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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY YEAR XLV. VOLUME XCI. ISSUE I.

Student group voices tuition concerns, university hopes for communication

BY SAMANTHA J. GROSS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Kailynn Palaima is not returning to Boston University.

The former College of General Studies freshman and Gamma Phi Beta sister owes BU approximately $36,000, money she took out as student loans.

Palaima said she received $16,000 in grants last year, but after her parents’ divorce, they could not co-sign a federal loan big enough to cover her BU tuition.

“My dean and advisors tried everything they could to help me stay in school,” Palaima said. “But BU was unable to adapt to those circumstances, leaving me with a large bill and little help.”

Palaima is not the only one who has experienced financial difficulties. Over this past summer, a group of BU students started the #PoorAtAPrivateUniversity campaign on social media to protest hikes in tuition and to express their frustration with the financial aid process.

The campaign’s Facebook group is a place where approximately 80 students share their personal stories of the often-confusing process that is navigating the financial aid system, Dev Blair, the co-founder of the hashtag campaign, said.

To be able to afford their education at BU, the College of Fine Arts sophomore said, they removed their sports pass, switched health in-

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Dev Blair, a sophomore in the College of Fine Arts, introduced the social media campaign #PoorAtAPrivateUniversity to Boston University to spotlight how colleges like BU can relieve the financial burden for low-income students.

surance and changed dining plan — all things that “no students should be expected to do in order to continue attendance at BU.”

Blair said they created this group with CFA junior Pamela Munoz to “draw attention to a set of attitudes that [they] faced as low-in-

come students,” and to inform students about tools they can utilize to ease financial stress.

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WTBU recovers from fire, resumes broadcasting BU freshman hit, killed by passing commuter rail train near West Campus

BY AMANDA KAUFMAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston University’s student-run radio station WTBU will resume broadcasting this fall, more than five months after its studio was burned in a three-alarm fire triggered by a short circuit.

The staff has put a lot of time and effort into the station’s recovery, including creating a #SaveWTBU fundraising campaign, General Manager Christie Leist wrote in an email.

“We spent a lot of time trying to keep the WTBU momentum going on and off campus,” Leist, a senior in the College of Communication, wrote. “[Our efforts include] meeting with esteemed alumni like Howard Stern, and sharing his support also helped us spread the message that WTBU still has a lot of passion.”

WTBU will operate just as it did before the fire — the station has already established a schedule for the fall semester and will look for new talent to join on, Leist added.

“For the upcoming semester, WTBU plans to continue to bring in as many new interns as possible,” Leist wrote. “A permanent location is on the way, but we have a full schedule, same as every other semester. We will continue to DJ live events and maintain a presence on campus that way.”

Jonathan Kassen, the technical operations manager at WTBU, said the radio station will operate in a temporary studio with upgraded equipment, including new microphones and an additional computer. A permanent location is still being arranged.

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Although still under construction, WTBU will resume broadcasting this week after recovering from a studio fire in March.

“From a listener’s point of view, they won’t be able to tell a difference that we’re in a temporary studio,” Kassen said. “Any difference they may be able to tell will be an increase in audio quality on the streaming site and the archives being available … But mostly everything should be as it was before.”

The most exciting update for this semester is an online archive of every WTBU show, Kassen said. Listeners can now access their favorite WTBU shows at any time.

“Years ago, the station had straight archiving, and it was really popular,” he said.

“At one point, nearly 40 percent or more of the listening were via the archives.”

The fire, located in the COM building at 640 Commonwealth Ave. caused an estimated $500,000 worth in damage, according to the Boston Fire Department.

Five people were sent to the hospital for smoke inhalation — one BU Police Department officer, one BFD firefighter and three BU students, The Daily Free Press reported March 25.

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Investigators early Wednesday morning found the body of a Boston University freshman who had been struck and killed by an MBTA Commuter Rail train on the tracks behind 10 Buick St., Transit Police and BU officials said.

Transit Police said in a statement that officers arrived at the Worcester Line tracks at approximately 12:15 a.m. Wednesday to investigate the body.

The 17-year-old male was pronounced dead at the scene.

His name is being withheld until his family is notified, BU spokesman Colin Riley said.

Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan said the student was from China.

Officials are still investigating how he entered the tracks and why he was in the area, Sullivan said. Jake Wark, a spokesperson for the Suffolk District Attorney’s office, said no foul play or criminal conduct is suspected.

Passengers that were on a later train were stopped and interviewed by police as crews investigated.

Check The Daily Free Press for more coverage and updates on this incident.

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BU suspends exchange programs in Turkey Due to safety concerns, Boston University has suspended its exchange programs with two universities in Turkey until further notice, study abroad administrators said.

Students from Bogaziçi University and Sabancı University can still attend classes at BU, but BU students can no longer exchange at these universities through the study abroad program, Executive Director of Study Abroad Gareth McFeely said.

These programs were suspended because BU can no longer guarantee the safety of students who would be enrolled at the two Instanbul universities, McFeely said. The political upheaval, terrorist threats and measures taken by the government against higher education have contributed to the university’s concerns, he said.

“There have been a series of terrorist bombings in Turkey over the last several years,” McFeely said. “But the number of particularly serious ones this year, including the one that targeted the main airport in Istanbul, and even more seriously, the alleged coup attempt, have made politics very unstable.”

BU also offered an exchange program with the American University of Beirut in Lebanon until it was suspended in 2013 for similar reasons, McFeely said.

Prior to this year’s suspension, the exchange program with Bogaziçi University brought BU students to the center of Istanbul, overlooking the Bosphorus Strait and close to the Black Sea, according to BU’s

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Citing safety concerns, BU Study Abroad has suspended exchange programs in Turkey until further notice.

study abroad website.

The Sabancı University Exchange program gave students the opportunity to study at the premier private university in Turkey.

The BU study abroad website stated their core philosophy of “learning to learn” attracted students to the variety of courses offered.

Eleanor King, a junior in the College of Communication, agreed that student’s safety should be the university’s priority.

“It’s kind of upsetting [to suspend the programs],” King said. “But it also makes sense because as a university they have to be super careful and have to attempt to protect their students from any issue that could happen.”

BU is not the only higher education institution that has recently suspended study abroad programs due to safety concerns. The

University of California also suspended its Bogaziçi University exchange program for the 2016-17 academic year, citing “safety and security concerns.” Other universities, like the University of Wisconsin-Madison, chose to hire an international safety and security director to ensure students’ safety abroad.

McFeely said the university considered suspending its Paris and Brussels study abroad programs following terrorist attacks in the two cities last fall and this spring, respectively.

Eventually, the university decided to keep the programs in place because both countries are relatively politically stable, McFreely said.

Officers responded to a call on Sept. 1 at 12:40 p.m. for a non-affiliated male having a paranoid episode. He was transported to Brigham and Women’s Hospital for further care.

Shoplifting reported at 656 Beacon St. Kenmore Optical reported that a man entered the store and left with a pair of sunglasses without paying at 2:47 p.m. on Sept. 1.

Drug possession at 500 Commonwealth Ave. Officers arrested a man not affiliated with the university who was passed out in the bathroom of Hotel Commonwealth at 3:08 p.m. on Sunday. He was in possession of a syringe and a bag of heroin.

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Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting passenger appears in court

BY ANUSH SWAMINATHAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

An Uber driver was arraigned Friday for allegedly assaulting a female passenger in her 20s in the early morning of Aug. 31, according to a Friday release from the Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley’s office.

Michael Vedrine, 32, from Brockton, allegedly raped the victim inside his car on the way to her home, according to the release.

The accused continued assaulting the victim after she asked him to stop, and then allegedly followed the victim after she left the vehicle and assaulted her again.

