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FUN-DING Weeks of Welcome funding reshuffled with SAO, page 3.

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BU Washington students feel effects of gov’t. shutdown Ex-head of Boston FBI pleads guilty to violation of ethics

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Three Boston University Washington, D.C. Program students have lost or had their internships affected by the government shutdown, which began Oct. 1.

By Emily Caccam Daily Free Press Contributor

The government shutdown that began Tuesday has affected Boston University students working for federal agencies through the Washington, D.C. Internship Program and could lead officials to reconsider the remainder of the semester, said Fabiana Perera, manager of the program.

The Washington, D.C. Internship Program has one student interning at the National Endowment for the Humanities who has been

ordered to take a leave of absence due to the shutdown. Two other students are working at the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, but have not yet been furloughed.

Perera said she does not believe furloughed students will be sent back home, but if the shutdown lasts much longer, officials will reassess the situation.

“We are optimistic that the shutdown is going to end soon and they [the students in the program] will be able to report to work,” Perera said. “Obviously we want them to get the best

experience out of Washington that they can, but it’s difficult to say what is going to happen. We don’t have a crystal ball.”

Perera said in addition to students’ jobs, the atmosphere of the city has been affected.

“The Washington, D.C. they knew two weeks ago is not the same right now,” she said.

Although BU’s Washington, D.C. Program officials has not made a decision about what do with furloughed students, Perera said the program is encouraging students to take full advantage of their opportunities.

“Even though their actual internship site is closed, Washington is a city where you can learn just by stepping outside of your apartment,” she said. “… The immediate things to get done are to stay active and connected and to appreciate that they are here … Most of the people in the city are not working, so everybody is dealing with this together.”

Kelly King, a College of Arts and Sciences senior, said she is currently interning at the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs and was able to work last week despite the shutdown. However, she said the uncertainty of how long the shutdown will last is creating anxiety in her department.

“People have been really nervous and unsure about what is going to happen because the shutdown could end any day, but you just never know,” King said. “We’re not really sure who will get sent home, and I think that also adds to people’s anxiety.”

King said even if the U.S. State Department

Langdon said.

“Overall, Boston [BU]’s performance this year has actually been quite stable,” she said.

“A number of top institutions have fallen in the rankings this year, which could have worked to cause this slight movement upwards.”

However, BU may now look better to prospective international students, Langdon said.

“You have displayed an increase in your score for international outlook — attracting international students and staff and collaborating with academics from across the globe,” Langdon said.

BU experienced its last jump in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings two years ago, when it went from being ranked 59th in the 2010-11 rankings, to 54th in the 2011-12 rankings.

“Our office, Dean Elmore and all the other deans, are very pleased with the schools that

Former head of the Boston Federal Bureau of Investigation Kenneth Kaiser pled guilty in federal court on Thursday that he had illegal contacts with the bureau after he was retired when he had meetings with agents as a private consultant.

Kaiser, 57, resident of Hopkinton, was released on personal recognizance and faces no prison time for now. For a violation of ethics, the maximum sentence Kaiser could face is up to one year in prison and a fine of $100,000. Instead, the prosecutor, Diane Freniere, is striking a plea agreement with him and recommending that he pay a $15,000 fine and serve no prison time. U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV is not bound by the pact, and could enforce the maximum fine should he find that sentence more appropriate.

Kaiser declined to comment after the hearing at the U.S. District in South Boston.

An ethics law by the U.S. Department of Defense prohibits professional contact from senior executive branch personnel with their former agency for one year after they leave the office.

Anthony Fuller, Kaiser’s defense attorney, said in a Thursday statement that Kaiser’s communications to FBI employees were not meant to be secretive.

“All of his communications to his former colleagues in the FBI were made in the good faith that he was helping their law enforcement mission,” he said. “He did not contact his former colleagues through secret means or back channels, but did so openly and obviously and, in one instance, attended a meeting inside the U.S. Attorney’s office in Boston.”

In July 2009, Kaiser retired from the FBI and Freniere said he was hired as a consultant by LocatePlus, an online investigative database, to handle an internal investigation into the company’s chief executives Jon Latorella and James Fields.

“Kaiser knowingly made — with intent to influence — communications with his old office through phone calls, emails and in-person meetings regarding the FBI’s own probe into LocatePlus,” she said.

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BU improves to 50th on Times Higher Ed. rankings

By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff

Not long after Boston University saw a jump in college rankings in the U.S. News and World Report’s National University Rankings, BU has again seen an improvement in its stance among other universities around the world.

The Times Higher Education 2013-14 World University Rankings Top 400, released Thursday, placed BU at 50th place, a four-spot jump from its ranking at 54th place in the 201213 rankings.

“It [the jump in rankings] is [due to] an effort across the board at the university, specifically the president’s work on putting together a strategic plan seven years ago, following it and keeping the administration and faculty aware of and in partnership with the efforts to improve the university,” said BU spokesman Colin Riley.

The World University Rankings, powered

by Thomson Reuters, annually ranks colleges

and universities around the world. Each school is given a score from 1 to 100 based on thirteen different performance indicators in the categories of teaching, research, citations, industry income and international outlook, according to its website.

“Times Higher Education is the only rankings provider to consider all core missions of a modern, global university: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international activity,” said Times Higher Education spokeswoman Fran Langdon.

BU scored highest in the areas of teaching and citations, with an overall score of 63.5.

Harvard University ranked second overall, while Massachusetts Institute of Technology took fifth place. Other notable rankings of area schools include Brown University at 52nd place and Tufts University at 80th place.

BU’s jump from 54th to 50th place may have less to do with the university and more to do with movement of other schools on the list,

By Kyle Plantz Daily Free Press Staff

Innovation District expands transportation to prevent traffic problems

By Sophia Wedeen Daily Free Press Contributor

Within the next year, departments such as Massport and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will work on developments in South Boston’s Innovation District after Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced a number of transportation improvements on Wednesday to accommodate the influx of workers commuting daily through the area.

Terence Burke, spokesman for A Better City, a nonprofit organization that works with businesses on transportation development, said these improvements enable economic growth in an area that might otherwise be unequipped to accommodate the high traffic volume that comes with an expanding neighborhood.

“These agencies are coming together with the city of Boston to make these improvements … and to work on long-term planning that will improve the transportation in and out of the innovation district,” he said.

“They’re working to ensure that this important part of the city continues to thrive as a highly important and up-and-coming economic center.”

The City plans to re-strip the road surface on the Moakley Bridge to guide motorists out to the highway, install “Time to Destination” message signs that will provide drivers with information on traffic to allow them take alternate routes, and install “smart parking” sensors for drivers to use a phone app to show available parking spaces, according to a Wednesday press release from the mayor’s office.

Among these improvements is a ferry service that will launch in 2014 and run between East Boston and South Boston, re-routing commuters between those two neighborhoods and decreasing the volume of downtown traffic, according to the release.

“The Innovation District and seaport are gateways to Boston for people and goods

Innovation, see page 4

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Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and the City of Boston are pushing to improve transportation infrastructure in the Innovation District by increasing Hubway stops, adding ferry service between South Boston and East Boston, and renovating the Moakley Bridge.

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Former Boston FBI head to be sentenced in December Some students FBI: From Page 1

In March 2010, Kaiser became a full-time employee of the company, acquiring the title of director of government sales. The company provides public information on bankruptcies, real estate transactions and drivers’ licenses to commercial, private sector and law enforcement entities.

