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Study finds legal drinking age of 21 prevents deaths Gubernatorial candidates take stance on casinos

By Drew Schwartz Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University School of Public Health professor William DeJong is aiming to end the national debate over lowering the drinking age through his study, published Monday, which maintains that the minimum legal drinking age of 21 saves lives.

“Even though it’s not enforced very vigorously and is widely violated, the data on alcohol-related traffic fatalities and other indicators very clearly points to the law having a positive effect in reducing death and injury,” DeJong said.

The study, entitled “Case Closed,” cites historical increases of alcohol-related injuries when the MLDA was lowered to 18, arguing that decreasing the drinking age today would have similar results.

“The current law has served the nation well by reducing alcohol-related traffic crashes and alcohol consumption among youths while also protecting drinkers from long-term negative outcomes they might experience in adulthood, including alcohol and other drug dependence, adverse birth outcomes and suicide and homicide,” the study stated.

Choose Responsibility, a nonprofit founded by former Middlebury College President John McCardell, launched an initiative to reconsider the national drinking

By Felicia Gans Daily Free Press Staff

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A study conducted by Boston University public health researcher William DeJong suggests the nationwide legal drinking age of 21 is effective.

age in 2008. McCardell’s Amethyst Initiative drew signatures from over 100 college and university presidents, and verged on calls for a lower drinking age, according to DeJong’s study.

“I just want to make sure that everybody understands that if they consider this proposal [to lower the drinking age] — and

they might consider it for any number of reasons — the idea that it’s going to improve public safety is completely wrong,” DeJong said. “If you make that change, do note that there will be consequences in lives lost and injuries made.”

DeJong said he wanted his study to dis-

Alcohol, see page 2

BU students design new app for connecting with friends

By Olivia Deng Daily Free Press Staff

A group of Boston University students has developed a mobile application for Android and iPhone Operating System aimed at simplifying making plans with friends.

Downtyme, which will be available for download this spring, will allow users connect electronically with friends in order to ease the process of finding people to make plans with, said Nick Sorenson, a School of Management senior and Chief Financial Officer of Downtyme.

“Downtyme aims to connect you faceto-face with your available friends as efficiently as possible,” said Luke Sorenson, a College of Engineering sophomore and cofounder of the app. “Downtyme is the first smartphone app that’s designed to save you from relying on your smartphone for fun.

Instead of mindlessly checking your social media at the dining hall, use your phone to

find nearby friends to hang out with.”

By publishing a personal schedule to Downtyme, the app can locate who is available at the same time as the user, allowing them to connect for plans, Sorenson said.

“Users connect the app with their Facebook account, import or enter manually their weekly schedule information and then have immediate access to a list of friends close-by,” Luke Sorenson said. “... At this point, a user can send a Downtyme request out to any number of friends or a friend group, suggesting an activity and/or location. Friends receive these requests as notifications and have the option to accept the proposed ‘downtime.’”

The Downtyme developers aim to make to user experience streamlined, said Timothy Chong, a College of Engineering sophomore who is the iOS developer for Downtyme.

“When you want to have lunch or dinner, you can open the app, and we have an

algorithm that sorts the people closest to you,” Chong said. “Then you choose the people who you want to send a request to, and then choose a category — for example, to eat [or] to shop — and just be clicking the person, press send and your request will be sent out.”

The idea for Downtyme was conceived during an engineering class in November, said creator Barron Roth, an ENG sophomore.

“This Android app project came about in our sophomore engineering class, and we formed a team prior to forming the product,” Roth said. “... It [Downtyme] was the most receptive out of all the ideas I gave. We saw commerciality, we saw potential for growth, so we ran with it and here we are now.”

While Downtyme can be accessed by anyone, college students comprise of the

App, see page 2

As the casino and gaming industry continues to grow in Massachusetts, gubernatorial candidate Jeff McCormick, running as an independent in the November election, announced at a Suffolk University roundtable that he would support a repeal of the state’s standing casino law.

Signed into effect by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in 2011, the casino law created three regions across the Commonwealth and allowed for one destination casino resort to exist in each region, with the additional of one single slots facility statewide. At the Wednesday forum, which was part of an ongoing speaker series for declared gubernatorial candidates, McCormick said he is most concerned with social impacts of casinos on local communities.

“It’s not the law specifically [that he disagrees with],” said Pete Wilson, the press secretary for McCormick’s campaign. “He just personally doesn’t think that casinos are necessarily the answer for economic development. It’s more of a band aid than a driver on a state’s economy.”

Over the next few years, casinos are expected to bring 8,000 to 10,000 construction jobs, 8,000 to 10,000 permanent jobs and $300 to $500 million in increased revenue to the Commonwealth, said Elaine Driscoll, director of communications at the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.

Wilson said McCormick is aware of the revenue and job growth casinos bring to the region, but he is focusing on the holistic effects of gaming facilities in Massachusetts, rather than looking strictly at the economic benefits.

“You have to look it as a whole,” he said. “Do they bring in revenue to the local and state communities? Sure. But what are the impacts on the people who frequent the casinos and their livelihoods?”

If elected as governor, McCormick will not automatically repeal the law. He plans to evaluate the effects of casinos on residents in surrounding communities and make a decision from there, Wilson said.

Steve Grossman, democratic candidate for governor, supported the legislation to legalize gaming because of the economic

Casinos, see page 2

New LED technology creates more sustainable lighting for TTC at BU

By Sara Rubin Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University partnered with Bluestone Energy Services to install a new retrofit lighting system in the university’s Track and Tennis Center that will reduce BU’s carbon footprint.

“The lighting retrofit was a no-brainer,” said Lisa Tornatore, the outreach coordinator for Sustainability at BU. “When we looked at the renovation cost and factored in electricity savings and expected utility rebates, the payback on the new system will be very short. Additionally, the new lights will be a significant improvement for the teams and individuals who use the TTC, as they’ll be able to determine which lights to turn on and how bright they should be.”

Tornatore said the new lights will scale down the large amounts of electricity used by the TTC while improving the overall brightness of facility.

“The old lights at the TTC used a lot of electricity,” she said. “Additionally, they

were pretty fragile, enough so that the TTC had to use netting on the ceiling to protect them from flying tennis balls, et cetera. The new LED lights give off more light while using less energy and they are much more durable so staff were able to take down the ceiling nets.”

BU’s carbon footprint is significantly altered by the amount of energy used in facilities like the TTC, Tornatore said.

“BU’s carbon footprint is most directly affected how much energy we use,” she said. “By reducing the amount of energy used by the lights at TTC, we are thereby reducing our carbon footprint. It’s pretty straightforward. More specifically, we expect to save enough energy to power 70 homes for an entire year just by changing out the lights.”

Sean Fuller, Bluestone’s vice president of business development and marketing, said the new lighting system is extremely

TTC, see page 2

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Bluestone Energy Services LLC announced Wednesday it has finished a project that will help Boston University’s tennis and track facility become more energy-efficient.

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Creators expect ‘versatile’ app TTC upgrade helps establish green image to appeal to college students TTC: From Page 1

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main user demographic, Nick Sorenson said.

“We expect our major initial customer segment to be students at colleges and universities throughout the United States,” he said. “We will continue to look for growth opportunities into other segments as we work to grow our user-base. Our application has the potential to be very versatile as we can add value through new features and updates.”

