9-27-2018

MAYORS ON MINORITIES, 2

CITY SAFETY SLAMMED, 2

BACK-BREAKING BAG, 7

FROM CLUB TO D1, 11

Mayors reported immigrants and transgender people face more discrimination.

A letter from BHA called Boston an unsafe city to raise children.

Students weigh backpacks inside Sargent to learn about dangers of overpacking.

Women’s soccer earned the 300th win of its 24-year history.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY

YEAR XLVI. VOLUME XCIV. ISSUE IV

BU Greek life advocates hazing prevention Students

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A student at the George Sherman Union signs a pledge to prevent and report hazing incidents on campus. The pledge is a part of National Hazing Prevention Week.

BY DANE PERSKY DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

National Hazing Prevention Week has prompted members of Boston University Greek life to return to their tables at the George Sherman Union Link — only this time, the purpose is not to recruit members, but to raise awareness about hazing on college campuses.

An initiative of nonprofit HazingPrevention.org, National Hazing Prevention Week, which takes place Sept. 24–28, aims to educate students about the dangers of hazing and create a positive impact across universities.

Cameron Diep and Maddie

Stephenson, sophomores in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Fine Arts, respectively, manned a GSU table Monday for their sorority Kappa Delta with a banner displaying the National Hazing Prevention Week cause. “[The week] helps encourage people to join and helps make sure that they know there’s nothing scary about rushing,” Diep said.

Stephenson said she was nervous about hazing before she rushed Kappa Delta, but discussing the topic openly with her chapter made her feel more comfortable about joining.

“Once everyone made it very, very clear that that’s not what we’re

about, it was a lot easier to participate,” Stephenson said.

Dennis Karpovitch, a sophomore in the Questrom School of Business and member of business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi, said he thinks that while most people don’t know the details of hazing in fraternities and sororities, they know it occurs.

“I do believe there are a lot of social groups out there that haze without schools being absolutely aware,” Karpovitch said. “And that’s because most traditions are supposed to be secret and not told to anybody else. I think there’s a consensus among college students that this kind of stuff does go on in Greek life.”

Karpovitch said he thinks National Hazing Prevention Week’s timing, when students are rushing fraternities, is optimal.

National Hazing Prevention Week officially takes place during the last full week of September, according to the HazingPrevention. org website, but universities are encouraged to work to prevent hazing every day.

“The ultimate goal is to prevent hazing,” the HazingPrevention.org website states. “Strong education efforts, diligent policy development and reinforcement, and comprehensive planning and ongoing community efforts can do just that.”

The Student Activities Office has developed a yearlong strategy in addressing the prevention of hazing, said John Battaglino Jr., assistant dean of students and SAO director.

“Any effort to get people to recognize the consequences and challenges associated with hazing, I applaud, [but] one week isn’t the focal point,” Battaglino said. “We want all of our organizations to be able to come together and forge relationships with their members, but do it in a way that is respectful, in a way that certainly doesn’t cross the line into hazing.”

Each year, SAO hosts hazing education seminars, anti-hazing training sessions and one-to-one mentorships, Battaglino said. These opportunities aren’t reserved for fraternities and sororities, but are available to members of all clubs and organizations on campus, he said.

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adjust to life at Fenway Campus

BY KYLIE TOMASIAK DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Nearly a month into the fall semester, students are now settling into Boston University’s newly christened Fenway Campus.

Transfer students and former Wheelock College students now attending BU as part of the Wheelock-BU merger make up most of the population residing in these dormitories, BU spokesperson Colin Riley wrote in an email. Still, all BU students are welcome to move into the residence halls in Fenway.

Of the 207 former Wheelock students in BU housing, 91 live on the Fenway Campus, Riley wrote, including 10 students who are currently attending Simmons University. Other residents include transfer students and students in the Metropolitan College and the Center for English Language and Orientation Programs.

The Simmons students remain as part of an agreement between Simmons and BU, Riley said in an interview. As BU does not offer an undergraduate social work program, former Wheelock students within the major will finish their course load at Simmons.

Meghan Robbins, a former Wheelock student living on the Fenway Campus who is now a senior at Simmons, said the shift has been CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

Alumni Center reopens Activists prepare city for climate change

BY CAITLYN LEONARD DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston University’s Dahod Family Alumni Center, formerly known as the BU Castle, celebrated its reopening during Alumni Weekend after a 15-month-long renovation.

The historic building at 225 Bay State Road, now featuring a faculty dining room and a renovated pub, was on display this past weekend as alumni gathered on campus.

Associate Vice President for Operations Walt Meissner said some major renovations include cleaning the building’s front façade, replacing the roof and gutters, extending Fuller’s BU Pub and installing an enlarged commercial kitchen, and improving and reshaping office and conference areas from the first to third floors.

New heating and ventilation systems were installed as well, Meissner said. The alumni center is also now Americans with Disabilities Act-accessible, due to a cut-through to the Alan and Sherry Leventhal Center, the admissions

building next door.

Originally built for Boston businessman William Lindsey in 1915, the alumni center is a Tudor-revival mansion, according to the BU Events and Conferences website.

Although the project was ultimately ready for its scheduled grand opening during Alumni Weekend, Meissner said, renovations ran a little behind schedule.

“We wanted to … have a dry run for a couple [of] weeks before Alumni Weekend,” Meissner said.

“But … that didn’t work out quite the way we wanted it to because we got behind on a few unforeseen circumstances in the building early on in the project in the structure, down in the basement and the renovation of the kitchen. And there were some other minor delays that caused this to be a couple of weeks late.”

The alumni center hosted various events over the weekend, including reunions in Fuller’s BU Pub Friday, a taste-testing session, “Tastes of BU,” Saturday and a CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

BY NATALIE PATRICK DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

As global climate changes cause sea levels to rise and temperatures to waver, local environmental activists have recognized a need to prepare Boston citizens and City leaders for the environmental extremes they expect the Northeast to face in the coming years.

Communities Responding to

Extreme Weather, an organization that prepares communities to manage extreme climate events, declared Sept. 24–30 Climate Preparedness Week in Boston to educate residents about climate change and the actions they should take to protect the city.

Several agencies and organizations around Boston, such as the Boston Public Library and the New England Aquarium, are holding

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The Boston Public Health Commission hosted an emergency preparedness presentation Wednesday afternoon at the Saint Cecilia House.

educational events for residents of all ages during the week. CREW Executive Director Craig Altemose said the goal of Climate Preparedness Week is to supply citizens with the necessary information and tools to face extreme weather.

Altemose also said he hopes the events will spark excitement for environmental awareness in local parks and inspire residents to examine how they can do their part to prevent the unnecessary environmental change.

“This is a long-term process to prepare society for weather and impacts that we have not really seen,” Altemose said. “The amount of extreme heat we are going to experience in Boston is on a pretty high trajectory, as is the flooding and the precipitation, plus sea-level rise. I think people both need to be aware that this is happening and also why this is happening.”

Altemose said he wants to ensure that citizens are capable of adapting to the changes in the environment that are already beginning to happen.

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Boston Housing letter ridicules BPS, crime in city

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BY CONOR KELLEY

A recent letter from the Boston Housing Authority urged residents of Boston to move out of the city for a better life. The unauthorized letter was sent out as part of an announcement for BHA’s Expanding Choice in Housing Opportunities (ECHO), a program that provides affordable housing to low-income and working families.

The letter has since been removed, but according to The Boston Herald, the letter seemed to suggest residents should escape Boston’s public school system and crime rates by relocating to raise their families.

“You may be eligible for ECHO if you: would like to move to a community in Greater Boston with good schools and low crime,” the letter said, according to the Herald.

T he B oston Hou si n g Authority is currently reviewing the incident and deciding how to respond, BHA Chief of Staff Lydia Agro wrote in an email. “ T he B oston Housi ng Authority is undertaking a complete and thorough review of the recent release of the letter regarding the ECHO program,” Argo wrote. “This will include a review of whether or not personnel action and/or discipline is warranted.”

Additionally, the BHA will be reviewing its communication policies to prevent future events of unauthorized communication, Argo explained.

According to a statement from the BHA, the program is voluntary and aims to provide fair housing opportunities to families who choose to live outside of Boston.

“Under the Fair Housing Act our voucher-holders should be able to live in any part of Massachusetts they choose and the mission of the ECHO program is to provide them with all the information and technical

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The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Sept. 20–24.

Medical call at Warren Towers Residence Life at 700 Commonwealth Ave. reported a party with a possible head injury at 4:23 p.m. Monday. An ambulance was notified and transported the party to St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center upon arrival.

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Boston Mayor Martin Walsh speaks at a conference in 2016. Walsh and others fired back against a letter from the Boston Housing Authority demeaning the city’s school system.

assistance they will need to make their own decisions,” the statement read.