He was released on his own recognizance after the arraignment and will reappear in court on Oct. 13, the release stated.

Prosecutors initially recommended Vedrine be held on $50,000 cash bail, be required to wear a GPS device and be banned from “driving any livery vehicle.”

Boston Police Commissioner William Evans, wrote in an email statement the case is “extremely troubling,” reminding residents to be careful when using ride-hailing services.

“This incident is a disturbing reminder of how important it is to ensure the safety of all residents, visitors and students in our city who use ridesharing services,” Evans wrote. “I still support the need for strict background checks and increased security measures because public safety is, and always has been, my number one priority.”

Uber spokesperson Kayla Whaling wrote in an email that the company will cooperate with BPD for the investigation, noting “legal limitations” as a reason Uber doesn’t receive more information during background screenings.

“These allegations are disheartening, and we will continue to work closely with the Boston Police Department to assist their investigation,” Whaling wrote. “While no background checks are perfect, we are addressing this and pushing for relevant information to be digitized so all companies can have access to it.”

Toni Troop, a spokesperson for Jane Doe Inc., an advocacy group focusing on sex-

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Due to recent sexual assault allegations, Uber drivers may have to go through stricter background checks to ensure the safety of their passengers under a new Massachusetts law.

ual and domestic violence, said the publicity from the case serves as a precaution for people who have or might commit sexual assault. “[W]e believe that as much as we need to be putting effort into ensuring accountability for offenders or individuals, we often need to be investing long-term prevention strategies,” Troop said. “We believe that everybody has a role to play, that corporations have a role to play, their policies for how they are going to address the needs of victims and people who are their employees.”

Several Boston residents called for stronger background checks for ride-hailing drivers and more efforts to the risks of sexual

assault.

Jowanna Fisher, 48, of Back Bay, said the background check process should include an in-depth look into people’s records to ensure credibility.

“They need to do a thorough background check because they seem to be hiring anybody off of the street, and you cannot do that,” she said. “You have to check people thoroughly because people do have records that are sealed up from years ago.”

Folake Afolayan, 24, of Fenway, said women should have alternative and protective measures when unconscious and unable to make sane judgments.

“They have a new app, Chariot, which is safer for women,” she said. “If a woman is drunk or is using uberPOOL or something like that, she is at serious risk of sexual assault, so Chariot may be a good app to prevent that.”

Richard Stroshane, 64, of Brighton, said all background checks are crucial to passengers’ safety when using ride-sharing services.

“That is important that drivers be properly vetted, that there be a background check or a query,” he said. “They can be held to the same standards as taxi drivers.”

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Police union increases opposition to mandatory body cameras

BY ALYSSA MEYERS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association on Tuesday continued its fight to prevent the City of Boston from requiring police officers to wear body cameras, as several union representatives spoke at a court hearing.

The BPPA, which represents Boston police officers in matters relating to employment, filed an injunction against the city in Suffolk Superior Court, according to the release.

During a hearing on Tuesday, BPPA President and Boston Police Department officer Patrick Rose stressed that he is not against the use of body cameras, but believes the program needs to be on a volunteer basis.

“I believe these cameras are going to showcase our members,” Rose said at the hearing. “We have nothing to hide.”

The BPPA first filed a lawsuit against the city on Aug. 26 after no officers volunteered for the city’s body camera pilot program and it was made mandatory, according to the release.

“There are a lot of questions out there [about body cameras] and we have no answers,” Rose said.

The hearing was left unfinished.

In the days following the hearing, BPPA officials were not reachable for comment further on the issue.

The city believes the program needs to move forward without delay, despite the fact that it drew no volunteers, according to a press release from the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.

“It is alarming and disappointing that a police organization would sue to stop a body-camera pilot program that has been designed to protect both police officers and the people of Boston,” ACLU of Massachusetts Legal Director Matthew Segal said in the release.

Rahsaan Hall, director of the ACLU of Massachusetts Racial Justice Program, expressed concern in the release that a delay of the body camera pilot program will endanger citizens.

“Nowhere in its complaint does the police union mention the risk that civilians, especially those in communities of color, will be harmed if this lawsuit succeeds in blocking the Boston body-camera pilot program,” Hall said.

Boston residents expressed mixed opinions over whether police officers should be forced to wear body cameras.

Jessica Whitehead, 31, of Dorchester, said she is in favor of the body camera initiative and that she considers officers who

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After a failed six-month trial in which Boston police officers were supposed to volunteer to wear body cameras, the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association is suing the city for forcing 100 officers to do so.

refuse to wear cameras corrupt.

“Not wearing [cameras] lets us know they’re dirty cops,” she said.

Whitehead said she understands the

city’s call for immediate action.

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Students in need share stories, BU Financial Assistance wishes to help FINANCIAL AID, FROM PAGE 1

“Once I got in touch with [the financial aid] director, she was very, very helpful,” Blair said. “… We didn’t know there was someone we can talk to about this until we had to appeal. That’s a problem.”

This hashtag campaign is the first of its kind at BU, said Julie Wickstrom, BU’s director of financial assistance. When she learned about the campaign, Wickstrom said, she reached out to Blair personally because she was “deeply concerned” and happy to hear from the group.

“My main goal, when I hear that students are having a hard time, is to try to find out if it has to do with the process and communication,” Wickstrom said. “I know that [administrators] don’t know everything.”

In August, students in the Facebook group drafted a letter to Wickstrom, suggesting several solutions to better students’ experiences dealing with financial stress.

Among the suggestions are financial counseling sessions and clearer language in the financial aid policies.

“We definitely started incorporating that kind of feedback into everything that we do,” Wickstrom said. “I’m excited to find an opportunity to learn more and figure out how we can improve our process.”

Wickstrom added that her office offers workshops throughout the year, but students often don’t show up. These workshops discuss things like keeping track of tuition increases and planning around rising costs.

“We really do care about [the students],” she said. “It might seem like a lot of bureaucracy sometimes, but I can’t think of a colleague at BU who doesn’t care about them.”

While the financial aid office is trying to simplify the process and improve student outreach, the university itself has its own financial difficulties, BU spokesperson Colin Riley said.

“There’s a contradiction,” he said. “[Students] feel [tuition] should be less expensive, but at the same time, [they] want something that makes it more expensive.”

One of the more costly demands is the student-to-faculty ratio. Riley said parents, students and ratings organizations view the ratio as an important measure of

DECONSTRUCTING TUITION Tuition, mandatory fees and standard room and board for the 2016-17 school year cost $65,110.

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percent of May 2015 graduates borrowed from any source, and the median debt level was $30,000.

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percent of tuition and fees go toward the university’s operational revenue.

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education quality.

Another factor students often ignore is that BU depends on tuition to operate, Riley said. That means despite the fact that the university had a $1.6 billion endowment in the 2015 fiscal year, endowment only makes up less than 3 percent of the university’s operational revenue, while tuition and fees make up 54 percent, he added.

Because BU is tuition dependent, the financial aid packages require that students take on federally funded debt. In the 2015 fiscal year, BU students borrowed a total of $247 million in loans to offset the costs, according to BU President Robert Brown’s letter sent to the university in March.

Yael Bermudez, a sophomore in CGS, said she wished BU had informed her more about the financial aid process during admission. Two years ago, when she was choosing universities, she wasn’t certain whether BU was for her. But with financial aid, she was able to attend without taking out any loans.

This fall, the situation changed.

When her mother got a new job, Bermudez said, she assumed that the approximately $3,000 raise in tuition would be covered by aid, but her $52,000 yearly grant was in-

stead cut by approximately $13,000.

