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Mayoral candidates scramble for last-minute votes SG to host forum for international student community

By Sanica Apte Daily Free Press Staff

In the final stretch of campaigning for mayor of Boston, Mass. Rep. Martin Walsh and City Councilor John Connolly continued their efforts to gain as many undecided and last minute voters as they can with less than 24 hours until the election.

Both campaigns said that they are continuing their ground efforts to gain as much support as possible for their candidate before polls close at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

“We’re still knocking on doors,” said Kate Norton, spokeswoman for the Walsh campaign.

“We’re still making phone calls. We’re still doing all of the same things that we were doing before … and that’s what we will continue to do through Election Day.” Natasha Perez, spokeswoman for Connolly’s campaign, said Connolly’s camp is making sure his stances on issues stand out to the voters.

“The Connolly campaign in the final weeks is focused on talking to voters about the importance of our schools and education and how they are the backbone link toward economic and job growth,” she said.

Both candidates are scheduled to greet voters at the polls on Tuesday across the city as they gain last minute votes that could sway the election.

Election, see page 4

By Taryn Ottaunick Daily Free Press Staff

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Mass. Rep. Martin Walsh and City Councilor John Connolly face off in Tuesday’s Boston mayoral election.

U.S. Sens. Warren, Markey host hearing on Mass. fisheries

By Bram Peterson Daily Free Press Staff

U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey hosted a public listening session Monday at the State House to learn how to best approach the Commonwealth’s suffering fishing industry and how to protect its future for residents.

The fishing industry for Boston and New England has been in decline for more than a year due to fishing caps put in place to help species replenish their population.

The session came as the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, a federal law the places fishing caps, is up for reauthorization.

“We stand at a key moment in determining what will happen in our fishing communities, with our fishers and with our seas,” Warren said.

Warren was joined by other lawmakers in the State House meeting room, several of whom said they also sought to gain greater knowledge on the issues in preparation of

legislation to support Massachusetts communities that rely on fishing.

“Fishing is clearly an extremely important part of [Massachusetts’s] economy,” said Mass. Senate President Therese Murray. “While the desire to fish is alive and well, fishermen and lobstermen are finding it very difficult to provide for themselves and their families and to continue their traditional way of life.”

U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, of Alaska and chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard, also joined the Massachusetts politicians at the session.

“Our challenge is not only to resolve the local short-term issues with legislation, but the long-term credibility of the producers,” he said. “We need to raise the level of consideration and understanding in our economy and how fishing is part of it. It’s an industry that needs to be supported but also to be in the hands of science and research.”

Various industry members and leaders,

who expressed their concerns and suggestions to the board, answered several questions from the audience. On several occasions, attendees asked about the need to control overfishing while still allowing fishermen to bring home enough to have successful careers in the business in both short-term and longer-term contexts.

Tom Dempsey, policy director of the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance, said the amount of fishing must be closely regulated, but it must be done accurately.

“We must commit to end overfishing and rebuild depleted stocks in order to support our fishing communities … [but] using outdated information [has] repeatedly led to bad decisions and ineffective management that is hurting our fishing business,” he said. “The government must partner with industry to improve the quality, and reduce the costs of these efforts.”

Fisheries, see page 2

Boston University Student Government will hold an International Students Forum Nov. 13 to address major issues in the international students community, SG officials said at their meeting Monday evening.

SG Director of Social Affairs Rebekah Leopold said the forum will provide a space for international students to voice concerns about marginalization.

“We started working on this [international student issues] and thought maybe we can use this method to solve an issue,” Leopold, a College of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said. “But what we realized was that we would like to hear it directly through the students.”

The forum, which will take place in the SG office in the basement of the George Sherman Union, will address issues related to vacation housing, English-language learning resources, mental health resources and community resources, Leopold said.

“The conversation will be informal,” she said. “It will be a discussion among all the students there. There will be several pre-determined topics that we’ll discuss, based on our preliminary outreach, and there will also be a lot of time for any new topics that people bring up that they would like to discuss.”

BU is currently made up of 13 percent international students, and as of last year, holds the highest proportion of international students at all universities, Leopold said. With the forum, SG hopes to get feedback from international students in order to enrich resources available to them.

“This university has so many incredible resources, so for instance, as we’re trying to give international students better language-learning resources, we’ll team up with the ERC,” she said. “As we’re trying to provide them with better mental health resources, we’ll team up with Student Health Services … So, each issue, we will approach differently.”

Senate Chair Avi Levy, a CAS junior, said the forum will provide a good starting point for making changes to address issues of the international student community.

SG, see page 2

2 sophomores are first to take advantage of BU’s new gender-neutral housing

By Trisha Thadani Daily Free Press Staff

Maya Inozemtseva, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences sophomore, and Daniel Smith, a College of Arts and Sciences sophomore, are the first Boston University students to take advantage of the newly available gender-neutral housing on campus.

Inozemtseva pulled Smith, her boyfriend, into her room in Danielsen Hall at the end of last month when her roommate moved out. Though the two did not come into the semester with the intent of living together, Inozemtseva said she and Smith are glad such housing was an available option for them.

“We have been friends for a long time, we grew up together in our hometown and we are dating,” Inozemtseva said. “But, mainly the fact that we are just really comfortable, we have known each other for a very long time and we will probably eventually get an apartment together.”

Gender-neutral housing has officially been an option for BU students beginning in the fall 2013 semester. According to the BU Housing website, students are able to pull in other students regardless of their gender identity in all dormitories except West Campus, Myles Annex, The Towers and Warren Towers, as they are large dormitories with communal bathrooms.

“Gender-neutral housing provides students [with] increased choice in selecting roommates,” according to the housing website. “It provides students maximum responsibility for their own room assignment, and is consistent with the Boston University’s commitment to learning through students’ active decision-making and engagement in the learning environment. It is the intent of a gender-neutral housing program to contribute to a campus climate that is supportive of all students.”

After Inozemtseva’s original roommate moved out, she said she researched the option of having Smith move into her room.

The process of pulling him into her room was simple, and the housing process was completed within a day.

“We were the first ones [to request gender-neutral housing], so our resident life officer didn’t even know what to do,” Inozemtseva said. “She went online, went through all of the things that were necessary to do it, and it was really easy since we were switching literally from [within] the building.”

Inozemtseva said her residence life officer checks up on her and Smith every now and then, but other than that, no one has paid much attention to their living condition. She said she is surprised it took so long for BU to allow gender-neutral housing in its oncampus dorms.

“You’re in college — if you wanted to go out and get an apartment you could,” Inozemtseva said. “So, I think it’s none of BU’s business what we do, so I think it [housing] is a good thing. You just have to make sure

GNH, see page 2

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Sophomores Maya Inozemtseva and Daniel Smith sit in their room in Danielsen Hall Monday afternoon. Inozemtseva and Smith are the first Boston University students to live in newly available gender-neutral housing on campus.

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SG adds double-sized BU Shuttle to rotation Fisherman: Mass. fisheries facing ‘management failure’ SG: From Page 1

“It will be a good way to get feedback about things they want to see changed or made better for them,” Levy said.

