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THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES: For students abroad, Two days after bombings, reports misrepresent FBI progress marathon explosions
still painful tragedy By Chris Lisinski and Amy Gorel Daily Free Press Staff
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Participants in the Boston University Sydney, Australia program hold a A military official asks onlookers and media gathered at the John Joseph Moakley moment of silence Wednesday in honor of the Boston Marathon tragedy. United States Courthouse on Wednesday to move away from the building after a bomb threat. By Kyle Plantz been an arrest in the marathon attack,” stated the house remained closed for the rest of the day. Daily Free Press Staff Several bystanders who were at the Court-
Despite speculation that a suspect had been arrested for the Boston Marathon bombings, no one is in custody, federal authorities said Wednesday. According to a press release issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday, “contrary to widespread reporting, no arrest has been made in connection with the Boston Marathon attack. Over the past day and a half, there have been a number of press reports based on information from unofficial sources that have been inaccurate.” CNN and The Boston Globe were among the first news outlets to report the arrest. The Associated Press reported someone was in custody and the suspect would be brought to the John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse in South Boston. A crowd of reporters and on-lookers flooded the streets outside the courthouse, awaiting the suspect. CNN and the AP later rescinded the claim after federal officials said the reports were premature and untrue. “Despite reports to the contrary there has not
Boston Police Department on its Twitter page. Although no arrests were made, officials said they have made significant progress in tracking down suspects. Officials said surveillance video from a Lord & Taylor outlet near the explosions has been especially helpful in piecing together who might be responsible for the bombings. An image of a suspect carrying and allegedly dropping a black bag at the site of the second explosion has also been recovered. As several hundred people waited outside the U.S. District Court for the arrested suspect — who never came — law enforcement officials evacuated the building following a bomb threat. A bomb squad and firefighters arrived to the scene as police officers asked everyone to move away from the courthouse and into the adjacent parking lot due to a reported a possible bomb threat in the building. After about an hour, officials said the building was bomb-free. However, due to the bomb threat at the courthouse, among other unnamed circumstances, officials also canceled a news conference at Westin Copley Hotel, which was scheduled to take place at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. The court-
house said they came to the scene to see what was going on and are disturbed by the several reports of other bomb threats in Boston. “We were getting conflicting reports online and I work nearby, so I came down to see what was going on,” said Nikki Chenard, 25, a resident of Boston. Chenard said the recent explosions in the city are upsetting and have made her more vigilant and aware of her surroundings. Tony Gilbert, 44, a pilot from Seaport, said he saw the helicopters and people at the courthouse, so he came to see what was happening. “It’s typical [the bomb threats] sometimes for people to make a statement or to be on TV,” he said. Gilbert said he hopes these are isolated incidents and praised the police department and federal officials for doing a great job patrolling the city. Jackie Tierney, 24, a sales representative in Quincy, said she wanted to get a glimpse of the suspect.
Marathon, see page 2
Carrying candles and wearing any Boston clothing they had with them, students on the Boston University Sydney, Australia program gathered at a vigil on Wednesday to mourn the victims of the Boston Marathon. At the event, organized by program staff, more than 40 students wrote messages of love and support to victims and students and then walked together to a nearby park for a moment of silence. “Hardly anyone at my internship site talked about the events,” said Cara Polom, a College of Communication junior enrolled in the Sydney program. “I wish I had been home with my family and friends so that we could comfort each other since this event has such an impact on us.” Polom, who lived most of her life in Massachusetts before attending BU, said Boston holds an important place in her heart. “I’ve always viewed it as a safe place, my home,” she said. “Going to work for the next nine hours was the hardest part because reality began to sink in and I was surrounded by people so far removed from the situation.” Students abroad in Sydney were not the only ones to partake in the mourning of marathon victims. Despite the distance, several students currently abroad said they continue to feel a personal connection to Boston and the community in wake of the tragedy. COM senior Noah Eberhart, who is a member of the BU Los Angeles program, said it was a surreal experience to view the news of Monday’s explosions at the Boston Marathon from across the country. “It’s an international event and it’s a big event, but it’s also an intimate, very Bosto-
Abroad, see page 2
Boston part-time college professors seek to unionize for more benefits By Nora Philbin Daily Free Press Staff
Non-tenure and adjunct faculty from Boston-area colleges are looking to form a union to attain better wages and benefits, and job security that is afforded to other professors based on status. At a meeting hosted by The Service Employee International Union on Saturday at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Dorchester, faculty members gathered to discuss the formation of a union and what it would mean for professors in the area. There were over 100 adjunct faculty at the meeting from over 20 Boston-area campuses, according to Adjunct Action, a campaign
that unites adjunct professors from around Boston. Avril Smith, assistant director of communications for SEIU, said a union would help give professors a platform. “Nationally over 70 percent of classes are now taught off the tenure track and adjunct faculty often face low pay, no benefits or job security and many don’t have access to office space or basic facilities they need to do their jobs,” Smith said. “Adjunct faculty are forming unions to win a strong voice in their profession and in the future of higher education.” Though the support exists across campuses, each school would have its separate
union, Smith said. “The National Labor Relations Act governs the process for how adjuncts form unions, so they would have to form their union at each university separately, but the vision is to work together across schools to raise standards throughout the Boston metro area,” she said. SEIU represents 15,000 adjunct faculty nationally, according to the organization’s website. Deborah Schwartz, an adjunct professor of English at Boston College, said she sees a disconnect with the amount that education costs and how much faculty are paid. “When schools ask for upwards of
$50,000 from their students, we have to ask why more of that money is not going to the majority of professors,” said Schwartz. “Both students and professors deserve more.” Professors are not the only ones looking for change. Students from Tufts, Northeastern, and Emerson attended the event on Saturday to show support for their hardworking professors. The idea of unionizing non-tenured and adjunct professors is not new in the Bostonarea. Emerson College adjunct faculty unionized in 2001. University of Massachusetts Boston, and Suffolk University non-tenuretrack faculty also unionized.
Unions, see page 2
Boston radio hosts ignite debate over term limits for mayor By Sophia Goldberg Daily Free Press Staff
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Boston Public Radio asked on Facebook if their listeners think there should be a term limit for mayors. Shown here is the length of terms the last six mayors have held.
