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I’M THE MAP Unclear if MBTA will choose new map from contest, page 3.
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Walsh, Connolly through to final mayoral election Voters in stronger numbers than in previous elections By Alice Bazerghi Daily Free Press Staff
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Martin Walsh cheers during his speech Tuesday night at Venezia Waterfront Restaurant in Dorchester after he advanced to the general election in November for mayor of Boston. By Kyle Plantz Daily Free Press Staff
Narrowing down the field from 12 candidates to two, Mass. Rep. Martin Walsh and City Councilor John Connolly advanced from Tuesday night’s primary to the Nov. 5 mayoral election as they square off for the seat to replace Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. Walsh came in first, garnering 20,838 votes, or 18.47 percent, and Connolly came in second receiving 19,420 votes, or 17.22 percent, according to statistics by the Boston Elections Department. Former city
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John Connolly cheers at his election night party at Hilbernian Hall Tuesday night after he advanced to the general election in November for mayor of Boston.
housing chief Charlotte Golar Richie came in third and Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley came in fourth. Walsh, 46, resident of Dorchester, worked as a union laborer before being elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1997 and continued to remain active in labor union affairs. “This is a race about who we are, about values, and about whether Boston will be a city for all its people in every neighborhood, not just some,” Walsh said at his election party at Venezia’s in Dorchester on Tuesday night. “I’m so grateful to all
the people who made tonight’s result possible. Tonight’s a great start, but it’s only a start, and we have a lot more work to do over the next six weeks.” Menino announced on Mar. 28 that he would not run for re-election after several ailments landed him in the hospital for more than eight weeks. Menino has served 20 years in office. He first took the position in 1993. With Menino leaving, Walsh said Boston is entering a new era and he wants to help everyone usher it in together.
Primary, see page 4
Some freshmen find AlcoholEdu online course unhelpful By Hannah Clark Daily Free Press Contributor
Boston University freshmen are in the process of completing the second part of an online required alcohol education program implemented for the first time this year, officials said. AlcoholEdu for College is a prevention program that aims to inform students of risks associated with alcohol consumption, said Student Health Services Director of Wellness and Prevention Services Elizabeth Douglas. “Part Two is a very brief follow up session for students to go through now that they are on campus,” Douglas said. “It reinforces the information and lower-risk decision making and strategies highlighted in Part One.” Students
must complete the 15-minute follow-up section of the program by Oct. 7, which Douglas said allows them time to adjust to life on campus, make their own decisions and then check in with the program to reevaluate and strategize safe solutions for the future. Because BU will not receive aggregate results of the program until later in the year, it is hard to tell if the program has had an impact on student responses, Douglas said. AlcoholEdu is used by hundreds of universities across the country, according to the online course’s website. It also educates students about alcohol-related safety issues while acquiring information about the drinking habits of its own student population.
BU freshmen were required to complete the first part of AlcoholEdu before arriving on campus for the fall semester. “Part One of the online course, which firstyears finished before the start of classes, suggests ways to continue drinking safely or be smarter about drinking behaviors,” said Students for Sensible Drug Policy President Melanie Kirsh. BU likely chose to implement AlcoholEdu because it is widely used among U.S. schools and colleges, she said. “They [the administration] are acknowledging that students drink and use drugs,” Kirsh, a
Alcohol, see page 2
Less than a third of registered voters made their way to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballot for one of the 12 mayoral candidates looking to replace longtime Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. About 113,222 votes were cast in the primary, which is about 30 percent of the city’s 386,000 registered voters. The voter turnout was higher compared to the 2009 mayoral primary election, when only about 23 percent of registered voters participated to vote between Menino and three other candidates. Voters chose between 12 candidates including City Councilors Felix Arroyo, John Connolly, Robert Consalvo, Michael Ross and Charles Yancey, former Boston Public School committee member John Barros, radio station host Charles Clemons, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley, former housing chief Charlotte Golar Richie, Community Organizer Bill Walczak, Mass. Rep. Martin Walsh and former schoolteacher David Wyatt. Despite the low voter turnout, several residents said voting for a new mayor was high on their list of priorities since the individual elected will be the first new mayor in 20 years. Christopher Coombs, 29, resident of Dorchester, said he came to the Boston Public Library to cast his ballot for Ross on the historic day. “Mike Ross has been a champion of small business,” he said. “He’s helped me to get all of my establishments open and he’s really been a believer in moving the Boston restaurant scene forward. He knows what direction to take the city and how to grow it proportionately, to keep up in things like public transportation and housing and how to grow the city effectively by planning first and growing second.” Another voter, Catherine Hulgan, resident of Back Bay, said she voted for Barros so that she would be able to select a candidate from the two contenders she liked best. “I voted for Barros … I liked his plans about
Voters, see page 2
research initative WAITING, COUNTING, HOPING BUMC joins Parkinson’s lay its onset. By Trisha Thadani Daily Free Press Staff
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Mike Ross supporters anxiously watch television coverage of the mayoral primaries as numbers come in Tuesday night at Ross’s election night party at Boston Chops in the South End.
Officials for the Boston University Medical Center announced on Monday that it will join the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative’s newly expanded study of uncommon risk factors of Parkinson’s disease. Samuel Frank, associate professor of neurology at BUMC, said this new research initiative expands on a study launched in 2010 by PPMI. “This is an important study that is helping to bring our understanding of Parkinson’s disease beyond what James Parkinson in the early 1800s did,” Frank said. “... It brings Parkinson’s into a modern era.” The new research initiative will study people who do not have Parkinson’s, but show certain genetic and blood markers that may put them at a higher risk of developing the disease in the future. Frank said the ultimate goal of the project is to find a way to better diagnose and track the progression of Parkinson’s as well as to find a way to slow the disease’s development and de-
“If we can intervene with a medication that slows the progression, then we might be able to delay the onset,” Frank said. “… We are finding better ways to diagnose and track the progression of Parkinson’s disease. That was how it was originally set up with the original cohort.” Researchers will primarily focus on subjects in their 40s, 50s and 60s who show Parkinson’s risk factors such as a reduced sense of smell, rapid eye movement, sleep behavior disorder or a mutation in the “LRRK2” gene, which is often associated with Parkinson’s. Frank said if one of these risk factors shows a direct connection to the development of Parkinson’s, it could further the research of therapies that could slow or stop the disease’s progression in patients. BUMC is currently one of 23 other sites from around the world participating in this $55 million landmark observational clinical study, Frank said.
Parkinson’s, see page 2
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PRIMARY ELECTION 2013: Who will become the next mayor of Boston?
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Martin Walsh shakes the hands of his supporters after his victory speech Tuesday night. He will square off against John Connolly in the Nov. 5 election for mayor.
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John Connolly and his wife Meg, holding daugher Mary Katherine, as they walk on stage at Hibernian Hall Tuesday night after it was announced he was advancing to the general election in November for mayor of Boston.
