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THE STRENGTH AND THE TRIUMPH: Thousands celebrate Red Sox World Series win in Kenmore, Copley
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LEFT: A crowd gathering beside Fenway Park cheers and chants for the Boston Red Sox. TOP: Michael Langlois and his son Christopher, of Long Island, N.Y., munch on hotdogs outside of Fenway Park on Lansdowne Street Wednesday evening before Game 6 of the 2013 World Series. BOTTOM: Crowds cheer after the Boston Red Sox victory Wednesday night in Kenmore Square. RIGHT: Boston police line up on bicycles Wednesday night outside of Fenway Park.
By Alice Bazerghi, Steven Dufour and Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff
Thousands of people took to the streets Wednesday night to celebrate as the Boston Red Sox clinched the 2013 World Series. The Red Sox won Game 6 against the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 6-1. It is the first time the Sox have won the final game of a World Series in front of the home fans at Fenway Park since 1918.
Throngs of people gathered in Kenmore Square as early as 10:30 p.m. while the game was still being played. Boston Police Department officers swept crowds off the streets at various occasions as the groups became rowdy. When the final out was recorded, thousands gathered in Kenmore Square in view of the Prudential Building, which had lights on its face that were arranged to display “Go Sox” in traditional fashion.
The air roared with shouts, cheers and songs as fans — some of them native Bostonians, some converted Boston University students — celebrated the eighth World Series title for the Red Sox. Chants of “Boston Strong,” “Go Papi” and “Let’s go Red Sox” burst out every few minutes in the tightly packed post-game mob as dozens of BPD officers attempted to keep the celebrations controlled. In Kenmore, police corralled residents
onto the Commonwealth Avenue Mall. The crowd was pushy, but no serious violence or rioting broke out. A total of nine people were arrested, according to a tweet from the BPD at 1:39 a.m. After about 20 minutes, much of the crowd saw celebratory fireworks go off in Fenway, and chants swelled in volume immediately afterward.
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Department of Education to develop college ranking system on affordability By Drew Schwartz Daily Free Press Staff
The U.S. Department of Education is creating a college ratings system that will better inform students and promote improvement among institutions of higher education such as Boston University, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Wednesday in a press conference. “We look forward to our continued efforts to collect guidance about how to design a college ratings system that makes sense, making sure that Americas extraordinary system of higher ed. — the best in the world — continues to thrive, grow and
strengthen our entire nation,” he said. The ratings system, which would take effect in fall 2014, would address students’ ability to afford colleges and universities, Duncan said. “The sad reality is that attending college today has actually never been more expensive,” he said. “That’s why in August, [U.S.] President [Barack] Obama proposed a new college value and affordability plan that would pay for performance, promote innovation and competition, and assure that student debt remains affordable.” In August, Obama unveiled his plan for higher education reforms to lower the cost
of college. Proposed reforms included efforts to cap student loans as well as plans to create a ratings system for colleges based on value and returns on investment. Kevin Lang, an economics professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, said the increase in college tuition is a major problem for students. “It has become much more expensive to go to a four-year institution, public or private,” Lang said. “At the same time, the labor market … for the last several years has been weak. We’ve seen recent college graduates not doing very well and having significant debt, which puts them in a very
difficult financial situation.” The DOE is accepting feedback on how to best promote college affordability and access, Duncan said during the press conference. Officials will be holding town hall meetings and roundtable discussions with educational institutions across the country. “To develop this college rating system, which again does not exist yet, the department wants to hear the country’s best ideas and most creative thinking to address,” he said. Duncan said he and other senior depart-
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President Barack Obama visits Boston, defends healthcare.gov website By Alice Bazerghi Daily Free Press Staff
U.S. President Barack Obama bashed critics of the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, saying the old system of healthcare was broken and those defending it should have to explain themselves. Obama spoke to about 800 people at Faneuil Hall, the same place where former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney signed into law a similar health care plan for Massachusetts seven years ago. “It’s because you guys had a proven model that we built the Affordable Care Act on this template of proven bipartisan success,” Obama said. “Your law was the model for the nation’s law, and today the Affordable Care Act requires insurance companies to abide by some of the strongest consumer protections this country has every known — a true patient’s bill of rights.” Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick said like the healthcare marketplace that launched on Oct. 1, initiation of the state program seven years ago was not flawless, but in time the glitches were worked out. “We started out with a website that needed work, we had a lot of people with a lot of reasonable questions and not a good enough
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U.S. President Barack Obama descends from Air Force One at Logan International Airport Wednesday morning.
way to get them the answers,” he said. “But people were patient, we had good leadership and that same coalition stuck with it and with us to work through the fixes of tech surge and all … because health reform in Massachusetts, like the Affordable Care Act, is not a website, it’s a values statement.” Protesters who urged Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline proposal interrupted the speech twice. “That is the wrong rally,” Obama said.
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act Wednesday afternoon at Faneuil Hall.
“We had the climate change rally back in the summer, this is the healthcare rally.” In Washington, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified before the U.S. Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday to acknowledge problems with healthcare.gov. She said the problems would be fixed by the end of November. Obama said the website has not worked the way it’s supposed to and as a conse-
quence, people have not been able to see the low prices and quality insurance plan the marketplace offers. He said ultimately, the website will be the best way to shop for insurance because buyers will be able to compare plans to find the best deal. “There’s no denying it right now: the site is too slow, too many people have gotten stuck and I am not happy about it,” he said.
