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PLC to raise money for Lu Lingzi Scholarship Fund To stop funding for fossil fuels, 350MA rallies at State House
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The chairman of the BU Parents Leadership Council announced that the council will match any contribution made to the Lu Lingzi Scholarship Fund on behalf of the seven BU community members picked to run in tribute at the 2014 Boston Marathon. By Sebastian Alamo Daily Free Press Staff
As the Boston University community rallies to prepare for seven of its own to run the 2014 Boston Marathon under the name of late marathon bombing victim and graduate student Lu Lingzi, the BU Parents Leadership Council has
offered to join in the fundraising efforts. In the spirit of fundraising, The PLC will match the money raised by the seven BU community members who were chosen to run in Lu Lingzi’s honor, said Jeanne Knox, chair of the PLC “I, as Chairman, pledged $5,000 to the matching fund, and I am currently raising ad-
ditional funds by reaching out to the PLC full membership in order to create a matching gift for whatever the students raise in their own effort,” Knox said. Chosen among 211 applicants and given slots exempted from the required qualifying time and fundraising minimum, the seven runners will fundraise for the Lu Lingzi Scholarship Fund, created as a tribute to Lu Lingzi, the Boston University graduate student killed in last year’s Boston Marathon bombings, Knox said. “The Parents Leadership Council tries in general to support the students,” she said. “The Parents Leadership Council is looking to, with this pledge, support the efforts of the seven runners who have been chosen and also to support this BU community as a whole in this effort to create a scholarship to remember this wonderful student.” The stories of the runners who applied to represent Lu inspired Knox to spearhead the parent fundraising campaign, said Knox, who was on the Boston University campus when the bombing occurred last year. “I was very moved by their [the runners’] personal stories,” Knox said. “I was very moved by the whole process of choosing seven people out of that enormous number of applications, and I just personally felt that there were parents feeling the same way, certainly in the PLC. That is why I stepped up to do it and why I think other parents in the council will join me.”
lend at a lower interest rate, Lipman said. “It’s harder to get out of paying [federal] loans by declaring bankruptcy,” he said. “The banks know you’re on the line, so even if your credit is not very good, because there’s just no way to get out of it, they’re still going to make the loan.” By contrast, banks are more likely to deny private loans due to the greater risk involved, he said. “If your credit’s not good, they’re nervous, so it gets to be very difficult,” Lipman said. Johannes Schmieder, an assistant professor of economics in CAS, said there were other benefits to taking out federal loans.
Despite the cold weather and potential for snow Wednesday, over 100 activists from 350 Massachusetts rallied at the Massachusetts State House to gain support from legislators and the public for a future of divesting from fossil fuel use. A volunteer-led initiative that confronts climate change issues and urges divestment, 350MA began in June 2012 through Better Future Project, a program that aids other grassroots movements in bringing about change and seeing a future beyond fossil fuel. The fight for fossil fuel divestment began on Sept. 7, 2012, said Malcolm Bliss, the campaign’s statewide coordinator. “It’s going to take a lot to do this, but we need to,” he said. “Fossil fuels are a huge cause for concern and threatening the way of life. We are working toward a just and stable future beyond fossil fuels.” The state Pension Reserves Investment Trust invests approximately 2.5 percent of its funds in fossil companies. Wednesday’s rally was held in support of S-1225, a piece of state legislation that would demand the removal of that stock and prohibit future investments in those companies, Bliss said. Eli Gerzon, the state division organizer of the Better Future Project, said the supporters of this legislation are choosing to invest in the environment. “Divestment is when we’re so invested in an industry that we realize that we do not want to support that and we take the money that we are investing in that industry and invest in something else,” he said. “[Today] we are hoping to show the support that there is for divestment … that gives us the opportunity … to become the first state to divest from fossil fuels.” Massachusetts was the first state to pull its pension fund from apartheid South Africa 30 years ago, and the Commonwealth has the ability to do it again, said speaker Chuck Collins, a researcher for the Institute for Policy Studies. In May, the atmosphere’s carbon dioxide reached 400 parts per million, a level that has not been seen in more than 300 million years, said Devyn Powell, a student representative
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Private firms offer more undergraduate student loans By Adrian Baker Daily Free Press Contributor
Private lenders are offering more loans to college students at institutions such as Boston University due to an upswing in the economy, according to a Wall Street Journal article published Monday. The seven largest private loaners in American allocated almost $6.9 billion to students last year, an 8.1 percent increase from the year before, according to a study conducted for the WSJ by MeasureOne. Many Boston University students said private loans are a necessary addition to financial aid and federal loan packages. Madeline Beach, a College of Arts and Sciences senior, said she took out loans from Sallie Mae.