AlcoholEdu already used at many U.S. schools Next elected mayor will be Alcohol: From Page 1
College of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said. “This is a way to gauge what the actual statistics are.” While students’ anonymous responses provide BU officials with information about alcohol use on campus, AlcoholEdu also allows the administration to advise students on safer drinking habits, Kirsh said. “It’s the way for the administration to say, ‘Okay, well, let’s look at how this is working out or not working out, and let’s adjust gears a little bit, and get you on the right track,’” she said.
Students, however, offered mixed opinions on the efficacy of the online program. College of Engineering freshman Ellen Latsko said she learned little new information from AlcoholEdu. “I didn’t really anticipate it being useful because I learned a lot of these things in high school,” she said. “… It’s good that they [the administration] have taken a step to try to inform people, but I don’t know that it was that effective.” School of Education freshman Amelia Graber-Lipperman also said she learned much of the material in
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high school classes. “Most of it was common knowledge,” she said. “It’s going to help people that want to be helped and not affect people who don’t want to listen to the advice … I didn’t really get anything out of it.” ENG freshman Alex Vahid said she found some of the information to be helpful and relevant. “My initial reaction was: ‘I don’t really want to do this, just something that I’m going to have to just do and get it over with,’” she said. “There were a few facts here and there … I can see how it could come in handy.”
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schools and I also particularly appreciated that he was interested in the arts and in recycling bins, that was a really big thing for me,” she said. “I was down to him and Connolly and it seemed like Connolly would make it to the second round. I wanted to be able to choose between the two people I was most interested in.” Other residents went to candidates’ election parties to wait for the primary results and to show support for the candidates who garnered their votes. At Walsh’s party in Dorchester, many voters said they were elated when he won. Susan Moir, 65, resident of Jamaica Plain, said she voted for him because he is representative of workers in Boston. “They said we shouldn’t vote for him because he’s a union man, but we voted for him because he’s a union man,” she said. “[He] will represent the working people of this city … that’s what he’s done his whole life.” Kevin Toomey, 53, resident of Charlestown, said Walsh is the best candidate for the job. “This is a step in the right direction for workers and working families, union or otherwise,” he said. “It’s not what the polls said, but we’ve gone a long way to get Marty as mayor … He’s got a lot to offer Boston.” Over in Roxbury at Connolly’s election party, many guests cheered
for the candidate as he finished second place in the polls. Michelle Novelle, 50, resident of Roslindale, said she was thrilled that Connolly had made it past the first round of voting. “He’s a man of his word,” she said. “As a city councilor, he has been key in helping resolve so many issues that have arisen in the Boston Public Schools. He is also largely involved in the community [and] kids with autism. John is somebody who has … a grasp on the city and understands how schools connect to jobs [which] connect to safer neighborhoods.” Mike McLaughlin, 26, said Connolly is the right man to lead Boston and can win the election if he works hard in the next six weeks. “He brings a lot of fresh, young ideas to young families, and I think he is the education candidate,” he said. “He’s in second place, and that’s not a big ground to make up. I think he will do that in the next 6 weeks. I look forward to working hard on his campaign and trying to make it [Boston] a better city and a city that’s vibrant, that comes together and works hard as one community.” Connolly and Walsh will compete for votes again on Nov. 5 to see who will replace Menino as mayor of Boston. Steven Dufour and Chelsea Diana contributed to the reporting of this article.
BUMC 1 of 23 sites taking part in observational clinical study on disease Parkinson’s: From Page 1
“We are hoping to get hundreds of participants from around the world,” Frank said “… In total, we essentially want to double the size of the study with the other half of the people who don’t have Parkinson’s but are at risk.” Funded by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research and its 13 industry partners, PPMI has worked for the past two years to identify the most consistent biomarkers of PD progression through neuroimaging and the collection of various other fluids, according to a BUMC press release. “PPMI aims to find reliable and consistent biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease progression,” the release stated. “Valid measures could allow scientists to predict, objectively diagnose and monitor diseases in both
Parkinson’s disease patients and populations at-risk to developing Parkinson’s.” Volunteers can participate in PPMI’s new initiative by completing a brief survey and test regarding their sense of smell. Those above the age of 60 without Parkinson’s are encouraged to take the survey on the Michael J. Fox Foundation’s website. Todd Sherer, CEO of MJFF, said in the release that the new arm of PPMI’s existing study is crucial to progressing research. “In the third year of PPMI, it is evident that a large-scale biomarker study is not only possible in Parkinson’s disease, but is already yielding scientific insights that could help transform the field of Parkinson’s research,” Sherer said. “None of this progress would be possible without the willing volunteers.”
Campus & City City Crime Logs
Sept. 18 to Sept. 24 By Kyle Plantz Daily Free Press Staff
The following reports were taken from the Allston-Brighton D-14 crime logs from Sept. 18 to Sept. 24. Vandalism at school At about 11:16 p.m. on Friday, officers responded to a call at 617 Cambridge St., Mount St. Joseph Prep School, for a vandalism report. Two door windows in the back of the school were found smashed. One of the windows was broken enough to gain entry, so the building was searched. The officers stated that everything was in order and it was unknown at the time if anything was stolen. A school van was placed against the rear door, so no one could enter using that door until it was repaired. A message was left for the principal and custodian. Bar has too many patrons in basement On Saturday at about 12:40 a.m., officers conducted an inspection of the Joshua Tree at 1316 Commonwealth Ave. As officers made their way to the building, they observed a line that stretched the length of the building and to adjoining residences. Inside the premise, officers observed a line of people waiting to gain entrance to the basement level. Staff members told the officers they had about 122 people downstairs. The officers observed a busy scene with many people dancing to music supplied by a disc jockey. They conducted a mechanical count, which resulted in 166 people being counted. The officers could smell marijuana throughout the basement. The officers inspected the bar’s license, and made note that the capacity of the basement is 100 people. They issued a license premise to the bar for overcrowding in excess of license capacity in the basement. Bar plays loud music on patio Officers conducted an inspection of The Draft bar at 34 Harvard Ave. at about 1:05 a.m. on Saturday. Once inside the building, officers went to the rear outdoor seasonal patio and observed about 68 people crowding it. They also observed music being amplified and playing on the patio for the entertainment of the patrons, but it was carrying into the neighborhood behind the bar. The officers inspected the licenses of the bar and noted that the patio was supposed to close at about 10 p.m. Officers issued a licensed premise violation for premise operating outdoor seasonal patio past curfew. Noise complaint for house party At about 1:07 a.m. on Sunday, officers responded to a party complaint at 15 Radnor Road. Upon arrival at the house, officers observed loud music coming from the basement of the house. The officers entered the open door and saw a DJ with about 10 people dancing to the music. There were several empty beer cars on the floor of the basement. The group dispersed without incident and there was no evidence of underage drinking at the location.
