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Boston University students placed in hotel due to housing overflow BY KEELA SWEENEY DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

While Boston University guarantees four-year housing for all students, some international and exchange students are receiving a different type of housing option for the 2014 fall semester. Instead of the traditional dormitory setting, their residence is instead the Holiday Inn in Brookline. For this semester, 44 students — approximately 13 percent of the roughly 339 students in BU’s international exchange programs and Center for English Language & Orientation Program, a program for international students to hone their English skills — are living in the hotel because of a housing overflow, said BU spokesman Colin Riley. “When I first found out I was staying at the Holiday Inn, I was a little disappointed because I wanted to experience the American dormitory life,” said Daphne Kook, an exchange student from Singapore and a junior in the College of Communication. Students will remain at the hotel, located between South Campus and Coolidge Corner, only for the fall semester, Riley said. CELOP and exchange students receive housing assignments after the students on campus register for their housing, and in some cases, there is not enough room for all students. There was a housing overflow this year because BU admitted approximately 3,900 students, which is 200 more than its target class of 3,700, Riley said. “It’s a typical situation that is usually only done for a semester. It’s been happening most of the years for the past two decades,” he said. “It’s not a bad thing staying in a hotel. Years before, the hotel was desirable and people didn’t want to leave because they had their own bathrooms, cable television and air conditioning.” From 2002 to 2008, some upperclassmen were allowed to live in local hotels

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Ana Lopez (COM ‘15) does homework on her bed in her room at the Brookline Holiday Inn, where she has been living as a result of overflow housing at Boston University.

during the fall semester due to a limited amount of dormitory space at BU, in an effort to allow all incoming freshmen to live on campus, The Daily Free Press reported on April 10, 2007. In 2008, approximately 400 students spent their fall semester at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge before the opening of Student Village II, The Daily Free Press reported on March 4, 2009. The number of students staying in overflow housing represents approximately .003 percent of all students living on campus, said Riley. Ana Lopez, an exchange student from Ecuador and a senior in COM, said she was surprised when she first learned she would be living in a hotel. “I don’t know. I thought it would be okay, but at the same time I saw that the room didn’t have windows when I came here,” she said. “I thought that was kind of weird ‘cause you want windows when you live in a place. It is kind of difficult to get used to living here.” In addition to not living in her ideal environment, Lopez said her situation is neither the college experience she anticipated nor the one she wanted. “They [BU] should be organized and able to give the international students the experience we are looking for,” she said. “I love being able to go to the university to take my classes and interact with my classmates, but it is not the same as if I would be living in another place on GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF campus…where there

are a lot of students willing to get out and socialize.” Kook said living at the hotel makes her feel less immersed in student culture. “I have been here at the Holiday Inn for half a semester already, and I feel really detached from the local BU students,” she said. “Other than the classes that I attend, I don’t really feel like I am part of BU at all. I am just an international student taking classes and then going back to the Holiday Inn.”

The Holiday Inn is located approximately 0.5 miles away from the CELOP building at 890 Commonwealth Ave., where students take their English program courses. BU Housing sent out emails last week offering students a place to live on campus for the spring semester, Riley said. Despite their reservations about living in the Holiday Inn, both Kook and Lopez said they are hesitant about moving on campus halfway through the year.

hen I first found out I was staying at the Holiday Inn, I was a little disappointed because I wanted to experience the American dormitory life. - Daphne Kook Margot Valdivia, director of CELOP, said the current overflow situation is more positive compared to other overflow situations in the past. “In the past, there have been many, many more students staying in hotels, and this year, we are seeing much better numbers, and Housing is doing what they can to make these students still feel at home at BU,” she said. Valdivia said in order to make the rooms feel more like dormitories, BU Housing rearranges furniture and sets up rooms so they feel more like the conventional dormitories on campus. Students also have meal plans and eat in the university’s dining halls. “We do our best [to] integrate students as much as we possibly can,” she said. “[The program] is academically oriented for the international student perspective, and we want them to be integrated so that they can succeed at universities in the United States.”

Kook said she worries that her displacement from campus life limits her experiences at BU. “I wanted to get a taste of what it is like being in school here as well and be more involved with the American people and really immerse in the culture,” she said. “The experience definitely is only available in the dorms.” Lopez said while she is not entirely displeased with her time spent at the Holiday Inn, she hopes to live somewhere that will allow her to take full advantage of the limited time she has left at BU. “They [BU Housing] told me they had spaces available and were really nice to me,” she said. “I am supposed to live on campus [next semester], but I am thinking about going off campus and just living on my own because I don’t want another room like this. Even though at first they [BU] were not very good, I think now they are trying to make it up, so I am not angry with them.”

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Statewide food waste ban reduces waste, encourages composting BY ALEXANDRA DAVID DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

A first-in-the-nation, statewide food waste ban has been implemented in Massachusetts in an effort to reduce the Commonwealth’s waste accumulation by using composting and energy-generating technology. Each year, the Commonwealth produces 1.3 million tons of food waste, “enough to fill up 20 Fenway Parks,” said Ed Coletta, spokesman for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. “This is probably the only regulation we’ve implemented that hasn’t had any negative feedback.” The ban, which was implemented on Oct. 1, will regulate the waste disposal of approximately 1,700 larger institutions such as universities, hospitals, convention centers, nursing homes and hotels, but does not apply to residents or small businesses. “The food waste ban provides a win-win-win-win-win-win for residents and businesses in the Commonwealth,” said MassDEP Commissioner David Cash in the release announcing the beginning of the program. “It will reduce waste, save money on disposal costs, create renewable energy, cut emissions from fossil fuel use, produce a rich fertilizer for farm use and grow jobs and stimulate the economy.” MassDEP is regulating the ban, and the department is working

to accomplish the Commonwealth’s goal of reducing the waste stream by 30 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050, the release stated. Waste stream refers to the process of waste generation, treatment and disposal. The regulation applies to any entity that disposes of at least one ton of organic material per week to donate or repurpose the usable food. Any remaining food waste is be sent to anaerobic digestion facilities, where it will be converted to clean energy or sent to composting and animal-feed operations, according to the press release. MassDEP has been working on this project for more than four years and has been addressing the issues related to landfilling and burning recyclable and toxic goods since 1990, Coletta said. These efforts have placed bans on waste items detrimental to the environment, such as whole tires, asphalt pavement, leaves and yard waste and lead acid batteries, according to the release. The City of Boston is participating in the statewide effort toward decreasing the impact of food waste on the environment, said Leah Bamberger, a sustainability strategist at Greenovate Boston. Waste that is incinerated contributes to air pollution, which is why the City has implemented Project Oscar, a pilot program running from September through the end of November that placed compost

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drop-off bins in various neighborhoods including the North End and East Boston. Dennis Carlberg, director of Sustainability@BU, said the ban is a critical step toward reducing waste and increasing sustainability in Massachusetts. “It’s got to start somewhere. This is a long time coming,” he said. “The ban is an important step to improve sustainability within the state. It [composting] is not hard. You just separate your food from your other waste and put it in a composter.” BU produces 11,000 tons of waste every year, and for the past three years has composted food scraps from dining halls throughout campus, according to the Sustain-

ability@BU website. Several residents said the food waste ban is necessary, and they hope to see similar programs enforced in more areas in Boston. Anna Siembor, 23, of Jamaica Plain, said she is pleased with the ban, but Massachusetts, and specifically Boston, should do more composting and making better use of waste. “It’s definitely a positive, but it’s not enough,” she said. “I recently started using Bootstrap Compost to compost my own food, and it’s still kind of absurd that most Bostonians have to pay money for a service that is free in a lot of other places. It’s wonderful that food waste is being used in a way that can help the rest

of the community.” Bootstrap Compost is a yearround residential and commercial food-scrap pickup service focused on averting all food waste from landfills. The program is $10 for biweekly pickup and services the Greater Boston area. Dave Berry, 34, of South Boston, said he sees several reasons why the ban is necessary based on personal experience working in the food industry. “I used to work in restaurants, and we had a lot of waste coming out of restaurants, but you could use that for biofuels and that sort of thing,” he said. “So there’s definitely opportunity everywhere for it, and we’re not doing that much of it at all.”

