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Crowd swarms Common after suspect subdued Enemy combatant

status considered for Boston bomber By Kyle Plantz Daily Free Press Staff

merlan Tsarnaev engaged police in a violent firefight with guns and explosives in Watertown. Tamerlan died Friday morning as a result of the shootout, and a manhunt ensued Friday for his brother. While the throngs rallied in the Common, others consoled one another at a memorial at the corner of Boylston Street and Berkeley Street. The memorial had a more quiet tone as people placed flowers and notes to honor the victims.

With the suspect of the Boston Marathon bombings in custody, some members of Congress are seeking to give the suspect limited civil liberties when he is tried. U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham of North Carolina, John McCain of Arizona and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, as well as U.S. Rep. Peter King of New York, asked U.S. President Barack Obama Sunday to consider Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant, meaning he would not be read his Miranda rights or appointment of counsel. “The accused perpetrators of these acts were not common criminals attempting to profit from a criminal enterprise, but terrorists trying to injure, maim and kill innocent Americans. The suspect, based upon his actions, clearly is a good candidate for enemy combatant status. We do not want this suspect to remain silent,” stated the politicians advocating the proposal in a press release Sunday. Tsarnaev was taken into custody Friday night after avoiding the police for nearly 24 hours. Dzhokhar’s older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was also a suspect for the bombings and was killed early Friday morning after the brothers stole a car and led officers

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A crowd of more than 1,000 people,

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A couple kneels at a makeshift memorial honoring victims of Monday’s bombing at the corner of Boylston Street and Berkeley Street. By Chris Lisinski Daily Free Press Staff

many of them students of Boston-area colleges, marched to the Boston Common Friday night in a demonstration of pride after law enforcement officials subdued both suspects in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing. Dozens of people filled the Parkman Bandstand and hung American flags and banners reading “Believe in Boston.” Applause and cheers roared through the park

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ABOVE AND TOP LEFT: Boston residents ﬂock to the Boston Common to celebrate after Suspect #2 was taken into custody on April 19. Chants of “U.S.A.,” “Boston,” “BPD” and a chorus of “Sweet Caroline” rang out as students and residents crammed the Common.

in celebration of an end to a chaotic chapter in the Marathon bombings. “There’s this feeling of collective joy and happiness,” said Kelley Gordon, a Massachusetts College of Art and Design student. “Everybody is smiling and happy and proud of who they are and where they’re coming from. I’ve never felt this kind of community.” Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was taken into custody Friday night and was hospitalized in serious condition after a nearly 24-hour span in which he and his older brother Ta-

After long week, elusive bombing BU student killed at Marathon suspect 2 arrested in Watertown remembered as studious, kind By Kyle Plantz Daily Free Press Staff

After dodging multiple law enforcement agencies for almost 24 hours, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — the suspect authorities believe was involved in the Boston Marathon bombings — was arrested Friday in Watertown and later brought to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he is in critical condition. “We are so grateful to bring justice and closure to this case,” said Massachusetts State Police Col. Timothy Alben in a news conference Friday night. “We have a suspect in custody.” Tsarnaev, who was labeled as the second suspect in the investigation, was hiding in a boat parked in the backyard of a Watertown home. The boat owner ventured outside after the shelter-in-place order was lifted and noticed blood by his boat. He then lifted the tarp on his boat and saw Tsarnaev bleeding. He immediately ran inside and called the Watertown police, said Boston Police Department Commissioner Ed Davis. Dzhokhar’s injuries included a bullet wound in his neck. Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said he was unsure if the suspect’s health complications would permit him to speak, in an interview on ABC’s This Week on Sunday. “We don’t know if we’ll ever be able to question the individual,” Menino said. The first suspect, Dzhokhar’s older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed early Friday morning and taken into custody after a shootout and chase in Watertown. Davis said the police and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev exchanged gunfire as law enforcement officials pinned him down. Authorities used “flashbang” stun grenades to disorient and distract Tsarnaev, and negotiators tried to get Tsarnaev to submit to police on his own terms. With Dzhokhar in custody and his brother Tamerlan deceased, four causalities and more

than 170 injuries have been reported from their actions. Three people died at the Marathon bombings Monday and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer, Sean Collier, was killed Thursday night. “The citizens of the city of Boston and this area can be calmed that the threat has been removed,” Davis said. Menino said at a news conference Friday that he was thankful for the law enforcement’s hard work in the investigation. “Thank you, thank you, thank you to the law enforcement officials for working together,” he said. “But today, my Boston police working together with the state police, we have a conclusion that will satisfy you.” After suspect two was taken into custody Friday, a number of Bostonians flooded the streets to celebrate and thank law enforcement officials. Fenway Park officials took time at Friday’s game, the Red Sox’ first since the bombings, to honor those lost during and those affected by Monday’s bombings. Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick, Davis and Marathon volunteers and victims were honored individually before the game began. Sunday, Boston Bruins hockey players gifted their jerseys to law enforcement officials and first responders. Patrick said the public’s assistance in the case was critical to the capture of Tsarnaev. “I want to also thank all the members of the public for their patience … in helping us narrow in on these suspects,” he said in a news conference Friday. “It’s a night where I think we are all going to rest easy.” U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the nation Friday and said many questions still remain unanswered in the investigation. “We’ve closed an important chapter in this tragedy. Obviously tonight there are still many unanswered questions,” he said. “We will determine what happened and investigate any associations these people might have had.”

By Margaret Waterman Daily Free Press Staff

Warm, friendly and dedicated to her studies, Lingzi Lu, a first-year Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student, will be missed by her fellow students, said Boston University Statistics Program Director Eric Kolaczyk. “She was very sweet,” he said. “She was bubbly. She had an ability to smile and look serious at the same time that I found intriguing.” Lu died in the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday. Kolaczyk said he and his colleagues were devastated to have lost such a promising student in a senseless manner. “She was very serious about her studies,” he said. “She had a large group of friends around her as well. She was both very much into her studies in statistics … [and] she was also taking a course in piano because she wanted to further her piano skills — she really had a very rich personality.” Lu, who was originally from China, received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Beijing Institute of Technology before moving to the U.S. to pursue her master’s degree in statistics, Kolaczyk said. While she may have struggled at first with the language barrier, she adapted well over the course of her first year at BU. “My impression was that it was challenging at first, and that’s not atypical at all,” he said. “It’s difficult to go from speaking primarily your home language … and then suddenly go to another country … She found it challenging but she still did well and she was moving with an even bigger head of steam into the spring semester.” Lu’s parents said in a public written statement that she greatly enjoyed her time in the U.S. “It has always been her dream to come to America to study,” the statement read. “While

she was here, she fell in love with Boston and its people. She loved her new friends and her professors at Boston University. She wanted to play a role in international business, specializing in applied mathematics.” Lu was the joy of her parents’ lives and a positive role model for those around her, according to the statement. “We were thrilled to watch her grow into an intelligent and beautiful young woman. She was a positive role model for many others,” Lu’s parents wrote. “… We hope that everyone who knew Lingzi, and experienced the positive spirit and joy she had will help carry on her spirit.” Members of the BU community have rallied to support Lu’s family and friends. Members of the BU Board of Trustees have made a combined contribution of $560,000 as of Thursday evening in Lu’s name to the Lu Lingzi Scholarship Fund, which was established after her death, according to The Campaign for BU website Additionally, students gathered at Marsh Plaza to commemorate Lu’s passing, writing notes on a banner to be given to Lu’s family. College of Communication sophomore Xi Jin, BU Chinese Students and Scholars’ director of communication, said BUCSS set up the tribute to honor Lu and to support her parents. “From the start when we knew she was missing, we’ve been helping her roommates and the Chinese Consulate and her family to look for her,” Jin said. “… We really appreciate everybody caring about her. We hope that BU can stay united and stay strong and get through this sad period.” BU officials will host a memorial to honor Lu Monday night at 7 p.m. in Metcalf Hall, said BU President Robert Brown in an email to the community Sunday. Rachel Riley contributed to the reporting of this article.

