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Year xliii. Volume lxxxiv. Issue XLIX
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MBTA to offer late night subway, bus service in 2014 BU Admissions sees
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The MBTA subway trains and 15 bus routes will run until about 3 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday nights starting in spring 2014. By Kelsey Newell Daily Free Press Staff
After years of demand from individuals and businesses, Boston’s public transit will run until about 3 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday in a pilot program beginning in 2014, Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick announced on Tuesday night. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has partnered with several private company sponsors in order to fund the
extended hours, which will be tested in a one-year pilot program. The official start date is to be determined, and is intended not only to service the numerous workers with late shifts, but to also boost the region’s economy as a whole, according to a Wednesday press release. “A vibrant economy demands a public transit system that caters to the residents, students and tourists it serves,” Patrick said in the release. “Extending service
on weekends and evenings will allow the public to enjoy the many attractions and restaurants the region has to offer, and give workers a more cost-effective option for getting home late at night.” Customers of the MBTA and many businesses have been asking for this program for several years, but until now it has not been possible, said Kelly Smith, spokeswoman for the MBTA. “The MBTA is state-run and separate from the city budget, so this is going to be subsidized by sponsorships,” she said. “That’s where we were able to come up with a plan and a new idea. It is part of a bigger public-private partnership that we’re exploring in other areas as well. This is another great example of that, having the private sector step up and that will be the majority of the financial sponsorships.” The Boston Globe is the first “Platinum Sponsor,” contributing $500,000 to the program. There will also be several other businesses funding the program, which is expected to cost about $20 million a year, according to the release. Smith said other similar attempts to hold late night service were unsuccessful, but this one will provide a larger system of travel options than ever before. “We had the night owl service [in 2001], but that was just a bus service that
Activists for law reform in Massachusetts have collected enough votes for seven ballot questions to be filed at the office of Mass. Secretary of State William Galvin Wednesday with the hope that their questions will make it on the 2014 ballot and be voted on by Massachusetts residents. Brian McNiff, spokesman for Galvin’s office, said each petition needs a signature count of 68,911 before turning the certified signatures in to the Secretary of State’s office on Wednesday. “They’ve overcome their biggest hurdle, which is getting the 68,000 signatures,” he said. “But now what happens is the Legislature takes it up or not, sometimes they work out some legislation and the petitioners don’t pursue their initiative.” McNiff said after the House Clerk receives the petitions at the beginning of 2014, the Legislature has until May to take
action, but if no action is taken, the petitioners must collect 11,485 additional certified signatures in order for the question to be on the ballot in November. John Ribeiro, chairman of the Repeal the Casino Deal Coalition, said he has exceeded the amount of signatures needed to get his question to ban casinos in Massachusetts on the ballot. Ribeiro said the coalition needed to file an injunction in order to begin collecting signatures after Mass. Attorney Gen. Martha Coakley rejected the petition in September. After filing signatures on Wednesday, the group can move forward with their court case against Coakley. “That court case should be heard from the time of late January to late February, and then if we are successful, we will be in the same situation as every other ballot question,” he said. “We have to collect signatures during May and July, and if we’re successful with that, we’ll be on the ballot
By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff
in November.” In addition to the repeal casino initiative, other petitions for proposed ballot questions include a repeal of the gas tax, a raise in minimum wage, sales tax reforms, updates for the bottle deposit law, reforms in patient safety, required sick time, limits in hospital operating margins and constitutional amendments. Not all initiatives have received the number of signatures yet before the Wednesday deadline. Tank the Gas Tax Hike has collected 87,000 certified signatures for its petition to repeal the legislation passed in July 2013 that indexes the gas tax to inflation, said Holly Robichaud, spokeswoman for the group. “The gas tax will automatically go up without a vote every year and we believe that if they want to raise our gas tax, they should have to vote on it,” she said. “So
Boston University saw a spike of more than 15 percent in early decision applications in 2013 compared to 2012, according to data released Tuesday. BU Admissions received 1,742 early decision applications for the 2014-15 academic year, a 16.4 percent increase from the 2013-14 academic year’s total of 1,496 early decision applications, said BU spokesman Colin Riley. “It [the increase] reflects on the work of the admissions office and all the work they do throughout the year as they travel the country and speak to students, prospective students, counselors, teachers and administrators at school systems throughout the country and the world,” Riley said. While the 16.4 percent jump is worth noting, admissions officials saw an even larger jump in early decision applicants during the previous application cycle between 2011 and 2012 at 40 percent, according to a Dec. 2012 Daily Free Press story. “It’s unusual to see big movement,” Riley said. “That [the 40 percent jump] was unusual and probably reflected more on the individual cohort of students looking and talking to their counselors and faculty about whether they were interested in applying early decision or regular decision. So that was a big jump last year, and this is still a very significant increase.” The choice to apply early decision reflects positively on prospective students, Riley said. “It speaks to the individual applicant that the person has looked closely at the program that interests her or him and that, by applying early, they are making it known to the university that this is commitment they want to make,” he said. In October, BU officials extended the early decision deadline from Nov. 1 to Nov. 15 due to technical issues with the online Common Application. Philadelphia resident Sydnie Weeks, who applied early decision to BU’s School of Management, said she experienced some of the technical glitches. “It [the Common App] kept making ty-
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Advocates gather last-minute signatures before ballot deadline By Hannah Clark Daily Free Press Staff
over 15 percent rise in early decision apps
Students apt to blame universities over U.S. gov’t. for loan debt, study suggests By Trisha Thadani and Mina Corpuz Daily Free Press Staff
Many college-aged American students are blaming their institutions for their rising student debt, according to a recent study released to the Huffington Post by The Institute of Politics at Harvard University. Forty-two percent of young Americans blame their colleges and universities for their rising student debt, according to the study. Experts in the Huffington Post article cited ongoing construction and expensive amenities at universities as reasons behind students’ blame. 30 percent of surveyed students, however, blame the federal government for their debt. Some Boston University students said new projects add to the overall debt its student body faces. Meghan Eppinette, a Sargent College of Rehabilitation and Health Sciences sophomore, said new and planned amenities and construction projects, such as Stu-
dent Village III and Marciano Commons at 100 Bay State Road, are not necessary as the facilities around campus are already suitable for students. “It’s not worth it,” Eppinette said. “It’s more about how the students are. Sure, how nice BU is [matters], especially Marciano Commons, but that’s not the main thing that attracts people here. It’s more like an added bonus.” According to BU’s 2013 to 2023 Institutional Master Plan, the University plans to build a Student Village III, which will house an additional 523 students on campus upon completion. The School of Law building is currently undergoing renovation and the Sumner M. Redstone building is being constructed. There are also plans to renovate Myles Standish Hall and Myles Annex in the near future. BU economics professor Bart Lipman said student debt has been on the rise all over the United States in recent years. The
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Boston University students mentioned the Marciano Commons at 100 Bay State Road as a nice but unnecessary addition to BU’s campus.