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Harvard prayer rally calls for support on Q’s 3, 4 in Nov. election BY STEVE FRIEDMAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Stand for Democracy, a Harvard University-based group dedicated to maintaining the public’s right to vote, sponsored the “Yes For Justice Interfaith Prayer Rally: Towards a New Dawn” at The Memorial Church of Harvard Wednesday night to garner support for Question 3 and Question 4 on the Massachusetts ballot in the November general election. A “yes” for Question 3 on Nov. 4 would repeal a 2011 law allowing resort casinos in the Commonwealth, and a “yes” for Question 4 would entitle certain employees to earn and utilize paid sick days. The prayer rally consisted of Christian, Islamic and Jewish prayers interspersed among religious leaders’ brief speeches about the issues of Questions 3 and 4. After the rally concluded, attendees had the opportunity to talk one-on-one with each speaker. “Casinos siphon off money from the economy, so there’s only casino owners and investors, most of whom do not live within our communities, who can themselves profit,” said Rev. Luther Zeigler, president of the Harvard Chaplains, an organization dedicated to serving the Harvard community. “The evidence shows that casino gambling generally seeks income disproportionately from

lower-income classes.” The ultimate impact, Zeigler said, is the gradual redistribution of wealth, which over time contributes to an increased disparity between the rich and the poor. Lewis Finfer, the executive director of the Massachusetts Communities Action Network, said without a government mandate, 30 percent of Massachusetts’ residents lack sick days at work. “Almost 1 million people in Massachusetts do not have sick days, so they cannot take care of themselves if they’re sick, take care of their children, or take care of their relatives,” he said. “And Question 4, if people vote yes on that, will give people five sick days a year to take care of themselves and their family.” Rev. Dr. Roberto Miranda, of the Congregation León de Judá in Boston, said he witnessed the lack of sick days target mainly lower-income classes, similar to the casino issue of Question 3. “As the pastor of a mainly Latino congregation, I observe daily the plight of undocumented workers, single mothers and skilled laborers, who sometimes hold two, and even three jobs in order to make ends meet,” he said. These workers represent some of the most valuable, yet powerless groups in the community, Miranda said. “Because of their position, they do not

have leverage, or the confidence, to speak effectively or forcefully,” he said. “Unless the very basic right of paid sick time is structured into law, the fundamentally weak will continue to long rights. We are here to confirm this basic human right.”

concerned group of citizens have decided that they’re not going to allow things to happen that should not happen. - Rev. Virgil Woods Rev. Virgil Woods, who worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Civil Rights Movement, voiced his support for voting yes on the two ballot questions at the prayer rally.

“This event is important to me because a group of concerned citizens have decided that they’re not just going to allow things to happen that should not happen, and they’re going to come together to figure out ‘how do we turn it around?’” he said. “And not only that, how we create an alternative model, the alternative future that really works now. That’s what I see. That’s why I wanted to be here.” Bette Davis, 65, of Cambridge, said prior to the rally she was going to vote no on Question 4, but after the night concluded, she said she would reconsider. “I worked at UMass Boston [University of Massachusetts Boston] for 18 years, and people got a certain number of sick days, and they would use them like vacation days,” she said. “I didn’t realize they would only get five paid sick days a year.” Denise McHugh, 62, of East Boston, said she considered the rally to be a success, partly because of its interfaith aspect. “There’s power in numbers,” she said. “And it’s the religious leaders that are gathering the people, those that are strong in faith and conviction that we could do this. That’s how it happens, when you are strong in faith and conviction. It’s wonderful that everyone has crossed the barriers of the broken body of Christ and rather considered that we’re all one in these moral, social issues that we’re fighting for.”

Study evaluates NCAA concussion Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Baker management plan, compliance QUESTIONS & ANSWERS WITH

BY FELICIA GANS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

This is the fourth part in a five-part series of profiles about the gubernatorial candidates facing off in the Nov. 4 election Growing up in a home where his Democratic mother and Republican father debated politics and public policy at the dinner table, Charlie Baker, the Republican candidate for the Massachusetts gubernatorial election, knew from a young age that he had an interest in the public sector. The 57-year-old former healthcare CEO has worked in state government for several decades, serving as Secretary of Health and Human Services and Secretary of Administration and Finance under Massachusetts former governors Bill Weld and Paul Cellucci. After losing to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in the 2010 gubernatorial race, Baker is back, hoping to strengthen the job market, the education system and the variety of communities seen across the Commonwealth, while also bringing “balance” to Beacon Hill. With three kids ages 23, 20 and 17, Baker told The Daily Free Press he and his wife are tuned into the issues facing young people today, a perspective he hopes will lead him through the remainder of the race and to the gubernatorial office.

economically. We haven’t created much new employment at all over the course of the past 14 years, which is enormously troubling to me. While our employment rate isn’t that bad, part of that is because our population has stayed pretty flat, even gone down a little, and there are just fewer people looking for work than there used to be. I’m a big believer in education and a big believer of education as a big equalizer. One of my major objectives as governor would be to continue to close the achievement gap between underperforming school districts and the rest of our school districts. If we truly want to be a great state, we’ve got to figure out a way to make sure everybody can participate economically, and a big foundation for that is getting a great education. The third thing I talk a lot about is the fact that we have a lot of great communities and a lot of big areas in Massachusetts that are doing quite well. We also have a lot of communities that are sort of struggling to keep up, and we put up a whole series of plans and initiatives on how to kick start some of these communities and to give them an opportunity to be safe, thriving, successful places going forward.

Felicia Gans: What inspired you to run for office? Charlie Baker: Part of it was an opportunity to put into practice all that conversation I heard around my parents’ dinner table growing up…I actually think the constructive friction I saw with my folks, when they would debate the issues of the day and sort of force each other to raise the quality of their game when they would talk about this stuff, I saw play out in real terms when I worked in state government in the ‘90s. I’ve always said to young people and I will say it to your readers, if you have an opportunity to do something in the public sector, even if it’s volunteer at your local level, you should do it. The reason I decided to run for governor is I’m deeply concerned about where we’re headed

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Charlie Baker, Republican candidate for the Massachusetts gubernatorial election, speaks at his primary election party in September.

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BY JAIME BENNIS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Most university athletic departments are in compliance with the NCAA concussion policy established in 2010, a Tuesday study from professors at Boston University and Harvard University found. The study surveyed all 1,066 institutions in the NCAA, and 907 responded to the request. Approximately 82.1 percent of schools that responded said they had a concussion management plan in place and are in compliance with the guidelines delineated by the NCAA 2010 law. “We wanted to be able to tell whether or not people are actually implementing the NCAA concussion policy,” said Daniel Daneshvar, postdoctoral researcher at BU and one of the authors of the study. “What we did is survey coaches and people involved in athletic training and sport medicine personnel, as well as athletic directors, to determine whether or not these components of the NCAA policy were in fact being done.” The 2010 NCAA concussion policy states that concussion management plans include comprehensive educational material for athletes and that athletes should participate in a one-time pre-participation baseline concussion assessment, according to the NCAA website. Athletes experiencing concussion symptoms must be removed from practice or competition, be referred to a physician or athletic trainer and appropriate precautions must be taken post concussion, the website states. Emily Kroshus, postdoctoral student at Harvard and another author of the study, said there are still clear areas where improvement is needed. “Only around three-quarters of institutions provide concussion education to athletes,” she said in an email. “Figuring out how to increase compliance with NCAA concussion policy is a challenging proposition, but it something that all stakeholders, including the member institutions who all

vote on NCAA policy, need to take seriously.” Leonard Glantz, one of the authors of the study and professor in the School of Public Health at BU, said the coaches and clinicians had different ideas about which methods of improvements would be most effective. The study found that only 29 percent of coaches thought more comprehensive coach education would be an effective way to improve management plans, while 60 percent of clinicians thought coach education would be an effective solution. Thirty-seven percent of coaches identified athlete education as a solution, while 42 percent of clinicians thought this would be an effective means of improvement, according to the study. Glantz said there is ambiguity surrounding the meaning of athlete education. He said one school might hand out a flyer and call that athlete education, while another might have more thorough education plans. “What it concludes is that most of these schools have policies, and most of them abide by the policies,” he said. “We see that there were some real differences from school to school. Whether or not people know that there are policies, whether or not they know what the policy says and it varies.” BU Senior Athletic Trainer Brian Vesci said BU complies with the guidelines set forth by the NCAA. Baseline tests are administered yearly in addition, and a number of other actions are taken. “Other things incorporated in that have to do with educating individuals on a yearly basis,” he said. “The way in which we do that is meet with them as a team and talk to them about the symptoms of concussions, the importance of why they should report not just them but also teammates or friends that they know that may have suffered or are experiencing symptoms so that they can be evaluated.” Read more at dfpr.es/CNCSS

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Boston University “Kills the Cup” campus wide BY ALEXIS SMITH DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Coffee shops throughout Boston University’s campus in the month of October are participating in the “Kill the Cup Challenge,” a program designed to raise awareness and ultimately eliminate the use of disposable coffee cups. Kill the Cup was started at the University of California, San Diego in 2013 by graduate students Drew Beal and Mike Taylor. What began as a game of encouraging coffee drinkers to share pic-tures of themselves drinking coffee from reusable cups on social media quickly became a na-tionwide program with the goal of eliminating waste and raising awareness about the detrimental effects of disposable-cup use on the environment, Beal said. “We love to generate excitement around sustainability,” he said in an email. “We do indeed plan to address all reusable cup use. But coffee shops are a great place to start. More than half of adults drink coffee every day, so it’s a great way to reach the masses. And our goal is to expand Kill the Cup beyond college campuses.” BU’s on-campus coffee shops, such as Pavement Coffeehouse and Blue State Coffee, are partaking in the program, as well as Starbucks in the George Sherman Union and the School of Man-agement. The challenge, spearheaded by BU’s Net Impact, started Oct. 6 and will continue until the end of the month.

