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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014 THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY YEAR XLIV. VOLUME LXXXVII. ISSUE IX.

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BU Students opt for cheap, DIY Halloween costumes

BU workers vote on strike authorization

BY RYAN MCDONAGH AND MINA CORPUZ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

With contracts set to expire on Friday and limited time to settle on an agreement, Boston University workers voted Wednesday at the Holiday Inn in Brookline to authorize a strike if an agreement with BU is not achieved.

Workers started gathering at about 1 p.m. and continued until about 11 p.m., coming in on their own time to receive updates from members of the bargaining committee and leaders from the 32BJ Service Employees International Union about where contract negotiations stand and place their vote to authorize a strike by holding up a “Yes” or “No” sign, said Eugenio Villasante, spokesman for 32BJ SEIU. “We want to remind the university, student body that the workers make the university run and without them, it would be different,” he said. “Strike isn’t something people take lightly. When folks think about this, people deciding in the next few days what their livelihood will be for the next four years, it’s something people need to think of carefully.”

Voting “yes” does not guarantee that workers will actually strike, Villasante said.

Results from the vote were not available at press time.

BU workers are considering a strike because of the conditions in their new contract that they consider to be unfair, said Roxana Rivera, district leader of the 32BJ SEIU. “What we’re asking for is a cost of living wage increase that will keep up with inflation over the next coming years,” she said.

Boston University Human Resources extended health benefits Friday to half-time employees who previously did not receive benefits, which will affect about 340 staff, facilities, police or administrative workers.

Workers who work 50 to 75 percent of a full-time schedule can now enroll in health and dental programs, said Chief Human Resources Officer Diane Tucker.

“This change in eligibility also improves our competitiveness with other employers,” she said in an email. “Prior to the change, benefits were only available to full-time and 75 percent-time employees. Employees will have the choice of enrolling in the health plans in addition to choices they may already have outside the University.”

Fred Foulkes, a member of the benefits review committee and director of the BU Human Resource Policy Institute, said payment benefits will be split between the university and the employee.

“You don’t want workers worrying, ‘If

Reports of credit card information stolen, BUPD aids Secret Service

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Boston University workers gather at the Holiday Inn in Brookline Wednesday to vote on a possible workers’ strike after protesting several times this semester for better wages, job contracts and health care.

“BU is doing very financially well, projected to as well, and so we believe it’s only fair for workers to be able to not fall behind in the coming years that they get that cost of living wage increase.”

The Boston City Council showed its support for BU workers by voting unanimously Wednesday for a resolution to ask the university to agree on a fair contract, Rivera said.

Workers and union leaders first marched down Commonwealth Avenue to BU President Robert Brown’s office at 1 Silber way on Oct. 15, The Daily Free Press reported. They held another march Tuesday to put last minute pressure on the university,

The Daily Free Press reported.

Another important issue for the union is increasing health care costs, Rivera said.

“Workers on the average right now pay $400 a month to have health care,” she said.

“People already paying the $400, they’re going to continue doing that. We’re not asking them to pay less. We’re just saying that they can’t take the burn of paying more over the coming years.”

Timothy Hall, the lead custodian and a member of the bargaining committee, said he believes the decision to receive strike authorization will be “pretty much unanimous,” but he is concerned about the effect CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

Part-time BU employees eligible for health benefits

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I get really sick, how can I afford care?’ So that’s why companies and universities offer some of that peace of mind for health care as a key benefit,” he said.

The health benefits BU employees receive include safeguards on income in the case that someone becomes disabled and cannot work, help to quit smoking, aid in paying for health and dental care and access to the Fitness & Recreation Center, according to the BU Human Resources website.

Despite this change, some employees may not want to enroll in the benefit program, Foulkes said.

“People pay premiums per month,” he said. “It’s generally deducted from their pay maybe weekly or every two weeks, and the thing is, the university will pay part and the employee will pay part, and that gives you coverage of health care.”

Randall Ellis, professor of economics at BU, said providing health benefits could be a key component to keep and attract employees.

“One good thing [about the change] is that it’s less scary for employees to shift from full to part time, but it can make some

people less willing to leave their part-time jobs because now they have this extra health plan,” he said.

A BU Medical Center plan, preferred provider organization plan and health maintenance organization plan are available to BU employees, Ellis said.

Ellis said people might be able to get a better health coverage deal through their employers rather than buying on the individual market.

“Traditionally, employers get a much better premium than buying on the individual market, but that’s no longer as true with the Affordable Care Act,” he said. “I haven’t seen the comparison of the [Massachusetts Health] Connector premiums to BU’s, but the BU plan is probably more generous than many of the options available on the Connector.”

Even if employees are afraid to leave their jobs for fear of losing health care benefits, Massachusetts still provides insurance for people with pre-existing conditions, Ellis said.

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Boston University Police Department is aiding U.S. Secret Service investigators with increased reports of stolen credit card information.

As of Tuesday, twelve Chinese international students with credit cards issued by the Bank of China reported that confidential information from their accounts was stolen, said BUPD Detective Lieutenant Peter DiDomenica. The first report was received on Oct. 9.

“Not only is it a trend, but they [the reports] seem to be related,” he said. “For the people involved in doing this, it seems like the same group that is responsible for all of these because they’re so similar. It’s specific banks in a very narrow window of time that this is happening.”

Because the financial fraud spans multiple jurisdictions, states and countries, DiDomenica said the Secret Service has more capability to investigate the claims. BUPD is collecting reports and forwarding them to the Boston field office of the Secret Service.

While BUPD occasionally deals with stolen or missing credit cards, the increase in the number of cases in a small frame of time shows how sophisticated thieves have become, DiDomenica said.

“It’s dishonest people that are stealing.

They’re exploiting the Internet and electronic accessed information, and it’s not just a new way of committing fraud and exploiting these digital systems,” he said. “It’s really no different than any other form of crime involving theft. It’s just a little more sophisticated.”

Robert Siciliano, an expert in credit card theft and identity fraud and CEO of the website IDTheftSecurity, said because theft cannot be fully prevented, people should learn to stay vigilant.

“Every time you give out your bank or credit card number, it is at risk of being compromised every single time, and there’s nothing that you can do about that,” he said.

“What you should do in response to the hopelessness of protecting your credit cards, [because] you can’t, is you should be paying attention to your statements.”

Siciliano suggested credit card owners look at their bank statements at a minimum of once a month to ensure that fraudulent purchases have not been made.

Vijay Kanabar, an associate professor of computer science in the Metropolitan College at BU, said it is easy for credit card information theft to occur both online and in person.

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Proponents, opponents on Question 2 Nov. 4 Mass. ballot questions

BY JESSICA DORFAN & INAARA TAJUDDIN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

On Tuesday, registered voters in Massachusetts will hit the polls to not only vote for new state leaders, but also to decide on politicized issues in the Commonwealth.

The 2014 ballot questions address changes to the gas tax, updates to the Bottle Bill, a repeal of the casino law and earned sick time for employees. The results of the questions will become law after the votes are tallied, said Brian McNiff, spokesman for Secretary of State William Galvin.

“These are all laws that have considerable economic impact,” McNiff said.

“They’re also, to a greater or lesser degree, quite controversial, so what the people do Tuesday will have an effect on a number of areas.”

The decision to include the four questions began as early as December 2013, when Massachusetts residents signed petitions

calling for a change in law. For the questions to be accepted on the ballot, the petition must contain certified signatures equal to at least 3 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for governor at the last state election, which was 68,911 votes.

The attorney general then determines whether the petition is an acceptable subject and forwards them to Galvin’s office. From there, if approved, the petitions are forwarded to the Massachusetts Legislature, which decides further whether to approve the petition, reject it or take no action. Once the final signatures are filed with Galvin’s office, the question can appear on the ballot, McNiff said.

“These four questions that are on the ballot now are the four survivors of that process if you will,” he said, “and let’s hope people vote on them next week.”

Polls open for the general election at 7 a.m.

Tuesday.

Question 1

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Massachusetts ballot Question 1 proposes that the gas tax should be indexed based on changes in inflation.

The gas tax law, implemented in September 2013, adjusts taxes on gas annually according to inflation. Voting “Yes” for gas tax indexing would eliminate the annual inflation-based tax change. A “No” vote would make no change.

Kristina Egan, director of Transportation for Massachusetts, is a proponent of the gas tax law, and said it is needed to fund public transportation projects in the Commonwealth.

“Our public transportation is old and falling apart, and the main source of funding for our transportation is the gas tax,” she said. “So it’s really important that the people who are using their cars and using public transportation help pay to maintain the system that we have.”

Egan said the tax needs to be tied to inflation not only because it is essential toward funding public transportation, but also because inflation decreases the purchasing power of the gas tax as costs rise.

“Tying gas tax to inflation will cost the average driver $5 a year,” she said. “But if we don’t tie gas tax to inflation, we will lose $1 billion for transportation repairs.

And that gas tax is to help fund new Red Line and Orange Line cars, the Green Line extension to Somerville, South Station ex-

pansion and other repairs to the MBTA [Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority] system.”

The gas tax also contributes to the reduction of climate change by encouraging Massachusetts residents to use alternative, more environmentally friendly modes of transportation, Egan said.

Bill Vernon, director of National Federation of Independent Business Massachusetts, said the costs overcome the benefits, and indexing the gas tax would distort the previously established tax.

If this process of indexing the gas tax based on inflation had been implemented when the gas tax was last increased, it would be 50 percent higher than it is now, an increase of 36 cents per gallon, Vernon said.

The tax will also have the strongest impact on small businesses.

