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Fans cheer for BU wrestling during the team’s last home match as a varsity program.

BU shut out Sacred Heart 47-0.

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BU head wrestling coach Carl Adams embraces senior captain Nestor Taffur after Taffur’s 20-3 technical fall.

Boston University wrestling team shuts out Sacred Heart in final home match

By Joon Lee Daily Free Press Staff

The final buzzer rang out and the crowd roared. The Boston University men’s wrestling team gathered in a circle, embracing one another after a 47-0 thrashing of Sacred Heart University. At that moment, the group of men, led by coach Carl Adams and senior co-captains Kevin Innis, Nestor Taffur and Nick Tourville, were one cohesive unit. There was no separating this group of brothers.

Usually a successful season finale leads to hope for the next year, reason to work even harder in the offseason to improve upon the

growth of the year gone by.

But for this group of brothers, Saturday night’s contest marked the home finale for the entire BU wrestling program.

Emotions ran wild all night at Case Gymnasium. Many wrestlers’ family members littered the stands, bouquets of flowers in hand, ready to face the reality of the end of the wrestling program as announced by the school administration in April.

Student-athletes from other athletic programs flocked into the stands wearing “Save BU Wrestling” shirts and shook the floor of the gymnasium with their support. Innis said

he believes the atmosphere, in addition to the team’s preparation, led to the blowout over the Pioneers.

“Everyone was where they needed to be,” Innis said. “The whole season has been a battle.

We’ve had this kind of weighing over us, the decision to drop us and everything, and it was nice to have the focus come back to the team and the guys who we battle with every day and we bleed with every day, and just going out there and putting it on the line because we care about each other.”

Moments after the final buzzer, Adams hugged his wrestlers and their family members.

Each person who stopped Adams’ path reached out to him to strike up a conversation with him about the impact he had on his wrestlers. Even after all of his conversations with his students and family members, Adams did not quite know how to feel about the last home match in BU wrestling history.

“I’m going to have to digest it first but if it’s going to be the last match, this was the best way to go out,” Adams said. “I feel like we wrestled pretty well and everyone won. Normally, you don’t shut teams out. Someone kind of squeaks

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US Sen. Markey proposes new piece of legislation to promote handgun safety

By Kerrie-Ann Beke Daily Free Press Contributor

Following Massachusetts Rep. Robert DeLeo’s report of 44 gun regulations released in January, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey proposed a new bill that would require all handguns in the United States to be equipped with innovative smart gun technology.

“The Handgun Trigger Safety Act”, introduced Wednesday, works to personalize handgun security by adding fingerprint technology to guns to recognize autho-

rized and unauthorized users. The act also calls for a $10 million allotment of funds for gun violence research and technology development.

“It’s time that we take some preventative actions rather than some post actions,” said David Brade, regional director at Markey’s office. “We want to save as many lives as possible and prevent as many deaths as possible, and we want to curb the number of shootings that happen every year.”

In Boston, there are almost 300 shoot-

ings each year, most of which happen with illegally acquired guns. Introducing this technology would bring those numbers down and reduce gun trauma in communities across the state, Brade said.

“It [the act] would ensure that manufacturers, not just in Massachusetts but around the country, equip their products and their weapons with this technology, which will enhance the security of knowing that someone who doesn’t have permission to use your gun won’t be able to use your gun,” he said.

Ladd Everitt, director of communications at the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, said this legislation would force gun manufacturers to use modern technology to make weapons safer.

“This is an ongoing problem with the gun industry,” he said. “The gun industry for decades has been willing to incorporate modern technology into their products to make their products more lethal, but they have never been willing to incorpo-

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BU students join in worldwide protest against Venezuelan government

By Ashli Molina Daily Free Press Contributor

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Jaime Valencia and more than 150 other protesters gathered Saturday afternoon at Copley Square peacefully to condemn the Venezuelan government and President Nicolás Maduro.

Boston University students protested Saturday in Copley Square against the alleged oppression, widespread violence and media blockage occurring in Venezuela.

Over 250 Boston-area students and residents from various nationalities came together with pots and pans, horns, pamphlets and banners to raise awareness about the conflict that erupted in Venezuela over a week ago, which is being protested across the globe.

Helena Carpio, one of several Venezuelan BU students who helped lead the effort to draw students to the protest, said she worked for leader of the Venezuelan opposition Leopoldo Lopez in the past.

“International pressure can do a lot, especially in countries where the population is so vulnerable,” said Carpio, a College of Arts and Sciences senior. “In the case of Venezuela it’s very important strategically

because we’re a country in the interest of the United States because we have a lot of oil.”

Protesters rallied through Copley Square chanting Venezuelan songs and other messages criticizing government corruption, violence and censorship.

What began as a peaceful student protest in Venezuela has transformed into a chaotic and dangerous series of riots, protestors from BU said.

Non-Venezuelan students also attended and supported the protest.

“No corrupt government should ever go ignored,” said Joe Curtin, a CAS freshman.

“Someone is killed in Venezuela every 20 minutes. People don’t feel safe there. People should feel safe in their country and feel like the government is on their side, but it’s not.”

Venezuelan students said they were

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BU wrestling team remains positive in final season Director: Gun reform noble, overshadowed by current bills Wrestling: From Page 1

through, so from that standpoint, it was a big positive. Everyone can go home and sleep easy this weekend.”

Under the tutelage of Adams, a veteran of 33 seasons for the Terriers, and assistant coach Sean Harrington, who has been by Adams’ side since 2011, the wrestling program made large improvements. Many of the wrestlers view the two coaches as family.

“Coach Adams and Coach Harrington are like two dads,” Taffur said. “It’s awesome to have strong mentors like that around and have people that care about you so much and want you to succeed in life so badly that they are willing to sacrifice whatever time with their family to spend time with us. It means a lot have such great people in our lives.”

“I’ve got a dad in New Jersey and I’ve got a dad in Boston over here,” Innis said. “[Adams] and Coach Harrington have been amazing, and the focus here is not just on winning and the numbers at the end of the season.

Even though we’ve been producing and doing well, so much goes into developing us as men and developing us as people who want to contribute and give back and just be kick-ass people, and that’s what we’ve got.

“We’ve got 26 guys on this team who are ready to give back and put it on the line for other people and put themselves out there at the drop of a hat.”

Despite receiving the news in April that the administration was closing shop on the wrestling program, Adams led the team in a positive direction and refocused the team to achieve goals rather than becoming distracted by the looming end of the program.

“The bottom line is, you have to be positive no matter what,” Adams said. “This is not the worst situation in the world. When you have a situation like this, you have to have a positive attitude and you have to portray that to your athletes. And the bottom line is, once you feel the same way or if they are on the same line of thought, then they’ll start conducting themselves with a positive attitude in their training.”

Both Innis and Taffur said Adams’ program has helped the two senior captains grow as men, on and off the mat.

“It’s made me into the person that I am today,” Taffur said. “It taught me to sharpen my work ethic — develop my character. It’s been everything the past five years. It’s a big part of who I am today and it’s going

to play a major part in my life moving forward as well. “[The program’s] been everything,” Innis said. “I’m a first-generation college student, just like a bunch of guys on the team are. While leaving the office on my official visit here, I had gone to [the University of Pennsylvania], Lehigh [University], Rutgers [University] and a bunch of other schools on visits and [Adams] was the only coach my mom left saying that she felt comfortable leaving me with.”

When the final buzzer ultimately rang and the match was over, Adams did not have much going through his head.