“It’s really frustrating because you feel like there’s something else that you can do,” she said. “But you’ve already outed all your other options.”

Jackie Rocheleau, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, expressed similar emotions when she found out that her aid was cut by $6,000 this year.

“Here I am two years later and you take away what’s mine,” she wrote in a letter published on Odyssey. “You go back on your word, greedily demanding more … from a family that makes less than you do in a month.”

Her effort to appeal for more aid was successful. BU handled the situation well, she said, but she fears the outcome for other students.

“It breaks any trust you have with the university system,” Rocheleau told The Daily Free Press.

The university is not blind to situations like Palaima’s, Bermudez’s or Rocheleau’s, but some situations go beyond BU’s financial limits, Riley said. Last-minute changes and yearly tuition increases are situations that often put the university in a hard place, he said.

“The school doesn’t have unlimited resources,” Riley said. “The senior admin-

istration is focused and concerned for the challenge of affordability, accessibility.”

Riley said higher education institutions across the United States are facing similar difficulties, and BU’s $3,000 tuition rise is smaller than many other peer schools.

“I don’t want to make it sound like [$3,000] is not [a lot of money],” Riley said. “We know it is. We would love to have someone donate a billion dollars just for undergraduate student aid.”

For students struggling with their financial situations, Blair said, they have become a shoulder for others to lean on.

“When I started talking about this, people would come to me,” Blair said. “I have no qualifications to counsel someone about their own financial situation, as much as I would like to be of help. I was like, we need to support each other.”

But even that might be too late for Palaima, now a sophomore at the Bridgewater State University.

“Every student should be able to get an education from a school like BU,” she said. “No matter how much money they have, and what life is like at home.”

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Study Abroad staff cites safety concerns, worried by political instability STUDY ABROAD, FROM PAGE 2

“While there’s always some risk in any location, including here in Boston, we felt that the risks [in Paris or Brussels] were lower [than] the case in Istanbul, where the political environment, including the academic sector, was too unstable for us to, in good conscience, send students there,” McFeely said.

Maggi Mazri, a sophomore in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation

Sciences, said suspending the programs in Istanbul and Lebanon and not those in Paris doesn’t make sense.

“There are problems everywhere, so cancelling the programs because of bombings seems unfair,” Mazri said. “You could say the same thing about Paris. Why didn’t we stop sending kids there? There are problems everywhere you go, that’s not something you can avoid.”

In addition to safety concerns, the exchange programs in Istanbul and Beirut did

not have the staffing support that other study abroad programs have, McFeely said.

“The support mechanisms are more limited in Istanbul, while in Paris and Brussels we have direct contact to our students on the ground on a daily basis,” McFeely said.

“That’s simply not the case in either Istanbul or Beirut.”

Brennan Carney, a junior in COM, said she also understands the university’s decision.

“BU’s decision makes sense,” she said. “If it’s a case of students’ safety, and if they are

not sure they can fully provide students with a safe place to stay and learn, [they should suspend the program.]”

It is unknown when the suspended BU programs will resume as normal, McFeely said; it will depend on the evolution of the political situations in Turkey and Lebanon.

“We do review semester by semester to see if it is appropriate to lift the suspension,” he said. “Our sense right now is that things in Istanbul and Turkey are pretty unstable and will continue to be unstable.”

Student radio station temporarily relocates after fire, seeking new location WTBU, FROM PAGE 1

Paul Maloney, a senior in the Questrom School of Business said he was in Warren Towers when the fire broke out, but he was originally unaware the fire was in the WTBU studio.

“There were dozens of fire trucks,” Maloney said. “The whole place was cleared off, and my friends and I had to go the back way in order to get to class. I didn’t even know it was in WTBU. We thought it was one of the science schools next door that

burned down.”

Students said they look forward for WTBU’s return, but they wish the station can involve more members of the BU community in its programing.

Sarah Saven, a junior in COM, expressed sympathy for the temporary loss of WTBU, but said the station might have been able to prevent the fire if there had been newer equipment in the studios prior to the incident.

“The fire was really sad, but it makes

me think that they didn’t have the right equipment, or they had really old equipment,” Saven said. “Not that it was anyone’s fault — nobody set a fire — but it could have been avoided.”

Saven also said she feels that student-run radio stations are an important part of college campuses, but WTBU could do more to increase awareness on campus.

“College radio stations give people who want to work in radio experience, but it also gives the student body a voice,” she

said. “They should have more awareness on campus, have people in the GSU Link tabling or post on social media.”

Peter Kellner, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, also said WTBU could increase its presence on campus by hosting different organizations at BU on the air.

“It would be cool if WTBU became a bigger part of campus,” Kellner said. “They [can] announce sports games and interview people from clubs people involved in different things around BU.”

Boston residents have mixed opinions on police body camera program BODY CAMERAS, FROM PAGE 3

“This policy should be put in place immediately,” Whitehead said. “We citizens have the right to know what’s going on when they make a bust or stop somebody.”

Rosa Infante, 42, of Roxbury, also said

she supports the body camera pilot program.

“Police officers should have to wear body cameras,” she said. “I don’t understand why they wouldn’t want to.”

Robert Donahue, 47, of Jamaica Plain, said because he has family who work in law enforcement, he understands both sides of

the issue.

“What happens if you have two [police] partners sitting in the car and they’re talking about someone?” he asked. “We all do it, and it’s not illegal, but they probably don’t want it recorded.”

Donahue said he’s not surprised by the

lack of volunteers, but he does think body cameras can help keep police officers and citizens safer.

“I do agree with it because I think it protects the good officers, but on the other hand, it could be considered a violation of their freedoms,” he said.

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REVIEW: Teenage Fanclub’s latest album disregards the “Here” and now

BY CONNER REED DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“Timeless” is an overused descriptor that’s almost never as apt as it would like to be.

When people say something is timeless, they’re often trying to say that it reminds them of a particularly pleasant time in their history.

Calling a work of art “timeless” is just an easy way to congratulate it for being nostalgic in a personally satisfying way. In this sense, it goes hand in hand with vagueness — pieces that don’t submit to period conventions become “timeless” simply by refusing to acknowledge time.

Enter Teenage Fanclub’s new record “Here.” “Here” is the Scottish alternative band’s 11th studio album and their first since the 2010 record “Shadows.”

The group occupies an interesting space in the world of alternative rock. They’ve been around for over two decades, have been fairly prolific throughout that period and have produced at least one record (the raucous “Bandwagonesque” of 1991) that many would consider a classic.

On the other hand, Teenage Fanclub isn’t remotely famous, doesn’t court any sort of press frenzy with their album releases and sticks to an unorthodox songwriting process that allows each band member to take lead vocals on the

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Teenage Fan Club, an alternative rock band from Scotland, releases its third album, “Here,” on Sept. 9.

songs they contribute to a record.

This duality between the rush of success and comfort of invisibility perfectly sums up “Here,” a record that is, in a word, timeless.

Now, “Here” isn’t timeless because it exists outside of period-specific musical conventions — it’s pretty squarely in the camp of fuzzy, melodic ‘90s radio rock that gave birth to Teenage Fanclub in the first place. It is timeless because it doesn’t consciously resurrect ‘90s

radio rock in the name of revivalism. There’s no sense of occasion or gimmick driving the action forward.

It exists not to recall a bygone era, but to quietly examine universal themes by utilizing the set of skills that this band has sharpened over 25 years of collaboration.

Opener “I’m In Love” fulfills the modest ambitions set by its title in ways that only a band of this age could. A fuzzy, propulsive guitar riff

frames lines like, “You don’t know what you mean to me / Girl, I owe you my life,” and the whole thing sounds so blissed-out that we don’t have time to roll our eyes.

