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TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2015 THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY YEAR XLIV. VOLUME LXXXVIII. ISSUE XIV.

MARATHON ISSUE

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Students show spirit, support community at 2015 Boston Marathon

BY SAMANTHA GROSS AND SEKAR KRISNAULI DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Despite overcast skies and rain throughout the day, Boston University students gathered Monday to watch the 2015 Boston Marathon as runners passed through parts of BU’s campus en route to the finish line.

Spectators held homemade signs and cheered on the more than 30,000 runners from along Beacon Street near BU’s South Campus and Commonwealth Avenue in Kenmore Square.

Sara Engelsman, a senior in the College of Communication, said participating in the Boston Marathon is one of her goals as a runner and seeing others with the same ambition is exciting.

“It’s a good thing to be a Bostonian at this time,” she said. “It’s just exciting to cheer everyone on and see other people’s dreams coming true today. It’s just a good thing for the city of Boston.”

Samuel Polino, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said the marathon isn’t just about the people running it, but also about what it means to come together as a community.

“It’s so much bigger than yourself when you come here,” he said. “It’s about coming together as a city and seeing what the Boston Strong community has done. It’s really cool.”

Kathryn Topalis, a senior in CAS who attended the marathon with Polino, said the best part of the race is the happiness that brings the city together.

“This is our fourth [marathon]. I just love being our here and watching,” she said. “First of all, you get to see the elite runners, which is great, but then you also get to see the six-hour runners at the end. Everyone’s just so happy to be in Boston and cheering everyone on. It’s just a great motivating experience.”

Topalis said that since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, people have gained a deeper understanding of what the marathon means.

“It’s even more of a Boston event than ever.

Everyone is really realizing how important it is to the city,” she said. “Yeah, it’s an international event, but also it’s so much about everyone coming together and cheering on the runners and being a part of the experience as a whole. It’s more intense and more meaningful than it ever was.”

Catherine Martin, a freshman in COM, said the sense of unity the marathon evokes is inspiring.

“There’s a lot of things where you can be segregated and go into different groups, but this [marathon], everybody can share a common support,” she said.

Martin, who volunteered at a hydration station with her residence hall floor at the 24-mile marker, said seeing the runners’ stamina encourages her to run the marathon herself at some point before she graduates.

“It was just really inspiring to see them go 24 miles,” she said. “Twenty-four miles is so far, and they have two more miles left. It’s just ridiculous. It just gives me hope to say ‘Damn, I can do that.’”

Lauren Pauplis, a senior in CAS from Concord, said the day of the marathon is a great day to celebrate and have fun with friends.

“When I was at home, I didn’t even know the marathon was going on. Once I moved to Boston, it was the big deal,” she said. “What makes the marathon great is it’s just the freedom involved with it. We go out, meet a lot of people

and everyone just celebrates and doesn’t care.”

Benjamin Coleman, a junior in CAS, said that although there was a higher security presence and the weather was not ideal, the marathon still maintains steadfast support from the Boston community.

“The first marathon I watched was the ‘Boston bombing.’ It was very hard,” he said. “Last year, I wasn’t really feeling like coming out. This year is affected by the weather, but at the same time, the spirit hasn’t really changed since the beginning.”

Mark Reczek, a sophomore in the Questrom School of Business, said the city’s marathon spirit is unique.

“I don’t think anywhere else does a city come out to support a marathon,” he said. “To see people running like this, it’s amazing. I have complete trust in the police forces of the cities participating in the marathon. It’s amazing to see them keep this event safe and enjoyable for the rest of the public. We’re seeing the best of the best.”

J.D. Capelouto contributed to the reporting of this article.

Boston Marathon generates sense of community, pride among residents

BY PAIGE SMITH DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Hundreds of thousands came out in support of the runners of the 119th Boston Marathon on Monday, sponsored by the Boston Athletic Association. Coming from all reaches of the nation and world, the spectators lined the 26.2-mile route to cheer on friends, family members, professional runners and several celebrity runners.

Jane Brine, 63, of Westford, was supporting her close friend in the division of sub-elite runners, and said she is an avid fan of the marathon.

“We have a friend that runs, and he’s in the top 50, so he’s a sub-elite, and then a couple troopers that we know are running,” she said. “I love the

marathon, absolutely love it. It’s a great source of Massachusetts pride.”

Spectators cheered and wore supportive messages, both in celebration of the annual marathon and in remembrance of the two bombs that went off at the 2013 Boston Marathon finish line, killing three and injuring more than 260.