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Red Sox fans kiss Marathon finish line after win More people will have chance to purchase coverage, Obama says Red SOx: From Page 1
“This is awesome,” said Viren Patel, 21, Brighton. “This is the Red Sox. We haven’t won [at home] since 1918, and it’s been way too long. We didn’t just win the World Series. We just won at home because the Red Sox are Boston. We are Boston. Boston is strong, and it feels like we’re on top of the world.” Nick Constantilos, 18, drove into Boston from Northampton to watch the game. “This feels absolutely amazing,” he said. “It’s absolute pandemonium ... I drove two hours to get here, and it was just lifechanging. It was absolutely worth every minute. I’ve been a Red Sox fan through thick and thin. After three horrible seasons, now we’re back at it. We’re back on the map.” Several people climbed trees to take picture of the crowd. One man ran to Sugar Daddy to buy cigars and resell them in the crowd. “My heart is still racing,” said Justine Miller, 26. “The fans were unbelievable. No one was fighting. Everyone was in good spirits.” Megan Dunham, 24, from Chicago came to the game with her father John Dunham, 49, of Connecticut. “In 2004, we were watching the game in our basement and my mom came down and yelled at us to be quiet, and in 2007, I was watching the game in my college dorm room in Chicago and all my friends hated the Red Sox, so to be here for this whole celebration is fantastic, it’s such an adrenaline rush,” she said. The series took on a special note for the city after the April 15 bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Runners, victims, first re-
sponders, volunteers and others connected to the Marathon were honored at dozens of pre-game ceremonies at Fenway Park over the course of the season. A giant “B Strong” logo — a reference to the popular phrase “Boston Strong” used after the Marathon — was cut into the grass in center field, and the players wore badges with the same logo on their jerseys. Dunham said — as many others did — that the victory was particularly meaningful after the Marathon bombings. “It’s always great to win a World Series, but to have it happen in a year that has been so tumultuous for the city is especially great, “she said. “Boston is such a unified city and this just brings them together even more. It’s great to see that people are out here and not afraid to celebrate … It was a big victory for the city and showed that something like that [the bombings] is not going to bring us down.” Around midnight, people walked to the yellow Boston Marathon finish line painted on Boylston Street by Copley Square to continue celebrating. Crowd members swarmed around cars passing through and tapped on them while cheering as they crossed the finish line — some cars even honked back. People passing by joined in the cheers, and a handful stopped to kiss the finish line. Meghan Haley, 29, of Cambridge came to the finish line to celebrate. “We didn’t intend to walk toward the Boston Marathon finish line, but now we’re here and it’s definitely a big deal,” she said. “This [the win] means that we’re stronger.” She recounted with excitement when designated hitter and World
Series MVP David Ortiz said “This is our bleep city,” in those exact words during a post-game interview. Ortiz received significant media attention in April when he attended a ceremony at the first home game after the Marathon bombing suspects were apprehended, and he said, “This is our [expletive] city.” Sean McElroy, 36, said he was on his way home from the game when he noticed people gathering at the finish line. It was the perfect place for the night to end, he said. “This was a team that had something to prove,” he said. “The whole town had something to prove, and everybody rallied around the Red Sox and everybody rallied around Boston Strong.” The Sox completed a worst-tofirst season after losing 93 games in 2012 and topping the American League East with 97 wins in 2013. They took the lead Wednesday night against Cardinals rookie pitcher Michael Wacha with a bases-clearing double in the bottom of the third by outfielder Shane Victorino. From that point, there was no looking back. Shortstop Stephen Drew, who was hitting below .100 in the series but playing stellar defense, tacked on a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth. RBI singles by Victorino and first baseman Mike Napoli made the game 6-0. Red Sox starting pitcher John Lackey gave up only one run in 6.2 innings, and the bullpen saw the win out with closer Koji Uehara recording the final out via the strikeout. Altogether, McElroy said he would not soon forget the win and celebration. “You couldn’t write a better story than what happened tonight,” he said.
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Obama: From Page 1
“Neither are a lot of Americans who need healthcare, so there’s no excuse for it and I take full responsibility for making sure it gets fixed ASAP. We are working overtime to improve it every day.” Patrick said the healthcare marketplace’s critics cannot be silenced, and the focus should be on ensuring people have convenient and simple healthcare. “The website glitches are inconvenient and annoying, they must be fixed and I am confident they will be,” he said. “But the same folks that pretend to be outraged about the website not working didn’t want the ACA working in the first place.” Today there is nearly universal coverage in Massachusetts, and the vast majority of citizens are happy with their coverage despite the initial hiccups, Obama said. “The worst predictions about healthcare in Massachusetts never came true,” he said. “They’re the same arguments that you’re hearing now ... businesses didn’t stop covering workers, the share of employers who offered insurance increased. People didn’t get left behind, racial disparities decreased.” Patrick said healthcare in Massachusetts has benefitted the Com-
monwealth immensely. “Every resident in the Commonwealth is insured today, more private companies offer insurance to their employees than every before, over 90 percent of our residents have a primary care physician, preventative care is up and health disparities are down, but most important of all, we are healthy both physically and mentally,” he said. Obama said every day the website gets better, and eventually there will no problems at all. “More people are successfully buying their new plans online than they were a couple of weeks ago, and I expect more people will be able to buy online every single day as we move forward, were going to get these problems resolved,” he said. He said although the website is not perfect, people can still get the healthcare they need without using the website. “You can still apply for coverage over the phone by mail and in person,” he said. “These plans are still waiting, you’re still able to get affordable reliable health insurance plans that have been unavailable for too many people for too long. I’m old enough to remember when there was no such thing as a website.”
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Campus & City Column Tales about my ignorance Get the points, do stuff
Ask me anything about my wondrous 2002 bright green Subaru Outback and I’ll tell you all about a boxer engine. Want to talk about Miley Cyrus? Sure, I’ll do that. Are you ever curious about drag culture? If so, then I’m your guy. But for your sake and mine, please never ask me about sports. BRIAN The last time I attempted to LATIMER discuss football I called a field goal a kick-through. You know, because you kick the ball through the yellow fork. Then I realized how stupid I sounded and went back to thinking about cars. Hey, at least I wasn’t trying to sound like an idiot. I’m willing to learn without insulting my friends’ love for sports. For some reason I just shut down when the topic of sports comes up, but for the rest of my sedentary friends, they make a sincere effort to broadcast their ignorance. You have that one gal that tweets, “Go Dolphins!” when they’re obviously watching baseball. There’s that one guy that wears a fedora that posts, “Go Red Sox! Kick the puck into the touchdown and score a hole-in-one!” At that point, I am ready to make like David Ortiz and knock them out of the park. Remember, I’m the guy who sat through the first half of the Super Bowl so I could watch Beyoncé. During a game, I always try to join a conversation by spitting out sports terminology. It’s like throwing 30 darts and only one getting one bull’s eye. I’ll get something right eventually. But for the love of the Bambino, if you’d rather watch Mad Men instead of the World Series, then please continue to flood Twitter with BuzzFeed articles. Also, keep me out of it when I’m trying to learn about the Red Sox. Unfortunately, I watched the last Super Bowl with one of those people that pretend to be stupid about sports. “Yeah, Brian, let’s watch some football,” my friend Tatiana said, putting too much emphasis on the “foot.” “Ready for the first RBI?” From there, I just wanted to go back to my room to watch Netflix. Not only do I know nothing about football, now I’m associated with this idiot and have to talk to her. Everyone else is swooning over the New England Patriots while I’m struggling to follow the pigskin, and those tight pants distract me. But now I’ll be left the entire game to talk to this hipster idiot tell me all about her anthropology lectures because I can’t analyze the game with the actual fans. My friends caught on pretty quickly and no longer invite me to watch major sporting events because I ask all of the questions. I want to hear about the rules, the player drama and about their rivals. So I’ve been left to fend for myself in the world of sports. Or I could just watch “Orange is the New Black” and call it a day. Brian Latimer is the Editorial Page Editor. He is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at letters@dailyfreepress.com