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Possible ballot Professor: New facilities needed for Applicant: Early decision shows question nixes more college revenue is ‘catch-22’ that BU is first choice of school for their students, the high only at BU but what I’ve heard gas tax increases increase in national student debt aid tuition rates make sense given from colleges that my friends are pos in my application,” she said. Loans: From Page 1
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we’re basically trying to stop taxation without representation.” Robichaud said Tank the Gas Tax Hike aims to stop the linkage of the gas tax to inflation so that other taxes are not linked in the future. “We feel that if they get away with linking the gas tax to inflation, then it will be the income tax or the property taxes next,” she said. Raise Up Massachusetts, a grassroots effort proposing two different questions regarding workers’ benefits, has collected 96,970 signatures for earned sick time and 111,758 for raising the minimum wage, said Steven Crawford, spokesman for Raise Up Massachusetts. Several residents said they supported the effort to get questions on the ballot. Andrew Kimball, 38, of East Boston, said many of the questions that will be on the 2014 ballot are issues government officials should be dealing with rather than citizens voting on them. “If the gas tax is supposed to be paying for things and we don’t link it to inflation, and it hasn’t been raised in 20 years, … then that’s a significant problem,” he said. “There are certain things that we need the Legislature to figure out, the hard stuff, and not necessarily people that vote making difficult decisions sometimes.” Haydee Irizarry, 18, of Allston, said the amount of signatures required to get a question on the ballot is reasonable and a good way of getting people involved in government. “If people have been getting that many signatures, then [getting a question on the ballot] shouldn’t be that hard to achieve,” she said. “It’s a reasonable approach.” Michelle Ma, 23, of Dorchester, said she is most excited about the question to raise the minimum wage. “The minimum wage should be raised because in Massachusetts it costs a lot to live here, and it’s so hard to find a job, even if you have a degree and have had a good job in the past, you can’t find another job,” she said. “Minimum wage is not enough to pay for anything and it’s difficult to just get by, so it should be raised.”
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has directly impacted the economy in a negative way, he said. “If there is a lot of debt in the economy, people find it much harder to spend, and you obviously have to save more if you have debt that you have to deal with,” Lipman said. “And if those people don’t have money to spend, then this slows the economy down.” Sixty-eight percent of respondents in the study view student debt as a major problem for young people in the United States. Alternately, 21 percent of respondents said it was “a minor problem,” while 2 percent see student debt as “not a problem.” Lipman said inflation has made employing faculty and providing facilities on campus more expensive, and has therefore driven up tuition rates. However, he said institutions such as BU must continue to invest in the quality of their faculty and facilities in order to compete with other top universities. “A lot of people employed at universities’ health insurance costs have been rising very rapidly,” Lipman said. “And the issue around new buildings is an interesting one because what happens is the schools have to compete in terms of having nice facilities because that’s what brings students in, but it drives up costs too, so it’s kind of a catch-22.” Richard Keating, a College of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said though BU could be more accommodating with financial
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the country’s current economic climate. “I’m on financial aid because tuition [at BU] is astronomical,” Keating said. “It’s [tuition rates] definitely scary because in this day and age, if a degree doesn’t segue straight into a good job to pay for student loans, people feel the need to go to grad school to have a good career and make money to pay off student loans.” Alyssa Aaron, a School of Management senior, said the investments BU has made in its facilities has improved its reputation, and thus attracted better applicants. “Speaking for SMG, the school’s reputation has gone up with better student feedback,” Aaron said. “I came to BU for the amenities and I like to take advantage of all of them to get my money’s worth … [BU] is actually working and doing a good job of recruiting higher level applicants.” Ariel Bernberg, a College of Communication junior, said she would prefer lower tuition rather than upscale housing facilities on campus. “I value the classes I take and the professors I have … the fancy façade of cool buildings is not what I want,” Bernberg said. “In terms of more student centers, building architecture and the new building on Bay State, it doesn’t mean as much to me. There are unnecessary things like finger scanning [at 100 Bay State]. That’s for glitz and glamour and for being a technological school.”
“Also, it was really hard to get the essay in. It was a little bit inconvenient and it made the process a little harder.” Weeks said she recommends early decision for applicants who are set on attending BU. “It looks better [to admissions officials],” she said. “If it [BU] is your top choice, if you’re set on a college, if you’re 100 percent sure, I think that a person should do early decision.” Carly Rose Willing, from Bartlett, Ill., said she applied early decision to BU’s College of Arts and Sciences to let admissions officials know that BU was a priority for her. “I really wanted to show that BU was my number one school — to show that I’m really interested in the school and that’s my top choice,” she said. Willing said early decision applicants have a slight edge on the competition. “Applying early decision, not
applying to, is that you get looked at first when it comes to meritbased scholarship,” she said. “Also, you get your decision before everybody else. You can figure everything else out. That way, you’re not waiting until March or April to find out.” Suzie Hart, who lives on Cape Cod, said she applied early decision to CAS for similar reasons. “You are looked at as a top candidate because the college knows that you really want to go there,” she said. “I have a better chance of being accepted, and I feel like I would have so much more benefit knowing this is the place I’m going. I get to figure out what I’m doing so much earlier than other kids.” Hart said she is awaiting her decision letter, set to arrive Dec. 15. “I love the university,” she said. “If I got in there, that would be a dream come true. So I’m really excited to find out.”
Spokeswoman: MBTA pilot program will provide more options for travelers MBTA: From Page 1
did not prove to be financially viable, so we discontinued it,” she said. “This will include subway, light rail and bus services on the 15 key bus routes in the city. We have to see how the program goes, but we certainly hope that it’s successful and that we will be able to continue it. It’s an idea that has seen its time come. We’re growing, we’re a young city and we’re excited to be a part of it.” Some residents said although the extended hours are useful, they feel uneasy about how the price of transport could be affected. KJ Green, 36, resident of Fenway, said he uses the subway daily and would definitely utilize the convenient mode of late night transportation. “I’m used to having to find an alternate mode of transportation late at night, but I would definitely use it next year,” he said. “A lot of people will use it, especially people who go out clubbing [or] bar hopping. It gives them a safe way to get home. I don’t think the MBTA will be earning as much as they’re putting into it, though.”
Sherri Geller, 43, resident of Kenmore, said she only uses the MBTA during the daytime and was worried later service could lead to higher prices, even for those who are not utilizing the late-night service. “It will be great for the city because there are a lot of students who like to be out later at night,” she said. “I wish I knew whether the T as it’s priced now will bring in enough money to cover it, or if the T prices will have to go up significantly even for the daytime riders. If the T prices as they are now can cover it though, it’s a great idea.” Mariko Hisabda, 47, resident of Fenway, said she had no apprehensions about the program. “If you’re out late, it will definitely be nice to have that option,” she said. “It will also bring down the number of cars in the city because people won’t need to drive. It’s a worthwhile investment. It’s part of the infrastructure of the city. It’s an investment in the future. As long as you have public transit, that’s a great thing. It’s one of the attractions of the city.”