With soggier instrumentation or a less airtight melody, the song would sink under the embarrassing directness of its lyrics. Instead, it absolutely floats — it sounds like the kind of infatuation you can only understand after you’ve been through decades of heartbreak:

measured, pragmatic, but no less rapturous for it.

This sense of maturity permeates “Here.” Gone are the theatrics of earlier releases or the gaudy poeticism of the Fanclub’s more self-serving peers. What’s left is a set of sturdy, earnest songs which resonate thanks to their emotional directness and lack of pretension.

That’s not a coded way to say that “Here” is boring. Almost every song is anchored by an unusual structural or instrumental flourish that expands its sonic palette and keeps us from losing interest. A bed of horns appears halfway through “The First Sight,” knocking the song off balance and adorning it with a new layer of euphoria. “It’s a Sign” features Beach Boys-style backing vocals that should make the song go down smoothly, but are just off-tempo enough to become intriguing and unsettling.

The album ends with a song called “Connected to Life,” which urges the listener to “disappear into shadows / into night.” On a different album, this would read as an ominous plea to escape an unforgiving world. In the hands of Teenage Fanclub, it sounds oddly hopeful — a reassurance that it’s okay to blend into the background sometimes.

If there’s such a thing as timelessness, that’s the way to achieve it: giving up traditional wisdom of the spotlight for an unsexy, univewrsal truth.

INBUSINESS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Former Harvard undergrad creates social network for science

BY REBECCA ZENG DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In the midst of a world mediated by Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, a new social networking platform has arisen — this time, geared specifically toward scientists.

Kynplex is a startup co-founded by Grace Xiao and Raul Jordan, former Harvard University undergraduates, to facilitate scientific communication and provide accurate updates on the latest scientific developments.

Xiao and Jordan came up with the idea while looking for a research lab to join. They realized that scientific information was scattered across multiple sites, making it difficult to find the latest updates on scientific progress.

Xiao said she envisions Kynplex as a way to consolidate scientific information into one place. This year, the two received the Thiel Fellowship, a two-year program that grants $100,000 to young entrepreneurs to skip out of college and build their compa-

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Grace Xiao, recipient of the $100,000 Thiel grant fellow from Harvard, dropped out of Harvard to found Kynplex, a company that consolidates scientific information for easier collaboration between labs.

nies, full time. “[There are] so many trends that are pointing toward better communication through lever-

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Attendees of a celebration for the New England Foundation of the Arts view the newly unveiled mural by Cedric Douglass in celebration of the new UP Walls program.

Northeastern street art mural tackles arts initiative beyond campus

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Color and creativity take shape on Northeastern University’s campus as students and faculty welcome a new mural by designer and street artist Cedric Douglas as part of his latest art initiative, Up Walls: Pop Up Street Art Wall.

Funded by the New England Foundation for the Arts with a $10,000 grant and commissioned by Northeastern’s Public Art Initiative, Douglas created the mural with the goal of increasing the presence of street art in Boston.

“It’s going to show people the power of street art,” Douglas said. “Street art is a form of public art and we want to put Boston on the map as a viable public art space.”

Douglas began working on the mural in May, and its public celebration was held at Northeastern University Tuesday. Covering a side of the Behrakis Health Sciences Center, the 50-by-20 foot mural serves in Douglas’ mission to bring the community together through street art.

The spray-painted artwork, titled “A World of Innocent Discovery,” depicts the silhouette of a child holding out a spray

can exploding with wonder and wildlife.

The lively painting features animals like dinosaurs and prehistoric birds in black and white with vibrant colors strewn across the scene.

The mural even holds double meaning, as it shows insight into the minds of both a child and an artist who are transported by their own creativity, Douglas said.

As a Boston-based artist, Douglas recognizes the power of art and of making it accessible throughout the city. This is why he started his organization the Up Truck, he said, which aims to engage as many locals as possible in the creation process of public art.

“Every day, people want to understand street art and connect with it, as opposed to going to a museum, where they might feel disconnected,” Douglas said. “They see the process, they see it being created and they almost feel some sense of ownership because they witnessed it.”

Julia Roth, the project manager and creative collaborator of the Up Truck, also said she believes using the city as a canvas cultivates a sense of community and generates a greater respect for street art.

“Galleries are great, but it’s different

when you have the ability to stumble across a piece of art in your community,” Roth said. “It’s something really special.”

This is also largely why Northeastern’s Public Arts Initiative strives to make campus a platform for artists and a place to “showcase the university’s creative energy,” according to Northeastern’s website.

Northeastern sophomore Sabie Marcellus said she appreciates Douglas’ graffiti creation and values it as much as, if not more than, she would any other type of art.

“It really is an art form,” Marcellus said at the celebration Tuesday. “It’s kind of sad when people just think it’s a mess. It really isn’t. It means something to people.”

While Marcellus is an example of one student positively impacted by street art, Boston would need far more public art displays in order to have the same impact on a larger audience.

Even with several works of public art around Northeastern’s campus, students notice a clear lack of the same “creative energy” throughout Boston’s streets.

Sana Chowdhry, a sophomore at Northeastern University, said she also admires Northeastern’s effort to increase the presence of art on campus, but admitted

that she’s disappointed the same effort isn’t seen in other parts of Boston.

“I really like that our campus is so colorful, but off campus, I never really see anything,” Chowdhry said.

However, the demand for art in Boston has not been swept under the rug. In 2014, Mayor Martin Walsh hired the city’s first chief of arts and culture in 20 years, Julie Barros, realizing his campaign pledge to stimulate the arts in Boston.

“I think the public arts initiative has always been around, but I think a lot of what has sparked it is that people have finally realized that other major cities across the world are using public art as a tool to connect and engage communities,” Douglas said. “If you don’t have public art in some of these spaces and cities, it’s really desolate.”

While small organizations like MASSCreative and Douglas’ Up Truck continue advocating for more public art in Boston, Northeastern serves as a preview to what the rest of Boston’s streets may resemble in the future.

“They’re doing an amazing job,” Douglas said, “and I think it’s a movement that’s happening right now. And I hope it continues.”

Xiao hopes to better facilitate scientific communication INBUSINESS, FROM PAGE 5 thing we’re trying to do with Kynplex.”

Kynplex is a social media site that features profiles of labs and active projects of researchers in the Boston area. So far, about 600 labs have signed up for the service, Xiao told The Boston Globe. Individuals looking to participate in research can search specific areas of interest, such as genetics or biology, and find labs accordingly.

The goal is to pair up interested collaborators with top researchers.

Xiao was able to build her startup thanks to Harvard’s support for student entrepreneurship.

She cites The Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab) as an important catalyst for helping the idea of Kynplex become a reality.

“It helped so much,” Xiao said. “The i-lab is amazing, especially when students are initially trying to churn an idea into a startup. [It] really provided a lot of support when we were getting Kynplex off the ground.”

Xiao also credited an entrepreneurship

course at Harvard, “Startup R&D,” as a key influence on Kynplex, as well as the instructor, Paul Bottino, whom Xiao called “one of the most prominent advocates for student entrepreneurs.” The course teaches students how to be startup founders, providing an experience that allows them to practice entrepreneurship and develop their skills in handling businesses and organizations.

“The value is in practicing,” Bottino said. “Entrepreneurship is a practice and it’s great to practice with people who are also practicing. In this course, students work on entrepreneurship skills in group sessions as well as one-on-one coaching with the instructor.”

Outside of Harvard, Xiao leveraged the wealth of resources around Boston to build it into a full-scale company. She was part of the Student Fellows program at .406 Ventures, a Boston-based venture capitalist firm. The program helps a few student entrepreneurs build up their startups by providing them with real-world skills and networks.

