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Suffolk County DA nominee fights to become first woman of color in the position.

An advocacy group for students with disabilities is coming to campus.

Namu Sampath dishes on the Miss America pageant empowering women.

Field hockey is one of two BU teams to face American University this weekend.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Fraternities institute hard liquor ban

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BU rises in university rankings

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College rush drives up traffic in city

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In its annual meeting, the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) voted to ban all alcohol above 15 percent alcohol by volume from chapter houses and events.

Fraternities have one year to comply with the new decision, which was announced Sept. 4.

Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Sigma Phi, Chi Phi, Delta Lambda Phi, Delta Tau Delta, Iota Nu Delta, Phi Iota Alpha, Phi Kappa Tau, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Zeta Beta Tau — all fraternities in which BU students are members — fall under the jurisdiction of the NIC and will be affected.

The decision joins a wave of new, anti-hazing laws across the country and is the latest in NIC’s attempts to make fraternities safer for its members, according to a NIC press release. NIC has been implementing new health and safety initiatives over the last year, according to the organization’s website, including a Good Samaritan policy that stresses the importance of calling 911 in the case of an emergency.

The conference has been in a “period of deep reflection” recently, NIC Chief Communications Officer Heather Kirk wrote in an email.

“We have piloted and assessed several measures on colleges campuses,

Students swarm the streets in September, piling luggage into Ubers and shoveling their moving carts across the bustling streets of Boston. Moving trucks and minivans with their hazard lights flashing jut out into the middle of roads, and herds of freshman orientation groups crowd T cars past capacity.

Several experts and Boston residents said the influx of students returning to the city for college in the past few weeks has affected traffic and the ease of transportation.

The move-in rush and sheer quantity of college students returning from their summer break has caused longer wait times for commuters on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority train lines and buses, and also has increased traffic due to an influx in using ride-sharing services.

Studies have shown that the use of ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft cause traffic. Emily Stein, president of Safe Roads Alliance, an organization that promotes driver and pedestrian safety in Massachusetts, said she hopes Boston students will opt for public transportation methods like the T. “I don’t imagine a lot of students bring their own car,” Stein said. “But that’s where the ride-sharing and car services come in — where I imagine the students might be using those

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Boston University is No. 36 in a new Wall Street Journal/Time Higher Education U.S. colleges and universities ranking, up four spots from last year.

Boston University has advanced four spots in the 2019 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education rankings of U.S. colleges and universities, rising from No. 40 to No. 36.

The ranking methodology looks at aspects of the university including resources provided, student engagement, post-graduation outcomes and university environment, according to the Times Higher Education website.

While these rankings validate BU’s progress and status as a worldclass university, BU President Robert Brown wrote in an email that BU’s administration will try to improve the school even further.

“I am very pleased that the metrics used by the WSJ/THE survey validate the progress Boston University is making in attracting very talented students to the University and giving them a worldclass education,” Brown wrote. “We are continuing investing in improving our programs and in hiring the most talented faculty members we can find to improve the University.”

While Brown wrote that he has not yet been able to study why BU’s ranking increased this year, he added that BU’s recent actions relate to areas emphasized in the WSJ/ THE survey’s methodology. “[WSJ/THE’s] focus on out-

comes and student experience aligns with much of our investments,” Brown wrote, “such [as] the recent creation of Innovate@BU, the opening of the Booth Theatre on campus, and the expansion of resources for the Howard Thurman Center.”

University Provost Jean Morrison said it is hard to tell why rankings change each year, but one important focus of the WSJ/THE rankings is issues important to students.

“I think the THE/Wall Street Journal is a very valuable ranking because it looks at very student-centric aspects,” Morrison said, “and

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Fewer than 20 percent of new Boston houses are affordable

BY SAMANTHA DAY DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston is becoming one of the priciest cities in the United States to live in and is among the top 20 cities where the middle class cannot afford a home, according to a recent study.

The report, by 24/7 Wall Street, found that around 69 percent of housing units constructed in Boston between 2011 and 2014 were considered high-end, and only 19 percent were considered affordable to the average resident.

Additionally, almost half of all middle-class Boston households spend 30 percent or more of their salaries on housing.

The Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance is one of many organizations working to combat the worsening housing affordability crisis in the city. Larry Field, the deputy director, said this issue has been ongoing for decades.

“The issue began 30 years ago when housing production, especially multi-family housing, went

down,” Field said. “We have not been producing enough housing, and the significant effects of that started to be felt 20 years ago when housing prices and rent started to rise.”

The MSGA advocates for smart growth policy and development in dense locations where there is access to public transit, city centers and jobs, Field said.

The agency’s current “Great Neighborhoods” campaign works to increase housing production and provide tools for municipalities to reach their production goals.

Field said the greatest obstacle to overcoming the housing shortage is zoning laws, so the MSGA has been pushing for reform.

MSGA statistics show that just 10 communities across the state produced 62 percent of building permits for multi-family homes in Massachusetts from 2010 to 2016, Field said. Boston produced 37 percent.

The initiative, filed in January 2017, failed to be voted on before

the legislature adjourned to go campaign for midterms, Field explained.

“We did not see a vote on our proposal, nor any others, so there has been no progress this term on this bill,” he said. “We are evaluating what to do for the next legislative term.”

The City of Boston is estimated to reach a population count of more than 700,000 residents by 2030, according to the City’s Boston 2030 plan.

Mayor Ma r ti n Wa lsh announced his comprehensive plan to deal with this growth, “Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030,” in 2014, which has the goal of creating 53,000 new units of housing by 2030.

The new units will include units at a variety of income levels, including 44,000 units for members of the workforce, 5,000 units for senior citizens and an additional 4,000 units to improve market stability.

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A recent report placed Boston among the top 20 cities in the United States where the middle class cannot afford homes.

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Suffolk DA nominee aims to decrease incarceration

BY HALEY LERNER

CAMPUS Crime Logs

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Rachael Rollins, a former prosecutor and the first person of color to serve as the general counsel for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, won the Massachusetts Democratic primary election on Sept. 4 for the Suffolk County district attorney seat.

Rollins will compete in the November genera l election against independent candidate, Michael Maloney. If Rollins defeats Maloney, she will become the first woman of color to serve as Suffolk County’s district attorney and the first female district attorney of color in the entire Commonwealth.

In an interview with The Daily Free Press, Rollins said she is “overjoyed” about her primary win.

“Like Ayanna Pressley, we are really kind of smashing through glass ceilings and doors that have not been opened to everyone for quite some time,” Rollins said.

“It’s just an amazing time to be alive.”

One of Rollins’ primary policy initiatives is addressing racial disparities in the criminal justice system, specifically regarding the high incarceration rate of people of color. Rollins said a theme of her campaign was her belief that only violent people should be removed from the community.

She emphasized that her job as district attorney would be to keep Suffolk County safe and get justice for victims of the system.

“I think, in the past, prosecutors and DA offices had one tool in their pocket and in their toolbox, and that tool was jail,” Rollins said. “I’d like us to have multiple tools in the toolbox. Jail is still going to be a tool, but it’s not going to be the only tool.”

Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, executive director of the Law yers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, said he finds it especially noteworthy that Rollins has a list of low-level offenses that she will not prosecute if elected.

By focusing on serious crime and declining to prosecute minor offenses, Espinoza-Madrigal said that tension between law enforcement and communities of color

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The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Sept. 8–12.

Tresspasser at Kenmore Classroom Building A caller reported at 7:49 p.m.

Saturday that a person was harassing passers-by near 565 Commonwealth Ave. and that the person was seen in the same area earlier in the day.

BUPD located the person near the area and removed them from BU property with a trespassing warning.

Suspicious person near 53 Ashford St.

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Rachael Rollins is the first woman of color to be nominated to serve as Suffolk County’s district attorney.

will likely decrease.

“If the district attorney’s office aligns its prosecutorial practices to be less punitive and focusing on less incarceration for really minor offenses, it preserves its resources and can appropriately focus its law enforcement investigations and resources on more serious crimes,” he said.

Madeline Heim, 23, of Allston, said she thinks it would be positive if Rollins became Suffolk County’s district attorney because she does not often see a lot of women in positions of power, specifically women of color. Heim said she thinks Rollins’ policy position of choosing not to prosecute low-level crimes is a good idea.

“I think we need a lot of reform when it comes to incarceration and our prison system,” Heim said. “I think that those crimes tend to target marginalized populations or communities of color and so, something definitely needs to be done so we’re not just incarcerating young black men like we are.”

Rollins said community outreach would be a substantial aspect of her position and that she would hold quarterly meetings to discuss what the office is doing

and what changes are made. At these meetings, she would listen to constituents to hear their concerns and if specific changes are working.