Despite the gag order, Freniere said Kaiser earned $8,000 selling LocatePlus products to the FBI. Latorella pleaded guilty in 2012 for security fraud and Fields was convicted by a jury. Both are serving five-year prison sentences.

Kaiser also admitted to improper contacts with the FBI while he was working for a Gloucester company in 2009, who asked him

to investigate a threatening letter they received. They paid him $5,700.

“He wanted the FBI to take charge of the investigation and he was supplying the FBI with information on a particular suspect,” she said.

Kaiser served as assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigation Division for two years

in Washington dealing with all of the agency’s U.S. criminal investigations before he retired. Previously, he served as the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston office from April 2003 to December 2006. He worked for the FBI for about 27 years.

Kaiser is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 17.

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we’re being compared to,” said Assistant to the Dean of Students Katherine Cornetta. “We feel it’s definitely where we belong.”

Cornetta said the university is happy to see BU’s exceptional education and research being acknowledged by outside institutions.

“We’re seeing a change in universities in general across the country,” she said. “You’re starting to see that reflect how we are perceived by prospective students, current students and alumni.”

In September, BU jumped ten spots in the U.S. News and World Report’s National University Ranking from 51st place in the 2012-13 rankings to 41st place in the 2013-14 rankings.

College of Arts and Sciences senior Charlotte Saul said she has seen a marked difference in the quality of her experience at BU over her time in Boston.

“The quality of student services has definitely increased, she said. “…

Whether it’s opportunities for study abroad or even just guest lectures or guest speakers, the qualities of those programs are increasing. Students are really noticing.”

CAS sophomore Vanessa Sandri said college rankings are an important indicator of a school’s reputation in comparison with other colleges and universities.

“When I was looking for colleges, I went online several times a day to look at ranking based on what students said, the U.S. News and World Report, and the others as well,” she said.

Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences senior Laurie Stieglitz said she has seen improvements in programs and professors as well as the construction of new facilities at BU such as the New Balance Field.

“When I came in as a freshman, it [BU] was not that high [in the rankings],” she said. “I’m a senior now, so it’s nice to see that there’s improvement all around.”

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Campus & City Column Close Encounters The College Experience

We all do it. That girl walking down the street in a too-tight miniskirt? Chances are she’s headed to a party. The guy who actually uses the word “bro” more in one day than some of us have in our lives? It’s doubtful that he’s going to ace the test he’s talking to his “bros” about.

Maintaining a few stereotypes is just part of being human.

JESSICA An odd thing has happened at DEPIES BU, however: people have started to deviate from my expectations.

Maybe if someone had defied my assumptions once, I could continue with my cynical mindset. But this phenomenon is now becoming so common that I’m beginning to question my attitude altogether.

These instances come unexpectedly. I’ll be going about my day, blissfully unaware of the shock soon to come, when I’ll pass by a table of sorority girls at the GSU, presumably trying to recruit more girls to join their cult — ahem — sisterhood. I come closer, just to realize that I have no idea if these girls are in a sorority or not, but they aren’t looking for pledges ... they’re actually convincing people to sign up for a blood drive. Awkward.

A few days later, I’m trying to find a table in the dining hall, when I glance a group of athletic guys, the leader of the group obviously a former football player, wearing a red and blue hat with the word “America” on it and sporting a bro-tank.

Taking a seat a few tables over, I laugh and shake my head at his telling clothing choice — until I hear him speak. “I guess you could call him Socratic,” former-football-bro says with no sense of sarcasm. His friends agree that this unnamed character certainly does have a Socratic air to him. They proceed to launch into a critique of government spending, which concludes in an articulate, intelligent argument about Obamacare. I’m in shock.

This string of surprises continued when I found myself studying with two guys from my philosophy class yesterday. They tell me that they’re both joining fraternities and were out partying the night before: the usual generalizations about their interests and intelligence permeate my mind.

But, yet again I was wrong, as, by the end of our study session, I had engaged in a detailed conversation with my classmate about Gossip Girl.

(We both agreed that Chuck was, by far, our favorite character.) Oh, and I found out we’d received the same scholarship to BU. This is an outrage! I came to college to have the real, typical “college experience” with Greek life ruling the school, football dominating everyone’s weekend plans and kids getting unreasonably drunk solely due to the fact that they can for these four years. Only one of these is the case; I’ll give you a second to mull it over.

Instead, I’m learning that people are much more complex than anyone can assume them to be, and that stereotypes are nothing more than placeholders for people we’re simply too lazy to get to know. It looks like it’s time to put my misconceptions aside.

Jessica Depies is a freshman in the College of Communication studying journalism. She can be reached at jdepies@bu.edu.

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SAO reorganizes Weeks of Welcome funding Site made to link students, grads. with Boston jobs

By Trisha Thadani Daily Free Press Staff

Assistant Dean of Students John Battaglino said Boston University’s Programming Council was able to allocate its funds differently during Weeks of Welcome this year due to the combination of BU Central, Student Activities Office event advisors and PC into one organization.

“It [Weeks of Welcome] starts out the first three or four weeks out of every year to get the experience going,” Battaglino said.

“It’s a little bit too soon for student groups to kick into gear, and it is hard for them to program so early in the year. So what we do is we start out with the first few weekends with Weeks of Welcome.”

Battaglino said when BU Central and PC combined forces and became one entity under the Student Activities Office, they pooled their funds from the undergraduate student fee together.

He said this did not change how much money was spent on Weeks of Welcome, but rather broadened the scope of it.

“We were pretty good through our budget, and we didn’t spend any more,” Battaglino said. “We just spent it differently. I think we spent it pretty wisely.”

Battaglino said 100 percent of the undergraduate student fee, a percentage of tuition paid by every student, now goes to student

By Annie Husted Daily Free Press Contributor

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The Weeks of Welcome funding was reallocated due to the combination of the Programming Council and BU Central, resulting in what officials described as more efficient use of funding for programs such as Splash.

programming and is broken up in a variety of ways with what officials believe is the best interest of the student in mind.

“BU is pretty clear that we don’t spend and bring billiondollar concerts here,” Battaglino said. “Our model is about building a community with our own endeavors. We don’t throw lavish events and frivolously spend money on things. We do think it’s important to bring people together, particularly at the beginning of the year.”

Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore said Weeks of Welcome was more elaborate this year than in years past, which may have contributed to this change.

“If a group is doing something during Weeks of Welcome, we try to make sure they don’t take a financial hit on it,” Elmore said.

“So if they’re opening it up to the campus community without a charge, we say, ‘well, let’s take care of some of their costs.’ We

SAO, see page 4

Mass. bill introduces solutions for water infrastructure

By Steven Dufour Daily Free Press Staff

After several incidents with clean water supplies, Massachusetts Senate leaders on Thursday unveiled a bipartisan proposal to allocate more money to the Commonwealth’s water infrastructure.

The proposal, co-sponsored by Senate President Therese Murray and Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, would raise spending caps for the Commonwealth’s Water Pollution Abatement Trust from $88 million to $138 million to be dispersed for projects that would improve water supplies.

“This proposed legislation will address our water and wastewater infrastructure challenges and ensure that the Commonwealth’s future will not be limited by our access to clean drinking water,” Murray said in a Thursday state-

ment.