The BHA wrote in the statement that this program was created to respond to evidence that voucher-holding families who try to lease homes outside of Boston often run into difficulty due to discrimination, cost and lack of access to information about available housing units.

“The BHA is also taking steps to insure that our voucher-holders receive Fair Housing training, so they will know their rights and protections under the Fair Housing Act,” the statement read, “and what steps to take if they encounter any discriminatory behavior.”

Kenmore resident Dallas Jeter, 26, said he believes crime is handled somewhat well in Boston but thinks there is only so much officers can do.

“I work in Roxbury, and that area’s pretty rough,” Jeter said.

“I don’t think there’s much they can do about it, because the area’s pretty bad in general.”

Shea Cronin, professor of criminal justice at Boston University, said schools in Boston are typically safer than the neighborhoods around them.

She explained that, in some lower income neighborhoods of the city, kids can be exposed to or become involved in crime when they are not in school.

“Most of the violence that kids experience in a city like Boston would take place outside of the school,” Cronin said. “The school itself is actually a relatively safe place, even in neighborhoods that have pretty high rates of violence. The school is a safer place relative to the trip to school or the trip home from school or hanging out in the neighborhood after school.”

Having gone through the public school system himself, Sean Walsh, 19, of Brighton, said while he does not think the schools are good, he also does not think crime is playing a factor in education.

“I don’t feel like there really is an abundance of crime.

Obviously there is crime, but I

don’t feel like it’s mishandled,” he said. “I’ve never gone to school distracted by a crime or anything like that.”

Contrarily, Benjamin Baker, 27, said in his experience working with police departments, he sees the city’s crime rate affect the education of Boston youth.

“I work with not Boston Police Department but some area police departments with my job, and they’re pretty responsive with most [crimes],” the Brighton resident said. “I mean, crimes happen, kids are witness to it. At my job, I see it every day.”

Kenmore Properties real estate agent and resident of the Kenmore area Grant Klein said he is a product of the Boston Public Schools and has full faith in the system. “[My school] was phenomenal,” Klein said. “I believe it was one of the top public schools in the nation. It produced me.”

The Boston Public Schools declined to comment.

Conor Kelley and Sydney Brown contributed to the reporting of this story.

Climate Preparedness Week kicks off in Boston CLIMATE, FROM PAGE 1 society is able to manage these coming changes with as minimal suffering as possible,” Altemose said. “But, we are really hoping to help engage those folks who are among the most vulnerable to the impacts to make sure that they are aware of what’s happening, able to take leadership over those preparations and be connected to the resources that they need.”

Although the entire Boston area will bare the impact of new weather extremes, Altemose said that those who have been marginalized by society, such as individuals with disabilities or those who do not speak English as their first language, will feel the strongest impacts of climate change.

Informing disadva ntaged citizens is a priority of Climate Preparedness Week, he explained,

so that those individuals can know in advance how to protect themselves.

“Climate Preparedness Week is really trying to encourage the City and residents of the city — and beyond — to really look at, not so much infrastructure, but the people,” Altemose said. “‘What are the vulnerabilities among the population, and how do we address those?’”

A major impact of environmental changes is on public transit, which is often unable to run during extreme weather events.

Many residents, including Tonya Jackson, of Roxbury, depend heavily on the city’s transit system.

“I use it every day,” the 23-year-old said. “If it all went down, I could manage.”

However, not all residents feel as prepared as Jackson. Farnaz

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Sharif, 33, of Newton, only recently moved to Massachusetts from South Korea. She said that she also uses public transportation on a daily basis. However, when asked if she had another way of getting around, her answer was “no.”

This, Altemose said, is why CREW is trying to reach those who are most vulnerable without public transportation during Climate Preparedness Week.

“When you take someone who is working paycheck to paycheck, and there’s a big winter blizzard that comes and the T doesn’t work, then you just don’t get paid for a couple of days,” Altemos said, “and that can have real implications for people.”

In addition to educational events, CREW is offering several recreational events, such as

the Discover Moakley event in Moakley Park Saturday, which will include activities that promote community wellness and a nighttime showing of “The Goonies,” according to the CREW website.

Lauren Zingarelli, director of communications and community engagement in Boston’s Department of Environment, said she recommends residents attend the Discover Moakley event for the engaging climate resilience design installation and other fun activities.

“That’s something that we really want to draw people’s attention to and get them to interact with Moakley Park and see the potential for how we can make it more resilient to the future of flooding,” Zingarelli said, “which it’s subject to, due to climate change.”

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A front desk security guard at 610 Beacon St. reported at 3:12 a.m.

Thursday that someone had stolen a co-worker’s wallet from their vehicle. Officers reported one male suspect fled by foot toward Beacon Street while another fled on a bicycle. Neither suspect was located in the immediate or surrounding areas.

Intoxicated student at Rich Hall A caller reported at 2:30 a.m.

Saturday that a male BU affiliate on the 13th floor of 277 Babcock St. was extremely intoxicated and vomiting without end. An ambulance was contacted and transported the affiliate.

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Crime Logs

BY DAVID LI DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs Sept. 24.

Earbuds, math book and sock larceny A victim reported receiving confirmation that three packages were delivered to their home, but two packages were missing.

One package was found emptied Monday. The packages contained 100 earbuds, a “good night” math book and 18 pairs of children’s socks respectively.

Apartment burglary in Allston An apartment was broken into through a side window Monday night, the victim reported. A Microsoft Surface Pro 3 with a detachable keyboard and a black and silver case, valued at $1,170, were stolen.

Sudden death in victim’s home A police officer investigated the death of a victim at the victim’s own residence on Sept. 21. The victim was found non-viable and was pronounced dead at 1:44 p.m. The body has been taken into custody by the Massachusetts Medical Examiner’s office.

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Renovations completed at Dahod Family Alumni Center, BU Pub

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The Dahod Family Alumni Center, formerly known as the BU Castle, reopened last weekend after undergoing renovations.

ALUMNI, FROM PAGE 1 brunch with live jazz music Sunday, according to the 2018 Alumni Weekend website.

Nearly 1,000 alumni registered for alumni center events during Alumni Weekend, Steve Hall, vice president for alumni

relations, wrote in an email.

“Alumni, some of whom had not been on campus in years, were thrilled!” Hall wrote, “… It

is very meaningful to them that the University has recognized the importance of alumni with this physical presence on campus.”

As the 2018 Alumni Weekend came to a close, Hall wrote that in the future, he hopes to see the alumni center serving various roles in the community. “… We hope it becomes the “portal” through which alumni who have not been engaged will re-enter their relationship with BU,” Hall wrote, “It’s a place for them to meet other alumni, faculty or students; to attend events; or to just drop by and find out how to get involved.”

As a “home” for BU alumni, Hall wrote that the alumni center will be “a visual statement to students that they are only beginning a lifelong relationship with BU.” “We hope they’ll drop by Fuller’s BU Pub for dinner or a beer before attending a hockey game or a performance at the Booth Theatre,” Hall wrote. “We hope they’ll meet a faculty member or a client for lunch in the new faculty dining room on the first floor.”

BU spokesperson Colin Riley said Fuller’s BU Pub in the alumni center has long been a “welcom-

ing” meeting place for faculty and staff members, as well as students.

“The pub has a long history, and it’s something sort of an unsung venue on campus for students who are 21,” Riley said, “and of course, that’s probably a good portion of our seniors.”

The alumni center is one of many projects implemented to improve the campus during BU President Robert Brown’s tenure, Riley said.

“It is the latest wonderful project that the University has underta ken under President Brown’s leadership that has continued to contribute to the transformation and improvement of the facilities around campus,” Riley said.

Not only is the area attracting alumni, Riley said, but the children of those alumni going to the admissions center next door. “[Alumni are] able to remember whether they enjoyed any events there, or went to the pub, [as they are] going to take an admissions tour with a daughter or son who might be a prospective student,” Riley said. “We’ve seen a lot of offspring of a lot of alumni apply and continue that legacy.

It’s terrific.”

Fenway Campus poses issues FENWAY, FROM PAGE 1 frustrating for her.

“I’m like a split student,” said Robbins, “I don’t have classes [at Boston University], but I live here.”

BU students living at the Fenway Campus now live nearly a mile from their classes at BU’s Charles River Campus.

Elizabeth Klayman, a sophomore transfer student in the College of Fine Arts, said she maintains a sense of school spirit, even at a distance.

“I do feel like I’m a part of BU,” Klayman said. “Just because so many people want to be over here … I just walk up to Target and see so many people wearing BU sweatshirts.”

However, travel poses a problem, Klayman said.

Mark Tony, a sophomore transfer student in the the College of Engineering, said he mostly walks to his classes, as the shuttle to the Charles River Campus takes 15 minutes, with an additional walk afterward.

