10-1-2012

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Former BU President John Silber dies at 86

By Emily Overholt Daily Free Press Staff

Former Boston University President John Silber, 86, died of kidney failure early Thursday morning after a prolonged illness.

Silber served as university president for 25 years from 1971 to 1996, and as chancellor from 1997 to 2003. He also served as acting president for 16 months after President Jon Westling resigned in July 2002.

“Boston University for nearly three decades was synonymous with John Silber’s leadership,” said BU spokesman Colin Riley. “He had a clear vision and had, during this, hurdles to overcome to improve the university and was able to do it with the support of trustees and faculty … I’ve always said that most students or faculty wouldn’t even be here if not for the caliber school that BU became under John Silber.”

He became president of BU with a vision of improving the faculty, increasing the endowment and improving the student body.

While his approach was sometimes illreceived, he effectively transformed BU from a regional and commuter school to the residential and research university it is currently, said BU President Robert Brown in a phone interview.

“Boston University has started a tremendous transition from a region-based university from 1971, and it’s still going,” Brown said. “John led that — it was his big accomplishment at BU.” He said that Dr. Silber’s major contributions include the establishment of a residential, dormitory-based lifestyle with the acquisition of various buildings and land plots.

“He laid the groundwork,” Brown said.

Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore said that BU is at its current level of prestige

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The late John Silber served as Boston University President from 1971–1996 and then as chancellor from 1997–2003.

because of Silber’s efforts while president.

“This was a person who really, when we talk about transforming an institution, is at the heart of transforming it,” he said.

Elmore said that part of Silber’s legacy was to help BU into becoming a more competitive, world-class academic institution.

He cited Silber’s push to change BU from a mainly commuter-based university into a residential one.

“He transformed BU,” Elmore said.

“We’re a great private, residential research institution because of John Silber — a great residential place for research.”

When Silber became president, BU had an $8.8-million deficit, and he was forced to begin his tenure by freezing salaries. In

1975 when faculty voted to unionize, Silber refused to recognize the union.

Silber took a leave of absence from BU in 1990 to run for governor of Massachusetts. He defeated veteran politician Francis Xavier Bellotti in the Democratic primary elections Sept. 18, winning 55 percent of the vote.

He lost, however, to Republican candidate William Weld. Silber was later appointed head of Massachusetts’ Board of Education by Weld.

In an interview with The Daily Free Press on April 28, 2003, Silber recalled his tenure as president of BU. Upon his return,

Silber, see page 2

Republican congressional candidate Sean Bielat and Democratic opponent Joseph Kennedy III squared off on issues revolving around job growth and each other’s political experience in the first debate for the Fourth District congressional seat.

During the debate, which was taped on Thursday and aired on WCVB-TV’s “On the Record” on Sunday, the candidates spent 30 minutes delving deeper into issues that resonate with Massachusetts voters Questions regarding the candidates’ qualifications and Bielat’s outstanding debt from his 2010 run against U.S. Rep. Barney Frank dominated the debate.

WCVB co-anchor and moderator Ed Harding’s question on the qualifications of the two candidates drew the most contention.

Bielat said his opponent does not have the qualifications to be elected to the House of Representatives.

“I don’t think in any other state in any other district people would consider you qualified for this office,” he said.

In the past, the Bielat campaign has accused Kennedy for relying on his family history and well known name to achieve success, according to an open letter the Bielat campaign sent to Kennedy on Sept. 16.

The letter said Kennedy’s request for three non-live debates is insufficient.

Kennedy said he is proud of his family, but has the individual credentials to hold office.

“I am grateful for all of the support that I’ve gotten,” he said during the debate. “I’m honored by my family legacy of public service and what they have done, but from day one, it’s been my name on the ballot.”

Further issues arose when co-moderator Janet Wu asked Bielat about $30,000 in

4th District Debate, see page 2

Students wary despite increased BUPD, Brookline PD presence after robberies

By Cosette Pérez Daily Free Press Contributor

In wake of two armed robberies of Boston University students in Brookline, BU Police Department and Brookline Police Department have increased patrols in the area, said police officials.

“Since these incidences, we have increased our patrols in the campus and outside the campus, including in Brookline,” said Scott Paré, BUPD deputy director of public safety.

“We have increased the amount of patrols in unmarked cars and plainclothes.”

At 2:55 a.m. on Sept. 23, two BU stu-

dents were robbed at gunpoint of their cell phones and money on Thorndike Street.

Two days later, a similar incident occurred to three BU students in the area of Egmont Street and St. Paul Street at 5 p.m. Police said they do not know if there is any relation between the two cases yet.

Since the two robberies happened in Brookline, Brookline Police Department took over the main investigation.

“We beefed up patrols in the area and are working with the area police departments,” said Brookline Police Lt. Philip Harrington.

Paré said BUPD is working in conjunction with Brookline Police to prevent future

crimes and increase protection of the area.

“We know that Brookline is working to find the suspects of the robberies,” he said.

“Right now they are following potential leads.”

Police said they could not release any information on suspects at this time.

A number of students said these incidents make them question their safety.

“I come from a small town, so I’m not used to crimes of this magnitude so it’s kind of scary to think that it’s happening right outside in places where I might go at times that I might be out,” said College of Communication sophomore Isabella Tassinari.

Tassinari said these crimes make more conscious that she is living in a city and makes her remember to take extra precautions when she is going out.

Andrew Tarrh, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said since he does not spend much time on West Campus, the robberies have not changed his routine much.

“I’m living on East Campus and most of the events happened on West Campus so as much as I feel like they’ve impacted other people, they haven’t really changed my feel-

Crime on Campus, see page 3

Occupy Boston protesters celebrate 1 year, march from State House to Dewey Square

By Amira Francis Daily Free Press Contributor

The Occupy movement consumed the streets of Boston once again in honor of its one-year birthday on Sunday, this time with no plans for an encampment but with a reflection of the movement’s impact over the past year.

“A year later, it’s kind of something completely different,” said Alex Montiello, an occupier who has been involved in the movement throughout the past year. “I can say that a lot of people build character throughout the movement. The message of the movement wasn’t just for social justice, it was for rebuilding the character of America, waking up the general public.”

The protest began outside of the Boston State House as a group of more than 50 people rallied and gave speeches about Occupy Boston’s involvement.

Various leaders spoke in front of the group,

utilizing the “human microphone” call and response tactics used by Occupy movements in the past.

In their march to Dewey Square, occupiers chanted a number of different phrases.

“Banks got bailed out!” said Jupiter Robinson, a young man in the middle of the crowd.

“We got sold out!” the group responded.

Boston Police Department officers bicycled around the perimeters of the march — a marked difference from the atmosphere during the fall of 2011, when protesters at times clashed with police.

Captain Thomas Lee, a District One officer who has been in the force for 30 years, said the protest was peaceful and well regulated.

“In Boston, we pretty much let people march even if they don’t have a permit or anything else,” said Lee of police protocol during

Occupy, see page 3

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A crowd of occupiers march through downtown Boston on Sunday afternoon.