“I’ve been wrestling for 50 years and I haven’t missed a season for 50 years,” Adams said. “When I wake up next fall, it’s going to be like I’m looking for wrestling practice. It may not be that way, but I don’t know what it’s going to feel like once it’s all said and done yet because I’ve been doing it for so long.”

Although it was on its last leg of life, the wrestling program drew an extremely strong, loud and vocal crowd. Ultimately, Adams said the massive turnout and support for the wrestling program means one thing.

“It shows that we belong,” Adams said.

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rate modern technology into their products to make them safer.”

Everitt said Markey’s bill is one worth fighting for, but he does not see the controversial topic becoming a priority in today’s Congress when there are other controversial pieces of gun legislation on the table.

“There will come a day in this country where they implement modern technology to make guns safer and to prevent children from shooting other children and themselves,” he said. “The focus right now for our movement is on expanding background checks.

That’s where you have to start.

It’s hard to limit the damage done by guns when you’re still allowing people to buy guns with no accountability whatsoever.”

Several residents said Markey’s intentions to create a safer community are in the right place, but forcing gun manufacturers to produce security systems may not be the best approach.

Jazmine Santos, 18, of Dorchester, said the fingerprinting system would keep criminals

from illegally using guns for dangerous activity.

“It will prevent criminals from getting weapons that don’t belong to them, and it will make it easier for cops to identify who used the gun,” she said.

Ricardo Salazar, 22, of Back Bay, said Markey’s new legislation could cause problems for people who need to use guns as defense weapons.

“It’s useful if you’re a cop or in the military because you are the only one using the gun, but if you’re a homeowner and needed your father’s gun to protect yourself, you wouldn’t be able to,” he said.

John Price, 55, of South Boston, said Markey should be focusing on decreasing the number of guns in the Commonwealth rather than creating security systems for the weapons.

“I don’t think it’s practical,” he said. “Criminals would find a means to disable it, and they would be ineffective. What the senator should focus on is educating the public on why it doesn’t make sense to own a gun in today’s society.”

Venezuelan media blackout, censorship keep activists abroad engaged Venezuela From Page 1

frustrated with President Nicolas Maduro’s administration, which has come under fire for its alleged role in the media blackout that undercut many attempts to report on the situation from Venezuela.

Curtin said Colombian news network NTN24’s website was blocked from viewers after the organization attempted to report on the protests in Venezuela.

Social media platforms and Wi-Fi were also blocked, according to Carpio, whose family and

friends reside in Venezuela.

“Censoring the problem isn’t going to make it better,” said Kelly Carrion, a College of Communication senior. “The president doesn’t understand that.”

The crowd repeatedly chanted “nos roban, nos matan, y ustedes no hacen nada,” which translates from Spanish to, “they rob us, they kill us and no one does anything.”

Protesters also vocalized concerns about the Venezuelan government becoming more like the Cuban government.

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“We need to tell the people of Boston what’s happening, and I’m not going to let our voice — because we are the voice of our country — be shut down,” said Venezuelan native Belem De Armero Lopez, a College of Fine Arts freshman.

Protesters handed out pamphlets filled with information concerning Maduro’s rise to power, when the protests began in Venezuela and how the international population can help mount resistance to the government.

“Every time there’s a conflict

like this, you have to provide the background story,” Carpio said.

“You’re not going to understand it by observing the protest and the repression. You have to look at why they’re protesting and why it has come to the point where people feel so desperate that the only way to be heard is to go to the streets.”

Maria Massiani, a senior at BU’s School of Medicine, said the protest drew almost two times more attendees than an earlier effort and was effective in raising awareness.

“Our students are being killed, tortured, raped,” she said. “We protested for safety and basic needs that aren’t being met. We don’t have an outlet so it’s important to spread this all over the world.”

Following two hours of protesting, activists eventually dissipated from Copley Square around 3 p.m.

“It’s been amazing to see so many nationalities come together to support one country,” Curtin said. “It just reminds you people around the world care.”

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Campus & City Column

The Urban Park Ranger

Luck of the draw

Yesterday I read an article in The Guardian that made an argument against those who consider the Powerball a “stupidity tax”.

People view those who partake in the Powerball as fools who are throwing their money away on false hopes. I’ve seen this first hand.

Last month, a man walked up to me at a conJENNIFER venience store RUTH and told me I was wasting my money. I remembered smiling and saying “My odds of winning are 1 in 175,223,510. Your odds are 0.”

I have a sixth sense for lucky numbers. Or at least, I’d like to think that I do. With $400,000,000 up for grabs on Wednesday night, I wasn’t going to wait for Joe Schmoe from Oklahoma to snatch the glory from my grasp. As the sixth-largest Powerball jackpot in United States history, I didn’t want to sit this round out. Like ‘N Sync once said — it’s gonna be me.

But with great money comes great responsibility — especially if the numbers that you use are cursed. So this one’s for all you “Lost” fans out there that still haven’t emotionally recovered from the series finale in 2012. Remember Hugo Reyes? Well he won the lottery, gained nothing but horrendous bad luck and ended up lost on an island in the South Pacific after a plane crash. But who believes in bad luck anyway?

Someone once told me that you have better luck if you use the same numbers every week. I’m not one for superstition, so I know that there is no pattern with the numbers that are picked. There is no method to the madness and frankly, any number can be picked for as many weeks in a row as it pleases.

It’s almost like they put the “overall odds of winning a prize in the Powerball are approximately 1:31.85,” to dupe you into spending your life savings on tickets. As an avid Powerball player, I know that the odds of winning the overall Powerball is 1 in 175,223,510, but that doesn’t keep me playing as frequently as I do — there are more improbable things to partake in on this planet.

According to Nature Net, you’re 75 times more likely to win the jackpot than be killed by a tree in a public space.

Think about that next time you’re walking around Boston Common as you imagine yourself winning the Powerball, emerging as a majestic phoenix rising from the ashes of your student loans.

As I got older, my dreams grew larger. I no longer wanted to buy myself a log cabin with my Powerball winnings. Instead, I wanted to do adult things like buy a mansion, pay off loans and frolic through a forest made of cotton candy. If I can pay $2 to give myself the ability to have infinite dreams, then that’s money well spent.

I didn’t win the Powerball on Wednesday, but at least I can have peace in knowing that a tree didn’t fall on me as I was walking to class today. Fortunately, I’m not that lucky.

Jennifer Ruth is a CAS junior.

She can be reached at jennifervruth@gmail.com

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Bitcoin ATM installed in South Station Students groups design apps for nonprofit causes

By Brogan Calkins Daily Free Press Contributor

As part of a new, worldwide trend of the Bitcoin virtual currency, the first Bitcoin ATM in Boston was unveiled in South Station, increasing Bitcoin availability to residents.

This machine, uncovered Wednesday, was funded by New Hampshire manufacturer Lamassu, Inc. and Boston startup company Liberty Teller, and is a testament to the newfound, but unstable, success of the Bitcoin virtual currency.

Bitcoin has shown almost unchecked, fluctuating appreciation since its inception in 2009, causing the cryptocurrency to be considered unstable by many.

“A week in Bitcoin World is equivalent to a decade,” said Mark Williams, Boston University School of Management professor. “Investors, consumers and retailers need to be very cautious as Bitcoins are very risky … they can move in value by 10 or 20 percent in a given day.”