“I’ve used the bus twice,” Tony said. “It doesn’t save any time. … I mean walking when the weather is nice isn’t terrible … but now it’s getting cold.”

While Wheelock College’s small size made getting to class easy, transportation is now more difficult for students requiring disability accommodations, said Alyssa

Sachs, a former Wheelock student and junior in the new Wheelock College of Education and Human Development.

“Wheelock was a really small school,” Sachs said, “so students within that population chose it thinking they could access classes easily.”

The BU Shuttle does help, Sachs said, although she said she has heard it is unreliable.

The merger has created a new financial burden for former Wheelock students integrating into BU residential life as well, students said.

Kadeem Apply, a former Wheelock senior now in WED, said that while BU had said that the school would honor previous tuition rates and aid packages, students’ tuition has still increased.

“It was not what they intended to be,” Apply said. “They tried to do a lot of adjustments with the grants and everything, but we never really got them. And either way, you came out with more [to pay] than expected.”

The administration remains optimistic about the merger, Riley said, and is satisfied with its ability to accomodate students.

“We’re very pleased that we’re able to offer these educational opportunities, and … fully merge the Wheelock students into the univer-

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The dining hall at Boston University’s Fenway Campus.

sity programs,” Riley said.

The merger has taken a toll on former Wheelock students, Darcy Dubois, special assistant to the dean of students and former residence life director at Wheelock, wrote in an email.

“This merger has not been easy on many of us- physically or men-

tally,” Dubois wrote. “It has been a very long and emotionally draining experience for the entire Wheelock community, but most importantly, the students. It was a long year of sadness, anxiety, and questions with many unknown answers.”

The merger was a “very personal journey,” Dubois wrote.

“… Everyone is transitioning at their own pace,” Dubois wrote. “We were all very lucky to have the leadership that we did … from both communities to ensure that this was a merger that put the students in the center of their decision-making.”

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U.S. mayors say minority groups at disadvantage, survey finds

BY MIA CATHELL DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

A report published by the National League of Cities and the Boston University Initiative on Cities found that U.S. mayors believe immigrants, transgender individuals, African-Americans and Muslims are the most discriminated groups in their cities.

Mayors from 115 highly-populated U.S. cities were interviewed for the study about how civic leadership plays a role in combating race-based discrimination.

While the study covered broad mayoral perspectives from around the country, Katharine Lusk, founding executive director of the IoC and advisory board member of the BU City Planning and Urban Affairs Program, said Boston officials are taking initiative to create a more accepting atmosphere for residents.

The publication highlighted a 2016 town hall forum, hosted by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, which marked the first dialogue between the City and community stakeholders. The discussion promoted open communication “to close racial gaps in the region and to also create new mechanisms for the city that confronts its past,” Lusk said.

Overall, Lusk said, the City intends to create a more equitable environment and start prioritizing upgrades to public works and transportation throughout Boston.

The report also states that 68 percent of mayors indicated job access was better for white people in their cities. Abdirahman Yusuf, executive director and co-founder of the Somali Development Center, said his social services agency provides job training for Somalis and other African groups in Boston.

From language barriers to traditional views of women in the work-

field, Yusuf said African immigrants are faced with a variety of cultural adjustments upon moving to the United States.

“There’s always this fear of what people don’t know, whether it’s the employer side or the immigrant side,” he said.

Carmen Reddick, 24, of South Boston, said, as someone who has faced discrimination, she believes this is a present issue in Boston.

“You’re not taken seriously with what you are offering, and they would rather take someone else that’s more of a majority rather than a minority,” Reddick said.

Massachusetts Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Director of Communications Marion Davis said her organization provides legal assistance for naturalization to the Boston population of 28 percent immigrants so they can obtain work and advance economically.

“I think the administration in Boston actually works very hard to make sure that immigrants are treated well and have every opportunity to integrate into our economy and into cultural life and social circles,” Davis said.

Rather, Davis explained, the issue lies in structural segregation within neighborhoods like Back Bay and East Boston that do not often intermix. People often think “you should assimilate, [but] we use the word integration … and we think of integration as a two-way process,” Davis said.

When immigrants seek employment, they must be proficient in English and have received their certification in the United States, she explained. Therefore, regardless of their education and native profession, immigrants are placed at the “bottom of the socioeconomic scale,” which Davis said is a form of discrimination that is “built into the system.”

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Mayors across the country identified sources of discrimination and discrepancies they see within their cities and nationwide.

Many transgender individuals also face discrimination when it comes to obtaining jobs with accepting workplace environments — the study found that 63 percent of mayors believe transgender discrimination occurs across the nation as a whole, compared to 23 percent who reported a lot of transgender discrimination in their city alone.

Mason Dunn, executive director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, said his advocacy organization targets local, statewide and federal activism.

Dunn explained that his organization’s efforts have led some local businesses to install all-gender or gender-neutral restrooms.

Through education and collective action, the MTPC promotes the protection of the 2016 Massachusetts transgender anti-discrimination law, he said.

When asked about quality of primary and secondary education, over half the mayors surveyed — 56 percent — said they thought education quality was superior for white residents, compared to residents of color, the report showed. Some of the disparities they mentioned were teacher quality, building maintenance and classroom resources.

Tyra Sidberry, 68, of Dorchester, said she insists on the improvement of vocational schools in lower income neighborhoods like Roxbury and Dorchester because they need more funding. “[Public education] touches everything,” Sidberry said. “If we can figure out the schools, a lot of it will take care of itself.”

Access to transportation and other aspects of urban infrastructure were also key areas of interest for the mayors who were surveyed.

Eighty-seven percent of mayors said they thought access to mass transit was equal for their white residents and residents of color.

The report also noted that public transit access in some neighborhoods “may be inequitable,” with some neighborhoods having better access to new train cars, while others only have access to the less-reliable city buses.

Edward Byrne, 69, of Brighton, said he appreciated the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line extension, which allows residents of Somerville, Cambridge and Medford easier access to Boston.

However, Byrne said he was upset with the lack of monetary funding in the MBTA. “They call it a rapid transit system, but there is nothing rapid about it,” Byrne said. “It gets you from A to B in any given time, but it will get you there eventually.”

BU students talk hazing HAZING, FROM PAGE 1

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An anti-hazing pledge is signed by students at Boston University’s George Sherman Union.

organizations are associated with hazing,” Battaglino said. “It doesn’t necessarily just reside with the Greek communities, but with all of our clubs and organizations.”

CFA sophomore Brittany Ficaro echoed Battaglino’s sentiment.

Standing at a GSU table Monday for her sorority Delta Delta Delta, she said that anyone can benefit from learning about the dangers of hazing.

“I think people need to be more aware of how to prevent [hazing] and know what’s appropriate and what’s not appropriate in other clubs as well, not just Greek life,” she said.

In order to further spread awareness about hazing prevention, Ficaro explained that Delta Delta Delta has its members complete an online

training course, similar to BU’s required alcohol education course AlcoholEdu, called “Not Anymore,” which covers hazing and sexual harassment, among other topics.

Emily Rose Chen, a Questrom senior and president of BU’s Multicultural Greek Council, said that her sorority, Alpha Kappa Delta Phi, regularly hosts workshops on the subject of hazing.

“We have a national process which is approved by our national board and the school,” Chen said.

“It’s a 100 percent haze-free process in which our new members become sisters. I think Boston University has taken great measures to raise awareness about hazing prevention.

We have a lot of workshops that all the Greek councils participate in to raise awareness about hazing.”

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Bay State Banner newspaper exhibit shows 50 years of black history

BY ANGEL KIM DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

It was a quiet Sunday afternoon among the stacks of Boston University’s Mugar Memorial Library, with the exception of the bustling Howard Gotlieb Memorial Gallery on the first floor. Within the center, visitors socialized, snacked and viewed 50 years of history for the black community in Boston through photos taken by newspaper the Bay State Banner.

The reception was held for the opening of a new exhibit hosted by the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, titled “BOSTON REVISITED: Fifty Years of the Bay State Banner.”

The Bay State Banner is an independent, African-Americanowned news weekly that focuses on topics and issues that impact New England’s local black and Englishspeaking Latino community. It was founded in 1965 by Melvin B. Miller, who continues to work for the publication as its editor and publisher.

The exhibition features a collection of photographs from the Bay State Banner’s archives in Gotlieb’s Richards-Frost Room, which were introduced by a lineup of speakers ending with Miller.

Christopher Gately, Gotlieb’s Research and Public Information Administrator, worked alongside interns Cecily Donovan and Cadence Seeger to curate the exhibition. According to Gately, the Bay State Banner’s photo archives con-

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“BOSTON REVISITED: Fifty Years of the Bay State Banner,” a new exhibition at Boston University’s Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, opened Sunday.

tained “about 36 boxes of Bay State material” consisting of “60 plus thousand photographs.”