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ACLU Exec Dir.: Public safety exception ‘not open-ended’ CoMbatant: From Page 1

in a chase into Watertown, where there was a violent exchange of gunfire and explosives. American citizens who take up arms against the United States or collaborate with enemies of the country have been held as enemy combatants, according to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld. “There is no bar to this Nation’s holding one of its own citizens as enemy combatant,” the

decision stated. When a citizen of the U.S. is arrested, they are read their Miranda rights, which grant them the right to remain silent, and anything they say can be used against them in court and they have the right to consult with an attorney. “A decision to not read Miranda rights to the suspect was sound and in our national security interests,” stated the release. “However, we have concerns that limit this investigation to 48 hours, and exclusively relying on the pub-

lic safety exception to Miranda, could very well be a national security mistake. It could severely limit our ability to gather critical information about future attacks from this suspect.” The public safety exception is a domestic criminal doctrine that allows questioning of a suspect without a reading of their Miranda rights for a limited time and purpose, according to the release. “We hope the Obama Administration will consider the enemy combatant option because it is

allowed by national security statutes and U.S. Supreme Court decisions,” stated the members in the release. Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a release Saturday that every criminal defendant is entitled to be read Miranda rights. “The public safety exception should be read narrowly,” he said. “It applies only when there is a continued threat to public safety and is not an open-ended excep-

tion to the Miranda rule.” Romero said the government should not forget the justice system of America, no matter what the crime is. “Every criminal defendant has a right to be brought before a judge and to have access to counsel,” he said. “We must not waiver from our tried and true justice system, even in the most difficult of times. Denial of rights is unAmerican and will only make it harder to obtain fair convictions.”

Emerson student: Rally ‘epitome of American spirit’ rally: From Page 1

The crowd in the Common, after chanting “we got him” and referring to Boston as “the greatest city in the world,” observed a moment of silence for the victims of the bombings and the violent clashes with the suspects. More than 1,000 people surrounded the Bandstand, cheering and embracing each other in joy. A chorus of Fenway Park favorite “Sweet Caroline” broke out among the crowd. Hundreds of Boston University students clad in Boston-themed clothing walked down Commonwealth Avenue from Kenmore Square to the Common, chanting, “We love Boston” and “U.S.A.” along the way. “This is the craziest experience I’ve ever been a part of,” said Krysia St. Cry, a School of Hospitality Administration junior. “It started out with my friend and about 12 people, and now it’s as if

half of the campus is out celebrating right now.” As the crowd marched, residents leaned out of windows, joining in cheers and embracing in celebration. At the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Clarendon Street — near the finish line where Monday’s explosions occurred — the crowd stopped to cheer for the Boston Police Department officers stationed at the crime scene, chanting “BPD.” Just outside the Public Garden on the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Arlington Street, the crowd erupted in applause and cheers for the BPD officers outside the park. Gordon said there has been overwhelming support for law enforcement officers in the wake of the attacks. “They [police officers] were so composed the entire time,” she said. “… They dealt with the safety of everybody in the city in

a great way, and they deserve the praise.” Emerson College student Will Rosenthal, who wore an American flag around his shoulders, said the patriotic spirit of the crowd amazed him. “It’s the epitome of the American spirit,” he said. “Everyone is out at the same time experiencing the same thing, and it’s all about democracy, freedom and what it means to be American.” The second suspect was taken into custody at about 8:40 p.m. By 9:30 p.m., small crowds took to the streets in celebration, and by 10 p.m., the crowds grew and began to move toward the Common. As of 11:45 p.m., the Common was still filled with people. “I’ve had it on my bucket list to be in a mob for a good cause,” St. Cry said. “… I feel like a part of a community and am so excited, celebratory and proud to be a Bostonian.”

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Campus & City Column TheWandering Mind The Cult Mentality

When I was 18, I joined a cult and didn’t realize it. Alongside Catholic priests and parishioners, I helped organize and run a woodland weekend for high school students centered around bible teaching. It was always such a fun time — guitars, Frisbees, new friends. At the climax of the weekend, students would crack under guilt, shame and feel- FRANK ings of inadequa- MARASCO cy that manifested through a long sequence of enclosed prayer and confession while passionate Christian rock jammed in the background. Teens, convinced that safe sex had left them in “sin” were emotionally broken. Many were literally brought to tears. However, once they weathered this storm, they’d feel an unbridled high. They’d be overjoyed that they had been “saved.” A euphoric atmosphere would sweep the grounds. We’d ride the bus home, chanting and singing. It seems so backwards. What were we cheering for? It was a false victory. We only felt the need to rejoice because we’d been manipulated to believe in some made-up vaccine. I felt this same eerie backwardness as hordes of college students paraded around Boston, partying after the death of one suspect and the arrest of another had ended the marathon-bombing saga. We were emotionally broken, so conditioned to failures of society — bombings, shootings and death — so as to think that the ugly end of a bloody mess warranted celebrating. We partied, this apparent blood lust poisoning our minds. “We got that bastard,” people shouted in the streets, taking pleasure in the ordeal. People exclaimed how it was one of the “most amazing experiences of their entire life.” Why? Because murder suspects were tracked down after killing a police officer? Then, both were shot and one died. That’s nothing to celebrate. That’s just the sad end of a sad story. The pair in question murdered and injured our fellow human beings, but death and arrest is never something to celebrate. To celebrate that is to celebrate a fundamental failure of society. You’re celebrating two lives wasted on evil and the ugly necessity that must ensue to stop them — justice. We need justice for societal order, but it’s not something to be celebrated. Justice ends a negative, but it’s not a positive. Are we going to march down to the state prison and celebrate as murderers on death row are lethally injected? They were threats to society. Police took them off the street. They received justice. But you would never celebrate that. Would you? My high school peers were made to believe that sex with their significant others and beer pong were things to feel guilty about. When given a fake remedy for their contrived wickedness, they rejoiced in it. In that same way, a pair of terrorists spent several days breaking us down emotionally until we had been brainwashed to believe that death and arrest were worth celebrating. We joined a cult without even realizing it. Frank Marasco is a senior in the College of Communication. He can be reached at fcm820@bu.edu.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Social media keeps Hub updated during manhunt By Steven Dufour Daily Free Press Staff