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Josh Zakim looks to help District 8 residents Menino drafts By Felicia Gans Daily Free Press Staff
This is the last in a series of profiles about the candidates facing off in the Nov. 5 election. Focusing on the improvement in the quality of life for Boston residents in District 8, attorney and small business owner Josh Zakim is going up against Michael Nichols for city councilor in Tuesday election. “It’s important that we have someone in that office who will continue to push a progressive agenda forward that will create a city of opportunity for everyone,” Zakim said in an interview. “We [need to] set the right tone for the next generation here and that tone needs to be one of inclusiveness, of access for everyone. . . so the kids from all of our neighborhoods and any background are going to be able to succeed in today’s economy.” Dan Sibor, Zakim’s campaign manager, said Zakim’s work as an attorney at the Greater Boston Legal Services and his experience with public service has inspired and prepared him to take on the role as city councilor. “After serving in the private sector for a bit, he realized this is
where he could be the most good for people,” he said. “That public service component of the career sort of pushed him to do something that can serve many.” Currently, there is only one K-8 public school in the district, located in Mission Hill. If elected, Zakim said one of his first priorities would be to create more public schools in the district and strengthen the quality of the ones that exist. “Of the neighborhoods in this district, there’s only one [public K-8 school], and that’s not acceptable to me,” he said. “I think that really deprives people of their neighborhoods and their opportunities, and it’s something we need to work on.” Sibor said Zakim wants to focus on creating an open and transparent government that would be accommodating for everyone in order to satisfy the needs of the community. “Josh wants to be sure that this is a place where everyone’s going to have the same access and opportunity,” he said. “So [in electing him], the district’s going to have a councilor in there who’s very attuned to these issues of making Boston into an open and
plan for natural disaster response By Bram Peterson Daily Free Press Staff
not how we’re using FAFSA position. We’re using FAFSA position to predict or at least as another element that helps us to predict who’s going to enroll.” Augustana admissions officers also use the ranking portion of the FAFSA to prioritize outreach strategies in order to reach students that are likely the most interested in enrolling, Barnds said. “When we begin sending out our offers of financial assistance, what we describe as award letters, we do prioritize our time and attention according to FAFSA position, or we take it into consideration,” he said. “One of the first groups that we’re going to look at is those students who have us in position number one to make sure that we’re serving those students, and we don’t overlook those students which data would suggest are likely to be students who are most interested in attending Augustana.” National Association for College Admission Counseling Director of Public Policy David Hawkins said
To mark the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino released plans on Tuesday to mitigate and adapt to climate change and to prepare the city for natural disasters. “Over the past two decades, we have achieved a remarkable amount of success in our climate preparedness and mitigation work here in Boston,” he said in a Tuesday press release. “With the release of our Climate Ready Boston report and with the update of our Climate Action Plan starting, I’m proud of our continued progress towards being the greenest city in the United States.” Changes proposed in the report include expanding the review of new buildings’ climate preparedness by the Boston Redevelopment Authority, setting guidelines for a new wetlands ordinance that will protect Boston’s coastal areas and increasing awareness and enforcement of flood proofing. George Bachrach, president of the Environmental League of Massachusetts, said the changes are a good step for Boston, but there is still much to be done if the city is to be completely ready for natural disasters such as Sandy. “If Superstorm Sandy had hit Boston with the same force it hit New York City at high tide, Boston would’ve been flooded up to City Hall,” he said. “We would’ve faced the same paralysis as New York ... We need to both work to prevent it and work to protect us should it happen.” In February, Menino challenged his administration and the Boston Green Ribbon Commission, a collection of officials and businesses involved climate change advocacy, with continuing to ensure that Boston is adapting to the changing environmental needs of the city. Brian Swett, chief of Boston’s Department of Environmental and Energy Services, said over the past several months, the department has made substantial progress in researching how to prepare Boston for a potential environmental crisis. “While climate preparedness is an ongoing long-term effort, the city has made significant advances this past
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Josh Zakim is running for City Council, advocating for improved public education and narrowing the achievement gap.
accommodating place for everyone, not just a servant to the people.” Mass. Rep. James Livingstone is one of the many politicians who publicly endorsed Zakim in the election. As a representative for the 8th Suffolk District, Livingstone said he serves many of the same neighborhoods as the District 8 city councilor. “I am confident that Josh is the best candidate and will be a
Zakim, see page 4
FAFSA component not involved in BU admissions By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff
Despite a recent report that some college admissions departments may be denying students based on a portion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, Boston University officials said the part of the FAFSA in question does not play a role in BU’s admission decisions. While a Friday article in education-based news outlet Inside Higher Ed entitled “Using FAFSA Against Students” stated the portion of the financial aid form where students rank institutions by preference is sometimes used by institutions to determine an individuals’ admissions and financial aid status, officials said the article’s claims may be exaggerated. “The headline was actually a little bit misleading,” said Augustana College Vice President of Admissions W. Kent Barnds, who was quoted in the article. “In the context that I use FAFSA position, it is for its predictive value, rather than an element to guide decision-making. That’s a really important distinction.” BU spokesman Colin Riley said
BU Admissions does not even have access to the ranking part of the FAFSA form. In addition, BU Director of the Office of Financial Assistance Julie Wickstrom said the financial aid department does not take into account the part of the form in question. “The college selections listed on the FAFSA do not play a role in financial aid decisions at Boston University,” Wickstrom said in an email. While BU does not make use of the rankings section of the form, Barnds said admissions at Augustana takes into account the rankings section of the FAFSA to make an educated guess about which of the college’s admitted students will be most likely to enroll, not to make definitive decisions about financial aid awards or admittance. “If a college was using FAFSA position for decision-making, there should be required transparency, or there should at least be transparency for a college to say that this [section of the FAFSA] could influence an admissions decision,” he said. “But I want to be absolutely clear, that’s
Elmore encourages students to make safe choices over celebratory weekend By Hannah Clark Daily Free Press Staff
In hopes of ensuring the safety of Boston University students, Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore said he is promoting safe ways in which students can celebrate this Halloween weekend in contained environments. For students looking to go out this Halloween weekend, Elmore said bars and restaurants are a safer choice for of-age students than off-campus house parties. “People tend to look out for you in those types of places as opposed to these ad hoc things that you may do in your apartment and at your house or something like that,” he said. “… You just want to make sure that everyone’s thinking ‘safety, safety, safety’ as much as possible.” Elmore said he posted a list on his blog about ways in which students can celebrate this Halloween weekend in a safe and
enjoyable way. The list, titled “Halloween at Boston University,” includes suggestions for BU sponsored Halloween festivities, as well as BostInno magazine’s local suggestions for Thursday through Saturday night. “What we’ve done is to say ‘look, we know you’re going out there. We [the Dean of Students office] want to show you some options that you have, and you have a lot of them in the city. And here are some examples of some things that might be useful for you,’” Elmore said. The list of off-campus suggestions includes bars and pubs for students who are at least 21 years old. Elmore said he hopes students, who are of-age, will use the list when planning to visit public areas with contained celebrations. “I think when you plan ahead of time, you are going to be more apt to be safe about what you do,”
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T’s Pub is one of the bars Dean Elmore recommended BU students attend on Halloween as a safe alternative.
