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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Krystle Campbell Fund UMass Boston trustee sets up scholarship fund in memory of Krystle Campbell

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Runners United A look back at last year’s race

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ROTC Changes at marathon deter UMass ROTC

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Tsarnaev Trial Update Alleged bomber to appear in court this November

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After a year, spectators look to move on

By Catherine Ferris

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anicked, chaotic, unbelievable and tragic. These were the words that were used to describe the scene of last year’s Boston Marathon.

One year later, spectators reflect on their memories after the bombing.

Seana Read, a freshman at the University of Massachusetts, went to the Marathon last year to support the father of her boyfriend at the time, who was running. It was her second time attending the marathon and she was standing at the finish line.

Standing in front of the Max Brenner chocolate shop, Read was watching the runners cross the finish line when the first bomb went off.

“The first one was up the street from me,” she said. “I was standing facing the race and then the first one went off and it was kind of distant. My boyfriend said something like, ‘That sounded like a cannon.’”

Read thought it was strange that there would be cannons at the Marathon, and stepped away from the street to look at the sidewalk. It was then that the second bomb went off.

“It was just a boom, it was so ominous,” she said. “I started hyperventilating and people were crying and everyone just went in different directions. Some people stayed out to help and see what happened.”

After hearing the explosions, Read’s memories were a bit foggy, and she said her brain went into panic mode and her senses were heightened but details were lost. She and her boyfriend went into Max Brenner and were told to stay there by the people helping. She remembers watching the news at the bar, and seeing the images of the aerial footage.

She was initially skeptical, however,

that they were bombs.

“I kind of had a naïve doubt in my mind that they were bombs,” she said.

“I thought that they might have been gas explosions underneath the ground or manhole covers had popped off. But two explosions is not a coincidence.”

Her father had a friend inside of the restaurant Forum. He went outside to help people. “He won’t even talk about the things that he saw,” Read continued.

Read and her boyfriend were eventually let out in a back alleyway near Commonwealth Avenue, and met up with her parents by Fenway Park. Once she met with her parents, she felt better; however, her boyfriend was unable to get into contact with his father until 5 p.m. He had crossed the finish line four minutes before the bomb went off.

Her boyfriend’s father was worried, and “didn’t know if (they) were OK either because he had no way of getting in touch with us.”

Craig Schoaf, a sophomore at Emmanuel College, recalls standing at the finish line for the majority of the day, thrilled to have a chance to watch the Boston Marathon for the first time. At around 2:45 p.m., he started to get tired, and decided to head back to school. After returning to his room, Schoaf heard two loud booms, but thought it was only construction. He received a text message from a friend who said they thought a bomb had gone off.

“All of a sudden, I had an image of all my friends and teammates at the finish line,” he said. “I also had friends who I passed on my way home, who were heading toward the finish line.

I was just thinking they could be out there, they could be hurt.”

Schoaf grabbed his shoes and sprinted back to where they were, by

the Berklee College of Music, but police had already blocked it off by the time he got there.

“I ended up going around the back side of (Prudential Tower),” she said.

“I remember seeing the long line of ambulances. I remember hundreds of ambulances lining up. I encountered some of the Boston firefighters, I was trying to get any information from them but they didn’t really have any information.”

Schoaf then met a man who was trying to find his fiancé and agreed to help him. The man let Schoaf use his cell phone, and “for some reason his was the only phone anywhere that could get signal.”

He was able to get in contact with his parents, who were “freaking out” because they knew he had been at the finish line, but did not know where he was at the time of the bombings.

Still walking with the man along the marathon route, they found runners who had been stopped by the police and were isolated from everyone. Schoaf remembers that around 3:45 p.m., the runners were let go to pick up their belongings and the man was finally reunited with his fiancé.

His day was generally filled with trying to get information about the bombing and helping those who need it, including the man he met and a woman who needed directions to the North End, where she was going to meet her family.

Schoaf finally got back to school around 8 p.m., which was about five hours after the blast happened.

“It was the first time I had gotten to sit down, and when I got back to school I was exhausted, tired, wanted to sleep but I just couldn’t,” he said.

Jenny Hersh, a freshman at UMass Amherst, went to Boston with her fam-

ily to meet a friend, excited for the day ahead of her. She described the marathon as “amazing to see” and that it was “relaxing around Boston.”

Hersh and her parents separated and she went to stand at the finish line with her friend. She liked to watch the runners’ “great moment of happiness and exhaustion” as they finished.

Eventually, the two got hungry and went to get some lunch, intending to return to the finish line, but after being at lunch for 10 minutes, they heard a “massive boom echoing through the building.”

Hersh initially assumed that something at the frame at the finish line had collapsed and didn’t think it was a bomb. She saw people running, and then heard a second, much louder sound.

“Masses of people started rushing in,” Hersh recollects, but she and her friend were unable to leave the restaurant through the front door because of the incoming crowd.

They were able to leave through the back door, and ended up in a back alley on Newbury Street, but she noted it was no longer bright outside, most likely due to the smoke. Her phone had no service, but she managed to borrow one to contact her parents, who were safe.

She saw the breaking news on televisions in restaurants and bars about the situation, and it was then that she realized that the sounds she heard were caused by a bomb exploding. There was a sense of panic, and shouts that it had been an act of terrorism.

As Hersh, her friend and her family walked back to a friend’s dorm at Boston University, she saw people piling into one of the BU commons. Despite see

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Bombing suspect awaits future Tsarnaev trial date set for this Nov.

By Jaclyn Bryson Collegian Staff

On April 15, 2013, tragedy struck the city of Boston when two bombs, only moments apart, exploded just before 3 p.m. near the finish line of the annual Boston Marathon, killing three people, wounding more than 260 and shocking a nation.

And for nearly four days, the suspects remained on the run.

A deadly shooting at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on April 18, 2013, and a manhunt in Watertown the next day led to the death of one alleged bomber, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and the arrest of his brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, now age 20.

A year after the tragedy, Tsarnaev remains behind bars. According to the Boston Globe, despite the fact that the death penalty is illegal in Massachusetts, the Department of Justice decided in January to seek capital punishment on the grounds that Tsarnaev faces 30 federal charges and prosecutors added they

will justify the death penalty on 17 of those charges.

The Globe reported that the prosecution believes they can justify the death sentence based on Tsarnaev’s “betrayal of the United States” and his decision to specifically attack the Boston Marathon, which they add is “an iconic event that draws large crowds of men, women and children to its final stretch, making it especially susceptible to the act and effects of terrorism.”

United States District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. has set Tsarnaev’s trial date for Nov. 3, 2014, less than 19 months after the bombings, despite the defense lawyers advocating for another year in order to sift through the evidence and interview all the necessary witnesses.

“The defense is motivated by two things, the desire to keep the defendant alive as long as possible and the desire to be prepared,” Robert Sheketoff, a Boston criminal defense attorney, told the Boston Globe. “In a case like this, where guilt or innocence is the least of your problems, what is your hurry to get to a conclusion?”

To avoid the death penalty if convicted, the

Washington Times reports that Tsarnaev’s lawyers are attempting to prove that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the elder brother, was the one most responsible for the attacks.

According to the Washington Times, the defense lawyers said that the jury’s decision could heavily depend on “the extent to which it views Tamerlan Tsarnaev as having induced or coerced his younger brother to help commit them.”

The Globe said prosecutors have estimated that Tsarnaev’s trial will take approximately 12 weeks, and if he is convicted, it will take the jury another six weeks to deliberate between a life-sentence and the death penalty.

