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and managing the Kilachand’s Peer Mentor program and in training Kilachand Ambassadors.

“Josiah cared a great deal about education and was enormously devoted to his students who were deeply attached to him. All of us feel his loss, which is a blow to our community and to each of us individually.” Dellheim wrote.

Epps also made KHC community “teas” a more prominent and significant part of campus life, Dellheim wrote.

Approximately $1.6 to $1.9 million are lost annually to rear-door boarding on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line’s above-ground stops, according to an MBTA study published on the MBTA Data Blog on October 21.

The study was initiated in response to growing concerns by MBTA passengers about the Green Line’s all-door boarding policy, which allows passengers to board through the rear doors during peak periods, MBTA Deputy Press Secretary Jason Johnson wrote in an email.

“Currently, in order to speed the boarding process, passengers are allowed to board through the rear doors at most, but not all, stops during peak periods, and rarely outside of peak periods,” Johnson wrote.

The Green Line collects about $95 million in fare revenue each year, the report stated.

Researchers, during the study, were accompanied by an MBTA official and would be situated inside the trolleys, asking passengers if they had a valid pass or had paid on the platform, the report stated.

According to the report, even during peak hours, most Green Line passengers entered the trolley through the front door and paid their fare. Likewise, approximately 69 percent of those who boarded from the rear doors swiped their passes, the report found.

In order to estimate the fare losses from rear-door boarding, MBTA personnel oversaw key boarding locations on B, C, D and E lines at morning peak hours and collected fares offboard, Johnson wrote. Findings of revenue losses in the study are being addressed by the MBTA through a variety of measures, according to Johnson.

“In the short-term, the Authority will continue off-board fare collection at the busiest times and stations,” Johnson wrote. “In the medium-term the MBTA is working to reduce spikes in per-train crowding by improving the reliability of train arrivals at each station. Finally, in the long-term the MBTA is procuring a new fare collection system that will enable payment at all doors of Green Line vehicles and proof of payment fare enforcement.”

Eugene Benson, a professor of city planning and urban affairs at Boston University, said the MBTA needs infrastructure upgrades, such as card readers at the back doors. “[The MBTA] needs more funding,” Benson said. “They are trying to triage what problems they need to spend more money on, when in reality they just need more funding.”

Several Boston residents said fare evasion happens because of delays the T often experiences, and the MBTA should work to become more time efficient.

Nancy Dolan, 37, of South Boston, said there is not much the MBTA could do to improve its all-door policy.

“It’s always late, or there’s a disabled train

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The 120 handpicked photos captured Boston pride and extreme talent, but the Instagrammers and attendees exhibited the true meaning of the contest.

The Sheraton Boston Hotel hosted the IGersBoston Gallery Friday evening, an exhibition and silent auction to showcase distinct parts of the city, including

the green lamps in the Boston Public Library, sailboats on the Charles River, ducks in Boston Commons and cobblestone streets in the South End. IGersBoston, the first Boston-based Instagram community, features talented individuals and captures views of the city.

Since its founding in 2012, the account has gained over 70,000 followers, proving itself to be “among the most inf luential social media accounts in Boston” and “one

of the largest city based Instagram communities in the entire world,” according to the IGersBoston website.

“Of course we want to bring the community together — which is definitely unique and beneficial for everyone to come together, share their artwork, meet one another,” said Alyssa Banker, Marketing Manager at Starwood Hotels and CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

KHC students, faculty mourn Josiah Epps

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H

e made us feel important, empowered and loved. He was funny, intelligent, supportive, honest and generous. I wish him peace.”

Josiah Epps, an academic advisor in the Boston University Arvind and Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Honors College, where he was a beloved mentor and guide to many students, died on Oct. 19. He was 40.

His death was announced to the KHC community on Friday. Students who interacted with Epps described him not only as an advisor who offered academic and career advice, but also a friend whom students could talk to

during difficult times.

“He understood us,” Keara Russell, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said. “He made us feel important, empowered and loved. He was funny, intelligent, supportive, honest and generous. I wish him peace.”

Russell said Epps was her “rock” at BU — someone she could always rely on.

“His genuine concern for his students was unmatched,” she said. “When I would come into his office, he wouldn’t need to scramble for my schedule — he would ask me about my roommate who’s abroad, my younger sister applying for college, my current playlist and my new project in my drawing class.”

Charles Dellheim, the director of KHC, wrote in an email that Epps was “warm-hearted, open, friendly and caring” who prioritized his students above all else.

“The welfare of his students meant everything to him, and he went out office way to help them whether the issue at hand was dealing with the results of an exam or paper or thinking about their futures,” Dellheim wrote.

The Reading resident had been advising at BU for two years; prior to that, he served as an administrative assistant and academic planning coordinator at Harvard University.

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Faculty, admin showcase BU’s city initiatives Boston University students, staff and faculty gathered Wednesday afternoon in the Questrom School of Business to learn how BU students play an important role in improving the community in the surrounding Boston area.

The “Reducing Disparities and Promoting Well-Being in Boston: The Role of the BU Community” discussion, hosted by the BU Initiative on Cities, drew approximately 80 community members.

Katharine Lusk, executive director of the IOC, said she hoped the event would shed light on many of BU’s programs, and BU’s role in the city community.

“We really wanted to understand what some of those relationships look like and what those contributions look like,” Lusk said prior to the presentation. “Our focus throughout all of this as the Initiative on Cities, is really trying to say, OK, what are we doing now, but what more could BU be doing.’”

The event consisted of a series of presentations by eight speakers representing different programs on campus, ranging from criminal law clinic, college preparation program to prison education program.

Graham Wilson, the director of the IOC, introduced the event.

“We know that the university is not perfect,” Wilson said. “We know there is more that we could be doing, that we should be doing. We hope that the good work that we are doing will serve as an inspiration to all of us.”

Associate Dean of the School of Law Peggy Maisel gave the first presentation. Maisel focused on the role that law students play in overcoming racial, ethnic and income dispar-

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Trudy Zimmerman speaks at the Boston University Initiative on Cities’ “Reducing Disparities and Promoting Well-Being in Boston: The Role of the BU Community” discussion Wednesday.

ities.

She highlighted many clinical programs law students take part in by doing field work, such as the Criminal Law Clinical Program, the International Human Rights Clinic and the Human Trafficking Clinic.

“We have terrific students who graduate, I hope with a better understanding, who will give back even if they go to work for large law firms or small law firms,” Maisel said. “They’ll have the skills and they’ll give back.”

Danielle Rousseau, an assistant professor of criminal justice in the Metropolitan College, talked about the successes of the BU Prison Education Program.

“Education can be really transformative experience, being on campus but really in the institutions we see these individuals becoming leaders, and leaders among their peers,” Rousseau said. “They get very engaged and involved

in other programming.”

Zachary Hobbs, the director of the Community Service Center emphasized the welcoming space, service, education and reflection that the CSC provides.

“Our students are more comfortable having challenging conversations with people who might disagree with them,” Hobbs said.

Hobbs said the CSC is “working with the community, not working for them.”

Assistant Dean of the School of Social Work Trudy Zimmerman spoke about the scope of the programs SSW provides, including programs in mental health, addiction services, housing, schools and family service.

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that’s clogging up traffic and that makes all the trains behind it really slow,” she said. “I’m not sure how else you would do it. If we had to wait for every person to pay before getting in the train, the train would be sitting there forever.”

William Collins, 48, of Brighton, said with its increasing fares, the MBTA has a lot to improve, especially in punctuality.

“We pay too much for the T, I have a discounted monthly pass so it isn’t too bad,” he said. “The MBTA always chooses to run ‘express’ because they’re behind schedule and need to speed things up. They could be a lot more organized with their schedules.”

Luis Soto, 33, of Dorchester, said it has been challenging for MBTA officials to keep track of people who board the T amid the crowdedness of rush hours.

“It’s really hard to control who gets on or off without paying,” he said. “I know a ton of my friends who don’t end up having to pay not even because they don’t want to but because the train is to crowded to make their way to the front to pay.”

