to reach out and try to sway the commission,” Jefferson said. “We need community help for sure.”

Several Boston residents expressed support for the CCC, citing economic and safety reasons alike.

Helen Stevenson, 63, of Charlestown said she did not vote in favor of legalizing marijuana because of the adverse effects it could

have on those who require the substance for medicinal purposes.

“I believe in having it for medical use, and the fact that it’s legalized now is a concern to me because one, insurance companies aren’t going to pay for it, and they should be paying for it for people that need it for medical reasons,” Stevenson said. “It’s great for pain.

I want also for some laws to fall into place about control.”

Timothy Reynolds, 24, of Back Bay said he agrees with the commission’s efforts to establish and oversee the new industry.

“I wouldn’t say I’m necessarily supportive of [marijuana use] but I would say I don’t think there’s a problem with legalizing it,” Reynolds said. “I think the [commission] is a good idea, like limiting the amount.”

Kelly Scherer, 27, of Kenmore said she is fully supportive of the commission and their endeavors because regulation allows for safer marijuana use among the public.

“Regulation makes it safer,” Scherer said. “It also brings money to the taxpayer.

With medicinal marijuana legal anyway in Massachusetts, the regulation becomes more important because it’s more available.”

An officer responded to a call from a man who said two men were chasing him with a gun behind 735 Commonwealth Ave. on Sunday at 6:32 a.m. The officer arrived at the scene and arrested one suspect, but the other man escaped.

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Students react to BU, Wheelock mergerer, voice skepticism

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After news broke that Boston University and local Wheelock College are entering into formal talks about a potential merger, BU students expressed mixed reactions and many voiced skepticism that the plan was in the university’s best interest.

Back on Aug. 29, the two schools released a joint statement articulating that the merger would be beneficial to both schools.

“We believe the merger will enhance Boston University’s programs, as well as preserve the mission of Wheelock College to improve the lives of children and families,” the statement read.

By the numbers, BU and Wheelock have several major disparities in terms of number of students, acceptance rates and tuition. BU freshmen were admitted at rate of 25 percent this year, while around 85 percent of Wheelock applicants were admitted.

Wheelock enrolls about 1,000 total undergraduate and graduate students, compared to BU’s 33,000, according to both schools’ websites. Additionally, BU’s 2017-18 tuition is $50,980, and Wheelock’s is $34,950.

These differences have some students saying they don’t understand how the merger can benefit BU as an institution and offer benefits to its students.

However, details of the merger are still in the works.

Dana Afflu, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said she doesn’t think these formal discussions are considering students’ input as much as they should.

“As students, we really were not in the loop when it came to the decision to talk about a merger and what a merger

would entail,” Afflu said. “[It’s] not like I was expecting it to be heard in the first place, but it would’ve been a nice change to see some sort of group of students representing the student body.”

Sebastian Betsch, a sophomore in the School of Education, expressed concern that the merger could diminish his college’s reputation.

“If the Wheelock College merger happens, SED will become the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development,” he said. “This could possibly threaten the intimate image of the school.”

Given the limited information available regarding the merger, Betsch said it will be interesting to see how it will ultimately impact SED. “[SED] highlights its tight knit community as a point of pride,” he said. “This community is partly a result of SED’s small population relative to other BU schools,” he added, noting that this factor will likely change due to the merger.

Likewise, Brittany Battista, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said the disparity in admissions statistics may weaken BU’s reputation as a whole.

“I don’t think [the merger] could be good for BU, and I think it would lower the reputation and our academic standing [among] other universities,” the Pardee School of Global Studies studentsaid. “I do think [the merger] is unfair because we applied to BU, and it’s hard[er] to get into BU than other schools,” referring to the gap in the two school’s acceptance rates.

Daphne Loyd, a sophomore in CAS, said she doesn’t think the merger’s purpose is to enhance both universities’ programs like the joint statement suggested, but rather, it appears as more of a financial bailout for Wheelock, which has been facing financial difficulties in recent months, The Boston

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Wheelock College, a small college in Boston’s Back Bay, is to merge with Boston University.

Globe reported. “[The merger] feels like a business decision to help the university, not really helping BU students or Wheelock students,” Loyd said.

Amid the pool of mixed reactions, some BU community members were more optimistic about the merger.

Mehek Kapoor, a sophomore in CAS, said she sees the merger in a positive light as a partnership that can diversify BU’s community.

“I think it shows we’re collaborating more with our fellow students within the nearbycommunity,” she said.

Vyshnavi Parthipan, a sophomore in the Questrom School of Business, said the merger could be beneficial for BU given Wheelock’s expertise in liberal arts fields, like education.

“It could be good for BU in terms of

having more exposure to more education classes,” he said.

Similarly, SED graduate student Louise Cracknell said she thinks the merger could lead to more opportunities for BU and Wheelock students alike.

“Any time you can give students more opportunities, that definitely makes a better reputation for a school,” Cracknell said.

“I think anytime you have a collaboration between two universities, there’s a great opportunity for a sharing of resources.”

SED lecturer Robert Martinelle said he is looking forward to the merger, as SED’s mission of learning and service aligns with Wheelock’s purpose.

“Wheelock has an outstanding reputation as an education school,” Martinelle wrote in an email to The Daily Free Press. “I would only hope that the merger increases our undergraduate enrollment at SED.”

State-of-the-art CILSE opens up on Comm. Ave. CILSE, FROM PAGE 1 Communication Neuroscience Research Laboratory, said the fMRI machine will useful to him because it will allow his research to be done at BU instead of off campus at Harvard University and locations in Charlestown, for example.

“The fMRI is used to investigate what parts of the brain are activated by different kinds of things related to reading, like seeing letters or listening to sounds and understanding sentences,” Perrachione said. “This would help us understand what we’re trying to get at, which is a basic biological mechanism that stands in the way of learning to read.”

Perrachione said the CILSE building will be essential in bringing different disciplines of science together, which can help generate new ideas that could change the world.

“Bringing all these disciplines together is going to synthesize new ideas,” he said. “It’s going get people thinking about problems and thinking outside the box.”

Other BU researchers said that CILSE will be essential in allowing all types of students and researchers to collaborate.

Director of the Center for Systems Neuroscience Michael Hasselmo said one of the main goals in his role at the new facility will be to enhance collaboration between different researchers.

Hasselmo, who is also a professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, researches the role of neu-

roscience and neural activity in creating memories.

“The new CILSE building provides an outstanding environment for our research, with excellent facilities for neurophysiological recording and analysis of experimental data,” Hasselmo wrote in an email. “It is a great improvement over previous research space that we have used.”

Many BU students also said they are looking forward to seeing how CILSE and its many features will aid BU researchers.

Greco Song is a graduate student studying biomedical engineering in the Boston area and spends time as a researcher at BU in the Tissue Microfabrication Lab. Song said he is excited to work at one of the labs because it will provide students and researchers more opportunities to collaborate.

“We have a lot of engineering in the building but also some people working on computer science, so it’s a really cool concept that we’re bringing everyone together in one building,” he said.

Andre Levan, a senior in CAS, said he thinks having the MRI machine and other technology on campus has the potential to increase BU’s status as a major research institution.

“BU has so many research labs spread out in such a big research institution,” Levan said. “Having more state-of-the-art technology and having it available right in our front yard to do research … is going to be very beneficial.”