But for many, what still comes as a shock nearly a year after the attacks at the marathon is the apparent normalcy of the alleged bombers themselves.

“He was a lovely, lovely kid. He was a wonderful kid … he was never in trouble,” Larry Anderson, a neighbor of Dzhokhar, told CNN. “He was so grateful to be here and to be in school and so grateful to be accepted.”

Born in Kyrgyzstan, Tsarnaev moved to

Cambridge when he was 8 years old with his family, and was considered a good and active student by many, wrestling for three years and earning himself a $2,500 Cambridge Scholarship of Higher Education which he would use to study at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

He became a U.S. citizen on Sept. 11, 2012, the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, according to CBS. “[Tsarnaev] enjoyed the freedoms of a United States citizen [then] betrayed his allegiance to the United States by killing and maiming people in the United States,” prosecutors of his trial said to the Boston Globe.

But some feel it is simply time to proceed with the trail and move on.

“I think it should be sooner,” Marc Fucarile, a Boston Marathon survivor who lost his leg in the attacks, told the Globe.

“Everybody should be on the same page. It’s pretty cut and dry with the evidence. Don’t waste anybody’s time.”

Jaclyn Bryson can be reached at jbryson@umass.edu.

Editor’s Note

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The University of Massachusetts held a vigil in memorial of the Boston Marathon bombings immediately following the tragedy.

Today’s news and opinion sections are completely devoted to coverage of the one year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings. As the newspaper of the Commonwealth’s flagship university, we felt that it was necessary to mark this anniversary with content reflecting on how individuals, the city of Boston and the state of Massachusetts has recovered and coped with the tragedy over the past 12 months.

Over the past few weeks, Collegian columnists have been writing their opinions, reporters have been talking to spectators and runners from last year’s marathon, and the graphics team has been working tirelessly on visuals for the print edition and online. As always, the Collegian strives to provide content relevant to the campus community and we felt this anniversary was something that needed extensive coverage.

Patrick Hoff, news editor, and the Collegian Staff

For more of today’s Boston Marathon bombings anniversary coverage and all campus news every day, check out DailyCollegian.com.

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ROTC unable to run marathon in tradition Rule changes force running restrictions

By Justin surgent Collegian Staff

This year, spectators at the Boston Marathon won’t see ROTC students from the University of Massachusetts running the race and it’s not because they blend in so well with their camouflage uniforms. The marathon will be devoid of many runners from previous years because of new security policies put in place in response to last year’s bombings.

Students involved in the ROTC program at UMass have been involved with the Boston Marathon in past years. The group would “ruck it” the entire 26.2 miles, which involves moving at a slow jog, in full uniform and carrying a ruck sack filled with approximately 50 pounds of supplies.

This year, for the first time in many years, the students in the ROTC program will not be able to partake in the marathon the way they typically do, because of one of the many new restrictions in the race this year, including but not limited to, a ban on backpacks.

The “no bags” policy was announced to the public in late February, and is in conjunction with a series

of other banned items.

This is putting a damper on some participants this year, including UMass students commissioned for military service post-graduation.

The policies, which according to the Boston Athletic Association website, include a ban on items such as CamelBak personal hydration systems, any type of rolling suitcase or bags, props for runners including military and fire gear or any flags larger than 11 by 17 inches.

Backpacks and any kind of handbags are prohibited from the premises, as are any items larger than 5 by 15 by 5 inches. Bulky costumes will be prohibited and security is also allowed to prohibit any other object they deem necessary at will.

Tom Grilk, the BAA executive director said in a Boston Globe article that the policies were a “part of a collaborative process with public safety authorities.”

Michael Shaughnessy, a senior and a contracted cadet with the ROTC program at UMass, was responsible for running the marathon team this year.

“It was one of the best things I’ve done in ROTC,” Shaughnessy said. He had been a part of the marathon group since he was a freshman at the University. This year would have been his fourth time.

“We were pretty

bummed,” said Shaughnessy on finding out the team wouldn’t be able to participate. “If we had known last year that we wouldn’t be able to do it, it would have been better, but you sort of build yourself up to it, starting with training and just thinking about being able to do it one more time.”

Although the team could carry on and not partake in the race with their backpacks, Shaughnessy explained that the marathon was partially for training purposes.

“As cool as it is, it’s also training. It trains people to learn to carry that load for a long period of time,” he explained. To walk it without the rucksack would “take away that military aspect” he added.

“That sort of defeated the purpose to just walk it. And to run it, you need to qualify,” he said.

There was also the aspect of personal enjoyment, too.

“I don’t care if you played big time high school sports in front of crowds of a lot of people,” Shaughnessy said, “there’s no adrenaline rush like running the last 100 meters through the finish line.”

Shaughnessy remembered the excitement in previous years of the team working its way past the colleges, with patriotic chants of “USA” as they passed. In military uniform, the expe-

rience was quite fulfilling.

The team would start its run early in the morning, before the water stations were even opened. As they worked their way into Boston, the city began to wake up around them and towards the end they would see more spectators.

Last year, Shaughnessy and his group of ROTC students started the race much earlier than usual, which he said at the time was a nuisance. Now he sees it as a blessing. They finished about an hour before the bombs went off.

Shaughnessy said he knew something was wrong when all the phone lines went down and could see people milling around his cab. The rest of the ROTC group were in vans on their way home, and heard about the bombings on the radio.

They called him as soon as they could.

“The thing that sticks with me was watching the footage and then seeing two National Guard guys in uniform that start pulling apart the bleachers,” Shaughnessy said.

He felt a sense of pride knowing military men were some of the many first responders running headfirst into the action.

Shaughnessy will be graduating this year with a degree in public health. He will be commissioned as an ordinance lieutenant, and

will be going for training at to say I did it four years in Fort Lee in Va. this October, a row.” with a possibility of going overseas after.

Justin Surgent can be reached at “It would have been nice jsurgent@umass.edu.

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Reflections of two runners By kate Leddy Collegian Staff

After months of anticipation, hard work and mental readying, marathon runners dream of that glorious moment when they will triumphantly cross the finish line, cheered on by spectators and congratulated by friends and family. On April 15, 2013, that celebration was robbed from thousands of runners at the Boston Marathon when the finish line became the scene of frantic rescue efforts from two consecutive explosions.

Phoebe Hanley and Sarah Joyce, close friends who had done multiple races together in the past, were among these runners. Neither had run a marathon before, but they were both able to qualify for the 2013 Boston Marathon.

Sarah raised money for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Phoebe qualified through her university’s nutrition program at Tufts University.

Around the third mile, Joyce separated from Hanley, who was running with other friends from the Tufts program. She was about 50 feet from the finish line, having just completed the race, when the first bomb went off at 671-673 Boylston Street.

“I was walking away from the finish, ecstatic to be done and heard something that sounded like a cannon,” Joyce said. “When the runners around me turned around all we saw was smoke.

My instincts kicked in and all I knew was I needed to go in the opposite direction of the explosion. It’s weird because almost right away I knew it was a bomb. You just feel it.”

Joyce immediately tried to contact her parents and sister, who she had expected at the finish line, but cell phone service had shut down following the explosions.

“I just walked and called and walked and pressed send over and over again,” Joyce said.

Joyce recalled seeing other runners around her collapsing or screaming in reaction to the explosions, but she primarily remembers the impressive abilities of those who began offering help almost immediately.

