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Eating Disorder Awareness Walk to take place on campus BU insurance plan to cover employee gender reassignment surgery

By Rachel Riley Daily Free Press Staff

Two eating disorder support groups are teaming up to hold the University Eating Disorder Awareness Walk on Boston University’s Charles River Campus in the spring 2014 semester.

Hynes Recovery Services, an organization intended to help individuals with eating disorders, is partnering with the F.R.E.E.D. Foundation for Recovery and Elimination of Eating Disorders to hold their first-ever awareness walk. The walk is set to take place May 4 on Nickerson Field, said Hynes Recovery Services Founder Dawn Hynes.

“Through this awareness walk, we are hoping to create an awareness of the significant number of students struggling with body image and eating concerns on campuses throughout the country,” Hynes said. “In addition, we are also looking to raise muchneeded funds for college students seeking treatment support.”

There will be a $10 registration fee for the event, Hynes said. Proceeds will go to college students and other youth to afford resources to recover from their eating disorders.

“Our organization is partnering with the F.R.E.E.D. Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to providing treatment scholarships to individuals seeking treatment,” she said.

“Incoming walk funds will be given directly to this organization and then distributed to college students that will reach out to them for financial support.”

While the event will take place at BU, officials from Hynes Recovery Services are

By Drew Schwartz Daily Free Press Staff

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The 2013 Health Minds Study depicts eating disorder prevalence among college students. Health Recovery Services announced the first University Eating Disorder Awareness Walk, which will be held in May at Nickerson Field.

encouraging students from other colleges and universities in the region to participate in the walk.

“Although this walk will take place in Boston, we are hoping to have other colleges and universities from other parts of Massachusetts and throughout New England participate in person,” she said. “And, for those that are not able to attend, we are hoping that students will become a ‘virtual walker’ and make a donation online.”

The event will also feature four speakers who have had experiences with eating disorders, Hynes said. Students can register

for the Eating Disorder Awareness walk at www.walktowardrecovery.com.

“We will have a number of speakers sharing their recovery journey with our walk participants, as well as hearing from a mother whose daughter had struggled with an eating disorder while in college,” she said.

Most students probably know someone that has been affected by an eating disorder because the illness is prevalent at the college level, Hynes said.

“It’s important for students to not feel

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Mayor Menino allocates $1 million for Boston youth to budget

By Kelsey Newell Daily Free Press Staff

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced Thursday that Boston will be partnering with the Participatory Budgeting Project, a group that helps cities manage public funds, to launch a program in which Boston’s youth will become involved with city funding.

The program will allow young adults to assist in allocating $1 million of the city’s overall budget toward Boston Public Schools, youth programs, supporting neighborhoods and improving the general quality of life in Boston, according to a Thursday press release.

“Participatory budgeting has had a big impact on local communities,” said Josh Lerner, executive director of the Participatory Budgeting Project. “It has engaged new people in government, built stronger communities and

new grassroots leaders and made spending decisions fairer and more effective.”

The PBP has collaborated with cities such as New York, Chicago and San Francisco on similar programs, but Boston will be the first city in the United States with a Youth Participatory Budgeting process.

“Young people spend more time than anyone in public schools, libraries, parks and streets, so it’s critical that they help decide how the city funds these public spaces,” Lerner said.

Although this specific type of project is new to the PBP, Lerner said in the release he is excited to be involved with Boston’s youth in such a hands-on way.

“Participatory budgeting is a real school of democracy,” he said in the Thursday release.

“Young people across Boston will learn de-

mocracy by doing and decide how to spend $1 million on concrete improvements to their communities. I’m excited to work with the City and other community partners to build this groundbreaking new model for youth engagement and empowerment.”

Although the process will involve many different groups working together, Menino said young adults will be at the head of the operation by identifying in which projects they want to invest.

“Our most important collection of talent lies in our young people,” he said in the release. “It is so important to have our young people engaged in government, and to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to improving their neighborhoods. This process

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Coverage of gender reassignment surgery is now available to faculty and staff who are insured by any of Boston University’s three healthcare plans.

“It is incredibly forward-thinking and smart for insurance to cover gender affirmation surgery,” said College of Arts and Sciences professor Elizabeth Boskey, a lecturer in BU’s Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies program. “People who are able to affirm their gender as they choose, whether that’s medically or not, are happier and mentally healthier and are also more productive employees.”

Boston-area schools Emerson College and Tufts University will also be offering employees with university healthcare plans similar coverage starting in 2014, according to a recent Boston Business Journal article.

BU spokesman Colin Riley said the addition of gender reassignment surgery coverage was one of several changes to BU’s medical insurance plan this year.

“The people who work in human resources in establishing the benefits [for employees] had discussions with the providers about what the additional cost would be actuarially, and ultimately decided to include it [gender reassignment surgery],” Riley said.

In offering this type of coverage, BU may be more likely to retain transgender employees, Boskey said.

“If you have really great employees who are transgender and are looking for a way to affirm their gender medically and they might be able to find employment someplace else that has an insurance who can provide it, then they might leave,” she said.

Offering employees insurance coverage for gender reassignment surgery also reflects positively on the university, Boskey said.

“BU is becoming seen as a university that is progressive about gender issues and accepting about gender issues,” she said. “...That’s going to pay off both in terms of the students who they can attract to the university and in terms of faculty who will want to come to a university that respects their gender identity and wants to support them in being who they are.”

This new development is one of many that have added to BU’s overall reputation as a tol-

Gender, see page 2

Mass. Sen. Therese Murray proposes bill to raise minimum wage to $11 by 2016

By Sarah Capungan Daily Free Press Staff

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U.S. Sen. President Therese Murray will put a bill before Senate to increase the minimum wage to $11 by 2016. If passed, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will have the highest minimum wage of any State in the United States.

After several advocacy groups led rallies to increase the minimum wage, Mass. Sen. President Therese Murray will propose a bill to Senate Tuesday to increase the rate in Massachusetts from $8 to $11 by 2016 in order to combat the rising cost of living.

Anthony Colletti, communications director for Mass. Sen. Dan Wolf, who is the cochair of a minimum wage bill in the Committee of Labor and Workforce Development, said the current minimum wage is not enough to support the cost of living in such an expensive area.

“One of the primary reasons is that at this point in time, the earning power of a lot of people in Massachusetts is not keeping base with the cost of living,” he said. “We’ve seen this vast increase in wealth since the end of World War II, but we just really haven’t kept up with that. People in the working class don’t actually make enough to support themselves.”

The bill will increase the Commonwealth’s $8-an-hour minimum wage by $1 each year until it reaches $11 an hour in 2016, which would make it the highest state minimum wage in the United States. Additionally, the bill will always keep Massachusetts’ minimum wage 50 cents higher than the national average, which is currently at $7.25 an hour.

Colletti said the ratio of minimum wage to living costs used to be much lower.

“If we index minimum wage from 1968, then today it would be around $10.58,” he said. “This bill seeks to raise the minimum wage to $11 by 2016 and then index it to inflation, basically ensuring that working people in the Commonwealth are able to live on what they’re making.”

The amount of people seeking welfare and extra help from the government in order to supplement their incomes would decrease if minimum wage increases, Colletti said.