Rob McCall, a co-coordinator of the Student Fellows program and senior analyst

at .406 Ventures, said Xiao immersed herself within the program and took advantage of the many opportunities the program offered her.

“Grace was incredible,” McCall said.

“She was always receptive to the advice that we had, but was also very helpful and handson to the people we had in the network that we’re seeking.”

Xiao also praised Boston itself as a “hub of academic research and startup ventures” that made it easier for her to create a startup like Kynplex.

“We love Boston,” Xiao said. “Everything is so close, and everyone that we need to meet with is on the Red Line.”

Particularly for Kynplex, a science-based startup, the density of research institutions in Boston has given it a jumpstart on its market.

“You need access and proximity to your market, and that’s what [Xiao and Jordan] got,” Bottino said. “They were able to talk to researchers every day about what they were building and get instant feedback on their product. That would be very difficult to do

if you weren’t around the research theme.”

McCall echoed these sentiments.

“She’s plugged into a really interesting community [in Boston] where she can launch Kynplex and sign up all the colleges and companies around here and already be off to a great running start,” McCall said.

“Once she is able to prove out that success, it’s going to be much easier to expand to [a place where] the concentration of [research and innovation] isn’t as dense.”Xiao urged both the scientific world and the general public to stay tuned as Kynplex prepares for its launch. The startup is currently working to coordinate corporate and academic players to align common interests in the research world.

“It’s crazy that science drives technological progress and quality of life, and it also builds on past discoveries, yet the communication is so scattered and inefficient,” Xiao said. “We believe that at Kynplex we can tackle a lot of [these obstacles] and make it possible for ideas to become drugs and treatments that have direct impact.”

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BU students encouraged to bike, promote eco-friendly transportation

BY ALLEGRA PEELOR DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

At the Matriculation Ceremony Sunday, Boston University President Robert Brown challenged the Class of 2020 to do whatever they could to combat climate change. Many students have already taken up his advice by riding their bikes around BU’s campus and the city of Boston instead of taking public transportation or using services like Uber.

Rebecca Gausepohl, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, bikes to her job at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology instead of taking public transportation because it is faster and more ecologically friendly.

“It’s a great alternative to using the T, especially just to get around campus,” Gausepohl said. “BU makes it very easy and accessible to park your bike anywhere — there’s tons of racks.”

Nathan Phillips, a professor in the Earth and Environment Department, agrees that BU does a fairly good job of encouraging students and faculty to ride their bikes. He noted that during move-in this past weekend, for example, the Boston University Police Department put down cones to clearly mark bike lanes.

“I think the BU transportation system has done really well,” Phillips said. “That’s the kind of thing that makes me so proud of BU.” Phillips said students should ride their bikes not only because it is good for the environment and riding around BU’s campus is safer than it may seem, but biking is also a great way to get exercise.

“Biking is so good for you in so many ways,” he said. “I think that the sustainability initiative has made amazing strides.”

Phillips said some students might not want to bike because of the physical exertion it requires. New technology, however, including electric assist attachments and hybrid electric bicycles, could make it easier for people who have long commutes, including students, to ride their bikes.

Yash Jain, a freshman in CAS, rides his bike around campus and through the city of Boston not only because he likes to bike, but because it’s more efficient than taking public transportation.

“If there was a mechanism that made it easier, more people would be willing to ride their bikes because it’s not as tir-

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Invented at MIT in 2013, the Copenhagen Wheel is a bike attachment making biking more accessible and powerful to riders who hope to help the environment.

ing and it’s not as much effort,” Jain said.

One such electric assist attachment is the Copenhagen Wheel, invented at MIT in 2013 and now available commercially through the company Superpedestrian. The Copenhagen Wheel is a mechanism containing a motor, batteries, multiple sensors, wireless connectivity and an embedded control system that can be retrofitted onto the back wheel of most normal bike models and multiplies the rider’s pedal power by three to 10 times.

The Copenhagen Wheel “makes hills feel flat and distances shrink,” according to Superpedestrian’s website. Austin Federa, the community manager at Superpedestrian, said electric assist technology like the Copenhagen Wheel could vastly increase bike usage among a wide range of customers.

“I think that’s a really neat pros-

pect, especially in a city like Boston where for an internship — or for any of those things you do that involve different parts of the city — you have to get around,” Federa said. “That can be difficult.”

Besides just being good for the environment and physical health, biking also helps build communities within larger cities, according to Federa.

“We have this great big city metropolis, but we have neighborhoods that actually feel like neighborhoods and neighbors who know neighbors,” he said. “Biking is an important component for supporting those person-to-person relationships within communities.”

College students, according to Gausepohl, also might be encouraged to bike more if this kind of technology were readily available.

“I would love to have the help to get up a hill every once in awhile,” Gausepohl said.

The Copenhagen Wheel and technology like it could also benefit the elderly or differently abled people, Phillips said.

“It opens up a new accessibility to people who might not have as much physical strength, who maybe rode a bike at one time but just can’t get up those hills anymore,” Phillips said.

Federa also said that electric assist mechanisms could increase the number of people who ride bikes, especially the growing elderly population. _“There’s a lot of people who have some sort of injury or physical disability,” Federa said, “and this is something that really helps them be able to ride a bike again and do something that they love doing.”

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Microaggressions are rampant, and education is first step to change people of so many different backgrounds come together, is necessary for change.

A first step of the training could be a mandatory program similar to “AlcoholEdu for College,” which we all had to take before we stepped on campus. Another idea is ensuring a level of compliance, monitored by the completion of the online program. If nothing else, the students-tobe have seen often-used phrases and will be more mindful of their potentially harmful effects.

That being said, if only freshmen are forced to take the course, then 75 percent of the university will have not taken it.

Much like the younger sibling imitating the older sibling, if the upperclassmen are not practicing appropriate behavior surrounding microaggressions, it is less likely that the underclassmen will do so.

A mandatory training also ensures that those who should be attending will be attending. Conversations about cultural tensions on BU’s campus are hosted frequently, but mostly only those experiencing the adverse effects attend, rather than those who are actually inflicting the injustice.

A mandatory program could spark some backlash. George Lawlor, a University of Warwick student, went viral last year after sharing an image of himself holding up a sign that said, “This is not what a rapist looks like,” in protest of a workshop focused on sexual consent. This proves that

“It would not be unheard-of for a student to join us from the state of Wisconsin having had zero people of color in their high school,” Dr. Lori Berquam, dean of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said in a New York Times article.

Under Berquam’s leadership, UW-Madison has joined the ranks of campuses becoming more aware of microaggressions, as outlined in the article published Tuesday. Clark University in Worcester and Wesleyan University are also among those attuned to campus climates and actively making an effort to improve student life, particularly through awareness training of some kind.

One example of a microaggression is, “I’m not a racist. I have several Black friends,” according to a University of Minnesota School of Public Health resource.

Training a new generation of students to be more culturally aware of their peers is necessary, particularly in the age of Black Lives Matter and the discussion surrounding its advocacy. Beginning with acknowledging microaggressions can only help, not only through admonishing their existence but by being mindful their presence.

Microaggressions are, unfortunately, not going to be magically eliminated overnight, so making more individuals aware of their presence, particularly in an environment like Boston University, where

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ment on the state of the union. He once again opted for blanket statements like, “Continued violence and unrest … is equally troubling and highlights racial and economic fault lines in our country. We are all saddened and diminished by these various disturbing and tragic events.”

President Brown did not mention Alton Sterling or Philando Castile, and murky condolences like this delegitimize the experiences and feelings of many students of color, and move against the direction of change.