Nick Sorenson said Downtyme already has ties with BU Greek Life organizations, but as the business grows, the partnerships will extend beyond organizations within BU. “Eventually we will look to partner with other schools in the area, followed by forming business relationships with other

companies,” he said. “This is, of course, all contingent upon our growth and general success as a mobile app company.”

Mackenzie Harrington, a College of Arts and Sciences senior, said she finds utility in the app.

“I know I definitely always struggle finding when schedules overlap,” Harrington said. “...

Having something that shows the overlap of free time would be cool.”

Caroline Lynch, a College of Communication sophomore, said although the app is a good idea, people might find ways to avoid being available.

“I like the idea, but in practice, I don’t know,” Lynch said. “With everyone knowing my schedule, I might make up stuff like ‘I’m in class,’ when I am really just watching Netflix.”

Residents: Casinos boost economy, add social issues Casinos: From Page 1

opportunity it provides for the region, Communications Director for the Grossman campaign Chandra Allard.

“At a time when we have 250,000 people out of work, when unemployment within some of the construction trades recently ran near 40 percent, Steve believes this law serves the interests of the people of Massachusetts,” she said. “In addition to creating jobs, this law could bring in $300 million in much-needed new revenue to the state. This revenue will enable us to pay for vital programs ... that will improve the quality of life for all.”

Republican candidate Charles Baker and the Massachusetts Republican Party were both unable to be reached for comment on Monday.

Several residents said casinos can contribute to the Massachusetts economy, but they can create social problems for the Commonwealth’s residents.

Ralph Covino, 61, of Boston, said casinos will bring revenue and job growth to the Common-

wealth, and the standing casino law should not be repealed.

“It’s going to bring jobs,” he said “Those that want to go [to casinos] will go to the competitors in Connecticut and Rhode Island.

[Having casinos here] will take that money and put it back into our own economy. There’s crime everywhere, and this isn’t going to necessarily enhance it.”

Daniel Lee, 33, of Kenmore, said the social affects of gaming in Massachusetts are not worth the economic benefits.

“It’s revenue, but it doesn’t do people in the state any good,” he said. “People can get addicted to gambling, and this can make people addicted to gambling even worse.”

Daniel Ohman, 60, of East Boston, said casinos could have negative economic implications on the community it resides in.

“They drain local businesses surrounding the casino,” he said.

“I’ve been fighting the casino for a while in East Boston. It invites corruption. It invites a real upsetting the infrastructure. And socially, it’s not something I want to see.”

advanced because it is connected to a wireless network.

“We retrofitted the whole place with LEDs, and not only LEDs, but also the fixtures are wirelessly controlled through a mesh network,” Fuller said. “Essentially every fixture in there has its own IP address, and you can tell it what time to come on, what time to turn off and what level of light is needed ... This will allow them to strategically designs schemes for different events that happen in the facility and they can control that from a computer, smartphone or tablet.”

The metal halide technology that once lit the TTC was inefficient and problematic, requiring

the university to focus maintenance time to keep the lights running, Fuller said.

“The metal halide technology lamps only last about 20,000 hours, so subsequently a lot of them would fail in time,” he said.

“Working on the lighting in that facility is a tedious, involved task. The LEDs last a lot longer so there is maintenance savings, the control and functionality of the system is just more efficient.”

Fuller said the BU’s installation of the new retrofit is a strategic move for a university such as BU that is trying to establish itself as environmentally forwardthinking.

“This is a very advanced step, and it speaks to the practices that the school has put in place to make

the facility better for students and athletes and to work toward the schools sustainability goals,” he said. “BU could have gone with a less complicated solution, but they waited for the technology to arrive, and I think they acted at the right time.”

Lesley Sheehan, director of the BU tennis team, said the new lighting system have improved the quality of tennis practices and other events held at the TTC “The old lights would dim and go out and leave it dark and difficult to see. We constantly had to get them fixed,” Sheehan said.

“The fact that we can control the brightness is such a big asset to the TTC and to all sports and events being held there.”

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courage movements like the Amethyst Initiative from coming to fruition.

“In the very narrowest sense, I’m hoping that having all of this work discussed in one place will forestall any future efforts that might be launched to lower the drinking age,” he said.

The study also advocates that university presidents strengthen measures to enforce the MLDA. “College and university leaders need to accept the fact that the age 21 law saves lives and is unlikely to be overturned,” the study stated. “They should move on to put into effect workable policies, stricter enforcement and other evidence-based prevention efforts that have been demonstrated to reduce underage drinking and alcohol-related problems on cam-

pus.”

Several BU students said the drinking age should be lowered to 18.

“If you can send someone to war at 18, someone can drive a car at 17 or 16 in some states, then they should be able to have a drink,” said Tracey Thompson, a School of Management sophomore. “The responsibility of fighting a war and driving and legally being an adult is more than taking a shot.”

Shreya Deshmukh, a College of Engineering junior, said she has lived in several different countries with a variety of legal drinking ages.

“Each one isn’t necessarily enforced the same amount,” Deshmukh said. “I don’t even believe in them that much. If you’re going to have a drinking age you should enforce it more strictly.

The number doesn’t matter as much as how well it’s enforced.”

Brian Boman, a College of Arts and Sciences junior, said lowering the drinking age could cut down on irresponsible decisions made by underage drinkers.

“The culture that we have here, because the drinking age is 21, is that college students kind of hide away and drink in their rooms, and that’s where you have them handling the alcohol rather than a bartender or someone else handling the alcohol,” he said.

Boman said some young adults might not be responsible enough to handle the lowered drinking age, however.

“If they aren’t mature enough to know their own limits, then situations can arise in which other people can be hurt by their actions,” he said.

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CaMpus & CiTy CaMpus CriMe LoGs Feb. 17 To Feb. 24

By Drew Schwartz Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Feb. 17 to Feb. 24.

Larceny at CAS On Feb. 18 at 1:25 p.m. a student’s backpack was stolen from the lobby of the College of Arts and Sciences at 675 Commonwealth Ave. Shoplifting at Barnes & Noble At 5:56 p.m. on Feb. 18 police received a call from Barnes & Noble security about a male shoplifting merchandise at the store’s 660 Beacon St. location. BUPD arrested a non-affiliated 30-year-old male on theft charges and default warrants for similar theft crimes in the area.

Graffiti at Cummington Mall At 2 Cummington Mall on Feb. 19 at 2:21 p.m., officers responded to investigate graffiti tagging on the rear of the building. They found 16 tags with the letters “CIGA” and “SYDE.” BU facilities personnel have been notified.

Breaking and entering On Wednesday at 4:47 p.m., a BU student reported he parked his vehicle in the fire lane outside 10 Buick St. and left it unlocked and unattended for 20 minutes.

He lost all of the property in his car. Police valued the total losses at over $3,000.

Stolen cell phone At 595 Comm. Ave on Thursday at 9:39 p.m. a BU student reported her cell phone stolen after it fell out of her pocket in front of the School of Management. Later the student’s friend received a call from an unknown female stating she had purchased the phone from a used iPhone store in Boston.

The investigation is ongoing.

Alcohol violation On Friday at 7:39 p.m., officers summonsed three BU students for violating alcohol laws near Saint Mary’s Street.

Car accident On Saturday, a BU police officer was in a motor vehicle accident while assisting a disabled motor vehicle near Storrow Drive.