Elmore said. “Safety happens if you plan it before you need to.” Elmore said this is the first year he has provided this list of suggestions to students. He said the intentions of this list are less about inviting students out, and more about helping students co-
ordinate their plans in advance. Pat Dillon, general manager of Tavern in the Square, a popular bar for BU students, said maintaining a safe and enjoyable environment is always priority for the
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CAS junior: Ranking system Hub cut emissions by 26 percent Dean Elmore’s list ‘would have to prove itself ’ since 2005, Menino says in plan of bars as safer educatiOn: From Page 1
ment officials have spoken with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the American Council on Education and other college organizations about the rankings initiative. Evangeline Stefanakis, a professor in the School of Education, said the plan to create a new rankings system has many limitations. “It’s not about a measurement system that can help us look at how to make [colleges affordable],” she said. “…The issue is, much more broadly, how are we going to restructure the higher education institutions, private and public.” Stephanie Conyack, a School of Management freshman, said the ratings system could be effective in driving down extremely high tuition rates. “If it would foster competition among colleges to lower their prices and give more people
among different backgrounds an opportunity to go to college, it would be really beneficial,” Conyack said. CAS junior Ali Uslu said the ratings system would be ineffective in driving down the price of a higher education. “In order to change how economic systems function, you have to change the economic system itself from the infrastructure,” he said. “There are alternative ranking systems like the U.S. News and World Report. Any kind of new ranking system would have to prove itself, and that’s not going to happen anytime soon.” School of Management senior Caroline Snell said while a degree is key to success, a ranking system will not make a difference in the cost of college. “I don’t really see how [a ratings system] would make college more affordable,” she said. “… People attend colleges based on more than just the ranking.”
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year,” he said in a Tuesday release. “We now have a deeper understanding of how climate change will impact Boston and what the public and private sectors can and should do to prepare.” David Kimbro, a professor in Northeastern University’s department of marine and environmental sciences, said cities can work within existing structures to prevent flooding, but finding more nature-based solutions is the most effective method for disaster prevention. “The big thing is greening shorelines as opposed to hardening shorelines,” he said. “The goal there is using natural landscapes to buffer storm erosion, and that’s going to gradually attenuate a storm surge whereas hardened shorelines are only going to amplify a storm like Sandy’s effects.” In addition to storm preparedness, Menino addressed the city’s carbon emissions progress and cited the improvements Boston has made in order to curb its emissions. Since 2005, he said Boston has cut its car-
bon emissions by 26 percent, ahead of its goal of 25 percent cut originally planned to be reached by 2020. Bachrach made a speech following Menino’s address, in which he outlined key points on which the city of Boston needs to continue improving its carbon emission sustainability efforts after Menino leaves office this January. His plan challenges the new mayor to continue increasing the sustainability of Boston’s buildings and utilities, to expand and incentivize the use of public transit and to engage Boston citizens through an annual climate summit. “We’ve worked with [the Menino] administration, which we think has done very good things, and we support this administration,” he said. “But, we are advocates. We are not the government, and our job is to keep pressing for more.” This plan comes a week after Massachusetts received almost $7.5 million in U.S. Department of Interior funds to restore natural coastal defenses in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
Zakim aims to be ‘strong, progressive voice at the city level,’ manager says Zakim: From Page 3
strong, progressive voice at the city level,” he said. “He possesses an understanding of local issues and a passion for social justice that will serve the district well. I look forward to working with him for years to come.” Sibor said Zakim’s campaign goals aim to affect the entire district, from his political colleagues to the school-aged children, and
the city as a whole. “Your district city council is the single most direct point person as far as elected officials go,” he said. “If you have a day-to-day issue affecting your life ... that’s the person you need to talk to. [When you call,] the first question is not going to be ‘Do you vote?’ It’s going to be ‘Where do you live and what can I do to help you?’”
Expert: FAFSA responses could affect colleges waitlisting students FaFSa: From Page 3
he reached out to sources at several colleges and universities when contacted by Inside Higher Ed officials for the article. “The admission officers that I talked to indicated that yes, they did have access to the students’ list of colleges from the FAFSA, and that they tended to use it more as a yield tool than as an admission decision tool,” he said. Hawkins said that while none of the officials he contacted suggested they would deny a student based on the FAFSA form rankings, some institutions could be using the rankings to make decisions about waitlisting students. “Theoretically, at least, an institution could look at a student’s level of interest, potentially as gauged
or indicated by the FAFSA list, and make a determination about whether that student should go ahead and be straight up admitted or if they should go ahead and put them [the student] on a waitlist if they don’t stand a good chance of enrolling that student,” he said. While the U.S. Department of Education should make it clearer that colleges may see the rankings part of the FAFSA, students should also be aware that information they disclose on financial aid forms may be taken into consideration during the admissions process. “In this era of great uncertainty for colleges, they [colleges] are really trying very hard to figure out what students’ intentions are,” he said. “That’s really something important to note for any student going through the process.”
alternative draws mixed reactions HallOween: From Page 3
Tavern’s management. “We will have anywhere from 10 to 12 members of our security team as well as two to three managers on all three nights,” Dillon said. “Their main objective is to ensure that our guests have a safe and care-free environment.” The Tavern will not allow unsafe costumes accessories that obstruct sight of guests’ faces on Thursday, Dillon said. “We ask that our guests keep in mind we have to be able to make out their face, or they will not be allowed entry,” Dillon said. “Underage drinking is something we take very seriously and we must be able to clearly identify everyone.” Sarah Walker, general manager of Sweet Caroline’s Bar and Restaurant, said college students typically make up a large portion of guests on Halloween night. She said she may add extra security on Halloween if there is a Red Sox game, but otherwise the bar will run similarly to a typical weekend night. “We double check IDs and monitor how much alcohol a person is consuming,” Walker said. “We also would have security on board to help monitor crowds and unruly guests.” Cody Rodgers, a College of Engineering junior, said the list posted to the dean’s blog might not have an effect on where student choose to celebrate on Halloween. “I think it [the list] a good idea, but I just don’t think it will work because the allure of going to a house party or something like that is better than going to a safe event,” Rodgers said. Dalia McKenzie, a School of Education freshman, said although the Dean’s blog post may be helpful, many people already have their plans set for the weekend. “I think it’s a good idea, I just don’t know how many people would actually use it,” McKenzie said. “I feel like if people are set on doing one thing, they will [go there] anyway.” Leila Mohaideen, a College of Arts and Sciences freshman, said she thinks Elmore’s list will be useful to students who plan on going out this holiday weekend. “I think it’s better than people roaming around,” Mohaideen said. “I think it’s safer in that respect. It’s a very generationappropriate way of getting the word out.”
