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COM students feel pressure to buy cameras for class BU applicants face technical problems with Common App

By Geoff Paul Daily Free Press Contributor

Although Boston University’s College of Communication professors cannot require their students to buy digital single-lens reflex cameras for their Visual Journalism classes, some students said they felt pressured to buy the equipment in order to succeed in their classes.

Visual Journalism, also known as JO 303, is a required course for all journalism students, according to the BU COM website.

Peter Southwick, director of BU’s photojournalism program, said this class is designed to teach journalism students various multimedia techniques, as well as familiarize them with using digital SLR cameras.

“It’s very valuable for them to have their own equipment, because that means that they will have availability all the time,” Southwick said. “[But], they are not required to buy this camera.”

Chelsea Trim, a junior in COM, said part of her JO 303 class with professor Stephen Haines teaches students how to properly use a camera, and the other part is structured on how to edit their pictures. She said in order to fully participate in JO 303, students need to have a camera with them everyday.

“You can try and rent one [DSLR camera], but in terms of convenience, it’s just easier for all the students to buy one,” Trim said.

“Financially that’s not easy, obviously.”

Southwick said the JO 303 syllabus clearly lays out instructions on how to rent

By Emily Caccam Daily Free Press Contributor

and college students.

“Our project is to have them begin to work with private developers to build housing primarily for graduate students,” Bluestone said.

“The universities and major hospitals can team up with private developers to build housing like apartments, leaving the older stock for older households.”

Despite the affordability issue, Bluestone said his positive findings are not overshadowed by the problem.

“In Greater Boston, you can certainly build new, very high-end housing for very wealthy people … and it’s still possible to have housing for low-income households because you have public housing,” he said. “We can take care of rich people, and to some extent, we can take care of poor people. What we do a bad job [of] is to keep affordable housing for everybody in between.”

Some residents said they are concerned about finding affordable housing in Boston

While trying to submit applications by the Nov. 1 deadline, high school students applying early decision to Boston University have been experiencing technical issues with the Common Application, said Kelly Walter, associate vice president and executive director of BU Admissions.

“Our processes have been impacted as well, and we are working with the Common Application to resolve the technical problems as quickly as possible,” Walter said. “We are confident that all students interested in applying to Boston University this year will be able to do so by our early decision deadline of Nov. 1 and our regular decision deadline of Jan. 1.”

The Common App is a site used by hundreds of colleges and universities to facilitate student applications for admission, according to its website. In a Tuesday press release, Aba Blankson, director of communications for the Common App, said the Common App site underwent “construction” this summer.

Blankson said in the release this construction has recently caused some issues for students applying to colleges and universities. The most frequently reported problems have involved login errors and credit card payments. She said these problems have caused delays in application submissions.

“None of these issues impacts all users, but each introduces a level of frustration for students, which adds anxiety to an already stressful process,” Blankson said.

“These issues also have the potential to impact processes and deadlines for our member colleges, and we are especially appreciative of colleges that have taken steps to reassure students and parents.”

Blankson said the Common App is working closely with Hobsons, the developer of the new Common App online system, to resolve these issues as soon as possible.

BU spokesman Colin Riley said he believes the Common App will continue to be a positive aspect of the college application process for BU, despite the current setbacks.

“The Common App has made it easier

Housing, see page 2

Common App, see page 2

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College of Communication senior Shawn Levy looks at a Canon EOS Rebel T2i before renting it from COM junior Sam Hayes Wednesday morning at Field Production Services in the basement of COM.

a DSLR camera from Field Production Services, located in the basement of the COM building at 640 Commonwealth Ave. The digital SLRs available to rent typically cost upward of $500, according to various online camera sites.

“There is gear available to you [students] to sign out,” Southwick said. “But… if it is possible for you to have availability for a camera, that’s preferable, because that means you have unlimited capacity to do your work when you want to.”

Brad Fernandes, COM’s technology direc-

tor, said FPS has enough digital SLR cameras available to satisfy the four to five sections of JO 303. He said all 40 of FPS’s cameras have never been signed out at the same time.

“I’ve never heard of a situation where a student is completely able to not get their work done, either due to lack of gear or lack of hours,” Fernandes said. “We always try to make provisions.”

Rachel McCubbin, a COM sophomore, said she spent about $600 on a DSLR camera

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Cost of Boston housing creates strife for students, study suggests

By Pariza Lovos Daily Free Press Contributor

Although the Boston housing market has experienced fewer foreclosures and increased housing production in 2013, rising home prices and a lack of affordable housing supply could challenge the market’s recovery, according to a new report.

Barry Bluestone, lead author of the Greater Boston Housing Report Card released on Oct. 10., said more multi-unit home construction would help Boston’s housing affordability problem.

“After a long drought of very little production, falling prices, lots of foreclosures, we seemed to have come out of the housing crisis,” he said. “On the other hand, we have a very serious affordability problem and that is because when home prices rise and with rent continuing to rise, household incomes have become stagnant or, for many families, declining. So, the cost of housing has increased for a large segment of the Greater Boston popula-

tion.”

An influx of young professionals, college students and graduates strengthened the need for more multi-unit housing, according to the report. Bluestone said this increase in residents is an underlying factor causing the affordability gap.

“With so many students and young alums bidding for this housing stock, it drives up rent prices tremendously, forcing families and older households either to pay a huge amount of their income for rent or to leave Boston,” he said.

Dan Richard, professor of economics at Tufts University, said the affordable housing issue is a matter of income equality.

“The solution would be addressing inequality by focusing on the taxation system and education system,” he said. “We need to address job creation so people of lower incomes can move up the ladder and afford better housing.”

Bluestone said he and his team are in the process of uniting with Boston-area universities to create housing for young professionals

Businesses in Brookline prepare for Dec. 1 ban on Styrofoam, plastic products

By Bram Peterson Daily Free Press Staff

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Dunkin’ Donuts is prepared to switch to paper cups to comply with the Brookline’s ban on styrofoam and plastic bags beginning on Dec. 1.

Businesses in Brookline are attempting to figure out how they will stop using polystyrene products due to a ban implemented by the town that will be take effect on Dec. 1. “[The ban] affects about 350 businesses,” said Alan Balsam, director of public health and human services for the town of Brookline.

“All food service operations are affected. It will include all polystyrene packaging, cups, lids, plates and it will also include packaging of meats, poultry and fish that are packaged on site at Brookline supermarkets.”

This ban would affect Boston University students who live in off-campus apartments in the Brookline area. Students frequent several businesses and food services that use such products on Beacon Street near South Campus, including Dunkin’ Donuts.

Balsam said polystyrene, which is often used in Styrofoam, is a material that is not readily recycled or easily compostable, making it

a target in the movement toward reducing environmentally damaging materials. However, alternatives are expensive.

“It’s difficult and more expensive to replace [polystyrene] containers, but there are product lines that don’t contain polystyrene that we want to encourage people to look at,” he said.

Nancy Daly, a Brookline selectwoman who was a member of the board that recommended the ban, said the Town of Brookline has been working with businesses during the review process of this policy and found that taking this step toward greater sustainability is very possible. “[Brookline’s] health department went around and talked to various people who would have to comply with this [ban] to see whether they thought they could do it, and generally, it seemed like there were alternatives,” she said.

