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Connolly, Walsh spar in first mayoral debate Newly renamed

Students for Life host Marsh protest

By Sophia Wedeen Daily Free Press Contributor

Facing off Tuesday in the first of three televised debates, Mass. Rep. Martin Walsh and City Councilor John Connolly, the two candidates running to replace Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, focused on issues about education reform, racial diversity, real estate affordability and how they would follow in Menino’s footsteps.

Education reform came up several times during the hour-long debate. Both candidates said the city’s public education has advanced significantly in recent years, but still has room for growth.

Connolly, who was a teacher in Boston before politics, said improving public schools was his “life’s work.”

“We have too many children coming to school who are broken,” he said. “We need to get them the help they need.”

Walsh said he had extensive plans for the city’s school system.

“We’re going to look at reorganizing the office of the school department to see where we can find additional revenues,” he said. “In my 16-year career with the legislature, I fought every single year to make sure Boston gets additional money for the schools. I’ll be able to use [those] relationships to get that money and

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chael Stopa of Holliston and actuary Tom Tierney of Framingham.

Portney said because of lack of attention from the media, there are not going to be as many people voting.

“The turnout is lower for two reasons,” he said. “First, there is no cumulative importance [to the election] and second, because of the limited geographic jurisdiction, there is much less media attention.”

Although the election is not getting much attention, Portney said people are affected because this is a House race and the outcome can influence important developments concerning the government shutdown and the debt ceiling.

“The House is controlled by Republicans … if people want this control to be checked, they will have to elect a Democrat,” he said.

“If they want to strengthen the Republican

In honor of national Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity, 15 students from Boston University’s newly renamed Students for Life group silently protested against abortion in front of Marsh Plaza on Tuesday, said School of Education senior Annie Pierce.

School of Education senior Annie Pierce, who is also president of the group, said members Students for Life stood outside Marsh Plaza to honor the lives lost to abortion as well as to promote their new 30-page Resource Guide for Pregnant and Parenting Students, which was posted to their website on Tuesday.

“Our hope is to find common ground with others who would be willing to help support college women who don’t know that there is support, and don’t know where to look for it,” Pierce said. “We are trying so hard to connect with other people, and seek out resources and make them available and make them known as well.”

Students for Life recently changed their overall goals to try to reach out to women and to help them realize they have other choices aside from abortion, Pierce said.

Additionally, they changed their name from Right to Life to Students for Life.

She said they decided to change their name to seem more peaceful around campus. In the 2013-14 academic year, she said Students for Life members want students to know they are pro-life and that they offer support to young mothers.

“There is such a stigma attached with the pro-life name that some people don’t even give us a second thought,” Pierce said. “We want to be a source of resources for them [women facing unplanned pregnancies]. And, from last year [compared] to this year, I feel like that [our services] was not known at all.”

Additionally, she said the group’s new long-term goals include installing diaper ducts and lactation rooms around campus for young mothers.

Elizabeth Cross, member of Students for Life and a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences junior, said

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Protest, see page 2

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City Councilor John Connolly (left) and State Representative Marty Walsh (right), both candidates in the Boston mayoral race, speak in their first televised debate Tuesday night at the the WBZ Studio.

extend the school day.”

A poll released on Thursday by the University of Massachusetts-Lowell Center for Public Opinion has Connolly in the lead by eight points. Both candidates have received a series of endorsements, including former candidate Charlotte Golar-Richie for Walsh and Mass.

Rep. Aaron M. Michlewitz for Connolly.

For promoting minority access to the real

estate market and overall economic opportunity, Connolly and Walsh said they would not seek to raise taxes substantially.

“We need to create more opportunities,” Walsh said. “There’s more than one way to bring more money into the city. By growing our economy, we will grow our revenue.”

Debate, see page 4

Low voter turnout in primary to fill Ed Markey’s seat

By Alice Bazerghi Daily Free Press Staff

Despite low voter turnout on Tuesday in the 24 cities that make up the Fifth Congressional District, Democratic candidate Katherine Clark and Republican candidate Frank Addivinola defeated other candidates in the primary of the special election to compete for U.S. Sen. Edward Markey’s vacant House of Representatives seat.

Mass. Sen. Will Brownsberger of Belmont, who represents the district where Boston University is located, was defeated after coming in fifth place.

Clark garnered 21,959 votes, or 32 percent of the vote for the Democrats, and Addivinola garnered 4,759 votes, or 49 percent of the vote, according to results from the Mass.

Secretary of State’s office.

In Cambridge, few residents made their way to polls to cast their ballots, which Kent Portney, political science professor at Tufts

University, said is expected in this type of election.

“Voter turnout in any sort of off-year election is always much lower than during presidential elections,” he said. “Special elections typically have the lowest turnout, especially when they are focused on a single sub-state election.”

Markey won the special election in June after serving 37 years in the Hous to fill the seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry when he left the U.S. Senate.

Candidates on the Democratic ballot included Brownsberger Katherine Clark of Melrose, Karen Spilka of Ashland, Mass.

Rep. Carl Sciortino of Medford, Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian of Waltham, former Lexington School Committee member Martin Long of Arlington and Paul Maisano of Stoneham.

On the Republican ballot were lawyer Frank Addivonola of Boston, physicist Mi-

SG holds meet-and-greet for city councilor candidates, students

By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff

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Michael Nichols (left) and Josh Zakim (right) speak to Boston University students Tuesday night at the BU Student Government office in the GSU basement.

Student Government hosted a gathering Tuesday evening for Boston University students to meet and converse with local city council candidates Michael Nichols and Josh Zakim.

Students who attended were able to register to vote in the upcoming local elections and to speak with District Eight candidates. District Eight consists of most of the Boston University Charles River Campus as well as the neighborhoods of Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Fenway, Kenmore, Mission Hill and parts of the West End. “We really wanted the BU students to have an opportunity to hear from the city council candidates because, in many ways, it’s more important for the students here to their daily lives than the presidential or congressional or mayoral [elections],” Nichols, who reached out to SG officials to plan the meetings, said.

Students are often not adequately repre-

sented in local elections, Nichols said.

“Young people in Boston are statistically underrepresented in Boston and statistically underrepresented in the decisions the government makes,” he said. “At least on my campaign, I feel very strongly that young people should be better represented in government here, and that’s part of the reason why I’m running.”

Nichols said it is important for college students to register to vote in Boston so they can participate in local elections.

“To register here means that they [students] can impact the cost of their rent in Boston,” he said. “They can impact the quality of the housing they live in in Boston. They can impact their transportation system in Boston. They can impact how safe it is for bikers to get around in Boston. All those things get decided at the local level.”

One of the largest issues in Boston politics relative to college students is the

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control, they will need to elect a Republican. With the former, given the budget and debt ceiling debate in [Washington] D.C., not to mention the Obamacare elements of this, this might be something that people want to see resolved in a particular way.”

Douglas Kriner, political science professor at Boston University, said not only is turnout low in special elections, but also the electorate does not usually reflect the overall population.

“Most voters don’t know much about politics or [do not] follow politics too closely to begin with, and because special elections are off the normal cycle, they tend only to attract the most politically aware citizens to participate,” he said. “Moreover, these citizens look very different, on average,

than the electorate as a whole in many respects … they tend to be older, wealthier and more ideologically extreme.”