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MBTA map contest impact uncertain Newly decorated
BUSM corridor honors its history
By Jenna Binsfeld Daily Free Press Contributor
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority closed off voting on Friday for a contest to make a new map of the T, but whether the winner’s submission will be used as a new official map is still questionable. The “New Perspectives MBTA Map Re-design” competition accepted submissions for a different layout of the Boston mass transit system map in the spring. Accepted submissions were voted on by the public beginning Sept. 9 and ending on Friday. The winner has not yet been decided, but an announcement is expected by the end of the month, according to the MBTA website. “It [the map] is a symbol of the city, but there are entirely new stops being added,” said Kelly Smith, spokeswoman for the MBTA and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. “There’s always the possibility [the winner’s submission won’t be used], but we did a lot of planning and time and effort went into the contest, and we want to use what the public chose.” The contest was divided into two categories — classic tier and open tier. The former had strict guidelines that would make sure the finished product would be able to measure up to legal standards, Kelly said. The top submissions in this category were those the public voted on.
By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff
“All of the bike facilities we put in, from shared lanes to multi-use paths, they’re all for increased safety,” she said. “The more protected the facility, the more it’s able to increase ridership and the more impact it has on safety.” Boston currently has 120 miles of bike paths, more than double the 55 miles in 2008, according to the plan. If all proposals go through, Boston will have 356 miles by 2043 and Boston Bikes would provide maps for bikers as the paths would be constructed or updated on their website. Michael Verseckes, spokesman for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, said while Boston has made significant progress in a statewide initiative to get fewer cars and more bikes on the road, sharing the road still comes with some dan-
Thanks to a number of donors, a corridor of the Boston University School of Medicine is now decorated with restored plaques, portraits and pictures commemorating significant figures in the school’s history. BU MED students and officials gathered Tuesday to honor the restoration of several works of art and historical artifacts now decorating the medical campus. MED Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Douglas Hughes and various donors made the renovations possible, said Provost of the BU Medical Campus Karen Antman. “Over the course of about three or four months, Dr. Hughes … identified a number of items that were important to the history of the school and arranged to have faculty and staff make donations so that they could be renovated,” Antman, who is also MED dean, said. During a brief reception on the MED campus, Antman thanked faculty, staff and alumni who made the restorations possible with their donations. “It’s important to have a culture of philanthropy on the medical campus,” she said in her remarks. “We certainly have some very supportive alumni who have donated to scholarships and to research support, but we’ve also got staff and faculty who have stepped up to the plate and each done a part of these projects.” The additions will improve academic life for students as well as promote the school’s history, Antman said. “What you see [here] makes an immense difference,” she said “… Having access to history makes for deeper appreciation of the history of the school.” Restored works include a fountain that now sits outside MED’s central building, an antique grandfather clock and a number of photographs and pictures. Many of the pieces commemorate leaders and other significant figures in MED’s history. Honored historical figures included Samuel Gregory, original dean and founder of America’s first female medical school, which later became BUSM, Israel Talbot, original BUSM dean who created America’s first co-ed medical school, and BUSM
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BUSM, see page 4
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A couple looks at a map of the Green Line to Tuesday afternoon at Kenmore Station. The MBTA-hosted contest that asked Bostonians to redesign the MBTA map ended Friday, but the MBTA has not committed to replacing the maps.
Open-tier submissions were never intended to be used as an actual map in transit stations, and submitters were notified of that. The category, Smith said, was primarily created to display “the creativity of our riders.” Submissions in the open tier included a tree with the branches serving as the different lines. Another one had the stops laid out based on their time of transportation from Downtown Crossing, its center, according to submissions posted on the website. Smith said some of the submissions were impressive demonstrations of the artistic talent of Boston’s citizens, but the attention the
contest got surprised her more than anything else. “Not only we were thrilled with the amount of submissions but also with the amount of votes and the public interest that they took in the competition,” she said. “We had over 17,000 votes in just under two weeks, and that was a really great turnout. We were glad that so many people took the time and expressed their opinion in what they think the next map should be.” Several riders on the T said they were never aware of the contest, but were glad to hear of a possible change in the maps. Jessica Taylor, a resident of
MBTA, see page 4
Bike lanes to be added to Hub roadways by 2018 By Steven Dufour Daily Free Press Staff
In an attempt to keep up with the city’s growing bike population, Boston Bikes announced on Friday a plan to add 75 miles of bike paths to Boston in the next five years. The Bike Network Plan outlines several stages of implementation for various types of lanes, traffic signals and signs specifically geared toward cyclists on roads all around Boston. The proposal is specifically detailed for the next five years, but also as a whole lays groundwork for projects over the next 30 years. “This Bike Network Plan will improve the quality of life for every Bostonian and help keep Boston strong by improving our health, our air quality, and by reducing congestion on our city streets,” said Boston Mayor Thomas Menino in a Friday press release. “I know that this Bike
Network Plan will help to transform Boston into a world-class bicycling city and make it possible for every Bostonian, young and old, to get out and ride.” The five-year action plan proposes 47 miles of exclusive bike lanes, the largest category in the proposal. This would entail painting a green lane for cyclists on the road. It also plans for 21 miles of cycle tracks, lanes separated from the road by a median, which will decrease the chances of collisions between cars and bikes. 105 miles of lanes are proposed to be in place by 2018, but due to weather and other factors, 75 miles could be built, according to the plan. Nicole Freedman, president of Boston Bikes, said her office was concerned with rider safety and included the cycle tracks to mitigate the risk of injury.
Students interact directly with preserved surveillance artifacts By Annie Husted Daily Free Press Contributor
Boston University Professor Joseph Wippl brought about 60 people on a behind-the-scenes interactive tour of the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Association and Federal Bureau of Investigation’s observation programs in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Tuesday night. The program, titled Student Discovery Seminar: Eye Spy: Surveillance and Espionage, focused on domestic and international espionage and gave students the chance to come in contact with well-preserved intelligence artifacts. “It [this exhibit] showcased a lot of archival material … which shows how it [espionage] started and how it got more and more technical and more and more sophisticated, and Boston University had a role in this,” Wippl, a former CIA operations man-
ager, said. Wippl said this archive gave students the chance to look at the espionage artifacts with a speculative eye and to objectively examine the facts and the truths hidden in the preserved letters, files, books, photographs and other reconnaissance paraphernalia. “One of the values in having an archive like this ... [is that] it helps us understand our own time,” Wippl said. “It gives us the chance to reflect on the present, to remember to stick to the facts and to be fair in our judgments.” The exhibition was informal and made way for students to casually interact with the artifacts, despite their historic significance. Each of the artifacts were placed on large tables around the room, organized by different subjects pertaining to espionage. To read the rest of this story, please visit us online at www.dailyfreepress.com.
