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Coakley defends buffer zone law against abortion protesters City leaders to work protect patients going into reproductive healthcare facilities by creating a 35-foot buffer zone with Scholars for around clinic entrances and driveways that petitioners cannot cross, but petitioners claim the buffer zone law violates First Amendment BU cities initiative rights.

PHOTO BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

A protester who prefers to remain anonymous stands outside the 35-foot buffer zone in front of Planned Parenthood in Boston. Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley recently filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court defending the buffer zone by which protesters must abide outside abortion clinics in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

By Kelsey Newell Daily Free Press Staff

Petitioners are opposing a law on how close protestors can be to the entrance of abortion clinics, Mass. Attorney Gen. Martha Coakley defended the constitutionality of the buffer zone law Friday because it protects public safety and patient access to reproductive healthcare.

Philip Moran, a Salem lawyer who is representing the petitioners in the case, said the buffer

zone law violates freedom of speech and free access to public sidewalks.

“This new law makes it impossible to have a quiet conversation with a person, to speak to people who are in a difficult situation, in a difficult time of their life,” he said. “They need the opportunity to hear the opposite side of the story and [be offered] help, that’s basically what the plaintiffs have been doing.”

The buffer zone law, passed in 2007, aims to

Coakley is now defending the law’s constitutionality for the fifth time.

“Massachusetts’ buffer zone statute strikes the right balance between ensuring safe access to medical facilities and preserving freedom of expression,” Coakley said in a Friday release.

“This law has enhanced public safety in a fair and constitutional manner.”

The law, which was signed by Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick and took effect on Nov. 13, 2007, is in effect only during the clinic’s business hours and only if the buffer zone is clearly marked and posted.

Those in favor of the law see the past four court hearings concerning the law as proof of its constitutionality.

“We certainly value free speech and the right to privacy in Massachusetts,” said Tricia Wajda, director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood. “The thing about the 2007 buffer zone law is that it ensures that both rights are protected.

We firmly believe, and we’ve seen in practice, that this 2007 law has been the only thing that works that effectively strikes that balance between patient safety, staff safety and the protesters’ rights to free speech.”

This law has been challenged and upheld

Gregor said he struggles with hiring qualified employees for Velir and sees this challenge continuing over the next 12 months.

“One of our biggest challenges right now is sourcing, identifying and recruiting a new staff,” he said. “We’re really hungry on this front. We’re looking for a large number of people, and the type of people that we’re hiring are either highly technical or they’re significantly in demand in the space, either here or across the nation.”

Amy Staley, operations manager for Small Army, an advertising agency and Small Business of the Year Award honoree, said despite concerns from small business owners to find quality employees, she takes pride in the high quality of her employees.

“We work very closely together,” she said.

“Everyone is committed and understands the focus and the strategy and where we’re trying to go as a company. They’re devoted to doing

A program in Boston University’s political science department set to launch in the spring semester will allow city leaders from around the globe to analyze the factors that contribute to success in cities, officials said.

The Initiative on Cities, which will be codirected by BU Political Science Department Chairman Graham Wilson and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, will focus on improving city development in areas such as education, environment, healthcare and technology, Wilson said.

“The overall object is to contribute to both academic and practical policy discussions on how cities can be centers of dynamism, innovation and economic leadership for their regions and the country,” Wilson said.

Menino announced at a Thursday press conference he would be joining BU faculty to codirect the initiative, which will begin on Feb. 1.

He has a five-year contract with BU. The initiative will encourage city politicians to examine urban development growth with scholars and academic professionals, Wilson said. Similar to a think tank, the initiative will encourage collaboration with experts at other universities to share city development determine solutions to common urban problems.

Areas of focus for the initiative will include building city infrastructures in order to attract industry, families and opportunities that generate a city’s economic growth.

“In terms of cities being attractive to people and to business, environmental factors are important,” Wilson said. “We wouldn’t have people moving back into Boston if the Charles River was still a sewer.”

Another major objective of the initiative is evaluating how to improve cities’ educational systems, which are crucial factor in a city’s growth, Wilson said.

“One of the big issues for Boston is achieving this sort of success in our educational system that provides an image of dynamic economic growth,” Wilson said. “It also encourages families to remain here or move into the city as opposed to having them leave.

Lucy Hutyra, a CAS professor in the department of Earth and environment specializing in urban ecology, said investing in the growth of a city’s infrastructure makes a lasting impression on the city’s future.

Small Businesses, see page 2

Initiative, see page 2

Coakley, see page 2

Small business owners wary of upcoming year, report suggests

By Felicia Gans Daily Free Press Staff

Boston’s small business owners are less optimistic about the coming year than their counterparts around the country, according to Bank of America’s Fall 2013 Small Business Owner Report released Friday.

The report analyzes small businesses that have between two and 99 employees and under $500 million in annual revenue, said Don Vecchiarello, small business communications manager at Bank of America.

“We interview [small business owners] to get their takes on perceptions about the small business environment, about their outlook on 2014, or a variety of different issues that impact small business owners throughout the country,” he said.

The report, a national study performed semi-annually based on the perspectives on small businesses, was conducted through a national representative sample of 1,000 small business owners around the United States. Ad-

ditionally, 300 small business owners in nine target cities were surveyed.

The report asked small business owners about their plans for hiring in 2014, their expectations for revenue, and their trust in their local and national economies.

Only 30 percent of small business owners in Boston plan to hire in the next 12 months, compared to 45 percent nationally. Also, 45 percent of businesses in Boston are concerned about finding qualified employees.

Mark Gregor, CEO of Velir, a digital technology agency in Boston that was awarded 2013 Small Business of the Year by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, said these numbers do not reflect Velir’s plans for the coming year.

“That’s actually really surprising and that’s a sad number, if that’s true,” he said. “We hired 29 people this year, and we’re planning on similar growth in 2014, so growth absolutely continues to be our story.”

By Pariza Lovos Daily Free Press Staff

Logan outfits new runway technology to improve flight safety, efficiency

By Emily Hartwell Daily Free Press Staff

Xsight Systems, a developer of runway sensor technologies, announced Friday the launch of an automated foreign object debris detector called FODetect that will provide further safety measures and increased efficiency at Logan International Airport.

Arik Fux, vice president of U.S. Operations for Xsight Systems, said the technology would help the airport determine when action should be taken to remove an object from the runway.

“For any item that is detected, it will alert the airport user and will give them enough visual information to decide whether they need to respond immediately or not,” he said. “If the airport decides that the object is deemed to be responded to immediately, you want to remove it before something happens on the runway.”

Boston is the first city in the United States to use an automated detection system from the Israel-based company to find FOD, or foreign object debris. Officially turned on in September, the system was installed on one of the busiest

runways at the airport to cut down time between flight operations.

The FODetect technology combines remote sensors with runway edge lights to increase safety and efficiency. FODetect also allows for full video coverage from the runway, according to a Friday release.