Rollins said she hopes to positively impact lower income communities and communities of color facing high rates of incarceration.

“There are many, many people and communities where you can not go three houses down a street without finding a family who’s impacted by the criminal justice system,” Rollins said. “So, what we have is hopefully people that are asking really tough questions of the candidates of district attorney to know where we stand on things, because the decisions we make can impact people’s lives forever.”

Rollins’ experience being a woman of color would play a key roll in her ability to connect with the diverse community in Suffolk County, Espinoza-Madrigal said.

“The district attorney’s office needs to reflect and be responsive to the needs of the community,” Espinoza-Madrigal said. “This includes communities of color and other traditionally marginalized communities. Having Rachel Rollins as a woman of color lead

this office could play an important role in helping to bridge the distrust and tension that currently exists between communities of color and law enforcement.”

Joey Rees, 23, of Fenway, said he is excited Rollins won the nomination because the country needs people with different backgrounds and ideas in power.

“I think we need more women in power to make these kinds of decisions just to get a different perspective,” Rees said. “I think we have too much of one perspective.”

Rollins said she was honored when former U.S. President Barack Obama gave a “shoutout” to her and Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s district attorney, in a speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Without specifically mentioning names, Obama referred to her in his speech, saying, “Do what they just did in Philadelphia and Boston, and elect state’s attorneys and district attorneys who are looking at issues in a new light …”

“If [the shoutout] doesn’t make you realize you’re doing the right thing and you’re going down the right path,” Rollins said, “then I don’t know what else can.”

Boston housing deemed unaffordable for middle class HOUSING, FROM PAGE 1 The plan also includes a goal of creating 16,000 new beds in undergraduate dormitories by 2030, which will reduce the number of undergraduates in private housing by an estimated 50 percent. Of the 16,000 stated goal, 5,898 units have been permitted thus far.

Ja son Desrosier, ma nager of Community Building a nd Enga gement at the Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation, said students living in private housing have had a significant impact on the city.

“Starting in 1980, some of the issues we saw in the neighborhood had to do with the institu-

tions — BU, BC and Harvard,” Desrosier said. “As those institutions started to expand, it created a shortage of affordable housing.

I think, for a long time [before that], Allston and Brighton were some of the more affordable parts of the city.”

Today the Allston Brighton CDC provides about 505 affordable housing units for lower to moderate income households, Desrosier said. Those who qualify for these units are considered under 80 percent of the median local income. However, there is currently a three to five year waitlist for these affordable units.

Desrosier said the Allston Brighton CDC does some development work, but they mostly

focus on acquisition of local properties to ensure that the units stay at an affordable price.

“You have units in Allston which were two families or triple-deckers, which were the affordable housing model,” Desrosier said. “Now, students and young people are living [there], and landlords can double or triple up [the rent]. It’s keeping families out of [that] housing.”

A nt hony G a rdel l a , of Brighton, said that from personal experience, he knows this issue is being mirrored in the Fenway area.

“I volunteered at the Fenway Community Center for a while, and there was a bunch of pushback on the students,” the 26-year-old

said. “If you talk to community groups and they are so against [it], they want to make sure that students are separate from their [housing options].”

Gardella said he thought the City’s efforts to create more on-campus options would help with this problem.

“I know BU tried to buy out some more property so they could bring more students on campus,” Gardella said. “I think Northeastern did too. It was so expensive to live on campus that I had to move off campus and ended up living off campus for three years. If universities could make it easier to live on campus, I think that would help the city of Boston.”

A caller reported at 1:49 a.m.

Sunday that an unidentified, intoxicated man approached their group while they were walking down Ashford Street and seemed to be following them. A BUPD officer arrived to escort the group to West Campus and found that the man was no longer in the area. The group was safely escorted to West Campus and the area was searched, though the man was not found.

Carbon monoxide leak at Core House BU’s Office of Facilities Management and Planning reported a carbon monoxide leak at 141 Carlton St. at 1:55 a.m. Tuesday. The Boston Fire Department arrived and students were evacuated to 775 Commonwealth Ave. while the source of the leak was identified.

Man running through traffic near Boston Medical Center A man wearing a plaid shirt and carrying shopping bags was reported to be running in and out of traffic near 650 Albany St. at 10:10 p.m.

Tuesday. BUPD responded for assistance but could not find the man.

CITY

Crime Logs

BY HALEY LERNER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Sept 10.

Ice Pick Break-in An officer responded to a report of breaking and entering at a Brighton apartment Monday evening. The victim said the door to the apartment was locked, so the suspect attempted to force the door open with a large ice pick.

Brighton Burglary A suspect entered a Brighton apartment Monday night by breaking the sidelight window next to the front door, reaching into the apartment and unlocking the front door, the victim said. A gold watch worth $100 and a black Under Armour backpack were stolen.

Lyft Assault in Allston A Lyft driver was assaulted early Monday morning after picking up an intoxicated woman who asked to stop at an ATM near her house.

The driver exited the car to stop the passenger from running off.

The passenger then ripped off the victim’s necklace and fled.

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Hard liquor banned in fraternity chapter houses, events

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Several fraternities, including many at Boston University, will no longer be able to keep hard liquor in their chapter houses, according to a decision by the North-American Interfraternity Conference.

FRATERNITY, FROM PAGE 1 as well as spoken with thousands of students about their experiences,” Kirk wrote. “The No. 1 thing that came back in our research and interaction with students is that we must address hard-alcohol.”

Though Kirk did not specifically discuss a connection between

alcohol and hazing, she wrote that hard liquor is involved in many fraternity-related problems.

“It’s a common denominator in many of the issues we see,” Kirk wrote.

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, approximately 1,825 college students between the

ages of 18 and 24 die each year from sustaining alcohol-related injuries. Approximately 696,000 students of the same age range are assaulted each year by students who have been drinking, and 97,000 are sexually assaulted in alcohol-related situations.

Ian Porter, a sophomore in the College of General Studies and a

fraternity member, said he has no issues with NIC’s decision, citing safety reasons.

“Hard alcohol is really a whole other level from beer and wine, stuff like that,” Porter said. “I think [the new ban is] probably out of a place of trying to keep people safe, you know?”

Porter said he also supports laws that prevent hazing, which he believes many organizations use as an excuse to “torture” pledges.

“I think hazing is pretty awful.”

Porter said. “I would say that I think that [NIC’s new regulations] are very good in that sense.”

Bryant Liriano, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences and secretary of BU’s Phi Iota Alpha, said that Phi Iota Alpha members had not heard of the decision previously and were unsure how it would affect their fraternity.

“We’re kind of not informed at all as [to] what it would mean for us,” Liriano said. “… We don’t understand how they would enforce it or how they plan to enforce it.”

Phi Iota Alpha already does not serve alcohol at chapter events, Liriano said. As the organization is city-wide, there is no chapter house. Liriano said most BU members live in the Student Village, making it hard for the chapter house rule to apply to them.

“It really doesn’t affect us to the extent that other fraternities might be affected,” Liriano said, “but we understand why they would want to implement this rule.”

CAS junior Brady Mokrzycki, a member of Alpha Sigma Phi, said he believes most campus fraternities already have precautions against alcohol in their bylaws for safety reasons.

“For a lot of the frats, it’s … kind of responding to a lot of the things in the news about people being unsafe and everything,” Mokrzycki said. “You’re really not supposed to have alcohol at fraternity events in the first place, especially with kids that are under 21, so [the NIC ban on hard liquor] doesn’t really surprise me.”

Mokrzycki said he believes the ban is likely meant to cover the remaining fraternities houses without current alcohol policies.

Liriano said he anticipates issues surrounding the implementation of the ban.

“It’s a decision that I can see where they’re coming from, but my concern is I don’t see how it would be enforced,” Liriano said.

“Because you know people will have their parties, people will have their events, and you can’t have someone monitoring them 24/7.”

Coalition for Students with Disabilities will come to campus

BY JENNA MANTO DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

A new student group is coming to campus: the Boston University Coalition for Students with Disabilities is aiming to start up this semester.

Sarah Hillesheim, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, decided to start the coalition as a way to bring the support she received at home to BU’s campus and to provide a platform to empower students with disabilities. “[The] disability community was a big part of my support system back home, and when I came to BU last year and I was a freshman, I was dealing with a lot of issues that people around me did not seem to be dealing with that were related to being disabled,” Hillesheim said, “and I wanted to create that kind of support network here at BU.” While the coalition will be open to all students, regardless of whether or not they are disabled, Hillesheim said the group will work to include disabled students in leadership positions within the coalition.