“Representing small businesses, the gas tax disproportionately paid by small business owners who oftentimes have two or three pick up trucks to get their equipment to the job, to get themselves and their coworkers to the job and then to operate the equipment at the job,” he said.

Vernon said the legislature should vote to increase taxes, instead of increasing the gas tax automatically.

The Bottle Bill, first implemented in the 1980s, requires a deposit on alcoholic and carbonated drinks. The ballot question advocates for the adjustment of the current bill to include a deposit for containers of non-alcoholic and carbonated drinks.

The proposed petition would also require that the deposit amount for containers be adjusted every five years to reflect changes to the Consumer Price Index.

Ben Martin-McDonough, spokesman for the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group, said the initiative would significantly increase the practice of recycling.

At this time, 80 percent of all items that have a deposit on them, including beer bottles, cans and sodas, can be redeemed at a store or redemption center or they can be recycled, but all other beverage containers not recognized as redeemable end up as trash or litter, Martin-McDonough said.

People did not drink as many sports drinks, energy drinks and iced tea when the first bill was implemented in the 1980s, Martin-McDonough said.

“We wouldn’t see water bottles and energy drinks littered on the side of the roads in the state,” he said. “And we wouldn’t see them on ball fields, and they wouldn’t be in our waterways and lakes.

We would see that cities and towns across the state would be getting money because currently, they have to pay $7 million a year to pick up litter.”

Nicole Giambusso, spokeswoman for No on Question 2: Stop Forced Deposits, said the approval of the update to the Bottle Bill would add $68 million a year to grossrate costs, while increasing recycling by oneeighth of a percent.

“We just need to keep in mind the cost and the fact that the forced deposit system was created in 1982,” Giambusso said. “It was a very different time, and since then, we’ve

Question 3

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Massachusetts ballot Question 2 proposes to expand the Bottle Bill to include non-carbonated beverages such as water and juice.

really built a strong recycling infrastructure.

Over 90 percent of households in Massachusetts have access to either curbside recycling or some type of community recycling program.”

Giambusso said these new container deposit machines would require additional costs and investments and take up space, ultimately burdening the grocers.

“The current machines are not going to redeem all the cans that Question 2 would cover, so it would mean a lot of space, a lot of additional investments for these grocers,” she said. “And those are costs that will trickle back to consumers.”

If passed, the proposed law would be implemented April 22, 2015.

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Massachusetts ballot Question 3 proposes to repeal the Expanded Gaming Act of 2011, thereby shutting down all plans for casinos in Massachusetts.

Question 3 proposes a law prohibiting the Massachusetts Gaming Commission from licensing any gaming establishment with slot machines or table games, and requiring that all casino and slot gaming licenses already issued be discontinued. The proposed law would also prohibit gambling on live greyhound races.

Voting “Yes” on this ballot question would mean a vote to repeal the current law allowing casinos to be built, creating a gambling-free state. A majority “No” vote would

allow the casinos to continue as planned.

Stephen Eisele, spokesman for Yes on 3, said casinos would take away from local communities and small businesses throughout the Commonwealth.

Crime has been shown to increase in a 50-mile radius of the casino, which, in a state as small as Massachusetts, encompasses 50 percent of the Commonwealth’s population, Eisele said.

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People should be concerned about the effects these casinos would have on the Commonwealth, such as increases in traffic, domestic violence and drunk driving, he said. “[This] is something that will really affect everyone in the Commonwealth,” Eisele said. “People will think it doesn’t have an impact on them, but looking at the impact on the local economies around the casino sites, it’s hard to determine where that line is. The other side talks about jobs, but the money has to come from somewhere, and it will take away from other businesses. It will suck up a lot of income at the expense of local communities from other states.”

The Coalition to Protect Mass Jobs, which opposes the repeal of the casino bill,

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supports the jobs and revenue that would be generated by the casinos, according to the organization’s website.

“Our goal is to engage Massachusetts voters in a dialogue on this subject and to make clear this law will create thousands of jobs and allow the state to reap hundreds of millions in revenues, much of it now flowing to other states,” the website states.

More than 15,000 jobs would be created if the casino law is not repealed, according to the site, and $400 million in annual income would be generated for the Commonwealth.

The Coalition to Protect Mass Jobs did not respond to comment by press time.

Three casinos have been approved in the Commonwealth: one in Springfield, one in Everett and one in southeastern Massachusetts.

Studies show that crime increases within a 50mile radius of a casino.

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Question 4

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS WITH

Gubernatorial Candidate Martha Coakley

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot in Massachusetts.

BY FELICIA GANS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

This is the fifth part in a five-part series of interviews with the Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates facing off the Nov. 4 election.

After graduating in the first female class at Williams College and serving as the Commonwealth’s first female attorney general, Martha Coakley is campaigning to add another first to her record – first female governor of Massachusetts. The 61-year-old North Adams native has worked under the administration of Gov. Deval Patrick since 2007, playing an active role in a number of landmark cases.

Prior to her work as attorney general, Coakley was district attorney of Middlesex County from 1999 to 2007. The Boston University School of Law alumna hopes to bring her experience in the public sector to her campaign for governor, continuing the work she has done as attorney general by protecting civil rights and bringing innovation to the Commonwealth.

Felicia Gans: What inspired you to run for Massachusetts governor?

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Massachusetts ballot Question 4 proposes to allow certain state employees to earn and use paid sick days.

Question 4 addresses the issue of earned sick time for employees in Massachusetts.

Currently, the Commonwealth has no regulations in place regarding paid sick days at work, and days off are seen as a personal discussion between employer and employee to be discussed on a case-by-case basis.

Those working for larger employers, meaning those with 11 or more employees, would be able to earn and use up to 40 hours of paid sick time in a calendar year, and employees working for smaller businesses or employees, could earn up to 40 hours of unpaid sick time, according to the proposed law.

The Retailers Association of Massachusetts is against the creation of the sick day laws, said Jon Hurst, the organization’s president.

“One size does not fit all. It should be between employer and employee, not statewide,” he said. “We view this as a self-centered objective that the state are trying to sneak through while hammering small business and cheating taxpayers. Really big and small businesses are different, and a parttime working teenager is different from a full-time working adult.”

Hurst emphasized that this bill could potentially reduce jobs for high school students by 50 percent.

Steve Crawford, spokesman for Yes on 4, said the lack of government regulation behind sick days is a social and economic downfall for the Commonwealth.

“The bill will allow people who need to take their elderly mother to the doctor to take a few hours and make sure they are cared for properly,” he said. “It will allow parents to earn time to pick up their sick children from school to make sure they are watched during the day.”

Not providing sick time for workers in need would cost approximately $200 million every year to cover additional expenses, Crawford said. Therefore, by approving sick days for the Commonwealth, “there will be a savings for everyone.”

“We all know someone who doesn’t get sick time at work, could be sister, or mother or neighbor,” he said. “It doesn’t reflect our values, and it is costing our economy millions of dollars in lost wages.”

If passed, Question 4’s proposed law would take effect July 1, 2015.

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Martha Coakley: I am incredibly excited to run for governor…because as I see this economy turn around now, coming out of the tough recession, created mostly by a Wall Street excess that crashed our economy, I am interested in making sure we now build a sustainable economy that turns this around for everybody. So people get a good education, starting with early education through two or four years, if they want and beyond, because I believe not only is that a good opportunity for everybody in Massachusetts to get a fair shot, have a good life, build a job, build equity, it’s also good for our economy because that is how in a knowledge economy, we’re going to get and keep businesses here if we have the skilled workforce who can do those jobs.

FG: What are your goals for higher education?

MC: First of all, we need to reduce the cost for students. It has become so expensive, and I think students are questioning the value, given particularly what the average tuition is, tuition and fees, at a not-for-profit school in Massachusetts for four years. It’s a huge burden for students and families, and for many people, it’s not attainable.

Addressing the affordability of schools and the affordability of borrowing money for schools is one of my top priorities.

One of my plans is to provide for full-need financial aid policies at our community colleges, anyone who’s graduated from high school, who wants a two-year additional education but can’t afford it, we would make that available to them.

And the other, one other piece that we’re looking at, increasing tax deductions for parents who want to contribute to a 529 College Savings Plan. We’re one of the few states that haven’t

done that. There are 34 other states that allow a $5,000 tax deductible for families that make contributions to the 529 College Plan. And it is a powerful incentive I think for families to start saving early.

FG: How will you ensure students can find affordable housing and a job in the Commonwealth after graduating from college?

MC: The other part of my plan involves regional economic development. When kids come to school in Boston and Cambridge particularly, there is always going to be that high demand because we have such a concentration of not just undergraduates, but law schools and medical schools, but what I think we also can look at is across Massachusetts…we have an enormous opportunity. If we invest in better rail, like the South Coast Rail that we need to complete from New Bedford that would hook New Bedford up to Boston and to be able to, with smart growth, invest in housing and transportation…so people can get good jobs, they can buy a house, they can build equity and still partake in, part of my plan is investing in our creative economy also.

We have an array of options. We obviously need to provide more affordable housing in our very densely populated Boston and Cambridge, and there are ways to do that. I look forward to working with [Boston] Mayor [Martin] Walsh more on that. But also to make sure that all students know what great opportunities are in the MetroWest region and the South Coast and certainly on our North Shore.

FG: What makes you the best candidate for college students?

MC: I, myself, had the opportunity not only to go to a good college, but also to get further education in law school that let me pursue my personal dreams. It gave me a good, solid foundation to do well here in Massachusetts. I believe every kid should have that choice. And that’s true for K [kindergarten] thru 12. It’s good for opportunities in two-year colleges and four-year schools.