Due to the icy conditions, the tow truck that came for the disabled vehicle hit the cruiser.

Assault and battery at FitRec At 915 Comm. Ave. on Saturday, a BU student playing a pickup soccer game pushed another player and ripped the necklace off of his neck. The student is facing assault and battery and destruction of property charges.

Student’s car hit by bottle On Sunday at 2:00 a.m., a student’s car was hit by a bottle while he was driving down back street behind 199 Bay State Road.

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Yuengling beer returns to Massachusetts SG debates senate seat for CGSA rep.

By Alec Spencer Daily Free Press Contributor

After a two-decade absence in Massachusetts, Yuengling beer finally returned to the Boston bar scene Monday.

While the beer was sold in Massachusetts for about a year, the company withdrew its products from the state in 1993 and has not distributed in the Commonwealth since. Now, the company will be distributing its three main products in Massachusetts: the Black and Tan, Light Lager and Yuengling Lager.

Jen Holtzman, marketing manager for Yuengling, said further expansion could be soon to follow.

“When the lager took off, we couldn’t keep up with demand, so we pulled back, rather than being out of stock everywhere,” she said.

“Now, a lot has changed about the brewery. There’ve been a lot of upgrades that have increased our capacity and efficiency. However, the whole operation is still a lot smaller than you might think.”

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didates have a large advantage in terms of fundraising, he said.

John Rodriguez, the field director for Falchuk’s campaign, said the campaign recognizes this disadvantage, but they are not letting it discourage their ambitions.

“When you don’t have money, you need to have a heavy outreach program,” he said. “We’ve done that.”

Because Falchuk is not running for a major party, he can focus immediately on fundraising and publicity for the general election, Rodriguez said. “[The major party candidates’] attention is focused on their caucuses,” he said. “We have the extreme advantage of being able to get out to folks early and often before any other candidate is able because we don’t have to pander to the caucus and focus on the primary.”

Falchuk’s campaign has traveled to over 100 cities and towns across Massachusetts, visiting every county but Duke and Nantucket, Rodriguez said.

“To say that we’ve been able to reach out to every single county at this

The Student Government Senate tabled a proposal at its Monday meeting to allocate an additional senate seat for the Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism.

SG Director of the Department of Recruitment Chris Addis said during the proposal adding a senate seat to represent CGSA is necessary to make the SG Senate more inclusive.

“A Senator from the Center would increase exposure and presence on campus [and] bring a different perspective and awareness,” Addis said during the proposal.

Adding a CGSA seat to the senate would promote social mobility and acceptance in the BU community, said College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Bridget Daley during the proposal.

“There should be a representative from each corner of the student body,” Daley said. “The CGSA represents a larger part of the student body that hopes to evoke social change in this community. These are the students in your residence halls, your roommates, these are your friends ... and these people deserve a voice.”

Some attendees raised concerns about whether giving the CGSA a senate seat would open the doors for any student organization to gain a seat, potentially leading to overcrowding of the Senate.

Assistant Dean of Students John Battaglino, who spoke at the meeting, said SG must remain vigilant of its responsibility to represent the diverse opinions of the BU community.

“It’s easy to be selected to serve on a committee,” Battaglino said.

“But do you truly go back to the Boston University community and gather information so that when you come to a meeting, you aren’t just representing one person’s opinion?”

Addis said the additional senate seat would be in accordance with Battaglino’s encouragement for SG to represent students from every corner of BU. “We want to open the door,” Ad-

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D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc., the family-owned and Pennsylvania-based brewing company, began distributing its traditional lager Monday to the Boston area.

vid Yuengling, D.G. Yuengling & Son operates the oldest brewery in the United States. The company is one of the largest American-owned breweries in the world, but until now was mostly enjoyed only as a local favorite in Pennsylvania and other Mid-Atlantic states.

Holtzman said there has been an

increase in popularity of flavorful domestic craft beers in recent years.

“The market has changed immensely,” she said. “What makes Yuengling particularly favorable within the craft market is both its affordability compared to other, pricier craft beers, as well as its reputation

yuenGlinG, see page 4

Independent Evan Falchuk speaks at Suffolk

By Andrew Keuler Daily Free Press Contributor

Evan Falchuk, independent gubernatorial candidate and founder of the United Independent Party, spoke Wednesday at Suffolk University Law School about his campaign for governor and his goals for Massachusetts.

The roundtable event, sponsored by the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service, an offshoot of Suffolk Law School, is part of a series of nine discussions, each of which hosts one gubernatorial candidate.

Falchuk said his motivation for running came from his desire to combat the partisan gridlock between Republicans and Democrats that he sees in Massachusetts.

“I got tired of voting for the lesser of two evils,” he said. “Rather than just complain about it, I decided to do something it. That’s why I decided to run for governor.”

Falchuk founded the United Independent Party in January 2013 as a party that is dedicated to finding “fiscally sensible solutions, pragmatically progressive

ideas and protecting our civil liberties,” a platform that he emphasized at the roundtable discussion.

Throughout the roundtable, Falchuk spoke about affordable housing, education and state tax rates, among other public policy issues.

Raising concerns about rising costs in healthcare, Falchuk said the recent emergence of large health care systems have enabled them to use their market power to inordinately raise prices in the absence of regulation.

“Today, about 72 percent of the market is controlled by hospital systems,” he said. “And the studies and the data show that as hospitals consolidate get bigger, they increase their prices. They use their market power in that way. And that passes through to consumers and businesses in the form of higher insurance premiums. It has to stop.”

Falchuk also emphasized the need for campaign finance reform.

Because Massachusetts law allows the major parties to receive individual donations 15 times larger than independent parties, Republican and Democratic can-

Historical society celebrates Allston-Brighton music scene

By Kelsey Newell Daily Free Press Staff

The vibrant music scene of Allston-Brighton was relived through a presentation Monday by the Brighton-Allston Historical Society in an ongoing attempt to keep the musical history of the neighborhood alive.

Allston-Brighton has been home to many popular clubs and music venues, featuring some of the best acts in the business. John Broderick and Nick Racheotes, board members of the BAHS, co-led a presentation about this history at the Congregational Church in Brighton Center.

“Brighton and Allston can so easily be overlooked because the history of Boston Proper is so overwhelming,” Racheotes said. “John and I grew up together, both drummers and we always talked about doing this. When we were little kids in the 1950s we used to [pretend to be] DJs. So this is the mature version of what we did when we were

little kids. A lot of this is things we actually lived, bands we saw, venues where we played … it’s very personal.”

The pair began the presentation by remembering the culture of the past decades, which was popular among the guests who had lived during the 1950s, bringing them back in time. It also made younger attendees wish they had been born in a different era.

“If you think back to the ‘60s, those revealing fashions, those Levi pants, those hush puppy shoes … we were winning the Cold War with various spies on television before we won it in reality,” Racheotes said. “And rock was fragmenting: folk, jazz, soul, blues, lounge and good old dirty rock ‘n’ roll, which you’ll get a liberal dose of this evening. Our taste was varied, from FM radios to high-tech turn tables … classical music had been forsaken.”

The presentation also included audio clips from many everlasting hits that had either come to Allston-

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John Broderick and Nick Racheotes of the Allston-Brighton Historical Society speak about the area’s rock history Monday evening at the Allston-Brighton Congregational Church.