“BU CSD’s mission is to provide [a] disability community and promote accessibility on campus while asserting disability as a valuable component of BU’s diversity,” Hillesheim said.

Some of the coalition’s longterm goals include implementing a freshman mentoring program in collaboration with the Office of Disability Services and incorporating issues of disability into mandatory staff sensitivity training.

The group plans to promote representation for students with

disabilities, both by providing panel representation at diversity-related events and by appointing student representatives to express the concerns of students with disabilities from within their colleges.

The coalition also plans to host events such as biannual educational seminars or workshops on subjects like workplace rights for students with disabilities and annual seminars to increase awareness and inclusion of students with disabilities.

CSD will aim to “provide a face for disabled students to connect on campus,” Hillesheim said.

CSD members will meet in the space dedicated to the Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism (CGSA) located in the George Sherman Union. The reason behind meeting in the CGSA, Hillesheim said, is that it’s easier to schedule meetings as there is a set space they can use.

The coalition currently does not have any members but is working on gauging interest from students through an online survey, created by Vice President Kallie Marske, as well to decide a meeting time. “[Marske]’s been really great,” Hillesheim said of the College of Communication senior. “She’s the one who’s been communicating with the CGSA to help find a meeting space, she’s been helping to write the constitution, recruit members, she made the Survey Monkey, etc.,” Hillesheim said.

Director of the Office of Disability Services Lorraine Wolf would “be delighted” to work with the new coalition, as there hasn’t been such a club that she is aware

of in her 22 years at BU. “I think it’s a fantastic idea,” Wolf said. “I welcome hearing from whatever students are organizing this coalition to see how we can advise them, work with them, connect with them.”

In the past, Wolf said, her office has worked with the Deaf Studies Club on campus as well as other groups, such as Hillel, that have asked for guidance on how to make their events more accessible to students with disabilities.

About two-thirds of students with disabilities who attend fouryear institutions do not graduate within eight years, a 2017

Hechinger Report study found.

Researchers attributed this to a lack of “soft skills” education that teaches these students self-advocacy, time management and study skills.

The Office of Disability Services, along with the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, seeks to teach students with disabilities those skills to ensure successful navigation through their college years.

Day-to-day, the Office of Disability Services writes and enforces campus policies based on federal, state and local laws,

provides resources such as sign language interpreters, accessible housing and classroom accommodations for students with disabilities and helps students develop self-advocacy skills such as how to negotiate with a professor.

The Office of Disability Services works with about 1,000 students per semester, Wolf said.

“We serve as a resource to faculty and administration on how to create accessibility on our campus, and from the student perspective, we’re here to make sure that students with disabilities have access to all of the programs and activities on campus,” she said.

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Two Boston University students look to start a coalition for students with disabilities.

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Rush of returning college students causes congestion in city

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The wave of college students settling back into Boston has invariably caused significant delays on the roads.

TRAFFIC, FROM PAGE 1 transportation options more than public transportation.”

Stein also said she thinks students should opt to travel by bike or walking to decrease traffic.

However, since the T and buses stop running late at night, she said she thinks it is important that students have the option to use car services to find a safe way home.

Stacy Thompson, executive director of the LivableStreets Alliance, an organization that advocates for safe and affordable

transportation solutions, said the population of college students coming back to Boston in September significantly impacts the efficiency of transportation.

However, she said that other factors, such as children going back to school and people who commute to work, also contribute to the traffic congestion.

“There is a shift,” Thompson said. “On bridges and certain corridors, there will be an uptick in activity [on] the T, but we would also say, particularly with the student population, you see

many many more people near universities walking and biking to get around, and those modes shouldn’t be forgotten.”

Thompson said a potential solution to the transportation issue would be improving infrastructure by having dedicated bus lanes, signal priority and better places for bus riders to wait.

“People look at traffic and congestion and say, ‘Oh, this is impossible, we have too many people,’ and we would say [that] you can take an unused area for parking and turn it into a bus lane

to move people more quickly,” Thompson said. “When you have those infrastructure changes, you have more space for the T to then send more buses down that corridor.”

Thompson added that it is important for students to speak up about any unsafe road conditions or a desire to better public transportation, specifically on Commonwealth Avenue.

Several Massachusetts residents said they found that the increasing number of college students returning to Boston has affected their ease of transportation.

Ty ra n Ha rriga n, 26, of Brighton, said he thinks there are traffic and transportation jams because people who work in the city have different schedules than students, which causes conf lict.

“It causes a jam only because you have people who work in the city trying to get out, so timing doesn’t work out for that,” Harrigan said. “A lot of time, the students just jam it up, [and] it gets in the way of us doing our daily work. They come in for classes or are late coming in from the bars, so it’s two different schedules that mess up the timing for everybody getting on the bus.”

New rank reflects progress RANKING, FROM PAGE 1

so, in that sense, it pushes us toward metrics that are focused on the student experience.”

Since numerical scales vary by survey, Brown wrote that they are less important. What matters, he wrote, is where BU ranks compared to other private universities like New York University, Tufts University and Boston College.

“Although no single ranking captures all aspects of Boston Universit y,” Brow n w rote, “the rankings are important in aggregate as student, parents, and potential sponsors see the rankings as broad indicators of quality.”

Morrison said ranking is not necessarily the most important aspect of a university. However, it is one of the many publicly available pieces of information looked at by students, families and faculty, she said.

“It’s always better when we go up, and we’ve gone up a couple of spots from 40 to 36,” Morrison said, “and it ref lects the increasing quality of the institution.”

Nina Castano, recent transfer student in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, said she felt the ranking would boost her chances of getting a job.

“I think [the ranking] will definitely help me with employment,” Castano said, “because you hear the school ‘BU’ and people automatically know it’s a prestigious school.”

Castano said she feels lucky to attend a university that is so highly ranked.

“It makes me feel intimidated,” Castano said, “but I feel like I’m really lucky to be in a

school that will give me all the opportunities it can, and I feel like it really gives me an advantage to be here as opposed to at another school.”

Ahmet Akbiyik, a doctoral student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, also said BU’s good ranking could have a favorable impact on his employment.

The awards won by the faculty in his department of study are a good indicator of BU’s achievement, he said.

“I’m really happy about [the new rank], and I hope it keeps improving,” Akbiyik said. “I’m from the political science department, and several instructors and scholars recently won awards at a conference for our field, so it is very visible that BU is a good university.”

Neetu Wadhwani, a senior in the College of Communication, said it means a lot to her that the university she will be graduating from is so highly ranked.

“I’m very proud that we’ve gone up in rank,” Wadhwani said, “and it’s very important to me to know that what is gonna soon be my alma mater is such a widely recognized school.”

Wadhwani said that she believes the high ranking on an outlet like the Wall Street Journal will be reflected in the quality of education and resources available to students.

“Just knowing that the next generation of students coming to BU are going to be able to access [these resources] feels amazing,” Wadhwani said. “And as a soonto-be alumni, just being part of a network that’s ever-growing and ever-improving is a matter of great pride for me.”

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Ma r y Ca stro, 58, of Framingham, said her commute to Boston is especially difficult during rush hour. Castro said that not just students have affected traffic congestion — construction and its resulting detours also contribute to this issue.

“They need better infrastructure, better roads,” Castro said.

“Maybe they need overpasses [or] one-way streets to change the traffic.”

Angela Martinez, 28, of Brighton, said that while the buses and trains were already very crowded during the summer, public transportation has been slower and more crowded since college classes began.

“It has made planning to get to work a little bit more important,” Martinez said.

Martinez said she thinks the MBTA is doing a “great job” with sending a large number of buses. She said she thinks there is not much more they could do to address the transportation congestion caused by college students.

“Maybe the universities can have more shuttles,” Martinez said. “But otherwise, I think the universities and the hospitals, plus regular people and tourists, makes it impossible for the City to plan better.”

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BUSINESS

Students plan to bring awareness to cryptocurrency with new club

BY MARTHA MERROW DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Junior Collin Wendel is making Boston University history as he works to create the first cryptocurrency and blockchain student organization on campus. When Wendel, a student in the Questrom School of Business, arrived on campus this fall, he was surprised to see that there still wasn’t a club dedicated to one of the most popular internet trends.

Cryptocurrencies and blockchains are decentralized digital asset systems, a general term for the many different types of crypto such as bitcoin or litecoin. Wendel first became interested in digitized monetary systems when he read an article last year about blockchain technology.

He said he learned that assets like bitcoin could one day replace all currency, freeing up markets and allowing for more economic equality. Though he admits the idea is far-fetched, Wendel said it inspired him to do his own research. When he went looking for a crypto club to join himself, he found that none existed on campus.