And look, Massachusetts’ strength is in a knowledge economy. I think students can understand that I’m going to invest in schools, in them, in good education, because not only is it good for them. It’s good for our economy in the future in Massachusetts.

FG: What should college students be most concerned about in this election and going forward?

MC: For students who are here, who vote here, because they want to stay here, they should be looking at the contrast between what I propose for economic development and in business and education and frankly what my Republican opponent proposes.

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Strike can be tool to reach agreement with BU, workers say WORKERS, FROM PAGE 1

it will have on workers’ relationship with BU administration.

“What we’re afraid of is that we’ve had this great relationship in the 36 years I’ve been here, when we’ve been looked upon as the best custodial and trade working force at least in the city of Boston,” he said. “Over the past few years, they’ve stopped recognizing that at the table because the offer they [BU] is coming across as far as wages are concerned isn’t even [with] the projected cost of living index.”

Jose Martinez, another custodial worker on the bargaining committee, said he hopes Brown becomes more sensitive about how his administrative decisions affect

workers.

“Having to fight in a way we never had to saddens people who have been here a long time,” he said. “I’m hoping we come to an understanding. I hope President Brown takes a look at who the members of 32BJ are. They’re good people. We don’t like being placed in this position. We’ve never been cornered in such a position as we are now.”

John Griese, a member of Student Labor Action Project present at the vote, said the group would support the worker’s decision to strike and stand with them on the picket lines.

“I’m here because worker’s issues are student’s issues. Students will be workers, and even with the degrees they have, they

will have to deal with the dynamics of labor and capital markets,” Griese, a senior in the College of Engineering, said. “We want to make BU a good place for whoever is part of the institution. I’ve seen wonderful solidarity, and it’s one of the most amazing things I’ve seen at BU in my four years.”

Several workers who voted said the strike could be used as a tool to reach agreements with the university.

Alfredo Steward, 38, a heat, ventilation and air conditioning mechanic, said he liked how the bargaining committee spoke “straight and to the point” about the contracts and where BU workers stand.

“I’ve been working at BU for 18 years,” he said. “I am hopeful how things end up because we all have families. This vote

shows that we’re serious about negotiations, and we’re not backing down. We want the respect. I don’t want to go on strike, but sometimes you’ve got to stand up for what you want. Tuition goes up each year, and so does the money President Brown makes.”

Sue Friedlander, 52, a custodian in West Campus, said being treated with respect is just as important as being paid a decent wage.

“We just want some respect and to be paid a fair wage. Everything in the city has gone up, and the wages we make aren’t keeping up,” she said. “When I first started here six years ago in 2008, I made $14.66 an hour, and it’s not enough. That’s not right. We can’t even get respect. They [BU] won’t sit with us at the table and bargain.”

Professor, credit card experts stress student preparedness CREDIT FRAUD, FROM PAGE 1

“Let’s say at Boston University all the students use their credit card at Barnes & Noble BU or a restaurant on Comm.

[Commonwealth] Ave. They [the businesses] use our credit card, and we don’t know how they are archiving that information,” he said. “That’s one easy way to get access to the data. There is a culture of trust here in this country that is pretty easy to exploit.”

Kanabar said students should be prepared because hacking incidents may occur at any time without notice.

“BU students need to be prepared for such incidents, and proactively going to their banking account and setting up alerts so that they don’t end up wasting too much time and effort and money dealing with such fraud,” he said.

Several students agreed that theft in general is a prevalent problem on campus, but the BU community can work to avoid it.

Gabrielle Miller, a senior in the College of Communication, said students are not always responsible when it comes to leaving their items unattended.

“It’s something to be concerned about [and] something to be nervous about, but at

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the same time, I like to think I’m pretty responsible with all my stuff,” she said. “I never leave my wallet just lying around. I think that a lot of students here can feel a little too comfortable sometimes leaving your stuff at the table and running to get food and coming back.”

Marisa Brink, a sophomore in the College of Fine Arts, said being in college means learning to be responsible and take precautions with money.

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Ignacio Rodriguez , a senior in MET, said he acknowledges the severe consequences of credit card fraud due to students’ reliance on these cards and accounts.

“Most of us, we are depending on these credit cards, and most of our money might be on these accounts,” he said. “I always withdraw money from the ATM, and every time it’s possible, I prefer just using cash,” he said. “I don’t really feel comfortable just using my debit card or credit card much.”

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MUSE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014

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Allston Rock City Hall, a proposed live venue in community artist space Studio 52, was never opened due to issues with permitting and zoning.

BY ALEX CREED DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston, the home of sites like hyperlocal music blog Allston Pudding, institutions such as the Berklee College of Music and a smattering of concert venues, has long been associated with a burgeoning music scene.

But for many local bands, promoters and music enthusiasts, the red tape surrounding the process of opening a new spot for local music has become more like caution tape.

“I do think, especially in Boston, it’s difficult when you’re faced with piles and piles of permits,” said Josh Bhatti, head of the Boston office for The Bowery Presents, a concert promotion and venue management organization.

“It’s important though that small businesses are able to actually open something and get through that permitting process.”

Despite a large population of college students, some of the city’s practices — such as the early closing time of bars and nightclubs, as well as the lack of all-age venues — discourage the kind of nightlife that would better support the local music scene, said Nick Grieco, ex-manager and primary design consultant of Allston Rock City Hall, a proposed live music venue that was halted due to complications with permitting and zoning.

“The Boston entertainment laws are archaic,” he said. “They’re all focused on worries of the Boston music scene that just don’t really exist anymore. People aren’t storming stages, moshing or setting off pyrotechnics. It just doesn’t happen anymore, and the fact that the live entertainment permit is so difficult to acquire just goes to show why there are so few venues in this city.”

Allston Rock City Hall, or ARCH, was in development during Spring 2014, conceived as a place in Allston community artist space Studio 52 for local bands to play shows for an all-age audience. ARCH was set for a joint gallery opening and concert after-party on March 29, but issues with permitting kept that from happening.

“There was a misunderstanding, and that ended up putting us in front of the Zoning Board of Appeals having to appeal this declining of our permits,” Grieco said. “The process just took so long that my position didn’t exist anymore.”

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh took steps to streamline the process of the Zoning Board of Appeals in July and August, which included lengthening the Board’s hours and creating a subcommittee to handle requests from smaller businesses and projects,

the Boston Business Journal reported on Aug. 12. However, for ARCH, the process dragged on.

Grieco, along with Rich Anton, Studio 52 general manager, and Glenn Michael, Studio 52 marketing director, originally planned to create a private event space that would meet the needs of the growing rock scene in Boston, focusing specifically on Allston, where there is a thriving rock ‘n’ roll music scene.

Currently, ARCH Gallery is open as an art gallery and private event space, but it does not yet have permission to host live music, said Nicole Dessingue, director of the ARCH Gallery, in a September interview with the Boston Herald.

“I know that the team over at Studio 52 is really gun-shy right now, and I think they want the smoke to settle before they attempt something new again,” Grieco said. “I know that they’re really passionate people. I know that everything that they’re doing is meant to be an uplifting thing for the music scene, and I believe that if given the opportunity, they will take it. But it all depends on whether or not that opportunity presents itself.”

Local bands have also taken notice to the drawn-out opening of the music venue section to ARCH. “We walk by it [Studio 52] daily on our way to our rehearsal studio, and we were anticipating its opening for a while,” said Kevin Boldwin, vocalist, guitarist and percussionist of the band Cask Mouse. “Those guys worked very hard to make that shipping and receiving room into a legit venue space.”

For Bhatti, the process was much shorter when he worked to open the Sinclair, a combined restaurant and live music venue in Cambridge in December 2012.

“We were clear to go with [an appeal to zoning] because it was already a licensed building,” Bhatti said. “We had a number of public hearings with anyone in the neighborhood able to come in.”

The Bowery had four hearings with the Cambridge License Commission, which is comprised of the police commissioner, fire chief and one chairperson, to determine the need, use and impact of a new space on the surrounding neighborhood. The Bowery’s first hearing was in September 2011, and the Sinclair was officially approved on Jan. 3, 2012.

“Our reputation helped, but it didn’t make much of a difference in making it easi-

er to open the venue,” Bhatti said. “To an extent, people on the board only know of what you do in a local area.”

But from a band’s perspective, the issue seems to be a lack of genuinely caring venues engrossed in the state of the scene, not simply a lack of venues overall.

“This city is hungry for shows that aren’t ‘alcohol-centric,’ places where fans can go to actually connect in an intimate setting with bands and artist,” Boldwin said.

“Unfortunately, people in the community would rather forego logic and inadvertently are feeding the basement show [and] underground scene.”

While it might be easy for music fans in Boston to attend a concert on any given night, it is more difficult for local musicians to book multiple shows in order to make a living when Live Nation New England or The Bowery manage most of the venues in the city.

The Bowery, which deals with the booking for many venues including the Royale and Great Scott, turns down about half of the bands they receive booking requests from, whether they are local or bigname touring bands, Bhatti said. At the end of the day, these venues look at which bands will deliver the best shows, regardless of how popular they are.

“Compared to other cities, [Boston] is a good market,” Bhatti said. “But it’s hard regardless. If you’re a local band just playing around town, it can be very difficult. To be a band anywhere, just playing in one area… it’s tough.”

Even for Cask Mouse, a band conceived in December 2010, booking still remains an issue.

“Booking shows is work, hard work,” Boldwin said. “We spend a lot of time booking, trying to make sure we can really bond well with other bands and making sure we can put asses in the proverbial seats.”

This issue is not a matter of not being able to make it as a band, Grieco said, but not being able to make it as a band in Boston.