“I chose this option simply because I didn’t have many other choices,” she said. “I was able to get some grant money and loans from BU, but I was still short by several thousand dollars.” Beach said the loan was often accompanied by a higher interest rate than traditional federal loans. “For me, it [Sallie Mae] hasn’t been the best option,” she said. “One year the interest rate was above 10 percent.” Barton Lipman, professor and chair of the economics department in CAS, said private loans tend to cost more due to their high interest rates. Federal loans contain provisions that are intended to guarantee students’ debts are repaid, which allows sources of funding to
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Boston resident creates petition to create more spaces for food truck business By Olivia Deng Daily Free Press Staff
Following Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s second Twitter Q&A, a Change.org petition requesting more allocated space for city food trucks picked up speed, collecting over 200 signatures through Wednesday. Launched on Feb. 20 by Steven Leibowitz, a Boston resident and senior applications trainer at Northeastern University, the petition requests an expansion of operating food trucks in Boston, especially in neighborhoods that are currently not served by food truck programs. “I have been pretty active and engaged in promoting the food trucks for a period of time,” he said. “You have this situation where there are a lot of trucks coming in and it’s really competitive to get a spot in Boston. So having seen that and having seen how popular they are, I thought there’s a lot of opportunities still in the city to grow the program.” Leibowitz, who runs a website about food trucks, said the program has become more competitive since its launch in 2011, largely due to the increase in interested food trucks and the stagnant growth of available food truck spaces. “We started out with a few trucks, a
dozen or so trucks the first year and we’re up to the point now where there’s like 60 or 70 trucks that are vying for spaces in Boston,” he said. “On the flip side of that, we haven’t had a significant increase in the number of spaces available for trucks.” Taking advantage of the public’s focus on Walsh’s Twitter chat, Leibowitz tweeted his petition to @marty_walsh, hoping to attract attention to his petition. The Boston Redevelopment Authority tweeted back at Leibowitz, citing a need to keep in mind a balance between restaurants and food trucks, Leibowitz said. Edith Murnane, director of the Office of Food Initiatives, said a balance must be found between all parties affected before adding food trucks to the city’s streets. Each year, the number of available spaces for food trucks is increased by 15 to 18 percent. “Each year we do that and each year there are more and more spots available,” Murnane said. “We have to balance everyone’s needs. We have to balance neighborhood businesses, business owners, residents, as well as food truck operators and food truck
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After a Twitter chat with Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, one participant who voiced his desire for more food trucks in the city created a Change.org petition pushing for more locations for these type of vendors.
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Donations give Lu family means to work with BU Food trucks bring economic mArAtHon: From Page 1
Associate Director of BU’s Parents Program Christy Olson Loring said making this donation is meaningful to the parents of the BU community grieving for the tragedy. “This project is important to the Parents Leadership Council members as they are parents as well as mem-
bers of the BU community,” Olson said. “They too have felt a loss, they have grieved and they have supported their own BU students in the face of calamity, following the marathon bombings.” Knox said she believes this donation will give parents a chance to actively participate in the BU community and support the campus they
care about. “The Parents Leadership Council is a group of parents who meet twice a year in order to discuss the issues around parenting a college-aged student,” she said. “... For the BU community, it is a way that parents can step up and support the incredible feeling of community that surrounds it students.”