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Campus & City City Crime Logs
Nov. 26 to Dec. 3 By Steven Dufour and Alice Bazerghi Daily Free Press Staff
The following crime reports were taken from the Allston-Brighton D-14 crime logs from Nov. 26 to Dec. 3. Suspect bites and kicks victim, officers and EMTs At about 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 26, officers responded to a call for a disturbance at 967 Commonwealth Ave. Upon arrival, the officer observed five Paradise Club security guards holding down a suspect who was screaming profanities, kicking and biting the guards. Emergency Medical Services arrived at the scene to try and help the suspect, who then tried to bite both Emergency Medical Technicians. They strapped her to a gurney due to her violent behavior. The suspect, who had bite and scratch marks all over her body, was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for treatment. Possible accidental trespassing in apartment complex Officers responded to a radio call for a possible breaking and entering at 9 Radnor Road at about 5:46 a.m. Saturday. The victim stated that an unidentifiable man in dark clothing entered his bedroom and did not say anything or move until the victim yelled at the man and chased him out the back door. The victim stated that he knew several college students who live in the building and the suspect may have been intoxicated and accidentally entered the wrong room. After a preliminary search, police were unable to find the suspect. The victim did not initially report anything missing from his apartment. Computer stolen in apartment At about 10:56 a.m. Saturday, police were dispatched to 52 Ashford St. to respond to a report about a forced breaking and entering. Upon the officers’ arrival, the victim stated that while he was gone during the week, someone ripped off the screen to a basement window, opened the unlocked window and entered the house. The victim stated that his roommate’s Mac desktop computer had been stolen, but no other items were reported missing. No suspect was identified for the theft. Woman receives false threat A woman arrived at police headquarters on Saturday to file a complaint for a harassing phone call she received at about 12:30 p.m. The victim stated that she received the call from an unknown male who did not block his number and claimed to be holding her brother captive following an accident. She stated that the caller would not release her brother unless she agreed to meet the caller and give him $2,000. After she hung up, the victim stated that she called her brother and verified that he was not injured or in any trouble. She then filed the report with the caller’s number asking police to investigate.
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Menino expected to sign smoking ban in parks BU committee to tackle responsible investment issues
By Kaitlin Junod Daily Free Press Staff
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is expected to sign an ordinance in the coming weeks voted on by the Boston City Council that would ban smoking in all public parks owned by the City of Boston. Nick Martin, director of communication at the Boston Public Health Commission, said the impetus for writing this ordinance was to expand upon Menino’s effort to create healthier environments in Boston. Under Menino, smoking was also banned in bars and restaurants in 2004. “Mayor Menino has been a great leader in terms of trying to reduce people’s exposure to secondhand smoke in the city,” he said. “Two years ago, the mayor created a program with the parks department to put up signage in playgrounds for little children, asking that people not smoke. At the time that was done, there was not an enforcement mechanism behind it like there will be with this new ordinance.” Under the ordinance passed by the City Council on Nov. 27, smoking would be banned in all parks, including the Boston Common, the Public Garden and Franklin Park. Those caught smoking cigarettes, marijuana or any “lighted or va-
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A Boston resident smokes in the Boston Common. The Boston City Council approved the ban on smoking in all parks, cemeteries and other spaces run by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department.
porized” substances will receive a $250 fine. However, there is parkland within Boston that is not owned by the city and would not be part of the smoking ban. City officials said the ordinance would reduce the harmful effects of secondhand smoke and curb litter in the area. “It’s been demonstrated that there isn’t a safe level of secondhand smoke exposure, so it’s important to reduce people’s exposure to it, especially children and people
who might have issues like asthma or other respiratory difficulties,” Martin said. If this measure is adopted, Boston will be following in the footsteps of other major cities such as New York, Chicago and San Francisco, who have imposed restrictions on smoking outside. “Boston is a very clean and healthy city in general, and I think this will take that one step further,”
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Some universities producing less scientific knowledge By Taryn Ottaunick Daily Free Press Staff
While a new trend has emerged where schools such as Boston University are adding less to the country’s overall scientific research pool than in past years, scientists in evolutionary biology have increased their contributions, according to a Monday Inside Higher Ed article. A recent study released by the National Bureau of Economic Research found over the past 20 to 30 years, the top 20 percent of research universities’ production of important scientific research declined by 15 percent. At the same time, the top 20 percent of universities’ evolutionary biology departments’ production increased by 10 percent during that time period. “There’s certainly a lot of research going on in top research universities,” said Sean Mullen, a BU evolutionary biology professor. “That’s simply a function of how the academics work in general and how the funding
is parceled out. In the evolutionary biology department, individual PIs [principal investigators] all lead their lab groups … In general, BU puts emphasis on research and publishing and getting funded so that many of the departmental faculty are very productive.” These findings have attempted to pinpoint the ongoing changes in the organization of scientific research since 1980, said Alexander Oettl, one the study’s three authors. “Science is probably one of the most important inputs to economic growth, especially with basic research,” Oettl said. “… We were quite surprised to observe the nature of science has been changing across the past 20 or 30 years, especially in evolutionary biology. That sort of forced us to start thinking about why this might be … We see that top universities are producing a smaller share of overall knowledge, while top scientists at universities are producing an
increasing share.” The results of the study could influence the distribution of research funding for universities and private scientists, Oettl said. “The findings have very strong implications for how we should think about funding,” Oettl said. “If we care about maximizing knowledge, then we should care about where knowledge is produced. I hope this [study] will give us some insight into the role, not only of institutions in producing knowledge, but also of individuals and their increasingly important role in producing scientific knowledge.” Despite universities’ overall decrease in scientific knowledge contribution, the amount of “star” scientists housed at universities has increased, according to the study. The “star” faculty is credited as the faculty who are willing to do research. “If it’s true that a few individuals are having a predominant ef-
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A new Boston University committee that meets for the first time this week will allow students and faculty members to voice suggestions about the university’s investment decisions, officials said. BU’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing is holding their first meeting at the end of this week, BU spokesman Colin Riley said. “It [the ACSRI] formalizes the process of receiving input with regard to the university’s investment practices,” he said. The committee will send recommendations to the Board of Trustees chair, advising investments in or divestments from certain companies and market sectors based on a majority vote, Riley said. “[The creation of the ACSRI] shows that the trustees are respectful and recognize that there are members of the BU community that have wanted to voice their suggestions and recommendations and be taken seriously,” he said. “This committee certainly allows for that.” The Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the ACSRI in April based on recommendations by an ad hoc committee formed by trustees to discuss its creation. The committee will include three trustees, three faculty members, two undergraduate students and one graduate student, Riley said. Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore and President Robert Brown will also sit on the committee as ex officio members. The ASCRI will meet at least one time each year to discuss stakeholders’ suggestions and concerns, he confirmed. School of Management senior Aditya Rudra, who will serve as one of the two undergraduate students on the committee, said the majority of BU students and officials do not know exactly where BU’s endowment is invested at any given time because an investment team ultimately handles investment decisions. “We don’t actually know where 100 percent of our money is going at any point in time,” he said. “In that way, it does get a little bit blurry. It’s not always easy to take a social, political stance to investment philosophy.”
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Allston residents concerned with future Barry’s Corner construction By Emily Hartwell Daily Free Press Staff
With construction set to begin this month at Barry’s Corner, one of the first Harvard University-related projects in Allston since the approval of its 10-year master plan, about 30 community members gathered in Allston at a meeting hosted by the Boston Redevelopment Authority Tuesday to raise concerns about how the project will be managed. Samuels & Associates, the developers of the projects near the intersection of North Harvard Street and Western Avenue, have advocated several economic and social benefits for the community, but many residents said they were irritated about the project itself or were distrustful of the effects construction would have on Allston. “It [the project] hasn’t been thought out enough,” said Jason
Marchando, 56, of Allston. “They [Samuels & Associates] need to do more. They don’t care about the neighborhood. They don’t care about the people. They only care about their project.” The development at Barry’s Corner will include two joined mixeduse towers that will include 45,000 square-feet of retail space and 325 rental units that may house Harvard students above it, according to official plans. Construction is supposed to start this month and be completed by September 2015. Diana Pisciotta, spokeswoman for Samuels & Associates, said the towers are being developed by them independent of Harvard, but their project is meant to serve as a transition to increased presence in Allston by the university as it extends its
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The Boston Redevelopment Authority held a meeting Tuesday night to discuss concerns about the approved Barry’s Corner construction plan. Construction is set to begin this month.