“In Boston, you’ve got bands trying to make it, trying to make a living while playing one show a month, while in New York, you have bands that can play three times a week,” he said. “The fact of the matter is bands make a living out there. Musicians can do that. And there are a lot of bands coming out of Boston that try to do this, but half of the time, they move because that support isn’t there. That

foundation doesn’t exist.”

While it might be difficult for Boston bands to make a living and break out of the small New England scene, it’s not impossible. Bhatti points to Passion Pit, the Cambridge-based indie pop group, as a recent example.

Passion Pit got their start in the Boston scene playing shows at venues like Great Scott. Now, they book gigs at festivals, such as Boston Calling and Austin City Limits, as well as television performances on shows like “Saturday Night Live.” The question is, how many newer bands can follow in the footsteps of groups like Passion Pit with the current system in place?

The city has taken some steps toward changing the attitude toward nightlife, such as extended hours of operation for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s subway system on the weekends, but it’s not enough, Grieco said.

“The next step is extending that [extended hours of MBTA subway service] every day of the week or maybe granting liquor licenses that allow bars to open later as well,” he said.

“It’s not to say that these laws aren’t already being investigated because everyone who works for the city knows there’s a problem.”

Boldwin said those looking to change the Boston music scene can fi nd strength in numbers.

“I’m pretty sure Mayor Walsh gets it.

I think City Hall supports the arts and sincerely tries to connect with the culture of Boston,” he said. “The solution is being persistent and getting some friends who can get the ear of those in office. It would be great to see something immediately, but all good things take hard work and time.”

But official venues or not, Boston bands will always find a way to do what they love, Grieco said.

“The thing about musicians that I find myself continually saying when talking about this stuff is that musicians will do whatever it takes to present their craft,” he said. “They’re going to play in the basements. They’re going to play apartments. It’s going to be illegal.

They don’t care. It’s never going to stop and Boston doesn’t realize that it’s never going to stop because they continue to strip these young musicians of places to play. So when that happens, they [the musicians] are going to do it themselves.”

Hannah Landers contributed to the reporting of this article.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF EMILY LAFOND

Following two rejections for Boston University Club Sports recognition, the unofficial Boston University women’s ice hockey team plays against teams from other schools in the Independent Women’s Club Hockey League.

Unofficial BU women’s ice hockey team finds competition

BY SARAH KIRKPATRICK DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

At a varsity level, both the Boston University men’s and women’s ice hockey programs have a storied history: The men’s team has won five national titles, and the women’s team has been to the NCAA Tournament for the past five seasons.

Given the prominence and popularity of hockey in the BU community, one College of Arts and Sciences junior, Emily LaFond, was surprised to discover that BU lacked a women’s ice hockey team at the club level when she transferred from Villanova University in Fall 2013.

“I wasn’t ready to stop my career playing hockey,” she said.

LaFond took matters into her own hands and started to form a women’s ice hockey team. She said club sports are an important outlet for athletes who love the sport, but still want a little more freedom.

“I thought the club level is a great way to continue playing hockey without having it be your entire college experience,” she said. “You can still hang out with friends and get the social part of it, but you can still play the game at a competitive level without it taking over your life.”

She recruited team members through social media and reserved a table at the George Sherman Union to promote the team. Through her actions and word of mouth, more than 40 interested women signed up last fall.

LaFond fi rst attempted to apply for recognition through BU Club Sports in November 2013, before the season began, but her request was denied.

“I went to them first before we started the season, saying ‘I want to start a team, what do I have to do to make that happen?’ And they told us ... ‘At this time, we’re not looking to take on a women’s club team.’”

Of more than 30 club teams at BU, just six are exclusive to women. According to the BU Club Sports website, facility and resource availability places limits on which teams can be approved.

“Please be aware that based on our limited resources, we are generally not able to take on a sport at first request,” the Club Sports Proposal Guidelines states. “It is however important for us to hear regularly from interested students to best gauge the desire for any one particular sport.”

BU Club Sports could not be reached for comment.

Last year, the team finished with a 4-4 re-

cord. The team even has two USA Hockey-certified Level 4 coaches, head coach Jim Pascarelli and assistant Paul LaFond — Emily’s father.

With this information to build her case, LaFond again approached BU Club Sports in April.

“I went again to them after our season wrapped up and just kind of gave them an update of where we were,” LaFond said. “Keep them updated and to let them know we have legitimacy.

We have a committed number of people, and we have two coaches, qualified coaches. We really want the funding and to have more opportunities to play teams all throughout New England.”

That request was also denied. But the squad still plays as an “independent” team and competes with colleges in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

“We aren’t ‘Boston University.’ We’re a group of girls from Boston University,” is how LaFond explains the situation to teams from other schools.

They practice once a week at the Daly Rink in Newton, and they carpool to get there.

On weekends, they play teams within the Independent Women’s Club Hockey League, which includes squads from schools such as Boston College, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Salem State University and Massachusetts Institute

of Technology.

All of the 12 teams within the IWCHL, except for BU, are recognized as club teams by their respective universities.

Without the support of the university, LaFond and her teammates have to take funding into their own hands. They recently held a bake sale and also charge a $350 participation fee.

The players on the team are required to provide their own equipment and cover travel fees.

“We don’t have any funding for vans,” LaFond said. “That’s probably our biggest struggle, just getting to and from our games without any transportation through the school. So we carpool. Fortunately, our coach comes in. He travels from Hanover, and a couple of the girls on the team have cars. We really rely on ourselves to get to and from both games and practices.”

But despite the team’s limited resources, LaFond said the experience has been a valuable one.

“Hockey is just all about building a team and building chemistry,” she said. “We’re all able to share in a sport that we all love to play, and for me, I think the biggest thing is making lasting friendships. That’s what I get most out of playing club sports, and that’s the beauty of club sports.”

INBUSINESS Halloween spending report not reflective of Boston expenditures

BY FRED SCHILLINGER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

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While the National Retail Federation predicted that the average consumer would spend $77.52 on Halloween this year, several Boston University students and Boston Costume store employees said locally, less money would be spent on costumes.

Leaves have started falling, the air is getting colder and pumpkins are appearing in windows and on doorsteps throughout Boston, all signaling that Halloween is just around the corner. And if you have spent a lot of time — and money — on the perfect costume this year, you are certainly not alone. Although Christmas is usually the holiday associated with massive spending and overconsumption, Halloween is on track to becoming one of the largest consumer holidays of the year.

According to the National Retail Federation’s annual Halloween Consumer Spending Survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, 67.4 percent, or more than two-thirds, of Halloween celebrants will purchase Halloween costumes, which is the highest percentage in the survey’s 11year history. Additionally, the average person is predicted to spend $77.52 on Halloween this year, compared to $75.03 reported on last year’s survey.

More specifically, the survey reported that $1.1 billion will be spent on children’s costumes, $1.4 billion will be spent on adult

costumes and $350 million will be spent on pet costumes, contributing to a total of $2.8 billion in Halloween costume spending.

These robust numbers are indicative of a stronger economy and of the increase in variety of costumes, said NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay in a press release on Sept. 24.

“There’s no question that the variety of adult, child and even pet costumes now available has driven the demand and popularity of Halloween among consumers of all ages,” he said. “As one of the fastest-growing consumer holidays, Halloween has retailers of all shapes and sizes preparing their stores and websites for the busy fall shopping season.”

One of the busiest Boston Halloween costume haunts is Boston Costume in Cambridge, which is housed in the bottom floor of the Garment District, a vintage clothing retailer. Meryl Tochen, a Garment District employee, said the average customer spends $40 on a costume at their store, which is comparatively less than the $77.52 the NRF survey predicted.

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SCIENCE TUESDAY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014

Boston University staff, students support adoption of new standardized climate change indicator system

BY ANNA NOVIKOVA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Although scientists have long been studying the impacts of rising temperatures on Earth and attempting to make words like “climate change” and “global warming” part of the United States vocabulary, many are still left wondering what exactly can be done in response to these issues.

“The U.S. has got a lot of extraordinary science, but it hasn’t had a systematic set of indicators of impacts and response strategies,” said Anthony Janetos, director of the Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. “Climate change is one of those public issues in which there is a tremendous amount of noise. It’s a subject on which there really is no serious scientific debate over the basic facts of what’s going on. That’s often lost in a lot of these discussions.”

On the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy on Wednesday, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh proposed one possible response to these issues in the form of a regional summit on climate change to take place next spring at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The summit will attempt to coordinate a joint approach for communities along the Atlantic Ocean to combat rising sea levels and increasingly violent storms associated with climate change.

A proactive solution, Janetos said, lies in the 2014 National Climate Assessment Report, which functions as a national climate indicator system through the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Janetos was on the assessment’s advisory committee and co-authored its chapter on climate change mitigation.

The report, containing data on everything from extreme weather to gas emissions, will trigger a network of verified climate information and indicators in the coming year, Janetos said. “[It will] provide meaningful, authoritative, climate-relevant measures about the status, rates and trends of key physical, ecological and societal variables and values,” he said.

Janetos brought about these issues as part of a seminar on Oct. 23 concerning climate change, in which he said the best way to monitor change, impact and large-scale progress in relation to climate change is to “keep track.”

The discussion was titled “Developing Indicators of Impacts and Change in the U.S. – Sustaining National Assessments of Climate Change” and was a part of BU’s climate change seminar series running weekly from Sept. 18 through Oct. 31. Janetos’ lecture focused on the changes occurring on Earth, as well as techniques for observing and learning from these changes.

Janetos’ network of climate information and indicators is currently in the works, he said. He and his colleagues have been developing indicators in a variety of sectors including water, health, agriculture and energy.