Todd Idson, professor of economics at

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alone with these issues and know that there are resources on campus available to help them if needed,” she said. “Our hope is that at the end of the event, students will feel more comfortable reaching out and supporting a peer they believe might be in crisis.”

F.R.E.E.D. Executive Director Gail Schoenbach said while the University Eating Disorder Awareness Walk is an effort to raise money to support those suffering from eating disorders, the organizations also aim to educate students about the presence of eating disorders in university communities.

“What I’m hoping for when we do these things on college campuses and talk to students is that [we] let them know that they are not alone,” she said. “This is something that is not an isolating illness. It’s not something they have to deal with by themselves. There is help out there.”

College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Melanie Kirsh said she is pleased the walk will take place on BU’s campus.

“I appreciate the fact that it’s specifically for college students suffering from eating disorders,” she said. “It’s very stigmatized in society in general, but then when you’re in college, … especially at

a big school like this, you may not find the support you need immediately.”

The University Eating Disorder Awareness Walk is a way for eating disorder survivors to help others get the resources they need to recover, Kirsh said.

“Let’s say someone has recovered — which I think is kind of a problematic term — but let’s say they’ve mostly bounced back into normal life,” she said. “This is a way for them to give back and say, ‘treatment allowed me to return to normal functioning, so now I can give back to people who are suffering right now.’”

Resident: Boston youth ‘most affected’ by funds Youth: From Page 1

puts the power in their hands, and will show them what kind of impact they can make on our city.”

Several residents said they are wary of giving Boston’s youth such responsibility.

Clair Beard, 54, of Back Bay, said she did not want to see the money go to waste.

“It definitely sounds nice, but it also sounds like the kind of program which could fail easily,” she said. “It is a good idea for the kids, it will give them a sense of how far or short money goes, and it will get them involved in the government

early. I’d like to see a fair selection of students from all across the city and a range of ages involved. They need to be sure to handle such a new program carefully and properly.”

Eliezer Carrasquillo, 30, of Dorchester, said Boston’s youth will know where the money should be allocated because they are the ones affected most.

“Educating our youth is vitally important, and our youth know what areas of their school and neighborhoods need funding,” he said. “There are a lot of people who get financial assistance when they don’t need it. As long as the money is used in the right way, given to the

right people and the money gets into the right hands, which I think students will do a good job of deciding, it’ll really benefit the city as a whole.”

Sharay Pringle, 22, of Dorchester, said students are the perfect people to be deciding which parts of their communities get funded.

“They are our future,” she said.

“It’s their community. They’re the ones seeing what’s going on around them … they know what programs they need, what programs need improving. It’s vital that they have a voice in how their community grows.”

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erant institution, Boskey said. However, offering such medical coverage is only one part of BU’s recent push to improve the environment for transgender individuals.

“Being able to provide people medical coverage for the care that they need is certainly part of it,” she said. “But so is doing things that BU has already done with students, such as providing gender-neutral bathrooms and allowing people to identify as their gender, whether or not they have legally changed to match that identity.”

Boskey also said gender reassignment surgery may not meet all the needs of transgender individuals.

“Not all transgender and gender non-conforming individuals want to transition to the same degree,” Boskey said. “… For some people, that would be various forms of gen-

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Boston University, said it would be difficult to determine what the bill’s effects will be on unemployment.

Some economic theories show that as minimum wage increases, unemployment also may increase.

“People know what they want to believe, but it’s not clear to any expert what will happen,” he said.

“The evidence is very mixed ... I personally think the evidence tends to show very little increase in unemployment. I’d like to see an increase in minimum wage.”

Several residents said they support the minimum wage increase.

Junior Buissereth, 36, an entrepreneur from Hyde Park, said an $11 minimum wage is necessary for most families.

“The [current] minimum wage is not too high,” he said. “A family right now has kids to send to school [and] grocery shopping to do. It’s okay to put the minimum wage to $11, everybody would benefit from it.”

Robert Frawley, 51, of Boston, said the minimum wage should be higher than the proposed $11 an hour in 2016.

“It should actually be $15,” he said. “People work so hard for a living that they should be able to

provide for their family, and people don’t have [enough of] an opportunity. They’re not educated to get a good job, but they still need to support their families.”

Jamie Malames, 38, of Dorchester, said although he agrees with increasing the minimum wage, he thinks the Senate should wait until after the winter recess to debate the bill.

“It [raising the minimum wage] helps the inner city,” he said. “It helps the younger people get ahead, but it needs more time. They need to look at it all together ... this decision shouldn’t be rushed.”

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der affirmation surgery, for others, it would be hormones, for others, it would be counseling so that they can be comfortable with who they are whatever their body looks like.”

Bridget Daley, a CAS sophomore, works for an insurance brokerage outside of Philadelphia called Superior Benefit Plans. She said in an email she is happy to hear BU is providing coverage of gender assignment surgeries for employees.

“All insurance companies and providers should cover these types of surgeries and I’m glad the BU insurance is going to,” she said.

“These surgeries are very expensive and it’s not feasible for many people to get them without insurance covering the cost. Many people think that these surgeries are not a necessity, but in reality they are vital to the overall well-being of Trans individuals.”

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Campus Crime More grad. students enter sciences, study suggests SG contemplates Common Sense Logs

By Olivia Deng Daily Free Press Staff

Nov. 12 to Nov. 17

By Alyssa Ciofani Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Nov. 12 to Nov. 16.

Student harassment On Nov. 12, a student at 33 Harry Agganis Way reported at 12:37 p.m. that his ex-girlfriend, a fellow BU student, had been harassing and following him around. When he was trying to leave a parking lot, she stood in front of his vehicle and prevented him from exiting. He did not file a restraining order.

Stolen laptop At 2 p.m. on Nov. 12, a student’s laptop was stolen from a classroom in the College of Arts and Sciences at 730 Commonwealth Ave. after she left it in the classroom for about 30 minutes.

Marijuana grinder confiscated On Nov. 12 at 3:30 p.m., officers confiscated a marijuana grinder from a student’s room at 277 Babcock St. Unwanted phone calls At 3:35 p.m. on Nov. 12, a student at 36 Mountfort St. reported she was receiving unwanted phone calls and texts from a former boyfriend.

Larceny in Warren Towers Around 9 p.m. on Nov. 12, a student had $100 stolen from her jacket, which she left in her unlocked dorm room at Warren Towers at 700 Comm. Ave. An additional $1,200 was also stolen from this student’s dorm room the previous week.

Student sexually assaulted A female student reported she was sexually assaulted after staying overnight with a friend at 32 Harry Agganis Way sometime Wednesday evening.

Credit card and phone stolen from FitRec A student reported his credit cards and phone were stolen from a bench at the Fitness and Recreation Center at 915 Comm. Ave. around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday. He had placed them on the bench while playing basketball.

Bag stolen A non-affiliate’s bag was stolen from 882 Comm. Ave. when he left it there on Friday around 10 a.m.

As the job market slowly recovers, the number of graduate school test-takers and international students pursuing graduate studies in natural science fields has increased in the last year, according to a recent study.

The Educational Testing Services released the study Thursday and concluded that new trends indicate Graduate Record Examinations test-takers from this year are younger, more inclined to study the natural sciences and less likely to be female than in previous years.