“There were people who panicked, yes, but I had at least five people offer to help me when they saw I was alone,” she said. “I had a couple walk me to a hotel where they heard families were reuniting and I saw numerous people offering runners food and water.”

Joyce was then able

to reach her family, who had gotten caught in traffic and pulled over repeatedly by ambulances. They did not know what had happened until she told them.

She said was comforted by the voice of her sister, who remained calm over the phone.

“It’s amazing how the people you love and even strangers pull through for you,” Joyce said.

The finish line had been closed down by the time Hanley would have reached it. She was at mile 22 when the bomb went off, but was unaware at the time. It was not until around mile 24.5 that the news came to her.

“Basically what I was told was ‘multiple explosions at the finish line. There are tons of people going to the hospital. The finish line doesn’t even exist anymore.’”

Hanley and those around her continued to run even as they received this news.

“Some people couldn’t register it and just kept running, and just got quiet and serious,” she said. “Some people couldn’t register it and just completely broke down, screaming, crying, collapsing in hysterics. At that point in the marathon, your body has nothing left, and your mind only has enough to concentrate on the fact that you have to keep moving your legs, so a lot of us didn’t know how to process any of this.”

Hanley said she had two friends running with her assuring her that everything was fine and remained calm at first, but then quickly became frightened at the thought of her family, who was supposed to be waiting at the finish line, and the reactions of those around her who panicked.

“But I couldn’t stop running,” Hanley said. “At this point, the race was just a street of mobs of runners that were all crying at different volumes.”

Looking back on the moment, Hanley said she found it difficult to recall exactly what she saw pertaining to the explosion, as her and the runners around her had only been focused on the race.

“Before I had known what had happened, I didn’t even realize that no one was cheering us on anymore,” she said.

“I didn’t realize that a lot of people were walking in the opposite direction. I didn’t notice sirens. All I heard was a voice in my head saying, ‘move your feet, move your feet. You’re going to cross the

finish line.’”

However, Hanley and thousands of other runners ultimately would not. Among a mixture of emotions that were triggered by the incident, she said she could not help but feel angry that she was unable to cross the finish line.

“At the time, I obviously was so thankful for the safety of my friends and family and I was so hurt for those that had been killed, injured or affected, but a huge part of me was just so upset that none of these runners, myself included, were able to celebrate the feat they had just conquered,” she said.

Joyce often talks about the fateful day with Hanley, and sympathized with her disappointment.

“Anyone who has ever trained for a race must know how frustrating it is to put you time focus and energy into something only to have the ability to tell yourself you completed the task be taken away from you,” Joyce said.

Looking back on the event one year later, Hanley remembers not only those who were lost and injured, but those who were running as well.

“I think what I focus on the most now is making sure that everyone a part of that day is able to remember how great they were,” Hanley said.

“How physically strong they were to be able to run it, how mentally strong they were to be able to handle and understand what had happened after running for hours, and how emotionally strong they were after, when they put everyone else before them.

“That they were able to put themselves aside and focus on the safety and wellbeing of the people around them, rather than the sense (of) accomplishment they had been waiting for for months.”

All of these runners have been offered a re-entry access for this year’s Boston Marathon. Hanley will be running again with Joyce to cheer her on along the way.

“Phoebe’s decision to run again with her automatic re-entry is inspiring and I honestly don’t know that I could’ve done it,” said Joyce, who added that she has found it difficult to enjoy running in the same way she did before the Boston Marathon bombings occurred. She noted, however, that she has recently been running again and did a few training runs with Hanley.

Kate Leddy can be reached at kleddy@umass.edu.

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SPECTATORS not knowing the entire story, she had a sense that it was not an accident.

In case anything else happened, they decided to get out of Boston by walking into Cambridge and ended up getting a ride from a police officer into the center of Cambridge to catch a train home. Although there was “such a feeling of danger in the center of Boston,” as they got away, it became calmer.

One of the most shocking memories for Hersh was when the images of one of the possible bags that were used were released because she was in that security footage. She said that was when it “really hit me,” and that it was “too real.” Hersh’s biggest fear wasn’t seeing the bag, but seeing herself in the footage.

Rebecca Hammon is a native of New Mexico, currently doing surgical training in Massachusetts.

She attended the Boston Marathon for the first time last year; she was able to see the elite runners come in, and “found it really exciting.”

Hammon’s father is a runner and used to run marathons, but the marathons she would watch didn’t have as much energy or spectators. She described the elites as “real athletes” and saw the determination on their faces, which was overwhelming and emotional.

She arrived around noon, watched for a few hours and eventually left because she “started getting sunburn.”

This was about a half hour before the first bomb went off, but she didn’t recall anything that was out of the ordinary prior to the explosion. When she got home,

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Hammon saw her landlord, who explained to her what was happening.

One of her first thoughts was to call her parents to let them know she was OK, but it was difficult to get in touch with them.

“What I remember is wanting to be able to help,” she said. “We didn’t know how many bombs there were or how many were hurt, but we wanted to give back to the hospital.”

Hammon described a “universal feeling doctors have when they see people in need.” They want to be able to help, but there are times that it isn’t possible.

She remembers the days that follow as “very muted, with lots of uncertainty.”

In the days following, people felt frightened because no one knew who was behind the bombing or where that person might be.

Hammon was also worried because Sean Collier, the police officer who was shot and killed at MIT was right outside the office where her husband works.

“Everything that happened that week felt personal even though I’m not from Boston,” she said.

All of these people have lived through the week that involved three deaths, more than 200 injuries and a fourday long search that ended in Watertown.

But they all look to move forward and put the tragedy behind them.

Hammon is planning on running the marathon this year, saying, “The energy will be very intense during the entire race.”

She wants to run “because this will be the one year anniversary, the feelings around the marathon

are amplified.” She went on to say the despite the fact that she isn’t originally from Boston, she feels as though it is her adopted city and she looks forward to running.

“I intend on going to the marathon, even earlier this time, staying even later, cheering even harder.

Nothing is going to make me leave that spot, I’m going to the exact same spot no matter what,” Schoaf said.

The marathon also made him think about his future career, and said he originally wanted to work in the political communications field. However, he said, “after the marathon I immediately decided to scrap that, and I decided I wanted to join the police academy immediately out of college and work for the police.”

Hersh commends the people who are going back, saying they are “really brave,” and that the way to get through is to “bring back the positivity.”

Read believes, “It is something that should be remembered, but something that should be moved on from in a positive way. As long as we aren’t playing victims, it’s a good thing.”

She continued, referencing the Boston mantra, “We’re Boston Strong, we’re better than just cowering or being afraid.”

Hammon comments on the strength of the city and said, “It shows these two guys can’t just derail a city like that. They are insignificant compared to what the people are capable of.”

Catherine Ferris can be reached at caferris@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Ca_Ferris2. Julia McLaughlin, Rose Gottlieb and Katrina Borofski contributed to this report.

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A makeshift memorial was created on Boylston Street after the Boston Marathon bombings.

Krystle Campbell remembered by UMass

By Patrick Hoff Collegian Staff

Krystle Campbell was with her friend Karen Rand at the finish line of the Boston Marathon last year. Rand’s boyfriend was running the race and she wanted to get a picture of him as he crossed the finish line. The two were at the finish line when two pressure cooker bombs exploded, killing Campbell and causing Rand to lose her leg.

Campbell was a 29-year-old University of Massachusetts Boston alumna and graduate of Medford High School.

In a statement last week, Campbell’s parents Bill and Patty Campbell remembered her as a, “wonderful, smiling and vivacious daughter.”