In light of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s pending retirement, Boston Public Radio initiated a dialogue regarding whether Bostonians thought that a term limit for the position of mayor of Boston should be instated. The radio hosts, Jim Braude and Margery Eagan, debated the matter between themselves about a week ago, taking either side of the argument. “The problem is, being a governing person, you’re a legislator, a member of congress, an executive like a governor or president. It takes time to figure out how to do what you do well.” Braude said. Eagan said the reason many salient bills, such as those dealing with gun legislation, fail to pass or get significant support from politicians is because they are worried about reelection. “If they were not worried about reelection and wor-
ried about their pensions and worried about their salary, and worried about their healthcare, they might vote their conscience every once in a while,” Eagan said. “I would argue one of the reasons we can’t get anything done in the USA anymore is because being elected to Congress — being elected to the United States Senate — has become a lifelong career.” Boston community members who weighed in on the term limit debate had mixed thoughts on the topic. David Palmer, a professor of international relations and political science at Boston University, said in an email interview that he still does not support having term limits. “Term limits in practice are a bad idea,” he said. “They institutionalize a lame-duck office holder, reduce incentives to pursue longer-term programs and may force out dynamic and successful leaders at the peak of
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COM senior: Marathon scene ‘as if it’s a dream’ 2 patients still in critical condition at BMC AbroAd: From Page 1
nian kind of affair that people who don’t live in Boston and who aren’t runners don’t know about,” he said. “… To see something that I had experienced in the past as this wonderful time spent with friends, to see this huge news story and an act of terrorism — I couldn’t believe it.” For Eberhart, it was especially difficult to see his home-awayfrom-home in such a disastrous state. “Seeing the streets on television that I know so well, that I’ve walked down many times and seeing the blood splattered on the streets and the patients, it’s so familiar,” he said. “But not being there — I wish I was back so I could actually check up on my friends and talk to people … It’s as if it’s a dream, like it’s not real.” Sasha Herbert, a College of Arts and Sciences senior enrolled in BU’s Washington, D.C. program, said she was in Boston Sunday,
one day before the Marathon and the explosions. “When I realized where the bombs were, the locations, it shocked me because just the day before, at the same time and in the same place, I was standing there waiting for my friend right where the explosion happened,” she said. “I wished I was there with everyone in Boston.” Although Herbert said she felt more affected by news of the tragedy than her coworkers, she was able to find solace in other BU students who were separated from Boston at the time. “I feel like a lot of people I work around in D.C. didn’t make as much of a personal connection to it because they weren’t in Boston,” she said. “A lot of them were into it for a while and, after a while, stopped following it. I was following it constantly because I felt a personal connection to Boston.” Sarah Zeis, a School of Management and CAS sophomore study-
ing abroad in Geneva, Switzerland, said news of the attacks coming out of Boston left her stunned and worried. “[We felt] disconnected, helpless, impatient, mostly since we were so dependent on the media for our information,” she said in an email. “The most difficult part is seeing all of the media attention that the bombings are getting. I’ve always known what a great day Marathon Monday was for me, but watching the rest of the world make sense of, and report on, the same day was surreal.” Polom said she remains confident that the city she loves will find a way to remain united and come back from the moment of darkness. “It’s going to be very hard to go back to Boston, especially when I walk down Boylston Street again for the first time,” she said. “This event will always be ingrained in the back of my mind, but Boston is a strong city — we’ll get through this.”
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MArAthon: From Page 1
“I saw the vans come through and thought the suspect was here,” she said. “But then there was a bomb threat and they made everyone leave.” Tierney said witnessing the bomb threat at the courthouse was nerveracking. “I’m at a loss of words because we are just normal, innocent people trying to live our lives, and we are being targeted,” she said. “It’s unfortunate that the world has come to this.” As officials further the investigation, doctors continue to treat the critically wounded. Peter Burke, a doctor at Boston Medical Center, said in a press conference Wednesday evening, that two patients remain in
critical condition, including a fiveyear-old boy. He said 10 people are still in serious condition and six are in fair condition. Other area hospitals, such as Brigham and Women’s Hospital, are also still treating the wounded from the blasts. Brigham has treated 35 patients since Monday and 11 remain in care, according to a press release Wednesday. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke Wednesday morning during the State Department’s budget at a House committee hearing about the victims. “I have talked this week with friends and family up there,” he said. “Boston is not going to be intimidated by this.”
BU rep: 33.9 percent of faculty adjunct Unions: From Page 1
Boston University part-time faculty have not been unionized, and 33.9 percent of all faculty on both campuses are adjunct, said BU spokesman Colin Riley. Joseph Massaro, a professor of statistics at BU, said that he knows professors from other schools in the area have unionized successfully. “I can’t think of schools off the top of my head,” said Massaro.
“But I know that non-tenure professors have formed unions successfully in the past working with their respective schools.” Massaro also said that he understands the appeal of a union. “I think that a lot of professors can get frustrated with salary and job security at institutions, but I’m very happy with my job here,” he said. “I didn’t go to the meeting on Saturday, so I don’t know the extent of their discussions, but I’m not opposed to the idea of a union.”
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their powers. You might even make the argument they thwart the public will, and thus are, at some level, anti-democratic.” Maria Payano, 25, who works in Allston, said she doesn’t believe term limits should be imposed because a mayor plays a different, more intimate role than other political figures. “If there are other people running for mayor, and the people chose who they liked, no one can limit that. Mayors are closer to the community, and people like to be involved with them — they have a more fatherly role,” she said. George Pelz, 64, a resident of Newton, said he fully supports the idea of term limits. “I think they should have two-
term limits, because power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely,” he said. “I won’t say Menino is corrupt, but the fact that it becomes very imperial after a long period of time is an issue with anybody, not with just mayor Menino. I don’t think there are any cons to having a term limit.” Cary Crawford, a graduate student at Boston College who lives in Brighton, said it would be a good idea to create term limits in order to allow new ideas and points of view to work their way into government. “You get to a point where there is just too much, there is only so much one person can do without getting stuck and not being able to make more advances for the city,” she said. “It is good to switch it and to get new blood in there.”
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Campus & City Column GIRL, 20
Southern Comfort It’s not so comfortable. This weekend, I was fortunate enough to give a talk at a classics conference down south, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. I spoke about the editing process of Homeric poetry and listened to about 11 hours of other students and SYDNEY professors talk SHEA about a spectrum of subjects, from the geography of Rome to Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” but I learned more from the people themselves and culture than their respective research topics. The only people who approach me on the street in Boston are normally creepy older men, either because they mistake me for a prostitute or are just generally interested in random, college blondes. I’ve been called everything from a “princess” to a “goddess” by these men of the street, but am dismissive of each instance nonetheless as I briskly walk away to another area, feigning a foreign accent or a fake boyfriend who is “anticipating my arrival.” But in North Carolina, amidst the blossoming trees and blooming flowers, not to mention the 75-degree weather, normal people walking by casually say hello in a non-creepy way. It’s like being in a dream, or at Cheers. Strangers. They just feel like being friendly because it’s the kind, polite thing to do. I asked my wonderful host at UNC if this was a normal occurrence, to which she responded, “Of course it is — I say hi to random people all the time. It’s the polite thing to do!” This brought me back to my childhood when my mom would bring me into Boston and we’d walk by the graphic images of a crucified Jesus on route to “The Nutcracker,” to which she would just tell me to keep my eyes down and keep on walking. Encounters with such strangers prepared me at an early age to be distrustful of all city strangers. As I walked back with my host to her apartment, I asked her if there was a grocery store around so I could grab a snack for the night. She had already prepared cinnamon rolls and told me there would be no reason to find my own food. This pleasantly surprised me, as not many of my friends here would have been so thoughtful. So the south, in my opinion, lived up to its reputation of being genuinely hospitable and friendly. It was a strange experience as a more hardened, cynical northerner, one that would take me a much longer time to adapt to, but I realized there is a striking difference between Boston and most other cities. In any case, I’m not so willing to make conversation with the next stranger who greets me on Commonwealth Avenue. Sydney L. Shea is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences and can be reached at slshea@ bu.edu.