Jackie O’Brian, 25, of Allston, said the term “Boston Strong,” which circulated around the Boston community in the weeks after the bombings, means a lot to her.

“It means community, and the spirit where I grew up, and where we all live supporting each other,” she said. “[Boston Mayor] Marty Walsh made a ‘Boston Strong’ [One Boston] Day, which I think is great, helping each other and looking out for each other and things like that.”

Melissa Miranda, 28, of Beacon Hill, is a member of the Cambridge Running Club, and said she attended the marathon to support her fellow club members.

“I’m really excited to see all of my friends come through. I’ve seen them train, and I know how hard it is,” she said. “The energy in the city is infectious. You can feel it, all the fans, all the cheering, and all the hard work that you can see out there.”

Zach Burrus, 30, of Fenway, described Marathon Monday as one of the “biggest days of the year” in the city.

“Especially after 2013, it’s a rallying together of the city and the community, so it goes beyond running. It’s just a big community, and a feeling of support here in the city,” he said. “This year, one

of my good friends is running, so she came in from California to run. I moved here last year and had a great time. I’m a runner too, so I want to support everyone I can.”

Burrus said there is also a social aspect to supporting the runners, which united a group of his friends.

“Watching my friend run will be a really cool experience,” Burrus said. “Just being a part of the community, everyone rallying around each other, and being with my group of friends, who are all coming together, because we don’t often get to see each other enough.”

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Lu Lingzi scholarship fund to select first recipients, promote growth

BY ELLEN CRANLEY DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Following the two-year anniversary of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people and injured more than 260, including Boston University graduate student Lu Lingzi, the scholarship fund created in Lingzi’s name continues to grow and will honor its first recipients beginning in the 2015-16 academic year.

The Lu Lingzi Scholarship Fund will award two graduate students an annual stipend covering full tuition costs for up to two years, said BU spokesman Colin Riley. Lingzi would have earned her master’s degree from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 2014.

“It’s to commemorate that horrible day and a life cut short,” he said. “It was the fastest accumulation of a scholarship we had ever seen, and it showed the strength of the community we have here at BU, and in Boston … It was a horrible thing that happened, and the university is more than pleased to honor Lingzi.”

The scholarship fund has grown to $1 million since BU trustee Kenneth Feld proposed the fund at a Campaign for Boston University executive meeting following the bombings in 2013, Riley said.

Within six months of its establishment, the scholarship fund reached its $1 million fundraising goal, The Daily Free Press reported on Oct. 29, 2013.

Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore said the fund provides a platform for anyone who is interested in giving.

“I appreciate that our trustees were the people who set it up and started it, but it’s just fantastic that not only our community, but the world community has really contributed to it,” he said.

The fund seeks students who exemplify the qualities that made Lingzi valuable in the BU community, Elmore said.

“I hope that we are able to bring people from around the world, particularly Chinese students, here. It’s for those students who are studying in a master’s program and who are living a life like Lu Lingzi did,” he said. “She was effervescent, full of life, full of energy, smart and dedicated, so I hope, that anything, that’s going to bring more of that energy into our community.

I’m all for it.”

The dean of each school or college may nominate one student for consideration each year, and selection will be based on the student’s academic achievements and potential for success, Riley said.

Daniel Solworth, chief of staff at the Dean of Students office, said fundraising efforts for the scholarship fund, such as those from the BU men’s lacrosse team, are appropriately timed.

“The university wanted to take some time and really reflect and honor Lingzi’s memory in a meaningful way,” he said. “Through that, our

men’s lacrosse team has adopted Lingzi’s scholarship fund as one of their causes they wanted to celebrate. Both faculty and students have felt the impact of Lingzi’s loss and have found ways to honor her memory.”

Dan Mercurio, director of marketing for Boston University Athletics, said the lacrosse team sold t-shirts in the George Sherman Union to raise money for the scholarship fund.

“Originally, the request came from a student on the team [who] came to me and wanted to do something around the Boston Marathon [and] wanted to benefit the community,” he said. “I actually ran the marathon in honor of [Lingzi] the year before, so I suggested raising money for her scholarship fund, and he [the student] loved the idea.”

Members of the team presented a $5,000 check to Lingzi’s family during Friday’s home game against the College of the Holy Cross.

“It’s important to remind ourselves how great this community is and how in times of trouble that we were able to come together, and plus she was just an outstanding person,” he said. “We have already had other coaches from other teams asking us how they can get involved to raise money for the fund next year [and] it will only expand further from sports. I can see this going into any element of life on campus.”

