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NEWS Students gathered for a candlelight vigil in honor of three students shot and killed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. pg. 3

CATALYST A controversial measure for preventing mitochondrial diseases just cleared the British House of Commons. What does that mean for sufferers in the States? pg. 7

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SPORTS Pulling for Poulin: BU senior captain Marie-Philip Poulin plays in her last Beanpot game, a 3-1 Terrier victory. pg. 12

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015 THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY YEAR XLIV. VOLUME LXXXVIII. ISSUE IV.

BU fraternities suspended, look to move forward with national assistance

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days in the spring semester, as of Thursday.

The snow that hit Boston on Saturday night into Tuesday morning closed BU’s Charles River and Medical Campuses on both Monday and Tuesday.

The first class day on Feb. 28 will function as a Monday daytime schedule, and the second, on March 21, will function as a Tuesday daytime schedule, according to a Tuesday email sent to the student body from the Office of the Provost. No evening classes will be held on the Saturday makeup days, but professors will have the opportunity to add time to evening classes throughout the semester.

Professors are allowed to require attendance on the Saturday makeup days, but are encouraged to work with students who have work-related or religious conflicts, the email stated.

“We understand that many faculty have already made adjustments for missed class time, and we appreciate the creativity and flexibility that has gone into those efforts,” the email stated. “However, given the total number of class days that we have

Facing reports of underage drinking and hazing, several Boston University fraternities have lost status as BU-recognized student organizations and are working with their national organizations to gain back their recognition.

Most recently, the Delta Tau Delta fraternity has had its recognition withdrawn as a student organization by the Student Activities Office, said Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore.

“We have withdrawn our recognition of Delta Tau Delta, and we have withdrawn it because we had two separate instances where we received reports that they sponsored events where there were students that were underage drinking,” he said. “[The fraternity] didn’t have our approval, and they happened off-campus, so we have done that.”

DTD was officially suspended on Jan. 23, said Katherine Hasenauer Cornetta, the assistant to the Dean of Students, in an email.

When the university withdraws recognition from organizations, the student group cannot use space on campus, receive funding or continue operation under BU’s name, Elmore said.

Several officers from BU’s DTD chapter, Beta Sigma, said all questions and inquiries should be referred to the national chapter.

Jack Kreman, the chief operating officer of the DTD national chapter, said the organization did not have a role in the decision to suspend the BU chapter.

“It was Boston University’s decision to suspend DTD, so I don’t want to speak about their process or procedures,” he said. “I’m not a part if that. It was a Boston University process.”

Kreman said DTD members participate in an alcohol education program called Delts Talking About Alcohol within months of joining the fraternity.

“It’s an online program every member takes within eight weeks of joining DTD, and it covers alcohol consumption, the laws, awareness as far as the amount of alcohol in a drink, what to do if you become intoxicated and how to recognize a sign of intoxication in others,” he said.

The Interfraternity Council oversees the chapters at BU to promote success, safety and security of the fraternities on campus, according to the IFC’s website.

“The IFC works closely with Abby Myette, our advisor, and Dean [ John] Battaglino’s office to ensure that fraternities like ZBT, for example, have smooth transitions back on campus,” said David Lugo, the vice president of programming of the IFC and a junior in the College of

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The RadioShack on Commonwealth Avenue is one of 1,784 stores the company will be closing.

RadioShack faces bankruptcy, 1,784 closures

BY BECCA DEGREGORIO DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In 1921, RadioShack first opened its doors in downtown Boston, serving radio operators of Boston Harbor ships. Now, after expanding to over 4,000 locations nationwide, the electronics retailer is jumping ship, filing for bankruptcy and leaving the “cause of death” question floating among American consumers.

RadioShack was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 2, shortly af-

ter lender Salus Capital Partners accused the company of defaulting on a loan. CNNMoney reported Feb. 2 that RadioShack will not send the exchange a business plan for raising its market value.

As for its stores, RadioShack is preparing to sell half of them to Sprint and close the rest, Bloomberg Business reported on Feb 2.

As of Monday, 1,784 stores are set to close, including its location at 730 Commonwealth Ave. on the Boston University campus. Jeff Furman, an associate professor of strategy & innovation at the School of Management, said this is the best move for the company.

“In instances where it’s clear that the end is near but the firm is not yet completely bankrupt, it is a smart move to sell off whatever assets are valuable for their greatest possible value,” Furman said. “Some of the stores are likely to have value because they’re in prime locations with long leases.”

In doing so, RadioShack may be selling its key killer: the in-store format. SMG strategy and innovation professor Samina Karim said the burdens of a brick-and-mortar chain begin with location costs and are followed CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

Weekend classes scheduled to make up for missed days

BY FELICIA GANS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

With the third significant snowfall of the spring 2015 semester dropping 23.8 inches of snow and two more snow days on the Boston University campus, faculty and

students will now have the opportunity to hold regularly scheduled classes on two Saturdays, Feb. 28 and March 21.

Approximately 73.3 inches of snow have fallen in Boston over the past 30 days, according to weather.com, forcing the university to close for five of its 18 academic

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Boston University will replace class days canceled due to snow with Saturday makeup classes on Feb. 28 and March 21.

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Boston joins campaign against sex trafficking

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Boston organizations have joined advocates from 10 other cities this week in launching a campaign to reduce demand for commercial sex by 20 percent in two years, according to a Feb. 4 press release.

Demand Abolition, a Cambridge-based group, is spearheading the Cities Empowered Against Sexual Exploitation Network to bring together 11 cities that are independently developing strategies to reduce sex trafficking.

The program’s goal is to start an effort across the country to target sex buyers as a means of ending commercial sex trafficking.

Ziba Cranmer, executive director of Demand Abolition, said this starts with decreasing demand for the service.

“The ultimate goal is to reduce harm to exploited individuals within the sex trade. That’s the end goal. Reducing demand is really a strategy that we feel

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is critical to getting to that outcome,” Cranmer said. “The idea is that if you don’t have people buying sex, you don’t have the demand for this business. It will be less lucrative and therefore traffickers will not recruit in search for individuals to exploit into this trade.”

Network members plan on collecting and analyzing data on the illegal

sex market and monitoring trafficking using online channels, the release stated.

CEASE Network members will share findings, successes and challenges with other cities for rapid learning across the country.

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missed at this point, we want to offer a way for faculty and students in all Charles River Campus schools and colleges to make up two full class days as necessary.”

BU President Robert Brown also expressed earlier in the week, in a Monday email to the student body, the need for professors and students to make up for lost class time over the first weeks of the semester.

The 30-day snow total broke the city’s previous record of 58.8 inches from the winter of 1978, a span of time that included an historic blizzard. BU spokesman Colin Riley said while he was not at BU in 1978, this semester’s five snow days are a record-high for BU, with the winter of 1978 most likely holding the last record.

Howard Sholkin, a professor in the College of Communication, is teaching his first course at BU this spring, Writing for Mass Communication, and he hasn’t met his students yet. He said he’s been doing his best to communicate with his students electronically and get them started on their first assignment.

“It’s beyond hard. There aren’t too many substitutions [to in-class learning],” he said. “It’s really a lab course. It’s really a hands-on course. Those things are hard to replicate.”

Through email, Sholkin has been communicating with his students to coordinate one or two makeup classes, outside of the university-scheduled Saturdays. The first is on Friday, though he said just under half the students in his 18-person class can attend. He also plans to hold class on the first university-scheduled Saturday.

“The students deserve my time and effort and I’m going to do whatever I can to accommodate as many of them as possible,” he said.

Juliana Lorusso, a junior in COM taking Sholkin’s course, said her professor was proactive about the situation, sending out a survey to find the best time for makeup classes and doing his best to start teaching the course material.

“What I liked was that he wasn’t freaking out about the snow days,” she said. “He was like, ‘We’ll figure it out. It’s not a big deal.’”

In fact, Lorusso said, the snow days have even given professors and students the opportunity to appreciate out-of-theclassroom tools for learning.

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“I really believe that there are other ways to learn and better ways to learn than in the four walls of the classroom, so these snow days are proving that point,” she said.

Jacob Strautmann, a lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences, teaches two classes, one on Wednesday afternoons that has been canceled for snow once and one on Monday evenings that has been canceled every week. The Monday evening course about playwriting, which runs from 5 to 7 p.m., is taught through lecture, conversation and workshops, Strautmann said, and is not built to be “long-distance.”

“After the first closing, I wasn’t too worried,” he said. “Through email, I gave homework, both reading and some writing just to get our footing. The second week, I was concerned enough to create a makeup class on this past Saturday morning, which 10 of my 16 students could attend, and so we had a two-hour class on Saturday morning.”

Strautmann, who is also the managing director of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, said he was able to hold the course in his BPT office, and he hopes to schedule individual conferences with the six students who were unable to attend the Saturday class.

Though Strautmann said he will ask the class their preference for making up class time, he said he will most likely not be holding classes on the university-scheduled makeup Saturday. Another option he has considered is shifting the Monday class into three hours, rather than two, if all his students are able to attend.

“It’s fantastic that the university’s opening the possibility of makeup classes on those days,” he said. “A lot of adjunct professors have multiple positions at different universities or day jobs as well, so it’s nice that they’re giving some f lexibility in terms of scheduling and using the facilities at BU to do so.”

Brett Kaplan, a first-year graduate student in the College of Engineering, said he appreciates the dilemma professors are facing with the lost class time, but the placement of the makeup days on Saturday causes a religious conf lict for some students, namely Jewish students who observe Shabbat, the Jewish holy day of rest.

“Any Jew observing the Sabbath would be unable to attend the make-up classes, whether he/she is a student or professor,”

he said in an email. “I’m not upset about these make-ups being on Shabbos necessarily, given the excused absence policy, which I will leverage to the fullest extent.”