This is the first year Kill the Cup has come to BU, said Patricia Zundritsch, secretary of Net Im-pact Undergrad. Studies suggest 16 billion paper cups are sent to the landfill per year, and other studies have shown that number to be much higher, she said. “Kill the Cup is about increasing the use of reusable mugs to combat the waste produced by cof-fee shops on campuses,” Zundritsch said in an email. “The ideal would be that every student considers ordering coffee in a reusable mug the norm and only needs a disposable cup if he or she forgot his cup, or decided to have coffee [or another beverage] unexpectedly.” Disposable cups typically end up in the incinerator or the landfill, said Sabrina Pashtan, a spokeswoman for Sustainability@ BU, which adds to climate change and greenhouse gas emis-sions. “Dining Services is working with Net Impact to help market the program,” she said in an email. “We have seen a modest increase in reusable mug usage, but overall the numbers are quite low compared to other universities. BU students need to step it up and use their reusable mug.” The BU community and the City of Boston have made concerted efforts to increase sustainability and create a more efficient, eco-friendly environment. On Oct. 1, the Commonwealth instated a food waste ban, utilizing composting and energy-generating technology to reduce waste. On campus, BU has incorporated eco-friendly equipment and technology into its buildings, and has implemented ecological

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Boston University’s inaugural “Kill the Cup Challenge” started on Oct. 6 and runs through the end of October to raise awareness about the detrimental effects of using disposable cups and encourage use of reusable containers.

methods for BU Dining Services to reduce waste, such as recycling and composting. BU Dining Services also offers a discount of 25 cents on reusable mugs sold at locations that serve coffee campus-wide. Beau Cotê, a senior at Northeastern University and a supervisor at the Pavement Coffeehouse on BU’s campus, said he supports the program and has become an active participant now that he is more aware of the detrimental effects that one-use cups can have on the environment. “It [Kill the Cup] is important because our generation, compared to our parents’ generation, cares about climate change and the environment,” he said. “We’re worried about everything and the more you do, the better results you get.” Cotê said he understands why people would not want to participate in the program, being that some cannot afford to spend the money on a reusable mug, which can often cost as much as $25. “The sign has done some damage,” he said. “People see it and agree with it, but nothing really changes. I haven’t seen an influx of people bringing in their own mugs, about the same as usual.” Nicolas Bachicha, a freshman in Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and an employee at the Starbucks in SMG, said he also has not noticed an influx of students rushing in with travel mugs to get the discount at the coffee shop. “Regulars at Starbucks bring in their own [reusable mugs], but students in a hurry on their way to class don’t usually bother,” he said. “Older people and regulars definitely do bring in their own mugs.” Parker Flores, a freshman in the College of General Studies, said he is an avid coffee drinker, and although he just learned about Kill the Cup, he plans on participating in it. “Not many people know that it’s going on. Sure, they have signs by the register, but I don’t think people focus on what is going on by the register, just their order,” he said. “Maybe if these places posted signs in the window before people go in, they’d get more people doing it.” Despite the low turnout, Flores said the Kill the Cup Challenge at BU should not be discontin-ued. “We don’t lose anything by keeping it here, then why discontinue it?” he asked. “I feel that peo-ple don’t use it because people don’t understand or know about it, so if it continued, then maybe more people would learn about it.”

Baker seeks balance in Beacon Hill, prioritizes education BAKER, FROM PAGE 3 FG: You ran against Deval Patrick in 2010 and lost the election. Why did you decide to run a second time and what are you doing differently this time around? CB: Some of the issues that I was concerned about in 2010, I think are still with us…I also think that balance on Beacon Hill matters. When I worked there in the 1990s, you had balance, Republicans and Democrats engaging in a debate that I think was a positive and constructive one to the people in Massachusetts. I’m not a big believer that one party government is ever a good idea. I think it lacks accountability, it lacks transparency and there’s a certain lethargy that comes with that that we need to overcome and get a lot more urgent and get a lot more focused. Having both teams on the field and creating that kind of competition and ideas is a good thing, and I think it helps with that. There’s nothing wrong with having checks and balances between the governor’s office and the legislature. If you’re talking to 2 million people, which is what an election is all about, you should

talk about a limited number of things, so I really spent most of this race talking about jobs, schools, communities and balance. And that’s probably where I’m going to focus most of my conversation over the next seven, or six weeks. FG: What are your biggest goals for higher education and how quickly after taking office would you look to put those goals into action? CB: I have one out of college, one in college and one going, so the cost of higher education is a constant source of discussion for our friends and our neighbors and almost everybody we know for the better part of the past six or seven years, so we put a series of initiatives out there that are designed to help deal with the high cost of a college education. The other thing I would say, we have some terrific career and technical schools and I don’t think we’ve necessarily leveraged them the way that we should. FG: How will you ensure college students will be able to find affordable housing and a job in the Commonwealth in college?

CB: The number one issue is the ability to find affordable places to live. We have put out a policy for that, which is designed to create more market rate affordable housing for young families and singles who are coming here and going to school and would like to stay here after they graduate. FG: What makes you the best candidate for college students? CB: I have a son who just got out of college, and I have another one who’s going to get out in a couple years and a daughter who’s going to be going, so I’m familiar with the issues college students face. I think the biggest issue college students face, there are two of them. One is the cost of college and the other is getting a job when they graduate, and we’ve put out very specific proposals on both of those issues. We’re very anxious to see us do a better job in the Commonwealth, creating the kind of jobs and the kind of economic climate and environment in which our young people decide that this is where they want to stay and put a stake in the ground and make their life. Read more at dfpr.es/CHRLSBKR

CAMPUS CRIME LOGS BY GHERARDO ASTALDI DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Oct. 13 to Oct. 20. Fraudulent credit card purchases A 25-year-old male affiliated with BU reported that his credit card was fraudulently accessed on Oct. 13 at about 7:30 a.m. The charges amounted to more than $1,000. Male arrested under warrant A male, who was not affiliated with BU and had been previously identified for exposing himself to two girls on Oct. 3, was arrested on Oct. 13 by BUPD on Buswell Street at about 6 p.m BU student robbed while entering dormitory A 21-year-old female student was cornered while walking back to her dormitory on Bay State Road on Oct. 14 at about 1 a.m. The suspect demanded that the student hand over their bag and then fled the scene in a gray Sedan. The suspect wore a dark blue jacket and was described as a Hispanic, bald, male, around 30 years old. Burglary at the Danielson Institute A burglary occurred at the Danielson Institute on 185 Bay State Road on Oct. 14 during the day. Suspects entered cabinets and stole valuables. It is unclear whether or not the burglars are BU affiliates. Suspects seen in an attempt to steal bike Bystanders reported seeing two younger African American males under the age of 17 trying to cut a lock at 3 Cummington Mall on Oct. 16 at about 1 p.m. When police searched the area, the suspects were gone. Students found in the possession of marijuana A group of students were found in possession of marijuana on Friday at 275 Babcock St. at about 10 p.m. The students received citations for possession. Student backpack stolen in FitRec A student’s backpack was stolen on the second floor of 915 Commonwealth Ave. at the Fitness and Recreation Center on Friday at about 12:30 p.m. The backpack was not found. Students caught in the possession of alcohol Two students under the age of 21 were found in possession of alcohol on Friday in the area of 90 St. Mary’s St. at about 9 p.m. Both students will be summoned to Roxbury District Court for alcohol violations. BU Student assaulted by intoxicated man A 21-year-old male BU student reported being assaulted by an intoxicated person around West Campus at 3 a.m. on Saturday. The victim stated that the suspect grabbed his neck from behind and ran away. Messages written outside student’s room A BU student reported that a message had been written on her white board outside her room on Sunday at about 11:30 a.m. at 273 Babcock St. The message involved race and ethnicity, but did not make any sense. BUPD photographed the evidence and an investigation is currently underway.