Alexandra Petsuck, a marketing intern for BU Athletics who helped sell the shirts at Friday’s game, said she was touched by the outpouring of

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A participant, running for the Lingzi Foundation, races down Boylston Street Monday during the Boston Marathon.

support.

“Parents were still wanting to give money even though we were running out of sizes,” she said. “They were still more than willing to donate because they know it’s going to the scholarship fund.”

Petsuck said she is glad the money will honor Lingzi in a way that helps members of the BU community.

“To see her memory honored like this is just amazing,” she said. “Being able to see … what good came out of it, despite the fact of how horrible that day was. The memory of that day will never go away and obviously money can’t bring any of them back, but having a scholarship in honor of her memory … [she] will never be forgotten.”

Amanda Burke contributed to the reporting of this story.

One Boston Day commemorates strength, encourages togetherness

BY SAMANTHA GROSS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

On the two-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, the City of Boston held the first-ever One Boston Day, a tradition introduced by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh in a March 19 press release, intended to commemorate the strength of the City of Boston.

The Boston Redevelopment Authority organized One Boston Day as a means to “show the world that Boston’s flame burns as brightly as ever,” according to One Boston Day’s website.

Walsh encouraged people worldwide to join Bostonians in a moment of silence on Wednesday, scheduled for 2:49 p.m., the time of the two explosions at the 2013 Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured 260 others. A bell tolling throughout the city followed the moment of silence.

Over 200 people gathered to observe the

moment of silence, including the family of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old Dorchester resident who was killed as a result of one of the explosions on Boylston Street on April 15, 2013. Observers wore orange t-shirts that read “4.15 Boston Day” in honor of One Boston Day. The day was “an opportunity to recognize the good in our community and reflect on the spirit of grace and resilience of the people of Boston,” according to an April 9 press release. The release stated that “One Boston Day” would “encourage random acts of kindness and spreading goodwill.”

Walsh launched the website onebostonday. org in an effort to share how Boston and people around the world marked Wednesday, according to an April 13 press release.

Individuals and organizations around Boston were encouraged to share how they spent One Boston Day on social media using the hashtag #OneBostonDay to be featured on the website.

Nick Martin, spokesman for the BRA, said

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Boston Mayor Martin Walsh hugs Henry Richard after revealing banners at the sight of the Boston Marathon bombings.

One Boston Day is about making an effort to be representative of the goodness present in the community.

“As you know, the Mayor … basically asked city departments and staff to make every effort to be emblematic of this effort as possible,” he said. “So that is anything from small gestures, like giving up your seat on the train for somebody who needs it, to larger gestures, like some city departments are running clothing drives or supplies for moms and families.”

The BRA staff’s main priority on One Boston Day was to be visible, friendly and mindful of the anniversary, Martin said.

“It’s really just a matter of thinking about what the spirit of the day is and thinking about how you can make a small contribution,” he said.

“As a team at the BRA, we felt like it was important for us to be visible. You see us out here in the orange shirts, and just to be friendly faces and ambassadors for the city.”

Martin said the BRA’s staff aims to represent the city in the best way possible.

“There was talk about having some people go out to the airport or South Station, to greet people who are coming into the city, or welcome them,” Martin said. “Everyone is really sort of doing their own thing, but really in the best, most positive way, and showing off the best that Boston has to offer.”

Several residents said One Boston Day is a good way to remember the events of 2013 and keep the spirit of the Boston Marathon alive.

Jenny Marcano, 22, of Allston, was in Boston during the 2013 bombings. She said that although it was a scary time, events such as One

Boston Day help the community reflect and come together. “[As] Bostonians, we do what we want and stuff like this happens, and we just stick together,” she said. “We figure out a way through it and still find a way to enjoy our festivities without being afraid all the time.”

The overarching theme of One Boston Day is that of celebration, and Rory Razon, 33, of Allston, said this celebration of the race is crucial to the city’s identity.

“I’m glad the city can come together and mourn but also celebrate the marathon. We don’t want the marathon to be scarred forever for us,” Razon said. “It’s so important to the city. From what I understand from a runner’s perspective, we’re one of the best cities to run in.”

Razon said it’s important to soothe still-raw wounds, so in coming years the marathon can continue to be a celebrated event, not a sad one.

“It’s an important thing for the city, so it’s nice that we have time to heal and time to reflect so we don’t necessarily always dwell on one horrible thing that happened in comparison to all the amazing things that happen every single year,” Razon said.

Martin Gonzalez, 20, of Beacon Hill, said that now more than ever, people care about the marathon and that events such as One Boston Day help those people remember the marathon’s past few years.

“It’s a good thing that they really remember what happened and everyone that was affected by it,” he said. “People who might not have cared before care now. People kind of want to be a part of it. It’s more important.”