For instance, finding somewhere to stay over holiday breaks is a major issue for many international students, Levy said.

“Especially for ones [students] who can’t go home, finding a place to go when BU is closed is pretty difficult,” he said. “For first-year students, I’m sure it’s pretty intimidating for them to have to find somewhere to stay for five days over Thanksgiving.

Hopefully, they’re lucky and they have friends to stay with, but I’m sure that there’s some problem they run into when they’re trying to make their plans.”

In addition to the announcement of the forum, officials from

SG’s Department of Advocacy announced an improvement to the BU Shuttle system. After requests from the Advocacy Department, BU officials changed the standby bus that parks near Student Village II from a single bus to a double bus, providing an additional double bus to the shuttle rotation.

“If you travel [on] the bus on a daily basis, you know how crowded it is,” said SG Executive Vice President Richa Kaul.

“People up against the windows — tons of people can’t even get on. SG really hopes this is one step forward in helping the student body in a small way.”

This change is the first in what Kaul hopes will be an ongoing series of improvements made to the BUS system, she said.

“Our students really feel strongly about improvements

that can be made with the BUS, and we’re trying to answer some of the concerns that the students have brought up,” Kaul, a CAS sophomore, said. “Getting more times on the bus, maybe weekend times [or] getting signage at the stops [are other goals].”

Additionally, SG Senior Associate Director of Outreach Brianna West, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation senior, promoted an initiative called “On Wednesdays We Wear Scarlet,” which encourages all students to display school spirit by wearing scarlet and white, BU school colors, each Wednesday.

West also announced a change in location to the SG-sponsored “Red, White and BU” talent show.

It will now be held at Morse Auditorium, but will still take place Saturday.

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Jonathan Grabowski, associate professor in the department of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University, said in an interview that the New England fishing industry is facing serious problems due to global climate change, but government management also plays a large role.

“There’s no question that stock assessment scientists are going to use the best data available that’s been validated, but there’s always going to be a lag time, and that is a problem,” he said. “What the fishermen see on the water might be different from the data because they’re working in real time. If that is the case, the models will hopefully catch up as new data are incorporated, but that is frustrating for fishermen who are struggling to get by.”

At the session, some speakers said the fisheries crisis is exaggerated and overall, the industry is well off.

Peter Schilling, board member of Greater Boston Trout Unlimited, said since the inception of the Sustainable Fisheries Act in 1996, New England fishing industry revenues have grown from $779 million to over $1.4 billion.

“Most of [New England’s] fisheries are healthy and sustainable,” he said. “All the major ports in Massachusetts … shared in these increased revenues.”

Eric Hansen, a fourth-generation Massachusetts fisherman, said fish are at healthy populations, but the fishing industry would not see any improvement until government better regulated it.

“We are facing a management failure,” he said, “not a resource failure.”

BU spokesman expects more genderneutral housing to be used in 2014 Gnh: From Page 1

you really get along with the person you’re rooming with, but I feel like that goes for [roommates of] the same sex as well.”

BU spokesman Colin Riley said although there are only two students using gender-neutral housing so far this semester, BU anticipates more interest when students choose housing for the 2014-15 academic year.

“We’ll be able to gauge what level of interest there is next spring, and in the fall when people return, we will get an idea of whether it’s a popular choice,” Riley said. “But it doesn’t matter, because it is available right now.”

Riley said after BU sees how gender-neutral housing works out this year, it is possible university officials will broaden the scope of gender-neutral housing initiatives around campus.

Smith, who transferred from The College of New Jersey, said

gender-neutral housing is a policy that only works when the roommates are willing to accommodate each other in their communal living space.

“There could be couples that are just very sexually-driven and are not exactly emotionally connected, [then] it’s a very superficial relationship,” Smith said. “As most superficial couples do, if they broke up in a very explosive and dramatic way, it could ruin it for everybody else, because whoever thinks this policy is negative, they’ll use that chance to exploit it and try to ruin it.”

Smith said he and Inozemtseva constantly communicate with each other, and living with her has been a great experience thus far.

“I really love being with Maya,” Smith said. “I really love getting to be with her every single day. No matter how bad my day is, she always makes it better when I get to see her at the end of it.”

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Campus & City Campus Crime Logs Oct. 29 to Nov. 3

By Alyssa Ciofani Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Oct. 29 to Nov. 3.

Motor vehicle accident At 3:34 p.m. on Oct. 29, there was a motor vehicle accident at 775 Commonwealth Ave. The accident caused minor vehicle damage and minor injuries to the drivers.

Larceny at 91 Bay State Road A student reported that $50 was stolen from a letter in her mailbox at 91 Bay State Road on Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. BUPD received reports of similar activity throughout the month of October.

Laptop stolen from classroom On Wednesday at 3 p.m., a student left a laptop under a desk in a classroom at 685 Comm. Ave. When the student returned at 9 p.m., the laptop was gone. The cost of this laptop was around $1,000.

Larceny in a motor vehicle A suspect entered an employee’s car at 91 Bay State Road on Thursday at 1 a.m. Several items were stolen from the vehicle.

Backpack stolen Around 1 p.m. on Thursday, a student’s backpack was stolen from 775 Comm. Ave. Chairs stolen from restaurant At 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, 10 chairs were stolen from the rear of Nud Pob restaurant at 738 Comm.

Ave. The owner of the restaurant said a person driving a white sedan stole the chairs.

Attempted scam at same restaurant At Nud Pob restaurant on Thursday around 7:45 pm, only an hour after the chairs were stolen, the owner of the restaurant reported a suspect called him in an attempt to extort money from him.

The owner realized it was a scam and contacted the police.

Cell phone stolen A woman’s cell phone was stolen after she left it behind in a bathroom at BU’s College of Arts and Sciences at 685 Comm. Ave. on Friday around 4 p.m.

Narcotics found at Warren Towers On Friday at 4:45 p.m. at Warren Towers at 700 Comm. Ave, an employee turned over a plastic bag that he believed to be full of narcotics.

Missing person reported Around 6 p.m. on Friday, a graduate student was reported missing from 32 Harry Agganis Way. She is believed to have been missing for a few weeks.

Wallet stolen from Student Village I At 1:22 a.m. on Sunday, A student’s wallet was stolen after the student placed it down to sign in a friend at StuVi I.

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Wi-Fi difficulties result of cyberattack on BU College apps. now show increased need for creativity

By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff

After many Boston University students reported having difficulties accessing wireless Internet over the weekend, BU officials have determined the issues are the results of the BU wireless network’s denial of an outside attack.

“We believe the problem with certain wireless network locations is related to a denial of service attack directed at us over the weekend that may have interfered with specific wireless radios on campus for reasons which have yet to be determined,” said Information and Technology Services Desk Manager David Cole.

BU IT Associate Vice President Michael Krugman said in a statement that IS&T is currently addressing remaining problems with Wi-Fi on campus, Cole said.

“We haven’t seen this sort of problem before, and we and others are often the target of such attacks, but this one was unusually intense,” Cole said. “We’re addressing remaining issues on a case-by-case basis.”