“I [curate] about 30 exhibitions a year but have never really done an exhibit focused on photographs before,” Gately said. “This is more visual-based than paper-based.”

The exhibition is separated into different sections for news, politics, editorials, arts, sports, education and business. Each section contains dozens of photos featuring individuals ranging from athletes and politicians known across the country to people known and loved among their communities.

At the reception, visitors pointed

out family members and childhood friends spotted in the photos, which have been digitized for use as a future resource for the Bay State Banner as well as interested researchers, according to Gately.

In addition to the photos on display, the event also celebrated the publication of an essay collection published in July titled “Boston’s Banner Years: 1965–2015: A Saga of Black Success,” which was edited and written by Miller in collaboration with a team of writers who have worked for the Bay State Banner.

At the opening reception, Miller lectured about his work over the years, and after, made time to sell and

sign copies of his book.

In a 2016 interview with the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Miller said that though publishing the Bay State Banner was not his life’s passion, he did so because he saw a need for a black newspaper in Boston during the civil rights movement.

“I think that without the Banner, the city of Boston would have been in very severe racial difficulty,” Miller said in the interview.

In an interview with The Daily Free Press, Miller said that he saw the need to portray Boston’s black residents from a different perspective than some other media outlets.

COMMUNITY

“The major media does not always cover the progressive aspects of the black community,” Miller said.

“The press likes to focus on conflict, dispute, hostilities, but there’s more than that.”

Event speakers and attendees alike said they thanked Miller and the Bay State Banner throughout the reception for the paper’s contributions to the Boston black community.

Alum Alice Gray, ‘68 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, attended the exhibition’s opening while visiting BU’s campus for Alumni Weekend, which occurred throughout last weekend.

As a person of color, Gray said she turned to the Bay State Banner for coverage that was specific to her community.

“In the ‘50s, the Bay State Banner was a source of news you don’t get in the Globe,” she said.

Gray recalls that she “used to go to stores in the South End after church” to purchase copies.

As a Brookline native and current resident, Gray, like other reception attendees, said she recognized people in the photos. The reception brought many members of her community together and gave her the opportunity to reconnect with them.

“I know a lot of people in the photographs,” Gray said. “A lot of people I haven’t kept in touch with. But now, we can. In terms of personalities, people haven’t changed.”

The exhibition is open through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Alumni weekend celebrates diversity, reunites black graduates

BY ERIN TSANG DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston University welcomed back alumni last weekend to remember the past, celebrate the present and plan for the future. The Celebration of Black Alumni during Alumni Weekend invited diverse alumni to reconnect with old friends and learn about new developments on campus since their undergraduate years.

Recipients of the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award were among the crowd of graduates, including Bill Brooks (Questrom School of Business ’86), Binoy Singh (College of Engineering ’89), Marylou Sudders (College of Arts and Sciences ’76 and School of Social Work ’78) and the recipient of the 2018 Young Alumni Award Erika Ebbel Angle (School of Medicine ’12).

Karen Holmes Ward (College of Communication ‘77), chair of the Black Alumni Leadership Council, spoke highly of the recipients and said they represented the wide range of students and alumni.

“The panelists … exemplify such a great cross-section of the wealth of what Boston University has to offer, in terms for diversity, ethnic diversity, racial diversity, gender diversity,” Holmes said in an interview. “And they are all such high achievers, and they all credit something here at BU that gave them a spark to continue to strive and achieve.”

Brooks, a former wide receiver

for BU’s football team, played for the Indianapolis Colts after leaving the team at the university. He said he contributed to non-profit programs Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Boys and Girls Clubs of America and the YMCA. He said networking was a large part of his successes.

“Take time to make connections with the people around you,” Brooks told The Daily Free Press. “These are the people who will support and push you to achieve your goals.”

Singh works as associate chief of cardiovascular medicine at Northwell Health - Lenox Hill Hospital and sits on the College of Engineering Dean’s Leadership Advisory Board. He founded the Imagineering Lab and said that his love for his work helped motivate him to do this.

“Trust the process, love to learn, live to learn and be passionate about what you do,” Singh said.

Sudders oversaw a $21 billion state budget and worked for Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Health and Human Services on Medicaid to help 1.9 million low-income or disabled Massachusetts residents.

Angle is the founder of two companies, Science from Scientists and Ixcela, Inc., and said she committed herself to help young students foster their love for learning.

“Feedback is the most powerful tool,” Angle said in an interview.

“It’s the willingness to listen with

Alumni gather for a reception Friday night, hosted by the Boston University Young Alumni of Color.

the knowledge that it’s not judgment, you have to take feedback as a way to improve and internalize that which you are willing to internalize and change which you are willing to change.”

During the panel, the alumni discussed societal engagement.

Singh said that solving community problems requires the involvement of everybody, and Brooks emphasized the important role individual empowerment plays when encouraging community involvement.

Attendees were given tours highlighting new developments, such as the brand new Rajen Kilachand

Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering and the expansion of the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground. The Alumni Association also held “Tastes of BU,” a chance for alumni attendees to sample foods made by chefs and BU graduates.

The final day of alumni weekend started with a brunch at the Dahod Family Alumni Center. Alumni and guest preacher Rev. Lawrence Carter led the attendees through an interdenominational worship.

Stacey Rowland (CAS ‘86), a former BU track team member, attended the event and said she went

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to see her past peers.

“Bill Brooks is an old friend, and we are here to support him,” Rowland said, “and also catch up to see people we haven’t in a while.”

Sitting next to her was Scott Baker (QST ‘85), who was also a former BU athlete and friend of Bill Brooks.

Baker said he appreciated returning to the diverse community on campus. “[At] BU, there are only so many minorities here, especially when we were there, so we kind of knew one another, stayed together,” Baker said.

“It’s really nice to see where people have gone to from all those years ago and how everyone’s doing.”

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BUSINESS

BU Young Alumni of Color hosts lightning talks at BUild Lab

BY VICTORIA BOND DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Former Boston University students overtook campus this weekend for the annual Alumni Weekend, and a small group of alumni and students alike gathered into the BUild Lab Saturday to explore ways to connect the two groups while focusing on diversity.

“Diverse Voices of Innovation: Lightning Talks from Millennial Terriers” was hosted by Innovate@ BU and BU Young Alumni of Color, which provides a diverse network of alumni that exchanges ideas and supports current students. The weekend included many celebrations, including a 50th reunion for BU’s class of ‘68 and a celebration of black alumni.

Farrah Belizaire, who graduated from Sargent College in 2011 and from Metropolitan College in 2013, helped organize the event.

“Our main vision and goal is providing an opportunity for our recent graduates that represent our black and brown communities to connect, engage and stay informed as far as new developments happening at the university,” Belizaire said in an interview.

Ahmed Ahmed, who graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences in 2010, prefaced the lightning talks with an message on the importance of innovation and exchange of ideas among alumni and students.

“When we’re talking about innovation, we’re talking about change,” Ahmed said. “We’re talking about ideas that take root, ideas that move forward. That doesn’t just happen with a room of people who have the same experiences.”

The diverse lineup of speakers included alumni and students from different backgrounds, graduation years and colleges within BU. Speakers discussed a range of topics from interior design in education to “The Medici Effect.”

Shiv Bhadola, who graduated from CAS in 2014 and is currently a medical student at the University of Massachusetts, was invited to speak on the impact of implicit bias in medicine. Bhadola described the reality of bias affecting physicians’ treatment of certain patients.

“Unfortunately, there is implicit bias in medicine,” Bhadola said.

“Both black and Hispanic patients, when they are in the [emergency department], receive less pain medications than white patients do.”

Bhadola said that his time at BU influenced his decision to apply to medical school after participating in undergraduate opportunities in medicine.

“When I was a student at BU, I was involved in all these different groups and interacted with so many different people,” Bhadola said.

“That helped me realize that those are the people I want to serve in the future through medicine.”

At the lab, tables with alumni also represented the business field and new innovations from BU or the Boston area, including an eyewear company. Another table promoted a recent documentary about the

impact of community mentors on young men involved in gang activity.

Representatives for Charcoal Magazine, a Boston publication focusing on showcasing young people of color and their art, were also in attendance.

Adia Turner, a senior in CAS, co-founded Charcoal and is currently the magazine’s executive editor.

“We have been working with the BUild Lab for a long time now, and they have been one of the biggest supporters of Charcoal,” Turner said. “They asked us to be here, and it’s actually great for networking and getting people to know about [Charcoal].”