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Professor: Investing advisory Several residents believe ordinance too ‘intrusive’ committee reflects BU’s values Smoking: From Page 3
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To prevent conflicts of interest, complete knowledge of BU’s investments is kept to university officials with judiciary responsibility, Rudra said. “We do not have that entire transparency,” he said. “So what … we [the committee] can do, generally has to do more with providing recommendations that the trustees can then act upon, and then the investment committee can come back to us and say, ‘Hey, this is how it’s actually going to impact our portfolio.’” School of Law and College of Arts and Sciences professor David Lyons said BU’s commitment to community service made the committee a valuable resource for the university community. “[The ACSRI] is a more direct form of community service,” Lyons said. “… To the extent that the university actually changes its investments so that it is more socially responsible, it presumably reduces the actual funding of socially irresponsible activities. That’s somewhat direct. It also encourages other institutions to do the same.” The committee reflects BU’s core values, Lyons said. “BU is committed to community
service, and I think that entails socially responsible investing,” Lyons said. “Not doing socially responsible investing would be a community disservice, as simple as that. But what is at least as important [is that the ACSRI] sends a message that we act and we don’t just talk.” College of Engineering junior John Griese, president of BU’s chapter of Students for a Just and Stable Future, said he was pleased to hear about the creation of the committee. “We’re excited to hear that President Brown is looking for student and community involvement in how BU invests its money and makes its money, and we’re very excited to see what plans they have for getting student input,” he said. SJSF members look forward to working with DivestBU, a student group that encourages colleges to divest in fossil fuel companies, to collaborate with the ACSRI and promote responsible investment decisions. “Investing is not just for you to make money, you’re actually buying stock in a company and in a way endorsing it and what it does,” he said. “You can’t just claim you’re investing in something and not reporting your business practices.”
Traffic from Harvard-Allston construction concerns residents Harvard-Allston: From Page 3
campus in accordance with its Institutional Master Plan, which was approved in Oct. 17. “This project has always been proposed by Samuels,” said. “Harvard knew that it wanted a non-institutional use on this site, something that was not intended for the Harvard community, but something that was intended as a transition between Allston and the Harvard campus in Allston.” While residents said they were frustrated, Pisciotta said they were committed to improving the Allston area. “What we’re trying to accomplish is not only residential building, but what we want to accomplish on the ground floor in terms of leasing to retail tenants, to restaurants and to other kinds of uses that are going to be beneficial to the community, but also
serve to activate the streetscape and create a really lively ground floor experience for people walking through Barry’s Corner,” she said. Brent Whelan, a member of the Harvard Allston Task Force, a cityappointed group of Allston residents who gave advice as Harvard developed its IMP, was not present at the meeting, but said he was worried the developers would only worsen a situation with which many residents are already frustrated. “Harvard is involved in it [the project],” he said. “It’s land that they continue to own … [but] Harvard isn’t going to be specifically responsible for how the construction is done. And that is very worrisome because Harvard has the long-term interest in that community.” To read the rest of this story, please visit us online at www.dailyfreepress.com.
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Martin said. Jacqueline Goddard, spokeswoman for the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, said the commission is open to discussing the ordinance, which is tentatively scheduled to go before the commission on Dec. 30. Joanne Hayes-Rines, president of the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park, said she is thrilled the city may adopt this ban on smoking. “In Columbus Park here on the waterfront, the number of cigarette butts that are all over the ground mars the appearance of the park and it’s unhealthy, as we all know too,” she said. Hayes-Rines said her only concern is the measure could lack proper enforcement. “It’s one thing to pass an ordinance such as dogs are supposed to
be on leash in parks, and we know in many parks that doesn’t happen,” she said. “Just banning cigarettes doesn’t mean it will happen unless there is some enforcement.” Several residents, both smokers and non-smokers, said this ordinance is too intrusive. Tom Naughton, 54, of Jamaica Plain, said the City of Boston should not have so much control over peoples’ lives. “I’m not a smoker, but it seems too Big Brother to me,” he said. “It’s taking people’s rights away. If someone wants to smoke, it’s not healthy, it’s bad, but if that’s what he or she wants to do, it’s his or her right.” Cary Chatham, 42, of Roxbury, said smokers in Boston are respectful of non-smokers and they should be allowed to smoke in parks, as long as it is far enough from people so the secondhand smoke does not
bother them. “I frequent the [Boston] Common and I think that I’m always respectful of other people even though I am a smoker,” he said. “If I see children, I’m making sure that I’m not smoking near them. Everybody should be on their own recognizance, not forced by any law.” Adam Boyajy, 34, of the South End, said he supported the ban on smoking in public parks because he did not want to be exposed to secondhand smoke. “I’m for anything that bans smoking in any shared space,” he said. “It might [infringe on peoples’ rights] a little bit, but I think when I breathe in secondhand smoke, I feel like my rights are being infringed upon a little bit. The fact that smokers may not get to smoke in parks anymore is a fair deal, because that means other people won’t have to breathe in their junk.”
Faculty willing to do scientific research increasing Research: From Page 3
fect on the field, that means they will attract the best post-doctorates, the best graduate students,” Mullen said. “There might be a ponderous feedback, because since they can attract the most talented people, they will be producing a wide share of quality work, and therefore will attract the best funding and resources.” This limited distribution of funding to a select group of distinguished scientists could be a reflection of the diminishing funding climate, said evo-
lutionary biology professor Les Kaufman. “The other factor with funding at universities, and BU among them, has decided that they’re going to actively seek out the real stars, offer them very competitive salaries and basically leave everybody else in the dust hoping they can pull their acts together,” Kaufman said. “Part of this is strategy on the part of the universities.” Federal investment of science, technology, engineering and math is far behind where it
needs to be in the United States, Kaufman said. This pattern of research and funding distribution marks the decline of burgeoning scientists’ ability to get their start in the field. “The difficulty that young investigators have getting their first funding will have an enormous damping effect on all fields of science,” Kaufman said. “The United States is very quickly going to fall behind the rest of the world. It already is falling behind, and we’re just seeing the tip of a huge iceberg.”
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Learning by way of the stage
Diversifying the college experience through the performing arts Stacy Schoonover Features Staff
PHOTO BY HALEY SKOV
Becky Ittner (Smitty), Mary Miller (Rosemary) and a female ensemble perform a dancing number in On Broadway’s “How to Succeed in Business.”