2 M ,O 1, 2012 BU faculty members reflect on Dr. Silber’s accomplishments, assertive attitude during term as president onday

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he described the job as rigorous, but exciting.

“Recruiting faculty members and recruiting and evaluating deans and administrators and making decisions that are appropriate to the operation of the university, balancing the budget — those are all time-consuming

and they’re somewhat difficult jobs, but they have a lot of satisfaction that goes into them,” he said.

Many BU students were critical of Silber and the tuition hikes during his tenure, among other political reasons.

Brown commented on Dr. Silber’s decisive, and sometimes controversial, personality.

“It’s clear that John was an assertive leader and had clear opinions about how the university should run,” he said.

But some professors, he said, did not always agree with his policies.

“They weren’t always well received,” he said.

But he said that Dr. Silber was “one of the brightest people” he had ever met.

“He was able to engage you on any topic,” Brown said.

In 2003, Silber said the campus was more focused on politics than academics in the 1970s.

“It was a pretty inactive campus when it came to studying,” he said. “It’s a lot more fun to sit out there and raise hell and not study than it is to just do that silent, difficult work of mastering the courses that you’re taking.”

Robert Knox, chair of the BU board of trustees who studied under Silber’s tenure, said the former president was “brilliant” and credited him with major changes to BU. “The University would not have

achieved its current prominence without his decades long dedication to building both the physical campus and the quality of the faculty,” Knox, a 1974 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences [formerly known as the College of Liberal Arts] and a 1975 Graduate School of Management alumnus, said. “He was the most tenacious advocate for BU and higher education that I have ever known.”

Riley said that in the end, Silber’s greatest priority was education.

“I think most people would be surprised to know that he was a doting father and grandfather. He loved children. He cared very much for quality of education,” he said.

“Education was his highest priority, and he cared very much for making sure public schools and higher education institutions provided the best education possible so that individuals would be able to reach their full potential.”

Staff writer Sydney L. Shea contributed to this article.

4th District debate sparks controversy on issues of debt, management of campaigns 4th District Debate: From Page 1

outstanding debts from his 2010 campaign for the fourth district seat.

“One of [the debts] we weren’t contractually obligated to,” Bielat said during the debate. “The second one we’re in dispute with because [the debtors] were responsible for so many of the filing errors that were made on our F.E.C. returns, so that’s an ongoing dispute.”

The Bielat campaign released a statement the night before the pre-taped debate aired, saying that Bielat “will not reward poor performance and potentially ethically questionable behavior by asking supporters to donate their hard-earned dollars.”

Kennedy said during the debate the outstanding debt is something his opponent needs to answer.

“I think the way that you run a campaign is reflective of the way you run the government,” he said.

The two candidates also discussed job growth in Massachusetts.

Kennedy said Massachusetts residents do not have enough access to employment opportunities.

“It’s a feeling for so many people out there, that they’re not getting that access to opportunity and their fair shake,” he said.

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Bielat said businesses will create jobs — not government policies.

Both candidates said they are against the “right to die” question on the November ballot, as well as the medical use of marijuana.

Kennedy said the regulation of medical marijuana in states that have adopted it has not been done well.

“As a prosecutor, I just don’t think that the way that it’s actually been enacted does it adequately in order to secure protection,” he said.

The candidates also answered questions on government’s role in creating jobs, addressing Iran’s nuclear development and the future of Medicare.

Bielat said Kennedy needs to be more open with voters.

“The voters deserve to hear more from the candidates to make the most qualified decision,” he said. “With so few qualifications for office, Joe Kennedy needs to explain to voters why he thinks he is ready to represent them.”

Neither campaign could be reached for further comment on the issue by press time.

Two more debates are planned for the fourth district seat. The next debate, hosted by MassINC and Commonwealth Magazine, is scheduled for Oct. 10 at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

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Campus & C ity BU community weighs in on Column The beginning of the end

Classes have been in session for about a month — and now the craziness ensues. It’s that time of the semester when the workload picks up, throwing you into a chasm of endless essays and of the impending doom of first exams and midterms quickly approaching. (In fact, I’m in the midst of this very analogy, cramming my dutiful column into the mix.) You’ve only just fallen into a routine, new or old. New dorm, new dining hall, new classes.

Old friends (maybe some new), old habits, old vices.

It’s just another semester, right? Wrong?

Who knows KRISSEN ... I guess it’s KAWACHI something for the individual to decide.

As each day passes, I’m constantly reminded of what approaches in the distant, but ever so near, future.

The end of college. For many people, this is a topic too far away to be seriously considered — even for me, in some ways. After this semester, I have three remaining. Yes, three — not five as I should, considering this is my second year here. Due to various circumstances, I shall be graduating a year early, with the class of 2014 instead of 2015. And while that new end date to these adventures is still in the distance, the realization that my allotted time was cut by two whole semesters — nine additional months — in a mere moment’s decision is frightening.

I’m unsure of how many people are in a similar position of leaving earlier than expected, but I’m sure those who are graduating this year are feeling analogous pangs of either heartache or excitement. If all goes according to the rough-draft life plan I’ve foolishly charted out for myself, this will be my last fall semester at BU here in Boston. Since I’m hoping to study abroad next fall, I’m identifying — more often than I should — what aspects of life in the Boston fall will be my last as a student.

This fall was my final Lobster Night. It’s the last time I can celebrate my roommate’s birthday with her in person. It’s the last of Splash and the Comm. Ave. Fair. It’s the last chance to watch the Head of the Charles and the hockey season. It’s the last time I’ll be able to marvel at the changing colors of the trees that line Bay State Road and the Esplanade. It’s the last I’ll have of the fall New England weather: the cold air that nips at your skin and the rain that beautifies the streets lit up at night.

Yes, I realize that with ends come beginnings – that life still marches on persistently, presenting new, maybe not better or worse, opportunities.

Yet, the acknowledgement of the little things that will cease in a matter of three months is comforting, albeit sobering. It makes me appreciate the silly little things that I’ll miss about BU and Boston, and the events that present themselves on days of the year that I won’t repeat on this campus next year.

Krissen Kawachi is the College of Arts and Sciences and a weekly columnist for The Daily Free Press.

She can be reached at k.kawachi@ gmail.com.

growing increase in loan debt

By Alex Diantgikis Daily Free Press Staff

Robert Lee, a College of Arts and Sciences freshman, said his student loans and financial aid from Boston University are important, especially as he is one of three students in his family with student loan debt.

“It was helpful, substantially,” Lee said. ““It fulfills most of my tuition payment.”

Average student loan debt in the United States increased from 2007 to 2010, according to a recent study published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center.

“Among households owing student debt, the average outstanding student loan balance increased from $23,349 in 2007 to $26,682 in 2010,” the study stated.

One in five households in the U.S. owed student debt in 2010, according to the study. In 2007, student debt was held by 15 percent of U.S. households and rose to 19 percent in 2010.