Richard Walsh, a spokesperson for Massport Authority, said the system will not replace the previous method of manually scanning for debris on the runway, but it will enhance the process by providing the addition of automated scans.

“We have six runways on the airport, and this technology is on one of the runways, Runway 927,” he said. “This really hasn’t changed protocols that are in place or requirements by the FAA [Federal Aviation Administration].

This is an enhancement over and above what is required.”

The airport has been working with the FAA and production companies for several years in

Logan, see page 2

PHOTO COURTESY OF XSIGHT SYSTEMS

Xsight Systems installed an automated foreign debris detection system at Boston Logan International Airport over the summer, making it one of the first airports in the United States to have this type of technology.

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Residents: Coakley law makes sense Coakley: From Page 1

four different times, but now will be challenged again in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case McCullen v. Coakley because opponents still state there are strong constitutional right violations.

“We had to go through two trials with Judge Tauro at the [U.S.] District Court, then we had to go twice to the First Circuit Court of Appeals,” Moran said. “Then after the decision came down from the First Circuit in January we petitioned to take it to the U.S. Supreme Court, which was granted to us on June 24, so we’re scheduled to go to the Supreme Court on Jan. 15.”

Wajda said the harassment and intimidation of women walking into clinics dates back to the 1980’s.

“Planned Parenthood is deeply committed to protecting the privacy, dignity, and safety of our patients and staff,” she said. “We don’t think that a woman seeking reproductive health care should be judged, shamed or harassed. The 2007 law was passed with the support of law enforcement who wanted a strong mechanism for ensuring public safety and protecting the safety of health centers’ patients and staff.”

Some residents said the buffer zone law respects the civil rights for health clinics to practice and administer healthcare, and protesters’ rights to assembly and free speech.

“When someone is highly opinionated, things can get heated and you never know what might happen,” said Walter Covington, 55, of Roxbury. “It’s a woman’s choice what she does with her body, and she doesn’t need to be afraid to broach a clinic.”

Brian O’Rourke, 41, of Dorchester, said the buffer zone law strikes a proper balance for both parties.

“The protesters still get to do their thing out in front where they want to be, it’s not necessary for them to be any closer than the law entails,” he said. “And the women still get to make their own decisions without any additional pressure.”

Resident: Improved runway CAS prof.: Urban leadership programs leave lasting impact tech. makes Logan ‘pioneers’ logan: From Page 1

an effort to adopt the best system. After a competitive bidding process, the airport chose Xsight Systems, Walsh said.

“Logan Airport has a very good reputation to be on the cutting edge of technology and they are always on the lookout for ways to make the airport even safer,” Fux said. “So they’re looking all the time to safe technologies and ... we are categorized under safe technologies.”

Logan Airport paid $1.7 million for the system, a much lower price than the usual $5 million price tag, because it is the first airport in the United States to use this sort of technology.

“In many cases, one of the benefits of being the first is that all the competitors were very aggressive in terms of pricing to get this project,” Fux said. “Boston ended up choosing us as the one most suitable for their airport. As with any other product, the early adopters have the benefit of getting it for a special price.”

Xsight Systems officials said they hope the success at Logan Airport will encourage others to

adopt the technology.

“We definitely see traction with more airports now, outside Boston, that are looking at the reputation that Boston has,” he said. “[They are] coming over to take a look at the system and are definitely interested, going forward, in installing those systems as well.”

Some residents said the improved technology will make the airport more efficient and cut back on delays between takeoffs.

“Anything they can do to maximize efficiency is good,” said Molly Hopper, 28, of Boston.

“It’s a really busy airport and a lot of people commute, so whatever system they have in place sounds great.”

Jeremy Scott, 35, of Dorchester, said the detection system is a good way for Logan Airport to establish credibility and create a good reputation for the city of Boston.

“It’s good that Logan is trying to make changes to their airport,” he said. “If it works, they can be the pioneers. That’s always good to have that associated with your city.”

Weak nat’l. economy could affect small Mass. businesses Small BuSineSSeS: From Page 1

very good work for the clients.”

The report also asked small business owners how they predict their national and local economies will affect their business’s success in 2014.

Nationally, 28 percent of small business owners believe the national economy will improve in the next year, and 30 percent believe their local economies will improve — a 5 percent drop from last year’s report.

Staley said while these numbers are not only true for small businesses, a stagnant or weak national economy would affect all business-

es alike.

“The same [would happen] for big and small companies,” she said.

“If the economy falters, if the job market falls apart, if we have stock market issues or housing issues and we fall back into recession then that affects everybody and every position.”

Gregor said the declining confidence of small business owners is not a direct correlation to their success.

“I always worry about the future,” he said. “That doesn’t change.

If you’re a business owner, you’re always concerned about what the long term looks like.”

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goal, but will instead tackle the various dilemmas cities across the world face.

“There are a lot of issues facing cities, large and small,” Riley said.

“They [Menino and Wilson] are going to want to focus on those that they’re able to provide information, resources and ideas for and address them so that municipalities will not have to reinvent the wheel.”

Riley said Menino’s leadership will benefit BU academia and students who are pursuing careers in city development issues.

“Menino has worked for the city as the mayor of Boston for 20-plus years and has addressed all these issues of employment, sustainability and development,” Riley said. “His experience of being at the forefront will provide that real hands-on experience to answer some of the processes and obstacles that get in the way of improving the life of urban residents and the life of the city.”

initiative: From Page 1

“Infrastructure choices often define subsequent development and can lock us into a particular development trajectory for decades to come,” Hutyra said. “The location of major transportation corridors, for example, can shape the character of neighborhoods, environmental quality and congestion.”

Hutyra also said urban leadership and infrastructure choices are characteristics that define the success of a growing urban environment.

“Good urban leadership balances the short-term constraints and needs of a city with a long-term vision for future growth, development, vulnerabilities and opportunities,” Hutyra said. “The infrastructure choices, particularly energy infrastructure, of the new and growing cities will last for decades.”

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Campus & City City Crime Logs Nov. 13 to Nov. 19

By Felicia Gans Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken from the Allston-Brighton D-14 crime logs from Nov. 13 to Nov. 19.

Officer is punched while breaking up a fight On Friday at about 11:07 a.m., an officer responded to a fight between high school students on Warren Street. A truck driver stopped the officer at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Gordon Street to tell them he saw a student punch a female at the intersection of Warren Street and Camelot Court. When the officer arrived at the scene, he attempted to intervene and stop the altercation.

In the process, one of the suspects punched the officer in the mouth. The officer tried to restrain the suspect, but he was forced to take her to the ground and handcuff her. Two students attacked the officer as additional units arrived at the scene. All three suspects were placed under arrest, and the officer was transported to St. Elizabeth Medical Center.

Intoxicated victim falls down two stories At about 12:23 a.m. on Saturday, officers responded to a trauma call at 164 Strathmore Rd. Boston Fire Department and Boston Emergency Medical Services treated an intoxicated female victim at the bottom of the staircase.