“We’ve had teams of experts in about a dozen different impact areas develop conceptual models and proposals for what indicators would be tracked, and we’re trying to implement that through science agencies,” Janetos said.

Janetos and his colleagues have also worked with nine federal agencies, non-governmental organizations and groups within the public and private sector to synthesize and implement data.

But even with all the data on hand, Janetos said drawing conclusions remains a challenge.

“Trying to actually categorize what people are doing on the ground for adapting to change [is difficult because] we don’t really have the measurement systems in place,” he said.

In light of assessing national standing on climate change, the system of environmental causes and effects is still expected to show promise through its specificity.

“An indicator system would be a very valuable addition to the more global-scale modeling and climate change research,” said Henrik Selin, an associate professor of international relations at BU and a fellow with the Pardee Center. “We have a fairly good under-

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Although ample research has been done on climate change, Anthony Janetos, Boston University professor of earth and environment, said a system of impacts and response strategies must be implemented to make real change.

standing of climate change at the macro level, but we have less of a good understanding of how this will play out on the micro level.”

Talk of a climate indicator system was also brought up at Janetos’ lecture. Because the seminar was open to the public, students were given the opportunity to hear Janetos’ plans and reflect on the potential impact.

“The seminar demonstrated the application of science to direct policy,” said Kelia Cowan, a dual degree senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Communication. “Especially as a senior, it’s nice to see what’s out there beyond the classroom.”

And according to Selin, “what’s out there” should be enthusiasm for climate change research.

“One of the great ironies is that there is no other country that has invested more mon-

ey into climate change research than the United States,” he said. “And the United States is among those countries that have actually done the least in responding to that science.”

Janetos echoed Selin in saying that there are currently “more plans than actions,” making climate adaptation difficult.

He stressed that future efforts should focus on the spread of academic knowledge on the subject to private and public institutions in order to combat misinformation.

“Right now, climate change for most people is something that is happening far, far away,” Selin said. “If this indicator system can help us better understand what that means for us here, people might have a better chance to connect and relate with that, which could be an important indirect influence on policy.”

BU students, Boston costume stores predict cheap DIY costumes HALLOWEEN, FROM PAGE 6

“During the October season, we sell packaged costumes, costume accessories, hats, wigs, makeup, shoes [and] hand-held costume props as well as used costumes and clothing,” she said.

College students are one of largest demographics for the Garment District’s Halloween costumes, Tochen said.

“The average customer year-round, and especially during Halloween, is a college student,” she said. “However, we do have a very diverse customer base overall.”

Although the NRF survey reported that only 16 percent of people will draw from popular culture to fi nd inspiration for their costumes, Tochen said the costumes in-demand at the Garment District reflect a great interest in popular culture. “‘Orange Is the New Black’ seems to be the popular costume this year,” she said. “Staples like flapper dresses and pirate outfits are also quite popular this year.”

Richard Lamoretti, owner of Fast Eddie’s

Barber Shop in Allston, takes a more novel approach to the hair-raising holiday. Lamoretti transforms his space and that adjacent to his shop into Halloween pop-up shop, Allston Costume, and has been doing so for eight years now. Lamoretti said during Halloween season, Allston Costume experiences a three-day rush in sales in the days preceding Oct. 31.

But even despite this small window for Halloween sales, Lamoretti said many major retailers are too keen on pushing holiday products on consumers prematurely.

“Go into Kmart, go into all the stores [and] they already have Christmas stuff out,” he said.

Contrary to the NRF’s survey results, several Boston University students said they are taking the frugal approach to Halloween spending this year.

Vipul Patel, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said he plans to cut back this Halloween. “[I will] try to go as cheap as possible,” Patel said.

Rather than spending money on a pre-

made costume, he said he plans to craft his own costume using material he already owns.

Patel said he predicts that much of the BU population would most likely follow his lead.

This do-it-yourself attitude is reflected at Goodwill, said James Harder, director of communications at Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries.

“We do sell some ready-made costumes,” he said. “But for the most part, a Goodwill Halloween has a do-it-yourself mentality. It’s really creative, and it’s not cookie cutter. A lot of students want to have a great costume that no one else will have.”

Goodwill, which has locations in several college-area neighborhoods including Allston, Somerville and Cambridge, is geared toward Boston’s student population, Harder said, and usually sees a spike in business within the two weeks leading up to Halloween.

“Goodwill is extremely popular for Halloween shoppers. It’s our Christmas, if you will,” he said.

The low prices are a draw for students, Harder said, who should be able to fi nd a costume at Goodwill for less than $20.

Riley Driscoll, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she was surprised by the NRF survey’s finding that Americans are expected to spend over $70 on a costume.

“That is a crazy statistic,” she said. I’m not going to spend that much, and I think most BU students would spend no more than $20. I’m going to go to Goodwill [to search for my costume].”

Another added bonus of finding a costume at a thrift store like Goodwill, Harder added, is the ability to give it all back once the candy is eaten and pumpkins are put away.

“As a bonus, once you have worn a costume, you can donate it back to Goodwill,” he said. “You can come into Goodwill, purchase your costume, and then the next day, you can re-donate it and help out the environment.”

Olivia Deng contributed to the reporting of this article.

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Kyle Plantz, Editor-in-Chief Felicia Gans, Managing Editor

T H E I N D E P E N D E N T S T U D E N T N E W S PA P E R A T B O S T O N U N I V E R S I T Y

44th year | Volume 87 | Issue IX The Free Press (ISSN 1094-7337) is published Thursdays during the academic year except during vacation and exam periods by Back Bay Publishing Co.,Inc., a nonprofit corporation operated by Boston University students. No content can be reproduced without the permission of Back Bay Publishing Co., Inc. Copyright © 2014 Back Bay Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved.

Clinton Nguyen, Multimedia Editor

Conor Ryan, Sports Editor

Mina Corpuz, Campus Editor

Taryn Ottaunick, Opinion Editor

Stephanie Pagones, City Editor

Hannah Landers, Features Editor

Emily Zaboski, Photo Editor Shakti Rovner, Office Manager

The Daily Free Press endorses Charlie Baker for governor As students in the capital of the Commonwealth, the Boston University campus has an unusually close association with the politics of the Massachusetts State House. Whether a student knows it or not, the Massachusetts government is churning out policies just a few stops down the Green Line. And over by the Boston Common, the person sitting at the governor’s desk is about to change.

But BU students’ interest in government depends on far more than proximity to the State House. Although major party candidates Republican Charlie Baker and Democrat Martha Coakley may be concerned with a potpourri of Commonwealth issues, as students, higher education is the number one on our priority list.

Getting through college, paying off loans and eventually finding a job in a recovering economy are huge concerns that require immediate attention, something Baker has pledged to give. His support for the students of the present — and their futures — sets him apart from Coakley, and in that spirit, The Daily Free Press endorses Charlie Baker for governor.

Baker has presented a comprehensive agenda for easing the pains of affording a college education and tackling the entire higher education system as a whole. His emphasis on three-year bachelor’s degrees at state universities, which would reduce tuition costs by 25 percent, is an initiative that could be implemented quickly and efficiently.

His promotion of connecting school to work through paid co-ops and internship experiences not only helps students learn while making a living, but also provides handson experiences in the workforces they will one day enter. And his promotion of online

learning demonstrates Baker’s intent to utilize the potential the digital humanities has shown in a productive, cost-cutting manner.

Investing in higher education is an investment in the future, something Baker seems to understand through his emphasis on helping current students save money now. When put into action, his agenda could show results within the next three or four years, which has a direct effect on our generation. The more students able to earn degrees without the burden of crippling debt, the more stable the future economy will be, and the easier it will become for the students of tomorrow to repeat the cycle.

Coakley’s agenda for higher education, which promotes helping families save money for college early, is abstract at best, as is the bulk of her campaign. As Massachusetts Attorney General, Coakley has made honorable efforts to fight gay marriage bans, but has had her blunders along the way, including an alleged violation of 2010 campaign funds that is still under investigation.

Plus, her eight years of hobnobbing with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and the other state liberals indicate a blind deferral to her party’s policies. Yes, Massachusetts bleeds blue, but even Patrick has admitted he made some mistakes during his administration. Coakley, a Patrick devotee, is likely to continue Patrick’s business as usual.

Aside from looking out for college students, Baker has a decisive agenda that shows promising blueprints for the Commonwealth. His plans to construct affordable housing near transit centers to reduce traffic, prioritize job growth by spending more on vocational training and call attention to areas hit hardest by the Great Re-

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counting a story of a fisherman he met on the campaign trail in 2009 was overly dramatic, and his hyped-up appeal to women voters could be chalked up to a phony campaign stunt. Yet Baker is honest about his deviation from bedrock conservative policies.

In a National Republican Party overwhelmingly composed of social conservatives, it speaks highly of the Commonwealth, and Baker, that our Republican candidate is a social moderate who is both pro-choice and pro-same sex marriage. Some of Baker’s actions during the campaign may be a little theatrical, but at least he’s not a blind partisan.

In a staunchly Democratic state government, perhaps a Republican candidate is necessary to counteract the same-old liberal stalwarts.

With his devotion to cutting higher education costs, realistic economic goals and, most importantly, adaptability, Baker is the right candidate for not just the residents of Massachusetts, but its students as well.

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cession of 2008 demonstrate a devotion to firming Massachusetts’ growing — but imperfect — economy. And although he skirted around climate change when he ran for the gubernatorial seat in 2010, he has since pledged to devote sizable funds to green energy alternatives.