“The overall impression that people need to pursue graduate school because they are having a tough time getting a job seems to be a relatively accurate general perspective,” said Rebekah Alexander, assistant director of Admissions and Financial Aid at BU’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. “…This could be a trend in undergraduate advising — maybe they are telling students to take it as a backup.”

The GRE is a standardized test used for admission to graduate programs in an array of disciplines, including education, engineering, humanities, natural

Action proposals

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A recent study released by the Educational Testing Service finds that GRE test-takers will be younger, more scientifically inclined and less likely to be female.

sciences and social sciences.

“The GRE revised general test is the most widely used admissions test for graduate and business school,” said Christine Betaneli, BU’s Educational Testing Service spokeswoman. “So, looking at a report like this is a good indicator of the individuals who are demonstrating interest in graduate studies.”

Betaneli said although the GRE does not analyze test-takers’ professional goals, the increase in test-takers pursuing science-

based fields is likely a result of the growing number of job opportunities in that field.

“It may be because they are looking at what job opportunities are available for people with that degree,” Betaneli said. “There is an increased public interest in the STEM [science, technology, math and engineering] field. Perhaps that is drawing prospective students from those majors.”

From 2011-12 to 2012-13, GRE test-takers who indicated

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ACA extension period rejected by Mass. officials

By Emily Hartwell Daily Free Press Staff

Mass. Insurance Commissioner Joseph Murphy and Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick rejected U.S. Pres.

Barack Obama’s request Monday for an extension period on expiring healthcare plans after one month of U.S. citizens attempting to enroll in the federal plan.

“To change course at this time, and delay certain market reforms, could cause confusion and significant market disruption,” Murphy said in a Monday letter to Obama.

Obama said Thursday that people can enroll back into their previous healthcare plans for another year because Healthcare. gov, which launched on Oct. 1, has been scrutinized due to website glitches that prevented applicants from purchasing healthcare plans online. As of Saturday, only 106,185 Americans selected health plans through the healthcare marketplace when federal officials projected there would be 500,000.

Patrick said in a statement Monday that Massachusetts would

not extend expiring healthcare plans for people who are required to switch to the Affordable Care Act. “Thanks to the success of healthcare reform here in the Commonwealth, sub-standard plans are not part of our marketplace,” he said. “Our experience shows why minimum insurance standards are necessary to assure adequate coverage for all.”

Alec Loftus, communications director for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services at the Governor’s office, said the Affordable Care Act is intended to increase coverage to the middle class and continue to provide for those in need.

“The Affordable Care Act is overwhelmingly beneficial for Massachusetts,” he said. “It creates new protections to ensure that your insurance plan covers you when you need it the most.

It expands coverage for young adults and strengthens our primary care system to support community health centers and it also rewards the quality of care rather

Deadline nears for supporters to add questions to Nov. 2014 ballot

By Felicia Gans and Kelsey Newell Daily Free Press Staff

Packages stolen On Friday around 4:45 p.m., a student’s packages were stolen from the vestibule at 98 Beacon St. after the items were delivered.

Bike stolen At 8:38 p.m. on Friday, a bicycle was stolen from a rack outside of the College of Arts and Sciences at 725 Comm. Ave. Suspicious person At 26 Mountfort St. on Saturday, a male entered the wrong bedroom in a suite around 6 a.m. and woke two students who were alarmed to see him there. He then left.

than quantity so that it does have an impact on lower income class as well.”

To ensure the efficiency and guaranteed coverage of the ACA, Patrick asked the delegation in a Friday letter to reject requests for an extension period because of the harmful side effects it may have.

The extension period would allow non-compliant healthcare plans to become permanent, potentially increasing the number of people with plans that do not fully cover them.

“Permitting plans to be permanently non-compliant means the pool of individuals who do purchase plans through the marketplaces will likely be sicker on average, and their options will be more expensive and constrained,” he said.

Patrick said it is unnecessary to create an extension for a state that is already well-versed in transition since Massachusetts was the first states to pass universal healthcare reform.

Boston University Student Government members debated policy proposals presented by Common Sense Action officials at the SG meeting Monday night.

CSA, a national organization comprised of colleges and universities across the United States, aims to promote generational equity in Congress by drafting policy proposals that will eventually be presented to Capitol Hill officials, said SG Director of City Affairs Cassandra Shavney.

“Obviously, the millennial voice is not being adequately represented,” Shavney, a College of Arts and Sciences junior, said. “…

Years down the line when we’re 40, 50, 60 [years old], we’re going to be screwed. Unless we start now, we’re not going to have the U.S. government that will help us, that will be adequate in supporting us when we’re that age.”

On Wednesday, BU students voted on policies presented to SG senators at the CSA’s first ever Campus Congress. The proposals included plans to improve education systems in urban areas, reinstate a part of the Voting Rights Act, promote sustainable energy sources, raise the debt ceiling, reduce prison sentences for non-violent drug crimes and provide better mental health resources for communities. The proposals passed by SG will be taken to CSA’s national conference in January.

Abby Fletes, president of BU’s CSA chapter, said CSA officials strive to represent the student voice in Congress.

“Since we’re young, we don’t have millions of dollars to lobby in Congress to get our representatives to listen to us, which is the majority of how policies get passed,” Fletes, a CAS senior, said. “You need to have money. You need to have resources. You need to be in D.C. The idea behind CSA is that we have thousands of college students across the country that are all going to be behind this national agenda.”

SG officials noted many of the proposals reflected a liberal perspective. SG member Jason Balsamo, vice president of campus affairs for BU’s Interfraternity Council, said that although he agrees with

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Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley (left) and Steve Grossman (right) are running in the 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election and advocating for residents to create their own ballot initiatives.

As Massachusetts politicians begin to focus on the approaching November 2014 election, those who support adding questions on the ballot are preparing their petitions as the deadline to do so nears on Nov. 20.

The petitions must be certified

by Massachusetts city and town halls by Wednesday before submitting them to Mass. Secretary of State William Galvin’s office on Dec. 4. The proposals, which can be created by any individual, group or company, require at least 69,000 signatures to go to the legislature, where legislators have until May 2014 to take action. If the proposals are approved, they will appear on the ballot for November 2014.

“When that deadline in May

passes, if the legislature fails to act upon it, then the petitioners can get additional petition forms and go out to collect another round of signatures and put the question on the ballot for next November,” said Brian McNiff, spokesman for Galvin’s office.

If the supporters of a petition can get the required number of signatures in the second round, McNiff said the proposed question will be put on the 2014 Massachusetts ballot.

The questions on the ballot will go alongside residents choosing the successor to Mass.

Gov. Deval Patrick. Mass. Attorney Gen. Martha Coakley and Mass. Treasurer Steve Grossman have already kicked off their campaigns and released videos

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the proposals, it is not SG’s role to endorse political issues.

“I don’t think that the Student Government should be involved in political viewpoints, because no matter how popular they are, they are political viewpoints,” Balsamo, a CAS and College of Communication senior, said. “… I don’t think that this body should take a particular stance or manifesto in one direction or the other.”

Fletes said she attributes the liberal slant of the policies to the lack of attendance by BU Republicans, to whom she reached out to provide their conservative perspective.