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athryn Vaz, now a College of General Studies sophomore, took art classes every year during high school. She was vice president of the drama club and participated in countless state-wide acting competitions. She even started her high school’s photography club. However, Vaz said she chose to major in Film and Television in COM instead of studying in BU’s College of Fine Arts because it was more practical for her future career aspirations. At BU, Vaz and many other students have used extracurricular performance troupes, clubs and even a cappella groups as artistic outlets while studying different fields. Many students who were invested in various activities during high school are told to use their opportunities in college to focus on their future career prospects. However, focusing too narrowly at the undergraduate level can be one of the worst choices for students looking toward their future, according to a Nov. 15 Wall Street Journal piece by Peter Cappelli, from the Wharton School. McCaela Donovan, senior staff assistant in the School of Theatre, agreed that students who are involved with the arts and humanities acquire certain skills that are applicable to everyday life and the flexibility needed in the professional world. “I think students who have studied theatre have a higher job placement because they are better in interviews, through being more selfaware, and their interpersonal skills are stronger,” said Donovan. “Their confidence is stronger and because they are so used to being in front of people they have a much stronger capacity of interacting with people.” Donovan said she could tell which students have had past experience in the arts. “The students who do participate are more empathetic, more open to change and have an easier time with flexibility,” Donovan said. “Arts
people are just a lot more open and receptive in general.” Vaz said she chooses to participate in the arts during college because she feels something is missing from her life when she is not performing. She is involved in BU’s Wandering Minds theater group, which recently performed the play “Chamber Music,” featuring Vaz in the role of the Girl in Gossamer Dress. “I love the process of making a piece of art when people positively respond to the pieces I make,” Vaz said. “There’s a certain admiration for the amount of time and passion one has to have to make a piece of art.” Vaz isn’t the only BU student with the desire for an artistic outlet. Joe Reed, College of Arts and Sciences and COM senior, came to BU knowing he wanted to continue participating in theater. He has been involved with On Broadway for the past four years, balancing the arts with his political science and mass communication studies. “On Broadway may not directly be the most helpful thing toward my majors, but it gives an outlet to do something I love and that enhances my college experience immensely,” Reed said. “Without On Broadway, my experience at college would be completely different and significantly less exciting.” While the arts serve as an outlet for students to express their creative abilities, they also provide students with skills that enhance their academic and social abilities in a variety of ways, such as preparing them for future jobs and building character. “Stage Troupe gives us opportunities to experiment and flex our talents,” said Kyle Tague, a COM sophomore and member of Stage Troupe. “In short, it has let me experiment with a wide range of disciplines, and I think my experience has been richer from it.” Tague, who wants to direct films after graduation, said Stage Troupe
gives him a real-life platform to practice his skills. “I think in order to properly direct actors you have to have acted yourself,” Tague said. “Theater direction parallels film direction, so in that sense Stage Troupe has already been rewarding in giving me the opportunities to hone my directing skills.” Mary Miller, a COM senior, said she was drawn to the arts at BU because they give her a break from stress and work. Miller also said that she acquired the skills of confidence, creativity, strategy and discipline from participating in On Broadway. “Theater has helped me feel comfortable in presenting in front of class, articulating my ideas and thinking on my feet,” Miller said. Stage Troupe member Ben Moll, a College of Engineering sophomore, plans to connect his major, electrical engineering, and his interest in theater in his future endeavors. “I really would love to pursue a career in electrical engineering for a theater company,” Moll said. “Ideally, I’d be designing electrical devices that are vital to a show’s production. This helps me to keep pushing on in my major even when I think I might not be cut out for it.” Moll also shared his insight on how theatre constantly assists him in his confidence. “I’ve acquired a confidence that has been really helpful when applying for jobs and internships,” Moll said. “Constantly working with new people has been a great way for me to work on my first impressions.” Jamie Lin, a COM junior and a member of Wandering Minds, said she has seen her self-esteem and selfconfidence improve as a result of her joining the group. “The explosion of creativity in more practical fields is often about toning it down and refining,” Lin said. “But in creative writing and performance, it’s really about exploring every facet and embracing the possibilities of your imagination.”
PHOTO BY HALEY SKOV
Above, Joe Reed (Finch) stars with Mary Miller (Rosemary) in the student production, “How to Succeed in Business.”
Not only are these groups an outlet to express one’s artistic desires, but they are also a place to meet other students with varied backgrounds. “I have met some of my best friends and made connections with so many different people in the last few years through On Broadway,” Reed said. “Each show brings a different experience and completely different people to work with and it is really incredible seeing so many people come together and make theater.” CAS sophomore Rachel Wein said as a freshman, she was welcomed to Stage Troupe, where many of the older students took her under their wings and made her feel at home. “I love the arts at BU because every group has built such a strong sense of community and I love getting to be a part of those families,” she said. Wein heavily involves herself in several different extra-curricular groups. She sings in the a cappella group In Achord and performs with both Stage Troupe and On Broadway. Wein said the arts teach her skills she will use for the rest of her life, such as confidence and patience. “Through participating in In Achord, I’ve learned how to have patience, which is extremely important if I want to work with children,” Wein said. “Also, teaching parts of music to my fellow group-mates has taught me how to teach those who learn differently than I do.” Wein also mentioned how the arts complement her social life. “Through participating in all these different arts groups at BU, I have met so many different types of people, all whom bring out different parts of myself,” Wein said. “The people I have met through arts programs are some of the most accepting, open, interesting, funny and amazing people in the world.” Wein said she plans to continue her participation with theater after college.
“I think the arts will be a part of my life forever,” Wein said. “Even if I don’t perform in plays when I’m older or sing in an a cappella group, the arts are such a large part of my life that I’m sure I will find a creative outlet.” The theater ensembles often serve as a “home away from home” for many BU students, such as Haley Castuera, COM freshman and member of the a cappella group The Treblemakers. “Not only am I doing what I love, but for the first time in a long time, I feel at home with a group of people outside my family,” said Castuera. “We’re basically like a family and I couldn’t ask for a better group of people to spend a majority of my time with.” Along with serving Castuera’s social experience in college, the Treblemakers have also helped her with time management skills. “We’ve had a lot of weekends full of gigs and events, so knowing that I have a full weekend, homework and rehearsals twice a week has led me to become more organized with my time and workload,” she said. Time management and social skills are just two of the things employers value when seeking new workers. Employers reported that they value attributes such as internships, employment, and extra-curricular activities before they look at coursework and GPA, according to a survey by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Students across the university who participate in various activities may not be investing time in their particular future career, but perhaps in something that may be more important in today’s job climate. Regardless, the students all have one thing in common. “People in theater are endlessly creative, resourceful, enthusiastic, multi-faced and talented,” Tague said. “We all have wildly different majors but have common ground in our love of live theater.”
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Build more to make more money?
Constructing more buildings on campus brings an array of benefits to Boston University. The campus looks better, wealthier prospective students are drawn to brand new facilities and the school becomes more desirable to donors. Although new dormitories like a Student Village III on campus add to the impressive Boston University skyline, old classrooms and dormitories are forgotten in its shadow. According to a Harvard University study released Tuesday, students think a most prominent reason for tuition hikes over the past decade is overzealous building projects. Look at 100 Bay State Road on our campus. Tuition rose as construction workers erected the new dining hall, offices and study areas, and $50 million dollars later, Marciano Commons towered in the corner of Kenmore Square. Buildings such as Marciano Commons serve the entire student body and consolidated small dining halls close by, but new dormitories only serve newer, wealthier students in the future. Why hasn’t Myles Standish Hall been renovated? Old bathrooms are simply repainted every year in-
stead of repaired. Elevators consistently break down with students inside. Old dormitories are left in the dust so that BU can impress its worldwide audience. Most of the money used to build StuVi III will come from current students’ pockets, but they will never be able to live in it. Why are funds allotted to serve future students as opposed to reinvigorating classrooms in CAS? Most of that building looks like a bad high school. Yes, the lecture halls are top notch, but there are dozens of rooms with poor climate control and old desks. BU administrators should plan to forego dilapidation instead of masking it with brand new buildings. Skyrocketing tuition should serve to benefit those paying it, with implementation of programs that benefit the current community as well as subsequent ones. Simultaneously, BU must compete with Harvard as it expands into Allston and Northeastern University as more highrises climb into the sky on its side of the city. Departments at school are literally falling apart while future students can look forward to basking in their prime views of the Charles River.