The victim was conscious and cursing at the officials as they tried to administer treatment. Officers interviewed all four of the witnesses. According to their stories, the victim lost her balance as she approached the second floor and fell over the handrail, landing on her back. She was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

15 people attack two others at a bar On Saturday at about 12:49 a.m., an officer arrived at The Joshua Tree at 1316 Commonwealth Ave. for a reported fight. Another police unit told the officer about 15 individuals had forced their way into the bar and assaulted two people. One victim suffered a laceration to the head. The other victim was an employee, who had attempted to break up the fight and suffered a rib injury. The officer issued a License Premise Inspection Notice to the manager for patron-on-patron assault and battery and patron-on-employee assault and battery.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Student families face effects of typhoon Task force to

assess barriers in higher ed.

By Taryn Ottaunick Daily Free Press Staff

Residents of the Philippines are struggling to recover from the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan, including the families of some Filipino students at Boston University.

Alana Schwartz, a College of Communication freshman, said her uncle’s home on Mindoro Island, a province largely affected by the typhoon two weeks ago, was decimated.

“His whole house was destroyed, and so was everybody else’s in his province,” Schwartz said.

Her uncle survived the destruction by digging an underground refuge, she said.

“They went underground and just dug,” she said. “They stayed there for over 24 hours. He has nothing left except for a few documents that they took down. There’s no running water, no resources — nothing left.”

College of Arts and Sciences professor of international relations and Earth and environment Adil Najam said Typhoon Haiyan is one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history, and the Philippines

By Drew Schwartz Daily Free Press Staff

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will struggle with recovery for many generations.

“We have yet another great tragedy unfolding in the Philippines,” Najam said. “We’ve seen a whole bunch of them all over the world now, not just in that region, but certainly a lot in that region. We have this massive typhoon, and now we have the human tragedy that’s always left behind, which is people that are homeless, people who need assistance, people who need water.”

Although the economic destruction of the typhoon is overwhelming to the already impoverished nation, Najam said the most important area of focus is the human loss aspect.

“Economic terms ... might actually have a large number attached to it, but the real loss is in terms of human life, human displacement and that you really can’t put a number on,” he said. “That’s the problem when tragedies hit places

College of Arts and Sciences and School of Management junior Chot Duay (left) and College of Communication freshman Alana Schwartz (right) pose for portraits.

Typhoon, see page 4

CSC brings hunger, homelessness awareness to BU

By Drew Schwartz Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University students are working with Boston area organizations to provide meals for low-income individuals during the Community Service Center’s first year of participating in National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.

Volunteers in the CSC’s Student Food Rescue program are working in conjunction with the Greater Boston Food Bank and Boston area food bank Community Servings to help box and ship meals to citizens in need this week, said SFR cochair Isabell Fathy.

“This is a chance where people can actually meet the people that they are delivering these meals to and the people that are facing some of these issues,” Fathy said.

The SFR is also participating in Pie in the Sky, a program that delivers thousands of pies to families in need during the Thanksgiving holiday, Fathy said. They held a volunteer event Saturday, and will also participate Nov. 25 through Nov. 27.

“We’re helping to box and deliver pies to individuals that would not normally be able to cook for themselves,” Fathy, a College of

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Arts and Sciences junior, said. “… Going to that warehouse, you see tons and tons of food. Knowing that that goes out, you see how many families [are affected by hunger].”

Local restaurants and food banks, including Community Servings, Top of the Hub and Dunkin Donuts, which contributed over 600 pies, donated to the relief effort, she said.

Fathy said the SFR’s involvement in National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week raises awareness of these issues at BU. “It makes you want to delve deeper into the problem and brings you in on a more personal level,” she said. “If you don’t have an issue in front of you and its not your issue, its hard to relate. But the second you can understand and have a way to relate, it definitely makes it more of your issue.”

Fathy and her fellow co-chair Nicole St. Louis, a junior in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, are also participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Challenge, or SNAP Challenge, in which they eat all of their meals on a limited food budget of $4.50

a day.

Fathy said she has been sustaining herself on microwaved potatoes and bagels, and St. Louis has been eating orzo and rice since Saturday.

“I would never be able to fully comprehend the difficulties of decisions for low-income families,” she said. “It’s not fully comparable, but in some way I can share the experience of understanding the issue of hunger in America.”

Former SFR program manager and current volunteer Andrew Weaver said he has volunteered at the Greater Boston Food Bank several times and is enjoying collaborating with them for Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.

“The Greater Boston Area Food Bank is the greatest distributor of food in the area, and one of the biggest in the country,” Weaver, a College of Communication senior, said. “It’s one of the most successful non-profits in the Boston area.

I––t’s very well known. It’s really cool that we get to work with them in this week.”

SFR Co-Chair of Transportation Frank Bolella, said the CSC’s participation in Hunger and Home-

SFR, see page 4

U.S. Senators announced the creation of a task force to that will attempt to address issues facing institutions of higher education on Monday, but Boston University students said they felt the initiative might prove ineffective despite the issues facing colleges and universities today.

The Task Force on Government Regulation and Higher Education will review federal regulations applied to college and university programs across the nation and make recommendations to remove inefficient bureaucratic barriers, according to a Monday press release.

Akram Habibi, a College of Engineering sophomore, said officials of the task force would not be able to understand legitimate student issues.

“They’re not in the atmosphere that kids are in,” Habibi said. “Having somebody who’s not experienced in it [student life] trying to help out with it doesn’t always work, so I don’t think they’d be able to help that much.”

However, Habibi said he hoped the task force would be able to alleviate tuition costs.

“It [college tuition] is pretty expensive, especially at schools like BU,” Habibi said. “It would be great if they could help out with that. That would obviously help out with accessibility too, because a lot of kids just can’t afford it [tuition] and can’t get the help from their parents.”

Rachel Prabhu, a junior in SAR, said she felt the task force could be effective in encouraging institutions of higher education to provide more resources for students.

“Higher education organizations or colleges make themselves out to be really helpful and that the resources within the college are really accessible,” Prabhu said. “But actually, once the student is in the college, it’s very hard for a student to actually get help.”

“The Senate itself can’t really do anything personally to monitor teachers other than coming up with this [task force] assessment,” said Alexandra Mercer, a College of Arts and Sciences junior. “The issues that I find troubling in colleges and universities are more frivolous than those that senate needs to focus on.”

Task Force, see page 4

Boston Mayor Menino pushes residents to adopt solar technology

By Bram Peterson Daily Free Press Staff

In continuation of his support for renewable energy, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino called on residents Thursday to consider the adoption of solar power technology in their homes and communities.

George Bachrach, president of the Environmental League of Massachusetts, said residents of Boston would benefit from implementing solar technology in their homes.

“One of the impediments to solar [technology] is the cost per individual, but by aggregating the cost, by getting communities and neighborhoods collectively to participate, there’s a volume discount,” he said.