“We tried to contact the College Republicans many times,” Fletes said. “They refused to come to the campus meetings and they refused to come to congress and that’s their problem. We’re going to go on with these policies to D.C. and they’re going to be liberal.”

SG senators ultimately elected to table the initiative, with the intent to evaluate the individual opinions of their respective constituents.

Fletes said as senators, their votes should already be representative of their constituents, because they were elected to represent them.

“As senators, they should be speaking for the student population,” Fletes said. “The majority of BU students are apathetic. They don’t vote and they’re not politically involved. Us in this room are the only ones who care enough to be involved. If no one else is going to take the initiative … then we’re going to have to do that for them.”

SG also discussed the feedback from the Red, White and BU talent exposition held on Nov. 9.

SG Senate Chair Avi Levy, a CAS junior, said although the show had low attendance, it was still a success. He said he hopes to see it repeated in the coming semesters.

“This is the first time we had this kind of event,” Levy said. “Students weren’t really aware of what it was. There definitely was advertisement for it, but that can always be improved … If we really do a good job spreading the word, there shouldn’t be a reason for people not to come and watch the awesome student groups perform.”

natural sciences as their intended field of study increased from 27 percent to 32 percent. This is a trend that BU officials attributed to the lucrative job opportunities in the field.

GRE test takers in 2012-13 were also younger and less likely to be female than in the previous year, according to the study. Foreign students continue to have a strong presence in the GRE testtaking population, comprising of one-third of total GRE test-takers.

Francois Exilhomme, admissions manager at BU’s School of Social Work, said he has seen an increasing number of students, particularly from the international population, pursuing careers in more lucrative fields such as engineering, business and finance.

“Students are unable to get federal aid as an international student, so it’s difficult,” he said. “I would expect them to obtain business or engineering degrees so they have a safety net.”

Deep Shah, a second-year graduate student in the College of Engineering, said his chosen course of study should give him an edge in the job market.

“My undergrad degree was bi-

ology, which is really broad, so now I am doing a degree in bioinformatics, which is a lot more specific to job markets,” he said. “… There is a better opportunity in STEM fields than other fields.”

Sean Tu, a second-year business student in BU’s Metropolitan College from Taiwan, said graduate school serves as a pipeline for foreign students to obtain a U.S. citizenship.

“The majority of students who want citizenship in the United States find that it’s a good opportunity for them to attend graduate school, because it’s only two years and they can find a job,” Tu said.

Third-year School of Management graduate student Derek Cohen said many other students in his program are younger, more recent college graduates.

“A lot of the MBA students in my classes seem like they are younger,” he said. “Maybe more people are coming right into graduate school from undergrad.

The ages vary — they’re across the board, but I have noticed that in the last couple years there have been a lot of students in my classes that seem to be right out of undergrad with no work experience.”

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last week that included encouragement for voters to start thinking about the election as well as some of the ballot proposals.

Lewis Finfer, director of the Massachusetts Communities Action Network and a member of the steering committee for Raise Up Massachusetts, helped propose two different questions for the ballot regarding workers’ benefits. He said collecting signatures is a large project and an important part of American democracy.

“It’s really important that our state allows this option,” he said.

“A number of states do have referendum options, but not all states, so it’s good that we do have this option for this kind of direct democracy, for people to have the

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“We benefit in Massachusetts from broad, bipartisan support for health reform and the willingness of our legislature to make refinements to our plan as we go,” he said. “The President does not enjoy that collaboration with the Congress, and the American people suffer as a result.”

Lora Pellegrini, president and chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, said the extension period would be unnecessary and only slow down the transition process since Massachusetts has offered affordable healthcare for years.

“Massachusetts is in a unique position because we have done many of the reforms that are included in the Affordable Care Act, including Guaranteed Issue, or the right of anyone to be able to get health insurance even if they have a preexisting condition,” she said.

“We would not be opposed if the state decided that we should just move forward with the products that have been filed because we have less issues than other states.”

Some residents said they believe the Commonwealth should use the transition period to focus on keeping those who must switch

plans informed and aware of the process.

“Given an opportunity, I think it [Affordable Care] will transfer into a better healthcare system than what we had in the past,” said Jim Everett, 70, of Fenway.

“But I want everyone to be able to get coverage and I am a little disturbed that there are people who still won’t get coverage under this plan.”

Leslie Grant, 48, of Allston, said she agrees with the governor’s recommendation to cut out the transition to Affordable Care.

“Massachusetts residents know that we have to have healthcare through MassHealth and that it’s the test plan for Obamacare,” she said. “Because we’re used to it, the next step is for us to transition. It will be easy for us because we’re used to having MassHealth.”

Brian Hansen, 66, of Roslindale, said he trusts the governor’s decisions for healthcare.

“The governor is right in doing what he is doing because we are the template for Obamacare,” he said. “As far as I’m concerned, if he thinks the way to go is this way, I’m all for it and I’m with him on it because we are the template for the entire country. I trust him enough to know what he’s doing.”

Several residents concerned about process to add ballot question right to vote on something.”

Joe Ureneck, 62, of Dorchester, who filed three bills relating to civilian and military rights, said he is concerned with the difficulty of getting a proposed question put on a ballot.

“It’s extremely onerous to get questions like this on the ballot,” he said. “It should be not so onerous for people who want to get these questions put before the public. So I would say that it’s not really a fair system.”

Janet Domenitz, executive director at the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group, proposed a question to update a law known as the Bottle Bill. The update would extend the 5-cent bottle return for non-carbonated drinks. She said the complicated nature of the proposal process makes it a last resort for citizens

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who want to have a voice.

“The process is unduly cumbersome,” she said. “It’s like a release valve. I don’t think it’s for every single bill, fresh out of the gate, but I think it’s an important tool that we have for the citizens to use when we need it.”

Several residents said they were concerned that it takes so many signatures for their voices to be heard on a ballot.

“Because some people have good ideas and when they can present them, things get done,” said Ben Tuttle, 25, a software professional from Allston. “Depending on how many signatures they need ... it does not give people a voice. Not at all.”

Nadia Saint- Louis, 25, of Boston, said she never considered writing her own petition, but it is an important function of the

government.

“It’s definitely important because there’s no one taking control of the whole government,” she said. “We can all have our voice. If we feel like something is wrong, we’ll be able to show that we care about what’s going on.”

Mariama Camara, 26, of Mattapan, said she feels as though government officials see what residents want to change, but are choosing to ignore them, leading to residents having to create a ballot initiative.

“When you’re not working in the government, you see things around you that need to be changed [that government officials do not],” she said. “Either they don’t know or they pretend not to know. But there are a lot of things that need to be changed.”

Seeing life through a different lens

Boston-based study shows majority of hemianopia patients prefer peripheral prism glasses to help them get around Hoda Yehia Features Staff

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Researchers from the Schepens Eye Research Institute in Boston conducted a study using an invention created by Harvard professor of ophthalmology, Eli Peli — the peripheral prism glasses. Scientists hope these glasses will effectively and inexpensively rehabilitate patients suffering from hemianopia, a condition that causes partial blindness.

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magine walking around and constantly stumbling over objects or accidentally running into walls and people. This might sound silly, but that is exactly what hemianopia patients experience on a daily basis.