Some attendees had not been on campus for more than two decades, while others live within earshot of the BUild Lab. Jenna Kluger, who graduated from CAS in 2015, lives in Cambridge and works for EverTrue, an online platform that aids in fundraising campaigns. Kluger said she is a part of the BU Young Alumni Council, which is a newly formed group within the BU alumni community focused on finding better ways to engage young alumni.

BU Young Alumni Council hosted its first meeting this weekend on campus, according to Kluger.

Kluger said she was excited to be back on campus and was drawn to the lightning talks because they seemed like a good opportunity to learn. She added she has recently been opening up to the world of entrepreneurship and innovation, so the knowledge shared at the talk was invaluable.

The lightning talks helped spruce up the annual weekend and hone in on Kluger’s interests, she said.

“I think what I’m excited about is to change the status quo and rethink how we do Alumni Weekend,” Kluger said, “and this is an awesome place to start.”

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Sonya Chang (COM ‘19) speaks at “Diverse Voices of Innovation: Lightning Talks from Millennial Terriers.”

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Rudy Hypolite (COM ‘83) speaks at “Diverse Voices of Innovation: Lightning Talks from Millennial Terriers.”

Samantha Smikle (COM ‘07) speaks at “Diverse Voices of Innovation: Lightning Talks from Millennial Terriers.”

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FEATURES 7

SCIENCE

MGH talk addresses marijuana dependency, youth substance abuse

BY AMELIA MURRAY-COOPER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration dedicates the month of September to National Recovery Month for those who suffer from addiction. Massachusetts General Hospital joined in to recognize recovery month, and on Monday, hosted a talk about the impact of marijuana on developing brains.

Speakers at “Engaging Youth in Treatment of Legalized Marijuana” offered advice on how to appropriately initiate family discussions if a loved one is struggling and provide treatment options for youths.

The hospital hosted a series of educational events to bring awareness to support services throughout National Recovery Month. The talk was organized by MGH’s Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) initiative.

“SUDs is a hospitalwide initiative that was created four years ago, making quality treatment accessible for patients struggling with chronic substance use disorder,” explained Elizabeth Powell, manager of the program.

James McKowen, licensed psychologist and clinical director of MGH’s Addiction Recovery Management Service, led Monday’s talk. He said that an estimated 70 percent of SUDs are onset in adolescence, often developing into persistent relapsing conditions in adulthood.

McKowen, who received his Ph.D. at Boston University, said nine percent of people who begin using marijuana in adulthood become dependent, but then, this risk rises

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James McKowen, Ph.D., a staff psychologist at the Massachusetts General Addiction Recovery Management Service, gives a talk on the impact of marijuana on the developing brain Tuesday afternoon.

to 17 percent if they begin smoking as teenagers. Heavy marijuana use over the course of several years can impact executive functioning, which includes attention, problem solving, memory, emotion regulation and IQ decline, according to McKowen.

“These problems typically emerge in their late 20s, in particular for those who start smoking before age 16 and continue to smoke, even once a week, for four or five years,” McKowen said.

McKowen explained this decline in executive functioning may lead to worsening mental health, increased risks of dropping out of school and lower employment status. He said users may also face increased risks of cancer, depending on the substances used.

MGH’s Center for Addiction Medicine found data showing drug

abuse can result in “changes in the size of certain parts of the brain that may impact the process of pruning” McKowen explained.

According to an article in Scientific American, pruning is the natural process of eliminating neurons that are damaged or no longer needed and is an important step in neurological development from childhood to adulthood. Pruning helps to maintain efficient connections within the brain and develop complex cognitive skills.

“This research is still preliminary and requires long-term studies, but I think the general consensus is that what we see is concerning right now in terms of what is happening in the minds of youths,” McKowen said.

McKowen advised parents concerned that their children are at risk of developing a marijuana depen-

dency to set boundaries and consider the frequency of use in context.

“Are you noticing declines in grades?” McKowen said. “Are they displaying irritability and changes in their mood? Are they limiting their activities? We want to also look at behavioral changes in different areas of their life before we say that just smoking pot means you have a problem.”

In November 2012 , Massachusetts became the 18th state to legalize medical marijuana use for patients with debilitating medical conditions who receive permission from their physicians. Four years later, this legislation expanded to permit recreational marijuana use for adults ages 21 and over.

Physicians and public health experts worried that this ruling would provide youth with easier

access to marijuana and, therefore, increase the likelihood of dependency issues.

Viable options for youths in need of help include cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing. According to McKowen, no medicines currently target marijuana dependency in the way some help with alcohol and opioids, but emerging evidence supports the use of an over-the-counter substance called N-Acetylcysteine.

“Efforts should be starting in middle school to try and reduce the next wave,” McKowen said. “Just providing information on drug use is not effective.”

One past information campaign — Drug Abuse Resistance Education program — was taught in schools across the nation from 1983 to 2009, yet according to an article in Scientific American, studies show that lecturing students on the dangers of drugs does not deter substance use.

“The D.A.R.E. program was used in my school, but I don’t think it made that much of a difference,” said Hannah Collins, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. “I feel like there was an opportunity to take advantage of the program, but most kids just thought it was silly and didn’t really learn anything from it.”

Instead, drug prevention efforts are now shifting toward interactive lessons that develop communication and decision-making skills.

“They should be providing information on other ways someone can get rewards, building activities and making sure kids are connected with their community,” McKowen said.

Sargent students promote backpack safety, hold bag weigh-in

BY MARIA JIMENEZ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

As Karen Jacobs drove her then-teenage children to school, she encountered an alarming sight.

Jacobs passed a bus stop where she saw children messing around, and her eye went to their backpacks.

“The kid [got pushed and] fell backwards — he looked like a turtle,” said Jacobs, a clinical professor in Sargent College and program director of Boston University’s Occupational Therapy. “This gave me the idea that there was an issue.”

She explained that this instance prompted her to create National School Backpack Awareness Day in 1998, when she was president of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. National Backpack Awareness Day occurs every September and aims to address the dangers of heavy backpacks.

Students gathered in front of Sargent College Tuesday to take part in the day. Sargent College occupational therapy doctoral students organized the weigh-in.

Jacobs explained that “children report discomfort and pain regarding backpacks due to it being so heavy and carrying it long distance[s].”

She said many students carry their backpacks incorrectly and stressed that heaving backpacks across cam-

pus doesn’t “have to be an epidemic.”

People should learn to pack the bags the proper way in order to prevent injuries.

According to Jacobs, the correct way to wear a backpack is “a little bit below the waist, not any lower, creating a triangle shape.” She recommended using features on a backpack, such as the hip strap, chest strap and padding on the back, as well as distributing the weight among the hips.

“For young children, we don’t recommend having the name put on the backpack,” Jacobs said, clarifying that it was for security reasons.

Living with the New England winter, Jacobs also recommended adding reflective material to the bag to be able to find it on the snow. She advised to pack the backpack the night before “with only what you need that day, the heaviest things in the back part, lighter things in the front.”

Jacobs said she and her team commemorated the annual day with a few activities they organized, and they hosted the event at two other local schools, including public elementary school Jackson/Mann K-8 School and The Park School in Brookline.

As part of the event, she said that every year, they select a children’s movie. This year, the movie of choice was “The Incredibles.” After watch-

ing the movie, Jacobs said students create a skit to demonstrate backpack safety using the slogan “pack it right and wear it light.”

Katie Riley, manager of media and public relations for AOTA, said that the association’s objective is to raise awareness about potential damage caused by backpacks to children carrying heavy loads in their backpacks. Riley explained that the damage could cause pain that carries over into adulthood.

She said that she cannot stress enough that “the amount of weight put into it can be detrimental to the children’s health.”

According to Riley, a good rule of thumb to determine if a backpack is too heavy is to remember that a student should not carry more than 10 percent of their body weight.

The example Riley gave was that a child who weighs 100 pounds should not be carrying a backpack heavier than 10 pounds. She said that this was a helpful number since it was a tangible measure to understand.

“We want parents to be leaders in this,” Riley said.

Around back-to-school season, AOTA has held a campaign to provide information about different types of backpacks so parents can pick which one is better suited for their children, according to Riley.

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The Boston University Department of Occupational Therapy hosts a National Backpack Awareness Day event.

Riley said that one popular activity they do during the awareness day is a weigh-in at the school. The backpacks of the children are weighed, and they compare the contents of the backpacks to a checklist to determine which items are unnecessary.

If the backpack is at the correct weight, they check a green box, and if not, a red box. The handout is later sent home with the child with information about the dangers of heavy backpacks, encouraging the parent to take a more active role

in packing their child’s backpack, according to Riley.

Juliana Rodriguez, a sophomore in Questrom School of Business, said the issue is important to her because her dorm, Danielsen Hall, is far from campus. Rodriguez said she “usually [carries] all books and textbooks.”