Menino made this announce-

ment two weeks before the deadline for the Renew Boston Solarize initiative on Nov. 30, which partners the City of Boston with renewable energy solutions provider Next Step Living to help provide affordably-priced solar technology to Boston homeowners.

“Through the Renew Boston Solarize program, residents can lock in lower energy costs, create new clean energy jobs right here in Boston and help us continue to ‘greenovate’ our city,” said Menino in a Thursday release.

Renew Boston Solarize comes in the wake of a similar program called Solarize Mass, headed by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center in partnership with the Massachusetts Depart-

Solar, see page 4

PHOTO COURTESY OF NEXT STEP LIVING

Mayor Menino has urged Boston residents to add solar panels to their homes as part of the Renew Boston Solarize program, which has combined with Next Step Living, the company that prices and installs the panels.

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CAS, SMG junior: Response to typhoon proves ‘resilience’ SFR to continue volunteering for hunger awareness Typhoon: From Page 3

that are occupied by the poorest people. Economic costs in a simple measure can be a distraction and are not a picture of what has really happened.”

Countries across the world have reached out to provide aid to the Philippines as it tries to rebuild, Najam said. The problem is that many people often forget one disaster once another one strikes. He also said people should not compare the typhoon to previous or future natural disasters.

“There should be a difference between football and human tragedy,” Najam said.

“You don’t pick winners and talk about largest and smallest and ‘is this bigger or smaller than the other?’ A dead child is a dead child, and a dead child is a great tragedy.”

A student who asked to remain anonymous said although her family did not live in the affected region, they owned land there. One of her family members, whose whereabouts are currently unknown, was surveying his land in Tacloban when the typhoon struck.

“In terms of everyday lives, they [the student’s family] are okay,” she said. “It’s just now they have that extra factor of trying to find where our lost family member might be.

Their home is fine, where everyone is now is fine. It’s just that one family member we’re worried about. We didn’t know he was gone.

I didn’t know. I haven’t been in contact with him.”

Chot Duay, a CAS and School of Management junior and Philippines native, said although the tragedy in his homeland is overwhelming, he sees the recovery as a chance

for people to see the resilient spirit of the Filipino people.

“It’s a chance for BU to see how united the Philippines can be,” Duay said. “... I’d like for people to someday visit and see the Philippines when it’s a little sunnier and a little happier. Don’t let this disaster be what you see the Philippines as.”

Duay also urged students to reach out to the country with aid and to remember the country for its environment, and most of all, its people.

“The Philippines needs the help right now, most definitely, but I really hope they remember us for who we are and what we are as a people and as a country,” Duay said. “It’s a beautiful country and we are a beautiful people.”

Boston surpasses 1st goal of generating solar power Solar: From Page 3

ment of Energy Resources. Solarize Mass has similar goals, including reducing costs and increasing community communication to help bolster solar energy.

“Through the Solarize Mass program we helped to educate members of the community on how solar works, what the benefits are, and what the economics look like for those projects,” said Elizabeth Kennedy, program director of Solar at the MassCEC. Renew Boston Solarize strives to reduce individual costs of solar technology and encourage community interaction to make neighborhoods collectively implement solar technology.

The program began Aug. 26 and has already signed contracts with 60 Boston residents and given 700 other homeowners solar home assessments to start their process towards solarizing their homes. All regions

of the city are witnessing increased solar technology usage, as the program aims to include as many homeowners as possible, according to the release.

Bachrach said although programs like this help to reduce costs, disseminating information throughout communities about the benefits of solar power are also beneficial in working towards wide-scale usage.

Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick originally set a goal of generating 250 megawatts of solar power in Boston by 2017, but surpassed that in April. A new goal is set at 1,600 megawatts of solar production in Boston, which Patrick wants the city to meet by 2020.

Some residents said they favored the push for communities to take initiative to invest in solar energy themselves.

Ashley Lancaster, 24, of Brighton, said she was optimistic about Boston’s push for solar energy.

“I’m always up for more solar power ...

Students: Task force should focus on tuition Task Force: From Page 3

School of Education Dean Hardin Coleman, said in an email he hopes the task force will be effective in decreasing regulation of higher education institutions.

“It would be great if this commission did the hard work of developing useful accountability metrics for university and colleges that were publically available,” Coleman said. “...

Then we can let the market forces drive innovation and aspirations for excellence.”

Senate education committee Ranking Member Senator Lamar Alexander said in the release the task force will aim to remove some of the red tape surrounding federal regulation of college and university programs.

“Let’s face it: the federal government has become one of the greatest obstacles to innovation in higher education,” Alexander said in the release. “The stack of federal regulations on colleges and universities today is not the result of evil doers, it is simply the piling

up of well-intentioned laws and regulations without anyone spending an equal amount of time weeding the garden first.”

The task force will be co-chaired by Nicholas Zeppos, chancellor of Vanderbilt University, and William Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland, the release stated. The committee will also include 14 college and university presidents and experts in higher education and will be assisted by The American Council on Education.

Alix Rubio, a sophomore in Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, also said high tuition costs needed to be combatted by the committee.

“Student debt keeps on increasing and increasing,” Rubio said. “Students are racking up so much debt that they’re not even able to pay it back. My roommate, she’s paying for college on her own. She’s taking students loans, federal loans, all that. Currently, I think she is $50,000 in debt right now, and we’re only sophomores, so it’s really rough for her.”

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there’s a lot of market out there for it,” she said. “Any way you can help with improving [community energy use], is good, especially in a metropolitan area like Boston.”

Margaret Monteith, 44, of Jamaica Plain, said she is wary of how the solar panels could affect her finances.

“This project will probably cost a large amount of money, which would probably lead to the state raising taxes,” she said. “I understand the benefits, but the taxes here are already too high. We don’t need to cost Bostonians more money.”

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“I’m not really sure why we haven’t been doing it for years already,” he said.

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While this is the first year that the SFR has volunteered for National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Fathy said SFR hopes to continue participation in coming years.

“We’re trying to adopt it into the program,” Fathy said. “… Knowing that some students are involved and that there are people participating in the week is good enough, so far, to get it started.”

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Under the eye of the FBI

Writer and professor Asimov drawn into communist paranoia Amy Gorel Spotlight Editor

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Isaac Asimov in 1965 while he was a professor at BU and under investigation of the FBI.

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mong the anti-war protestors of Boston University in the 1960s, prolific science fiction writer and biochemist Isaac Asimov made a place for himself as a professor and mentor. Asimov wrote about everything from mystery and fantasy to science fiction to popular science, but he never wrote about communist paranoia or Soviet spies.

Regardless, the Federal Bureau of Investigation found reasons to investigate Asimov as a possible Soviet informant during the Cold War era.

Asimov, who had been associated with BU School of Medicine since 1949 and a professor of biochemistry since 1955, was the subject of his own FBI investigation while they were looking for the man behind the code name, ROBPROF. In the speculative story of ROBPROF, a Soviet informant working in American academia in the field of microbiology, Asimov became a potential protagonist.