In her memory, a scholarship fund was set up by UMass Trustee Dick Campbell.

Trustee Campbell and Krystle Campbell were unrelated, though Campbell told the Boston Globe that when he learned of her story, he could not help but feel a kinship towards her. Both grew up in Medford and graduated from Medford High School, and both went to UMass Boston.

“Krystle Campbell and I

are not related, but she certainly could have been a member of my family, my neighbor or my classmate in Medford,” said Trustee Campbell in a statement. “We share more than just a last name. I felt an immediate kinship because I walked a similar path to the one Krystle was on – working tirelessly to get a good education and achieve her dreams.

It’s a dream many of us can relate to, and her journey was so tragically cut short.”

Trustee Campbell initially donated $300,000 to the scholarship fund in June. The fund had been set up about a decade ago by Trustee Campbell and his wife, but after the Boston Marathon bombings, they increased its amount and renamed it for Krystle.

In addition, money is being raised for the scholarship by a team of runners who are participating in this year’s Boston Marathon as part of a team in Krystle Campbell’s memory.

Called “Run for Krystle,” the team is comprised of six UMass students from every branch of the UMass system, five UMass alumni and four other teammates, totaling 15

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A memorial was set up in Copley Square immediately after the bombing last year. runners. Most of the team members are family members of Trustee Campbell while the rest are students and alum of the UMass community.

Trustee Campbell said that none of Krystle’s family is participating and they have asked for privacy during this time, “something we can all respect.”

The team has currently raised a total of over $48,000.

The current fundraising goal is $60,000.

Corinne Ainsworth, the team member from UMass

Amherst, has raised $585.

Ainsworth became involved with the team when Student Trustee Megan Kingston, a good friend of Ainsworth’s, asked her to run.

“When Trustee Richard Campbell created a scholarship in honor of Krystle Campbell, … he tasked all of the Student Trustees with finding a student from their campus who would run the Boston Marathon on a team in memory of Krystle,” Ainsworth said, adding, “(Megan) knew I love to run,

so she asked me, and I immediately said yes. This was an opportunity I could not pass up.”

Ainsworth said that she is running the marathon for Krystle Campbell, her family and anyone else that was affected by the Boston Marathon bombings, as well as everyone who will benefit from the scholarship.

“I am so proud of my UMass education and so privileged to have had access to it, and am excited that this scholarship will open up similar doors for future students,” she said.

Ainsworth also said that everyone who has helped with the team and the scholarship are helping Krystle’s name and legacy live on and that she is honored to be part of it.

“Running the Boston Marathon is an opportunity of a lifetime, and this year’s marathon will be a particularly moving event given what happened at last year’s marathon,” she said. “The incredible privilege I feel to be a part of a team commemorating Krystle Campbell is what has fueled me during my training and fundraising and will

help me complete 26.2 miles on Marathon Monday. I do not think I could have been so dedicated had I not had been running for such an amazing cause.”

In a letter about the scholarship fund, Kingston wrote that she also feels blessed to be part of a scholarship that is increasing pride in the marathon and the UMass system.

The Krystle Campbell Scholarship Fund is intended to support the advancement of young women like Campbell who are going into business at any of the UMass campuses. Funds directly donated to UMass Boston will be awarded at the discretion of the dean of UMass Boston’s School of Management, according to Trustee Campbell. Funds directly donated to other campuses will be awarded at the discretion of the respective campus’ chancellor.

To donate to the Krystle Campbell Scholarship Fund, go to runforkrystle.com.

Patrick Hoff can be reached at pphoff@umass.edu and followed on Twitter @Hoff_Patrick16.Zac Bears contributed to this report.

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“This is our f*cking city!” -David Ortiz

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Bostonian spirit prevails It is a strange feeling to see your hometown on a TV screen as you’re sitting in a hotel room halfway across the world, but that’s how it happened.

In the spring of 2013 I studied abroad in Galway, Ireland, where our classes ended on March 27. After that we had a few weeks off as a “study period,” which, to Katie McKenna me, meant travel time. I’d made it to London, Paris and Florence, and the last stop was Barcelona, where I’d meet my sister and her boyfriend as they flew over to visit.

Returning from dinner one night, I signed into Facebook to send my mother a message when I noticed an unfortunate pattern of posts in my news feed. There were messages of sadness and strength, but I couldn’t quite piece together what it all meant. Something had happened in Boston – something bad. We flipped on the television and every news station in Barcelona was covering one thing: the Boston Marathon bombings.

Unable to call, I sent messages to friends and family. Luckily my family, although we once lived in Jamaica Plain, has lived in the suburbs for quite some time now and I didn’t have to worry about whether or not they were OK. I had friends who lived in the city, and many who were at the Marathon, but I was one of the lucky ones.

Everyone I knew was unharmed – physically unharmed, at least.

My Irish roommates and American friends abroad checked in on me, knowing I was from Boston and would, in one way or another, be affected by the events. When the police were trying to find Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, everyone in Ireland, American and Irish alike, was following the story.

It was on the news constantly and we stayed up late just to keep up with it. My roommate from Memphis was engaged and involved, checking the news frequently for constant updates. I remember her saying that she didn’t want to sleep because the story was so gripping and she wanted to be there the moment we found answers.

I was tied to the story and I wasn’t. I wanted so badly to know what was happening and I wanted so badly not to see another TV screen. The story played in every pub, every apartment and every storefront. It was unavoidable, it was gripping, but most of all, it was horrible.

Somehow it lucked out that I was abroad in 2013 or else I would have been there, at that mile mark where the bombs went off. The brief stint of my cross-country career in high school stays with me and I can’t help but feel inclined to support the runners. Jeff Bauman, the man who identified the bomber, ran on the very same team I did in high school, a Chelmsford resident through and through.

What I’ve always liked about the Boston Marathon is that it breaks barriers, it tells real stories about real individuals. The first time I went, I was amazed at the number of 80-yearold runners I saw at the 22-mile mark. The race is hilly, windy, sometimes cold and sometimes scorching hot. Everyone cheers on people that they’ve never met and will likely never see again.

The Marathon, like the city of Boston itself, doesn’t make sense – it defies normal limits. It has a history. It tells stories. And most importantly, it has an immeasurable amount of spirit and support.

For all the “Masshole” stereotypes we Bostonians endure, I’d argue that Boston is most spirited city in America. There is a certain charm, a charisma and an unmatchable, underdog-like attitude that makes us unique. Our little city does big things; even former Celtics coach Doc Rivers agreed that Boston has something no other city does.

When he returned to our city after moving to coach the Los Angeles Clippers, he said, “I tell people all the time – people don’t get Boston, they really don’t. They don’t understand. And I think you have to be a part of it to get it … I don’t think you can get it from the outside.”

The Boston Marathon, like the city of Boston, is pure and real. It can’t quite be explained, and sometimes you have to be from here to understand it because otherwise it just seems too unbelievable. But, as Mark Twain once said, “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.”

Though Twain wasn’t a Bostonian, I think he had the right idea. The Boston Marathon, like its city, isn’t just stranger than fiction – it’s better.

Katie McKenna is a Collegian columnist and can be reached at kemckenna@umass.edu.

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A year of reflection after bombings Street as a safe place, too. Sure, our parents told us to steer clear of Southie or Dorchester, but they told us that Boston was simSamara Abramson ply a safer city than New York.

We never thought our home turf anniversary of the tragedy that would be compromised by terstruck our city. My friend from rorism. the Midwest said, “The Boston There are ways in which the Marathon? Yeah, wasn’t there a attack has changed my life forevpair of twins who shot people?”