Kaplan said professors should be considering other alternatives to class makeup times, including holding class on a Sunday instead or scheduling evening classes.

“Just be fair and sensitive to consider the needs of all demographics of the student and faculty bodies when determining how to make up these missed classes,” he said.

Several students said professors are doing the best they can to make up the snow days and help students stay on track with assignments.

Mary Henriquez, a first-year graduate student studying arts administration in the Metropolitan College, said she has a Tuesday evening class that has been canceled twice, and her professor has not yet discussed plans for making up the lost instructional time.

“It’s a difficult situation,” she said.

“Maybe putting the slides online would help, maybe doing some kind of a recorded lecture, offering to try to find a different evening within the week that could accommodate most students, but it’s tricky because everyone has different schedules.

The professors are really put between a rock and a hard place.”

Victoria Olakojo, a sophomore in the School of Management, said many of her professors have made accommodations to make up class time during the week, so she hopes they’ll choose not to hold class on the makeup Saturdays.

“A lot of students have work, have clubs that meet. I know both of my roommates have tournaments that exact weekend,” she said. “It’s good that they’re making up the class work, but being a student is about more than going to class. We have things that we have to do that are part of the whole college experience.”

Despite conf licts in making up instructional time, Sholkin, like many other professors and students, said he is just looking forward to getting into a normal routine with his class.

“I’m looking forward to actually seeing students. I’ve been to my classroom and tested out the equipment,” he said.

“My engine has been running in idle … and I’m ready to go into first gear.”

A 19-year-old male student reported his backpack with his computer and headphones was stolen at approximately 12:58 p.m. on Friday. He was attending a party at 860 Beacon St. and left the backpack in a bedroom. The laptop was valued at $1,500.

Jacket with wallet stolen from FitRec On Friday at approximately 2:47 p.m., a 20-year-old female student reported a theft that occurred at 915 Commonwealth Ave., BU’s Fitness and Recreation Center. Her jacket containing her wallet and credit cards was taken between 1:30 p.m. and 2:42 p.m., she reported, from the first-floor locker room.

The jacket was valued at $700.

Large amounts of alcohol found in West Campus dorm room At approximately 11:54 p.m. on Friday, officers responded to a report of alcohol possession at Rich Hall at 277 Babcock St. in West Campus. An 18-year-old male student and a 19-yearold female student received summons for underage possession.

Camera stolen from student’s vehicle On Saturday, a 20-year-old female student reported at approximately 1:33 a.m. that someone had broken into her vehicle parked at 610 Beacon St. A camera, valued at $1,300, was taken.

Unknown person reported using student’s cell phone A 19-year-old female student reported Saturday at approximately 4:40 p.m. that her phone was stolen. The victim was unsure how it was taken, but reported that an unknown person was using it. She believes the theft happened between 2 a.m. and 10 a.m.

BUPD responds to an argument at FitRec Officers responded to a dispute on the basketball court at FitRec at 915 Commonwealth Ave. on Sunday at approximately 3:30 p.m. Two people, not affiliated with BU, ran into each other and had a verbal argument.

Students could face criminal charges for sharing nude photos of another student Residence Life reported that two students took photos of a male student who was passed out and undressed in the seventh floor bathroom of Claflin Hall at 273 Babcock St. The incident occurred Sunday at approximately 2:48 a.m. The students used a photo-sharing app to send the photos to others. The two students are being investigated and may face criminal charges.

Wallet stolen from student’s jacket A 21-year-old male student reported Sunday at approximately 9:33 p.m. that he left his jacket containing his wallet, credit cards and money on the first floor of 521 Beacon St. The jacket was left for several hours, and the contents were taken.

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Students gather to honor Chapel Hill shooting victims

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1. Boston University students gather near Marsh Chapel Thursday night for a vigil. 2. Over 100 people gather for a vigil near Marsh Chapel Thursday night. 3. Attendees lit three candles to represent the three people killed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at a vigil near Marsh Chapel Thursday night.

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Following a shooting Tuesday that left three Muslim students dead near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, more than 100 students, from Boston University and the community, gathered Wednesday night at Marsh plaza to hold a vigil in honor of the deceased.

Organized by Marsh Chapel, the Islamic Society of BU, the BU Catholic Center and the BU Interfaith Council, the vigil featured Muslim, Christian and interfaith prayers, as well as moments of silence and a ceremonial ringing of bells.

“It was a fantastic space where people can really feel comfortable and really take in a moment of silence for people that lost their lives, and also have a moment of reflection of how we can create solidarity within our community so we all feel supported and safe,” said Emily Singer, president of the Interfaith Council.

The vigil was organized after three Muslim young adults

in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Deah Barakat, 23, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and Razan Abu-Salha, 19, were killed Tuesday night by a 46-year old-man after an alleged parking dispute.

The event brought people from different backgrounds and faiths together, said Singer, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

“We really need to show solidarity across campus,” she said.

“We really need to show that all faith communities and students here on campus support them and are against tragic loss in the name of, and against, religion.”

Sara Parvin-Nejad, a senior in CAS, said she decided to attend the vigil to honor those lost.

“I felt like it was necessary because it was an event that affected a big part of the community,” she said.

Parvin-Nejad said it is important that people from different faiths come together in support of the victims.

“Especially in the way that our country is right now, that so many people stand apart, [we have to show] so many of us still

do stand together,” she said.

In a moment such as this one, Parvin-Nejad said, people need to focus on mourning and not jumping to conclusions about the circumstances of the deaths.

“The most important thing right now is to focus on recovering and just letting people mourn for the loss of people, and it is unfortunate that people jump to certain conclusions, and it can be kind of frustrating sometimes, but we shouldn’t jump to conclusions about this individual either and automatically say he was a terrorist or say that he was mentally ill. We should wait for the facts to settle,” she said.

Amirah Aly, a Ph.D. student at Northeastern University, is Muslim and said the event hit close to home for him, which pushed him to attend the vigil.

“These are people that, when I heard about them online, I feel like I could have been friends with them if I had been living in the same city as them,” she said.

“They sound like my friends.”

Aly said the vigil was a universal gathering, not only out of solidarity, but also because Mus-

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e really need to show solidarity across campus. We really need to show that all faiths, communities and students here on campus support them and are against tragic loss in the name of, and against, religion,” Singer said. lims are not the only subjects of hate crimes and attacks.

“You also have hate crimes against other religions, and at the end of the day, we’re all human beings despite whatever our faith is,” she said. “We all deserve the right to live without being attacked for no reason.”

Ian Quillen, a sophomore in CAS, said that no matter what faith the victims come from, members of the BU community

would stand together in support.

“For me, it was something to show that we stand in solidarity.

This was a really tragic event, and we aren’t alone. We have each other, and we care, and we will be there for you whether we’re Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu or any religion,” he said. “We’ll stand in solidarity for peace against violence.”

ZBT works with national organization to make improvements FRATERNITIES, FROM PAGE 1

Arts and Sciences.

Meanwhile, outside of DTD, other fraternities are looking to rebuild after previous suspensions.

Zeta Beta Tau was suspended in February 2014, following a party that took place off campus on Jan. 26, 2014, The Daily Free Press reported on March 2, 2014. Four chapter members were arrested for keeping a disorderly house and violating probation.

Elmore said underage drinking and activity that could be considered hazing were involved.

A member of ZBT who asked to remain anonymous said officers have broken up parties at the fraternity house before.

“In the fall of 2013, we had a party the cops broke up because of noise or people,” he said. “We had another party, which kind of had an obsessive amount of

people. That’s why it got broken up, but because these kids were still on probation and the fact that they had the same judge as the previous incident was the reason they were put in jail for three days.”

Laurence Bolotin, the executive director of ZBT national chapter, said the organization has worked closely with the university to investigate the matter. The investigation and membership review removed 35-40 members who were contributing to “inappropriate activities.”

“We focused on only working with those men whose values were in alignment with that of the organization,” he said.

“We have been working with the chapter in understanding that they understand proper social management policies.”

Elmore said ZBT has regained its status since the fall semester and hopes that the fraternity will continue to improve.

“We hope that when you come back, if you come back, that you’ve got a plan

and you can demonstrate to us that you’ve figured out the problematic actions that cause it, and we can get some reassurances that they won’t happen again,” he said.

“That’s the case not with frats and sororities, but the situation where we do that with all organizations.”

Several students expressed mixed views about the fraternities’ behavior.

Mehar Maju, a sophomore in CAS, said she doesn’t think fraternities have bad intentions when throwing parties.

“I don’t have a negative perception of the boys in the frats, and I don’t think

they mean harm,” she said. “They’re college kids trying to have fun, and sometimes, it just goes a little far.”

Stephanie Man, a senior in the CAS, said the suspensions were reasonable, given the circumstances.

“Overall, the suspensions are fair, and I think they do send a message to Greek Life that serious infractions will be taken seriously and punished accordingly,” she said. “But I honestly believe that it’ll just make frats more secretive and careful with their behavior, which doesn’t really do much to keep students safe.”

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MBTA late night pilot program receives extension

BY CAROLINE LORD DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Late Night Pilot Program has received an extension to continue testing until June 19, according to a Feb. 5 press release from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

The program, which extends subway and Key Bus Routes by 90 minutes on Friday and Saturday nights, was put into place on March 28, 2014. However, MassDOT officials said they extended the period to collect more public input about the program before making a decision about the future of late-night service, the release stated.

“We owe the public all of the information we have and the chance to provide input on ways we could keep or modify late-night service,” said Stephanie Pollack, MassDOT secretary and CEO, in

the release. “I am committed to using both hard data and public input as we establish spending priorities for the T.” The decision regarding the continuation of late-night service will rest on both public input solicited from MBTA users and data collected during late-night operations, the release stated.