In 2011, a Bitcoin could be

By Adrian Baker Daily Free Press Contributor

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South Station received one of the first Bitcoin ATMs Wednesday, which will allow users to deposit or withdraw money from their accounts.

Bitcoin is a new form of digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world.

purchased for 30 cents. Bitcoin hit its market peak of $1,200 in late November 2013, making many believe that Bitcoin was poised for success. Today it trades at $550, said Williams.

The anonymous nature of Bitcoins has made them an attractive option for purchasing illicit goods or services on the web, which

taints their reputation, said Boston University economics professor Randall Ellis in an email Friday.

Despite this, more legitimate businesses are starting to assimilate into the Bitcoin world. Popular online retailer Overstock.com

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Capital One 360 opens bank, cafe duo in Back Bay

By Toni Ann Booras Daily Free Press Contributor

Aiming to bring a personal touch to banking in the digital age, a Capital One 360 branch, located in Back Bay, opened a café attachment to its bank to the public.

The café, which opened Tuesday, is located at 799 Boylston St. and offers customers the services of an online bank with the atmosphere of a coffeehouse.

Boston is the ninth city in the country to have a bank-café combination.

“Boston is a vibrant, digitally savvy city with residents who embrace innovation and ingenuity,” said Jim Kelly, head of direct banking at Capital One in a Tuesday release. “The city is an ideal place for us to expand and build upon the success of our 360 Cafés.”

Capital One 360, a mobile and online bank, has been expanding to include a physical presence in communities around the country and offer personal, face-to-face

interaction with customers, said Laura DiLello, a Capital One 360 spokesman.

“We know that it’s important to be physically connected to the communities and Customers that we serve,” she said. “At the Café, we offer a space where our Customers can recharge their bank accounts, their devices and their lives by learning new ways to save time and money, trying out our digital and financial tools, grabbing a great cup of coffee and getting to know our Associates and each other.”

All café customers have access to free Wi-Fi, an ATM, and the opportunity to meet associates who can offer advice and answer banking questions.

The café also offers half-priced beverages for customers who use Capital One credit or debit cards.

Erica Brown, the senior director for food service and licensing at Peet’s Coffee and Tea, said their relationship with Capital One 360 in Back Bay is unlike any partnership they’ve had before.

At all other locations around the country, Capital One 360 associates double as baristas. The Boston location is the first to have trained Peet’s baristas create handcrafted beverages for the customers, she said.

“Customers are looking for great quality coffee and a personalized experience,” she said.

“Being able to do that in Boston and expand our presence there is a great thing for the customer. This is really about having the whole barista experience to craft the quality of the beverage and that personal experience. I would say it’s an evolution.”

The Back Bay location is the first to open in the Boston area.

Three more cafés are scheduled to debut by the end of the year in Downtown Crossing, Coolidge Corner and Harvard Square, DiLello said.

Several residents said the café is an important addition to the bank, and they are looking for-

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Boston University’s Global App Initiative hosted a fair Saturday showcasing mobile applications its members have spent a year developing for 12 nonprofit organizations.

GAI president Habib Khan, a College of Engineering senior, said the event was intended to celebrate the innovation of GAI’s student volunteers who are learning new skills to build apps for nonprofits.

“GAI chooses the nonprofit organizations we work with based on several factors, including their communicative ability, their mission and whether there is truly potential for a mobile app that helps them in a meaningful way,” Khan said. “These nonprofits must work with the student team throughout the year, guiding them toward a sensible solution that they will end up using.”

Teams of BU students developed apps for organizations such as Engineers Without Borders, Peer Health Exchange and Students Helping Honduras.

Peer Health Exchange is an organization that provides health education in communities where students do not have access to public health programs. One team designed an app for the organization’s BU chapter that contains an anonymous message board allowing students to submit questions to teachers in the program.

The app also contains sex education resources and allows teachers to coordinate classes and provide lesson plans. Santiago Beltran, an ENG freshman, is BU’s team leader for the Peer Health Exchange app.

“It was a really interesting challenge,” he said. “It was nice to develop an app for an organization with an important mission.”

Global Brigades is a studentled global health and sustainable development organization. One team developed an app for the BU chapter that will allow members to view updates, check their fundraising progress and keep track of what

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Authors present book about politics in relation to social media

By Taylor DiChello Daily Free Press Contributor

As social media use become increasingly prevalent in contemporary politics, Boston University hosted a book launch Thursday exploring media’s influence on the Obama Administration.

Co-authored by James Katz, College of Communication professor of emerging media, China Daily reporter Michael Barris and BU Metropolitan College teaching fellow Anshul Jain, The Social Media President: Barack Obama and The Politics of Digital Engagement focuses on the use of social media in political campaigning and in the governance during the Obama administration.

“This book in a lot of ways demonstrates some of the things we’re doing in the College of Communication,” said COM Dean Tom Fiedler, the opening speaker.

“We’re really trying to understand how social media works and also

how social media affects people in the way that communication is effective, so that lines up with the mission of COM.” The authors explored the impact of social media as a political tool by reading excerpts from their book and making remarks on the writing process of the book.

Delving into the book’s primary theme of strategic social media use in political campaigns, Katz said there are three primary ways social media can be manipulated.

“One is to disseminate information to the public,” he said. “Another is to understand what the public is thinking and in a sense put its finger on the pulse of the public. And a third is to draw on insights or political opinions and policy guidance from the public … the third one would be the most transformative … but it’s also the one that is not used.”

Jain said writing the book during the presidential election forced

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Anshul Jain, James Katz and Michael Barris hosted a panel Thursday evening at The Castle concerning their new book, The Social Media President: Barack Obama and the Politics of Citizen Engagement.

the authors to remain vigilant of the constant new data coming from election coverage.

“A lot of the major writing and rewriting and interviewing went into this book in the midst of a

presidential election cycles,” he said. “… So there was this constant influence, just this tsunami of new information coming in throughout election coverage. Doing that kind

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Bitcoin ATM scans smartphone screens Café fosters face-to-face bank experience Bitcoin: From Page 3

started accepting Bitcoins as payment last month.

“We saw both a business opportunity and a philosophical opportunity,” said Overstock.com Director of Communications Judd Bagley. “We saw a good opportunity to convert many [Bitcoin users] into loyal Overstock.com customers …

Philosophically, we wanted to lend support to the alternate currency movement in general.”

Williams said while Bitcoins are gaining popularity and publicity, there’s still no way to tell how or if they will shape the way we make monetary transactions in the future.

“Bitcoin is only in the second inning of a nine-inning ball game,” he said. “A lot can happen before the seventh inning stretch.”

Prior to the Bitcoin ATM, the average user had to go through multiple steps in a process that could take several days, all in order to convert their dollars to Bitcoins. Now, all you need is a smartphone, the ATM and cash. The machine scans a barcode displayed on your phone, which shows it where to send the Bitcoins that are purchased. After that, all you do is feed

the ATM the cash and in return receive Bitcoins.

Some residents said they are excited to become involved in the Bitcoin world even though it is new and risky.

“Don’t get me wrong, I’m no economics whiz,” said Brittani Smith, 28, of Boston, “I don’t know if Bitcoins are going to make me any money. But there’s a chance, and that’s worth throwing down a little money for.”

Other residents said although Bitcoins may have a bit of a bad reputation, all that matters is what they utilize them for.

“I know they [Bitcoins] have built up a reputation for criminal activity,” said Charles Brennan, 36, of South Boston. “But that’s not what they’re meant for and that’s not how I use them. Bitcoins are just more convenient for business on the web and I’m waiting for more companies to realize it.”