WPAT borrows money for projects ranging from treatment of wastewater to protection of existing supplies. The proposed bill would allow it to borrow on a low-interest scale ranging from 0 to 2 percent, with projects deemed more important not having to pay interest at all.

The proposal comes three years after a 2010 water pipeline burst that put 30 Massachusetts cities, including Boston, in a state of emergency. At the time, Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick advised all citizens of the affected cities to boil all drinking water before consumption to rid it of potential pathogens.

Many of the issues the bill attempts to address were pointed out in a report released February 2012 by the Massachusetts Wa-

ter Infrastructure Finance Commission. The report found the Commonwealth has a combined funding gap of $21.4 billion to deal with the issue of inadequate water infrastructure over the next 20 years, which is a project Massachusetts would need to finance.

Murray said the health of Commonwealth’s citizens and, by association, its economy are directly linked to the quality of drinking water, so the bill was an important and necessary investment.

Before the bill can be passed, it still must go through a hearing process with the legislature’s Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

Murray said she hoped the bill

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A new partnership called the Massachusetts Internship Collaborative launched a new internship search engine for college and graduate students in the Greater Boston area, including those at Boston University, with hopes of increasing graduate retention rates in the city.

The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston collaborated to form the partnership and launch InternHub.com, said Federal Reserve Bank of Boston spokeswoman Kris MacAulsan. She said the organizations conducted extensive research on the graduate retention rates in the greater Boston area.

“New England as a region has the lowest retention rate [of graduates] in the United States,” MacAuslan said. “That’s obviously surprising when you consider how many great institutions ... are right here in our backyard.”

The studies conducted by the organizations show many students leave the Boston area to seek employment elsewhere because they are not aware of opportunities in the Hub itself, MacAuslan said.

“The reality is that those [job opportunities] are here, it’s just a matter of making sure that students know about them and that the employers are seeing the talent that we know we have here,” he said.

MacAuslan said he hopes the site will connect more students to employers so they find positions in Boston industries.

“We want to strengthen the local workforce and we want to strengthen the economy, and internships are a really great way to do that,” he said.

Boston Chamber of Commerce Public Affairs Coordinator Emily Dahlgaard said the initiative will help students who are struggling to find internships near their schools.

“A lot of students are looking for employers and employment opportunities, but they don’t necessarily know where to go,” she said. “…

What we’re hoping that this resource can do is to connect those two different groups and bridge the gap.”

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Children’s Museum celebrates centennial with 1,200-pound cake

By Kelsey Newell Daily Free Press Contributor

Celebrating its 100-year anniversary, the Boston Children’s Museum served a 1,200-pound cake shaped like the museum for the public Friday to kick off its weekend of festivities commemorating it’s long history.

“The weekend caps off a spring and summer of joyful programs and events that touched thousands of families and children,” said JoAnne Baxter, spokeswoman for the museum. “It is a culmination of a series of events and public programs designed to promote early childhood education and support the role of play in the lives of children and families.”

The centennial birthday celebration officially began with the cake-cutting ceremony at 5 p.m., which was then followed by

dancing and music, with a dance party for children and a birthday parade.

Finishing the night was a performance by the Boston Children’s Chorus singing “I Am a River of Hope,” a song written and composed specifically for the museum by Jim Papoulis, a New York City-based composer and conductor.

The half vanilla and half chocolate cake did not break any world records, but at 16 feet long, seven feet wide, consisting of 100 sheet cakes and weighing in at more than half of a ton, George Montilio, owner of Brockton-based Montilio’s Baking Company, who made the cake free of charge, said it was baked to feed 3,000 people.

“We had five bakers and six decorators working on the cake,”

Cake, see page 4

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Boston Children’s Museum President and CEO Carole Charnow poses by the 1,200-pound cake at the Boston Children’s Museum Friday afternoon.

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S. Boston commuter ‘skeptical’ Student: Shutdown ‘creating anxiety’ in D.C. King said even though the gov- people are out of work for the moshutdown is an unfortunate ment and for a lot of young profesabout planned ferry’s benefits begins to furlough its employees, ernment event for the entire country, she said sionals,” Rehard said. “... They are D.C.: From Page 1

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traveling by air and sea from across the world,” said Massport CEO Thomas Glynn in the release. “Immediate and long-term improvements … ensure that the Innovation District, Logan Airport and our port can reach their fullest potential without being restricted by congestion.”

Some daily commuters in South Boston said a ferry service would solve traffic problems in the neighborhood.

Dyllan Nguyen, 23, who works at the Eliot School in Jamaica Plain, said he commutes to South Boston every day.

“I feel like it would help a lot,” he said. “South Boston is becoming a hub, a lot of people are moving here, so it would encourage commuters to go around the neighborhood instead of plowing through the middle of it.”

Other South Boston commuters said the ferry might not solve some of the transportation issues in the area.

Raymond Mollon, resident of Brockton who works in South Boston, said he is skeptical that a ferry service can address the area’s significant traffic problems.

“A ferry over to East Boston really isn’t going to change the traffic pattern,” he said. “There aren’t going to be enough people to take the boat, at least not enough to make a dent in the typically congested areas. When you consider how many commuters go through South Bos-

ton each day, [a ferry is] not going to change that much.”

Emma Rose, 24, an employee at the Boston Children’s Museum, said the neighborhood faces more urgent transportation issues that the ferry does not mitigate and that additional train and bus routes are needed more than a ferry.

“Every single person who wants to get to South Boston from anywhere else in the city … has to get off at that one station [South Station] and then wait for the Silver Line or cross the bridge,” she said.

“As long as the T’s running, they shouldn’t be doing maintenance like this. I get why people want all these improvements, but it’s not worth the hassle. They need to reconsider when they’re doing construction.”

Mollon said South Boston is changing for the better.

“This is an up-and-coming neighborhood in Boston and it’s the last area to be developed,” he said.

“The city needs to concentrate its resources here to accommodate an area that’s becoming a huge tourist destination.”

Jill Callahan, 31, a resident of South Boston, said she is not as eager for the neighborhood to change.

“It’s great that they’re finally investing in South Boston,” she said.

“But the community is very different from what it was a decade ago.

The expansion on the T is bringing in a lot of people who don’t know the neighborhood. [It’s not] a tightknit community anymore.”

she said she will probably continue working since she does not receive pay and is unaffected by spending cuts.

“Because I am an unpaid intern, I might have the opportunity to still go to work, and I probably will if I can, just because it will be a great experience,” King said. “There will be more interesting projects, I will be able to help out people and give them a hand with things that they need.”

King said the number of tourists around the city has drastically decreased because most monuments and government museums have been shut down. She said the city also feels less clean because garbage pick-up and street sweeping has temporarily stopped.

she has seen people around the city pitch in to help each other out, such as some restaurants and bars around the city offering extended happy hours and reduced prices for government workers.

“I took advantage of that and went out to lunch and got a discount on my lunch because I have a government ID,” King said. “The people in the city with business are trying to help out government employees. You can just tell it [Washington] is just kind of taking a break.”

Emma Rehard, a CAS senior, said she has noticed many negative changes around the city due to the shutdown.

“It is ... a tense atmosphere in general [in the city] because a lot of

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budget for that.”