“I am pleased that we were able to extend our weekend service hours through this pilot program,” Beverly Scott, MBTA General Manager and MassDOT Rail and Transit Administrator, who announced her resignation Wednesday and will remain in this position until April 11, said in the release. “Now we can take a hard look at the data collected over the course of the pilot, and take the time needed to chart out the next best steps. Continuing the pilot program through June gives us ample time to make decisions about the future of Late Night service.”

Sambuddha Ghosh, an assistant professor of economics at Boston University’s

College of Arts and Sciences, said there are both pros and cons to the late-night service.

“A lot of restaurants, like pubs and so would benefit from this,” he said. “People who want to eat out late at night Fridays and Saturdays will find it easier to do so.

This is going to help the restaurants and the restaurant business and all of these late-night things. It would generally have beneficial effects.”

The exception would be the cost, he said.

“The negative side would be of course this would increase the expense of the MBTA, and it’ll put more stress on their infrastructure,” Ghosh said. “If that were the case, I would even consider charging slightly higher fares for the late-night service. Not an exorbitant amount, but maybe just a little bit more.”

The MBTA data collected shows that Late Night service has supplied over 1.1 million rides since its March rollout.

MassDOT will continue collecting opinions and data on the service, with the public comment period ending on March 11, before making its official decision about the future of the program on April 15 at a MassDOT board meeting, the release stated.

Several residents said providing people with a late-night public transportation option is paramount, but others said the cost may be too much.

Jill Maher, 45, of South Boston, said late-night T service isn’t essential due to the various other forms of transportation available at that time of night.

“If it’s too expensive, I think it would be better to cut it. There are other modes of transportation for people to use at that hour,” she said. “Given the deficit that Massachusetts is facing, I would think those funds could be better allocated.”

Drew Dodakian, 20, of Fenway, said he was not aware that the program was temporary, and he hopes it remains in place.

“I’ve used it all the time, almost every weekend. I thought it was a permanent thing. I didn’t know they might cut it,” he said. “If they do, I guess I’d just use Uber, which I do any ways, but it’s more expensive. If it’s not making money for the city then it’s probably not worth it, but I hope they don’t cut it.”

Andrew Abrahams, 21, of Fenway, said providing public, late-night transportation is a responsibility of the City of Boston.

“It probably gets used a lot by people who have to be out working late. I mean, the T’s not that reliable any way but it’s better than nothing,” he said. “If they cut it then there won’t be a way for people to get around at night, and there should be since we’re in a city. I wouldn’t cut it just because it’s the city’s job to make the service available, even if it means spending some money.”

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Riders will be able to utilize the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s late-night rail and bus services until June 19, but transportation officials have not promised that late-night service will continue beyond June.

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ducing demand. Locally, Demand Abolition is using data from online trafficking sites like Backpage.com to analyze how prominent sex trades are in the online community.

“Getting the data is extremely challenging,” Cranmer said. “We’ve decided to focus on the sex trade that is facilitated through the online environment.

Since the Internet has entered this industry, we estimate that 60 to 80 percent of sex trades now are facilitated through online channels.”

While the Internet facilitates online sex trades, it also helps initiatives like Demand Abolition track data and plan steps toward ending sex trafficking.

Right now, Cranmer said Demand Abolition cities are committed to using this data to reduce demand for solicited sex.

“Luckily, that gives us a lot of opportunity to measure data. We’re trying to track what the process is,” Cranmer said.

“The most important thing is making sure culturally this doesn’t become any more normal, that this is not a good thing.”

Demand Abolition also seeks the help of law enforcement in ending the stigma that prostitution often brings, she said.

“In addition to trying to stop the sex buying, another goal is to try to get

law enforcement and society generally to see the vast majority of prostituted persons as victims, not as people who would choose this life if they had another choice,” Cranmer said. “It’s about getting law enforcement to look at this differently so they stop arresting women and really focus on the real perpetrators, which are the buyers.”

In seeking the help of law enforcement, Demand Abolition has also reached out to the City of Boston.

Melina Schuler, spokeswoman for Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, said Boston’s approach to ending sex trafficking does not end with the Demand Abolition model.

“The City of Boston takes a multipronged approach to ending the exploitation and prostitution of women on Boston’s streets, addressing the needs of victims as well as prosecuting cases,” Schuler said in an email. “The Demand Abolition model, targeting Johns, and seeking to reduce the buying of sex by 20 percent over the next two years, is just one piece of the city’s approach.”

The Boston Police Department also has a Human Trafficking Unit, which works with non-profits like Demand Abolition. Schuler said BPD works to refer victims to these services for harm reduction and mediation.

“Prostitution is illegal in the City of Boston, and BPD arrests and prose-

cutes individuals for the solicitation of sex for a fee as well as those who provide it,” Schuler said. “Each strategy that is employed offers a different approach to reducing the harm delivered through the participation in human trafficking on any level. The City of Boston will make strides in defeating the exploitation and prostitution of women through this multi-faceted approach.”

Schuler said Boston plans to work with the other cities of the Demand Abolition model — Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Oakland, California, Phoenix, Portland, Oregon, San Diego and Seattle — to end sex trafficking.

“Public health officials, survivors harmed by the illegal sex trade, the community, business members and a multitude of other stakeholder groups, will work together to coordinate demand-based interventions that can be implemented to end the exploitation and prostitution of women,” Schuler said.

Several residents said stopping sex trafficking and providing safety for women involved in prostitution are essential.

Patricia Bruce, 23, of Back Bay, said anything done to combat commercial sex is significant.

“It’s important to stop sex trafficking,” she said. “I feel like anything toward stopping sex trafficking is a positive move.”

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he most important thing is making sure this doesn’t become any more normal, that this is not a good thing.

Harlen Eddy, 32, of Dorchester, said the focus should be concentrated on identifying and eradicating the cause of sex trafficking.

“It’s very important to know where these things are coming from and know exactly where to stop it,” she said.

Beverley Nguyen, 21, of Allston, said ensuring victims are secure should be the prime objective.

“I heard that those who are prostituted are scared of getting caught,” she said. “If they manage to find a safe haven for these girls and guys, they could come in and talk to them without the chance of being caught and sending them back out. It would make them more willing to talk.”

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Walsh launches SuccessLink for youth career opportunities

BY PAIGE SMITH DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and the Department of Youth Engagement and Employment announced Tuesday the launch of SuccessLink, an online database that aims to prepare Boston youth for success through summer employment and other career services, according to a Tuesday press release.

SuccessLink provides Boston residents ages 15-18 the ability to register for summer employment opportunities around the city, as well as career development opportunities, peer-led workshops, scholarships and civic engagement opportunities, the release stated.

“It is time for our young people and families to start making summer plans now, and we want to give them all of the tools to do so,” Walsh said in the release. “We are opening up the SuccessLink so that teens can register for employment, and we have extended registration from 4 weeks to nearly 8 weeks to give all of our young people a chance to connect with us.”

Shari Davis, executive director of the Department of Youth Engagement and Employment, said the objective of SuccessLink is to provide opportunities for every Boston youth.

“SuccessLink is really about building your pathway for success and getting connected with our full level of services,” she said. “I want to speak to the mayor’s vision for youth employment.

He believes that every young person in this city who is looking for an employment opportunity should be able to have one, and that’s what we’re trying to get to.”

SuccessLink partners with over 200 businesses to offer over 3,000 summer employment opportunities, Davis said.

“We’ve had folks working in childcare. We’ve had folks work in technology, safety or learning to be peer educators,” Davis said. “There’s a lot of variety in the program.”

Partners range from the Franklin Park Zoo and New England Aquarium to positions in the Department’s own offices, Davis said.

The Department is working closely with the Mayor’s Youth Council to develop the program

to best suit Boston’s youth, said Bianca Reyes, a Mattapan representative on the Mayor’s Youth Council and SuccessLink program specialist.

“One of our goals is just communicating with the teens in our community, like we just want teens to know that we’re here to help and how we empower each other as well, and to have a youth’s perspective on success,” Reyes said.

The Mayor’s Youth Council, a group of approximately 85 teenagers, provides accessible youth representatives to guide applicants through the SuccessLink process, said Mabel Gonzalez Nunez, also a Mattapan representative on the Mayor’s Youth Council.

“Instead of adults going on and telling them that you can apply for a job, we have peer-onpeer explanation on how teens can learn from this experience and be able to grow from this experience by applying to the SuccessLink,” Nunez said. “That way they’re more confident.”

The Boston Youth Fund, along with other youth services, was consolidated into the Department last January, the release stated. SuccessLink combines all services offered by the Department on a single online database.

Reyes said she found a summer employment opportunity during summer 2014 through the precursor to SuccessLink, known as the Boston Youth Fund.

“From my own experience, not only did I gain simple problem solving skills or professionalism in general, but just getting out there, and learning new things,” Reyes said.

Nunez said she also benefitted from her previous summer’s employment found through the Boston Youth Fund.

“My experience with my summer job has been amazing. I learned tons of different skills, tons of different people I never knew I’d have the opportunity to meet,” she said. “As a senior now, I frequently encounter college admissions counselors, and they’re overwhelmed by my professionalism and how I communicate with others, and these are all skills I developed through my summer job program and my involvement with summer jobs and my continued progress with summer jobs.”

Davis emphasized the impact that Boston

youth have on the industry, through fresh perspectives on ideas such as social media.

“These young people are meeting adults in serious industries and capacities and really adding to their industry,” Davis said. “When I put a post on Facebook, it might get 5 views. When Mabel puts something on Facebook, we might get 500 views. I think that’s the expertise that young people bring to the table, that cultural sensitivity and the ability to connect with their peers in the way organizations really need.”