Conor Skelding of MuckRock, an open records website, filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the FBI documents detailing the investigation into Asimov, which he posted on the site on Nov. 7.

Though no information was ever found during the time of their investigation that definitively linked Asimov with the Soviets, Asimov’s file was just one example of the paranoia regarding an individual’s status as a possible Soviet Union agent, said William Keylor, a BU professor of international relations.

“My impression of [Asimov] was always that he was a liberal and op-

posed to the war in Vietnam—I know that for a fact,” Keylor said. “He was very critical of the Nixon administration, but I never heard anything about him being connected with the Soviet Union. That came as a real surprise to me.”

On Sept. 14, 1960, two weeks into the fall semester at BU, a tipster sent a letter to J. Edgar Hoover, who was the director of the FBI at the time, and shared personal correspondences he had with Asimov.

“My reason for sending it is because I question the position he takes with respect to the first nuclear power plans having been built by Soviet Russia,” the tipster wrote in the letter.

He continued to explain his reason for concern about Asimov, which was primarily that Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia.

Later files explain that while Asimov was born in Petrovichi in 1920, he arrived in the U.S. only three years later and was naturalized by the time he was eight years old.

The tipster ended the letter with, “Asimov may be quite all right. On the other hand, ...”

Hoover politely responded, thanking the tipster for the information and included some material on the subject of communism, including a pamphlet entitled “Communist Target — Youth.”

However, the FBI noted while at the time they had no existing records on Asimov, they did have existing records on previous instances in which the tipster informed the FBI of information he found suspicious, for example, a 1957 letter that included

information regarding the Russia Revolution 40 years before.

“He was thanked for his observations,” the note concluded. “It is believed above acknowledgement is best suited although we have no particular interest in his observations.”

Though the FBI found the tipster’s information essentially useless, Asimov fell under their radar again five years later. In 1965, the FBI began gathering more information on Asimov after revisiting a list of people’s names from New England’s Communist Party U.S.A. (CPUSA), who were contacted for recruitment, but there was no note on Asimov’s name saying he had been contacted.

The FBI then connected the Communist Party to science fiction magazines. Science Fiction magazines did a large amount of “blind” publishing for the Communist Party according to the informant. They connected this snippet of information to Asimov because, though he was a cancer researcher at Boston General Hospital at the time, he was also contributing stories to Science Fiction magazines with apparent anti-war themes.

The FBI was on the lookout for a Soviet informant with the code name ROBPROF. However, the FBI believed ROBPROF to be a noted person in the field of microbiology, not Asimov’s field of biochemistry.

Regardless, the documents stated, “Boston [FBI branch] is not suggesting that ASIMOV is ROBPROF as [redacted] has advised that ROBPROF is in the field of microbiology.

However, as in the case of [redacted] he should be considered as a possibility in light of his background, which contains information inimical to the best interests of the United States.”

The case was placed on a pending inactive status until more definitive information was found.

In 1967, the SAC Boston wrote to the federal branch that, “He is employed as a teacher at Boston University and no derogatory credit data is contained therein,” in the last recorded document investigating Asimov on Dec. 11, 1967.

During the Cold War period, communist paranoia in the United States was common. However, this paranoia had mainly died down thanks to a change in political leaders by the 1960s, Keylor said.

For a period during the Cold War, the government investigated many other faculty members at American universities. Beginning around 1947, some universities required their professors to sign loyalty oaths, swearing they were loyal to the United States. Some were called before various committees like the House UnAmerican Activities Committee for questioning.

While university professors were not singled out as the only group widely investigated by Congress and the FBI, there were among people in a position to have a broad influence.

“There was the concern that they [professors] were poisoning the minds of youths,” Keylor said.

The motion picture industry was under fire for the same reason, Keylor said. Hollywood screen writers were accused of injecting pro-communist ideas into films during the 1940s and 1950s.

“The powerful effort to identify suspected communists came to an end in the early 1960s,” Keylor said.

“Then it sort of was revived under the Johnson administration, after the Kennedy assassination, because Johnson was convinced that the anti-war protests against the Vietnam War were orchestrated by the Soviet Union.”

However, the anti-war movement was a completely home-grown movement of youth with no connection to the Soviet Union, he said.

“Asimov was opposed to the war, and it was guilt by association,” Keylor said. “These students on BU’s campus were opposed to the war, so they assumed there must be a connection.”

The student rebellions in the 1960s had a lot more to do with the fact that the U.S. was drafting a conscription army than any Soviet connection.

“Some of the college students who led the protests against the war in Vietnam were feeling a sense of guilt,” Keylor said. “Here they were on the BU campus enjoying all the privileges of being a college student and other young men were being sent to Vietnam — killed, wounded — so they decided to go out and protest this injustice.”

The investigation into Asimov probably had more to do with his vocalization against the war in Viet-

nam more than his Russian heritage, Keylor said.

The file on Asimov spanned the Kennedy and Johnson administrations — years when the paranoia of the previous decade was beginning to lighten.

“The bottom line is that by the time that Asimov was being investigated, that [communist paranoia] was no longer a major concern of the government,” Keylor said. “It was the Vietnam War and the protests against the Vietnam War. Johnson — and later Nixon — were trying to find out if any of the leaders of the anti-Vietnam movement were connected to the Soviet Union.”

The congressional investigations, the House Un-American Activities Committee and Sen. McCarthy’s mission did not result in very many Communist spies being exposed, though there were a few exceptions including Alger Hiss in the 1940s.

“The Red Scare was an attempt to expose those Soviet spies, but it really didn’t succeed in getting those people,” Keylor said. “It tarnished the reputations of a lot of innocent professors and innocent citizens because of earlier affiliations that they had been left wing years before the Cold War even began.”

While the investigation seemed to have veered in a different course, Asimov continued to be a major author and academic for many years until his death in 1992. Today, Asimov’s 1960s career remains in the form of a large collection in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, housed in Mugar Memorial Library.

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An FBI document from Sept. 14, 1960, accusing BU professor Issac Asimov of possible communist affiliations.

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Blog sparks controversy

Aware that controversy attracts clicks, returnofkings.com, a previously low profile, anti-feminism blog, recently posted a provocative article entitled, “5 Reasons to Date a Girl with an Eating Disorder.” This article went viral on social media Tuesday, and clearly demonstrated how easily Internet trolls garner attention.

Return of Kings, a blog for heterosexual men undermining feminism to empower masculinity, generated enough web traffic through publishing this outrageous article it actually overloaded the website’s server for an hour, subsequently shutting it down for about an hour, according to a Monday International Business Times story.

While some regard the story about the glorification of eating disorders as an epic attempt at trolling, others view it as a disgusting and manipulative way to entice readers to their website.

With this case in particular, considering the sensitivity of self-image in today’s society, the author of this viral article saw the opportunity to irritate his readers. And, considering the influx of backlash from readers, the author succeeded in his mission.

Soon after the article went viral, readers began a petition on Change.org to force Return of Kings to take down the controversial article. About 900 people signed the petition in just one day, closing in on the 1,000-signature goal.

