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Alum Jhumpa Lahiri speaks to BU about new book Background checks

mandated in Mass. for school employees

By Andrew Keuler Daily Free Press Staff

Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Jhumpa Lahiri, a Boston University alumnus, spoke to more than 700 members of the BU community Wednesday night at Morse Auditorium as part of the Ha Jin Visiting Lecturer Series.

Lahiri, who won the Pulitzer in 2000 for her first collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies, read from her latest novel The Lowland, which has been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award.

The Lowland chronicles the lives of two brothers who grew up in Calcutta, India, in the Tollygunge neighborhood during the 1960s.

Lahiri said she drew from personal experience to write the novel. The author’s father grew up in Tollygunge, and Lahiri often visited the area as a child. The Tollygunge Club, a British country club located in the Indian neighborhood, figures prominently into Lahiri’s new novel, contributing to themes of class, identity and belonging.

“The Tollygunge Club was a metaphor for my own life and continues to be a metaphor for my life,” Lahiri said. “I have always felt like someone on the outside looking in.”

Lahiri said she was forced to deal with this feeling while attending BU. “I arrived here as a student of literature,” she said. “That world inside the walls was writing fiction, and I was worried I didn’t belong.”

Lahiri also spoke about recently moving to Italy and the process of acclimating to life there.

By Felicia Gans Daily Free Press Staff

“Participants score points on the computer program and learn to improve attention on the six different exercises,” the study stated.

“Through practice, participants learn to manipulate the figures on the screen, resulting in suppression of theta and an increase in beta activity.”

While the results of the study showed a decrease in ADHD symptoms, such as hyperactivity and impulse-related behaviors, hyperactivity was not among the symptoms originally targeted in the study.

“Nevertheless, these findings suggest that when children’s focus increases, physical activity is reduced,” the study said.

Dr. Thor C. Bergersen, a psychiatrist and founder of ADHD Boston, said neurofeedback

Massachusetts will now require all school districts to fingerprint prospective school personnel and forward the information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation prior to hiring them, becoming the last state in the nation to adopt this background check program.

The fingerprinting systems, which began operating this month, are being tested in a dozen school districts across the Commonwealth.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education hopes to establish fingerprinting in the remainder of Massachusetts school districts over the coming weeks, said DESE Deputy Commissioner Jeff Wulfson.

“We’re still testing out the systems to make sure there’s no problems,” he said. “We hope it will make the school districts and schools safer.”

Prior to the legislation requiring fingerprinting and national background checks, Massachusetts school districts used the Criminal Offender Record Information system to find a prospective or current employee’s criminal history.

Tom Scott, executive director of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, said the issue with CORI was that it only allowed school districts to see a person’s criminal history within Massachusetts.

“It doesn’t provide us with broader research around a national scale of information,” he said.

“The fingerprint bill simply allows us access to a larger bank of information for anyone who has had any kind of criminal activity around the country.”

After reaching out to a variety of companies for bids and service proposals, the state reached a decision in July to partner with MorphoTrust, a company that has provided fingerprinting branches across the country for nearly two decades, said Denny Wear, senior director of program management at MorphoTrust.

MorphoTrust has opened four regional fingerprinting centers in Beverly, Boston, Bourne and Pittsfield since the partnership was announced. There are plans to expand the branches across the Commonwealth as the fingerprint-

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Background, see page 2

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri read passages from her novel The Lowland at Morse Auditorium Wednesday night.

“I don’t feel like an American in Italy, I don’t feel like anything in particular,” Lahiri said. “It’s giving me back a sort of place I need to be creatively. The place I feel most comfortable is the place I’m not comfortable. It’s the impulse to move away for a while, to leave everything that has formed and shaped me.”

After reading from the novel, Lahiri, who received an MA in English, an MFA in Cre-

ative Writing, and a PhD in Renaissance Studies from Boston University, was interviewed by Daphne Kalotay, a fellow author and alum who received her MA in creative writing and PhD in literature from BU, about the writing process.

Kalotay has also published several books, including Sight Reading: A Novel and Russian Winter: A Novel. During the interview, Kalotay

Lahiri, see page 2

ADHD study shows children can train to focus

By Mina Corpuz Daily Free Press Staff

Children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, a neurodevelopment disruption that affects 5 to 7 percent of school-aged children, may be able to train their brains to focus through a computer game, a study found.

The study was written by a team of clinicians from Tufts Medical Center and Harvard School of Public Health. It was published Monday in a children’s health journal called Pediatrics. The findings show that some symptoms of ADHD can be reduced through cognitive computer training and neurofeedback, a therapy in which doctors teach children how to keep their brains focused.

“The outcomes of these analyses are promising,” the study said. “Parents of children in the neurofeedback condition reported sus-

tained improvements six months after the intervention.”

“Even after the intervention had stopped,” the study added, “parents continued to notice improvements in response to both interventions.”

The study included 104 children attending elementary schools in the Greater Boston area.

The children wore a standard bicycle helmet with a brain sensor attached to measure the presence of beta and theta waves and allow children to visualize their brain activity, according to the study.

Over the course of five months, children participated in 45-minute intervention sessions three times a week, where they met with specialists who helped them understand their brain waves and learn how to focus their attention.

Former Pres. Obama aide Eric Lesser to run for Massachusetts State Senate

By Andrew Keuler Daily Free Press Staff

Eric Lesser, a former aide to U.S. President Barack Obama, announced Tuesday he is running for a State Senate seat in the First Hampden and Hampshire District.

Lesser, a Democrat from Longmeadow, has never served in an elected position. But he is no stranger to politics, and has served in various posts in the Obama administration. After graduating from Harvard College, Lesser worked as an assistant to David Axelrod, who was then Obama’s senior advisor. He went on to work for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers before returning to Harvard Law School, where he is now in his final year.

“I’m running because we deserve a strong, new voice to make sure we are never forgotten

by Beacon Hill,” he said in his announcement.

Lesser said he hopes to chart a path in politics that avoids partisanship in order to build a strong economy and improve job growth in the Commonwealth.

“We can create high-speed rail links to Boston and New York,” Lesser said in his announcement.” We can rebuild our manufacturing base, improve our infrastructure, strengthen ties with nearby universities, and ensure access

to high-quality public education.”

Together, we can build a vibrant economy based on innovation, small business and the new economy. We can fight back against cynicism and change our politics, too.”

The vacancy in the western Massachusetts district arose after the current senator, Gale Candaras, announced her intention to step down after 17 years in office. Candaras said she plans to run for the position of Register of Probate Courts in Hamden.

Besides Lesser, five other candidates are running for the Candaras’ seat.

