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TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016 THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY YEAR XLV. VOLUME XC. ISSUE XIII.

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PHOTOS BY SARAH SILBIGER, KELSEY CRONIN AND JACQUI BUSICK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF 1. Monica Korell, of Illinois, runs to embrace her supporters on Beacon Street. 2. Jonathan Brunot, of New York, takes final strides toward finish line, hand in hand with his guide.

3. Randall Statzer, of Tennessee, displays his medal after the race. 4. Fans encourage runners during the final leg of the race.

Students merge in city spirit, strength for 2016 marathon

BY SEKAR KRISNAULI T. DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Katie Teixeira, a Boston University student, joined hundreds of other BU students in Kenmore Square to watch runners of the 2016 Boston Marathon pass through parts of campus toward the finish line on Monday.

“To see people coming out, running and cheering ... is a great experience,” she said as she cheered the competitors along.

Many BU students came out to the streets and showed support for the approximately 30,000 runners who ran by Beacon Street near BU’s South Campus and Commonwealth Avenue in Kenmore for the 120th Boston Marathon. Students gathered in groups, cheered and held homemade signs to encourage the runners.

“It’s incredible to watch people run [26.2] miles in a couple hours,” Teixeira, a freshman in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, said in reference to the trek from the town of Hopkinton to downtown Boston.

Hillary Waite, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, expressed her excitement as she watched the runners pass Kenmore. Waite said watching the marathon is a “constant thing” and that she “likes getting to share the experience with all of BU.” For Anthony Romero, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, the marathon not only unites the BU community, but it also merges BU’s spirit with those of other city residents.

“BU is already such a large portion of the city,” Romero said. “[The marathon]

really solidifies the relationship between us and where we go to school ... and brings the city together.”

Colby Rymes, a junior in CAS, said living in Boston magnifies the meaning of the marathon. The “beautiful” weather also made this year’s marathon a more suitable occasion to “take a break” before finals week, Rymes said.

“Especially with ‘One Boston Day,’ and how that’s become even more of a holiday, it’s a good day to unite and be proud of where we are from,” Rymes explained.

“Boston is our campus … and the fact that I get to be in the city and be part of the city is awesome.”

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh permanently designated April 15 as One Boston Day, a day to commemorate the “resiliency, generosity, and the strength of the people”

of Boston in response to the April 15, 2013 marathon bombings, according to an April 11 release.

“I’m glad they could take a really hard situation and make it a way for us all to unite,” Rymes said, commending community support and healing efforts that surround One Boston Day. Colin Soisson, a freshman in ENG, said the community spirit and togetherness symbolize “Boston Strong,” a slogan crafted in response to the bombing.

“I know the event in 2013 affected a lot of people,” Soisson said, “but to see this many people still coming out today for the event, it just shows how strong Boston is.”

Three years after the creation of “Boston Strong,” the slogan was seen in mulCONTINUED ON PAGE 2

Residents and spectators unify to celebrate Boston Marathon

BY OLIVIA QUINTANA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Residents from across Massachusetts and beyond gathered in the City of Boston Monday to watch as approximately 30,000 runners participated in the 2016 Boston Marathon.

For many residents of the Boston area, the marathon has become a tradition they anticipate each year.

Julie Mastromonaco, 42, of Brookline, said she and her friends look forward to participating in the annual celebration, and even have a tradition of their own.

“My friends and I have been this doing this every year,” Mastromonaco said. “We get up early and we actually bike the route. We start in Hopkinton and ride all the way in, and it’s become a great tradition for us and it’s a great way to feel like you’re a part of the whole. The energy is amazing.”

Mastromonaco added that she was pleased to see everyday people running in the challenging race.

“My favorite part is not watching the elite runners, it’s watching the people that I

can relate to, that are like me, that have jobs every day,” she said. “It’s not their job to be in shape — they have to do it on their own time. I live at the 24th mile, and you see them running and everyone is so tired by then, but it’s actually really fun for us to cheer people on and participate in that way.”

Nicolle Paeglow, 55, of Back Bay, said she has been watching the marathon since her college days at Boston University.

“I live right near the finish line, so I come out every year,” she said. “I went to BU, so I’ve been coming for a long time.”

Mary Foley, 51, of the South End, shared the sentiment, and said the marathon runners have inspired her for more than 30 years.

“I moved in [1984], and it was my first time being a spectator and it was just so moving, so unbelievably exciting,” Foley said. “It’s invigorating … You get caught up in the excitement, and it brings the city together.

She added, “I’ve had a lot of friends over the years who have run it … I could never imagine running — or even walking — a marathon, so I give them a lot of credit for doing this.”

Keith Zalaski, 32, of Charlestown, said

Boston’s energy draws him to the festivities each year.

“We moved to Boston five years ago, and we come out every year for it,” he said. “It’s just one of the best days of the year in Boston.

Everyone’s out, everyone’s loving life, everyone’s happy … I think it’s the one day that Boston has that other cities don’t. It’s really significant in the sense that no other place, no other city, no other country is celebrating, but to Boston[ians], it’s their day.”

Several Boston locals also expressed how the Boston Marathon brings the whole city together for a day.

Vinny Faso, 27, of Allston, said he loves to see everyone in the various neighborhoods of the city unite as one for the annual festivities.

“Just seeing everyone get together in Boston today, going to the marathon, seeing that unity is inspiring,” Faso said. “We were hanging out in Allston earlier, which is also a very festive area of Boston, and it’s a great day of the year.”

Doug Sears, 62, of Back Bay, also said he likes to see how the marathon brings the community together to support all the run-

ners. He also said he draws inspiration from those who accomplish such a huge triumph.

“It’s always inspiring to watch the finishers as they come through, both the elite and the other runners and participants of other categories — especially the wheelchairs,” he said. “It’s sort of inspiring and transcendent because it’s so moving to see what people accomplish. It’s nice to cheer on people who are making a huge effort … I think what’s really fun, is that there’s a story behind every runner.”

Laura Broadbent, 46, of Charlton, ran the marathon in 2009 and reflected this year on how much she loved its energy.

“Since childbirth, running the Boston Marathon was my No. 1 experience in life,” she said. “It was absolutely incredible. It made me realize that you truly can do anything you want in life — anything. I never dreamed that I would be able to train, let alone finish. I love Boston, I love the feel of Boston, and to be here on the other side is bittersweet. I hope to run again next year.”

Alex Li, Alyssa Meyers, Dave Sebastian, Paige Smith and Kyler Sumter contributed to the reporting of this article.

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Boston Marathon continues pattern of heightened security

BY OLIVIA QUINTANA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

For the 120th Boston Marathon on Monday, Boston city officials and local agencies continued the practices of heightened security that have been in place since the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

In a Wednesday press conference, Boston Police Department Commissioner William Evans expressed his hope for this level of security to become unnecessary in the future.