Brighton or originated there. They reminisced about the Boston Summerthing Concerts, which had about 1,500 acts per summer, hosting some of the greats for “just $3!” In 1970, Summerthing included Jimi Hendrix, the Rascals, Van Morrison, Ray Charles and Janis Joplin’s

last concert before she died, in addition to many others.

The duo also mentioned many of the local clubs such as Bunratty’s, which had been the starting point for Aerosmith and Bruce Spring-

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Resident: Limited access to beer increases popularity SG tables bill to develop more bump” immediately after its arrival, few of my friends and co-workers, Schultz said he expects bar patrons some of them have even brought it organized senate chair system as a longstanding family-owned yuenGlinG: From Page 3

brewery.”

Many local bar owners said they also see the benefits of a beer that matches flavor with affordability, and look forward to adding Yuengling to their existing selections.

“It’s priced the same as some of the more ‘economical’ beers like Coors Light and Bud Light,” said Joshua Schultz, location manager at the Boston University Pub. “Yuengling’s price, combined with its better quality, makes it a very desirable beer in the eyes of many consumers.”

Although he does not expect that making Yuengling available as a draft beer at the BU Pub will greatly increase sales beyond a “slight

to be quite happy with its return.

“It’s not like people will be coming here just because we have Yuengling, but it may keep the people here that would’ve gone somewhere else if we didn’t have the beer,” he said. “We don’t want to be the only bar in town that doesn’t have Yuengling.”

Many Boston residents said they are looking forward to the beer’s arrival as well.

Jessi Eiras, 28, of Charlestown, said that she has not tried Yuengling due to its previous unavailability, but she will definitely be trying it now that it will be available.

“I’ve heard it mentioned from a

back home from vacation because they like it so much, so I’m sure they are excited it will be available here,” she said.

But not all in Bostonians feel Yuengling’s return warrants the excitement. Valerie Pasquarella, 43, of Brighton, said she does not think the hype is justified.

“People want it not because it’s the greatest lager of all time, but rather because they can’t get it anywhere, anytime, like most beers,” she said. “Once you remove the distribution limitations that have historically bolstered Yuengling’s popularity, you’re left with an okay beer.”

Attendee: Independent candidate strong competitor FalChuk: From Page 3

phase of the game, is nothing no other candidate can really say,” he said.

Several attendees said the event was an important step for Falchuk at this point in the gubernatorial race.

John Fitzpatrick, 54, of South Hadley, said he is optimistic for Falchuk’s chances in the election.

“Massachusetts is predominantly

independents, so if [an independent candidate] is going to take off, it’s here,” he said. “… If he’s good, he could do it since there’s not a lot of excitement behind the Republican or Democratic candidates.”

Sophie DeGroot, 19, a Northeastern student interning for Falchuk’s campaign, said she was struck by his extroversion and engagement.

“Most people don’t even get to know their interns’ names and won’t be there for the interview, so that was really striking to me,” she said. “The people we’ve talked to have been very excited just because [Falchuk] is offering something new, which is what a lot of people want. Evan will be a new face for politics across Massachusetts.”

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steen, and Paradise Rock Club, which hosted U2 on their first United States tour in 1980, Billy Joel who recorded “She’s Got a Way” there, and Barry and the Remains, a Boston University band, in 1999.

Charlie Vasiliades, vice president of the BAHS, said keeping history alive is vital to all communities.

“It’s preserving history in the physical sense and also about educational historical programs,” he said. “It’s always valuable for any society to preserve its history … it gives a community a sense of itself.

Places that just tear down everything and have no sense of it are poor in the larger sense of the word.

History is a vital part of the future in remembering it and reusing it.”

Racheotes concluded the presentation by noting that future phe-

nomenal artists could still be hidden within the walls of the community.

“We don’t know down which street, in which garage or in which basement is someone sitting behind a keyboard fashioning the next big thing,” he said.

Some residents who frequently attend the BAHS’s gatherings said this was one of the best and most highly attended.

“I thought this one was excellent, one of the best,” said Pat Geary, 75, of Brighton. “All the music is familiar because it’s what we grew up to. We knew everybody and all the songs that were coming out …

I skipped school, the only time in my life, to go down and see Elvis, which was opening in Boston.”

Anne Mahoney, 75, of Allston, said the presentation was fun and also interesting because as she was growing up to the music, she had no idea it would one day be the clas-

sics.

“I didn’t attend these concerts, it’s weird to think that this is what’s thought of as rock ‘n’ roll and classics,” she said. “I never went to see these people … it was just the music of the time. Now I wish I had.”

Karen Fritz, 64, of Brighton, reverend of the Congregational Church where many of Historical Society’s gatherings are held, says the society is important for connecting people with each other and with the community’s past.

“It’s great because it gets folks together just there to learn something, feel rooted together and feel what the history of this place is, what we’re soaking in to our feet when we walk on the ground here,” she said. “Also, this church opened in 1827, so it’s a historical place, and it’s nice to meet in a historical place.”

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dis said. “We want to be inclusive, powerful, representative and diverse.”

Richa Kaul, SG executive vice president, said allowing more student groups to be represented in senate would likely not resulting in a flooding of the SG Senate, but would allow the most passionate groups to have a voice by attending meetings.

“I challenge the thought that it’s a problem that we open the door for more groups to come in,” Kaul, a CAS sophomore, said. “I don’t think it’s a problem at all. In fact, I encourage it. If that’s the way that you find yourself, that’s what you feel best advocates for you, then that’s a good avenue to explore.”

SG elected to table the motion in order for the Senate to analyze its criteria for adding new seats.

CAS Sophomore Class President Tyler Fields said the criteria for gaining a Senate seat are to be an overarching body that represents a large constituency.

“Currently, there is no specific avenue for student groups such as [CGSA] to have a Senate seat,” Fields, a College of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said. “What we need to do now is move toward … better criteria of who we give Senate seats to.”

BU Vice President of Information Services & Technology Tracey Schroeder also addressed the department’s spending plan in upcoming years.

The main focuses of the department will be improving classroom technology, social networking in an academic context and updating the student information services used to register for classes, among other things, Schroeder said. The goals of the IST department are reflective of feedback by students, staff and faculty.

“The community will provide the guidance for what is most important,” Schroder said. “Ultimately, I am accountable for deciding what I propose in a budget, but when I do that, I do it transparently.”

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A place to ‘build stuff’: Touring Boston University’s EPIC facilities Chris Lisinski Science Tuesday Editor

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aking stuff is cool.”

So says Gerry Fine, director of Boston University’s Engineering Product Innovation Center, where Wonka-esque pure imagination meets pragmatic, hands-on experience.

The Center, aptly referred to as the EPIC, opened its doors at 750 Commonwealth Ave. in January, and since then, officials and students have been hard at work putting its opportunities to use.

Fine described the premise of the EPIC as existing as three key parts: firstly, as a facility where College of Engineering students can get firsthand experience with design and manufacturing before graduating, secondly, as a “maker space” for the BU community where all students can create and finally as a central hub for student groups related to design and manufacturing.

“You can imagine that we have a variety of engineering classes that use the facility on an ongoing basis, everything from our sophomore design course to our senior Capstone project,” he said. “All of our students are required to build stuff — this is a facility where they can build stuff if they so choose.”

The interior of the facility is devoted to that process of building.