“We had community teas for faculty and students before Josiah arrived, but it was Josiah who made these events a central part of the life of the college, an occasion for informal conversation and much-needed relaxation,” he added.

Lawrence Whitney, a university chaplain for community life, said although he did not know Epps as well as his students and colleagues did, he knows that Epps was a beloved member of BU community.

“Josiah was a friend and mentor to all who crossed his path,” Whitney said. “He was someone who was always kind and friendly. He was someone that students could go to with anything.”

On Sunday afternoon, a father called the Boston University Police Department to report that his daughter, while visiting from out of town to see her boyfriend in Warren Towers, was sexually assaulted over the weekend, according to BUPD crime logs sent to The Daily Free Press.

The victim was back in New York by the time the report was made around 3 p.m., the police log stated.

The incident is currently under investigation, and officers secured the room in 700 Commonwealth Ave., BU’s largest dormitory, as a crime scene.

After receiving the report, the university issued a campus-wide emergency alert to inform students that a sexual assault occurred in Warren Towers early Sunday morning. The alert stated that the suspect is unknown and no description is available, The Daily Free Press reported on Oct. 23.

BU spokesperson Colin Riley said that BUPD is actively investigating the evidence, conducting interviews and reviewing video footage to find the suspect.

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Oct. 20-25.

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Medical assist at Mugar Memorial Library Officers responded to a report from Mugar Memorial Library security that a female student threatened to hurt herself on Friday at 4:12 p.m. The student was located and transported to Brigham and Women’s Hospital for further care.

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A recent MBTA fair collection study examines revenue losses that result from passengers boarding through the rear doors of Green Line trollies.

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Several students who knew Epps said he was an important part of their life, and he will be missed — Saira Malhotra, a CAS senior, remembered having Epps as a mentor, even though he was not her personal advisor.

“He was there for me through the many inevitable trials and tribulations I endured as I ventured into the adult world for the first time,” Malhotra said. “He was one of the few people who really knew what to say to help. He knew how to make you feel like everything was going to be okay when the sky was falling.”

Epps was known to calm those who were stressed, and was a person to talk to during times of difficulty. Kenzie Marsh, a junior in the Questrom School of Business, said she saw

this quality of Epps.

“He meant a constant source of warmth, comfort and a place to turn when I didn’t know what I was doing,” Marsh said. “He made sure everyone knew that it’s okay to be overwhelmed or unsure, and that we shouldn’t take life so seriously. Most importantly, he made KHC feel like home to so many people.”

For Qian Mei, a junior in the College of Fine Arts, Epps was way more than just an advisor.

“He was more like a friend or a confidante whenever I felt conflicted about my personal issues or even when I was just bored and wanted to go in and chat,” Mei said. “He’d be there to give me a big Josiah smile.”

Drunk student found at Harry Agganis Way Officers located a passed out 18-year-old student on the ground in the alley on Harry Agganis Way on Saturday at 1:47 a.m. The student was transported to the Boston Medical Center for alcohol intoxication.

Medical assist at 575 Commonwealth Ave. A female resident had behavioral issues on Sunday at 1:08 a.m.

Officers responded to 575 Commonwealth Ave. and decided that the individual did not need to be transported at that time.

Student passed out at FitRec BUPD received a call on Saturday at 2:05 a.m. from an Uber driver who saw an intoxicated person on the ground at 915 Commonwealth Ave., outside the Fitness and Recreation Center. The student was transported to the Boston Medical Center.

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Ballot Questions 101: Question 3 regulates farm animal care

BY MIGUEL HERNANDEZ MERCADO DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Massachusetts Ballot Question 3, if passed, would prohibit the sale of pork, veal and eggs produced from animals held in confined spaces, according to petition filed with Attorney General Maura Healey’s office.

The initiative aims to stop the forceful confinement of animals, which prevents them “from lying down, standing up, fully extending the animal’s limbs, or turning around freely,” on the grounds that this constitutes animal cruelty, according to the initiative petition.

The law does include exceptions allowing animals to be confined in cases such as transportation, exhibitions, medical research and treatment under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian, according to the petition.

Citizens for Farm Animal Protection is the coalition campaigning in favor of Question 3. Campaign Director Stephanie Harris said confining farm animals is not only

cruel, but that it also carries health risks for people.

“The science is clear,” Harris said. “Locking animals in cages causes them to suffer, and it increases the risk of problems like Salmonella and E.coli.”

Kimberly Barzola, a community organizer for Citizens for Farm Animal Protection, elaborated on the link between confinement and salmonella in an email.

“Studies have shown the chickens kept in battery cages have an increase[d] chance of Salmonella due to the wiring of the cage and the number of chickens kept in such a small area with no room to move around,” Barzola, a senior in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences, wrote.

Citizens Against Food Tax Injustice, the group leading the opposition to Question 3, considers the question to be a misleading “social injustice” that will create a $215 million food tax, according to Campaign Manager Diane Sullivan.

“The question itself was written purposely to mislead voters,” Sullivan said. “It will essentially ask

us, ‘Do you want to prevent cruelty to animals?’ and there’s no mention of the economic impact in the question itself.”

Harris explained that although Question 3 raises economic issues, voters should weigh this against the risks Massachusetts would face if the initiative were not approved.

“While it’s possible that giving these animals better living conditions may increase the price of eggs by a few pennies per dozen, the hidden cost of such inhumane confinement is increased cruelty and food safety risks,” Harris said. “It’s the animals and consumers who are currently paying those hidden prices.”

On the other hand, Sullivan said she challenges the estimate that the increase in egg prices would be limited to merely pennies on the dozen.

“We can already go into a local grocery store and see the cost difference between a dozen conventional eggs and a dozen cage-free eggs — the cage-free eggs are anywhere between two and four times more expensive,” Sullivan said.

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The question would prohibit breeding pigs, calves raised for veal, and egg-laying hens from being held in confined spaces. This question defines confined as meaning that which “prevents the animal from lying down, standing up, fully extending its limbs, or turning around freely.”

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Inspired by MLK, students brought back Common Thread podcast

BY CARINA IMBORNONE DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In the basement of the George Sherman Union, several members of the Boston University community meet regularly to create a podcast called the Common Thread, a program aimed at discussing issues of great importance to BU and beyond.

Pedro Falci, the associate director of the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, wrote in an email that the podcast is an HTC program and has the mission of creating meaningful conversations with varied perspectives on issues relevant to students’ lives today.

“The center funds the production of the podcast by purchasing recording equipment and providing students a space to record interviews,” Falci wrote. “The podcast content must further the Thurman Center’s mission of generating meaningful dialogue around contemporary issues from varied points of view.”

The podcast, originally began in 2008, had been dormant until it was revived by the HTC under the current podcast team. Common Thread re-launched in the April of 2016 — this time, the podcast targets on the issue of mental health on college campus.

Kobe Yank-Jacobs, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences who is currently on a leave of absence, is one of the three students running the podcast this semester. He explained the process of creating each podcast.

“The basic idea is we come together, we talk about something we find compelling, and we get together people who might have insight on the topic and who might be able to speak eloquently on it,” Yank-Jacobs said. “We draft questions and do a lot of research depending on what the subject is.”

Team member Matthias Grenon wrote in an email that creating the

podcast has been a rewarding experience, specifically when working on those addressing mental health.

“Personally, working on the podcast has revealed just how much knowledge, expertise and resources at BU we as students take for granted or are ignorant of,” the CAS senior wrote. “We have some really interesting and intelligent people walking around on campus and it takes actively seeking them out to identify them. They’re more than willing to share their knowledge and participate in a discussion about subject matter they’re passionate about.”

For the first episode, the team spent two to three weeks researching Martin Luther King Jr.’s work.

The inspiration to tackle Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy came from Grenon’s experience at an event about King, he wrote.

“I got the idea after attending BU’s ceremony for MLK day last January and coming away surprised by how much of his historical legacy was omitted from the content of the ceremony itself,” Grenon wrote.