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‘Cultural playground’ park in South End set to open on Saturday

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Underground at Ink Block, a new community park that will feature several murals by prominent urban artists, is set to open this Saturday, according to a press release from Ink Block.

National Development, the developer of Ink Block, is partnering with Reebok to make the project a reality. The park, which was originally an 8-acre underpass between South Boston and the South End, will feature a pedestrian and bicycle boardwalk, 175 parking spaces for local businesses and a mural wall, according to the release.

Ted Tye, the managing partner at National Development, said the park was originally supposed to be a plain, normal park when the Massachusetts Department of Transportation started on the project across the street from where their Ink Block brand is located. Once National Development gained access to the project; however, the idea changed.

“We said, ‘This could be something really more special,’ and we wanted to incorporate art into the design and into the programming,” Tye said. “Our goal then was to bring in a group of artists who could [do] really something interesting, create this really interesting place in the city that people would want to come to and see the exhibits.”

Tye said the idea behind incorporating the murals, which was curated

by Street Theory, artistic duo Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez and Liza Quiñonez, was to appeal to companies and younger generations looking to find their start in Boston.

“That’s part of what makes us an attractive place for GE coming into town or Reebok coming into town or other companies that are trying to attract employees and attract residents, as well, to come live in the city,” Tye said. “It makes it really an exciting, new destination, a new playground in the city, and we’ll be extending that not just with

Underground at Ink Block in South Boston has its grand opening Saturday at 90 Traveler St., featuring boardwalks, bicycle paths and large murals in the expansive park on Friday.

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our opening event this coming Saturday but looking into next year with some really great programming.”

Another reason for opening the park, Tye said, is to connect the neighboring communities of South Boston and the South End and to make the area surrounding the Broadway Bridge safer to walk.

“By filling in this area with a place that’s well-lit, with a place that will have 24-hour security, with a place that will have lots of people, and activity, and music and art — it makes that gap a lot shorter,” Tye said. “The people that are moving into the Ink Block area are now feeling really good about walking to South Boston, about using the Broadway T station, and it just really connects the two communities.”

Sneha “IMAGINE876” Shrestha, a Boston-based artist who is contributing to

for Humanity, a nonprofit which works to employ under-resourced urban youth interested in art and design, according to their website.

“My first job out of college was at Artists for Humanity and this is where I realized the effect of art on young people and how I can contribute to being an agent of positive change through art,” Shrestha said.

“It feels full circle in a lot of ways to have a mural here as my token of gratitude to this place.”

Cey Adams, a New York City-based artist and former creative director at Def Jam Recordings, said his mural and talents will be going towards something useful.

“I believe in community parks,” Adams said. “I’m excited to have an opportunity to use my talents to create a fun place for everyone to enjoy.”

the mural wall described her style as “mindful mantras in [her] native language where [she meshes] the aesthetics of Sanskrit scriptures with graffiti influences.”

Shrestha wrote in an email she wanted to give back to the Boston community as it was the first place she was exposed to the art of graffiti.

“As a kid from Nepal, I didn’t grow up seeing graffiti or much of any sort of art,” Shrestha said. “Boston is the city I chose to move to after college and this city along with my chosen family have helped me grow up from being a student who paints, into a professional artist with my unique identity. So Boston definitely has a very special connection in my heart.”

Shrestha wrote the location of Underground at Ink Block excited her because it was near her first employer Artists

BU Parking and Transportation Services upgrade BUS BUS, FROM PAGE 1 “We recognized that there’s greater demand for people to be able to go up and down the Charles River Campus,” Riley said. “This is why the Loop shuttle was put in during peak hours … This is just an additional [shuttle] and we don’t think it will necessarily increase the traffic on Comm. Ave.” Students can see the path of the Comm.

Ave. Loop in green on the BU mobile app.

The route of the normal daytime shuttle will continue to be displayed in red, according to Hajjar.

In addition to the new bus and route, the exterior designs and mechanical systems of all the buses, including the engines, transmissions, seating, air conditioning and

heating systems have been replaced or refurbished, Hajjar added. Additionally, bike racks were fitted onto the buses to allow bikers to enjoy the benefits of the shuttles as well.Parking and Transportation Services worked closely with the BU Marketing and Communications department to redesign the graphics on the outside of the buses, according to Hajjar. The red, white and black exteriors have been replaced with a more colorful and vibrant design. Reactions to the upgrades have been “overwhelmingly positive,” Hajjar added.

Several BU students said they were ambivalent about the new design, but were happy to hear about the implementation of

the new Comm. Ave. Loop.

Ruoxi Qin, a first-year graduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences, said he does not care for the new shuttle design, but he is glad that there is a new, more efficient route.

“For me, it just looks like an advertisement or something like that,” Qin said. “I think [the Loop] is great because I live in Brighton and I have to take the T here, and if the bus is getting better, then maybe it’s more convenient for me.”

Katie Calandriello, a sophomore in the College of General Studies, said she is planning on taking the shuttle this year and thinks the new design is fine.

“[The new exterior] is okay,”

Calandriello said. “I wouldn’t have personally done that. If I was going to design a bus, I’d probably want to put something like maybe a giant Terrier on a skateboard. That’d be pretty cool.”

Maurie Zhang, a junior in the College of Engineering, said he takes the shuttle often and hopes the Comm. Ave. Loop makes the shuttle more reliable.

“It’s more flashy,” Zhang said of the new shuttle exterior. “I don’t really see what the point is. The old ones were nice … Also, for every new upgrade, they’re making us pay back for it, like [with] those laundry machines.”

“I don’t really care too much about the outside,” Zhang added. “It just needs to show up on time. That’s all we care about.”

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Amazon Instant Pickup competes with campus retailers

BY JENNI TODD DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Uncluttered and seemingly empty upon first glance, Amazon’s new storefront at 870 Commonwealth Ave. couldn’t look less like a convenience store.

Nevertheless, Amazon’s Instant Pickup locations, which offer two-minute pickups on select popular essentials for Prime members, are competing with the traditional convenience store model.

Amazon spokesperson Carly Golden touted the unique benefits of Boston’s new Instant Pickup location in an email to The Daily Free Press.

“At Amazon, we are laser focused on our customers and giving them the best experience,” Golden wrote. “Amazon@Boston will offer all Amazon customers the convenience and security of a pickup location, and will enable Prime members to take advantage of Free Same-Day Pickup, order by noon, pick up later that day, as well as Instant Pickup.”

While the majority of the Instant Pickup process is digitized, Amazon still relies on human

employees at its pickup locations.

“I help customers and assist them with their package deliveries, package drop-offs and give them demonstrations of what we do here at the Amazon location,” said William Beebe, an employee at the new location.

The store has been busy since it opened Aug. 30, according to Alex Smith, an employee at the new location and Boston University graduate.

“We’ve mostly been running demos on these little iPod touches,” Smith said. “Also, a ton of returns.

We haven’t had a huge volume of incoming packages yet, mostly because we just opened. People are still figuring out that we’re here.”

Smith explained the instant delivery service from button-press to pick up.

“There’s storage lockers back there,” Smith said, gesturing to the back of the store. “When you press ‘Get my Package,’ we just take it from where we have it stored ... We scan it, and then put it in whatever locker [the scanner] says to put [your package] in.”