Some residents said they chose not to vote because the election is not important to them.

“I didn’t vote because I didn’t feel well enough informed about the candidates,” said Cailleen Bernardi, 35, resident of Cambridge.

Carol Roberts, 34, resident of Cambridge, said she did not vote because the election does not concern her.

“I didn’t vote and it’s not really a priority for me right now,” she said. “I don’t think I was even aware of the election and who was running. I’m not involved on knowledgeable in local politics, so I know nothing about it.”

Clark and Addivinola will face off on Dec. 10 in the special election.

their name so they can provide a sense of unity with their peers.

“Abortion affects our immediate student population probably the most of all the issues that Right to Life focuses on,” Cross said. “So, seeing as we changed it [the group’s name] to Students for Life, we want to raise awareness to the fact this issue affects college students and our peers directly … and we want to provide support to each other on campus as something that directly impacts us.”

Cross said more people are directly involved with Students for Life this year than last. She said she has hope that Tuesday’s protest clearly highlighted the group’s motives, as well as generated more student interest in the group itself.

“I would say as a student group, we’ve come a ways in what

lent witness is to have a peaceful presence as well as a way to raise awareness … Hopefully people walking by can see there is a Students for Life group, and if they didn’t realize there was one then they can look into that further.”

Cross said she noticed many people took the time to look at the protester’s signs and inquired about the group. She said she hopes students learned something from the facts on the posters, and used it as a chance to reflect on their stance on abortion.

“I am very glad that Students for Life tries to do this every year,” Cross said. “I do continue to hope for Students for Life that the conversation on these very complex issues can stay open, and that we can continue to have this conversation with other student groups ... Although we may not have completely the same [opin-

together to support our peers.”

Ileana Tauscher, member of BU’s Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism, said although abortion is a sensitive topic that not all members of the BU community agree on, students should always have the chance to share how they feel on a particular issue.

Tauscher, a School of Management senior, said abortion is not a topic members of CGSA have focused on in the past, but that if members expressed an active interest the issue, then CGSA officials would strongly consider taking an initiative.

“All students have a right to protest whatever they want and share their opinions and viewpoints,” Tauscher said. “And, it definitely just shows that Boston is a diverse community that has a lot of student activism.”

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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s lack of adequate late-night transportation options, Nichols said.

“This is a world-class city in so many ways with an antiquated, overly provincial public transportation system,” he said. “It doesn’t do what we need it to do in 2013. I know that college students have to be concerned with that.”

Zakim also said he encourages students to get involved in city politics.

“A lot of people discount student involvement, especially in local politics,” he said. “It’s awesome to see you guys involved and it’s a great opportunity to talk to folks who live in this district.”

Decisions made by the local government have an impact on the daily lives of students, Zakim said.

“It’s important that if you’re going to be involved in the community, and if you really want to

put down roots, you need to register to vote, pay attention to local elections, and get involved,” he said.

Students should be educated to vote in smaller elections such as the city councilor election, said SG Director of City Affairs Cassandra Shavney.

“It’s not just the mayoral elections,” she said. “It’s not just the presidential elections. I think students get really hyped up for events like that. In part… it’s a fault of the media that they hype them [larger elections] up and they don’t put emphasis on these smaller elections that can have great influence in individuals’ lives.”

Shavney said city councilors are more accessible to students than officials who are higher up in local government.

“It’s at the local level where change is going to majorly impact students,” Shavney, a College of Arts and Sciences junior, said. “Like they said tonight, it’s not a meeting with the mayor that

students are going to get. It’s a meeting with these city councilmen.”

Shavney said she was pleased with how the meeting played out.

“We had a pretty decent turnout,” she said. “The candidates were pleased with tonight. They got their points across, and I think they really enjoyed the conversations they had with students.”

SG Senate Chair Avi Levy said students should vote in citylevel elections to better their own experience while going to school in Boston.

“These are the people that are going to be representing them [students] and working on issues that are going to affect them, whether good or bad,” Levy, a CAS junior, said. “Students want to improve their experience while they’re here for school or even improve the lives of people in years to come. Voting and listening to candidates is the way to make change and help lay down the path for the future.”

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Campus & City City Crime Logs

Oct. 8 - Oct. 15

By Felicia Gans Daily Free Press Contributor

The following crime reports were taken from the Allston-Brighton D-14 crime logs from Oct. 8 to Oct. 15.

Bomb threats at CVS

At about 6:00 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to four bomb threats made at different CVS Pharmacies across Boston. The callers of all four threats reported similar information about the suspect. The store manager of the CVS located at 181 Brighton Ave. stated that the threatening phone call came from a male. The manager stated that the suspect threatened to set off multiple bombs inside the store if he did not receive information about Green Dot money cards. Officers inspected the buildings but did not find any devices.

Money goes missing

Officers responded to a call at 1293 Commonwealth Ave. at about 10:03 p.m. on Thursday. Upon entering the building, the officers spoke to a female victim, who was under the influence of alcohol.

The intoxicated woman stated that she had $1,000 in her purse and when she came back from the liquor store, it was gone. She stated that her husband, son and daughter were the only ones in the apartment and she did not see any of them go near the purse. All three family members were searched, but no money was found. Officers had trouble conducting an investigation because of the victim’s alcohol consumption.

Breaking and entering suspect unknown At about 1:06 p.m. Friday, officers responded to a call at 15 Linden St. for breaking and entering. On the way to the residence, officers saw a white male on the street that matched the description of the suspect. The officers escorted the male to 15 Linden St. to ask the victims if he was the suspect. The victims stated that they only saw the back of the suspect’s head. Because the male could not be identified as the suspect, he was released.

Officers break up a fight On Sunday, at about 2:22 a.m., officers witnessed a fight at the intersection of Harvard Avenue and Brighton Avenue.

While sitting in their marked department cruiser, the officers saw five individuals begin pushing each other. One male in the group was observed to be physically aggressive to two females, causing one to fall backwards on the sidewalk. Officers exited the vehicle to break up the fight. The suspect was placed in handcuffs and forced into the officers’ cruiser. Officers attempted to speak to the two females, but they already fled the scene. A witness told the officers that the suspect had been flirting with one of the unknown females, prompting an argument. One of the two girls punched the suspect in the face, but the suspect did not hit anyone. The suspect was arrested for disturbing the peace.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Jaywalker struck by vehicle in Kenmore Square Trustees unsure of

online technology, new study suggests

By Trisha Thadani Daily Free Press Staff

A man jaywalking in Kenmore Square was struck by a car Tuesday afternoon, prompting various emergency vehicles to fill the area.

Boston Police Department officers responded to a radio call for a man struck by a car in Kenmore at 1:55 p.m., said BPD spokesman David Estrada.

The victim was an 81-year-old man, Estrada said. A male driver accidentally hit the pedestrian while he was crossing the street at the intersection of Brookline Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue.

Estrada said the victim was not walking on the pedestrian crosswalk when the male driver accidentally hit him.

“He [the driver of the vehicle] said the victim came out of nowhere in the middle of the street, and the driver did not see him prior to that,” Estrada said. “It looks like that’s when he [the driver of the vehicle] came in contact with the victim.”