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Boston-based companies make over beauty, fashion industry BY MICHELLE MARINO DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

As large fashion retailers such as Urban Outfitters and The Gap, Inc. report a continued trend of negative retail sales and a fall in stock prices, the fashion and beauty industries are in a position to welcome new players in the market. With the familiarity of a brick and mortar, the unique offerings of a boutique and the targeted analytics and technology of a modern startup, Boston-founded companies Bow & Drape, Gloss48 and Nineteenth Amend-

ment are disrupting the status quo by changing the way consumers interact with beauty and fashion brands. The companies are solving two issues in the fashion and beauty industries: the burden on consumers in the search for customizable and high-end products and the difficulty designers face when trying to break into a cutthroat industry. Bow & Drape, an online women’s clothing boutique that raised $1.2 million in seed funding in January, brings out-of-reach customization to the average consumer and the manufacturing of personalized clothing at an

economical price. Bow & Drape CEO Aubrie Pagano said she created the company to fi ll a void in affordable, customized women’s fashion. The company produces custom clothing to order on par with retail pricing, making an exclusive piece of clothing as viable as something off the rack. Pagano, who had always sewn her own clothes, said she recalls crafting her pants for an upscale party in New York, a celebration that demanded something special. “I bought what looked like a Salvador Dalí print and made these wild pants. Everybody loved them,” she said. “That’s when I thought, ‘If I had something more unique, I’d feel more confident about my own style.’” Pagano said the company has evolved since its inception, taking cues from consumers to determine product offerings. Bow & Drape, originally offering solely dress customization, eventually expanded to other wardrobe pieces such as sweatshirts, T-shirts and tote bags. “What we realized is that girls who were really excited about customization had a ton of personality. Just customizing a dress doesn’t allow her the full weight to express herself,” Pagano said. With its expansion to different product offerings, Bow & Drape has seen its brand develop customer loyalty, including the loyalty of some celebrities and reality television stars, she said. “Rather than buying off the rack, the choice can be, ‘Do I want to buy off the rack or customize?’ she said. “It should be a choice for someone.” While some customers seek customization, others seek novelty. Gloss48, a company that provides a platform for beauty junkies to discover and purchase niche products, brings small brands to the consumer market. “Frequently, these brands are sole proprietors that sell an amazing product,” said Laura Bronner, co-founder of Gloss48. “Then it sort of falls off a cliff due to a lack of marketing budget or any type of distribution.” Gloss48 is not Bronner’s first foray into the beauty industry. Previously, she worked at MiniLuxe, a nail and waxing salon chain that grew out of the Boston area and recently received funding to expand its services nationwide. Located across from massive beauty retailer Sephora, MiniLuxe had to try and offer unique brands in order to compete, Bronner said. This concept carried over to Gloss48. The Gloss48 site curates indie brands and products, featuring the launch of a different brand on its site every day. During these launch periods, the product is offered at a promotional price for the first seven days. The rest of the brands are available for pur-

chase at regular prices using a marketplace model similar to that of Amazon. “In the seven-day promotion period, we tell their [the brand’s] story and give them social media love,” Bronner said. She said the YouTube community has been extremely receptive to Gloss48, often contacting the company with suggestions on new brands and products to feature. “From a consumer standpoint, our goal is to become the place women go to discover and shop exciting beauty,” she said. “And from a brand perspective, we want to be the first company they think of when they launch a new product.” Like Gloss48, Nineteenth Amendment aims to bring lesser-known brands to the mainstream market by connecting new designers with prospective customers. Amanda Curtis, CEO of Nineteenth Amendment, said her company was built off problems she witnessed while attempting to break into the fashion industry. Curtis, a 2009 Boston University College of Communication graduate and 2010 graduate of Parsons The New School for Design in New York, said after her nascent brand made it to the finals of New York Fashion Week and still could not gain traction, she knew there was a problem. “The issue in breaking into the fashion industry is brand,” Curtis said. “This hasn’t changed in the past 110 years, but now there’s the Internet and a better way of doing things. Nineteenth Amendment is a way for these brands to get to market and reach customers directly.” The platform of the website brings on fresh designers and allows them to upload their designs, which can then be browsed by customers in a 45-day window. When that period ends, designers who have received at least 10 orders will be put into production, and the customer will receive the garment at wholesale price. These designers will also then have the opportunity to sell their garments at retail outlets. Nineteenth Amendment also provides designers with a product lifecycle management system built to connect smaller brands to manufacturers, as well as a data dashboard with analytics on their customers and their brand. Curtis said fashion is a two-sided marketplace, and she hopes Nineteenth Amendment will be the one-stop shop for designers to launch and for consumers to discover new talent in the fashion world. “It [the 19th Amendment] gave everyone a voice in democracy,” she said. “We see ourselves giving everyone a voice in fashion – designers, consumers, manufacturers [and] retailers.”

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Left: The cast of “Into the Woods” sings during their Saturday performance at the Tsai Performance Center at Boston University. Above: Claire Buesser (SED ‘16), Ali Edwards (CGS ‘17) and Kelly Duffy (COM ’15) perform a scene as Milky White, Cinderella and the Baker’s Wife, respectively.

REVIEW: BU Stage Troupe enchants with ‘Into the Woods’ BY FELIPE BELFORT MARQUES DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

With a fi lm adaptation of the original “Into the Woods” slated for release on Dec. 25, directors Brittany Jenkins and Joe McLaughlin and the very talented cast and crew of the Boston University Stage Troupe had to fi nd a way to make their version of the classic musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine faithful to the spirit of the original,

and yet unique and memorable at the same time. This showed in their BU Parent’s Weekend performance at the Tsai Performance Center on Saturday night. “Into the Woods,” which debuted on Broadway in 1987 and has returned to the stage in numerous revivals, intermixes stories and characters from several Brothers Grimm fairytales. The main characters are drawn from the stories of “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “Rapunzel” and “Cinderella,” and are brought together

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through an original tale of a baker and his wife looking to start a family after a witch places a curse on their family making it impossible for them to do so. The design choices — although justifiably limited seeing as Jenkins and McLaughlin had to put the play together in a matter of weeks — were in no way hindered by said limitations. The choice of costumes, based on clothing from the 1940s and 1950s, showed how timeless the fairy tale characters and stories truly are. The concept behind Little Red Riding Hood’s (Cameron Barney) changes in hair and wardrobe symbolizing her growth and development as a character was a particularly interesting touch. The makeup for characters such as The Witch (Abi Oshins), Jack’s Mother (Brittany Martin) and the Narrator/Mysterious Man (Victor Kholod), with their pronounced aged features, or the Wolf (Elliott Hanson), with his fake fur and slicked greaser hair, matched the aesthetic choices made by the costume department, further establishing this production’s originality. The set was equally creative, albeit simple due to the aforementioned time constraints. The leaves on the trees were made of various pieces of cloth tied to the branches, giving the woods a new set of colors, and the main tree served as both stage and backdrop. In terms of casting, the actors were perfect for their roles. Special mention goes to Nathan Wilgeroth’s Jack, who transitioned beautifully from an innocent child to an increasingly more mature — yet confused — adult as the plot progressed. Oshins’ Witch, whose role in the story was a tad unclear during the fi rst half of Act One, was impeccably represented as the trag-

ic character she becomes in Act Two. Hanson mastered his double role as the shallow and fickle Cinderella’s Prince and the eccentric and alluring Wolf. Both Andy Moeller’s Baker and Kelly Duff y’s Baker’s Wife, fully embodied characters that were not as innocent as they initially seemed. And Barney’s Red Riding Hood expertly transitioned from sweet and childish to scarred and somewhat unstable after her run-in with the wolf. All of the actors and actresses mentioned, as well as the supporting cast, were impressive in the way they handled their characters, presenting them as unique and fresh, rather than rehashed versions of characters we’ve been used to since our childhood. The musical numbers were amazing, not only due to the vocal talents of the actors, but also because of the strength of the pit orchestra. Although Act One had few standout numbers — with the exception of “I Wish” from the “Act One Prologue,” “First Midnight,” “Hello Little Girl” and “Giants in the Sky” — all the musical numbers in Act Two were remarkable and memorable, especially from “Your Fault” to the end of the production. The actors’ delivery was the perfect blend of singing and acting that the musical required, truly cementing each performer as the perfect fit for his or her role. All in all, Stage Troupe’s “Into The Woods” was a wonderful experience to watch. It was an indicator of just how amazing the fruits of their labor are. Future performances of BU Stage Troupe include “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” on Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 and “Marat/Sade” on Nov. 13 to 15 at the Student Theater at Agganis Arena. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased on Eventbrite the week prior to performances or at the door.

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Claire Buesser (SED ‘16), Nathan Wilgeroth (CAS ’17), Andy Moeller (SED ’18) and Kelly Duffy (COM ’15) perform a scene as Milky White, Jack, the Baker, and the Baker’s Wife, respectively.