“After what happened in April of 2013, I don’t think we could have had a higher alert,” Evans said at the press conference. “We haven’t relented at all on that. Eventually, I like the idea that we’re going to have to wane ourselves off that, but I think after what’s happened at San Bernardino and what happened in Brussels, obviously this is not the year that we are going to scale it back.”

At the press conference, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh explained the need for security for the world’s oldest marathon, which serves as a “symbol of our collective strength and resilience.”

“We have a comprehensive safety plan in place for Marathon Monday itself,” Walsh said at the press conference. “For the past three years, we’ve greatly increased our public safety resources and taken significant measures in ensuring safety along the marathon route.”

At the press conference, Walsh said that on Monday, there were “over 5,000 police officers along the route, monitoring activity by both land and by air.”

In a Thursday press release addressed to students from local universities, Evans explained some of the additional security measures that were used

PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF Heightened security measures along the Boston Marathon route Monday aimed to protect both runners and spectators.

on Monday.

“The Boston Police Department has developed a safety and security plan for the 2016 events to ensure both athletes and spectators who participate feel safe,” the release stated. “We have more cameras along the route in Boston and in addition to uniformed personnel there will be officers who are undercover working the crowd.”

University police departments in the Boston area also worked to enforce security measures to protect students and spectators. Boston University Po-

lice Department Captain Robert Molloy said they worked closely with BPD for security during the marathon.

“We’re going to have bike patrols, motorcycle patrols, foot patrols and radio car patrols focusing on the areas around the marathon route that intersect with Boston University, including areas with dormitories and a heavy amount of students,” Molloy said.

In another Thursday press release, BPD announced a ban on drones that was in place along the marathon route on Monday.

“Public safety officials are asking the public to assist in creating a NoDrone Zone along the entire course at this year’s Boston Marathon,” the release stated. “The use of drones … anywhere in the area of the course, including above runners and spectators, is strongly discouraged.”

Along the Boston Marathon route, there were also frequent security checkpoints, as announced by Walsh in both the press conference and the Thursday release. The release stated that large bags were subject to search

at these checkpoints.

Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray added at the Wednesday press conference that the heavy security measures were necessary for the protection of everyone in attendance.

“Everyone, especially our runners, is accepting of the overall level of security that is necessary,” McGillivray said.

“It comes to be what everyone wants and what everyone expects.”

Several Boston residents said they felt safer with the additional safety measures.

According to Eric Nichols, 37, of the South End, the safety measures were important not just for those participating in the race, but for everyone taking part in the marathon festivities.

“I mean, everyone needs to be protected,” he said. “The marathon needs to be safe for the runners, and the people watching and the police officers are just trying to make sure that holds true.”

Sarah Anderson, 36, of Back Bay, said the security measures helped spectators enjoy the Boston Marathon and remain at ease during the day of celebration.

“There’s always a risk at big events like this, and I think it’s important that the City of Boston wanted to make sure that everyone was safe and didn’t feel concerned or uneasy about enjoying the marathon,” she said.

Erika Reis, 39, of Back Bay, said she thinks security is necessary for any sort of event that draws such large crowds.

“Security is important anywhere where large groups of people are gathering,” she said. “There’s security at the airport, there’s security at concerts. It’s just a necessary step to protect people, and I’m glad they extended that to the marathon.”

Alcohol intoxication remains prevalent in marathon campus crime

BY LEXI PEERY DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston University Police Department received eight accounts of group disturbances, seven accounts of intoxicated students on the Charles River Campus and one account for noise complaints between mid-

night and 8 p.m. on the Monday of the 2016 Boston Marathon, according to BUPD crime logs given to The Daily Free Press.

Between 9:59 a.m. and 11 a.m., BUPD received four calls regarding group disturbances at a number of locations on and around campus. By the time BUPD officers arrived at two of

"Boston Strong" shows resilience STUDENTS REACT FROM PAGE 1 tiple places along the marathon track. In preparation for this year’s marathon, city and Massachusetts state officials unveiled a new “Boston Strong” tribute over the Bowker Overpass on Commonwealth Avenue on April 2.

Kobe Marinko, a freshman in CAS, said the slogan is empowering and indicates resiliency.

“Boston is the best city in America,” Marinko argued. “Boston can survive whatever happens, and still have a good time after.”

Several BU students who did not live in Boston until college also shared what “Boston Strong” means to them.

As a Sargent freshman from Staten Island, New York, Aaron Rubenstein said he had never been to the Boston Marathon. Even so, he said he relates the 2013 tragedy with 9/11 in New York, and he was

excited to celebrate the marathon with friends from BU. “This is definitely a better take on the holiday because it has got a lot of history behind it,” Rubenstein said. “‘Boston Strong’ means that we won’t be affected by terrorism and that we will fight back.”

Reese Donaldson, a junior in the Questrom School of Business, said he is “at the marathon in spirit every year,” though this year he celebrated with friends instead of going to the streets.

“I’m from New York, so I didn’t know that the Boston Marathon was such a big deal until I came to BU [and] I’m glad I know now,” Donaldson said. “To me, ‘Boston Strong’ means passion and the American spirit.”

Ellen Cranley, Alex Li and Grace Li contributed to the reporting of this article.

the locations, services had been rendered. At one location, the group was gone upon arrival, and the Brookline Police Department was notified of the remaining incident as it did not happen on BU’s property, the crime logs showed.

Many BUPD units were active on the day of the marathon,

but not all were stationed in South Campus near the marathon route, BUPD Sergeant Dan Healy said as he sat in a BUPD car at the intersection of Park Drive and Buswell Street in BU’s South Campus. “[BUPD] hasn’t forgotten the rest of our Charles River Campus,” Healy said. “We hav-

en’t forgotten our medical campus, so we have a lot of units out there today that are still taking care of the normal business while we focus on the marathon event here.”

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BUPD sees increase in group disturbances compared to previous years SECURITY FROM PAGE 2 athon runners as they made their way down Beacon Street. Many students lined the blockades that separated the route from the spectators.

Healy said the “nice weather and exciting atmosphere” made more people come out and enjoy the city. He spoke positively of the students he had interacted with by 2 p.m.

“We haven’t been seeing alcohol out in public, which we don’t want to see,” Healy emphasized. “Overall, it has been a great day today. We hope everyone keeps up the good work and doesn’t put themselves in a dangerous situation by over-consuming alcohol, which we never hope to see happen.”

BUPD has recorded a total of 35 crimes on Boston Marathon day occurring between 2012 and 2015. Of those crimes, 17 were medical assists, with 14 being alcohol-related, according to BUPD’s cumulated crime logs given to The Daily Free Press. This year, however, reports of noise disturbances significantly increased, as the crime logs showed that none were reported between 2012 and 2015.