Students said they experienced

By Trisha Thadani Daily Free Press Staff

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The issues with Boston University’s Wi-Fi were caused by the network’s denial of an outside attack.

difficulty in random locations across campus, including residence halls on Bay State Road and on West Campus, as well as several buildings on Central Campus.

College of Arts and Sciences freshman Simrat Dhaliwal, who lives on the sixth floor of Kilachand Hall, said she has experienced difficulties with Wi-Fi in her residences as well as other places on campus, such as CAS and Morse Auditorium.

“It’s Central and East Campus,”

Dhaliwal said. “The problem with it is when you go online, it takes about five minutes.”

Bay State Road resident Nikiga Shah, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences sophomore, said her wireless Internet connection would sporadically drop throughout the weekend at her brownstone beginning on Friday.

“Randomly it will drop off the

Cyberattack, see page 4

Menino offers suggestions to reduce gender wage gap

By Pariza Lovos Daily Free Press Staff

With an eye on the existing gender wage gap in Boston, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino released a report Thursday to propose possible solutions for employers to reduce the gap between male and female workers’ wages.

The report is intended to provide institutions of higher learning and employers with 33 concrete steps to reduce bias toward women, as well as reward talent to close critical gaps in human capital. Menino suggested providing structural support to move women up, actively recruiting women to executive level and board positions and creating compensation committees to achieve equitable gender representation, according to the report.

“If a woman is getting 88 cents, and the man next to her is getting a dollar, you’re missing 22 cents out of every hour of work,” said Marie Turley, executive director of the City of Boston’s Women’s Commission, “The goal of the workforce council is to close the wage gap and remove the visible and invisible barriers for women to advance. If we’re able to do that, then Boston will have a more equitable workforce, and that’s where talent can be culti-

vated and valued.”

Menino said while the report cannot serve as a roadmap for every Boston employer, it is meant to inspire fresh thinking and be a catalyst for positive change.

“Our city is home to the best educated female population in the country,” Menino said in a Thursday release. “Women are the driving force behind our economy and thriving neighborhoods, but continue to be underpaid in comparison to working men in Boston. That just doesn’t add up, for the success of our city or the success of our City’s women.”

The Women’s Workforce Council of Boston garnered signatures from 38 different Boston-area companies to sign a Boston Women’s Compact, an agreement that describes a set of goals and beliefs employers will uphold to address Boston’s wage gap, according to the release.

Ruth Bramson, council member and chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, said she signed the Boston Women’s Compact because the equity of women and girls directly relates to the mission of her organization.

“Our goal is to make sure that women and girls can take their rightful leadership place in companies,” she said. “Part of that is paying them

at the same wage as males for equal work.”

Bramson said it is important that women know they can go into a job position and ask an employer for a salary similar to her peers.

“Girl Scouts is growing the leaders of tomorrow,” she said. “We have 40,000 girls from eastern Massachusetts, and our goal is to help them gain the confidence and self-esteem to pursue whatever career they want and to request a fair wage.”

Zorica Pantic, WWC council member and president of Wentworth Institute of Technology, said Boston has a great reputation of holding a greater percentage of educated women compared to the rest of the nation.

“The Boston region has the best educated woman population in the country and a higher proportion of college educated women between the ages of 25 and 64, which is nearly 60 percent of those who have bachelor degrees,” she said. “20 percent of women here have graduate degrees, whereas it’s only 10 percent nationwide.”

Bramson said job seekers, no matter what gender, must be given an equal opportunity to have the best

Wage Gap, see page 4

In an attempt to differentiate the academically-minded from independent thinkers, a new trend has recently emerged where colleges are revamping their essay questions to allow applicants to demonstrate their creative side, according to various colleges’ websites and a New York Times article published on Saturday.

Colleges typically ask applicants to answer supplemental essay questions, in addition to completing the Common Application.

Some colleges ask applicants to answer essay questions based on personal experiences and concerns, while others draw from more creative prompts to assess applicants.

Tufts University’s website for undergraduate admissions says applicants must answer three required short response questions while thinking creatively. One options asks students to explain what they think the popular motto “you only live once” means.

The University of Chicago uses their essays as a way for students to show more about themselves in an intriguing and quirky way, according to its website.

“The University of Chicago has long been renowned for its provocative essay questions,” its website reads. “We think of them as an opportunity for students to tell us about themselves, their tastes and their ambitions. They can be approached with utter seriousness, complete fancy or something in between.”

The University of Chicago asks their students to answer one of three essay questions that were inspired by submissions from newly admitted students. These questions are “eloquent, intriguing and wacky,”, according to its website.

One question asks applicants to write about their favorite joke without ruining it, while another asks them what a mantis shrimp can see that humans cannot. The last option allows students to come up with a topic of their own.

“In the spirit of adventurous inquiry, pose a question of your own,” the prompt reads. “If your

Applications, see page 4

Health of Hub children affected by environments, study suggests

By Felicia Gans Daily Free Press Staff

For the first time ever, the Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Public Health Commission teamed up to release a report Thursday in neighborhoods that children grow up in to prevent health-related issues that could arise because of their environment.

The study, called Health of Boston’s Children: Parents and Caregiver Perspectives, surveyed 2,100 parents and caregivers about any health issues children face from when they are born until age 17. Its goal is to educate policymakers and stimulate change in improving areas.

“The report is primarily a callto-action that shows significant disparities in health outcomes for

different groups of children in the city,” said John Guilfoil, deputy press secretary of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s office.

White children and children in households with higher family incomes have higher rates of educational attainment and better health than Latino children or children who live in lower family income homes, according to the study.

The report found that 20 percent of black and Latino children had witnessed violence compared to only five percent of white children.

“The study has provided us with crucial details on child health challenges across neighborhoods and communities in Boston, which will be used to

Children’s Health, see page 4

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The Boston Children’s Hospital and the city of Boston released their first Boston’s Children Report Thursday.

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Walsh leads by 7 percent in Amherst poll released Saturday Hub resident: Election: From Page 1

Walsh is projected ahead of Connolly 47 percent to 40 percent, according to a University of Massachusetts-Amherst poll released Saturday.

It is the first time Walsh has led the polls since the Sept. 24 primary.

“Contrary to what a lot of polls before us are finding, we actually found Walsh ahead by seven points,” said Melinda Tarsi, assistant director of the UMass poll. “Our margin of error is 5.9 percent for likely voters, so that means that our results are outside the margin of error. We found Walsh to be pulling away from Connolly, which is in opposition to what previous polls have been suggesting.”

Deborah Schildkraut, professor of political science at Tufts University, said the accuracy of the results

depends on the methodology of the polling company, as a phone poll such as the UMass poll, the methodology can skew the results.

“A big part of it depends on how good their likely voter model is, it depends on if they are doing a good job on getting people who only have cell phones,” she said. “We know that there are big demographic differences between [someone] who only has a cell phone and [someone] who only has a landline.”

Tarsi said she believes the UMass polling is accurate and will reflect the results of the election.

“We’re confident in our methodology and we’re confident based on looking at what happens in the campaign, looking at the endorsements that Walsh has picked up, looking at

how the Walsh campaign has been stepping up their phone polling, stepping up their ground game and getting their contacts out — it makes us even more confident in our results,” she said.