Aside from the major party candidates, this year’s gubernatorial election is also fortunate to have three intriguing Independents vying for the governor’s seat. Evan Falchuk of the fledgling United Independent Party, strikes a positive balance between conservative and liberal agendas, yet may be more concerned with gaining a large enough voter percentage to make his party official. Jeff McCormick, with his drastic plans to cut taxes for businesses and “hands off ” social views, is more of a businessman than a governor. And Scott Lively of the self-titled “Miracle Ticket,” may be better off taking his blindly religious and overly conservative policies elsewhere.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014

Dear Young, Healthy and Unvaccinated,

BY REBECCA REYNOLDS COLUMNIST

Why are you choosing not to get a flu shot? Is it because you are a busy college student who “ain’t got time for that?” Perhaps you insist that getting a flu shot actually gives you the flu? Maybe you heard that it only protects against some strains of the flu, and therefore you shouldn’t waste your time with something that might be ineffective?

Or are you just not that worried about catching the flu?

One of the more reasonable excuses for avoiding the flu shot is time and money. You are a busy college student. Taking time to get a flu shot isn’t the fi rst thing on your todo list. But to be honest, if you are that busy, you don’t have time to get sick either.

Also, flu vaccine clinics are everywhere.

They are on the Boston University campus, at various CVS Pharmacy locations and even at your door. On Oct. 24, the car service Uber tested a flu vaccination program that delivered a nurse to your door to administer vaccines. With today’s innovations, access to vaccinations is only getting easier.

As far as money goes, flu shots sometimes can be costly, with or without health insurance. Mine was $38, because I wanted the convenience of not leaving campus. But I see it as an investment, because hospital bills or staying home sick from school and work is much more costly.

If you are one of the many people who believe that the flu shot will make you sick, allow me to bust that myth. A flu shot is made from an inactivated (read: dead) virus that cannot get you sick. You can, however, catch something before you get the flu vaccine (or a few days after) and suddenly become symptomatic after the shot.

This seemingly cause-and-effect relationship may be misleading, but the flu shot is the confounding variable. The reason you got sick was because you were going to get sick anyways because it’s cold season, completely unrelated to the vaccine.

For healthy adults, the worst the vaccine is going to do is make your arm sore.

And believe me, as someone who was paranoid they had nerve damage the day after

this year’s flu shot, I know it can be painful.

But it isn’t permanent, and in the end does a lot more good than harm.

It’s true that the flu vaccine only prevents against some strains of the flu, but it is still helpful if the predictions are wrong.

The flu vaccine can make your illness milder when you do get sick. But why wouldn’t you want to protect yourself from a terrible illness? If there were an Ebola vaccine, people would be lining up, even though they are much less likely to contract it.

Although not Ebola, the flu is an ugly thing. It is much more intense than a normal cold. In the third grade, I had the flu and pneumonia at the same time and was hospitalized on Christmas Eve. At eight years old, I spent my Christmas Eve in the hospital connected to an IV drip and feeling incredibly sick. This was after suffering multiple days of extreme sickness at home. I have received a flu shot every year since, because it was not an experience I want to relive.

Last year, the City of Boston declared a flu emergency because there were about 700 confi rmed cases of flu and four flu-related deaths. That is 10 times more confi rmed cases than the previous year. Not to mention, there were probably more unconfi rmed cases because people didn’t go to the hospital or doctor to get checked.

Getting a flu vaccine is not just about protecting yourself. It is even more important to remember that getting a flu vaccine protects those around you. It’s about people in the community that can’t get a flu vaccine or are at risk for getting severely sick if they catch the flu.

As college students who share living spaces, public transportation and public spaces with others, it is our responsibility to protect the community we live in. If getting the flu doesn’t bother you, it could bother your best friend who has a million and one things to do and doesn’t need to be sick, the boy sitting next to you in class with the weakened immune system or the little old lady on the train who will be hospitalized for days by the flu.

Even if you don’t have flu symptoms, you can still spread the illness. In fact, 20 to 30 percent of people carrying the influenza virus have no symptoms, and you can be contagious to others up to one day before and five to seven days after becoming sick, according to the Community Health and Social Services website. Without the flu shot, you are putting others at risk.

Choosing to forgo the flu shot, which is a minor inconvenience to you, is a selfish choice. So I ask that you please think about the community you are a part of and take the time to get a flu shot.

The Fault in Our Stars and Stripes

BY BEN GAGNE-MAYNARD COLUMNIST

The American experience is a collective experience. Our often nebulous, yet passionate conception of freedom has become a universal rallying cry. As historian Gunnar Myrdal pointed out in his book, “Black and African-American Studies: American Dilemma, the Negro Problem and Modern Democracy,” “Americans of all…origins, classes, regions, creeds and colors have something in common: a political creed.

It is difficult to avoid the judgment that this ‘American Creed’ is the cement in the structure of this great and disparate nation.”

Yet Myrdal, along with many Americans throughout our history, saw more paradox than triumph in our expressed love of freedom and equality. To Myrdal, “The popular explanation of the disparity in America between ideals and actual behavior is that Americans do not have the slightest intention of living up to the ideals which they talk about.”

The stark contrast between America as an idea and America as a reality has driven some to pessimism and violence. Yet often our greatest triumphs have come out of faith in our ideas and systems rather than a rejection of their value. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called for America to “rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed,” not to reject it altogether.

There is a persistent passion in American society for the ideas and principles we can all believe in, even if we don’t expect them to become realities in our lives. One collective act that Americans will always embrace and defend passionately is voting. Some historians claim John Wilkes Booth decided to kill Abraham Lincoln when he heard that Lincoln intended to give former slaves the right to vote. Further strengthening the passion of American people to vote, we got eight years of George W. Bush — not Al Gore — after the Florida vote recount in 2000.

There are also shared reasons why we choose to vote, whether we admit it or not.

If November 2014 has an overarching reason for voter turnout, my hunch would be that collective dissatisfaction with our Congress would be it. So it is ironic that this Nov. 4, potentially millions of Americans could be deprived of the right to vote as a result of

the inaction of the very Congress we hope to reshape.

Several key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a landmark bill that limited racial and economic discrimination in voting, were nullified in 2013 by the U.S. Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder. The most notable is the requirement that states and local governments that had discriminatory voting procedures — such as poll taxes or literacy tests — in the past needed to consult federal and judicial authorities if they wished to initiate new voting laws.

The court left reassessment of which districts, states and counties were to be labeled as “discriminatory” to the most unreliable decision making body in American politics, Congress, just as states such as Texas and South Carolina wished to drastically rearrange their voting laws to restrict voters without certain forms of ID to vote. Not surprisingly, Congress has yet to debate extensively on the issue.

The changes in voting laws will have several alarming effects. Most notable of all is the disenfranchisement of thousands of poor, mostly black and Latino, voters due to their lack of proper forms of ID, birth certificates or drivers licenses. In Texas alone, about 600,000 voters will be unable to vote, restricted under the banner of combating voter fraud when, according to a Monday article in The Guardian, “20 million votes have been cast” in Texas within the last decade, “yet only two cases of voter impersonation have been prosecuted to conviction.”

The overarching implications of the Texas voting restriction law are incalculable. Not only will it restrict a huge amount of mostly minority voters (who are, not coincidentally, prone to vote Democrat) from voting, but it restricts the parts of our population who often believe the most in the impact of their democratic rights just as they are reminded of the failure of America to live up to its creed.

In an interview with The Guardian, a Texan man who will be deprived of the right to vote next Tuesday — due to bureaucratic hang-ups that have stalled the issuing of a new ID that would allow him to vote — expressed his belief in the power of his vote.

“I do need to vote, I really do. It’s too late for me, but this is for the next generation,” Eric Kennie said. “They need us to get out the people who harm us and bring in folk who will make things a little better. So I’m going to keep on. I’m going to stay focused, roll with the punches and do what I got to do.”

Though Kennie sounds optimistic, it is hard to share his outlook. As polls open next Tuesday, it’s hard to think about how much we can value a system that constantly deprives those who have the greatest faith in its ideals.

Interrobang The U.S. Forest Service at Taylor Creek Visitor Center in South Lake Tahoe was forced to issue advisory warnings after the growing number of visitors taking selfies with bears presented a safety threat, ABC News reported Sunday. We here at the ol’ Free Press were wondering who or what BU people’s dream selfie would be with:

SED: Bill Nye the Science Guy

ENG: A real girlfriend.

COM: They just like taking #selfies on their own

CFA: A job.

CGS: Their imaginary friend.

BU Athletics: Tom Brady.

SMG: Bernie Madoff.

FreeP: The Cheetah Girls.

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Club Sports Roundup: Club ice hockey scores victory

PHOTO COURTESY OF KEVIN MINNER

The Boston University women’s ultimate club participated in the 2014 Huck-A-Hunk Halloween costume tournament over the weekend.

BY CONOR RYAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The information in the following Boston University club sport highlights was taken from the BU Club Sports Event Calendar from Oct. 20 to Oct. 29.

Friday, Oct. 24 BU club ice hockey earns 4-2 decision over Merrimack The BU club ice hockey team defeated Merrimack College by a score of 4-2 Friday night, improving to 2-3 and 2-0 in Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association play. The Terriers were led on offense by the line of junior forwards Matt Fineberg, Lucas Esposito and Taylor Parkinson, as Fineberg registered a goal and two assists in the game while Esposito and Parkinson combined for two goals and an assist. Junior forward Mike Gates added to the scoring by way of an empty-net goal against the Warriors. BU was also aided by the efforts of freshman goaltender Joe Kelly, who recorded 32 saves between the pipes.