Student Government President Dexter McCoy said the combination of BU Central and PC gives SAO officials a clearer idea of where they can pull funds from when constructing their overall budget.

McCoy said in terms of funding for programming, the way the community service fee is distributed has changed. He said the university has separated the undergraduate student fee, and now money for programming comes from the community service fee.

“What has happened now is that there has been a combining of PC and BU Central, so it is all one budget rolled together,” McCoy said. “They also take in that and combined it with SAO’s program-

ming budget for an overall programming budget, so it is SAO’s money put with the money from the programming board now that is controlled by SAO administrators and by the students hired onto the programming board.”

Allison Macika, one of PC’s general managers, said the consolidation of PC and BU Central helped produce an overlap in programming, and gave them more resources to work with. She said they did not have more money to spend, but rather just allocated it differently this year.

“PC has always had a budget and BU Central has always had a budget,” Macika said. “It’s just that this year it has combined instead of having less for individual programs. With our combined resources we can bring in bigger names.”

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often in their first government job, so they’re living paycheck to paycheck and it is a little bit stressful for them not knowing when they are going to be back on the government payroll.”

She said she is disappointed the shutdown happened while she was studying in Washington due to roadblocks she has personally experienced.

“It is also kind of disappointing being here for the semester and I had a lot of plans about places where I wanted to go to visit, such as museums and memorials,” Rehard said.

“You’d be so surprised about how much stuff is shut down. So it’s disappointing coming here for those things and not being able to have access to them.”

could be debated by November, or at least when committees reconvene in January.

Several residents said they were unsure whether raising the spending cap by $50 million would be worth the tax money.

Paul Wilson, 64, a resident of Boston, said tax money should go toward other projects that were in bigger threat of collapse.

“The water system seems to be pretty good, excepting major emergencies, and you can’t really [practically] prepare for those,” he said. “The money would be better spent on something else.

If the money could go toward, for instance, repairing the MBTA [Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority], then I would be for it. It needs the money. But right now, I’m more in the mood for putting it elsewhere. Unless the system is collapsing, we have bigger problems.”

Jeremy Johnson, 21, a resident of Boston, said the initiative could have strong benefits for Massachusetts.

“Water is obviously really important,” he said. “Yes, it’s a lot of money, but if it has to cost that much, I’m all for it. It [my drinking water] isn’t the cleanest water I’ve ever seen. I’ve never had any problems though, but I’d like to keep it that way, so I’m all for it.”

Sheena Harry, 29, a resident of Boston, said the proposal was a good idea, but the cost was too high.

“We really don’t have that much of an issue with water,” she said. “I wouldn’t say I’m against the bill, but we don’t need to take as much of a big leap. If it were maybe a $15 [million] or $20 million increase, maybe [it would be a good idea], but $50 [million] is just a huge leap and it seems like too much of a gamble with our money.”

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he said. “We started on Sunday, so it took about 5 days to finish, working about 12 hours a day. …

I had friends at the museum who called up and asked [to make the cake], and I was happy to help.”

In order to get the cake to downtown Boston from Brockton, Mass., three sections were individually carried in a refrigerated truck and the extra pieces were transported in a van, Montilio said.

People came from many of Boston’s neighborhoods to celebrate the museum’s centennial.

Angela Eastman, 40, a resident of South Boston, who was accompanied by her three kids, said the museum is an important part of her family life.

“We come in and play very often,” she said. “We have a pass, so we can come in just for an hour or two, which is especially nice during the winter when outdoor activities are scarce.”

Lillian Garvey and her granddaughter Emma, residents of Charlestown, said she came out to the museum to celebrate its birthday with another member of her family who loves the museum.

“I have been coming to the Children’s Museum since I was a little girl,” she said. “I brought Emma here for the first time about a year ago, and now she is here celebrating its birthday by singing with the Boston Children’s Chorus. We both love the museum.”

Motoko Melito, 37, and her daughter Leah, 12, residents of Chelsea, said they came to the festivities because Leah was singing in the chorus.

“I love singing, and I have done a few concerts before this (I’ve been with the Chorus for 2 years), but I’m especially looking forward to this because it’s really fun,” Leah said. “I used to come to the museum a lot as a little girl.

My favorite exhibit was the bubble room where I got wrapped up in a bubble . . . I’ll never forget it.”

Baxter said the festivities continued for patrons throughout both Saturday and Sunday, including both indoor and outdoor music, a variety of performing arts, science presentations and live animals, in addition to several other exhibits.

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n a cool autumn night in Cambridge, the audience at The Sinclair was transported to a never-ending California summer when Wavves performed their set. As the clock struck 11 p.m. Tuesday, the large crowd huddled even tighter as it waited for a glimpse of the headliner.

At first glance, it was a surprisingly diverse audience for an indie rock show. The cheers that followed, after singer Nathan Williams walked on stage, however, solidified the San Diego quartet’s brand of surf rock as a musical unifier, bringing fans of various genres together.

Right off the bat, Wavves exhibited just how much it knew its fans, starting off the set of highenergy noise rock with a 2010 fan favorite. Bright colored lights, glow-in-the-dark guitars and an affinity for cat-themed merchandise formed an aptly kaleidoscopic backdrop to “Post Acid.”

Truly mind-altering, however, was the ease with which the lyrics of the song shift from anxiety (“Misery, will you comfort me?/ In my time of need/Would you understand?”) to happy-go-lucky elation (“Would you understand?/That I’m just having fun/With you?”).

But before anyone can accuse him of being too serious, Williams paints a masterpiece of absurdity in “Super Soaker,” claiming: “My alien, he’s still missing/My brain’s numb/And I can’t hear you.”

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Wavves members Nathan Williams and Stephen Pope perform their brand of peppy surf rock at the Sinclair on Tuesday. The band released its latest album on March 26th and began its tour on Sept. 23.

bum, Afraid of Heights, the newer Wavves music features a cleaner, more consistent production and a focused, self-aware approach to lyrics.

In the intricately layered, but no less catchy “Demon to Lean On,” Williams contemplates this very evolution: “You and I pace along the grass/And think of what we had/Ambivalent and young/We’re probably just dumb.”

The artistic changes were seemingly well-received by the crowd, which, fueled by an unlimited sup-

ply of pure joy and all the things your D.A.R.E instructors warned you about, danced during the entire set.

Despite this chaos, however, Williams maintained a calm demeanor. Leaving behind the tumultuous days of tour cancelations and Twitter drama, he uttered his much-loved and profanity-laden banter with incredible collectedness. With this, the crowd transformed from a stormy tide to a harmonic wave.

Standing like an island in the

middle of the ocean, the band saved its best song for last, finishing its set with “King of the Beach.” Under the warmth of glaring lights, the band evoked a sort of midsummer heat: “Let the sun burn my eyes/Let it burn my back.”

So when Williams yelled a chorus of “You’re never gonna stop me,” no one dared to question him. And, with the conclusion of a lively performance, Wavves was crowned surf rock royalty once again.

Gravity: Groundbreaking 3D at last

ithin the first 15 minutes of Gravity, as the camera slowly floats toward Dr. Stone (Sandra Bullock), the viewer may experience that fine moment when the action feels tangible — except, for him or her, it is in three dimensions. The camera does not cut for what seems like an impossibly long time. The screen between our reality and the world in the film falls away. The strange knot in our stomach of inevitable misfortune arises, as if we were in danger our-

The crowd reveled in the lyrics and the equally convincing slamdance-worthy electric guitar.