Since 2007 the incidence of student debt has increased in nearly every demographic and economic category, as has the amount of debt, the study stated.

“That’s not surprising given that two-thirds of all high school graduates now go on to college,” said BU spokesman Colin Riley. “That’s a significant increase from 25 years ago, or so, when only half of high school graduates went on to college.”

Riley said about 57 percent of BU students have taken out student loans. “[The] analysis also finds that a record 40 percent of all households headed by someone younger than age 35 owe such debt, by far the highest share among any age group,” the study stated.

Riley said BU’s financial aid packages are assigned based on a federal formula. BU assesses a student’s financial aid through the

Free Application for Federal Student Aid as well as CollegeBoard’s College Scholarship Service Financial Aid Profile to determine an estimated family contribution.

“BU is very generous when it comes to financial assistance, but we do not have unlimited resources,” Riley said. “We have to put financial aid packages together for students anticipating their ability and their fit for the school.”

Jessica Yoder, a CAS sophomore, said she does not care for the student loan system.

“I have the Federal Direct Stafford loan and every year it goes up a little bit,” she said. “I got $5,500 last year and this year I got $6,500, but in the end, I’m just going to have to pay it back anyways. It’s not worth it.”

Yoder said she did not get any financial aid from BU due to her father’s income, but she still has outside loans.

“I think I have a couple years to pay it back,” she said. “Basically, you have to pay it within a couple years and it keeps going up and it’s like, what’s the point? Student loans suck.”

Yoder said she knew of two students who lost financial aid due to not maintaining a standard grade point average, but reacquired their financial aid packages through appeals.

“If you have a really bad GPA and you’re supposed to lose your scholarship, I don’t think it’s worth it to appeal it. It’s like ‘Oh, I screwed up my GPA, let me just get more money again,’” she said.

“I feel like some people do deserve it, like international students.”

Lee said his parents manage most financial affairs dealing with his loans and tuition.

“They just kind of say, ‘We’ll worry about this. You worry about school,’” he said. “I’m going to probably have to deal with it later, but I’ll worry about that then.”

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Occupy members recount Dewey Square encampment at anniversary Occupy: From Page 1

protests.

“As long as they’re not disruptive, we respect their right to protest.”

Many protesters took different stances on what the Occupy movement stood for.

“There’s a lot of goals in Occupy,” Robinson said. “There isn’t really a main goal. The main goal is to get a better world, and that involves so many different things.”

Alex Pearlman, who worked with Occupy Boston’s media front last year, said the movement is evolving but still has the same principles.

“The Occupy movement was the beginning of whatever is coming next,” she said. “And that will likely have a different name, take a different form, but ultimately this really got a lot of people informed about the nasty things that the financial sector and the government are up to together and independently.”

Lee said he was unsure what exactly Occupy Boston stands for.

“I’m not sure what their message is, personally,” Lee said.

“I was down here a lot, there were so many different messages. I never really learned what their real purpose is — still don’t know.”

Shawn Ojani, one of the speakers, told The Daily Free Press he does not agree fully with Occupy’s tactics.

“We’re sitting here and we’re all tucked in a corner, we’re chanting, it seems very cultish,” Ojani said. “We’re not talking about the facts, which affect people’s lives. All it does is stroke

the ego of people who are already involved in the movement, and that’s not going to get us anywhere.”

Once at Dewey Square, the marching population had grown to about 150 people.

Occupiers put up a small tent and signs reading “U R Being Cheated” in the square, but made no speeches or chants.

Some protesters sat on benches, some smoked cigarettes and some mingled with other occupiers.

Robin Jacks, one of the early organizers for the Occupy Boston, said Dewey Square would not be seeing any encampments in the near future.

“I don’t think we’ll ever be occupying again,” Jacks said.

“I think that tactic is dead and I think it’s dead for a good reason.”

Pearlman said she also believed the occupiers will not be doing any more occupying.

“Whatever comes next, it’s probably not going to be about tents in a park,” she said. “But there will be a bigger push and some sort of paradigm shift I’m sure.”

Jacks said Dewey Square would always be an image of the Occupy Boston movement.

“There’s something about this place, it’s always going to be a home base for us in a way,” Jacks said. “It’s good to be back.”

Jacks said labor is a big issue currently, and that she would like to see grassroots organizations fight for workers’ rights.

“Labor is a big thing this year, with the teacher strike in Chicago,” Jacks said. “I think that labor really has a big shot at stepping up.”

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BU students avoid wandering at night to prevent crime incidents Crime on Campus: From Page 1

-ings about anything,” he said.

Tarrh said he avoids going out at night and if he does, he would go with friends and take a cab home.

Some students said they are glad BUPD is increasing patrols but feel like they should be given more information about the crimes.

“This makes me a bit nervous and especially that the BUPD has only sent very casual messages about it that don’t tell us anything,” said Marisa Weiner, a freshman in the College of General Studies.

Tassinari said if the police

make themselves more present on campus, it might deter future robberies.

“I think that they should beef up their security, but I don’t really know what more they can do because this kind of stuff happens everywhere,” she said.

Weiner said she wants to get more than just a text message about a crime on campus, and that police need to talk to the students and give more information.

“If college students are getting mugged, it is [BUPD’s] responsibility to keep us safe from that,” Tarrh said.

“What else are we paying them for?”

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GUEST COLUMNS: BU alumni dwell on Silber era

COM ’88, LAW ’91 60 Minutes-The Atlantic-CBS Radio News Let’s you and I be honest with one another: John R. Silber was a son of a b––h. When I became editor of the Free Press in 1986, the first words he uttered to me, after an editorial he didn’t like, were “you are beneath contempt.”

I remember that fall we also had a rollicking debate over my use of the word “hypocrisy” to refer to some BU policy or another that he had ginned up. He was furious that I had called him a hypocrite. I didn’t think I had. But there wasn’t much use in arguing with John Silber.

He was right and you were wrong and that was that.

John R. Silber was also a loyal mentor and, if you dared call it that, a friend. If he liked you, or at least came around to respecting you, he was a wonderful person to have on

Larry Hackett

COM ’83 Managing editor, PEOPLE magazine I was editor of The Daily Free Press during the 1981–82 academic year. In October, I and four other members of the Free Press were arrested for trespassing at the Boston University police station, having defied an order to leave after the police refused to give us access to crime logs on campus (we believed it a matter of public safety; the university claimed it would violate students’ privacy). Hours after the arrest, Silber, not surprisingly, denounced us, saying that we had “chosen to strike out at the rationality that must

your side. Our last conversation, years ago, consisted of him yelling at me or not knowing the proper way to approach the College of Communication about a job I wanted there as a visiting professor. He “frankly” couldn’t believe, he told me, how I could have made it to my station in professional life without knowing how to go about lobbying for the job in the right way. He was right again, of course; I didn’t get the job.