Following the emergency call, officials immediately arrived on the scene. After the driver of the

By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff

searcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital from Boston, said the only effective way to prevent drug overdoses was to make sure people are more aware of the possible side effects.

“It’s a good thing they [the venues] got off,” she said. “If there’s a problem, it’s mostly on the kids.

There needs to be more public education so these kids know what they’re getting into. You have no idea when your friends are pushing you to do something, but if they know early on [about] these side effects, it doesn’t have to happen.

Caitlin Rooke, 22, resident of Allston studying at Simmons College, said the venues should have undergone some form of disciplinary action, but the biggest fault was still with the people abusing the drugs.

“People just don’t know what they’re doing,” she said. “They’re getting drugs from people where they don’t know how pure something is. They’re not staying hy-

While a recent study reported college and university trustees may not know enough about educational technologies, Boston University officials said the Board of Trustees is engaged and informed when it comes to university decisions about online education.

“In short, we found that most trustees don’t feel like they’re prepared to make strategic decisions about technology for their institutions,” said Merrill Schwartz, author of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges’ 2013 Survey on Technology and Instruction.

The survey, released Oct. 9, reported only 19 percent of trustees feel prepared to make decisions about using new educational technologies, with 48 percent being somewhat prepared, and 21 percent being somewhat unprepared.

“This is an area where many institutions are going to be looking in the future, and they [trustees] are wanting to feel comfortable making decisions in this area,” Schwartz said. “It’s also important that they are receiving high quality information about online learning.”

While more than one-half of college and university boards are allocating more time to make decisions about educational technology, only about one-third of board members feel they are receiving information about online learning they would consider excellent or good, the survey reported.

The survey was distributed to board members at the AGB’s 2,000 member institutions. AGB received anonymous responses from around 1,200 trustees at various colleges and universities, Schwartz said.

The survey results indicate that many college boards need to spend more time discussing online learning and educational technologies, she said.

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Police and officials stand by the location where an unaffiliated vehicle hit an 81-year-old man jaywalking near the Brookline Ave. and Commonwealth Ave. intersection Tuesday afternoon.

vehicle accidentally struck the man, Estrada said he immediately pulled over to the side of the street on Commonwealth Avenue and stopped his car.

The accident caused congestion in Kenmore Square, backing up traffic for a short period of time following the accident.

At least two labeled police cruisers, one ambulance and one EMS van occupied the scene outside of

the aboveground Kenmore Square Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority stop.

Estrada said the driver remained on the scene while authorities held an investigation of the accident. He said the report does not indicate whether there was foul play or alcohol involved in this accident by either the driver

Crash, see page 4

Concert venues receive no violation for drug overdoses

By Steven Dufour Daily Free Press Staff

After investigating six drug overdoses at two separate Boston concert venues, the Boston Licensing Board ruled on Thursday that the House of Blues and Bank of America Pavilion were not responsible for the incidents and did nothing worthy of a legal penalty.

“There was nothing the licensee could have done to have prevented this,” said Nicole Ferrer, chairwoman of the board. “They had a [security] plan that seemed very efficient … so I have [found] no violation.”

Three people overdosed at each location in August. One of them, caused by overconsumption of the popular club drug Molly, resulted in the death of a 19-yearold student from the University of New Hampshire at the House of Blues.

Live Nation, who speaks on behalf of both venues, declined to comment on the decision.

The overdoses primarily in-

volved Molly, known as the stimulant drug MDMA. However, ketamine, a tranquilizer, and lysergic acid, also known as the hallucinogen LSD, were also documented as parts of the dismissed violations.

Sharon Levy, director of the Adolescent Substance Abuse Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, said overdoses on drugs such as Molly often involve young adults trying something for the first time without knowing how their bodies will react.

“There’s no such thing as safe experimentation with illicit drugs,” she said. “There’s this rumor out there that Molly is safer because it’s a purer form of MDMA, and it turns out that’s false. It’s no purer than the ecstasy from years ago and you’re never going to know what you’re going to get from any illicit substance anyway. It’s just not safe.”

Several residents said there was not much the House of Blues or the Pavilion could have done to prevent the overdoses.

Annie Murray, 50, a data re-

Hotel Commonwealth plans to expand with more rooms and event space

By Hannah Clark Daily Free Press Contributor

Less than a year after purchasing Hotel Commonwealth from Boston University, the hotel management announced Thursday plans to expand the property by building additions to the rear of the hotel facing the Massachusetts Turnpike and Fenway Park.

Adam Sperling, general manager of Hotel Commonwealth, said the latest expansion plan would add 94 hotel rooms and over 14,000 square feet of event space to complement the property’s existing 149 hotel rooms and 30,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space.

“The expansion will create enhanced facilities … to better service the growing needs of Hotel Commonwealth’s patrons which includes, among other groups, Boston University, Fenway Park and Longwood Medial Area, as well as travelers visiting the city of Bos-

ton,” he said.

The expansion, sponsored by Sage Hospitality and Fundamental Advisors, is an extension of the standard guests have come to expect, said Walter Isenberg, president and chief executive officer of Sage Hospitality, in a Thursday press release.

“With a prime location in Boston’s beloved Kenmore Square, Hotel Commonwealth will soon be able to provide additional comfortable and spacious rooms, as well as a world-class event space to better fit the demands of the city’s booming travel and tourism industry,” he said.

Kenmore Hotel LLC bought Hotel Commonwealth from Boston University in December for $76.5 million. The project is one of many developments in the Kenmore Square and Fenway area, including the finishing of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail station on Yawkey Way

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Officials at Hotel Commonwealth announced their plans for a 133,400-square-foot expansion project onto the hotel parking lot Thursday.

and the Fenway Center.

“Based on Hotel Commonwealth’s historical performance, there is a palpable need for additional rooms, specifically in the

Kenmore Square area,” Sperling said. “As other neighborhood hotels have simultaneously begun

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Hotel expansion project will be Several residents view Connolly Officials say fully complete by summer 2015 as stronger candidate in debate Board holds Hotel: From Page 3

their own developments to increase rooms and facilities, there are clear signs here regarding the current growth in hospitality and hotel market demands.”

Melina Schuler, assistant director of media and public relations for the Boston Redevelopment Authority, said the project is moving on to the next phase.

“The project is in review so right now we’re working on gathering comments from the community, hearing from elected officials and talking to other agencies within City Hall that can reflect the transportation impact of this, things that folks are concerned about,” she said.

Sperling said the expansion will start in the summer of 2014 and is expected to be finished in a year.

Some residents said they were unsure if the hotel should expand.

Siobhan O’Connor, 51, resident of Fenway, said instead of expanding the hotel, there should be more housing being created for Boston residents.

“There’s going to be less parking … [but] the noise level wouldn’t be any worse,” she said. “I don’t really think it should be approved though,

because there’s not enough housing for people other than college students.”

Kristina Williams, 21, resident of Brighton and student at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, whose building overlooks the hotel’s current parking site, said construction would affect students attending the school.

“The noise level would be pretty distracting … from within our school, but our school is moving within the next year so it’s not going to be too bad,” she said. “I guess they should approve it. It’s fine … we’ll be out of there by then anyway.”