Soon enough, the members of the on-stage security staff found themselves busy just trying to prevent overenthusiastic fans from climbing onstage. Add to that the dozens of people crowd surfing each minute, and someone might be convinced that he or she was stuck in a tempest.

The stream of airy “beach house”-like tunes flooded throughout the venue, and a sense of escapism was only heightened as Williams daydreamed aloud: “Green eyes, I’d run away with you/Green eyes, ‘cause I’m a fool.”

Equally prevalent was the band’s self-depreciation and apathy, which has stayed constant throughout Wavves’s career, from the iconic Wavves lines in “To The Dregs”: (“You see me/I don’t care”), to the more recent lyrics of “Green Eyes” (“My own friends hate my guts/ So what?”). Williams even prefaced a performance by saying: ”This song is about, uh ­— it doesn’t matter.”

This ever-relatable slacker teenager persona is somewhat misleading when one realizes just how prolific the band has become.

Their trajectory, from buzzy lo-fi cassettes to a spot on Grand Theft Auto V’s soundtrack, does not seem to be slowing down anytime soon.

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selves. In this realization, the question arises: How can such infinite space feel so claustrophobic?

Gravity is a film that appeals to the viscera, not to the head. Alfonso Cuarón — director of movies such as Children of Men and Y Tu Mamá También — set out to make his first 3D project, which happens to be his most gut-wrenching film to date.

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Gravity, an existential drama by Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón, stars Sandra Bullock as an astronaut trapped in space. The film hit theaters Friday.

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flicts arise as the film persists and Stone questions her life’s worth in the face of looming death. The film catalyzes with a Russian missile strike intended to shoot down its own outdated satellite. However, the Russians do not anticipate the debris created from the collision, which consequently orbits around Earth faster than a bullet. The fragments become the antagonist of the film, causing a seemingly unending string of difficulties.

It is in these difficulties that the film either swims or sinks. At times, the obstacles feel perfectly warranted. At other times, however, almost too much goes wrong, to the point that it is either too unlucky to be believable or the more likely option: Stone would be dead by now.

This is true existential cinema, but says nothing new about humanity’s predicament in the face of meaninglessness. Stone parallels Camus’s Sisyphus, although Cuarón uses a cheap trick that dilutes Stone’s strength as an active protagonist. Cuarón would probably argue that Stone’s latent inspiration comes from within, but his way out is unsatisfying and much too psychological for a film that is otherwise about external events.

At its worst, the film deals more with caricatures than with charac-

ters, and it flirts with sentimentality. These attempts to make Stone sympathetic are unnecessary, as anyone would come to feel sympathy for her after suffering such improbable trials. The dignity in her striving is clear and there is no need to make Stone the “woman who lost everything.”

These were truly the weakest parts of the film, along with the use of score music where silence would have been more effective. How could Cuarón fill the moments in space with music when the film opens with the words “space is silent”? When watching the more action-packed sequences, imagine them occurring in silence and the haunting implications of such a choice. Cuarón does not stray far from what his audience expects, but he could have taken greater risks with a project that rewards unusual style.

Yet there is still worth in seeing the human spirit’s inexhaustible persistence play out in 3D. And what better place than the nothingness of space, where man’s fate comes down to the devices he’s built for himself to speckle the vast emptiness? This seems like the main exploration of the film, addressing questions such as “how does technology both put people at risk and also save their lives?”

and “how does technology operate in this paradoxical form where humans are put at risk?”

The other subtle brilliance of the film is its slowness. Watching humans helplessly float at the mercy of gravity-less space is agonizing and inherently suspenseful, especially when oxygen runs low and the space station is far out of reach. Hitchcock may have made such a film, had he the technology and sci-fi-oriented imagination.

Shot in 3D, Gravity’s format augments Cuarón’s signature longtake style. He understands that a continuous take is closer to life — as we do not “cut” in our heads to different angles and scenes — and has chosen to use three dimensions to bring audiences that much closer. Perhaps it is too obvious a move, or perhaps it is the golden mean of filmmaking technology enhancing a story.

James Cameron has already praised it as “the best space film ever done,” but who ever trusted Cameron’s opinion, or mine?

Gravity is a film that must be seen in 3D. The experience somehow feels more immediate and jarring than many other films, and the audience will have to remind themselves to relax their muscles and close their agape mouths during the experience.

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A-Rod: A victim or a perpetrator?

Alex Rodriguez: Baseball player, household name and proud liar. Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig suspended legendary A-Rod for 211 games because of his links to Biogenesis, a lab in Coral Gables, FL. In 2007, Rodriguez denied using steroids, but he later admitted to it in 2009. The thing is, Rodriguez also tested positive for steroids back in 2003.

Rodriguez accused the MLB of investigating his case overzealously, including using intimidation, bribing of a witness and even buying stolen documents, according to a NJ.com story published Sunday. He says the suspension is too heavy-handed for a first-time offender, citing the normal 50-game suspension Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun received.

Since his breakthrough with the Seattle Mariners, A-Rod has been a public figure, a name little-leaguers cite when on the field.

Since signing the largest contract in MLB history — a $252 million, 10-year deal with the Texas Rangers — the public eye was firmly focused on him. But then he tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in 2003.

After that, he got a second chance. Then, that second chance unraveled when he went to Biogenesis in Florida in 2007, where he admitted to using steroids again.

MLB administrators claim Rodriguez

violated his collective bargaining agreement instead of citing the Joint Drug Agreement, according to a Sports Illustrated article July 29. Because nobody punished A-Rod back in 2003, he is technically a first-time offender, but the MLB decided that a 211-game suspension is fitting.

It is one thing when an average outfielder uses steroids to hit .280 instead of a .250.

But it strikes a chord with fans when someone who wins MVP and proceeds to becomes one of the best players in the league uses steroids. Rodriguez should have known he was someone who garnered a lot of attention in the MLB. He even had a chance to retain his clean image and even to appear as a victim because his 2003 confidential test results were leaked.

To play devil’s advocate, it is impossible to think of steroids without thinking of A-Rod. On that note, his counter-lawsuit is justified.

As an individual, he is singlehandedly associated with a corrupt modern version of baseball where nothing is genuine and steroids are the norm, and this to a degree is defamation.

But then again, he is the face many aspiring MLB players look up to. This is proof that Rodriguez has a blatant disrespect for the institution and the game. He helped ruin the modern game and continues to play a victim.

At some point, he needs to accept the suspension as a justified consequence.

Letter to the Editor Obamacare: A Millenial’s Point of View

Obamacare exchanges opened Oct. 1 in nine states as our government has recently shutdown (how fitting). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, aims to alleviate the skyrocketing costs of healthcare while broadening coverage and ensuring it to more Americans than ever.

Before Obamacare, businesses would cover health insurance costs with their own respective plans for their employees. Insurance was available for private purchase as well. Insurance companies could deny consumers health care due to preexisting conditions. Coverage costs varied based on specific coverage amenities, taking the individual into consideration, by adjusting premiums to their patients.