Emmy Parks, a BU alumna who graduated from CAS in 2016, wrote in an email that she is an avid listener of the podcast, which is comprehensive but not too technical.

“The Common Thread team does a thorough job of combing through all the facts and teasing out what is important and then presents it in a digestible and relatable way,” Parks wrote. “I know a lot about mental health but, for example, I’m not a history or politics person and I was able to learn from the MLK episode without straining myself.”

Parks wrote that the podcasts, along with being easy to use and listen to, aim to communicate with their audience rather than teach them.

“It provides an in-depth analysis of whatever topic they are covering while managing to stay engaging and warm,” Parks wrote. “I have nev-

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Matthias Grenon, among the three students who revived the “Common Thread” podcast.

er gotten a sense of entitlement or that I was being lectured at. Whenever I listen, I feel as if I am part of the conversation and learning along with the hosts.”

Several students said although they are not familiar with the podcast, they are impressed by the team’s effort, and they believe mental health is an issue worth discussing.

Joey Buzzell, a CAS sophomore, said that this podcast could be helpful for students who don’t know how to deal with their stressors.

“Especially when finals are really close together, a lot of stress tends to rise up and not a lot of students have good ways of handling that stress,” Buzzell said. “In instances like that [mental health on campus]

is an issue.”

Jake Corriea, a sophomore in the College of General Studies, said that the issues the podcast addresses are current and prevalent on campus.

“I wouldn’t say [mental health] is huge but it’s obviously a problem,” Corriea said. “Everybody has something going on that affects health, their mental state.”

For Yank-Jacobs and his team, they are constantly thinking of new topics to discuss for the podcast.

“We’re thinking about discussions on political rhetoric, a series on small businesses, family businesses [and] how losing those change the community,” Yank-Jacobs said.

“Those are the kinds of things we’re exploring in the off-campus sense.”

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12 days to election, a look at ballot question group funding

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Four ballot questions will be presented to Massachusetts voters on Nov. 8, and a report updated last week by the Office of Campaign and Political Finance details the funding each ballot question group has received. Overall, the supporting groups have raised substantially more than the opposing groups, according to the report.

Approximately $30 million has been raised to support Massachusetts ballot questions groups and about $15 million for opposing groups, according to the report. The campaign to support a “yes” vote on Question 2 has reported to receive more monetary donations than all of the other ballot questions combined.

Question 1: Additions to gaming establishments The Committee for Sustainable and Responsible Economic Development, which is against Question 1, received $5,200 this year, the report stated.

Of the funds raised, according to S.R.E.D. Chair Celeste Ribeiro Myers, $50 have been spent. Myers said the committee provides resources for people to gain background on the ballot question.

“We’re primarily an educational committee, so you don’t see tons of fundraising,” Myers said. “This is not an ‘up or down’ question on casinos. Casinos are coming to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.”

The group in support of Question 1 has raised over $1.5 million, but was unavailable for comment at this time.

Question 2: Increase in charter school enrollment Groups in support of Question 2 have raised a combined approximately $20 million since 2015, the report stated.

Eileen O’Connor, the spokesperson for Great Schools Massachusetts that funds the Yes on 2 campaign, said the group aims to

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provide more choices for public schools, as proposed in Question 2.

The campaign has used various media — from television to printed materials — to advertise their message, O’Connor said.

“We also have a field operation,” O’Connor said. “We’re going out and talking to voters directly and we’re knocking on doors.”

O’Connor said of the $20 million raised, $17 million has been spent on campaign activities.

Chris Addis, the spokesperson for Save our Public Schools, which is against Question 2, said the organization is a grassroots campaign, and volunteers are campaigning by going face-to-face with those who would be affected by the passing of the ballot question.

“We’re going up against a well-funded, dark-money-funded organization. Were just getting truth out face-to-face at the grassroots level. This is really about main

street versus wall street here,” Addis said. “We feel the best way to get the truth out is just to talk to the voters directly.”

Save our Public Schools has raised over $12 million and has spent about $9 million, according to the OCPF report.

Question 3: Treatment of farm animals Citizens for Farm Animal Protection, the group in support of Question 3, has garnered about $2.3 million — approximately $570,000 of which has been spent — since 2015, the report stated.

Kimberly Barzola, the community organizer for Citizens for Farm Animal Protection, wrote in an email that the campaign advocates for the elimination of caged-animal farming, as proposed in the ballot question, by reaching out individually to voters.

“Crowded, dirty factory farms provide the perfect breeding con-

ditions for disease,” Barzola wrote.

“We’re speaking one-on-one with tens of thousands of voters, and they’ve made it clear that animal welfare is of great importance to them.”

Question 3 opponent, Citizens Against Food Tax Injustice, has raised about $295,000 and spent over $230,000. Spokesperson Diane Sullivan said even though her group is running on about 10 percent of her opponent’s budget, they are still spreading the word. “[We’re] getting out to community events,” she said. “There’s been a lot of interest of course on the question so any pocket in the state where I’m invited to go talk about my opposition, I am there.”

Question 4: Marijuana legalization Safe Cannabis Massachusetts, one of the three groups that oppose Question 4, has garnered $300 this year, the report stated. Safe Cannabis Chair Daniel Delaney said $30

have been spent on campaign activities. “[Marijuana legalization is] the wrong approach at the wrong time for Massachusetts,” Delaney said.

“The language in the ballot initiative is boiler plate language that’s developed by the marijuana policy project in [the District of Columbia].”

The three groups opposing Question 4 have raised over $1.7 million combined.

According to the report, YES on 4, a group in support of marijuana legalization, has garnered around $6 million and spent about $4.8 million since 2015.

The funds raised have been used for campaign promotions, such as television ads, direct mail and bumper stickers, according to YES on 4 spokesperson Jim Borghesani.

“We want to end the failed system of prohibition in Massachusetts,” Borghesani said. “We think there’s an excellent level of awareness among Massachusetts voters.

We think that voters are very fair and they’re giving our proposal and close and serious look.”

Katherine Harrington, 31, of Back Bay, said the Question 2 commercials she saw were not persuasive and did not leave a lasting impact.

“I may have to do a little reading and spend a few hours one night doing some research on these topics before I vote,” she said. “[Commercials on Question 2 are] not all that effective, to be honest, and I barely watch TV.” Jennifer Chapman, 21 of Beacon Hill, said outreach through television commercials is not effective on younger people, as they do not regularly receive information through television.

“Maybe if it’s a different demographic,” she said. “Maybe adults that watch more TV but we don’t have TV’s or a lot of time, especially for college kids who would probably vote in favor of [Question 4], they’re not going to see [the advertisements].”

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advocate.”

Brown said students are able to stay current in public health skills, come up with solutions to urban health programs and be advocates for public health change. This summer, as part of the SPH Water Squad, students handed out water bottles on the street.

Kathy Lituri, the oral health promotion director in the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medi-

cine, said dental students are greatly involved in improving oral health in the greater Boston community.

They provide community-based education in Boston public schools as well as clinical services.

Michael Dennehy, director of the School of Education, said SED’s programs engage underrepresented students in Massachusetts by preparing them for college.

Dennehy also spoke about the crossover of these programs with

other institutions on campus such as BU Admissions, STEM Education Initiatives, the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground and the CSC. After the presentation, several faculty members said they gained a better understanding of what the university has to offer.

Rachel Reiser, the assistant dean of Questrom, said she previously didn’t know about a lot of these programs.

“Given my focus on undergraduate students, I knew a lot about the Community Service Center and so forth, but I really didn’t know about the scope of the prison program. I certainly didn’t know what the dental school did,” Riser said. “I was really curious and I was honestly overwhelmed by the scope of activities” Kelly Nguyen, the education program coordinator at the School of Medicine, said she wanted to hear about programs related to her job.

“It’s really great to see that BU is very intent on reaching out to all their departments,” Nguyen said.

Trisha Mah, an academic counselor in the College of Engineering, said she also wanted to learn about programs at BU after working with Boston public high school students.

“I just wanted to see what this institution is up to, what they’re doing for the students, what they’re doing for the City of Boston,” Mah said.