As details developed in the manhunt for the marathon bombing suspects last week, social media played a significant role in providing quick, albeit not always accurate, updates. Steve MacDonald, spokesman for the Boston Fire Department and manager of its twitter account, said sites such as Twitter and Facebook were very important in keeping the public informed. “Social media plays a vital role, and it gets more important in times of tragedy,” he said. “What’s good about social media was that, over the past few days, it was getting out important, official information to the public. Where people would always turn on the TV to find out what’s going on, they now just find out this way, and it’s a very useful tool.” Lindsay Crudele, professional media director for Boston’s social media, said when Twitter promoted the hashtag #OneBoston — normally a $200,000 charge — for free, social media’s importance multiplied, but it was only useful because what the city posted was always true. “Twitter’s campaign was a very, very powerful tool,” she said. “Those tweets were elevated by Twitter to reach hundreds of times more people … [but]

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Social media played an important role in helping to connect family members and spread news after the Boston Marathon Monday bombing.

we never had any retractions. We were just a constant reliable stream of information.” Even though people received information online very quickly during the week, often through retweeting and reposting official outlets, officials warned against reporting on information obtained through police scanners during the capture of the second suspect Friday. All official scanner sites were shut down Friday evening, but a few people who owned their

own scanners continued to broadcast over the internet to tens of thousands of listeners, several of whom still posted what they heard online. While the Internet is extremely useful, MacDonald said posting that kind of information crosses a line between what is helpful for the public and what is problematic for law enforcement. “You would hope the public would just have some common sense to give a full-on description

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Profs. find freshmen unprepared, study suggests By Heather Martin Daily Free Press Staff

Freshmen entering schools such as Boston University may not be as prepared for college as their high school teachers believe, according to a new study by ACT officials. The study’s results indicate a discrepancy between the opinions of college professors and high school teachers regarding students’ preparedness to take college courses, said ACT Director of Public Relations Edward Colby. “The overall survey is designed to get a sense for what is being taught,” Colby said. “... We’re still looking at all the detailed findings regarding the curriculum and skills, but what we released this week was a report that looked at some attitudes and

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some other areas that we discovered as we were looking through the data.” Colby said ACT officials conduct the National Curriculum Survey every three to five years and distribute it to teachers at all levels. The current installation was released Wednesday. “We survey teachers at the elementary, middle school and high school levels, as well as instructors of first-year college courses all across the country,” he said. Eighty-nine percent of high school teachers believe their students “are ‘well’ or ‘very well’ prepared for college-level work in their subject area,” while only 26 percent of college instructors agree, according to the survey. Colby said almost 10,000 teachers responded to the survey, which asked what skills teachers believe are the most important

for students in their respective subject areas and what skills they actually teach. Post-secondary instructors were surveyed about which skills they believe are most crucial to success in first-year college courses. BU writing professor Jura Avizienis, who teaches freshmen in Writing 100 and Writing 150 classes, said members of the Class of 2017 have been well prepared in structuring arguments. “I get the impression that a model for writing gets dropped into their heads [before college] and it’s very hard for them to get out of that,” she said. “They’re really good with all the technical parts of a paper. They know how to structure an argument.” However, Avizienis said students lacked skills in other areas

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In light of the Boston Marathon bombings, Tuesday the Internal Revenue Service announced a three-month tax filing and payment extension to taxpayers in Boston and others affected by the explosions. “In the wake of the tragedy, there are a lot of things that people need to be worried about that come before filing your tax returns, so we thought giving them some extra time to get that done should help people out a little bit,” said Peggy Riley, a spokeswoman from the IRS. The deadline for filing taxes is historically April 15, but the deadline in Massachusetts was April 16 because Patriot’s Day fell on the original deadline. The new deadline for those affected by the bombings is July 15, according to a press release from the IRS Tuesday. Riley said people who live in Suffolk County and the Boston area are automatically granted this extension and only have to file by the new deadline. Residents living outside of the Boston area can still receive an extension if they prove they were affected by the bombings, she said. “People on the outlying areas that are outside of that area have to call a special phone number … and let us know that they were affected so they won’t get penalized for filing late,” she said. Riley said the people from outoutside of Boston should identify themselves and detail in their call how they were impacted by the bombings. Those outside of Suffolk County can request an extension from the IRS starting April 23, according to the release. “Our hearts go out to the people affected by this tragic event,” said Steven Miller, acting commissioner for the IRS in the release. “We want victims and others affected by this terrible tragedy to have the time they need to finish their individual tax returns.” Eligible taxpayers who need more time to file their returns may

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BU students, alumni come together to support bombing victims By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff

In the wake of tragedy at the Boston Marathon, Boston University students and alumni are organizing various community service projects, including a 5K race, fundraisers and other services, to help those in need as the city recovers. The Towers Residence Hall Association is sponsoring a 5K race set for Monday at 2:50 p.m. on the Esplanade — exactly one week after the bombing — called #RunForBoston, said Towers Floor Representative Samantha Maloney. “It will help students to be able to be around each other, to be together to cope with what is going on and to celebrate the fact that we are still here and we can keep moving on,” Maloney, a College

of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said. Maloney said while the race is free of charge, there will be a donation table to support The One Fund, which was set up by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick to assist those affected by the bombings at the finish line of the Marathon’s 117th installment. “We just want to give everyone the opportunity to come together and to try to help in any way that we can,” Maloney said. Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences sophomore Catherine Cattley delivered boxes of cosmetics to women who were victims of the marathon bombings at Boston Medical Center Thursday through an organization called Little Luxuries.

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The #BUnited hashtag is one of BU’s efforts to unite the campus after the Boston Marathon bombing Monday.

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#BUnited spreading across diﬀerent social media platforms Charities: From Page 3

Cattley, who is Little Luxuries’ director of hospital relations, said the organization’s purpose is to bring cosmetics and skincare products to ill and injured patients. “We wanted to make sure that, no matter what happens to these women, they know that they are still beautiful and that the city is still supporting them,” Cattley said. Vinny Squillace, a 2011 CAS graduate, said he worked with a group of alumni after the bombings to create a Facebook page called BUnited for alumni across

the country to support for students on campus. “We developed it with the Facebook page as a content hub, but across Instagram, Twitter and Vine, if you search for the hashtag [#BUnited], there are multiple people using it,” Squillace said. BUnited has worked with student groups on campus such as I Embrace You, he said. “In any tragic circumstance, you need to know that other people are there,” Squillace said. “You need to know that those other people are able to band together and be there as a team.” Emma Walters, president of I Embrace You, said the student

group collaborated with BUnited to plan a large “Free Hug Friday” at Marsh Plaza on the Friday after the bombing. The plan was canceled due to the citywide shelterin-place order, but is scheduled to take place April 26. I Embrace You also formulated an idea for a chalkboard project with BUnited for the week after the bombing, Walters said, in which students could finish the phrase “Boston is ...” on CAS classroom chalkboards. “Some people wrote ‘strong,’ [some wrote] ‘my home away from home,’ [some wrote] ‘it’s beautiful,’” Walters, a CAS sophomore, said. “A lot of peo-

ple wrote in different languages, which was really cool. It was a place for people to write adjectives or nouns that they think Boston represents.” Chelsey Kelly, president of the BU Alumni Chapter of Washington, D.C. and a 2004 School of Education graduate, said the group is working with the Massachusetts chapter of the National Conference of State Societies on a fundraiser. The fundraiser will take place on Monday night at Hamilton’s Bar in Washington, she said. The bar will offer $20 bottomless drafts of Sam Adams Summer Ale with half of the proceeds going to

The One Fund. Visitors will also be able to donate to the memorial scholarship fund established by BU to honor first-year graduate student Lingzi Lu, who was killed in the bombings, Kelly said. Kelly said she hopes the fundraiser will help people feel more connected to the city, to BU and to the victims. “We can’t go to Boston,” she said. “… But we can try to help with money to make sure that the people that got hurt are taken care of and don’t go into major debt and recover. And we can send, obviously, our thoughts and prayers to Boston right now.”