Adam Devine keeps the party going with new show
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hen Adam Devine was a senior in high school, his parents went away for a weekend. So Devine did what any reasonable high school senior would do: Throw an 800-person backyard banger. When the cops came, Devine walked down the driveway to meet them. “‘Hey! Sorry officers, is the music too loud?’ They said ‘No. There are several hundred underage kids drinking here,’” Devine said in a phone round-table interview. “And I was like ‘Whoa — so that’s the reason.’” After being asked to bring everyone inside, Devine casually strolled to the backyard, stopped, and yelled “RUN! THE COPS ARE HERE! EVERYONE GET OUT!” He was promptly charged with 22 counts of procuring alcohol for minors. And for Devine, the party never quite stopped. The star of Comedy Central’s hit Workaholics — now taping its third season —gained comedic prominence with roles in the 2012 film Pitch Perfect and, more recently, on NBC’s Modern Family. Thursday marked the debut of Devine’s first large project that is independent of his Workaholics collaborators Blake Anderson, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck. Adam
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Devine’s House Party, picked up for eight episodes, showcases Devine’s comedic talents without the accustomed comfort of his friends (though all three make cameos throughout the season). House Party, which airs on Thursdays at 12:30 a.m., blends actual standup routines with Workaholics-reminiscent scripted segments. The idea for the show originated from his appearance on the stand-up comedy showcase Live at Gotham. “I had the idea for a long time,” Devine said. “I thought, ‘nothing against [Live at Gotham], but it’s a little boring seeing these comics that you don’t know … for five or six minutes,’” Devine said. “There has to be a better way to get to know these comedians outside of their format. That’s the real idea.” Devine is naturally sympathetic to the plight of the standup comic as he is a natural-born comedy star. However, during his childhood in Iowa, Devine said he never pictured himself becoming a comedian. In fact, he envisioned himself as a lawyer. “My mom wasn’t supportive of me going to law school [because] she said it’d be too expensive for us,” he said. “And then I realized I just wanted to be an actor play-
ing a lawyer.” With this realization, Devine began attending the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco where he met future Workaholics co-star Blake Anderson. It was there that he refined his life’s two passions: comedy and “having fun.” As for his feelings on California, he may have had an ulterior motive for wanting to move out west. “I love it [medical marijuana],” he said. “I have trouble sleeping … As long as you’re not taking giant bong rips and blowing them into a baby’s face then I think it’s cool for you to smoke weed.” It was this incessant and metaimmature lifestyle that led to the inception of Workaholics. In response to the “bro culture” craze, Mail Order Comedy (Devine and his friends’ internet comedy group) created Workaholics as homage to their hard-drinking, hard-partying lifestyles. Here, Devine perfected his obnoxiously dull, outlandish, self-parodying character Adam DeMamp. “I have a weird, big, dumb face that can move in all sorts of different directions, so that helps out,” Devine explained. With the show’s success, Devine and Anderson rented an “Insane house in [Beverly] hills
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Adam Devine’s House Party, the comedian’s new stand-up and skit comedy show, airs at 12:30 on Thursdays.
…with giant metal dinosaurs on the roof” where they continued their partier ways. It was because of the events in this house, from Anderson jumping off the roof and breaking his back to the men setting their kitchen on fire, that Devine got the inspiration he needed to move forward with House Party. “It’s kinda fun to do something so new and so different, like hosting a giant standup show for TV [with] cranes and cameras
swooping down over the crowd,” Devine said. Though he never quite moved past the party fascination of his teenage years, he turned this fratbro obsession into a strength. It’s easy to remain lost, especially as an adult, in the hard-partying lifestyle of college, but Devine plays with that idea in the most satisfying and incorrigible ways. Though he may still be a kid at heart, he’s the kid we all want to be when we grow up.
INTERVIEW: Colin Mochrie of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
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omedian Colin Mochrie is best known for being a member of the seminal improvisation television program Whose Line Is It Anyway? The show fueled a generation of improv adoration, and it even proved so popular postmortem that CW revived it earlier this year. Mochrie and Whose Line cast member Brad Sherwood are bringing their two-man improvisational comedy show, “An Evening With Colin and Brad,” to the Wilbur Theatre on Nov. 2. In advance of the show, Moch-
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rie spoke with Lucien Flores for an interview with The Daily Free Press. LF: Do you have to stay mentally limber for improv? Do you do any pre-performance rituals? CM: Brad and I have been doing this for 11 years, and we found that the show works best for us when we’re totally out of our comfort zones. Basically what we do is we just walk out on stage with absolutely nothing and then it’s up to the audience to make a show. The tough-
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Colin Mochrie will be at The Wilbur with Brad Sherwood for his improvisational comedy show, “An Evening with Colin and Brad,” on Nov. 2.
est part of our job is to make sure you just go out there with no preconceived ideas. You’re just really working with the people that you’re working with, using the audience suggestion and hoping it comes together. LF: How is it now that Whose Line is back? Was it easy to transition back? CM: Ryan [Stiles] said it was like we just took a really long lunch break. It’s the same studio, a lot of the same crew, a lot of the same staff. So it was really just like coming home again. There’s always that worry of trying to recapture something that went so well the first time around, but from day one when we just started working together, it felt so natural. We just fell into that groove again. The biggest thing really was having Aisha [Tyler] host and that was probably the biggest adjustment because everyone was being polite with each other the first couple of days. But we quickly got into insulting each other and having fun with that. LF: You recently wrote a book (Not Quite The Classics). How was it trying to be funny in the written word versus being funny in an improv environment? CM: No, it was horrific. It was much harder. With improv, we’re basically playing off each other and making up stuff and …we
set up this world where no matter what we do, it makes sense in that scene. If you try to transcribe it and act it as a sketch, it probably won’t work. With writing a book, you’re by yourself — you don’t have anyone to throw your ideas against. It’s just you and you don’t get that immediate reaction of a laugh when you write something funny. When you do improv you can see, ‘Oh, the audience likes that, they laughed.’ But with a book, you’re just hoping that while I find it funny, I hope that the rest of the world does. LF: Do you tend to watch the show and watch your own performances? What sort of feelings do you get? CM: Absolutely embarrassed when I see myself. I don’t usually watch stuff. When I’m switching the channels I’ll see something and think, ‘My god, that’s embarrassing.’ I do enjoy the other guys. Ryan [Stiles] always makes me laugh. Wayne [Brady] is amazing. Brad [Sherwood] and Greg [Proops]. I’m really proud of what the show has accomplished. I think it was probably a hard sell for network executives to hear, ‘Alright here’s the show: you have four guys … they don’t really have a show, they’ll make it up in front of you.’
The fact that it actually got on to television still amazes me. I’m quite proud even though I’m embarrassed about what I do. LF: People seem to turn towards humor to cheer them up when they’re feeling down. What’s something that you turn to cheer you up? CM: I feel happiest when I’m at home with my wife and son. We have a really nice family dynamic. We have a lot of fun together. We’re about to celebrate our 25th anniversary and we’re going to go to Italy for two weeks. That will make me very happy. I love going there and, of course, there’s great food and great wine. LF: Have you ever been recognized in an unlikely place? CM: I got recognized by this Italian man who told me he learned English by watching Whose Line. I thought, ‘hmm that could be a little suspect.’ He used to tune in on this station in Italy that broadcasts the show and from that he learned his English. That was a little odd … I can only imagine what kind of things he was saying.