The SuccessLink application will be available until midnight on March 27 and is available 24 hours a day, the release stated.

Several residents said SuccessLink will be beneficial to youth and teenagers, not only by keeping them occupied over the summer, but also by helping them build professional experience.

Asher Denburg, 20, of Fenway, said summer employment is important to building resumes for students.

“I always got summer jobs with a theatre company in my town, but I know a lot of people who just never had a single thing to do while school was out,” he said. “It would be useful for teens because getting them into jobs early is a good way to build up their resume and also make them

more mature, so when it’s actually time for them to find a job, they already have experience.”

Hannah Fleishman, 26, of downtown Boston, said SuccessLink could be beneficial for initially engaging those looking for summer employment.

“It seems like a good way to get more young people to start thinking about their future. I don’t know how it’s set up, but if they can get jobs in their areas of interest, it could be a way of figuring out where your interests lie and what you want to devote more time to,” Fleishman said.

“You still have to get kids to sign up for it, but it’s worth a shot.”

Jen Swafford, 24, of Fenway, said summer employment is a cost-efficient alternative to expensive summer activities for students.

“It sounds like a great resource for people who don’t know what to do with their summers. Especially if parents can’t afford expensive camps and programs, jobs can be just as rewarding and impressive for colleges to see,” she said. “As long as they don’t overdo it, and it really works in setting teens up with jobs, I’d say yes to using it.”

Caroline Lord contributed to the reporting of this article.

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Boston Mayor Martin Walsh launched SuccessLink Tuesday, which helps Boston youth apply for summer jobs.

InBusiness: Comm. Ave RadioShack among locations pegged for closure RADIO SHACK, FROM PAGE 1

by competition with company stores and one-stop shops such as Walmart, Target and Costco.

“They need to have that revenue base to just cover so much of the fixed costs they have. One of their largest fixed costs is that monthly rent,” Karim said. “They’re not competing head-to-head with the AT&T store and the Verizon store, so they haven’t really been able to find what their new identity is. That’s why the market is skeptical about them surviving.”

Karim said even in the category of broad-based electronics stores, only one player can survive in the modern market, and it isn’t RadioShack.

“The store is a location with proximity,” said Jake Diamond, a former employee of the Commonwealth Avenue RadioShack and a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences.

“If there were a Best Buy next to it, people would have probably gone to that.”

However, Furman argued that RadioShack’s demise is on the Internet’s hands more than anyone else’s, especially given that sites like Amazon offer discounts and special shipping rates to students.

“People are buying everything online nowadays,” said Gabriella Crisafulli, a junior in SMG. “Amazon’s just way more conve-

nient and often cheaper.”

In the game of customer loyalty, the low costs of online shopping often beat the customer information services of in-store electronics retailers, Furman said.

Unable to rival those costs, RadioShack has been left the tough job of convincing customers to pay premium prices, often higher than average for the industry.

“What’s interesting about the model of a relatively small retailer like RadioShack is they would provide consumers with lots of useful information,” Furman said. “But it’s hard to convert that useful information into premium price sales.”

Furman cited Apple as an example of success in both providing in-store customer information and convincing consumers to shell out, made possible by the company’s innovative products.

With that said, the iPhone 6 is the most popular item at RadioShack’s Commonwealth Avenue location, according to an on-duty sales associate who couldn’t identify himself per company policy. As for the store’s computer accessories and cables, he said, those may be taking up valuable shelf space.

“RadioShack tries to help people out with a lot of stuff that not everybody needs, like small parts,” the sales associate said.

These products target a niche market that has been declin-

ing since RadioShack’s mid-20th century heyday, both Karim and Diamond said.

“In the past, we used to have hobbyists that did more hardware stuff, but now, if you look at young people, they’re not really hardware hobbyists,” Karim said. “We have people doing everything through software.”

But even in the current software-era, some students can attest to the convenience of having a store on campus. Sarah Oppenheimer, a junior in CAS, said she bought her iPhone charger at RadioShack last year because it was close by and she didn’t have Amazon Prime.

“I actually think it’s better quality than the ones that I would have ordered from Amazon or Apple because the cord’s double as long,” Oppenheimer said.

CAS freshman Andrea Garcia said she holds some loyalty to the chain, regardless of location.

“Even in other locations, I do regularly go to RadioShack for supplies and cords,” she said.

But losing the stores means losing more than places to buy electronics. When he spoke to The Daily Free Press on Sunday, a day before the closings were announced, the on-duty sales associate was unaware of any preparations for mass store closings.

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“I’m sad to see them go,” Diamond said. “But I can’t say I didn’t see this coming.”

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Revamped MCAT goes down with spoonful of sociology

BY SONIA RAO DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

As of Wednesday, pre-medical students across the nation will be able to register for the revised edition of the MCAT, the medical college admission test, which will be administered in April. For the first time since 1992, the Association of American Medical Colleges has altered the exam, including more concepts from across multiple disciplines such as psychology, sociology and biochemistry. The revised MCAT will also be twice as long, use a different scoring scale and take what Kaplan Test Prep calls “a more medical approach.”

Owen Farcy, director of the MCAT 2015 program at Kaplan, said that the biggest change to the test itself is the added social sciences content. This alteration will affect pre-med students’ course load, as well as the specific courses they will have to take in preparation.

“Rather than just the eight semesters of courses that they were expected to have for the MCAT previously, they’re going to be expected to have eleven semesters of coursework to be ready for the new test,” Farcy said. “That means that there’s a fairly substantial change in the ways that students will have to schedule those classes to make sure they’re covering everything.”

However, Farcy said these changes are not unfounded.

“It’s due to a couple of different fac-

tors,” he said. “To be fair, the AAMC has been considering these factors for a long, long time. A fairly standard practice with standardized tests is to change the test on a fairly regular basis.”

The additional content is also a result of many medical schools’ desire for their future students to have a strong foundation in the social and behavioral sciences. These disciplines, Farcy said, play a large part in the practice of modern medicine, so it is beneficial for students to be familiar with them.

Jackie Birnbaum, a second-year student at Boston University’s School of Medicine, had an opportunity to take part in beta testing of the new section at BU last year and said the changes to the test were worthwhile.

“There was some factual material, in terms of knowing theories of some psychology or sociology or whatever it was, but it seemed more geared towards being able to interpret the studies,” she said. “And that is a skill that is certainly applicable and useful in medical school, in terms of being able to critically evaluate scientific literature. So yeah, I do think it is appropriate.”

But not all current pre-med students feel the same way about the changes to the MCAT. Camille Silva, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she has mixed feelings about the revised test.

“There’s good and bad in it,” she said.

“I like that it’s more based on how it’s go-

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Students began registering for a revised MCAT Wednesday, which will be a longer test with more emphasis on social sciences.

ing to be when you’re a doctor and how it’s more applied. That’s really cool, but how they’re making it a scale on the test makes it a completely different way to study.”

The changes will bring along a new study process for students as well, Silva said.

“From studying for the one before to moving on to this one, it’s going to be completely different because before, it was only three hours,” she said. “And I can do three hours. Five or six hours is like — you have to do more actual testing to practice

for it. Which annoys me, obviously.”

In 2014, 252 BU students applied to medical school, according to the AAMC, making BU home to one of the largest premed communities in the country.

Pre-med students taking the MCAT this year, however, might have a little less to worry about in terms of these changes to the test.

“The first year of admission is going to be, I guess I would say, flexible when it comes to looking at scores,” Farcy said.

“But a lot of that remains to be seen.”

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INTERVIEW: Approaching coaching in “McFarland, USA”

BY SONIA RAO DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The film “McFarland, USA” tells the true story of track coach Jim White (Kevin Costner), a newcomer to the agricultural town of McFarland in California’s Central Valley. Though initially hired as McFarland High School’s football coach, White sees enough potential in his students to start the school’s first cross country team. Throughout the year, White leads the team through all manners of familial responsibilities and racial conflicts. And while this premise may seem familiar, Costner and the real-life White want viewers to know that “McFarland” is far from the usual sports drama.

“I think when you want to make a movie that has to do with sports, one of the keys is to not make it too much about the sport,” Costner said in a conference call interview with The Daily Free Press on Saturday. “It has to be the backdrop. It’s what gets said to people when they’re not actually performing that really becomes most interesting.”

Costner especially emphasized that “McFarland” focuses more on the relationship between the coach and his athletes, along with the overall process of building a strong team, rather than the sport itself. He lauded White for his ability to coach adolescents who come from difficult backgrounds.

“Coaching is about the big picture, which is how they [the athletes] are going to be seen as men,” Costner said. “While it

couldn’t have been pleasant for Jim, there were probably moments where he had to risk his teams by telling them they’re wrong, by disciplining them. I think that one thing that maybe gets lost in this is that a coach is just another word for an educator. So I thought it was important to be a part of this movie.”

For White, back in 1987, that job meant getting the hard work mentality to rub off on his runners.

“You’re building a team,” he said.

“You’re not building an individual … they have to encourage their whole team to do it [work hard] because that’s the only way they’re going to get rewarded. I look for things like that in young people. If you can get somebody that has that instinct built into them, that they want to succeed, then you take it and go from there.”

White said Costner did an exceptional job portraying the love and dedication that the coach felt toward his work with the kids. He was able to watch parts of the filming and said he felt as though Costner was perfectly cast for the role.

“I didn’t have direct contact with him, per se, in meeting with him and trying to say, ‘No, I didn’t do that,’” White said. “I didn’t have to. He picked up my feelings and my true love for the kids through articles. And I was very appreciative of that because he turned it around and got it written the right way …

He [Costner] truly showed a love for the kids and a love for the town and the community.