However, to help ease the obstacles that hemianopia patients deal with regularly, Eli Peli, a professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, invented a device called peripheral prism glasses. In a study published in a Nov. 7 issue of JAMA Ophthalmology, researchers at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, including Peli, found that these glasses can be a simple and inexpensive rehabilitation tool for hemianopia patients.

Hemianopia, a condition that affects more than one million Americans and results from trauma, stroke or tumors, causes blindness in half of a patient’s visual field.

“Hemianopia is where you’ve lost half of the field of vision, so either the left half or the right half in both eyes,” explained Alex Bowers, one of the researchers and an assistant scientist at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Schepens Institute. “If you’ve got left hemianopia and you look straight ahead, you’ll see absolutely nothing over on your left-hand side. It’s basically damage to the visual cortex.”

The glasses Peli, who is also a senior scientist at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Schepens Institute, said the idea came when he witnessed the struggle of his patients that suffered from severe vision loss.

“I was practicing low-vision care and every time a patient with this condition would walk into the room with visual field loss, it was really frustrating,” he said. “I couldn’t offer them much.”

So Peli decided to take matters into his own hands.

“I came up with this general idea of putting the prisms above and below,” Peli said. “I thought we could

put higher power in the periphery.”

With high-powered prisms that expand visual fields as much as 30 degrees, these peripheral prism glasses essentially move objects from the blind side of the eye to the side where patients can see.

“If you look through them, you’ll see that it’s shifting stuff from the right over toward the left, so this would be for somebody with right hemianopia,” Bowers, who is also an assistant professor of ophthalmology at HMS, explained.

“They shift objects from the blind side so that they are imaged on the seeing side.”

Bowers described the glasses as a “warning” for hemianopia patients. They signal that there is an object nearby, so patients must be aware. This signaling prevents patients from stumbling.

“When you walk around, something moves in your peripheral vision — you turn around and you look,” Bowers said. “But people with hemianopia don’t have that peripheral vision on that side, so they don’t know when they need to look over.”

Bowers recently led a multicenter study comparing real peripheral prism glasses with placebo peripheral prism glasses, which only shifted vision by about one or two degrees, to determine if peripheral prism glasses would appeal to hemianopia patients. It was determined that the majority of patients did in fact prefer the real glasses.

The study In the study, hemianopia patients were recruited from several clinics and were told to wear two pairs of glasses: real peripheral prism glasses and fake peripheral prism glasses. However, patients were not initially aware that one pair was a sham. The glasses were simply labeled as “pair one” and “pair two.”

After four weeks of using the glasses, patients received a questionnaire to evaluate their glasses.

Although the sham peripheral prism glasses looked similar to

the real ones, they varied in prism power, which expanded the visual field by as much as 30 degrees for patients with the real prism glasses.

Earlier studies had shown that peripheral prism glasses had promise in helping patients get around efficiently, but the studies were mainly one-sided. They did not offer a comparison between other treatments or devices, such as sham glasses. These studies provided the basis for continuing research on peripheral prism glasses.

“The goal of the [recent] study was to continue to build the evidence base, but to specifically conduct a randomized-control trial,” Bowers said.

She said this study focused on the basis of having a control — something to compare the real glasses to the bogus ones.

“If you hadn’t had that sham prism glasses in there, but just had an open label study where everybody got real prism glasses, you wouldn’t be able to pick out those people who said ‘Yeah, I want to continue,’” Bowers said. “But they’re not actually getting any benefit from the glasses, so it’s really important to have a control condition.”

Casey Boutillier, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences postgraduate physical therapy student, said she sees the study positively from an optical standpoint.

“As a physical therapy student, I know that not being able to see your entire visual field is very damaging, so it’s a great concept,” Boutillier said. “We know that patients who have in-tech motor learning can use these and can get better results with them and they can learn.”

The results The study showed that the majority of hemianopia patients preferred the real peripheral prism glasses to the sham glasses. About 64 percent preferred the real glasses, compared to 36 percent who preferred the phony glasses.

Although this was the expected result, Bowers mentioned that the results for the sham glasses were still surprising, but sensible. This is because results were determined by individual preferences, rather than on actual benefits from the glasses.

“We were a little surprised to find as many as 36 [percent] preferred the sham over the real glasses — that’s an important finding,” Bowers said. “The reasons they selected those glasses were not for the benefit. They were because they were more comfortable, or in other words, they really didn’t do anything.”

Although some patients preferred the sham glasses, it was because the fakes were more comfortable, and not because they gave patients outstanding visual improvement, Bowers said.

According to the study published online in JAMA Ophthalmology, 41 percent of the hemianopia patients continued to wear the real peripheral prism glasses for the following six months.

Boutillier said she sees the glasses as a possible solution for hemianopia patients.

“It’s a good start, I think — it’s very promising,” she said. “We know that patients who have intech motor learning can use these, can get better results with them and can learn.”

Lemma Salem, a SAR sophomore, said she believes that exploring the social benefits of the glasses would also be useful.

“I know some people that don’t have hemianopia, but they have another disease where they eventually go blind when they’re older,” she said. “One of the main reasons why they probably invented this device is because people are bumping into walls or tripping over stuff. Another aspect of the study is social norms — I think that’s maybe one aspect they could discuss.”

The impacts Both Peli and Bowers said the peripheral prism glasses are be-

coming widely accepted.

“It’s very hard to push anything new, but this is growing substantially,” Peli said. “I would see one or two hemianopes a year. Now half the people I see are hemianopes because I have something to offer them. They are coming from all over the city, the country, and the world even. Just having anything to offer is making an impact.”

Peli also mentioned the study has led to increased research on prisms and the implications they can have for hemianopia patients.

“We already published a paper and submitted another one this year on the prisms and the various effects of them,” he said. “And this is 12 or 13 years after we started. So there are still things to learn about that.”

Future insights In terms of the study, there is hope to collect hard evidence and data on the prism glasses for the future and move away from the data collecting approach used previously.

“From a healthcare provider’s standpoint, I want to see more evidence that it’s not damaging to the rest of the vision beforehand,” Boutillier said. “But I think it’s great that they’re trying this.”

However, Elizabeth Kardas, a freshman in SAR, suggested that the glasses should be tested further in patients’ daily lives.

“I think they could take [the patients] outside of their homes and use [the glasses] in other places because that limits what they can do with them to see if it helps them in other ways in their life,” she said.

Salem said she hopes these glasses can become a gateway for future research regarding patients with hemianopia and other visually impairing conditions.

“This is a good device to help them with their day and with working,” she said. “I think for [the researchers] behind this, their next step is have it improve their vision without a device.”

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Don’t preach at me Over the past couple of weeks, students at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga have endured “fire and brimstone” preaching from a fanatical woman in the middle of campus. This woman overwhelmed the area with her abrasive sermons by screaming damnation to the students.

Once the preacher, Angela Cummings, acquired the appropriate documentation, UTC allotted a central place of land on campus for her accompanied by a security detail. After about seven minutes of obtrusive preaching, Cole Montavlo, a UTC student, entered Cummings’ circle and voiced what many other passersby were probably thinking.

“Hey ma’am,” he said, “If you’re trying to spread the good word, maybe you shouldn’t be telling everyone that they’re sinners.”

Two officers then restrained Montavlo, and as he tried to resist their arrest, the officials forced him to the ground.