Smith suggested that the Instant Pickup location could serve as a more efficient alternative to

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Amazon Instant Pickup opens at 870 Commonwealth Ave., providing samehour delivery to Boston residents.

university mailrooms for students.

“When I was in dorms, I had negative mailroom experiences,” Smith said. “Amazon would send you an email that says your package is delivered, but the BU mailroom ... for whatever reason, wouldn’t scan it in, sometimes until the next day.”

Rachel Harmon, a freshman in the Questrom School of Business, said she prefers Amazon’s Instant Pickup service to regular two-day prime delivery.

“It’s literally the same day if you order it [to the Instant Pickup location], which is more convenient than two-day shipping, which I

know is very convenient already, but if you can get it the same day, that’s even better,” Harmon said.

Weighing Amazon’s new storefront against the neighboring Target, which opened last fall, Harmon said Amazon is more cost-effective.

“There’s a Target, but you can get stuff cheaper on Amazon,” Harmon said. “I still like the Target for water and food things.”

Natalie Wong, a sophomore in the College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, said the stores serve different purposes.

“I think I use them for different

things. I don’t really order things online at Target,” Wong said. She added that she would be more likely to shop at Amazon for very specific items but would still visit Target for more general supplies, like shampoo and conditioner.

Smith sees the location’s surrounding competitors as a valuable test of the Instant Pickup concept’s viability.

“If Instant Pickup can succeed here, with a 7-Eleven right here and a Target right there, it can probably succeed anywhere,” Smith said.

Presently, the Commonwealth Avenue store is one of only six locations across the country offering Instant Pickup, all of which are on or near college campuses. While college campuses are part of what inspired the creation of the pickup locations, Golden wrote, Amazon plans to extend their reach beyond those campuses.

“Initially, we saw a problem that needed to be solved in campus mailrooms across the country,” Golden wrote, “As we evolved and saw the benefit our pickup locations brought to our customers, it made sense to expand beyond the college campus to become a benefit to communities at large.”

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Life-saving CAR-T cancer treatment approved by FDA

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After years of uncertainty surrounding treatment for leukemia patients, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new type of treatment that has the ability to save patients. The key? Using their own immune systems.

Announced Aug. 30, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, or CAR-T, cell therapy is the first immunotherapy for cancer treatment that has been approved by the FDA. This therapy is recommended for patients under 25 years old who have acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL, and have, for the most part, relapsed or been diagnosed with refractory cancer.

“This new therapeutic approach provides a promising option for some of the most challenging cases we face in pediatric ALL,” wrote Lewis Silverman, clinical director of Pediatric Hematologic Malignancies Center at the DanaFarber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, in a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute press release.

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Without treatment, relapsed ALL is the leading cause of death for children with cancer in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute.

CAR-T harnesses the power of the body’s infection-fighting T-cells to target the cancer cells in the blood. T-cells are collected from the patient and are impressed with the

protein, which are then multiplied and injected back into the patient.

However, this life-saving treatment does not come without side effects.

Matthew Frigault, an oncologist in the Department of Hematologic Malignancies at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, said this treatment has “a whole new world of side effects that we haven’t seen before, at least to this degree.”

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6 FEATURES

MUSE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Students, faculty celebrate new College of Fine Arts theater

BY TYLA PINK DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

A new arts building has found its home on Commonwealth Avenue, creating a spectacle for both old and new members of the Boston University community.

The glass-paneled complex, called the Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre and Boston University Production Center, is “a multi-functional studio theatre with a full complement of support spaces and design labs for teaching and producing student theatre,” according to the BU Facilities Management and Planning website.

The new space is housed at 820 Commonwealth Ave., diagonally across the street from the College of Fine Arts.

The production center at the back of the theater is currently open and the shops are already in use; however, it will still be a while before the entire building is open to the public.

The front part of the Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre and Boston University Production Center is scheduled to open on Nov. 28, said Jim Petosa, director of the School of Theatre and professor of directing and dramatic criticism.

Even so, its features and benefits are already generating excitement among CFA students and faculty.

The 75,000 square foot complex features a 250-seat studio in addition to production and support facilities with “high-bay” spaces for expanding scenery and “low-bay” spaces for costume shops, according to the Facilities and Management website.

The high-bay spaces refer to a style of lightbulb that will allow for better vertical light to benefit the creators of large-scale projects.

The facility also includes faculty offices, a parking garage and lot.

Students will be able to use the studios to learn about the processes of lighting, sound, costume and design.

Judy Braha, program head of CFA’s Masters of Fine Arts Directing program and assistant professor of directing and acting, described the proximity of the new theater as a benefit for the School of Theatre.

“The School of Theatre has been split in two, and we’ve always had the design and production programs about a mile away,” Braha said. “It was difficult to meet with colleagues and students. Now, we’ll be on the same side of town, and it’s amazing given that we haven’t been able to have that happen before.”

Several changes for students and faculty will occur with the opening of the new theater. Among them is a union between the theater design and production programs and the theater performance degree program and opera institute, a two-year certificate program for specialization in opera performance.

Originally, the design and production programs were located at BU Design and Production Center at 264 Huntington Ave., almost two miles by car from CFA’s main building on Commonwealth Ave. The Huntington Avenue location lacked sufficient classroom space and resources to support students, Braha said. It was also difficult for faculty members and design and production students to collaborate with the other half of the theater department on Commonwealth Avenue.

Saskia Martinez, a sophomore studying scenic design in CFA, shared her excitement for the additional resources and collaboration opportunities at the new theatre in a Facebook message.

“I’m … excited to work in the [undergraduate] design lab, where all the undergrads can work in the same space regardless of major,” Martinez wrote.

PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre at the College of Fine Arts opens Nov. 28 at 808 Commonwealth Ave.

In previous spaces, this wasn’t the case, Martinez reiterated.

“All the scenic designers [were] in their own little space away from the people in lighting, costume, [and] sound,” she wrote. “Now, they have the opportunity for a shared space.”

On a larger scale, Martinez noted that the new proximity of the theater is “definitely going to allow closer collaboration between performance and design/production.”

Braha also said she feels the new theater will bring awareness to CFA productions, especially for students outside of the degree program who still have an interest in theater.

“Having the theater in the middle of campus is fantastic because other students will have more access but will also be more aware of what’s going on,” Braha said. “We put on 40 productions a year, so these productions will be more available to students who are looking for an arts experience.”

In addition to engaging outside students with the theater department, the new studios will provide students within the department with better technical and spatial resources to expand their work to a higher level.

“The Huntington Avenue space was antiquated,” Petosa said. “Now we have artful students doing high quality work in an environment that really dignifies what they’re doing.”

Petosa said his students used to be stuck in basements without windows. This new space will be a huge improvement and allow the students to “function like full professionals in the field in the same time they’ll be living and working.”

Petosa noted that the space was designed as a group effort between faculty members, some alumni and an architecture firm.

Through this collaborative effort, as Petrosa put it, students will benefit from planning productions in a 250-seat black-box theater equipped with floor elevators, trap doors, better lighting equipment and — perhaps most importantly — a larger amount of space, Braha said.

According to Petosa, BU President Robert Brown will be initiating a ribbon cutting ceremony in December, and there will be an open house for the new space on Dec. 7. The first production in the theater will open late February, Petosa said.