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BU Bhangra to perform at Berklee College concert for Oscar-winning composer BY KIMBERLY RENDON DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Boston University Bhangra dance team will perform alongside Academy Award winning composer A.R. Rahman at the “A.R. Rahman Meets Berklee” concert in conjunction with the Berklee College of Music at Boston Symphony Hall on Friday. “A lot of times, A.R. Rahman does get recognized for his music in the American market,” said Arjun Kapoor, a senior in the School of Management and one of the three captains of BU Bhangra. “But having a famous college like this [BU], especially for music, recognizing him for the things he’s done is a great sign for the Indian community — that we are being recognized for the things that we’re doing.” Rahman, known for his music scores in the films “Slumdog Millionaire,” “127 Hours,” “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” and “Million Dollar Arm,” among others, will be presented with an honorary doctorate of music from Berklee for his work as a musician and his effort to help students in India study music. Proceeds from the concert will go to a scholarship fund, established in Rahman’s name, to help

bring students from India to study at Berklee. “The degree is one aspect of the event. The other is honoring the work he has done promoting music in India and how he is now branching out to the American markets,” Kapoor said. “He’s done a lot to give back [to] students studying music in India. He’s set up different academies and avenues where kids can take advantage of resources. So honoring him for all that he has done at this concert by performing to one of his most popular songs is a great opportunity.” BU Bhangra will be dancing to Rahman’s “Rang De Basanti,” which adheres to the style of Indian folk dance that characterizes Bhangra. Bhangra originated from the northern Indian state of Punjab, but has since “become very modernized” because it is mixed with other types of music such as hip-hop, Kapoor said. “We still keep the main culture things like the props, the dancing style and costumes. But now the music has become very modern,” Kapoor said. “Obviously, we still use folk-type songs, but it’s mixed in with a lot of songs that non-Indians will be able to relate to as well.” The BU Bhangra team has been prepar-

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The Boston University Bhangra dance team performs at a competition at Ohio State University in February.

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The Boston University Bhangra dance team poses with their ﬁrst place trophy at the 2014 Boiler Bhangra Competition at Purdue University in April.

ing for this concert and others since the semester started. “We have been spending the past month holding tryouts, picking our team and practicing for the Boston Bhangra Competition in November,” said Harjaap Singh, a junior in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and another captain of BU Bhangra. “We love to dance every opportunity we get because we can share our passion with the audience. We hope to spread our name and culture to the masses.” Kapoor, who has been on the dance team since he was a freshman at BU, made it his goal to spread BU Bhangra’s name by attending national competitions in New Jersey, New York, Texas and Indiana. By traveling to these competitions, BU Bhangra has also been able to fulfill their goal of promoting Indian culture, dance and music. “Performing at Berklee is a nice way of getting recognized in our home city,” Kapoor said. “It’s great to have such a big star come from India to do this huge event and have us perform to one of his songs. It’s not competitive, but I think it’s very nice to do something in our home city after the out-of-state competitions.” Anita Sulibhavi, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences and the other captain of BU Bhangra, said a performance like the one at Berklee requires a lot of work, especially in maneuvering the team members’ conflicting schedules. “The team is really self-motivated about working towards performances like this be-

cause there’s so much energy and excitement around the performance,” Sulibhavi said. “A.R. Rahman is really well known, so it’s a really great honor to be able to perform at this event. A lot of our dancers grew up listening to music composed or sung by him, so it’s a very personal experience that our dancers are all very excited about.” The BU Bhangra team usually practices three times during the week, but practices become a daily routine in the few weeks before a competition. “It’s always a work in progress, even though we already have the schedule and songs set. It doesn’t mean anything. Literally every other practice, we’re changing things, even while we’re teaching it,” Kapoor said. “The aspect of teamwork and incorporating everyone’s opinions and ideas to put the best thing together is what we try to do.” But BU Bhangra has also made a deep impact in each member’s personal life, Kapoor said. “The small family that you gain when you join a dance team has been such a big impact as well,” he said. “Some of the best friends I have have been made through the dance team, so that’s been an awesome experience.” Although tickets for BU Bhangra’s performance at the “A.R. Rahman Meets Berklee” concert at Boston Symphony Hall on Friday are sold out, the dance team will also be performing at the Boston Bhangra Competition at the Orpheum Theater on Nov. 22. Tickets range from $10 to $100 and can be purchased at bostonbhangra.com.

SCIENCE TUESDAY Basics of breast cancer: Q&A with Professor David Sherr BY NAVRAJ NARULA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Aside from sipping cider and piecing together Halloween costumes, October is also National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Daily Free Press spoke with David Sherr, a professor of environmental health at the Boston University School of Public Health and the BU School of Medicine, who is an expert on the disease that has started the “pink ribbon campaign.” Navraj Narula: As a professor of environmental health, how have you come to focus on research related to cancer? David Sherr: There is a huge component of

the environment as it relates to cancer in the United States and other countries. There is also clearly a very large contribution of environmental factors as it relates to breast cancer. Cancer panels have concluded that the majority of cancers are likely caused or made worse by environmental chemicals. We know there are certain genes that you can inherit, but only 10 percent of breast cancer can be attributed to those genes. It probably means there is a very large component that is basically preventable because it is caused by exposure to environmental chemicals. NN: How are you currently involved in research? DS: Our research is directed toward fi nding out how environmental chemicals contrib-

ute to cancer. We not only evaluate what chemicals in common use could be contributing to the doubling in breast cancer incidence over the last 50 years, but we also investigate what specific molecular processes within cancer cells are impacted by these chemicals. This work leads to the design of therapeutics that can target these pathways for treatment or prevention. NN: How does cancer work in general? How does it come about and persist? DS: That’s a million dollar question. The short answer is once we understand how all life and death works, we will understand cancer. Change happens within cancer cells. The metabolism of the cell changes, and it loses ability to control how much it grows.

It forgets who it is — something like an identity crisis. The fi nal thing is that it doesn’t die. Most cells in your body have the ability to self-destruct. Cells must die to develop correctly. The ability to die is self-defense against adverse change to DNA. Basically, cancer is caused by three things: inability to control growth, identity crisis, in which a cell will migrate to distant organs, and immortality. NN: What are some warning signs of breast cancer specifically? DS: There’s no subtle sign of it. The way it’s assessed is by self-examination or detecting a small lump, which is absolutely necessary. Read more on DFPR.ES/BRSCNCR

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China takes a ride on the MBTA Red and Orange Lines The Massachusetts Department of Transportation voted unanimously Wednesday to award a $566.6 million contract to the CNR MA Corporation, a venture of China CNR Corporation Limited and CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., to assemble 284 new cars for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Red and Orange Lines. The company, which was the MBTA’s fi rst choice, will construct an assembly facility in Springfield, bringing an estimated 250 new construction jobs to the area, Boston.com reported Wednesday. “This is a critical investment in the future of public transportation in Greater Boston and in the economic wellbeing of Western Massachusetts,” Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said in a Wednesday statement. “It will open up opportunities for the residents of the Pioneer Valley by creating quality construction and manufacturing jobs that will propel growth in the region for years to come.” All of this sounds good so far, but there’s a twist. The CNR MA Corporation is a Chinese government-owned mega corporation, and about 10 percent of the work will done in the company’s Chinese factory, The Boston Globe reported in a Tuesday article. Now, China isn’t exactly known for its honorable labor practices. Generally, people know a large portion of the goods sitting on American shelves have been made in China. Stories are passed around about abused and underpaid Chinese factory laborers crafting American toys and goods, and consumers are encouraged to only buy American-made products. Thus, when the MBTA announced they wanted this Chinese government-owned corporation over an American manufacturer, people questioned whether or not it is ethical to outsource from a country with shaky labor regulations. “With this company [CNR MA], bad labor practices should not be a concern,” said Min Ye, director of the East Asian Studies Program in the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. “The problem with this company is that they are state owned. In terms of labor, state companies do

not have the violations of labor centers. In contrast, the labor laws of this company are too generous. For instance, the managers have a very hard time letting anybody go. That’s the liability of a state-owned company.” Although their labor practices are sound and have been vetted by the Massachusetts government, there is also the question of giving business to China. The United States and

s it really necessary to bring business to China when America might be able to do the job just as well?

China are both world powers and two clear competitors in the world of business and trade. According to Ye, CNR MA is one of the largest corporations in China, responsible for building a huge portion of China’s infrastructure. This work has allowed them to grow into a massive corporation with a lot of power in the country. Compared to their compensation from the massive construction work they’ve done in China, this contract in the United States won’t bring the corporation a lot of revenue,

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but it could provide a way into the U.S. economy. “The company has a lot of ambition,” Ye said. “Will this particular contract benefit the company in a way that will hurt America’s interest? I think that’s a very remote outcome. But if you’re thinking that this contract will give the company an opportunity, so that in 10 years, it occupies a certain share of the infrastructure aggregate in the United States, that’s possible… They do want to see that happen. I don’t think there’s a way to prevent that, because America is an open market.” It may seem unpatriotic to allow this to happen. Even if the open labor market prevents anyone from discriminating against foreign bidders, it is regarded as “better” to employ American companies. Is it really necessary to bring business to China when America might be able to do the job just as well? The MBTA also issued a contract in June to the corporation CAF USA, Inc. to build 24 new cars for the Green Line. Although American-owned and proudly sporting a “USA” in its name, the cars’ shells and frames will not be constructed in the United States, but in Spain. So much for “USA.” Every country has its strengths and weaknesses, and the United States is no exception. One of China’s strengths is designing and manufacturing transportation devices. Sure, it might be possible to copy their methods, but why do that when we can simply hire them? Sometimes, outsourcing is the easiest and most efficient method, and judging by the complaints circling through the Red and Orange Line stations, the people of Boston want the trains improved. It’s understandable that Americans would want to support an American company to benefit our own economy, but the truth is, the United States can’t do everything. Americans should put an emphasis on buying more American-made goods, but if CNR MA follows ethical labor practices and plans to employ American workers for an enormous portion of the job, there is nothing really unpatriotic about giving them the job.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