You’re going to get that feeling when you see

it [the film], and that’s a wonderful feeling.”

That love comes through in Costner’s fond words for the McFarland community.

Although the film mainly focuses on White’s family and the athletes themselves, Costner recognized the hard work that the older generation of the town put into helping their children move forward in life. He said one of the greatest takeaways from the film is the caring relationship between the athletes and their families.

“They’re simply working there … through very difficult weather conditions for every day of their lives for one reason and one reason only

— to advance their children and to give their children a better opportunity,” Costner said.

In Costner’s eyes, “McFarland” represents a microcosm of a much bigger national community.

“At its very core, this is not a movie about running, and it’s not about cross country. This movie is really about the American dream. And the American dream in McFarland is alive and well,” Costner said. “There is nothing more American than a parent trying to make life better for their children.”

“McFarland, USA” opens in theaters Feb. 20.

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Kevin Costner stars as Coach Jim White in “McFarland, USA” which will be released Feb. 20.

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To treat mitochondrial disease, mothers know best

BY CONNER REED DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

If having a child meant hurting them, how far would people go to fix it?

Science has known for a long time that everything a living being is boils down to long sequences encoded in DNA, passed down from generation to generation. Genetics, the study of these sequences, marches forward every day, finding ways to help those cursed with flaws in their codes.

Thanks to a recent decision by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, the latest genetic issue to seize the spotlight deals with the creation of a so-called “three-parent child” to combat the transmission of mitochondrial diseases. The House voted Feb. 3 to allow the creation of these children, a decision unprecedented in international law.

“Well, what’s being proposed is something very similar to what was done 25 years ago. It was very controversial at the time,” said Martin Steffen, professor of biomedical engineering at the Boston University School of Medicine. “There has been quite a lot of press attention to this. But less of a vehement response.”

Mitochondrial diseases deal with an individual’s inability to properly generate energy within their cells, which can lead to fatigue, compromised immunity and in some cases, the failure of entire body systems. The three-parent child proposal would ensure that mothers suffering from mitochondrial diseases would not pass the disorders onto their offspring.

The intensity of mitochondrial diseases varies, Steffen said.

“There are cases that are more severe … people know it’s wrong early on,” he said. “The intensity of the disease has a wide range.”

The process involved is similar to in vitro fertilization. A healthy female donor donates an egg with healthy mitochondria.

The nucleus of the mother’s egg is removed and placed into the donor egg, which is subsequently fertilized and prepared for gestation.

When the child is born, its DNA overwhelmingly reflects that of its “traditional” parents — over 99 percent coming from its mother and father — but roughly 20 to 25 genes come from the donor’s mitochondrial DNA, ensuring the healthy genetic makeup of the child.

Tayla Robichaud, a 21-year-old Billerica resident who was 18 years old when her physicians began diagnosing her energy deficiency as mitochondrial disease, said she is a proponent of the technology.

“Junior year, I missed about 80 days of school and senior year, about 100,” she said.

“I always thought that I would never be able to have kids because I would never want to give them this horrible disease. Having the possibility to actually have kids without them being sick is amazing.”

Robichaud said she faced a fair amount of adversity in her battle with mitochondrial disease. Often times, she said, her mother was the only person in her life who believed that something was genuinely wrong with her — others simply mistook her energy-deficient cells for laziness or a lack of drive. She said she has tried her hand at a number of jobs, but her mitochondrial issues have manifested themselves in postural disorders, which render her unable to remain on her feet for any significant period of time. One solace for her was involvement in support groups and communities that allowed her to share this adversity with other young adults affected by the

disease. Her second cousin is getting tested for the disease, she said, and they have been able to discuss the process together.

Devin Shuman, a 22-year-old sufferer of mitochondrial disease living in Seattle, has played a role in the continued existence of groups for people like Robichaud who are looking to have their experiences validated. Shuman, whose brother also has a mitochondrial disease, attended a medical conference put on by the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation in Chicago the summer after her diagnosis and soon became an ambassador for the group.

“For me, meeting other teenagers honestly completely changed my perspective on this,” Shuman said. “I honestly can say that my life changed when I went to that conference. A lot of teenagers are the only person they know with this … it really helps when you have other people to talk to because you can discuss the weird thing that happened to you or the new thing you’re dealing with, and you get a dozen people responding.”

Shuman said experiences like Robichaud’s are commonplace in the sphere of mitochondrial diseases and that she hopes to alleviate them through her work with the foundation.

When discussing the finer points of the disease and the three-parent child initiative as a means to curb it, the conversation is relatively straightforward. When ethical questions come into play, though, things can begin to get muddy.

“We teach about reproductive technology in our class, but in general, a lot of people have thought that this hinges not so much on the technology, but the motivation,” Steffen said.

Not everyone is so keen. Human Genetics Alert, an independent UK watchdog group that focuses on genetic research, has come out in vocal opposition to mitochondrial replacement. The group said it fears that the technique would set a precedent leading to the normalization of “designer babies” that are developed and selected for their specific genetic traits.

Rabbi Benjamin Samuels, a student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, is studying the three-parent child initiative and mitochondrial replacement as it intersects with Jewish law. While he said he acknowledges the situation’s inherent ethical complications, he nonetheless feels that responsible uses of mitochondrial replacement pose no major religious or ethical violations, though they do pose interesting questions about Jewish lineage.

“Although I think Jewish bioethicists would agree that there needs to be supervision and regulation, Judaism is in favor of stem cell research, would even support cloning if there was a therapeutic need and much of the new reproductive technologies, including three-parent children,” he said.

Though Samuels understands concerns like those of the Human Genetics Alert — he calls their stance the “slippery-slope argument” — he is confident that modern medical professionals are able to draw their own line in the sand when it comes to genetic manipulation.

As for Robichaud, she said she doesn’t have the utmost faith in her own country’s ability to take a cue from the UK’s decision.

Nevertheless, she has a few words for those worried about research spiraling out of control.

“I know people who have mitochondrial disease and whose kids have it,” she said “What would we rather have: kids dying and living horrible lives, or having healthy children and a healthier population?”

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In face of violence, citizen journalism proves effective Here is a trend. In the weeks between the Jan. 7 Charlie Hebdo shooting and Jan. 23, people plotted against or attacked Parisian Muslims 128 times. According to the French Council for the Muslim Religion, people threatened or attacked Parisian Muslims 133 times in 2014 alone. This is a dramatic increase in the rate in which Muslim people are being targeted in hate crimes.

The trend continues. Police officers in Madison, Alabama stopped Chirag Patel, an Indian-American grandfather, because people called in to say a suspicious person was walking the neighborhood. Because Patel spoke no English, officers were not able to communicate with him effectively. They slammed him to the ground and nearly paralyzed him. Patel’s lawyers claim the police used excessive force because of Patel’s ethnic background, according to Al Jazeera America.

The same sentiment goes further.

Three Muslim students were shot execution style in a condominium complex near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus Wednesday. Newlyweds Yusor Mohammad, 21, Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, and Yusor’s sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, were all pronounced dead at the scene.

The dispute allegedly grew from tension related to a parking space, Fox News reported just an hour after the shooting.

This is a trend the mainstream media was too uncomfortable to call when the news broke. This is a trend of violence against Muslims, Arabs or anyone seemingly Arab.

And so #MuslimLivesMatter began to trend on Twitter.

Throughout Wednesday, people tweeted the hashtag along with #ChapelHillShooting, to criticize the western media’s coverage of what happened in North Carolina. Within hours, #BlackLivesMatter began to surface again while people drew relations between the disproportionate police violence against black men in America.

Twitter’s response soon became animated with cartoons surfacing as quickly as those labeled #JeSuisCharlie that spread after the Charlie Hebdo attack. People drew television reporters wearing Fox, CBS, NBC, CNN and ABC lapels ignoring three dead bodies on the ground. One cartoon reads, “3 Young Muslims killed by a lone gunner? No breaking news here!”

Then we get to the tweet of Yasir Qadhi, a Muslim theologian in Tennessee.

“I wonder when all world leaders will come and hold hands and march on the streets of Chapel Hill to condemn Islamphobia. #MuslimLivesMatter.”

Haya Barakat, a family member of the victims of the Chapel Hill shooting, tweeted something heartbreaking. “Here is the hypocrisy the hashtag pointed out today. My cousin, his wife and sister in law were murdered for being muslim. Someone tell me racism/hate crimes don’t exist. #MuslimLivesMatter.”

Painfully enough, the deceased couple’s wedding photos are circulating Twitter as well with the same trending hashtags.

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have been “hate-motivated,” but there was not sufficient evidence to draw that conclusion at the time. Craig Stephen Hicks, the suspected shooter, was charged for the three murders, but he was not slapped with a formal accusation of committing a hate crime.

The Washington Post published a story Wednesday night called, “Three Muslims killed in shooting near UNC; police, family argue over motive​,” to highlight the debate on whether or not a parking space was really responsible, or if the shooter’s bigotry and hatred boiled over. But no officials called it a hate-crime as of yet.

Here is the problem with news reporting and having the freedom to “call it like it is”: News organ izations ethically cannot draw conclusions w ithout all the evidence present. Journalists are taught to remain as unbiased as possible until the whole story is out. Unless an off icial calls it a hate crime, the murders will a lways be documented as alleged bias-backed murders.

And this is where social media broke into the story.

The free dialogue is now happening all on social media. With every hashtag, people can debate the implications of the story while mainstream media keeps the country up to date on every new detail. As we have seen with #BlackLivesMatter, #MuslimLivesMatter will make headlines for the next few days, and hopefully that will get more people thinking about the underlying issues behind this heinous trend.