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Acquisitions Assistant Jane Silva shows Richard Leghorn’s original aviators to Liu Hong Jie Tuesday evening at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center as a part of the Eye Spy: Surveillance and Espionage Student Discovery Seminar.
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gers. “The risk comes in several aspects,” he said. “One is: drivers just have to be aware. Most bike lanes don’t physically protect a biker from a car. It’s mostly there to alert drivers to the possibility cyclists could be in the area. There are also additional things cyclists need to be doing … But in the end, if it wasn’t safe, we wouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” Freedman said the plan has not been officially approved, so the next
mayor could choose not to fund the construction projects. But she said she has seen enough support for the expansion of a bikefriendly infrastructure to expect a significant amount of the proposals will happen. “Boston is fortunate in that it’s a very dense and flat city,” she said. “It allows for a lot of interest in biking, and it’s there. As we go forward, it actually becomes about attracting even more people — for example, seniors or families — who don’t bike already, and it’s shown that if we build it, they will come.”
Renovations attract attention to BUSM legacy, encourage donors BUsm: From Page 3
Overall goal of MBTA new map contest was ‘rider satisfaction’ mBta: From Page 3
Hudson, said the change would help those new to the Boston area. “I’ve gotten used to it [the T] now,” she said. “I’ve been here long enough that I’m used to it, but when I first came here I think it was a little jarring [to try to figure out navigation].” Emma Lukasiewicz, 22, a resident of Brookline, said the map change could be useful, but the T does not need many changes to its map.
“The only thing I can think of is putting all the stops on the Green Line [maps],” she said. “On the big maps, they only show you the ones a lot of people stop at.” Smith said the overall goal of the contest was rider satisfaction. “We have lines that are extending and so we just have to work through the logistics,” she said. “At the end of the day, we have to make sure that the map is usable for our customers, and so we’re planning on using the winner.”
graduate Anna Howard Shaw, who chaired the National Women’s Suffrage Association. Public School of Health Dean Robert Meenan also spoke at the reception, thanking donors and voicing his support for philanthropy on the MED campus. Donors included department chairs, MED graduates and faculty from the Goldman School of Medicine and School of Public Health, MED Assistant Dean for Development Lawrence Crimmins said. “We’re trying to create that culture of philanthropy on campus,” he said. The works will create more awareness among MED students about their school’s rich history, Crimmins said. “It’s good for our students to understand our history and how we’ve gotten to where we are,” he said. “Having a focus on history and bringing that up to our students here is important.”
Third-year MED student Michelle Min, president of the Student Committee on Medical School Affairs, said the pieces add to the campus’s appearance and serve to remind students of its culture. “It’s a shame to think that these wonderful pieces were up in the library hidden away,” Min said. “... It’s a good reminder that we’re not just about the science — we have history, we have a culture.” Fourth-year MED student Peters Otlans said many students are unaware of the School of Medicine’s legacy. “In general, BUSM has a really rich history, and not a lot of people necessarily know about it,” he said. The restored pieces are a wonderful way to commemorate this history, Otlans said. “The school is very historical and it’s really been a leader in diversity, education and medicine in Boston and in the world,” he said. “It’s really nice to see it being recognized by the administration and by other people and donors.”
Hub residents also voted for city councilors Primary: From Page 1
“What makes this election so big, and so important, is that after two decades of Mayor Thomas Menino and his trusted leadership, we are stepping into a new era,” he said. We recognize the next 20 years will be different from the last — new problems, new opportunities and new challenges.” Connolly, 40, father of three children and a former schoolteacher, made education and reforming the Boston Public Schools system a focus of his campaign. “I have never been so glad to be in second place in my life,” he said at his election night party at the Hibernian Hall in Roxbury. “This campaign is the face of Boston, and we are working together for Boston’s future.” He was first elected to the city council in 2007 and was the only candidate to officially declare he was running for office before Menino announced that he was not seeking re-election. Connolly said he grew up in a very different city, one that was “deeply and bitterly divided along class and race lines.” “I received the best this city had to offer, but I was always mindful that so many in our generation did not,” he said. “My time in the classroom gave me the desire to work for a city ... which recognizes that we are stronger for our diversity, for our different walks of life, our different languages, our different cultures and the different places we come from before we call Boston home. We are stronger for our diversity.” Also on the ballot, residents voted for candidates running for city councilor at-large and for a city council candidate to represent their respective districts. Because City Councilor Mike Ross, who represents Boston University’s district, decided to leave his position to run for mayor, residents voted for a new councilor to represent District 8 in the preliminary election. Josh Zakim, who garnered 2,691 votes, or 45.33 percent, and Michael Nichols, who received 1,619 votes, or 27.27 percent, will continue on to the election in November for new District 8 councilor, according to statistics by the Boston Election Department. Despite not moving on to the November election, Conley thanked his supporters for all their hard work and dedication to his campaign at his election party at the Seaport Hotel in South Boston. “Speaking with you, listening to you, hearing your hopes and dreams, your fears and concerns, has been one of the greatest experiences in my life,” he said. “It’s been a gift and from the bottom of my heart. I’m so grateful to the people of Boston for the gift that they have given me.” The other candidates in the race included City Councilors Felix Arroyo, Rob Consalvo, Mike Ross and Charles Yancey, former Boston Public School committee member John Barros, TOUCH 106.1FM co-founder Charles Clemons, Community Organizer Bill Walczak and former teacher David James Wyatt.
Turkey: A summer of protests Amy Gorel
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t 7 p.m., people left work. By 8 p.m., people walked in the streets. By 2 a.m. they went home. It was becoming a routine, Ali Uslu explained as he sat in the George Sherman Union. However, Uslu, a College of Arts and Sciences junior, was not describing the typical Friday night in Boston. He was describing the routine he found at home in Istanbul this summer during a temporary lifestyle of protesting. After finishing his BU classes at the end of June, Uslu returned home to Istanbul to find his friends spending their evenings in the streets “mingling with the police.” Except by “mingling,” Uslu meant the police were shooting tear gas and water cannons at a crowd of chanting protesters. “When I got tear-gassed for the first time, I didn’t think I would breath again,” Uslu said. Uslu, among other BU students whose homes and families are in Turkey or who spent their summers in the country, had varied levels of contact with the protests before returning for the fall semester. Some students took to the streets themselves, while others thought the protesters were simply stirring up trouble. But all viewed the activism taking place through the lens of social media. The protests, which began May 31 as activists occupied Istanbul’s Gezi Park to prevent its demolition for a proposed mall development, grew into larger protests decrying the increasing authoritarianism of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, international relations Wilfrid Rollman explained. Though the number of people involved in these protests has diminished since June, the protests still continue today, as police respond with stronger tactics. Initial environmental protests quickly evolved as Turkish citizens felt they lost control of their country, wrote Jenny White, an expert on contemporary Turkey and a CAS anthropology professor, in her blog on July 21 recounting the events of this summer. “[The protests occurred because] the space for accountability in Turkey has become as small as one’s shadow at noon,” she wrote. However, the necessity for more protests and the effectiveness of past protests is up for debate, White wrote. White’s first-hand accounts from citizens of Istanbul concluded that “there may have been excessive force used, but the overall assessment was that the protesters deserved it for causing trouble.” The force used by the police and Erdoğan should not have been unexpected, Rollman said. “Turkish regimes are not known for being gentle with protesters,” he said. These protests did not indicate a continuation of the Arab Spring, but they did occur in a pivotal country in the region. “People were very concerned about these protests,” Rollman said.