Let’s Talk Lunchtime

BY REBECCA REYNOLDS COLUMNIST

School lunches are the talk of the table this week as bloggers slam First Lady Michelle Obama and her school lunch reform policies. A pregnant 17 year old from Chickasha, Oklahoma posted a photo on the Internet on Oct. 13 of her Obama-fied school lunch: two slices of lunch meat, a slice of cheese, some cauliflower and two packages of crackers. Many parents, taxpayers and students are quite upset about the much-lacking meal. The school said there are extreme challenges with creating a balanced, fi lling, inexpensive, Obama-approved meal because of the strict calorie limits on meals by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act presents a common challenge in public health. When is it time to intervene with people’s autonomy and how much is too much? The failure of an Obama-certified school lunch is only more of a reason for America to look at what we are feeding children. If a school is having difficulty feeding a healthy and complete meal to children, there is a bigger issue at hand. If there were no calorie limits, could the school have off ered a better meal? Maybe. Or would they have off ered the cheap, easy and processed pizza and chicken nuggets? There is no better way to stop this besides starting at the policy level. Without the reforms, many school lunches would still look similar to the most popular choices at the a la carte lines. At my school, it was “Bosco Sticks” (breadsticks fi lled with cheese), curly fries and ice creamNot a green thing on the plate, unless, of course, you packed your own. I know I was not eating healthy growing up, but I want better for the next generation. If these same healthy meal requirements were put into place at other institutions, like colleges and work places, people would still be upset. Clearly, we have created a culture that has too big portions, too processed meals

and has said, “See you later” to fruits and vegetables. The food industry has betrayed us by creating cheap, addicting and perfectly palatable foods that off er no nutritional value. Child or adult, whether you want to or not, it can be difficult to eat healthy. Boston University has tried to get students to eat more mindfully with its “Make A Diff erence Monday” and Sargent Choice initiative. Yet every week, I know many students who complain about Make A Difference Monday, avoid anything approved by the BU Sargent Choice Nutrition Center and run for the hills on the annual Sargent Choice Night at the dining halls. While the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act is a step in the right direction, it poses problems in regulating lunches that fit every student’s needs. It is even harder to force regulations on schools without providing them extra support. For many students in low-income areas, where the schools are already hardpressed for extra resources, school-provided meals are the only meals some kids eat. And that means they better be good. In a similar sense, college dining halls are the main source of food for many college students. They have a similar responsibility to provide good, healthy meals. And just because you can make a healthy, nutritious meal, does not mean students will eat it. Many schools have reported an increase in food waste since the reformed, healthier lunches were put in place. BU seems to be running into the problem of creating a sensible, healthy menu that college students want to eat. Make A Diff erence Monday and Sargent Choice are good ideas, however, no one in the community seems to be benefitting from meals that are not successful.. Listening and compromising with the student body will help students fi nd their appetite. Eventually, if BU Dining fi nds healthy foods that are a fan favorite, they can be integrated into the regular menu. Then slowly, most of the menu will be healthy. Food industry overhaul and lunch reforms are huge tasks. It will not be fi xed overnight, especially when the enemy at hand tastes so good and is so easy to fi nd. Yet policy reform and healthy initiatives are the best ways to set standards for healthy meals. Yes, there will be a learning curve for everyone involved, schools and students included, but at least change is happening.

The Alchemy of Personality

BY CHRIS LISINSKI COLUMNIST

Let me share with you an inconvenient truth about the act of studying abroad: you are still the same flawed person, even in another country. Wrapped up in this is another truth, albeit one more universally applicable: expectations can often be an enemy, not a friend. This may be seventh-grade-level wisdom, but regardless, it has been an acute experience lately. Unfortunately, I’m fi nding, coming to Paris did not immediately transform me into “the person I want to be” by some process of alchemy. Apparent as that might seem to any rational observer, I had deluded myself with romanticized visions. In Paris, I’ll be “spontaneous” and “adventurous!” I’ll crack open the bones of this ﬂeeting life and suck dry every last bit of marrow! That dream is not entirely the case. There are days when I don’t get out of bed until 13:00 (that’s 1 p.m. for you American plebeians). I still retreat into bed on particularly frustrating days and binge-watch Netf lix, perhaps ashamed that I failed so badly at French that a Parisian interlocutor snapped into English sans patience. But PARIS! The Paris of Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce and Pablo Picasso! But it is also the Paris of gentrification and outrageous prices and pickpocketing. This is not to say that there is anything inherently wrong with Paris, or that it has no value on the human spirit. The problem was the attitude with which I approached the city: as the capital-P Place above all places, the Place that would cement my joie de vivre, the place in which the words — or paintings or photographs or inventions or whatever that tangled mess of energy in my head actually is — would suddenly come easily. Hemingway wrote “The Sun Also Ris-

es” in Paris, but he also wrote parts of “A Farewell to Arms” in less-romanticized small-town Piggott, Arkansas. Over-idealizing is dangerous in many forms, but on a personal level, I have found it most often leads to disappointment and frustration. Rather than enjoy Paris for what it is, I’ve spent the past two weeks in a negative cycle of self-loathing for all the inner problems that follow like shadows wherever one may go. Escaping those characteristics that I do not like about myself is not as simple as running from the scenes of their crimes. The line between fatalistic resignation and pragmatic acceptance can be blurry (depending on perspective), but I still believe one can will oneself to change with significant effort over a period of time. This process, though, must be purely individualistic, and any such persistence requires at least a sliver of hope. I want to be a writer, and I think I see more clearly now that no specific setting will catalyze that: if I can do it, I can do it any where. All I need is a combination of talent, effort and luck, not a brownstone overlooking the Seine River or a 20th-century typewriter on a writing desk in Cuba or a café table concurrently occupied by a mysterious-yet-successful street artist. So, let me do my best to avoid hypocrisy. I’ve preached the importance of effort and a positive perspective, though not an idealized one, so now let me reassess my time here through that lens. Paris is not perfect. The workload is significant, and it is mentally and emotionally draining to fail so frequently and with such great magnitude. Sometimes, I’m able to spin misunderstanding French into a funny misadventure, but stretched out over an entire semester, daily shortcomings become demoralizing. And yet I willingly accept that challenge every day — even if I occasionally need four or five episodes of “Futurama” to recharge my spirit. For that, I’m genuinely proud. So if you are lucky enough to have the chance to explore a new place, take it. Just don’t expect it to make you “cultured” or “interesting” or “perfect.” If you’re looking to change your personality, well, that has to come from within.

Interrobang After her boyfriend dumped her, Tan Shen, 26, from Chengdu, China spent every hour of the past week in a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant eating chicken wings to ease the pain. We here at the ol’ Free Press were wondering how people at BU would cope with a nasty breakup: COM: Organize a massive subtweet campaign complete with an angry hashtag.

SED: Teach the ex a lesson. President Brown: Raise tuition…again.

CFA: Cut off their ear and send it to their ex. BU Athletics: GET SWOLL. ENG: Engineer a human-like ﬁgure named Frankenstein and marry it. SAR: Gorge themselves on carrot sticks and hummus, and feel guilty about it later.

FreeP: Write a slanderous column about our ex while using old newspapers for tissues.

SPORTS

Women’s soccer defeats Colgate in rainy match at Nickerson

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Junior defender McKenzie Hollenbaugh and the Terriers are now ranked third in the Patriot League standings.

BY NICK FRAZIER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Despite playing in strong winds and rain, the Boston University’s women’s soccer team played well enough to defeat Patriot League leader Colgate University by a score of 2-0 Wednesday night at Nickerson Field. The Terriers (10-4-3, 4-1-2 Patriot League) held on for the conference win after scoring their two goals in the fi rst half. In the fifth minute, senior forward Taylor Krebs dribbled the ball into the left side of the box and fired a low shot to the opposite side of the goal, just past Colgate goalkeeper Brenna Mason. The Terriers then struck again in the 41st minute, when freshman forward Christina Wake-

field scored from inside the box off a deflected shot from senior forward Ana Cuffia, putting the Raiders (11-22, 5-1-1 Patriot League) in a hole that was too deep to overcome. The temperature throughout the game was in the low 50s, with intermittent rain and wind gusts. BU coach Nancy Feldman acknowledged that the weather played a role in the game, but it did not decide the winner. “I wouldn’t say we used it [the weather] to our advantage,” she said. “The conditions are the conditions. We saw the ball get held up a bit on aerial service, but we just have to deal with that. The conditions certainly weren’t perfect, but we got two goals against the wind, and no one got goals with the wind. “I said to the team at halftime,

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Senior forward Taylor Krebs scored her third goal of the season Wednesday night against Colgate.