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Few journalists labeled the murders as bias crimes at the get-go. NBC News foreign correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin did not tweet his opinion, but he wrote a status that read, “Is it appropriate to use the word terrorism to describe the killing of 3 Muslims in North Carolina?” Even without the hashtag, he invokes the sentiment that mainstream outlets and pundits were not connecting the dots between the increasing rates of violence against Muslims in the western world.

Fun fact: Mohyeldin has almost 79 thousand more followers on his Facbeook page than on his Twitter account, so this opinion potentially reached a lot more people.

This social media response brings a whole new conversation to the table. Although the Chapel Hill shooter was not charged with a hate-motivated crime, people are still discussing the implications of violence against Muslims and people of color in the United States.

People began to ask why major western news outlets seem to ignore this trend.

While the mainstream media cannot draw these conclusions early on in the investigation, citizens on social media have no boundaries and can call a spade a spade. News outlets must report the facts available, so major television networks cannot just label this a hate crime without all the evidence present.

Reporters for The New York Times and other outlets did mention the possibility of bias playing a major role. Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue touched on the idea in a news release, saying the shooting could

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Prison reform, all a matter of rights Careful not to miss the good old days

BY MARIEL CARIKER COLUMNIST

Going to a prison was not how I thought my college experience would start. However, there I was, first week at school, in a van on the way to a correctional facility for women.

It was a service day for FYSOP, or First Year Student Outreach Program, in the human rights issue area. They had told us that we’d be talking with some of the inmates, and I wasn’t scared, but a little nervous maybe. We all had to take out our piercings, wear nice clothing and be on our best behavior. It wasn’t scary, but it was definitely intimidating.

I had no idea what to expect that day, but it ended up being an eye-opening, incredible experience. We all sat in a circle and got to talk with the inmates about prisoner rights, such as voting rights, and what their experiences were like in the correctional facility. On the down time,e we talked about college, shoes or their families — any topic that came up. Some of them had service dogs that sat with us while we talked, and we were able to pet them. No one was mean, or harsh, or seemed dangerous. Conversation flowed naturally, and it was a genuinely enjoyable experience. I still think about those women a lot six months later.

What I found unsettling about the day was the way some of the guards spoke of the women, talking about them as if they weren’t human, making offhand comments or jokes about they way “they” lived. This immediately reflects the way society views people in prison as well. It’s as if someone who has committed a crime is automatically less human than anyone else. I’m not trying to make an excuse for illegal acts and crimes, but the way we’re treating prisoners now is creating an excess of issues that could be solved.

Mass incarceration in the United States is a huge issue. The negative stigma based around people who have been in prison is nationwide, and it is damaging. Many view inmates as being so far removed from society that they do not deserve to be let back in once they’re released. America’s prisons love to focus on punishment, not so much on corrections, as in having prisoners learn from their mistakes so they can be placed back into society.

Statistics released in 2014 by the Prison

Policy Initiative, a movement that reports the effect of mass incarceration on individuals, communities, and the countrythe country as a whole to try to better our criminal justice system, showed that the United States had the largest incarceration rate in the world. We have about 4 percent% of the world’s population and about 25 percent% of the world’s incarcerated people. The incarceration rate in America has increased 400 percent% in the last 30 years. Our prisons do not meet up to international standards. Many prisons in America use solitary confinement as punishment,punishment. However, it is considered by international law to be torture.

As if it wasn’t hard enough to get a job in America already, we purposefully make it harder for those who have been in prison.

As if living in America wasn’t hard enough, we put those who have been in prison at an absurd disadvantage. Those who have been convicted of a crime are ineligible for welfare, student loans, public housing and food stamps. There are high rates of suicide and homelessness for those who have been released from prison. Many find it so hard to make a life when they’re out of prison that they purposefully try to get back in. It’s a vicious cycle, and it benefits no one.

Prisoners’ voting rights differ from state to state. Some states only allow people on probation to vote, some on parole and probation. As of 2011, only Kentucky and Virginia don’t allow people who have been in prison to gain their voting rights when they’re released. However, that is a huge issue, regardless of the fact that it is only two states. By attacking people’s right to vote once they are released, you are attacking their human rights. When incarcerated people get their voting rights stripped forever, even when they are out of prison, it’s like they’re paying for their crime for the rest of their life with their rights.

Maybe we should think about how we treat inmate and crimes of different levels.

Many are sentenced to sizable sentences for crimes that are non-violent, and the way we treat these incarcerated people is unethical, and not nearly as effective as we’d like to think it is. The way the prison system works now creates a huge ‘US vs. THEM’ perspective, and it’s disturbing to me how easy it is for many people to dehumanize inmates without a second thought.

Just because incarcerated people are ‘behind bars’ doesn’t make them animals.

We can crack down on crime without cracking down harder on criminals. We need to stop giving up on those who have been incarcerated, and I truly believe our nation will gain so much more than it will lose from helping them.

BY RACHEL RILEY COLUMNIST

It was the last place I expected to find solace while I was living in Auckland. But as the waitress approached our table smiling politely and placed the laminated menus before us, I felt relief. American-style streaky bacon, pancakes, filter coffee…

Denny’s had never looked so delicious.

When I decided to study abroad, I knew there were some elements of my life in the States that I was bound to miss: My family, my sister’s floppy-eared pit bull mix named Stella, my friends both at home in Tennessee and at school in Boston.

But in the month following my arrival in New Zealand, I’ve found that the things from home I long for are not what I expected to miss.

For one, I miss access to adequate public transportation — Auckland is a bit limited in this respect. Yes, I miss the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. I miss my Charlie Card and the Green Line. I miss the way it seems as if I’m peering into some other universe when I look into the next trolley car as the T screeches around that sharp curve near the Boylston stop.

I miss seeing the color of the sky at sunset behind Fenway Park from the fantastic view of my former South Campus apartment.

I even miss hearing the hooligans hootin’ and hollerin’ outside of the bar across the street until 2 a.m.

I miss the pulled pork nachos at Sunset Cantina and the laughs I shared with so many friends while splitting an extra-large plate. I miss 24-hour access to Cape Cod Potato Chips and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream at Shaw’s.

I miss seeing the best of the best American commercials during major primetime televised events like the Grammys and the Super Bowl.

I miss Mugar Library and its 2 a.m. closing hours and the full spread turkey dinner always available at Cranberry Farms in the George Sherman Union food court. I miss being accosted by members of every student

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group, advertising their philanthropies and performances, when I would walk through the GSU Link.

I miss seeing at least one person I know everywhere I venture on campus, whether it’s Starbucks or 100 Bay State Road (although I do not miss the human traffic jams on Commonwealth Avenue during rush hour).

I miss walking on the esplanade bundled in my wool scarf, leather boots and down jacket with the crisp breeze nipping at my pink nose. And while I think that five snow days is a little excessive, I do miss the way the snow glitters, untouched, when it first falls and the warm feeling of snuggling up with a bowl of popcorn and a few friends when classes are canceled.

And while I am happy to say that I am no longer questioning the results of BuzzFeed quizzes on a daily basis, I admittedly miss constant Wi-Fi and ending every day with an episode from a favorite series on Netflix.

When I encounter these feelings of homesickness, I remind myself of a poignant quotation from one favorite comedies, “The Office.” During the show’s finale as the cast recalls the events of the mockumentary’s nine seasons, Andy Bernard remarks, “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.”

Like many people, I have spent so much of my time at home and abroad worrying: about what I did or neglected to do yesterday, about the plans I do or don’t have today, about what I can foresee of tomorrow. The past always seems better, the future always brighter, the grass always greener opposite from where I’m standing.

I really don’t know when the “good old days” Andy was talking about were. Were they my childhood? My freshman year of college? The semester before I departed for New Zealand? Or — the scariest thought of all — are they happening right now?

Unfortunately for Andy and I, there is no way of knowing. What I had yesterday, I miss today. And what I have today, I will miss tomorrow. But I will hold Andy’s words close to my heart, because they are a constant reminder that I must enjoy the present.

For me, two months ago, the present was a small but lively city tucked away on the New England coast filled with other university students and friends whom I miss dearly.

And now, the present is a beautiful sprawling island nation occupied by people from all over the world and donned with every environmental wonder imaginable, from golden beaches to ice-capped mountains.

I think I can live with that.

Punxsutawney Phil needs to go into hiding. The Merrimack, New Hampshire announced on its Facebook page Tuesday that it has issued an arrest warrant for the lil’ rodent, stating that the people of New Hampshire have suffered greatly because Punxsutawney Phil called for another 6 weeks of winter. After these incessant snowstorms, it’s safe to say all of New England is tired. We here at the ol’ Free Press were wondering what people in the BU community would do to punish Punxsutawney Phil?

CFA: Make him the subject of a permanent installation.

ENG: 3-D print a new Punxsutawney Phil that always makes it spring.

COM: Passive-agressive subtweet.

BU Athletics: Use him as the puck at the Beanpot.

BU Dining: Make him work the GSU Starbucks all by himself on a snow day.

President Brown: Make him go to Saturday classes.

SMG: Sell him to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.

FreeP: Slander his name in an Interrobang. Jerk.

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SPORTS

BU Club Sports Roundup: Club inline hockey sweeps weekend road swing but this game was wide open. The start of the game could have gone better for the Terriers, as they surrendered two power play goals in under two minutes. BU finished the opening frame down 4-1 after allowing a UMass goal with 14 seconds until the buzzer. In the second period, though, BU played like a different team, controlling most of the play and tying the game with three goals throughout the 20 minutes. Starting senior goalie Mark Flitsch stood tall after a shaky first and kept the Terriers on the right track. Early in the third period, with BU on the penalty kill, sophomore forward Jake Strzalkowski took the puck up the rink and beat all four UMass players and the goalie for a shorthanded tally, one of his four goals and five points on the day. The Terriers potted another four goals, making it eight unanswered before UMass scored its fifth and final of the day. With a 9-5 score to its name, BU kept its winning streak alive and effectively ended UMass’s.