By now, anyone who cares about his life, and his life at Boston University, knows that was a transcendent figure. He demanded rigor in all things, became furious when people failed to meet that standard, and ultimately harnessed that passion to benefit BU in countless ways.

Students and professors who walk down Comm. Ave today could hardly imagine how shoddy it all was when he took over. By the time I got there—roughly 15 years into his tenure—the tide already was turning. Money was pouring in. The University’s infrastructure was being built, or rebuilt, and the old guard

was giving way. I’d like to think that the first thing John Silber did when he got to heaven was to find Howard Zinn, or Murray Levin, so that they could start the argument all over again.

But Silber’s pride and passions and prejudices also alienated a great many alumni, like me, who saw in his relentless ambitions for the University great unfairness. Once, before I graduated, I asked him how he could justify charging students tuition that was, for a time, higher than Harvard (it still may be the case, I don’t know, look it up, Silber would say). He responded not by pretending that a BU education back then was equivalent to a Harvard education—that would have been a lie– but by saying that the students of my generation were paying more so that the students of today would have it better. Fair enough. But this explains why I know so few people of my generation who both loved their BU experience but who will never donate a nickel to the school. We’ve already donated.

Stop asking us.

I’ve been told, and I believe, that John R. Silber was a kind and gentle man. I am sure by now everyone has heard about his good works and the legacy of charitable giving that he leaves behind. But I mostly remember his anger and his temper. He lost the governorship of Massachusetts over it and I believe, for some of the same reasons, that he also lost the chance a decade earlier to serve as Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of Education. Whether you think this is good or bad depends entirely upon your point of view. But I think it hurt him deep inside that he never made it to Beacon Hill or to Washington, never got to show the Commonwealth or the nation what he had shown BU. Every time I see the phrase “beneath contempt,” and every time someone uses the cloying phrase “he didn’t suffer fools gladly,” I think of Silber. Boston University wouldn’t be the same today without him. And neither would I. On Twitter: @cbsandrew

be at the heart of a university.” Several months later, however, the university dropped the charges.

That following months were relatively quiet on campus: no professor strikes, no massive protests. But BU had quietly begun its long, slow real estate expansion.

One of our regular cartoonists had drawn a panel showing Silber in a 1920s-era bathing outfit, building sandcastles and singing “It’s my university and I’ll build if I want to.” Days later, his office called.

I held the phone, expecting a thunderous dressing-down. Instead, an assistant politely asked if Silber could get a copy of the cartoon; he’d been delighted by it.

Sure, I said, and sent over the original.

Two days later, an invitation came asking if the cartoonist and I would

join Silber for dinner. On the arranged evening, a BU police cruiser picked me up on the way to Cambridge to get Silber.

We were heading to Locke-Ober, an oldworld chop house downtown. On the way there, Silber asked how long I planned on being the editor. When I told him my term would end in the spring, he barked, “Why don’t you stay and really make some impact?” I sunk deeper into the backseat.

But once tucked into amber glow of Locke-Ober, with its white tablecloths and cigar smoke, Silber uncoiled. He greeted friends, inquired about our lives as students and patiently answered our questions. He seemed genuinely interested in what we said; there were no references to Kant, but to his days as a disc jockey in San Antonio (who knew?),

and an introduction to port wine. It was a wonderful, surprising night.

As the squad car dropped me back at the Free Press office on Cummington Street, Silber kept talking. He was enjoying himself and seemed reluctant to let me go; I felt a bit awkward, having run out of things to say and struggling to match his conversation. Once out of the car, I went upstairs to the newsroom and recounted the evening, getting laughs and gasps in equal measure. Telling it now, it remains a window onto a part of Silber few got to see often enough—a man who , behind all that intellectual artillery, really seemed concerned about the welfare and future of young people. I got to see it, and I’m glad for it.

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In Remembrance

John R. Silber President Emeritus of Boston University 1926 - 2012 We mourn the passing of our dear friend and visionary leader, the architect of the great global research institution that Boston University has become. We will miss his wit, wisdom and intellect.

Marshall M. Sloane, Trustee Emeritus, Boston University Barry R. Sloane t Linda Sloane Kay (’83), Board of Overseers, Boston University

The Legacy Lives On: John Silber’s Impact on BU

By Amy Gorel & Chris Lisinski Daily Free Press Staff

The following piece examines former President John Silber’s legacy at Boston University.

It includes information from Daily Free Press archives and interviews with alumni.

Every leader leaves behind a legacy — and former Boston University President John Silber is no exception.

Silber, who served as university president from 1971–1996, died on Thursday, leaving BU officials, faculty members and students with both controversial and positive memories.

“I think being a college president is a very interesting and satisfying position,” said Silber in an April 2003 interview with The Daily Free Press. “I think a college presidency is as about as nice a toy as any grown man gets to play with.”

During his tenure, Silber experienced difficulty with students and faculty on many controversial issues, such as tuition hikes and unionizing, as well as sexuality, minority issues and drug use.

Regardless, he was known for being heavily involved in the BU community and being a candid and strong-willed individual.

“He was a great man in terms of being a leader to build the university into a major corporation,” said BU 1972 alumnus James Shrybman in an interview with The Daily Free Press.

“Personally, [he was] very difficult to deal with — not accommodating in any way.”

Alan Bergstein, a 1978 School of Public Communication — now called the College of Communication — graduate, described Silber as intelligent despite his stern attitude.

“To say that he was tough would be a huge understatement,” Bergstein said. “He was arrogant, controversial, pointed, shrewd, cheap — a bully, and yes, smarter than nearly everyone else.

But in all fairness, that’s a description that could be applied to many CEOs of large organizations, particularly those in great financial straits.”

Silber’s strong leadership was discouraging to the generation of students who felt they had fought and gained some student voice by then but had to start all over under Silber’s leadership, said Jay Craven, the College of Liberal Arts president from 1970–71.

“He wanted conformity — he wanted people to accept his power and not challenge it,” he said.

“He was very outspoken against people who didn’t agree with him, and he was opposed to dissenters. He didn’t like dissent. And he wielded

power, sometimes more successfully than oters.”

In the Beginning Silber joined BU as president in 1971 from The University of Texas at Austin, where he was the dean of its College of Arts and Sciences.

When he started at BU, the school had an $8.8-million deficit. Silber froze salaries and asked departments to make drastic cuts to reduce the debt.

“Everybody knew as Silber was coming in, even before he arrived, that he was going to be a strong man,” Craven said.

Shrybman, who was Student Union president during Silber’s first year at BU, said Union and

Bruce Percelay in an October 1974 letter printed by the Free Press.

Percelay wrote that he supported Silber for accomplishing the job he was supposed to do, rather than appealing to students.

“I do not perceive Silber’s job as one of cooing a crop of perennial malcontents,” he said.

“His focus should be on the academic and financial well-being of the university.”

Students criticized Silber for substantial tuition hikes, while he defended hikes as necessary for the betterment of BU. “It is better to be able to raise the tuition and continue our recruitment program of outstanding

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Former Boston University President John Silber captured on camera by Daily Free Press Photo Editor Peter MacGillivray in 1985.