Currently, Wendel is in the early stages of developing the student-run organization dedicated to “research, develop, analyze, and invest in various blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies,” according to a post he made in the BU Class of 2021 Facebook group.

Wendel said his passion for the technology and a hope to meet other like-minded people motivated him

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Questrom junior Collin Wendel (right) and College of Engineering junior Javier Roberts (left) are hoping to start Boston University’s first cryptocurrency and blockchain student organization.

to post about the club to the community of students. His original post has since exploded with nearly 100 comments by BU students, many of whom posted their emails addresses in search of more information.

The possibilities with technologies that students could use to be involved in business and engineering opportunities may explain the crypto craze, Wendel explained.

“BU always prides itself in technological innovation,” Wendel said. “In no means are we behind any schools that have already established organizations.”

Wendel said interest in crypto

development has extended beyond BU. He said he received a Facebook message from an engineering student at Stanford University who was interested in developing a blockchain community with BU. For now, Wendel said he is focused on getting his club off the ground. He plans on holding biweekly meetings for all members, which would be organized by a governing executive board. The club would consist of two branches: one dedicated to research and development and the other to investment.

However, Wendel noted that the BU Student Activities Office

still needs to confirm the club’s existence and offer it a space for members to convene. He is also hoping that BU will fund either one or both of the club’s branches.

While the club’s focus is solid, Wendel’s next steps are to finalize his executive board and send an application to SAO for confirmation. Once confirmed, Wendel plans to focus on educating members who may be unfamiliar with crypto technology.

“The crypto community lacks effective communication and education within the general public,” Wendel said. “A lot of people

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don’t know the technology or the potential it has and how it can shape the future.”

While the crypto club is still in its early stages of organization, Wendel is waiting on an official name and leadership from faculty advisers.

In the meantime, anyone in the BU community can apply for positions in the club on a rolling basis.

Prospective club vice president Javier Roberts, a junior in the College of Engineering, said he is looking for students who are excited about the future of blockchain and want to be a part of a fast-growing technological field. He added that any student, regardless of major, is welcome to apply.

Founding member Harrison Samuels, a junior in Questrom, has high hopes for the club’s future.

“I’d really like to see it become a place where anyone can come and learn about all the interesting potential uses for blockchain,” Samuels said, “while also learning to evaluate which projects in particular have the greatest potential for investment.”

Roberts said the formation of the crypto club is part of a larger technological revolution across the country.

“We want everyone to know that cryptocurrency is not just a get-rich-quick fad that will die out in the next few years,” Roberts said.

“The technology has the potential to decentralize our finances and shake up world markets. Our club hopes to be a part of this revolution.”

Neurophotonics seminar shares new brain imaging technology

BY MINALI PRASAD DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Humans have seen the depths of the ocean, walked on the moon and successfully completed face transplants, as scientists constantly push the boundaries of knowledge.

Yet, one subject of intrigue and mystery persists within the minds making the discoveries.

The brain continues to be one of the most complex parts of the human body, and scientists are still trying to figure out its inner workings.

On Monday, Lin Tian, Ph.D., professor at UC Davis, and Michael Bruchas, Ph.D., professor at Washington University, spoke at the “Watching the Brain in Action: Creating Tools for Functional Analysis of Neural Circuitry” seminar at the Boston University Photonics Center.

The seminar addressed new frontier technology that images the brain from the inside. Alberto Cruz-Martín, Ph.D., professor of biology at BU, organized the talk and invited Tian and Bruchas.

“We already have a weekly seminar [in the biology department] and [have] for many years,” Cruz-Martín said in an interview.

“The seminars are diverse because in biology we have neuroscience, ecology, molecular biology.”

Cruz-Martín said that he

wanted to expand beyond the Boston area for speakers of the seminars, so he collaborated with neuroscientists from BU’s biology and biomedical engineering departments to apply for funding through the National Science Foundation’s Research Traineeship Program.

The program is designed to encourage innovative STEM graduate education training.

Cruz-Martín and the other neuroscientists received a grant and used the funding for activities that would develop the community and environment between neuroscience and photonics.

Some money helped establish the combination of the biology seminars with the photonics seminars. “[We wanted] to train students who are interested in neuroscience to understand more of the new engineering tools that can be applied to neuroscience,” CruzMartín said. “We have been doing this for two years. It has evolved so much from having seminars that would be attended by maybe 30 people, but the seminar [today] had more than 100 people.”

Cruz-Martín said he invited Tian to speak at BU Photonics because she has made great strides in studying the brain. According to Cruz-Martín, Tian created tools

that allow researchers to see the brain from within the living body of a mouse, which then allows the scientists to monitor the inner mechanisms better.

Tian said that her lab at UC Davis has a multidisciplinary approach that includes neuroscience, protein engineering, optics and computational modeling.

Tian presented the findings of her recently published work, “Ultrafast neuronal imaging of dopamine dynamics with designed genetically encoded sensors” at the seminar.

Radhika Dhanak, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said in an interview that she was interested in learning more about the methodology after reading the research abstract. She explained that the genetically encoded sensors could have potential everyday applications. “[That can help] when it comes to anything that’s related to addiction, anything that’s related to anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, everything that has a marker in terms of release of neurotransmitter,” Dhanak said.

Tian explained the brain consists of a very complex network of synapses that sends information between neurons. The brain also includes a mostly invisible set of neuromodulators, another

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Lin Tian speaks at the Biology, Neurophotonics and NRT Seminar at BU Monday.

substance — different than a neurotransmitter — that neurons release to transmit information to other neurons, thus changing their activity.

Scientists were previously unable to measure the release of neuromodulators in animals because they lacked the proper technology.

According to Tian, through the new possibilities with imaging, scientists will be able to understand how behavior such as learning can modify the neural circuitry dynamics.

“I think the application of sensors in model animals really opens new doors to understand the brain mechanisms underlying diseases

[such as depression] and hopefully use those sensors to explore novel therapeutics [and] targeted approaches,” she said.

She explained the sensors cannot be used on humans because they require fluorescence, but they can be used on model animals such as rodents, flies and fish.

Tian said she sees how these new technological discoveries play a crucial role in science.

“We have to really appreciate how much technology development can increase experimental capability, and from there we can make new discovery,” Tian said.

“Without technology development it’s very hard for biology to move forward.”

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COMMUNITY

Marsh Chapel greens dorms, offers succulents to students

BY JULIA MARUCA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

At first glance, the small but lively crowd that gathered in Marsh Plaza Friday morning might have looked like a protest or demonstration. Yet, the students clustered around a small table in front of Marsh Chapel were seeing green.

As part of Boston University’s Weeks of Welcome events series, Marsh Chapel hosted its third “The Greening of the Dorms” and handed out free succulents and clay pots to students. The plants were gone in a rush within 15 minutes of the table opening.

Jessica Chicka, Marsh Chapel’s university chaplain for international students, created the event as a spinoff of a similar plant giveaway the chapel hosts called “Planting in the Spirit” for Earth Day. Because the plants were bought using a limited budget, only about 90 plants were available, according to Chicka.

Marsh Chapel promoted the event on Facebook, and it gained traction quickly. By the morning of the event, the page had attracted nearly 1,000 interested students and faculty. According to the page, only 149 people reported that they attended.

Chicka managed the excited students until the event opened. By 11 a.m., a sizable crowd of students had circled around her while she explained what the plants needed in order to thrive — water once a week and access to sunlight.

Anais Han, who attended the event and is a junior in Sargent College, remarked that she felt the frenzy.

“[I’m] kind of nervous — it feels like I’m Black Friday shopping,” Han said.

Han was one of the students who walked away with a plant, but Chicka said she regretted that not everyone received one.

“I wanted to be able to offer this for free,” Chicka said. “I didn’t want to have to charge people for it, but it is also a cost issue. I know not everyone who wanted one got one. This event gets more and more popular every time we do it. We definitely plan to do more environmental events next semester.”

The box of plants almost didn’t make it to the table due to a shipping confusion with United Parcel Service, according to Chicka.

Fortunately, she was able to retrieve them just in time from a UPS Store.

Chicka wasn’t managing the table alone. Helen Houghton, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences and an office assistant at Marsh Chapel, helped her set up the plants and deal with the crowd.

“This is one of my favorite events to run,” Houghton said.

“Plus, I just love succulents. They’re so cute.”

The table offered clay pots to plant in, as well as paint and paintbrushes for students to decorate with if they wished. In past years, the event had provided seeds and soil for students to plant.