A warehouse-like room on the first floor is filled with all of the manufacturing and engineering tools, including seven 3D printers, several mills, lathes and drill presses, a laser cutter and several multi-axis CNC (computer numerically controlled) machines.

Toward one side of the room is a fully automated manufacturing cycle, complete with robots and a conveyor belt, which is used for a class not offered during the spring 2014 semester. In another room, there is a complete woodworking shop, and in the back is a foundry where molten metals are shaped into useful forms.

“Most of this stuff has been selected so that it’s pretty easy for students to learn how to use them pretty quickly,” Fine said.

The 3D printers, six of which create plastic objects and one of which creates ceramics, are some of the most popular objects, Fine said. They are placed closest to the windows along Commonwealth Avenue, so it is not uncommon for passersby to gaze in through the floor-to-ceiling windows as the machines flash and churn away.

These printers are capable of producing tools with moving parts purely based on a computer design.

Fine displayed two working adjustable wrenches and a toy car that rolls on its wheels, all “printed” with plastic from the machines.

The center is not exclusively for a niche of star science students, though — students from the School of Management and the College of Fine Arts also attend classes in the facilities.

machines during the tour.

“There’s a design and manufacturing class we all have to take as sophomores in the mechanical engineering major, and they produce projects, but they don’t necessarily know anything about machinery, so we’re there to answer questions, to consult people about their projects and to work on the machinery with them,” she said in a later interview. “… We don’t just do it for them, we do it hand-in-hand with them.”

Monahan said she is excited by

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The main room of the Engineering Production Innovation Center is a large, warehouse-like room filled with various manufacturing and engineering machines, such as this lathe.

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Left: These plastic chess pieces were produced on 3D printers at the Engineering Production Innovation Center. Right: College of Engineering senior Kiley Monahan works on a drill press in the EPIC.

“It’s really as interdisciplinary and university-wide as it can be,” Fine said.

Beyond academic courses, the

“Most of this stuff has been selected so that it’s pretty easy for students to learn how to use them pretty quickly.”

EPIC offers its resources to any student with a creative idea and an entrepreneurial spirit.

“If a student in the university has an interest in an idea that they want to turn into a prototype or that they want to realize, our requirements are pretty simple: Go online and take the safety test, come in here with a sketch of what your idea is,” Fine said. “We have a staff of five here and student workers all the time, so just go through the idea and the sketch with us and we’ll tell you if it’s possible to do.”

And the center is growing. Even on the day of the tour,

a new machine was being installed. Tech giants are joining in to support the EPIC in its goals.

“We’re doing this all in close collaboration with regional industry,” Fine said. “We have four industrial partners in EPIC: Procter & Gamble, PTC, General Electric Aviation and Schlumberger. There are a variety of other companies that have donated equipment to EPIC. For instance, Stanley Black & Decker just gave us a $20,000 of hand and power tools.”

Fine said working with industry partners allows EPIC officials to ensure that students are learning skills and information that will be applicable outside of college, and that this in turn will make BU graduates more competitive in the job market.

“We believe this is a win-win for our students and for local industry,” he said. “For local industry, we hear from them what they want us to teach our students. While we can’t do everything they want, this helps us tailor our curriculum to meet industry needs. For the students who go through here, they are more desirable to companies, and hopefully we’ll provide training to outgoing

engineers in skills that industries want, therefore aiding everyone.”

All parts of the engineering process are housed in EPIC, and this is what makes it unique: rather than simply giving students a taste of manufacturing, this center allows them to work through the entire process from design to prototyping to manufacturing to lifecycle management.

One of Fine’s biggest messages was that manufacturing is an important aspect of engineering and that most stigmas attached to it are inaccurate and unjust.

“I think that many people believe that manufacturing is some sort of dirty, undesirable profession that is only conducted by grizzled old men in dank basements somewhere,” he said. “One of the real points we’re trying to make here is: making stuff is cool. I believe that manufacturing is a noble profession. It’s not done in dark basements, it’s done in hightech labs.”

Five students have the opportunity to work in the EPIC as employees, such as ENG senior Kiley Monahan, who helps classes in the center with their projects. She was working on one of the high-tech

“If a student in the university has an interest in an idea that they want to turn into a prototype or that they want to realize, our requirements are pretty simple: Go online and take the safety test, come in here with a sketch of what your idea is.” the opportunity to work in such a dynamic setting, especially because she is unable to experience first-hand this kind of work in most mechanical engineering courses.

“As an engineer, I feel that in classes, I learn a lot of theory and it’s dull and boring,” she said. “You want to be doing things, not just sitting there doing math problems all the time … I just want to build things. If you asked me why I want to be an engineer, I want to learn how to make everything. It’s learning by doing while I’m working there [the EPIC]. Before we were learning from books, and it’s nice to get my hands in there.”

By the end of the spring semester, Fine expects about 600 students to use the facilities at EPIC. It will remain open over the summer for those enrolled in summer courses and will continue to establish itself as a key part of ENG’s curriculum in the following semesters.

Monahan offered one simple piece of advice on the EPIC for all young and incoming engineering majors.

“Use it,” she said. “Don’t ignore it. Take advantage of it. If you have projects, go to the people and the machinists that work there. They have unbelievable, irreplaceable knowledge.”

As we leave the tour, we place our required safety glasses on a table at the front of the center next to several dozen other glasses, and this seems symbolic: even at a slow hour of the day, the EPIC is stocked and ready to welcome scores of students in to think, design and make.

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I NekNominate you

Have you been nominated for NekNomination? Well, if you haven’t, here’s your nomination … to not do it.

The new social media phenomenon, NekNominate, involves people filming themselves drinking copious amounts of alcohol, and then nominating a few other of their Facebook friends to post a response video out-doing them.

The Facebook page dedicated to the craze reads, “Neck your drink. Nominate another. Don’t break the chain, don’t be a d**k.

The social drinking game for social media! #neknominate. Drink Responsibly.”

What started as a simple beer-chugging craze in the United Kingdom and Ireland developed into a worldwide competition of who can complete a more extreme drinking challenge.

This drinking game has gathered serious attention and has recently been linked to several deaths in the UK and Ireland. One case involves a young British man who filmed himself downing two pints of gin mixed with several teabags. Shortly after filming the video, Eames complained of feeling ill and died four days later. Another fatal case involved one boy mixing liquor with motor oil — which really leaves you to think what his friend did in the preceding video.

Parents and activist groups have been up in arms about this game because it has recently spread to children as young as 10. After being nominated, a 10-year-old boy nearly drowned himself in a cocktail comprised of vodka shots, Nando’s hot sauce and mayonnaise. Although he did not die, the fact that this craze has spread to this extent has caused people to call on Facebook and Twitter to warn their users about the game and regulate to their content.

Although Facebook and Twitter have been used as the hub for spreading this game, these sites are by no means responsible for the deaths and injuries of those who have been nominated. Zuckerberg created Facebook as a place to share pictures, thoughts, opinions and musings with the intent of garnering interest, and if that involves an irrational drinking game, then so be it. Social media users cannot demand privacy and then get mad at the sites for intrusive oversight.

Schools have held assemblies and conferences, while parents have created councils and

attended meetings to figure out how to combat this game. Many feel the solution would be for Facebook and Twitter to simply put up a warning sign highlighting the danger of this game.