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‘Hookups’ can cause sadness, researcher finds The BU Ignition aims for stronger student support By Trisha Thadani Daily Free Press Staff
Fleeting sexual encounters with no commitment or meaning, the practice of which is referred to as “hookup culture,” might contribute to a sense of unhappiness in college students, according to a new book by a Boston University professor. Donna Freitas, a professor of religion at BU, defined “hooking up” as a brief engagement of sexual intimacy with no attachment involved in her book titled “The End of Sex,” which was released earlier this month. “During college, students should have the right and opportunity to hook up and engage in this sexually liberating experience,” Freitas said. “However, a large number of college-aged students seem to walk away from hookups either ambivalent or indifferent.” Of the students surveyed, 36 percent used “indifferent” adjectives to describe how they felt after hooking up and 41 percent reported being saddened by hookups as it made them feel “sad” and “used,” according to the book’s research. “Both genders seem to be pretty unhappy within a culture of hooking up … both are affected, but just in different ways,” Freitas said. “… Sex during college should be exciting, and I began seeing it as an issue when I started hearing the sadness and ambivalence it was regarded with.” Freitas said hookup culture creates problems for students’ understandings of romantic and sexual
By Margaret Waterman Daily Free Press Staff
vereaux said. “There’s just so many directions it can go when heavy drinking is involved,” she said. “That can be really dangerous for students.” She also said Screening for Mental Health has online resources for students who have questions about drinking and its consequences. “We have screenings available online that will let you know if you’re drinking in risky ways and, more importantly, how to cut back and where to get help if you think you need help,” Devereaux said. Kathleen Kantak, a BU psychology professor, said underage drinking can foreshadow alcohol abuse later in life. “Oftentimes when people start drinking alcohol in large amounts when they’re young, it can lead to uncontrolled use of alcohol,” she said.
This is the third in a series of stories examining the slates running for Student Government executive board for the 2013-14 academic year. Dexter McCoy, a College of Communication junior running for Boston University Student Government president with The BU Ignition, said his slate intends to strengthen the student body’s voice on campus. “We are aiming for getting a seat on the University Council where decisions are made,” McCoy said. “We recognize that, for far too long, Student Government has been trying to fix the symptoms of the problem and it’s time to fix the problem.” The BU Ignition slate also includes Saurabh Mahajan, a College of Arts and Sciences freshman seeking the position of executive vice president, Bonnie Tynes, a School of Education freshman seeking vice president of internal affairs and Aditya Rudra, a School of Management junior seeking vice president of finance. McCoy served as SG president during the fall 2012 semester and Rudra serves as the spring 2013 SG president. Mahajan said he is running for executive vice president to make SG an outlet for the student voice on campus. “What I’ve seen is that there’s so much potential for Student Government to be that student voice — that medium between students and administration, what it should be, what it is at other universities, and to truly represent the students and serve them,” he said. “I’m running to make that happen.” Rudra said strengthening the relationships between the student body, SG and BU administrators is crucial. “Certain things BU used to take for granted such as having a student-run, student-elected Allocations Board and a student-run, student-elected Programming Council are no longer just given to us,” he said. Rudra said if the student body elected The BU Ignition slate, it would send a strong message to the
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“If we can get them to lock their doors and windows, we would reduce it [break-ins] at least 10 to 20 percent,” he said. “It is the biggest problem by far.” He said students install air conditioning devices in their windows during the warmer months of the year and if they are not secured, robbers can push them out of the windows and enter the residence. Another contributing factor to the abundance of robberies in Allston is that residents do not know everyone who lives in their building and will often let strangers inside, Hughes said. Some students who live in Allston said they are aware of the many robberies. “I don’t feel particularly safe, but I feel safe enough to live in such a cheap area,” said Mark Macchi, a College of Arts and Sciences senior at Boston Univeristy. “I know what
I’m getting into.” Macchi said an apartment in his building was broken into and, since then, he and his roommates make sure they lock their apartment. “My apartment was actually broken into. Not mine personally, but the girls on the first floor, so we make sure to keep our back door locked and we check that every night,” he said. “I feel that maybe the BU Police should be monitoring the area a little bit more, especially as there has been so many break-ins recently.” CAS sophomore Leah Ellner, an Allston resident, said she feels safer in the neighborhood now that she has lived there for some time. “For most of the break-ins I’ve heard people just leave their doors open, so I wasn’t too concerned,” she said. “I’m not naïve about it. I know it happens, but I’m not frightened.”
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Meaningless sexual interactions may foster ambivalence and unhappiness in college students, according to research in a new book written by Boston University professor Donna Freitas.
interactions. “This hookup culture becomes a problem when students feel that there are no other opportunities for getting into a sexual relationship other than hooking up,” she said. “… It’s problematic when people see this as their only option to engage in sexual activity.” While students should be free to explore various sexual options, hookup culture becomes dangerous when people have misconceptions of it and begin to be affected emotionally, Freitas said. “Many people in my study felt
as if they were the only people on campus not happy with the hookup culture,” she said. “There is a lot of alienation, as a lot of people have a fear of speaking up.” Freitas said society can make the idea of hooking up more positive if people adjust to being more open about it. “There does not need to be a rule, but people must see there is a range of options before them,” Freitas said. “People will feel more empowered when they feel like they have more of a choice about their sex lives.”