“The alternatives might be slightly more expensive, but it didn’t seem like there would be a

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Many student applicants Beacon St. Dunkin’ Donuts ‘anxious’ over web issues to remove Styrofoam cups Common App: From Page 1

for students for years now,” Riley said. “It is understandable that when something is new there might be technical issues. The proof of that is that they [students] apply to a higher quantity of schools and do it much easier despite the technical problems at this particular time.”

Hannah Needleman, a senior at Hopkinton High School in Hopkinton, N.H., said she had to reload her Common App PDF at least five times while trying to apply early decision to BU’s College of Communication.

“I was unable to log on to the Common App the other day for about five hours,” Needleman said. “When copying and pasting my essay and supplements into the Common App, the format was messed up every time, putting the writing in bold and double spacing every paragraph except for the last.”

Lila Milgrom, a senior at Glen Rock High School in Glen Rock, N.J. who is applying regular decision to BU, said her applicant information continually gets erased

on the Common App website. Additionally, she said the website has been running slowly.

“It’s [the Common App] generally just really laggy,” Milgrom said. “It takes a long time to load.

One of my friends said that her essay had been jumbled up, and it was sent to the school she was applying to, [but] not in the right order that she wrote it in.”

Allison Garbley, a senior at Mahwah High School in Mahwah, N.J. who is applying early decision to BU’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, said the Common App was completely shut down on Monday.

Garbley said her friends applying to schools with Tuesday deadlines were very anxious about the technical difficulties. She said although her guidance counselors do not know how to solve these issues, they have been helpful during this process.

“That [applying] was definitely confusing and challenging,” Garbley said. “If I were completely on my own, I wouldn’t have known to do that … The whole process is nerve-wracking.”

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big difference in cost.”

Dunkin’ Donuts is facing problems with the ban as they attempt to find an efficient way to replace polystyrene in their Brookline stores.

“Dunkin’ Donuts began testing a double walled-paper cup in our Brookline restaurants months ago,” said Scott Murphy, chief supply officer of Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., in a Tuesday statement. “We believe the cup we are testing in Brookline will be a good interim solution in municipalities that have banned foam.”

As the deadline to cut polystyrene looms, Balsam said there is a temporary solution that some businesses may have to take if they continue to struggle through the transition. Sixmonth waivers may be requested to extend the deadline into the spring of 2014 if certain businesses are unable to make the switch or have not exhausted their supplies of polystyrene containers.

“I suspect there will be more than a few requests for a six-month waiver from the ban, and I will entertain those requests,” Balsam said.

“My inclination for the first waiver is to grant that waiver, and then to assist them in identifying an alternative product during those six months.”

Ken Goldstein, Brookline selectman, said although the town will be lenient with its deadlines, as businesses continue to figure out how

Residents concerned with finding affordable housing in Boston area Housing: From Page 1

“The average Bostonian is barely skimming by,” said Viola Gonzalez, 66, resident of Boston. “The thing that concerns me the most is that usually affordable housing is located in neighborhoods that are less than safe, especially for someone like me at my age.”

Gonzalez says that she does not imagine a change in prices in the future.

“I don’t see it reasonably happening,” she said. “I wish it could.

You could always hope.”

Ty Carleton, 23, resident of Boston, said he was lucky to find cheap

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they will complete the transition, the town will enforce the ban.

“The board of selectmen does not want to see any vendor within the town to suffer financial loss as a result of this new program,” he said.

“If more time is needed … because vendors have large inventories of polystyrene cups still, it’s my opinion that the town should be flexible and shouldn’t go around fining any vendors until a reasonable amount of time is afforded to them.”

Some residents said the styrofoam ban would have a positive impact on the environment.

Francesco Chieregatti, 22, resident of Brookline, said he was concerned about hot beverages retaining their temperatures.

“I came in [to Dunkin’ Donuts] thinking they’d have Styrofoam cups and they didn’t,” he said. “I am buying it for a friend, so I’m trying to have it hot as long as possible. There are some inconveniences, but I approve in what they’re doing and that they’re moving toward being environmentally friendly.”

Corey Civin, 26, resident of Brookline, said the businesses should be ecologically responsible.

“If you’re going to run a business, it’s your duty to be ecologically responsible,” he said. “So even if it ends up costing you a few extra cents and digs into your profit margin, I feel like it’s what you have to do.”

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“The great thing is that Boston is small enough that even if you’re looking for cheaper housing, you can still be proximate to the Financial District, Back Bay and the business district,” he said. “Unlike New York, where if you’re not making that much money, you’re going to be commuting all the time.”

Mark Monjeau, 24, resident of Boston, said the city has done a good job of keep housing prices reasonable for his demographic.

“For someone like me, entry-level, places like Brighton and Allston are not too bad,” he said. “It’s not too expensive.”

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for Haines’ class. She said Haines clearly said students could rent the camera from FPS, but he did not advise doing so because a camera may not always be available.

“I remember sitting there, thinking, ‘Wait, do we have to purchase this?’, and he [Haines] said ‘Yeah, we have a few down in Field Production Services, but it’s time now for everyone to have one when they need one, so I definitely suggest that you buy one,’” she said.

Additionally, McCubbin said another one of her professors told her that as a print reporter, she would not need to own a camera like the ones used in JO 303.

“She said I would be taking pictures on my phone, taking pictures on my iPad, because I can’t upload anything to the Internet on DSLR,” she said. “It’s not conducive to to the journalism field now, so now it seems like a giant waste of money.”

Haines said he ensures that those students who want to buy their own cameras know all of the options available to them in the beginning of the semester.

“I had a student that wanted to buy used gear … and I told them that there were stores that he could go to locally … and gave them a local professor who sold this equipment,” Haines said. “I talked to students who have the option of purchasing gear and then selling it back to other students.”

Haines said none of his students have consistently complained to him about renting a camera from FPS, or said they regretted purchasing the equipment for his class.

“I talk to students about bringing the cameras to the first couple of classes, because I want them to have the hands on experience of learning how to set the camera up to capture the right images,” Haines said.

Calla McLaughlin, a junior in COM, said she spent about $400 on a refurbished DSLR camera for Haines’ JO 303 class. She said she decided to buy her own camera because she did not want to risk getting a zero if she could not access a camera from FPS. McLaughlin said her grade in Haines’ class essentially relies on her digital SLR camera, and she likes the control of taking pictures whenever she wants. But, she said this convenience came at a great price.

“Part of the fun thing about the class is … the freedom to go out and shoot as many pictures as you like,” McLaughlin said. “I think if you are constantly worried about trying to get the equipment when you need it, and return it when they needed it, you would not benefit from the class is much if you had your own.”

Campus & City Column Who’s that column?

That sign gal

Hey there, Boston University!

Welcome back to another edition of “Who’s that Column.” I finally got a submission from a reader. Thanks Josh Liebowitz. I’ve never actually seen this girl in action, but from what Josh tells me, she’s dedicated to her cause.

Her name is Esther Ro and she’s a College of Communication sophomore studying journalism. JEMMA Apparently, every DOUGLAS day, Esther stands on a corner and holds a sign up with a positive message. Every weekday.