If the social media sites put up a banner warning users of the dangers of planking or tombstoning when those were popular trends, would people have stopped? A craze is a craze and the only thing that will kill it is time. Putting up a banner or warning label will only bring it more attention.

The problem isn’t the game or the “nomination” on Facebook, but rather its the social pressure and drink-until-you-do-somethingstupid mentality. If people have a problem with the NekNomination videos on Facebook, why don’t they just change the nature of the nomination like South African Brent Lindeque did?

When Lindeque was nominated into the game by one of his friends, he decided to use the attention to do something more powerful than chugging a lethal alcoholic tincture.

“I’ve decided to create something positive out of the random global phenomena of NekNomination,” Lindeque wrote on his page. “Downing a can of Castle Light is easy … imagine if we all harnessed the power of social media to make a real difference in peoples lives. #OnlyGoodThings.”

Lindeque was filmed stopping his car at a light and handing a sandwich and drink to a homeless man on the street. He then proceeded to nominate three other friends to do #OnlyGoodThings in their video. Now, that’s something to pull on your heartstrings.

According to BullyingStatistics.org more than 1 in 3 people have experienced cyber threats online. Over half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online, while 25 percent of adolescents and teens have been bullied repeatedly through their cell phones or the Internet. According to the Journal of Adolescent Health, cyber bullying has been attributed to major psychological and physical trauma – including suicide.

If councils are going to call on these social media sites to put up warning signs against NekNomination, where is the banner warning against cyber bullying? If people have a problem with NekNomination videos, there are two simple solutions – don’t do it, and hit the report button.

kate hofberg Tinder is the hottest app to happen to our iPhones since Instagram.

For those of you who don’t know about this app because you’re already happily coupled in a romantic relationship or because you still don’t have a smartphone, let me take a moment to explain.

Tinder is the online dating app that links to your Facebook and allows users scroll through other profiles in search for potential love matches nearby. Totally uninterested in someone’s profile? Swipe left, and move on to a seemingly endless stream of potentially more appealing matches. Like someone’s look? Swipe right and pray that they will like you back. If they do, the app declares a match and introduces you in a private chat room where you can start making moves.

Just a year-and-a-half after launching, Tinder currently facilitates 400 million daily swipes and has matched 500 million people. During peak hours, which for Tinder are between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., the app processes 50,000 swipers per second!

Tinder, whose founders insist is an app that is less about dating and romance and more about making friendly connections, is also responsible for introducing at least 100 couples that have gotten married.

But let’s be honest. How many people are actually using the app to find their one true love? For most people, the app is about initiating a sexual relationship and establishing a regular booty call with someone that meets your physical standards. If you’re looking for marriage, you’re probably better off registering for eHarmony or Match.com.

The numbers of horror stories I’ve heard about nightmare Tinder dates outnumber its success stories without question. How about the Tinder date that a friend of mine recently went on that ended in her swearing that she would never go on another date with another guy as long as she lived? After showing up 20 minutes late for dinner, talking about himself the entire time and insisting that they split the $20 bill, he got in his car without offering her a ride home, even though it was snowing and she lived just a few blocks away.

Or how about a friend of mine from France who set up a date with a guy she met on Tinder for Valentine’s Day? He showed up to her door with a box of cookies that were iced with the words “Boner” and “Faster”. Being that her English is less than fluent because she is an international student with a limited understanding of

the English Urban Dictionary, she understood “boner” to mean “bonheur,” which in French means “happiness.” I can only imagine the rest of the sexual innuendos that went over her head that night. What she thought was going to be a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner for two, was to him nothing more than a way to charm his way into her pants. When she finally realized this, she was horrified, and unfortunately for him and his efforts, he went home alone.

Despite the recent dinner date disasters that my friends have experienced, I am not saying that the app is a total failure. The statistics say that people are using it too frequently for it to be a flop. What I am saying is that they are using it all wrong — looking for romance when they should just be looking to bang.

Actually, almost every single person I know has Tinder installed on his or her phones. The other night I was invited over to a friend’s house for a quiet night of casual chips, dip and beer drinking, and when I arrived, every single person there was sitting on their phones silently “Tindering.”

Alright, fine. I have to admit it. I have Tinder downloaded on my phone too. In fact, I have over 120 matches. Unfortunately I don’t have any bad date night horror stories of my own to share with you, because unlike the girls I know who are using the app to unsuccessfully locate their prince charming, I use it strictly to locate no-strings-attached hookups. As far as those go, I’ve got nothing but success stories.

You want the secret of my success on Tinder? It lies in keeping my standards in check with the unspoken underlying premise of the app, which is a catalyst for initiating strictly sexual relationships — no matter how much the founders deny it. And this is why I haven’t had to sit through a miserable dinner date or been the recipient of ridiculously frosted baked goods.

Actually, I have little sympathy for my friends that have made the mistake of agreeing to meet a Tinder match for anything more than a one-night stand. It’s the exception to the rule when matches made in heaven are initiated on Tinder. Take a lesson from me. The sooner everyone comes to the same conclusion, the less disappointed and more sexually satisfied they’ll be.

Kate Hofberg is a graduate student in the College of Communication. She can be reached at kwhofberg@gmail.com.

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Benedykciuk: ‘Framework’ not ready for pro women’s hockey league Benedykciuk: From Page 8

non Szabados and Jessie Vetter. All in all, it was a good piece of hockey.

“I think you look at a product like tonight … if you’re watching that game, you probably got a little taste, and you’re saying, ‘You know what? I wouldn’t mind watching that again,’” said Canadian coach Kevin Dineen.

You’re right, Mr. Dineen. I would like to see some more of that. And I’m sure that after this year’s Olympic tournament, I’m not alone. But I am regretfully confident that there is far too little support to form a professional women’s league or “WNHL”.

A majority here at BU apparently would not want to see more women’s hockey. This weekend’s women’s hockey game at Agga-

nis Arena against archrival Boston College recorded an attendance of a mere 478.

On Feb. 1, BU took on the University of Connecticut, in front of a not-so-roaring crowd of just 215 people. The Terriers won that game by a score of 5-2. The men played the University of Vermont at Agganis Arena the week before, in front of a crowd of nearly 5000, but fell 6-2.

Why do students here at BU show no support for the women’s hockey team? At a 2112-1 record and a year removed from reaching the national championship game for the second time in three seasons, the team looks like a masterful work of art compared to the men’s team who sits at 8-20-4. Does anyone else not understand our thought processes?

I cannot discover a sound, whole argu-

ment as to why we do not show more support for the women’s hockey team. Across the country, women’s hockey, just like women’s soccer and women’s basketball, gets lower ratings than the male counterparts.

The key to obtaining a professional women’s hockey league is to acquire a sizable core fan base for women’s college hockey.

The Olympic gold medal game, which included over a dozen current college players, and even more former players, attracted a viewing audience of nearly 18 million combined in the United States and Canada.

Eventually, women’s hockey supporters will be able to use the Olympics to springboard a movement towards a professional league, like women’s basketball supporters did after the U.S. team won gold at the 1996

Atlanta Olympics.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is an avid supporter of the women’s game. In fact, in a recent press conference with Rene Fasel, confirmed that women’s hockey will remain off the Olympic chopping block.

Even a women’s hockey advocate like Bettman, though, says this isn’t the time to be creating such a professional league.

“There doesn’t yet seem to be a framework that would justify from a business standpoint a women’s league in North America,” Bettman said in a Feb. 18 press conference in Sochi.