Schildkraut said polls could be influential on undecided voters who wait until the last minute to decide on a candidate.

“One bit of information [that last minute voters use to make up their minds] might be which candidate everyone else seems to like better,” she said. “So if one candidate is doing well in the polls, that can be a really important signal that people can use to help make up their own mind.”

Perez said the Connolly campaign’s strategy is to continue to reach out to voters in the time re-

maining before the election, regardless of the poll numbers.

“Our campaign isn’t really focused on polls,” she said. “What the John Connolly campaign is focused on is getting his message out about the importance of our schools, economic development, jobs creation and having safe and healthy neighborhoods.”

Norton said that the Walsh campaign is glad to hear about the poll numbers and she hopes those numbers are reflected in the polls.

“For us, the only poll that matters is on Election Day,” she said. “It’s great to read about it in the news, but that doesn’t change our game.

Reaching out to voters has been our game plan and that’s what we will continue to do. We feel good.”

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However, BU officials do not seem to have made similar changes to its application, according to its page on the Common App website. Applicants are asked why they believe BU is a good fit for them, in addition to the standard materials required.

Courtney Ellenson, a College of Engineering junior, said creative essay questions allow the voice of an applicant to come through more so than a generic and straight-forward question would.

“It has a pretty big importance because being able to communicate yourself through your writing is a huge thing for the rest of your life,” Ellenson said. “And that’s really important, it just shows you are able to express what you want to say.”

Ellenson said essays might not be the most important factor in a student’s application, but should have some significance in the admissions process.

Wage Gap: From Page 3

standardized test score.

“The more the essay allows them to be creative, the more you get to know who that person is, rather than a number on an SAT score,” Grover said.

Giselle Blanco, a CAS sophomore, said the way a person answers an abstract essay question can be representative of the way they think.

“It’s not like a test question, so you actually have time to think about it, so you definitely have people who answer it in the way that they think,” Blanco said.

“One person could lean more toward a literal sense, and another person could lean toward the artistic sense.”

Raquel Woods, a CAS junior, said since the Common App does not allow applicants to really show their creativity, it is important to give students the chance to express themselves during the application process.

“It [creative essays] would put a spin to things a little bit,” Woods said. “Maybe it will show that you can look at things differently, while everyone sees a box, you may see a circle or triangle. It shows individuality.”

jobs and equal pay.

“When a position is created, it should be available to every person who is qualified for that role and the salary should be the same regardless of who eventually gets the position,” she said. “It’s up to our employers, as well as government and private and public employers, to make sure it happens. If it’s not happening in a given company, it’s up to the women to let their voices be heard.”

Some residents said they support the efforts to combat the gender wage gap.

Bill Klein, 60, of Back Bay, said that over time, the wage gap should disappear.

“It’s not so much about civil pay and civil jobs,” he said. “Women just don’t get the best jobs, yet they tend to be better educated, and eventually, employers will go for those who are better trained.”

Kathleen Elliot, 47, of Back Bay, said she recognizes the discrepancies in wages and does not think wage changes for women will happen soon.

“It can happen, but things like this take time,” she said. “It took a while to elect an African-American president. Wage equality can occur, but it’ll just take time.”

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internet for hours or 30 minutes at a time,” she said. “I’ll have to relocate myself, so sometimes I will go across the street. I’ve actually experienced problems here at the GSU [George Sherman Union] as well.”

College of General Studies sophomore Meghan Kelliher, a Danielsen Hall resident, also had trouble getting online at her dorm.

“It was Saturday and Sunday night around 7 p.m.,” Kelliher said. “I was just doing something, and I went to reload a page and it said the server cannot be found. I tried doing a bunch of stuff, but the Wi-Fi just kept searching. I went to dinner, and when I came back it was back up, but it happened two nights in a row.”

Student Village II resident Teresa Fulcher, a College of Engineering junior, said while she did not notice any problems, others in StuVi II also had difficulties with Wi-Fi. “A lot of people were posting on Facebook about having trouble getting connected and wondering what was going on,” Fulcher said.

“That was going on for several hours, but I didn’t happen to experience any difficulty with it.”

CAS sophomore Alexandra Smith said she had to take her computer to the IT counter in Mugar Memorial Library after she encountered difficulties with wireless Internet access in the library.

“There was a lot of other people at IT who were trying to talk about the same kind of problems as well,” Smith said. “… It’s definitely a problem with the network.

Even the IT people said there’s a problem with it.”

SAR freshman Nina Kim said she had difficulties connecting to Wi-Fi on Friday at her room in Warren Towers.

“It was just my room for some reason,” Kim said. “If I moved to the other end of the hall or another room, my Wi-Fi was working again. It was only my room that had no Wi-Fi. Later on, eventually the entire floor had no Wi-Fi except for the boys’ side of the hall.

It came back on Saturday.”

Studies will aid future generations

Children’s Health: From Page 3

identify where and how we can be the most impactful in improving the health of Boston’s youth,” said Kevin Churchwell, chief operating officer and executive vice president of health affairs at Boston Children’s Hospital, in a Thursday release.

Menino said the information in the report is valuable when considering the best way to make children and families in Boston healthier.

“We heard directly from parents and caregivers, the most important sources of information on a child’s health,” he said in the release. “Their input gave us a clearer picture of what we’re doing well and, more importantly, what challenges we have to address. I want to thank Boston Children’s Hospital for their partnership and support of this unique project.”

Over 90 percent of Boston children have at least one usual place of care, but many children are lacking necessary behavioral health care and preventative care, especially preventive dental care, according to the report.

“We have to work with families and other partners to address income inequality in Boston,” Guilfoil said. “We have to recognize the health impact of policies that affect job opportunities, housing stability, and wage levels for families and children. This report points the way to new focus on family supports, mental health services and inclusion strategies for children with special health care needs.”

Some residents said the study would benefit the children of Boston and they would like to see more studies like this in the future.

Lindsay Roth, 29, of Boston, said while she is not yet raising a family in the city, she values children’s health.

“They’re the future generation,” she said. “Children are innocent. They don’t have voices.

They can’t advocate for themselves, so somebody has to advocate for them.”

Francesca Cintorrino, 23, of Boston, said the health of children affects how they will be for the rest of their lives.

“If they [children] are not well, mentally, physically, emotionally, they’re not going to succeed in school and they’re not going to succeed eventually in whatever they try to pursue or hope to pursue,” she said.

Ben Klooster, 28, of Boston, said he hopes that studies such as these will provide for a better community for future generations.

“Understanding what it takes to have a healthy population is incredibly important,” he said. “We know that infant health is among the most important periods of life of every form of development, so the more we know, the better we’re going to be able to serve the population and make a happy, healthy community.”

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Harvard researchers discover hormone in male mosquitoes that may aid in the prevention of malaria Kiera Blessing Features Staff

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t’s kind of hard to believe that scientists study the mating hormones of mosquitoes, but a new discovery in the field could lead to the potential prevention of the spread of malaria.