Naturally, I was shocked and didn’t know how to respond.

How was it possible, with the presence of news organizations on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, to know so er. In January, I was on the metro little about the biggest attack on in Barcelona when a man in his mid-30’s walked into the same United States soil since 9/11?

In my study abroad pro- car as me and placed a black gram this semester in Valencia, backpack on the ground. He bent Spain, I’ve met people from all over and was fiddling with his over the U.S., many of whom cell phone. Immediately, I was have little to no idea about the prepared to move as far away Boston Marathon or the attack from him as I could. He walked that happened last spring. Maybe away from his bag and I stood it’s because I major in journal- motionless as the worst thoughts ism, because I’m from Boston, went through my mind. He then or maybe it’s both – but I can tell pulled out a violin and began you every detail of the Boston playing along to music coming Marathon attack and the events from a speaker system inside his bag. that followed in the days after.

In the northeast, we’ve been When I quickly jumped on the opportunity to inform my cultured to be cautious of every friend, other people we were with suspicious package, out-of-place from states such as Oklahoma, passenger and especially backNebraska and Michigan agreed packs left unattended. Does this that they had seen something make us stronger or weaker? Or about the attack on the news is it simply a test of human charbut that it didn’t affect them and acter about whether or not we they didn’t know much. One said, can outgrow this fear, granted “Well, that kind of thing would that such an attack never happens again? never happen in Kansas.”

During my semester abroad, I wondered if she could understand that we always saw Boylston every time I meet someone who I remember it clearly. It was mid-January 2014, just a few months before the one-year

asks me where I’m from, I don’t say Massachusetts, I say Boston, as it is an internationally recognized destination. It became clear I wasn’t the only one who did this during my internship last summer at WCVB-TV Channel 5.

Susan Wornick, the now-retired news anchor who worked at the station on-air for 34 years, gave all

The only way to defeat hatred is to make something good out of something bad.

ing room at the walk-in clinic at Patriot Place in Foxboro when a woman gasped, hand over mouth, whilst staring at her phone.

“There was an explosion in Boston,” she said. “At the finish line.”

Everyone in the waiting room immediately pulled out their cell phones to call friends and family – we all knew dozens of people there. Luckily, no one I know was injured, but the people of Boston will always be emotionally affected in some way, no matter where you were at the time of the attack.

Being away from home over the past few months, I am even more prideful about where I come from. We are lucky to be from a city that is so strong and able to overcome a tragedy like the one that happened last April.

The only way to defeat hatred is to make something good out of something bad. I’m not a marathon runner, but I know a lot of people who trained this past year and will be completing the race in a couple of weeks, even though they may have never run more than six miles.

Maybe in some cities, people would stay at home, far away from the finish line with their doors locked. But I am certain that the people of Boston will face evil with a smile and a lot of sweat as they cross the finish line or cheer on those who do; and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

of the interns a welcome speech where she asked how many of us were from Massachusetts, then asked us to keep our hands raised if, when people outside of the state or country ask where we’re from, we say Boston. Almost everyone kept his or her hands raised.

Boston is a small city, a tightknit community and though we have always been proud of our Red Sox, a tragedy caused our pride to radiate. Some outof-staters don’t understand why every event that happens in our city is now correlated with the saying, “Boston Strong.”

It’s because in a small city like Boston, everything is connected.

Our World Series victory and the following celebrations were simply the best ways we knew how to demonstrate the strength we had after such a tough year.

Like many people, I was supposed to be there, but a number Samara Abramson is a Collegian conof circumstances kept me on the tributor and can be reached at sfabrams@ South Shore. I was in the wait- umass.edu.

Lessons from the Marathon bombings On April 15, 2013, two terrorists carried out an attack near the finish line of the Boston

Steven Gillard Marathon. Although it was a year ago, images of that day – the unexpected explosions, the senseless carnage, the distressing manhunt that followed – remain etched into our minds.

While a painful day for us all, it was not without its lessons, lessons I will carry with me for the rest of my life.

1. I’m proud to be an American.

Living in the United States, it is far too easy to focus only on our problems. The media constantly shoves the negatives in our faces: the corruptness of Washington, questionable foreign policy, economic and social inequality – the list goes on. What the media doesn’t depict is all that we do have.

I’m proud that we have the freedom to run marathons in the streets of Boston. I’m proud that acts of domestic terrorism are not common like they are in many other countries and that we have the power to bring to justice those who seek to harm us. More than anything, I’m proud that we can come together and display our solidarity to the world.

Over the summer, I watched Luke Bryan and Rascal Flatts perform in their Boston Strong shirts at the Xfinity Center while chants of “Sweet Caroline” echoed across the ballparks of America. The words “United We Stand” ring truer than ever, testifying to the overarching unity that not only defines this country but also strengthens it. Democrat or Republican, CEO or movie the-

ater usher, Red Sox or Yankee fan – we are all Americans first.

While the bombers sought to attack our way of life, they only strengthened my conviction that there is no other country I’d rather live than the United States.

2. People are overwhelmingly good The police, fire department and military response to the 2013 attack was a remarkable display of courage and selflessness.

because of that I am not afraid of those who wish us harm.

3. Love is more powerful than hate In the wake of the attacks it was easy to become enraged; it was the expected reaction to an evil that we couldn’t understand.

While I eagerly liked Facebook statuses asking for the slow and torturous death of the bombers, I would scoff at those who took a different approach, advocat-

America is full of heroes and because of that I am not afraid of those who wish us harm.

Average men and women rushed to the aid of the injured with no regard for their own safety. One Fund Boston raised $69.8 million in donations and men and women left running shoes, Red Sox hats and American flags at a makeshift memorial in Copley Square.

The Boston Marathon bombers wanted to incite terror, but their efforts were in vain; all their actions did was prove that the number of good people in this world vastly outnumbers the bad..

There may be people who want to harm us, but we have police officers willing to risk their lives to bring them to justice. Firefighters and paramedics gladly place themselves in harm’s way to save the lives of the injured. Millions of military service members dutifully go to war to defend our way of life and countless other ordinary men and women, when the time comes, will step up and aid the wounded, whether they clear debris off of the helpless or carry them to an ambulance.

America is full of heroes and

we are better than that.

4. Never take anything for granted Thousands of men and women went to Boston last year on April 15. Some were running and others were cheering them on, but one thing was for certain: everyone was happy to be there. It was one of those days with a positive trajectory, like a day spent at the beach or Christmas day, a day of happiness and stress-free living, a day in which nothing can go wrong.

When the day was over, at least 260 people were injured, 16 lost limbs and three lost their lives.

By far the most important truth emerging from the Boston Marathon bombings was one depicted constantly in books, music and film, a truth considered incredibly cliché, but one we refuse to acknowledge nonetheless: nothing in life is certain.

Even the most perfect days can end in tragedy and we are powerless to stop it. You never know when you will see somebody for the last time. You never know what tomorrow will bring.

The attacks taught us, if nothing else, to live every day like it is our last. In honor of the oneyear anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, I ask that everybody do just that. Tell your parents you love them. Let a friend know how much you appreciate him or her. Apologize to those you have hurt and forgive those who have hurt you.

Life is far too transient to leave meaningful words unsaid.

ing love and compassion over hatred and fury. MLK, Gandhi, Bob Marley – people would quote their proclamations of love and I would shake my head in disgust.

Looking back, though, it’s true.