“I just got an apartment, and I need to decorate it with succulents, but succulents can be kind of expensive,” said Katrina Codilla, a senior in Sargent. “My friends told me about the event, and that’s why I came.”

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Marsh Chapel gave out free succulents to Boston University students as part of the school’s Weeks of Welcome series Friday.

Chicka is committed to environmentalism herself and cites it as an important part of her philosophy.

“My personal theological perspective is really grounded in feeling connected to God through the natural world,” Chicka said.

“Whenever I preach, I try to put some sort of environmental message in whatever I’m saying because that’s my forte and interest.”

Marsh Chapel has been working on improving its sustainable efforts over the past year. According to Chicka, all the offices downstairs are green-certified as of last year, and they are working toward a program to compost food from the kitchen.

Chicka said she feels that giving students the opportunity to take care of something living can positively affect their experience.

“Healthwise, it helps to purify the air, and even though it’s not an animal that can cuddle with you or anything, I think it’s good for students to have a living thing that it’s their responsibility to take care of,” Chicka said. “It can make a living space feel less like a dorm and more like something that’s your own.”

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In previous years, Marsh Chapel gave out soil and seeds for students to plant.

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Students were given paint and paint brushes to personalize their pots.

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COMMUNITY African Union ambassador discusses future of continent’s politics

BY SAMANTHA DRYSDALE DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In a small room inside an ivy-covered brownstone, a woman’s voice echoed off marble floors.

She wore a bright magenta suit that stood out among a cluster of navy and black. Arikana ChihomboriQuao had the floor.

The doctor and African Union Ambassador to the United States was invited to Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies as part of the Policy Leaders Forum speaker series.

Students, faculty and members of the general public were all welcome to attend a dinner hosted by the school and hear ChihomboriQuao speak about the AU’s ideas for future policy in the continent.

BU professors of African Studies, the dean of Pardee, students and a local shop owner originally from Senegal were all in attendance.

During the talk, Chihombori-Quao discussed the Berlin Conference of 1884–85 and its lasting effects that contributed to many current issues in Africa.

At the Berlin Conference, leaders of European countries that were powerful at the time divided the continent into the nations that are still there today.

“Those boundaries are not ours, and they must go,” the ambassador said during the talk.

Chihombori-Quao said that Africa is the wealthiest continent in terms of natural resources. She

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Arikana Chihombori-Quao, African Union Ambassador to the United States, speaks at BU’s Pardee School.

recounted growing up in Zimbabwe and watching methane gas bubbling from the ground. According to National Geographic, as of 2008, Africa produced 55 percent of the world’s diamonds and 22 percent of the world’s gold.

The ambassador said during the talk that she looks forward to the future relationship between the African Union and the United States once borders are dissolved and Africa can economically engage with the world. However, Chihombori-Quao said that there is a lot of work to be done before Africa can integrate, due to cultural differences and the pride of different nations.

“We are so predictable in our inability to get along,” ChihomboriQuao said.

Kate Luongo, an associate professor of history at Northeastern University, focuses her studies on Africa. She said she attended the event at Pardee because she had met the ambassador twice before and was eager to hear more of her views.

Luongo listed the cultural differences in Africa as a major contributing factor to her desire to study the continent.

“I was attracted to the incredible diversity of the African continent,” Luongo said in an interview, “and also the central

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place of Africa in world history, which often goes understudied and underrecognized.”

Chihombori-Quao said her experience as a doctor shaped how she approaches policymaking and her ability to make quick decisions. She was originally a doctor in Tennessee for 25 years before taking on her role in the African Union.

“I don’t open the door, I blast the door,” Chihombori-Quao said.

Eric Schmidt, assistant director of African Studies at BU, said that after spending a day with the ambassador, one moment stood out — after the BU faculty apologized for hosting her talk on such a hot

day, she described the grueling conditions she faced as a doctor.

“She said, ‘Oh, it’s no problem.

You know, as a doctor I would be doing surgery on call for three days in a row,’” Schmidt said in an interview. “That was really impressive and not something you expect to carry over for a politician. It’s one of those things you don’t think about when you are considering choosing a doctor to be an ambassador.”

As a native-born African who has lived in the United States for many years, Chihombori-Quao said as part of her vision for the continent’s future, she wants to make the process easier for Africans who have left the continent to return to their own or their ancestors’ place of origin.

Joyce Hope Scott, a clinical professor of African American Studies at BU, said in an interview that through this event and another she attended with Chihombori-Quao, she has learned a lot about the AU’s goals.

“I’ve grown closer to understanding her agenda and have great respect for what she is trying to do,” she said.

Luongo expressed excitement about Africa’s future and said she was grateful for events such as the Policy Leader Forum because they inform more people about Africa’s cultures.

“More and more people are beginning to learn about the dynamism of the African continent,” Luongo said. “They are more interested about what is going on, apart from just pessimistic images from the media.”

Inaugural Boston Night Market showcases local restaurants

BY SIMONE MIGLIORI DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Ryan Kwan dreamt of rows of food lined up in a market in the heart of Boston, similar to that of street vendor markets in Asia. For six years, he carried this vision with his friends.

On Saturday night in City Hall Plaza, their vision came to fruition as foodies from all walks of Boston slurped steaming bowls of ramen and waited in line for marinara-soaked pizza cones and fried oysters. Under rows of string lights, Lord Hobo Brewing Co.’s beer garden bustled with cornhole players while nearby couples posed for photos by glowing trees.

The inaugural year of the Boston Night Market, organized

by Ho-Sik Group LLC, of which Kwan is a co-founder, had finally become a reality.

“Last year, we all got together and we decided to finally do it,” Kwan said. “We really tried to make this event ref lective of Boston. Boston’s a very diverse city, [so] we had more than just Asian food at the event.”

Kwan said he and his all AsianAmerican team at Ho-Sik Group used their experiences traveling to authentic Asian night markets to create the template for their own event in Boston. According to Kwan, their goal was to create

a “bustling nighttime atmosphere with a lot of different things you can do.”

Asian-inspired night markets are not a new idea. Kwan explained that people have successfully incorporated the concept on the West Coast and Canada.

Darren Ng uyen, a Muji employee who staffed the Japanese retail company’s tent, said that the Night Market reminded him of some of the Asian-inspired markets that have recently sprung up in California.

At the tent, Nguyen and his colleagues unwrapped and sliced up samples of baumkuchen cakes, a popular dessert in Japan.

Nguyen said that at their store on Newbury Street, Muji stocks lots of f lavors of the spongy cakes, including baked apple, sweet potato and banana. Samples disappeared fast, as some patrons doubled back to try every flavor.

“It’s a really cool experience for me to be here,” Nguyen said.

“I’m mostly excited to let people know more about Muji because I feel like people didn’t know about it.”

Eating quesadillas, dumplings and fried scallops on a stick, attendees swarmed the Boston Night Market and snapped Instagram shots of their plates.

They scarfed down cold beet salad

from Honeygrow, greasy rice-bun burgers from the Rice Burg food truck and thick-skinned chicken dumplings from Tom’s BaoBao. Ryan Perkins, the Pokéworks district manager for Boston and Providence, passed out sample-size cups of fresh ahi tuna and shiso salmon poke at the restaurant’s tent.

Pokéworks, a franchise which Perkins said is looking to expand into Boston proper in the next six months, saw the Night Market as an opportunity to get people excited about their food. The menu features classic poke bowls, as well as poke salads and poke burritos.

“We kind of took this as a way to get some exposure,” Perkins said of the invite to the Night Market. “We like the food that we do and the guest service we bring.”

Apparently, so did the Night Market attendees.

Dorchester resident Nicole Mitchell, 34, waited toward the back of a 50-person line for a peach-f lavored bubble tea. She said she heard about the event on Facebook and dragged a friend along with her. Mitchell described the market as “interesting” and a great opportunity to try new and different foods.

Mitchell’s foodie partner-

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The first-ever Boston Night Market took place Saturday in City Hall Plaza featuring food from around the globe.

in-crime, David Williams, 35, of Roxbury, had good things to say about the Japanese fried chicken and dumplings he tried.

“I’m in food service, so I know food,” Williams said. “[This is] really, really good food.”

One possible downside, however, Williams said, was the admissions price, which drew close to $70 for V.I.P. passes that included drink and game vouchers.

“To basically spend 70 bucks

just to get in here, that was the only fault that I would say,” Williams said. “[But there was] good food, nice mixture of different types of food, nice space [and] good lines.”

Kwan said that the feedback they had received on Ho-Sik Group’s flagship event was “really great.”

“We definitely already have ideas about what we want to do next year and what we want to do going forward,” he said.