“I can think of no other space that func-

tions like this one,” Petosa said. “It’s flexible, imaginative and potent. I’m looking forward to directing plays in that space

because it’s just compelling. I’m doing a production there next spring and I’m excited to work with our students.”

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IMPACT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

HallSpace brings together artists to showcase drawings

BY TYLA PINK DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Artists often look for opportunities to share their work with a wider audience.

The art itself hides a deeper meaning that often isn’t clearly interpreted; however, the HallSpace Gallery stands out with its newest art installment that isn’t open for question, titled “Unveiled.”

HallSpace is a Dorchester-based gallery that originally opened its doors in Boston’s South End in 1996. The space is dedicated to exhibiting work by “emerging and established but under-recognized artists,” and they also provide exhibition opportunities to curators and artists, according to their Facebook page.

The gallery opened their fourth installment of the HallSpace Drawing Project on Sept. 2. The exhibition features 178 drawings and over 60 artists. All drawings in the exhibit are being sold for $100. The Drawing Project will be on display until Oct. 7.

The theme for this year’s exhibit is “Unveiled,” which means that artists submitted work with an emphasis on the expression of truth, showcasing that both through specific materials or simply in a narrative sense.

“The space is really a wonderful, hidden gem in the Boston area that some people don’t know about,” said Josh Brennan, lecturer of printmaking at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. “It’s a dynamic show with a lot of different work and it’s really affordable.”

Describing himself as a “hybrid artist,” Brennan specializes in painting and printmaking but also works with sculpture, photography and installation art. He said he follows his vision and chooses the best technique in order to bring that vision to life.

He originally found the opportunity to show his work in the Drawing Project through an online listing; he wanted an opportunity to show his work locally. Fitting

with the theme of “Unveiled,” Brennan decided to submit drawings that were densely layered.

“An image is unveiled to the viewer layer by layer and that’s how I approached the image making,” he said. “There’s a lot of information in a very small space that has to be taken in slowly. When you look at it certain things float to the surface like an eye, part of a hand or a tree in a landscape. They slowly unveil themselves.”

Another artist featured in the show is Paul Anagnostopoulos, a New York Citybased artist who works in a variety of media, but mainly concentrates on painting and drawing. He explained that he especially likes to paint with oil and acrylic on stretched canvases and create ink drawings on paper.

Anagnostopoulos said he learned about the show through a friend he met at an artist residency. This friend is a practicing artist in Boston and is also featured in this years Drawing Project.

His drawing showed an embrace of two men adapted from a photograph of two wrestlers. According to Anagnostopoulos, the secret being unveiled is that — although his drawing shows a loving, romantic scene — it’s ironically taken from two men engaged in a sports competition.

“My work references ancient Greek mythology and focuses on heroism and perfection,” he said. “I try to make images that reference intimacy and desire which are very important tropes in myths. I use heroic references and mix them together with landscapes to celebrate tender masculinity and intimacy.

I also use grids and pixels to reference early computer graphics.”

Anagnostopoulos expressed that an opportunity like the HallSpace Drawing Project was a great way for artists to share and gain exposure for their work, especially since that can be difficult to do.

Working with mainly dry pastels and

PHOTO COURTESY PAUL ANAGNOSTOPOULOS

Paul Anagnostopoulos’ “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” is one of many paintings showcased at the Hallspace Gallery’s exhibit “Unveiled,” until Oct. 7.

colored pencils on dark surfaces, Linda Bourke, professor of illustration at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, participated in a HallSpace Gallery exhibition last year and decided to submit work to the Drawing Project this year.

Bourke submitted two drawings to the show; one featuring a mushroom and the other of a woman wearing a veil.

“There is an exotic mushroom called the Veiled Lady with a phallic stem but a lacey hood, it looks like a veiled person,” she said.

“I was interested in the juxtaposition of the mushroom looking “male” but it had the name lady. Many of my friends and students are trans, so having that duality exist in one object was interesting to me.”

Her second image is layered and represents a veiled woman. If the viewer decides to list the veil the will realize that the only thing drawn in detail are the woman’s eyes.

“I’m glad HallSpace continues to do this project,” Bourke said. “They seem like they really want to give people a voice.”

Researchers find side effects in immunotherapy treatment THERAPY, FROM PAGE 5 dramatic drops in blood pressure. It “requires intensive care at specialized centers,” Frigault explained.

CRS can be treated with steroids and other medications, but it was very common for patients to experience it, according to the study.

Another common side effect is the proteins in the treatment not only attack the cancerous B-cells but the healthy ones too.

B-cells are responsible for producing antibodies, which the CAR-T cells can kill. Patients will then have to be injected with more B-cells to fight off infection.

“It is, in my opinion, a small price to pay, for basically surviving and curing the leukemia,” Frigault said.

He added, encouraged about the future of the research, “It’s the first proof of concept of the entire field of cellular therapy to have an FDA approval. This is a proof of principle that this works, and it further invigorates us and gets us excited about technology.”

Silverman was equally emboldened by the news of the new therapy.

He called the approval “historic” and

wrote that the Center is “actively preparing” to offer this “novel treatment.”

Cautiously optimistic, Adam Lerner, director of the Hematology Training Program at Boston Medical Center and professor of medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine, reflected on the future of research in the field.

“I think it will be interesting to see in the years ahead whether there will be a wider range of treatment resistant cancers can be treated with this novel form of immune therapy,” Lerner said. “There is a lot of interest and enthusiasm, but it is a young field and it is early in their development.”

But Lerner also mentioned the price of the treatment is important to note. The one-time treatment currently is expected to cost $475,000. This amounts to more than the average round of chemotherapy, yet he pointed out that it aides those with no other options.

Regardless, Lerner said he’s optimistic about the treatment, mentioning that he hopes it will be adopted by many medical centers.

“Oncologists have become increasingly convinced the immune system will ultimately prove to be a very important new form of therapy for, we hope, many types of cancer,”

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Let’s prioritize people, not tax returns on 2018 ballot Every major-party nominee for president in the past 30 years has publicly released their tax returns — except for Donald Trump. This lack of transparency by our now-president has been met with months of outcry from his opponents, although legally and otherwise, he had no reason not to do so. Soon, however, this might not be the case.

A proposed Massachusetts ballot initiative requiring U.S. presidential candidates to release their tax returns overcame a major hurdle on Wednesday when Attorney General Maura Healey certified the initiative petition, along with those of 20 other bills on a variety of issues. This doesn’t necessarily mean we will see these issues on the ballot in 2018, but now it is a real possibility. First, they have to jump through a few more hoops, including gaining thousands of signatures in their support.

For many democrats and moderates across the Commonwealth, the knee-jerk reaction to this news is sure to be “yes, finally, how soon can we make this happen?” But here’s the thing — maybe we should not.

When people see this initiative, they will see nothing but Trump, without looking at the larger issue at hand. If the ballot question is passed, it would do so for all the wrong reasons.

As for the possibility of this measure finally forcing Trump’s oh-so-evasive tax returns out into the open by the time election season rolls around in 2020 — the odds of this working are close to nonexistent. It would more likely than not take several other states to follow-suit with similar

bills before Trump was compelled to act.