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Co-founder of Spoiler Alert on Food Waste management

BY LILLIAN BROWN DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

When Ricky Ashenfelter began working toward his Master of Business Administration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he had no intention of starting a business, and was planning to join a late-stage startup or to take on an innovative role in a big company.

However, within his first year in the MIT Sloan School of Management’s entrepreneurship program, a company to fight food waste and help businesses was born: Spoiler Alert.

“I think I’ve caught the entrepreneurial bug and that going back to a traditional role doesn’t seem like a good fit for me,” said Ashenfelter, the co-founder and CEO of Spoiler Alert.

Spoiler Alert is a platform that connects nonprofits with farms and businesses to recycle food that would’ve otherwise been thrown out. The share system relies on restaurants posting surplus vegetables or products, and nearby aid organizations picking up the reliable items for second-use, according to the website. It was inspired by a desire to get excess food to people or foundations in need, instead of adding to the global waste epidemic by sending products to a landfill, Ashenfelter said.

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Ricky Ashenfelter is the CEO of Spoiler Alert, an MIT-based food waste tech company.

While Ashenfelter was studying Sustainability, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, particularly within the cleantech and food industries, he met Emily Malina.

Soon, she would become the co-founder and chief product officer of Spoiler Alert.

“As we progressed from the MIT program, it went from idea, to project, to what we were spending most of our time [on],” Ashenfelter said. “It felt like we were fulltime Spoiler Alert and part-time MBAs. But you can only get so much done when you’re in school.”

Once the pair graduated from the twoyear program in June 2015, they brought on

their third co-founder, Marty Sirkin, who serves as Spoiler Alert’s chief technology officer.

“And we’ve just grown by sort of leaps and bounds since then,” Ashenfelter added.

Currently, Ashenfelter and the team is working with one of the largest wholesale distribution food companies in America.

When they started a year and a half ago, though, they began with smaller, more local farms and nonprofits, he said.

They sat down in the beginning to talk with The Greater Boston Food Bank, Lovin’ Spoonfuls and Food for Free, large

food rescue organizations and resources in Boston. Ashenfelter’s ultimate goal, he said, was to find a way to aid these already productive services, and now the Spoiler Alert team is looking to expand the company and create communication and business on a national scale.

“When these instances of extreme volatility or variability in waste generation occur, businesses lack the ability to respond in real time to those circumstances and don’t have a strong mechanism for communicating the availability of that food,” Ashenfelter said, echoing the sentiments from his presentation at the Forbes 2016 Under 30 Summit in Boston on Oct. 17. “And that’s the sweet spot where we operate.”

About 1,000 entrepreneurs entered The $1 Million Change the World Entrepreneur Competition, but the pitch for Spoiler Alert was a true success. The company was named a semifinalist and then selected to be one of the top 10 finalists.

Ashenfelter was able to pitch to potential investors such as Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary at Faneuil Hall, where he shared Spoiler Alert’s developmental goals.

While the platform did not score the deal, Spoiler Alert gained exposure to help take the company and services beyond just New CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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INTERVIEW: Trio LANY to play Royale Friday, has bright future

BY ALLY BRYANT DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

In a one-bedroom apartment in the middle of Los Angeles, long-time friends Paul Klein, Les Priest and Jake Goss squished in front of the dusty screen of an ancient laptop. They watched as emails from music labels poured in just six days after the trio posted singles “Hot Lights” and “Walk Away,” written and recorded in that very room, to SoundCloud.

Two years later, that one-bedroom has been upgraded to a tour bus traveling all across North America, with those three friends becoming known to millions of fans as LANY. With a set of 15 songs, classic and colorful, yet minimalist, lighting and set design and the unforgettable vibe of an endless summer of haze and hopeful romance, LANY’s first headlining tour is making its way to the Royale on Friday for “LANY: THE KINDA TOUR.” THE KINDA TOUR, named for their EP called “kinda,” released in June, will show fans the band’s familiar dream-pop, new wave electronic, mixed with bits of ‘80s synth and ‘90s R&B, but LANY was not born to be stuck in any specific genre.

“We definitely have people that we love that we grew up listening to,” said lead singer Paul Klein in a phone interview with

The Daily Free Press. “But when we started the band, we never had a conversation like, ‘Hey, let’s try to make this record, or sound like this band, or make music like this artist,’ which is why I think we’ve been so successful at finding our own sound. LANY is very much a sound, and we love all kinds of artists, but we love just being us and doing us.”

This one-of-a-kind sound is what led the band to be named No. 1 on a list of Spotify’s “Most Streamed Artists on Discover Weekly” as part of a study Spotify conducted about their “Discover Weekly” playlist program from July 2015 to April 2016, beating out artists like Sam Smith and Imagine Dragons with over 22 million streams.

LANY was also No. 1 on the “Billboard + Twitter Emerging Artist” chart with their single “yea, babe, no way.” Their unique sound finds its way into the hearts of a vast range of listeners, resonating universally with anyone who has ever been young, ever felt invincible, been in love, lost, lonely or just really loves California.

The universality of their music is consistent with the motivation for LANY’s creation. LANY (pronounced “lay-nee”) is an acronym for Los Angeles, New York, to capture the essence, life and art of the two vastly different cities, but also to symbolize the connection between two distant places and everywhere that falls in between.

“We’ll just continue to grow and try

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Los Angeles-based dream pop trio LANY will perform at the Royale in Boston on Friday.

to reach as many people as possible,” Klein said. “We want to be a household name, and eventually play arenas around the world.

We want to reach as many people as possible.”

Klein stressed that although so much of their lives and their surroundings have changed, the way they make music will always remain the same. Otherwise, they would lose the dream that got them started in the first place.

“It stays the same as far as the three of us,” he said. “We write and play everything ourselves and Les [Priest] still records and

mixes everything.”

With THE KINDA TOUR in full swing and a debut album aimed to be released sometime in 2017, LANY is skyrocketing out of that one-bedroom apartment straight to certain fame. However, Klein, Priest and Goss are not going to let their dreams coming true change who they are.

“We’re just getting started,” Klein said. “We didn’t get into this to be famous.

We just do this because this is just what we love and what we’re made to do, and we’ll just keep doing it.”

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CATALYST THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2016

A woman peers through a pair of Samsung Gear virtual reality goggles during Facebook’s VR Tour in Faneuil Hall Marketplace.

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Facebook’s Virtual Reality Roadshow booth sits in Faneuil Hall Market Place.

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A man inside Facebook’s Virtual Reality Roadshow booth tries on a pair of VR goggles.

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Facebook representatives describe the virtual reality experience to patrons in the booth.

Facebook Virtual Reality Roadshow tour stops in Boston

BY KIRAN KISHOR GALANI DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

A pop-up stall in the shape of a shipping crate with “Facebook” written on its side was stationed in Quincy Market this week. Inside, people wearing huge goggles walked around with facial expressions that made it seem like they had just discovered a whole new world.

The stall was part of the Facebook Virtual Reality Roadshow, a multi-city national tour that stopped in Boston from Monday to Thursday. People who stopped in the pop-up shop could try out the latest virtual reality technology from Oculus VR, which was acquired by Facebook in 2014.

Participants could wear the Oculus Rift, a headset and handheld device originally designed for video games but now allows users to experience other types of videos in 360 degrees. Then, they had the option to step into a station to immerse themselves into a virtual world for two and a half minutes without wearing a headset.

“I thought it was really cool,” said Teresa Scalley, a sophomore at the University of New Hampshire’s College of Business and Economics, after she took her turn on the VR technology. “It was a little blurry,

but that’s the beginning of technology.

And it’s not going to be perfect, but it was definitely very surreal.”

Scalley said although she does not know a lot about VR, she is “really excited” to see where it goes in the future.

“The tour serves to bring the Oculus Rift to people all over the place, to common people, and to demonstrate this immersive new technology and the potential it has,” a Facebook spokesperson told The Daily Free Press. “[Facebook]’s mission is to make the world more open and connected, and VR by its very nature serves that purpose, be it two people interacting or a person immersing themselves into a whole new world. It certainly opens doors for people and communication.”