Saturday, Oct. 25 BU men’s club soccer wraps up season at Regionals

The BU men’s club soccer team traveled down to New Castle, Delaware for National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Regional play. The Terriers opened play on a rough note, falling to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst by a score of 5-1. BU would rebound, however, capturing a 2-0 victory over Johns Hopkins University thanks to goals from Rahotep Alkebulan and defender Trevor Farm. In their final match of the weekend, the Terriers settled for a 1-1 draw with Pennsylvania State University, as H-Soba Vincent scored BU’s only goal against the Nittany Lions. Ultimately, the Terriers finished Regional play with four points — not enough to qualify for the NIRSA playoffs.

BU equestrian club participates at Holy Hill Show Stables The BU equestrian club had an impressive showing at its event at the Holy Hill Show Stables in Hanover, as junior captain Carly Corbacho earned MVP honors after winning the High Point rider award.

The Terriers also dominated in the Open Jumping classes with three

PHOTO COURTEST OF BU EQUESTRIAN CLUB

Senior captain Meghan Kaupp of the BU equestrian club captured a high point rider win in against Boston College on Oct. 26.

victories.

BU men’s club rugby falls to Norwich, 40-10 The BU men’s club rugby team had a tough match against Norwich University on Saturday, as an inexperienced BU corps struggled early against the Cadets, who jumped out to a 23-0 lead after the first half of play. Sophomore Tyler Ostrowski and freshman Numan Aksoy were able to record tries in an attempt to get the Terriers back into the game, but Norwich registered 17 second-half points to seal the 40-10 win. The Terriers will next face off against the University of Vermont on Saturday.

BU women’s ultimate club takes part in Huck-A-Hunk Tournament The BU women’s ultimate club made the trek down to Brown University in Providence to participate in the 2014 Huck-A-Hunk Halloween costume tournament. The tournament pitted the Terriers against Northeastern University, Columbia University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York University, Wellesley College and Brown, with

BU’s only win coming against NYU in a 10-4 decision.

BU Kendo Club finishes third in Cornell University Kendo Tournament The BU Kendo Club participated in the 14th annual Cornell University Kendo Tournament in Ithaca, New York with eight members of the club taking part in the tournament, and the A-team earning a third-place finish. Three other BU participants teamed up with Harvard University, but did not advance out of the round robin bracket.

Sunday, Oct. 26 BU women’s club water polo falls in tight contests versus Northeastern, Boston College The BU women’s club water polo team hosted both Northeastern University and Boston College in a round robin event at BU’s Fitness and Recreation Center. In the first match, the Terriers fell to the Huskies in a close 10-9 decision before later suffering a 7-5 defeat at the hands of the Eagles in their second game of the day. The Terriers were aided by the efforts of Phoebe Katelaris, who scored twice in both

games, and senior Kelia Cowan, who registered two goals on the night.

BU equestrian club earns second place in North Gate Farm event The BU equestrian club put together an impressive performance at its event at North Gate Farms in Sudbury. The Terriers finished in second place behind Boston College, trailing the Eagles by just one point.

Captain Meghan Kaupp provided the biggest highlight for BU, seizing a high point rider win.

BU club cricket bested by MIT, 129-128 The BU club cricket team faced off against Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge as part of an American Cricket Conference league match.

MIT won the opening coin toss and opted to bowl fi rst. The BU batsmen started strong, ultimately fi nishing with 128 runs.

Meanwhile the BU bowlers, led

by Anmol Gandhi, kept MIT in check for most of the match, but in the end, the Engineers won the match after recording 129 runs in 19 overs.

Boston U. swimming, diving earn victories over UMass Amherst TENNIS, FROM PAGE 11

cuse University.

BU will conclude its fall season on Nov. 22 at the Foot of the Charles Regatta.

Women’s rowing takes part in 3-Mile Chase In the Princeton 3-Mile Chase Sunday in Princeton, New Jersey, the BU women’s rowing team put together an impressive showing by topping Princeton in the lightweight women’s varsity eight race.

Princeton had a rough day on the water as both the Terriers’ “A” and “B” boats finished ahead of the Tigers with times of 17:41.050 and 16:38.178,

respectively. The finishes were good for 20th and 31st, each out of a field consisting of 50 teams.

The lightweights later competed in the varsity four competition, placing 10th in a group of 31 boats. With a time of 17:32.056, the Terriers were first among lightweights, ahead of Princeton (17:45.232) and Georgetown University (18:28.680), and better than top openweight boats from UPenn, Boston College, George Washington University and Georgetown University.

Men’s swimming and diving bests Minutemen In a head-to-head matchup with

the University of Massachusetts-Amherst on Monday, the BU men’s swimming team prevailed with a score of 187 to the Minutemen’s 113, giving the Terriers their third victory of the season.

Both senior Alec Pokornowski and freshman Quinn Smith posted career bests, and throughout ten events, eight Terriers set season-best marks.

In the 100m breaststroke, 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly, BU dominated, winning each of them.

The meet came down to the last two races, where the Terriers swept both the 400m individual medley — due to a strong performance from freshman Garrett Chin – and 200m freestyle medley.

Keeping their undefeated season alive, the BU women’s swimming team defeated UMass at home by a score of 174.5-120.5.

In what may have been the Terriers’ most dominant win of the season, the team completed every event in first place aside from two breaststroke races.

Sophomore Sarah Hargrave continued her excellence in the 1000m freestyle as she won the event

for the second week in a row, and junior Stephanie Nasson finished second with a season-best time 10:14:76.

BU also had season-best times set in the 200m butterfly and 50 freestyle by senior Avery Visser and senior Alexsa Savage, respectively.

Hargrave and Savage are both coming off seasons in which they were placed on the All-Patriot League Second Team. Hargrave was also named Patriot League Swimmer of the Week for the week of Oct. 21 due to her strong performance in a dual event, where she won the 500m freestyle and the 1,000m freestyle.

The women’s swimming team will be joining the men’s team at Fordham on Nov. 8.

SUNDAY, NOV. 2

MONDAY, NOV. 3

W. Hockey vs. New Hampshire, 3 p.m.

Meanwhile, Russell Wilson feverishly

W. Tennis @ Big Green Invitational, All

come back with large amounts of

Day

Skittles in the locker room.

Next up for the team is a meeting with Fordham University Nov. 8.

Women’s swimming and diving dominates against UMass Amherst

BOTTOM LI NE THURSDAY, OCT. 30

FRIDAY, OCT. 31

SATURDAY, NOV. 1

M. Hockey vs. Providence, 7 p.m.

According to a report, the Seattle Seahawks have “grown tired” of star running back Marshawn Lynch and plan to let him hit the free agent market.

M. Hockey @ Providence, 7 p.m.

W. Tennis @ Big Green Invitational, All Day

Field Hockey vs. Colgate, Noon W. Soccer @ Bucknell, Noon M. Soccer vs. American, 1 p.m.

tried to bribe his running mate to

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Roundup: Men’s tennis competes in Tufts Invitational

BY MICHAEL JOSCELYN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

This past week, the Boston University men’s tennis team was in action at the Tufts Invitational, where they matched up with Tufts University and Middlebury College on Saturday and Sunday.

During the first day of the twoday invitational, the Terriers finished with two wins and four losses in the A flight, while losing all four matches in the B flight. The lone singles win of the day came from sophomore Jay Leelavanich, who defeated sophomore Rob Jacobson from Tufts, while Leelavanich and sophomore Mario Sandoval earned a doubles win over Jacobson and teammate Ben Battle, 8-3.

BU fared better on the second day, as they had a record of 2-1 in the second-round A flight and a 2-1 record in the second-round B flight.

In the third round, the Terriers went 3-3 in the A flight and 2-1 in the B flight.

This was BU’s last match until Jan. 24, when they return to action against the College of the Holy Cross at the BU Tennis and Track Center.

Men’s rowing posts strong numbers at Princeton 3-Mile Chase The Boston University men’s rowing team had a strong showing this past weekend at the Princeton 3-Mile Chase on Sunday in Princeton, New Jersey.

The Terriers snatched a thirdplace finish in the heavyweight eight and a first-place rank in the heavyweight four, adding to the team’s already strong season.

The team’s first varsity eight, coxed by senior Lauren Harvey and stroked by junior Vass Ragoussis, fin-

ished with a mark of 13:01.74, finishing in third place behind only Yale University and Princeton University, while finishing ahead of squads from Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, the United States Naval Academy and the University of California- Berkeley.

The Terriers’ boat got tangled behind the Golden Bears’ vessel while passing them in the final moments of the race. However, BU was able to surge past its opponents to cruise into a top-three time.

The Terriers followed up this performance by having their “A” boat finish first in its race. The “A” boat was coxed by Harvey and stroked by sophomore Fionnan McQuillan-Tolan and had a time of 14:24.52.

The Terriers’ “B” boat led its respective pack and finished sixth overall, ahead of “A” boats from Cornell, Dartmouth College, Navy and Syra-

PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE MCLAUGHLIN/BU ATHLETICS

Sophomore Jay Leelavanich earned a singles win during the first day of Tufts Invitational on Saturday.

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Men’s soccer boosted by return of Badji, Blugh to pitch

BY JONATHAN SIGAL DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The No. 25 Boston University men’s soccer team’s form has not been in great shape in recent games, and it could be due to the absence of several key players. However, Wednesday night’s 2-0 Patriot League victory over Colgate University saw the return of two crucial players and BU’s strong early-season play.

Senior for ward Dominique Badji saw his first minutes since the 3-1 away loss to Boston College on Oct. 21, and junior defender Jeroen Blugh returned to the pitch for the first time since the 3-1 away victory against Dartmouth College on Oct. 14.

Both of these upperclassmen provide composure, experience and tactical awareness that few other players on the BU (11-3-2, 6-0-1 Patriot League)

roster can muster. While replacements such as freshman midfielder Adam Sheikali and senior for ward Parker Powell have stepped up, Badji and Blugh’s reemergence has raised BU to a higher level of play.