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Coverage is glitchier than the website
Healthcare.gov has a lot of problems. Most of them stem from a general misunderstanding of how difficult it is to make a website. Not only were developers faced with handling millions of Americans signing up at once, they had to design a site able to organize every single one of their tax brackets, salaries and other financial information. The Obamacare site designers need more time to iron out the kinks — and to stay transparent throughout the process. Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama spoke to a crowd at Faneuil Hall about healthcare reform and the state of the new website. This was one of those addresses that identified the problems with the website without really going into detail how the administration is handling the problems. Obama told an array of anecdotes about the people who have benefited from the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. He set the stage for a big announcement, but he only spoke about the hiccups in the road to accessible and affordable healthcare for all Americans. Obama successfully let Americans know what they already knew about the continuing healthcare debate. The one issue we haven’t heard him speak about is his transparency. Mr. President, how are you fixing the problem? While the Obama administration dances around telling the public how they plan to repair healthcare.gov — other than just informing us that people are working around the clock to clean up the site — Americans keep learning more negative stories about Obamacare and the site. According to Wednesday headlines, Toni Townes-Whitley, a senior vice president of CGI Federal, the Canadian company that built healthcare.gov, went to Princeton University with Michelle Obama. Stories like this have
people asking if the administration choose this contractor because Michelle and Toni are buddies. It’s hard to come at the healthcare issue objectively, especially when news outlets are fueling the fiasco by covering the website’s faults instead of the repercussions of socialized healthcare. Yes, on the surface, nepotism seems negative, but aren’t people taught that networking is a surefire way to success? That’s why students join Greek Life. It’s how journalists find jobs at new publications. Focusing on the people behind the website makes for good headlines, but it’s a conspiracy theory Americans should not focus on. The same goes for the glitches in healthcare.gov. Twitter and Tumblr crash when too many people post at once. The U.S. government is very powerful and has more resources than those websites, but the federal government does not have a magic wand that will make all the problems go away. While in a perfect world, the website would have been able to handle the traffic on the first day, it is a monumental undertaking for any tech company or government to take on. People have to be realistic about how much work it takes to make a function website able to handle millions of people’s information. The focus must remain on the repercussions of socialized healthcare. There is no arguing that the American healthcare system needs to be reorganized — just look at the cost of cancer treatment therapies and most surgeries. For the moment, Americans can only wait out the results of Obamacare and how people will really be taxed. Through trial and error the website will be fixed, and maybe after more legislative faux-pas and successes, Americans will have access to affordable healthcare without the exorbitant taxes.
You think waiting until the last minute to write an eight-page research paper is daring? Try surfing a 100-foot wave in Portugal. Hawaiian surfer Garret McNamara possibly broke his own record and swam out almost a quarter mile to catch the wave. He even strapped himself down with weights to break through the surf. We here al the ol’ Free Press were wondering what is the most daring thing people here at BU would do that’s comparable to Mr. McNamara’s feat. • • • • • •
SMG: Not buy insurance for their 2012 BMW M3. ENG: Talk to the one female in class. COM: Make a scene-by-scene remake of “The Room.” CFA: Play a contact sport. CGS: Take a graduate level course. President Brown: Donate part of his salary to keep the wrestling team. • BU Athletics: Bench Garrett Noonan. • The FreeP: Ignore their editors. The opinions and ideas expressed by columnists and cartoonists are their own and are not necessarily representative of the opinions of The Daily Free Press.
Life in the left lane
Throwback thursday: Obama edition SARA Ryan We’re going to take a trip in a time machine this week. I know how much you all wanted me to write about Sarah Palin and the Middle East (separately, of course), but don’t worry, we’ll return to our regular programming next week. Hold onto your hats as we head back to Jan. 20, 2009, the day U.S. President Barack Obama was sworn into office. This was also the day Obama set the bar high for himself. As of right now, I don’t think he’s living up to it. But first: the buildup to my rant! This week, I watched Obama’s first inaugural address in one of my classes. It was the first time I had seen it since the beginning of his presidency. It was strange to watch it out of context. Everyone there was wearing Obama hats and scarves. There were people in tears. Heck, George Bush didn’t even look too upset that he was out of a job. The political atmosphere was completely different. People had hope for Obama. People thought he was truly going to change the system. They thought he was different. The jury is still out on whether they were right. Now hop back in the time machine for a second. According to Gallup, Obama’s approval rating dropped from 67 percent in late Jan. 2009 to 44 percent last week. This is normal for most presidencies. We get tired of presidents. They have more and more time to fail at doing what they promised, and then by the time we kick them out, their approval ratings are circling the drain. However, Obama was not supposed to be a typical president. I’m pretty sure everyone, including his critics, thought he was capable of anything. Some were afraid this Kenyan-born fancy-pants liberal was going to take all their guns and their freedoms. Obama hasn’t even lived up to their expectations yet. Don’t get me wrong. Obama has done a lot. He passed and fought for universal healthcare. He’s passed laws on campaign finance reform. He repealed the Defense of Marriage Act and the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in all branches of the military. The CIA killed Osama bin Laden under his watch. He signed into law the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He came out (pun slightly intended) as the first president to openly support gay marriage. He also helped pull our tanking economy out of the dumps. And he has a wicked awesome jump shot. However in the past two years, Obama has fallen far short of revolutionary. Granted this might have something to do with
the general lack of bipartisanship in Washington, but there’s always more he can do. Here I’m not defining “more” as “have the National Security Agency eavesdrop on Angela Merkel’s cell phone calls.” Compare this administration to the one Obama promised the American people back in 2009, and we can definitely see the shortcomings. Seriously though. Go take some time to watch the inaugural address. Don’t cop out and skim a transcript, either. The actual speech is totally worth it. It’s only 20 minutes of your life. We all know it’s either that or another episode of “How I Met Your Mother” on Netflix. Barney’s shenanigans can wait. Don’t worry — this will be my last homework assignment of the semester. After you watch it, you’ll understand where I am coming from. Here is this amazing orator who had told an entire nation that they deserved better from their leaders and then failed to live up to his own standards. Wire tapping and even the troubles with the Obamacare website all have to do with Obama’s credibility as a leader. These aren’t things he can blame other people for. It’s Obama’s administration, after all. I guess my point it this: There was a reason we thought Obama was different from all the other chumps (#Clinton2016) running for president back in 2008. We actually believed him on the most basic level. Instead of questioning his intent, some 70 million people took his word and voted for him, according to the Federal Election Commission report on the 2008 presidential elections. That’s what makes all of this so disappointing. Obama seemed like he was ready to bring a higher standard into the Oval Office as he fought to protect the disenfranchised and the forgotten. Now in the midst of two public relations crises, Americans can only turn to each other questioning why they voted for this guy in the first place. Of course there is still time for Obama to prove himself. He still has something like 1100 days left in office (there are people on the Internet counting, I promise). He could turn the whole NSA blunder and the website malfunctions around. And I sincerely hope he does. The man who delivered that speech almost five years ago deserves a chance to lead. Sara Ryan is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences studying political science and math. She can be reached at sryan15@bu.edu.