Hookup, see page 4
Risky drinking common for students, study suggests By Jenna Lavin and Margaret Waterman Daily Free Press Staff
Grabbing that extra drink may have more of an impact than one might think. According to a new study, a majority of men and women between the ages of 18 and 34, such as college students at Boston University, have recently experienced at least one at-risk drinking incident, according to a new study. At-risk drinking is four or more drinks per day for men or three or more for women. According to the study, released by Screening for Mental Health on April 10, roughly 71 percent of men and 52 percent of women surveyed have reported an at-risk drinking incident within the past 12 months, according to the study. “People think, ‘oh, I can drink in college, it’s just a phase — I’ll stop
later on in life,’” said Screening for Mental Health Marketing and Communications Manager Angela Devereaux. “But actually, research shows that the more you drink as a young adult the more likely you are to become addicted later in life. It’s not always just a phase — it could definitely affect you later on.” Screening for Mental Health, a Massachusetts-based organization, aims to promote “the improvement of mental health by providing the public with education, screening and treatment resources,” according to its site. Devereaux said the study sought to overturn misconceptions among young adults about binge drinking and warn them of its consequences. There are many possible negative outcomes of heavy drinking, such as alcohol poisoning, injuries from falls, drunk driving, aggression and unprotected sex, De-
In Allston-Brighton, student atmosphere attracts crime By Sarah Regine Capugnan Daily Free Press Staff
With the knowledge of continual breaking and entering incidents occurring Allston, several residents of the area said the robberies are a characteristic component of the local culture. Frank Hughes, civilian community service officer at the Boston Police Department, said the large presence of college students in the area increases the amount of robberies. “College students are a huge target for B&E [breaking and entering] suspects and the reason being is each one of them usually has a laptop, iPad, iPhone and any kind of music system or anything else with a lot of high-end electronic equipment that’s easy to transport easy to sell and remarket,” he said. “They definitely target college students.”
In the past week, there were 12 reported breaking and entering crimes in the Allston area with six robberies occurring Monday, according to crime logs from BPD. The police responded to a call at about 3:15 p.m. Monday when a witness stated he returned to his apartment and noticed two males in the rear exit staircase of his residence. One of the suspects held a screwdriver and when asked why they were there, they fled the scene and ran towards Commonwealth Avenue. Another residence within the building was broken into as well, according to crime logs released Monday. Aside from their electronics, Hughes said robbers also target college students because they are inexperienced with living on their own and they will often leave their windows open and doors unlocked when they go out.
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BU Ignition to develop 10-year student life, leadership plan slAte: From Page 3
BU administration. “We organized our entire platform around a single issue — getting a seat at the decision-making table,” Rudra said. “If we get elected, it would be a clear message, a mandate, to administration indicating that the students want a voice in the decision-making process.” McCoy said one of the reasons SG has struggled in past talks with
administrators because BU officials believe SG is too concerned with the immediate future. “Part of the problem is that administrators say we’re not in the room where decisions are made because we are too focused on right now — we’re focused on the things that will affect us immediately,” he said. “... So we’re talking about developing a 10-year plan for student life and leadership on campus.”
McCoy also said he hopes to improve student life around campus in concrete ways, such as by expanding dining options and giving money to students to fund campus improvement projects. “We want to look to having the ability to pay for the T and taxis with convenience points,” he said. “You should be able to use your dining points at [Raising] Cane’s and Jamba Juice. We want to bring
administrators to the students on a consistent basis to talk in an open forum. We want to give folks money to do campus improvement projects.” Tynes said members of The BU Ignition will work well together because they share similar goals. “We bicker like an old married couple, but we have an identical image that is driving us forward with strength unmatched,” she said
in an email. “A functional dynamic is formed when diverse and unique people come together and use their differences as a tool to create a singular purpose.” The BU Ignition is set to run against two other slates, Can’t B Without U and Becoming United, for SG executive board for the 2013-14 academic year. Voting for the election opens April 22.
Author: People ‘fear speaking up’ hookUp: From Page 3
Ben Gagne-Maynard, a College of Arts and Sciences freshman, said it is important for partners to communicate in sexual situations. “I think it is possible for a boy and a girl to leave a hookup feeling satisfied if they are under a mutual understanding of the situation,” he said. “It can go very badly if one of the two feels used.” School of Management sophomore Rebecca Schwartz said she believes females tend to feel the need for a more emotional connection and are more inclined to be looking for a relationship. “Hooking up is something we need to get out of our system before we enter the real world,” Schwartz said. “But people should probably start looking for more serious rela-
tionships during their 20s.” College of Communication sophomore Shelley Ross said casual hookups seem to be more accepted among college students than among any other age group. “In high school, it was awkward when people casually hooked up because everyone always found out,” Ross said. “In college, people don’t find out as easily, and although it doesn’t necessarily make it okay, it is more accepted.” Ross said casual hookups are unacceptable when one of the parties involved is already committed to someone else. “I have a friend that was with someone, and her boyfriend hooked up with someone else,” Ross said. “He regrets the fact that he did this, but it still does not make it okay.”
Psych prof.: Underage drinking can foreshadow alcohol abuse drinking: From Page 3
Kantak said the later in life one starts drinking, the more likely he or she will be to be able to control alcohol intake. However, health risks are likely for heavy drinkers regardless of when they begin abusing alcohol. “It can cause potential brain damage … deteriorate cardiovascular health and contribute to heart disease,” she said. Kantak said many do not realize the true harmfulness of alcohol because it is a legal substance for anyone above the age of 21 in the U.S. “People are under the misconception that if it’s a prescription drug or a legal drug that it can’t be bad,” she said. She said despite the obvious risks, young adults still find reason to engage in this risky behavior. “The drug has rewarding or reinforcing effects — it makes you feel good, and that is the primary motivator to use the drug again,” Kantak said. Emily Pazur, a College of Arts and Sciences freshman, said while she has seen evidence of a drinking culture on BU’s campus, she thinks BU officials do a good job of keeping rampant underage drinking at bay. “There is a big alcohol culture,
especially on college campuses,” she said. “... [But] BU does a good job of kind of scaring people into not drinking so much. They always say they’re increasing security, whatever that means. I definitely think there’s a presence on campus that prevents a lot of things from happening.” Kevin Mannix, a College of Engineering sophomore, said drinking mishaps can be avoided if those involved have been properly educated about its risks. “Drinking is a controlled substance, so it can be enjoyed in the right way,” he said. “... You’d be hard pressed to find a student who hasn’t drank at least one time in his or her life, and I think that with the right education and the right mindset and responsibility for yourself and the people around you, you can drink in a safe manner.” He said students know about risks but may not heed them until at-risk drinking directly affects them or their friends. “You hear all these stories and you don’t think its going to happen to you or the people that you know and that’s kind of when people start to realize ... It takes an incident such as that for people to really understand,” he said. “It’s like walking by yourself at night.”