Smokers’ havens now bans smokers
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is expected to sign an ordinance to forbid people from smoking tobacco, cannabis and vaporized nicotine products in public parks. While smoke-free parks may inspire more people to cut back on the number of cigarettes they smoke a day, it infringes on a person’s freedom to smoke a perfectly legal substance. Let’s talk about the benefits of the ordinance. Fewer people will smoke around younger Bostonians while they play soccer or enjoy the grass in the Boston Common. The Public Gardens will actually smell like flowers instead of wisps of secondhand smoke. Cigarette butts will disappear from the grass and paths. Non-smokers will certainly experience the fresh air some starve for while living in a city. If the goal is phasing out smoking entirely, banning it in certain locations is a way to start. Parks, though, are open-air free spaces for all community members to enjoy. Keeping cigarettes and cigars out of bars made sense because non-smoking patrons were captive in a space with minimal air cir-
culation. Even if customers did not indulge, they ended up leaving an establishment reeking of secondhand smoke, and they probably even inadvertently inhaled a couple of cigarettes themselves. But in Boston, a windy city, smoke does not linger and force itself on nonsmokers quite as much outside — they have the opportunity and ability to move away from a person lighting up a cigarette. Instead of banning smoking from entire areas, cities should be designating areas for smokers to smoke freely. That way any nonsmokers could avoid that spot in the park and allow people to enjoy their Turkish Royals or Newport Reds. Designated smoking areas also offer people a place to properly dispose their butts. The ordinance should be more proactive than restrictive because those who smoke are taxpayers and voters as well. What constitutes a park? What if there are no other people around? These are questions Boston Police Department officers could face while fining people an hefty $250 for lighting up.
When I was 14 years old, it was quite clear that my best friend’s mother didn’t care for me. He was the type of kid who wasn’t inclined to get into trouble. She saw me as a poor influence. She was probably right. I was always that kid who waved you over to the bushes so I could tell you all about my next idiotic scheme that would probably be good for a laugh or two, but land us both in lunch detention with the nuns the next day. I was that kid who grinned at you and said things like “don’t worry” or “just trust me” or “c’mon, it’ll be fun.” And I must say, I was pretty good at getting people to buy in to mischief. As a few years went by, I became the one who convinces people to have one more drink, or stay out a little bit later, or talk to that girl they looked over at a few times. I always had an easy confidence in my breezy plans. I backpacked around Europe, often not having train reservations or knowing where I would be sleeping in the next city until the day I arrived. I did an equally flippant road trip around the continental United States. My co-pilot and I brought a pop-up tent and sort of just winged it. I had the time of my life in both instances. When I was considering transferring to Boston University, I was warned by an advisor that bringing in 60-plus credits from two different schools would be the most complicated and difficult transfer she had ever seen. I never doubted the validity of what she said, but for some reason that didn’t faze me at all. I had just enough blind confidence in another one of my half-baked plans to go for it. I’m glad I did. People said the same sort of things about trying to make it in Hollywood — the odds are very much against you. Go to law school. Again, I believed them, but for some reason I just brushed it all off without a worry. Fast forward to the present day, at a Shell station in LA. A “clink” came from the nozzle. I squeezed the trigger harder. Nothing. No more gas was on the way. I looked up at the pump - $6.07. It hit me. I had just completely exhausted my only bank account, and I didn’t even know if I’d have enough fuel to make it home. An immensity of doubt flooded my mind.
The feeling was so foreign, and so horribly crippling. “Have we finally wandered too far up the creek without a paddle?” I think of myself as “we” during inner monologues. I’m told most people just think of themselves as “I.” Not sure what that means about me — probably something psychotic. Anyway, that felt like a low point. I started thinking like I imagine most sane people do: “We don’t have any money. Our lease ends soon, and we don’t even know where we’re going to be living in a few weeks. What are we doing?” In an instant, all that misguided self-assurance that I had previously enjoyed about myself, became an obvious flaw in my personality. I had led myself to a dead-end. I lost all confidence in my own disposition. “Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. I knew I shouldn’t have listened to you,” I realized how dire a situation it was when I began splitting myself into “I” and “you” during inner monologues as if disassociating from the part of myself that I now disdained. The shackling doubt persisted the next few days, as I scraped together every lose dollar I could find in various pants pockets. One afternoon, my car unsurprisingly ran out of gas. I had to stick it in neutral, and push it to the side of the road. In that moment, I felt like I was due for a nice, long cry. But tears never came. I burst out laughing instead. It was that dopey-looking kid over by the bushes telling me, “don’t worry.” Even though everything around me was screaming “This is bad! This is bad! THIS IS BAD!” he was grinning at me saying, “c’mon, it’ll be fun.” I couldn’t help but laugh at his obvious shortsightedness. The laughter faded out as I sat in the car. “I don’t know if I can go with you this time,” I thought at him. But then I recalled all the fun I had with that goofy kid in the past — all those times when he had so naively shrugged at those who questioned his stupid schemes. It was easy again. I listened to the mischievous kid with the silly plan — “We can do this. Not sure how, but we can.” Frank Marasco is a first-year graduate student in Los Angeles. He can be reached at fcm820@bu.edu.
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Terrier Talk Reflections
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos revealed in a 60 Minutes interview Sunday his plans to employ a drone-by-delivery system to ship products. The Daily Free Press wanted to hear what students had to say about the benefits and ramifications of small and large businesses changing the methods in which goods are delivered without a standard shipping company’s help. Here’s what some of them said. INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS BY OLIVIA HAAS
KATHRYN VAZ
CHIE NATORI
“That [drone delivery] would take away jobs from people who actually physically deliver these packages and that would be unfair.” -CGS sophomore
“It’s useful, but there will be some danger because it can cause accidents while delivering. ” -ENG sophomore
ALEX WILLIAMS
“I like the idea of the very American, romantic idea of a postman delivering mail to your house. So, it’s cool, but not for me.” - CAS senior
KYLE VERBEYST
“It’s really cool idea, but it’ll take away from a lot of jobs from ... FedEx and those kind of companies. I don’t think that, especially in America, you can afford to lose a lot more jobs.” -CGS freshman
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BU players see UMass game as ‘must-win’ Morris: BCS chaos will be missed Women’s Hoops: From Page 8
“It was a physically challenging tournament playing the three teams in one weekend, but it was a really good experience,” Greenberg said. “We played against a lot of very good teams, UConn obviously being the best, but we took a lot from it and are just trying to move forward and see what our strengths are.” Going against the Huskies (9-0) was a tough test for a young Terrier team that was not experienced enough to match up well with the top-ranked team in the nation. BU should have an easier job scoring against the Minutewomen, who are allowing
an average 79.1 points per game. “I’m just really anxious to get back on the court,” Greenberg said. “We did some really good things in the Old Dominion game, so we want to follow up and do that again but add some new things we practiced. I think our team is really ready and really prepared.” Even though this is only the ninth game of the season, Greenberg said some BU players are already seeing this game as a critical test. “I think our players are looking at this game as a must-win,” Greenberg said. “Our last several games we’ve done a lot of good things and we’re moving forward, but it doesn’t show in our win-loss record.”