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board. Freshman Ethan Kutler garnered two scoring chances, as well as a corner kick in a short five-minute span between the 18th and 22nd minutes. Although the Raiders had solid chances, redshirt freshman goalkeeper Matt Gilbert stopped both shots and the Terriers’ defense cleared the corner away from danger to preserve the lead. For the rest of the half, neither team could control possession of the ball or get quality scoring opportunities. As the half came to an end, the Terriers held on to their 2-0 lead. Although BU was outshot by Colgate 6-4, Gilbert held strong and made three saves in the frame. The Terriers came out in the second half and looked to add to their solid lead. Just two minutes into the second half, the Terriers extended their lead. Senior midfielder
Fannar Arnarsson took the ball up the field and set up Badji for another chance. Badji converted, as he put the ball past Brown for his second goal of the contest. This is Badji’s first career multi-goal game in his collegiate career. In the 52nd minute, Badji looked to get his first-ever hat trick as he put a shot towards goal. This time, Brown made the save, keeping the Terrier lead at 3-0. Falling behind 3-0, the Raiders looked to cut into the Terrier lead, as they took eight shots in the period and got four on net. While Colgate had a plethora of opportunities to score, Gilbert stood tall and stopped all four shots on net. Despite getting outshot 14-8 and falling behind in corners 7-4, the Terriers hung on for a 3-0 win with the strong play of Badji and Gilbert. The Terriers will next head to Washington D.C., for a showdown with American University Saturday afternoon.
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make seven saves and collected a shutout in her first collegiate start. Offensively, senior forward Chelsey Garkowski has totaled 46 shots this year and has averaged a little under three shots per game, good for third overall in the Patriot League. BU will continue their long-standing tradition of honoring the graduating class this weekend by paying tribute to their senior members, one that includes Green, Clark and Strom among many other important players. “This [Class of 2014] has been significant contributors since they got here,” Feldman said in reference to the extended
playing time Clark and Strom saw as freshmen. “They haven’t just tasted success, they have a lot of it. I think they feel a responsibility to leave the program in a better shape.” The road to accomplish that task of making the NCAA Tournament begins next week, as the Terriers play at Nickerson Field once again to start the road to the postseason. “It’s a terrific opportunity,” Feldman said about playing in the playoffs. “I think by now our success has become a culture and an expectation. [The Patriot League] is a tough conference to play in. The games are all tight. There are a lot of good teams, but fortunately we’re up to it.”
Freshman Cassera leads BU in total points Field Hockey: From Page 8
ette’s rough numbers this year have left something to be desired. The Leopards finished last year ranked No. 13 in the nation and ended their regular season with 13 straight wins and five consecutive shutouts. This season, the Leopards have had some trouble with a pair of three-game skids and dropped two out of their first three in-conference tilts. “I’m not really that familiar with the program, but the fact that they were able to finish well in the Patriot League and have a respectable record in the Patriot League, and I know they play a pretty good out of conference schedule … I don’t think we’ve ever played this team before and we definitely need to make sure that we’re ready for an exciting hockey game,” Starr said. Despite their struggles, the Leopards will look to finish their season strong against the Terriers and make a good case for themselves in the coming tournament. Comparatively, BU has boasted much better goalkeeping this season, as time and time again the Terriers turn to junior Valentina Cerda Eimbcke, who maintains a 1.38
GAA and a .769 save percentage, to man the net. The Terriers also possess more dynamic players on offense. Freshman forward Amanda Cassera, BU’s team points leader, has eight goals for 16 total points this season. Sophomore midfielder Sofi Laurito is next on the sheet with seven goals and 14 points. Freshman midfielder Hester van der Laan takes third place with 13 points on four goals and five assists, matching Mead’s scoring line to a T. “It’s a season where our emphasis since the beginning is to get better each practice, each week, each game, and I think that’s something, for the most part, we’ve been really good at,” Starr said of her Terriers. “We’ve done really, really well keeping that as a focus and as an emphasis. “This week we had an excellent practice [Tuesday], we had a really good practice [Wednesday]. And we’re looking forward to making that next step with our game against Lafayette on Saturday and really finishing the regular season strong and getting ourselves ready for the conference championship.”
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Senior forward Ali Sozeri netted a goal in BU’s 3-0 victory over Colgate Wednesday night.
Terriers to face disciplined Catamounts Women’s Hockey: From Page 8
They’ve also recruited a volume of freshmen who all are young relative to playing Division I college hockey. They’re pretty solid players there, I think if we defended a line or maybe a player or two on their team, you had a pretty good chance of getting through in the past. This year they’ve got the depth and they’ve got the volume. Junior Amanda Pelkey has been the star for Vermont, totaling six goals and five assists in seven games. “If you look at one player I think Amanda Pelkey is really the elite top player on that team you’ve got to keep a close eye on,” Durocher said. “And we’ll have to do that for sure.” The Catamounts are disciplined on the
ice, and have averaged only 9.7 penalty minutes per game, the lowest in the conference. However, they are giving up an average of 3.71 goals per game, second worst in the Hockey East. For Durocher, it is important that the team focuses on maintaining composure during the weekend series. “We’re definitely trying to emphasize some things from a mental standpoint, a tactical standpoint and a disciplined standpoint that we have to get better at,” Durocher said. “And discipline is probably the optimal word because we had three or four offsides in the first period, we had three penalties in the first period. Those are things that I think were within control of our ability and we have to get better there.”
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Women’s hockey to face UNH, Vermont in league battles Badji, Sozeri By Sarah Kirkpatrick Daily Free Press Staff
The Boston University women’s hockey team will look to secure convincing wins this weekend as it travels to face the University of New Hampshire Friday night and then returns home to Walter Brown Arena Saturday afternoon to host the University of Vermont. Tuesday night, the Terriers (4-1-1, 1-0-0 Hockey East) just scraped by against Northeastern University thanks to an overtime goal by senior captain Louise Warren that gave BU a 3-2 victory. Following the victory, BU coach Brian Durocher said he was less than pleased. “I don’t think it was, technically, a very well-played game by us,” Durocher said after the game against Northeastern (4-5-0, 0-1-0 Hockey East). “I don’t think it was a very disciplined game played by us and I don’t think it was a very smart game played by us. It should have been a game where we could have won three, four, five to one, but we didn’t want to do that. We basically wanted to hand it to them.” Though Warren netted the game-winner, junior forward Kayla Tutino stood out in the game, as she was on the ice for all three Terrier goals, notching a goal and an assist of her own. “She’s obviously a very important player because she plays in all situations,” Durocher said on the impact of Tutino. “She’s a junior, so she’s been in big games for her first two years here at BU. She’s an ultra-competitive kid. So not only is she somebody who has to do things on the ice when it comes to her talents, but she’s also one of those leaders because she sets the
bar really high not only for herself but also for her teammates, and it shows how hard she works.” When the Terriers travel to Durham, N.H., to take on the Wildcats (5-2-1, 1-0-1 Hockey East), they will be met with a team fresh off three straight wins. In the first win of that streak, UNH knocked off then-No. 2 Boston College, 3-1. This past weekend, the Wildcats swept Penn State University by scores of 8-5 and 3-1. Even more impressively, all of these wins occurred on the road. UNH was not necessarily expected to be a powerhouse at the beginning of the season — a preseason coaches’ poll ranked them fifth in Hockey East — but it has become a dangerous team, Durocher said. “UNH is a team that had a couple of years that were uncharacteristic when they kind of dropped off a little bit in their lofty stature,” Durocher said. “But they’ve got one of the smartest coaches in the game in Brian McCloskey, they’ve got a very proud team and I think the last year they really started making great strides coming back and I think they’re somebody that’s got to be reckoned with in Hockey East in the big picture ... They’ve got some real talented kids.” Senior Nicole Gifford has led the way for the Wildcats this season, tallying four goals and four assists. Her classmate Arielle O’Neill has also netted four goals. UNH also boasts the best power-play percentage in Hockey East, converting on 29.7 percent of opportunities. This will be an intriguing matchup for the Terriers, who sit atop the conference by killing off 90.3 percent of penalties. Vermont (2-4-1, 0-1-1 Hockey
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Senior captain Louise Warren scored the game-winning goal for BU in its conference opener.