James Baccalieri, 25, of East Boston said the anonymous nature of Bitcoins is what makes them more appealing.

“I have nothing to hide, but I don’t think any establishment, including the government, should have the right to browse my transactions,” he said. “If Bitcoins help me do that, then I’m all for them.”

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ward to seeing the café and bank combinations spread throughout Boston.

Chris Vanderlugt, 32, of Charlestown, said the ATM in the bank could be useful for café customers, but he isn’t sure if he would use the other bank services offered at the café.

“Whenever I need to go to a coffee shop, I usually need to get some money,” he said.

“I don’t know what I’d be doing in there while drinking coffee, but it’s nice to know it’s also a coffee shop.”

Roger Beaulac, 55, of the North End, said he and his wife have used services similar to those offered by the Capital One 360 Café at a full bank and coffee shop in

Montreal, where the couple is originally from, but he is skeptical of the bank’s other modern options, such as online banking.

“We’re in excess of 50 years old, so we still do things by hand,” Beaulac said.

Fabricio Paes, 30, of East Boston, said there are some cases, even when banking online, in which it is necessary to talk to an associate, and this new café will provide for that.

“There are definitely times when you need to talk to a person and I guess you can call on the phone, but it depends on how complicated the issue is,” he said. “If I want to make a deposit, then speed is more important. But if I have a problem with my account, then face-to-face contact is more important.”

Politicians target young, specific voters by personally using social media outlets Book: From Page 3

of editing and writing in real time was not an easy task.”

Data from the book was compiled from a variety of interviews and research spanning across both the Democratic and Republican campaigns, said Master-of-Ceremonies Elizabeth Crocker, a graduate research assistant to Katz at COM. “I interviewed people who worked on Obama’s campaign … and one person who worked on Mitt Romney’s campaign,” she said. “We’re trying to incorporate all the different ways the public and the administration were able to engaged using these new media.”

The book also points to the movement of millennials toward active social media use and how the Obama campaign used technology to earn young votes.

“College students are aware of social media,” Barris said. “They [the Obama Campaign] kind of reinvented the whole way of using it [social media] as a PR tool, but they also used it to pressure people … Students can see there’s strategy that’s going on in

politics and in some ways you see that politics is about power.”

Fiedler said attendees should walk away from the launch with an eagerness to question the relationship between democracy and a social media world that allows politicians to target voters more personally and effectively.

“Social media has made the process of campaigning much more efficient than it ever was before,” Fiedler said. “The question was, [if] it’s made campaigns more efficient, will it make governing more efficient? ... I would hope some of that causes students to think about those issues which are fundamental to democracy.”

Andrew David, a fifth-year student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, said he found it interesting that social media is only effective for gaining attention, not for governing.

“I thought their conclusion was going to be that there’s hope for this [social media as governing tool],” David said. “I was surprised at how it’s a good public relations, but not a good governing tool.”

Student-made mobile apps go global Apps: From Page 3

documentation and medical shots they will need before their trip.

The app also offers an offline mode, which contains a Spanish dictionary and a list of frequently asked questions for to aid students on the ground in another country without Internet access.

Bobby Palladino, a freshman in ENG, is the app’s design leader. He said although the team was assembled four weeks ago, the positive feedback they have received has been encouraging.

“We’re also communicating with [the Global Brigades] organization and it’s really helpful and rewarding to work with them,” he said. “They give us feedback on what they want to see, and it’s really helpful and nice to know that our app is actually going to be making a difference.”

FeelGood BU is a student-run volunteer organization that operates grilled cheese delis and donates all proceeds to groups that fight global hunger.

Chris Yip, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences freshman, heads the organization’s app development team.

The app makes it convenient for students to order grilled cheese sandwiches by allowing them to place their orders before walking to

Marciano Commons’ Late Night Kitchen, he said.

“I’m not your average computer science or engineering student,” Yip said, “but working with people to improve a cause, to get a project out, was something that I really liked in high school and something I wanted to find here.”

Nabin Kim, a School of Management junior, said she attended the fair to see what kind of apps students were working on.

“It’s a really good idea to make apps for nonprofits for free, because you can build experience and it’s for a good cause,” Kim said.

Claire Richer, a College of Arts and Sciences junior, said she enjoyed the event and was impressed by the apps students developed.

“More people should know about this,” she said. “It’s something BU can be really proud of.”

Khan said the GAI decided to showcase students’ apps to raise awareness about the importance of developing technology for non-profits.

“Anyone who is passionate and dedicated has the ability to make mobile apps that help people,” he said. “I want people to see that students who had no prior background in computer science are able to apply themselves and develop an awesome mobile app.”

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lthough the Boston University men’s lacrosse team has only played three games in its franchise history, talks of introducing the team to the university began prior to the start of the decade, said Director of Athletics Mike Lynch.

“It was a discussion that was going on at the highest levels of the university, probably as early as five years ago,” Lynch said.

In February 2012 when the university announced its plan to construct New Balance Field, the eventual addition of the lacrosse team was revealed as well.

Lynch said the addition of a new athletic facility was a compulsory step toward accommodating a new team.

“Without adding a new facility on campus, we really would not have been able to add the [lacrosse] team,” Lynch said. “New Balance Field really opened up an opportunity to bring back field hockey onto campus, and it opened up a lot more space on Nickerson field for practice time for lacrosse.”

The construction of New Balance Field began May 17, 2012. By Aug. 31, 2013 the field was complete and ready for the field hockey team to play its home opener on new turf.

New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc., which is headquartered in Brighton, pledged a $3 million naming grant to BU as aid in the field’s construction.

The introduction of the field has also allowed for the diffusion of sports across a greater number of facilities at the intramural, club and varsity level.

“Having our club sports who need fields not only be able to practice on campus, but be able to host home games/matches and tournaments is a major plus,” said intramural and club sports manager Scott Nalette in an email. “It is not only more convenient for them, but it is safer, more affordable and allows them to feel more a part of the campus community.”

Lynch said New Balance Field was just one of many procedural developments the athletic department had to undergo in the process of establishing the lacrosse program.

“You have to understand the type of budget you’re going to have to build, and understand the staffing requirements,” he said.

“We certainly wanted to have the same type of staff for our program that you have in some of the best programs in the country.”

BU announced its decision to select Ryan Polley as the team’s first head coach June 20, 2012. A graduate of Merrimack College, Polley previously served as his alma mater’s head coach, as well

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as Yale University’s defensive coordinator.

Polley said he had an idea of how to formulate a lacrosse team at the time he was chosen as the head coach.

“When I first got the job I had an idea of what I wanted to establish in all facets of the program,” Polley said, “from the kind of kids we wanted to recruit and student-athletes we wanted to bring in, to how we wanted to run practice, to the type of schedule we wanted to play.”

The first step to developing a team, Polley said, was putting together a coaching staff. The process that led to his choosing assistant coach Drew Kelleher was lengthy.

“The first step was to open the [assistant coach] position to the university, and then there was quite a bit of interest,” Polley said. “Bos-

ton is not only a great place to go to school, but a great place to live.”

After the open assistant position was made public, about 50 or 60 applicants entered the running, Polley said.

“I met with maybe 10 or so, and then decided on coach Kelleher,” he said. “He had a lot of really good experience — He was a young,

class and had their guys selected,” Polley said, “so we had to beat every bush and find a couple diamonds in the rough.”