Silber did not often agree with its decisions.

“We were at odds with [Silber] throughout that first year because he didn’t really believe that the student union had a right to exist beyond what it itself couldncollect,” he said.

In 1972, Silber clashed with students about military recruitment on campus during the Vietnam War. Shrybman said Silber sent Boston Police officers with dogs in full riot gear to break up peaceful protests in front of the military recruitment office on Bay State Road.

However, some students praised Silber for the progress BU made under his leadership.

“In less than four years, he has transformed Boston University from an institution in financial despair and academic decay to one of economic hope and intellectual promise,” said alumnus

faculty than hold the tuition at the present level and hold the faculty back,” Silber said in the mid-1970s.

Silber supported Judge W. Arthur Garrity’s 1974 ruling to desegregate busing and public schools. “[The] most obvious reason why we must all obey Judge Arthur Garrity’s decision is that it is the law, and that in this country, we believe that no one is above the law,” Silber said.

Silber v. Faculty In 1975, the National Labor Relations Board brought charges against BU for a complaint filed by 16 Health Clinic workers, alleging unfair labor practices such as firing for complaints and harassment.

Silber was subpoenaed to an October 1975 NLRB hearing, but refused to attend.

“There are lots of people who want to make it [the trial] more colorful,” Silber told the Associated Press. “But there is no submission that shows I’m a material witness.”

The College of Liberal Arts faculty voted for Silber to be removed from his position in 1976.

Ten deans called for Silber’s resignation at a Board of Trustees meeting. “[The deans delivered a] statement of distrust in John Silber as an educational leader,” according to the Free Press in 1976.

In April 1979, BU faculty went on a weeklong strike. Five tenured professors refused to cross the picket line, and Silber brought termination proceedings against them.

Shrybman also noted Silber’s tension with faculty.

“When he got to Boston University, he was trying to assert his authority saying that BU was not a democracy, BU was a hierarchy,” he said.

“Everyone was running scared, including the faculty, because at that point he was thinking of getting rid of tenure.”

Road to Politics Silber announced his campaign for governor of Massachusetts in January 1990. To dedicate time to campaigning, he took a leave of absence from BU. Students and faculty had mixed opinions on Silber’s gubernatorial ambitions.

“He turned BU around in 21 years, and maybe he can do the same thing with the state,” said Keith Tavares, BU alumnus, who headed the Students for Silber support group during the campaign in 1990.

However, former BU professor Howard Zinn, who had a history of disagreements with Silber, said Silber would make a poor politician.

“He’s authoritarian, unpleasant [and] unconcerned with civil liberties and human rights,” Zinn said in a 1990 interview with the Free Press. “I can hardly find anybody in the field [for governor] who’s worse than Silber.”

In September 1990, Silber won the Democratic primary election over former State Attorney General Francis Bellotti.

But Silber narrowly lost to Republican candidate William Weld in the general election.

“I regret the loss, but not so much for myself as for all of you who believed in my candidacy and in the programs for which I fought,” Silber said in his concession speech. “We stood for the proposition that politics is about positive campaigning, about straight talk directly to people and about common sense.”

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A mixed legacy

The passing of Boston University’s foremr President John Silber Thursday marked a major milestone in BU’s history. Silber left behind a two-fold legacy — he was both a vocal defender of BU and a harsh suppresser of student voices. He brought the university forward in academic prominence and tried to hold it back to his conservative take on social issues. He was both a great asset and a great liability.

Silber had plenty of critics, and rightfully so. His shutting down of the GayStraight Alliance at the BU Academy in 2002 and his discouragement of student activism on campus remain black marks on his record. And his notorious temper frequently got him into trouble, with many saying that it lost him his chance at the Massachusetts governorship. Although his death may cause us to celebrate his accomplishments, we should not forget that his time as President was a contentious one, filled with controversy and conflict.

But no matter how much we may disagree with some of the policies that Silber implemented, it is impossible not to have some degree of respect for him and

his accomplishments.

Silber engineered the development of BU from a mid-grade commuter school to one of the nation’s premier research universities, expanding programs and prestige. He always spoke his mind, no matter the consequences. And he pushed students, including several former editors of this newspaper, to be the best thinkers, writers, debaters and citizens they could be.

Silber provided The Daily Free Press with a reason to exist. He was a natural adversary, an opportunity for us to rail against the institution, a chance for us to truly be a voice of the student body. And although none of the current Free Press staff was here during his reign, his legacy lives on in our newsroom and in our approach to delivering the news.

For better or worse, Silber defined this institution for two-and-a-half decades, and made it into the place that it is today.

As students, our job now is to further the positive aspects of Silber’s legacy, while moving past the negatives — to create an open culture of discussion and activism while continuing to make Boston University the best institution it can be.

Occupy, remembered Protesters marked the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Boston movement Sunday with a gathering at the Massachusetts State House. This time last year, Bostonians of all ages first gathered to protest the growing economic disparity between the wealthy and the middle class, and the fallout that resulted from the 2008 financial crisis.

One year later, months after police in riot gear evicted the demonstrators from their camp, the remnants of the movement lack the fervor and passion that protesters displayed last autumn. Only about 60 people appeared at the demonstration, compared to the 300 or so that camped out in Dewey Square last year.

By now, protesters have returned to their jobs, classes and daily lives.

The economic situation today remains troubling. Growth continues to hobble along at slow rates, layoffs remain a nagging fear for many and thousands of college graduates are still having trouble finding jobs and paying off loan debt. The rich continue to get richer, and the poor continue to get poorer.

The financial situation of the middle class is a serious problem that needs to be addressed, but sleeping outside in the Financial District and marching with signs about the 99 percent weren’t doing enough to accomplish anything. Sure, the protests and the subsequent police response they provoked drew attention to the frustration the economy was causing. But merely venting frustration isn’t

an effective way of solving problems.

The Occupy Boston movement fizzled out because at the end of the day, it did not have a clearly defined set of goals. Interviews with protesters about what they were trying to accomplish yielded a variety of responses. Something about economic equality, a conversation about lowering tuition costs, and a lot of yelling about the 1 percent comprised an uncertain message. Occupy started a conversation, but initiating real change takes a more unified effort.

And it requires that its members make a long-term commitment, rather than attracting those who are simply jumping on the bandwagon.

The passion of Occupy Boston last year was at times inspiring to witness. It seemed, for a brief moment, that people were finally taking matters into their own hands. When police all across the nation forcibly evicted and arrested dozens, we sided with the protesters because freedom of speech, petition and assembly are core American principles that deserve vigilant protection. But our qualified support of Occupy quickly turned to disappointment with its failures.

The Occupy movement didn’t change anything, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth anything. It served as a reminder that organized protest is a vital component of American society. And even though it ultimately failed to accomplish anything substantive, we are hopeful that in the future, change will be in store.