Malaria is an infection spread by mosquitoes in the genus Anopheles. It causes flu-like symptoms and, if left untreated, can be fatal.

Malaria is fairly uncommon in the U.S. with only about 1,500 cases diagnosed per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, worldwide, malaria affects nearly half the world’s population and has become a leading cause of death in Africa, where 91 percent of malaria-linked deaths occur.

The implications of this study, therefore, will impact people beyond U.S. borders — it will ultimately benefit all of humanity.

The study results Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Perugia in Italy have discovered a male sex hormone that affects female egg production in Anopheles gambiae, a type of mosquito responsible for transmitting malaria.

Dr. Adam South, a postdoctoral research fellow in lead researcher Flaminia Catteruccia’s laboratory at Harvard, said researchers are aiming to learn about mosquito biology in order to control the output of the insects.

“We know that the most important strategy in controlling malaria, rather than really curing it, is to target the mosquito vector,” he said. “We think this is going to be an extremely effective way to try to combat mortality and sickness as a result of malaria.”

Published online in PLOS Biology on Oct. 29, the study identified the pertinent male sex hormone as 20-hydroxyecdysone, or “20E.” Female mosquitoes, on the other hand, possess a protein called MISO, or Mating-Induced Stimulator of Oogenesis, where oogenesis refers to the production of eggs.

During sex, the 20E male hormone interacts with the female MISO protein in the female reproductive tract. 20E works as a signal — the hormone and protein interaction boosts the accumulation of a type of molecule called lipids in the ovaries. This leads to increased eggs production and therefore a higher procreation rate.

This study marks the first time scientists have been able to show that a male hormone directly interacts with a female protein to alter a female’s reproduction ability in any insect species.

It sounds like we’re being a bit intrusive, but it’s all in the name of science!

Malaria prevention Though relatively uncommon in the U.S., malaria is a leading cause of death in many tropical and subtropical regions.

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Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Perugia in Italy discovered a male sex hormone that affects egg production in Anopheles gambiae, a species of mosquito. This new discovery may someday minimize the spread of malaria.

According to the World Health Organization, malaria was the cause of 660,000 deaths and 219 million clinical episodes in 2010 alone. About 86 percent of those deaths occurred in children, and WHO calculated that a child dies every minute from malaria in Africa.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 3.3 billion people currently live at risk of malaria transmission — nearly half the world’s population.

Malaria is characterized by high fever, chills and other flu-like symptoms. While often treatable in wealthier countries such as the U.S., malaria is deadly for those that do not have proper or affordable treatment available to them.

The infection can eventually lead to kidney failure, seizures, confusion, coma and, in the worst cases, death.

Mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite are the most common source of malaria being transmitted. The mosquitoes are excellent vectors for the infection because they reproduce rapidly and feed primarily on human blood.

When a female mosquito bites an infected human, she will become infected by the parasite.

About a week later, when she bites another human, she will inject the parasite into the victim’s blood along with her saliva. Symptoms can be felt as quickly as within seven days. In other cases, however, an infected person may not notice symptoms for up to an entire year.

Pregnant women can also transmit the infection to their children

prior to birth. These women are at an even greater risk for malaria due to changes in their immune systems and the development of a new organ, the placenta, which provides more places for the malaria parasites to bind.

South said these are just several reasons why understanding the genetics of the male sex hormone is pivotal to the prevention of malaria.

A new approach South also said past research has tried to sterilize male mosquitoes using radiation. Unfortunately, this attempt proved unsuccessful — the radiation weakened the male mosquitoes and made them less competitive than fertile males.

However, if the males could be genetically sterilized, South said this should not affect their competitiveness. If this is possible, females will mate with sterile males, producing fewer eggs that are not ever fertilized.

Still, South said he does not expect to totally eradicate the mosquito population.

“I don’t know if extermination is going to be possible,” he said, “but if you can reduce population levels even by 30 percent, it’ll have a pretty substantial impact.”

Jonathan Reyes, a School of Management junior, said extermination, even if possible, may have negative consequences.

“I feel like they have the basis for their study, but at the same time I don’t know if killing mosquitoes would be a good thing,” Reyes said. He suggested conducting further research in a small sample size before applying it to

larger populations. “I think it’s for a good cause for [eradicating] malaria, but they would have to do it in a test group — like a specific location before they do it on the mass population.”

Unlike Reyes, however, College of Arts and Sciences freshman, Melissa Arjona, said this new approach could be successful.

“I think it’s important that it’s taking a different approach of treating the source of the problem and not going directly to the people and trying to cure them,” she said. However, she brought up some potential barriers surrounding further research.

“I think it would be a yes or no…based on how effective it’s going to be and based on the cost of doing this,” she said. “Or they could research other ways that would maybe be more beneficial and more efficient.”

Methods and approach To study the MISO-20E interaction between male and female mosquito populations, the researchers used a method called RNA interference. South explained that the researchers found the gene they wanted to study — in this case, the one coding for MISO production — and synthesized a homologous strand of double-stranded RNA. The RNA was then injected into the mosquito body, where it stopped the translation of DNA to RNA for that particular gene, efficiently creating a “knock-down” of MISO in the females.

MISO was first found in females in 2008, but South said this is the first time 20E has ever been

identified by researchers.

“I think we have very strong evidence that it is definitely the activator of it,” he said. “Whether or not there are some other important factors there, it’s definitely possible. But we know that it’s an extremely important activator and it serves an absolutely crucial role.”

Melody Eaton, a freshman in CAS, said she thinks this approach, which is different from anything she has ever heard of before, has could have far-reaching implications for health worldwide.

“I think it’s a very proactive approach,” Eaton said. “I’ve never heard of taking the mosquitoes and trying to alter them like that. I don’t know what the effects would be for something like that — whether there would be negative effects on other organisms. But it could be worth a shot.”

Like Eaton, Bryan Chambers, an SMG freshman, said he thinks the study is worth further exploration.

“I would say if they have the technology to do it, I don’t see any downside,” Chambers said. “I don’t see any negative effects or animal abuse. I don’t know what the arguments against it would be.”

Reyes, on the other hand, said he is still cautious of potential repercussions of research and said he questioned the morality of it.

“I think it is important, but at the same time what I’m thinking is about ethics,” Reyes said. “You’re basically manipulating what the world is supposed to be in a way that only suits our species. It begs the question of, ‘How far are you taking this?’”

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The FreeP endorses John Connolly

For the past 20 years, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has risen to become an integral part of the city. Back in a 1996 address, he began a journey to become the “education mayor” and challenged residents to judge him if his overhaul of the public school system failed, according to a March 29 Boston Globe article. Since then, he has pushed historically low dropout rates, higher standardized test scores and a rising college completion rate among Boston natives.

Education is a central issue to Boston, and this is why The Daily Free Press has chosen to endorse City Councilor John Connolly for mayor of Boston.

If he sees an overhaul of the education system though, revamping the city from the ground up, will encourage more families to move into the city because of the quality of the public schools. Connolly’s plan includes building more public school buildings and fostering relationships between high schools and universities in the city. Not only will he continue Menino’s excellent legacy of keeping more students in school, Connolly’s plan will get more high school graduates into college, perhaps in the Boston area.