Though I would like to see a “WNHL” or something similar for the sake of collegiate women’s hockey players, I feel that we are still far away from its establishment.

Myers leads Terrier offensive stat sheet Men’s Lacrosse: From Page 8

game in which Carson-Banister saved more shots than his counterpart. “[Carson-Banister]’s had this confidence to him since he stepped onto campus,” Polley said.

Although he has already allowed 34 goals this season, Carson-Banister is second in the Patriot League with 11.67 saves per game, and third in total saves with 35.

For the Friars, they played their first game of the season this past Saturday, coming out with an 8-6 victory over the University of Vermont. Their offense was powered by freshman Alex Corboy, who earned his first collegiate hat trick on three unassisted goals.

Providence is hoping that the victory will spark fresh start after the team ended its 201213 campaign losing five of its last six games and an 8-8 overall record.

“We have film on them [from Saturday],” Polley said about his team’s preparation for Tuesday’s game. “Then we have film on them from last year that we watched to get a feel for their personnel and what they like to do offensively and defensively. That’s how we prepare.

“We want to bring that same type of energy

[to the game against Providence].”

BU will look no further than to Myers to continue his success against the Friars. Myers, with his lanky physique and spry feet, has been able to dart around opposing defenses and leads the Terriers in goals (three), assists (four) and points (seven). His average of 1.33 assists per game this season is good for fifth in the Patriot League.

One area of vulnerability for the Terriers may come with maintaining possession, as they are last in the Patriot League in turnovers with 20.67 per game. BU’s overall offense has struggled as well, with its 5.33 goals per game being last in the conference, but did beat this average when the team tallied seven goals versus Lehigh.

Providence, on the other hand, will try to bring back its steady offense from last season.

The Friars averaged 23.94 shots on goal per game, which was first in the Big East Conference in 2012-13.

This contest will be the Terriers’ third straight game at Nickerson Field, and BU will have two more home games before traveling on the road to play Lafayette College March 15.

“It’s definitely nice being in a familiar environment,” Polley said.

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Freshman attack Adam Schaal has three goals through the Terriers’ first three games.

Women’s hockey learns from Gretzky Women’s Hockey: From Page 8

you, and I’m talking individually, and just throwing toward the back of the net or the front of the net.”

In order to improve puck possession, Durocher drills the team in a move coined

by Wayne Gretzky.

“They’re hanging back on plays, what we kind of call a ‘Wayne Gretzky’ turn where you turn toward the boards, somebody comes down the wall and you make a little bit of an exchange or a scissor and now two people have had the puck,” Durocher said. “It’s a way of creating puck possession and making life a little bit easier for you defensively.”

Durocher believes women’s hockey league will be hard to finance Following a thrilling Olympic Gold Medal Game in Sochi, Russia, many fans of women’s hockey have clamored for the formation of a major professional women’s

hockey league. While there is a Canadian Women’s Hockey League, there are currently only five teams in the league, with the Boston Blades as the only team based out of the United States.While Durocher said a WNHL would be great for the sport, he believes that financing the league and establishing a core fanbase would be hard to do.

“Unfortunately one of those decisions that has to have a lot of money behind it and ultimately, it’s got to generate a fan base and that would be the toughest part,” Durocher said. “There have been many attempts over the last 10-to-12 years to put leagues together and they focused on ‘hockey-crazy Canada,’ and unfortunately they haven’t been able to generate the crowds that would allow it to move forward.

“So I would love to see it, it would be a great thing for the kids to have something to play for afterwards, but for now, it unfortunately it still seems to be a ways away from generating the fan base.”

was third in the heptathlon with a career-best 4567 points.

Day two of the meet started out with the women’s weight throw and long jump. The team totaled 18 team points in these two events, 10 of which were earned by senior Hannah Wiley as she won the long jump with a distance of 5.87 meters.

Sophomore Michelle Sumner also won her event later in the day, the 5,000m run, with a time of 17:03.13.

For the men field event specialists, senior Connor Sullivan finished second in the high jump with a distance of 2.04m, and senior Blake Edwards jumped 7.13m in the long jump, which was good for third place. Sophomore Reuben Horace also won the 35lb weight throw.

As Saturday drew to a close, the women were holding onto second place while the men had claimed third. The women had put up 42 points so far in their campaign, 24 behind first place Lehigh and the men were 38 behind points behind first.

The final day of the meet brought with it multiple explosive performances from the Terriers, particularly the women, who swept places one through four in the mile. Senior Monica Adler led the quartet, finishing with a time of 4:43.46. Following Adler in the race were senior Rosa Moriello (4:58.65), senior

Nikki Long (5:01.91) and junior Ashli Tagoai (5:03.87). Moriello would later place first in the 3,000m run with a time of 9:38.22.

To cap off the successful weekend, the women’s 4x400m relay team, comprised of freshman Djenne Parris, senior Janet Mellor, sophomore Jade Paul and freshman Toria Levy dominated the competition, placing first by over three seconds.

“Those kinds of things don’t just come along every day,” Johnson said of her team’s strong performances Sunday afternoon.

Johnson also brought home some hardware of her own, winning the conference’s Female Coach of the Year Award.

“I’m humbled by the other coaches voting that for me, but I also need to share that with my other coaches on staff because it’s not just me,” Johnson said. “Just the work out there, my whole staff does a great job and even though it was given to me, it’s more of a staff award.”

The meet came to an end late Sunday afternoon as the teams gathered for the award ceremony. In its first year as a Patriot League member, the women’s track & field team was victorious in its quest for that number one spot.

“It’s great,” Johnson said. “It speaks to our coaching staff and our kids being committed to getting better and working hard every day.

These are the fruits of our labor, if you will, and I think it makes a big impression to the league and we’re just really ecstatic about winning the championship.”

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Recent defensive efforts With just two games left in the regular season, the Terriers are showing the defensive muscle needed to make a Cinderella run late in March.

In four of its last six contests, BU has held its opponent under 63 points. In these games, the Terriers have held the opposition to shoot 38 percent from the floor, while causing an average of 15 turnovers per game.

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It speaks to our coaching staff and our kids being committed to getting better and working hard every day.

- BU director of track and field Robyne Johnson on the women’s team’s win.

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Mike Benedykciuk Did anybody else watch the Olympic hockey games last week between heated rivals United States and Canada? Just in case you missed them, Canada won both matchups by the same 3-2 score.

The men’s hockey semifinal contest was boring, as the Canadians controlled the game from puck drop to the final buzzer. The women’s game, however, was an instant classic, which included two goals in less than three minutes, a shot off the post of an empty net and controversial officiating in overtime that resulted in the gold medal going to the Canadian team.

Boston University forward Marie-Philip Poulin was the hero for Canada, scoring the game-tying goal with just 54.6 seconds left in regulation, and the game-winning goal on the power play with 8:10 remaining in the overtime period.

At only 22 years old, Poulin already has two Olympic gold medals.

However, she does not have an NCAA Frozen Four championship, which she is determined to win when she returns to BU. “I’m going back to Boston University,” Poulin said following the Olympic win. “I have one more year there. I want to be on this stage, and we always have to prove it.”

Additionally, Canada’s roster consisted of three former Terriers, Jenn Wakefield, Catherine Ward and Tara Watchorn, as well as three current Cornell University students, Lauriane Rougeau, Laura Fortino and Brianne Jenner.