James Cummings, a professor of emerging media studies in the Boston University College of Communication and the co-director of BU’s Communication Research Center, wrote in an email that since big companies such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft have now started developing their own VR technology or have bought VR startups, the technology will soon be mainstream.

“VR is set to become a living room media technology, no longer something restricted to academic & military research centers or science fiction,” Cummings

wrote in an email.

Cummings wrote that the facet of VR that blocks out the external world in order to place the viewer in a virtual world could change soon. He cited Mark Zuckerberg’s talk at the Oculus Connect event earlier this year, where the Facebook CEO said the Oculus team is trying to develop a “social VR,” which could incorporate customizable avatars and socializing with other players within a virtual space.

“Developers and content providers will need to think about how to provide virtual experiences that allow for social interaction and communication, not just solitary user experiences,” Cummings wrote.

Since the goal of VR is to completely immerse the user in a virtual experience — an experience very different from the way humans use other types of media — Cummings wrote that companies could begin thinking about how to incorporate VR into people’s tendency toward “media multitasking.” This could mean features that allow users to quickly switch between VR and external reality, or notifications from a person’s phone popping up during a virtual experience.

Dustin Supa, a public relations professor in COM, said today’s technology might not be able to keep up with the direction VR is going.

“Most of the Oculus devices are designed to be compatible with the smartphones we have today, and VR is majorly a technology intended for a few years in the future,” Supa said. “However, by the very nature of technology and the smartphone industry, changes here happen rapidly, new technology and models are introduced every day, and it is very likely that by the time VR technology is easily available to the masses on a large scale, the smartphones it was developed to be compatible with may be obsolete.”

Cummings wrote that the next step in the advancement of VR technology, after all the hardware is perfected, is to focus on how VR can be used to serve the widest audience possible.

“With hardware in place, the next big issue will be figuring out what this technology is for,” Cummings wrote. “Games?

Movies? Virtual tourism and event attendance? Immersive storytelling and journalism? To what extent will VR just port over the content from other platforms vs. present original media experiences that leverage immersion? How can it be applied to various media domains (entertainment, journalism, advertising, etc.)?”

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Instagram contest opens doors to social activism in Boston INSTAGRAM, FROM PAGE 1 Resorts Worldwide, Inc. “But at the same time, how can we also give back to the community?”

At the end of the night, attendees bid on the artwork, but instead of profiting from the event, IGersBoston donated 100 percent of the proceeds to the Cambridge-based Transition House, a nonprofit that fights domestic violence on behalf of women and children. They collected over $3,200 in just a two-hour span, Banker said.

“I always wanted to have the concept of community,” said Javier Mejia, founder and curator of IGersBoston. “I always wanted to have the component of helping an organization where every dollar really counted.”

But while the donation was an important part of the gallery for both organizers and attendees, Mejia said he wanted to stress the fact that it wasn’t just about that.

“It’s meaningful not only in terms of financial, but in terms of exposure, in terms of raising awareness about these fan-

tastic nonprofits and what they’re doing for the community,” he said. “But at the same time, also raise awareness about the problem itself: domestic violence.”

Risa Mednick, executive director of the Transition House, agreed that one of the most valuable things to their organization was spreading the word. Because fewer than 200 shelter beds for victims of domestic violence exist in Massachusetts, Mednick said, it’s important for the community to understand warning signs and intervene early in the process.

“Our name sounds like we’re simply a house or a shelter,” Mednick said. “But the truth is, the kind of shelter and housing resources we can offer are really just a drop in the bucket of the tremendous need that’s out there for survivors of domestic violence.”

But while the Transition House works intensively to support individuals who need their help, the job comes with countless complications — technology, for example.

On the one hand, the rise of technology has caused even more difficulties

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combatting abuse, Mednick said. Cell phones have been increasingly used for cyberstalking and tracking, which makes the recovery process much more difficult.

But, she said, after seeing the success of the IGersBoston Gallery, it was clear that it could be a blessing as well.

“In some ways, the technological aspect is really beautiful,” Mednick said.

“Because this is social media doing its best work.”

And this was the whole idea of the contest. After the gallery, posts and retweets on social media proved how fired up attendees were, excited to support the cause, Mednick said.

“People were saying they were so glad that they could have a connection with a social justice cause and feel part of something bigger,” she said. “And it made me feel really good about being part of this. It always makes my work easier when other people understand it from their own perspective.”

The Transition House has community partners fighting the issue with them.

Because IGersBoston’s mission emphasiz-

es an effort to connect with the Boston community, organizers of the gallery made sure to share their goal with the photographers and attendees.

Kevin Logan, 52, of East Taunton, said he has donated to various charity auctions in the past — including The Patriot Fund and The Jimmy Fund — but this was his first time using photography as a way to contribute.

“Any chance you get to take a hobby and use it to help raise money for a charity is an exciting, positive thing,” Logan said.

Many others at the gallery echoed this sentiment, prompting Mejia and other coordinators to consider turning it into an annual affair.

Oscar Alvarez, a member of IGersBoston and an organizer of the gallery, also said he was optimistic about future community events.

“We were lucky enough to make it an actual fundraiser for a nonprofit,” Alvarez said. “It gave the whole gallery event a whole new meaning and inspires us all to do it again.”

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Two women analyze the photographs displayed at the IGersBoston gallery.

Ashenfelter seeks to expand recycling of local food waste SPOILER ALERT, FROM PAGE 5 England, he explained.

“It’s been neat to see some of our product being distributed out to the local community. Nonprofit to nonprofit,” Ashenfelter said.

Recently by using the platform, The Greater Boston Food Bank received about 10,000 “organic, high-end” eggs in a donation on a Friday afternoon, which would mostly likely go bad by Monday, Ashenfelter explained. They put the donations on Spoiler Alert’s platform and within a couple of hours, The Salvation Army in Dorchester happily accepted the eggs and distributed them to the community in addition to using them in their teaching kitchen.

Talking future plans, Ashenfelter explained they need to get larger food businesses on board and using the platform, and educate these companies on landfill alternative. Additionally, he said, he hopes the platform is able to get the resources and bandwidth to allow prepared foods from restaurants and catering services to be donated.

“I have been so focused on building Spoiler Alert that I don’t seem to find time to think about what the next big thing is … at least not yet,” Ashenfelter said, in regard to personal future plans. “But I’m focused on giving Spoiler Alert 100 percent, and then we’ll see what’s next.”

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J.D. Capelouto, Editor-in-Chief Christy Osler, Managing Editor

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The League stratifies an already divided dating scene Imagine walking into a bar on a Friday night. Instead of the usual mix of familiar faces, random older individuals and that other weird group in the corner, there is only an amalgamation of the most beautiful, most successful single individuals from your area. The only thing better about being in the room is knowing you’ve made it.

This is the ideology behind The League, a hyper-exclusive dating app that premiered in Boston today, according to a Boston Globe article. Described by many as “elitist,” the app’s CEO denies criticism, instead highlighting things that singles often look for in a relationship.

“I think it’s one of those things where if you actually think about how you [find a partner], you’ll realize that a lot of it stems from university and where you work,” founder Amanda Bradford said in the Globe article. “Both of those are curated environments that include applications.”

The founder said she was “tentative about saying the site was only for college grads and the most successful singles, but she says she embraces the mission” in the Globe article.

In the past 10 years, the traditional dating scene, if there ever was one, has been turned on its head. Gone are the days of “May I buy you a drink?” and here to stay are the days of, “Did you meet him on Tinder?” Dating apps have replaced

face-to-face social interactions, but this is old news. With apps like The League and Raya have upped the dating app game by introducing exclusivity in to the mix.

It is well known that anyone can sign up for Tinder and Bumble. In some ways, this is what makes them great, but in others, this is their downfall. Swiping left

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time and time again can be tiresome, but the options are plentiful.

The League removes the guessing game from the dating game, if you will.