The other Democratic candidates include Aaron Saunders, selectman from Ludlow; Tim Allen, Springfield city councilor; Chip Harrington, former selectman and current school committee member from Ludlow; and Tom Lachiusa, member of the Longmeadow Democratic Town Committee.

The lone Republican challenger is East Longmeadow selectman Debra Boronski, the founder and president of the Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce.

Matt Fenlon, the executive director of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, said this dis-

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Former President Obama White House aide Eric Lesser, of Longmeadow, announced Tuesday he will be running for a seat in the Massachusetts State Senate.

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Developing research helps treat ADHD BPS to see fingerprinting by 2017 ADHD: From Page 1

is an effective means of measuring brain activities and helping children understand ADHD. “We’ve seen [benefits of neurofeedback] in our practice too,” he said. “Neurofeedback is like measuring our blood pressure or heart rate, except using your brain’s electrical activity. That has been around for a long time, but there haven’t been studies to show if it is effective or not.”

Bergersen said neurofeedback and cognitive training can also provide patients with effective treatment when combined with other methods, despite the lack of research done on combining treatment techniques.

“It’s clinically validating that neurofeedback is helpful for some things and cognitive training is helpful for other things,” he said.

“All of these parts of a puzzle, medication, treatment and stimulant treatment, are part of what helps kids. Having cognitive therapy and neurofeedback is a piece of that puzzle to completely help kids with ADHD.” Several residents said the results in this

study are helpful to children with ADHD and will help them as they grow physically and intellectually.

Sean Buckley, 26, of Brighton, said using visual aspects and computer training are useful techniques.

“Seeing things on a screen is much more effective than someone just telling you to focus,” he said. “Having a visual [for cognitive training] is helpful. Adults probably wouldn’t pay as much attention to [the game aspect] or buy into it. It’s better to start younger while the brain is still developing.”

Trish Ryan, 56, of Brighton, said neurofeedback and other similar treatments could allow children with ADHD to lead normal lives. “[Neurofeedback] is great because it’s able to treat children without chemical intervention,” she said. “The treatment could help children by giving them better self esteem that would increase their productivity and allow them to achieve better, socially and academically.”

Students impressed with strength of Lahiri Lahiri: From Page 1

described The Lowland as the first instance where Lahiri overtly tackled political matters.

Daniel Carman, a 2013 College of Communication graduate and a first-year graduate student in BU’s School of Theology, said he agreed with Kalotay.

“I love the idea of The Lowland being her political novel and how much emotion went into this in terms of her history, everything with her father and her personal life,” he said.

A factual account of the execution of Maoist insurgents in India served as a primary inspiration for a violent episode in The Lowland, which struck many in the audience, students said.

“I thought it was really powerful,” Carmen said. “I got emotional myself in terms of hearing it.”

Others said they were more interested in Lahiri’s craft as an author.

“I’m not a writer, but it was nice to hear thoughts about the process and to have a little peek into what that’s like,” said Ataleigh Inhoff, a College of Arts of Sciences junior.

Inhoff said she enjoyed the short stories in Interpreter of Maladies.

“They’re very insightful and complex, but not overwhelming,” she said. “There’s something very compelling about how she approaches her characters’ lives.”

GOOD FOOD, GOOD FRIENDS, GOOD TIMES!

Background: From Page 1

ing system grows, Wear said.

“The state recognized that they needed a solution that included fingerprint background checks,” she said. “[Our job is] to provide the access for people to go anywhere within a regional distance to be fingerprinted.”

Fees for fingerprinting will be paid by the applicants or current employees, Wulfson said.

Licensed teachers will pay $55, and all other district employees will pay $35.

Boston Public Schools has not yet received confirmation to implement the new fingerprinting system for their employees. Once the state allows them to begin the implementation process, BPS plans to begin fingerprinting new employees and gradually work their way to existing employees. The entire process should take three years, said BPS spokesman Brian Ballou.

“We’ve always wanted the ability to do deeper background checks, and we’re glad that we will now have the tools to do so,” he said.

“The district’s highest priority is to provide a safe atmosphere for all of our students and staff and we believe that this measure is a valuable

tool towards ensuring that.”

Several residents said the fingerprinting system will help ensure safety for children in school, but it must be implemented carefully.

Omar Guevara, 34, of Dorchester, said background checks could be a valuable way to look at an employee’s recent past, but their criminal history should not define them.

“After seven years, a person’s not the same person they were seven years ago,” he said.

“They shouldn’t judge an individual based on something that happened seven or eight years ago. They could be a completely different person. People change. People grow. That’s just how it is.”

Brittny Barnes, 23, of Dorchester, said the national background check system will be a better system for employers to evaluate applicants than the former state background checks.

“There should definitely be a national security check for anyone who wants to work in schools, especially with all the school disasters that have been going on,” she said. “I don’t think the background checks they do [just in the state] are a good assessment of character, so getting an idea of who a person is nationally will just give them more of a specific idea.”

Lesser to focus on job creation in election Senate: From Page 1

parity between candidates from both parties reflects the superiority of the Democratic Party platform, primarily with respect to economic growth.

“The Democrats are the ones who have the ideas,” he said. “That’s why voters in Massachusetts overwhelmingly elect Democratic candidates. That’s why voters in the First Hampden and Hampshire District are going to select whoever our nominee is going to be because our nominee is going to have the better ideas as to creating jobs. Republican ideas have been rejected in this Commonwealth time and again over the past few years.”

Any potential Democratic state senator will need to focus on what Fenlon called the “bread and butter issues of the Democratic Party — job creation, education, clean energy and the environment.”

Republican State Senator Bruce Tarr, the Senate minority leader, said the Republican platform is superior, and is the only one that will ensure success in the state.

“I think it’s important to understand that Massachusetts is often portrayed as a blue state but it certainly has elected folks, particularly on a state wide basis, who are Republicans, and [the state] has benefited from their leadership,” he said.

Tarr also noted the Republican Party’s emphasis on the economy and unemployment.

“Right now we’re focused a lot on economic issues,” he said. “We’re trying to grow and emerge from one of the longest and most difficult recessions in the history of this nation.”

State Representative Brian Ashe, who has known Lesser since high school when Lesser worked on his campaign, said Lesser’s prerogative in office will be job creation.

“Eric is running [because] ... he sees the concern [of] a lot of people who grow up here, go to school, and then look for jobs elsewhere because there aren’t the opportunities in western Massachusetts that there are in other areas,” he said. “He wants to be part of the solution and help make opportunities in western Massachusetts so that kids getting out of college don’t have to go to other states to look for employment.”

Ashe, who describes himself as focusing primarily on public safety and education, has endorsed Lesser for State Senate.

“When you look at all the candidates, we have some very good candidates,” he said.