It would go a long way if he were to actually take a definitive stance on contentious conversations like trigger warnings and microaggressions, and start educating students on issues that are inevitable on today’s college campuses.

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students have to actually want to change, and education is the first step in that cycle.

UW-Madison’s pilot program, which will begin with 1000 freshmen, cost $150,000 to $200,000, according to the Times article. Though the intent of the program is well-aimed, there are far more cost-effective, simple and meaningful ways make the same statement on campuses across the nation. That is a large sum of money and could be better invested.

At BU, tentative education has at least begun. During freshman orientation, after the Common Ground portion of the experience, students watched several scenes from the play “Baltimore,” which focuses on racism on college campuses.

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Overhauling missed opportunities Why choose the lesser of two evils?

BY WILL TENTINDO COLUMNIST

Summertime is about relaxing by the beach, seeing old friends and getting the perfect Instagram. Or is it about getting the perfect internship, subletting an apartment and meeting new coworkers?

Increasingly, summertime is no longer a break from education, but rather a time to pack with as many resume-boosters as possible. The summer internship trend is reaching an apex right now, with many current students being harmed by its popularity.

Never has the role of an intern been glamorous, but it is seen as a rite of passage for many career fields. Professionals, professors and students proclaim internships as a “necessity,” but they remain elusive to a great portion of students.

Internships, especially unpaid internships, are costly to some of the students who need them the most. Opportunities to break into competitive fields require connections, which build upon one another as you move deeper into the field. Unpaid internships require financial support from an outside source (a second job or a parent) and sometimes offer little benefits besides a new line on a résumé.

That being said, a good internship can be the first step on a ladder to the top. Internships can offer vital knowledge needed to jump start students into their career. Some even offer payment.

But for many, an internship is an investment, and a risky one at that.

Internships should be given to qualified candidates, not only those who can afford them, as a way to expose students to the actual reality of their future workplace. Working a minimum-wage job to afford a full-time job seems like a non-sequitur, but it is what many college students face when managing their summers.

Enjoying a summer vacation can absolutely involve working an internship or job, and for most it does. It is a shame that some young people relinquish their

free time to afford opportunities in order to get a career they covet.

Beyond unpaid internships, everyone knows a student who has worked an internship where the entirety of their tasks included sending emails and filling a coffee order. While their résumé may pack a punch, at what cost did they sacrifice their time? Could a recommendation even be written for them?

Companies can, and do, abuse the internship system, using their name and students’ eagerness to their advantage by hiring unpaid assistants. While not every company does this, the ones that do exploit a vulnerable population that feel as if they need the internship to have a chance in the future.

When upcoming professionals face this dilemma, many of them choose to take an internship for obvious reasons — everyone tells them they need it. An education is, in many ways, no longer enough to break into highly competitive fields.

Older generations are working longer and younger people are earning degrees at higher rates, all while certain industries cannot keep up with the growth of the population attempting to enter them.

Summer has always been about relaxing. Especially in a colder city like Boston, enjoying summer is a necessity for mental and physical health. With potentially multiple unpaid internships and minimum- to low-wage jobs, students with packed schedules take summer as an opportunity to stretch themselves further and lose valuable free time to enjoy their break.

It is no secret that students face mental health issues at such a critical time in their lives. Without an opportunity to slow down, people can speed right by issues glaring them in the face.

Many people need to work during the summer, but in a broken system where unpaid internships are seen as an investment in the future and the present is filled with stress and hard work, is it all worth it? Especially when those investments are advertised as more beneficial than they actually are?

Students should not be punished for wanting to enter a career, and students with greater financial need should not have to rule out interning because they cannot afford it. Internships need an overhaul, starting with a promise that students are getting a fair deal, such as ensuring the educational benefits and providing financial assistance to make internships truly an equal opportunity.

BY ANDREW JOHNSTON COLUMNIST

With November just two months away, there’s little time for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump to rev up their camps and take control of the tense election race. Neither has the race in their pocket, and it’s pretty obvious as to why.

People simply don’t like either candidate.

Why should they? Trump has a loud mouth he uses to offend people, while failing to deliver anything close to a comprehensive plan for all of the groundbreaking ways he’s going to “Make America Great Again.”

America can’t be led astray by a cocky business guru who has watched firms fail in the hopes of profiting from bankruptcy laws with loopholes utilized by big-time money players.

We can’t have a president who inspires fear in a large fraction of the country.

Unfortunately, the democrats have nominated their own blundering politician. Hillary’s been around the block when it comes to politics.

She was first lady, then a senator, then the secretary of state. In that time, she’s made many special interest friends, a lot of enemies and a never-ending run for the throne of the United States.

The “special interest friends” aspect of things was made quite apparent with her ridiculous superdelegate count, which cost Bernie Sanders electoral votes and any hope of the nomination in the primaries, infuriating the youth of America.

On the other side, her enemies are trying to take her down through the judicial system in what one may call “EmailGate” in years to come. That debate is not slated to stop any time soon, although she’s done a remarkable job of dancing around the investigation. I suppose her understanding of the law is akin to Donald’s understanding of business ethics.

So, that puts the state of the union in a bit of a pinch. Luckily, there is an alternative. Meet Gary Johnson.

This former governor of New Mexico recently held a rally on the Boston Common last month with his running mate, Bill Weld, who was previously the governor of Massachusetts.

The turnout was far from what Trump and Clinton have been getting, a stark reminder of

his anonymity to the general public. Perhaps that’s because many don’t even know the Libertarian Party exists.

Libertarianism, an ideology Gary Johnson subscribes to, is a conservative movement with a socially liberal twist. Although the media and large political parties alike would have you think this compromise is impossible, it really isn’t.

Gary believes that the government should be small and hands-free, allowing for private sector freedom, thus leading to innovation and job creation. Our economy is held back by an enormous government dominated by special interest groups and power-hungry politicians who would rather be re-elected than see economic security.

Additionally, he doesn’t think government should stick its fat nose in your daily lives. For example, should you choose to partake in the marijuana culture, Gary has your back. He wants to legalize the herb, a viewpoint that may attract many of Bernie’s dismayed fans and millennials around the country.

Similarly, a woman’s free choice to decide what she’d like to do with her body, especially in cases of abortion, seems like a fair liberty to Gary. Why should the government be involved with that?

The government should exist to protect its citizens from global harm and allow an economic market to thrive. It should let people to live intellectually, spiritually or however they choose. It should not seek to police the world through military might, nor should it spend endless tax dollars carelessly on projects that many Americans oppose, like a massive wall on our southern border.

Speaking of borders, Gary hails from New Mexico, meaning he has plenty of experience dealing with immigration problems. Like the majority of Americans, he wants to take an approach that incentivizes a path to citizenship rather than jail or deportation.

Many people share Gary’s views but don’t know they can vote that way. Hope comes for the former governor as a traditionally Republican newspaper, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, recently endorsed him, after endorsing primarily Republican candidates in the past. With the media in the state it is today, it’s possible for him to gain awareness and grow greatly between now and November.

Most pollsters say he’s currently secured about 10 percent of the vote. He needs 15 percent to be allowed to debate, although many are beginning to petition that rule. If he can debate, he’ll be known by more people, potentially allowing him to steal enough electoral votes from Trump and Clinton so that the winner misses the threshold of 270 electoral votes. This would push the election to the House of Representatives, where they will maybe, just maybe, choose Gary Johnson.

Interrobang Lawrence John Ripple, 70, of Kansas City, Kansas, was charged with robbing a bank Friday afternoon and opted for jail instead of returning to his wife.

We here at the ol’ Free Press want to know — what would BU people choose prison over?