Boston is an incredibly educated city — just look at the number of top-class universities.

There is no reason why residents should have to send their children to private and charter schools for a better education. Boston Public Schools should offer the same education and sporting opportunities as suburban schools 10 miles away. People should not only be comfortable sending their children to a public school in the city — they should be enthusiastic to do so. If we build more public schools in Boston proper, it will help anchor families in the city and make the area a more desirable, safer and better-educated home without gentrifying it.

We are confident Connolly has the expertise to implement his plans and make these changes. With a Harvard University degree and

years of experience as an urban public school teacher, he knows his way through the education system and he will be able to balance longer-term planning with an awareness of how to work with schools immediately. His rhetoric has also remained completely stable, showing that he is incredibly sure of his ideas and plans to change schools.

This is evident from his responses in every debate throughout the campaign. Both candidates faced questions about how they plan to close the achievement gap. Connolly plans to unite the universities and non-profit organizations to provide assets to disadvantaged students in the city. This is indicative of a resourceful candidate.

This is not to say that his opponent Marty Walsh is a bad candidate, though. He strives to lower the burden on the working class and work with unions to create better conditions for blue collar Bostonians. He has a compelling backstory, one of enduring success in the face of adversity. As someone who grew up economically disadvantaged, it’s amazing to see how he has carved himself into a strong, viable political candidate. And Walsh has also focused on education — Connolly is just the better candidate given his expertise and experience.

But the unions have heavily funded Walsh’s campaign. Money is the loudest voice in any political campaign. If Walsh is elected, will he prioritize their demands over his constituents’?

He does not have the same proven record in education as Connolly, and for this, we believe Connolly will accomplish more.

More than 15 years ago, Menino successfully changed public schools, but it is time for another public school renovation. Menino did start a lot of initiatives that continued through his term, but those are now in need of John Connolly’s fresh perspective. It will be interesting to see how Connolly follows in Menino’s footsteps if he is elected.

Girl, 21: Learning curve Sydney L. Shea

Learning is an intensely personal process that I don’t think happens in the classroom. My brain has always turned off once a professor attempts to teach an entire class a very technical formula or method that can really only be done on an individual basis.

Whether I’m in a Core science class or my Greek composition course, whenever the instructor explains something mathematically related or morphologically related – anything that needs to be done with memorization or solitary experience – I drift off into a daydream.

Sometimes I like to think about lying in a pile of puppies, or other times, such as today, I imagine how greatly life would improve if Boston University bought Commonwealth Avenue and built a lazy river for students and staff to get to class. I thought about what I wanted to eat for lunch, and even contemplated working out later in the afternoon. I wiped off my eyeglasses a few times too, and then wondered if my professor would be good in bed.

So I clearly didn’t learn much.

Learning does not simply happen when a professor recites a fact and you file it away in your brain, ready to extract it at any moment. I learn things best when I’m alone, usually in my room, with minimal distractions. If I’m studying for a test, I read the material over several times until quizzing myself on it, or when it comes to formulas, I literally just do the exercises myself until the rationale behind the procedure unravels itself to me.

This all seems straightforward, I’m sure, but I feel like a lot of valuable class time is spent reiterating – or just iterating – points that either we should have learned by ourselves or will learn for the next class. Even when I’m doing my most complicated homework and it seems necessary to visit someone’s office hours, I realize that having someone explain something to me that I don’t already know is pretty useless.

I only visit office hours for more subjective things, such as essays – it’s not as if you can argue a math problem (at least I can’t).

The most useful classes are either lecturebased or discussion-based, when the assumption is that students have come to class prepared to talk about – not learn – the given subject.

I like lectures because, having known the background information about the topic, you gain a lot of insight into what that particular professor might be speculating on. No one else speaks, and no one is expected to speak, which

helps us avoid the issue of pretentious students prolonging class time with vain comments.

But I’m always confused to see students around me avidly taking down notes. I haven’t used notes on a test probably since high school, especially when the instructor gives handouts on the lecture material. I rely pretty heavily on those as well as the textbook for studying, as opposed to running the risk of missing an important revelation that only comes when your mind is focused on what the speaker is saying.

I enjoy discussions, but I don’t think they are helpful with respect to essay-writing or studying. When my classmates are too opinionated, each comment becomes less and less meaningful, but when no one exactly knows what’s going on, I begin to doubt the instructor has a clear agenda. Honestly, I usually learn more in discussions by disagreeing with the professor.

I used to not believe that some people were slower at learning and thought that they simply weren’t trying as hard, which actually isn’t always true. I have a great brain for learning, but when I’m unmotivated, I fail exams just like anyone else who doesn’t study – my previous reserve of knowledge isn’t an indicator of my proficiency in unknown material.

Learning, however, is something that only comes with experience. I taught myself how to play piano by age 7 or 8, and while it was helpful to get technical criticism from an expert, my longest songs were learned by practice over and over again, so much so that I memorized entire intricate scores without needing sheet music.

But when I’m playing my French horn in a group, such as a concert band or orchestra, I find that I always need sheet music even though my part is much simpler and only uses one body part (my mouth) instead of 11 (my fingers and one foot). Maybe it’s because the horn is a more abstract instrument, but I think it’s because I rely on other members of a group to learn parts for me, making my part incomplete.

Anyways, as much as I complain about not being good at math or failing a language exam, it’s completely my own fault. I have totally disliked many of my professors, but ultimately, learning material well is something that needs to be done alone, with some serious self-discipline.

Sydney L. Shea is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at slshea@bu.edu.

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Taylor Brooks is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Communication. He can be reached at tjbrooks@bu.edu.

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Peters places 2nd at PL championships Cross Country: From Page 8

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Senior forward Ali Sozeri has been part of an offense that has improved as of late for the Terriers.

Injuries hinder men’s soccer team all year Men’s Soccer: From Page 8

ries from the outset and struggled to have a consistent starting lineup. This year, they have again been plagued by injuries, including the 2011 America East Defender of the Year, junior defender Kelvin Madzongwe, who was out for an extended period of time, and junior midfielder Cameron Souri.

The lack of depth was apparent in the Terriers’ two games against the top two seeds, the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Military Academy. Dealing with injuries, BU fell to No. 1 seed Navy (12-3-2, 8-0 Patriot League) 1-0, and lost in heartbreaking fashion to Army (12-2-2, 6-1-1 Patriot

League) in double overtime by a score of 3-2.

The coaching staff has tried to combat this problem by using the bench efficiently, even using 15 players with more than 30 minutes each at one point during the season. Although the team has not stayed at full health, they have been competitive in most contests. Even with multiple players hurt, the team is still in contention to make the playoffs heading into the final game of the regular season.

“Kids have been coming in and stepping up,” Roberts said. “Guys have been doing it all year. It’s difficult not having the consistency, but it’s something you have to deal with.”

previous performances and she has ... been waiting for this breakthrough to occur, and where is it, and I think finally succeeded. It was a really good time for that to happen.”

Sophomore Michelle Sumner (13th, 22:40.32) and senior Nikki Long (24th, 23:02.67) rounded out the scoring for BU. The Terriers finished with 47 points, 10 points ahead of second-place Lehigh University.