Tom Riley, 55, resident of Brookline, said the hotel has improved the area with restaurants and he hopes the hotel will continue to add to Kenmore Square.

“Kenmore Square is a far more desirable location than it was many years ago, and I think [the hotel] had something to do with it,” he said.

“There’s so many other projects planned in the immediate area, it’s hard for me to imagine that a single project will have an impact. If it goes through the regular process [of community and neighborhood review], it should be approved, if it can get over those hurdles.”

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Connolly said raising the burden on the middle class would only damage the city’s wealth gap.

“We are increasingly a city of the very rich and the very poor,” Connolly said. “The answer is not to raise taxes.”

The debate ended with each candidate’s explanation of how he differs from Menino, whose unprecedented fifth term ends this January.

Connolly said he would be fairly similar to the present mayor with the exception that he would focus more heavily on the public school system.

“Mayor Menino is the mayor of the neighborhoods, and he lived in them 24/7, and I certainly learned from that,” he said. “I’m going to be really aggressive and bold, making sure that every child can get a highquality education.”

While he said there would be some overlap, Walsh said he would not align as much with Menino.

“I think my style is going different than the mayor,” Walsh said. “I want my department and my cabinet heads to be able to do a lot more so we can have more transparency in government.”

Several residents who watched the debate said both candidates had their points that they emphasized, but Connolly won the debate overall.

“Connolly just knows exactly

what he wants to do for the community,” said Francia Romero, 35, resident of Boston. “He’s very strong in his words, and Walsh just wasn’t as much, and it really made a difference.”

Claudia Pouravelis, 32, resident of Boston, said the debate barely went in Connolly’s favor.

“Both candidates really had their strong points, and they’re both great guys who are really committed to the city,” she said. “In the end, though, Connolly is more trustworthy as a leader. It just seems like he has a better feel for all of the neighborhoods, when Walsh is more specific [on certain neighborhoods].”

Brandon Odom, 27, teacher from Dorchester, said the debate would have an effect on the voters, but so much could still change before election day.

“When this whole thing started, I was undecided, but the debate convinced me,” he said. “Connolly did better in my opinion, but I know the support [for each candidate] is scattered across the city. We won’t really have a good idea of how the election will go until people show up at the polls.”

The next debate is scheduled for Oct. 22, with the election set for Nov. 5.

Steven Dufour contributed to the reporting of this article.

Roxbury resident: Venue owners not responsible in drug overdoses Pedestrian suffers non-life threatening Venues: From Page 3

drated, and they’re getting hurt because of it. I don’t think it’s fair though. Places have been shut down in other places for the same thing, so just because it’s a big name, they shouldn’t get off.”

George Williams, 71, resident of Roxbury, said the venues were completely blameless unless they blatantly allowed someone in

with drugs.

“It doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the owners of the clubs,” he said. “If someone took a drug and then got on the bus, is that a problem with the MBTA [Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority]? No … Anything that gives an altered mental state, if somebody wants to use it, they’ll find it. Nothing’s new under the sun with this. It’s just different people.”

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“Upon their [EMS] arrival [to the accident at the intersection of Brookline Ave. and Commonwealth Ave.], it looks like male [victim] was awake and alert,” Estrada said. “The EMS transported the victim to Brigham and Women’s hospital.”

The victim was treated after sustaining non-life threatening injuries, said BPD spokeswoman Nicole Grant. The condition of the victim still remains unknown and the investigation of the accident is still ongoing, Grant said.

Before the driver accidentally struck the man at the intersection of Brookline Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue, Estrada

said the driver of the vehicle was stopped at a red light on Brookline Ave. “When the light turned green, he [the driver of the vehicle] passed the pedestrian cross walk and drove further down the street at the beginning of the entrance at the bus lane,” Estrada said.

While investigating the scene, officers observed a small dent at the hood of the driver’s motor vehicle, Estrada said. The car suffered no other major visible damages.

BU spokesman Colin Riley said the driver of the vehicle that struck the victim was not affiliated with BU. He also said the victim of the accident was not affiliated with the university.

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“Those colleges and universities … that are looking to expand their population are probably going to need to engage their boards in conversations more often, provide better information, and do more board education around the issues of technology and learning as part of their planning process,” she said.

Assistant Secretary of the BU Board of Trustees Ivan Bernier said the administration communicates well with trustees about plans for implementing educational technologies.

“The administration has been very forthcoming about plans for development of educational technology at the university with them [trustees],” he said.

BU trustees are informed, engaged, and prepared to make decisions about educational technology and online learning, Bernier said.

“As the university’s process develops, the trustees are definitely kept well-informed of potential possible strategies going forward,” he said. “They have robust discussion about the administration’s plan for developing educational technology.”

Co-chair of the Council on Educational Technology and Learning Innovation Elizabeth Loizeaux said the Board of Trustees has extensive discussions about strategies for using technology for learning at BU. “[BU] President [Robert Brown] and [University] Provost [Jean Morrison] are deeply involved in thinking through the opportunities opened by educational technology, as evidenced by the establishment of the Council on Educational Technology and Learning Innovation last October [2012], and the implementation of one of its key recommendations, the founding of the Digital Learning Initiative,” Loizeaux said in an email.

After joining the online learning platform edX in May, BU is obligated to offer five Massive Online Open Courses, or MOOCs. MOOCs enable people worldwide to take university courses online for free. BU is currently in the process of developing MOOCs. “The DLI will develop the five MOOCs that are part of BU’s partnership with edX, and will develop the projects that emerge from the CETLI seed grant process,” she said.

BU already uses many educational technologies, Loizeaux said. BU’s Metropolitan College has an online degree program, while other BU schools and colleges offer hybrid courses.

“There are many ways of using online educational technology to advance education and provide flexibility for both students and faculty, from fully online degree programs to individual online courses, to blended programs and courses, to the use of online tools in face-to-face classes,” she said. “BU faculty are currently using or developing all of these ways of extending the availability, flexibility and effectiveness of education.”

Lighting up at BU

Smokers on campus engage in the debate on e-cigarette use

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auren Howard, a College of Arts and Sciences freshman, makes her way down the three flights of escalators in Warren Towers, reaching for a cigarette in her purse. Instead of pulling out a pack of Marlboro Lights and a lighter bought at a City Convenience store, however, Howard grabs an e-cigarette. It has the same size and shape of a traditional cigarette, but with a different method of releasing nicotine.

“Every time I feel the need to smoke, I just take out my e-cig,” Howard said. “It’s much more convenient.”

The concept of e-cigarettes, or “e-cigs,” has come onto the market as a potentially healthier alternative to traditional tobacco cigarettes.

Using a rechargeable lithium battery, e-cigarettes provide users with nicotine through ‘vaping,’ which is the vaporization of a liquid solution. An LED light on the end of the e-cig even provides the user with the illusion of burning embers for those who enjoy traditional smoking. However, this may not be reason enough to switch.

Standing outside of Rich Hall, her West Campus dormitory, for a midday break, Bonnie Leta, a College of General Studies freshman, takes the last puff from her almost extinguished cigarette. Flicking the butt into the ashtray, she stomps out the last of its embers.