“When you look at the whole package, I think [Eric Lesser] brings the most to the table based on his experience, what he’s worked on, who’s he worked with, his education, and his experience since high school with politics.”

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I want to think that by 21 years old, someone is responsible and competent enough to know how to not be late. And yet, here I am disappointing myself almost every morning by sleeping in 20 extra minutes, completely panicked as I rush to class or work.

The cause of most of my anger has to do with being late. Everyday SYDNEY L. SHEA occurrences that I find irritating include obnoxiously happy people on the shuttle during early morning commutes, late trolleys or buses in general and the long line at Starbucks that prevents me from getting coffee since I’m already barely on time.

With so much happening lately in my final months of the semester, I’ve barely gotten any sleep and therefore wake up in a total haze, unsure if whatever I just dreamed about actually happened or not. I then notice that the time is 8:10 a.m. when I should have gotten up about 20 minutes earlier after my alarm went off.

Crucial questions buzz through my head while I wonder if I’ll be seeing any important people during the course of the day. If yes, then that means makeup and straight hair. If no, glasses and a bun. I then ask myself how important it is that I have coffee before class and budget my time accordingly.

Since it has been so bitterly freezing, I tend to take the shuttle a lot more than usual, and the worst feeling in the world is sprinting to the bus stop 10 minutes early just to find that it is already entirely packed with students. Depending on how late I am, the T can usually solve this situation so I reluctantly tap my CharlieCard and make it to class or work just in time.

But on Tuesday, I had one of the worst late experiences ever, and it wasn’t even my fault. I showed up at the bus stop 10 minutes early (that’s 3:10 p.m. for a 3:20 p.m. bus, which brings me to a 3:30 p.m. class) in the middle of the snowstorm. It was becoming later and later, and the bus never came — so I decided to sprint.

By the time I reached my classroom, after running across campus soaking-wet and taking four flights of stairs up, I looked utterly ridiculous. My hair was drenched in melted snow, my mascara made me look like I was crying (which I was on the inside) and my cheeks were bright red. It is always a risk to show up late to certain classes; some professors don’t mind as long as you attend, while others tend to throw a remark your way about timeliness.

So when I entered the room, I mouthed the words “I’m sorry” to our teacher and tried to be as discreet as possible, having underestimated how much heavy breathing would ensue. My glasses wouldn’t stop fogging and I felt like everyone noticed how absurd I looked. Talk about awkward.

I think someone needs to give me a detention.

Sydney L. Shea is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She can be reached atslshea@ bu.edu.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

SPH to collaborate with Optum Labs New state bill

would put end to shackling

By Kerrie-Ann Beke Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University’s School of Public Health will partner with Optum Labs to develop new innovations and insight on patient care through data sharing and research.

As a healthcare research and innovation center, Optum Labs will provide SPH with unprecedented access to Optum Lab’s warehouse of data in exchange for extending the research results to Optum Labs, said Dan Berlowitz, a professor of health policy and management at SPH who spearheaded the partnership.

“Optum Labs is a large warehouse of data related to healthcare,” Berlowitz said. “The partnership allows people at SPH and perhaps in the greater BU community to use this data for research for other healthy policy questions.”

The partnership is tied to the idea that each institution, including SPH, will conduct individual research from Optum Labs’ wealth of data in order to improve the healthcare policies of the lab, said Jeffrey Smith, a spokesman for Optum Labs.

“The purpose was for each partner to bring fresh insight and per-

By Kelsey Newell Daily Free Press Staff

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Optum Labs, the collaborative research center founded by Optum and Mayo Clinic, announced Thursday the addition of Boston University School of Public Health as one of seven new partners committed to improving the quality of patient care.

spective that could be turned into new research projects that … would create new sources of data that could expand the research database at Optum Labs,” Smith said. “... The growth through partnership has been an essential part of our strategy from day one.”

With over 80 institutions vying to collaborate with Optum Labs, SPH

was selected because of its compatibility with the philosophies and ethics of Optum Labs, Smith said.

“It’s definitely a mutual process,” he said. “It’s not so much that we selected BU, its that BU and Optum Labs agreed that we were mutually compatible ... The School of Public Health was among those meeting or-

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Programs encourage STEM majors to study abroad

By Sebastian Alamo Daily Free Press Staff

While some colleges are developing programs to encourage students in science, technology, engineering and mathematic fields to take classes abroad, Boston University is ahead of the mark and already offers students in STEM fields opportunities for study abroad.

At the Association of International Education Administrators’ annual conference Monday, entitled “Universalizing Global Learning in the 21st Century Academy,” researchers analyzed the study abroad programs of the University of Rhode Island and Northern Arizona University, two colleges that aim to extend study abroad options to all STEM majors.

“We have so many classes that engineers have to take in their discipline that there is really no room to do other things,” said Northern Arizona University Global Science and Engineering Program Director Eck Doerry. “That makes it quite challenging for them to take a semester off or integrate some kind of summer

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abroad into their studies.”

The problem, which Doerry said extends to all STEM curriculums, has limited the possibility of students who pursue careers in these fields from studying abroad. Northern Arizona University’s GSEP program intends to provide students with this opportunity.

“It is the first program of its scope nationwide,” he said. “What GSEP does is essentially tries to internationalize the entirety of their undergraduate education.”

For the first three years of college, students in the GSEP program take classes that integrate language and cultural studies with their engineering and science courses. After completing those classes, they spend a full year abroad, completing extra study and an internship. Students return from abroad for a fifth year to complete their degree, Doerry said.

“In return for investing another year on your education, we will make sure that you get two Bachelor Degrees at once,” he said. “That is a value proposition.”

GSEP enrollments have been

twice as high as they had expected when they began the program, Doerry said.

Even with the success of this program, Director of Undergraduate Programs at BU’s College of Engineering Ruth Jean said ENG offers adequate study abroad options for students.

“We believe our current structure works well for our students.” she said in an email. “We currently have about 80 students abroad on a sophomore program, which is roughly 19 percent of our sophomore class.”

ENG junior Jennifer Larbi, who is majoring in biomedical engineering, studied abroad last spring in Europe and said the opportunity to study abroad is a valuable experience that allows students to learn in unique ways, inside and outside of the classroom.

“It would have been a great opportunity because you would have become fluent in the language with the longer time spent there,” she said.

“Plus, [you would learn] things better because [with] the European sys-

STEM, see page 4

In hopes of preventing unhealthy childbirths due to incarcerated women being shackled immediately prior to, during and after childbirth, the Joint Committee on Public Safety released a bill Tuesday banning this practice in Massachusetts.