In preparation for this year’s marathon, BUPD increased the number of “uniform and plain clothes officers in the areas to keep our community safe,” Scott Paré, BUPD’s deputy director of

public safety, wrote in an email.

“We encourage all to enjoy the day and to pay attention to their surroundings,” Paré wrote.

“If anyone sees anything suspicious, we encourage them to contact us.”

BU students received an email Friday afternoon reminding them of items prohibited in the vicinity of the marathon track.

Various checkpoints along the route were also set up to ensure that none of the prohibited items entered the viewing areas, according to the email.

“At various points along the course spectators may be asked to pass through security checkpoints to access viewing areas,” the email stated. “At these checkpoints, law enforcement or security officers will be inspecting bags and other items being carried.”

Healy said many police departments in the Boston area joined together to guard the areas surrounding the route of the marathon.

“The safety control is like an alphabet soup of police departments lined with bikes, motorcycles and helicopters,” Healy said. “[BUPD] is overall a part of that plan, but our focus is here on the South Campus of Boston University and the Charles River Campus.”

Several BU students said BUPD’s presence and various security checkpoints along the

PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF According to the Boston University Police Department, the 2016 Boston Marathon saw an increase in reports of group disturbances in comparison to crime reports from 2012 to 2015.

marathon route made them feel safe.

Laura Lazo, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said the security checkpoints were a helpful added measure of protection. “[The checkpoint security guards would] ask you to check your bag,” Lazo said, “but they

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were also pretty nice and tried to make conversation with you.”

Chandler Hennig, a sophomore in CAS, said he felt safe watching the marathon and was happy to have security provided

by BUPD and BPD. “I didn’t have a bag the whole day, so it was pretty easy,” Henning said. “Safety-wise, I

would rather have [security] be here than not be here.”

Sheyenne Walmsley, a junior in CAS, also said she felt safe the entire time she was watching the marathon.

“I don’t think there was a point at all [during the marathon] that I felt uncomfortable or in danger,” Walmsley said.

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MUSE TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016

J Dilla's posthumous release keeps hip-hop beat alive, kickin'

BY CLARA HUDSON DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA

The rap career of deceased musician J Dilla continued Friday with the unveiling of his previously unreleased album, “The Diary."

What will our legacy be?

What will we leave behind?

The revered and deceased musician J Dilla or Jay Dee, born James Yancey, continues to build on his legacy even after his death in 2006. The revived PayJay records blew the dust off of J Dilla’s previously unreleased solo album and delivered “The Diary” on Friday.

The Detroit-based rapper and producer was known to his fans as an influential hip-hop artist who worked with, inspired and befriended Busta Rhymes, Janet Jackson and De La Soul, to name a few.

Dilla was in the rap trio Slum Village that was formed out of his high school friends in 1996 and created classics like “Fall In Love.” This song made an impact in the music community and was heavily remixed by jazz-inspired musicians like Flying Lotus and Robert Glasper. In its heyday, Slum Village defined a mix of jazz and hip-hop that was iconic Dilla.

Slum Village displayed Dilla’s virtuosity on the song “Players.” The word “player” is manipulated from what is actually being sung — the name “Clair.”

Knowing this changes the entire listening experience and the

possibilities of what can be done with language or sound burst open. If that thought process isn’t true artistry, then I don’t know what is.

J Dilla was known for his honesty, kindness and sincerity, which is a rarity in his field. He was also known as a visionary producer — the “king of beats” — whose peers viewed him as Christ-like.

Mass Appeal Records originally shelved “The Diary,” but its second coming shows us the deliberation of a hip-hop master.

It opens with “The Introduction.” The hook has Dilla rapping, “First let me introduce myself / My peeps call me Dilla / Known to write and produce myself.” Most hip-hop fans would need no introduction to Dilla or his music, but his persistence reinforces a concrete image.

The album was announced just after the 10th anniversary of Dilla’s death in 2006. He suffered from a blood disease and passed away at 32 only days after the release of his album “Donuts.”

The repetitive loops of “Donuts” appear as bursts of sound.

The album makes us consider time and the idea of prolonging or running out of it. The dedication to his craft is palpable, as Dilla was there for his music in sickness and in health.

“The Sickness” is a song

from “The Diary” that features rap legend Nas — the hip-hop equivalent of pairing Mozart and Beethoven on a beat. The song is classic hip-hop and full of bravado, as J Dilla and Nas puff out their chests. As Nas tells us, “This ain’t just rap, this facts.”

So why does J Dilla only have a cult following if his music was so influential? Producers like Timbaland have their names splashed over the industry, but Dilla was known for picking quality over quantity. He created classic songs, which gave him credibility with musicians instead of the general public.

“Gangsta Boogie,” another track from “The Diary,” is a funk-fueled jam with bounce, which fits perfectly with featured artist Snoop Dogg. Also on the track is Kokane, an alum of Eazy E’s Ruthless Records and former co-writer for N.W.A. This song has the strongest imprint of Dilla’s “magic,” as it shows the producer at his grooviest.

Though probably not his best work, “The Diary” tells the tale of Dilla’s unheard gems from a lost album. This time capsule of a piece comes to us at a time when hip-hop is exceedingly relevant.

“The Diary” is a celebration of genius come and gone, and it timelessly pays homage to an artist whose time was cut short.

CATALYST TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016

Living near greenery may increase life span, study finds

BY ELISE TAKAHAMA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Our parents always told us that we should go play outside.

Now, science proves them right.

Scientists have found that exposure to green, natural environments may actually lead to a longer lifespan for women.

The study, published Thursday in Environmental Health Perspectives, examined more than 108,630 women living across the United States to see if there was a correlation between exposure to vegetation and mortality. During the eight-year period of research, 8,604 women of that group died.

“We know vegetation is beneficial to mitigate the effects of climate change, and our finding suggest that potential co-benefits prove vegetation to improve health,” said Peter James, the study’s lead author and a research associate at Harvard University.

By using satellite imagery to track seasonal greenery from 2000 to 2008, researchers found that those living in the greenest areas had a 12 percent lower mortality rate than those living in the lowest levels of greenness. They took age, socioeconomic status, race and smoking behaviors into

consideration.

Though many researchers have tackled nature’s effects in the past, there have been few studies on its relationship with mortality.

“I don’t think there has been anything with the same geographic scope in the U.S. with the same fine-level exposure information at the individual level,” James said.

The research team found four major mechanisms that push at explaining the reasons behind the relationship between nature and mortality, James said. The increased vegetation provides more opportunities for physical exercise, filters air pollution, offers more space for social interaction and improves mental health.

“We looked at depression as a mediating factor that explained about 30 percent of the relationships between greenness and mortality in our sample,” James said.

“E.O. Wilson coined the term ‘biophilia,’ that we’ve evolved with nature to enjoy nature, and so it may be an inherent aspect of us as human beings — our affinity for nature.”