Anger gets us nowhere. Anger changes nothing. Although it was acceptable and expected during the time, holding on to anger only makes the damage of the bombs far more effective, delivering moral blows instead of only physical ones.

If we truly want to emerge triumphant, we must hold on to what separates us from them: our emphasis on love for each other rather than hate. While terrorists train to set off bombs and harm as many people as possible, Americans train to run 26.2 miles and are cheered for and encouraged by their family and friends.

It is important to want justice, but even more important to live our lives as we did before, lives dedicated to acquiring happiness. To live with anger over the Steven Gillard is a Collegian columnist attacks is to live with the same and can be reached at sgillard@umass. mindset as the perpetrators and edu.

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Overalls and white trend this spring The hottest looks can be found cheap

By ReBecca Smith Collegian Correspondent High fashion is often difficult to mimic. Thankfully, there are stores like Target, Forever 21 and H&M that offer a variety of different styles – and price ranges.

This means that it’s easy to find cheaper alternatives to the fashions we see trending this season and hope to take inspiration from.

The most outrageous trend thus far is the resurgence of overalls, which seems to be taking the place of last spring’s jumpsuit and romper trend. From the farm to Fifth Avenue, celebrities like Selena Gomez have been seen rocking overalls with a cute bandeau and stylish heels. Overall shorts seem to be a big-ticket item this coming season as well, and

when styled correctly they can really hit a home run.

Another big trend this season when it comes to bottoms is the introduction of “the flirty skirt.” This is a knee-length skirt that starts tight-fitting and then flows out into pleats when it hits the knees. Semi-business casual is big in itself this spring, with dressy shorts and bejeweled tops on the rise as well.

As for colors, the black and white combination is still bombarding the fashion world, but this year there is a focus on purely white outfits. Another trend has been referred to as “a hint of pink:” one example would be a hot pink collar peaking out of an otherwise all-white outfit. Metallic and pastel colors will also be making a frequent appearance this season.

Inevitably there will be a few repeated trends this year, back by popular demand.

The maxi skirt continues to be a tried-and-true trend for nearly anyone and everyone: they are easy to style and pull off that “effortless” look.

Crop tops are going strong this spring as well, and with them of course will be the high-waisted short – a classic combination that is sure to stick around for years to come.

Contrary to previous years, the trends circulating this year are fairly wearable and easy for an everyday girl to pull off with a quick trip to the mall and about fifty dollars in her pocket. With styles from opposite ends of the spectrum, from the casual and laid back look of a maxi skirt to the preppy, business casual look of dressy shorts, you can be on point with the spring trends of 2014 no matter where your style lands.

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It’s the beginning of How I met the worst series in television history the end on ‘Mad Men’ finale ‘HIMYM’ ending AMC’s hit kicks off its final season

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SPOILER ALERT “Mad Men” began the first half of its seventh and final season on AMC this past Sunday – and there’s a lot to discuss. The episode, titled “Time Zones,” is the beginning of the end for the critically acclaimed show, so let’s get into it.

“Mad Men” is a difficult show to write about; the subtleties of the acting, the minimal amount of action and the endless number of things to overanalyze can leave one’s brain spinning. The season opens at the cusp of 1969, amid the rise of counterculture, the atmosphere of social change and Nixon’s induction. Chronologically it’s only been about two months since the last season left off, but a considerable number of things have changed.

The episode begins with a close-up on Freddy Rumsen, who has been absent from the show since season five, pitching an ad to Peggy Olson. It’s electric, of course: Don wrote it. Since his suspension from Sterling Cooper & Partners, he’s been feeding Rumsen pitches, unable to give up his work despite the lack of recognition. The pitch is ultimately turned down by new creative director Lou Avery.

Avery is not Don Draper.

His Mr. Rogers demeanor is almost as off-putting as his rudeness, and it’s hard not to see him as a man on the edge.

The rest of the agency tolerates him, though, but even Jim Cutler admits that the man is just not fun.

But where is the fun? In California, of course. “Time Zones” is aptly named as it brings our characters to the west coast. The choice to go bicoastal seems obvious since the fervor of the 1960s was very much rooted in California.

Much of the episode is spent in the Golden State, as Don visits his wife Megan who is pursuing her acting career

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The cast of “Mad Men” attends an event in Los Angeles in 2008. there. He also grabs lunch with Pete Campbell, who has completely changed since we last same him. With a preppy new wardrobe and a focus on the “vibrations” around him, it seems that Pete has finally learned how to loosen up.

Back in the office we catch up with Joan Holloway and Kenny Cosgrove. Kenny is still rocking an eye-patch, and his lack of depth perception provides a few moments of hilarity. Kenny is certainly not laughing, though, as his workload has overwhelmed him. He decides not to take a meeting with Butler Footwear so he asks Joan to cancel it. It is interesting that Joan continually takes orders from Kenny despite being in a higher position than him at the agency, but she gets her due when she takes the meeting herself and ends up proving her prowess in the process. It is apparent that Joan won’t be allowing herself to fade into the background any longer.

At the end of the episode, Rumsen visits Don and thanks him for the advice that he’s clearly benefiting from, but then warns Don against living his life this way. He encourages him to get a job somewhere else before he becomes “damaged goods.”

By the end of the episode it does feel as if Don is quite damaged. As he sits alone on his balcony, looking defeated while smoking a cigarette, it’s hard not to notice how lost this man is. The man who always had it together is now struggling to find direction.

He’s caught in limbo. His career prospects are as unstable as his marriage. Where does he go from here?

It makes sense, then, that he would find solace in a woman on an airplane.

The woman, played by Neve Campbell (since all former ‘90s cool girls have to end up on Mad Men at some point) tempts Don, who “really thought [he] could do it this time.” Despite how much has changed around him, Don remains the same man he’s always been (or at least the shell of that man.) His instincts tell him to cheat, but he doesn’t, because even he realizes that he has to break his old patterns before he’s left behind, sitting alone lamenting his glory days.

The woman on the plane talks about her late husband, who died of “thirst,” and it seems to hit the nail on the head concerning where our characters are at this point in time. Peggy is thirsting to be heard; Joan for power; Roger for excitement (which he tries to find via orgies); and Don for some sense of control. It seems more than ever that our characters are struggling with what they want and how to get it, and this seems to be what season seven will explore.

Next week on Mad Men: Don laughs, Roger answers the telephone, people ride the elevator … yup, things are as vague as ever.

Alexa Hoyle can be reached at ahoyle@umass.edu.

With an alternate ending to be released this fall, it’s only fitting to discuss the controversial “How I Met Your Mother” series finale.

Nine years, nine seasons, 208 episodes, countless jokes and laughs, plenty of storylines, five main characters – and one (until now) nameless mother. It all came to an end Monday, March 31, and fans around the world sat down to watch what would become one of the most disappointing series finales to date.

Honestly, as soon as the episode was over, I checked my calendar and made sure it wasn’t April Fool’s Day yet, because that finale had to have been an elaborate prank. Weeks later, and I am still fuming.

The episode begins in 2005: a nice, sentimental look into the day Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders) joined the gang. At that moment, I should have foreseen the ending and turned off my TV before it was too late.

The whole finale was about Robin. How she became part of the group, her marriage to Barney, her divorce from Barney, her secret feelings for Ted and how she essentially quit her friendships.

Truthfully, I don’t have a problem with Robin, but when I started watching “How I Met Your Mother,” I signed up for an ending in which Ted (Josh Radnor) and Tracy, the mother (Cristin Milioti), actually end up together.