Furthermore, the process of turning a bill into law is neither fast nor easy, and even Massachusetts might not have this measure in place quickly enough, forget about any states whose electoral votes Trump might actually have a chance at.

There also stands a larger democratic issue here: who are we as a state, to say what disqualifies a person from being allowed on our ballots? As is, the only qualifications for being on a presidential ballot

nential amount of votes compared to one who is. Who are we to make that call in an election? Voters should have the opportunity to see all of the potential candidates on their ballots, not just the ones whose ethical standards we agree with.

Just because someone doesn’t think Trump — or anyone for that matter — should win an election doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be allowed to compete.

But the truth is, this shouldn’t be about Trump at all. This issue is being considered

are enumerated in the U.S. Constitution.

This ballot question would be attempting to alter that structure — no small feat.

Are tax returns merely something voters want, or are they actually something voters must have? Should citizens not be allowed to decide for themselves whether un-released tax returns makes a candidate qualified for office?

Obviously, at the polls, voters would still have the opportunity to write-in Trump, or any other candidate who failed to meet this new standard. However, a candidate who is not on the ballot is sure to lose an expo-

for the ballot out of nothing more than a visceral response to the events of 2016.

People are upset, and rightly so. However, this is no way to address that problem.

This ballot initiative is the culmination of a some people in Massachusetts having bad feelings about Trump and his administration. This is not actually an important issue to us as a state, long-term.

Sure, taking an ethical stand is good.

In fact, it’s great. Just not when the consequences are this high.

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paid family and medical leave, for example — issues that would directly impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Massachusetts, where the question of tax returns simply would not.

It is true that adding one question to the ballot in no way prevents the existence of another. We could easily vote on all of these issues on a single ballot. However, the kind of time, money and energy that would go into the campaign for both getting this initiative on the ballot and passing it thereafter would undoubtedly take those resources away from other, more serious issues.

For a state to make a decision like this would be unprecedented, and that’s not going to go unnoticed on the national stage.

Realistically, there is going to be some serious pushback if this ballot initiative gains momentum, potentially even going all the way up to the Supreme Court. That would be a major distraction, to say the least.

What are the consequences of diverting our energy toward this? What would we be sacrificing in order to take a stand and gain some moral high ground? Our legislative resources should be focused on more pressing issues that are more relevant to the lives of people in Massachusetts.

Having presidential candidates release their tax returns is not an unimportant issue. However, this is not a hill worth dying on. Prioritizing real people and the issues that really affect them is what we need to do in these chaotic times. We cannot get so caught up on hating Trump that we fail to see how much we’re losing along the way.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Trump’s greatest enemy

BY MAX BERMAN COLUMNIST

What a summer. The weather wasn’t too shabby. The Game of Thrones finale had more viewers than the population of Greece and Ireland combined. Hints of trigonometry were discovered in a 3,700-yearold Babylonian tablet. And, nothing much happened in Washington. That is, if you don’t count the failure of the Obamacare repeal, the uncertain transgender military ban, North Korea threatening nuclear war (again), the pardoning of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and President Donald Trump whining about the media.

Without a doubt, Trump’s attacks on the press are the best political “strategy” he’s employed since taking office. This isn’t a joke, this isn’t sarcasm. Trump attacks the press because he needs to. Only when Trump attacks his “enemies,” does he seem like the strong, alpha-male who can get stuff done, and what greater enemy does Trump have than the complex institution that is hell bent on telling the truth? The truth — yes — Trump’s greatest enemy.

If you haven’t learned by now that Trump lies the way a fish swims, then I have no idea where you have been for the past two years.

Under a rock? In a coma? Blissfully unaware of the quasi-psychotic man in the Oval Office? My bet is all of the above.

During the first 40 days of his presidency, Trump publicly told a lie or falsehood every day. What happened on that blissfully truthful March 1, 2017? I’d guess Trump was either at on a golf course at Mar-a-Lago, or forgot his Twitter password. The New York Times dedicated an entire article to marking every Trumpian lie since his inaug uration. Tr ump’s PolitiFact scorecard resembles that of Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish, not of the President of the United States of America.

So how does Trump politically survive, given his disregard for the truth? During the campaign, it was to point out (unfairly)

the lies of his opponents. “Lyin’ Ted Cruz” and “Crooked Hillary” have that catchy ring akin to that of a sixth grade bully.

Since the public was always skeptical of Hillary Clinton given her family’s pit of scandals (and that no one really likes Ted Cruz) the attacks worked well. Disagree?

Look at the person sitting in the Oval Office (not including the times he is on a golf course — playing golf at Mar-a-Lago, at the New Jersey golfing place, at another golfing place or at Camp David).

Trump now can only survive by directing most of his attacks at the media. Or as Trump said, “the enemy of the people.”

Yes, Chuck Todd is apparently trying to destroy America. Trump suffers from gingerphobia I suppose. But seriously, the rally Trump held in Phoenix truly exposed how great a threat he believes the press is: “The truly dishonest people in the media and the fake media, they make up stories,” Trump said. “They don’t report the facts. Just like they don’t want to report that I spoke out forcefully against hatred, bigotry and violence and strongly condemned the neo-Nazis, the white supremacists, and the KKK.” The irony is that the fake media do exaggerate stories, they can be dishonest, and they sometimes don’t report the facts.

But the fake media — Breitbart and the crazy Sandy Hook skeptic — are generally supportive of Trump. The “real” media — The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, ABC, Drudge Report (just kidding) — aren’t intentionally anti-Trump. Rather, they are pro-truth. Thus, they make an easy target for Trump as his enemy as well as his supporters’ enemy.

Trump is essentially saying, “Don’t blame me, I’ve done everything perfectly. It’s the press that is constructing this alternative reality where I am not bigly awesome.”

The press responds with, “Trump is defying all norms and procedures. The blame for healthcare’s failure falls on both him and the Republican party. It makes no sense why he would randomly ban transgender people from the military without going through the proper channels. The pardoning of Sheriff Arpaio was completely unethical, snuck in during the middle of a national disaster.”

And the list goes on and on.

All Trump has to do is point out that he couldn’t possibly be screwing up this poorly, so the media must be out to get him. This locks in the 30-35 percent of Americans who will support Trump even if he does shoot a guy on Saks Fifth Avenue.

Back to school with a bang

BY MEREDITH WILSHERE COLUMNIST

The return to campus is always filled with excitement. Backs aching from moving heavy boxes, credit cards maxed out from buying books, parents shedding both a tear and a sigh of relief. School starting means that an almost palpable mix of nerves and excitement fill the air.

For me, being back on campus after going abroad is a weird feeling. This feeling, mixed with the knowledge that this is my senior year, makes for a very interesting start to the semester. When I left for London in January, I had a strange feeling that I wouldn’t be coming back, at least not for a while. When I found myself back in Boston for the Class of 2017 graduation, I saw firsthand that sometimes, life comes at you fast.

Although Boston University is big, it also feels very small. It seems laughingly simple and unbelievable all at once — how could that be possible? Walking down Commonwealth Avenue gives you that small campus feel — running into people you met years ago, passing previous professors and past flings. At the same time, you’re reminded of how big it is when you’re facing the voracious crowds at the George Sherman Union. When all the tables are filled and you recognize no one, BU’s 32,000 plus students can feel overwhelming.