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EDITORIAL BU should do more to embrace gender-inclusive bathrooms Anti-transgender activists inciting public to change the law and legalize assault. Even if fear with outlandish stories of transgender transgender people were notorious criminals people attacking children in bathrooms and — which this study has proven they are not — laws protecting their freedom wouldn’t make threatening public safety may be silenced by a it easier than it already is for crime to occur. new study finding no relation between transBoston University is planning to install gender bathroom access and crimes occurring gender-inclusive bathrooms in the George in bathrooms.

Sherman Union this October, something that Researchers at the UCLA School of the Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism Law studied bathroom crime reports in Massachusetts cities and found no difference between cities with transgender bathroom access and those without.

The fact that this study is the first of its kind is, from the start, a big part of the problem. When “transgender people are dangerous” is the battle cry of activists opposing progressive public restrooms, why hasn’t the correlation been tested before? Why have these people been allowed to operate on assumptions alone?

A question on Massachusetts’ Nov. 6 election ballot will give voters the option to repeal the law banning discrimination against transgender people in bathrooms. Those looking to uphold the law respecting transgender people’s right to use the bathroom corresponding with their gender identity are advocating against fear-mongering Those who claim the law barring discrimination against transgender people expo- has been lobbying for since 2012. Single-stall, nentially increases crime are abusing an easy gender-inclusive bathrooms are sprinkled finger-pointing tactic. Persecuted people are sparsely around campus already, but this is the not the ones instigating violence — they have first time the bathrooms will be found in a big, more to lose than anybody from garnering neg- public area. ative public attention.

BU is taking steps in the right direction Anybody who wants to go into a bathroom with building two bathrooms that will provide and attack a woman or child currently can. comfort and accessibility to a greater majority of It’s not as though the government is posting students. However, the university should not be security guards outside bathrooms. Actual applauded for addressing concerns that a student criminals aren’t waiting for the government group has been lobbying for for 6 years, and fur-

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thermore, addressing them to the barest extent.

It’s easy for cisgender students to look at gender-inclusive bathrooms opening in the GSU and applaud the school for taking a miniscule step forward. If you’re an administrator and have always been able to use a bathroom that aligns with your gender identity, you can toss two new bathrooms at an entire population of BU students and pat yourself on the

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back for a job well done. But if you’re one of those transgender students and there’s only a few bathrooms on campus you truly feel comfortable using, what are you going to do? Make the trek to the GSU or Law Auditorium every time you have to pee?

CGSA Public Relations Coordinator Ethan Liu said the GSU bathrooms are the beginning of a push from the BU administration to install inclusive bathrooms across campus. But until the administration releases a schedule and map

for when and where this will occur, we can’t believe this will really happen.

It’s nice to believe that our administration is acting in the best interest of its students, but we must wonder why it took this long for them to take action. If this is simply a move to pacify the CGSA, how can we trust they won’t become stagnant?

It’s entirely unacceptable that the administration has dragged its feet for so long. On the issue of gender-neutral housing as well, BU approved the housing option in fall 2013 after years of dilly-dallying. Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore was quoted in BU Today saying, “This is about empowering students to make choices about how they live and giving them a greater measure of control over their college experience.”

However, the BU Student Government advocated for years for gender-neutral housing options, only for the administration to swing back and forth, prioritizing other issues such as providing housing options to transfer students.

There are a multitude of services that should have been put in place long ago at a university that prides itself on being ahead of the times and providing a climate supportive to all students. The administration cannot pretend it truly cares about empowering students rather than pacifying them enough to silence their voices.

This study from UCLA affirms the fact that there is no justification for BU to hesitate on transgender bathrooms. The only student group whose well-being is at risk is the population of transgender and gender non-conforming students who deserve the fundamental right of access to a safe bathroom. This fundamental human right should be prioritized above any discriminatory beliefs students hold.

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COLUMNS WAKE ME UP BOSTON:

Remember the impact of 9/11

BY SARAH FINKEL COLUMNIST

On Sept. 11, 2001, the world came face to face with a catastrophe that would turn it upside down forever. There would be no going back. The United States was stripped of an innocence it didn’t even know it had — the luxury of a mostly terrorist-free existence where people could board a flight in a matter of minutes and go about their workdays in offices in central Manhattan without a singular thought of it being their last day on this earth. Terrorism as a whole introduced itself on a worldwide scale after this monumental day, shaking everyone with the constant threat of the loss of more innocent lives on any ordinary day.

Tuesday marked the anniversary of this atrocious tragedy that continues to plague the loved ones of the 2,977 people killed as a result of the four U.S. commercial airplanes destined to obliterate what most represented Western pursuits of freedom. Not only were the families left behind affected, but so was the weeping nation that once prided itself in American glory — 343 New York City firefighters and 60 total police officers sacrificed their lives. Those who perished ranged from ages two to 85 years old. Unknowing passengers of the hijacked planes lost their lives in the blink of an eye, never knowing why.

Whenever an atrocious massacre occurs, we turn to the phrase “never forget.” But what does this truly mean? 17 years ago, our country was united by the horrors of 9/11, eliciting a unique kind of patriotism that wasn’t nearly as tangible as it is now. Once a year, we grieve as a nation, commemorating the tremendous impact this event left lingering behind and honoring those who were brave enough to risk their lives, as well as the thousands stolen. Although this leads me to think: why can’t we be united outside of tragedy?

It seems to me that devastation is needed to

bring people together, far more frequently than happiness, and the only explanation I can come up with to understand this pattern is the human condition. We are internally wired this way. Tragedy leaves a much more lasting imprint than celebration.

“Never forget” those who were robbed of living to their full potential, the sadness that has eternally changed those remaining and how we can protect ourselves by doing better and knowing better to prevent a massacre like this from ever repeating itself again. Similarly, the words “never forget” are engraved into the identity of those with Jewish heritage, after the massacre of 6 million of us — the Holocaust — bound together the Jewish people like never before. The State of Israel, the coveted homeland providing a safe haven for a people who never knew a true home, might not have existed if the overwhelming sense of Jewish nationalism wasn’t so strong after the Holocaust. In this sense, the words “never forget” have transformed into the means of everyday existence for the Jewish people, shaping a cohesive modern identity. Never again in history will the Jews be victims of hate and persecution.

9/11 surely enforced the stabilization of U.S. security to an extreme, forcing us to prioritize safety before anything else on a daily basis, but it upsets me that often we come together as a people to commemorate such tragedies only on their anniversaries. I wish there was a way we could unite as a community every day, every week or even every month or so. We should at least just take some time daily — a few minutes even — to think and remember. With the ending of the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah, the celebration of the Jewish New Year, the next holiday to follow in conjunction is Yom Kippur, the day of atonement. Once a year, Jews unite in a 24-hourlong fast to repent their sins from the past year and start fresh, in order to be written in the Book of Life for the upcoming year. It is another example of a yearly ceremony reminding us to be more aware and setting us on the path of improvement, yet it is a strange concept to sustain remembrance and a sense of awareness on days that are not Yom Kippur.

While the tremendous efforts we take to pay tribute to 9/11 on its yearly anniversary are incredible and worth acknowledging, I still believe it is important to maintain its memory in our thoughts more often than once a year. After all, the people directly affected by 9/11 are reminded each and every day.

MISS LEADING:

Not your mother’s Miss America

BY NAMU SAMPATH COLUMNIST

Times have changed. If you haven’t noticed, 2018 is indeed the year of the woman. Women from everywhere — every background, ethnicity, shape and age — have come forward to talk about issues that have been, in the past, simply swept under the rug. This year’s Miss America pageant was no different.

The newest Miss America competition, or “Miss America 2.0,” as it was renamed, was dedicated to empowering women. If you watched it, you would have noticed the changes: the women wore sashes sans the “Miss,” there was no swimsuit section (due to inherent sexism in this country and in light of the #MeToo movement), the women were called “candidates” interviewing for the job of Miss America rather than “contestants” and as the show’s introduction stated, this competition is much more “diverse and inclusive.”

The candidates this year were also much more diverse than years past because of their backgrounds: one was a neuroscience graduate from Harvard, and others talked openly about growing up with incarcerated parents and campus sexual assault.

One of the candidates, Emily Sioma, aka Miss Michigan, stood out to me particularly because of the power and tone in her voice when she introduced herself and her home state. She said, “From the state with 84 percent of the U.S. fresh water but none for its residents to drink, I am Miss Michigan, Emily Sioma.” Many people have the privilege and power to talk about certain issues and even create change, but don’t have the awareness to speak up. Others don’t have the voice to talk about issues that plague a group of people, much less the platform.