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Protesters hold “The People’s Front” banners standing on the Monument of the Republic in Taksim Square, Istanbul during the protests in early June.
“Are they going to destabilize the country? Is this going to be another Syria? There was a concern that if these protests were mishandled, it could balloon.” Uslu said that police preventing citizens from protesting shows that Turkey is not a democracy. However, he said one result of these protests is that the culture of democracy in the country is changing. Citizens can now go out and shout in the streets when they want. They are no longer confined to just voting. “People have realized democracy is not just a spectator sport,” Uslu said. “What’s most surprising, is that it became mainstream. It’s not just the marginalized people protesting, it’s your 50-year-old grandma and your best friends.” The number of people involved in the protests has diminished since June, but the protests continue today as police respond with stronger tactics. Despite the continuation of unrest, there are those who believe the demonstrations are only making the situation worse for citizens. The escalation of these protests was not something Numan Aksoy, a CAS sophomore, expected when he arrived in Istanbul at the beginning of June. Now sitting at a Starbucks, he sips tea, trying to get in touch with his Turkish side — though he admits he still added five pumps of raspberry flavoring. Aksoy, who was born in Turkey
but moved to the U.S. at the age of five, interned with Peace Islands, a Boston-based institute that brought him to Turkey as a translator for Massachusetts state representatives on June 1, around the time when the protests began. Askoy said at first, no one knew what was going on. At an event at the Ritz Carlton Hotel with the Turkish foreign minister, Aksoy heard booms and bangs from the balcony. Five seconds later, he felt something very stringent on his nose — it was tear gas. “It’s one thing to peacefully protest and hold up signs, but it’s another thing to throw Molotov cocktails and destroy public buses,” Aksoy said. “Why would you vandalize areas that belong to the public and things that serve the public? It’s just going to disadvantage them.” As someone who did not want to participate in the protests, Aksoy said he heard of many young people his age — including some of his own friends in Turkey — joining the demonstrators without knowing what they were protesting or what Erdoğan was actually doing. “I’ve heard journalists ask some of the protesters on the street and their answers are, ‘I don’t know, I’m just hanging out with my friends,’” Aksoy said. “Not all of the protesters know what Erdoğan is doing. They just think he’s a bad guy because he is portrayed as an authori-
tarian. It’s not to say that he doesn’t rule as an authoritarian, but he’s done more to help Turkey and benefit the region than any other leader in a while.” Erdoğan received 50 percent of the votes, which meant that though half of the people are not in favor of him, 50 percent are, Aksoy said. “He doesn’t have opposition, so he thinks what he does is what’s going to benefit the majority of the country,” he said. “With good opposition, he would definitely lessen his tone and ask before he does stuff.” Though not everyone agreed on the grounds of the protests, they did bring many more people into political activity. This is especially true regarding those who had not previously felt they could change their government. “You saw leftists, middle-class people, the LGBTQ community and soccer fans together,” said Ozan Tuncer, a Ph.D. candidate in the College of Engineering and a Turkish citizen. “You don’t expect them to be holding hands with each other while holding up the flags of their respective groups, but they were. The soccer fans who were fighting over their sport last night are now chanting together against the government.” These protests specifically brought a lot of young people who never cared about politics before into the arena. Tuncer considers
himself one of them. Tuncer spent his summer protesting before returning to BU for the fall semester. Sitting in the lounge after classes, Tuncer smiled as he talked about the protests, telling stories about an adventurous summer break. He continuously pulled his smart phone out of his pocket to show photos he took from the evenings over the summer and to look up English translations of chants he shouted with the crowds. He recited one: “Shoot us, shoot us, pepper gas us. Take off your masks and leave your batons. We will see who is really a man.” Though these chants involved many physical actions — both on the parts of the protesters and the police — the wave of social media’s use in movements today was also apparent. From the first day of the protests, Tuncer checked his Facebook newsfeed from the conference he was attending in Texas at the time over and over again as friends began posting updates. “I was checking my Facebook the entire time because the media was not showing anything,” he said. “Social media was telling the story.” Tuncer said he joined the protests because he saw his friends and the people who are part of his life speaking out for a necessary change. “You can’t go to the government to tell them what you want,” he said, pausing briefly to choose his words carefully. In her blog, White wrote many people protest because they want their voices to limit the government’s ability to act without public regulation, not because they want to become part of the Turkish government’s political process. The Turkish democratic process has many setbacks, but a coup will not help, White wrote in her July 21 post. She claimed that a “Gezi revolt at the polls” is needed, but first they need a party to vote for. And for that to happen, the government needs to make it possible for a party to grow. “People are unhappy with the authoritarian trend of Erdoğan, but he is mitigating it — luckily or skillfully, I’m not sure — with the relative economic stability of the nation,” Rollman said. Though the protests have died down considerably, the unrest remains an important consideration in the region as decisions are made about Syria, Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan and Turkey’s other neighbors. “Turkey will have to be involved, Turkey is involved,” Rollman said. “[Turkey’s] not a hot spot, but it is a very strategic country. Given a change in circumstances, it could become troublesome.” Now through three-and-a-half weeks of classes back in Boston, Uslu said he logs on to Facebook and sees photos and status updates on the continuing protests from people he knows. What’s it like being back for him? “It kills me,” he said immediately. “My mom is happier that I’m here, though.”