Something I like to call the “FitRec curse” might fall upon you — it’s the curse that you always seem to run into the people you’re trying to avoid. Being a senior means that inevitably, this is going to happen less frequently, but it doesn’t mean I have been able to escape it. Coming back to campus brings back a lot of memories — some welcome and some not.

These memories always bring up the tricky and sticky subject of history.

Although maybe it’s not as stressful for other people as it is for me, I believe no one can ever be truly prepared for seeing someone they had a history with. Perhaps most people are able to brush it off, but I’m not

one of those people. When I turn a corner and come face to face with an ex-beau, my legs turn to Jell-O and all the blood rushes from my face. I can’t control my physical reaction. There’s still an ex lingering around campus that I haven’t seen for months, but I have a feeling that if I saw him, I’d still have to fight the urge to punch in the face.

Although I wish I could achieve anonymity at school, the reality of having a three-plus year history here means that all of this is inevitable. The best thing any of us can do is take these things in stride. If you were hurt by someone you still see, or maybe even have a class with, it’s still going to hurt.

Although it sometimes may seem contrived, time is the best healer. Know yourself, and take the time you need to heal.

Coming back to school isn’t all about embarrassingly running into people you don’t want to see, though. It’s about seeing friends who live in different corners of the country and the world. It’s the shrill sound I inevitably make when I’m reunited with my friends.

Each semester, it is important to surround yourself with people who care about you, people who make an active effort to be a part of your life. The people that you hung around freshman year might not be the ones you still see your senior year. Friends move on to different groups, people leave school or graduate or move away, and there’s very little you can do, except to try and make the best of it.

For those moving in and starting class for the first time, enjoy the process of getting to know people. Understand that it takes time to make friends, many of them will come and go. It’s important to find those people that share similar values to you, those who respect you and don’t pressure you. Finding the right group of people can feel like coming home. I don’t mean to sound dramatic, but every time I see my friends, I am overcome with feelings of unabashed love for them. Having that support system to either hype you up or give you a reality check, whichever you need at the time, makes all the difference. Romantic relationships aren’t devalued, but nothing beats having the safety net and support system of friends.

Above all, as I have preached in previous columns, the most important relationship you have is with yourself. Going into the semester and keeping a good head on your shoulders can be hard. Asking for help when you need it can also be hard. It’s important to take every day as is comes, and enjoy the whole process.

You’re going to want a good group of friends to yell about running into an ex with.

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On Wednesday, a Dutch man was sentenced to two weeks in jail for his theft of a giant rubber duck, three feet in height.

We here at the ol’ Free Press want to know — what would BU students get arrested for stealing?

Vegans: Whole cartons of almond milk

BU: Wheelock

Off-campus residents: Guest swipes

CILSE: The COM lawn

CGS: An elevator pass

Film/TV majors: Their friend’s ideas

Allston: Quality furniture

Literally everyone: Dining hall bananas

CFA: Someone else’s solo

FreeP: Graphic designers (please apply)

10 SPORTS

First men’s soccer goal of season comes from unlikely source

BY NICOLE HAVENS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The name of senior forward Esen Harris is one that seemed unlikely to appear on the box score of a Boston University men’s soccer game. The Covina, California native appeared in three games his freshman campaign and has seen 18 minutes of field time this season.

However, Harris broke the Terriers’ (0-4) three-game scoreless spell and was the first player to find the back of the net during BU’s exhibition game against the Haiti National Olympic Team on Sunday at Nickerson Field.

During the same game, senior forward Eric Mubang, another player who has logged 30 minutes this season, made his time count, scoring the Terriers’ second goal.

“They work hard so I was

happy that they got the opportunity and took advantage of it,” BU head coach Neil Roberts said.

In the absence of BU’s high-scoring former offensive players Anthony Viteri and Felix De Bona, many players have seen new roles and the Terriers will need to look toward new outlets for offense this season.

Roberts said that many young players will have the opportunities to step up and fill the roles of Viteri and De Bona, but he also noted that the team is still “trying to get our game together.”

“We’re just trying to find the identity of our team, which we haven’t quite got yet, but we’re getting there,” Roberts said.

“This is a little bit different team right now because we’re actually just trying to get our game together and that’s all we’re really concerned about.”

Team focusing on defense While the exhibition game against Haiti resulted in a draw, BU was able to maintain a 2-0 lead at the hands of its defense.

Sophomore goalkeeper Michael Bernardi made two crucial saves in the first 16 minutes of the game and the Terrier backline controlled the rebound of the second shot.

However, BU’s lead did not last long and Haiti scored two goals within five minutes toward the end of the second half. Roberts attributed the team Haiti goals to his players’ fatigue.

“Those guys that are out there playing haven’t played a lot and were very, very tired so I think [the result of the game] was really due to how [Haiti] scored the goals,” Roberts said. “But I think our defense will come in time.”

Roberts said that the team is focusing on defending better

and also minimizing common mistakes. However, he noted that many problems, which have hindered its defense, are communication-related.

“I think it’s just the communication between the group,” Roberts said. “The problems that we’re having right now are all communication problems.”

Ozor boosted offense Like many other players on the team, it took sophomore midfielder Jerry Ozor three regular season games to find success on the other end of the field during the team’s exhibition game against Haiti. While the Accra, Ghana native has rattled off a shot at the goal during each regular season game; none have connected with the back of the net or another player.

Ozor led the team last season in

assists with five. During the exhibition game, Ozor was able to take three shots and two shots on goal, successfully collecting two assists during the game.

“His passing is his key so I think that Jerry’s game isn’t there right now, but I’m hoping that it’s coming,” Roberts said. “He’s a very talented player so I think it’s a matter of time.”

Filling the gaps left behind by players who have left the team will likely take more time and will remain a large component in the progression of the Terriers this season.

Roberts added that many of the players, new or returning, are still adjusting.

“Everyone’s kind of in new roles right now so it’s a little bit new for everybody even [for] a returning player like Jerry,” Roberts said.

Coach Starr talks freshmen, Miami Invitational, team depth

BY OLIVIA O’BRIEN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Nine newcomers on the Boston University field hockey team are already making an immediate impact on the field.

The Terriers (4-0) won their first two games against Bryant University and the University of New Hampshire in thanks to goals scored only by freshmen in Ailsa Connolly, Miya Denison and Petra Hall.

Coming off of the bench for the Terriers, Hall and Denison share the team lead in goals with two and both are tied for second in points with four.

On the defensive end Starr utilizes depth in goal, splitting time in net between goalkeepers freshman Millie Baker and junior Kathleen Keegan.

“As of right now Kathleen and Millie are really even in practices and competitions so they both have the opportunity to play,” Starr said.

“It’s working for us right now.”

Melbourne, Australia native

Baker has allowed only one lone goal and kept opponents scoreless in her first three appearances.

The Terrier’s goaltending duo rank among the top of the Patriot League in goals against average, saves, saves per game and shutouts.

With only two sophomores, six juniors and four seniors making up the rest of the roster, the freshmen outnumber each of the following class years, but seamlessly transitioned to playing with the upperclassmen.

Starr said she was not too surprised by the immediate success her freshman have found, given their drive and talent.