However, I believe that when you’re blessed with both the knowledge to speak

about certain issues as well as the platform, you have to say something. To have someone like Sioma, a graduate from the University of Michigan, speak up for the residents of Flint, Michigan, after four years since the start of the water crisis, is increasingly important and also a testament to what our nation’s president should be doing in his position.

This is not the first time Sioma has stood up for something that is both important and that personally affects her. While in college, Sioma was sexually assaulted, and her cap at graduation said “I survived,” not just to say that she had survived college, but also that she had survived campus sexual assault.

Many people claim that Sioma is an “edgy” Miss Michigan, but with Gretchen Carlson’s — former Miss America of 1989 and new chair — rebranding and creation of the “Miss America 2.0 Competition,” Sioma fits right into the mold of the new and improved embodiment of the pageant.

Unlike past years, the women this year were empowered and encouraged to display other parts of themselves beyond their physical appearances, such as political causes they back or what they majored in in college.

This new version of the competition proves that change is already starting to reform.

For that reason alone, I would say that this new version of the Miss America competition is unlike anything ever seen before.

After the pageant, people took to social media, especially Twitter, to talk about how powerful a position like Sioma’s is — her being dedicated to fighting for issues that actually mean something in today’s political environment, especially taking those stances in front of the nation. Some went on to say that Sioma was using her privilege as a white woman to talk about issues and how other people should take notes on what it means to accurately, yet powerfully, tell the story of underprivileged and overlooked people.

While Sioma wasn’t the winner of the competition, she used her 8-second introduction wisely to talk about something other than herself. This year’s Miss America competition was much more progressive and female-positive than years past, and I hope that for years to come, people realize that women are not just things to be objectified, but humans with very valuable, important and empowering messages. It’s about time for change, and while I’m glad that 2018 has already brought so much, I’m excited to see if more change can be implemented so that crises like Flint can be resolved.

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“It’s really encouraging that without exception, we have put ourselves in good positions to score goals and win games.” ­ Women’s soccer coach Nancy Feldman — looking forward to conference play. p.11

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Thursday, September 13, 2018

“Having six [goals] so far on the season is massive. We couldn’t ask for more from him.”

­— Men’s soccer coach Neil Roberts on junior forward Matt McDonnell. p.11

Patriot League play starts Saturday for field hockey

BY LILY BETTS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

It has been a season of sweeps for Boston University field hockey.

In their opening matches during the Wildcat Classic, the Terriers (4-2) put up eight goals over two games ending in two wins.

The following week saw two losses against nationally ranked teams. Next, BU earned sweeping victories in Illinois, including an overtime win against No. 9 Northwestern University.

Now, the Terriers are traveling south to face off against its first Patriot League rival of the season Saturday — American University.

BU head coach Sally Starr said she anticipates facing a strong team in the Eagles (3-3).

“Against American, I except a strong, well-coached team,” Starr said. “They’ve played some strong offensive games this season … and it’ll be a good hockey game.”

The Eagles have won by three goals in two of their wins, while their third win came during a double-overtime match against Virginia Commonwealth University.

Underclassmen have come up big for American with sophomore forward Carlotta Borcherding leading the team in goals with four.

Close behind Borcherding is freshman midfielder Georgia

Davies, who has seven points with three goals and one assist.

The team has tapped in only one goalkeeper this season, senior Maura Jacobs.

Through her six starts, Jacobs has allowed an average of 2.09 goals against and made 42 saves.

Jacobs was awarded the Eagles’ first Patriot League acknowledgment for the season this week after putting up two, nine-save performances against Harvard University and the University of Delaware.

Despite Jacobs’ efforts, American lost both games during the Terrapin Invitational, including a 5-2 decision against Harvard (3-1).

Delaware (3-3) snatched and held onto the advantage from early in the game, scoring its lone goal of the match off a rebound after the first penalty corner of the game.

The Terriers can expect strong goaltending out of their Sunday matchup against Pennsylvania State University, who have shut out the opposing team in each of its wins.

“They have a lot of good players on that team who have shown they can produce,” Starr said.

“We’re going to have to take care of our defensive third.”

The Lions (3-2) put up its most dominant win Sept. 7 against Kent State University, a home

game where Penn State netted eight goals without a mark against them.

Senior midfielder Aurelia Meijer picked up six points during the game and played her part in aiding four of the Lions’ goals.

Meijer’s 13 shots on-goal are also more than double all but one of her teammate’s attempts.

Penn State’s second largest offensive contribution comes from freshman back Anna Simon, who has a total of six points on the season.

The native of Hanau, Germany, was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the week of Sept.

2 after scoring twice with penalty corners during the Lions’ win against Temple University.

It was the second nod for Penn State from its conference after senior back Cori Conley was given the title B1G Defensive player of the week after assisting the Lions in keeping the University of Virginia team scoreless in Penn State’s 1-0 season opener.

The Lions’ defense has been backed by senior goalkeeper Jenny Rizzo, who started all five games of the Penn State season so far.

She has allowed a total of six goals in 2018 and has kept a .786 save percentage.

Four of Rizzo’s allowed goals came against Duke University, the team’s most recent match.

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Sophomore Ailsa Connolly leads the team in points with 12.

Duke (4-2) handed the Lions their first regular-time loss of the season after a battle in neutral territory.

Simon scored the opening point of the game, but the Blue Devils went on to score four unanswered goals before the clock ran out.

BU will start the road trip on a two-game winning streak after defeating Miami University and Northwestern University last weekend.

The Terriers have won every

game they played away from home this season.

While the team currently has a winning record, Starr said they continue to work on tightening their play.

“We’ve been working on our defense … we have to stop letting these kind of easy goals,” Starr said. “Offensively, we’ve also been working on our crosses, making sure we connect on our passes.

These teams are going to play some good hockey, and we need to be consistent against them.”

Living in Fantasy: Who will and won’t bounce back in Week 2 carry the rock early and very often.

After just seven carries, I expect him to reach 16–20 touches as he will likely be the whole offense. The Chargers will indeed stack the box, but I expect the volume to lead to a touchdown and a RB2 fantasy day.

Prediction: 15 carries/65 yards/1 TD - 3 catches/15 yards

Kittle and Pierre Garcon to materialize into big plays and a pleasant stat line for Jimmy G. Prediction: 270 yards/2 TDs/1 INT

WON’T BOUNCE BACK Chris Hogan

While I still think the former Penn State lacrosse star and current Jimmy Garoppolo New England Patriots wide receiver

BY TYLER ORINGER Ah, Jimmy G. — everyone’s favor- will have a very productive year, COLUMNIST ite former backup quarterback.

Week 2 will not be the start of his After a highly anticipated Week upward trend. Hogan was stif led WILL BOUNCE BACK 1 start, Garoppolo suffered his for just one catch and 11 yards on LeSean McCoy The Buffalo Bills are bad. In fact, first career loss as a starter to an five targets. Hogan acted more as they may possess the worst offense elite Minnesota defense. The San a decoy as Phillip Dorsett and Rob in all of football. The combination Francisco 49er wasn’t sharp at all, Gronkowski dominated the receivof Nathan Peterman, who had a QBR completing just 15 of 33 passes for ing game. Tom Brady will have no of 0.9 last week, and Josh Allen, who 261 yards, one touchdown and three problem finding Hogan this year, just clearly is not ready for NFL games, interceptions. Unfortunately, Jimmy not in Week 2 against Jalen Ramsey, are all coach Sean McDermott has missed some wide-open throws to A.J. Bouye and the rest of the elite to lead his offense behind center. promising tight end George Kittle, Jacksonville Jaguars’ secondary.

Thankfully for McDermott, he who also dropped a potential 80-yard Again, I love Hogan this year, does have the immensely talented touchdown pass. but even a bench spot this week LeSean McCoy as a reliable option.

Luckily for San Francisco, the wouldn’t be outlandish.

Unfortunately for the Bills and their team takes on Detroit in Week 2, who Prediction: 4 catches/45 loyal Mafia, they were blown out looked just horrendous in every facet yards/0 TDs 47-3 last week by a should-be average of defense. Though the New York Baltimore Ravens offense. Now with Jets’ Sam Darnold’s first play of the Matt Ryan Allen at the helm, Buffalo needs to game was a pick-six against the Lions, Again, another player who I like completely lean on McCoy for the he settled down and proceeded to this year, but not in Week 2. Ryan near future. exploit them up and down the field. looked off in the Atlanta Falcons’ Week T houg h 49er w ide receiver 1 match against a stout Philadelphia While the team’s Week 2 opponent in the Los Angeles Chargers Marquise Goodwin is still ques- Eagles’ defense, missing easy throws contained Kareem Hunt to just 3.1 tionable for the Week 2 tilt against and looking jittery in the pocket when yards per carry, expect Shady to Detroit, look for those throws to the pressure came. Julio Jones was in

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After a loss to the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has a chance to improve going into next week’s game.

peak form, but an injury to Devonta Freeman really hampered the offense.