This anti-shackling bill was originally filed in January 2013. Following the bill’s release it must be passed in both houses of the Massachusetts legislature before being signed by the governor. The bill is sponsored

by Sen. Karen Spilka, who said enacting this law is long overdue. It will prohibit the practice of handcuffing incarcerated women to the hospital bed during labor.

“Eighteen other states have this kind of bill, and I’m not aware of a single instance where a woman in the middle of delivery has decided to use that as an opportunity to escape,” Spilka said.

Six percent of incarcerated pregnant women are shackled while giving birth, Spilka said. For that reason, Spilka emphasized that in addition to preventing the handcuffing of pregnant women to their hospital beds, this bill will ensure that the women will get proper nutrition, healthcare services, counseling, prenatal care and addiction services while in jail.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts supports the bill, along with many other human rights organizations and women’s rights groups. Gavi Wolfe, the legislative counsel at the ACLU, said he was surprised to find out that Massachusetts had not already passed such a law.

“Though we knew it was happening in other parts of the country, we assumed it couldn’t happen here in Massachusetts,” Wolfe said. “Massachusetts has the reputation of being a forward thinking state, and I think in many respects we are, but sometimes policies and practices take a while to catch up.”

Wolfe described the practice as inhumane and pointed out that simply making state policies would not be enough.

“People’s rights are being vio-

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Religion, science not as contradictory as previously thought, study suggests

By Jaime Bennis Daily Free Press Staff

The rift between religious participants and scientists at scholarly academic institutions such as Boston University may not be as large as many people perceive.

“There has been a great deal of debate about how religion and science do and should relate to each other, but often it is a small, vocal minority that receives the most attention,” said coauthor of a study released Sunday, Christopher Scheitle, a professor of sociology at Saint John’s University.

Members of the Boston University community offered several different responses to the study’s conclusions.

“It depends first on how you define religion and how you define science,” said Gina Cogan, a professor in BU’s Department of Religion.

“I don’t think that you can look at Christians in the United States and say that they are a monolithic group.”

The study, also coauthored by Rice University sociology professor Elaine Howard Ecklund, found

36 percent of scientists polled in the study said they had “no doubts” about the existence of God, and 56 percent of the general public expressed the same opinion.

“We wanted to collect data that would provide a more representative picture of what the general population and different groups within that general population think about these issues,” Scheitle said.

The survey stated that 18 percent of scientists claim to attend religious services weekly. For the general public, that figure was 20 percent.

Evangelical Protestants are more likely than the general public to believe that science and religion can work together, the study stated.

Cogan, who specializes in the study of Asian religions, said many eastern religions do not present a challenge to scientific findings.

“If you break down the definitions, what seems to be religion is not actually religion,” she said. “In Japanese Buddhism, there have not been conflicts between scientists and Buddhists.”

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A study conducted by a researcher at Rice University suggests the divide between science and religion is less absolute than many imagine it to be.

BU professor of biology William Eldred said scientific principles such as evolution are often incompatible with conservative religious viewpoints.

“The two are contradictory,” he said. “There are religions that are focused on nature, and not the bible,

Religion, see page 4

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Partnership opens students to extensive research Study: 14 percent of scientists SPH: From Page 3

ganizations that was the most eager to participate.”

Of the institutions considered, Optum Labs is currently collaborating with seven leading health organizations that together offer a large variety of innovation through the partnerships.

“We’ve assembled quite a variety of perspectives,” he said. “...

The perspective that SPH is going to bring to the table is going to be extremely valuable.”

The partnership will involve SPH students actively researching data from Optum Labs’ warehouse, which will then be forwarded to Optum Labs, who will use the findings to improve the ways that patients are cared for, Berlowitz said.

“BU students have to come up

with the ideas to use the data for,” he said. “We’ll come up with ideas, people will propose ideas and use the Optum Labs data to answer those questions. It’s a good opportunity.”

The unique access to Optum Labs’ expansive data warehouse will allow students at SPH to tap into research that would otherwise of have been impossible to access, Berlowitz said.

“It [the partnership] supplies data that they otherwise would not have,” he said. “In research, having the data is power ... Having access to this data will allow people in SPH to do a lot of interesting projects and answer interesting questions.”

Berlowitz said he also expects that students, specifically doctorate students and those looking to write their senior thesis, will benefit from the access to Optum Labs data.

“The idea is that students, particularly doctoral students ... would use the data on projects, senior thesis and things like that,” he said. “It would all be very valuable.”

The work SPH students contribute to Optum Labs will ultimately support their overarching purpose of putting the results of extensive research into action that will benefit their patients, Smith said.

“The mission of Optum Labs is to accelerate the pace of innovation and translation of research from the laboratory setting to the patient intensive care,” he said. “And by translation I mean taking large amounts of data lots of scientists, advanced and local tools and turning that into actionable information that commissioned doctors nurses could put into use.”

Bill to make childbirth safer for inmates, babies Bill: From Page 3

lated, it’s unconstitutional,” he said.

“We want to make sure that here in Massachusetts there are clear laws on the books, not just policies, because policies don’t have the force of law … It’s a matter of basic decency, it’s not humane to treat them this way.”

Even if some people are apathetic to giving rights to incarcerated people, Wolfe outlined the many ways this affects the fetus.

“It impacts the process of giving birth, it can delay necessary medical care in emergency situations and that can in turn be very serious for

the baby,” he said. “In addition, if a woman is immediately shackled after giving birth then she cannot hold her baby close, and that has an impact on the baby’s first moments and its ability to bond and find comfort in its mother’s arms.”

A number of residents, like Andrea Brookes, 32, of South Boston, said they think this is a tough topic because it delves into the controversial subject of whether or not prison inmates deserve certain rights.

“Some people think criminals should no longer have the right to be treated well,” Brookes said. “But at the same time, shackling pregnant

women goes beyond that to how it’s going to affect the innocent baby.

I might understand it in the most dire situations, but other than that, it should be prohibited.”

Some residents do not see any reason why shackling the women to the hospital bed would even be necessary.

“It seems like a lazy solution,” said Anna Fernandez, 21, of Allston.

“I highly doubt the women are going to try to escape during childbirth, it’s a pretty big ordeal ... and even so, the prison security and the hospital security should be sufficient in preventing that without handcuffing them.”

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that are more compatible with science.”

Twenty-five percent of Evangelical Protestants favor teaching creationism along with evolution in public schools, while only 14 percent of scientists felt the same way, the study stated.

Several BU students said a discrepancy exists between religious followers and scientists.

Emily Chen, a College of Fine Arts sophomore, said science and religion could converge in the future.

“They’re not compatible at this point in time because there are still a

lot of prejudices,” she said. “People in religion and in [people] science need to be more open-minded.”