People feel empowered by social media because it gives them a public outlet to approve or disapprove of sensitive and radical topics. Readers like to get angry and show people how angry they are. Writers know this, and as a result, capitalize on how impressionable their audiences can be.

At the end of the day, does it matter what readers think as long as the blog created enough traffic to generate the necessary funds? Though we as readers cannot control what is made available to us online, we do have complete control over what we

click on and donate our attention to.

A prime example: amidst the beginning of the Syrian crisis on Aug. 26, the main headline story on CNN.com read, “Miley Cyrus twerks, stuns VMAs crowd.”

It doesn’t matter that the news of Cyrus’ outrageous performance at the VMAs the night before had absolutely no relevance in the grand scheme of things at the time. All that mattered was the headline garnered clicks and web traffic.

Unlike newspapers and other legitimate online news sources, there are no set moral guidelines for blogs. Writers are free to say what they want about whomever they want, whenever they want. Blog posts are meant to generate discourse among its readers, whether it be negative or positive.

The tricky thing about the online world today, however, is that page views are an extremely inaccurate way to show how people actually feel about a certain online piece.

This is not to say that the author of this viral article is not a sadist who actually thinks eating disorders add to the “retailvalue” of women by making them more vulnerable as well as better in bed. But, given the benefit of the doubt, the author could also very well just be a website administrator who is overly concerned about pleasing his advertisers with website traffic.

For the creators of this blog, having their website shut down temporarily because of excessive web traffic is the epitome of online success. The website reached a peak amount of readers, which in the online world, not only means more attention, but more money to please advertisers as well.

This author of this blog post may simply just be an immoral strategist, if you may.

So, in a way, writers are the puppeteers and readers are the marionettes. The media knows how to tap into our emotions to create an immediate, passionate and mass response ­— anyone else remember Kony?

I can vividly recall a pitcher on my high school baseball team getting upset at an outfielder in our dugout in between innings. We were winning — that wasn’t the issue. He was angry because he had been pitching a “perfect game” (I put it in quotes because it was only three innings into the game), and this outfielder had mentioned it out loud.

For those of you who haven’t been indoctrinated into the whacky world of sports superstition stupidity, there’s an ancient baseball scripture (perhaps dating back to the Mayans), which claims that it’s bad luck to acknowledge that a pitcher is throwing a perfect game. By doing so you “jinx” the pitcher and all is lost.

Really intellectual stuff. And of course, when our pitcher inevitably gave up a hit later in the game he blamed our teammate for costing him his shot at high school baseball immortality. Did I mention that this was a preseason game?

Luck is an amazing concept to me. People give luck credit when it doesn’t deserve it, and people unjustly convict luck of things it hasn’t done.

I mean, why would anyone believe that talking about the box score of a baseball game would affect it? Wouldn’t you think it has something to do with the pitcher and batters instead?

But I know so many otherwise reasonable people who actually believe that a black cat is a “bad omen,” or that a particular pair of boxers helps them get laid. If you’ve gotten to the point where your boxers are involved, you probably don’t need any luck.

Luck is real. Luck is inherent to our existence. But I wonder if we have a tendency to misrepresent what luck is.

Humans like to think that they’re in control of everything. We convince ourselves that the chips and dip we choose to eat during the Patriots game affects whether or not Tom Brady gets sacked. We think that words we say might hex things. Then we think we can reverse the jinx by knocking on some old plywood. Why doesn’t that seem crazy to everyone?

At its core, doesn’t real luck deal with things we can’t possibly control? The universe existing is a stroke of luck. Your existence is quite fortunate. Your socks didn’t have control over any of that — they weren’t even in your drawer yet. You just got lucky.

Embrace it.

We’re pretty lucky that an asteroid hasn’t hit the earth. Or perhaps you could argue

we’d be unlucky if one did. Either way, me talking about it has no bearing. The asteroid doesn’t care about me or what I have to say.

I can’t control things like that.

But there are a lot of smaller things that we can control, and for some reason we’d rather give credit or fault to the feet of dead rabbits.

“You absolutely will need some sort of series of incredibly lucky events, or you just won’t have a career,” a very well-known actor told myself and peers recently, referring to making it in Hollywood.

I was in awe of the way he had so daringly stared luck in the face and said, “I accept you.”

I find an overwhelming trend amongst successful people. They all readily admit that they were lucky in some way. They embrace luck. Real luck, things they admit were out of their control — not a magic penny from 1936.

I also find that unsuccessful people like to dwell on luck, curse luck and bemoan their misfortune. They won’t embrace luck.

They blame the kid who talked about their perfect game instead of thinking about a better pitch they could’ve made. They blame a goat. They blame an onion. Anything to avoid introspection.

A lot of health problems are just poor luck. You could never smoke a cigarette and still get lung cancer. But if you eat well and exercise, you probably won’t have high blood pressure.

There is something to be said for being in the right place at the right time, but if you’re in a lot of places at a lot of times your chances of being in the right one at the right time are better.

By choosing entertainment, I’m choosing a path that has a huge luck component.

I’m going to need some luck to succeed.

Those are the terms. There’s no way around that. My only choice is to embrace the fact that a lot of things will be completely out of my control.

But there are things I can control. I can work hard. I can keep my head up. I can be pleasant to others. I can take on challenges. I can keep giving myself a chance to find that lucky break. Or I can worship an old pair of boots, and then curse the heavens when things don’t go my way.

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

Terrier Talk Reflections

No matter the time of day or year, preachers and protesters are a common sight on Commonwealth Ave. The Daily Free Press wanted to hear students discuss the point to which college admistrators should restrict these open air activists on their campuses.

Here’s what some of them said.

INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS

BY OLIVIA HAAS

AINE RUSSELL

“It’s great that people are trying to express what they believe in. I don’t mind the flyers but I think to the point that they make such radical statements ... they should at least try to justify why they are saying it.”

- CAS freshman

COLLIN ERICKSON

“Realistically, I don’t see that there should be restrictions, it’s just kind of an annoyance.”

- SMG sophomore

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STEVEN MASSACRING

“BU is probably a unique situation because to what extent is the sidewalk of Commonwealth BU’s?”

- CAS senior

RACHEL NGUYEN

“There’s a point where it’s kind of becomes too much and it becomes more soliciting and intruding in students’ space. I think they should maybe have a more professional place to do it instead of on the street where it’s sketchy.”

-COM junior

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Morris: Current rules keep top basketball players off the court Morris: From Page 8

horrible for the sport. Even worse was the fact that Parker fouled out and missed the end of the game. In fact, the Blue Devils got in the worst foul trouble of any team in the doubleheader. Two of the starters fouled out, and two more starters had four fouls. Overall, this game featured a total of 53 fouls. This is just embarrassing for the sport of college basketball.