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are Harvard, Boston College and MIT. The top three titles are consultant, CEO/ founder and physician. At first glance, this looks like the kids that you hated in your high school classes, overachieving while simultaneously bullying you for having a coffee stain on your sweatshirt.

According to the Globe article, Buzzfeed’s Brett S. Vergara felt similarly. “[E] very guy around me looked like the kind of dude that picked on me for not being so great at kickball in middle school,” Vergara wrote after attending a party hosted by The League last year.

The “holier than thou” facade is further by its bourgeois launch event, which was hosted at The Liberty hotel in Beacon Hill last week. The Globe article described attendees posing with signs emblazoned with slogans like “Hands That Touch Tinder Shall Not Touch Ours.” Perpetuating the dating app as a high-end commodity sends the message that relationships are an item that can be purchased.

The League poses a unique threat to college students in particular, where the ultimate goal is to branch out and meet people who wouldn’t be met otherwise.

By narrowing that pool, you are limiting not only your dating options but your social pool. It also instills a superior attitude that is an incredibly undesirable character trait.

The League prides itself on being that metaphorical club that you have no chance of getting into. Yet, the idea of exclusivity unnecessarily divides activities that should unify. Dating isn’t just about finding a lifelong partner, it’s about meeting and mingling with new and unique groups. The League eliminates that chance, along with the majority of all Boston residents.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2016

Mainstream media must Nasty women are making not forget that election day themselves heard, and nasty is not until Nov. 9 women vote

BY MAX BERMAN COLUMNIST

If you have read any election forecasting models, such as The New York Times, FiveThirtyEight, Huffington Post, Real Clear Politics, etc., you would assume the election is over. As of Wednesday, the Times predicted with 23 percent certainty that Clinton will win the presidency. According to the same election forecaster, that gives Clinton a better chance of winning the election than Trump’s chance of wining Mississippi. Let me remind you that Mitt Romney won Mississippi by 12 points last election.

It would seem logical to conclude that Clinton will win the election handily, but with one caveat: the election has not even occurred yet.

The respectable major newspapers and news sources, or as Trump refers to them as “the corrupt mainstream media,” have already assumed a Clinton victory.

NPR’s Domenico Montanaro wrote an article titled “NPR Battleground Map: Hillary Clinton Is Winning — And It’s Not Close.” If any Democrat looks at that beautifully illustrated map, with its plethora of big blue squares, he or she would find comfort in the lack of red.

The Washington Post featured an article titled “Donald Trump’s chances of winning are approaching zero.” This American map featured even more blue states, and far less red ones. However, these maps and many of the election forecasting models rely on polls.

Polls are those annoying statistical methods to gauge which people favor which thing; in this case, who is voting for Clinton, Trump or another candidate.

The problem with polls is that there is a significant margin of error that applies

to each candidate, typically around 3 percent. For example, if a poll with a margin of error of 4 percent puts Clinton at 48 percent and Trump at 40 percent, then a tie would be within the margin of error.

In other words, an eight-point lead in a poll could in reality be a tie. Granted, that is one extreme case, but polling itself is f lawed.

“Unfortunately, polling in general is facing a crisis of sorts: The methodology that has worked in the past is not holding up in today’s digital era, and it’s hard to distinguish a quality poll from a dud,” Dan Centinello, the executive vice president of the global political consulting firm Lincoln Strategy Group, wrote in a U.S. News op-ed. “As has been true throughout history, polling mechanisms are worthy of a healthy dose of skepticism if we want them to evolve and improve.”

“Rasmussen Reports and the historically most accurate Investors Business Daily Poll both say it’s just a one point race,” Jake Novak of CNBC wrote. “Two other polls, Reuters/Ipsos and Economist/ YouGov have it as a four-point lead for Clinton. This is hardly landslide or even comfortably certain territory.”

Both quotes demonstrate the importance of taking polls and forecasting models with a grain of salt. This election has certainly not been a typical one. It is difficult to predict which demographics will go to the polls in big numbers. Moreover, nobody knows how many “closeted” Trump supporters, or even “closeted” Clinton supporters, there are.

The purpose of this article is primarily not to dismiss the predictions that Clinton will win. Rather, it is to criticize many news sources for not explaining the problems of polling, and for not following the issues. We hear polls like “Clinton up 4 points in Florida” and “Trump only up 4 points in Texas,” but for what purpose? It is for the media to abandon horse-race politics, however tempting it is to read and write about. While an article about the rising premiums caused, at least in part by, the Affordable Care Act will get less “clicks” than one about a new poll, the former article serves the reader more.

BY SARAH BURSTEIN COLUMNIST

“Get this, Donald. Nasty women are tough, nasty women are smart and nasty women vote.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren declared this powerful statement in a rally on Monday with Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire.

Warren was responding to a comment made by Donald Trump during the final presidential debate, in which he murmured under his breath that Clinton was, “such a nasty woman.”

In an election in which so many statements from both candidates have been turned into memes or hashtags, this instance was no different. Twitter users responded with fervor, tweeting things like, “A nasty woman’s place is in the White House.” Users also noticed the correlations between the comment and Janet Jackson’s 1986 song, “Nasty.” Spotify even tweeted that streams of the song went up 250 percent after the debate.

Popular political figures like former Texas Sen. Wendy Davis tweeted her support for all the nasty women out there, wearing a shirt that said, “this ‘nasty woman’ votes,” as did celebrities like Lena Dunham, who urged women to express pride about being “nasty.”

I don’t think anyone who’s paid even just a little bit of attention to this presidential election can deny that it has been a spiteful one. It seems we’re hearing about new comments or allegations about the candidates almost every week at this point.

When I heard Trump mutter his “nasty woman” comment, I expected it to blow up on social media, just not in such a joyful way.

At first, I was pessimistic. October has been a long, tiring month in this campaign

and I was prepared to log onto Twitter and see users backing Trump’s comment, forcing women to defend themselves. Instead, I saw women of all different backgrounds — some politicians, some celebrities, some activists and some just average people — turn Trump’s comment into a method of empowerment. It was inspiring.

Businesses no doubt capitalized on the positive response about being a nasty woman.

Almost instantaneously, I saw ads for T-shirts with “nasty woman” written proudly across the chest. Those shirts were followed by mugs, pins, pillows and even cross stitches.

The sheer amount of merchandise combined with how quickly it appeared is a bit overwhelming. On “Saturday Night Live” last weekend, Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin,posing as Clinton and Trump, joked about the phenomenon in their parody of the debate.

But while wearing a T-shirt or drinking out of a mug may seem silly or even excessive to some, I actually find it incredibly important.

Although women have made great strides in this country, it’s important to remember how significant it is that a woman may become president-elect in less than a month. Sometimes it feels that this wild campaign has made us forget that. It’s also important that we recognize that even when a woman is performing at her best and has accomplished innumerable feats in her career, she is still subject to sexism.

Similarly to the ways women have reclaimed words like “slut,” women have turned the phrase “nasty woman” — which was originally used by a notoriously misogynistic man to scold a highly qualified woman — into a personal motto. Reclaiming these words andstatements that have oppressed women is a way for us to escape that oppression. It provesthat old tactics like hurling insults at women is no longer effective at silencing us.

Women are proudly adorning themselves in “nasty woman” merchandise to ensure that they will not be held down by sexism and inequality. And as a proud nasty woman myself, I can attest to Elizabeth Warren’s rousing statement in New Hampshire. Nasty women are making our voices heard, and nasty women vote.

Interrobang Jemima Khan dressed up as Melania Trump this year for Halloween.

We here at the ol’ Free Press were wondering — What would BU people dress up as for Halloween?

BUPD: Anything BUT a clown

SED: Ms. Frizzle

West Campus: Anything with ears

BU On Broadway: Hamilton

Questrom: Joanne the Scammer

SAO: The Hash Slinging [Fund] Slasher

President Brown: Harvard President Drew Faust

SHA: Mr. Moseby

Claflin, Sleeper and Rich halls: Joe, Nick and the other Jonas, respectively

FreeP: One of Candice Lim’s many personas

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No. 14 field hockey plays with sense of offensive urgency skilled player,” Starr said. “It was nice to see her score on a penalty corner. That’s something we work on everyday, part of our core practice routine. She really got a good shot in a game situation, and we would love to see more of that.”