During the struggle, several students verbally defended Montavlo. “What the [expletive] did I do?” Montavlo continually yelled.

And, in the grand scheme of things, what the [expletive] did Montavlo actually do?

Just as Cummings was speaking her mind, Montavlo decided to chime in and speak his as well, but he entered the area that was designated for her. Both were on public property at a public university and speaking in open air. The difference, however, is Montavlo was forcefully restrained by police officers and charged with obstructing justice, while Cummings was simply able to carry on.

What, then, can we say about the role of Cummings’s rhetoric?

Though this is a public university and a public space, Montavlo and other students came to UTC to be taught by professors and trained professionals, not a woman who expresses her ideals with violent imagery. She is not affiliated with the university, and based on the backlash seen through petitions, the general student population is not too pleased with her presence.

Of course, in America, everyone is entitled to his or her own religious beliefs, and this woman had just as much right as a passionate environmentalist, animal lover or anti-abortionist would have to spread his or her ideas. And, if given the space and opportunity, obviously she will take advantage

of it. In this case, her centralized location on campus interfered with students and their daily routines.

Given the liberal nature of Boston University, it is fair to assume most students here would not particularly appreciate such an aggressive expression on Marsh Plaza. But, at the same time, we do have our share of protesters and preachers on BU’s campus. People are often seen handing out Bibles to students walking down Commonwealth Avenue, most of whom respectfully decline the offer. Other times, when people are seen holding up posters with U.S. President Barack Obama sporting an Adolf Hitler mustache, students simply turn their heads and carry on their ways.

Though a university is expected to provide a place for the expression for diverse ideas on campus, it still does have a say of who and what are permitted to use its space.

In this situation, seeing as UTC is a public university, it is worth noting that the school must abide by Constitutional rules in terms of free expression. But the university also has a responsibility to keep theology and education separate. Officials should at least be mindful of where they place potentially controversial figures. Students traversing a common area on campus should not have to hear that they are “sinners” and will be “damned to hell” with such troubling language.

Radical and outspoken preachers and protesters on college campuses teach students the valuable life lesson of tolerance.

This trait is among one of the most important skills a student can have upon entering the real world. Though college campuses should create a safe and stimulating environment for students, they are by no means are compelled to be a sheltered realm. Wherever a student ends up after college, he or she will encounter people who do not share his or her same ideals. As a country based upon freedom of speech, this is something with which we must deal. As long as people do not exercise their freedom of speech in a violent or dangerous way, it is justified.

However, a university is a place for professors and students to teach one another, and non-affiliates should only be welcomed if they add to the university environment in a productive way — not verbally damn its students to hell.

GIRL, 21: A little aggressive Sydney L. Shea My resting face is cold and abrasive.

Even if I’m not thinking mean thoughts about someone, apparently my eyebrows and mouth are situated in a way that makes me look like I’m angry. This condition is called BRF, as you might already know, and the last two letters of the acronym stand for Resting Face. You can probably figure out the first.

While I do think more cynical thoughts than the average person, I don’t always mean to appear so grumpy. I’ll be listening to a friend or sitting in class, and someone will ask if I’m okay. My mom always tells me to stop pouting, even if I’m completely happy. It’s pretty awkward.

To compensate for my face, a protasis no one should ever have to use, I do strange things such as raising my eyebrows up even more, or even smiling a little bit.

This results in me looking like I just got a Botox injection, or seeming like I have a good buzz on, which is not very good if I’m sitting in a 9 a.m. seminar. Plus, smiling makes my face look fat.

But then again, sometimes when walking down the sidewalk I see girls just smiling aimlessly. I can’t help but stare — like, it’s a drizzly Tuesday in between classes.

There is nothing you could possibly be happy about. This is exactly the behavior that gives American girls a reputation as being fake or ditsy to other cultures. Come to think of it, I don’t really trust anyone who smiles a lot.

Sometimes giving off the impression of being standoffish works in my favor. If, for example, one of the cat-spooners in my class is going on for five pathetic minutes attempting to justify an argument, I can pretty much just glance at her and make her feel uncomfortable. In this case, though, it would be difficult to accuse me of being callous because I’m not actually saying anything – I’m literally just existing. I can get a message across in the subtlest and safest way.

And in the words of Boston politician Martin Lomasney, “Never write if you can speak, never speak if you can nod, never nod if you can wink.” I think I’m in another dimension of his philosophy: never to wink if you have a BRF. As a side note, Lomasney, who as a political boss during the turn of the 19th century surely wasn’t corrupt at all, had

his own cocktail made for him which I’d like to try this weekend. It’s called a Ward 8: rye whiskey, lemon and fresh-squeezed orange juice, grenadine, a cherry and even a miniature Massachusetts flag (thanks, Wikipedia!).

I didn’t have class on Friday, so I decided to go out on Thursday night, something I’ve been cutting back on doing.

These two unattractive guys started talking to my friend and me, and then offered to buy us drinks, so we humored them and allowed them to do so. Luckily for me, they had a third friend waiting at the bar whom I found moderately attractive, so I just occupied myself with him for the rest of the night (unfortunately, my friend was stuck talking to the two other ones).

He told me that he was surprised at my friendliness, as I looked a little aggressive at first. He admitted he was even intimidated, which made me think less of him since I was half his size. I explained that I have BRF and really am a nice person, but for some reason just look pissed off all the time. His words, however, did make me think about why people don’t talk to me sometimes when I’m out.

I think too much about my clothing choice or hair to the point that I don’t seem like I’m having fun — a horrible way to find a husband. Still, though, smiling if I don’t think something is funny makes me feel idiotic.

I don’t have a good way to solve this issue and don’t plan on trying to find one. I really just don’t care. If people are intimidated by how someone is looking at them, they are weak and should reconsider living in Boston. Like, this isn’t the South.

There is really no incentive to impress people who are too easy to talk to. If they always give someone a super positive reaction to something, the power of this behavior diminishes quickly. A small yet encouraging smile from a professor who usually looks miserable is much more satisfying than excessive compliments from one who is too approachable.

Anyhow, I’m just going to hope I don’t offend too many people this week.

Sydney L. Shea is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences Ancient Greek and Latin. She can be reached at slshea@ bu.edu.

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McKay: Ware has less pressure than Oden to come back after injury McKay: From Page 8

they do, they won’t last very long in their profession.

I’m not just imagining all this, I speak from experience. I had Tommy John Surgery on my elbow when I was 15, erasing my junior season of baseball. The rehabilitation process was (and remains) the most difficult time period of my life. Going through physical therapy for an entire calendar year wasn’t exactly how I intended to spend my time.

Obviously my injury was completely different from Ware’s. He’s been in the national spotlight ever since his injury. Personally, I’ve been waiting for his return; I’m a sucker for comeback stories. Ware

does seem to be coping with the attention quite well, perhaps because not much is expected of him. Last season, Ware averaged 4.5 points in just over 16 minutes played per game.

The weight of expectations can be crushing when returning from an injury, though. Just ask Miami Heat center Greg Oden. Coming out of high school, Oden was one of the highest-touted prospects in the country. Thanks to the one-and-done rule (not what the rule’s actually called, but it’s so idiotic that I won’t even acknowledge its title) Oden played one year at The Ohio State University and dominated to the degree that the Portland Trail Blazers drafted him first overall in the 2007 NBA draft,

one spot ahead of Kevin Durant.