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Death of a Pen: A Comic Sans ANNE WHITING

am alone in the library on a Friday afternoon and my pen just died.

It’s really sad — you have to understand. It was my only one. I knew I’d be spending today on the third floor of Mugar, and for whatever absurd reason, I only brought one pen and one highlighter — and anyway, it’s a knock-off highlighter because it’s really just an old yellow marker from a Crayola 50-pack, and everyone knows you can’t take notes with a fake Crayola highlighter. That’s so nonacademic. Transparent yellow marginalia is amateur and useless. And it’s bad for your eyes.

I’ve searched — three times — the bottom of my bag; I’ve tried my pockets. I’ve checked the floor, I’ve scanned my BUID – there is no “Dead Pen Emergency” alert number on the back of it. Worthless plastic. I’ve been eyeing my donnish neighbors for signs of ink surplus. Do they not see me staring? If these students were at all observant, they’d approach me, extend a hand holding a pen and say, “It looks an awful lot like you need this.” Right now that would restore all of my faith in human kindness (and human penmanship), but, alas, no such occurrence. I’m helpless. Pen-less.

Cue slight onset of despair, mildly visual panic. This is totally cramping my style.

I was almost on a roll analyzing Michael Polanyi and I’m only halfway through my JO703 readings. Also I’m supposed to underline good and memorable and relatable lines in Stephen Akey’s “College: A Memoir” for EN512 and the highlighter thing totally is not going to do.

Wait, there could be hope. I notice a wooden podium by the pillar to my left.

Two golden pens attach to it. Super retro.

They were probably installed when Mugar opened back in 1966, so they probably don’t work. Nope, just checked; they’ve got enough pre-historic ink in them to suffice for a lightly jotted call number, or phone number, or whatever people could possibly need a podium with non-removable pens for these days, but I was unsuccessful in my attempt to slyly rip the faux gold metal cord that attaches them to their base, and I’m not about to be that loser who studies standing up.

I’m paralyzed, incapable. I cradle my dead pen. I begin to understand loss. I admire the slender and economic build, the faded gray “Whiting Clinic” logo in its middle. I wonder if it missed home. I feel bad about breaking its pocket-holderthing. I wonder if it hurt.

This post-traumatic pen-less stress is making me crazy. Mr. Pen’s all of a sudden taking on a sort of mythopoeic existence i.e. once he was just a few little pieces on a production line; he sometimes inked himself. His journey into penhood was some-

what long and difficult. He left the factory, made pen friends, got a job at my dad’s clinic, got endorsement, earned a place at the boss’ desk, fell in love with a promotional ballpoint sweetheart, adopted other small little pencils. He took my job offer in Boston and was there for me through many a discussion about Oscar Wilde’s art criticism and the diction of Katherine Boo’s journalism ... and then just died in his favorite owner’s hands. You can’t just do that to me, man.

Should I bury him? And if so, where — outside Mugar? In the rat-infested greens of Bay State Road? Where it came from, in the garden of an office building off Louisiana Avenue along Minnesota Interstate Highway 394?

I reach out for support via text message.

“You guys, I’m all alone in the library and my pen just died.” I get an “smh” and a “Who uses pens anymore?”

No one cares.

“You are insensitive and I hate you,” I reply. “Sniff.”

Excuse me? Who uses pens? Me. I do. I won the penmanship contest in the second grade and since then in no circumstance can I ever be without one. The death of the pen is the writer’s nightmare, the Notes App of the iPhone notwithstanding. Touch keyboards will never replace the trusty, black and versatile ballpoint, so I always carry one with me. One must be perpetually ready to write down street names in Paris, food names in Germany, train times, poems. To draw hearts on the hands of London lovers. To sign your name. To write memos! Memos, memos, memos. I don’t know how to use Reminders on my iPhone, let’s be real. Too abstract.

I guess, as my laptop battery dies, that my Mugar day is over. Ruined. Without ink I am powerless. I have a lot to read and margin note taking is my most enduring scholastic talent, never mind how what I write down is usually the opposite of informative (“Lol” “wtf” “?”). I consider stopping at City Co. to buy a replacement, but I know it’s too soon. Lip quivers. I don’t want another pen. Moving on to a new writing utensil — a ballpoint, a fountain, a Bic felt tip, a rollerball — is always an adjustment. An investment. A commitment. A definer of the self. Don’t you think?

Maybe I’m being dramatic. It’s just a pen. I get it. But I’ve learned a lesson.

Love your pens while you have them (while the world still has them?). And always bring a back-up.

Anne Whiting is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and a Fall 2012 weekly columnist for The Daily Free Press. She can be reached at aew@bu.edu.

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Terriers open conference play against Hawks, tie 1–1 at Nickerson Field Men’s soccer: From page 8

erts said. “It was the first time [Bustamante] played well. It was the first time he dominated like that.”

Between the 22nd and 26th minutes of the game, the Terriers put on the offensive pressure again. Bustamante headed a cross wide before sophomore forward Dominque Badji failed to convert on a pair of chances. Later in that surge Ciccone took a long shot, but it was saved by Hartford (6–4–1, 0–0–1 America East) goalkeeper Viltsu Tummi. The

Terriers seemed to dominate the flow and control of the game, but were unable capitalize on their chances.

Although BU had control of the ball for most of the first half, freshman goalkeeper Nick Thomson did not go completely untested. Thomson made two saves, one in the 19th minute on a close shot on the left by junior forward Anthony Santaga.

While BU failed to score on its chances in the first half, Hartford did not miss on its best chance of the half. In the 39th minute, Santaga tapped in a goal after a free

kick near midfield, which looked eerily similar to the goal BU gave up in its overtime loss to Brown University.

“It was a shame,” Roberts said about the goal. “It was just miscommunication.” The Terriers, who outshot the Hawks 10–6 and dominated the flow of the game early on, trailed 1–0 at the end of the first half.Again in the second half the Terriers came out as the aggressors and attacked from the get-go. Eventually, the control and aggression paid off for the Terriers when Bustamante scored in the 61st minute in the box

thanks to a feed from Badji.

With a little less than ten minutes to play, Ciccone was brought down on a foul, and then appeared to be stepped on by a Hartford player. Ciccone was visibly angry after the incident and seemed to play even more intense than he had been playing beforehand.

He led a couple of great chances for the offense, especially in the 84th minute when he hit the Hartford cross-bar. BU kept the pressure on, but could not find the back of the net and the game went into overtime.

Early on it was clear BU

couldn’t find a rhythm in part due to another injury. Sophomore back Sanford Spivey went down with an injury early on, and had to be replaced. Both teams battled around midfield for the first half of overtime, and nothing happened on the scoreboard. BU played conservatively again in the second half, although in the 102nd minute Hartford stopped a bevy of chances in the box. Once the 110th minute was up, the game had ended in a draw.

“The result was unjust.” Roberts said. “But that’s the way the game goes. You have to finish.”