To give credit to the writers, yes, Ted and Tracy were absolutely perfect together while they lasted. Yes, sickness does happen, and sometimes, it does tragically take the people you love. It is realistic, and of course, as the finale suggests, it is absolutely okay to move on. But don’t make us fall in love with the idea of Ted and the mother for nine years and then pull the rug out from under our feet

during the series finale.

It was the plot twist to end all plot twists… except almost nobody enjoyed it.

For nine years, dedicated fans waited and anticipated Ted and Tracy’s meeting, with the show dropping hints about the couple’s effortless chemistry and important parallels.

Viewers hoped to finally see and experience Ted’s happy ending with the woman of his dreams, only to find that the woman of his dreams was merely a plot device to unite Ted and Robin, a couple whose flames had seemingly died long ago.

Over the latter part of the show’s first eight years, the writers led the audience to believe that Ted and Robin were over, only to spend this entire last season hinting at and eventually reigniting their love.

When Ted was at his lowest points, he returned to Robin in what can only be called a sick obsession, but Robin countlessly rejected him, leading fans to believe that her happy ending would be with Barney (Neil Patrick Harris).

Throughout their time together, both Barney and Robin recognized their faults and grew enormously as characters. The entire last season was about Barney’s and Robin’s wedding, so why would the writers dedicate a whole year to a marriage that would deteriorate within the first five minutes of the finale? Moreover, why did they flush all of Barney’s character development down the drain?

In fairness, Barney’s storyline with his daughter was perfection. He dedicated his whole life to writing off women, never fully committing – and then he promises to dedicate the rest of his life to one girl: his daughter, the result of a one-night stand. Although we never learn who that mother is, other than “Number 31,” in Barney’s “Perfect Month,” Barney promising to give everything to the most important girl in his life was endearing enough.

Well-written and incred-

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The finale was all about Robin. ibly touching, that storyline was the episode’s only ending I enjoyed. If I say I didn’t shed a tear during the scene at the hospital in which he calls Ellie, his daughter, the love of his life, I am lying.

Meanwhile, Lily (Alyson Hannigan) and Marshall (Jason Segel), forever together and the least problematic characters, were hardly even acknowledged in the finale. While their ending was well established before the finale, I was left wondering what happens to their family. Are they still close to Ted? And where are their three kids? For one, we never even learn the third kid’s name. Are they happy and healthy? Do Lily and Marshall ever experience any problems beyond Marshall’s long career path to judgeship? On the one hand, Lily and Marshall fans should be grateful their favorite couple was left intact. On the other, their ending was … not an ending at all.

Now, with a looming alternate finale, one can only hope that the HIMYM team’s second choice is significantly better than the first. Including the alternate finale is not only an attempt to sell more DVDs when the final season is released, but the writers’ attempt to quiet dissatisfied fans. Quite frankly, if I watch the alternative finale and enjoy it, I’ll only be angry that it wasn’t the actual ending.

Stephanie Ramirez can be reached at sjramire@umass.edu.

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BASEBALL ed at the end of the game when it really matters.

That has what has been the difference really,” said Stone.

Minutemen head to Central Conn.

The Blue Devils (11-12, 3-5 New England Conference) have lost three of their last four games in an away series against Bryant this past weekend. The team has not seen much production on offense this season, hitting .255 as a team with a collective .295 slugging percentage and just one total home run.

Central Connecticut’s top offensive threat this season has been Josh Ingham who leads the team in hits (30) and runs batted in (11).

The second baseman hits in the cleanup spot of the Blue Devils lineup, and has a .375 batting average, with a .425 slugging percentage this season.

Stone hopes to combat the Blue Devils lineup Tuesday with starting pitcher Tim Cassidy. The redshirt sophomore will try to rebound off of a four inning, six-run effort against Boston College on April 2 at Boston College.

UMass hosts Lowell Tuesday The Minutemen will play saasdtheir secondstraight non-conference game against UMass Lowell on Tuesday afternoon at Earl Lorden Field.

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“We take this game just like all the games in the past.”

Mike Stone, UMass coach Conference) were swept this past weekend in a three-game series against the University of Maine.

Lowell scored seven total runs in the series and lost each game by one run.

The River Hawks have struggled with away games this season with a 4-9 record.

First baseman Matt Mottola has been a major part of the Lowell lineup this season, and leads Lowell with a .373 batting average.

Junior Matthew Sanchez has started in all of the River Hawks 23 games this season and leads the team in at bats (91), hits (31), totally bases (38) and slugging percentage (.418).

Stone says he has no probable pitcher named for Wednesday as he and the team are taking things “one game at a time.”

“We take this games just like all the games in the past. You know I just want to play well,” Stone said. “If we play well, we’ll feel good about the result I think. We’re just going with the mindset of one game at a time.”

Chris Corso can be reached at ccorso@umass.edu, and can be followed on Twitter @ChrisCorso5.

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Minutewomen win three gold medals at Knect Cup over weekend B y Jamie C ushman Collegian Correspondent The Massachusetts rowing team spent hours upon hours in training, checked the forecast for the weekend and spent time creating the best possible lineups; but they still encountered a one condition they had not prepared for: food poisoning.

“At least six of the women on the team got food poisoning before the event,” said UMass coach Jim Dietz, who also suffered from the illness. “We were all up in the middle of the night in really bad shape, but by the time they got to the finals this afternoon they had recovered pretty well and we did well.”

Despite the illness, the Minutewomen were still achieved three first-place finishes at the Knecht Cup in West Windsor, N.J., this weekend, earning gold in the varsity eight, varsity four and varsity pair.

“We did fabulous,” Dietz said. “This was a

real major event for us in demonstrating our speed.

Overall this is making things look extremely good for the Atlantic 10 championships. The team is moving along so well” The duo of Candace Miller and Pippa Edwards earned their first of two gold medals of the day in the varsity pair race.

Miller and Edwards finished the final with a time of 8:19.47, beating the Villanova pair by five seconds.

The Minutewomen earned their second gold medal on Sunday in the varsity four competition.

The UMass V4 team of Abigail Raichek, Rachel Boudreau, Gabrielle Hayward, Kyla Miller and Sam Wonderlin finished the grand finale in first place with a time of 7:44.09.

This was the narrowest margin of victory on the day; the Minutewomen finished 0.77 seconds ahead of Tulsa.

The Minutewomen ended the day on a high note as the V8 team fin-

“We did fabulous. This was a real major event for us in demonstrating our speed...

The team is moving along so well.”

Jim Dietz, UMass Coach ished in the grand finale with a time of 6:47.65, beating the 25 other schools in competition. The V8 team consisted of Heather Pekarovich, Taryn Wilson, Emily Mann, Marika Kopp, Edwards, Miller, Sam Kolovson, Lauren St. Pierre and Allanah RubiMooney.

“For them to perform as well as they did still winning this event, I thought was just a tremendous effort” Dietz said. “Our varsity was last in the third level final last year and to turn around and win the event this year is really incredible. They really won this race convincingly.”

Unfortunately for the Minutewomen, the second varsity eight team struggled slightly as the 2V8 team finished first in the

third final with a time of 7:06.10. That time was good for 13th out of 25 schools competing. The UMass 2V8 team was composed of Nicole Juul-Hindsgaul, Haley York, Teagan Rolf von den Baumen, Natalie Boisvert, Hadley Irvin, Krysten Menks, Hannah Monahan, Estefi Marti Malvido and Haley Eovine.