Bonnie Joubert, a scientific program director at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, oversaw the study and said she believes this

study supports humans’ natural “affinity for nature.”

“I think it encourages those kinds of healthy activities, that healthy behavior,” Joubert said.

“And it reinforces what people already enjoy. I think people naturally enjoy green environments and green spaces.”

Luckily, these greener surroundings are not limited to rural areas. Despite a common belief that rural areas serve as healthier, greener environments, the study proves that greenery doesn’t necessarily favor rural areas.

“We stratified,” James said.

“We looked within urban areas and within rural areas, and over 84 percent of our participants live in urban areas. So this is not saying that you need to live in the country to get benefits of vegetation. It actually looks like even within an urban area, those places that have highest levels of greenery have the lowest levels of mortality.”

Though James said they couldn’t announce a cause-and-effect relationship from one study, he acknowledged that researchers are hopeful the evidence will push individuals to begin making changes in their daily lives.

“I think that individuals reading this may think about

PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Environmental Health Perspectives published a study Thursday that found the closer women live to vegetation, the longer life the individual is predicted to have.

their own environment and what they could do to increase the greenness,” Joubert said. “They also may think about where they may spend time away from home — if they go out to parks, if they go hiking, if they go running.”

By simply planting this idea in individuals’ minds, James said that he has a good feeling that changes will start to be made.

“I do think the evidence is growing, that there is a positive relationship between vegetation and health,” James said. “I think we allude to this in our paper, that this might be a nice actionable

tool for planners and landscapers and architects and policymakers to think about how to improve health within cities.”

As more people get on board with this study’s message, Joubert said she is optimistic about the future.

“It’s not the end,” she said.

“I think it definitely should facilitate additional research and hopefully replication of these findings and digging in a little bit deeper in some of the other mediating factors that could be evaluated. It’s nice to see these positive studies.”

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INBUSINESS TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016

Business promoter runs BostonTweet, Boston Marathon

BY JESSIE LEVINSON DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

For 26.2 miles, the founder of Flutter, BostonTweet and #DownloadBoston directed his energy elsewhere. Boston businessman Tom O’Keefe ran for the second time in the Boston Marathon.

His dedication and drive to support his community flourished as he launched businesses that promoted local Boston businesses. He continued to give back to his community by taking part in the 2016 marathon.

O’Keefe said he created BostonTweet in 2008 as a way to combat the impact of the recession on local Boston businesses. BostonTweet is a Twitter account that is meant to promote Boston businesses. #DownloadBoston is a similar concept, with a few exceptions.

“BostonTweet was focused a little bit more on restaurants and [the] social … aspect, whereas #DownloadBoston is the exact same thing, except it focuses on startups,” O’Keefe said. Local startups may “not be as visible as walking past [something] like Eastern Standard in Kenmore Square.”

Flutter focuses more on giving everyone the opportunity to partake

PHOTO COURTESY TOM O'KEEFE

BostonTweet founder Tom O’Keefe ran the Boston Marathon for the second time Monday to support and give back to his community.

in charity. The platform allows donors to enter a chance to win tickets to different events in Boston, from

Red Sox games to concerts and plays.

All donations were capped at $10.

“Flutter came about in June as

a way to create local experiences for local charities,” O’Keefe said. “There is a lot of cool things here that people would love to do that don’t get the opportunity to do so.”

O’Keefe said he decided to cap all donations at $10 so everybody, regardless of wealth, had the same opportunity and ability to donate money.

“I always found that unfair that when there is an auction, there’s one person in the room that wins the auction and then makes that donation, but nobody else partakes in it,” he said.

One of the participating donors this year was the Boston Theater Company. Usually, he said, the way it works is that the one donating the product chooses the charity.

The Boston Theater Company produced the new play called “Finish Line: the Untold Stories of the 2013 Boston Marathon,” running from April 7 to April 23. The play is a documentary-style compilation of interviews with survivors and reenactments of the bombing.

The experience was listed on Flutter as a potential prize and garnered $149 for the nonprofit theater company.

“Flutter is also a marketing platform, so part of it is to spread aware-

ness for that play or whatever that might be,” he said. “It’s really a good way to get that message out there.”

This isn’t the only way Flutter was involved in supporting the marathon. The online charity also had a private patio stationed outside Starbucks on Boylston during the marathon in support of the Heather Abbott Foundation, which is in honor of a victim who lost her leg during the 2013 Boston Bombings.

“Boston has always been a huge fan of the marathon [and] has always rallied behind it, but since 2013, even more so,” O’Keefe said. “I’ve always liked to … give money back to that.”

Funding aside, O’Keefe showed his support by running the marathon himself. Beginning in Hopkinton and ending just a few steps shy of Copley Square, the marathon drew thousands of runners and spectators.

“I think it’s the best day of the year in Boston,” he said. “I always thought that as a spectator, but now as a runner, it’s a totally different experience for me.”

The marathon, he said, is so enjoyable because it’s “a huge thrill” for him and because he loves to run.

“I love the race,” he said. “I love competing. It’s definitely one of the most challenging marathons in the country, and it’s a great experience.”

SPOTLIGHT TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016

Mark Kostabi uses "art as a dialogue" through pieces at Boston gallery

BY SAVANNAH WU DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mark Kostabi, a leading artist known for his faceless figures, geographic abstractions and loud primary colors, hosted an opening reception Friday at

Martin Lawrence Galleries on Newbury Street.

As one of the longest-running artists at the gallery, Kostabi is a part of an elite group alongside Keith Haring and Andy Warhol, and he designed the album covers for Guns N’ Roses’ “Use Your Illusion” and

the Ramones’ “Adios Amigos.”

He has also been successful in product design, creating pieces like a Swatch watch and a Bloomingdales shopping bag.

Throughout his time as an artist, Kostabi emerged as a leading figure in New York’s East Village art scene, but he is currently

based in Rome.

Some pieces in the exhibit are self-referential, such as a piece about publicity that displays a girl reading about Kostabi in the New York Post’s gossip column. Others illustrate Kostabi’s knowledge of art history, with references to paintings by Piet Mondrian.

According to Donald WoodSmith, the gallery director, Giorgio de Chirico’s “The Red Tower” is also referenced in several paintings in the show, proving how well versed Kostabi really is.

The opening also shows pieces from other periods of Kostabi’s career, such as blackand-white paintings from the turn of the century. Other paintings feature figures with dunce caps that could also be reinter-

preted as wizards’ hats, party hats or antennas.

Kostabi’s paintings capture moments of emotion and wonder. One such scene captures two couples on separate occasions on the staircases of Rome. “[Kostabi’s] paintings look like they take place in a futuristic Dali landscape,” said Helen Shu, a freshman art history major at Vassar College. “The colors emphasize the cyber surrealism, mixing in a sense of our contemporary space. The narration is mysterious.”