Polley said his priority for recruitment was ensuring that his prospective student-athletes fit BU’s academic profile before selling them the university as a whole, and then the lacrosse program individually.

Compiling funds to support a new field, coaching staff, and other aspects of a new team is done largely through fundraising, Lynch said.

“For every team that we have at BU, we fundraise,” he said. “Certainly to start a team like lacrosse, or start any program really, we’re looking to try and develop some commitments from our alumni population to help us to build it.”

Lynch said the response from the BU community and alumni population has been positive thus

“Without adding a new facility on campus, we really would not have been able to add the [lacrosse] team,” —Mike Lynch, BU athletic director hungry coach … I hired him about a month after I was hired.”

Once Kelleher was on board, the duo moved on to recruiting players. Starting from scratch with a constrained timeframe, Polley and Kelleher were forced to exhaust their connections from past coaching tenures.

“A lot of Division I programs had already completed their 2013

far, and that the program will continue to look for contributions to put toward scholarship money.

One group at BU that has been speculative of certain aspects of the lacrosse team’s inception is the wrestling community.

Art Donahoe, a wrestling team alumnus, is one of the administrators of the Facebook page “Boycott New Balance.” The page seeks to unite members of the community in investigating New Balance’s alleged involvement in the removal of the wrestling team.

Donahoe, also a graduate of the College of General Studies and School of Education, said those who wish to preserve the wrestling team do not oppose the presence of the lacrosse team, but rather wish to work toward a scenario in which all parties can thrive.

“What we are hoping to do is use New Balance’s influence with the university to get us into a sitdown situation,” Donahoe said, “which would include New Balance, the university, and alumni and parent representatives of wrestling, and we would like to work out a solution that is a win-win for everybody.”

Lynch said accusations of unfairness toward the wrestling team are not founded upon factual information.

“The university has been nothing but up-front with every decision we’ve made,” he said, “and a number of the stories that are floating around on social media have absolutely no basis.”

The athletic department believes it will be able to improve BU’s overall image by incorporating a sport such as lacrosse, which has a growing presence in the media and significant popularity in New England.

“We saw there was a lot of growth in lacrosse, certainly at the high school level, but at the college level as well,” Lynch said. “Television coverage was starting to expand at the time we were looking at it, and we feel like it’s an opportunity for us to improve upon the brand recognition of Boston University.”

Lynch said the athletic department is confident the lacrosse team can become nationally competitive in the future.

Although the 2014 season has had a less than ideal start, its schedule guarantees the team recognition and its players a challenge.

BU plays in the competitive Patriot League and will face some difficult nonconference opponents.

“This year we’re bringing [defending NCAA champion] Duke [University] up,” Lynch said. “We play them the last game of the year here just as a way to expose our athletes to the very best in that sport.”

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#unapologetic

For the 50th anniversary of its Swimsuit Issue, Sports Illustrated ran a spread featuring Mattel’s Barbie. Expecting this decision to reap major controversy, both companies are using the hashtag #unapologetic to explain their choice to feature the doll.

Supporters of Barbie have argued for years that the doll is more than just a pretty face and a good body. Yes, Barbie is a princess and pageant queen — and now a model in Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue — but at the same time, with that pretty face and good body she is also a pediatrician, astronaut, politician and construction worker.

To be blunt, people need to stop being so angry with Barbie. Although one could argue that Barbie portrays an unrealistic and superficial image of the “perfect girl,” someone should not think less of his or her body image because of a doll. If that is the case, there are much deeper issues that person needs to address over the toys their parents let them play with.

In an op-ed article released by Barbiecollector.com, “Barbie” writes, “My bathing suit now hangs beside a Presidential power suit, Pastry Chef hat and Astronaut gear in a wardrobe reflecting the more than 150 ca-

reers I’ve pursued to illustrate for girls that they can achieve anything for which they aim. And yet, I am still seen as just a pretty face.”

Barbie proves to girls that they can do whatever they want but still can wear high heels. The doll provides girls with the important message that they don’t have to choose between being either pretty or smart — a girl can have many more layers to her, and she don’t have to apologize for any of them. This issue also highlights that people pay attention to her face first instead of her “accomplishments.” That isn’t maniufactured by Mattel.

Featuring Barbie in Sports Illustrated with the #unapologetic attitude was a smart move on Mattel’s end. Sports Illustrated, on the other hand, has a lot to be #apologetic about.

Conversation and controversy around Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue will continue no matter who (or in this case, what) is in it. By featuring Barbie, the magazine is trying to stifle the oversexualized portrayal of the women it tends to perpetuate. But, if Sports Illustrated is trying to rid itself of this reputation, why wouldn’t it just dedicate a spread to a not-so-busty female athlete in the Sochi Olympics over a plastic doll?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: On Obamacare

I voted for Barack Obama in 2008 because he promised to sign a universal health care law.

This aligned with my ambitions to become a doctor who treats patients based on their medical need, not their ability to pay. Finally, the time had come for us to fix our inequitable system and offer our citizens the human right to health.

Six years later, most of the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have been implemented. However, it’s apparent that political pressure from the private insurance industry and the big drug companies has thwarted the goal of the universal health care.

Obamacare is expected to help an additional 20 million Americans obtain health insurance, mostly through Medicaid expansion and subsidized private insurance, but about 30 million Americans will remain uninsured.

According to the American Journal of Public Health, this translates to approximately 30,000 preventable deaths a year.

Mandating Americans who don’t qualify for Medicaid and who don’t have employerbased coverage to buy private insurance policies benefits insurance companies, but does little to make health care affordable.

For example, those enrolling in an exchange-based Bronze Plan will have only 60 percent of their actual health care costs covered by insurance. According to a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation, even after paying premiums, a family may have to spend up to $12,700 out of pocket.

When patients have “more skin in the game,” e.g. higher co-pays and deductibles, they often forgo necessary medical care. Medical costs caused 37 percent of Americans to forgo seeing a doctor or skip filling a prescription in 2013, according to findings by The Commonwealth Fund.

The private insurance industry’s profitmaking incentive makes health care a com-

Third time’s a charm

Belonging Sofiya Mahdi Dr. Ruth Hill Useem was the first person to coin the phrase “third culture kid.”

Before the concept was the subject of amusing BuzzFeed articles and a trendy label for the offspring of an increasingly globalised world, the term was used to distinguish children who had spent a significant portion of their lives outside of their parents’ culture. According to Ruth Van Reken, “The third culture kid builds relationships to all the cultures, while not having full ownership in any.”

As I have been fortunate enough to experience a portion of the world by living in different cities on various continents, I have also allowed the luxury to facilitate shoving identity “under the rug,” so to speak. However, these feelings all resurfaced as I was sitting in Morse Auditorium on Thursday, listening to Jhumpa Lahiri.

As an acclaimed author and BU alumna, Lahiri talked about what it is like growing up on the outside. She talked about how once you get comfortable, and you feel as if you are on the mysterious “inside” that you craved, the realization of belonging is much more terrifying than the nomadic nature of your identity you had become comfortable with.

When I obtained British citizenship, I imagined I would feel an instant reconciliation with where I patriotically identified as my home. I was a Londoner by upbringing, and now the little burgundy passport that made it official was in my sights.

And yet, the symbiosis I anticipated never came. I traveled to India, and despite having deep familial ties in the country, it felt like I was watching my days behind a thin glass wall.