Also finishing within the top 50 were junior Ashli Tagoai (38th, 23:25.08) and sophomore Rachel Lottermann (46th, 23:40.00).

Freshman Felicia Sciortino (56th, 23:56.14), senior Ally Brillaud (64th, 24:14.82), senior Janelle Jorgensen (65th, 24:16.91), freshman Sydney Lagueux (82nd, 24:55.60) and sophomore Erin Pierce (85th, 25:00.97) also competed for the Terriers.

For the men, senior Rich Peters finished in second place with a time of 24:28.11 in the eight-kilometer race, eight seconds behind the winner, senior Tyler Mueller from Lehigh.

“Richard ran a very good race,” Lehane said. “He had a shot at winning at the final sprint to the line, and the kid that did win, the guy from Lehigh, Tyler Mueller, really put together an excellent run. Richard ran very strongly the whole way.”

Sophomore Kevin Thomas finished in 16th place in 25:48.63, and junior Ben Ravetz was six spots behind him with a time of 26:02.16. Junior Aaron Somoroff finished in 34th place, clocking in at 26:25.87, and sophomore Alec Olson finished in 43rd place (26:50.34) as the final scorer for BU. The men totaled 112 points, good for fifth place.

Senior Michael Caputo finished in 46th place with a time of 26:52.66. Sophomore

Women’s hockey ranked 10th in poll on the road is a feather in the cap.”

Women’s Hockey: From Page 8

So far this year, the Terriers are living up to, if not exceeding, expectations that had them tabbed to finish second in the conference. BU is currently tied atop the Hockey East standings with Boston College, but hold the distinction of being the only undefeated team in the conference.

For Durocher, the biggest factor in BU’s success against conference rivals lies in the team’s great defensive unit and its strong play away from Walter Brown Arena. The Terriers are currently 4-1-1 in away games this season.

“I think, without a doubt, it’s the fact that we play good defense,” Durocher said.

“There’s nights you can play well offensively … but it’s not always a given that you’re going to turn the light on in this game, because goalies can be tough. That would be first and foremost, our level of defense, and secondly, being able to play on the road is very important. To get two of the three wins

BU reappears on USCHO poll The Terriers gained national recognition again, as BU was ranked No. 10 in the latest USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll.

BU, which held a spot in the national poll from Jan. 30, 2012 to Oct. 21, 2013, were left off the list for two weeks before finally making a reappearance.

Despite the positive news, Durocher said that his players are more focused on taking it one day at a time as opposed to focusing on larger issues such as national rankings.

“I think the kids are really just focused on taking things one step at a time,” Durocher said. “If you do that and you perform well, you’re going to find your way back into a nice position whether it’s in your league or in the national picture. It’s all a matter of putting it together, not looking too far down the road … just taking one shift, one period at a time and good things will add up.”

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Paul Gennaro finished in 59th (27:19.92), while freshman Matti Groll placed 67th (27:47.79). Sophomore Alex Civitano placed 69th (27:55.51) and senior Tom Waterman finished 73rd (28:00.45). To round out the Terrier contingent, sophomore John McKeon finished 95th with a time of 29:14.29.

Lehane said that the course conditions played a role in the races that day.

“It was a fairly demanding course,” Lehane said. “A particular problem for us was it was very soft grass, and we don’t get to run too much on soft grass. You’ll get on grass, but it tends to be closely cropped and on fairly firm ground, harder ground, but down there it had rained for a few days and it was nice. That sort of running requires a lot out of your balance [and] stabilizing muscles. If you don’t train a lot on it, it’s kind of difficult.”

On top of the already impressive day, Lehane was named Patriot League Coach of the Year.

“It’s very nice, but it’s reflecting more so on the athletes than me,” Lehane said.

“They’re the ones that really get out there and perform. I’m in the really fortunate position of having a lot of very good athletes and people to work with, and that’s really what that says more than anything else.”

The true highlight of the day, though, was securing a conference championship in the program’s first year in the Patriot League.

“We were really hoping to get a win there, so that was great fun,” Lehane said.

“The transition, there’s so many changes and different looks from the teams and the people and you’re not quite sure how it’s all going to play out. Finally getting in the water and getting wet and having the competition, it was great fun.

“We’re very happy to get the win. I saw a lot of smiles.”

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Durant’s freakish height and agility combination, the comparisons make sense. Wiggins is capable of leading a team to the next level right now. A college team, that is.

And that’s just the issue. Labeling a player as the Next Big Thing is a perilous proposition. Sometimes it works. Remember how LeBron was called “The Chosen One” in a 2002 Sports Illustrated feature?

It seems like he’s doing all right for himself. But what about someone like Marcus Fizer? Fizer was drafted No. 4 overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 2000 NBA draft, drawing comparisons to Karl Malone, among other superstars. But he could never quite harness his immense talent, and was out of the NBA by 2006.

Labeling someone as the next great NBA talent before they even enter college is a slippery slope. Obviously, the player in question has talent. They wouldn’t be referred to that way if they were a middling benchwarmer. But as a college freshman myself, I know how hard it is to stay grounded and focused. I can’t even imagine how difficult it must be to stay humble and true to myself in the face of so much adulation and expectation. Everyone wants a piece of you, from your fellow students to pro agents and sneaker companies waiting and drooling over your earning potential.

I made it abundantly clear how I feel

about the one-and-done rule in my column a couple weeks ago. I think it’s stupid, especially for these super-hyped players that are celebrities and really couldn’t care less about going to college. Someone like LeBron James, who was obviously mature enough to handle the NBA life as an 18-year-old, shouldn’t be wasting his time.

Is Andrew Wiggins worth the hype?

Physically, there’s no question that he is.

In terms of pure talent (depending on how you feel about Anthony Davis), he’s the best prospect we’ve seen since Kevin Durant. As for his mental makeup, it’s largely unknown. It’s a good sign already that he’s attempting to debunk NBA player comparisons. It shows that he’s aware of his standing as a relatively unproven entity.

I hope that Andrew Wiggins is able to handle the pressure of big-time basketball.

I hope he comes to Kansas and dominates his competition. I hope he’s the No. 1 pick in the 2014 NBA draft and lands on a team where he can grow and develop with veterans and other young players alike. If all goes as planned, the NBA will have its next superstar. If it doesn’t go as planned, it will be a tragedy. As someone who loves the NBA unconditionally, through a lockout and years of a tarnished image after the 2005 Pacers-Pistons brawl, I believe in Andrew Wiggins and I hope he pans out. Oh, and I hope he ends up at Chicago. I love the Bulls, so that would really be something.

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- BU coach Bruce Lehane on the women’s XC team’s conference championship

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Foul Shots On Wiggins

Patrick McKay

“Wiggins has an unreal amount of potential and he’ll be under the eye of every scout over the next few years ... Considered the top player in his class by most recruiting services, and has first overall pick potential whenever he enters the NBA draft...”