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ften referred to as “the Oscars of the food world,” the James Beard Awards celebrate professionals throughout the culinary arts. This year, three Boston-based chefs received nominations for the ‘Best Chef: Northeast’ award. Here’s the first of MUSE’s three-part series profiling the three chefs: Chef Barry Maiden got the idea while making biscuits for his Cambridge restaurant Hungry Mother. He had studied how Southern, Appalachian and Midwestern households made their biscuits fluffy yet sturdy, read countless recipes and designed his first batch — but he didn’t know how long to beat his biscuits. However, Chef Linton Hopkins, of the celebrated Atlanta restaurant Holeman and Finch, did. So Maiden sent Hopkins a text from his small restaurant’s kitchen: “How long do you beat your biscuits?” “Well,” Hopkins replied, “That’s sort of a personal question.” This style of rapport is not unusual between Maiden and his fellow chefs, he said. He and his friends from the New England Culinary Institute still keep in touch, years and countless reviews after graduation. And after five years together, he and his team members at Hungry Mother are not just colleagues, but friends. Maiden opened his Appalachianmeets-French restaurant in 2008 with his former team members from the French restaurant Sel de la Terre: John Kessen and husband-and-wife duo Alon and Rachel Miller Munzer. Hidden in the residential corner of Kendall Square in Cambridge (233 Cardinal Merdeiros Ave.), Hungry Mother has accumulated its fair share of critical acclaim since opening its doors. Maiden won one of Food and Wine’s Best New Chefs awards one year after the restaurant opened and Boston Magazine, The Washington Post and Boston.com have all featured Hungry Mother and Maiden at least once since its inception. This past year, Maiden was nominated for the James Beard Award for ‘Best Chef: Northeast’ in March — his first nomination for the award — alongside Flour’s Joanne Chang and Coppa’s Jamie Bissonnette.
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Maiden hardly expected a nomination this year. “I had sort of written it off, actually,” he said. “We do what we do here, and if we would be nominated it would be because of what we do. There’s no kissykissy sucking up to anybody.” Yet he did watch the live stream of the nominations with his family — and jumped for joy with his son when his name was called with the other four nominees. When I went to speak with Maiden at his restaurant two weeks after his James Beard nomination, I got a bit lost. Hungry Mother hides in residential Cambridge, discernable only by a small sign hanging from a corner door. Not sure how to enter during non-business hours, I peaked my head in the kitchen between a produce supplier’s dolly and a chef’s apron — and saw a dark bar room, tall bar stools, framed floral prints and a woman, sitting alone at the hostess’s desk, eating what appeared to be a big plate of ribs. “You just missed lunch!” she cried from her perch. “Honey-barbecue ribs, black-eyed peas, cornbread muffins — would you like some?” She made me a plate of peas and a latte and set up a space in the brightly lit dining room. Maiden was in his whites when he came to meet us, but his Appalachian background revealed itself gradually — in the occasionally molasses-drenched words he drawled, of course, but more obviously in his subtle humility. Maiden grew up in southwest Virginia with his mother. A picky eater, he began cooking with his grandmother recreationally, and then out of necessity at a Shoney’s (a Southern family restaurant chain) when he was fifteen. He then moved to the Martha Washington Inn, where he grew to love the culinary arts. “That was my first experience with fine dining,” Maiden recalled. “They’re cutting filet mignon and twice-baked potatoes and they’re making these pan sauces, like flambés, white wine, mushrooms, all these things, these moving parts — I was fascinated by it. But I was at the sink peelin’ shrimp.” He didn’t stay long, however. After watching his coworkers, learning how
Food Editor to cut a filet mignon and flambé with the rest, he moved to Nashville to cook with the renowned French chef Emile Labrousse at Magnolia’s in the neighboring Franklin, Tenn. Labrousse encouraged Maiden to apply to culinary school, and used his connections
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(following a kitchen trial he called “the most gut-wrenching thing I have ever done,”) Maiden moved to L’Espalier’s sister restaurant, Sel de la Terre, and met and worked with the friends he now works with at Hungry Mother.
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It’s blatant racism
Just after the second explosion, marathoners, onlookers and those who were injured but still mobile ran as fast as they could from the smoke. A 20-year-old student ran from the blast, his leg bloodied but still usable. An onlooker then tackled him to the ground, effectively conducting a citizen’s arrest amid the pandemonium. The vigilante told officials that the man looked suspicious. The reasoning he gave was that the man was running from the explosion and looked Middle Eastern. It is amazing and horrifying that police searched his home within hours of the attack with two K-9 units. Officials brought all of the “suspect’s” belongings in paper or evidence bags. Police even “questioned” his roommate. The New Yorker wrote in an article on Wednesday that the roommate eventually told authorities, “Let me go to school, dude,” and proceeded to break down. The only bit of evidence the police had that gave them the agency to ransack a man’s home and demand answers from another man was that the “suspect” was Saudi Arabian. This further perpetuates a culture of hatred toward people of Middle Eastern descent. Citizens of the U.S. cannot equate terrorism to Islam. Look at the Oklahoma City Bombings or the Atlanta Olympics. Even think about the Newtown Shooting. None of those events included a Muslim terrorist.
People must know that Muslim, Islamic and Middle Eastern is not always followed by the word “terrorist.” It appears as if authorities responded to a citizen’s accusations against another, but amid the chaos, were unable to evaluate such claims in favor of helping the countless injured elsewhere. So, as a precaution, the accused became a “person of interest.” It could be true that that the vigilante saw something suspicious, more than the solely student’s race. In a time of crisis it is by no means a bad idea to take precautions and point out potential suspects, but there was no rationale behind apprehending a Saudi Arabian because he was running … because everyone was. It was fear that moved this vigilante, and that fear is blatant Islamophobia. The innocent man’s name was even broadcast on Twitter before authorities came to any significant conclusions. It should never be that easy to demonize someone by falsely assigning such horrific blame. The words “custody” and “suspect” should not have been tossed around until concrete confirmation had warranted such powerful vocabulary. The public must understand that not all “terrorists” are from the same region or culture, and that not all people from one region or culture are “terrorists.” It could’ve been anyone.