Marathon atmosphere, purpose has not been changed, residents said COMMUNITY, FROM PAGE 1

continued down Beacon Street, near Boston University’s South Campus, and through Kenmore Square.

Throughout the afternoon, police presence was still high, with security lining the road and patrolling both sides of the train tracks. Adidas signs were present all along the route, and several different colored umbrellas protected the dedicated viewers.

Timothy Oates, 24, of Brighton, said his favorite part of Patriot’s Day each year is watching the non-elite runners.

“You can tell just by watching them how passionate they are about it and that it is more than just a race to them,” he said. “They may be run-

ning for a cause they are passionate about, running their first marathon or [their] 20th.”

Oates also said this year’s marathon represents a return to normalcy.

“Last year’s marathon was important to get through for healing purposes,” Oates said. “People may have been somewhat on edge when it came to feeling secure, but now we can go back to the Boston Marathon we knew from before all the while keeping the victims and injured in mind.”

Domenic Vincenzo, 39, of Back Bay, said this year’s marathon has a different tone the previous year, though the Marathon bombings are still fresh in the minds of community members.

“With two years gone by since the bombing, I don’t think people will have the sense of fear

like they did last year,” he said. “Last year, people constantly were surveying the crowd by looking for suspicious behavior. I think bystanders will be more relaxed this year.”

Vincenzo said to him, “Boston Strong” means seeing the entire community as one. “[It means] a sense of camaraderie when people of different races and religions come together as one. It should be like that all year long and all over,” Vincenzo said. “When events like this take place, sometimes people see beyond race and skin color and treat people as equals.”

Angela Sodano, 34, of Brighton, has run in the Boston Marathon in years past and said that though the bombings have changed the meaning of the marathon for some, people are still running

each year for charities and larger purposes.

“I don’t think it’s changed, really at all [since then], except for the fact that there is more people, which I think is amazing, and there’s a lot of fundraising going on for charities,” she said. “Just seeing the city come together is fantastic.”

Sodano also said with increased security throughout the city on the day of marathon, all runners and spectators can feel safe.

“I think for the most part, everyone feels very safe being here,” she said. “I don’t think anyone is really scared about anything, and people are just looking forward to having the best day that we always have in Boston.”

Julia Metjian and Olivia Quintana contributed to the reporting of this article.

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Through crazy determination, BU alum Uzo Aduba eyes conquest

BY HANNAH LANDERS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

If anyone were to ask Boston-born stage and screen actress Uzo Aduba how she feels about running 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Copley Square for the Boston Marathon, she would say, “quote, wicked excited.” And she doesn’t even say wicked anymore.

“I love the Boston Marathon,” she said in a phone interview with The Daily Free Press.

“It’s so a part of our culture as Bostonians. You want to go out and watch it. You want to go out and do it.”

The Medford-raised Boston University graduate is running the marathon as part of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team to raise money for cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Her choice to run for Dana-Farber came from a very personal place, Aduba said, as she has lost three loved ones to cancer and witnessed the ongoing fight of another.

“I’m trying to just let that weight lift and really just get myself focused on why we do this,” she said, “why we put ourselves through 26.2 miles of amazing effort, to make a statement and really say we can survive anything. One step, one mile at a time.”

Although Aduba is best known for her portrayal of Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren on Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black,” she’s no stranger to athletic pursuits — or even marathons. She spent time on the track team while attending BU for classical voice in the College of Fine Arts, and she participated in the 2013 New York City Marathon.

“In college at BU, I remember thinking, ‘Oh, I want to run a marathon some day.’ But it was so lofty and far removed, frankly, from what

I was currently doing as a runner, which was the shortest distance one can run,” she said, referring to the 100 meters. “So I think I always had this dream of one day doing it. I don’t think I ever knew that dream was going to come true.”

She used to watch the marathon as a student, she said, where she was close to the action in an apartment on Buswell Street. She recalled people “grilling over there and hanging out and catching up” in the festive atmosphere of that stretch of the race.

“I used to go stand out there, and that was amazing,” she said. “It’s just like a party and a celebration.”

She said she’s looking forward to being on the other side of the guardrail in areas of the BU campus along Beacon Street and into Kenmore Square.

“I know that bit of it as a student,” she said. “Those are my peeps.

I’m excited for that bit.”

But the training and the preparation have not been without challenges. Boston is one of the most difficult courses in the world, Aduba said, one with which she’s very familiar.