In order to induce Americans into furthering the law’s mission, predominantly to cover all, the law imposes perverse incentives for Americans to pour even more money into our broken healthcare system. Two inherent flaws of the law that will hit us young adults the hardest are: 1) A new definition of full-time. Here, noble motivations bring about devastating consequences. Obamacare requires “large businesses” (50+ employees) to provide plans for full-time employees. In an attempt to force businesses into covering their employees and providing quality care, Obamacare classifies employees who work 30 hours a week as “fulltime.” Should businesses not comply, they will be penalized, per employee. The fee? $2,000 per employee. The penalty can inflate to $3,000 if an employee receives tax credits to purchase health insurance in ACA exchange market. So, the difference between 50 employees and 49?

Up to $150,000 in taxes. Expect to see more and more small businesses that stop hiring at 49 workers unless and until they are confident of profits outweighing the increased cost.

2) Government-knows-best mentality.

The Affordable Care Act establishes a threshold called “essential coverage.” If a health insurance policy does not fall within the parameters of what the law deems “essential,” it cannot be sold in the exchanges created by the law.

So, what are our options? Post-graduates likely to be working relatively low-paid jobs once they have graduated will be presented with two choices: 1) Buy a mediocre plan on the exchange or 2) remain uninsured and pay the penalty. According to the National Center for Public Policy Analysis, we will actually save money by paying the penalty. With Obamacare’s guarantee that insurance will be available without the risk of rejection for preexisting conditions, it may well be the rational choice to remain uninsured.

Once I graduate, I will not pay thousands of dollars in penalties to be uninsured. The more likely choice is buying into the cheapest possible plan: Medicaid. With no premium, Medicaid may be the most likely option for college graduates. Ironically, this massive law, initially written to cover everyone, will now force Americans out of options.

Obamacare is ultimately a bet. If, and only if, millions of young adults pay into the system, a system in which healthy, young adults pay for sick, old adults, will costs be covered. If I were currently independent from my parents, I would either be hoping for a full-time job with a good health insurance plan, which Obamacare will make harder to find, or be buying one of the cheapest plans, which may not provide the subsidies that Obamacare proponents are counting on to keep the law solvent.

The Urban Park Ranger

Blow your candles out, Yosemite Jennifer Ruth

When I was in elementary school, my mom made my favorite cupcakes for my birthday every year to share with the class. They were composed of a fluffy chocolate batter with chocolate frosting, Hershey’s shavings and a gummy worm victoriously placed on top. Now that I’m older, she doesn’t make those cupcakes anymore, but even after 20 years of birthdays, she’s always found a way to make each year special.

Tuesday, Yosemite National Park celebrated its 123rd birthday, and I can assure you that it didn’t get freshly delivered cupcakes from my mother, which led poor Yosemite to light its celebratory candles alone. Instead, the entire park was shut down and large barriers blocked the entrance. Eager visitors were turned away and campers were told that they have 48 hours to leave and figure out other arrangements. Instead of getting up close and personal, campers and hikers were forced to observe this milestone from afar.

The shut down of national parks is an awful side effect of the bigger picture. While the government shutdown is enduring, a vast majority of the federal workers are unable to do their jobs, which means that national park employees that defend these sacred grounds from anthropogenic disturbances as well as maintain the beauty of the area have to put their careers on hold.

If you wanted to visit Yosemite’s official website to say “happy birthday,” then you’re out of luck, because the website has been shut down as well. But not to worry, Yosemite isn’t the only national park that is receiving this special treatment. Badlands, Everglades, the Grand Canyon and every other national park is closed as well.

But at least everyone’s favorite search engine patched together a birthday card for old Yosemite. Nearly every person who Googled something on Tuesday felt sad for a moment as they realized an innocent national park was deprived of its birthday.

I’ve never been to Yosemite, but I can imagine the saddened and disgusted faces of the park rangers that have been planning a birthday event for one of our nation’s finest national parks. The one day out of the year that is dedicated to the beauty, preservation efforts and educational programs of this landmark has been diminished. But surely something positive can come from this. Instead of having one day of recognition, the entirely of the national park services is getting the attention that it deserves.

Yosemite National Park is nestled in the

middle of California and is home to a diverse array of organisms. The true beauty of national parks is that people get to sink their teeth into every particle of dirt, rock or water that they encounter. Painting the sweeping landscapes, camping, taking pictures, hiking or simply having a relaxing picnic next to Yosemite Falls — the opportunities are endless.

As cliché as it sounds, you really don’t appreciate something until it’s gone. So why is it so terrible that all of the national parks are closed? Isn’t walking down the street the same thing as walking on a park trail? We don’t need national parks to walk in. We can just go hiking, sightseeing and camping in the comfort of our backyard.

Wrong.

National Parks offer more than trails to us.

They are museums of our past. Every day, guided tours traverse through the sequoias, alongside the soaring cliffs, and to North America’s tallest waterfall, Yosemite Falls. Not only can we learn how the national park is preserved on a daily basis, but we can immerse ourselves in a diverse ecosystem and regain our childlike curiosity.

The most prominent feature of the park, El Capitan, stayed intact during glaciation and continues to remain immovable, serving as a symbol of the park’s permanence. Withstanding the tales of time, it is a formidable granite face reaching up to 7,500 feet. With a sheer drop, it’s a destination for thrill-seekers and photographers all around the world. Sculpted by glaciers and fashioned by erosion, the rock record in Yosemite is an ancient storyteller in itself.

Yosemite and all of the national parks will survive the government shutdown, but it puts things into perspective. Without conservation efforts, places like Yosemite surely would’ve been taken over by urban expansion — unappreciated — and our future generations would be unable to enjoy the benefits and serenity of national parks.

So let’s get our birthday candles ready, bake chocolate cupcakes topped with gummy worms, and thank this wonderful national park for functioning without fail, balanced by erosion processes and checked by enthusiastic campers and park employees. Our government could learn a thing or two from Yosemite.

Jennifer Ruth is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences studying environmental analysis and policy. She can be reached at jenruth@bu.edu.

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Freshmen stand out in men’s hockey exhibition vs. X-Men Freshmen: From Page 8

competitive, he’s hockey strong,” said BU coach David Quinn. “I know he’s not big, but he’s got great leverage and he’s an athlete. He’s got great anticipation. I thought he had a great night tonight. He’s a guy that was making plays, he’s fast, very smart, picks things up quickly.”

Roberto was not the only freshman to impress on the night, though. Forward Robbie Baillargeon, who assisted on Roberto’s goal, played on the first line with junior forward Evan Rodrigues and sophomore forward Danny O’Regan. O’Regan and Rodrigues are the top two returning

scorers for BU but Baillargeon did not look out of place.

In addition to Roberto and Kelley, freshman forwards Brendan Collier and Dillon Lawrence and freshman defensemen Doyle Somerby, Dalton MacAfee and T.J. Ryan made their debuts Saturday night. Kelley made a positive impact by scoring the game-winning goal late in the third period, but for the most part, it was an up-anddown debut for the freshman class that was working on adjusting to a higher pace of play.

“I’m sure a lot of nerves were set in in the first period and parts of the second, but I thought everyone calmed down,” said

senior captain Patrick MacGregor. “The whole team looked pretty good throughout the whole game. I thought maybe some sloppiness at times, but that’s what you get for your first game in four months or five months, so I thought they all played pretty well.”

The pace of play was a little faster than most of the freshmen have been used to, which is something Roberto said he noticed during his first shift. Pre-game nerves along with the adjustment in speed made for a tough transition.