“I don’t think the divide will get smaller over time,” said Josh Goldenberg, a College of Communication senior. “There are really scientific people and there are really religious people. You have to pick your side.”

Goldenberg said conflicts between science and religion could be found on an everyday basis.

“You see it everywhere,” he said.

“Creationism versus evolution, intellectuals versus the religious. This issue is always on society’s debate platform.”

Student: Rigorous majors do not extend same abroad opportunities STEM: From Page 3

tem they teach you in a way that you learn for the sake of learning versus here they teach you toward a test.”

Nicole Black, an ENG senior also majoring in biomedical engineering said Northern Arizona University’s GSEP may not be for everyone.

“It is a good idea for certain people, particularly those that are planning on going to work abroad after they graduate,” Black, who previously studied abroad in Sydney, said.

“I am not sure if it is something I would do personally because I want to stay in America [after graduation].”

College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Caique Mello, a chemistry major, said BU does not provide enough study abroad opportunities to STEM students.

“When you are chemistry major, you have a very limited window of opportunity to go study abroad,” he said. “I missed it, so I cannot really do anything about it now.”

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The Day of the Locust:

Adam Aries immortalized in photography showcase Kaitlin Junod

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hough Adam Aries, also known by friends as “Zidney Fiendish,” died suddenly in his sleep three years ago, his memory was kept alive at the Middle East Restaurant in Cambridge. Photographs of Aries hung throughout the venue on Feb. 8, the last night of the exhibit, depicting the last decade of his life in a photography showcase called “The Locust,” named for the locust tattoo on Aries’ neck.

Atom Moore, the photographer behind this striking collection of images, often found inspiration from Aries and the two became close friends over the course of their artistic partnership.

Moore was still a student at Fitchburg State University when first met Aries at Precision Body Arts in New Hampshire, where “Zid,” nickname derived from a song by The Damned, was apprenticing as a body piercer. Instantly struck by Aries’ unique physical characteristics, Moore asked him to model for a photo shoot.

“He was a very interesting guy as far as he never had eyebrows,” Moore explained. “If you look at most of my photos, I think there’s only one of them where he maybe has eyebrows.”

Looking at the photographs, it is obvious that Aries does not fit the stereotypical “model” type.

However, it is also obvious from Moore’s pictures that Aries was not shy or ashamed of his distinctive appearance in any way.

In a bold portrait, he faces the

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PHOTO BY ATOM MOORE

Adam Aries, who passed away three years ago, lives on in photographer Atom Moore’s photo showcase “The Locust.” The photos celebrate Aries’ unique interests and personal style.

camera straight on, eyes shaded with heavy makeup (eyebrows penciled on), gauges in his ears and tattoos proudly decorating his chest, neck and shoulders.

This photograph, taken backstage

at a club in Brooklyn, is one of Moore’s favorites in the show.

“He’s a rather androgynous guy, but he was not shy about putting on makeup and going and performing in front of people —

PHOTO BY ATOM MOORE

One of Aries’ many diverse interests included poi, a dance involving a rope with a flame at the end.

that wasn’t a thing for him, so that drew me to him as a photographic subject,” Moore said.

It soon became apparent, though, that Aries’ physical quirks weren’t his only notable qualities.

As a bouncer and disc jockey at the Middle East, a body piercer at Pino Bros Ink and a member of the body suspension group Rites of Passage, Aries was a well-loved member of Boston’s subcultures.

Moore purposefully chose the Middle East as the venue for this show because many people in the area knew Aries so well.

At the Middle East, Aries worked security staff and performed as DJ Phantom Limb, with his friend Clay Fernald (aka DJ Hank Venture).

“He was a leader to our security staff, a friend to all and he is still missed,” Fernald said. “What a powerful personality. What an amazing talent.”

Apart from DJing, Aries was also passionate about poi, a dance involving a rope with a ball of fire on the end. At first glance, one of the photographs from “The Locust” seems to be only a flash of flame with a zigzagging orange tail. Upon closer inspection, one is able to make out Aries’ blurry figure. He is seemingly small compared to the tremendous fireball, making it hard to believe that he is the one commanding the scorching flames.

Another picture shows a more

everyday scene. Aries, wearing jeans, a green jacket and baseball cap, is standing with his back to the camera with his hands in his pockets. In front of him is a rusted boxcar and sparse tree in the background. With only the shaded suggestion of his profile visible, he could be anyone’s friend, brother or son.

The diversity of Moore’s photos display Aries’ many different sides. He was into tattoos, piercings and body suspension. He was passionate about music and performing. He was confident in himself and an inspiration to those around him. Most importantly, he was a good friend.

“He would go out of his way to do anything for you,” Moore said, describing Aries as the kind of guy who would drive six hours from Boston to Philadelphia to stop by a friend’s birthday party and then drive back for work the next day.

Though this year marks the third anniversary of his death, his life still impacts people, in part due to Moore’s expressive photos.

“Words can’t express how I miss him. I feel grateful to be alive,” Fernald said. “I wish I could DJ with Adam one more time, talk comic one more time or make fun of clowns with him one more time.”

“The Locust” completed its month-long run at the Middle East, but the full showcase is available to view online.

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Noble but misguided

As of Wednesday night, Humanists of Boston University have gathered more than 1,200 signatures on Change.org to petition Robin Thicke’s upcoming performance at Agganis Arena on March 4.

Humanists of Boston University argue that Thicke should not be allowed to perform on BU’s campus because his songs, and “Blurred Lines” in particular, promote and glorify sexual assault. Critics also argue that allowing Thicke to perform on BU’s campus will contradict all the efforts U.S. President Barack Obama is making to combat sexual violence on college campuses. In the Change.org petition, given Thicke’s misogynistic reputation, Humanists of BU highlight the irony of having him perform on BU’s campus.

“Boston University has been a bedrock for feminism and ideologies of equality more generally,” read the petition. “It is a dishonor to our feminist history to symbolically idolize Robin Thicke by allowing him to perform his misogynist music at our university.”

The petition suggests that BU cancels Thicke’s performance, refunds any tickets sales and apologizes for encouraging such a performer on their campus. Although this is a noble attempt at showing the administration how serious people are about combating sexual violence on campus, this petition is misguided.

For starters, BU is not even the one holding the event at Agganis Arena. If these signatories really wanted to stop Thicke’s performance, they would need to petition against those organizing the Blurred Lines tour, and it is unlikely that they would discontinue such a big part of their tour just because some people are threatening to protest outside of the venue.

Second, people need to pay for their tickets to this concert; therefore, this concert is not a public event. No one is forced to go. Now, if BU sponsored publications or videos featuring “Blurred Lines,” that would be a different story.