Freshmen: Living in Warren Towers

Questrom: Doing Core

Seniors: Living in Warren Towers

CAS: Choosing a major

Engineers: WR100

East Campus: Going to West Campus

Hockey: Losing the Beanpot to BC

FreeP: Cleaning the office (Thank you, Mina Corpuz)

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SPORTS Quotable “It’s kinda like when you have a lot of kids.

You don’t really compare your kids — ­ you love them all — and in a lot of ways, you don’t really treat them all the same way.”

-BU women’s soccer coach Nancy Feldman on this year’s seniors p. 10

Why We Play Hope Solo, trash talking and the importance of sportsmanship

BY SIMON KIENITZ KINCADE COLUMNIST

After 16 years, 202 international appearances, two Olympic Gold Medals and one World Cup victory, Hope Solo’s tenure as the goalie for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team has almost certainly ended. For well over a decade, Solo’s dominance in the net provided the anchor for an American team that consistently ranked as one of the best in the world. On Aug. 24, however, U.S. Soccer terminated Solo’s contract and suspended her for six months. These disciplinary actions came less than two weeks after Solo’s controversial postgame remarks following the U.S. team’s Olympic quarterfinal loss to Sweden in penalty kicks. Solo labeled the Swedish team “a bunch of cowards” in reference to their conservative style of play and later claimed that “the best team did not win.”

The sports realm is no stranger to athletes like Solo. The physical intensity and commercial pressure of top-level pro sports inevitably breed and attract more than a handful of hyper-competitors who put winning ahead of feelings like humility and mutual respect that were touted so highly by the coaches of our youth. But this isn’t little league. This is professional competition on a world stage. So just how important is sportsmanship in professional sports?

Well, it depends who you ask. Many have jumped to Solo’s defense since the suspension was announced, proclaiming it as unfairly harsh for a mistake made in the heat of the moment. Solo’s response to the scandal has largely followed the same logic. After the game she tweeted, “losing sucks. I’m really bad at it.” And in the statement she published online after her contract was terminated, Solo proclaimed, “I could not be the player that I am without being the person that I am.” Her logic seems to be that she is simply not the type of person who can take losing in stride, and that it is unfair to judge her for this more than for her passion and performance on the field.

Some fans agree, and see censorship and excessive political correctness as the issue here, more so than an athlete venting frustrations after a tough loss. But where do we draw the line between censorship and sportsmanship? Should an athlete be obligated to hide their true thoughts out of respect, or should they be allowed to always speak their mind?

On the one hand, there are athletes who have made their careers off of never holding back and been successful because of it. Richard Sherman, the Seattle Seahawks defensive back who made headlines for his postgame trash talk following his team’s victory over CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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In Gilbert We Trust Despite losing its first game, men’s soccer has high hopes for the 2016 season thanks in part to senior goalkeeper Matt Gilbert. p. 11

Antelmi joins women’s lacrosse staff

BY EDWARD MORAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Coming off its first 10-win season since 2012, the Boston University women’s lacrosse team is looking for more improvement this season with the help of new personnel.

On Tuesday, the Terriers announced the hiring of Jessica Antelmi as the team’s assistant coach. Antelmi comes to BU having already had experience as an assistant at Division II powerhouse Le Moyne College, where she served under head coach Kathy Taylor for two seasons.

In those seasons, Antelmi helped lead the Dolphins to two NCAA Final Four appearances, mentored Erica Geremia, the Division II Attacker of the Year, and developed seven future First Team All-Americans.

BU head coach Liz Robertshaw said Antelmi’s track record with working under stalwart coaches — who offered nothing but praise for her coaching abilities — made the hiring all the more sensical.

“She worked for Kathy Taylor, who’s just a fantastic coach in the women’s game and someone who I look up to,” Robertshaw said. “The fact that she’s worked for her for three years stood out as someone who I wanted to learn more about.”

Though some of Antelmi’s recognition comes from her solid track record as a coach, Robertshaw also knew Antelmi from her playing days on University at Albany-SUNY’s lacrosse team.

“I had the opportunity to watch her play her collegiate experience at Albany when we [BU] were in the America East [Conference], so I got to see her do well for that team,” Robertshaw said.

Robertshaw even endured some tough losses against her new assistant’s Albany

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Jessica Antelmi (right) joins the Terriers’ coaching staff with a winning track record as a player and coach.

squad when Antelmi, a 2013 graduate, was still a player.

“I also was on the end of some of those losses to Albany because of her and some of her teammates, so that was something that stood out,” Robertshaw said.

As the newly appointed assistant for the Terriers, Antelmi is expected to provide some major contributions offensively. She will be inheriting responsibilities for a BU side that averaged just 8.83 goals per game last season as well as a meager 3.11 assists per game, which was sixth best in the conference.

Robertshaw said she expects to see her assistant improve the Terriers’ offensive efficiency, as they scored on just 39.3 percent of their shots a season ago.

“I want her to bring her identity as an attacking coach to the team,” Robertshaw

said. “I want to see what she can do with our attackers. We have a nice balance of young players as well as veteran players, and I want to shake up and see what they can do on the field.”

While spicing up those offensive numbers is definitely a priority in helping the Terriers advance further into the Patriot League Tournament, and possibly reach the NCAA Tournament, Robertshaw saw Antelmi’s potential in another important category: her winning past.

“I want her to bring her experience of winning [to the team],” Robertshaw closed.

“Both from Albany, when they won the America East Championship, as well as going to the NCAA Tournament and in her coaching career going to three Final Fours, that’s huge.”

Women’s soccer sets sights on another league title

2015

BY RYAN STOLZ DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Coming off a season where it went an impressive 13-6-3, the Boston University women’s soccer team is striving for more success this fall despite struggling through the first six games.

With the Terriers (0-6) coming into 2016 fresh off a Patriot League title and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament, expectations are high surrounding the program. But thus far, the beginning of the season resembles last year’s all too closely.

BU head coach Nancy Feldman noted that although the years may seem similar on the statsheet, each season has its own story to tell.

“Every season is actually its own entity,” Feldman said. “That’s what I love about being a coach, is that you get a whole new group of student-athletes and hopefully the good things about your culture don’t change.

“We feel like we have had a pretty strong culture over the years and found a formula for success, but every year is almost like a new beginning.”

BU started off the year in 2015 poorly with a record of 0-4-2, but was eventually able to find its groove, winning 13 of its last 16 games while outscoring opponents 34-14 in that span.

2016

(Goals per Game)

(Goals per Game)

2

2

1

1

Goals Scored

Goals Against

Goals Scored Goals Against

*Out of 22 games

*Through first 6 games

In 2015, the women’s soccer team had a conference record of 8-0-1.

This year they currently have a record of 0-6.

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This season has proved to be much of the same, as the team is winless and has been outscored 12-2 during the six-game losing streak.

Feldman’s side will look to repeat last season’s success, though, with the start of Patriot League play on the horizon. If 2015 is any indication, league play will bring success, as the team went 8-0-1 against Patriot League opponents last year.

The Terriers’ road to another Patriot League crown will have major resistance

from many in-conference teams, including Bucknell University. The Bison (40-1) appear to be BU’s biggest competitors, and although the Terriers did shut out the Bison 1-0 in last season’s Patriot League Championship, Bucknell is off to a stronger start in 2016.

Offensively, the Terriers are led by the sophomore trio of Dorrie Varley-Barrett, Julianna Chen and McKenna Doyle, CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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Men’s soccer looks to find familiar success in 2016

BY JAMES MATTONE DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston University men’s soccer team might have started its season off on a shaky note with a 3-2 loss to Commonwealth Avenue rival Boston College, but its prospects are looking good for the rest of the season.