“I was trying to get the pace going and then I heard the band playing when I was doing my skates, so I got a little jittery,”

Roberto said. “But once I got out there I got my first hit out of the way, I adjusted pretty quickly.”

Quinn has said all along that the play of his upperclassmen will be the key to the success of this year’s team. However, with at least one freshman expected to play among the top-6 forwards and the bulk of the team’s depth in the freshman class, the quick transition for the youngsters will be key to BU’s success throughout the year.

“I really like what I saw from a lot of them,” Quinn said. “I thought they showed some skill, they played at a pace, they were physical, and overall, it was a good night.

It was a good start for us.”

Late Army goals doom men’s soccer Men’s Soccer: From Page 8

half both teams saw both teams battling for possession, with neither creating many strong opportunities.

BU scored in the 72nd minute on its first shot on goal in the second half, giving the Terriers a 2-0 edge. Barker took a free kick and put it into a spot perfectly in the box for sophomore defender Jeroen Blugh to head in for the Terriers’ second.

“We created some good chances and controlled the game at [Army’s] place,” Roberts said. “It was a really good performance. The last few games we’ve been creating good chances.”

After being held goalless for the first 82 minutes of the contest, the Black Knights were able to tally their first goal in the 83rd minute. Guerry was able to get off a shot which Gilbert saved, but a rebound bounced out for freshman Christian Ollen who put the ball in for a goal.

Two minutes later, Guerry passed the ball to forward Jordan Lee who put the ball

past Gilbert’s right side, tying the game at 2-2.

“We have to manage the game a little bit better,” Roberts said. “We had the numbers secured in the back, but we got a little stretched. It is something that we can’t have happen, especially after the effort.”

With scored all knotted up, the game headed to overtime. While neither team was able to get the golden goal in the first 10-minute overtime period, Army was able to get the winning goal three minutes into the second session.

In the 103rd minute, freshman Nick Williams passed the ball to midfielder Alex Jaroscak near the goal box, setting up a shot. Joroscak took the ball and laced it into the top left corner of the goal giving the Black Knights the win.

“We’ve been playing better than our record shows,” Roberts said. “It was another good performance. We just have to stop making these silly mistakes in certain parts of the game. We probably deserved better, but we didn’t do what we needed to do.”

Terriers look for full 90-minute effort Second Half: From Page 8

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Sophomore defender Jeroen Blugh scored a goal for the Terriers against Army. BU eventually fell, 3-2, in overtime.

have to keep our tempo high in the back.

We didn’t do that at the beginning of the game, and it just allowed [Lehigh] to have more of the ball. I think we proved [in the second half] that if we keep the tempo high, we can create more opportunities. That’s something we’re going to have to work on, keeping our tempo high even when the game may be allowing you to play a little slower.”

Clemens said the team is striving to play at a high level through all 90 minutes.

“We don’t want to be thought of as a second-half team,” Clemens said. “We want to come out as a full 90-minute team. We’re working on that because we have come out a little slow in the beginning of games and we don’t want it to become a trend.”

Only time will tell whether this tendency of late scoring will continue for the Terriers. Feldman said she is hopeful that

the team will get off on hotter starts in the future.

“I thought we had physicality from start to finish, which I think we need to bring for 90 minutes every game,” Feldman said.

“That’s the expectation. Sometimes it just takes a while for you to figure out where the holes are and how you break a team down. There’s another team out there and they are a well-coached and hard-working side. You have to figure it out sometimes.”

“One thing I think we’ve tried to do over the years — and this year is no exception — is to be really focused. I think that’s really an important quality for success in league play and that takes you, hopefully, to success at the end of the season. I think our team has done a wonderful job of doing that all over the field and not letting our guard down … Our team culture and our team belief is that if we do accomplish that goal, we will have clean sheets.”

Moccia makes first career appearance Conway earns 1st minutes of 2013 during preseason game vs. St. Francis

as women’s soccer beats Lehigh 3-0 Women’s Soccer: From Page 8

the far post. The goal was Clemens’ sixth of the season.

From there the Terriers dominated the rest of the match. In the 71st minute, senior midfielder Megan McGoldrick made it 2-0 when she took a shot from 20 yards out that soared through the outstretched arms of Blanks and into the goal.

Junior midfielder Jamie Turchi added an extra insurance goal in the 83rd minute when she capped off a series of well-executed passes in the penalty box and headed junior forward Ana Cuffia’s cross in at the back post.

Freshman goalkeeper Bridget Conway saw her first action all season for the Terriers as she stepped in for Green for the last five minutes of play.

Although this is the second game in a row in which the Terriers started out slowly, BU coach Nancy Feldman said she is not concerned.

“It’s not a trend,” Feldman said. “It was different than Wednesday … Sometimes it takes about 20 to 25 minutes to figure [a team] out.”

Defense was once again key for the Terriers, who have only let up four goals in 11 games.

“I really think our team has done a wonderful job of being focused defensively all over the field and not letting our guard down,” Feldman said. “We’re really trying to be at the top of our game defensively for 90 minutes all over the field. It’s not just the backs and the goalkeepers — it’s the forwards, they make it happen too.

Our team culture and our team belief is that if we do that, we will have clean sheets.”

Men’s Hockey: From Page 8

of which belonged to St. Francis, neither team managed to find the back of the net. Senior goaltender Anthony Moccia, who made his first career appearance, saw just seven shots on goal in the period.

BU eventually took the lead in the third after it recovered from what Quinn called a tough start to the frame.

“I thought the first five minutes were a little bit sloppy,” Quinn said. “I thought they took the play to us, and I thought we got our wits about us and had a pretty good final 15 minutes.”

In what became the least penalty-filled frame of the game, the Terriers ultimately took the lead with fewer than three minutes left in the contest as another freshman added his name to the box score. This time, forward Tommy Kelley ripped a

slapshot from the point that deflected into the goal off of a St. Francis defender’s stick.

“You always hope you get production out of your freshmen,” Quinn said. “I thought they showed some skill, they played at a pace, they were physical and overall it was a good night. It was a good start for us.”

While Quinn did say that the team had its bouts of sloppy play, he said overall, the team played well considering the lack of practice time they had coming into the game.

“Anytime you play a game and don’t have a lot of practice, you’re going to be happy with a win,” he said. “I don’t care what the situation is. But winning always beats losing ... A lot of situations happened tonight that we just hadn’t gone over yet, and it was a lot of good efforts from a lot of good guys. I thought our young guys did a great job tonight.”

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In its second Patriot League contest of the season, the Boston University men’s soccer team took on the U.S. Military Academy on Saturday night. Despite recording a goal within the first two minutes of the contest, the Terriers fell to Army by a score of 3-2 in a double-overtime thriller.

“It was a shame really,” said BU coach Neil Roberts on the loss. “The team put in a very good effort and we went into a situation against a good team and did extremely well. We controlled the match for eighty minutes.”

The Black Knights (7-1-1, 2-0 Patriot League) brought in a defense that was top in the Patriot League, allowing only three goals in their first eight games. Despite Army’s strong defense, the Terriers (3-6-1, 0-2 Patriot League) jumped on the board quickly.

Sophomore forward Lucas McBride notched his second goal of the season just two minutes into the contest. McBride took advantage of an Army turnover in the box and put the ball into the net, giving the Terriers an early 1-0 advantage.