“I’m just trying to take away some of the build up for it because being from Boston, I’m so familiar with that course and that race and what it is and what it means,” she said, adding that Heartbreak Hill, an incline in the final few miles of the race that has become the bane of many an exhausted marathoner, is something she’s definitely not looking forward to. “I know the animal I face.”

Combine that with the schedule of a working actress — long days filled with film shoots and travel — and the preparation and, ultimately, the success nearly seem impossible.

“I welcome it, to be honest with you,” Aduba said. “I think that’s just the beauty of the marathon. You

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“Orange is the New Black” star Uzo Aduba runs toward Kenmore Square Monday during the Boston Marathon.

really push to know what you can take, what you can do. And I’ve been grateful, thankful [that] here we are in the final stretch of it, that I made it through to the other side.”

Even in moments of frustration or plain exhaustion, Aduba said she only has to think of all the people for whom she’s running.

“It’s really easy to feel motivated when I start thinking about the fight

won and the fight lost,” she said. “And it really is the people still fighting every day that it’s like, they’re fighting every single minute and second of their lives and I’m being tasked to spend 26 miles of my life working.

And that feels like such a small list, when I compare that. That makes it easy to keep going. Not easy to do, but easy to keep going.”

But more than by the triumph

of running a marathon, Aduba is driven by the triumph of running the Boston Marathon.

“How I even ever felt inspired by marathons was because of Boston … I think it will feel more like a homecoming. New York is my home now, but Boston is where I’m from. And so there’s a kind of…” she trails off, pauses, before continuing, “There’s nothing like going home.”

Solidarity of Marathon outruns psychological trauma, experts said

BY OLIVIA DENG DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Two years ago, Paolo Mauricio, a senior in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences, ran past Coolidge Corner, less than three miles from the finish line of the Boston Marathon where his family was waiting. However, when he reached Kenmore Square, he said he knew something was wrong. The mood shifted from celebratory and lighthearted to panicked and tense.

“People started to head back and were crying. I remember seeing runners in tears,” Mauricio said. “I was trying to find my mom and my grandparents. At that time, I lived in [South Campus] and went back to my apartment, 46 Mountfort St., and cried. It was really traumatizing.”

With the second anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings that killed three and injured more than 260 on April 15, 2013, memories from the past may arise for those who experienced the marathon two years ago, triggering feelings of anxiety, said Priscilla Brailsford, a psychiatry professor at Georgetown University.

“I’m sure some people will be very afraid of where they stand, what they do and all of that. Anniversaries usually do that. It brings back all the feelings they had in the past,” she said. “It’s really expected and it’s

normal they would feel that, but it’s important for them to be able to acknowledge that this might happen, so when those feelings come up, they won’t be surprised by it.”

Brailsford said that in addition to cognitive effects, there are behavioral and physical effects such as increased irritability or paranoia and inability to eat or sleep. Some people recover from trauma quicker than others, Brailsford said, though while everyone handles them differently, the way someone responds to traumatic events may be related to socioeconomic status.

“For a community where nothing has happened before and nothing majorly traumatic has happened in their life, obviously, they may not have coping mechanisms and they may be more affected than people who experience trauma in their lives, neighborhoods and community,” she said. “Higher income communities because of the resources they have, may not have experience ... For other communities, unfortunately because of the prevalence of violence, they have developed coping mechanisms.”

Brailsford said the fact that the bombings were not a natural disaster makes the healing process more difficult.

“There’s more anger when it’s a man-made event. Sometimes, when it is a natural disaster, people could say that they couldn’t prevent it, or it

was uncontrollable,” she said. “Usually when it’s a disaster like 9/11, like the Marathon, people’s level of anger and outrage is much greater. That’s the one thing that stands out because they have someone to blame.

And then the effects are drawn out, then you have the court case, the sentencing and all of that. Every time you see it on the news, even after the event, you are still reminded of it. The ability to forget is harder.”

Mauricio, who is running in the 2015 Boston Marathon, said his experience at the Boston Marathon two years ago remains difficult to talk about, especially in light of the media attention on the trial of admitted Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the possibility of a movie based on the tragedy.

“I don’t like the fact that the guy who was in ‘Ted,’ Mark Wahlberg, wants to make a movie about Patriot’s Day. I think it’s too soon,” Mauricio said. “The trial has opened up a lot of bad memories, and I recognize that talking about it is important. I just take a longer time to get over things than other people.”

Consuming disaster-related media in that way is another factor that plays a role in inducing stress.

Repeated consumption of bombing-related media has been associated with increased acute stress in individuals, said E. Alison Holman, professor of nursing science at the University of California, Irvine.