Rodriguez suggested a solution to heavy backpacks on campus.

“I think BU could have more accessible lockers,” Rodriguez said.

“That way students would not have to carry heavy backpacks.”

8 OPINION

EDITORIAL Private school elitism encourages culture of sexual assault With Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s hearing Thursday, pressure is building for Kavanaugh’s supporters to convince swing voters to disregard his accusers’ claims as the babble of confused women looking for attention or trying to alter the course of Kavanaugh’s election for political reasons.

Trump has responded in a way characteristic for someone who himself has been accused of sexual assault — by saying that Christine Blasey Ford’s claims sounded uncredible and that Deborah Ramirez was drunk and is thus unsure of her story.

With more and more women coming forward, though, it’s becoming harder for Republicans to pass these accusations off as false memories. A third woman, Julie Swetnick, has said she remembers Kavanaugh engaging in behavior violating women when he was a student at Georgetown Preparatory School, as well as saying she saw him standing in line outside of a room where a girl was being gang raped.

The schools Kavanaugh attended while he may have assaulted these women — Georgetown Prep and Yale University — have much in common. They’re both elite, expensive institutions that breed privilege and a culture where students, who may be perpetrators, feel that their status puts them in a position where they don’t have to care about the repercussions of sexual assault. Powerful, wealthy parents can get a student out of almost anything, and at the off chance that a student like Kavanaugh faces legal fees, his parents will be there to cover them.

There are students who go to Yale on scholarships and loans. But a student who

goes to Georgetown Prep, whose family is able to spend about $40,000 a year for him to forego a public high school experience and attend an exclusive private school where he is surrounded entirely by students of the same financial status, spends his formative years in a bubble where he learns that his status makes him invincible.

Boston University — another elite private school, albeit not an Ivy League —

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Sexual assault isn’t about sex — it’s about power. Prep schools and elite universities breed a culture of privilege that encourage power dynamics. Students attending elite schools are told that they’re the best of the best academically.

This combined with their financial privilege gives them a sense of power that they assert through assault.

During The Daily Free Press’ FreeP Talk with BU President Robert Brown

exual assault isn’t a partisan issue — it’s a moral issue. It’s not a battle to be won or a game to conquer. Republicans on Kavanaugh’s side fail to recognize the devastating, life-altering impact an assault has on someone’s life. saw a rise in reports of sexual assault last April, which may be due to an increase in the number of students coming forward, rather than an increase in assault.

The median family income for a BU student is $141,000, and over half of BU students come from the top 20 percent of income earners, as reported by The New York Times. When students grow up at such an extreme financial advantage, as a significant portion of the population at BU clearly has, they learn that hierarchies are a natural, unavoidable part of life.

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Monday, Brown used the high population of the university as what sounded like an excuse. He said that with a population of approximately 33,000 students and 10,000 staff, zero instances of harassment and assault is a “really hard number to achieve.”

But why should we expect sexual harassment or assault to occur at all on our campus? Having a zero percent murder rate, for example, isn’t an unrealistic goal. Brown’s response demonstrated a lack of understanding for how deeply rape can affect a student’s life. It can crush a

student from the inside out, potentially murdering the trajectory of their life.

After an investigation last year concluded that BU earth and environment professor David Marchant sexually harassed a number of female graduate students, Marchant remains on paid administrative leave. If Brown wants to say the university is doing everything it can to combat harassment and assault, we shouldn’t be able to point to a blatant case in which the university is giving money to someone who called his student a “slut” and a “whore.”

For those who believe that the fact these women are only now coming forward provides some sort of evidence that their claims are facetious or politically motivated, most rapes go unreported.

It shouldn’t be a shock to anyone that a woman was raped in college and is speaking out now that the future of the Supreme Court hangs in balance.

Senate Majorit y L eader Mitch McConnell said he was confident that Kavanaugh’s supporters were “going to win” with Kavanaugh’s election. Sexual assault isn’t a partisan issue — it’s a moral issue. It’s not a battle to be won or a game to conquer. Republicans on Kavanaugh’s side fail to recognize the devastating, life-altering impact an assault has on someone’s life.

The job of a Supreme Court Justice is one of the most high-profile jobs in the United States. The Justice is the moral arbiter of the definitive law of our country. If Kavanaugh was rebuked for accusations of sexual assault, it would send a powerful message that the behavior of the privileged won’t be excused.

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OPINION 9

COLUMNS MAX VS. MEDIA:

AMERICAN PROTEST:

Nobody wins in China trade war #WhyIDidntReport is important

BY MAX BERMAN COLUMNIST

The concept of trade is simple — it’s an exchange of goods or services for monetary compensation. Modern international trade is far more complex, which enables politicians to manipulate the facts or just make them up to stir up nationalism. That is precisely what President Donald Trump is doing in regard to the new Chinese trade tariffs.

At a campaign rally in May 2016, Trump said, “We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country, and that’s what they’re doing. It’s the greatest theft in the history of the world.”

It’s true that we have a large trade deficit with China, but a trade deficit does not mean we are just giving China money. All it means is that we purchase more goods and services from China than they purchase from us. Why? Because we love cheaper goods. While China is likely responsible for some, not most, of the loss of manufacturing in the United States, the average American has benefited. Prices on consumer goods “made in China” are cheaper because costs of production there are lower. This way, the average American consumer will have more money in their pocket at the end of the day.

The largest deficit item between the United States and China is computers and electronics, totaling $167 billion in 2017. However, much of that is because U.S. manufactures have the parts assembled in China. What makes international trade so complex is the supply chains that affect all parts of production. Many goods that are traded aren’t completely produced in one country. Therefore, a tariff on that good hurts both countries involved multiple times.

The trade deficit with China this year is the highest since 2015, mostly due to the strength of the U.S. economy and the weakening of China’s economy. While a trade war never benefits either side economically, the current environment is the most optimal for Trump to pursue this type of “war.” However, I doubt that affected Trump’s decision to place tar-

iffs on what will now be $250 billion worth of Chinese goods. If we were in a recession right now, Trump would likely enact even larger tariffs — that would worsen the recession like the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act did during the Great Depression almost 90 years ago.

While Trump already enacted a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods, this new $200 billion wave will be taxed at 10 percent until it rises to 25 percent on Jan. 1.

Ironically, the reasoning is to protect American consumers who will be buying Chinese-made Christmas goods. But if Trump actually wanted to protect American consumers, he would stop with the “whose tariff is bigger now” game and actually have talks with President Xi Jinping.

There’s also the other irony that Christmas — a celebration of the nonmaterial Jesus of Nazareth — has become almost entirely about consumerism, but I digress.

Yet talks with China have stalled completely. As the Financial Times reported, “…

China declined an invitation to explore further trade talks and summoned Washington’s ambassador to Beijing to protest over sanctions imposed on a Chinese military officer.”

Mike Pompeo said the Trump administration was determined to win the trade war. But no one ever wins a trade war. It’s a lose-lose proposition. Sure, the United States can become a winner in the result of a negotiation surrounding the trade war, but I seriously doubt the ability of any member in Trump’s administration.

The best way to win favorable terms in a trade negotiation is to “gang up” on the trading partner with allies. However, Trump has alienated the United Kingdom and the greater European Union, especially Germany.

Relations with Japan are stronger, but Trump still does not have sufficient leverage on China.

If he had not so brazenly torn up the TransPacific Partnership, the United States would be in a much better position to deal with China.

While there are reports he is reaching out to allies, I doubt that is enough now.

When you have rumors of the 25th Amendment getting invoked, and quotes from scandalous books with members of Trump’s administration supposedly calling the president an “idiot,” who truly has the authority to negotiate on behalf of the president besides the president? I remember last year watching former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson parade around the world, constantly getting contradicted by Trump. And so, trade negotiations between the two largest economies of the world are left in the hands of a celebrity television star who thinks that he can negotiate well, just because he had someone else ghostwrite a book called “The Art of the Deal.”

INTERROBANG

BY MEREDITH VARNER COLUMNIST

This past year has been a whirlwind of hashtags, marches, chants and most importantly, sexual assault reports that have been kept hidden from the world by the victims themselves for years, and sometimes even decades.

Coming forward as a victim of sexual assault, while more widely encouraged in today’s day and age, is not any easier than it has been in the past. In fact, with more and more women gaining the courage to come forward, the process is much more difficult in some ways.

Many women face ridicule and accusations of being liars or fabricating stories for attention. Some even defend the rapist — even if there is certainty that he is correctly accused — because he was young or did not know it was wrong.

These arguments all come back into the spotlight with the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh having recently been accused of sexual assaulting Deborah Ramirez when he was a freshman at Yale.

I was surprised by the outpouring of support I saw on social media with #WhyIDidntReport.