Wood-Smith introduced what he called his favorite piece, “Pick Me Next,” as one that achieves “extraordinary subtle gradation” and “has a lot of references to de Chirico and futurCONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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Artist Mark Kostabi poses with his painting at his solo exhibition opening in the Martin Lawrence Gallery Friday night.

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Kostabi gives opening reception at Martin Lawrence Galleries KOSTABI FROM PAGE 5 ism” in a vacant landscape.

Kostabi adopts the “strange perspectives … elongated shadows … the use of shadow that doesn’t correspond to a specific light source … [and] barren landscapes” from the surrealists to his canvases and populates them with faceless figures, he said.

At one point, Kostabi interrupted the audience to announce that he would like to re-

name “Pick Me Next” with the help of attendees.

“The reason is I love this painting … but the title is not that good,” Kostabi said. “It’s too much like a caption … So before I came to the art opening, I came up with these eight other options.”

“Pick Me Next” was renamed “Embraced by Desire” by majority vote to create a participatory environment for his visitors and buyers. This participa-

tion mirrors what he does on the weekly cable television show, “The Kostabi Show,” where art critics and celebrities compete to title his paintings for cash rewards.

The story of the conception of Kostabi’s signature faceless figures is captivating. “[I] want to have a universal language,” Kostabi said. “I don’t want to paint white people or black people or Asian people or Italian … It’s all humans.”

The figure evolved from simple calligraphic abstract drawings resembling stick figures he made on receipt tape while studying art at California State University Fullerton in the ‘70s and ‘80s “without knowing anything about Keith Haring … who was doing something similar in New York at the time,” Kostabi said.

Kostabi said he liked the idea of “art as a dialogue,” and his friends and family encour-

aged him to keep creating these figures. After his stick figure sketches were rejected from New York galleries in 1982, he fell back on his knowledge of academic, realist oil paintings and began painting his figures “as if they were sculptures with lighting.”

Kostabi said he “learned in art school that there is really no future” in painting “realistic,” and he followed the key lesson that he learned — “Be original.”

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Kevin Hennessey enjoys celebratory champagne after his 1 p.m. finish.

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Timothy Morris, of New Hampshire, competes in the men's wheelchair open category

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Fans anticipate the passing of their friend Brian Axelrod, of Massachusetts.

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A runner embraces supporters.

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A Boston police officer jokes with a pedestrian.

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Family and friends of runners display homemade signs.

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Brandon Wolfe, of California, sprints toward the finish.

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A young fan clad in Boston Red Sox gear watches as runners pass on Hereford Street.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016

t h e i n d e p e n d e n t s t u d e n t n e w s pa p e r a t b o s t o n u n i v e r s i t y

45th year | Volume 90 | Issue XIII The Free Press (ISSN 1094-7337) is published Thursdays during the academic year except during vacation and exam periods by Back Bay Publishing Co.,Inc., a nonprofit corporation operated by Boston University students. No content can be reproduced without the permission of Back Bay Publishing Co., Inc. Copyright © 2015 Back Bay Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved.

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Alcohol optional in Marathon Monday celebration The Boston Marathon has always been a time for Bostonians to gather together in admiration of the runners’ perseverance and strength. However, for local college students, the day is a celebration of a different kind.

Many college students use the day as an excuse to wake up early in the morning and drink until their stomachs revolt.

The two sides to Marathon Monday can be summed up in the two distinct types of social media output. The first is the wholesome cheering of the crowd encouraging runners to do their best. The other is drunk and sloppy college kids doing something outrageous.

College students have the opportunity go wild every weekend, but they usually confine their partying to the nighttime.

But it’s not something about the runners that makes college students extra crazy. It’s spring, and students are eager to throw their schoolwork to the wind.

Plus, an extra day without classes is an extra day to drink.

Some students don’t even see the runners. A major part of the day’s appeal is starting to drink in the wee hours of the morning. The marathon, like sporting events at other colleges, is an opportunity to gather and be merry.

At Boston University, a day dedicated entirely to sports and drinking occurs once a year, while at other schools, it hap-

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pens every weekend there’s a football game. Sure, BU’s hockey team is great, but for the most part, students don’t use hockey games as an excuse to get wasted.

Marathon Monday is an excuse for BU students to do what other schools do. And that means getting drunk and/or watch sports.

This only shows how celebratory sports are in college and American culture in general. BU doesn’t have a football team to tailgate around. But it does cancel an entire day of classes in the name of running.

The Boston Marathon causes the entire City of Boston to liven up in a way it usually doesn’t. Beyond college campuses, residents and tourists alike come out of their crowded housing situations and cheer on strangers to win a monster of a race. Cheering and music fills the air. It’s a joyous time, even without the buzz of alcohol.

Though finding any occasion to party is fine, it’s important to acknowledge that these parties have little to do with the marathon. College students are always on the lookout for an opportunity to party. They’re not partying because they think it’s incredible for so many people to run 26.2 miles. They’re partying because they have the day off.

As much as college students like to draw parallels between “marathoning” alcohol and running a marathon, there is no contest. Holding unprecedented amounts of alcohol down is quite

veryone has their own special way of celebrating athletics. College students just do it the only way they know how.

a feat, but it’s nothing compared to the training and determination that comes with running one of the world’s most competitive marathons.

Being a college town, it’s almost assumed that Boston would have daytime parties every weekend, but no. Marathon Monday is the one opportunity for Boston to shine as a true center of college party life. It’s only revelry and fun when Marathon Monday strikes.

Before any students were

old enough to even pronounce the word “alcohol,” the marathon was a day of sober excitement. But as kids grow up, so too do priorities and methods of celebration.

Everyone has their own special way of celebrating athletics.

College students just do it the only way they know how.

Not to sound too much like administration, but there are as many choices to be made on Marathon Monday as any other day. It’s possible to have fun

without drinking oneself into oblivion. But if that’s how people choose to celebrate it, then they should drink to their livers’ content — away from police and the actual marathon.

And it’s entirely possible for the two worlds to collide. Being drunk and enjoying the marathon are not mutually exclusive. Whichever way Bostonians choose to spend the day, the most important thing is having fun — and feeling fine on Tuesday morning.

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Life lessons found in Little League "Ghost in the Shell" bolsters yellowface

BY ELLIS MARTIN COLUMNIST

Going, going, gone! While it may be one of America’s less popular sports in the modern era, I’m here to tell you just how wonderful and important our national pastime really is.

Baseball has been a big part of my life, and I’d like to take this time to express exactly how and in which ways it’s touched my life. Seeing as the season started this month, I find this a perfect time to ref lect on the changes baseball has brought about for not only me, but for the community at large as well.