-NBAdraft.net profile of Andrew Wiggins Any time you’re designated as the NBA’s next superstar, you know you’ve done something right. 18-year-old Andrew Wiggins of the University of Kansas basketball team has been given this title. His father is former NBA shooting guard Mitchell Wiggins and his mother a former Olympic silver medalist in track and field.

So you could say Andrew Wiggins was born for stardom. He first appeared on YouTube as a 13-year-old in 2009, dominating his competition with thunderous dunks and unstoppable drives to the basket. From there, his legend only grew. He won the Gatorade National Player of the Year award and was named Mr. Basketball USA this year, becoming the first Canadian player to win either award (he was born in Canada, but moved to West Virginia in 2011).

I’ve watched Wiggins’s highlight tapes and the highlights from his first exhibition game with Kansas. He’s ridiculously athletic, quick and a developing perimeter shooter. On the defensive side of the ball, he shows good mechanics, although an occasional lack of effort plagues him, as it does many young players. But all in all, he’s one of the most talented prospects the college game has seen since Kevin Durant in 2007.

Wiggins consistently ducks any comparison to NBA stars when he can. This is a prudent course of action. He hasn’t officially played in a regularseason NCAA game, let alone faced down LeBron James with the clock winding down and the game tied in the playoffs. That being said, Wiggins has been compared to James and Durant quite often. While he doesn’t yet have James’s wrecking ball-like ability to get to the rim at will or

Mckay, see page 7

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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS The women’s cross country team earns BU’s first conference championship in the Patriot League, P.8.

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Senior class excels over weekend games Women’s XC wins Patriot League title

By Conor Ryan Daily Free Press Staff

It would be an understatement to say that the No. 10 Boston University women’s hockey team had a successful week, as the Terriers defeated three Hockey East opponents to further its claim as one of the top teams in the conference so far this season.

While the Terriers (6-1-1, 3-0 Hockey East) received contributions from many players during their last three contests, it was the team’s seniors, specifically captain Louise Warren and goaltender Kerrin Sperry, who played the biggest part in BU’s successful week.

Warren finished the three-game stretch with five goals and an assist for a total of six points on the week. The Pembroke, Ontario, native netted the overtime game-winning goal Tuesday night against Northeastern University before posting multi-goal games against the University of New Hampshire Friday night and the University of Vermont Saturday afternoon.

Warren now leads the Terriers in goals (seven), points (nine) and shots (50). For her efforts, Warren was named the Hockey East Co-Player of the Week. BU coach Brian Durocher praised Warren and her impact both on and off the ice this season. “[Warren] obviously had the big pair of goals to become the game winner and seal the deal up in New Hampshire, and she responded back here against UVM with another great game,” Durocher said. “Off the ice, Louise is someone who works extremely hard but has a role of being a captain, which sometimes can have a lot of prestige and certain recognition from it, but at the same time, it’s not an easy job.

“She’s done a great job helping with some of the team building and team bonding and making sure people are all on the same page.”

Sperry was nearly unstoppable

By Sarah Kirkpatrick Daily Free Press Staff

BU itself earned an award this week, as the Terriers were named the Hockey East Team of the Week for defeating three conference opponents in five days.

The first conference title in the Patriot League for a Boston University program came from the women’s cross country team when it took home the Patriot League Championships trophy at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. on Saturday.

Junior Rosa Moriello won the six-kilometer course in 21:09.93, almost 40 seconds faster than second-place senior Kiera Harrison of Loyola University-Maryland.

Moriello has won all three races in which she has run this season, and as a result, Moriello was named Patriot League Runner of the Year. “[It’s been] a pretty good year,” said BU coach Bruce Lehane about Moriello. “She’s been undefeated, so she won the New Englands, won the Patriot League and [I’m] very happy with her developments.”

Senior Monica Adler placed third with a time of 21:52.37, while sophomore Shelby Stableford finished in sixth place in 22:26.05.

Lehane said he was pleased with Adler’s performance, given her struggle with a foot injury this year.

“She’s really in a very compromising situation,” Lehane said. “ ... That was pretty gutsy of her because when you’re missing training as a cross country runner, that’s your bread and butter.”

He had even further praise for Stableford’s breakout race.

“Shelby’s race was a big surprise, pleasant,” Lehane said.

“She stepped up quite a bit from

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Senior captain Louise Warren leads the women’s hockey team in total goals (seven), points (nine) and shots (50).

in net last week, as the BU goalie posted a 3-0-0 record with a microscopic 0.98 goals-against-average and a .965 save percentage. Sperry had the 12th shutout of her career against the Catamounts (3-5-1, 1-1 Hockey East), stopping 28 shots in what was her 100th start with BU. Sperry’s stellar performance this past week was rewarded Monday afternoon, as she was named the Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week.

“Kerrin has been very sharp all through this season,” Durocher said. “She’s had real good support

in front of her from her team and that’s probably something she’s appreciate of and so am I, because it tells me we’re working hard, we’re committed to defense.”

Terriers off to quick start against Hockey East opponents

BU clings on to slim playoff chances as regular season concludes

By Emmanuel Gomez Daily Free Press Staff

When it comes to the 2013 Patriot League playoff picture, the Boston University men’s soccer team is on the outside looking in.

The Terriers (6-9-1, 3-5-0 Patriot League) still have a chance, though, as they are battling with Colgate University for the sixth and final playoff spot in the Patriot League Tournament. BU trails the Raiders (4-12-2, 3-4-1 Patriot League) by one point with one game to go for each team.

If the Terriers can notch a win against Bucknell University in their final game Nov. 9, they will have a strong chance of playing postseason soccer.

BU with a win would move two points in front of Colgate in the standings and put the pressure on the Raiders, and force Colgate into a win-or-out situation in its

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mates such as senior forward Ali Sozeri, who registered his second goal of the year against Colgate, and junior midfielder Jordan Barker, who has recorded two assists over the last three games, and is now second on the team with four assists.

The Terriers have finally started to string passes together and push the ball with cohesion, allowing them to possess the ball efficiently.

“We need goals, obviously,” Roberts said. “It’s been our mission all year. We still have to put our chances away when we get them.”

Through their last three games, the Terriers’ offense has been a key to the playoff push. They have outshot their opponents 41-

32 while outscoring them 6-3 in that three-game span.

Junior forward Dominique Badji is leading the charge with four goals in the Terriers’ last three games, as his numerous shots on target are producing results. Not only is he second in shots per game in the Patriot League, amassing 51 shots in 15 matches, but he is also fourth in the conference in goals, recording six on the season thus far. While he has indeed played well since the beginning of the year, his dominance is finally starting to show up in score sheet.

“He’s been getting chances all season,” Roberts said of Badji.

“Now he’s starting to finish them off. That’s what his position is, that’s what he does.”

It has been a team effort on offense, though, as Badji has received help from several team-

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The Terriers can still clinch a spot in the playoffs if they draw with Bucknell, but that would only happen if the Raiders lose. If this scenario happened, the Terriers would advance into the playoffs, as BU won the matchup between the two teams on Wednesday by a 3-0 margin.

“We don’t have to worry about anyone, we just have to take care of our business, that’s all,” said BU coach Neil Roberts regarding his team’s potential playoff chances.

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