“There’s something more satisfying about smoking an actual cigarette and watching it burn and

ash,” Leta said comparing her tobacco cigarette to an e-cigarette.

After starting a smoking habit in high school, Leta said she has never wanted to try an e-cig.

Though she said she might not like it because of the routine change, she is more concerned that using e-cigs would make her habit persist.

“I think if I had an e-cig, I’d end up smoking more because I wouldn’t be limiting myself to a certain number of cigarettes a day,” she said.

What’s the deal with e-cigs?

Despite personal preferences, controversy over the e-cigarette is ongoing and nationwide. Some consider it to be a healthier alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes. Some say it is a way to wean themselves off of smoking altogether, while others say it is a gateway to addiction, since it is marketed as a safer alternative and not branded enough as a product that supports eliminating nicotine from consumers’ lifestyles.

E-cigs are an alternative method for a nicotine fix, sometimes used for a smoker in the process of quitting. A Food and Drug Administration report revealed that there are only nine found contaminants in an e-cigarette versus the 11,000 contained in a tobacco cigarette, making the former a healthier choice.

Approximately 1.8 million young people have tried e-cigarettes, according to a 2012 study

A quick history of the e-cigarette: 2003: Hon Lik, a Chinese pharmicist, is credited with the development of the electronic cigarette, which was first marketed as a way to stop smoking.

2007: Lik’s e-cigarette is introduced to U.S. market.

2008: A New Zealand study funded by the Ruyan company reveals that toxins present in e-cigarettes are below harmful levels.

March 2009: The FDA bans the entry of e-cigarettes into the U.S. by classifying them as ‘drug delivery devices.’

May 2009: Action on Smoking Health (ASH) petitions the FDA for regulating electronic cigarettes and the Electronic Cigarette Association is formed.

2010: U.S. Federal Courts decide the e-cigarette should be regulated as tobacco products rather than drug or medical products, allowing importation to begin. Without federal regulations, states adopted their own regulations.

2013: A small study published in Lancet found that e-cigarettes are modestly effective in helping people quit smoking. At the same time, a CDC report found that e-cigarette use doubled among U.S. middle and high school students from 2011-2012.

2013: Currently, a bill in Massachusetts is seeking to regulate e-cigs (such as limiting their sale to those older than 18 and banning them in locations where smoking is already prohibited).

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Students on Boston University’s campus have mixed feelings when it comes to choosing between lighting up a traditional cigarette or puffing on an e-cigarette.

by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association found that 4 million Americans use battery powered cigarettes on a regular basis in the same year.

There are already more than 250 brands of e-cigarettes to choose from. Among those brands, there are hundreds of flavors. The estimated yearly cost of replacement cartridges for the e-cig is about $600, compared to the $1,000 a year it costs to feed a pack-a-day tobacco cigarette habit, as detailed on the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association website.

According to a 2011 study by University of Missouri researchers, partying, drinking and work encouraged college students to smoke. Those who did smoke were prone to doing so during the start of the semester and on weekends.

The American Cancer Society blames smoking in young people on the billions of dollars that the tobacco industry spends each year on advertisements to show that smoking is exciting, glamorous and safe.

While smoking is not permitted inside of residences or buildings at BU’s Charles River Campus, it is permitted at outdoor locations throughout campus. On BU’s Medical Campus, which includes Boston Medical Center, smoking is not permitted inside buildings or anywhere outside on campus.

The non-smokers’ take While the FDA is still researching the potential health risks of

e-cigarettes, students who do not smoke said e-cigarettes help smokers and non-smokers coexist in social situations.

“I think when people use ecigs, it helps me stay away from secondhand smoke,” said Emily Goldman, a CGS sophomore who does not smoke. “With e-cigs, it’s easier to be around my friends who smoke. I think it’s a healthier alternative to tobacco smoking.”

Keilani Sakumoto, a School of Management freshman, said she chose years ago to never pick up a cigarette, and hopes e-cigs could be a step toward more people quitting.

“While e-cigs are a step in the right direction, smokers need to go further than that and quit completely,” Sakumoto said. “I think all smoking is detrimental not only to the smoker, but also to those around.”

Drew Dunham, a College of Communication freshman, also said he thinks the adoption of ecigs will benefit non-smokers.

“I think people should use ecigs not only for the smoker’s health, but also for the health of others,” he said. “If there’s a healthier way to smoke, I don’t see why everyone doesn’t make the switch.”

The question of quitting Emily Austin, a CAS sophomore, said she switched from smoking traditional cigarettes to e-cigarettes primarily because she felt judged by others for smoking regular cigarettes.

Since switching, she said she has found several health benefits.

“It’s really nice to still get that nicotine fix when I need it, but not to have all of the horrible chemicals that go along with cigarettes,” Austin said. “I also run a lot more than I did when I was smoking.”

Unlike Austin, other smokers said they were not concerned with any perceived judgments.

“I don’t feel judged by others when I smoke because I don’t pay attention to what other people think of me,” said John Blackler, a CAS senior. “Their opinions about me aren’t relevant.”

Leta acknowledged that smoking is unhealthy and often stigmatized, but said it is only a shortterm habit for her.

“I wouldn’t blame people for judging me for smoking because I know it’s unhealthy,” she said.

“Smoking is definitely a social thing, and after college I don’t plan on doing it anymore.”

According to a fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 70 percent of adolescents said they wanted to quit smoking, but are not able to do so.

“I have wanted to quit,” said Je Ung Yun, a CAS freshman. “It’s harder in college to stop smoking. I use it to deal with stress, and I just like the nicotine rush too much.”

Other students, such as Blacker, wait to quit until they have a specific reason.

“I have a cycling race I want to prepare for, so maybe I’ll quit for that,” Blackler said. “It’s hard because of the crowd you surround yourself with. If someone else is smoking, I want one too.”

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Punished for good judgement

The number of drunk driving-related fatalities in the U.S. has declined over the past 30 years. In 2011, 9,878 people fewer than 21 years old died in alcohol induced accidents, while in 1982, 21,113 young people died, according to statistics from the Century Council. This is about organizations such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving and their extensive advertising campaigns putting faces to those affected by drunk driving.

What about the overall social stigma against it? The death rates have been consistently falling over the years for all age groups and young people exposed to these campaigns in school and over the airwaves are learning how to prevent drunk driving accidents.

North Andover High School administrators, however, have penalized a student for taking the necessary precautions to make sure her inebriated friend got home from a party. Erin Cox is a senior, a four-year member of the volleyball team and also the captain of the team. She received a call from a friend who was too drunk to drive home.

When Cox arrived, police had already arrested several people for possession of alcohol and were threatening other drunken high school students with court summons.

Cox was permitted to take her friend home, but two weeks later, she was suspended from the team for her involvement in the party. Apparently preventing a drunk person from driving is aiding and abetting in the party and violates the school’s zerotolerance alcohol policy. Cox was stripped of her captain title and suspended for five games, according to a Tuesday video on NBC News. She was later summoned to court for underage drinking, though her attorney argues she was not drinking. This is all because she exercised her judgment and protected her friend.