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These blurred international lines
Say the word “espionage” to a group of college students. What do they think of? James Bond? Austin Powers? The U.S. government? Whistleblower Edward Snowden has revamped the true meaning of the word past Hollywood to the reality that the National Security Agency has extended its tendrils into American citizens’ emails and overseas. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff spoke to the United Nations Tuesday about just how far electronic espionage has gone, and what measures the world should take to cut back on international spying. Rousseff did not name the U.S. or NSA in her address, but after Snowden revealed the NSA allegedly peered into Rousseff’s cell phone and email, it is hard to ignore the implications of her speech. According to a CNN article Sept. 18, several of Rousseff’s advisors and Petrobras, a large oil company in Brazil, also had their private communication accessed. “Without the right of privacy, there is no real freedom of speech or freedom of opinion, and so there is no actual democracy,” Rousseff said. And “without respect for [a nation’s] sovereignty, there is no basis for proper relations among nations.” And that is where she hits the nail on the head. How can the NSA maintain ties between nation states to ensure American national security? This isn’t the first time the U.S. has caused a rift between itself and another country due to surveillance. This whole NSA controversy — government officials deciding on who should be monitored (which is pretty much everyone) — seemingly started as a domestic issue. But now, just as Brazil and the U.S. almost got to discuss peaceful relations and to develop a relationship as allies, the whole thing fell apart. The Brazilian president postponed
a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama Sept. 17 because of the country’s raucous to Snowden’s allegations. They plan to meet Oct. 23. In January 2012, the UN essentially equated offline human rights to online human rights. Both Brazil and the U.S. supported this, according to an Aljazeera article Tuesday. So now, Rousseff is proposing the establishment of a UN backed international structure governing Internet use. This would hypothetically work if the NSA had boundaries in domestic surveillance. With NSA buzzwords like “water,” literally anyone who has ever texted, “Can you bring me a bottle of water?” has been flagged. We also have to remember that the U.S. is not the only country with access to the technology to execute this kind of espionage. Remember when the Syrian Electric Army shut down The New York Times’ website this summer? How about when Chinese hackers tried to access Washington Post emails? There is nothing the UN can do about it at this point. If these sorts of actions have been a secret for so long, they can be swept right back under the rug — unless Edward Snowden 2.0 emerges. Electronic espionage, especially in another leader’s cell phone, puts way too much concentrated power in too small an area that is not regulated, balanced or transparent. But the magic of electronic spying is that the investigator can go undetected. People are finally making the argument that the way the U.S. uses this power to breach trust with other countries is not appropriate, respectful or legal. In a time when the U.S. is striving for a better world image, transparency in this program, instead of a manhunt for a whistleblower, is more appropriate.
When I was 16, I asked the same girl on a date four Friday afternoons in a row. I’d spend the whole week psyching myself up, thinking about what I’d say, how I’d say it and what measures I’d take to keep my perspiration under control. Perhaps the saddest (or funniest) part of the whole thing was that for those first three Fridays, I thought she really did have to walk her goldfish, or do her calc-o-nometry homework. It wasn’t until the fourth time that I was finally hit by that ugly, dinged-up, 2002 PT Cruiser we call rejection. Waiting in line for some velvet-roped, Hollywood nightclub the other night, I saw Robert Pattinson stroll on in, bypassing the line. Out of nowhere I saw a flash of dim headlights — that damn PT Cruiser again. Then, bang! I’m not getting into this place. I’m not wanted here. A friendly reminder that Los Angeles is the rejection capital of the world. Rejection is a sour mix of disappointment, discouragement and embarrassment. It’s cunning. It enjoys the thrill of surprising you at a girl’s locker or outside a nightclub. And sometimes, it prefers a more subtle approach. There was a “prophecy” section in my 8th grade yearbook, and I remember being very excited to flip through and see what the committee had dreamed up for me. Most kids were given fairytale futures where they’d be hosting shows on Comedy Central, garnering a platinum album or winning Olympic gold. Me? The committee decided that I was destined to open up a hot dog stand called “Frank’s Franks.” That’s the best possible scenario you can see me in? The kid whose shirt bottom is popping out through his fly is going to win a Nobel Prize, and all I’m going to do is sell hot dogs? It was as if my dreams were being rejected. The other kids were getting to enter the nightclub of cool futures with Robert Pattinson, and I was left holding a hot dog in the parking lot. Even after years of practice, I still feel that tinge of shame when I realize I’m not wanted. Don’t we all? Whether it’s girls, employers or a cat walking away when I reach out to pet it, I’m sent back in time, reincarnated as that goofy 16-year-old. No one likes being rejected. What did I do wrong? Why don’t they like me? It’s easy to hide from the rejection monster. You just stop putting yourself out there.
You don’t take chances. You settle. You’ll never have to peel yourself off the pavement after being run over by a PT Cruiser. Broken dreams and dampened spirits hide behind every LA corner because it’s hard to be told over and over that you suck. When people say, “Your script is great, but it’s not right for us right now,” it’s like hearing the girl you like say, “I’d love to hang out tonight, but I have to drive my sister to A&P.” “You were great, but we went with someone else for the role of ‘Man on Escalator 3.’” Was I? Was I really? Sometimes it’s tempting to think about what it’d be like to just move out to New Mexico, take in the scenery and not have to deal with all that heartache. I do love desert topography. And those sunsets… But what’s worse, being the guy who doesn’t get into the club or being the guy who just stays home? Much like we wonder about the tree falling in the forest with no one there to hear it, I wonder about the script sitting on the hard drive, with no one brave enough to send it. If no one ever hears a story, is it really a story? There’s nothing tangible to lose through rejection — I wasn’t going out with that girl whether I asked her out 72 times or zero times. It’s just hard to step out of your comfort zone. It makes us too vulnerable for our own liking. Living in Los Angeles only amplifies my participation in a game that we’re all constantly playing. We’re all wagering our comfort with the hopes of winning our dreams, whether it be a date, a platinum album or the Nobel Prize. The more comfort you’re willing to wager, the more rejection you’re willing to risk facing, the bigger your dreams become. If you ask that particular girl out, sure, she might say no. But if you never build up the stones to ask her out, you’re saying no to yourself. You’re rejecting yourself. If I never ask an exec to lunch, or send out a script, or get up on a stage, I’m rejecting my own dreams. The choice is simple: Laugh in the face of rejection, live boldly, abandon my comfort zone. Or, I can go home and open up “Frank’s Franks.” Frank Marasco is a first-year graduate student in Los Angeles. He can be reached at fcm820@bu.edu.