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as a tactical operation is unfolding,” he said. “Everyone knew the police were there … but giving the exact positions can have consequences … people who tweet, you have some responsibility. You own your remarks.” While data gathered by Alexa.com, an Internet information company, showed Twitter and Facebook traffic stayed relatively constant last week, many people reported turning to television instead of the Internet for news, despite several misreports. Carolyn Brancato, a Walpole resident and founder of the hulahoop company Hoop! There It Is, said she relied on television coverage. After finding out about the bombings at work through a flood of text messages from friends, she said she followed the investigation closely but stayed away from the internet. “I was glued to the TV from Monday to last [Friday] night” she said. “I didn’t spend much time on Facebook or Twitter though. Those sites weren’t backed up and were mostly people’s opinion … I wanted to know fact more than anything … so I listened to the news all week.” Brancato said the event hit her on a personal level when she saw the face of Sean Collier, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer who was shot and killed on Thursday night by the

bombing suspects, show up on the screen as a casualty. “I went to college with him [Collier] at Salem State University,” Brancato said. “I saw that face, and it really hit close to home. I was just disgusted that someone could be so selfish not to care about the lives of other people.” Damon Roche, a Boston resident, was in California when the bombs went off, but said his son, who goes to school in Boston, kept him updated through social media. “He got info on Twitter,” he said. “Not five minutes after that, he called me. Sometimes the information is ludicrous, but any information is better than no information.” Angus Young, a Boston resident, was one of only two employees present at Good Measures, a small startup in the financial district, when the bombs went off. He said he was never overly frightened, even on Monday, but the constant connectivity had a different impact on him. “Yesterday [Friday] my boss had to shut down,” he said. “I knew at 7:15 a.m., and my family texted me right after, letting me know not to go outside. When you’re asleep, you don’t always go right to your TV, but most people have their phone right by them … It gave me a realization to how connected we really are in real life, not just on the net.”

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receive an additional extension to Oct. 15 by filling out a form by July 15, according to the release. Some residents said the extension is justified because of the mental and emotional effects of the bombings. “If you have a relative or a friend who was affected, then clearly the last thing that you want to think about is your taxes,” said Peter Savadijev, 34, a researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital from the South End. Although he already filed his taxes, Savadijev said the exten-

sion could help people who waited until the last moment to file their own. “It is the right thing to do,” he said. “It’s good especially for people who were victims.” Other people said the extension could help those who were affected by the bombings to learn the tax laws. “It [the extension] could actually benefit people who are still learning tax law and a lot of people who are filing their taxes for the first time, especially students whose parents have always done it for them,” said Chelsea Smith,

25, a florist from Jamaica Plain. Nicki Ruiz, 29, a nonprofit worker from Bay Village, said she already did her taxes and people should have them filed before the deadline. “If you’re putting it off until the day that it’s due, … you should be getting them done before then,” she said. Ruiz said she understands the extension could be valuable for the victims of the bombings. “For other people it was definitely a distracting day,” she said. “It was hard to focus.”

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such as content analysis. “Technically and superficially, they’re amazingly strong, but I find they’re not so good at analytical thinking,” she said. Several BU students, however, said they felt as if they were sufficiently prepared for college-level coursework when they began school. “To be honest, I felt pretty prepared for the workload,” said College of Arts and Sciences freshman Gretchen Donlan. “The amount of responsibility they [college professors] give you and that you have to plan out for yourself is what I was least prepared for.” Ben Coleman, a CAS freshman, said he felt properly equipped with the study skills necessary for college-level exams.

“Unlike high school, you are in a class because you are interested in the material and because you want to learn it,” Coleman said. “The professors will help you if you seek them out, but you definitely will not get extra attention from the professors automatically if you are failing.” Improving access to classroom technology and familiarizing high school teachers with increased standards can help eliminate the disconnect, according to the study. “Writing is taught exclusively in the context of writing English papers — even though my training was literature, my courses are more political and geographical and I don’t want them to be looking for symbols and meanings,” Avizienis said. “I want them to be engaging with arguments. That’s what high schools need to do

more of.” Sarah Bassett, a College of Fine Arts junior, said self-discipline is an important skill for college students to possess. “It [self-discipline] is something you’re born with, but you can definitely teach that,” she said. “In college, you have a lot of time on your own and you get distracted and that’s when you don’t do well.” Bassett said she was unprepared for living on her own when she transitioned from high school to college. “They tell you it is going to be a huge transition, and then you don’t really understand it until you actually go through it,” she said. “... There’s the whole social aspect that people do not tell you about, and you get distracted and lose track of study time, and that’s what you’re here to do.”

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REVIEW: Moral decisions in Beyond the Hills

he very title of writer and director Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills suggests a mysterious, almost mythical, place, barely visible and rarely explored. Indeed, the film — primarily set in an orthodox convent in rural Romania — centers on a slice of the world physically estranged from civilization. A sign at the convent entrance champions the community’s self-indulged isolation: Those who do not follow their Christian practices should not enter. Yet even the most remote and monolithic parts of the world have doors that open up to struggle and conflict. When should these doors be opened? Beyond the Hills, rather than providing a definite answer, explores why evaluating such dilemmas is so difficult. Beyond the Hills follows two orphan girls who have reconnected after several years apart. Fate seemingly brought them back together, but after having chosen dis-

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tinct paths, both girls notice unwelcome changes in the other. Voichita (Cosmina Stratan) is practicing to become a nun in the convent, and appears to have found peace through her newfound religious conviction. Meanwhile, Alina (Cristina Flutur) returns to Voichita still very much lost in the world after having worked as a waitress in Germany. Her return is one of desperation and sorrow, symptoms of having lived life without Voichita — that is, living a life without love. Voichita follows her spiritual devotion absolutely. Not only is she unreceptive to any of Alina’s advances, she tells her friend that the only necessary love is God’s love, and encourages Alina to join the convent. Alina, however, believes that Vochita has fallen under the sorcery of the convent’s patriarch (Valeriu Andriuta) and remains unreceptive to any doctrine pushed her way. Each girl believes that the other needs salvation from an impure lifestyle.

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Voichita (Cosmina Stratan), left, and Alina (Cristina Flutur), right, in a scene from Beyond the Hills.