“The school is trying to take a very seri-

ous and principled stand regarding alcohol,” said the high school’s attorney Geoffrey Bok to the Herald Friday. “And we all get that. Teen drinking is a serious problem.”

Before we discuss how the punishments are going to affect Cox, we have to examine how poorly North Andover High School administrators handled the situation. It sets an awful example to students saying if they help out an inebriated friend, they will be punished. The administrators have effectively ensured that some of their students will now drive drunk instead of calling for a ride or staying over. This discourages people from doing what Cox did, which was the right thing.

Now Erin Cox has received international attention on ESPN and on “Good Morning America.” Her mother has been working to fight the suspension and stands by her daughter’s decision.

Let’s start looking at this from Erin’s perspective. She cannot play for five games during her last season on the team. She is no longer captain of a team she has been with for four years. She can no longer put that on her college applications. Not only is this punishment embarrassing enough, Cox is now hindered when applying to colleges because she has lost a huge leadership facet of her resume. The administrators have every right to fight for their stance on alcohol, but they cannot punish a student so severely for potentially saving her friend’s and another motorist’s lives.

This just reaffirms that students can get in trouble for even looking at alcohol. Cox was entirely separate from the party, and did not even touch a red cup. She prevented what could have led to a horrific accident and kept her friend from going to jail. Erin Cox is heroic and deserves an apology from her school’s administration.

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“May I give you some advice?” the hairy-chested man asked as he popped his goggles up onto his swim cap. “Shorter kicks. Use a kickboard to learn. It’s not as easy as it looks.” And just like that, he dropped his goggles back down and swam 900 more laps, as I tried to catch my breath from the two-and-a-half I’d just completed. All right, fine. It was more like twoand-a-quarter.

I never was much of a swimmer growing up. My family didn’t have a pool, live near a lake or anything like that. My summers were spent playing in the woods and on baseball diamonds. But my apartment complex has a pool, so I thought I’d give lap-swimming a shot.

I was caught off guard by this man’s sudden critique. I didn’t expect my freestyle form to become a topic of discussion at the neighborhood pool. Who is this guy?

Use a kickboard? Thanks, Ryan Lochte.

“Piss off,” was my initial thought. I don’t care about what you have to say, or your stupid swim cap.

We don’t like when people offer criticism. We take it personally.

“Excuse me? Are you saying I’m not perfect?”

I think we all tend to forget (or don’t care to admit) that our species, while remarkable in many ways, is a work-inprogress. Our prefrontal lobes are too small and our adrenal glands are too big.

We fall victim to our own egos. Too often, it seems our first instinct is to regard those who offer critiques as our enemies.

But was this man trying to attack me personally or make me feel inferior? No, he was offering help. He saw a flaw in my approach and gave what he deemed to be the solution.

I wouldn’t have known to correct the way to kick if no one had told me. That guy did me a favor. I mean, I’m not saying that I’m going to be using a kickboard anytime soon, but I shouldn’t get annoyed at him. I should thank him for the suggestion.

All of the classes I’ve taken in screenwriting involve some type of workshop process where your peers give notes. I can’t possibly stress how valuable these roundtables are. 12 people all giving rapidfire feedback on something you’ve written.

It’s a golden opportunity for improvement.

But you can tell right away who gets it and who doesn’t. Some people just cannot take any form of constructive feedback.

They cover their ears and shout, “la, la, la, la,” as people give notes. Or they inter-

rupt, and try to explain why their story is perfect and doesn’t need tweaks. It drives me insane. They’re giving you advice. For YOUR script! They’re HELPING you.

Listen!

Why are we so afraid to hear criticism?

Perhaps it goes back to that disproportioned evolution of our lobes and hormone dispensaries. We’d rather keep our misguided ego intact than better ourselves. I say it’s an ugly deficiency that holds us back.

I’ve met a ton of wannabe actors, writers and directors since moving to LA, and I’ve noticed a common thread amongst the ones who seem perpetually down on their luck. They’re perfect and they’re not changing a single thing about anything they do. Shame on everyone else for even suggesting it. The whole world is blind.

And STUPID. Now, what if I told you that the world was actually pretty smart and offering their help?

Internet trolls aside, people generally give feedback for a reason. To help others improve. We could be so lucky to have someone give us specifics to work on, but instead we say, “They’re so MEAN. How could they?”

I don’t care if you’re a bartender, a ballet instructor or even U.S. President Barack Obama. Everyone should be open to a little constructive feedback — about anything. That’s how things move forward. Why do you think Chipotle tastes so damn good?

Sure, not all critiques were created equal. A lot of it is silly — “Hey, that fella’s face looks dumb!” But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t listen. We can’t decide what’s brilliant advice and what’s useless drivel if we don’t listen. Extra information about how others see things is always beneficial — it’s knowledge — whether we use it or not. Not listening to feedback is a crime.

If you have a big ‘ole wad of spinach in your teeth, but you cover your ears every time someone tries to tell you, the spinach is still going to be there. So if someone says, “Hey you’ve got a bunch of spinach in your teeth,” don’t say “SCREW YOU.” Say “Thank you, kindly.” It’s up to you whether or not you’d like to remove it.

Frank Marasco is a first-year graduate student in Los Angeles. He can be reached at fcm820@bu.edu.

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Terrier Talk Reflections

Residents of 575 Commonwealth Ave. were evacuated Sunday and early Monday morning for two separate fires.

Luckily, there was no major damage to SEAN LEE the structure. The FreeP wanted to hear what students felt when they heard about “I live off campus and we the fires and what they will do now to just make sure the fire alarms prevent any more in the future. are functioning and respond Here’s what some of them said. appropriately if they go off.”

INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS -CAS senior

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KATIE ZHAO

“I am making sure I don’t light candles in my room anymore, making sure I turn off all the lights and check all the outlets. It’s just safety stuff you usually do.”

-SMG senior

MIKHAIL YEREMEEV

“If I am smoking a cigarette, I make sure I go outside. I try to be really conscious of what I am doing in my dorm in terms of fire safety.”

-CAS sophomore

ANNIE GRASS

“Be aware that it could happen to you and be careful and don’t be stupid. Take care of your stuff and put your laptop away.”

-COM freshman

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Morris: O’Brien is ready to be NFL head coach Morris: From Page 8

success to earn a head-coaching job in the NFL. He could have bolted after one year and no one would have blamed him, but he decided to stick it out for at least another year.

And this year hasn’t been without its struggles. A home loss to the University of Central Florida and a 20-point loss to Indiana University weren’t a part of the plan for O’Brien. But it doesn’t matter because he’s already brought hope to a program when nobody thought it was possible.

It didn’t matter if he converted the fourth down Saturday. Just the attitude to go for it is all that the program needed. But the magic

continued as his team came through for him.

Indeed, they converted the fourth down and later scored to cap off an improbable 43-40 win against Michigan.

Penn State better get its wallet ready.

O’Brien has done everything and more to deserve Nick Saban- and Urban Meyer-type money. This guy should be number one on the lists of all NFL teams needing a head coach, and Penn State should do everything it can to keep this guy because there is no better man for the job.

I hope he stays at Penn State. I want to see what he can do in a couple years when the NCAA sanctions are over. I want to see what

he can do in five years when he’s finally been able to recruit the players he needs to run a high-powered offense. I believe Bill O’Brien could really transform this program from feel-good story to perennial powerhouse.