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After the tragedy at the Boston Marathon, the hours of incessant video footage replaying on the news and all the alert texts, The Daily Free Press wanted to hear students’ personal thoughts and stories. Here’s what some of them said. INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS BY HEATHER GOLDIN
KANIKA LAL
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“Everyone really just came together. I know that there is going to be a walk from BC to BU. All the petty drama just goes away.” -COM senior
“I think a lot of people will learn to be more alert and will be in the right state of mind before they go out in public from now on.” -CGS freshman
“It’s definitely made Boton more aware about security issues, so they can be more prepared for the future.” -CGS sophomore EDDIE RODRIGUEZ
EXITMENT
Commiserating Loves Company DAVID FONTANA I’ve never quite understood the phrase, “misery loves company.” I’ve said it for years, relying on the idiom for poignancy and humor when need be, but I’m not sure if I’ve ever believed it. Does misery, true misery, really look for company? After tragedies such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and even our very own tragedy this last Monday, Patriot’s Day, April 15, 2013, you can feel the world huddle together: countries fall silent, communities light candles, people reach out to one another — “Where are you?” “What’s going on?” “Are you safe?” Something in our human nature really does love to commiserate. And it’s not just an American ideal, or a Western phenomenon. Humans across the globe are attached to other humans. For better or worse, we’re imbedded in the hearts of countless people. Maybe there’s a piece of that golden rule imbedded in all of us, too — if we were lost, in pain or confused, wouldn’t we want someone else to be worried about us? I met a man a few months ago named David France — we quickly bonded over our shared first name and initials. We got to talking and I have to say, I learned a pretty amazing life history. He told me a story about a boy who was kidnapped in France and held for ransom. The kidnappers got the money, but instead of returning the child, they smuggled him to the Americas where they left him on a beach, presumably to die. The boy, who only spoke French, was found by a man named David (we’re pretty great guys), and taken into his home. That boy was the first David France, named for the man who found him and the only language he spoke. He was the great ancestor of the man who told me the story — David France III. An incredible story, really. For most of us, a challenge like that would’ve been more than enough, but David’s still had his own story to tell. He came from humble means in Bermuda where he was raised by his mother. He remembered having to cook his own meals as a kid since his older siblings and mom worked. He was independent from a young age. And at that time he fell in love with the violin. Its music, its motion — it connected with him in a magical way. He told me about working hard to come to school in the U.S. and having to work even harder to stay here. He made it, but not without a few bumps in the road. He told me that after graduating from his conservatory he had been homeless for pretty long while too — a fact very few people knew about him. He re-
membered finally finding a place to sleep behind the Boston Aquarium. He remembered playing for money on the T platform so he could get a meal. He remembered the people he met and most importantly the ones that had helped him. It had taught him many things about life. And now he was starting the Roxbury Orchestra — he wanted to bring music to kids who wouldn’t usually get it, just like its magic had been brought to him. Homelessness, kidnappings, bombings — they are slow tragedies. Most of us, the lucky ones, we look at them as quick sparks, tragedies that appears in our personal worlds for only a moment. And for that moment, we come together, we reach out, we give money or food, we jump over fences and call for help. But even by the next day, or just moments later, we’re asked to move on, to find normalcy again. But what about those who can never find their normalcy again? For those who have to completely redefine their normalcy in ways they’d never imagined? Does their misery — do these “misérables” — love company? Or rather, does misery really want to run and hide, looking for that dark corner in the room — in our minds — where it can dissolve in agonizing silence? After a tragedy you can feel the world come together, but so often you hear families ask to grieve in privacy, you find friends who just sit there in a reserved paralysis and you go home — you lock your door, crawl into bed and just try to make it stop. Individuals want to be helpful, communities want to commiserate, countries want to find revenge and a place to put their collective anger, confusion and fear. But misery itself, doesn’t really seem to love company. It’s a nice idea: That fact that, as humans, we all try to relate and share in tragedy. Maybe that’s more the point. It’s what we do as humans in the face of these tragedies. It’s the people who rescue a scared boy on a foreign beach. It’s the people who introduce children to musical magic. It’s the people who call 911, who carry people to safety, who cry for all the people who can’t cry. Even if misery doesn’t love company, I think we all do. And that desire to commiserate in the face of misery, that’s what gets us through it all, time and time again. David Fontana is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at fontad5@bu.edu.
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Starting job competition allowed freshmen goalies to maintain focus Men’s hockey: From Page 8
O’Connor said while he prefers to start consistently, he did not notice a major difference between starting every game and alternating. “Sometimes, if you’re out of it, you get a bit more jitters, but I find I play better with that,” O’Connor said. “So I don’t really think it’s necessarily too much of a difference.” Geragosian said because both goalies needed some technical work when they arrived at BU (21-16-2, 15-10-2 Hockey East), having them compete was better for both than just handing the starting job to one. O’Connor was able to work on being more compact, using his 6-foot-5 frame to his advantage rather than opening up holes for shooters. Maguire could focus on positioning and closing down the five-hole, where he allowed some rebound goals early in the year. However, there are downsides to only playing one night a week. “The cons are that some of these goaltenders need game development,” Geragosian said. “Playing lots of games, you learn by your mistakes, so we tried to compensate by creating those game situations in practice.” This year, both Maguire and O’Connor bore the title of “freshman goalie,” but they came to BU at different points in their lives. O’Connor, a rare-for-BU 20-year-old rookie, played his last two seasons in Youngstown, Ohio, for the
USHL Youngstown Phantoms, far from his home in Toronto. Meanwhile, Maguire, a year younger, had stayed close to his home in Powell River, British Columbia, a town of about 19,000 people 108 miles northwest of Vancouver. His junior experience came with the Powell River Kings of the BCHL. Geragosian said it took Maguire longer to adjust to playing on a bigger stage, which may have contributed to his slower start. “Sean was a little overwhelmed with the city,” Geragosian said. “He came from a very small town in British Columbia, and I think coming into Boston was just a big, big, big enlightening for him ... All of a sudden, you’ve got 15,000 people watching your games. Wow, you know?” Both O’Connor and Maguire said competing for a potential starting job helped them stay focused on improving. “When we’re playing little games in practice, I obviously always want to win,” Maguire said. “It just gives me that little extra edge. I’m a really competitive guy and I think he is too, so it really just is two positives, us both working against each other and for each other.” “Maguire pushes me a lot in conditioning, in the gym,” O’Connor said. “He really battles hard, so it’s nice to have that extra push.” Although both would be starters in their ide-
al worlds, both say there is nothing but friendly competition between them. “There really isn’t any animosity or any kind of confrontational tension or anything,” O’Connor said. “We’re really nice to each other. I don’t think we’ve ever even given each other a hard time. So we’re pretty classy about it. “Off the ice, he’s a hilarious guy and we get along really well. I think we’ve got a really good relationship that lends itself to us being competitive, but definitely in all the positive ways.” “We’re good friends,” Maguire said. “Everyone in the locker room is really good friends. We have a tight-knit group, especially our freshman class.” After O’Connor’s season ended, Maguire’s focus was apparent in more ways than one. During warm ups and national anthems in March, even when he was not facing shots, he was visualizing them, going through the physical motions of stopping pucks as the rest of his teammates stood still. “If we’re winning, I’m just going to do the same thing, no matter what it is,” Maguire said. “I don’t care what it is, no matter how dumb it looks or anything. The visualization part is absolutely huge for any position in the game. I think it puts you in positions during the game that you feel like you’ve been there already.
“It’s just practice, just routine, so that’s how I like to be. Prepared.” Whatever the routine, it worked. In four playoff games, Maguire posted a .950 save percentage. He was the biggest reason BU survived a period and a half of being dominated by Boston College and came back to win in the semifinals, and he kept the Terriers in a 0-0 tie with Lowell (28-11-2, 16-9-2 Hockey East) for 51 minutes in the finals. “We weren’t dominating these games at all,” Geragosian said of the postseason. “[Maguire’s play was] a big input in why we went to the finals.” Despite the poise Maguire showed in March, O’Connor will almost surely have the chance to reestablish himself next season. Although there is no guarantee that new coach David Quinn will maintain the rotation, O’Connor and Maguire said they expect to begin next year splitting time. “When I met Quinn, he made a comment — he said, ‘I don’t think goaltending’s our issue,’” O’Connor said. “So I think it’s pretty even right now between me and Maguire, just like it was coming in.” Maguire was even more emphatic. “We both have to play,” he said. “Realistically, neither one of us is going to sit a whole year, ever, unless we get hurt.”