Most of the criticism toward Ramirez was with the question, “Why didn’t you say something earlier?”

In fact, many rape and sexual assault survivors are asked this question, including the women who stood up against Bill Cosby, Larry Nassar, Johnny Depp, Harvey Weinstein and so on.

Yes, the evergrowing list of public figures who turn out to be very bad men is disheartening. However, seeing these survivors come together and draw up the courage they have been struggling with for what can be decades is extremely inspiring.

And so, the question, “Why did they not report sooner?” should not even be circu-

lating. To come under public scrutiny can be uncomfortable, and to do so while also sharing past trauma and accusing a beloved person to be the cause of that trauma must be downright terrifying.

It is no wonder that these women kept quiet. Most of the time, the victim is questioned like they themselves are the abuser, which does nothing to help the trauma that they have been forced to endure.

Even if the person was not in the public spotlight at the time, like Kavanaugh and Ramirez, reporting a sexual assault is still extremely nerve-wracking and very difficult to do.

First of all, the victim has to come to terms with what has happened, and in the case of rape and sexual assault, many victims will try to forget it happened or feel far too violated to ever speak of it.

Additionally, when it happens on campus — like Ramirez’s case — there is a whole other layer added. Campus rape is a national issue that universities are notoriously bad at handling. It is a commonly known fact that one in five women are sexually assaulted during college.

Yet, when it is reported, oftentimes the victim is questioned about whether she was drinking or what she was wearing or if she had initially said yes — you can see why interrogations like this would deter one from coming forward.

The fact that their rapist is on campus as well may deter them, because they could face ridicule from their peers for accusing their friend or be intimidated into silence.

Regardless of what the reason is, a rape should not be invalidated because it took a woman some time to come forward.

As more and more come forward these days, I have faith that we are building strength and courage within the community of victims. It makes me believe that if we continue to support each other, they can get rid of their fear and call for the justice they deserve.

Sometimes I have days where I wonder if we will ever live in a world where men realize that women are not objects that they can do whatever they want with whenever they want to. Sometimes I lose hope.

Every time I see a woman come forward and demand she be heard, though, I realize we will get there someday. We are making gains in this battle every single day.

Until we are free from a world of abusers, we should never ask why she did not come forward sooner.

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A new “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” trailer was just released, showing Nagini’s backstory as a human character cursed to transform into a snake. We here at the ol’ Free Press want to know — If the BU community was cursed, what would their curses be?

BU Hockey: Almost win the Beanpot

President Brown: Earn a six-figure salary

BU Golf: Having to watch their own games

CGS: Repeat high school

Sargent: Eating non-Sargent Choice

Frats: Hosting wine nights

Kilachand: Be haunted by Eugene O’Neill

Everybody else: Eating Sargent Choice

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“It’s a special moment in the program’s history that they have their hands on, and it’s theirs.” ­— Women’s soccer coach Nancy Feldman on the 300th win in program history p.11

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“I just think we need to keep believing in what the coaches are putting forth ... ”

­— Men’s soccer junior forward Matt McDonnell on the team finding success. p.11

Lafayette next Patriot League opponent for No. 26

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The Boston University field hockey team will look to continue its perfect Patriot League record in Easton, Pennsylvania, where it will face off against Lafayette College Saturday.

While the Terriers (6-3, 2-0 Patriot League) are going into the match with a shutout against Colgate University in its back pocket, the Leopards (2-7, 1-0 Patriot League) will be looking pick up a second conference win for itself.

Despite the team’s losing record, BU head coach Sally Starr said she expects to face off against a talented group.

“I expect Lafayette to be a wellcoached, hard-playing team,” Starr said. “Lafayette is always tough to play against, double as tough when they’re at home.”

Lafayette won its first Patriot League match of the season Sept. 14 against Lehigh University 3-2 in an overtime decision.

The Leopards’ first goal came off the stick of sophomore Grace Angelella off a connecting cross from senior Kristen Taylor, giving them a lead going into halftime.

However, the Mountain Hawks (1-8, 0-2 Patriot League) came into the second half with a fiery offense and scored twice in less than five minutes.

Lafayette fullback Lisa van der Geest responded quickly, tying the

game in the 52nd minute.

While Lehigh held the game into overtime, Leopard forward Molly McAndrew only needed 20 seconds of the extra period to claim the win.

Scoring opportunities were heavily in Lafayette’s favor with a 20-6 shot differential and a 10-penalty corner advantage.

The Leopards’ only other win of the season also came in overtime against Drexel University, where van der Geest and McAndrew struck again for the game-winner.

The two lead their team with eight and five points respectively.

Of Lafayette’s seven losses of the season, six fell to multi-goal deficits, leaving the team with an overall goal differential of 13-29.

The Leopards’ most recent loss came against No. 19 Liberty University.

Despite Lafayette goalkeeper Sarah Park putting up 12 saves, the team was unable to overcome the two-goal lead Liberty (7-2) established in the first half.

Park has started every game of the season for the Leopards and put up a .644 save percentage through an average of 3.45 goals-against.

Van der Geest and Park both earned recognition as defensive players from the Patriot League for the week of Sept. 24. “[The Leopards’] record doesn’t really reflect their quality of play,” Starr said. “They’re going to play to win, and we have to prepared for that.”

In 2017, BU opened its conference play against Lafayette with a 5-1 victory that extended BU’s record against the Leopards to 4-1 in the two teams’ history.

Two Terrier goalkeepers, senior Kathleen Keegan and sophomore Millie Baker, saw action against Lafayette.

While Baker made the game’s two saves, Keegan has started every game this season, played the full time in the last five and is coming off of a series that earned her her first career shutout and the title of Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Week.

The game also saw sophomore forwards Ailsa Connolly score her first hat trick as a Terrier and Petra Hall open scoring in the 21st minute off a cross from senior forward Kara Enoch.

Starr stated the two have only improved since last season.

“They’re fantastic competitors,” Starr said. “They’re both coming off strong freshman years, and their play this year is an extension of that.”

The two forwards have both graduated to regular starters and lead their team in points: both have two assists, but Connolly has a one-goal edge.

This continues the trend from last season when Connolly led the team in points and goals.

Three of Hall’s four goals were game-winners, including her tally in BU’s win against American University.

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Senior forward Kara Enoch in Saturday’s match against Colgate University. The Terriers will look to extend their win streak Saturday against Lafayette College.

The last of Hall’s goals came as a spare during the Terriers’ shutout against Colgate University, during which the game winner came from freshman midfielder Rebecca Janes’ first goal at BU. Along with Connolly and Hall’s

skills on the field, Starr said she appreciated them as team members.

“Their confidence has only improved,” Starr said. “I also like how supportive they are, how they talk to their teammates … it’s cliche, but they really give 100 percent.”

Behind the Glass: Ottawa, trading Karlsson was not the answer

BY LAURA GUERRIERO COLUMNIST

Welcome to the 2018-2019 NHL season, where the Philadelphia Flyers have announced their new, frightening mascot and, more importantly, the San Jose Sharks have made the biggest steal of the season.

That steal, of course, was the team’s Sept.13 trade for Ottawa Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson.

What did the Senators get in return for trading away their star defenseman? The answer is pocket change, or at least, that’s what it seems like when compared to a player of Karlsson’s stature.

The Senators received defenseman Dylan DeMelo, forward Chris Tierney, forward prospects Rudolfs Balcers and Josh Norris, a first round draft pick, a second round draft pick and two conditional draft picks.

While the fact that the Senators now have the chance to draft three additional first round picks (not all in the same draft) gives some hope for the potential to draft the next

greatest player in hockey, I do not think trading Karlsson for that potential was the smartest move for the team.

The draft is always a gamble.

There is never a guarantee that the player or players a team drafts in the first round are going to be the stars they believe them to be.

Whether a player ends up underperforming or becomes plagued with injury, you cannot put the future of a team into the hands of a few draft picks, especially when you have one of the best Senators players ever on the team.

Let’s take a look at the team’s overall numbers. Since the team was added in 1992, it has only made it to the Stanley Cup Finals once, in 2007. Since then, the team has only made it past the quarterfinals twice, a less-than-stellar number given that 11 years have passed. For comparison, since the end of the 2006-2007 season, the Sharks have made it past the quarterfinals six times, making it to the conference finals three times and the Stanley Cup Finals once.

It is also important to discuss the role Eugene Melnyk has played in this trade. On Sept. 11, he released an open letter stating that the Senators were “horrible” last season and needed to rebuild.

The letter states that that the team “will do everything in our power to make this a reality: invest in the future, make bold decisions and compete — every single day.”

The Senators also released a video in which defenseman Mark Borowiecki interviews Melnyk (who, interestingly enough, is wearing one of the team’s old Reebok jerseys instead of a current Adidas jersey) on the state of the team and what the plan is for the future. In the interview, Melnyk harped on the idea that a few players cannot do the job of an entire team and that the team needed “leadership, and then you build under that.”