As a child, baseball was the first sport I got into. I played in the backyard, the street, the playground, essentially wherever there was a conceivable diamond to be imagined. I quickly decided I wanted to keep playing, and I joined a Little League team at my elementary school. My time in Little League taught me a lot, but most importantly, it taught me teamwork.

Baseball’s a game of trust. You’re basically aiming to get this little hard ball toward a person’s face as fast as you can. And despite the “put the worst player in right field” cliché, a good time requires every position to have a solid set of skills.

Besides a general skill set, different types of positions are better suited to specific physical strengths. The second lesson I learned from baseball was that it’s acceptable to specialize in one particular field and trust my team to cover my weaknesses. In Little League, I always played third base or shortstop because most excited little squirts swing a little early and don’t have the power to clear the infield.

Basically, I loved the attention I’d get from the hitters — I wanted to be the superstar.

When I made the cut for my first travel team, I was a little astonished — and maybe even a little bitter — to be stationed in center field. With time, how-

ever, I began to trust my coach, and I realized that my contribution to the team was the most important when I was out in that beautiful, deep green grass.

All right, so baseball really introduced me to a lot of important concepts, and most of the time it also put a smile on my face. This next ballpark metaphor is not so cheery. For every clutch moment or big win the team had, there’d be another instance in which we’d choke or even lose.

Losing sucks, especially when you devote every day to getting as good as you can as an individual and as a team. Two specific instances during my time as a ball player literally brought me to tears.

In Little League, my team made it to the World Series. Not an important one — just a local thing — but needless to say, it was still pretty important. We had a 16-to-1 lead in the top of the final inning. Now, back in those days, I was a closer. I’d come in to pitch the last inning because I was consistent more than anything. However, in this particular game, the coach decided his own blood should be securing first place for the team, and he put his kid on the mound.

We lost that game. To be honest, it’s still the worst coaching I’ve ever seen. For the longest time, I could not for the life of me figure out why, after allowing even 10 runs, I wasn’t put in to finish what our team deserved. That game, everything was clicking. Even some of our worse players showed up and made some huge defensive plays. Everyone had their bats swinging hot, and it should have been a win.

So what’s the lesson here? I’m not good at straightforward answers, so I guess I’ll use another little story. After the game, I remember the poor little pitcher sobbing on the mound. To be fair, many of us, including myself, had tears in our eyes. Then, a sweet little kid who always had his hand in his mouth went up to the mound and got our guy back on his feet. He took him by the hand and walked him to home plate. They started running the bases — something we’d do after every game. The rest of us joined in.

Adversity will always face humanity, and it will succeed at least sometimes.

There’s always someone on your team, though, and good teams see losing as just another way to get better. By that logic, the Red Sox, surely after last season, are due for a good one.

BY WILL TENTINDO COLUMNIST

This week, Scarlett Johansson and the filmmakers behind the upcoming movie “Ghost in the Shell” fell under criticism for the decision to cast Johansson in a role as an Asian woman. The movie, produced by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, is still set to be released in 2017 despite this criticism.

Johansson was cast as the cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi in the film adaption of the popular Japanese anime and manga series — a Japanese character. Much of the criticism surrounding Johansson was directed toward casting a white woman in the lead role of a uniquely Japanese story.

Unfortunately, the casting of white actors for Asian roles is still very prominent.

This practice, referred to as “yellowface,” is seen in Hollywood and the media as a whole in countless instances. Only recently, Emma Stone played a half-Hawaiian woman in the movie “Aloha,” and the actors in a 2014 episode of “How I Met Your Mother” all tried to look more stereotypically Asian as a riff on samurai movies.

Yellowface is widespread and hardly frowned upon in Hollywood. Many studios have cast white actors in Asian roles, and this is a part of a larger problem of whitewashing films. When white actors take roles from people of color, it not only ruins the chances for brilliant actors to showcase themselves in big movies, but it also presupposes that people of color cannot star in these potential blockbuster films, which is an absurd notion.

Whitewashing is founded on the belief that white actors appeal to the mass market, and therefore must be cast as leads in said potential blockbusters. This idea is not only racist, but actively reinforces notions of white ideals. When the media does not portray roles of color, it only perpetuates the idea that movies with white roles are the only commercially successful movies, which is completely false. See: “Straight Outta Comp-

ton” and “Creed.”

To defend whitewashing is to say that white people are better at playing people of color than people of color. Whitewashing roles is disappointing because it takes away opportunities to increase the diversity of the predominately white landscape of Hollywood.

In many ways, Hollywood changes much later than the rest of the country. Reliant on formulas proven to entertain, it is hard for the industry to break from the binds of history. As the number of actors of color grows, so does the inability of these actors to crack into stardom with successful films. The industry does not want to risk making a movie — particularly a lesser-known story like “Ghost in the Shell” — without bankable and trusted actors, almost all of whom are white.

This points to another issue with whitewashing. Whenever it occurs, it is never really resolved. Activists on social media blame the makers of the movies, who in turn blame the industry itself and the culture of the consumer — an intangible enemy. The buck needs to stop somewhere, because at this point in time, the movie and entertainment industries often shove the blame off of themselves and act as if they are under contract to not cast people of color. In reality, whitewashing is a choice — a choice that will hopefully become less and less acceptable.

Studios have denied rumors that the producers played with CGI to make Johansson’s appearance appear more Asian, but the rumors are upheld by ScreenCrush, which published an exclusive on the alleged CGI. This quickly began trending and spread online. Despite the studio’s denial, “Ghost in the Shell” has already damaged its reputation. The rhetorical question, “Could they really not find any Asian actresses?” is easily answered with a simple “no.” In fact, many actresses were proposed online after Johansson’s image was released.

This problem is larger than Johansson’s casting. Whitewashing a Japanese story and character is something that studios should not even consider. In the future, studios should trust actors of color with bigger film roles. While some may cry out that these roles should not be handed to an actor solely due to their race, in reality, the roles will be given to talented actors who increase the diversity of stories told in the entertainment industry. In fact, the negatives of whitewashing are so extreme and situational that it is hard to imagine that the entertainment industry still considers it an acceptable practice.

Interrobang Boston Marathon spectators are known to hold very creative and inspiring signs such as: “You’re Running Better Than the Government!”

“You Can Poop in 4 Miles!” and “If Trump Can Run, So Can You!” We here at the ol’ Free Press want to know — what encouraging marathon signs would BU people hold up?

West Campus: Keep on chugging!

BU Class of 2016: First one there gets the full-time job!

Questrom: Drop out now — you’re not getting money anyway!

COM: 26.2 miles isn’t that long … right?

ENG: Run like the energy efficient wind turbines!

BU Dining: Last one to the finish gets blackened tofu!

Student Government: Make like Justin Flynn and run!

FreeP: Take your time — we’ll be here all night!