To solve this, the NCAA needs to look to its NBA cousin. College needs to move to a six-foul limit. I know it’s just one more, but it would certainly make a dif-

ference. The NBA does it because it’s less likely that a superstar is going to foul out of a game. The NCAA should do it for the exact same reason.

The NCAA should also look into making a shorter shot clock. It makes no sense that the NCAA shot clock time is longer than both the high school and NBA clock.

Thirty-five seconds is just too much. They need to lower it at least to 30 seconds, if not all the way to 24 seconds. This would definitely improve the flow of the game and increase scoring. It would accomplish what the NCAA wants to see without making the game into a free-throw shooting contest.

Although not as urgent, I’d like to see the NCAA move the 3-point line back to where it is in the NBA. Too many teams are chucking up threes like they’re casual mid-range jumpers, because that’s exactly what they are. The college first down line is 10 yards, same as in the NFL. The college pitching rubber is 60 feet, six inches from home plate, same as in the MLB. So why on earth should the college 3-point line be closer to the hoop than in the NBA? This would improve the flow of the game by causing teams to drive and move the ball more, as opposed to just shooting threes.

In an attempt to improve the game, the

NCAA has done just the opposite. They’ve turned games into boring free-throw shooting contests. Worst of all, a night that was supposed to showcase the game’s greatest players couldn’t live up to its full potential because these players were on the bench with foul trouble. I love college basketball, but I’d agree that changes could be made to improve the sport. But unfortunately, the NCAA chose the wrong thing to change.

They need to reverse these new rules immediately, and take some lessons from the NBA for rules that would improve the sport of college basketball.

Seniors ‘mold’ young Terrier squad Field Hockey: From Page 8

in conference, earning the No. 2 seed in the Patriot League Tournament.

In those final regular season games, Eimbcke, who was named Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year, posted three of her five regular-season shutouts.

“She just really came into her own this year,” Starr said about her goalie. “It was her junior season. She really fought through injuries her sophomore year, and I was really happy to see her come up big in big games for us. It’s nice to know that we have her for one more year. She also is an outstanding mentor for our young goalies.”

In the first part of the season, the Terrier offense was inconsistent. As the season progressed, BU found its offensive rhythm and started making noise on the scoreboard.

Players like Cassera and sophomore midfielder Sofi Laurito, who led the team in goals and points with eight and 16, respectively, along with freshman midfielder Hester van der Laan, who had 13 points on four goals and five assists, were offensive leaders and will be the core of BU’s offense for seasons to come.

The Terriers moved to the postseason and battled Bucknell University in

the semifinal round of the Patriot League Tournament, winning by a score of 1-0 thanks to yet another shutout performance

by Eimbcke and a goal by senior backer Ysi Schieb.

Unfortunately, BU’s season came to an ended the next day. BU fell to American in the championship match, 3-0, ending its hopes of reaching the NCAA Tournament.

While the season ended on a sour note, the future looks promising for the Terriers, as the graduating seniors provided leadership and valuable lessons and off the field for the underclassmen.

“I can’t speak highly enough about this senior class and the legacy that they’re leaving and the way that they helped to mold and build this young team we had,” Starr said. “They were outstanding on the field, off the field and really taught this young group what it means to be a Boston University field hockey player, to take pride in it, to work hard and to be the best that they can be and be the best teammate they can be.

“It’s not all about being a really good hockey player, but being respectful in the locker room as well. This is a senior class that did that extremely well, and I know that this is a young team that will remember this class for many years to come.”

Women’s basketball wants team ‘improvement’ Seniors: From Page 8

but in order for us to win a game like this, Danielle has to do more for us, in all honesty,” Greenberg said. “She gave up some threes that she had open.”

Senior forward Rashidat Agboola also had an improved performance against Yale, as scored 13 points, which was tied with Callahan for a team-high. She is second on the team in scoring this season, averaging 11 points per game and is tops on the team in rebounds with an average of 8.0 per game. Agboola was strong on the glass again on the night, grabbing seven rebounds and held Yale to 10 offensive rebounds.

“We did a good job rebound-wise,” said senior guard Melissa Gallo. “... That was one thing Coach mentioned, how this team was a very good offensive rebounder, and I thought that we shut them down very well in that aspect.”

Gallo looked better Tuesday night as

well, chipping in with 12 points in just 23 minutes, going 4-for-5 from the beyond the 3-point the arc and grabbing three rebounds for the Terriers.

While senior forward Whitney Turner did not record her best numbers in the game Tuesday, she has been another source of offense for BU. Turner leads the team in field-goal percentage and has averaged nine points per contest.

Despite a better effort from the seniors, their play was not good enough, and the Terriers succumbed to the Bulldogs.

Greenberg said she wants to see improvement with her team and herself.

“I think as a whole we have to be better, all of us, including me, and it starts with me,” Greenberg said. “We have to get back to what we do well, and we need to figure that out. Because, what we’ve done well in the past doesn’t necessarily mean that’s what we’re going to be good at this year, and we need to figure that out as we move forward.”

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Senior backer Ysi Schieb helped lead the Terriers to the Patriot League Championship Game in their first season in the conference.

Yale defeats BU in closing seconds Women’s Hoops: From Page 8

We knew [coming into the game] that they were going to be physical, especially off the ball, and just very disciplined overall.

We just need to be better with the basketball and more composed, and that’s gonna take time.”

The Terriers fought to bring the score to 72-66 with 40 seconds remaining in the contest, but Yale proved to be too much.

The Bulldogs put the game to bed as forward Lena Munzer sank two free throws to extend the lead to eight, finishing off a 78-68 win and handing BU its third loss of the season.

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Driving The Lane

Limit Fouls

John Morris

Last Tuesday night’s college basketball doubleheader had it all. We got to see the top two teams in the country duel it out as Michigan State University held on against the University of Kentucky. We got to see the top two freshmen go head-to-head as the University of Kansas outlasted Duke University. Unfortunately, we also got to see a ridiculous amount of fouls and free throws.

The NCAA implemented new rules outlawing hand-checking and arm bars. The goal is to improve the flow of the game and give offenses a greater opportunity to score. While that all sounds well and good, it’s simply not working, and it’s never going to work the way that they want it to.

Instead of improving the flow of the game, it’s just causing the game to be stopped a lot more for ticky-tack fouls. Games are being won and lost on the free-throw line. Nobody wants to watch that.

They are trying to sell to us that eventually players will adjust and the rules will improve the game. But players are not going to magically adjust how they play.

They’ve played this sport their entire life, and they’ve learned to play defense a certain way. It’s incredibly hard to stop using your hands on defense entirely. And apparently coaches have been concentrating a lot time leading up to the season teaching their players how to play under these new rules. But if the early part of the season has told us anything, it’s that the players are not adjusting at all.

Sure, teams may be scoring more, but that’s just because they’re shooting a million free throws. On top of ruining the flow of the game, these rules are putting just about every player in foul trouble. Seven players finished with four fouls in the Michigan State-Kentucky game.