But once again, nobody would blame O’Brien if he leaves after this year. He has already done wonders for this program. He has done the impossible. He’s brought a new hope to a fan base that didn’t think they could ever recover from the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

We will never forget those who were affected by this horrific incident, but Bill O’Brien has somehow brought a way of moving forward in a new era for Nittany Lion football.

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Peters places 2nd in XC season debut Cross Country: From Page 8

finish in 21st place.

“And then Nikki Long ... continues to run really well,” Lehane said. “I think she ran just a tad conservative. At New England [Championships], you have a field of 280, so it’s pretty packed, and I think she was just making sure she had a solid run, so she didn’t necessarily go for highest placing possible, but she did want to make sure for the team she had a solid run, which she certainly did.”

Sophomore Shelby Stableford finished in 51st place with a time of 18:39, while fellow sophomore Erin Pierce placed 105th (19:09). Junior Ashli Tagoai (108th, 19:10) and senior Janelle Jorgenson (135th, 19:24) also competed for BU. For the men, senior Rich Peters opened his season with a second-place finish, clocking in at 24:05. It was a duplicate performance of last year, as American International College’s Mike Biwott won the event for the second year in a row with Peters right behind him. Peters was also named Patriot League Runner of the Week for his efforts.

Sophomore Kevin Thomas placed 27th in the eight-kilometer race with a time of 25:07. Lehane said he is impressed by Thomas’s progress.

“He’s picking up speed,” Lehane said.

“He had some back trouble early, but now that’s settled down, so he’s starting to come

through.”

Thomas’s classmate, Alec Olson, finished in 34th place with a time of 25:15.

Senior Michael Caputo placed 55th in a time of 25:38.

“Probably one of the better performances was our captain, Mike Caputo,” Lehane said. “He ran a 25:38. That’s a pretty strong run for Mike and was really nice to see.”

Junior Ben Ravetz rounded out the scorers for BU with a 78th-place finish (25:50).

BU placed fourth as a team with a combined score of 196 points.

Sophomore Paul Gennaro (138th, 26:26) and junior John McKeon (202nd, 27:08) also competed.

With less than two weeks until the team’s first appearance in the Patriot League Championships, Lehane said his team is in full preparation mode.

“This week will be more of a recovery week from the last race,” Lehane said.

“Then we’ll get about a 10-12 day period with some fairly heavy workouts and then we’ll have to lighten up again in order to recover in order to race well. It’s going to be exciting. “… I’m thinking that the women have a very realistic shot at winning that and it’d be a nice way to enter the league, on top. The guys, probably, it’s going to be tougher. I think, on paper, we’re probably fourth. But they don’t run races on paper.

We’ll get out there for real, and we’ll see what happens.”

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Freshman midfielder Hester van der Laan has three goals and two assists for the field hockey team this season.

BU expects fierce battle vs. Dartmouth Women’s Soccer: From Page 8

allowed in 13 games played.

Considering the success of both teams as well as the strength of their respective schedules, one can expect a fierce battle

for tomorrow’s game.

“Dartmouth has a very strong team,” Feldman said. “They’re strong physically, athletic and well-coached. We have a very healthy rivalry with Dartmouth, and I think it brings the best out of both teams.”

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said. “We really felt that they had a lot of talent, a lot of athleticism and I think, developmentally, we just really love how they’re coming along. They’re also a great group of kids.

“They’re working hard, they’re listening, our upperclassmen are doing a great job leading them. I think that they’re just getting better and better every week and that’s what we’re trying to do right now.”

All three of BU’s goals Saturday were notched by freshmen, and two of them were assisted by freshmen as well. The first was scored by forward Sara Martineau in the eighth minute of play on a pass from van der Laan. The second and third were both scored by Cassera, one in the 21st minute, assisted by freshman fullback Bea Baumberger Altirriba, and the other unassisted in the 40th minute.

Martineau, van der Laan, Cassera and Laurito also led the team in shots on goal against the Mountain Hawks with three apiece.

BU falls to fourth ranked opponent of the season Sunday afternoon, the Terriers lost a hard-fought game to then-No. 4 University of Connecticut. UConn (12-1) became the fourth ranked opponent to defeat BU on the season, with close loses earlier in the year coming against then-No. 17 Boston College, No. 13 University of MassachusettsAmherst and then-No. 11 Northwestern University.

In the battle against BC (10-2), the Terriers fell in a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to their

Commonwealth Avenue rivals. The game was scoreless for most of the contest, but junior goalkeeper Valentina Cerda Eimbcke was not able to come up with a save against midfielder Emma Plasteras in the 61st minute. Despite a strong nine-save effort from Eimbcke in that contest, the Terriers fell to the Eagles.

Sunday, BU was able to stifle the Huskies through almost the entirety of the first half, only relenting on a questionable goal in the 35th minute of play off a penalty corner.

“That shot has to hit the boards, the initial shot on goal, and the ball was clearly too high coming off the stick, and unfortunately, the goal was not overturned by the officials,” Starr said. “So that was unfortunate because we were playing really well. [It] should have been 0-0 going into halftime.”

UConn quickly made it 2-0 in the first 10 minutes of the second half and then piled it on, as they scored three more. The Terriers’ lone goal came in the 68th minute when junior forward Nell Burdis scored her first of the season.

“We played an outstanding first half … an outstanding job against one of the top teams in the country, a very explosive attacking team,” Starr said. “What we learned from that first half in particular was that when we’re putting it all together, we’re capable of playing with some of the top teams in the country, and that’s what we just have to keep building on right now. “[The first half] was a really good measurement for us as to where we are right now, and then obviously we really need to look at why we struggled so much in the second half … so we can prepare for next weekend against Bucknell [University].”

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They don’t run races on paper. We’ll get out there for real, and we’ll see what happens.

-BU coach Bruce Lehane on the cross country team’s chances at upcoming championship meets

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Driving The Lane

Praising O’Brien

John Morris

Bill O’Brien is an absolute head-coaching god. The Penn State University head football coach showed once again Saturday what an incredible impact he’s had on the Nittany Lions football program. He opted to forgo the obvious gametying field goal in the fourth overtime against then-No. 18 University of Michigan and go for it on fourth and inches.

It was a decision reminiscent of his former boss in New England, Bill Belichick. He’s seen firsthand the fallout of fourth-down decisions that fail (See fourth and two in Indianapolis). But that didn’t scare O’Brien. This guy is the manliest football coach in the country. He’s the only person in the world with the balls to yell at the perfect human being that is Tom Brady.

Of course he would go for it on fourth down, and it didn’t really matter if he made it or not. It’s all about the winning attitude that he has brought to a hopeless football program.

When O’Brien took the job, I thought there was no way he could succeed — not that I didn’t think he was a great coach, but it was simply an impossible situation. He was taking his first head-coaching position at a place with an immovable dark cloud looming overhead and a bevy of NCAA sanctions to make things worse.

Don’t get me wrong — I thought that Penn State deserved to be punished with all the sanctions in the world. But the new hope that O’Brien has brought to this program is simply unbelievable.