Ciccone, Terriers score once Clemens scores overtime winner against UVM on 35 shots, draw Hartford Women’s soccer: From page 8

Chances: From page 8

Typifying Hartford’s style of play, in the 81st minute Ciccone was on the ground battling for a ball at midfield when a Hartford player stepped on Ciccone’s face.

No card was given for the foul.

Ciccone was noticeably angry at the play.

“Anthony was upset but he had every right to be upset,” Roberts said. “When you’re lying on the ground and someone steps on your face you have the right to get upset. I was happy with the way we responded and we just went back to playing.”

Ciccone was determined to make Hartford pay and was inches away from scoring the gamewinning goal when his shot hit the

cross bar only two minutes after his face was stepped on.

The physical nature of the game started taking a toll on players in the overtime period.

For BU, Ciccone, Badji and sophomore defender Sanford Spivey all went down with injuries.

BU lacked the fire and intensity they had throughout regulation and recorded only one shot and not many strong chances, which was unlike the effort it had shown all game.

The game ended in a draw, but the Terriers’ offense showed an increased amount of aggression that has the potential to result in more goals when it takes on Adelphi University at Nickerson Field on Tuesday night.

rolling around the box with frantic play from each side until junior forward Madison Clemens put the ball in the net for her team-leading fourth goal of the season. Clemens was a force in the box all game long, taking three of the Terriers’ eight shots.

BU enforced its will on its opponents by winning both the shot and corner kick differentials. The Terriers were awarded three corner kicks in the match as opposed to the Black Bears’ two.

Moving into Sunday’s game at the University of Vermont, both teams faced wet conditions, but that would not stop the Terriers from pulling out a victory late in the match.

The Terriers started slowly, failing to score until late in the second half.

On the strength of their 13 shots taken, the Terriers pushed into the Catamounts’ defense and put pressure on their goalkeeper to make saves. As the second half wound down, BU was once again pushing into the Vermont defense when sophomore forward Taylor Krebs crossed the ball into the box.

Clemens took that cross and fired a low shot that snuck past UVM goalkeeper Ally Ramos for her fifth goal of the season.

With just over a minute remaining in the match, the Catamounts were awarded a corner kick that was passed in and crossed by senior defender Megan Rozulmalski. The ball was headed several times and found its way to the net on a shot by freshman defender Zoe Boyd before time expired in the half.

This goal sent the game into overtime where Clemens once again

was able to provide a crucial goal.

On a pass from the middle of the pitch, Clemens lost a defender and fired a strike from 20 yards that perfectly hit the upper left portion of the net. With her team-best sixth goal of the season and second of the match, Clemens has solidified herself as a focal point in the Terriers’ offense, coming up big in the match’s critical moments.

This goal, coming in overtime, also served as the golden goal, keeping the Terriers perfect in conference play this season and extending their America East Conference winning streak to 26 games.

The Terriers will look to continue their superb play on Thursday night and stay perfect in the America East Conference as they travel to Baltimore, Md., to take on the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

Paulson leads men’s cross country at Paul Short Invitational

By Sarah Kirkpatrick Daily Free Press Contributor

The Boston University cross country team competed at the biggest meet of the season so far, the Paul Short Invitational, hosted by Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., on Friday.

Led by senior Matt Paulson, who finished 32nd overall with a time of 24:43, the BU men placed 15th out of 37 competitive teams.

He was joined in the top 100 by fellow senior Robert Gibson, who finished 74th with a time of 25:15, and freshman Alec Olson, who finished 96th with a time of 25:29.

“I think the first three guys ran really, really well,” said BU coach Bruce Lehane. “Matt Paulson did a good job, he was our first guy again. Alec Olson was probably the biggest surprise. He was a good minute faster than he’s been before, so that was a very pleasant surprise.”

Freshman Kevin Thomas (139th, 25:53) and sophomore

Ben Ravetz (156th, 25:58) rounded out the scoring for the men, who finished with a total of 497 points.

Villanova University, which is currently ranked 22nd nationally by the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, took home the team victory in the eight-kilometer race with a score of 69 points.

Noticeably missing from the men’s team was junior standout Rich Peters, who developed a knee injury in practice during the week. Lehane said there is currently no timetable for his return.

“We don’t know, we’ll have to take it day by day,” Lehane said.

“We’ll have to have some patience, we don’t want to just throw him out there in a race and have him hurt. We’ll just have to monitor it. The athletic trainers and BU doctors do a really great job, so we’ll follow their guidance.”

The women were led by junior Monica Adler, who finished 40th

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with a time of 21:14 in the sixkilometer race.

“Monica did a good job out there,” Lehane said. “She’s historically been better on the track than in cross country, but this is the first season she’s stepped up to running at a high level.”

Junior Danielle Bowen (129th, 22:26), freshman Shelby Stableford (157th, 22:45), senior Nikki Long (169th, 22:51) and freshman Michelle Sumner (245th, 24:07) contributed to the women’s score.

BU totaled 740 points to finish 26th out of 40 teams.

The Cornell University women finished first as a team with a score of 55 points.

The field included three of the top 10 teams in the country, including defending national champion Georgetown University (currently ranked fourth nationally by the U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association), Providence College (ranked seventh) and Villanova University

(ranked ninth).

“The women’s field was outstanding, so the competition was very hard,” Lehane said. “Monica ran very well considering.”

Though the women have had a slower start to the season than the extremely successful men, Lehane said he sees promise in his youthheavy team.

“This is more of a building year,” Lehane said. “Monica’s doing a great job, and some of the other girls have come a long way this year. The women are very much a work-in-progress, and we’re going to continue to watch them improve.”

The men and women will next compete on Sunday at the New England Championships in Westfield. Lehane said he is confident in his team’s chances.

“The men’s team does have strong promise and I think we’ll be very competitive at New England,” he said. “Hopefully we’ll win it, but we’ll have to see.”

Green, Terriers’ defense shine in 2 America East wins Defense: From page 8

goal. And now, bringing a physicality to her play … She executed really well.”

Mullen and the rest of the defense continued to excel as the Terriers hit the road to play a struggling University of Vermont team on Sunday.

The Catamounts provided a very even game with ball possession split evenly between teams.

The team’s 185-minute shutout streak came to an end Sunday, however, as it allowed a goal in the final minutes of regulation to force overtime, but the improvement between three weeks ago and Sunday was quite apparent.

BU ultimately won the match by a tally of 2–1 in overtime.

The defense will need to remain on its A-game for the rest of conference play if the Terriers want a chance of receiving an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament.

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Men’s soccer draws Hartford in America East opener Terriers dominate game flow, settle for tie with Hawks

BU offense misses chances, ties Hartford despite aggression

By Michael Bagarella Daily Free Press Contributor

By Andrew Battifarano Daily Free Press Contributor

After falling to Hofstra University on Saturday, the Boston University men’s soccer team had a slightly better result in its first conference game of the year as it tied the University of Hartford 1–1 at Nickerson Field.