The Terriers (0-1-0) made a name for themselves in the Patriot League last season, going 12-6-2 in the regular season and racking up a 6-1-2 conference record, good for second place. Despite losing in the Patriot League semifinals, BU earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, and made its 15th career appearance in the NCAA postseason, and the 14th under head coach Neil Roberts.

Not much has changed in terms of the complexity of the Patriot League from 2015.

American University will return five of its eight all-league selections, Colgate University possesses Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year Ethan Kutler for one more season and Lehigh University is beginning the 2016 campaign with leading goal-scorer sophomore Mark Forrest.

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Senior midfielder David Asbjornsson was named to the Patriot League All-Conference First Team last season, and looks to be a leader this fall.

That’s also not considering the amount of reloading the other teams in the conference have done, and Roberts knows that every team in the Patriot League has a shot at the title.

“The Patriot League is very competitive this year,” said Roberts, “but we just have to worry about hitting our stride.”

The Terriers only lost four seniors from last season, which included starting defender Jeroen Blugh, forward Lucas McBride and All-Conference Third Team midfielder Richie Robinson.

While BU will lean on its eight-man freshman class to fill those roles, the team returns junior midfielder Anthony Viteri and senior back David Asbjornsson, who both snatched preseason All-Patriot League honors.

Senior goalkeeper Matt Gilbert, who averaged 1.06 goals against last season to go along with seven shutouts, also returning.

The Madison, New Jersey native, who last season was the first BU goalie ever to win Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year, was also chosen for the preseason Patriot League

team, and will have most of his defensive core returning in front of him.

Leading the Terrier offense this year is another preseason All-Patriot League team selection in senior Felix De Bona, who led the team with nine goals and 20 points last season.

Despite having to rely heavily on his senior class, Roberts will turn to two-time Patriot League Rookie of the Week recipient T.J. Butzke, as well as a strong freshmen class, to lighten the load.

“De Bona is going to have other jobs on this team — besides being the main offensive scorer — like everyone else,” Roberts said, harping on the importance of the other 10 men on the pitch.

The Terriers will have had a full 13 days of preparation before they next take the field this Saturday against the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Roberts knows what his team needs to do before this matchup, and echoed the players’ excitement in getting another opportunity at postseason glory.

“It’s some kind of work in progress, but we are ready for this season,” Roberts said.

Women’s soccer aims for another year atop Patriot League sharing more time because it is more competitive,” Feldman said. “They’re closer together in ability, but also because we’ve had injury so Hannah Ciolek got her opportunity this year to play the last couple of games because Bridget had been injured. What’s good about that is Hannah has been ready for her opportunity.”

One thing BU does have on its side veteran experience. Despite the losses of key contributors like forward Jenna Fisher and midfielder Clare Pleuler, BU is in good shape with its upperclassmen leadership this season.

SOCCER, FROM PAGE 10 each of whom filled the statsheets in their rookie campaigns.

As the offense continues to develop, strong play in the Terriers’ backfield will be key for them to contend in the Patriot League.

In net, Feldman has opted to use both junior Hannah Ciolek, who has started four of the team’s first six games, and senior Bridget Conway, who has started two. Feldman explained that part of this decision has to do with skill, while an injury to Conway is the other part of the equation.

“This year it happens to be that we’re

Twelve upperclassmen returned from last season, including key contributors like Conway, senior defender Rachel Bloznalis, junior forward Christina Wakefield and junior midfielder Jesse Shreck.

Of these 12, four are seniors.

Feldman said she expects a great deal from her seniors, and they almost always deliver.

“We really count on [the seniors] to model on and off the field, a high level of commitment to being a student, to being a citizen, to being an athlete, and this year’s group of seniors has been no different than the other years,” Feldman said.

“They’ve taken that responsibility really se-

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riously.”

One example of this “high level of commitment” is Bloznalis, an Upton, Massachusetts native who has been both an All-Patriot League First Team member and a Patriot League Academic Honor Roll recipient during her time at BU. Although this year’s seniors have a strong presence on and off the field, so does each senior class.

“It’s kinda like when you have a lot of kids,” Feldman said. “You don’t really compare your kids — you love them all — and in a lot of ways, you don’t really treat them all the same way because they have their own personalities, their own motivations and dreams.”

PHOTO BY JUSTIN HAWK/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Solo’s suspension yet another reminder of why sportsmanship matters KIENITZ KINCADE, FROM PAGE 10 the San Francisco 49ers, as well as his multiple criticisms of Roger Goodell and the NFL, comes to mind as someone whose polarizing speech has made him a divisive figure, but has not stopped him from reaching the pinnacle of his sport. Other athletes of the past such as Kevin Garnett and tennis great John McEnroe are among those whose sportsmanship left something to be desired, but who achieved at a high level despite of it. However, other athletes such as disgraced ex-New York Rangers winger Sean Avery and former NBA player Latrell Sprewell, who famously attacked and choked his coach at practice in 1997, have seen their careers decline and die because of their poor sportsmanship and inability to control their tempers.

And just as the careers paths of volatile athletes are varied, so too are the regulations that govern pro sports. Trash talk is rampant

in most American professional sports leagues and is seen usually as a part of the game, although recently both the NBA and NFL have added rules restricting showboating in the name of sportsmanship. In soccer, there has been a recent crackdown on racism, which has always plagued a game that enjoys such international popularity.

But Solo’s comments were not racism, and so the response to them is not as clear cut. Some have suggested that part of the reason for Solo’s dismissal was because her comments came while she was representing her country at the Olympics, an event that has always tried to encourage cooperative, as well as competitive, spirit. And to be sure, the image of Solo, the brash American, pouting after losing to quiet and unassuming Sweden is not a good look for U.S. athletics. In all likelihood, Solo’s punishment had more to do with the fact that this was nowhere close to

her first brush with controversy.

Throughout her career, Solo has been known to criticize her coaches and fellow players, and more notably, she was charged with domestic violence in 2014 and implicated in her husband’s 2015 DUI. After serving no suspension for the domestic assault and 30 days for the DUI, this latest punishment was seen by many, including her coach Jill Ellis, as a response to the “sum total of actions.”

One could look at the punishments for Solo’s various actions over the years and say that, like so many pro sports entities, U.S. Soccer’s priorities are out of whack. Or, it could just as easily be true that this final act was simply the straw that broke the camel’s back, and that the U.S. women’s team was simply done putting up with the drama that’s always accompanied Solo’s immense talent.

It is also hard not to question whether the organization would have been more lenient

with Solo, who is now 35, if she were still in her prime, but that is purely speculation.

In the statement released by U.S. Soccer, President Sunil Gulati explained the decision by stating that Solo’s actions “do not meet the standard of conduct we require from our National Team players.” This statement seems to be his way of asserting the values of American soccer and athletics: that one should be gracious in victory or defeat, and that athletes who do not subscribe to this are not welcome, regardless of their talent.

Some will oppose the dismissal of a star athlete for an offhand comment, and some will applaud it as a victory for “playing the game the right way.” Regardless of where you fall in the debate, it seems that at high-level pro sports, the values of the youth league, where sportsmanship is praised above all else, can still win out. For now, anyway.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

Field Hockey vs. UC Davis, Men’s and women’s cross country Ryan Lochte suspended 10 months for lying about his hair color being “all-natural.”

Women’s field hockey vs. Maine,

@ Nassaney Invitational,

4 p.m.

all day

Women’s soccer @ James Madison, 5 p.m

12 p.m.

Women’s soccer at Virginia Tech,

Women’s golf @ William & Mary

1:30 p.m.

Invitational, all day

Men’s soccer vs. UMass,

Women’s golf @ William & Mary

7 p.m.

Invitational, all day