Holman conducted a study titled, “Media’s role in broadcasting acute stress following the Boston Marathon bombings,” published in January in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

“Basically what we found was, in the aftermath, in the weeks following the Boston Marathon bombing, the amount of daily media exposure that people reported having about the bombings was associated with significantly higher levels of acute stress,” Holman said, “which are like early post-traumatic stress symptoms in the aftermath of the bombings.”

When consuming media, Holman said she advises people to adopt a calm approach.

“I am sure for some people, there’s going to be feelings rekindled about what happened in the bombings,” she said. “What’s important is for people to know that when you are watching stuff, do it with tempered approach.”

Chot Duay, a senior in the Questrom School of Business and CAS, said he has adopted a calm mentality toward the Boston Marathon bombings. Duay was one mile from the finish line when the bombs went off.

“I did not experience any trauma, at all … First, I hoped nobody was hurt,” Duay said. “For me, the way my mind works is when some-

thing bad like that happens, if I run into something negative, it happened so I accept the fact that whatever happened has happened and I look ahead.”

Duay said media sensationalization of the Boston Marathon has yielded positive effects. In addition to bringing more attention to the Boston Marathon, Duay said positive media that highlighted the resilience of Boston residents may send a signal that could deter future attacks.

“Sometimes, things like this tend to be over-sensationalized.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing,” he said. “It’s not about revenge, but moving forward. I like how Boston dealt with it because it did remain strong, because at the end of the day, that’s what people who want to terrorize people want. If they see it doesn’t have an effect in the long term, maybe that deters other people from trying something like that.”

Though media surrounding this year’s Boston Marathon has largely been positive, Holman warned that continuing to show images of traumatic events like the marathon bombings has negative consequences.

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eople came from across the world for the 2015 Boston Marathon, filling the streets from Hopkinton to Copley Square with spirit for the athletes and empathy for those affected by the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

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Michael Wardian, 41, of Arlington, Virginia high-fives the crowds on Boylston Street.

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Joy Krook, 59, of New Hampshire looks down Boylston Street at runners crossing the finish line.

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Keri Conte, 43, of Auburn runs down Boylston Street toward the finish line.

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Maxwell Tucker (SAR ’15), who ran the Boston Marathon for the Lingzi Foundation, runs down Beacon Street.

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Rebekah Gregory (left), who lost her leg during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, is assisted toward the finish line by her trainer and fellow amputee Artis Thompson III.

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Meb Keflezighi, who finished in eighth place, waves at spectators near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Keflezighi won the marathon in 2014, becoming the first American to win the race since 1983.

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A spectator photographs lines of Boston police officers patrolling Boylston Street during the marathon.

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A runner races down Boylston Street.

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Bryan Lyons pushes Rick Hoyt, the son of Dick Hoyt, who competed in 32 Boston Marathons with his son before retiring this year at the age of 74 and serving as the grand marshal of the marathon. Lyons has been a member of Team Hoyt since 2009.

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Spectators cheer on runners in Kenmore Square.

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A volunteer gives a runner a medal after he completed the Boston Marathon.

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A runner waves a flag with “Boston Strong� on it on the final stretch toward the finish line.

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Runners motivate each other during the Boston Marathon on Beacon Street.

Spectators don rain coats as they cheer on runners on Boylston Street.

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Shirley Smith, 56, of Easley, South Carolina, waves at spectators in Kenmore Square.

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time they came to a major event that happened in the community, a shooting, whatever that might be, they repeatedly show the same pictures over and over again … The same five pictures get shown to you 15 times in the context of one story.”

Similarly, Duay emphasized the importance of moving forward.

“Years from now, when I look back at the Boston Marathon, yeah, I will think about the bombing, but it’s bigger than that. It has always been bigger than that,” he said. “I would remember that day not to remember the bombing itself, the incident, but instead the people who were lost.

People should be focused on moving forward.”

The wounds remain, but as a community, Boston is stronger than ever, Brailsford said. Social solidarity, seen after the September 11, 2001 Twin Tower attacks in New York and Hurricane Katrina, swelled again during the Boston Marathon bombings.

“I think it is one of those classic experiences where in the event of a terrorist attack, a lot of people are resilient and bounce back. It’s something we saw in 9/11. It’s something we saw in the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris,” Mauricio said.

BU students who are running the Boston Marathon this year said they are determined to overcome the negative psychological effects induced by the bombings with positivity. Many of them emphasized the importance of

being strong-minded.

For Margel DiMaggio, a senior in CAS who grew up just north of Boston, the Boston Marathon is a race she is familiar with.