Oden promptly injured his knee in the preseason, needing microfracture surgery that kept him out for what would’ve been his rookie season in the NBA. The anticipation for his return was tremendous. Trail Blazer fans saw Oden as their potential savior, a modern day Bill Walton sent from the college ranks to lead them to the NBA finals. The expectations began to weigh heavily on Oden and he reinjured himself less than a full month into his rookie season in 2008-09. Despite the pitfalls, there have been flashes of brilliance from Oden.

That just makes it all the much more frustrating that he is, for some reason, incapable of staying on the court without injuring

his knees.

It’s been a frustrating cycle of repeated injuries for Oden, from whom so much was expected. Thankfully, Ware doesn’t have the same expectations hanging above his head. Louisville is not a team that needs a savior. I think that he’ll be eased into action, earning a few minutes at a time during games for the time being. Eventually I hope Ware returns to the level he was at before, or even exceeds it. It’s a fantastic story, and one that you’ll hear if you watch Louisville on TV. It takes guts to recover from an injury as catastrophic and as public as Ware’s. But I think he’ll be fine. Ware’s resilience is admirable and his recovery is incredible.

Women’s basketball to rely on seniors in upcoming games Women’s Hoops: From Page 8

consistently in the early part of the season, as guards Sarah Hope and Courtney Latham have shot a combined 5-for-19 from the field in the last two contests. Getting strong contributions from Hope and Latham would boost BU’s offense, and give the team depth at the guard position.

While the Terriers wait for some of their younger players to progress and come into their own, Greenberg said the team will continue to rely on the play of its seniors.

“Well, I’m really relying on our three seniors to lead us: Rashidat, Danielle and Whitney,” Greenberg said. “They’re all doing little things, but I’m still waiting for that one game where they’re all clicking on all cylinders.”

BU’s road to a second straight win will not be an easy one, as it will take on a tough Yale (2-1) squad. The Bulldogs’ offense is

scoring 69.3 points per game, compared to BU’s average of 60.3 points in its three contests. Guard Sarah Halejian leads the Bulldogs in scoring, as she has averaged 12.3 points per game this season.

Although the Bulldogs have played well this season, Yale will be looking to bounce back from a loss in its previous contest, a 67-53 defeat at the hands of Sacred Heart University on Saturday.

For the Terriers, limiting their turnovers will be a key in the game, especially since Yale’s defense has recorded 7.7 steals a contest in its three games. After losing the ball 17 times in their first game, the Terriers committed 12 and 14 turnovers in their next two matchups respectively, something that has impressed their coach.

“I’m going to be honest and say that I have been happily surprised by how we are limiting turning the ball over,” Greenberg

said. “It initially was a concern of mine, but I can say that it no longer is.”

Greenberg also said that the players should be a little less cautious when it comes to creating opportunities.

“I don’t want to say reckless, but maybe we should be a little more risky with the ball and take some chances,” Greenberg said.

The game against Yale will be the last contest the Terriers play at home until Dec. 14 because the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge runs Nov. 22 to Dec. 1 and keep the Terriers on the road.

Greenberg said she hopes BU can keep the momentum rolling before going on the extended road trip, something that is important to a largely inexperienced team.

“We’re just hoping to go out there and get the win,” Greenberg said. “We had a good practice [Monday] and we’re hoping to get another win tomorrow.”

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Senior forward Rashidat Agboola finished last game with 11 points and nine rebounds.

helped give the Terriers a slight lead going into the final bout.

Taffur came into his bout riding high, having won his weight class at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open in Bighamton, N.Y. the week before.

In the last bout of the day at 174, Phil Bakuckas barought down sophomore Colin Saunders, 7-0.

Because each team won five bouts in the meet, Hayden Hrymack’s 12-3 major decision over Terrier freshman Aaron Conrad

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first frame. BU started the half outscoring UConn 11-5 to take a 43-42 lead two-anda-half minutes into the second frame.

While the Terriers posted a slim lead, UConn charged back and never fell behind again. With 13 minutes remaining in the game, the Huskies opened up a seven-point lead with two electric dunks, forcing Jones to call another timeout.

“I thought we hit a rough patch,” Jones said. “To play a team like that, you have to play at a certain level for 40 minutes, and we weren’t able to do that.”

The Terriers failed to move the ball around effectively as the half progressed and as result, the team was forced to take

many contested deep shots. The Huskies took advantage of this, grabbing a 64-49 lead with 8:05 remaining in the game.

Unfortunately, BU could not muster another comeback as the Huskies went on to win the game handedly by a score of 7760.

After beginning the half hitting four of the first five shots, the Terriers ended up shooting 10-28 in the half, and 4-17 from 3-point range. Overall, BU shot 34.4 percent from the field in the game.

“Against a team like team like that you have to make shots,” Jones said. “I thought we got good shots throughout the game, they just didn’t go in. I thought if we shot the ball better, it might’ve been a different story.”

in the 184-pound class became the deciding factor in the contest.

The Terriers will be back in action Sunday when they compete at the Keystone Classic in Philadelphia.

Women’s hockey falls one spot in rankings The Boston University women’s hockey team dropped from No. 8 to No. 9 in the latest USCHO.com Division I poll released Monday.

The drop in ranking can be attributed to

the Terriers’ (10-2-1) weekend in Vail, Colo.

While the team defeated St. Cloud State University 2-0 Friday, Saturday saw the Terriers fall to No. 2 University of Wisconsin by a 5-0 margin.

The loss to the Badgers snapped BU’s eight-game winning streak. In the loss, senior captain Louise Warren took six shots on goal, and senior goaltender Kerrin Sperry made 10 saves before getting pulled in favor of freshman goalie Victoria Hanson.

BU will look to bounce back Friday when they take on Harvard University in Cambridge.

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If we shot the ball better, it might’ve been a different story.

- BU coach Joe Jones about his team’s loss to UConn.

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Foul Shots The Return of Kevin Ware to Louisville

Patrick McKay

Even if you’re not a college basketball fan, you’ve seen a video of Kevin Ware’s injury.

During an Elite Eight game in the NCAA Tournament on March 31, Ware suffered a compound fracture of his right leg while attempting to block a 3-point shot. The bone poked out of his leg and was clearly visible to spectators — some of whom looked as if they had seen someone die.

Ware’s teammates at the University of Louisville went on to win the championship just more than a week after his injury. The diagnosis for Ware wasn’t actually as bad as it initially looked.

A broken bone is easier to recover from than, say, a torn knee ligament. But the way the injury looked made it seem so much worse than it was.

Recovering from a catastrophic injury (and when I say catastrophic, I mean in the sports context; it’s not as if Ware fell from a high building) is an incredibly difficult thing to do. There’s obviously the physical aspect of recovery. Most athletes who suffer season-ending injuries undergo extensive physical therapy. Take it from someone who knows: physical therapy is not a good time.

But more important is the mental component of recovering from a severe injury. In Ware’s case, millions of people saw the injury happen. If you ask the common fan about Kevin Ware, the first thing they mention will be the injury. It’s all but guaranteed.