After living in America for the first time, I was even more baffled as to where my home was. I was still the muddle of cultural identities I had always been, unable to muster any deep-rooted sense of permanency. For some, they say the world is getting smaller. In that instance, it had never felt so vast as I was slowly losing sight of where I fit in. Nevertheless, the plurality in allegiance that I, and so many others like me have faced, has always taught me that embracing this fluidity can be beneficial.

As the filmmaker Aga Alegria’s short movie on the TCK phenomenon says, “I come from here. I come from there. In truth I come from everywhere.”

With this idea in mind, pivotal moments in history should concern everyone, not just those who are filled with patriotism for the land that they cherish. Acts of human atrocity, or even human compassion,

do not know these borders, or ethnic or religious groups. After the Holocaust, the destruction was not only felt in the camps.

When genocides took place in Cambodia, Rwanda and even Darfur, the suffering and cries for help were not only felt by their domestic population — and these are only a few instances that have been made public by media and political attention. There are countless examples that did not make headlines because of censorship, inability to dispatch help in the region or the result of a tragic apathy.

For anyone who has seen the news in the past couple of weeks, it is no surprise that headlines have been dominated by both Latin America and Europe seeing significant signs of political unrest. Images of devastation trickled into the public eye from Ukraine and Venezuela slowly, before major news outlets began to give these crises attention. Just yesterday, news broke that anti-government protests in Thailand were targeted, and three people have been killed amongst many more wounded. Perhaps the most tragic aspect of watching these stories unfold is that they remind us of images we have seen before. Countries struggling to transition to a world where they are classified as post-colonialist, striving to seek stability in their independence — such as The Arab Spring that began in December 2010.

When championing a cause, you are not fighting just for one country, one person or one place. You are fighting for a break from the course of history, a moment in which other countries with political strife can derive some semblance of hope. Perhaps there is merit to this “Third Culture Kid” mentality, in which you hold the ideology that patriotism and pride is not confined to one identity. These movements are not about an individual hijacking the narrative and taking the story from the people. Hundreds of people taking to the streets are bigger than you and bigger than me. It’s about being a medium, and allowing those people to tell their own story. So when you go out to raise awareness, know that you are not solely doing it for your own country, but for others as well. There may be some of us who do not have one country we consider home, so for us, the effort to save the homes of others becomes even more pressing.

modity that is unaffordable for the poor. However, there are promising solutions currently being proposed at the state level.

Vermont is already in the process of setting up a statewide single-payer health insurance system.

Vermont’s legislature has declared health care a “public good” and assumes the responsibility to, “ensure universal access to and coverage for high-quality, medically necessary health services for all Vermonters.” This is not “socialized medicine;” doctors and hospitals will remain independent. All medical needs are Sofiya Mahdi is a senior in the College covered for everyone, and patients are free to of Arts and Sciences and a former managchoose their doctor. ing editor at The Daily Free Press. She can Canada’s single-payer system has resulted be reached at sofiya218@gmail.com in high-quality universal coverage at a cost that is about half of what the United States spends The opinions and ideas expressed by columnists and cartoonists are their own and are on health care. Risk is shared across the entire population, administrative costs drop and zero not necessarily representative of the opinions of The Daily Free Press. profits go to insurance companies.

If Vermont’s approach succeeds, we can expect other states to follow. Massachusetts Gubernatorial candidate Dr. Donald Berwick, intends to establish a single-payer system if elected. Congressional Representative John Conyers, Jr. has sponsored a single-payer bill in the House and Senator Bernie Sanders has as similar bill in the Senate.

Single-payer national health insurance is not impossible. Canadians did not always have a single-payer health care system — they demanded it. Their single-payer movement started with a single province.

How many more “unprofitable” Americans have to die or go bankrupt before we too demand our human right to health?

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left fielder Mandy Fernandez.

Michigan State countered quickly in the bottom of the second with three runs starting with an RBI sacrifice bunt from Spartan sophomore Jacquie Reiser, who later scored in the inning. Michigan State would go on to add another run off of sophomore pitcher Lauren Hynes in the third.

From this point it was all Terriers. With Russell replacing Hynes in the third, BU scored in each of the following innings, culminating with a six-run pummeling in the top of the seventh. With the offensive support, Russell was able to notch her first

win of the season.

“I was so impressed with Melanie this weekend,” Gleason said. “Being able to fight through against South Carolina, and able to hold tough on the next day, she did a tremendous job. When she’s on the mound she brings a sense of energy and calmness.”

For the night cap Saturday, BU faced off against Gardner-Webb University. The Terriers sent freshman pitcher Makinna Akers to face off against Gardner-Webb (5-9) senior Jessica Childers.

BU was able to continue its offensive dominance throughout the night, scoring four runs in their shutout of the Runnin’ Bulldogs, with two RBI from senior catch-

er Amy Ekart.

After the bats performed well in the tournament, Gleason said she has confidence in the entirety of her lineup.

“I definitely think we know what type of team we can be offensively,” Gleason said. “Everyone contributed up and down the lineup.”

The team wrapped up the weekend Sunday with a matchup against Georgetown University. The Hoyas (3-5) came into the game struggling, and the momentum was clearly on BU’s side. With the loss handed to them by the Terriers, Georgetown has lost five of its last seven games.

Russell took the mound yet again,

striking out eight and allowing three runs over 6.1 innings pitched. On the offensive side, the Terriers’ bats were too much for Georgetown, as they scored six runs, with the biggest blow in the form of a two-RBI triple from freshman third baseman Moriah Connolly. Despite a small rally by the Hoyas in the seventh inning, Hynes came in and shut the door on the 6-3 victory.

“It feels good,” Gleason said of returning home with a winning record. “We played as a team and everyone contributed up-and-down the lineup. It was nice to get out there playing on the dirt. It’s a good feeling.”

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Freshman forward Maddie Elia tallied BU’s only goal in Sunday’s 5-1 loss to BC.

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BU retook the lead with 5:10 remaining in the first when freshman midfielder Craig Zebrowski netted his first collegiate goal on an assist from his classmate, attack Clay Phillips.

Carson-Banister followed with a stellar save, one of his 16 in the contest, through an immense amount of traffic in front of his net to keep his squad ahead with about 2:30 left in the quarter. As the horn sounded to end the first, BU was able to hang tight to its lead and keep Lehigh at bay.

Just 26 seconds after the whistle blew to start the second quarter, Schaal potted his second of the game on an impressive unassisted effort to extend the lead to two.

However, that was the end of BU scoring for the remainder of the half, as the Terriers then let the Mountain Hawks run away with the score and put six unanswered tallies past Carson-Banister.

With the first half in the books, BU was being outscored 8-4 and outshot 23-11. Lehigh also had the edge in groundballs and draw controls, scooping up 20 to the Terriers’ 13 and winning eight of 14 draws.

A relatively quiet third quarter saw the teams exchange possessions and chances up and down the field. With 7:59 remaining, the Terriers got their first chance with the man advantage. A shot from redshirt freshman attack Sam Tenney had Lehigh goalkeeper Matt Poillon beat but rang off the crossbar and bounced away.

The Mountain Hawks got the next score with 5:26 left in the third, lengthening their

run to seven unanswered goals. BU had another chance with a man up about 15 seconds later when defender Lukas Mikelinich slashed one of the Terriers. Twenty seconds into the advantage, another shot from Tenney flew past Poillon and pulled BU within four.

With 3:29 left in the third quarter, midfielder Alan Henderson shot low on Carson-Banister and restored Lehigh’s fivegoal lead, 10-5.