Third, if anything, Robin Thicke is the lesser of all the evils regarding sexual violence in today’s culture. Even if he still performs at Agganis and doesn’t play Blurred Lines, fans and concertgoers would cause uproar because, well, does he even have any other songs that don’t make you want to hit the skip button?

There are countless songs out there that

have a similar theme of sexual contact and aggression. But, at the same time, there is no arguing that this song takes it to another level.

Even though this petition is unlikely to stop the concert from happening, it is definitely a step in the right direction toward combating this type of attitude toward sex in our society.

This petition has reached far outside of Boston, and has received signatures from all over the United States in states such as New York, Hawaii and Colorado. Additionally, WTBU, Channel 7 and Fox 25 broadcasted this story Wednesday night on their networks.

Serious conversation around a controversial issue is the first step to creating action — but it is the first of many. The next step is actually getting people to do something about it. And, unfortunately, a Change.org petition and a protest organized by a student group during the concert isn’t exactly the way to go about it.

Trying to eradicate the issue of sexual violence by a simple petition really dilutes the magnitude of the problem. The motivation behind this petition is rooted somewhere much deeper than Thicke simply just singing a song with the provocative lines “I know you want it” on BU’s campus. Rather, people are afraid his performance will reverse all the progress BU has made in regards to preventing sexual assault on campus.

In the past year, BU has made great strides in combating sexual violence on campus by instituting programs such as the Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center. Having one concert of one sensationalized “misogynist” is not going to change the effectiveness of those resources. People need to focus on making a fundamental change within our culture, rather than just directing our efforts at bring down a pop star from the limelight.

People bought tickets to Thicke’s concert at Agganis, and Blurred Lines peaked the Billboard charts for a reason — the song is catchy and entertaining. But, the problem is not Thicke or his song, but rather it is the culture we live in.

Stopping one concert on a college campus won’t stop other artists from coming through Agganis and singing about a similar topic. For those critical of Thicke performing on BU, the solution is simple: don’t buy a ticket.

Life in the left lane

Mo’ money, mo’ confusion SARA Ryan In my junior year of high school, I took AP Economics. We studied both macroeconomics and microeconomics over the course of two semesters. I will be the first to admit that, prior to that class, I had no idea what was economically going on in the world. Heck, it’s almost three years later, and let’s just say I don’t quite remember all of it. However, I have managed to retain the basics of supply and demand, market structure and government spending. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for far too many Americans. This needs to change.

A CNN article from Monday looked back at the more than $800 billion stimulus package, dubbed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was signed into law five years ago. At the end of the article, I started skimming the comments section. While this usually entertains me, the comments on this particular article were especially irritating. Most people had no clue what they were talking about (shocker)!

We live in a culture that values education, but very often people take the short cut to appear more knowledgeable (ever heard of Sparknotes?). In a country where the people decide who represents them in government, this pseudo-knowledge is only detrimental – especially in regards to economics.

While other aspects of politics, such as gay rights, abortion or even healthcare, don’t require a vast knowledge set to form an opinion, economics is a massive field of study. People spend their entire lives trying to understand economic theory fully. To boil all of that down into a comment on a political article on the Internet where there is no accountability is both stupid and incredibly frustrating.

What scares me even more is how fervently those commenting believe in what they are saying. Are they teaching their kids this stuff?

Are they just trying to be inflammatory? Is this what they talk about over Christmas dinner with their impressionable families? The world may never know!

My argument here is that we need to stop being spoon-fed our economic opinions and figure out what we truly believe. A Washington Post article from Tuesday quoted a dozen or so Republican Senators and Congressmen/ women. All of the remarks were inflammatory and largely inaccurate. Politicians might as well be anonymous users on CNN’s website.

They have this nifty talent of only providing the information that will support their arguments. That would be fine, except people are taking these opinions and assuming they are facts.

To set the record straight, most economists

believe that the stimulus package wasn’t enough. A Fox News article from Tuesday didn’t even describe the stimulus as a failure, which is the equivalent of throwing Obama a party over at the “Fair and Balanced” network. The previously cited CNN article noted that some 8.5 million jobs were created since early 2010. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a current unemployment rate of 6.6 percent, compared with 9.8 percent when Obama signed the stimulus bill. There has been some progress, despite what some are reporting The solution to this education problem starts in… wait for it… schools. According to the 2014 Survey of the States, the Council for Economic Education’s (CEE) annual report on “the state of K-12 economic and financial education in the United States,” 22 states require economics as a high school graduation requirement. Only 24 mandate that an economics course is offered. With statistics like these, it’s no wonder that people don’t have basic economic literacy.

If you want to test your own economic literacy, the Center for Excellence in Education offers a 20-question quiz. As a nerd who likes that sort of thing, I was totally into it — but it’s probably not everyone’s cup of tea.

State and national legislators need to reform the educational system for 1,294,352 reasons, give or take a couple, but this reason is probably one of the most important. In order to be an informed citizen and voter, a person needs to understand the basics of economics. We also need to discern when someone is telling us the truth or blowing hot air out of their you-know-what.

I don’t care whether you believe in Classic or Keynesian economics or some mixture of the two. Political ideologies aside, I just want everyone to have a solid opinion that can be supported by facts and statistics, rather than Marco Rubio’s angsty tweets.

Economics teaches students how to view the world as an exchange of goods and services. It encourages a valuable and unique perspective for problem solving. More than all of this, it’s a fundamental part of education that is sorely slacking in at least 28 states.

I’m all for freedom of speech, even for people who blatantly disagree with me, but these uninformed opinions are just unnecessary. We live in a country with great economic advantages. Maybe we should start using them.

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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Chipps: Wiggins not perfect, should stay for sophomore campaign Chipps: From Page 8

man season in Lawrence, Kan., would be the only year college basketball fans would have the pleasure of watching you play inside the historic Allen Fieldhouse.

But four months into your college basketball career, circumstances have changed.

Through the first 25 game of your college career, you are averaging 16.1 points game, 5.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.

The numbers speak for themselves, and on paper there is no denying the fact that you have been one of the best players in college basketball this season.

However, when taking a deeper look into

your freshman campaign, I find flaws that can be exposed at the next level, and areas of your game that must be improved.

When watching game tape, it is easy to see that your ball-handling skills and jump shot must improve tremendously, as well as your intensity on the court. Often times, there are stretches throughout games where you are nowhere to be found on the court and lack the focus of an elite player.

But trying to convince you to stay in college for another season is not just about improving your game on the court. It’s about sending a message to the NBA and future superstars looking at your predicament with a blank face.