Alina becomes emotionally unstable, leading the convent to determine that she suffers from demonic possession; they subject her to brutal exorcist practices in the hope of purging her and the community of any evil presence. Despite the violence enacted on Alina, Mungiu carefully does not blame the characters’ demise on these displays of superstitious religion. In fact, one of the spectacular achievements of Hills comes from Mungiu’s meticulous ability to keep blame from falling upon one particular ideology or individual. After one of Alina’s psychotic episodes, she visits a hospital that hands her back to the convent instead of treating her, and without the aid of modern medicine, her “treatment” becomes religious ceremony. These exorcism scenes are particularly painful to watch — a large number of distressed nuns, often including Voichita, subject Alina to immense suffering. Though their actions cannot be justified, their faces are molded with

such seriousness and conviction, it seems that all parties are pitiable in some fashion. Mungiu, therefore, suggests that trying to connect the dots of the human experience lies in a mystical realm, one beyond any terrain of comprehension. The distance between people may be better measured through personal experiences, as opposed to say meters or miles, but it can be made no less discoverable through science or religion. He allows the audience to define the notions of love, religion, faith and culture that appear in the film on its own terms. Like the characters in the film, the audience brings its own experiences to the viewing, and these should not be unappreciated. Mungiu himself does not direct whom the audience sympathizes with — the direction of sympathy instead lies in the viewer’s own personal moral sentiments. Is there no better sign of an artist than the ability to show more about oneself?

Self-isolated nuns gather for a meal in a scene from Beyond the Hills.

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REVIEW: Krewella at Royale push EDM envelope to promising heights

’ll be the first to admit that I know next to nothing about electronic dance music (EDM) — the closest I had come to immersing myself in the genre is blasting Daft Punk’s catalogue while writing papers. As such, I’ve never really had much of an opinion on its merits or lack thereof as a musical genre. However, after throwing myself (somewhat ungracefully) into the scene at Chicago-based group Krewella’s show at Royale Wednesday and supplementing the experience with a lot of blogscanning, I think I have a better grasp on where the genre stands in the scene today, as well as where Krewella falls within that genre. I’ve never really bothered with EDM for one main reason — 90 percent of it seems highly impersonal. Between the drops and the wub-wubs and the record scratches, many tracks I’ve heard seem nearly indistinguishable from one another. Bassnectar, Avicii, Swedish House Mafia, insert-Ultraheadliner-here — I couldn’t pick them out of an auditory lineup if you paid me. I’ve always measured good music the way I measure good literature: If a song or artist can emote and communicate a highly specific feeling and transport the audience to that emotional place, it’s effective.

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From left to right, Rain Man, Yasmine Yousaf and Jahan Yousaf at the Royale last week.

This is not to say that I only listen to sadsack singer-songwriters and Taylor Swift, of course. When I say emote, I’m talking about hearing the angst in Craig Finn’s snarl, or the soulful melancholy of Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue, or the flippant arrogance of a Kanye West verse. But when it comes to EDM, I’ve always felt disconnected. Krewella’s live act, therefore, came as a welcome surprise and something of a redemption of the genre to me. The group

is made up of vocalist sisters Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf and producer Rain Man, already a break from standard in that it’s a group and not a dude with a laptop. Krewella writes original material, which they perform using live vocals with sampling in a DJ set. The overall effect proved itself to be one of the more exciting DJ sets I’ve seen. The use of the sisters’ vocals throughout most of their catalogue brands Krewella as distinct from its mainstream EDM coun-

terparts. When you hear a Krewella song, there’s no mistaking it for anything else. Perhaps the only other mainstream EDM artist who can make the same claim is Skrillex, and therein lies the key to his success. Is Krewella emotive? Their lyrical content is rudimentary dance-music standard at best, but without a doubt, as I looked around the Royale and saw hundreds of people not just aimlessly dancing, but singing along with all the songs passionately, it became clear to me that this group might just have something that much of the rest of the genre doesn’t. It’s not completely robotic or computerized, something that EDM trailblazers Daft Punk criticized about the turn the modern movement has taken in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. There’s a human element to Krewella, and that human element will always be my most important measuring stick in judging what’s good and what’s not. It’s not about the machine versus the guitar, it’s about what lies between those bars that stick with you when the show’s over. That being said, if Wednesday night was any indication, I think we’ll be hearing a lot more from Krewella soon enough.

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The Daily Free Press endorses The BU Ignition for Student Government When gender-neutral housing was put on the backburner and the Allocations Board revealed a new financial policy, Boston University students were forced to deal with sweeping changes without previous discussion with administrators. All three slates for student government — Can’t B Without U, Becoming United and The BU Ignition — have pushed for a seat at the table with administrators so that the student voice can be articulated and heard before policy changes. All three slates acknowledge that most of SG’s “failures” come from administrative decisions without any student input, and this should be addressed immediately by whoever wins the election. All three slates are passionate and ready to represent the student body, but BU Ignition has proven itself to be the most experienced and most forward thinking. Dexter McCoy, Aditya Rudra, Bonnie Tynes and Saurabh Mahajan have worked with SG throughout most of their BU careers. They have built bridges with professors, alumni and even student governments across the country. This slate already communicates with faculty and students and they channel this activity into the decisions they have made this past semester. They have proven their commitment to the student body. The BU Ignition has also identified that one of the main roadblocks in every SG decision is the short life of each term. To change how people view student government as a temporary institution, they have devised a “10-year

plan” for future SG slates. The reason students do have yet to attain a legitimate “seat at the table” is the student body’s inability to affirm that they do not solely care about policy changes that affect the present. The proposed 10-year plan will prove to administrators that SG cares about the longevity of the students’ happiness and the community’s leadership in future generations. The plan may appear lofty, but the concept is solid and necessary. But don’t get us wrong, Can’t B Without U and Becoming United share similar ideas to The BU Ignition and acknowledge the issues that affect all students. Can’t B Without U puts incredibly heavy emphasis on student involvement in SG meetings. With them, students will feel as if their voices are heard. Becoming United has showed how unified they are as a slate and their desire to reach out to students in rather unconventional manners. Their passion for teamwork and outreach will certainly push policies quickly through senate. And The BU Ignition has potential to leave a lasting, positive impact and to change BU for years to come. As a team, they have already made break buses possible and started the 24-hour study space discussion. Their ideas and knowledge regarding on-campus issues is well informed and researched. It would be a shame to fail to see how they can take advantage of their connections, experience and vision.

Shut down or hiding? During the grueling manhunt for the second Boston Marathon bombing suspect Friday, Police officials ordered all Bostonarea residents to stay indoors while police scoured Watertown and surrounding areas. Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick reiterated the ordinance just after noon Friday as well, urging people to stay indoors. Shutting down the city did keep the civilians safe from any passing gunfire, the possibility of a carjacking or more terrorist activity. News outlets across the nation, though, have criticized city officials, saying that closing the city hurt the working class because those people rely so much on every hour they work. Even if people were called in to work, there was a significant possibility that residents would have stayed indoors, whether they were instructed to do so. Businesses were destined to feel the effects of the manhunt, shelter-in-place order or not. But after the attack, the whole city was on edge. There were reports, both true and false, of more bombs found around the city. Men and women in military uniforms and Hummers traveled through the city. That’s enough to make anyone anxious. At the same time people could have been comforted by the omnipresent law enforcement while the city was still alert after the initial attack. During the manhunt, especially in Watertown, S.W.A.T. vehicles

and officers lined the streets — their presence was disconcerting. This shows terrorists how ready the country is to respond to an attack with full force, but also heightens fear and ultimately furthers the terrorist agenda. President Obama said in his speech that we won’t cower in fear. Yet we cowered in fear, especially because we were told to do so. By closing Boston, law enforcement showed aggressors that the U.S. could be severely affected by a terrorist attack, financially and emotionally. The response to terrorism was extreme in the sense that it proved something like the Boston Marathon bombing and the manhunt can change the day-to-day lives of U.S. residents. Closing the entirety of Boston essentially accomplishes a terrorist’s goal: To induce terror. However, this is not a total criticism of the lockdown, because it undoubtedly kept the entire Boston area safe. Who wants to tell the world that the suspect got away because they were not adequately prepared? The response was appropriate because it did prove successful. As Boston proves just how strong it is as a historic community, we have to show the world that acts similar to the Boston Marathon bombing will fail to keep the city paralyzed, and that we will not be afraid in the future.