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BU sophomore turns Hopkinton roots into Boston Marathon finish

BY JONATHAN SIGAL DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Judy Walsh-McLean still remembers the day that her daughter, Rachel McLean, got cut from her high school field hockey team.

McLean took it hard, and she joined the cross country team instead. The change was one of necessity and not desire, but it united her with a newfound passion — running.

Come the moment when McLean crossed the 2016 Boston Marathon’s finish line 4:38:00 after she embarked from her hometown of Hopkinton, those gloomy days were nowhere to be found. Rather, the sophomore in Boston University’s College of Communication, along with competitors from all corners of the globe, closed the book on months of training and preparation.

Ryan McLean, Rachel’s brother who flew in from South Carolina for the race, said the siblings would joke about running the marathon when they were younger, and those projections became reality on Monday.

“I can’t even begin to describe or put into words how awesome it was to see her come running down Boylston Street knowing that she had done it and knowing that the finish line was right there,” Ryan McLean said.

Rachel McLean, who first entertained the thought of running her first 26.2-mile race as a junior in high school, has truly found a new calling. She recently completed the 39th Annual Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women and a half marathon in Newton, and she has been enrolled in the marathon class at BU’s Fitness and Recreation Center since

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McLean completed the 26.2-mile course from Hopkiton to Bolyston Street by running at a 10:37 pace.

the spring 2015 semester. She has also blogged her training efforts since January, and the marathon itself was a big part of her childhood.

McLean would go with friends and family to the same area in Hopkinton each year and high-five waves of runners as they strode past.

Her mom even remembers when

her toddler-aged daughter was in a stroller one year at the marathon and was interviewed by a reporter.

McLean joked that she’d join the men and women she was cheering on one day, not aware that she was foreshadowing at the time.

“She inspires me,” WalshMcLean said. “… I thought maybe

she was going to cry when she finished because she kept saying she felt like she was on the verge of it, but she didn’t. I think she was just too tired and [this feat] might hit her. I’m thinking it might hit her in another day or two.”

While the 20 year old’s accomplishment was physically trying, she

had extra motivation in the form of charity. Since McLean didn’t qualify through another marathon, she received a number in honor of the 26.2 Foundation, a nonprofit that aims to promote and support the sport of marathoning.

The organization previously ran a program for disadvantaged youth and built the track and bleachers of a school in Hopkinton.

McLean said she’s proud to represent something that will have such a tangible effect on the town that shaped her in so many positive ways.

“It’s so exciting to be contributing to my town and to be doing this event I’ve been watching since I’ve been really young,” McLean said. “I’ve been to almost every single marathon start, and now I actually [participated].”

McLean noted in the marathon’s buildup that she expected an emotional finish “because you only run your first marathon once,” and she even joked about one day wanting to run a marathon in all 50 states. She’s a long way from that point, but it helped this year having her mother and roommate, Julie Mackay, yelling words of encouragement near the Boylston Street finish line.

Just like every other BU student, McLean, who is majoring in both journalism and public relations, will ready herself for finals in the coming weeks. But for the time being, she’ll cherish an occasion that few get to experience.

“I know it meant a lot to her,” Walsh-McLean said. “As her mother, I think about how you have a bucket list of things that you want to do. The fact that she’s only 20 and she’s already achieved that, I think that’s really cool.”

Ethiopian marathoners dominate 2016 men and women's elite field

BY NICK NEVILLE DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Two Ethiopian runners were crowned champions of the 2016 Boston Marathon on Monday. With approximately 30,000 participants — the third largest number in the marathon’s history — running the 26.2-mile route on a sunny spring morning, there were many more winners this Patriots’ Day. Lemi Berhanu Hayle took home first place on the men’s side, besting defending champion Lelisa

Desisa, also from Ethiopia, with a time of 2:12:45. Having gone toeto-toe with the 21-year-old Hayle throughout the day, Desisa finished in a modest second with a time of 2:13:32. A third Ethiopian runner, Yemane Tsegay, came in third for the men.

This was also the first time since 1986 that a Massachusetts native finished in the men’s top 10, according to the Boston Herald.

Zachary Hine, a 28-year-old South Hadley native who currently resides in Dallas, finished with a time of 2:21:37, putting him in 10th place.

On the women’s side, Atsede Baysa won her first title after trailing and then making a furious comeback at mile marker 23, according to the Bleacher Report. The 29-yearold runner then took the lead and clocked in with a time of 2:29:19.

She was followed by Tirfi Tsegaye of Ethiopia and Joyce Chepkirui of Kenya.

The first winner of the marathon, Marcel Hug of the men’s wheelchair division, emerged victorious in dramatic fashion. Hug, a native of Switzerland, held off 10-time champion Ernst Van Dyk and Kurt

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Men’s division winner Lemi Berhanu Hayle, of Ethiopia, finished the 2016 Boston Marathon at an impressive 2:12:45.

Fearnley in a classic finish, coming in about a chair’s length ahead of the other two at 1:24:06.

American participant Tatyana McFadden won the women’s wheelchair division for the fourth straight time, according to Boston.com, coming in at 1:42:16. She was seen celebrating with the family of Martin Richard, the youngest fatality in the 2013 marathon bombing, after the race.

The beauty of Marathon Monday extended well beyond the route from Hopkinton to Boylston Street, though. Another key component of

Patriots’ Day is the Boston Red Sox game that occurs just moments from the finish line at Fenway Park.

In this year’s installment, the Red Sox dropped their series finale to the Toronto Blue Jays by a score of 4-3. What was shaping up to be a fine day of baseball at the ballpark turned sour for the Sox in the eighth inning when the bullpen imploded following Clay Buchholz’ stellar outing.

The Red Sox are now 6-6 and in the eyes of some could be underperforming, but passion was evident by all on this special day for Boston.

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Tirfi Tsegaye, of Ethiopia, found an extra gear in Kenmore Square, and went on to finish second in the women’s division with a time of 02:30:03.

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Men's lacrosse squanders late lead against Loyola Maryland

BY ELISE FRANKERA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

After coming off its worst loss of the season, the Boston University men’s lacrosse team traveled to meet No. 11 Loyola University Maryland Saturday in search of the program’s first postseason berth and squandered its dominance by ultimately falling 13-12.

Despite the loss, BU (8-5, 3-4 Patriot League) head coach Ryan Polley said he was impressed with the way his team bounced back after losing 15-4 last weekend to No. 20 United States Military Academy.

“I thought the guys did great, and we played really hard,” Polley said. “We are so pleased with the way the guys responded. They came back and just did a wonderful job. The guys deserve all the credit, and they played a great game.”

While BU opened the game with a 3-1 lead, the Greyhounds (9-3, 6-1 Patriot League) improved from a sluggish start and adjusted as the contest wore on. By the end of the first half, the Greyhounds erased their first-quarter deficit and held a 5-4 lead.