For two hours. From 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. She’s crazy.

Esther does it because she wants to make a positive impact on her community.

“Over the summer, maybe about three weeks before class started, God put this on my heart,” she said. “To love and serve my community, to build relationships.”

Her messages are always encouraging and always positive. Some of the messages she’s had recently include, “Hope you get a fresh start to the new week,” “Mondays suck, but you don’t! Have a great day,” and “You look better with a smile.”

Esther is clearly a generous person. I asked her if she ever does anything other than holding a sign.

“I gave out free pencils on the first day of school, just to say, ‘Oh, hey, welcome back to school!’” she said.

She said she planned to bake brownies. I know from Josh that she came through on that and stood outside with freshly baked brownies last Thursday.

This girl is so dedicated to her cause that she gets up every morning at 6:15 a.m. so that she will have the time to get ready before school.

“If I was doing anything else, I wouldn’t be getting up that early,” she said giggling.

I can’t imagine getting up that early ever. I count an early morning as one that starts at 8 a.m.

Esther said she also wants to continue with the messages when it gets cold, even though she’s from California and cold is a foreign concept to her. With anyone else, I would have taken this statement with a, “yeah, right” attitude, but I think Esther might actually do it.

Overall, Esther is pleased with the way her project has turned out. The residents of South Campus come up to her skeptical asking, “What are you doing? Is this a sociology project?” and finally, “I don’t get it.” But none of these reactions have deterred Esther. She said that most people, after their initial skepticism, are open and appreciative of her efforts.

No one else from BU helps Esther with her mission, although she said she’s more than excited about the possibility of collaboration. She is a dedicated member of the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, a Christian group on campus, and said some members have expressed interest, but so far it has just been Esther.

So BU, next time you’re on South Campus early in the morning, be it a Thursday morning walk of shame or a casual stroll to class, give Esther a smile and maybe play the encouragement forward.

Jemma Douglas is a sophomore in the College of Communication studying Journalism. She can be reached at jwdoug@bu.edu.

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BU students petition to raise minimum wage Modern Pastry owners expand shop next door

By Taryn Ottaunick Daily Free Press Staff

Students from the Student Labor Action Project at Boston University collected signatures Wednesday for a petition in support of legislation that seeks to improve labor rights in Massachusetts.

SLAP members gathered around 100 signatures from registered Massachusetts voters in support of the legislation, which would increase the Massachusetts state minimum wage to $10.50 an hour and provide guaranteed paid sick time to all employees throughout the state, said SLAP member Luke Rebecchi.

“Across the state a lot of labor groups … are getting involved in the campaign and gathering signatures, and the public is gathering signatures,” Rebecchi, a College of Arts and Sciences senior, said. “So, we’re organizing some folks to do that today. We’re going to go to a few local T stations, other places that folks tend to congregate on Wednesday afternoons.”

SLAP is independently working to aid a broader campaign across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts called Raise Up Massachusetts. The campaign’s goal is to gather 100,000 signatures in order for legislation to be placed on the ballot. Wednesday’s gathering was the first in a series of four consecutive weeks with

By Sarah Capungan Daily Free Press Staff

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, which partially funded the study, considers CAM to be mind-body therapies such as yoga, meditation and dietary herbs and supplements. Manipulative therapies such as massage therapies, as well as whole system medicine, such as acupuncture and naturopathology, are also classified as CAM, Gardiner said.

“The original definition [of CAM] started out as things that were not traditionally taught in medical schools,” Gardiner said. “That definition has changed over the years, as things like probiotics, or mind-body medicine, are becoming more and more part of medical school curriculum.”

Integrative medicine is an evidence-based combination of CAM and allopathic medicine, or what is thought of as traditional Western medicine, Gardiner said.

“These skills of integrative medicine — active listening, patient communication skills, being able to coun-

Looking for more room to bake their goods, owners of the North End’s Modern Pastry bought the Piccola Venezia restaurant on Oct. 10 to expand their pastry shop.

John Picariello, the co-owner of Modern Pastry, said the store needs more space to serve its customers and they tried to buy the building next door two other times, but this is the first time the deal has worked out.

“We bake on three floors as it is,” he said. “We’re on the basement, first floor and second floor.

Our lines are ridiculously long, and the biggest problem is I just can’t take care of the people. I can only get so much staff behind the counter [and] the point is to be able to service my customers.”

Modern Pastry, located at 257 Hanover St., opened in 1930 and has only expanded once before in 2006 when it gained 500 square feet behind its counter.

Picariello said the Modern Pastry staff aim to open the expanded space to the public by Christmas, but the project may last until mid-January depending on construction.

The expansion will have a positive impact on business and is looking forward to having more space, he said.

“It’ll finally be large enough to actually service my customers so I won’t lose customers … they won’t walk away,” Picariello said.

Modern Pastry’s biggest rival, Mike’s Pastry, is located a block away at 300 Hanover St. and has a much larger space, but Picarello does not view Mike’s Pastry as a threat to his business.

“I don’t look at them as competition,” he said. “I just see them as two pastry shops doing business on the street.”

Erin Saynisch, manager at Thinking Cup, another pastry and coffee shop on Hanover Street, said the shop’s pastries are often overlooked because of its proximity to Mike’s Pastry and Modern Pastry.

“A lot of people don’t know that we do pastries, so when they come in, they’re coming in for a

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Modern Pastry, see page 4

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College of Engineering freshman Micheal Gutman collects a signature from Boston registered voter Celeste Scott-Walker for a petition for a higher minimum wage Wednesday afternoon at the Kenmore T stop.

Wednesday campaigns.

Raising the minimum wage is a way to enhance lives of the working class in Massachusetts, Rebecchi said.

“In the city of Boston, the estimated living wage for a single individual with no dependents is $12.62 an hour,” he said. “So, raising it to $10.50 [an hour] still doesn’t close that gap, but the juxtaposition of those two wages truly shows the condition of working people in the city, state and country.”

Paid sick days are something all

employees in the Commonwealth should have the right to claim when needed, Rebecchi said.

“Folks should be able to get sick and not lose their jobs,” he said. “Parents of children in school should be able to stay home to take care of their children without losing their jobs ...

A lot of folks across the state already have that protection, and we want to make sure it’s extended to everyone.”

The participants primarily focused on the C and D Lines of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority,

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Certain BUSM program faculty weak, study suggests

By Sanica Apte Daily Free Press Staff

A new study by Boston University School of Medicine researchers said BUSM might be lacking in qualified faculty to lead programs in complementary and alternative medicine, as well as integrative medicine, according to an Oct. 10 press release.

BUSM professor of family medicine Paula Gardiner, leader of the study, said contemporary and alternative medicine and integrative medicine programs are important for medical schools’ curricula since many people use these treatments in conjunction with traditional medicine.

As many as 40 percent of Americans use CAM, Gardiner said.

“That means that one out of every three or four patients that walks into your office is using complementary and alternative medicine,” Gardiner, who is also assistant director of integrative medicine at Boston Medical Center, said. “So it’s important that they [medical professionals] say, ‘yes this a topic that we should be talking

about.’”