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On healing SOFIYA MAHDI You go to Arlington Cemetery to stand before the eternal flame that overlooks the Lincoln memorial. You walk up the slope in the thick, Washingtonian humidity that indicates spring is here and the scorching summer is near. The restless hours of the night before, of Boston police taking back the city from its fear and grief, the radio static still sounds in your ears. But you don’t want to talk about that. You don’t want to talk about flames erupting from hotels you remember exploring as a child in Bombay. You don’t want to talk about the chills you feel to this day whenever the exploded London bus appears on a television screen. You don’t want to talk about the lump in your throat when the Boston marathon headlines hit your computer screen. You remember you have never dialed, messaged, texted or tweeted so swiftly in your life. The eyewitness video of the screaming is on loop on every news channel you see. You don’t want to see it anymore, but a need for any information paralyzes you. You watch President Obama’s anger and shame at Congress’s inability to pass background checks on gun control. You look for peace from the porch of Arlington House. Washington looks small from here. Gravel crunching under otherss steps is the only sound up here. The American flag flies at half mast. The amphitheater you see as you continue to wander is empty. You see two men sitting with their backs to you on the benches side by side, their heads and shoulders are arched downward in reflection. The sky has clouded over; rain is expected later in the afternoon. You start to see the world in grayscale due to the muffled rays of sun. You carefully tread down the steps leading to the Tomb of the Unknowns. The soldier currently on duty paces silently up and down in front of the marble slab that reads, “Here Rests In Honored Glory An American Soldier Known But To God.” The sound of chimes permeates the thick air. It’s noon and the changing of the guard ceremony begins. You remain standing as you hear the sound of the wooden rifle hitting the soldiers’ gloved palms. In perfect unison the two soldiers march across from one another, a crisp click of their heels breaks the silence. You stare beyond the ceremony to the trees that lie beyond the structure. Without noise, inconspicuous, the ceremony comes to a natural end. You contrast the silence with the clicks of your camera. The quiet is broken once the ceremony concludes. You think it’s all over. You’re told, “This is a part that I haven’t seen before.” The soldier explains to the audience that

this is a changing of the wreath ceremony. All present must stand up and hold their right palm over their hearts. All those in the armed forces must salute. You look on as the existing wreath is hoisted from its place in front of the tomb. The new wreath reads, “Parkway Middle School” in gold, flowing script. Four children from the school make their way toward the center from the steps behind you. They carefully place the new wreath on its perch. The weight of the occasion rests in their facial expression. You’re moved by the music the soldier with the trumpet makes. Notes fade into the atmosphere and delight your ears as the vibrato eventually cedes like quieted ocean waves. You glance to your right. There’s a strange unison felt amongst a crowd of strangers. You have never seen these people before. You will never see them again, but for these few minutes, you share a powerful moment. Once it ends, you linger for a few seconds before walking away. The gravestones extend for miles in each direction as you continue walking amongst the blossoming flowers and rambling paths. You see names of individual soldiers, names of their wives and children. Messages detail who they were, what position they held and what they meant to those they loved. You eventually make your way back to the eternal flame and look down. John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis on dark large plaques stare back at you. You turn and read the inscriptions that face toward the city of Washington: The memorials, the Capitol, the White House and everything in between. One day later, on a Sunday morning the London Marathon is underway. Thousands of runners stand amassed at the starting line to pay their tribute to this past Monday’s events with a moment of silence. These resilient participants weren’t just determined to reach the finish line for their cause with black ribbons pinned on their chests, they were doing it for Boston. You think back to words spoken from an anonymous source, “Be soft do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.” You remember all that you’re thankful for: Friends, family, school, being alive. Together, you begin to heal. Sofiya Mahdi is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences studying abroad in Washington, D.C. She can be reached at sofiya218@gmail.com.

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Megan, Escobedo receive 2012-13 season MVP award honors Men’s hockey: From Page 1

The Canton, N.Y., native was not present to accept his award at the team banquet Saturday night because he was playing in his final game of the season with the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League. In his first 13 professional games, Megan scored a goal and was a minus-5. Escobedo, on the other hand, was present at the banquet to accept his MVP award. The Bayside, N.Y., native led the nation with his 107 blocked shots on the season and was the team’s strongest defensive player. He also finished the season with two goals and nine assists, giving him 33 career points. The award is the final touch on a long maturation process for Escobedo, who was a bit of a “class clown” early in his career, according to Parker. “He embraced the fact that he got to be more important with the team,” Parker said. “‘Since I’m so important now, I bet-

ter grow up. I better take responsibility this year.’ … He had a real good junior year too, but he had a terrific senior year.” While Escobedo is yet to move on to play professional hockey like Megan has, Parker said he would not be surprised to see him go to Europe to play professionally after he graduates. Escobedo is not the only graduating senior that Parker expects to be playing in Europe next season, as he said defenseman Ryan Ruikka will likely do the same. “I don’t think there’s any question that both of those guys will be playing some pro hockey somewhere next year,” Parker said. “Ruikka will definitely be playing in Europe.” Ruikka finished his BU career with four goals and 15 assists in 97 games, including a goal and six assists in 34 games this past season. He also earned the first Mike Boyle Terrier of Steel award at Saturday’s banquet, which goes to the top Terrier in

the weight room and with off-ice training.

Other award winners Other Terriers to receive honors Saturday night included senior forwards Jake Moscatel and Ryan Santana, junior defenseman Garrett Noonan, sophomore forwards Evan Rodrigues and Cason Hohmann, freshman forward Danny O’Regan and freshman goaltender Matt O’Connor. Moscatel and Hohmann each earned the Most Improved Player award. Hohmann went from only scoring eight points in his freshman season to tying for third on the team with 34 points this past season. Moscatel played in his first 15 Division I college hockey games this season and scored his first career goal March 9 against Northeastern University. Rodrigues earned the Friends Albert Sidd Unsung Hero award, as he finished with a team-best plus-minus rating of plus15.

Santana earned the Bennett McInnis Award for Spirit during his best season as a Terrier. The Yorba Linda, Calif., native scored 12 of his 23 career points this past season. The Clifford P. Fitzgerald Scholarship, which goes to an outstanding junior or senior defenseman, went to Noonan. The Norfolk native finished the season with 19 points and a plus-6 plus-minus rating. O’Connor upset Ruikka as the Regina Eilberg Scholarship winner, which goes to the player with the highest standard of athletic and academic performance. O’Connor, a student in the School of Management, finished his freshman season with a .910 save percentage and a 2.86 goals-against average in 19 games played. O’Regan earned the Ed Carpenter award as BU’s top scorer on the season. The freshman finished the year with 16 goals and 22 assists for 38 points, which was one more than linemate junior Matt Nieto.