Mogavero’s offense not enough for win Lacrosse: From Page 8
half, but Mogavero scored the final goal of the first half to bring the deficit down to two as the teams entered halftime. The Wildcats extended their lead to four in the opening minutes of the second half, scoring two goals to give UNH a 9-5 advantage with 25 minutes remaining in the half. Etrasco scored another goal to cut the deficit down to three, but UNH scored just a few minutes later to regain its four-goal advantage. After both teams notched goals to bring the score to 11-7 with seven minutes remaining, BU made a huge comeback, outscoring the Wildcats by a 5-2 margin over the final minutes of the contest. But it could not get that final goal to tie the game, and fell by a score of 13-12. Despite the loss, Robertshaw praised her team’s play in the final minutes of the game. “That was the kind of play that we would have wanted from the team the entire game, but we got it in the last seven minutes,” Robertshaw said. “To be honest, if we played like that for 60 minutes, or at least more than seven, I think that you would have seen a different outcome.” Mogavero and Etrasco were the main catalysts for the Terrier offense during the game, as both combined for 10 points. Mogavero led BU with four goals. “Kristen Mogavero was a great spark coming in on the field,” Robertshaw said. “She came in, she got the ball on her stick, and she
put it away. That’s her job and she did it very well today.” Junior goalkeeper Christina Sheridan had another solid game, recording five saves and holding the Wildcats from scoring on their two free-position attempts, but ultimately took the loss in the game. After two straight games in which the Terriers scored at least 20 goals, the Terrier offense struggled for most of Wednesday’s contest, only mustering seven goals during the first 53 minutes of play. “We lacked a lot of offensive firepower that we’ve been working on pretty hard for the past couple of games,” Robertshaw said. “We needed to take more chances on cage and we didn’t have it. “There was a lack of discipline on attack and people were very careless with the ball. “There was a little bit of casualness to our attack and we were not executing plays, and those kinds of things really hurt you.” While Robertshaw found some positives to take away from this game, such as the team’s defense, ultimately it was the Terriers’ inability to score that remained on her mind after the game. “I was pleased with the defense,” Robertshaw said. “They held [UNH] to ten goals until we pulled Christina out of the cage … There were some things that I was happy about, but I think overall I’m just really disappointed that we’ve come off two games in which we scored 20 and 21 goals, and then we couldn’t get more than seven goals in 53 minutes of play.”
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Senior midfielder Kristen Mogavero scored 4 goals to lead the Terriers’ offense in its comeback attempt vs. the WIldcats, but BU fell short 13-12.
Silfin: College sports fans should appreciate beauty of sports more than winning Silfin: From Page 8
was as impressive as the next because no player was any more of a superstar than another. So much of the focus in sports is on individual accomplishments and achievements. If the Mets win, but Daniel Murphy doesn’t get a hit, fans and broadcasters will still mention his rally-killing groundout with the bases loaded. After all, it’s Murphy’s job to drive in those runners, and if he doesn’t produce, the Mets aren’t required to keep him on the team. If Vanderbilt wins a baseball game and
Mike Yastrzemski doesn’t get a hit, people are still bound to say he didn’t do his “job.” But is it really Yastrzemski’s job to produce for the Commodores? College players have made a commitment to their school and team, but as students they have other commitments that could come before their sport. So if college athletes are playing the sport for fun, why shouldn’t the fans be watching for fun? The players are playing at least partly for their love of the game, so it only makes sense for fans to be watching for their own love of the game. Individual awards for MVPs and top
rookies lead people to look at individual statistics and results. ESPN covers the Heisman Trophy ceremony more than it covers the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The focus is no longer on which teams are playing well — it’s on which players are the best. The coverage and discussion isn’t about the sport as a whole, and it makes appreciating the entire game more challenging. People always say the best part of the Little League World Series is that it’s baseball in its purest form. Somewhere, that purity and simple love for the game gets lost on the way to Major League Baseball, but college shouldn’t suffer the same fate.
College sports should be just as fun as Little League, where nobody cares about numbers at all. Maybe if fans at my friend’s school were watching games to see entertaining basketball all season, then the players wouldn’t feel the need to hide from the rest of the school community. It would be easier for players to see the great work done by their respective teams if so much of the focus wasn’t on who made and missed specific free throws. Who doesn’t think games are better than numbers? Enjoy the sport first, then the statistics (if you must).
Terriers look to take advantage of struggling Boston College pitching staff Softball: From Page 8
riers came away with a slim 3-1 victory over the Eagles. Sophomore center fielder Mandy Fernandez hit a two-run home run in the victory. Tuthill went the distance that day, only allowing one run in seven innings of work. “We played them twice in the fall. It’s
an inter-city rival thing,” Gleason said. “We just enjoy playing. No game is more important than the other, but it’s always fun to go over there and play.” Since the loss, the Eagles are struggling mightily, losing eight of nine games, most recently at the hands of Virginia Tech University in mercy-rule fashion. Much of the problem for the Eagles this
season is pitching. As a team, their ERA is a struggling 6.60. Their number one pitcher, sophomore Chelsea Dimon, has an ERA of 6.19 despite being responsible for eight of her team’s 10 wins. Although pitching has not been effective for the Eagles, their offense has been one of the reasons for the team’s victories. They are led by outfielder Tony Speer.
Speer has compiled terrific stats this season, hitting .347, mashing nine homers and collecting 25 RBIs. The Terriers finally hit their stride during the four-game win streak. The only thing that stands in the way of a fifth win in a row is a familiar rival.