‘It’s not about the conditions. It’s about how you play.’ On a day like this, the more the ball can be on the ground, the better. But sometimes it has to be in the air, and you have to deal with it.” For the most part, it was hard for either team to generate any scoring opportunities throughout the game. Defense was a key component of the match, as senior defender Kai Miller and the rest of the defense held the Raiders to just four corner kicks and four shots the entire game. The Terriers managed to take 11 shots in the game, led by Krebs with three shots. Unlike previous games, the Terriers started off the game aggressively, as they took six shots in the first half, resulting in their two goals. “It was really important that we

started the game aggressively,” Feldman said. “You want to set the tempo from the start and take charge of the game. There will be times that the other team gets to grab the tempo and you have to work to get it back. It’s certainly better to be up a goal after four minutes than down a goal after four minutes. It’s a much better position to be in. “I thought our team did a real terrific job with keeping our foot on the gas just about the whole game and controlling the tempo just about the whole game. That’s not an easy thing to do against a very good team.” The Terriers’ win is no doubt a vital one, as their 14 points are now just two behind Patriot League leaders Colgate and the United States Naval Academy. BU has two more regular season games before the Patriot

League Tournament starts on Nov. 4. When asked about her team’s confidence level after their win, Feldman said it would prove crucial for the rest of the season. “Hopefully this game helps our confidence level. I think it should,” she said. “We’ve played other games like this, so they should be confident. They know that when they play their best and with full focus and full eff ort and really concentrate, they should be confident that they can be one of the top teams in the league. “So it was nice to have this game at this time. Hopefully we can lock up a postseason spot. You want to be playing your best in the end, and hopefully this gets us toward playing our best in the end.”

Roundup: Boston U. women’s tennis competes in ITA Northeast Regional REGATTA, FROM PAGE 11

In the diving competition, freshman Lizzie Tillo and sophomore Kalli Roebelen each won their respective events. BU men’s swimming and diving finished second in double dual meet Also in Lewisburg, the Boston University men’s swimming and diving team had a strong weekend, finishing second in the three-team meet. The Terriers garnered 377.5 points, 31 points behind Bucknell. BU opened up Saturday’s competition with a victory in the 200m medley relay. Seniors Connor Stuewe, Ryan Bach and Mario Caballero and sophomore Brian Habacivch posted a time of 1:33.53 edging out the Bison’s fi rst team. Stuewe won the 100m backstroke, and freshman Quinn Smith

The Boston University women’s tennis team continued its fall campaign over the weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regional held at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Junior and reigning Patriot League Player of the Year Johanna Hyoty led the way for the Terriers with her fourth-round appearance in the tournament’s main singles draw. After receiving a first-round bye, Hyoty posted close wins over Boston College sophomore Emily Safron and Brown University freshman Alyza Benotto before meeting up with No. 103 senior Hanna Yu of Yale. Yu took the match 7-6(4), 6-3. Also in the main singles draw, junior Lauren Davis and freshman Iryna Kostirko each put up an opening win before falling in straight sets. Competing in the qualifying singles draw, sophomore Barbara Rodriguez defeated sophomore Sitilia Rencheli of Quinnipiac University in the first round before being bested by Columbia University freshman Adi Milstein 7-5, 6-3. Juniors Kim McCallum and Madison Craft also participated, but lost in the fi rst round in straight sets.

MONDAY, OCT. 27

finished third. Stuewe won earn another win in the 200m backstroke. The Terriers almost captured another win in the 100m breaststroke, but Caballero touched the wall one one-hundredth of a second slower than senior Ben Seketa of Bucknell. In the 50m freestyle, Habacivch, seniors Cole Puchi and Lincoln Kupke took second, third and fourth, respectively. Puchi later won the 100m freestyle, finishing just over one-tenth of a second ahead of Bucknell senior Erik Heinemann. BU ended the day’s events with a victory in the 400m freestyle relay. BU women’s tennis competes at ITA Northeast Regional

BOTTOM LI NE THURSDAY, OCT. 23

In light of another loss by the University of Florida, Tim Tebow criticized his alma mater for not having enough heart.

FRIDAY, OCT. 24

SATURDAY, OCT. 25

SUNDAY, OCT. 16

M. Hockey vs. Michigan State, 7:30 p.m.

M. Hockey vs. Michigan, 7 p.m.

Field Hockey vs. Virginia, Noon

W. Hockey @ Maine, 2 p.m.

W. Soccer vs. American, 2 p.m.

Field Hockey @ American, 3 p.m.

M. Soccer @ Loyola, 1 p.m.

M. Tennis @ Tufts Invitational, All Day

Cross Country @ CCSU Mini Meet, All Day

M. Tennis @ Tufts Invitational, All Day

Crew @ Princeton Chase, All Day

Unable to gain “heart,” Florida players were strongly urged to purchase Tebow’s line of Jockey underwear instead.

SPORTS

BU crew participates in Head of the Charles Regatta BY JACKLYN BAMBERGER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

This past weekend, both the men’s and women’s crew teams took part in the 50th anniversary of the Head of the Charles Regatta and combined for six top-10 fi nishes. The Terriers fi nished eighth in Sunday’s highly competitive men’s championship eights race. The Terriers’ varsity and second varsity boats began in the middle of the pack of 36, but quickly maneuvered their way up front. BU’s fi rst varsity eight, coxed by senior Lauren Harvey and stroked by junior Vass Ragoussis, posted a time of 14:39.73, which put them in fourth among colleges, behind only Harvard University, the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Washington.

Racing in Saturday’s Club 8 competition, the men’s third and fourth varsity eights put up fifthand seventh-place fi nishes, respectively. For the women, the lightweight varsity eight boat led the way with a third-place performance. Coxed by sophomore Allison Triola and stroked by senior Carol Chase Peterson, the Terriers fi nished in 17:17.04. In the lightweight fours division, BU’s boat, coxed by junior Jorie Gorski and stroked by senior Brittany Murphy, came in sixth. The women’s club four race saw the Terriers, coxed by sophomore Marlaina Miller and stroked by freshman Kelsey Farmer, fi nish in an impressive time of 18:53.19, good for fifth place in a field of 61. BU women’s swimming and div-

ing wins double dual meet In its fi rst double dual meet of the season, the Boston University women’s swimming and diving team defeated competitors from Bucknell University and George Washington University on Saturday in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. The Terriers won the meet with a total of 424 points to maintain its unblemished 3-0 record on the season. Sophomore Sarah Hargrave dominated her events, winning the 500 and 1,000m freestyle, with times of 4:59.74 and 10:06.86, respectively. Hargrave’s performance earned her Patriot League Female Swimmer of the Week honors. Hargrave was not the only top finisher in those events. In both the 500m freestyle and the 1,000m freestyle, junior Stephanie Nasson and freshman Grace Anderson finished

Greenway ready to make jump from Ann Arbor to Comm. Ave GREENWAY, FROM PAGE 12

The pedigree of the SSM program has attracted many upand-coming players, with National Hockey League stars such as Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews, Zach Parise and Nathan MacKinnon all skating for the Sabres during the early stages of their respective careers. While leaving home and enrolling in a boarding school would seem like a huge transition for most, Greenway said leaving his family and hometown in the rearview mirror was a decision he had to make in order to improve his game. “I just kind of knew that’s what I had to do,” he said. “It wasn’t too hard. We had a lot of opportunities to see our families and stuff like that, so it wasn’t as hard as many people think.” Greenway became an impact player from the moment he stepped on the ice at SSM, registering a total of 246 points in 167 career games with the Sabres. The forward’s combination of size, skill and production attracted droves of NCAA and Canadian Hockey League scouts to Minnesota to get a glimpse at one of youth hockey’s most prized prospects. It became apparent that multiple teams would be clamoring for Greenway’s services, as he was chosen with the 16th overall pick in the 2013 Ontario Hockey League Draft by the Plymouth Whalers. Despite the selection, Greenway opted to not sign with Plymouth, instead joining the USA Hockey National Team Development Program, which recruits the most skilled U.S. hockey players under the age of 18 to Ann Arbor, Michigan to hone their training. Playing for both the Under-17 and Under-18 teams over the past two seasons, Greenway has continued to make strides, compiling 49 points in 62

games, while adding almost 20 pounds of muscle in the weight room. For Greenway, getting the chance to face off against opponents from international leagues, NCAA Division I hockey and the United States Hockey League are just a few of the reasons why the USNTDP has played a huge role in helping him improve as a player, he said. “Obviously, we play against older competition,” Greenway said. “That really helps out a lot, but I think the bigger part of it is practicing and working out every day. They have a great facility in Ann Arbor, and it helps out a lot. Obviously, we have a great coaching staff as well, so it helps out a lot too.” Midway through his fi rst season with Team USA, Greenway fi nally charted the next course in his career — announcing his commitment to Boston University in December 2013, which gave the Terriers one of the nation’s top uncommitted prospects at the time. While many factors played into his decision to don the scarlet and white jersey for the upcoming 2015-16 season, Greenway said his desire to fi nally return back to the East Coast was a big component. “Obviously, [BU] has a great coaching staff, and the facilities here are great, but I think I wanted to stay more closer to home on the East Coast rather than stay out west, because I’ve been there since the eighth grade,” he said. Outstanding individual play has seemed to follow Greenway at every step of his hockey career, with the possibility of a fi rst-round selection in the upcoming 2015 NHL Draft certainly becoming more of a possibility. However, Greenway’s biggest sense of pride might not resonate from what his future holds, but rather the legacy that he has left behind.