The Amsterdam native received Turnpike Trophy MVP honors on Tuesday following her one-goal, one-assist outing. Her aggressive mantra on the offensive end has contributed to Starr’s emphasis on a quicker approach.

BY LIAM O’BRIEN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

While the No. 14 Boston University field hockey team may not have received the result that it desired in Sunday’s 2-1 loss against No. 3 Syracuse University, it continues to play a style that has shown good results.

The Terriers (11-5, 4-1 Patriot League) continued the uptempo mindset that piloted them to a 1-0 victory over No. 12 Boston College on Oct. 16, and on Sunday applied pressure that an Orange (13-2) side hasn’t normally seen thus far.

“There was no quit to our team,” BU head coach Sally Starr said.

The Terriers were not intimidated by Syracuse and its defense, which has the fifth-best goals-against average (1.16) in the nation BU finished the contest with twice as many corner opportunities (6) as the Orange (3). Additionally, after faltering in a one-sided first half that saw them trail by a pair of goals, the Terriers ratcheted up the pressure in the second frame, garnering nine shots while controlling the pace of play for the remainder of the contest.

“We were really tight and tentative in that first half,” Starr said. “I was not pleased and the team was not pleased with how we were performing. I felt like we were playing tennis with [Syracuse]. They would give us the ball, and we would give the ball back. In the second, we competed a lot better, played more intelligently, and just played good hockey against a really good team.”

This theme of offensive aggressiveness was also witnessed in Friday’s suspended contest against the College of the Holy Cross. The match concluded with the Terriers garnering a 3-1 win after play resumed on Tuesday afternoon following a suspension of the contest due to torrential downpours on Friday night.

BU attacked its local foes immediately from the outset of the contest, with sophomore forward Kara Enoch netting her third and fourth goals of the season in the victory.

Despite the fact that the Terriers rank 34th nationally in goals per game (2.56), their newfound offensive approach is a vast improvement from the stagnant attack that scored just three combined goals in the midst of a four-game losing streak three

Jensen continues to impress Senior goalkeeper Cammy Jensen responded well after becoming the first netminder all season to shut out BC (9-7) by

BU attacked its local foes immediately from the outset of the contest

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Senior midfielder Hester van der Laan has been a steady force on offense for the Terriers.

weeks ago.

Van der Laan driving BU offense Midfielder Hester van der Laan has made the most of her final season as a Terrier, compiling an impressive 16 points on six goals and four assists thus far.

Her presence in the flow of the Terri-

ers’ offense has certainly has been felt as of late, as she energized a sluggish offense with the team’s lone goal in their 2-1 loss to No. 1 Duke University on Oct. 2.

This preceded her sixth score this season against Holy Cross on Friday night, a go-ahead tally that sent BU into halftime leading by one goal. “[Van der Laan’s] really a talented,

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playing a tremendous second half against an Orange team that generates the seventh-most goals per game in the country.

Despite allowing two shots to escape her reach in the first half, the Escondido, California native stopped all five shots that she faced after halftime, increasing her save total against Syracuse to an impressive nine.

This allowed the Terriers to creep back into contention in the game, as the Terriers nearly tied the score after a goal by senior forward Amanda Cassera in the 67th minute sliced the deficit in half.

She has now held two top-five teams in Duke (14-2) and Syracuse to a combined four goals on 18 saves.

BU is seventh in Division I with a slim goals-against average of 1.21, much of that facilitated by Jensen’s confident nature in the net. Her continued contributions will be key as BU gets set for postseason play to begin on Nov. 4.

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Women’s soccer’s Park recognized by Patriot League this week what they wanted and what the team needed, their play has evolved throughout the year.

“I think they are all in a pretty good place,” Feldman said. “Including [senior defender] Ellen Starnes, who doesn’t get a lot of minutes but has to play her role to perfection as someone who stays engaged and is training hard and leading with her voice on the sideline and making sure the bench is supportive. In the minutes she gets, she’s going out there and being at her best.”

The seniors will be key to maintaining the team’s focus and not letting confidence get out of hand amidst their recent success.

“They’ve had to lead when times are tough,” Feldman said, “and now they have to lead when times are better.”

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The Patriot League awarded freshman forward Kelly Park of the Boston University women’s soccer team Rookie of the Week on Monday following her weekend strike against the United States Military Academy.

Of the 18 goals the the Terriers (7-10-1, 7-10 Patriot League) have netted this season, three have come courtesy of Park.

The San Jose, California native began the season coming off the bench, but when junior forward Christina Wakefield suffered a season-ending injury, Park filled her spot on the pitch.

“Kelly got an opportunity to play a more significant role on game day and has really done a great job with that increased role,” Feldman said.

“She’s good material. She’s fit, she’s strong, has worked really hard … and with her preparation for the season and got that early experience and really got up to speed.”

Feldman added that she expects to see more from Park in the postseason and looks forward to seeing what the youngster will bring in the years to come.

“She obviously has an incredible shot she’s a pretty good crosser of the ball,” Feldman said.

“There’s a lot of technical tools that Kelly has.

We are just scratching the surface of the impact that she’s capable of making.”

Small senior class steps into leadership role For five players on the team, the final games of their college soccer career are approaching.

Each game is a precious opportunity to improve numbers, log minutes and show the younger players exactly how it’s done.

Among those set to graduate, senior defender Rachel Bloznalis and graduate student Rachel Blauner have emerged as consistent contributors for the team.

Not only have they scored two goals each, but they’ve also both been named Patriot League Defender of the Week this year.

Fellow senior forward Erica Kosienski has been a key player in the middle ground all season and netted her first goal of the season against the Black Knights (4-11-2, 2-4-2 Patriot League) this past Saturday.

Senior goalkeeper Bridget Conway is making the most of her time in the spotlight as she played very little during her junior year behind the stellar Alyssa Parisi.

Conway has shown her skills while splitting time with junior Hannah Ciolek, a tactic that has

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Freshman forward Kelly Park has scored three goals for the Terriers this season, and was recently named Patriot League Rookie of the Week.

benefitted the team greatly.

But being a senior isn’t just about putting up the numbers. It’s about being a leader, and Feldman said that she is impressed with how each senior has settled into that role.

“This was probably the most challenging season to be a senior leader based on how it start-

ed,” Feldman said. “I thought they managed the team and led the team really well and then they hit that part of the season where we weren’t getting the results and I thought they did a marvelous job keeping everybody positive.”

Feldman said she believes that while it took the seniors a while to find the balance between

The Terriers have shut down some of the most productive goal-scorers in the league this season. They’ve allowed only five goals in conference play, with that stout defending vaulting them to a league-best goals against average of .63.

Starnes and Bloznalis are the only two seniors on the otherwise-young backline, but their teammates have played with the confidence of veterans lately.

Other than Bloznalis, sophomore defender Libby Closson has recorded the most minutes on the team and junior defender Alivya Wimmer isn’t far behind.

Even Feldman admitted that the defense, which opened the season conceding 21 goals in 10 matches, wasn’t stellar early on, but said her team worked on their weaknesses and the improvement is there.

“You hope at the end of the season you’re better at things then you were at the beginning of the season and I think we’ve gotten better in some of those areas,” Feldman said. “There’s still some things on our list we have to improve on.”

Of course, the play of goalkeepers is an essential part in defending, and Ciolek and Conway have filled the role well. Freshman Emma Heil got to spend some time between the posts in the Terriers’ victory over Army as well.

The three have combined for a 1.44 goalsagainst average and a 0.708 save percentage on the season.

Feldman attributes the defensive success to working as a unit and being organized from back to front.

“It’s everybody,” Feldman said. “Everyone has a role. The uneducated observer sees the last moments, but the last moments happen because often times the moments in front of them. So it’s all the parts. It’s not one group of players.”