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make an argument, it should with Florida State. There are three undefeated teams remaining in college football. I think we can safely eliminate Northern Illinois University from the equation. Under the current system, or even the four-team playoff, it’s nearly impossible for a mid-major school to have a shot at the title. So the real question is whether Ohio State or Florida State has earned a shot at the SEC champion. Both the polls and the computers love the Seminoles. Let’s take a look why. I’d say the conference comparison is a wash. Both teams have just two additional teams from their conference in the top 25. Florida State has the 66thranked strength of schedule, and Ohio State has the 61st. Once again, it’s essentially a wash. Both teams have just one win against teams that are currently in the top 25. Florida State trounced then-No. 3 (currently No. 13) Clemson University 51-14. Ohio State survived thenNo. 23 (currently No. 21) University of Wisconsin 31-24. The edge in signature wins goes to the ‘Noles. Both teams will get a chance at another top-25 team in their conference championship games. So which team has been more impressive on the field? The clear edge once again goes to the ‘Noles. They have the second-ranked offense and first-ranked defense in the nation. Compare this to Ohio State who has third-ranked offense and 18th-ranked defense. Florida State has outscored their opponent by an average of 43 points per game. Ohio State’s margin of victory is 28 points per game (still really good, but not as good). It all comes down to the fact that
Florida State has simply been the better team on the football field. Assuming the Seminoles beat No. 20 Duke University on Saturday, the National Championship Game has to feature FSU versus the Auburn/Missouri champion. Does that mean Ohio State doesn’t deserve a shot at playing for the national title? No, of course they do! They’ve done all you can ask of a team. They’ve won every game on their schedule. It’s an absolute shame that a team can go all year without losing and not be the eventual champion. But this is the system that we are dealt with. This is the BCS. We can only choose two teams, and the SEC champion and Florida State deserve those spots more than Ohio State. But unfortunately, my opinion doesn’t matter. I don’t get a vote. I’m not one of the BCS computers. Ohio State currently sits at No. 2, and if they take care of business in the Big Ten championship game, I think it’s unlikely that Auburn or Missouri would jump them in the standings. We’re probably on a crash course for an FSU/OSU National Championship game, and I think it’s wrong. But what if Florida State loses to Duke? What if Ohio State falls to No. 10 Michigan State University? Would that then put the Alabama back into the mix? I hope not, because I’m sick of them and also because I think you have to win your conference championship to make the National Championship Game. So maybe No. 6 Oklahoma State University would enter the conversation? Although I’m wicked happy to see the BCS go, I hope for the worst on Saturday, because I’m actually going to miss all this chaos.
Lefort scores hat trick in Terriers’ win Women’s Hockey: From Page 8
shot around the right post. Sperry leapt too far forward while making the save, however, and Hickel rang home her own rebound to cut the BU lead in half. Just more than two minutes into the third period, the game got trickier for the Terriers. Northeastern forward Claire Santostefano shot between the legs of BU sophomore defenseman Alexis Woloschuk, finding defenseman Colleen Murphy right in front of the net to knot up the score at two goals apiece. “We came out in the second and I think it was five, six, seven minutes in and I call it maybe melt or playing poorly mentally,” said BU coach Brian Durocher. “ [We] weren’t using the indirect passes, we were getting too fancy. They got one, then another and too many times we had long shifts and couldn’t get people off of the ice. It just snowballed for awhile, probably the last 10 minutes of the second and into the early part of the third.” Things got a bit feisty after Murphy’s goal, as Lefort and freshman Hayley Scamurra were simultaneously sent to the box following multiple post-whistle skirmishes at the 5:19 mark. With Durocher unhappy with his team’s play, he called a timeout seven minutes into the third period. “I called the timeout basically because I thought we were playing afraid,” Durocher
said. “I wanted to tell them if we lose, go down fighting and go down playing with your instincts and your ability.” Shortly after the teams went back to 5-on5, junior defenseman Shannon Stoneburgh was called for checking. Northeastern had a few opportunities, but the puck ended up in the Northeastern zone and Warren sent in a shot from the left side for a tiebreaking shorthanded goal, her 10th goal of the season. Three minutes later, Warren tapped the puck to Lefort, who wrapped behind the Northeastern net and scored for the second time to extend BU’s lead to 4-2. Warren’s assist gave her career-high four points on the game. “[Warren’s goal] took the wind out of their sails, and I think it came at a time where we started to assert ourselves more,” Durocher said. “Then we got the second one from Sarah on a wraparound to put us in pretty good position.” To cap off her already solid day, Lefort sent in an empty-netter with about a minute remaining to secure the hat trick and give BU a final score of 5-2. Because this was the final Hockey East game of 2013, the Terriers preserved a perfect conference record in the calendar year. They will look for perfection in 2013 in one more category — home record — when they host the University of Minnesota-Duluth Friday and Saturday.
Warren plays center position for 1st time First Line: From Page 8
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Senior forward Rashidat Agboola is coming off a game in which she scored 16 points.
riod. “It’s a position I haven’t played in a few years,” Warren said about playing center. “But as a forward, you know how to play all of the positions and it was a fun changeup.” With the plethora of opportunities in the opening frame, Warren broke through a little more than eight minutes into the period. After a few initial chances, Warren kept poking for a rebound chance, and eventually put it by a diving Desjardins for a 1-0 Terrier lead. Heading into the second period, BU sought to pad its slim lead, and looked no further than the combination of Warren and Lefort. The senior captain took the puck along the left-wing boards and fed it across the ice to a charging Lefort. Lefort brought the puck right in front of the crease and put it into the back of the net for a two-goal lead. While the two gave BU some insurance in the second, the lead did not hold up. The Huskies clawed back for two goals to tie it up, eerily similar to the teams’ last matchup on Oct. 29, in
which the Terriers gave up a game-tying goal to Northeastern with five minutes remaining in regulation. BU eventually won in overtime thanks to a goal from Warren. Although it appeared the Terriers had lost most of their momentum in Tuesday’s game, Warren made sure whatever energy was lost came back to the BU side despite being on the penalty kill. At the 8:40 mark in the period, Warren took the puck up the left side to kill some of the time remaining on the penalty. While she looked to just burn the clock, the Pembroke, Ontario, native wristed a shot from a tough angle that ended up behind Desjardins and into the net for a 3-2 BU lead. “The shorthanded goal Louise had was the key,” Durocher said. “It was from a real sharp angle where she either pin-balled one off the post into the far side of the net, or off the post and off the back of the goalie and in ... She had a real great game and that was part of it, that she was able to get that one in shorthanded.” To read the rest of this story, please visit dailyfreepress.com.