To start, he had the challenge of convincing his current players to stay with the program. Without a doubt, I know I would have transferred at the first chance given to me. Secondly, he had the challenge of recruiting new players to a doomed program. On top of this, he had to deal with a loss of 40 scholarships over a four-year period.

Finally, he had the challenge of winning with a depleted team and the pressure of one of the most diehard fanbases in the country. Last year was supposed to be a disaster.

No one gave him a shot at winning eight games in his first year, and yet, somehow, that’s exactly what he did.

He could have used this brief

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Women’s soccer looks to extend unbeaten streak

By Alex Rozier Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston University women’s soccer team will travel to Dartmouth College Wednesday where it will look to extend its five-game unbeaten streak.

Saturday, the Big Green (5-42) defeated Yale University 1-0, while the Terriers (9-3-2, 4-1-0 Patriot League) went on the road to beat Lafayette College by a score of 2-0.

The Terriers pounced on Lafayette (5-6-1, 1-4 Patriot League) early to score two first half goals. The goals came from senior midfielder Emma Clark and sophomore midfielder Clare Pleuler, each earning her first of the season.

In the second half, the Terriers continued to stifle Lafayette with their on-ball pressure, as the score remained 2-0 until the final whistle.

Since 2006, BU is 3-2-2 against Dartmouth. The Terriers fell to the Big Green last season by a score of 2-1.

In last year’s match, BU got out to an early lead against Dartmouth with a 12th minute goal from senior forward Madison Clemens. However, the Big Green found an equalizer soon after, and the Terriers lost the advantage for the rest of the game. The game was sealed when midfielder Kendall Kraus scored in the 87th minute and sent BU home with a loss.

“I’d like to think that we’re a better and more mature team,” said BU coach Nancy Feldman on last year’s battle. “I’d like to think that we’ve improved. We’re more experienced, so I think we’ll get a different result.

“The influx of the new players definitely helps. [Freshman for-

ward] Erica Kosienski has helped coming off of the bench. I feel like our back line is a lot more established than it was last year. I think this should put us in a better position against Dartmouth.”

This season, Dartmouth is fourth in the Ivy League with a 2-1-0 conference record. In addition, the Big Green have proven to be unstoppable at home. Dartmouth is 4-0 on its own field this year, outscoring its opponents by an astonishing 10-0.

This feat may pose a threat to BU, as the Terriers are only 3-3 away from Nickerson Field, and their only losses have come on the road.

Feldman said this discrepancy is a result of both having difficult opponents on the road as well as being too used to playing at home.

“The record doesn’t tell the whole story,” Feldman said. “A lot of it has been the level of opponents. And a lot of it is the comfort on our own field. But we don’t use that as an excuse. We’re going to have to figure out a way to get comfortable winning home games.”

BU has certainly played tougher teams on the road than it has at home, as its road losses have come against then-No. 14 Penn State University, Boston College and the U.S. Naval Academy.

One of the Big Green’s biggest strengths is in its balance. Defensively, Dartmouth is second in the Ivy League with seven shutouts. Goalkeeper Tatiana Saunders leads the conference with 48 saves.

On offense, the team has excelled through the performance of senior Emma Brush. Brush scored the game-winning goal in the team’s contest with Yale. She

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Senior midfielder Megan McGoldrick has been a top performer for the BU women’s soccer team this season.

is third in the Ivy League with six goals.

Dartmouth will face one of its toughest tests of the year tomorrow, however, as BU is unbeaten in its last five games. In addition, the Terriers have only conceded one goal during this stretch.

BU has received seen consis-

tent offense from players such as Clemens, Kosienski and senior midfielder Megan McGoldrick.

It has also had tremendous help in the net from senior goalkeeper Andrea Green, who leads the Patriot League with only five goals

Women’s soCCer, see page 7

Moriello wins NE Championships Cassera earns PL rookie honors

By Sarah Kirkpatrick Daily Free Press Staff

Junior Rosa Moriello, competing in her second race of the 2013 season, earned her second win this year for the Boston University cross country team at the New England Championships on Saturday.

Moriello won the five-kilometer race with a time of 17:13, 14 seconds ahead of the next runner.

It is the third year in a row that a Terrier has won on the women’s side, as senior Monica Adler won the event in 2012 and now-graduated Katie Matthews took the title in 2011.

After her performance at the meet, which was held at Franklin Park, Moriello was named Patriot League Runner of the Week and also received Athlete of the Week by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

BU coach Bruce Lehane said that while Moriello has been impressive this season, he does not want to celebrate her success too early.

“Based on what she’s been doing early in the season, [she has been impressive],” Lehane said.

“On the other hand, you never can count your chickens before they hatch. Various other clichés would apply here. She’s competing really well and she looked great on the day, basically took charge of the race and led from the gun to the finish line. That was exciting.”

Adler, competing in her first meet of the 2013 season, finished seventh with a time of 17:41.

“Monica ran with [Moriello] through two miles, her first event, so maybe she went a little too fast and got pulled past what she was ready to do in an opener,” Lehane said. “Then, over the final [stretch], she ran a little slower than she ordinarily would. But nevertheless, her first event, it reaffirms to me that we have really two really strong runners up front.”

Senior Nikki Long completed the course in a time of 18:10 to

Cross Country, see page 7

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Friday, Oct. 18 M.Hockey vs. Rensselaer, 7:30 p.m.

W. Hockey @ Robert Morris, 7 p.m.

By Judy Cohen Daily Free Press Staff

Freshman forward Amanda Cassera of the Boston University field hockey team received Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors after a two-goal effort against Lehigh University Saturday.

The Fairfield, N.J. native tallied her sixth and seventh goals of the season while facing the Mountain Hawks (3-11, 0-3 Patriot League), scoring once in each half to help the Terriers (8-5, 3-1 Patriot League) to a 3-1 win.

Cassera also rifled off a teamhigh six shots, five on goal, over the course of the weekend and is coming into her own as an offensive powerhouse.

“I think Amanda Cassera is getting better and better every game,” said BU coach Sally Starr.

“She’s really turning into a very dangerous striker through the midfield as well as in the scoring circle.”

This is the second time Cassera has earned a weekly award, as she was named Patriot League Player of the Week Sept. 3 for her hat-

Saturday, Oct. 19 M. Hockey vs. Wisconsin, 7 p.m.

W. Hockey @ Robert Morris, 2 p.m.

M. Soccer @ Lafayette. 2 p.m.

W. Soccer @ Loyola, 2 p.m.

trick performance against Ohio University during the team’s first home game at New Balance Field.

“Our young strikers … [are] really beginning to play some really very good hockey, some very, very good attacking hockey, which bodes well for our future,” Starr said.

Freshman and Sophomore Firepower Propels Terriers With 13 of the 23 roster spots occupied by underclassmen, Cassera is not the only young player impacting the success of this young and promising BU squad.

Contributions from the likes of freshman midfielder Hester van der Laan (three goals, two assists) and sophomore midfielder Sofi Laurito (five goals) among others have helped the Terriers to begin to find their offensive rhythm.

“We knew this class was going to be special coming in,” Starr

FielD HoCkey, see page 7

Sunday, Oct. 20 Field Hockey @ Northeastern, 2 p.m.