Five minutes later the Terriers nearly took a 2-0 lead. After a cross into the box, McBride flicked a header shot towards goal but goalkeeper Winston Boldt made the save.

Although the initial attack came from the Terriers’ offense, the Black Knights came back, looking to tie up the game. In the 13th minute Army got its first shot when forward Cody Guerry took a shot on net, but redshirt freshman goalkeeper Matt Gilbert stop it.

A few seconds later, the Black Knights were able to earn their first corner of the contest which midfielder Justin Kim took. Kim curled the ball into the goal box and defender Tommy Jaeger got the shot off for the Black Knights, but it went high of goal.

In the 24th minute of play, junior midfielder Jordan Barker took the first corner kick for the Terriers and laced the ball into the box. McBride was able to get off his third shot of the game, but Boldt was able to stop it.

In the waning minutes of the second half, the Terriers had two chances to pad their slim lead.

With two corner kicks in the 43rd and 44th minutes the Terriers looked poised to score another goal. Barker took both corners for BU, but both were cleared away from danger by the Black Knight defense.

At the end of the half the Terriers held a 1-0 advantage and also held a lead in shots by a 9-8 margin.

The beginning of the second

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Freshman Tommy Kelley notched the game-winning goal in BU’s exhibition win over St. Francis Xavier.

By Meredith Perri Daily Free Press Staff

Leading into his first game as the head coach of the No. 19 Boston University men’s hockey team, David Quinn noted that the Terriers had not had much time to practice special teams.

“You may want to close your eyes Saturday night when we get out there and have to kill a penalty,” Quinn said on Sept. 30.

After an exhibition game against St. Francis Xavier University that featured 15 penalties in the first two periods, however, the Terriers had more than their fair share of practice. Ultimately, the Terriers won the game 2-1 Saturday evening at Agganis Arena with the only even-strength goal of the game.

With close to nine minutes of

penalty-free hockey to start off the game, sophomore forward Sam Kurker opened the gates after he was called for hooking halfway through the first period. With BU having just killed off the penalty, the X-Men were called for tripping twice in the span of 1:38. This marked the first of four times that St. Francis would give BU a 5-on-3 situation, and the first of four times that the Terriers failed to capitalize on the advantage.

With the second penalty still on the clock, the X-Men gave BU another 5-on-3 opportunity. Eventually, with a one-man advantage and seconds ticking off the only remaining penalty, freshman forward Nick Roberto registered his first goal in a BU uniform as he picked up a rebound in front

Women’s soccer blanks Lehigh Solid 2nd-half play boosts BU

By Jacklyn Bamberger Daily Free Press Contributor

In a true team effort, three different players scored goals for the Boston University women’s soccer team as it secured a 3-0 victory over Lehigh University in the first-ever meeting between the two teams.

With the win, the Terriers (8-3-1, 3-1-0 Patriot League) extended their winning streak to three games. The Mountain Hawks (2-7-2, 0-4-0 Patriot League) dropped their second game in a row and now sit at the bottom of the Patriot League standings.

As was the case in Wednesday’s contest against College of the Holy Cross, the match proved to be a tale of two halves for the Terriers. The first half of action saw both teams struggling to gain possession in the midfield. The Terriers and Mountain Hawks each were eager to play deep passes over the top to try and get behind the respective defenses.

Senior goalkeeper Andrea Green remained relatively untested throughout the contest, only making

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of the net with fewer than five minutes remaining in the period.

BU’s lead did not last for long, however, as freshman defenseman Doyle Somerby went to the box for hooking at 15:43. With the man advantage, the X-Men attacked the net. After a save by sophomore netminder Sean Maguire, forward Rob Slaney picked up a rebound, shoving it through Maguire’s fivehole and tying the game at 1-1.

“I think too often we get puck watching, just like everybody does in this game whether it be this level, the American League level or the NHL,” Quinn said. “That was our problem tonight when we had trouble in our own end.”

Despite a total of nine penalties in the second period, six

College hockey offseasons are about asking questions. Teams are left with several holes to fill due to graduation and players leaving school for professional leagues. The Boston University men’s hockey team began answering those questions in Saturday night’s preseason game against St. Francis Xavier University, as the freshmen shone in their new roles.

Freshman forwards Nick Roberto and Tommy Kelley, both Massachusetts natives, each scored their first goals in BU uniforms and led the Terriers past the X-Men by a score of 2-1. For Roberto, it was just nice to get the first one in the books.

“It was definitely huge to get it right out of the way so you don’t have to worry about it,” Roberto said. “I was just trying to get to the net, and luckily a rebound came to me and I had two chances to get it in. So it was pretty good.

Definitely a lot of weight off my shoulders now.”

The 5-foot-9, 173-pound Roberto scored his goal on the power play while battling in front of the goal mouth. That position on the power play is generally designated to bigger, stronger forwards such as 6-foot-3 sophomore forward Sam Kurker, who is on the second power play unit.

However, Roberto had a lot of success in that role, especially for a player in his first game. He led the team with seven shots in addition to his goal.

“He’s quick, he’s hungry, he’s

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one save in 85 minutes of play. However, in the 29th minute, BU held its breath as Green bobbled a seemingly routine save, almost letting the Mountain Hawks take a 1-0 lead.

She was able to compose herself for the rest of the game.

The Terriers dominated the stat sheet in the first 45 minutes of play, outshooting the Mountain Hawks 8-1, but the scoreboard remained unchanged as the teams headed into halftime.

The Terriers came out firing on all cylinders to start the second half, dominating possession and running circles around the Mountain Hawks.

BU came close in the 51st minute when senior midfielder Kylie Strom took a free kick from outside the 18yard box that required a save from Lehigh goalkeeper Ashley Blanks.

In the 55th minute of play, senior forward Madison Clemens finally opened the floodgates for BU when she hit a left-footed shot from the right side of the 18-yard box inside

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By Mike Chan Daily Free Press Staff

If there is one constant to the Boston University women’s soccer team’s success at Nickerson Field, chances are it might be due to its outstanding second-half play.

The Terriers (8-3-1, 3-1 Patriot League) downed Lehigh University by a score of 3-0 Saturday. It was BU’s third consecutive shutout — their eighth overall for the season — and it came to fruition with an outstanding second half when senior forward Madison Clemens and senior midfielder Megan McGoldrick scored unassisted goals in the 55th and 71st minutes, respectively.

Junior midfielder Jamie Turchi rounded out the scoring with a header goal in the 83rd minute assisted by junior forward Ana Cuffia, adding some insurance late into the second half.

“We came out a bit slow [in the first half], but then we changed it

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pretty quick,” Clemens said. “We really just needed to get a goal to shift the momentum towards our side.”

This is not the first time this year that BU has rebounded from a slow start. Against College of the Holy Cross on Wednesday night, the Terriers did not record a shot on goal until the 27th minute in their 3-0 win. Against the U.S. Military Academy on Sept.

28, the team’s only goal came in the 38th minute when freshman forward Erica Kosienski put one in the back of the net.

For BU coach Nancy Feldman’s team — one that has been coached and encouraged to create opportunities and shots from aggressive and disciplined play — the results are somewhat disappointing.

“It took us a while to get our attacking rhythm today, just like [we did against Holy Cross]” Feldman said. “I think that we

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