The survey, distributed via email by the Council of Academic Family Medicine, found that while 58 percent of residency directors said that CAM and IM are important to medical school curricula, 60 percent said they do not have set learning objectives in their curriculum.

Residency directors should establish set competency systems, faculty training courses and additional teaching models to improve CAM and IM programs, the study stated.

“In addition to a need of dissemination of the CAM/IM competencies to all program directors, faculty development programs, flexible curricular models and incorporation of existing communication and educational approaches could facilitate CAM/IM educational initiatives,” the study stated. “It is important to address barriers to implementation as CAM/IM has an important role in patient centered medical care.”

More than 200 residency program directors at various national institutions responded to the survey.

Menino, One Fund creator honored at New England Council dinner

By Steven Dufour Daily Free Press Staff

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Kenneth R. Feinberg, Administrator of The One Fund Boston, receives the New Englander of the Year award from James Brett, President and CEO of The New England Council Wednesday night at the Seaport Hotel.

More than 2,000 people, the highest in the organization’s history, gathered in the Seaport Hotel in the Boston World Trade Center on Wednesday for the New England Council’s annual dinner to honor those they viewed as New Englanders of the Year.

The four awards are given to outstanding individuals in the six New England states. U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the One Fund Boston, Robert Reynolds, president and chief executive officer of Putnam Investments and George Wein, chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation, won the award. Boston Mayor Thomas Menino was also recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

“It’s a real pleasure to see this happen,” said John Hailer, chairman of NEC. “Every year, this night is a great reminder of the commitment of the New England Council toward working together and improving to grow and expand to be an innovator and an expander of business around New England.”

The first award given was to Reynolds for having an impact on the New England economy, despite not growing up in the area.

He was raised in West Virginia and moved north after college.

“We’re not always the easiest place for outsiders to come here and have a material impact,” said Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, who introduced Reynolds. “I can’t think of another outsider who made a big-

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Competitors unfazed by Modern expansion Student campaign collects support Modern Pastry: From Page 4

cup of coffee,” she said. “As far as Mike’s and Modern, they’re super famous, but we tend to think our pastries are better.”

Saynisch said the expansion of Modern Pastry would not impact business at Thinking Cup. “I don’t think it will have a huge effect,” she said. “Our clientele base is growing up here. We only opened in December, so I think it is not really a threat.”

Several residents said they were aware of the intense rivalry between Mike’s and Modern and are looking forward to Modern’s expansion.

Jason Tarasovic, 28, resident of Back Bay, said the expansion would not necessarily affect the

business that Modern receives.

“I think a lot of places in Boston have a certain charm because of their size, but I hope it will do better for them,” he said. “I feel that in this area the people who are coming to get pastries either at Mike’s or Modern are not really looking at the site itself, so I don’t think it’s going to drastically change the volume of business that they get.”

Andretti Stanziani, 26, resident of the North End, said Modern’s expansion would hurt other businesses, including Mike’s.

“As far as Modern Pastry [is concerned], I think it will do great,” he said. “It will hit Mike’s Pastry a lot because they’re four times the size of what Modern is now, so if Modern expands it will

be bigger than Mike’s, and people that are typically going to Mike’s … will probably go to Modern which for us, for the locals, is better. It will probably take Mike’s business and maybe Modern will become more popular.”

Antonia Navarro, 87, resident of the North End, said the expansion would benefit the shop in terms of growth of popularity.

“They’re going to make it something like Mike’s with tables because it’s a small place now, very small,” he said. “I know they’re going to fix it up really nice. They do really good business, they’re very well known all over the world, so they will continue to grow and do well.”

Alice Bazerghi contributed to the reporting of this article.

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but also devoted campaign time to the B Line to gauge the number of BU students eligible to sign the petition, Rebecchi said.

SLAP member Micheal Gutman, who helped collect signatures, said the legislation is important to him, as he worked a minimum wage job over the summer in Houston.

“What we were paid was definitely not a living wage,” Gutman, a College of Engineering freshman, said. “Even though I wasn’t living off of it [minimum wage], I knew people that were, and they were having struggles. A lot of them had to have government subsidy [payments] just

to survive, and that’s why I think it’s really important to increase it here in Massachusetts.”

SLAP member Matt Bruenig, a third-year BU School of Law graduate student, said the campaign’s primary goal is to improve the lives of low-income workers by increasing their wages and job benefits.

“It will be a raise for fast food workers and other low-income workers, which should be a net benefit for the communities that those workers live in and their families,” Bruenig said. “In the short term, it also should be a bit stimulating to the local economy to put more money in the hands of those who are more likely to spend it, so that’s a positive net result.”

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ger impact in the business and philanthropic community of this region.”

After Reynolds accepted the award, Menino was introduced to a long, standing ovation by Hailer.

“Why is New England doing well?” Menino said in his acceptance speech. “It’s not Tom Menino. It’s my business community.

It’s people who collaborate with me … Collaboration is how we get the job done, and that’s what’s happens with the New England Council.”

Wein, who started the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island,

Brown and then played a jazz set after receiving the award.

Ayotte sent a pre-recorded acceptance speech that was screened following the set, but was not able to attend the ceremony due to negotiations in Washington to prevent a federal credit default.

“She is out doing God’s work,” Hailer said.

Last to be given an award was Feinberg. The Brockton native spoke for several minutes about his involvement in helping create funds in response to disasters such as the Newtown, Conn. shooting and the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade

management, he said the city’s response to it was one of the most surprising moments of his life.

“Boston is a state of mind,” he said. “After the Aurora, Colorado movie shootings, [by] private giving, [we raised] $5 million. After the Virginia Tech shootings on the campus by the deranged student gunman, [we raised] $7 million. … After the Marathon bombings, in 60 days, [we raised] $61 million. It’s not an accident. I am amazed at the charitable impulse of the American people.”

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sel about prevention and exercise, and eating right and mind-body — these are wonderful skills that they [students] can take into the future with them, which really emphasizes patient-centered care,” she said.

Boston Medical Center Integrated Medicine Clinical Services Coordinator Danielle Dresner said she is not aware of any changes currently taking place in the department.

“In terms of medical student education, everything right now is on an ad hoc basis,” she said. “So if students are interested in integrative medicine, we’re happy to take them on to let them shadow or do rotation

with us. Our family medicine residents actually all spend time with the integrated medicine division during their family medicine residency.”

Demand for integrated medicine education is increasing amongst medical school students, Dresner said.

“We’re seeing a growing demand in interest in integrative medicine and integrative medicine curriculum for medical schools,” she said. “We have students on an individual level approach us with interests, also on a school leadership level we’re seeing a growing interest for integrative medicine curriculum into the standard medical student curriculum.”

Unknown Mortal Orchestra revealed INTERVIEW: Ruban Nielson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra Lucien Flores MUSE Staff

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uban Nielson is the brain behind Unknown Mortal Orchestra, the 1960sinfluenced group that headlined Brighton Music Hall on Monday night. Yes, “1960s-influenced” is an overused description for bands, but UMO is one of the few that actually sounds straight from the past.

After years of touring with New Zealand band The Mint Chicks, Nielson anonymously unleashed “FFunny FFrends” to the blogosphere in 2010. The earworm track quickly grew popular, and Nielson’s anonymity vanished. The band released their second album II earlier in 2013. II is a complex, delicate and occasionally spooky record and the mixing alone is worth the price of admission.