“We had some guys coming back from injury and testing themselves, so that might have had something to do with it,” said BU coach Neil Roberts.

“We are getting the cobwebs off. We are starting to get our team together again and move the ball and execute our high pressure.”

Neither player stayed on the pitch for the full 90 minutes, but in their minutes, they more than asserted themselves in the game. The building blocks for success are coming back into the picture for the Terriers, who may have finally ridden themselves of the injury bug.

Blugh may not have the notoriety or accolades of some of the more prominent members of the BU defenders, but he brings a lot to the backline.

Whether it is his athleticism, one-on-one defending skills or aerial prowess, Blugh solidifies the right back spot within BU’s three-pronged defense.

During the early stages of the season, Blugh was a consistent starter and even registered an assist versus Dartmouth (94-1).

However, he had not registered a goal until Wednesday night. Although it’s uncommon for defenders to end up on the scoresheet, it was ultimately Blugh that put the Terriers ahead in the 56th minute. He went high to head home an in-swinging left-footed corner kick from freshman defender Bjarki Benediktsson, who registered his team-leading fifth assist on the evening.

“First off, it’s great to be back out there,” Blugh said.

“Coming off of a concussion, I had every intention to get back out there and play a good game. Obviously I went out and got the goal, but [I got] some cramps as well. It was good to get back in the mental swing of things and prepare, but my body isn’t quite ready for 90 minutes yet.”

Blugh himself more than welcomed the return to the pitch, adding that he expects the team to build off the win as the Terriers conclude the regular season and enter the Patriot League tournament.

“We are thinking of going all the way and are 100 percent confident we can go far in the postseason,” he said.

As for Badji, the Dakar, Senegal native has been integral to BU’s offensive attack, as evidenced by his 18 points on the year from seven goals and four assists. Perhaps an even bigger testament to Badji’s importance

PHOTO BY JUSTIN HAWK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Junior defender Jeroen Blugh scored a goal in his first game since Oct. 14 against Dartmouth College .

is his two game-winning goals.

His introduction to the game against Colgate (6-8-2, 2-4-1 Patriot League) allowed BU to open up the field and have a true target for ward leading the attack. Badji forces opposing defenders to not only honor and respect his goal-scoring ability, but also his hold-up play and ability to allow the Terriers to f lood attackers for ward.

“Dominique has been out for a few games now, and with him, it’s starting to come together again,” Roberts said.

With Blugh and Badji back,

BU is now able to put a starting 11 on the field that more resembles the team that recently went on a nine-game tear. Getting them back to 100 percent should allow the Terriers to find their form again and head into the postseason playing some of their best soccer of the season.

“Really, the key is just getting guys back,” Roberts said.

“Other guys got to play a lot in this time, so now we have some depth. Now, as we are starting to get people back, it really bodes well for us.”

QUOTABLE We are thinking of going all the way and are 100 percent confident we can go far in the postseason.

-BU men’s soccer junior defender Jeroen Blugh on the Terriers’ chances in the Patriot League Tournament p. 11

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Sports

YOU KENDO IT! The Boston University Kendo Club and many other BU club sports took part in action over the last week. p. 10

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014

Men’s soccer defeats Colgate U. due to strong performances in 2nd half

BY MICHAEL JOSCELYN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BY MIKE BENEDYKCIUK DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In the Denver Broncos’ Week 7 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers, quarterback Peyton Manning made NFL history, as he passed Brett Favre for most career touchdown passes thrown. At 38 years old, Manning shows no signs of slowing down, either. His record will continue to grow, perhaps too far to be caught.

Manning has shattered NFL records since joining Denver. Many believe that he should, though, considering the tremendous depth of his receivers. While nothing can dispute Peyton’s unparalleled success, perhaps some of his adversaries would also post staggering numbers with Demaryius Thomas, Emmanuel Sanders, Wes Welker and Julius Thomas at their disposal.

Quarterbacks not named Peyton are enjoying tremendous recent success, too. And they’re doing it without the best receiving corps in football. In the month of October, New England’s Tom Brady has thrown 14 touchdown passes and has not thrown a single interception.

Ben Roethlisberger is currently leading the Pittsburgh Steelers, ESPN’s 22nd ranked team after Week 6, in a battle for the highly contested AFC North.

The quarterback position took the NFL by storm in Week 8. Brady continued his historic career, throwing five touchdown passes with an 85.7 percent completion rate and 148.4 quarterback rating (QBR) against the Chicago Bears. Facing the New Orleans Saints this week, Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers threw his first interception since Week 1; his QBR remains at 81.6 on the season, third in the league.

Roethlisberger eviscerated the Indianapolis Colts defense for six touchdowns and 522 yards, coming just 32 yards shy of the NFL’s all time single-game passing record. He did, however, become the first quarterback in history to throw for multiple 500-yard games.

Despite the outrageous numbers quarterbacks are putting up nowadays, a quarterback is rarely considered great without winning championships. At just 25 years old, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson led the franchise to its first Super Bowl title in February. At 28, Joe Flacco, with an MVP performance, led the Baltimore Ravens to their second Super Bowl title in franchise history in 2013.

I feel that far too many football fans take the current level of quarterback play for granted. There are at least five first ballot hall-offame quarterbacks playing right now – Manning, Brady, Rodgers, Roethlisberger and Saints quarterback Drew Brees.

Although Roethlisberger cannot statistically compare to Rodgers, Brees, Brady and Manning, his postseason record of 10-4 and his two Super Bowl rings send him to the Hall of Fame.

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Looking to get back into the winning mentality, the No. 25 Boston University men’s soccer team defeated Colgate University by a score of 2-0 at Nickerson Field Wednesday night.

The first goal of the game came in the 56th minute, as junior defender Jeroen Blugh converted on his first goal of the season while freshman defender Bjarki Benediktsson came away with his fifth assist of the year.

“We usually have set plays, but my coach told me to make a different run for the goal, and it worked out really well,” Blugh said.

The assist puts the Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, native near the top of the Patriot League assists category — placing him in a tie for second place.

Junior forward Mac McGuire also registered his first goal of the season in the 61st minute, when he received the pass from senior forward Dominique Badji on the left side of the field and was able to curve it past Raiders (6-8-2, 2-4-1 Patriot League) goalkeeper Ricky Brown.

“It’s good for Mac,” said BU coach Neil Roberts. “Mac has not had an easy go of it this year. It was good to get him a goal. We got him off the bench. The game was a little bit slower when he got in, and he looked good. Maybe that will work better for him, coming in that way, and he probably played more minutes than when he started.

“He looked comfortable today, and hopefully this will be good for him since it’s a good time to get comfortable.”

McGuire’s goal makes it 10 Terriers (11-3-2, 6-0-1 Patriot League) who have scored goals this season, with Badji leading the way with seven.

The starting lineup for the Terriers did not have two of the team’s key players in it, as scoring leader Badji and defensive stalwart Blugh were missing due to injuries, though each would come into the game at later points in the match.

In the 25th minute, Badji returned to the game, and it was evident that the scoring offense for the Terriers was missing his presence.

The first shot for BU did not come until 14 seconds after Badji was substituted in, as they earned a corner kick taken by senior midfielder Jordan Barker, but freshman midfielder David Amirani could not convert on the header attempt.

“The first half was a little slow and hesitant.

We did not move the ball that well,” Roberts said. “We had some guys coming back off of injury and testing themselves, so I think that might have had something to do with it. Hopefully they got their confidence back, and we’re starting to get our team together finally.”

PHOTO BY JUSTIN HAWK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Junior Mac McGuire scored his first goal of the season Wednesday against Colgate.

The Raiders got some quality shots on goal throughout the night, starting in the sixth minute when BU senior goalkeeper Nick Thomson deflected a rocket shot by senior Tanner Schilling up past the goal.

Thomson then combatted a breakaway from freshman Chase Pagani by meeting him at the edge of the 18-yard box and forcing his shot to go wide of the net in the 15th minute.

After a first half of offensive stagnation, the Terriers’ offense began to click in the second half, as BU began to match the standard that their defense had established.

Badji’s presence helped lift the Terriers’ offense through his strength in passing, highlighted by his assist on the second goal.

After the Terriers scored their first goal in the 56th minute, Colgate did not have a shot until Schilling hit one wide of the net in the 83rd minute.

In the 66th minute, Blugh was taken down at midfield and remained down, causing him to be substituted out of the game. Roberts said he is unsure what capacity Blugh can be used in future games.

“Who knows how you get cramps on a night like tonight, but Jeroen’s been out a couple of games,

so who knows,” Roberts said. “He’s a pre-medical student, so maybe he can figure it out on his own.

Hopefully he’ll be ok, and it’s very disappointing he can only go a few minutes. That’s not good.”

Coming into the game, BU looked to contain the top scorer in the Patriot League in Colgate sophomore Ethan Kutler and did just that in the game.

Kutler was rendered useless by the Terriers’ defense and regularly had multiple defenders around him throughout the contest. He finished with only one shot on goal in the game.

Kutler has 11 goals this season, while the next player on the Raiders’ squad only has two.

The injuries the Terriers have sustained throughout the season will have to be monitored closely throughout the end of the campaign leading up to the Patriot League Tournament. Badji, Blugh and senior defender Kelvin Madzongwe will all be needed to have a successful end to this season.

The injuries will have to be assessed quickly, as BU’s next test is Saturday in a clash with American University.

“We just got to be a little quicker and our pressure defensively too,” Roberts said. “American is a pretty good attacking team.”

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