This just makes it more difficult for Ware. When rehabilitating a serious injury, you can begin to doubt yourself and even wonder if you’ll ever be the same.

You get frustrated with how slow the process seems to be and just want to start playing again. You sit on the sidelines, watching your teammates play a game that, until recently, you played as well, without even thinking of injury.

Athletes don’t play under the assumption that they’re going to tear their ACL making a sharp cut on the court or on the field, and if

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Men’s basketball falls to No. 19 UConn Terriers prep for matchup against Yale

By Christopher Dela Rosa Daily Free Press Staff

Coming off of two impressive victories to open the season, the Boston University men’s basketball team made the trip down to Storrs, Conn., to take on the thenNo. 19 University of Connecticut in the 2K Sports Classic.

While they put up a tough fight throughout the game, the Terriers (2-1) were unable to come away with an upset victory, falling to the Huskies (4-0) 77-60 Sunday.

In the opening minutes, UConn immediately went after the Terriers’ lack of size in the backcourt.

A turnover and a quick scoring run put the Terriers behind 8-0 just over two minutes into the game.

“We came out a little tentative on their floor and needed an attack mentality and didn’t do that,” said BU coach Joe Jones. “I knew that if we just made a basket I was confident we could work our way back.”

The Huskies’ quick start was only part of BU’s worries as the Terriers struggled to get their offense going. Their first basket came over five minutes into the first half with free throw from senior guard D.J. Irving.

BU did not hit its first field goal until sophomore guard Cedric Hankerson nailed a 3-pointer to cut the UConn lead to 19-7 with 11:26 remaining in the half.

Prior to Hankerson’s deep ball, the Terriers were 0-for-12 from the field and 0-for-7 from beyond the arc.

After Hankerson’s jumper, the Huskies continued their dominance. Over the next five minutes, UConn went on a 13-2 run to take a 32-13 lead. With 6:16 remaining, Jones called a timeout to gather his team.

“We just wanted to settle down and play,” Jones said. “I just wanted to let them know to stay within our concepts on offense

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hard and competing, good things are going to happen. We were able to get some daylight there and [sophomore guard] Maurice [Watson Jr.] did a great job of finding [Irving].”

To start the second half, the Terriers did not shy away from the aggressive play they displayed over the final seven minutes of the

The Boston University women’s basketball team will host Yale University this Tuesday night at Case Gym as the Terriers look for their second win in a row.

BU (1-2) is coming off a 5249 victory over the University of Rhode Island where three of its key forwards — seniors Rashidat Agboola and Whitney Turner and junior Mollie McKendrick — played strongly.

Turner and Agboola each nearly posted double-doubles. Agboola finished with nine rebounds and 11 points, while Turner had 10 rebounds and nine points.

“I like the way our team is playing,” said BU coach Kelly Greenberg. “We have a lot of positive energy on the court. It’s just a matter of translating that energy to wins.

That’s something that I am hoping we can do against a good team.”

The team will be looking for more of an offensive influence from senior guard Danielle Callahan, who, after scoring a careerhigh 27 points in the first game of the season against Northeastern University, has gone 3-for-17 from the field in the last two games.

“I don’t see it as a shooting slump,” Greenberg said. “I just think that teams see that 27-point performance and they pressure her and double team her. Harvard and Rhode Island were both aware of it. She’s a great shooter though, so she’ll shoot herself right out of it and start making those baskets soon.”

Although the Terriers are coming off their first win, some of the freshmen have struggled to score

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Senior guard D.J. Irving scored 17 points in a loss against No. 19 UConn this past Sunday.

and defense and that everything will be okay.”

In the final minutes of the half, the Terriers, led by an energetic effort by Irving, went on a 19-5 run to cut the Huskies’ lead to 37-32 heading to halftime. The stretch was capped off by a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from Irving.

“We showed some great resiliency and toughness,” Jones said.

‘That’s just the result of playing

Cross country concludes season at NCAA Northeast Regional

By Sarah Kirkpatrick and Jacklyn Bamberger Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston University cross country team concluded its season at the NCAA Northeast Regional Friday.

Junior Rosa Moriello finished in 25th place, the top finish for a Terrier on the day, with a time of 20:59.9 in the six-kilometer course.

The race was a solid conclusion to Moriello’s season, in which she won her first three races, including the Patriot League Championship.

Sophomore Michelle Sumner placed 66th with a time of 21:45.0 while her classmate Shelby Stableford finished 68th, clocking in at 21:48.5. Junior Ashli Tagoai placed 107th overall — 54 spots ahead of her finish last season — with a time of 22:25.3.

Senior Nikki Long finished in 126th place, recording a time of

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22:36.4 to round out the scoring for the Terriers. The women totaled 390 points to finish 14th out of 37 teams.

Sophomore Rachel Lotterman placed 132nd with a time of 22:41.1, while freshman Felicia Sciortino finished 161st overall with a time of 23:01.3 to conclude her rookie campaign.

On the men’s side, senior Rich Peters placed 41st out of 250 runners with a time of 31:16.5 on the 10-kilometer course to become the top BU finisher for the third straight year. Sophomore Kevin Thomas also finished inside the top 50, placing 49th overall with a time of 31:23.7 in his first year running at the event.

Junior Aaron Somoroff placed 119th overall with a time of 32:28.3, and his classmate Ben Ravetz was right behind him, finishing in 120th place with a time

of 32:30.0. Sophomore Alec Olson placed 134th (32:42.4), a 94-place increase from last season. Olson was the final scorer for the men, who finished in 17th place as a team with 455 total points.

Senior Michael Caputo concluded his BU career with a 136thplace finish, clocking in at 32:44.8.

Sophomore Paul Gennaro rounded out the Terrier contingent by placing 176th with a time of 33:28.3.

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Wrestling falls short against Rutgers Competing in its first dual meet of the season, the Boston University wrestling team narrowly lost to Rutgers University, falling 1615 Sunday in New Brunswick, N.J. With the defeat, the Terriers fall to 0-1 in on the season.

The Scarlet Knights (2-0) started out the meet on a 13-3 run, win-

M. Hockey vs. North Dakota, 7:30 p.m.

W. Hockey @ Harvard, 7 p.m.

M. Basketball vs. E. Wash., 7:30 p.m.

W. Soccer vs. Santa Clara, 2 p.m.

ning bouts at the 133, 184, 197 and heavyweight classes. Senior Bubba McGinley then put the visiting Terriers on the board at 125-pound class, overcoming Scott DelVecchio by a score of 8-5. The win was McGinley’s fourth of the season, bringing his 2013-14 overall record to 4-2.

Midway through the match, junior Peter Ishiguro, in the 141-pound class, ignited the Terrier comeback by defeating Corey Stasenko 4-3. The two were evenly matched for most of the bout, but Ishiguro’s takedown of Stasenko in the final seconds gave him the final edge.

Senior Nick Tourville (149), senior Nestor Taffur (157) and junior Mitchell Wrightman (165) all won their matches 7-4, 6-5 and 3-1, respectively. The three straight wins

roundup, see page 7

Saturday, Nov. 23 M. Hockey vs. North Dakota, 7 p.m.

W. Basketball vs. St. Bonaventure, 2 p.m.

M. Basketball vs. UC Irvine, 8:30 p.m.