In the fourth quarter, sophomore midfield Sammy Davis whipped a rocket past Poillon that shortened the gap to four again.

Five seconds later, the Terriers added another tally to the board as freshman midfield Sam Talkow, the team’s go-to for faceoffs, netted his first goal of his collegiate career to bring the score to 10-7. Talkow also finished the contest winning 10 of his 17 draws.

Despite pressing hard for the rest of the game, BU was ultimately unable to completely eliminate the deficit and finished down by three goals to its conference opponent. The Terriers were outshot by three at the end of the tilt, but they managed to best the Mountain Hawks in ground balls 25-24 and had the advantage in draw controls 12-9.

“We scored seven goals against a good team — a great goalie — and we had more opportunities, too,” Polley said. “I was just really proud of how we battled. We played for four quarters … we battled for four quarters, and we talked about playing tough and battling and they did that and I was really proud of the guys.”

Terriers ready for possible rematch with Notre Dame in Hockey East quarterfinal Men’s Hockey: From Page 8

playoffs. Despite the negative outcome of the weekend and the challenges the team faced getting out to South Bend, Ind., the

team looks forward to a potential rematch.

“Bring it on,” Noonan said. “We’re ready, so wherever we play in the playoffs we’ll be ready. We’re excited.”

scored her 12th goal of the season, knotting up the score at one.

With the seconds winding down in the second frame, forward Kate Leary took a tripping penalty, giving BU its second power-play opportunity of the afternoon.

At 19:09 in the period, Warren this time was the one getting the goal, deflecting a shot from senior defenseman Kaleigh Fratkin into the back of the net for a 2-1 lead heading into the final period.

Despite falling behind by a goal going into the second intermission, the Eagles came back with even more aggression, peppering Sperry with 21 shots in the third.

Defenseman Lexie Bender made the work in the offensive zone pay off when she tied the game at two at the 8:14 mark.

The two teams battled for the rest of the period, and it looked as if overtime would have to settle the decision. Five seconds separated BU from getting at least one point, but BC did not let that happen.

Anastos sealed the game with a goal from the slot, giving the Eagles a 3-2 win.

“I would like to watch the video tape,” Durocher said about the loss. “I was disappointed with things we could control — puck possession, playing the game on our forehand more …We did come out early [Saturday], we had the 1-0 lead, 2-1 lead, but just couldn’t quite hang on.”

Before Sunday’s affair, BU held a ceremony at center ice, honoring the accomplishments of its six graduating seniors.

When the game started, it was the Terriers who grabbed the early momentum, controlling the early part of the first period in their offensive end. BU could not sustain the pressure through the entire period and the Eagles were the ones who broke through with the first goal.

Just under eight minutes into the frame,

BC attacked toward the net with Sperry falling down. Defenseman Emily Pfalzer circled the net and wristed a shot into the near-open net for the lead.

The Terriers looked to tie the game during the final minutes in the period when they got a power-play opportunity. Even with BU’s man advantage, the Eagles tallied the next goal. Forward Haley Skarupa finished off a 2-on-1 chance with a onetimer in the low slot to give BC a 2-0 edge heading into the intermission.

Looking to add to their lead, the Eagles notched a goal in the early part of the second to grab a 3-0 advantage. A shot from the right circle that appeared to be going wide bounced off of senior Taylor Wasylk and into the net for the goal at 5:48.

After the tally, the Terriers looked to inch closer on the scoreboard. After a 2-on1 chance with sophomore forward Sarah Lefort and freshman forward Maddie Elia, BU did just that. Lefort took a loose puck up the right wing boards, looked as if she would shoot, but instead passed it cross-ice to Elia who tapped the puck in for the goal.

The goal cut the lead to two, but that was as close as the game would get. BC kept up the pressure in the offensive zone and, coupled with six BU penalties in the final two periods, the Eagles scored twice more in the third to beat BU 5-1.

“It’s tough — it’s tough on both sides,” Durocher said of the penalties. “Whatever happens with our opponent, we have to maintain our discipline. I want people to play hard, I want them to compete, there’s going to be penalties, but it’s the reaches, the sticks, those are the ones we have to avoid.

“Today we had a real good Boston College team that took it to us a little a bit.

We have to keep our composure and discipline.”

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run, Bucknell took a 40-38 lead with just under eight minutes left in the game. The Terriers never lost control of the game completely, but were unable to regain the lead. BU was outscored 41-30 in the second half, and has now been outscored by a combined 10891059 in second halves over the course of this season.

“That was more a lack of focus in previous games,” Jones said. “We were getting up big, but we weren’t able to handle those kinds of leads. This was a grind-it-out fist fight that we weren’t ready for. They play a lot like [the University of Virginia] and we knew we were going to have to be mentally and physically prepared.”

Although a disappointing day for the BU seniors, they can take solace in the fact that

the team still controls its own destiny as leader by one game of the Patriot League. The Terriers hold the tiebreaker with American (16-11, 12-4 Patriot League) because they maintain a better non-conference record.

“We just have to forget about this and come to practice tomorrow with a new mindset and a new focus,” Irving said. “We just need to try and get better.”

With two games remaining, BU needs just one win or an American loss to clinch the No. 1 seed in the Patriot League tournament.

“We’ve got practice tomorrow, so we’ve got to come back and be ready to play,” Jones said. “We’ll be ready to go for our next game.

It’s disappointing, but we’ve got to put this one behind us. If we compete we’ll be in good shape, but I can’t tell you that we deserved to win tonight.”

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With a chance to lock up homecourt advantage for the upcoming Patriot League Tournament, the Boston University men’s basketball team fell to Bucknell University, 63-53.

To add insult to injury, Sunday’s game was Senior Day, which included an opening ceremony for the men’s basketball Class of 2014. The three seniors, forward Dom Morris, guard D.J. Irving and forward Travis Robinson, were joined by their parents and honored with flowers and their own framed jerseys.

The Terriers (20-9, 13-3 Patriot League) came into Sunday’s matchup on a five-game win streak, including a 71-62 victory in their most recent game against conference rival American University.

The Bison (14-13, 9-7 Patriot League) entered the game on a three-game win streak of their own.

In each of those games, Bucknell held its opponent under 65 points.

Suffocating defense remained a theme for both teams in the first half Sunday. Neither team scored for the first three minutes of the game, combining for 0-for-8 from the field. BU scored the game’s first points on a layup from sophomore guard Maurice Watson Jr., at the 16:57 mark in the half.

As the frame progressed, points came at a premium for the Terriers, who trailed 8-4 with 10:32 remaining in the half. The Bucknell defense held BU to just 2-of-14 from the field during this stretch.

“From the start that we had no energy,” Jones said. “It’s not an excuse because they outplayed us. I can’t blame our lack of energy on this loss. You’ve got to be able to play this game with emotion, and we did not play with enough emotion. In spurts we did, but for the most part we were emotionless.”

After struggling through the first 10 minutes, however, the Terriers started to create better opportunities. Though trailing for much of the half, the Terriers took a 23-22 lead into halftime following four straight free-throw makes from Watson and junior forward Malik Thomas.

BU came out with an aggressive mindset in the second half, taking Bucknell by surprise for the first four minutes. Sophomore forward Nathan Dieudonne sparked a 9-2 run with two 3-pointers on backto-back possessions. Dieudonne led the team with 13 points and added six boards in his 21 minutes of play.

“We had more energy to start the half,” Irving said. “We began to play better defense and a couple of guys started making shots.”