I understand how hard it must be to look

at the NBA and see how close you have come to accomplishing your dream of playing professionally, but college basketball, especially at a mecca like Kansas, has so much to offer you: dedicated fans, NCAA Championships and the ability to gain even greater basketball knowledge. Does that mean anything to you?

I hope so.

The NBA will be there for you when the time comes, but another season at Kansas would not only make you a better basketball player, it would prove to the NBA that heralded recruits are willing to sacrifice the money to blossom appropriately as basketball players through the college game.

Remember Mr. Wiggins, Michael Jordan

played college basketball for three seasons before making the jump to the NBA, and last time I checked things worked out pretty well for him.

Ultimately, the decision is yours and yours alone. I just hope you make the right one.

Don’t forget that your decision could forever change the landscape of college basketball, for better of for worse.

The ball is in your court Mr. Wiggins. What are you going to do?

Yours Truly, Isaac Chipps

Lehigh brings in 3 consecutive wins Men’s Lacrosse: From Page 8

efficiency could be attributed to the attack’s lack of confidence in game situations, something he has tried to rectify during this week’s practices.

“We’ve got to get a bit more confident,” Polley said. “We’ve talked about that a lot in practice. We’ve shown film of where guys could possibly make plays or potentially make shots. We have a lot of young guys who haven’t been able to experience success on offense.

“With every shot, our guys are just thinking too much. The looks are there, and the guys are athletic and they’re skilled enough. When they play, they just need to actually do it. This whole week has been about building their confidence. We’ve scored goals before. We’ve done it in scrimmages and now we just need to do it when it really matters.”

Freshman attack Pat Myers has been a bright spot for the BU offense, tallying two goals and two assists in the first two games.

Freshman attack Cal Dearth has also added two goals on seven shots.

The Mountain Hawks come into Boston after narrowly defeating Villanova (0-1) in triple overtime, 7-6, last Saturday. The teams were tied at 6-6 at the end of regulation and the score stayed knotted up through two overtime

periods. Junior Kurtis Kaunas finally broke the tie, scoring the game-winning goal with seven seconds remaining in the third overtime period to give the Mountain Hawks the victory.

Through three games, attack Reid Weber and attack Dan Taylor lead Lehigh in points with both tallying five goals and three assists.

Weber and Taylor each notched two goals in the Wildcats.

BU will once again rely on freshman goalkeeper Christian Carson-Bannister and the Terrier defense to keep the high-powered Lehigh attack at bay. Carson-Banister has started both games for the Terriers and has posted a 44.2 save percentage, while holding a goalsagainst average of 12.89 per game.

In order to beat Lehigh and earn the program’s first victory, Polley stressed the importance of playing a solid, poised and complete game.

“We want to play a strong game across all facets,” Polley said. “From facing off, to our offense being more efficient, to continuing playing well defensively, to play well in goal to being disciplined and composed … We just want to improve and continue to get better as the season goes along. That’s really important to us. As everyone gets better with more experience, we’ll play our best lacrosse.”

Morris with 16 points, 7 boards in win Men’s Basketball: From Page 8

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Freshman attack Pat Myers has scored two goals and has two assists through BU’s first two games this season.

BU finishes game with 4 unanswered goals Women’s Lacrosse: From Page 8

Taylor Cummings, and the second coming from midfielder Kelly McPartland.

Toward the end of the first half of play, however, BU breathed some life. Senior midfielder Sydney Godett notched two goals before the half came to a close, the first at the 5:04 mark and the second with just 32 seconds remaining on the clock.

“I thought we ended the half really well,” Robertshaw said. “The ball movement started to pick up and we found Sydney in all the right places.”

To start the second half, the Terrapins got back on the roll they had in the opening frame, starting the half with six-straight goals, capped off by a score from attack Taylor Salandra at the 20:45 mark.

A little more than three minutes after the Salandra goal, the Terriers answered back with a goal of their own from junior attack Kelsey Marafioti to make the score 17-4. Moments later, as midfielder Morgan Torggler tallied Maryland’s final goal with 16:20 to go in the contest.

Trailing by 12, the Terriers looked to make a comeback attempt, finishing the game with four unanswered goals. The last one came at the 2:40 mark off the stick of freshman attack Taylor Hardison, making it her second mark of the day. The four goals were not enough, though, and BU succumbed to the high-powered Maryland offense by a score of 18-8.

Griffin, who tallied four goals and two assists for the Terrapins, and Cummings who also notched four goals and added an assist of her own, led the way for the dominant Maryland attack.

After the game, Robertshaw said the strategy of the team may change to look to get the first win of the 2014 season.

“We have to watch the film and see what’s going on,” Robertshaw said. “They’re might be some adjustments to be made personnel wise. From a game plan perspective, we got a lot off attack, we did some great things. So we need to throw the book away. We have to use what we’re doing and if it’s working, and I think some things are. Defensively, we do have to make some changes, but overall, I believe in our unit.”

and we fed off their energy and their focus.”

Nine seconds into the second frame, BU grabbed its first lead of the night with a pull-up jumper from Irving. A dunk by sophomore forward Justin Alston put distance between themselves and the Eagles. The closest American could get to BU after this bucket was within five points after a 3-pointer from guard John Schoof with 4:45 to go.

“We just wanted to keep our intensity up [in the second half],” Jones said. “We needed to keep pressure on them. We were able to rotate our nine guys in and out, and we wanted to wear them out as much as we could. Then, that would allow our talent and athletic ability to have its effect on the game.”

Every time the Eagles hit a possible momentum-shifting 3-pointer, the Terriers answered right back with one of their own. Robinson and sophomore guard John Papale both hit 3-pointers in transition off assists from sophomore guard Maurice Watson Jr. With these momentum killers, BU was able to hold off any poten-

tial late-game runs from American and hold on for the 71-62 win.

Watson had one of the most efficient games of his BU career, scoring 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting while dishing out seven assists with only one turnover.

“We play our best basketball when we’re taking care of the ball,” Watson said. “When we’re taking care of the ball, we’re able to find our shooters and play solid. When we’re a solid team, we’re tough to beat.”

Morris also supplied production from the low block, putting up 16 points and seven boards in 29 minutes of play.

With the win over a contending conference rival, the Terriers can breathe a little easier heading into their final three conference games.

“We’re just focusing on what we need to do to get better,” Morris said. “We’re not looking past games, we’ll just take them one at a time. We know after these next three games is a new season. But we can’t lose. So we definitely have to tighten up some of the things we need to improve on, but we’re not overlooking any one game.”

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Fish and Chipps Men’s basketball victorious over American Shooting issues A Letter to Mr. Wiggins

Isaac Chipps Dear Mr. Wiggins,

A wise man once said to me, “With great power comes great responsibility.”