Earlier in the week, I talked to Nielson about the concept of the struggling artists, Nielson’s interest in electronics, analog recording, UMO’s bizarre music video for “Swim And Sleep (Like a Shark)” and more.

Lucien Flores: What is the best thing that somebody has ever said or written about your music? What compliment or comment touched you the most?

Ruban Nielson: The thing that I like is when people say that they had a really horrible time … There was somebody who contacted me on Facebook and said that they had lost their dad … and they were just saying thanks for the record … because they were listening to II over and over again and they said that it was really helping. They were saying that they didn’t know how they would be coping with it if they

didn’t have the album. For me, I want the album to make people feel better. I think that my records are for when you’ve had a bad day.

It’s supposed to be escape from all the [expletive] in the world. When people say that that’s the way that it’s functioning in their lives, it seems to feel like the most satisfying thing.

LF: I watched an interview with you where you said that the band’s last album was filled with songs about things that battle your happiness. What’s your take on the idea of the struggling artist or the idea that the best art comes out of hardship and strife? Do you agree with that?

RN: I think it can come out of that but I don’t think the best art necessarily comes out of that.

Sometimes, unhappiness comes with isolation, you know? Sometimes that can be a good thing just because you’re not distracted. But I think the first record wasn’t like that. I wasn’t in a sad state when I made the first one. I was in a really happy state, but that was really inspiring. I think that the first record is born out of being in a positive headspace and the second one was just a negative headspace. They were both inspiring in different ways.

LF: I’ve read a little bit about your career in visual arts. Aside from music and visual arts, what else inspires you?

RN: I was just talking about electronics — that’s my latest thing. I’ve been working on that a lot, like analog. I’ve been really deep into that recently. It’s taught me a lot about music and all that

equipment. I’m just fascinated with the way that it came about.

I’ve also been reading about the history of it and it’s interesting because I think that when electronics first began as something people that were interest in, it was sort of like a voodoo art. It wasn’t something that someone took seriously. I think it was seen more like people studying extra sensory perception in this era. It was a bit like a pseudo-science and I don’t think that people thought it had an energy that you could harness to power things. I don’t think that it was really a mainstream accepted idea, which is crazy when you think about it. And now we have these power stations that produce millions of volts. It’s just really interesting to me.

LF: Are you working on a third record?

RN: I’ve been mostly touring so I haven’t had that much time to record … but I’ve been writing a lot so I have a bunch of stuff that I’ve been working on. I’ve been thinking about the third record a lot…I really want the third record to be more like the first one where it has a lot of uplifting and optimistic stuff in it. I don’t want it to be another tour record about being lonely and lost.

LF: I also saw that you’re considering going into the studio for this album. Do you think that will help fuel that inspiring or uplifting feeling because you’re no longer recording the albums in your house by yourself?

RN: The thing with recording out my house is that that’s not the thing that really creates the lone-

liness, which is kind of weird. I enjoy recording by myself at the house. That part of it is not depressing. I had been on the road for a year and a half and I’d really worn myself out. All of the songs had been written on the road so I was recovering from that. Actually, the process of recording the album by myself was really fun.

I think I’ll do some more of that on the third one, but I think I really want to try and record in different places. When I did the first record, I didn’t have any space in my place to record, so friends of mine … musicians would go on tour and I’d ask them if I could borrow their basement for a couple of days. And so I recorded it in a lot of different places and I kind of want to do that, but this time I’ll have a budget and I’ll have more friends and resources. Maybe instead of just traveling around and recording in different places, I’ll actually go to different studios and work with different producers.

LF: I’ve read that you’re not a huge fan of music with more digitized sounds. What is it about that element that you might not like as much versus a song that mostly sticks to creating something with your main/basic instruments?

RN: I like electronics. I’m really interested in electronics and that’s one of my hobbies that I work on quite a lot. I don’t have anything against electronics … and actually digital technology is good for transmission of information.

But sonically … it takes a huge amount of information to make a plugin that simulates tape saturation, for example, and that’s taken

a lot of research and development and it’s taken so long for people to imitate that sound in plugin form and yet you can just record to tape and that technology was in used in the ‘40s. So I don’t see the point of a lot of digital stuff just for my purposes. I can easily make a record with technology that they had in 1978.

So I think just it sounds better…digital audio just doesn’t sound that good…it just doesn’t have the same effect on the human brain and I think that’s part of the reason why music is less important in our culture than it was because it just doesn’t have the same impact as it did when it was recorded the way it used to be recorded.

LF: You once said that a good record should make you feel high, being almost a substitute for drugs.

I was wondering what records accomplish that the best for you?

RN: Oh man, just every record that I like. They all have different effects. I really like … Syd Barrett. That makes me feel a certain way — it’s kind of like gin. Tago Mago, do you know that album by Can? There’s a pretty cool effect if you listen to it at the right time. I really like listening to Voodoo by D’Angelo. It came out in the ‘90s.

It’s and R&B record that’s really cool. That has a pretty strong effect.

Then there are really obvious records that the people who made them were thinking about trying to create that kind of thing. Do you know Loveless, that [My Bloody Valentine] record? I think that’s specifically supposed to make you feel like you’re high.

REVIEW: UMO brings modern psychedelia to Brighton Music Hall

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t’s slightly awkward to use the term “new age” to describe psychedelic rock, a genre so conceptually and musically rooted in the ‘60s culture of bell-bottom jeans, Jimi Hendrix and hallucinogens. But that’s exactly what Unknown Mortal Orchestra embodies: a new, fresh sound that arcs toward the older vibe of psychrock.

When Unknown Mortal Orchestra took the stage at about 10:15 p.m., the crowd at Brighton Music Hall was relatively modest and spread out. A glance toward the door after a song or two, however, revealed a floor packed and significantly cozier. The band is truly fun to hear and watch. Starting off with “The Opposite of Afternoon,” UMO launched into a set that included a balanced selection of tracks from their February LP, II, and their 2011 self-titled

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debut.

UMO immediately brought a far-out, lo-fi vibe to the stage, and their all-black outfits fittingly reflected the darker shade of psychedelic rock they have seemed to master. It is easy to see where the Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Cream influences are drawn from in UMO’s sounds, but the band adds a lo-fi cosmic flavor that makes this new age psych-rock sound their own. As UMO launched into their third song, “Thought Ballune,” the only thing keeping their spacey jams grounded was the large dose of heavy-hitting, albeit trippy and distorted, rock n’ roll that they injected into the entire live show. Toward the end of the song, lead singer and guitarist Ruban Nielson and bassist Jake Portrait sat down (literally) to allow for drummer Riley Geare — who actually sported a bit of the

John Bonham look — to deliver a blistering, exhilarating drum solo.

The solos and small jam sessions really made the show. Some were full of melodic blues, while others emitted intense, drawn-out, brash rock n’ roll. But they never sounded the same. Nielson proved to be an animated and exciting frontman with jerky dance moves like an over-energized Michael Jackson. During distorted guitar solos, he kneeled, bent and contorted to match the spiraling twists and turns of his music.