Making some adjustments, the Bison stormed back. After an 11-2

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Sophomore goaltender Sean Maguire stopped 38 shots during Saturday’s 2-0 loss to Notre Dame.

By Meredith Perri Daily Free Press Staff

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — With 33 seconds left in the second frame, senior captain Garrett Noonan skated out onto the ice for his shift. What happened after he got out there, though, is something the Boston University men’s hockey team (8-20-4, 3-123 Hockey East) will need to check the tape to answer.

Regardless of what the video shows, though, Noonan wound up in the penalty box and the No. 15 University of Notre Dame capitalized en route to a 2-0 victory Saturday evening at the Compton Family Ice Arena.

During the first two periods, the Fighting Irish consistently held onto possession, outshooting the Terriers 22-15, with only four of BU’s shots coming from within the perimeter.

Even those chances were not much of a challenge for Notre Dame netminder Steven Summerhays, who teamed up with backup goalie Joe Rogers for the Fighting Irish’s second shutout of the

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Closing out the regular season, the Boston University women’s hockey team looked to grab a few points from the Hockey East regular season champions, the No. 5/6 Boston College. The Eagles were too much to handle for the Terriers though, and BC came away with two wins by scores of 3-2 and 5-1.

“Kind of a lost weekend going against your archrival and not being able to get points out of it, so that was disappointing,” said BU coach Brian Durocher. “I did like our energy in extended parts of the weekend … [Sunday the Eagles] were a little bit sharper and finished their opportunities.”

In the first game of the twogame set, the Terriers (21-12-1, 14-7-0 Hockey East) took the short trip down Commonwealth Avenue to Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill.

BU jumped on the board first just minutes into the contest. At the 3:56 mark, senior captain Louise Warren took a shot that goaltender Corinne Boyles stopped, but the puck bounced out to sophomore defenseman Lillian Ribeirinha-Braga. The defenseman put the rebound into the net for a 1-0 Terrier lead.

BC (22-11-1, 15-6-0 Hockey East) kept the pressure up, garnering 15 shots on net in the frame. Senior netminder Kerrin Sperry stood tall and stopped each chance.

The Eagles’ strong play in the offensive end finally paid off when freshman Andie Anastos

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By Andrew Battifarano Daily Free Press Staff

Softball takes 3 out of 4 games Men’s lacrosse falls in tight contest

By Joe Calabrese Daily Free Press Contributor

The Boston University softball team returned back to Boston Sunday night after taking three of four games in South Carolina to kick off its 2014 season. The University of South Carolina hosted the Gamecock Invitational in Columbia, S.C., in which the Terriers (3-1) won three games in a row after losing the first contest.

In the opening game, BU took on host team South Carolina (102). In a pitchers’ duel, defensive miscues ended up costing the Terriers the game, leading to both of the Gamecocks’ runs and a 2-0 final score.

Sophomore pitcher Melanie Russell held the Gamecocks to three hits, struck out three, walked one and gave up no earned runs in six innings of work. Redshirt junior Julia Sarratt took the mound

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weekend.

For every shot that Summerhays blocked, sophomore goaltender Sean Maguire responded, stymying Notre Dame (19-12-2, 8-9-2 Hockey East) throughout the first two-thirds of the game.

At the end of the second, though, Noonan made his way across the ice toward two Notre Dame players and one of the referees. Seconds later, after Fighting Irish defenseman Stephen Johns had bumped into the Terrier captain, Noonan received a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct.

According to BU coach David Quinn, the referee told him that Noonan received the penalty for making a remark to the referee, but Noonan claimed he did not say anything.

“I don’t know why I got a penalty, to be honest with you, but he called it and that’s the way it works,” Noonan said.

With the Terriers on the penalty kill, Notre Dame left wing Bryan Rust sent the puck over to his linemate, Sam Herr. From there, Herr set up Fighting Irish captain

the net by Maguire.

The Terriers had an opportunity to get back into the game after Johns hit senior defenseman Matt Ronan from behind and was sent off the ice with a game misconduct. As they have done for the past month, the Terriers struggled to maintain possession with the man advantage and could not capitalize on the five-minute power play.

“Seven minutes of power plays and we do absolutely nothing with them and it’s just … it’s been the theme of the last three weeks other than the [University of New Hampshire] game where we got two power-play goals — 5-on-3 goals,” Quinn said. “Maybe tonight it was the sixth period of a long weekend. You get worn down a bit, but it’s just frustrating.”

Saturday’s contest marked the seventh time in eight games the Terriers failed to convert on the power play.

With 2:31 left in the game, Notre Dame found the back of the net to defeat the Terriers 2-0 in each contest of the two-game series. After a turnover behind BU’s net, Notre Dame wing Austin Wuthrich had a clear path to the goal and his slap shot from the slot rang in off the crossbar for his sixth goal of the season.

Due to the Terriers’ inability to get by Summerhays, BU was shutout in back-to-back games for the first time in 72 years.

If BU takes at least one game against Northeastern University next weekend, the Terriers will likely return to Notre Dame for the first round of the Hockey East

Tuesday, Feb. 25 M. Lacrosse @ Providence, 4 p.m.

for the Gamecocks, striking out 10 BU hitters and allowed only one hit over five innings.

Scoreless until the fourth, the Gamecocks finally reached the plate courtesy of an RBI single from freshman Victoria Williams.

They followed up in the fifth with a triple from senior Codee Yeske, who then scored on a fielding error by BU senior right fielder Jayme Mask.

“It could’ve easily been a 1-0 game,” said BU coach Kathryn Gleason, “But we had great composure and a lot of fight.”

After dropping the opener, the Terriers faced Michigan State University in the first of two games Saturday. The Terriers struck first, and quickly, against the Spartans (4-7), plating one in the top of the first on an RBI double from junior

softBall, see page 7

Wednesday, Feb. 26 W. Lacrosse @ UMass, 3 p.m.

W. Basketball vs. Army, 7 p.m.

M. Basketball @ Army, 7 p.m.

By Judy Cohen Daily Free Press Staff

In a hard-fought contest against a formidable ranked opponent, the Boston University men’s lacrosse team dropped its third decision of the year, its first in Patriot League play, to No. 14 Lehigh University by a score of 10-7.

The Terriers (0-3, 0-1 Patriot League) faced the Mountain Hawks (4-0, 1-0 Patriot League) Saturday afternoon at Nickerson Field.

BU came out strong in the early minutes of play as freshman attack Pat Myers recorded his third goal of the season about a minuteand-a-half after the opening draw to get the Terriers on the board first. Myers would finish the day with a team-high three points on one goal and a pair of assists. “[Coming out aggressive] was absolutely part of the game plan,”

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said BU coach Ryan Polley. “We wanted to play with a lot of energy and we’re trying to build ourselves into a team that can be competitive against one of the best teams, and they’re ranked — two-time defending champion — ranked [14th] in the country, and we did a great job to compete.”

Just 14 seconds later, the Mountain Hawks tied the game up at one with 13:11 to go in the first quarter on a fast break off the draw. They would tack on another goal just under a minute later when attack Patrick Corbett fired a shot past freshman goalkeeper Christian Carson-Banister for his eighth of the season.

Freshman attack Adam Schaal got the Terriers back in it with a goal of his own a minute later, tying the score at two apiece.

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Friday, Feb. 28 Softball @ Santa Clara Bronco Invitational, 4 p.m., 6:30 p.m.

M. Hockey vs. Northeastern, 7 p.m.

Track @ New England Championships