Terrier Talk Reflections
The Daily Free Press asked students about how well the Boston mayoral candidates reached out to students. Here’s what some of them said. INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS BY SARAH SIEGEL
JAMES NELSON
“I have not been following the election. I think a Democrat is running?” -SMG junior
CAROLYN BICK
“I have not seen a single sign on campus representing any of the candidates. So, no, I don’t think they’ve reached out to students very well.” -COM graduate student
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“Because my friend is president of BU Repulicans, I’ve heard the race mentioned briefly here and there, but other than that, I’m not really following it.” -COM senior
“Being from Massachusetts, I would have liked to follow the race, but I haven’t had any time to get up to speed with the candidates.” -CAS senior
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Morris: Coaches and athletes must pamper, not insult, fans Morris: From Page 8
for jerseys. Thus, we can be whatever kind of fan we want to be. And Bo Pelini has every right to want to stick to the fans who left early. But you just can’t come out and say it. I worked at Dunkin’ Donuts over the summer after my freshman year. It was the worst job I could ever imagine. I wanted to say “F you” to just about every single person who walked in there. But I knew that I couldn’t. If I did, I would have deserved to get fired. And I was a damn good employee too. But that doesn’t matter. Bo Pelini screwed up and he deserves to lose his job because of it. There is a reason why every athlete
loves to say that he or she has the best fans in the world. In almost all cases, it’s not true, and the player knows it, but it’s just what you do. You always pamper the fans. You don’t say “F you” to them. Sure, Pelini has come out and apologized, but it doesn’t matter. The damage is done. He can’t just say he loves the fans now. That shouldn’t work. He needs to go. A head coach defines the personality of a football team. The New England Patriots are viewed as smart, pragmatic and business-like because Bill Belichick comes across as smart, pragmatic and businesslike. The Patriots are also hated by just about everyone outside of New England because Bill does not come across as a like-
able guy. The San Francisco 49ers are viewed as tough and energetic because Jim Harbaugh is tough and energetic. The Detroit Lions are viewed as a bunch of immature dinks because Jim Schwartz is an immature dink. A team plays like the personality of its head coach. So then how can Nebraska support Pelini to stay as its head coach? He comes out of this whole situation looking like an overzealous idiot. Is that really the image that you want portrayed on your football team? Most importantly, why would a player ever want to go play for this guy? First off, he’s putting a ton of negative attention
onto the football program. Secondly, after a huge win, he’s more focused on showing up the fans who left early. He should be focused on pleasing the fans who did stay and supporting his players who earned a hardfought victory. Nebraska needs to start fresh. The university needs to show that this kind of behavior is not acceptable by its head coach. It doesn’t matter that he didn’t think anyone would ever hear what he said. It doesn’t matter that he said it after the game in the heat of the moment. It doesn’t matter that he has apologized and said that he regrets his comments. It happened, and this idiot needs to go.
Bernatchez returns to play for BU Field Hockey: From Page 8
team trainers, Bernatchez played sparingly the next two games against Boston College and Providence (4-4), slowly working her way back into the lineup. Finally on Saturday, she not only resumed her starting role, but also played the full 70 minutes for the Terriers. An ankle injury to fellow sophomore backer Rachel Coll places even more emphasis on the return of Bernatchez as BU continues conference play. “It would be awful if we were to be without both of them,” Starr said. “I think we would be in real trouble. So I think her [Bernatchez’s] health may not be where it needs to be, but getting as much playing time as she’s getting right now is helpful, and I think this weekend she’ll be 100 percent.” Late Game Heroics Characterize the Season for the Terriers Despite their recent success, the past few weeks have put the Terriers to the test, as they have played five games out of their last six where the final score was de-
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Freshman Ellie Landsman was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week after a fantastic defensive performance against Colgate University.
cided by one goal. In these games, BU has logged a 4-2 record with three come-frombehind wins. Although the Terriers have struggled offensively of late — scoring only eight goals in their last six games — superb defensive play from both the backline and Eimbcke have validated BU’s preseason expectations as the favorites to win the Patriot League. The resiliency of BU is even more impressive considering the relative youth of the team, with five freshmen starting against the Raiders on Saturday. These freshmen have played with a poise beyond their years, something that Starr has definitely noticed. “Well, you really look at our team, and our veteran players are more in the midfield and at the back,” Starr said. “Even though we have two freshmen starting in the backfield, we have great goalkeeping from [Eimbcke]. As long as we keep on getting better and better and keep on working hard, we’ll keep generating those cross shots that just haven’t been going for us.”
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Little separation among top teams in Hockey East for 2013-14 season Men’s soccer team to play without key defender against improving Crimson Men’s Hockey: From Page 8
Still, the parity in the league was prevalent in both polls, as there was not much separation between the top seven teams. “Before it was always BC, BU, New Hampshire and Maine,” said BC coach Jerry
York. “Our league has gotten stronger. It produces these contenders and now you bring in Notre Dame, who’s right in the mix. This might be the strongest the league has been. “If you want to contend in our league, you have to be very good. Good’s not going to cut it.”
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League in assists per game and tied for first in total assists. “Anthony’s been doing fine,” said BU coach Neil Roberts. “He’s a good leader, he’s a good player, he works so hard, and the good thing about him is that he knows he’s not nearly where he’s capable of playing yet. I think within the next two weeks, you’re going to see Anthony really play well.” Defensively, BU is missing its 2011 American East Defender of the Year in redshirt junior defender Kelvin Madzongwe, who has been out the last three games due to injury. In spite of this loss, the Terriers are averaging just less than one goal allowed per game. This strong defensive show is due in large part to redshirt freshman goalkeeper Matt Gilbert, who is tied for first in the Patriot League in saves per game (4.80) and is ranked third in save percentage (.828). He already has registered two clean sheets this season, including a shutout of the defending Colonial Athletic Association champion Northeastern University last week. Harvard comes in under the direction of new coach Pieter Lehrer. The Crimson started off the season sinking fast with three straight losses to Iona College, Davidson College, and Providence.
However, Harvard has picked up its play in its last three contests, going 1-1-1. The Crimson tied 0-0 against Lafayette College, lost to the University of Hartford 3-2 in overtime and picked up their first win of the season against the University of MassachusettsAmherst in their last outing, winning 2-1. Overall, Harvard has been outscored 12-6 on the season, but will look to build on its win and prolong its winning streak against the Terriers Wednesday. Six different players have registered a goal for the Crimson. Senior Ross Friedman leads the team in assists with three on the year. Goalkeeper Brett Conrad started the first five games for the Crimson and posted a rough 2.06 goals-against average. Harvard made the change to goalie Evan Mendez last game and he picked up the win, registering two saves. While Harvard has had an up-and-down season so far, Roberts said that the Crimson should prove to be a worthy opponent for the Terriers. “They’re starting to get it together now,” Roberts said. “They scored four goals in the last two games and I think that they’re starting to play much better now. They’ve got a new coach and they’re trying new things ... they are pretty good defensively ... we’ll see what happens.”