Throughout their set, UMO provided a great example of how this kind of music should translate to the stage: with more experimentation and more energy.

UMO’s live performance was a little less refined than their studio work, but certainly more exciting.

Melodic music that was quite chill on the album really came to life on

stage, where it became electrified and fervent. Though most tracks on UMO’s two albums are only three-to-five minutes long, almost every song performed live seemed about a minute longer due to experimental solos and jams instigated by Nielson.

UMO closed the first part of their set with the catchy “So Good at Being in Trouble,” and they left the packed and wildly cheering crowd with the ending distortions flowing through the amplifiers for a few minutes. Nielson returned alone, and began the three-song encore with a beautiful, acoustic-but-plugged-in rendition of “Swim and Sleep.” Portrait and Geare then joined him and UMO jammed through crowd favorite “FFunny FFrends” before ending the night with a crazy rendition of “Boy Witch.”

The very end of their set was

really a culmination of everything that makes UMO a new age psych-rock band. Trippy rock n’ roll, blues and funk were all weaved together to create a lovely distorted mess. Nielson ditched his possibly broken acoustic guitar halfway through the song, trading it in for the red electric, and he and Portrait proceeded to layer screeching and howling distortions on top of the fervent guitar.

UMO’s set clocked in at only a few minutes over an hour, but the band was visibly exhausted by the end of its performance. It was a set where talking was sparse, music and energy was plenty, and one where UMO proved that they aren’t trying to emulate the old-school days of psych-rock and blues. They are psychedelic rock, and they’re keeping it classic while making it new, futuristic and great.

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Hands up for Boston Police?

Remember that time when David Ortiz hit a grand slam and tied the game on Sunday? Not only did that moment lead to the eventual Red Sox victory, it produced a fantastic photo of a Boston Police Department officer celebrating.

With his arms in the air, Officer Steve Horgan and his aura of triumph and euphoria became an internet sensation. The image possesses a humorous symmetry, the legs up in the air seem to mimic the cop’s arms, but it was not aesthetics that caught the audience’s imagination.

In the photo run by the Boston Globe, Officer Horgan shows us a different side of police officers — the same police officers students met in Boston Common when Dzokhar Tsarnaev was apprehended. News stories involving Boston’s law enforcement organizations tend to revolve around murder, theft or terrorism cases. The BPD is not known for being conscious of its public image.

The image captured the man behind the badge, but it does not, and to an extent should not, have any bearing on the BPD public profile. When officers risk their lives to protect civilians, the value and success lies in statistics. Cause for celebration is when a criminal

from Boston’s Most Wanted list is brought into custody, or when repeat offenders terrorising a neighborhood are brought to justice. How many hits on a photo of a jubilant officer does not belong on that list.

Horgan has served as an officer for 27 years.

While it makes a cute human interest story that he finally gets to show the world his undying love for the Red Sox, his larger triumph is keeping Bostonians safe. All law enforcement officials have personal stories, lives beyond the organisation they devote their lives to everyday. The images of BPD seizing Tsarnaev would not make anyone feel warm and fuzzy inside, but doing a job for the greater good does not lend itself to a heartwarming photo opportunity.

There is no doubt that the citizens of Boston, just as the population of any city hit by such tragedy in the recent past, would naturally appreciate some lighter news. However, the photo should be seen for what it is, a nice moment amongst the chaos or everyday life. Now, it’s time to move on and respect that the police force does its best work away from the cameras, not on them.

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Life in the left lane

SARA Ryan Normally I pay about as much attention to the Nobel Prizes as I do to Miley Cyrus’s fashion advice. However, this time around, I had no choice but to make an exception.

A Friday press release from the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). While I am sure that the OPCW does excellent work, one nominee seemed like the better choice: Malala Yousafzai.

In case you don’t remember Malala, here’s a quick refresher. In October 2012, members of the Taliban boarded Malala’s school bus looking to retaliate for posts on her blog. Think about how ridiculous that sounds for a second. She had been posting anonymously for BBC about a typical school day for a 15-year-old girl in Pakistan. She discussed bombings, Taliban laws and even her friends migrating to safer locations. Her thoughts had garnered so much attention that the Taliban tracked down her school bus and attacked her.

Malala recovered and has since become a symbol of the women’s education movement in the Middle East, hoping to limit the Taliban’s influence over education in the area. Can we talk about how awesome that is? She’s 16. I don’t know about you, but when I was that age my biggest concern was whether or not Grey’s Anatomy was going to be renewed for another season.

She recently started a project called the Malala Fund, which, according to its website, seeks to give educational opportunities to the 600 million girls in the developing world.

Her perspective on the world is invaluable and I cannot help but sit here in awe.

In an interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show from Oct. 10, she said, “The girls are very brave. [We] were just 11 or 12, we spoke up for our rights to every media channel, every newspaper that we could … We were raising our voices. We were speaking up for our rights.”

These ideas are nothing short of revolutionary, which brings me back to the Nobel Peace Prize for a brief moment. In the previously cited press release, the committee wrote, “Recent events in Syria, where chemical weapons have again been put to use, have underlined the need to enhance the efforts to do away with such weapons … By means of the present award to the

OPCW, the Committee is seeking to contribute to the elimination of chemical weapons.”

Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems like the Nobel Committee is trying to shape international policy of the future instead of reviewing past actions. While the OPCW has been crucial to disarmament of chemical weapons, they seem to be more symbolic victors than anything else. Instead of honoring the efforts of those who are trying to make the world a better place, they look like they are attempting to blow the political climate in a certain direction.

It’s noble (no pun intended) and valiant, but is it really the best evaluation? Just food for thought.

Malala changed the face of women’s rights in the Middle East. I am almost certain of this. She has the ideas wrapped in idealism with an internationally heard voice. She has the most important components for her success, and she hasn’t even graduated high school yet!

Education will be the most important human right in the next century. Education has the power to vastly improve individual lives and national economies. Education can shift the balance of power in the countries where women’s voices are not yet heard. Education will be the point where nations either fall or triumph. Developing nations where resources are almost as scarce as women’s access to said resources are in serious need of the world’s attention.

Yes, Malala is one girl in a world of 7 billion people. However, she is bringing her experiences and ideals to a table that hasn’t heard from that perspective yet. Perhaps she will have the key to unlocking all of the untapped potential the world has overlooked. In a poignant address to the UN after her attack last year, Malala said, “The terrorists thought that they would change our aims and stop our ambitions, but nothing changed … I am the same Malala … My hopes are the same. I am here to speak up for the right of education of every child. I want education for the sons and the daughters of all the extremists — especially the Taliban.”

Sara Ryan is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences studying political science and math. She can be reached at sryan15@bu.edu.

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Going the distance

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goal,” said BU coach Nancy Feldman. “It was a little fluky, but you know that number 10 [Delaney], that’s just gonna be a really tough kid because she’s just so fast.

I thought we did a good job on her and I thought we defended really well.

“I thought in the second half, we kind of lost our way a little bit, and got a little choppy. We were holding the ball a bit too long. I thought we lost our composure and our patience a little bit, but that’s being super critical. I thought we played a great soccer game.”