James Greenway, an imposing 6-foot-4-inch defenseman, has followed along the same path established by Jordan, skating for Shattuck-St. Mary’s before joining the USNTDP Under-17 team for the 2014-15 season, reuniting him in Ann Arbor with his older brother. “It’s great. Like I said, he’s a big influence on me, but him being with me is a great time,” Greenway said. “We’re best friends, so just having him follow me from Shattuck to here has been great…to watch him grow as a player and a person as well.” Greenway will not be alone when he makes the move from Ann Arbor to Commonwealth Avenue, as he will be joined by defenseman and fellow USNTDP product Charlie McAvoy. Greenway has skated alongside the Long Island, New York native for the past two seasons with Team USA and acknowledged that playing for the foreseeable future with the skilled blueliner will make the transition to college hockey even easier. “It’s fun being able to play with him here and just knowing that I’ll be able to play with him for the next four years,” Greenway said. “He’s a great kid on the ice and off the ice, so it makes it a lot better.” Standing outside the visitor locker room in Agganis Arena, Greenway was frank in expressing his future aims with Team USA. A gold medal at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Men’s Under-18 Championship is the primary objective, but the promising power forward is not just focused on the present — the next step in his journey has already been earmarked with an obvious goal. “Coming here to Boston, I think everyone wants to win a national championship,” he said. “So I think that’s my goal as well.”

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Both BU crew teams accounted for six top 10 ﬁnishes at the Head of the Charles Regatta over the weekend.

second and third behind Hargrave. The Terriers also dominated the shorter freestyle events. Sophomores Lauren Dixon and Isabella Olivares and senior Alexsa Savage swept the top three places in the 100m freestyle. Earlier in the day, Olivares and Savage came in first and second, respectively, in the 50m freestyle. Junior Mika Spencer, Dixon and Nasson also went one-

two-three in the 200m freestyle. Dixon, Savage, Olivares and senior Katie Kenney then combined forces for a first-place finish in the 400m freestyle relay. The Terriers’ time of 3:33.65 was almost four seconds faster than the next best team. BU also swept the top two places in the 200m and 100m butterfly. CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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LOVING THAT DIRTY WATER Both Boston University crew teams took part in the 50th Head of the Charles Regatta over the weekend. p. 11

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

THE BLUE LINE THE ROLE OF THE ENFORCER

BY MIKE BENEDYKCIUK DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

A vast majority of football players feel that NFL’s attempts to make the game safer have created a negative impact on the state of the game. The number of penalties in the new NFL game feels like triple the number of calls from just six years ago. The debate over whether or not fighting has a place in today’s NHL has lingered for years. While some fans and analysts believe that fighting serves no purpose in modern hockey, other groups say that fighting is a pivotal part of the game. The current debate is not whether fighting will continue or stop. There will be fights regardless of any future rule changes. In baseball, the benches clear for the occasional (and extremely entertaining) brawl. In both professional and college football, scrums very often occur after big hits or extensive celebrations. Whether fighting is considered legal or illegal, hockey players teeming with anger and adrenaline will still drop the gloves. The real question is whether or not fighting should be legal. Currently, fighting warrants a five-minute major penalty. Should the penalty increase? Should a fight yield an immediate game misconduct? Should a suspension result as well? The fact that two players can beat each other senseless, sit down for five minutes and then carry on as if nothing happened is both distinctive and startling. Fighting should be legal in hockey. Yes, players get hurt fighting. An exorbitant amount more, though, are injured during game play. Fighting is in hockey’s culture. Being rough and tough has been ingrained in the mind of every hockey player at every level, and there is no better way to express one’s toughness than by winning a fight. More importantly, though, fighting is an integral part of player safety. Fighting provides a police force of sorts to protect a team’s star players. If a given team has no good fighters, they may be bullied throughout the game. Steps have already been taken toward forming a tamer NHL. The Department of Player Safety, under the guidance of Brendan Shanahan, has done an excellent job at removing problem players from the game. San Jose Sharks forward John Scott has faced harsh disparagement for his overly aggressive play with the Buff alo Sabres. He accumulated 194 penalty minutes in 90 games for the Sabres over the past two seasons. Patrick Kaleta, a forward currently on Buffalo’s injured reserve, is notorious for delivering cheap, dirty hits.

Jordan Greenway is expected to a ﬁrst-round pick in the upcoming 2015 NHL Draft.

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BU recruit Jordan Greenway ready to take next step in journey to hockey stardom BY CONOR RYAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Skating out to his team’s blue line as a part of pregame introductions, U.S. National Under-18 forward Jordan Greenway is subject to the same wave of jeers and quips levied against most visiting players at Agganis Arena. “From Potsdam, New York, No. 12, Jordan Greenway,” the Agganis Arena PA system booms as the 17-year-old joins his fellow line mates near center ice. “SUCKS!” the Agganis Arena faithful interject. At this point, Greenway is used to the rowdy treatment displayed by fans in opposing arenas. The hulking 6-foot-5-inch forward has witnessed the same customary treatment in rinks in Canada, Slovakia, Sweden and across the United States during his 14-year hockey career. Fair to say, his next visit to Agganis Arena should draw a considerably more positive reception. Greenway, considered to be one of the most hyped hockey prospects in his class, is set to join the Boston University men’s hockey team next season after two years with Team USA. While he may have been on the receiving end of a few light-hearted jabs from the BU fans, it was a good introduction for Greenway to his future rink, Greenway said.

“It was a great atmosphere, obviously,” he said. “Knowing that I’m coming here next year obviously makes it that much better, but like I said, it was a good atmosphere to play in.” Ultimately, the Terriers bested Team USA by a score of 6-4 Saturday night, but for Greenway, getting the opportunity to lace up his skates at Agganis felt like “home.” While “home” for Greenway is actually over 300 miles away from Boston, playing hockey back on the East Coast is close enough for the talented forward — as his journey toward hockey stardom has brought him across the globe. Hockey was instilled into Greenway from a young age while growing up in Potsdam — a small town of over 17,000 residents that lies a little over 30 miles from the Canadian border. “I probably started skating when I was about 3 years old, and I think I kind of just fell in love with it then,” Greenway said. “A generation of my family played hockey, so I was just kind of the next in line and just fell in love with it from the start.” The young skater, who modeled his game after Anaheim Ducks captain and fellow power forward Ryan Getzlaf, quickly excelled in Mite, Squirt and Peewee-level hockey across his home state due to his speed and aggressiveness in taking the puck right to opposing teams’ nets. While Greenway recognized that many people have had an effect on his early hockey

career, he added that none created a larger impact than his younger brother, James. “My brother was a pretty big influence on my game,” Greenway said. “He’s a year younger than I am, and I think just setting the tone for him and just making a good picture for him is kind of what I go by, so I think pretty much just kind of being able to have him follow in my footsteps really helped.” While growing up in a hockey-centric community proved vital in molding Greenway into the player he is today, he knew that the path to future success did not lie in the rinks of northern New York. At just 13 years old, Greenway headed west, enrolling at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School — a boarding school in Faribault, Minnesota. Jumping on a plane and traveling over 1,000 miles away from home might seem extreme to some, but it was all part of the plan for Greenway. After all, few could criticize the program he was entering. The SSM Sabres have gained recognition as one of the premier hockey programs in the world, as the boy’s prep team has captured nine national championships, including three of the last four years. Tailored to help grow young hockey talent, SSM’s seasons are usually comprised of 50 to 75 games, with players practicing five to seven days a week. CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

Scarlet, White & Blue Jordan Greenway and Charlie McAvoy will not be the only USNTDP Under-18 veterans on the Terriers next season. Currently, there are six BU players on the roster that are UNSTDP Under-18 alumni.

#5 MATT GRYZELCYK 2011-2012

#16 JOHN MACLEOD 2013-2014

#9 JACK EICHEL 2011-2012

#21 MATT LANE 2011-2012

#13 NIKOLAS OLSSON 2011-2012

#25 BRANDON FORTUNATO 2013-2014

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