“I think last year, Marathon Monday, I thought, ‘I could definitely do this.’ It’s such a historic race, and it’s right here, basically at my doorstep,” DiMaggio said.

DiMaggio, who raised $10,000 for the Red Sox Foundation, said the Marathon serves as a testament to the strength of Boston as a city.

“For the rest of the history of the marathon, it will be in memory of everyone affected [by the bombings]. It reminds us that we are such a strong city and we can overcome anything.”

Rachel Harrison, a freshman in Questrom, said she was inspired by the spirit displayed by Boston residents.

“There is also such great heart in the city and such great spirit and mentality. The city is so resilient,” Harrison said. “It’s such a positive event.

There’s really no need to be scared of anything bad happening again.”

Mauricio said that similar to last year, he has a positive outlook for this year’s Boston Marathon.

“Last year, for the Boston Marathon, it was a really fun year. People just celebrated the spirit of running, the spirit of the city, the spirit of the law enforcement and emergency responders who were able to help,” Mauricio said. “We will continue to run.

This is our city.”

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No place for enhancement drugs at Boston Marathon It was a feat nothing less than spectacular: in the 2014 Boston Marathon, Kenyan runner Rita Jeptoo defied the odds and won a third female title. Jeptoo won for the first time in 2006, then again in 2013. Then in 2014, she set a course record of 2:18:57.

Her time was four minutes faster than the previous record-holder, Kenya’s Caroline Kilel. But it also may have been a fraud.

Five months after her April victory, Jeptoo tested positive for the blood-boosting drug erythropoietin, or EPO. EPO is a naturally occurring substance that controls red blood cell production, but exogenous EPO can be used as a performance-enhancing drug. And after not one but two tests, Jeptoo was found to have used it to achieve her awe-inspiring time in 2014.

“One of her last miles was 4:48, something insane. At the time, I was like, ‘Whoa, my mind is blown.

That’s so crazy. Amazing,’” fellow runner Amy Hastings Cragg told The Boston Globe. “Looking back, I’m like, ‘I was an idiot. That’s impossible.’ That’s actually not possible for a woman to do at the end of a marathon. So, that’s very frustrating.”

Upon the findings, Jeptoo was suspended from competition for two years. Some, however, think that the suspension isn’t enough and want Jeptoo’s titles taken away,

along with a lifetime ban. The World Anti-Doping Agency has increased the penalty for first-time offenders from two years to four years, but it still doesn’t take away the sting for other clean runners.

“You get very bitter when you start thinking about it too much,” Cragg told the Globe. “You can’t beat these people who are on drugs.”

The course record Jeptoo set in 2014 cannot be voided just by the confirmed presence of EPO due to an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. In addition, there is no telling whether or not Jeptoo’s 2006 and 2013 victories were also aided by the drug.

“We put an asterisk by them,” Abbott World Marathon Majors’ general counsel Nick Bitel told the Globe. Besides that, there is not much they can do.

But the AWMM, the overarching counsel that oversees the world’s six major annual marathons — Boston’s was the world’s first — is looking to change that. They are introducing a new testing program that will require all athletes who have earned AWMM “points” since 2012 to get tested for performance-enhancing drugs four times per year.

“It’s saying to the athletes, not only are you going to have to be clean when you win, but you’ve got to stay clean,” Bitel told the Globe.

If athletes are found to have performance-enhancing drugs in their blood, they will be denied monetary bonuses, much like Jeptoo was denied her $500,000 World Marathon Majors bonus following the reveal of the deception.

The program will require mandatory testing for about 150 top runners, plus any runners who run a marathon in less than a specified time. Marathon directors can also recommend testing for any particular runners who have signed up for events.

In a sport that requires no equipment besides the speed, strength and endurance of the human body, the AWMM is looking to clean up the playing field. However, if we want to keep the symbolism of the marathon being something as important as it is, we need to make it fair. Of course, professional runners are the most competitive, so it makes sense to start out with testing them. But they aren’t the only ones who should be tested.

It’s simple: if you have to take a drug test to apply for a job that has absolutely nothing to do with physical prowess, you should have to take a drug test to compete in a marathon.

To qualify for the Boston Marathon, runners have to submit times from three other races, so maybe having to submit proof of drug tests as part of the requirement would

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t’s simple: if you have to take a drug test to apply for a job that has absolutely nothing to do with physical prowess, you should have to take a drug test to compete in a marathon.

make sense. One already has to go through the effort of getting their times from certain races. It’s just one more hoop to jump through, and it’s maybe the most important one.