BU coach Neil Roberts emphasized a strong start to the game, and The Terriers (2–5–3, 0–0–1 America East) appeared to get the message and tried to jump on the board quickly.

In the second minute BU charged on the attack and had a corner kick from junior midfielder Anthony Ciccone. While nothing came out of that early chance, BU did not have to wait much longer for another chance.

Only three minutes later, sophomore forward Parker Powell, but his attempt was blocked by the Hartford defense.

Ciccone and senior midfielder Michael Bustamante displayed energy that the Terriers needed to have a consistent offense throughout the game. Ciccone worked the left side for most of the game while Bustamante attacked the net a lot. Roberts praised the two midfielders for their great play.

“I think Anthony and Michael just dominated the game,” Rob-

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Sophomore forward Dominique Badji assisted on senior midfielder Michael Bustamante’s goal against Hartford.

Men’s soccer, see page 7

Although the match ended in a 1–1 tie, the Boston University men’s soccer team’s offense dominated the University of Hartford in a game where the Terriers outshot the Hawks 35–11.

I am very happy with the way we performed tonight in a lot of areas,” said BU coach Neil Roberts. “We wanted to come out and play really hard, physical, quick, and I think we did that. I thought our offense dominated the game.”

For a team that has been playing conservatively on offense and waiting for chances to come to them, BU (2–5–3, 0–0–1 America East) neglected that philosophy Saturday against Hartford (6–4–1, 0–0–1 America East).

Led by junior midfielder Anthony Ciccone, senior forward Michael Bustamante and sophomore forward Dominique Badji the BU offense was aggressive and determined to improve its physical play.

The Terriers dominated time of possession and would have netted a few more goals, but Hartford goalie Viltsu Tuumi blocked an array of good shots from the BU forwards.

BU’s offense had a noticeable intensity and determination that has been absent for a majority of the year.

Bustamante had a strong game with a career-high 11 shots many

of which came in the second half.

In the 61st minute, Bustamante beat Tuumi on an assist from Badji to tie the game at one.

Bustamante, after scoring the equalizer, continued to shoot on net for the remainder of the game, determined to lead the Terriers to a win.

“It was good to see Michael get going like Michael used to play,” Roberts said. “That was the first time that he played well and dominated like that. I was happy for him.”

Bustamante sat out last year with an injury and scored his first goal in almost a year last week in the rout of The College of the Holy Cross.

With the amount of injuries the Terriers have, BU will count on Bustamante and other leaders to control the game and make up for the lost firepower.

The Terriers chose the right game to start playing with an aggressive edge and a newfound intensity.

Hartford is the most penalized team in America East. “[The Hawks] come in on some hard tackles and some high tackles at times,” Roberts said.

“We wanted to make sure that we matched that in a clean way. I was a little disappointed with the number of two-foot tackles but that happens sometimes. I thought our guys responded well though.”

Chances, see page 7

Clemens leads BU women’s Terriers’ defense makes strides in wins soccer over Maine, UVM After several defensive lapses leading to early Terrier losses, the Boston University women’s soccer team defense has been a stable point driving the team’s four-game win streak.

The Terriers are cruising right now, having completely turned around their defensive problems that led to several close losses against top-ranked competition early in the season.

Having come within minutes of a tie against the defending national champions Stanford University, the Terriers understood that the defense needed to improve if they were going to compete for a sixth straight America East regular season Championship, and possible at-large birth in the NCAA Tournament.

Entering the game against the University of Maine, the defense had shown steady improvements over the last two games against NC State and Albany.

Allowing only one goal in both games, the back line of the Terriers had played much better in both

games, allowing significantly less penetration and fewer throughballs into Terrier territory.

The BU defense played well from the moment the game started.

BU possessed the ball for the majority of the game, but whenever Maine had the ball, the defense was one step ahead of the Black Bears.

“You can start to see we’re playing a little bit more like a team,” said BU coach Nancy Feldman.

“I think we look more like a team than we did four weeks ago. We got a big save in the first half by [junior goalkeeper] Andrea [Green]. That’s how you win some of these conference games. It takes you a while to break the other team down.”

After a little penetration into Terrier territory, Maine finally made a good run into Terrier territory in the 27th minute, but was cleared out by the wall in front of goalkeeper Andrea Green.

The Black Bears’ best chance to score came three minutes later when Maine Sophomore forward Liis Emajoe came off the bench and launched a threatening shot on net.

A symbol of the Terriers’ sea-

son, BU sophomore goalkeeper Andrea Green made a diving save to keep it a 0–0 score heading into halftime.

The Terriers eventually broke the game open in the second half, but even with the lead, the BU defense did not let up.

After the game, Feldman praised the defense for its performance.

“I thought the back four played great,” Feldman said. “It was a very solid clean game by them.

They played all 90 minutes, all four of them. I thought they played a very, very good game.”

If there was one player who stood out from the group Thursday night, it was undoubtedly sophomore back Erin Mullen.

Mullen was a crucial part of the 2–0 win as she set up the winning goal for the Terriers and made her presence felt all over the field.

“It might have been her best 90 minutes since she’s been here at BU,” Feldman said of Mullen.

“She was all over the place. She was winning the physical battles.

She’s the one who created the first

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On the strength of a tireless defense that has been stellar in the past few games, the Boston University women’s soccer team continued its winning ways in the America East 2 by defeating the BU University of 0 Maine 2–0 and Maine the University of 2 Vermont 2–1 in BU overtime.

1 Vermont On Thursday night, the Terriers (7–5–1, 3–0–0 America East) entered their match against Maine with newfound confidence and an outpouring of goals from their previous two games.

“You start to see that we are playing a little bit more like a team,” said BU coach Nancy Feldman. “I think we look more like a team than we did four weeks ago.”

The Terriers were slow to score as a result of Maine’s stout defense.

The Black Bears were not only able to defend early, but also pushed the ball deep into the BU half of the field. This penetration was quickly

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defended by the Terriers’ back line that played phenomenally.

“I thought the back four and the goal keeper played great,” Feldman said. “I thought it was a very solid clean game by them.” The Terriers only allowed one shot in the match, which junior goalkeeper Andrea Green stopped. BU took eight shots throughout the game.

As the game went on and the Terriers continued to wear down the Maine defense, they caught a break on a ball that was rolling loose in the box for junior midfielder Kylie Strom to put away. The play originated with a run on the right side of the field that led to a cross, which was deflected off of junior defender Erin Mullen for Strom to fire into the goal for her first goal of the season.

“I was a late runner … and it was sitting on a platter for me,” Strom said. “We worked on those exact balls in practice yesterday.”

At that point, the Black Bears’ defense was seemingly at its breaking point. Just two minutes later on a corner kick, the ball was yet again

Women’s soccer, see page 7

The Bottom Line Tuesday, Oct. 2

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W. Soccer @ UMBC, 7 p.m.

Defense, see page 7

W. Hockey @ Boston College, 7 p.m.

M. Soccer @ Stony Brook, 7 p.m.

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