Having young players is an important part of building a team that can consistently have successful regular and postseason runs, and while yes, the team did have an upsettingly underwhelming 20172018 season, placing seventh in the Atlantic division and second-to-last in the league, this drastic rebuild Melnyk is setting in motion just seems counterproductive. The Senators should have opted to keep a strong core — with Karlsson as one of these core players — and then added in the young talent.

Instead, Karlsson is gone, forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau is out in order to repair his Achilles and forward Zack Smith was just placed on waivers.

It looks like that leadership is a little scarce with a number of team leaders being shown the door or injured. How can you expect to rebuild a team under an existing leadership if many of the current leaders are gone? Sure, the Senators do still have players to choose from,

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San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson.

including forwards like Mark Stone and Matt Duchene, but removing the team’s key defensive player takes away a vital part of its overall leadership.

Karlsson’s average time on ice ticks close to the 30 minute mark, which means the Senators will be tasked with the difficulty of replacing such a dominant on-ice presence.

As if there wasn’t enough rea-

son to keep an eye on the West, thanks to Ottawa, the Sharks have become that much more threatening in the Western conference.

Combining Karlsson with Norris Trophy-winner Brent Burns and Marc-Edouard Vlasic to round out the Sharks’ defensive corps with consistent offensive production will further strengthen a dangerous defense that should be hard to permeate this season.

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Summer soccer a “step up” for BU’s Bernardi, McDonnell “This summer, we recruited a league’s intense schedule along with good team and were at a really high experienced staff and teammates DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF level,” Bernardi said. “We ended up helped both players improve their Two bright spots for the Boston going to the regional finals, where game.

University men’s soccer team, senior we unfortunately lost on penalties Of Bernardi, McDonnell stated goalkeeper Mike Bernardi and junior to the Cosmos, and we beat a pro that the goalkeeper was a leader in forward Matt McDonnell, both team in the U.S. Open Conference. Brooklyn and that he’s seen improveplayed with the National Premier Having [McDonnell] there was a ments due to their time there.

Soccer League’s Brooklyn Italians great time.”

Most noticeably, the striker felt over the summer. that his movement has improved Currently, Bernardi is leading the The season ran from early May Patriot League in saves per game at a and that finishing play feels more to the Italians’ playoff push in July, blistering 5.8 average over five games. “natural.” where the team dropped against McDonnell described a high level The native of Mahopac, New the New York City Cosmos B in York, started in goal in BU’s first of training with the Italians where the conference finals.

Patriot League victory of the season they played six days a week, compliA f ter B er n a rd i backed t he after a series of warm-up matches cated by a three-hour commute in team’s first conference win against against Ivy League opponents. from his hometown of Smithtown, American University, BU head coach New York.

When facing down Princeton Neil Roberts praised his play this University, Bernardi made a league“[It was] just a really high level season. of training,” McDonnell said. “… high 14 saves. “[Bernardi] made some big saves,” The coaching staff was a very proBernardi had started only one Roberts said. “It’s good to get those game in the season — opening night fessional staff, so it was more of points.” against the University of Rhode a professional approach of soccer According to Bernardi, this was Island — before BU started its road compared to the college level, so it his fourth summer with the Italians series against Dartmouth College, was definitely a step up and a nice after being sent there by his coach with sophomore goalkeeper William step for me to take.” at St. John’s University, making Bonnelyche taking position between By the end of the NPSL season, him the youngest player by 10 years, the pipes for three games.

McDonnell led the conference with he joked.

Bonnelyche also started in the an average of 1.5 goals per game.

Despite the NPSL’s status as a Terriers’ most recent game, a 2-1 loss D espite a n i nj u r y keepi n g semi-pro league, the league main- against Brown University where the McDonnell out of the lineup since tains fully amateur teams, allowing goalkeeper made two saves.

Sept. 11, he still leads the Patriot college players to participate without League in goals and points per game “Will and I thankfully have a threatening their NCAA eligibility. really good relationship,” Bernardi with six and an average of 2.40, Before joining the Terriers (2-5-2, said. “We’re always pushing each respectively.

1-0 Patriot League), Bernardi played other to do better and hoping the He is outpaced by one in the four games with St. John’s in 2016 best for each other. Will’s a really overall points categor y, despite after redshirting the previous season. good goalie, and he’s just going to the current leader, United States He spoke positively of his time get better with time.”

Military Academy forward Keenan with the summer team.

McDonnell said the summer O’Shea, having played three more

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Senior goalkeeper Mike Bernardi in a Sept. 19 match against Harvard University. Bernardi spent the summer with the Brooklyn Italians.

games than him.

The Terriers ret urn to conference play Saturday in a home game against Lehigh University, and McDonnell said he believed the team could be successful if they dedicated themselves to developing a winning culture and accepting

their coaches’ guidance.

“We wanted to get a winning culture,” McDonnell said. “… I just think we need to keep believing in what the coaches are putting forth, keeping putting in work, and don’t really falter in that mindset that we are a good and we can win games.”

Holy Cross gives BU women’s soccer its 300th win, 3-0

BY LILY BETTS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston University women’s soccer team claimed its 300th win in program history Wednesday in a 3-0 shutout against the College of the Holy Cross.

The win also continued the Terriers’ (3-7-2, 2-0-1 Patriot League) unbeaten streak against conference opponents this season.

BU head coach Nancy Feldman focused on what the win meant for the team.

“It’s a special moment for them,” Feldman said. “It’s a special moment in the program’s history that they have their hands on, and it’s theirs … we didn’t slink into the 300th, we did it with a lot of enthusiasm.”

Sophomore for ward Anna Heilferty scored her first backto-back goals in the match, earning her the title as the Turnpike Trophy MVP. Eight players recorded shots against Holy Cross (3-7, 1-2 Patriot League), with Heilferty leading the charge with six, tying the season-best she put up against American University Sept. 16.

By the end of the match, the Terriers outshout the Crusaders 18-8.

BU started its offensive push early, getting off three shots before Holy Cross goalkeeper Sophia Lettieri was forced to make her first save in the 11th minute.

Heilfert y continued her attack, and a quick move around

a Crusader defender allowed her to open scoring for the night at the 23rd minute.

The Terriers would find their sixth shooting opportunity before Holy Cross got its first when sophomore midfielder Jenna Barnes forced freshman goalkeeper Morgan Messner to make her first save of the night in the 32nd minute.

The team was producing quality opportunities, Feldman stated.

“I think the kids really trusted the process of possession and being a little more patient, a little more poised,” Feldman said.

“When you do that, you’re able to open up the other team and get better opportunities.”

Coming back from halftime, BU doubled its shot production from the first half.

Heilferty waited less than two minutes in the second half before forcing Lettieri back into action.

The 49th minute started with Heilferty taking a corner kick which generated two shots within the minute from sophomore midfielder McKenna Kennedy and senior defender Chelsea Churchill, whose attempt was on-goal.

Heilferty kept on the ball, putting a shot too high then heading in her second goal off an intercepted cross from senior defender Libby Closson.

In the 58th minute, senior forward McKenna Doyle found space to knock in her second goal

of the season.

After 24 more minutes of play, junior goalkeeper Emma Heil made her second appearance of the season.

She made her lone save of the game in the 85th minute on an attempt from Crusader midfielder Lily Puccia.

Despite the offensive showing, Feldman expressed her approval of the team’s defensive play and communication.

“It doesn’t all come together in a snap,” Feldman said. “I thought tonight there was some sophistication of the team coordination, and that takes some time because some of the kids haven’t been playing here for four years.”

The win made for the Terriers’ ninth straight against Holy Cross and widened the goal differential to 16-1.

It also meant that, since Feldman oversaw the team’s transition from a club team to a Division I NCAA squad, Wednesday night was Feldman’s 300th win with BU. Under her guidance, the team has won 12 conference regular season titles in its 24-year existence, nine while in American East and another three after joining the Patriot League in 2013.

In 2015, the team earned the spot of No. 1 seed in the Patriot League for the first time in its history and made a push in the NCAA tournament, advancing past St. John’s University before falling to the future champions of Pennsylvania State University.

The team most recently made an appearance in the Patriot League semifinals last season, during which Feldman also guided former graduate student Rachel Bloznalis to back-toback Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year titles and a then-freshman Heilferty to Rookie of the Year.

For Feldman, she said her pride lies in the team.

“This team is representing the standards and the values of the program incredibly well,” Feldman said. “What makes me most proud is that they are carrying on a lot of the traditions and traits that have made this program very strong.”

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Sophomore midfielder McKenna Kennedy in a match against Lehigh University Saturday.

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