Luckily for the former Boston College Eagle, Freeman should be back for their Week 2 tilt against the Carolina Panthers. Unluckily, however, the Panthers feature a talented defense led by Luke Kuechly that will again have Ryan in fits.

Similar to Hogan, Ryan is going to have a really good season despite a very shaky opening performance.

But stay away and browse the waiver wire for streamers if you currently find yourself with Matty Ice in your starting spot.

Prediction: 245 yards/2 TD/2 INT

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Women’s soccer faces West Virginia in final non-conference game

BY RISHABH KRISHAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston University Terriers will go on the road to take on the West Virginia Mountaineers Thursday.

In the last game of non-conference play, the Terriers (1-6-1) are looking to generate some momentum.

After suffering a close loss to Boston College Sept. 6, BU rebounded slightly by forcing a tie against Dartmouth College Sunday.

Despite the blank scoreboard, BU head coach Nancy Feldman said she saw improvement in the Terriers’ play through the second half.

“They were organized and strong in all positions,” Feldman said. “The first half, we didn’t pressure them enough — the speed and tempo of our pace was not great in the first half.

In the second half though, we limited them better and increased our speed to get better looks at goal.”

The team earned eight corner kicks and amassed 16 shots. This offensive push was matched with defensive play that resulted in only five fouls.

When BU takes the field during Thursday’s matchup against West Virginia University, there will be offensive power on both sides of the field.

Just t wo weeks a go, the Mountaineers (2-2-3) outshot their opponent 32 to 6, 10 of which were on-goal.

Despite the high shot production, the match ended in a 0-0 tie.

BU has averaged 12.5 shots per game, maintaining a narrow margin

over its opponents’12.4. points on the season from assists.

Feldman said she is hopeful that Senior midfielder Grace Cutler is the team will be more successful at the only West Virginia player with scoring goals. both a goal and an assist.

Thus far, the Terriers have been Last season, Cutler recorded four shut out in four games, including three points on one goal and two assists. losses and a draw.

Seven players have broken dou“We have to finish the job and put ble-digit shot attempts, led by senior these goals in,” Feldman said. “That’s forward Nadya Gill.

Mountaineer goalkeeper Rylee what matters at the end of the day.”

Foster has allowed a goals-against averWest Virginia played its first multiage of less than one in seven starts and goal game Aug. 30 in a 3-0 victory over has maintained a .739 save percentage.

Xavier University.

Through her last two seasons at The team’s only game that was West Virginia, Foster held opposing neither a tie nor a shutout occured in teams to 20 shutouts, bringing her its most recent match against Clemson goals-against average down to 0.55.

University.

After facing the Mountaineers, West Virginia has gone into three draws so far this season, all during BU will travel to Washington D.C. to play its first Patriot League team late August. of the season, American University.

Along with a focus on finish, The Eagles (5-1-2), who will also Feldman emphasized the importance be playing their first Patriot League of the team having endurance. match, currently lead in the Patriot “We want to imprint our style and League standings. impose our will on the other team for After winning three straight the full 90 minutes,” Feldman said. games at the end of August, American “We have to get better at finishing dropped its first loss of the season bouncing balls.”

Sept.

1 after a double-overtime match In 2017, the Mountaineers made against the Virginia Military Institute. their 18th-straight NCAA tournament Led offensively by senior forward championship after posting a record Yari Bradfield, the Eagles average 16.8 of 16-4-3. shots per game and 1.5 goals per game.

West Virginia has since lost some of The Terriers will face freshman its top players, including 2017 co-Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Amandine midfielder Emily Smith for the first Pierre-Louis and four-year top scorer time, who is second on the team in assists with three.

Michaela Abam.

Sophomore goalkeeper Ryleigh All seven of the Mountaineer’s Brown has started the majority of the goals have come from different players, Eagles’ games and has made 28 saves with an additional five players having

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Tri-captain Libby Closson will help lead the women’s soccer team against West Virginia.

so far in the season.

After making six saves for her third shutout of the season in a game that ended in a tie against Monmouth University, Brown was named the GEICO Student-Athlete of the Week.

After reflecting on the team’s non-conference play performance,

Feldman said she is optimistic.

“It’s really encouraging that without exception, we have put ourselves in good positions to score goals and win games,” Feldman said. “We’re continuing to get better every single day. It’s helping us realize our potential for the season.”

Notebook: Many leaves of men’s soccer in full display

BY GRANT DOWLING DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston University Men’s Soccer team earned its first win of the season Friday with a 3-2 result against the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2-2-2).

In the Terriers’ (1-2-2) most recent row, they came back from a 2-0 deficit against Dartmouth College to end with a score of 2-2 after double overtime.

Now five games into the season, BU is on its way through an Ivy League-filled road series.

Ivy, Ivy, Ivy Including the match against Dartmouth (0-3-1), the Terriers are facing three Ivy League teams as their last chance to tune up before the team begins Patriot League-play Sept. 22.

The first of these games was played in Hanover, New Hampshire, last Tuesday, where BU and the Big Green faced off for the first time since 2016, when then-senior forward Felix De Bona slotted a curling shot into the top left corner in the 92nd minute to clinch the overtime victory.

During Tuesday’s game, the Terriers dropped to 2-0 soon after halftime before forcing two more goals, forcing the game into a 2-2 double-overtime ending.

BU head coach Neil Roberts said the matchup against Dartmouth, the 2017 Ivy League champions, gives the team some confidence.

“It lets us know we can come back,” Roberts said. “Having that second goal go in against us the way it did and being able to respond to

attempts, the latter of which is tied for third-most in the Patriot League.

“Having six [goals] so far in the season is massive,” Roberts said.

“We couldn’t ask for more from him.”

During this week, McDonnell earned national recognitions and was named a Patriot League Player of the Week for the second time this season.

After scoring the first goal of the Dartmouth game, McDonnell exited the game with what Roberts characTwo posts, eight yards apart The Big Green faced down terized as a minor injury. He stated senior goalkeeper Mike Bernardi in that he did not believe McDonnell his first start since the team’s Aug. would miss much playing time.

24 loss against the University of Barkoff, the Terrier Rhode Island.

Three BU players earned nods Bernardi, who transferred to BU from St. John’s University in time from the Patriot League this week.

The second player was senior for the 2017 season, shut out the back Josh Barkoff, earning the first other team in more than half of his 13 starts last year.

Sophomore goalkeeper William Bonnelyche has made one more start than Bernardi and has a goalsagainst average of 2.17 with a .533 save percentage.

As a freshman, Bonnelyche claimed his first career shutout against Harvard (1-3) and made a season-high four saves against Princeton (1-3).

that is good for the team.”

The team will face off against Princeton University Saturday and will only have to make a short ride into Allston to face off against Harvard University the following Wednesday.

While the Terriers only have one home win this season, they have yet to lose a game on the road.

McDonnell leading the way The junior has been a bright spot for BU during the start to the season.

With another season under his belt, Matt McDonnell has scored six goals this season, which is good enough to currently lead the Patriot League. His contributions account for 75 percent of the Terriers’ goal production.

McDonnell also leads the team with eight shots on goal and 17 shot

accolade of his playing career.

Boston College, while his third was Barkoff has started in all five shared with Barkoff’s UMass assist. games this season and assisted on a As a freshman, Knutsson started goal against UMass (2-2-2). in 17 games, assisted on a teamThe native of East Brunswick, high five goals and was once named New Jersey, played in 17 games his Patriot League Rookie of the Week junior year after not appearing in — a title freshman midfielder Kari play during his freshman and soph- Petursson can now add to his resume. omore years.

It was Petursson who secured the game-winning goal in BU’s first Iceland picking up the pieces win of the season while a curved Two natives of Gardabaer, corner kick set McDonnell up Iceland, have made a significant for the Terriers’ first goal against impact on the Terriers’ offense.

Dartmouth.

S ophomore m id f ielder “[Petursson]’s coming off an Toti Knutsson has produced a injury during the summer, so he’s not team-leading three assists, all on up to full speed yet,” Roberts said.

McDonnell goals.

“He got in a lot of running [during Knutsson’s first two assists the game against Dartmouth] and came on the first and third of has made some good plays, so we’ll McDonnell’s hat-trick goals against see how he develops.”

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Senior Josh Barkoff was one of three Boston University Terriers to be recognized by the Patriot League this week.

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