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Women’s hockey downs Northeastern Lefort, Warren shine for BU in key victory
BCS Flaws
By Andrew Battifarano Daily Free Press Staff
Northeastern a 5-on-3 power play. The Huskies had a number of chances in front of the net, but senior goaltender Kerrin Sperry and the BU defense remained stout. The puck found its way to the other side of the ice and Warren almost got her second goal of the game, but a sprawling Desjardins stopped the attempt. Warren finished the first period with seven total shots. Early in the second period, BU earned a penalty shot when the Northeastern defense was called for a delay of game. Lefort took the shot, but skated right into Desjardins. Lefort redeemed herself a couple minutes later, tapping the puck in from the top of the crease to extend the Terrier lead to 2-0. However, Northeastern did not back down. At the 15:41 mark of the second period, freshman Tori Hickel skated behind the BU net and
While it has scored nearly one goal fewer per game this season from the 2012-13 campaign, the Boston University women’s hockey team has had a multitude of players contribute on offense. Every skater that has dressed for the Terriers this year has tallied at least one point. Although BU (12-3-1, 8-0-0 Hockey East) has spread the wealth on the attack this year, senior captain Louise Warren and sophomore forward Sarah Lefort have led the pack in the scoring department, and did so again Tuesday night against Northeastern University. The two combined for all five goals in the 5-2 victory. “I think they were excited to play together and see what they could do,” said BU coach Brian Durocher on the combination of Warren and Lefort. “We’ve had pretty good variety as far as our scoring and pretty good balance through the year, but maybe right now with those two and [junior forward] Kayla [Tutino] out, it made us a whisker or two top-heavy.” Last season on a team that averaged more than three goals a game, Warren recorded 34 points, which included 15 goals. As a freshman, Lefort was one of the top scorers for a balanced Terriers squad, putting up 43 points in her rookie campaign. Coming into the contest against the Huskies (7-10-1, 3-5-1 Hockey East), the two forwards were the top two in points on the team, with Lefort and Warren scoring 15 and 14 respectively through the first 15 games. From the outset of the contest, it was clear the two were primed for a strong performance to add to their already impressive totals. Warren played at the center position for the first time this season and played aggressively early, firing off seven shots at Northeastern goaltender Chloe Desjardins in the first pe-
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FirsT LinE, see page 7
John Morris
The BCS is about to make its last major mistake. When No. 3 Auburn University’s Chris Davis ran back the improbable, game-winning fieldgoal return for a touchdown Saturday evening, he sent the BCS standing into a whirlwind. An obvious National Championship Game matchup was no more. Now we have a serious debate that further points to the many flaws that have led to the elimination of the BCS at the end of this season. We now have only two unbeaten teams from major conferences. So this should be easy, right? Assuming No. 1 Florida State University and the No. 2 Ohio State University take care of business in their respective conference championship games (certainly no guarantee), they should be locks for the title game. But you would be forgetting one little thing: the Southeastern Conference. Certainly you remember: It’s the conference that has won the last seven national championships. Many of those championship games weren’t even close. Maybe 10 years ago, there were two groups of teams. There were teams from automatic qualifying conferences and teams from mid-major conferences. 10 years ago, the idea of an undefeated team from an automatic qualifying conference being jumped by any one-loss team was absurd. But the college football landscape has changed. There are now three clearly defined groups of teams. It’s the SEC, other major conferences and everybody else. How can you possibly have one game to determine the best team in college football without the best team in the SEC? Last year, a one-loss University of Alabama team from the SEC obliterated the undefeated non-SEC University of Notre Dame. Back in the 2006 season, a one-loss University of Florida team demolished the undefeated non-SEC Ohio State University. The SEC is head and shoulders above the rest of college football. It has been for seven years. Whoever wins the SEC, whether it’s Auburn or the No. 5 University of Missouri, has to be in the National Championship Game. It should be simple. The title game should be played between the winner of the SEC and the best team outside of the SEC. The argument out there is between Ohio State and Auburn. But if Ohio State wants to
Morris, see page 7
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Sophomore forward Sarah Lefort notched four points and her second career hat trick in BU’s 5-2 win over Northeastern Tuesday night. By Sarah Kirkpatrick Daily Free Press Staff
The last time the No. 9 Boston University women’s hockey team gave up a late lead to Northeastern University, the Terriers needed overtime heroics from their captain to break through. This time, the heroics came from that same person — but much, much earlier. In a Tuesday night matchup at Matthews Arena, BU (12-3-1, 8-0-0 Hockey East) crushed Northeastern (7-10-1, 3-5-1 Hockey East) with three third-period goals to break a late tie and escape with a 5-2 victory. On Oct. 29, when the Terriers and the Huskies met for the first time this season, BU gave up a goal with a little over five minutes remaining in regulation to knot up the score at two apiece. However, senior captain Louise Warren came through with a
clutch goal three minutes into overtime to give BU the 3-2 victory. Tuesday night, Warren made her presence felt early in the game, falling into the center position with the absence of junior forward Kayla Tutino due to a lower body injury. About eight minutes into the first period, Warren danced around a couple defenders but could not send the puck past Northeastern goaltender Chloe Desjardins. Just seconds later, however, Warren tapped it in around the right post to put BU ahead 1-0. With about two and a half minutes left in the first period, Northeastern sent a shot to the net that nearly went in. BU defenders tapped it away, but not before senior defenseman Kaleigh Fratkin was called for a slashing penalty. About 40 seconds later, sophomore forward Sarah Lefort was called for a tripping penalty, giving
Women’s basketball team looks to right ship vs. UMass Amherst By Michael Joscelyn Daily Free Press Staff
The road-weary Boston University women’s basketball team will take on the University of Massachusetts-Amherst Wednesday night in what will be the team’s fifth consecutive game away from Case Gym. The Terriers (2-6) have posted a disappointing 1-3 record during that stretch, including a rough 96-38 loss to No. 1 University of Connecticut. “It’s not easy, but it’s not something we really talk about,” said BU coach Kelly Greenberg. “I always pride ourselves [in] that our teams are very tough and very resilient, and I think we’re proving that. We’re taking advantages of the practices we’ve had and the games we’re playing.”
Despite her team’s lackluster record, Greenberg said that the more games that BU has under its belt, the better they will perform this season. “We’ve played more games then most teams at this time. I think we’re getting tougher, we’ve been playing really good defense,” Greenberg said. “[Junior forward] Mollie [McKendrick is] doing a lot of great things for us off the bench and [senior forward] Rashidat [Agboola] finally had a breakout game so I’m excited for [Wednesday] night.” McKendrick has been coming on strong over the last two games for BU, as she led the team in both points and rebounds against Monmouth University on Nov. 24 with 14 and eight, respectively. “Mollie has done really good for us all season,” Greenberg said. “I just
think it’s showing up a little more in the numbers the last few games. She’s a good offensive threat for us and she’s a heck of a rebounder, and she’s proved that she deserves a lot of minutes.” McKendrick’s last game, a 62-56 loss to Old Dominion University on Sunday, was also notable, as the Mildura, Australia, native recorded her first career double-double with 14 points and 16 rebounds. UMass (2-6) comes into the game with issues of its own, as the Minutewomen have struggled with scoring all season long, eclipsing the 60-point threshold just three times this year. The Minutewomen have only one player averaging double digits in scoring in junior Emily Mital, who averages 10.1 points per game.
Forward Kim Pierre-Louis is close to the double-digit mark, however, as she is averaging 9.9 points per game. The Terriers have also had offensive struggles of their own — BU ranks ninth in the Patriot league in scoring offense (57.4 points per game), scoring margin (-10.4), freethrow percentage (.644) and steals (5.0). The Terriers are sixth in made 3-point field goals (51) and seventh in offensive rebounding (93). This will be the first game for the Terriers since playing in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge, where they played three games in a three-day span that tested the team’s morale.
Friday, Dec. 6
Saturday, Dec. 7
Sunday, Dec. 8
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Wednesday, Dec. 4
W. Basketball @ UMass, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 5
No Events Scheduled After signing Jacoby Ellsbury to a sevenyear contract, the New York Yankees announced they are done this offseason...
M. Hockey @ Merrimack, 7 p.m. W. Hockey vs. Minnesota-Duluth, 5 p.m.
M. Hockey vs. Merrimack, 7 p.m. M. Basketball vs. Harvard, 1 p.m. W. Hockey vs. Minnesota-Duluth, 3 p.m.
WoMEn’s Hoops, see page 7
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