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By Conor Ryan Daily Free Press Staff
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I don’t usually talk to my friends about college sports, so I was thrilled when one of them brought up her school’s basketball team. She explained how she watched and enjoyed Iona College’s performance in its firstround game of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The team lost, but she was drawn in by the excitement of the tournament and the fact that such familiar faces were actually part of such an event. She was thrilled with the game. The lead changes and momentum swings kept her watching, when she could have easily found something more traditionally appealing. But when she saw all the basketball players hiding in hoodies and avoiding the crowds of the dining hall the next day after the loss, she was confused. It’s incredibly difficult to make it to March Madness. These players should have been proud of what they accomplished. A team from a small New York college played an exciting game against a stalwart Ohio State University. Yet this team acted more like a group that just went winless for the entire season. It’s easy to tell the players they should be proud, and this would be an appropriate response. But sports fans today make it hard for players to enjoy anything less than winning a championship. Fans understandably approach professional sports with an allor-nothing attitude, while adults participating in these sports are doing so to make a living. However, college athletes are playing for their own enjoyment, with no monetary benefits outside of scholarships. The first college sporting event I attended was a Fordham University baseball game. I had only heard of one player on either team, so I was really just at the game to enjoy the baseball. Instead of getting caught up in a player’s at-bats, the way I would if I was watching David Wright or Ike Davis at a Mets game, I gave each at-bat an equal amount of attention. Each strikeout and RBI
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Terrier freshman goaltender Sean Maguire impressed in his rookie campaign with BU. By Annie Maroon Daily Free Press Staff
For all but the luckiest hockey teams, goaltending is often a question. The Boston University men’s team found an unconventional answer this year, using freshmen Sean Maguire and Matt O’Connor as complementary pieces in net for most of the season. While resolution in the form of a clear No. 1 goalie never came, both were good enough that rotating them was logical. BU goaltending coach Mike Geragosian said he thinks the competition was also the best way for both to develop, each pushing the other to stay sharp. “I don’t think it’s a [Kieran] Millan-[Grant] Rollheiser roommate situation,” Geragosian said. “I think there’s mutual respect for each other, but there’s also mutual compete, that, ‘Hey, if you don’t play well, I’m going to play well.’ “And that’s what’s great about these two. They’re only going to get
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including four in the postseason, to bring his overall save percentage up to .926 on the year. Those numbers are not everything — Maguire’s late run was the product of improvements he made all year, and it would have been tough to maintain the success O’Connor had early over an entire year, regardless of how often he played. But they do illustrate the balancing act involved in developing two successful goalies. Usually, when goalies compete, one separates himself before long, as happened at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell this year. Freshman Connor Hellebuyck and sophomore Doug Carr split time in the middle of the season, but Hellebuyck soon won the starting job for good. However, as BU coach Jack Parker was quick to point out before the season, sharing the job did not hurt Jim Craig and Brian Durocher on BU’s 1978 national championship team.
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Softball team prepares for rival BC after emotional victory By Andrew Battifarano Daily Free Press Staff
In the wake of tragedy that shook millions across the globe, the Boston University softball team experienced an emotional victory against Bryant University Tuesday. With this win in hand, the team will travel to take on Boston College Thursday. Although the Boston Marathon attack was fresh in everyone’s mind, the Terriers (15-20-1, 5-4 America East), wearing blue and yellow ribbons to honor the victims of the marathon, persevered and came away with the victory. “It was tough to start the game,” said BU coach Kathryn Gleason. “They wanted to play, they wanted to be together. They just battled back and they just never think they’re out of a game.” With the 8-6 win over Bry-
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better because of that drive, versus, ‘Oh, I’m happy not playing.’” Maguire eventually played 21 games to O’Connor’s 19 because O’Connor was out for the season after being hospitalized in early March with a collapsed lung. O’Connor made 10 of BU’s first 15 starts as Maguire worked out some early kinks, but they split time from January through the end of February. By the numbers, each played better when starting every game, or at least the majority of the games. Between Oct. 26 and Dec. 6, when O’Connor started all but three of BU’s 12 games, he had a .924 save percentage, compared to .910 on the year. The change was even more extreme in Maguire’s case. When O’Connor was scratched from his scheduled start on March 2, Maguire started consecutive games for only the second time all year. He then started the next six, putting up a .957 save percentage in those eight games,
Despite a spirited comeback that brought the Boston University women’s lacrosse team within one goal with eight seconds left, the Terriers ultimately could not seal the deal and fell to the University of New Hampshire by a score of 13-12 Wednesday afternoon in Durham, N.H. The loss snapped the Terriers’ (5-7, 2-3 America East) two-game winning streak, their longest streak of the season. “It was disappointing, but a little bit more frustrating from a coaching perspective,” said BU coach Liz Robertshaw. “We saw some great fight from the team in the last seven minutes … which I think should give a lot of confidence to the team over the things we work on at practice. “But we dug ourselves a hole. Losing multiple chances on attack by not backing up the cage and not getting second-chance opportunities will hurt you against a team like UNH that has some strong attackers.” The Wildcats (5-9, 2-3 AE) opened the game with a three-goal run over the first seven minutes of play, but the Terriers answered back with a three-goal run of their own with scores by junior midfielder Sydney Godett, senior attack Kristen Mogavero and junior attack Elizabeth Morse to tie the game at three with 18 minutes remaining in the first half. Five minutes later, UNH freshman Nicole Grote scored to give the Wildcats a 4-3 lead, but senior attack Danielle Etrasco responded with a goal of her own to tie the game at four with 7:43 left in the half. UNH went on another three-goal stretch over the final minutes of the
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ant (14-19), BU won its fourth straight contest, and looked much improved over the past week. In Tuesday’s affair, the Terriers trailed by one run in the sixth inning, but rallied to win the game by two runs. Junior third baseman Megan Volpano was clutch for the Terriers, as she smacked the game-winning two-run double. The offense has drastically improved since the early stages of the season, now holding a .260 average as a team. Not only has junior center fielder Jayme Mask been a key contributor, but junior catcher Amy Ekart has been crucial to the newly found success as well. She has four homers, 19 RBIs and has also put up an impressive .500 slugging percentage. “We’ve really worked on our base runners and taking extra bases,” Gleason said. “And people
are just stepping up. They’re just playing. The runs keep coming in. They just keep hitting line drives. Hitting is contagious.” Not only is the offense changing for the better, but the pitching is gaining stability as well. Senior pitcher Whitney Tuthill has been strong all year, winning 11 games for the Terriers, with the last victory coming against Bryant. Tuthill has a team-best 2.45 ERA, along with 102 strikeouts and a .245 opponents’ average. Tuthill is also pitching strong out of the bullpen, earning two saves against UMBC (8-32 1-11 America East) and a win in relief against the Bryant Bulldogs. While Tuthill has been a force in the circle all season, the back end of the rotation is struggling to gain consistency. However, freshman pitcher Lauren Hynes has been picking up the slack, pro-
viding a huge boost to the Terrier pitching staff. Over the past weekend, Hynes picked up two victories against the Retrievers, allowing only one run over her starts. Tuesday, Hynes got the start again, and pitched well. She went 5.1 innings, allowed two runs and struck out four in a no decision. Hynes also improved her ERA, which was well over five at one point, to 4.68. “I’m very proud of Lauren Hynes,” Gleason said. “She had to become a key member of the pitching staff and she’s embraced it. Like every freshman she’ll have her ups and downs.” While the Terriers are playing well, they have a familiar foe in store Thursday in BC (10-27). In an April 4 contest, the Ter-
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