Both teams would not challenge each other much afterwards, resulting in the third overall double-overtime match for BU. Green, along with senior midfielder Megan McGoldrick and junior defender Kai Miller, managed to hold out an aggressive Dartmouth attack that continuously tested the defense’s resolve. The Dartmouth assault, in the end, recorded six total shots and three shots on goal shared between the offense’s front five players.

The Terriers also surprisingly did not made any substitutions in overtime, as four starters – senior midfielder Emma Clark, senior defender Erin Mullen, sophomore

defender McKenzie Hollenbaugh and Miller – played all 110 minutes of the game.

“No one wants to [play double overtime],”Miller said. “But if it gets you the win, or at least the tie, it’s what you have to do. We definitely put on a show in the first half … but we lost it in the second half and we tried to get it back at the end.

Overall I think we played well.”

“That’s a challenge,” Feldman said in regard to coaching double overtime. “Fatigue comes into it … and at this point some of it is a balance between keeping them fit and keeping them fresh.”

Perhaps the Terriers’ best opportunity to snatch victory came during the final stretch of second overtime, when Turchi and Clark had consecutive shots within a few minutes of one another. Both threats were easily nullified by Dartmouth’s defense, led by Saunders.

“They’ve got a great midfield [that was] particularly strong,” Feldman said. “It was about the same personnel as last year … and we didn’t play nearly as well, we didn’t dominate nearly as well as I thought we did tonight physically. [Dartmouth players] are fast, they’re good. Our team and our midfield did a great job controlling most of the flow of the game and keeping possession.”

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Junior midfielder Jamie Turchi assisted on freshman forward Erica Kosienski’s goal in the 37th minute. The Terriers tied Dartmouth in double overtime, 1-1.

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ence right now, they would really love to go after the top-seed position. So it should be an outstanding hockey game.”

After facing the Bison at home, the Terriers will make the quick jaunt across the city to face Northeastern (5-8). The Huskies have struggled for the past month, losing seven of their last nine games. Out of those seven games, three have been shutouts. This difficult stretch may be attributed to Northeastern’s grueling schedule.

Five times this season, the Huskies have played a ranked opponent, and their record in these games is just 1-4.

Starr said she understands how deceptive their record is, though, and she said she will not prematurely evaluate the Huskies based on their win column. “[Northeastern] is a scary team to play because they’re a very good team,” Starr said. “I think they’re a little snake-bitten right now. They’re really well-coached, and they have some very skilled players on their team. That’s a very dangerous type of game to be going into. ... Their record is not even close to being indicative of what kind

of hockey team they are.

“Hopefully we’ll get some momentum going into that game with the Bucknell game. When you have back-to-back games it’s kind of hard because you really don’t want to look past your first game against Bucknell and so we haven’t really looked at Northeastern a whole lot.”

One underrated aspect of this young Northeastern team is an explosive offensive arsenal. Three times this season, the Huskies have scored four or more goals in a game. They are led by freshman sensation Emmy Zweserijn, who leads the squad with seven scores and 23 shots on goal. A talented bunch of midfielders and strikers give the Huskies a chance to win every time they take the field.

“That’s what’s scary about them ­— they really can, if they get it clicking on all cylinders and they start playing with any type of confidence —they can be very, very dangerous. And I think what we have to do is really compete from the first minute against them and take advantage of our opportunities. We’ve got to be ready to defend well against a very explosive attack.”

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six ties this season.

The Leopards faced off against the U.S. Naval Academy Wednesday night, losing by a score of 2-0. It was a scoreless affair for most of the game, until Navy forward Sam Bascom broke the deadlock in the 86th minute of play after finishing off a loose ball in the box.

The Midshipmen (7-3-2, 4-0) added an insurance goal with 25 seconds remaining in the game, as forward Thomas Shiiba sent a pass inside to forward Jamie Dubyoski, who fired the ball past Lafayette goalie Nathan McDonald for the victory.

The loss to the Midshipmen snapped Lafayette’s unbeaten streak at home, as the Leopards were 2-0-2 in their first four games at Oaks Stadium.

Lafayette ranks eighth in the Patriot League this season with just eight goals scored this season. However, its goalkeeping has been stellar, with McDonald allowing only seven goals thus far. McDonald’s save percentage of .854 ranks third in the

conference, which should prove to be a tough test for the Terriers, who rank seventh in the Patriot League with 11 goals on the season.

Some members of the Terrier team have said they feel their record does not reflect their performance this year, especially given the strength of the new league. Unsung hero and junior forward Dominique Badji commented on this during his reflections from BU’s last game against Lehigh (1-8-1, 0-4-0 Patriot League).

“It’s the Patriot League, they’re tough, they’re big,” Badji said. “That’s why we have to limit our touches. I’m expecting it every game I play. All the defenders are going to try and really get to me.”

Badji also said that while the results up to now have been disappointing, he feels the team is on the right path to improvement.

“As a team, it’s not where we want it to be, but this win [against Lehigh] is a step in the right direction,” Badji said. “Hopefully we can win the rest of the games from here.”

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save percentage (.956).

For Durocher, the biggest key to two Terrier victories over the weekend lies in the team putting together a great defensive performance against the Colonials.

“I think we’ve got to match their defensive intensity,” Durocher said. “Last year, we had the luxury of knowing that we can get four or five goals on a lot of nights, but this year, if that happens, it’s going to be great, but I don’t think we can go in there

and say that’s going to be our M.O. “Our M.O. has got to be to play tough at the net, defend well and make sure we’re able to win 2-1, 3-2 games. You know, if good fortune shines at us, and we’re scoring more goals with that, well, great. But let’s make sure we’re not trying to climb up the slippery slope or think ahead of ourselves offensively. … You had better make sure that you take care of business. I think that’s our number one thing now, and probably as the year goes along.”

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Women’s hockey prepares for Robert Morris

By Mike Chan Daily Free Press Staff

While the Boston University women’s soccer team could have added onto its five-game unbeaten streak on Wednesday in a 1-1 tie on the road against Dartmouth College, they instead saw a familiar — and somewhat frustrating, — result.

Remarkably, BU (9-3-3, 4-1 Patriot League) managed to escape the first half with the lead, while only making two shots on goal. Following their first test against Dartmouth (5-4-3), from a strike by junior forward Taylor Krebs in the 19th minute, the Terriers rebounded in the 37th minute, when freshman forward Erica Kosienski blasted the ball inside the right post from a splitting pass by junior midfielder Jamie Turchi to give the Terriers the lead.

Sophomore defender Lauren MacLellan almost added to the Terriers’ lead in the 67th minute, but missed wide with the shot against Dartmouth goalie Tatiana Saunders.

Despite holding onto the lead for the majority of the game, the Terriers could not close the door on the Big Green. The wheels began to fall off when the Terriers gave up consecutive corner kicks.

Then, due to swift attacking play in the 84th minute, senior goalkeeper Andrea Green was taken out of the net by Dartmouth midfielder Emma Brush, and a quick pass by defender Jackie Friedman was all the 2012 Ivy League Rookie of the Year needed for the goal.

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Senior goaltender Kerrin Sperry recorded a shutout when BU last faced Robert Morris in 2012.