BY JUDY COHEN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The information in the following Boston University club sport highlights was taken from the BU Club Sports Event Calendar from Feb. 4 to Feb. 11.

Saturday, Feb. 7 BU men’s club ice hockey falls to Endicott, 2-1 With a chance to clinch a playoff spot with a win or a tie, the BU men’s club ice hockey team took on Endicott College.

Sophomore defenseman Jack Faso scored the Terriers’ lone goal of the contest, but even with the formidable play of freshman goaltender Joe Kelly, it was not enough to get the job done. With the loss, BU fell to 11-7-1 overall and 6-4 in Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association play, but could still earn a spot in the postseason on a tiebreaker to be determined later.

Third period burst helps BU club inline hockey defeat Binghamton, 4-2 After winning eight of its last nine games in the fall semester, the BU club inline hockey team took to Dracut on Saturday to begin its spring campaign with a two-game stint, the first of which was a noon matchup against Binghamton University. It was not the first time the Terriers had played the Bearcats, as BU earned a 7-1 win over them in October 2014. Binghamton was also at the disadvantage of having just four skaters and a goalie dressed. Neither side could break through for the first two periods, but just

PHOTO COURTESY OF JARED ANGIN

Senior captain Bill Schoeninger and the BU club inline hockey team recorded victories in both of their games last weekend.

48 seconds into the final frame, the Terriers got things rolling. Junior forward Daniel Phillips scored BU’s first goal, and shortly after, his teammates, including junior forward Nick Breed, added three more to take a 4-0 lead. Binghamton added two goals of its own, but could not climb out of the hole BU put them in. The Terriers improved to 10-3 on the season and were slated to face UMass Amherst

later that day.

BU club inline hockey climbs back, beats UMass Amherst, 9-5 In the second game of the day for the BU club inline hockey team, the Terriers were victorious again. When the teams met earlier in the season, the University of Massachusetts Amherst edged BU 3-1,

BU men’s club volleyball posts 3-1 record in first round of Divisional play The BU men’s club volleyball team took a trip to Brandeis University to play four games against Dartmouth College, Brandeis University, the University of Vermont and the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The Terriers started with a 2-1 win over Dartmouth, trying to adjust to a new setter and two new players. BU then went on to lose to host Brandeis in two sets, but won its last two games of the day, each in two sets to improve to 3-1.

Benedykciuk: Anthony Davis might be best player in NBA BENEDYKCIUK, FROM PAGE 12

stats since then.

If a basketball fantasy draft was held tomorrow, and I were an NBA general manager, I would consider selecting Anthony Davis as much as Kevin Durant, and even LeBron James. Davis, like Durant and James, is an anomaly of an athlete.

What separates Davis from these two foes, though, is his age.

What Davis is doing at such a young age is absolutely incredible, and nobody knows what else he will be capable of by the time he is Durant’s age (26) or LeBron’s age (30).

As good as he already is, there is still so much room for improvement, and so much more potential.

University of Kentucky coach John Calipari, who mentored Davis during his only year of college basketball, said Davis “could be the best player in the NBA” in as little as

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hat Davis is doing at such a young age is absolutely incredible, and nobody knows what else he will be capable of.

five years. Davis’s dynamic abilities separate him from his competitors, such as current MVP favorite Stephen Curry.

Curry has also dominated the NBA this season. His 23.6 points per game is top10 in the league, and his 34.2 points per 48 minutes is top three. Additionally, he currently averages 7.9 assists per game (5th in the NBA) and 2.12 steals per game (2nd in the NBA), proving that he is elite offensively and important defensively.

What separates Davis from Curry, though, is his pure athleticism. Davis clearly has a distinct advantage based on his 6’10” body and Yao Ming-esque wingspan. He can change the complexion of any given game by making a nearly impossible play look easy. Curry is also surrounded with quality teammates such as budding superstar Klay Thompson, Andrew Bogut and Defensive Player of the Year candidate Draymond Green. Davis has two quality teammates with Eric Gordon and Ömer Aşık, but without a healthy Jrue Holiday, the Pelicans’ entire future resides on the back of Davis.

Lastly, Davis has kept New Orleans alive in the Western Conference playoff hunt.

The Pelicans (27-25) are currently in last place in the Southwest division, but just a game out of the final playoff seat.

Though the Southwest is hands-down the most competitive division in the league, New Orleans has held its own, and is currently 6-4 against divisional opponents Memphis, Houston, Dallas and San Antonio Spurs, all of whom have over 30 wins.

The New Orleans Pelicans have the potential to become an NBA powerhouse in just a few seasons. Anthony Davis is exactly the type of player to build a team around. He possesses unbelievable talent and emphatic leadership unlike any other NBA players his age. The Brow is here to stay.

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Turnovers, deep shots hinder women’s basketball in conference loss to Colgate

BY JOE CALABRESE DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Riding the high from its first win in nearly a month, the Boston University women’s basketball team hit the road to take on Colgate University on Wednesday night.

Despite taking the lead into half, as well as outshooting their opponents, an overabundance of turnovers and a stagnant second half cost the Terriers (5-19, 2-11 Patriot League), who fell to the Raiders (519, 4-9 Patriot League) by a score of 67-54.

In their previous matchup against Lafayette College Saturday, the Terriers showed signs of progression. Senior forward Mollie McKendrick had a double-double, almost entirely in the second half, freshman guard Corrine Williams scored 12 and freshman forward Erin Bayram and freshman guard Meghan Doogan stepped up when their team was short-handed.

In their first half against the Raiders, the Terriers looked to remain on the upswing. While Colgate was able to score, in part thanks to 10 first-half points from junior Josie Stockill, the Terriers absorbed every blow. Williams continued her hot streak, notching eight in the first, while sophomore guard Meghan Green

was able to rebound from her four-point showing against Lafayette (12-12, 5-8 Patriot League) with six of her own in the first half. She was one of three Terriers to reach double digits in scoring.

In the first half, the lead between the Raiders and the Terriers changed 13 times. The largest lead, while boasted by the Raiders, was only three points, and very short-lived at that. The Terriers shot 42 percent from the f loor in the first half, out-shooting Colgate, who shot only 35 percent. BU took the 29-28 lead into the locker room at half time.

As has been the theme with this Terriers team this season, they played one half of solid play coupled with another very forgettable half. The Terriers took control early coming out of the locker room with an 8-2 run that brought the score to 37-30.

It was the largest lead the Terriers would secure, as they proved ineffective from there on out.

From the 17:23 mark to midway through the eighth minute, the Raiders went on a 19-2 run to take a 49-39 lead. During the surge, the Terriers were just 1-for-5 from the f loor, and turned the ball over nine times. The Terriers had 14 of their 23 turnovers in the second half and the Raiders took full advantage. On the night, Colgate scored 22 of their points, nearly

33 percent, off BU’s abundance of errors.

One thing the Terriers have lacked in recent games is consistent outside shooting.

Since sophomore guard Sarah Hope was injured against Loyola University Maryland on Jan. 17, the Terriers have shot under 30 percent from behind the arc. After Hope, the Terriers’ leading 3-point shooter percentage-wise is Green, who only shoots 28.6 percent from deep. Wednesday’s match saw that trend continue as the Terriers only drained two 3-pointers on just six attempts.

On the other side of things, Colgate was dominant offensively. While it only shot 33.8 percent for the game, it was able to get production from nearly everyone.

Four out of their five starters reached double digits in points, including a teamhigh 18 from guard Randyll Butler. Forward Carole Harris also stepped up for the Raiders, scoring 11 and fetching 13 boards, recording the double-double.

Another area where the Terriers struggled was from the free throw line. The Terriers were 6-of-6 at the line in the first half, but a measly 10-for-17 in the second.

Going forward, the Terriers will hope to further their development in their six final regular season contests before the Patriot League Tournament begins March 4.

PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Freshman guard Corrine Williams had a team-high 14 points for the Terriers in their loss to Colgate.

BU coach Katy Steding could not be reached for comment.

Men’s basketball loses tight competition to Patriot League-leading Colgate

BY CHRIS PICHER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston University men’s basketball team had its two-game winning streak end Wednesday night when it dropped a 76-69 contest to Colgate University at Agganis Arena.

The Raiders (12-14, 9-4 Patriot League), who stand tied for first in the Patriot League standings, finished off the season

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Junior forward Nathan Dieudonne notched a double-double against Colgate with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

sweep of the Terriers (10-14, 6-7 Patriot League) in a nail-biter that had 10 lead changes and 10 ties.

BU’s defense struggled in the second half, allowing Colgate to shoot 55.6 percent from the field while sending the Raiders to the free throw lines 19 times.

The half had a much more physical and slower pace, which played to Colgate’s advantage as it ranks second in the Patriot League in both scoring defense and opponent’s field goal percentage.

“I thought the stoppage of play crushed us, and it just changed everything,” said BU coach Joe Jones.

The Terriers and the Raiders engaged in a very physical battle midway through the half as both teams were in the double bonus with 8:24 remaining. In the latter part of the final frame, both teams were shooting free throws frequently, as the referees were controlling the game with their whistles.

“I thought they were calling it pretty tight, but there were a lot of foolish fouls in the game,” Jones said.

Sophomore guard Cedric Hankerson for the Terriers and senior Ethan Jacobs for the Raiders were both on the bench halfway through the second half with four fouls each. Colgate coach, Matt Langel, was tentative with his big man’s playing time in the second half, but when Jacobs checked back in with just over a minute remaining, he nailed a crushing deep ball to extend Colgate’s lead to four.