“Everybody that we brought in when we recruited really had played a pretty high level of field hockey themselves so the adjustment has really not been a big jump for them,” Starr said. “They’ve played for national programs and really good club programs that play a really high level of hockey.”

BU upperclassmen score This past weekend at the Miami Invitational Tournament,

the No. 15 Terriers continued their season-opening four-game winning streak with victories against Ball State University and University of Miami. This past weekend included the first games of the season to see upperclassmen on the scoreboard.

In the 2-1 triumph over Ball State on Saturday, juniors Maika Akroyd and Allie Doggett fed assists for goals to junior Kara Enoch and senior Grace Boston, respectively.

On Sept. 2 against Ball State, BU held a 17-2 advantage in shots taken and an 11-1 advantage in penalty corners. Similarly on Sept. 4 against Miami, the Terriers outnumbered the Redhawks 9-5 in corners.

“In our game against Bryant we did not earn any penalty corners so that had been a point of emphasis for us in practice to take advantage of circle penetrations and creating more corner opportunities if we can’t get the goal shot off,” Starr said.

BU’s multiple offensive weapons Monday’s victory over Miami saw scoring action from sophomore

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Hana Sinno, Boston and Denison.

Boston currently leads the Terriers with five points.

Worthington, Ohio native Sinno’s goal was the first in her career as she missed her entire freshman campaign due to injury.

The Terriers have points from 13 different players with goals being scored by six.

Not showing up in the box score much this season is junior back Ally Hammel. However, defenses still need to worry about her as her 12 points during her sophomore campaign were good for a share of fourth place on the team.

Duxbury native Hammel, the pre-season defender of the year, will look to get back into the score column this weekend as the team takes on No. 21 Univeristy at Albany and University of Massachusetts both on

the road this weekend.

“Having so many different people scoring is awesome,” Starr said.

“We aren’t relying on one or two people. The goal production is coming from multiple positions and multiple people which is great.”

Starr referenced team chemistry as something they work hard at during preseason, and the results show on the field now.

“We do a lot of team building activities and our team and our program is known for having a culture of inclusiveness,” she said. “We don’t have a hierarchy. It’s not like the seniors are the big women on campus or anything. Everybody has a value, everybody has a contribution to make. They really enjoy being together and working hard together.

They just want to keep getting better and better everyday.”

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7th Inning Stretch: We hate it when people call us cheaters

BY JACOB GURVIS COLUMNIST

Spygate. Deflategate. Applegate?

Not another one…

As a lifelong Boston sports fan, I, like many of my fellow Bostonians, tend to scoff at the thought that any of my favorite teams could cheat. I jump to defend their honor at all costs, denying that any team of mine is capable of wrongdoing. I buy into the classic mantra: “They hate us ‘cause they ain’t us.” I’m THAT Boston sports fan. I’m the worst, I know.

Sometimes, though, there’s just no room to hide. My beloved Boston

Red Sox cheated. Period.

On Tuesday, The New York Times’ Michael Schmidt reported that the Sox had been caught stealing signs from the New York Yankees and other teams by using an Apple Watch in the dugout to receive data and communicate it to coaches and players on the field.

Yes, that’s the same Schmidt who reported that David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were allegedly caught doping in 2003, uncovered the Hillary Clinton email scandal, and led the coverage of the James Comey/Donald Trump debacle.

He’s the real deal.

So what actually happened?

Two weeks ago, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman filed a complaint with the Major League Baseball, accusing the Sox of illegally stealing signs during a recent series between the two rivals.

Commissioner Rob Manfred and a team of MLB investigators jumped in — they interviewed players and team staff involved, reviewed video tapes from the series, and finally confronted the Sox about the claim.

And yes, we cheated.

Well, sort of.

Baseball, since its inception in the mid-19th century, has been a game of unwritten rules. When a player gets beaned, his team retaliates. When a team is winning by a sizeable margin, it is ill-advised steal extra bases to show up its opponent.

When a runner is on second base, he tries to steal signs from the catcher.

These things happen. They’re part of the game, just like bat flips, walk-up songs and outfield dancing.

That being said, these unwritten rules also have unwritten, and sometimes written, limits. If you’re going to bean a batter, don’t bean the pitcher. If you’re going to try to steal signs, you can’t use any tools or technology to do so. It’s just common sense.

With the Sox, the issue is not the action of sign-stealing itself.

That’s part of baseball; everyone does it. But using devices inside the dugout to receive communications from behind the scenes and relaying that data to players is unacceptable. It’s cheating. And the Red Sox know that.

When grilled on the topic, however, Sox President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski

offered little explanation.

“I think sign stealing has been going on in baseball for a long time,” Dombrowski said at the team press conference. “Do I think sign stealing is wrong? No. People are trying to win however they can. I’ve never felt that it was wrong.”

Come on, Dave.

Following the lead of his reticent boss, manager John Farrell insisted that he knew nothing about the operation. He, too, finds no issue with sign-stealing, but claims he had no knowledge of any illegal use of technology.

Realistically, two possible scena rios emerge rega rding Farrell’s involvement. Either: 1) He knew about the cheating and turned a blind eye, or 2) His team cheated right under his nose and he had no idea.

Which is worse? A manager who allows cheating, or one who is oblivious to it and lacks control of his own team? Either way, this looks quite bad for our skipper.

At the end of the day, I don’t anticipate much recourse from Applegate. The Sox will likely lose some draft picks, pay a decent fine

and get a good finger-wag from Commissioner Manfred. A team staff member or two may receive a suspension. Beyond that, I expect little action from the league.

The most important impact this fiasco will bear, however, is undoubtedly another hit to the reputation and dignity of Boston sports.

The vast amount of contempt sports fans worldwide already feel towards our city will be magnified and deepened. And worse yet, another team will be brought into the fray. Not only does our football team employ dangerously questionable tactics, but now the Red Sox too?

Don’t get me wrong, I still love my teams. I still hold immense pride in calling myself a Bostonian and a Boston sports fan. But with this latest chapter in the history book of Boston cheating, I won’t make any excuses. What we did was wrong.

Sure, old-fashioned sign-stealing is permissible. But rules are rules, and my Red Sox broke one, plain and simple. I’d like to believe that Boston is better than this. Sadly, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to continue

Jesse Shreck joins US on journey to Maccabi Games

BY LIAM O’BRIEN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

For most college students, the summer symbolizes a season of unbridled relaxation, filled with trips to the beach and constant celebration.

For Boston University women’s soccer senior Jesse Shreck, the summer stands for a different purpose. The midfielder spent her summer break overseas in Israel, representing the United States in the 20th Maccabi Games.

Shreck was one of 10,000 Jewish athletes competing in the Olympic-esque event, making the Maccabi Games the third-largest sporting spectacle on the planet. Held every four years, the Maccabi Games occur the year following the summer Olympic Games. This summer’s event brought together athletes from 80 different countries competing in 43 different sports.

Not only is the Maccabi Games experience an exhilarating one on the field, the opportunity to travel throughout Israel provides many U.S.-based athletes with insight into a foreign country much different from where they call home.

The U.S. women’s soccer team spent plenty of time soaking in the culture of Israel and dedicated themselves to visiting many of the country’s primary landmarks.

“There is a lot of security there, [making] you feel really safe,” Shreck said. “I feel like it’s the safest country that I have ever been in.