East), on the other hand, has been less fortunate than the Wildcats this season. The Catamounts lost back-to-back games at Robert Morris University — the same team that gave BU a headache in a 3-0 loss Oct. 19 — and received a 6-0 thrashing from the Rochester Institute of Technology earlier
in the season. “This will be the deepest team they’ve had in the last couple of years,” Durocher said. “They got absolutely sidetracked last year with injuries and I think this year they’ve got a much healthier team.
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Wednesday night, the Boston University men’s soccer team traveled to Hamilton, NY., to take on Colgate University in a conference battle. With the help of two goals in the opening minutes, the Terriers came away with a 3-0 victory over the Raiders. Just two minutes into the contest, the Terriers (6-8-1, 3-4-1 Patriot League) were on the attack and took advantage of an early opportunity. The Raiders (3-12-2, 2-4-1 Patriot League) were called for a foul inside the 18-yard box, giving BU a penalty kick. Junior forward Dominque Badji took the shot for BU and put it past the reach of goalkeeper Ricky Brown, giving the Terriers a 1-0 lead. The goal was Badji’s second successfully converted penalty kick of the season. A minute later the Terriers, still on the attack, nearly put a second one in when senior midfielder Anthony Ciccone took a shot that went just wide of goal. Although Ciccone was unsuccessful on this attempt, he was not deterred and set up another chance just minutes later. Ciccone took the ball up the left side of the pitch and crossed the ball into the 18-yard box. Senior forward Ali Sozeri was in the box for the Terriers, leaped high over the Raiders’ defense and flicked the ball with his head into the net for BU’s second goal of the evening. Down two goals early, the Raiders attempted to control the ball and get even on the score-
men’S SOcceR, see page 7
Women’s soccer prepares to host Bucknell BU to play final regular season game By Mike Chan Daily Free Press Staff
The Boston University women’s soccer team returns home this Saturday to face Bucknell University, as it wraps up the regular season and prepares for its first stint in the Patriot League Tournament. While the Terriers (12-3-3, 7-1 Patriot League) may have already entrenched themselves with the second seed in the upcoming playoffs following wins against Colgate University and American University, the team is still looking to close its season in strong fashion and continue its streak of 11 consecutive winning seasons. BU last played this past Saturday, winning 1-0 over the Eagles in overtime (6-10-1, 4-3-1 Patriot League). Junior forward Taylor Krebs scored the lone goal of the game, while senior goalkeeper Andrea Green kept a clean sheet for the 11th time this season. The Terriers were aided by
the continued productivity of senior forward Madison Clemens, who has lived up to her title of Patriot League Preseason Offensive Player of the Year by ranking in top 10 in the conference in all three major offensive categories. The strong play of freshman forward Erica Kosienski and her four game-winning goals this season has also boosted BU. “We’ve counted on [Clemens and Kosienski] all season long,” said BU coach Nancy Feldman. “They’ve been so strong and steady, and I think they’re consistently adding different components to their game [as the season progresses]. They made some big plays in important moments ... and they’re [so often] on the firing line. They have ice in their veins, both of them. They’re very, very strong mentally and they just win their battles.” Of course, the Terriers are not only about the team’s two leading scorers, as in the back seven lies
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Friday, Nov. 1 M. Hockey vs. Providence, 7:30 p.m. W. Hockey @ New Hampshire, 7 p.m.
another tough, experienced core, led by the play of senior midfielders Kylie Strom and Emma Clark and junior defender Kai Miller. “They’re doing a little bit more in attack, making both short and long plays” Feldman said on the defenders. “They cover for each other. They cover for the outside backs. They made some big tackles where if you miss it or misjudge it or don’t win your battle, the other team is off to the races.” Meanwhile, the Bison (7-8-1, 4-3-1 Patriot League) have also clinched a playoff berth but will be competing for a higher seed between Colgate (9-6-1, 5-2-1 Patriot League) and American, who are ranked third and fourth respectively. Like the Terriers, Bucknell has also been able to rely on a variety of players for its success. Freshman Jessica Ratner won Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors Monday when she managed to
wOmen’S SOcceR, see page 7
Saturday, Nov. 2
M. Hockey @ Providence, 8 p.m. W. Hockey vs. Vermont, 4 p.m. M. Soccer @ American, 1 p.m. W. Soccer vs. Bucknell, 2 p.m.
By Judy Cohen Daily Free Press Staff
For its final home game and contest of the regular season, the Boston University field hockey team will host Lafayette College Saturday afternoon at New Balance Field. “Lafayette is the defending Patriot League Champions,” said BU coach Sally Starr. “It’s our last conference game, last regular-season game, senior game ... they’re a good team, they’re a quality team, and we’re definitely looking forward to a good contest.” The Leopards (6-10, 3-2 Patriot League), like BU, have recently clinched a spot in the Patriot League conference tournament. The Terriers are sitting pretty with the No. 2 seed while Lafayette has claimed the fourth and final spot after a win over Colgate University last Saturday. Lafayette also brings the most recent Patriot League Offensive
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Player of the Week with them to Boston in junior Kelsey Mead, who tallied a goal and three assists in two games last weekend for the Leopards. Mead has four goals and five assists on the season and is tied with backer Brittany Blass for the team lead in points, as both have recorded 13 points this season. Junior Jessica Deutsch has been the Leopards’ go-to presence in the cage this season, playing in all 16 of Lafayette’s games thus far and sporting a 2.07 goalsagainst average and a .620 save percentage. The Leopards have had their share of issues finding the back of the net this year, outshooting their foes 178 to 156, but getting outscored by a 35 to 29 margin. Coming off an incredibly successful campaign in 2012 that flaunted an impressive 17-3 record and the top seed in the Patriot League Tournament, Lafay-
Field HOckey, see page 7
Monday, Nov. 4
No Events Scheduled Bobby Valentine sat in his house and wept all night long.