Men’s rowing wins 7th straight Bill Cup Roundup: From Page 8

Last year, the Terriers defeated both Dartmouth and Rutgers University in Hanover, N.H., to win their seventh straight Bill Cup. BU swept all four races during that matchup. The Terriers were originally scheduled to compete against the Big Green Saturday morning, but BU postponed the tournament in light of the citywide manhunt for the suspected perpetrators of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. The team’s next tournament will take it to New York April 27, where the Terriers will face off against No. 13 Syracuse University and No. 9 Columbia University. Men’s Tennis wins in shutout Sunday, the Boston University men’s tennis team faced off against the University of Hartford, and came away with a 7-0 win over the Hawks (3-17) on senior day at the Track and Tennis Center. The win ended the Terriers’ season on a strong note, and it became their first winning season since 2007. With all four seniors competing in the doubles matches, BU (7-6) won all three of its contests, only losing two games along

the way. In the number one match, seniors Josh Friedman and Michael Kopelman took on junior Jordan Badenko and freshman Nicholas Sharwarko. The Terrier seniors had little trouble in their match, winning handedly by a score of 8-2. In the number two slot, sophomore Chanon Varapongsittikul paired up with freshman Stefan Lemire to defeat seniors Josh Isaacson and Bogdan Nedelcu by a score of 8-0. The win was followed by another Terrier victory of the same score, when seniors Alex Hallenbeck and Marcus VanBerkel teamed up to defeat senior Edgardo Ureta and Luis Montes. With the sweep, the Terriers came away with the first point of the contest. The success of the doubles matches carried over into the singles contests, as the Terriers swept those as well. After Friedman and Kopelman paired up to win in the doubles contest, they each came away with victories in their singles matches. Friedman squared off against Badenko again and defeated him in straight sets by scores of 6-0 and 6-3. Kopelman faced Montes and also won in straight sets, winning 6-0 and 6-1.

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BU fails to make second-half adjustments in loss Terrier offense comes alive in victory Lacrosse: From Page 8

“We wanted to limit their fast break,” Robertshaw said. “I really think that was something that was hurting us, so we wanted to slow the ball down better.” In the second half, the Terriers did not make all of the necessary changes that Robertshaw suggested. Their offense was stagnant, due in part to the tough defense from Stony Brook. Both teams came out in the second half cold on attack, as neither team scored in the first 3:15 of the final frame. Stony Brook opened up the scoring in the half with a goal from attack Janine Hillier for her 37th goal of the season. Senior midfielder Kristen Mogavero responded for the Terriers with her first score of the game, the assist coming from Morse. After trading goals for around nine minutes, the Seawolves went on a four-goal run to open up the game, giving them a 16-10 lead with less than ten minutes to play. Mogavero ended the Terriers’ scoring

drought with her second goal of the game and 31st of the season with eight minutes remaining. After two more goals from the Seawolves, neither team scored for the last 6:20 of the game. BU was limited to just three goals in the half on 11 shots. The Terriers were outscored 8-3 in the frame with Stony Brook taking 19 shots. “I don’t think I could ask for any more from our midfield play,” Robertshaw said. “But I could ask more from our offensive and defensive ends because I think we can play a little bit better.” Sheridan was solid in the cage despite allowing 18 goals, as she made nine saves in the game, four more than Stony Brook goaltender Frankie Caridi. “We have three games left in the regular season and it’s something that we have to play our best lacrosse,” Robertshaw said. “The schedule is not very forgiving ... and we have to make sure that we rebound quickly — we can’t let this affect us.”

Softball: From Page 8

to left field. Ekart then moved her over with a single. A stolen base by Ekart and a throwing error by catcher Meg Scanlon moved her over to third base, scoring Volpano and increasing the BU lead to four runs. A sacrifice fly by senior second baseman Emily Roesch scored Ekart, putting the Terriers ahead 6-1 at the end of the fifth. In the top of the seventh, Roesch scored on an error, giving the Terriers a commanding 7-1 lead. With the lead and a secure defense behind her, the rest of the game was in the hands of Tuthill and BC hitters. The dominant Tuthill won that battle, only surrendering one more run to the Eagles in the bottom of the seventh before shutting them down for good and leading her team to a 7-2 victory. “The last three games we’ve had 12 or 14 hits each game, and I think it’s because of the mindset with which we go into each at bat,” said BU coach Kathryn Gleason. “Free and loose — and it’s contagious throughout the lineup. It’s a different mindset than earlier.” After their win against BC, the Terriers were supposed to travel to Fairfield, Conn., to play three games, a Saturday doubleheader against Fairfield University and a Sunday afternoon game against Sacred Heart (2023). As a result of the manhunt in Watertown and requested shelter in place in Boston Friday, the doubleheader scheduled for Saturday afternoon was cancelled. “It was a decision that we made on our end,” Gleason said. “We felt that it was in our best interest not to travel and be exhaust-

ed and in the right frame of mind.” However, the Terriers proceeded with their Sunday afternoon game against Sacred Heart. This time around, BU jumped on the opposing pitcher early. To start the game, Mask reached on an error and then stole second. Freshman designated hitter Lauren Hynes moved her over on a sacrifice bunt, and a groundout by Volpano sent Mask across home plate. After scoring another run in the third, BU’s offense came alive once again as it continued to extend its lead in the fourth inning. Roesch started off the inning by reaching on an error by third baseman Kate Nadler. Following an out by Kehr, King singled and the Terriers threatened once again. Thanks to a wild pitch and hits from Hynes and Mask, BU took a 5-0 lead. As she did all game, Tuthill continued to shut down the Pioneer batters late, and in the top of the seventh, BU prevented any chance of a Sacred Heart comeback. Singles from Hynes and Ekart, a double from Roesch and a triple from King resulted in another three runs in favor of the Terriers. Tuthill, who only gave up two hits going into the bottom of the seventh, proceeded to send the Pioneers down in order, closing out an 8-0 win for BU and extending its win streak to six games. “Whitney did a great job today,” Gleason said of her pitcher. “The two hits they had were little dinkers, and she kept them off balance all game.” With the six-game winning streak, the Terriers have made a huge turnaround since beginning the season 2-7.

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Men’s hockey retires No. 6 in honor of Parker By Kevin Dillon Daily Free Press Staff

Only one jersey number has ever been retired by the Boston University men’s hockey program. Travis Roy’s No. 24 was raised into the rafters of Walter Brown Arena on Oct. 30, 1999, and it currently hangs next to Harry Agganis’ No. 33 high above the seats in Agganis Arena. However, Roy’s number will soon have some company, as athletic director Mike Lynch announced that former BU coach and player Jack Parker will have his No. 6 raised into the rafters this fall. Parker, who retired in March after 40 years at the helm of the BU hockey program, finishes his coaching tenure with 897 wins, 21 Beanpot titles and three national championships. He also had a productive playing career at BU between 1965-68, finishing his time on the ice with 31 goals and 64 points. Most Valuable Terriers It is often difficult to discern what is more valuable to a hockey team between offense and defense. So when it came time to select the George V. Brown Most Valuable Player award for BU (21-16-2, 15-102 Hockey East), an offensive and a defensive player each went home with a piece of hardware. Senior forward Wade Megan and senior defenseman Sean Escobedo shared the MVP award, capping off two highly productive collegiate careers. Megan, who served as the team’s captain this past season, finished the season tied for second on the squad with 16 goals. He also led the team with four game-winning goals and three shorthanded goals. One of the things that made Megan so valuable this season was his ability to lead by example, on and off the ice, which is what Parker said made him such a good captain.