We [went] to all of the famous sites,

like the Yad Vashem [The World Holocaust Remembrance Center], and the Western Wall, which is unbelievable to experience. [We also] went to Masada and the Dead Sea in the same day [because] they are in the same area.”

These tourist excursions served as bonding opportunities for Shreck and her fellow U.S. athletes, giving her the opportunity to meet fellow athletes from other teams.

“We toured as a team,” Shreck said. “I also toured with the men’s soccer team and some other teams. Swimming came along, [as did] track. It was fun and I got to meet all of the other athletes.

Sometimes, we would bump into other countries on the way, which was really cool.”

Shreck was not alone as a representative of the Patriot League in the tournament. Four seasons ago, Shreck played alongside Gabi Rosenfeld in the Maccabi Games in 2013. Now, Rosenfeld is a senior at Bucknell University, and she made the trip to Israel to compete in the open competition this past summer.

Although Shreck was beside just a pair of the athletes that she had manned the pitch with four summers ago, she gelled well with her new squad. Shreck opened up the preliminary round by slicing past the Brazil defense for an assist to pace the U.S. to a win. She then followed that performance up by chopping up the representatives of Great Britain with a pair of goals and an assist in a 11-0 shellacking.

Shreck added to her points tally with a one-goal, one-assist showing in a triumph over Australia.

“The Australia game was my best personally,” Shreck said. “I think I played the best in that game. We started kind of rough, [but] we actually ended up beating them, 4-0. We had to get on the same page. About halfway through the game, we decided to pick it up.

We all contributed, felt accountable and felt a lot stronger.”

Shreck also added that the Australia game was important for the U.S. team.

“That was a turning point for our tournament play,” she said. “That was the best game we played together.”

This victory sent the team surging into the semifinals where they went on to foil Mexico in a 10-goal effort, two of which were assisted on by Shreck.

The U.S. team witnessed their surge come to a halt in the championship as they fell at the hands of the host team Israel, 2-1. However, they further cemented their rotation as a force to be reckoned with in the landscape of women’s soccer with their overall performance.

For Shreck personally, the tournament provided her a leg-up on her Patriot League counterparts in that she was able to face world-class competition during the offseason.

“I practiced with [the U.S. national team] every day, I competed in games, just being able to be in that [competitive] atmosphere that we have in the fall definitely gave me [the] upper hand coming into preseason,” Shreck said. “I was able to play at a high level of competition.”

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Jesse Shreck says that playing in the Maccabi Games helped her get prepped for the season.

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BU men’s soccer team finds strength in their diversity

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The Boston University men’s soccer team has players from eight states and 10 countries.

BY KAITLYN OLIVIER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Thirty-five men. Ten countries.

One squad.

This season, Nickerson Field will showcase talent brought to the Boston University men’s soccer team from nations around the world. Representing eight states in the United States, as well as Belgium, Croatia, England, Germany, Iceland, Sweden, Ghana, Sierra Leone and New Zealand, the Terriers unite to form a multinational soccer team — the most diverse in the Patriot League.

Freshman midfielder Peter Kargbo hails from Makeni, a city located in the small country of Sierra Leone which is on the west side of Africa. Kargbo came to the United States to chase his dreams of playing American soccer. For Kargbo, soccer is not only the sport of his choice, but has been a part of his identity since the age of seven.

“I was introduced to [soccer] at a very young age and just fell in love with it,” Kargbo wrote in a Facebook message. “Soccer is just a big part [of] my family, as my dad played

soccer and later was the head coach of my town.”

According to a 2013 Gallup poll, soccer is topped by baseball, basketball and football for the most popular sport watched in the United States.

While only a fraction of Americans take interest in watching or even playing the sport, other countries around the world see it as a way of life. In Sierra Leone soccer is the most played sport in the country and in turn has a much larger fanbase than in the United States.

Despite his country’s small size, which has a population of roughly 6.8 million people, Kargbo reflects on the immense popularity of soccer within his home country.

“There is more love [for] the sport in Sierra Leone than [in the United States], even though my country is like 100 times smaller than the U.S.,” Kargbo wrote in a Facebook message. “It’s more than a sport there … [it’s] a way of life, people love soccer!”

Beyond just the popularity of soccer in the other countries many of the Terriers call home, various technical aspects of the sport are distinct to each nation. Styles of play, action plans for set pieces and even the posi-

tional organization of defensive and offensive players on the pitch vary remarkably across countries.

Kargbo noted the difference in style of how the sport is played in his home country in contrast to in the United States, particularly the level of aggression from the players.

“Here [in the United States] it’s more about physicality [while] back home it’s more about speed of play and skill,” Kargbo wrote in a Facebook message.

Although each member of the team possesses a unique style of play, the Terriers are working hard to make the best of their differences that pre-exist due to their diverse cultural backgrounds. However, the diversity of the team only makes BU Head Coach Neil Roberts more eager to work with the ever-changing group of players.

“They have some different styles, but that’s the same as if they came from different parts of the country in the U.S.,” Roberts said. “One of the interesting things is trying to blend those styles together.”

These differences in play prove to be advantageous for BU. Evidence from a study titled

“Diversity and Group Performance: Evidence from the World’s Top Soccer League” pointed toward a positive correlation between team heterogeneity and productivity on the field. BU’s pool of players is brimming with cultural diversity, a facet the Terriers will look to utilize to its fullest potential as they enter into this season’s battle for the Patriot League title.

Roberts said the diversity within the university influences the diversity of athletes on the team.

“Most teams are made up of basically what the student population is of the institution they’re at,” Roberts said.

“BU is a diverse school [and] I think our team kind of represents what BU is. They draw students from all over the world and we do as well. BU has a reputation that is worldwide.”

Regardless of the challenges posed by the 10 different nationalities on the team, in the end the basics of the game remains the same, independent of stylistic, technical and cultural differences. Roberts has been coaching the men’s soccer team for 33 years and said he sees many similarities among his players, regardless of where they call home.

“I’ve been coaching kids from all over the world and all over the country for years,” Roberts said. “And an 18-year-old kid is an 18-year-old kid. They want the same things, they want to study, they want to play soccer … and they want to enjoy themselves.”

While Kargbo and his fellow teammates could have stayed in the comforts of their home countries, they each decided to come to the United States and play soccer for BU. Although Kargbo has to adjust to the differences that American soccer presents, he says his favorite part about playing the sport in the United States “is the opportunities it has to offer by bringing your dreams alive.”

Roberts acknowledges the bravery of Kargbo and the other players to come to the United States and play the sport they love while also pursuing a higher education at a world renowned university to provide themselves with opportunities in the future. “[Peter] is a very talented soccer player for sure,” Roberts said.

“He has high expectations for himself, but he wants to learn. He wants an education [and] he wants to play [soccer].”

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

Men’s cross country @ Minutemen Invitational, all day

Women’s soccer @ Boston

Oakland Athletics @ Boston Red

BOTTOM LI NE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

Kansas City Chiefs @ New England Patriots, 8:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox, 7:10 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

Field hockey @ Albany, 1 p.m.

Women’s soccer vs. Marquette, 7 p.m.

Women’s cross country @ Minutemen Invitational, all day Men’s soccer @ UMass, 1 p.m.

College, 1 p.m.

Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Field hockey @ Umass, 1 p.m.

(No events Monday)