After Jacobs headed to the bench with

foul trouble, Langel said he told his senior, “Sit down here, but stay ready because you are going to make a three to help us win this game.”

Although it was not the play drawn up in the huddle, Langel said he trusted the senior from beyond the arc. Guard Luke Roh set up Jacobs with a great hesitation move to get into the paint before kicking it out to Jacobs.

“Luke Roh is very good at drawing the help defense, and he has enough size to make a pass to Ethan, and it is a hard play to guard when you have two guys like that,” Langel said.

A majority of Colgate’s offense runs through Jacobs in pick-and-roll and postup situations. The post-up is averaging 12 points a game, while being able to stretch the f loor with 32 threes made on the season, none bigger than his game-winner at Agganis Wednesday night.

In addition, Roh contributed all over the f loor for Colgate, finishing with 15 points, eight rebounds and four assists.

He played a big role on the defensive end with active hands as he got a piece of sophomore guard Eric Fanning’s layup that nearly cut Colgate’s lead to one with 20 seconds left.

BU played with energy during most of the first half and made four out of five 3-pointers during one stretch. However, the first half was spoiled by a 12-4 run by the Raiders, highlighted by a 3-pointer from senior Damon Sherman-Newsome in the waning seconds of the first half.

The sharpshooter drained four 3-pointers and finished with 19 points, leading the way for the Raiders. Sherman-Newsome is one of seven seniors on this talented, veteran squad. Colgate relies heavily on its starting five, as four of them played at least 31 minutes.

“Hopefully, the young guys are learning what it takes to win, by watching the older guys find ways to win, and this is the first time in my four years we have been in this position, and I credit this group, and they have preserved together,” Langel said.

BU struggled to close out its early lead at Agganis, which has shown to be a constant theme this season for the young Terrier squad. Despite the defensive struggles, BU got a great spark off the bench, as Fanning had 19 points and junior forward Nathan Dieudonne added a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Freshman guard Nick Havener made his second consecutive start for the Terriers and was quickly replaced by the hot bench who provided a much-needed spark.

BU failed to put together a full 40 minutes Wednesday night, as Jones said his team struggled mentally to get over the hump in the second half.

“We made too many poor decisions, both offensively and defensively, foolish fouls, turnovers, missed assignments, poor execution,” Jones said. “You are going to have a hard time beating a team like that.”

BOTTOM LI NE THURSDAY, FEB. 12

FRIDAY, FEB. 13

SATURDAY, FEB. 14

SUNDAY, FEB. 15

Men’s Lacrosse vs Canisius 1 p.m.

Softball vs Illinois State 11 a.m. in

MONDAY, FEB. 16

Softball vs Oklahoma @ 11 a.m. in Tempe, Arizona

Tempe, Arizona The Oakland Raiders are late on $400,000 of rent for the O.co Coliseum.

Women’s Lacrosse @ Siena 4:15 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey @ New Hampshire 7 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey vs New Hampshire

Women’s Ice Hockey @ Providence

7 p.m.

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This marks the first thing the Raiders

Women’s Ice Hockey vs Providence

have been late on since recognizing

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the Tuck Rule.

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“We made too many poor decisions, both offensively and defensively, foolish fouls, turnovers, missed assignments, poor execution. You are going to have a hard time beating a team like that.”- BU coach Joe Jones on team’s loss, pg. 11

The Blue Line Anthony Davis, MVP

Minty Fresh Colgate cleans BU basketball as both men and women fall to the Raiders, pg. 11

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Poulin leads No. 7 women’s hockey to win over Northeastern

BY JONATHAN SIGAL DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BY MIKE BENEDYKCIUK DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Anthony Davis is the best player in the NBA right now. As LeBron James and Kevin Durant recover from their injuries, Davis continues to wreak havoc in the NBA. If the New Orleans Pelicans make it into the postseason for the first time since 2011, Davis will be an instant MVP forerunner.

Furthermore, at just 21 years of age, Davis has emerged as the leader of this young Pelicans team — a leader the team desperately needed.

Davis (a.k.a. “The Brow”), listed at 6-foot10, 220 pounds (although he now says that number is up to 245), is an athletic freak of nature. He has a wingspan of about sevenand-a-half feet, a standing reach of nine feet and as good a shot blocking ability as Dikembe Mutombo. He is averaging 24.5 points per game (fourth in the NBA) and 10.3 rebounds per game (7.6 defensive). He’s shooting 83.1 percent from the foul line and averaging 2.74 blocks per game (tops in the NBA) while hauling a hefty 35.8 minutes per game. He’s got 29 double-doubles (fifth in the league) in 46 games played.

In the 2013-14 season, Davis became the sixth person in NBA history to average 20 points per game, 10 rebounds per game and 2.8 blocks per game in just his second year in the pros. By doing so, he joined the likes of Hall-of-Famers Bob McAdoo, Alonzo Mourning, Hakeem Olajuwon and David Robinson, as well as future Hall-of-Famer Shaquille O’Neal.

Davis just recently exemplified what a key player he can be in a thrilling win against the Oklahoma City Thunder, when he drilled a double-clutch game-winning 3-pointer in Durant’s mitt as time expired.

During that game, he had amassed 41 points on the night. In fact, that 3-pointer he hit to sink the Thunder and spoil Russell Westbrook’s 48-point night was Davis’s first three of the year. With the game on the line, though, he withdrew from his comfort zone and nailed the biggest shot of his young career.

More recently, against the Chicago Bulls, Anthony Davis suffered a shoulder injury.

When he got hurt, the score was tied, 35-35.

With Davis out of the New Orleans lineup, the Bulls eviscerated the Pelicans by a score of 107-72. Luckily for New Orleans, Davis was not severely injured. He is currently considered day-to-day.

His presence on the court is felt immediately by all his opponents. Before the Detroit Pistons played the Pelicans last month, Detroit head coach Stan Van Gundy said he doesn’t “think anybody to this point of the season has had as good a year as Anthony Davis.” And Davis has improved many of his CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

A complete team effort across 60 minutes was needed for the No.7 Boston University women’s hockey team to defeat Northeastern University 3-1 Tuesday night in the Beanpot consolation game. However, one special player stood out above the rest.

BU (19-7-2, 13-4-0 Hockey East) senior forward and captain Marie-Philip Poulin, who was playing in her last-ever Beanpot game, showcased her talents and made it clear why she is one of the best forwards in Boston and the entire country. Skating as the center for junior forwards Sarah Lefort and Kayla Tutino, Poulin wasted no time in making her mark for the Terriers.

On just her second shift of the game and 2:38 into the first period, the Beauceville, Quebec native burst into Northeastern’s (9-15-4, 8-8-1 Hockey East) zone and bested goaltender Sarah Foss with a wrist shot. The goal allowed BU to control the game early on, but for coach Brian Durocher, the play served as a testament to the type of player Poulin is.

“The beat goes on [with her],” he said. “The kid has done it at the biggest stages. She’s been a great college hockey player, a great leader for Boston University and someone who has been highly successful on the national stage.”

With a goal to her name, Poulin continued to control the game and served as a vital member of the Terriers’ power play and penalty kill units. With her veteran presence and skill on the puck, BU was able to fire seven shots on Foss over the duration of three power plays, all while holding the Huskies to eight attempts during four power plays of their own.

Another area that Poulin asserted herself in was at the face-off dot. Often going up against Northeastern forwards Shelby Herrington and Taytum Clairmont, Poulin won her team possession of the puck 18 times across 25 face-offs.

While these often unnoticed and unheralded elements of Poulin’s game were crucial for the Terriers, her goal-scoring instincts graced the ice of the Bright-Landry Hockey Center again in the third period. With Foss pulled and an extra Husky attacker on the ice, Poulin expertly battled Northeastern defenders along the boards along with the help of Tutino.

After wrestling off the two Northeastern challengers, Poulin fired the puck into the top corner of the empty net with 50 seconds remaining in the contest to secure the victory. Durocher said it was a play he didn’t envision developing, but if there was anyone on his team that could make it happen, it was Poulin.

“It was great for her to get the first goal and then ice the game late on when Northeastern was doing everything that they could with the goalie out,” he said. “It was hard for me to see everything, but it didn’t seem like someone was going to come out of that corner with the puck by themselves and score.

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Senior captain Marie-Philip Poulin had two goals in her final Beanpot tournament game.

But, she found a way and we go home with a victory.”

As the final horn sounded on the game and Poulin’s Beanpot career, the Terriers’ twotime Olympic champion skated off the ice with two goals, six shots on goal and a plustwo rating to her name. It was an extremely successful evening for Poulin personally, but the ever-humble captain iterated a team-first mentality when stating that the victory was the most important thing.

“It’s great getting a win,” she said. “For sure, it was not what we wanted being in

fter wrestling off the two Northeastern challengers, Poulin fired into the top corner of the empty net with 50 seconds remaining in the contest to secure the victory.”

the consolation game. But coming out with a win, my senior teammates and I got what we wanted, and now we look forward to the playoffs.”

On top of the victory, there was an additional plot line at play for Poulin on Tuesday night. Along with senior forward Sarah Bayersdorfer, and senior defensemen Shannon Stoneburgh, Shannon Doyle and Caroline Campbell, Poulin was competing in the Beanpot Tournament for the last time.

While the quintet did not raise the Beanpot trophy after defeating the Huskies, Poulin emphasized that the game carried added significance and was a special moment for the senior class. She said a sweet Beanpot ending has the team now primed to finish the season strongly.

“I think the game for sure [had added significance],” she said. “As a senior, the Beanpot is a pretty big deal, especially here in Boston. It was sad knowing it was our last one, but we end up on a good note with a win for sure. We want to keep moving forward to the playoffs now.”