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Terrier senior captain Wade Megan was named team MVP for his ﬁnal BU campaign.

“I give him a lot of credit,” Parker said in a postseason interview. “He did what was asked of him and he did a lot more because he knew it was so valuable to him. And he was always a great example that

way, that’s for sure. “I don’t remember him taking many days off. Everybody takes a day off once in a while, but he didn’t take a day off.”

With a 7-2 win over Boston College and an 8-0 victory over Sacred Heart University, the Boston University softball team extended its winning streak to a season-high six games during the weekend. The Terriers (17-20-1, 5-4 America East) swept the University of Maryland-Baltimore County in a three-game series to jumpstart their winning trend. They followed their success against the Retrievers (8-34, 1-13 America East) with an emotional 8-6 victory over Bryant University the day after the Boston Marathon bombings. With an improved offense and winning streak on the line, the Terriers traveled to Chestnut Hill Thursday afternoon to take on the Eagles (11-30) in their final meeting of the year. It was a quiet start for both teams, but BU struck first in the top of the third. Sophomore left fielder Emily Felbaum hit a triple to deep center and junior center fielder Jayme Mask brought her home on a single to left center. The Eagles quickly responded in the bottom half of the third with a home run by third baseman Jessie Daulton. In the next inning, BU exploded offensively and put up three more runs to give senior pitcher Whitney Tuthill a nice cushion. Juniors third baseman Megan Volpano, catcher Amy Ekart, shortstop Brittany Clendenny, first baseman Chelsea Kehr and freshman right fielder Haley King all contributed in the three-run rally for the Terriers. After a quiet bottom of the fourth for BC, BU continued its success from the last inning as Volpano got things started with a double

softball, see page 7

Men’s hoCkey, see page 7

Lacrosse falls 18-11 to No. 10 Stony Brook Lachapelle named U.S. assistant coach By Matt Fils-Aime Daily Free Press Staff

Looking to bounce back from a one-goal loss to the University of New Hampshire, the Boston University women’s lacrosse team suffered an 18-11 loss to No. 10 Stony Brook University Seawolves at LaValle Stadium Sunday evening. “It was a hard fought game,” said BU coach Liz Robertshaw. “It was something where we brought a lot more energy and effort to this game, especially in the first half.” Coming in as the top scoring team in America East at almost 15 goals a game, the Seawolves (13-2, 5-0 America East) got to work quickly after controlling the opening draw. Just under a minute into the contest, midfielder Kaitlyn Harrison netted her sixth goal of the season to give Stony Brook the early lead. After scoring on its next possession, Stony Brook added a free-position score to build an early 3-0 advantage seven minutes into the game. After controlling the ensuing draw, senior attack Danielle Etrasco found the net for her 47th goal of the season with the assist coming from sophomore attack Lindsay Weiner. With momentum building from their last goal, the Terriers struck again on a free-position shot coming from freshman midfielder Jill Horka for her sixth goal of the season, pulling BU within one goal of the Seawolves with 20 minutes to play in the first half. Following the draw, a burst of quick scores from both teams pushed the pace of the game.

Midfielder Demmianne Cook was awarded a free-position shot after being fouled on the play, and beat junior goalkeeper Christina Sheridan for her conference-leading 67th goal of the season, and her second of the game. Seconds after controlling the draw, junior attack Elizabeth Morse was fouled and awarded a free-position of her own, which she placed in the back of the net for her 20th goal of the season to pull BU within one goal of the Seawolves. After a six-minute scoring drought, Cook found the net to complete her hat trick for the evening and give Stony Brook a two-goal. Following another Stony Brook score, freshman midfielder Sofia Robins scored two straight goals for the Terriers to bring them back within one with nine minutes to play in the first half. Two consecutive goals then came from the Seawolves as they continued to hold off the Terriers each time they made a bid to tie up the score. After another scoring drought, with just over two minutes to play in the first half, the Terriers outscored Stony Brook 3-2 to end the half with the Seawolves leading 10-8. Despite the Terriers’ struggles with draw controls this season, they managed to stick with Stony Brook, trailing 11-8. In the shot department, both teams got to the cage area frequently, but Stony Brook led the Terriers, 18-13.

laCrosse, see page 7

The Bottom Line

Monday, April 22

No Events Scheduled The Jets are set to receive the13th pick from Tampa Bay, in preparation for the first overall pick in 2014.

Tuesday, April 23 Softball vs. Albany, 2:30 p.m./4:30 p.m.

By Conor Ryan and Andrew Battifarano Daily Free Press Staff

After helping lead the Boston University women’s hockey team to three Hockey East titles and four straight NCAA Tournament appearances, assistant coach Katie Lachapelle was named an assistant coach to the U.S. Women’s National Under-18 Team. Lachapelle will be joined at the assistant coaching helm by Boston College women’s hockey associate head coach Courtney Kennedy. Princeton University women’s hockey coach Jeff Kampersal will serve as the head coach of the team. In her five seasons with the team, Lachapelle, who originally hails from Lewiston, Maine, has been an integral piece to a team that has emerged as one of the premier women’s hockey programs in the nation. After a successful 2013 campaign that saw the Terriers (28-6-3, 18-2-1 Hockey East) fall in the National Championship game to the University of Minnesota, Lachapelle received the 2013 Women’s Ice Hockey Assistant Coach Award from the American Hockey Coaches Association. Lachapelle was also a huge part of the 2011 Terrier team that advanced to the National Championship game, but ultimately lost to the University of Wisconsin. Lachapelle is expected to help assist the U.S. Women’s National Under-18 Team this August, when the team takes part in the 2013 Women’s Under-18 Series in Lake

Wednesday, April 24 W. Lacrosse @ Yale, 4 p.m.

Placid, N.Y. She is also expected to aid the team at the International Ice Hockey Federation Under-18 World Championship, which is expected to take place sometime in the spring of 2014.

Men’s Rowing Defeats No. 14 Dartmouth to capture Bill Cup The No. 15 Boston University men’s rowing team bounced back from last weekend’s loss to Northeastern University in a big way, defeating No. 14 Dartmouth College to capture the program’s eighth straight Bill Cup Sunday morning at the DeWolfe Boathouse. The Terriers pulled off an impressive showing on the Charles River, winning three out of their four races against the Big Green. In the premier varsity eight race for the Bill Cup, the Terriers beat Dartmouth by six and a half seconds with a winning time of 6:03:3. The second varsity eight boat impressed as well, winning by six seconds and finishing with a time of 6:17:7. The Terrier varsity four boat continued the team’s dominance on the day, defeating the Big Green by six seconds and finishing with a winning time of 7:16:1. BU’s 3V/4V boat could not complete the sweep, losing by five seconds to the Big Green.

Thursday, April 25 Softball vs. Bryant, 4 p.m. Track @ Penn Relays, All Day

roundup, see page 7

Friday, April 26 Track @ Penn Relays/Skyhawk Invitational, All Day