If only the top 150 runners from around the world are being tested, there are going to be people who aren’t frontrunners and want to be. What’s keeping those people from taking the performance-enhancing drugs that have just been banned for top athletes? Guilt clearly isn’t enough.

In addition, for those who are found to have been using performance-enhancing drugs to win, awards should be retroactively taken away. It’s not enough to ban them from the race for four years.

There should be a fair trial, just like there’s a trial for any crime, of course. But it doesn’t make sense to make the punishment so easy.

Us laypeople think of the Mar-

athon as just fun, but it is other peoples’ livelihood and job. If everyone else is doping up before races, they’re going to do it too. You can’t trust that someone who did this isn’t going to do it again.

These scandals put a bad light on the point of the Marathon as well. One would think that after all that’s happened, runners would put competitiveness aside and make this day about the resilience and strength of the community.

It can’t be ignored that the Boston Marathon is never going to be the same again. It’s always going to be the anniversary of the bombings. The people that take part in it are now not just runners, but also symbols of Boston pride. This day means so much to the city and the people who call it home, and to make it all about winning — and especially honoring someone who cheated their way to the top — is shameful.

Sports Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Top left: Marcel Hug won his first men’s wheelchair division title with a finish time of 1:29:53. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF Bottom left: With a time of 2:09:17, Lelisa Desisa took home the Marathon victory, finishing just six seconds short of the course record.

PHOTO BY MICHAEL DESOCIO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF Top right: Tatyana McFadden won the women’s wheelchair division, finishing the course at the 1:52:54 mark. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF Bottom right: Caroline Rotich won the women’s division, finishing with a time of 2:24:55, just in front of the second-place finisher. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Desisa wins second Marathon title, Rotich edges out competitors

BY NICK FRAIZIER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The 119th edition of the Boston Marathon took place Monday, as over 30,000 people took part in the world’s longest-running marathon, which began in Hopkinton and ended in the middle of Boston.

Thousands gathered to cheer on participants of the 26.2mile race, as they ran through cloudy skies and rain. Although most of the elite runners finished ahead of the rain that came down at about 1 p.m., the rest of the runners were not so lucky.

“It was a very cold, very tough day,” said Jessica Gibby, 28, of Palo Alto, California, who ran in her second Boston Marathon

on Monday. “Tough to run fast today, but still a fun course.”

New England’s most widely viewed sporting event saw a familiar face cross the finish line first in the men’s division, as Ethiopian runner Lelisa Desisa won the Boston Marathon, finishing with a time of 2:09:17, a little over six seconds off the course record set by Geoffrey Mutai in 2011. Monday’s win was the second Boston Marathon victory for Desisa, who last won in 2013. He gave his winner’s medal from that race to the city of Boston following the Marathon bombings, which killed three and injured more than 260.

Desisa was followed by fellow Ethiopian native Yemane Tsegay, who crossed the finish

line 31 seconds later. American runners Dathan Ritzenhein and Meb Keflezighi finished seventh and eighth overall, respectively.

Keflezighi won the Boston Marathon in 2014, making him the first American runner to win the marathon in three decades.

In the women’s division, Caroline Rotich of Kenya was able to squeak out a first-place finish in a very competitive race, as Rotich broke free from second-place finisher Mare Dibaba of Ethiopia in the last 500 feet to win her first Boston Marathon with a time of 2:24:55. Michigan native Desiree Linden came in fourth, crossing the finish line at 2:25:39, while Oregon runner Shalane Flanagan, who ran the fastest time ever by an American women on the

Boston Marathon course in 2014 with a time of 2:22:02, finished ninth this year in 2:27:47. Tatyana McFadden continued her dominance in the women’s wheelchair division, winning her third consecutive race and coming in at the 1:52:54 mark. Marcel Hug, a native of Switzerland, brought home the men’s wheelchair title with a time of 1:29:53 for his first marathon victory.

The gloomy weather conditions did not stop spectators from coming out and supporting the runners as they made their way through the city. Several runners said they were pleased with the cheering crowd and the support they received.

“I thought that all the people cheering all along the way were

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fantastic,” said Michael French, 36, of Chesapeake, Virginia, who ran in his first Boston Marathon and finished 95th overall. “The people really cheered us on toward the end. It really kind of numbed the pain, and the miles started ticking off toward the end of the race.”

Dan Jensen, 23, of Urbandale, Iowa, who finished 339th overall, said the energy of the crowd helped him finish his first Boston Marathon.

“It was awesome, especially the last couple of miles,” he said.

“It just gives you a lot of energy.

I was starting to get tired in the last couple of miles, but it’s hard to slow down when everyone is cheering for you like that.”

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