Let me begin by saying I am a huge admirer of your work on the court. You can flat out ball and I have sincerely enjoyed watching you play in the collegiate ranks this season.

It is undeniable that magical things happen when you have a basketball in your hands.

You are freak of nature, and a specimen that few basketball players of your generation can compare themselves with.

But I write to you for a greater purpose than flattering you, Mr. Wiggins.

Two years ago when I first heard of your name, I didn’t believe what critics were said about you. The nicknames like “Canada’s Michael Jordan” and “The next LeBron” made me skeptical of your basketball talent. Those are names a basketball lover like myself holds in the highest regards, so when people throw those names out in comparison, I take quick notice.

When I watched your high school mixtape video, I was in utter shock like the millions of other YouTube viewers. You can razzle-and-dazzle, shake-and-bake and fly sky-high.

But with that being said, you are not perfect, and far from it.

I write to you because I believe that you have the power to change the landscape of basketball. I believe you can become a trendsetter for future stars that must grasp with the reality of the “one-and-done” rule.

Although I harshly disagree with David Stern’s one-and-done rule, which was implemented in 2005 and requires players entering the draft to be 19 years old or one year removed from graduating high school, I believe you can set a precedent by not entering into the 2014 NBA Draft.

Say what?!

Yes, Mr. Wiggins, I am saying that you should not enter the 2014 NBA Draft and come back to the University of Kansas for your sophomore season.

Before the beginning of the 2013-14 college basketball season, you made it known that your fresh-

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The Boston University men’s basketball team continued its Patriot League dominance Wednesday, as the Terriers defeated second-place American University, 71-62.

After losing 86-56 to the Eagles (15-11, 11-4 Patriot League) on the road Jan. 22, the Terriers (20-8, 13-2 Patriot League) came into the game with a chip on their shoulders. The matchup also had playoff implications — a BU win would give them a two-game cushion in the Patriot League standings, while a loss would allow American to leapfrog into first place.

“We expected it to be a hardfought game,” said BU coach Joe Jones. “American’s got a great program and a great coach. I was really proud of our guys for stepping up their intensity.”

The Terriers entered the matchup riding a four-game winning streak, having won six out of their last seven contests. Meanwhile, the Eagles had lost three of their last four conference matchups.

The Terriers’ extra motivation may have caused some jitters in the first half, allowing American to take an early lead. Struggling to get open shots, BU made just four of its first 16 field goal attempts to open the game. Meanwhile, American ran off its screens well and got open looks near the basket. By the 11:10 mark in the half, the Eagles had taken a 17-9 lead.

“Early in the game we were doing some good things and we were a little jacked up, to be honest,” Jones said.

“Shots that fell for us early in games weren’t falling. We just needed to settle down. And once we got into a rhythm offensively and defensively, we got going.”

The Terriers got into a rhythm as the game wore on, however, and began to chip away at the deficit. After going down nine with just over four minutes remaining in the first, BU

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Sophomore guard Maurice Watson Jr. scored 13 points in the Terriers’ 71-62 win over American Wednesday night.

went on an 8-0 run to close out the half. Junior forward Malik Thomas contributed with a few tip-ins on the offensive glass and senior guard Travis Robinson splashed a 3-pointer.

Going into the break, the Terriers trailed the Eagles 32-31, despite BU shooting just 39.4 percent from the field.

“Our seniors really played well,” Jones said. “Guys like [senior guard] D.J. Irving, who didn’t score much but made some big plays. Travis Robinson and [senior forward] Dom [Morris]’s play the whole game gave us an advantage. They did a nice job

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WoMen’S HooPS, see page 7

Men’s lacrosse looking for 1st win Terriers fall to No. 2/3 Maryland

By Jacklyn Bamberger Daily Free Press Staff

To kick off Patriot League play, the Boston University men’s lacrosse team will take on Lehigh University at Nickerson Field Saturday afternoon.

After losing their opening games to Mercer University and Canisius College, the Terriers (0-2), are looking to earn the program’s first-ever victory as they enter Patriot League portion of the schedule.

Conversely, the Mountain Hawks (3-0) have opened the season on a tear, defeating Furman University, Marquette University and Villanova University and will be hoping to extend their winning streak.

Although the team has dropped its first two contests, BU coach Ryan Polley said his squad will head into the tilt with the Mountain Hawks with the same mindset.

“We’re going to go into Saturday

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Softball @ South Carolina, 5 p.m.

with the same mentality,” Polley said. “We’re just trying to get better every day and get better with every game After watching the film, we definitely got better in several aspects from the first game to the second game and we hope to continue to get better in all aspects. There are a couple areas where we weren’t as effective.”

A main source of the Terriers’ struggles has been their inability to finish scoring chances. In its first two matchups, BU has had no problem generating shot attempts. The BU attack collectively outshot the Bears (1-2) and the Golden Griffins (1-0) 79-57. However, in both meetings, the Terriers struggled to finish their opportunities, and ended up dropping both contests, 17-6 and 9-3, respectively.

Polley said the lack of offensive

Men’S LacroSSe, see page 7

Saturday, Feb. 22

M. Hockey @ Notre Dame, 7 p.m.

W. Hockey @ BC, 2 p.m.

M. Lax vs. Lehigh, 1 p.m.

W. Basketball @ Bucknell, 12 p.m.

By Emmanuel Gomez Daily Free Press Staff

The Boston University women’s lacrosse team took on its second ranked opponent in as many games Wednesday afternoon when it traveled to College Park, Md., to take on No. 2/3 University of Maryland. BU was overwhelmed by the offensive strength of the Terrapins and fell by a score of 18-8.

“We had a good game plan going in,” said BU coach Liz Robertshaw.

“I don’t know if we necessarily executed to the best of our ability. I give credit to Maryland. They brought their game, they were very aggressive, and they got us back on our field which is something that we didn’t want to be on. We wanted to be aggressive, we wanted to be attacking, and they jumped on us early.”

Maryland (3-0) jumped out of the gate early, as attack Brooke Grif-

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Softball vs. Georgetown, 10 a.m.

fin started the game on a tear. She notched two goals and an assist to help the Terrapins jump out to a 3-0 lead just 3:20 into the first half.

A minute after a third goal, the Terriers (0-2) responded with a tally from senior attack Elizabeth Morse off an assist from attack Mallory Collins.

However, the Terrapins could not be stopped on the offensive end.

In the ensuing minutes, Maryland reeled off six goals, capped off by a score from midfielder Zoe Stukenberg with 17:06 left in the first frame.

With Maryland’s goal count climbing, the Terrapins remained on the attack, looking to build up an insurmountable lead.

The Terrapins would score twice more before the end of the half, first at the 9:40 mark by midfielder

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Monday, Feb. 24

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