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Driving The Lane
Get Rid of Bo
John Morris
Bo Pelini should be fired. In fact, he should already have been fired. On Sept. 16, audio was released of the University of Nebraska head coach insulting the team’s fans for leaving early after a huge comeback win over rival Ohio State University in 2011. Saying “F you” to the fans is pretty much the dumbest thing a coach could ever do. Fans are everything to a team. Without the fans, there is no team. Without the fans, Bo Pelini doesn’t have a healthy contract. And yet, he believes those are the people you should be screaming expletives to. Oh, but he did it behind their backs when he thought no one was recording him. That makes it all better, right? Absolutely not. That makes it worse. Didn’t we all learn our lesson from “Mean Girls” about what happens when you insult people behind their backs? That’s right, I went there. The fact that Bo still has any support from Nebraska fans is mindnumbingly stupid. First off, Nebraska hasn’t been good enough recently to warrant ignoring this issue. Bo Pelini is not Nick Saban or Urban Meyer. He isn’t even Les Miles. This recent issue in addition to last week’s beat down at the hands of UCLA should have led to the immediate dismissal of Pelini. How can the university possibly still market this guy as its head coach? If I’m the manager of some store and I say “F you” to all the customers who come in the store, it’s safe to say I’m going to be fired. That’s pretty basic business logic. I would be making the store look bad just as Pelini is making Nebraska look bad. Don’t get me wrong — everything Bo Pelini said was probably true. Most fans are fair weather fans. I’m a huge Red Sox fan, but even I couldn’t stand to watch them last year. I’ve fallen into a terrible habit of leaving early when I go to Fenway Park. It’s not right, but I want to beat the rush. Fans are spoiled brats. It’s true. We want everything to go perfectly, and when it doesn’t, we leave. But we’ve earned that right. We pay for tickets. We pay
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M. hockey ranked 6th in preseason Hockey East poll By Kevin Dillon Daily Free Press Staff
The Boston University men’s hockey team was ranked sixth in the annual Hockey East men’s preseason coaches’ poll Tuesday, which is the program’s first time finishing outside of the top four since 2005. “The strength of our league is the depth, especially when you add a team like [No. 7 University of] Notre Dame to it, and then next year [University of Connecticut] coming to the league,” said BU coach David Quinn. “It’s a challenge night in and night out in this league. I’ve played in it. I’ve coached in it. I understand that. “It’s going to be the team that stays healthy, the team that gets some breaks, the team that has great leadership and great goaltending. Those are the teams that are going to have a chance to have success, and we’re hoping we’re one of them.” The Terriers, who earned 67 points in the voting, are behind No. 1 University of Massachusetts-Lowell and No. 4 Boston College, who are tied atop the Hockey East coaches’ poll with 104 points apiece. Lowell, which is coming off its first Hockey East regular-season and tournament championships in program history, received seven first-place votes. BC, which has been atop the preseason poll for six straight seasons now, received four firstplace votes. Hockey East newcomer Notre Dame enters the league with big expectations, as it is tied for the No. 3 spot in the league with No. 13 University of New Hampshire. No. 15 Providence
College, which has made it to the Hockey East semifinals two years in a row, was ranked fifth. Behind BU in the coaches’ poll were Merrimack College (54 points), University of Maine (45 points), University of Vermont (34 points), University of Massachusetts-Amherst (32 points) and Northeastern University (28 points). Last season, the top five teams in the league were separated by two points by the end of the regular season, as there was a three-way tie for third place at 32 points. Merrimack, who finished in sixth place in the conference, was only five points behind league champion Lowell. “Those polls ... we do them because people like to talk about them,” said Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna. “The coaches hate them. They are either ranked higher than they think they should be or lower than they think they should be. I’m sure Norm isn’t happy with being the number one team in the country as that is one more thing he has got to manage with his players. “So David [Quinn] is probably in a pretty good position where he doesn’t have to worry about the kids getting a big head right now and he can probably use that to his advantage, even though my guess is he thinks he has a better team than that. He is probably one of those coaches that likes where they placed him.” The Hockey East media poll was only slightly different from the coaches’ poll, as it put Lowell at the top spot in the league ahead of BC by 19 points. Notre Dame was ranked third, followed by Providence ranked fourth and
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Senior defenseman Garrett Noonan will be a key contributor for the Terriers this season. BU was picked to finish sixth in the Hockey East.
UNH ranked fifth. From there, the polls were identical, with BU
receiving one first-place vote.
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Landsman named PL’s top rookie Men’s soccer to face Harvard By Justin Pallenik Daily Free Press Contributor
Following a tough 2-1 victory at Colgate University on Saturday, Boston University freshman midfielder Ellie Landsman was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week. Landsman received this award on the heels of a stellar defensive performance against the Raiders (1-7). From her midfield spot, she protected the cage at all costs, spelling an injury-ridden Terrier (5-2) backfield. Landsman was a key component of a BU defense that allowed only three shots on goal, providing the stand that led to the team’s first ever conference win as part of the Patriot League. Landsman took some momentum with her on the road to Colgate, after she recorded her first career defensive save against Providence College the previous week. “Ellie’s not playing like a freshman,” said BU coach Sally Starr. “She plays aggressively, she plays hard. She’s played tremendously lately with her ability
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to come up with key interceptions and just playing smart, hard hockey.” Landsman is the first Terrier to win Rookie of the Week honors this season. She joins junior goalkeeper Valentina Cerda Eimbcke, senior backer Ysi Schieb, and freshman forward Amanda Cassera as the other recipients of weekly awards for BU. Bernatchez Returns to Starting Role after Injury
The Terriers’ gained muchneeded depth this past week when sophomore backer Katie Bernatchez rejoined the starting lineup for the first time in over two-and-a-half weeks Saturday against the Raiders (1-7). Bernatchez suffered a concussion in only her second start of the season against Delaware University, and was scratched from the next two games against Northwestern University and Miami University (Ohio). After receiving clearance from
Field hockey, see page 7
Friday, Sept. 27 W. Hockey vs. Western Ontario, 7 p.m.
The Boston University men’s soccer team will look to shake off its loss against Providence College last Friday as it faces Harvard University Wednesday night in Allston. The Terriers (3-3-0) looked absolutely drained Friday, as they were beat to almost every ball and could not find their offense. But with this four-day layoff, the Terriers will hopefully by recharged and ready to kick off their four-game road trip with what will hopefully be their fourth win in five games. The Terriers have beaten the Crimson (1-4-1) in two of their last three confrontations, but Harvard leads the all-time series 24-14-6. In their last showdown, BU dominated the stat line, finishing with a 27-8 advantage in shots and a 16-1 advantage in corner kicks. While it seemed as if the Terriers were in control for most of the game, the Crimson ended up coming out on top with a golden goal in overtime to propel them to a 2-1 win.
Junior forward Dominique Badji was a central force in that game, finishing with nine shots, five on target and one goal. He looks to resume that role again, as he is coming off a game in which he led the team in shots (three) and looked sharp for a BU team that was simply overmatched by Providence (50-2). He is also one of six Terriers to tally a goal this year. BU has by no means been an offensive powerhouse this season — it is dead last in shots in the Patriot League, averaging just under 11 per game. It is also sixth in both total goals (seven) and goals per game (1.17). However, the Terriers have had their bright spots on offense this year, notably freshman forward Felix De Bona, who leads the pack with two goals. He is tied for ninth in the Patriot League in goals and tied for third in gamewinning goals. Senior midfielder and captain Anthony Ciccone has also been performing well, as he has notched a team-high four assists on the year, putting him first in the Patriot
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Sunday, Sept. 29
By Emmanuel Gomez Daily Free Press Contributor
Field Hockey vs. American, 1 p.m. W. Soccer @ Army, 3 p.m. M. Soccer @ Navy, 7 p.m.
men’s soccer, see page 7
Field Hockey vs. Hofstra, 1 p.m.