The Blue Line: What BU hockey has done right, and wrong, so far BENEDYKCIUK, FROM PAGE 12 Goaltending Freshman goaltender Jake Oettinger has stepped up in a big way to help keep the Terriers in games. The 17-year-old has recorded back-to-back shutouts this past weekend, en route to being named the Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week.

His .947 save percentage is good for fifth in the nation (first among goalies who have played at least five games), while his 1.42 goals-against average ranks third nationally.

There is an old adage in hockey that says that in order to have a successful penalty kill, your goaltender must be your best penalty killer. Oettinger and his penalty-kill unit have only allowed two power-play goals this year, despite being shorthanded a whopping 43 times (more on this later).

Oettinger has looked sharp when he’s been called on this season, especially on the penalty kill.

At even strength, the Terriers are more often than not in their opponent’s end of the ice. He plays a very smart game; he is always in position, and he rarely coughs up rebounds. He’s extremely quick with his pads, especially when going post-to-post.

Strong Starts and Finishes Through five games, BU has scored five first-period goals while only allowing one, showing that the team shuts down its opponents early in games. This is important, because as I’ll discuss later, the second period has not been friendly to the Terriers.

Additionally, the Terriers have scored 12 goals in the third period of games thus far. This number is obviously skewed by the five goals scored in the third period of the game against Sacred Heart (2-3-1).

Still, it shows that BU finishes games with authority, as evidenced by a commendable comeback effort during the team’s first

game against No. 3 University of Denver.

Despite these triumphs, though, there are still a few things to clean up if the Terriers want to be present at the United Center in Chicago for this year’s Frozen Four. Specifically, their discipline (or lack thereof ) and their struggles in the middle of games.

Discipline Penalties have plagued the Terriers all year. To date, BU’s genuine lack of discipline has showcased its brilliant penalty kill, which has bailed the team out on multiple occasions already in the season’s first three weeks of action. Unfortunately for Coach Quinn’s squad, a 95.3 percent penalty kill percentage, while absolutely incredible, is far from sustainable.

BU has surrendered an ugly 43 power-play opportunities in just five games.

To make a legitimate run at the National Championship, the Terriers will have to

stay out of the penalty box. Or, at the very least, cut down on their average 21.2 penalty minutes per game.

Coach Quinn must stress the importance of discipline to his young team, before they dig themselves into a hole they cannot climb out of.

Middle-of-the-Game Woes While the Terriers have only allowed four goals in the second period of games so far, they’ve only scored three. This is very uncoincidentally linked to the number of penalty minutes.

During this past weekend’s matchup with Quinnipiac (5-2-1), BU was penalized 16 times, resulting in 12 power-play opportunities for the Bobcats. The Terriers had an answer for everything the Quinnipiac threw at them, but this theme of taking a dozen penalties a game should not beat teams like the Bobcats, and will not in the future.

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Under Pressure The field hockey team has been putting pressure on opponents lately. Its 2.56 goals per game ranks 34th in the nation. p. 10

Men’s soccer’s playoff hopes are still alive

The Blue Line

The state of Terrier hockey

BY MIKE BENEDYKCIUK COLUMNIST

In the most recent USCHO Division I poll, the Boston University men’s hockey team is ranked No. 4 in the nation.

The Terriers (3-2) are coming off of a terrific home-stand featuring a 7-0 rout of Sacred Heart University and a hard-fought 3-0 victory against No. 6 Quinnipiac University.

Sophomore forward Jordan Greenway, who opened the scoring both nights this past weekend, earned Hockey East Player of the Week.

Through five games, three things stand out as most impressive: defensive play, goaltending and the Terriers ability to both start and finish games. Two areas must be improved, though: the team’s discipline and middle-of-the-game performances.

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With a pair of assists, freshman forward Matt McDonnell helped lead men’s soccer to victory over Holy Cross on Wednesday night.

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Defense BU has only allowed eight goals this season, good for first place in the Hockey East and second in the nation.

Senior defenseman Doyle Somerby has been a rock on both defense and special teams. Somerby is undoubtedly the anchor of this team’s defense, and his team leading plus-minus rating of +6 proves that good things happen when the captain is on the ice.

While a more defensive-minded defenseman like Somerby will often wait on alert at the opposition’s blueline, more offensive-minded defensemen like sophomore Charlie McAvoy and freshman Chad Krys will frequently press into the offensive zone. Terrier defenders, especially McAvoy and Krys, have played aggressive but smart this year.

We saw aggressive play from former Terrier Brandon Fortunato during his two years with the team. Unfortunately, Fortunato would often turn the puck over and be caught out of position, surrendering a fast break opportunity to his opponent.

So long as the BU defense continues to play aggressive and smart, expect defenders to contribute on offense more often.

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The Boston University men’s soccer team inched one step closer to postseason play on Wednesday night, as it defeated the College of the Holy Cross Crusaders 2-0 at Smith Soccer Stadium in Worcester.

Thanks to goals from senior forward Felix De Bona and junior midfielder Anthony Viteri in his return, the Terriers (6-6-2, 2-3-2 Patriot League) vaulted themselves back into the playoff discussion.

Prior to the matchup with the Crusaders (5-8-3, 1-3-3 Patriot League), the Terriers sat on the outside looking in as the ninth-ranked Patriot League team.

With its triumph over the Crusaders, however, BU moved up three spots in the conference, and now finds itself in seventh place with eight points after winning two of its last three league contests.

Wednesday’s win was also the team’s first of the year away from Nickerson Field.

Though the Crusaders won the shots battle by a 20-14 margin, the Terriers were able to strike first.

In the 18th minute, Viteri dribbled through the Holy Cross defense and sent a low shot into the bottom right corner, past diving Crusader goalkeeper Bobby Hurstak to give the

Terriers the early lead.

Viteri missed the team’s past two games, an overtime win and a 1-0 loss, due to a concussion, and his presence was missed. The goal against Holy Cross was the Flushing, New York native’s sixth of the season.

“It’s obviously good to have him back,” BU head coach Neil Roberts said. “He’s not 100 percent yet but he’ll be better going forward.

He adds a lot to our attack.”

After fighting off multiple scoring chances by the Crusaders, freshman forward Matt McDonnell’s through ball made its way to De Bona, who sealed the Terriers’ victory at the 83-minute mark.

The Somerville native took one touch, then guided it by Hurstak into the bottom left corner, grabbing his team-leading eighth goal of the season.

McDonnell, assisted on both goals, also tallied two shots on goal in his 69 minutes of play.

“He’s a good player,” Roberts said. “He might be frustrated that he isn’t getting the goals yet, but he’s having a lot of opportunities. Once he stops hitting the keeper he’ll get better results.”

McDonnell still feels that there is room for improvement, but is proud of the fact that he has been able to take on a key role for BU. His eight points are third-best on the team and tops among his class.

“I wouldn’t say I’ve reached my expecta-

tions yet but I am definitely happy that I’m producing numbers and can contribute early on for the team,” McDonnell said.

With De Bona and Viteri finding the back of the net through the play of the rookie McDonnell, it’s no surprise that the trio has accounted for 17 of the Terriers’ 20 goals this season.

Senior goalkeeper Matt Gilbert, who was named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll last year, had another quality game, as he notched four saves and his third shutout of the season.

The Madison, New Jersey native, owner of a .788 save percentage 1.28 goals-against average, will be a crucial piece of the Terrier’s playoff push.

The Terriers look to keep their season alive when they host the United States Military Academy on Saturday in their penultimate regular season contest.

A win over the Black Knights (8-5-2, 4-21 Patriot League), coupled with either a Bucknell University or Lafayette College loss, would propel the Terriers to fifth place in the league standings with 11 points.

The Terriers aren’t worried about that, though. According to Roberts, the main concern is getting points.

“It’s a shame we’re in a fight for the playoffs, but it is what it is. Got to fight to get points now,” Roberts said. “Six points left, and we need all six. Tonight we started playoff soccer.”

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Men’s Soccer vs. Army, 1 p.m.

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Men’s tennis @ Bryant Invitational, all day

Field hockey @ American, 12 p.m.

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