Foul trouble was even worse in the Kansas-Duke game. The main storyline going into the game was guard Andrew Wiggins versus forward Jabari Parker. But we barely got to see Wiggins in the first half because he was held out of the game with foul trouble — he played just nine minutes in the first half. This is absolutely

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Women’s basketball falls in tight contest to Yale Bulldogs, P.8.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Terriers drop matchup with Bulldogs BU looks for

By Mike Chan Daily Free Press Staff

Even with a strong group effort Tuesday night, the Boston University women’s basketball team could not get the job done as it fell to Yale University, 7868, at Case Gymnasium.

BU (1-3) had trouble finding continuity on offense once again, going 22-for-57 overall from the field. The Terriers could not break through a tough Bulldog (3-1) defense that held each Terrier player to 13 points or fewer.

The Terriers struggled out of the gate, falling behind on an 8-0 Yale run before senior guard Danielle Callahan dropped a basket, which sparked an offensive charge. BU tied up the game with 16:10 remaining in the half and then scored four straight points to build a four-point lead.

The Bulldogs took the lead back, however, with 13:13 remaining in the first frame. The Terriers overcame the deficit though, with 3-pointer by senior guard Melissa Gallo.

The two teams continued to trade shots before Yale took over for good with eight minutes left in the half and secured a comfortable lead. Gallo dropped a second 3-pointer to cut the lead, but a series of fouls allowed the resilient Bulldogs to hold the lead heading into halftime, as the Terriers trailed by a score of 35-27.

“We haven’t been starting off games very well, and that forces us to play the ‘comeback’ game,” said BU coach Kelly Greenberg.

“We have to figure out what’s happening out there in the court, and as a whole, we have to be better. We have to get back to what we do well.”

As the second half started, the Terriers started out slow again, as the Bulldogs started the frame on a 6-0 run. Callahan, senior forward Rashidat Agboola and junior forward Mollie McKendrick helped lead a Terrier comeback, as each drained jumpers to cut the Bulldog lead to five points.

Unfortunately for the Terriers,

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Senior guard Danielle Callahan scored 13 points and had six assists in a loss against Yale University.

the comeback effort in the second half came up short. By the time Bulldog forward Nyasha Sarju’s sunk a rainbow-like 3-point shot with 10 minutes to play, the BU deficit had grown to 14, putting an exclamation mark on Yale’s dominating performance.

“This was definitely a game of runs,” Gallo said. “Unfortunately, I think they had a few big [offensive] rebounds which they just scored off of. We just weren’t about to counter with some of our own scores.”

Greenberg agreed with Gallo.

“We want to get our post more touches,” Greenberg said. “We want to give the ball to Rashidat

and [senior forward] Whitney [Turner], that’s where our experience is. They have to get the ball more and we have to come up with more ways to do that.”

Yale took advantage of 19 turnovers committed by the Terriers, who have been struggling with ball control this season.

“Coming into the season that was one of our biggest question marks,” Greenberg said. “Tonight, I thought we had a lot of unforced turnovers. [Yale] plays a tough defense, with the way that they pressured us, and we definitely made some silly ones.

Women’S hoopS, see page 7

The Boston University women’s basketball team relies on its seniors to create a model of consistency to which underclassmen can look for leadership. In the first three games of the season, the seniors started out on a sluggish note. While they improved their overall performance Tuesday night against Yale University, the seniors still have room to improve as the season continues, said BU coach Kelly Greenberg.

“Our overall composure needs to change,” Greenberg said. “I thought at times we looked scattered for a BU team. Over the past seven, eight, nine years, we haven’t looked like that and I thought we did at times tonight.”

Greenberg said that this lack of poise from the Terriers (1-3) is not limited to the underclassmen.

“I don’t think it’s just an infusion of youth,” Greenberg said. “I actually think a lot of our experienced players are the ones playing like that, so I think it’s a combination of both.”

While the team has yet to find a consistent playing style, several seniors have stepped up to try and lead the Terriers out of their offensive slump.

One senior that has played with some consistency is guard Danielle Callahan.

Tuesday against Yale (3-1), she poured in 13 points — tied for a game-high — and made five out of seven field goal attempts. She also hit the only 3-pointer she took, went a perfect 2-for-2 at the free-throw line and dished out six assists.

Although she put together a solid effort, Greenberg said she expects more out of Callahan in order for the team to string together wins.

“She did have a strong game,

SeniorS, see page 7

Field hockey ends season with 2nd-place finish in Patriot League

By Judy Cohen and Justin Pallenik Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston University field hockey team had a successful season following its move from the America East Conference to the Patriot League. The Terriers finished second in the conference this season after losing in the Patriot League Championship Game to American University.

Coming off a year in which they were banned from America East Tournament play, the Terriers (13-7, 5-1 Patriot League) began the season with chips on their shoulders. The Terriers opened the year strong with a 5-1 victory over Ohio University on the newly constructed New Balance Field. Freshman forward Amanda

Cassera started off her collegiate career with a hat-trick performance in the win.

After opening the season with two home victories, the Terriers went to the road and faced some strong opponents in a tough stretch of their schedule.

BU traveled to Evanston, Ill., to face then-No. 11 Northwestern University for its first road game.

Inexperience proved too much to overcome, as the Terriers dropped the contest 4-1.

Less than a week later, BU played Atlantic Coast Conference powerhouse and crosstown rival Boston College. Again, the Terriers were overmatched and lost a tight defensive battle, 1-0, despite a valiant effort from junior goalkeeper Valentina Cerda Eimbcke,

who registered nine saves.

“With a young team you want to be challenged,” said BU coach Sally Starr. “You figure out at that point in time what’s working and what needs work. It’s those types of games that really help you to clearly look yourself in the mirror and get better. Early in the season, you want to get better and we challenged ourselves to improve from those opportunities.”

Just two short days later, BU avenged the two defeats with a hard-fought 2-1 overtime victory against Providence College.

The Terriers came back to score two unanswered goals after being down for the entire first half. The victory pushed BU’s record to 4-2 and began a streak in which the team won four out of five games.

“That was huge,” Starr said of the win against Providence. “I think that really showed the competitive heart that this team had, the belief they had in themselves and the pride that they had. And that we were down in overtime, I think it was a great competitive game for us and a real quality win.”

At the midway point of the season, the Terriers were 7-3 overall and held the third spot in the Patriot League standings with a 2-1 Patriot League record.

After a short spell of not being able to win more than one game in a row, BU won four of its final five regular season games to bring its record to 12-6 overall and 5-1

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M. Hockey v. North Dakota, 7:30 p.m.

W. Hockey @ Harvard, 7 p.m.

W. Basketball @ UConn., 7:30 p.m.

W. Soccer vs. Santa Clara, 2 p.m.

M. Hockey vs. North Dakota, 7 p.m.

W. Basketball vs. St Bonaventure, 2 p.m.

M. Basketball vs. UC Irvine, 8:30 p.m.

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W. Hockey @ UNH, 2 p.m.

W. Basketball vs. Monmouth 2 p.m.