The U.S. women’s hockey team, with its 11 college skaters, had a much different, much more bitter ending to the Sochi Olympic Games. Despite the defeat, though, the USA women should genuinely be honored of their performance as they dominated every opponent they faced except for the Canadians.

No matter which side you were rooting for, you had to enjoy the women’s gold medal game. It was fast paced, and featured barrages of offensive pressure, strong defensive efforts from both sides and flashy saves by goaltenders Shan-

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Women’s hockey gears up for HE playoffs BU looks to clinch Patriot League title

By Joon Lee Daily Free Press Staff

The regular season is over for the Boston University women’s hockey team and the postseason is finally here. One mistake, any mistake, could lead to the end of the year. The Terriers prepare to face the single elimination realities of the Hockey East playoffs when they take on Providence College this Saturday Walter Brown Arena at 3 p.m.

BU (21-12-1, 14-7 Hockey East), which started off the season with an impressive 14-3-1 record, have faltered in 2014, ending the regular season with a 7-9-1 record in the new year. BU has struggled on the defensive end, exposing senior goalie Kerrin Sperry to an overwhelming number of shots.

BU coach Brian Durocher said the playoffs are a whole new season for the Terriers to start fresh.

“It’s one-and-done and there is always pressure on both teams,” Durocher said. “There is a whisker of more pressure on the home team because you are at home and you are the higher seed and we are a handful of points above Providence. Everybody who has participated in the games this year though that all three games were right down to the wire and we’re probably going to have a one goal game, a real knock down, drag out game, and you’re going to have to find a way to win.”

Despite the new found pressures of the postseason, Durocher is not treating practice any differently than he would in the regular season.

“We try to treat the week the same as we always would,” he said.

“We are going to do a little bit of a light skate [on Monday], maybe just 20 minutes, and mostly just kind of a skating warm up. Skate around and then doing a little bit of stretching and all of the maintenance stuff you do. We have a day off on [Tuesday] and then we have three practices going into the game.”

By Justin Pallenik Daily Free Press Staff

Sitting atop the Patriot League standings as the end of the regular season draws to a close, the Boston University men’s basketball team has a chance to make some noise on the national landscape.

The Terriers (20-9, 13-3 Patriot League) have advanced to the NCAA Tournament on seven occasions, but the team has not earned a berth into the tournament since 2011. Last year, BU lost to Loyola University-Maryland in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament This season, the Terriers are first in the Patriot League and control their own fate going into the conference tournament. BU had the chance to clinch the regular season conference title Sunday at home against MICHELLE JAY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF Bucknell University, but squandered Senior goaltender Kerrin Sperry looks to help BU win its second Hockey a nine-point second-half lead en East title in as many years. route to a 63-53 defeat.

The Terriers, however, still mainPuck possession needs im- got to get good in all three zones tain a one-game lead over American and be ready to go.” provement The area that Durocher said he University with two regular season games left to play. One win in either Heading into the Hockey East would focus on most in practice is of these final two games will give the tournament, Durocher said there is puck possession, something that the Terriers the No. 1 seed and hometeam has struggled in 2014.

Sunday no particular area of the Terriers’ court advantage throughout the tourgame that needs massive improve- against No. 4/5 Boston College, nament. Both games will be on the ment, although he would like to BU had trouble containing the atroad against the U.S. Military Acadtack and did not have much fl ow in see an improvement in the team’s the offensive zone, leading to five emy and College of the Holy Cross, defense. respectively.

“There is not one area that we goals and 37 shots on the other end, “The first thing we have to do have to be significantly better on leading to a weekend total of eight is just get back to competing,” said goals and 87 shots allowed. but we’re always going to need de“We’ve given up a few too many BU coach Joe Jones. “Practice has fense,” Durocher said. “You control been especially competitive for the defense, you can do a little more of- goals so we need to start with that past couple months, but today we fense but we want to make sure that as a real important thing, not giving ratcheted it up a notch. We have to we’re hanging onto the puck more up goals and then secondly, we’ve embrace the loss and rebuild a strong offensively, making a few more got to do a little better job with mindset. We know that if we can plays. The Providence defense will puck possession,” Durocher said. compete to our highest level, we’ll “It’s amazing that if you make it work hard to stop us and ultimately have success.” that will help out on the back end hard on the other team that defend because you’re not spending as Women’s hoCkey, see page 7 men’s BaskeTBall, see page 7 much time in your zone but we’ve

W. Track takes 1st place at PL finals Men’s lacrosse welcomes in Friars

By Judy Cohen Daily Free Press Staff

Competing in the program’s firstever Patriot League Championships, the Boston University track and field team posted impressive results over the weekend at host site Bucknell University.

The women’s squad took first place in decisive fashion, tallying a total of 210 points over the course of the meet, finishing 80 points ahead of second-place Lehigh University.

“It was really, truly a team effort,” said BU director of track and field Robyne Johnson. “Every event we had people in, we scored, and I was just really ecstatic about the performances of everyone on our team.

When you talk about team championships, this is what you need. You need everyone else to help out and get points where they can, and they all came through.”

The men finished with 109 points,

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putting them in fourth place behind the U.S. Naval Academy (201.83 points), Bucknell (173 points) and the U.S. Military Academy (135.33 points).

Senior Rich Peters was awarded Male Track Athlete of the Meet after winning both the mile race with a time of 4:04.74 and the 1,000m run, where he completed the five-lap race in 2:26.90.

The championship began Friday with the women’s pentathlon and the first four events in the men’s heptathlon. BU had several of its multievent athletes showcase their prowess. Sophomore Catherine Sampson placed second in the 60m hurdles and fourth in the shot put on her way to a third-place finish in the five-event competition.

On the men’s side, senior Nat Hinckley had a strong meet, as he

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By Alex Rozier Daily Free Press Staff

Still in search of its first win, the Boston University men’s lacrosse team will welcome Providence College to Nickerson Field Tuesday at 6 p.m.

The game will be the Terriers’ (0-3, 0-1 Patriot League) third home event of the season. After two crushing defeats to start off its inaugural season, BU came much closer in a 10-7 loss to No. 14 Lehigh University last Saturday afternoon.

The Terriers will start a two-game break from its conference play as it hosts the Friars (1-0).

In the effort against the Mountain Hawks (4-0, 1-0 Patriot League), BU started the game with strong, aggressive offensive play. The Terriers earned the first lead of the game on an unassisted goal from freshman attack Pat Myers, his third of the season, and even held a 4-2 advantage early

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in the second quarter.

BU saw its lead disappear in a flash, as Lehigh responded with six unanswered goals before halftime.

Yet the Terriers managed to end the game on a positive note, outscoring the Mountain Hawks 3-2 in the second half. BU saw another resilient performance from freshman goalkeeper Christian Carson-Banister, who recorded a season and gamehigh 16 saves.

“We scored seven goals against a good team — a great goalie — and we had more opportunities, too,” said BU coach Ryan Polley after the game on Saturday. “I was just really proud of how we battled. We played for four quarters ... We battled for four quarters, and we talked about playing tough and battling and they did that and I was really proud of the guys.”

This was the second consecutive

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

W. Basketball vs. Holy Cross, 1 p.m.

M. Basketball @ Holy Cross, 2 p.m.

M. Hockey @ Northeastern, 7 p.m.