A turn of events occurred in the third quarter, as BU dominated through five unanswered goals. The offensive explosion began when freshman attack

Fish And Chipps Finding your writing voice

BY ISAAC CHIPPS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

I was 17 and sitting in a movie theater in Gahanna, Ohio when I discovered my voice.

It was a Saturday night, and I was watching a mediocre movie with a friend when I thought to myself, "I should start a blog."

I'm not sure why it hit me then, but it just did. I knew at that exact moment that this was it. This is my voice.

The goal was simple: Be me.

As I got to my room and started typing on my computer, the words just started spilling out of me. It was raw and uncontrollable, but it felt right and natural.

Over the next several years, I would learn just how hard it is to mold one's voice through the written word, and I made countless mistakes along the way. I said dumb things and wrote with

James Burr found net and drew the score at five apiece. Soon after, sophomore attack Jack Wilson, junior attack Adam Schaal and junior midfielder Cal Dearth followed the freshman’s lead. BU’s offense showcased its skill, with seven different players firing past goalkeeper Jacob Stover.

“We just had a lot of contributions from a lot of guys,” Polley said. “A lot of guys stepped up and did a great job. We shared the ball really well in offense, and it was really fun to watch.”

On the other side of the field, junior goalkeeper Christian Carson-Banister made a strong comeback after being pulled from last week’s game against Army (8-4, 5-2 Patriot League). The Texan saved 15 shots against Loyola, many of which kept the game close throughout the first three quarters. “[Carson-Banister] just had a great week of practice and got his confidence back,” Polley said. “He played like he has the majority of his time here, and we’re really proud that he was able to get over the Army game and play as well as he did.”

BU held a 10-7 lead heading into the fourth quarter, but the tables soon turned when junior Zack Sirico and senior Zach Herreweyers clawed Loyola back to a 12-12 tie.

BU had a chance to break the deadlock in that last minute of the fourth quarter, but Herreweyers scored the game-winner with nine seconds left in regulation.

“It was just kind of unfortunate how in the last five minutes, we fell apart a little bit in the fourth quarter, and [Loyola] scored 5 out of the 6 last goals,” BU’s third-year head coach said.

“We got tired and unfortunately we didn’t clear the ball very well.

We had some unfortunate turnovers that led to them having a lot of possessions in the fourth quarter.”

The Terriers will have one final chance to clinch a playoff spot when they travel Friday to College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. BU fell on its secondto-last game of its 2015 season to the Crusaders (3-10, 2-5 Patriot League), adding an additional plotline to the crucial matchup.

BU needs to win to qualify for its first Patriot League Tournament, and Polley is confident that his team will reverse its fortunes and come back with a point to prove.

“We will prepare one day at a time to be ready for Holy Cross,” Polley said. “We will have a game plan, and I know we will play great.”

entitlement because I didn't understand what power a voice could have. I had to learn how to be responsible with my voice and how to express my opinions in an appropriate tone. The process was grueling, but I wouldn't be where I am today had I not had my troubles along the way.

It made me a better and smarter writer. It taught me how to control my voice, and eventually it showed me how powerful a tool one's voice can become.

I can't speak for everyone, but I believe having a voice in writing is like having a super power. It's a three-step process.

First, you have to discover it.

Then you have to learn how to control it. And only after that grinding process are you ready to use it for the betterment of others. You have to #TrustTheProcess.

That Saturday night was the beginning of a never-ending process to find my voice. The blog I started more than five years ago was the start of a journey that has taken me down a wild, entertaining, unusual and amazing path.

As I look at my writing now with my time as a journalism student coming to an end, I feel like it's important to share with you all how I found my voice, how I learned to control it and how I continue to grow with it every single day.

issue or subject they're passionate about. Over the past four years, much of my writing has been geared toward the NCAA and its unfair treatment of student-athletes. I don't write about college athletics just because, I write about it because I'm genuinely passionate about the injustices and the need for a complete overhaul of the current system.

It doesn't have to be sports or politics or fashion or technology or film, but find something you’re passionate about and put it on paper. Formulate an opinion and share it with the world. The more you write about it, the better you'll get at expressing your passion. The better you get at expressing your passion, the more your voice will shine through in your writing.

it's truly a work of art.

His first book, “The Life of Reilly,” is one of my all-time favorites because it contains some of the best pieces of sportswriting you'll ever read. Reilly was the master of voice and used it to separate himself from so many other writers around the country.

If you want to develop your own voice, you need to read the classics first to understand how they developed their own voices.

“The Life of Reilly” has taught me so much about how to inject your voice without changing the meaning of a story.

Read the classics, and I promise your writing will be better for it.

Read the classics

People are going to hate.

That's just a fact. For any reason, whether it's rational or irrational, people will criticize your writing and your voice.

Don't let it stop you. Be better than the haters and use it as motivation to fuel your voice.

React, but don't let the hate get underneath you. Be smarter than your critics and prove them wrong. With social media, it's too easy for a troll to be given a platform to hate, but don't give them a voice by responding to it.

Be bigger than all of it, and your writing will eventually silence the critics.

Whenever my writing faces criticism, I like to think about a Mac Miller line that says, "Haters tryin’ to hate, but they got

Find your passion Writers don't write "just because.” They write because they have something to say about an

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Adam Schaal led the way against the Greyhounds, but his showing was not enough to secure BU's first-ever playoff berth.

Whenever I'm writing, I'm never farther then 50 feet away from my journalism bible, “The Life of Reilly.”

Rick Reilly, a longtime columnist for Sports Illustrated and an 11-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, is one of my journalism heroes. During his Sports Illustrated days, he was one of the most preeminent sportswriter in the United States and wrote some of the best columns and feature stories on the planet.

His profile on former Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott is one of the best profiles ever written, and his 1986 profile on Jim Murray is so beautiful that

What doesn't kill you will make you stronger

nothin’ to say / It's just the little things that get me through the day."

That's just how I roll.

Be yourself There's no science to writing. There's no exact answer or formula to find one's voice, but the truth will always exist within your own personality.

My goal has never changed.

I've always been trying to "be me," and hopefully that's surfaced in my columns this year.

I have a lot to say and hopefully something to offer, but I want to say it in my voice and tone. Let the personality shine.

The best compliment I ever received was when my roommate read one of my columns and said, "I could totally picture you saying this to me word for word."

So when you're sitting in front of your computer with blank screen asking yourself, "How do I write this story?”

Here's the major key: Tell it from the heart.

Finding your voice is like trying to paint your masterpiece.

It takes time, practice, commitment, curiosity and a love for the game.

Be real, be honest, be sincere and be yourself. People can criticize me for a lot of things, but no one can argue that “Fish and Chipps” wasn't 1,000 words of Isaac Chipps coming at you every single week. No matter where life takes me, I'll proudly carry that on my sleeve.

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