By Conor Ryan Daily Free Press Staff

The No. 7 Boston University women’s hockey team will wrap up its season-opening four-game road trip this weekend when the Terriers face Robert Morris University both Friday and Saturday in Moon Township, Pa. The weekend tilts will be the seventh and eighth meetings between the Terriers (1-0-1) and the Colonials (3-1). BU has dominated the series with an overall record of 6-0-0 against Robert Morris.

In the last contest between the two teams on Oct. 27, 2012, the Terriers blanked the Colonials by a score of 3-0 with two goals from then-freshman forward Sarah Lefort and a 24-save shutout from then-junior goaltender Kerrin Sperry.

The Terriers have had a solid start to the 2013-14 season, tying Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2-2 last Friday before defeating Union College 3-2 in a thrilling overtime victory Saturday.

The Terriers have averaged 2.5 goals per game so far in the 2013-

14 season, a much lower total than the 3.8 goals per game that BU averaged last season. The main cause for the Terriers’ weaker offensive numbers this season lies in the team losing their top three scorers from last season, as senior forwards Jenelle Kohanchuk and Isabel Menard both graduated, while junior forward Marie-Philip Poulin is playing with the Canadian Olympic Team this winter.

Thankfully for the Terriers and BU coach Brian Durocher, the team’s sophomore class has stepped up so far, as forwards Rebecca Russo and Jordan Juron have combined for eight of the team’s 13 points on the season.

Russo in particular has been excellent, as the Westport, Conn. native has scored three goals and recorded one assist in the first two games of the year. Russo has already almost eclipsed her point total from her freshman year, as she recorded five points in 30 games last season.

For her efforts during the start of the season, Russo was named Hockey East Co-Player of the Week. Durocher said that he has been pleased with the performances from the sophomores, noting that the team needs them to continue to make their presence felt if BU wants to compete this season.

“They knew that this was going to be their opportunity this year,” Durocher said. “They didn’t play on the power play, they didn’t kill penalties last year, and right from the get go, they’ve been in our plans on those special teams, as well as being one of our three go-to lines.

“The great thing is that they’ve answered the bell right from the first practice. They’ve been good every game, in practice they’ve

been playing with confidence, and there’s nothing like having things happen in the games that helps.

It certainly bodes well for the immediate future and hopefully long-term as the year goes on.”

The 2013-14 season has seen Sperry continue to post dominant numbers in net with a 1.88 goalsagainst average and a .938 save percentage.

The Colonials are currently riding a three-game winning streak after victories over Rensselaer (1-2-1) and Bemidji State University.

The Robert Morris defense has been solid to start the season, as they have only allowed 1.5 goals per game through four games.

“The thing that sticks out in my mind is that this is a team that’s built themselves on being really hard to score against,” Durocher said. “They used to have one of the Olympic goalies, Brianne McLaughlin, when their program really started, but the last few years … they’ve still been tough to score against.

“This year, I think they’ve already in four games only given up, I believe, six goals, so that’s a pretty nice number to work with. They’re tough in their own end of the ice, they do have some opportunistic scoring players. …

Without a doubt, their trademark is that they’re not going to give up a lot of goals, and we’re going to have to work to screen the goalie, get hits, get deflections, and score the tough goals.”

The Colonials have received a big boost in net from goalie Jessica Dodds. The London, Ontario, native has been excellent this season, as she is first in the College Hockey America Conference in goals-against average (0.96) and

women’s HoCkey, see page 7

Field hockey set for home-and-away weekend slate BU looks for 2nd straight victory ByJustin Pallenik Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston University field hockey team will get into the meat of its schedule this weekend as it faces Bucknell University and Northeastern University.

Coming off of another weekend split with a 3-1 win against Lehigh University and a 5-1 loss against No. 2 University of Connecticut, the Terriers (8-5, 3-1 Patriot League) will look to pick up ground in the Patriot League conference.

BU will face another top-notch squad when the Bison (7-6, 4-0) come to New Balance Field Saturday. A 2.62 goals-per-game average marks Bucknell as one of the top two scoring teams in the Patriot League. This offensive output is fueled by one of the premier seniors in the country, first team All-Patriot League forward Rachel Misko, who leads the team with eight goals and 17 points on the season.

“I think they’ve got one of the best shooters they’ve had,” said BU coach Sally Starr. “I wouldn’t want to say ever, but for a very, very long time.”

The Bison do not only have the offensive talent with Misko leading the charge, but they are also a shutdown defensive team as well.

They have limited opponents to just 57 penalty attack corner chances, resulting in a miniscule 1.77 goals-against average and a goal differential of plus 11. The Bucknell defense is paced by junior backer Liz Wills, who has started all 13 games this season, as well as senior goalkeeper Erica Perrine, who maintains a 1.82 GAA this season.

“In a lot of ways I think they’re similar to us,” Starr said. “They’re a team that defends really well and has good goaltending. I think it’s going to be be a game that will be a midfield game, a defensive struggle game, and who can take advantage of the goal-scoring op-

The Bottom Line

Thursday, Oct. 17

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

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

portunities they’re gonna get in this game. It might not be a lot, but when you get them, you want to take advantage of them.”

This game has a multitude of implications with regard to the Patriot League conference tournament coming up in early November. A win against Bucknell would give the Terriers the second seed, with an outside chance at homefield advantage throughout the tournament going into their final Patriot League regular-season game against Lafayette College.

A loss, however, would all but guarantee a third-seed bid without home-field advantage for the duration of the tournament.

“It’s a big conference game for us,” Starr said. “We will have the opportunity to potentially still host the conference tournament [if we win], and for us to do that, we have to beat Bucknell. And Bucknell is doing the same thing, they are undefeated in the confer-

Field HoCkey, see page 7

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.

By Emmanuel Gomez and Conor Ryan Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston University men’s soccer team will look to build off of its first win in seven games, as the Terriers will take on Lafayette College Saturday afternoon in a conference matchup in Easton, Pa., at Oaks Stadium.

Last time out, the Terriers (47-1, 1-3-0 Patriot League) took on Lehigh University, it was a scrappy game, as play was predominantly in the midfield, since neither team could find any offensive rhythm.

As play progressed, both sides started to create scoring chances, but neither could capitalize on those opportunities. Finally, in the 75th minute, the Terriers found the back of the net with a goal off the foot of sophomore forward Lucas McBride. It came off a goal kick from redshirt freshman goalkeeper Matt Gilbert, who played the ball into the offensive half for the Terriers.

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

After seeing out the final 15 minutes, the Terriers finally captured their first win in more than three weeks — and their first conference win as a member of the Patriot League — with a 1-0 victory. It was Gilbert’s fourth shutout of the season, and BU ended with a 15-7 advantage in shots on goal, with five each coming from McBride and freshman midfielder David Asbjornsson.

BU coach Neil Roberts said he was pleased with the team’s improvements on offense.

“Offensively, we picked it up a bit, we really created a lot of chances again,” said BU coach Neil Roberts. “Obviously we have to start to finish, we have to finish more. We can’t take that many good opportunities to get one goal.”

On the other side of the matchup, Lafayette (3-3-6, 1-3-0 Patriot League) comes into this game also having struggled somewhat, with

men’s soCCer, see page 7

Monday, Oct. 21

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