“They were a little off their game this weekend, but we think we can salvage that,” Dietz said.

UMass will return to action this weekend to take on Connecticut in Storrs, Conn., to face the on Friday. The Minutewomen will then travel to Boston to compete against Bates and M.I.T. before a day off on Easter Sunday.

Jamie Cushman can be reached at jrcushman@umass.edu.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

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SOFTBALL

CATCHING FIRE

Lemire’s hot bat sparking offense

By Jason kates Collegian Staff

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The Massachusetts softball team is finding its stride at the right time, winning seven of its last eight games.

Minutewomen ready for the Terriers

By Matthew ZackMan Collegian Staff

been the only player who has been playing well for the Minutewomen. The team will look to junior pitcher Caroline Raymond who has been a dominant force on the mound this season.

“Caroline is a captain and a leader…for her to be able to come out and shut offenses down… is great for the team.

To have someone like Caroline Raymond on right now is very good,” noted Stefanoni.

Raymond has performed well in her last four games.

She has struck out 15 batters and has limited opponents to only 11 hits during that span.

The Terriers (20-18, 5-4 Patriot League) are strong offensively and boast five players with batting averages over .300. Freshman Brittany Younan is BU’s most lethal player as she leads the team in batting average and runs scored. However, Younan is most dangerous aspect of her game has been on the base paths. She has not been thrown out when stealing this season.

The Massachusetts softball team looks to extend its winning streak to three games as it travels east to take on Boston University in the state’s capital on Tuesday at 4 p.m. With only one loss in their last nine games, the Minutewomen (1015, 4-2 Atlantic 10) look to continue their hot streak against the Terriers.

The play of Bridget Lemire has sparked the Minutewomen as of late, batting .636 in her last three games including seven hits in her last 11 at bats.

Head coach Kristi Stefanoni emphasized how important Lemire’s play has been and how much she has contributed to the team.

“To have another hitter in the lineup hitting over .300 is only going to help our run production. I’m really proud of her… her goal since arriving at UMass has been to be one of the big hitters in our lineup. She was doing that pretty consistently early on in the season, and now she has been doing it a lot more consistentStefanoni knows that the ly,” said Stefanoni.

However, Lemire has not matchup against the Terriers

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Bridget Lemire hit .583 with four homeruns and 10 RBIs last week. will be a challenge for the Minutewomen. “(Terrior Coach Kathryn Gleason) is very tough. She is aggressive and I know that whatever team she has she will coach them to the best of her and their ability. I expect a really tough BU team to come out against us tomorrow. It will be really great competition for us going into a tough week of conference play.”

However, the recent play of the Minutewomen has put them in a position to come out competitively against the Terriers. Stefanoni attributed

the team’s current success to a mentality of seriousness combined with a desire to have fun.

“Their spirits are high. I think that they are also on a mission right now. We tend not to talk too much about the past. I’m all about moving forward and keeping our eyes on the prize. Obviously, they’re having fun and enjoying each other and the game.” fun.”

Matthew Zackman can be reached at mzackman@umass.edu.

When the University of Massachusetts softball team got off to a 3-14 start, head coach coach Kristi Stefanoni said that her team needed to avoid giving up big innings that allowed their opponents to run away with the win.

These days, it is the Minutewomen who are the ones putting up big numbers against the opposing teams, combining to win their last two games by a combined score of 27-10.

Stefanoni said that her team’s performance over the past week has been great to see as it proves how hard they’ve been working at practice.

“I think it’s a true testament to their hard work and dedication to the game, and not giving up on anything,” she said. “They’ve been doing everything we’ve asked them to do and more, so I really think it’s pure dedication to wanting to get better every day and the true passion they have for this team.”

During UMass’ recent sweep over Saint Bonaventure, the Minutewomen were able to showcase their true offensive strengths, putting up several crooked numbers in the first game scoring eight and six runs in two separate innings en rout to a 17-2 victory.

In the second game of the doubleheader, UMass scored a total of nine runs in two innings, completing a 10-8 comeback over the Bonnies. Stefanoni said it’s fantastic to see her team put up these big innings against opponents, and not the other way around.

“The first game we had versus Saint Bonaventure the second inning was big for us, I think we put up three runs,” she said.

“After we allowed them to come back and score two, I brought them into the huddle and told them that this team wasn’t going to lay down because we scored three runs against them in the first inning.

To go back out there and have those big innings where we scored eight and

“I keep telling the kids every day to keep their eyes on the prize, and if we keep doing what we’re doing we’ll be satisfied in the end.”

Kristi Stefanoni, UMass Coach

six runs felt really good.”

Perhaps one of the biggest reasons for the Minutewomen’s recent offensive surge has been junior Bridget Lemire, who just recently was awarded Atlantic-10 Player of the Week, along with pitcher Caroline Raymond. Lemire went on a tear this past week, hitting .583 with four home runs, 10 runs batted in, and six runs. She now leads the team with five home runs, and has seen her batting average skyrocket to .357.

“I’m really proud of Bridget,” Stefanoni said.

“She has been working her tail off on really becoming a prolific hitter for this team and someone we can call on and depend on. I can’t say enough about Bridget, she’s come such a long way.”

Although her team has won seven of its last eight, Stefanoni made it clear that she is all about the future, and has told her players that the past is the past and they need to continue moving forward.

“I think that they’re going to need to continue working hard at practice, they can’t lay down for anything,” Stefanoni said. “You can never put your shoulder back on the chair and relax because the minute you do that, somebody is going to pass you. We can’t look back at the runs we’ve scored and the hits we’ve gotten because it’s in the past.”

“I keep telling the kids every day to keep their eyes on the prize, and if we keep doing what we’re doing, we’ll be satisfied in the end.”

Jason Kates can be reached at jkates@umass.edu.

BASEBALL

UMass prepares for pair of non-conference matchups Central Conn. and UML on horizon By chris corso Collegian Staff

The Massachusetts baseball team is playing its best baseball of the season with two non-conference games scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

The Minutemen (7-20,5-7 Atlantic 10) travel to New Britain, Conn. to play the Blue Devils of Central Connecticut Tuesday and then head home to Ear Lorden Field to host UMass Lowell on Wednesday.

“We feel much better than we have in the past,” head coach Mike Stone said.

“I think we are starting to play good baseball and we have to continue to play hard, have a good attitude, keep getting good pitching. If we continue to make things happen and continue to play good team baseball than I like our chances right now.”

On April 6, the Minutemen ended their seventh-consecutive loss when outfielder Kyle Adie hit a game-winning single to lead UMass to a surprising 5-4 victory over the Dayton Flyers.

After the series finale

against Dayton, Stone hoped that the comeback conference win could give the Minutemen a boost in confidence heading into the bulk of the Atlantic 10 schedule.

“I hope that this will get us going and just give us some confidence from winning a ball game,” Stone said on April 7. “This should help us stay confident and keep working hard so we can continue to play well at the end of the game.”

Since then, Stone’s wishes for Minutemen have been proven to be true.

UMass has outscored its opponents 16-to-eight in the past four games. The Minutemen spent the week-

end winning two of three games against conferencefoe Saint Louis, who began the series in first place in the A-10.

UMass climbed from last of the pack to eighth place in the conference after winning the weekend series.

Stone thinks that the reason for the team’s recent success has been the fact that the Minutemen have found a way to come up with big plays towards the latter innings of games.

“We have executed. We’ve played well throughout the games but the most important thing is we have executsee

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Nik Campero rips a single in last week’