growth, innovation to Boston food trucks: From Page 1
loving and eating population.” Frank Shear, owner of Paris Creperie, a crepe food truck that operates in the Seaport District in South Boston and Harvard University in Cambridge, said food trucks promote economic growth and innovation. “Because of the density of people, a city makes the best place,” he said. “Entrepreneurship is perhaps the best outgrowth of expanding the availability of food trucks. There are so many manufacturing jobs in this country that have been lost, and you could consider food trucks either a blue collar or white collar industry. However, food trucks, in a way, can help overcome the loss of jobs.” Ian So, owner of a food truck called Chicken and Rice Guys, said the core value of food trucks is its unique offerings to consumers. “With a food truck, you can start with any unique concept,” he said. “There’s a lot of niche stuff you can do that you may not want to take a risk when starting a large restaurant, but with a truck, you are more able to do that.” So said he has shown support for the petition, and he is
optimistic it will help grow the food truck industry in Boston. “I’ve been watching it and promoting it on our own social media,” he said. “It’s been amazing. It has gone from zero signatures to past 200. It’s definitely feasible [to create change with this petition]. The government doesn’t see the value in trucks as much as the public does.” Several residents said food trucks bring a variety of social and economic benefits to the city, but careful consideration should be done before adding more. Jack Byrne, 27, of Brighton, said he has never tried a food truck, but it promotes a diversification of food that creates character in the city. “It sounds like a convenient idea,” he said. “It brings local food and local businesses to different parts of the city.” Moaraj Hasan, 21, of Kenmore, said food trucks have become a new novelty, especially among young people. “I know foods trucks have been around for a pretty long time, but they are really coming back as sort of this new, hipster thing,” he said. “It’s just a novel place to get food. It sort of enhances the culture.”
Attendee: Divesting fossil fuels ‘moral, financial’ predicament fossil fuels: From Page 1
from Tufts Divest Group and one of the event speakers. “[Fossil fuels are] a generational theft,” she said. “That’s human lives. Right now [there are] people in Peru who are already running out of water because their glaciers are melting because of climate change.” Katy Allen, another speaker, said the divestment of fossil fuels is a necessary step toward improving the environment because profits made from the destruction of life are immoral. “I invite you to feel the soil beneath your feet, the personal connection between the Earth in which we live,” she said. “We are just travelers in the moment. What we are doing is sucking the life out of it and destroying it.” Several event attendees said the climate change provides the planet with a grim future, but they are hope-
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ful they will gain more support on the road to full fossil fuel divestment. Carol Walker, 55, of Winthrop, said fossil fuel use is no longer a minor issue, and many people consider it to be a crisis. “This is an environmental, moral and financial problem,” she said. “The fossil fuels are destroying our planet. Other countries are suffering the worst. Peru is running out of water.” Susan Redlich, 67, of Cambridge, said Massachusetts should continue to serve as a leader in fossil fuel divestment, and 350MA is taking steps toward making that dream a reality. “Today especially we want to highlight the urgency of doing something at a state level to send a message to other states that they have the power to divest from fossil fuels,” she said. “350MA is a great way for people to learn about the climate emergency and to find positive ways of avoiding the worst of that.”
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All-seeing eye What a time to be alive for people with poor sight. I have been nearsighted since about eight years old, with my vision becoming worse and worse with every passing year. When I was younger I must have had pretty poor taste, because I picked out the most heinous glasses at the optometrist’s office. They were so unattractive that my parents made SYDNEY L. me remove them SHEA in pictures. Since I was a very active child, mainly with dance, glasses were both a necessity and nuisance at the same time. It’s not exactly easy to pirouette without my glasses rocket-launching from my face, but without them, it’s difficult to avoid collision with other ballerinas. By middle school, glasses became too cumbersome, so I finally decided to get contacts. Since the natural response to something poking your eye is to look away, I was a complete wimp about putting them in the first time. Sometimes if I don’t have my glasses with me, say, when I’m out and my contacts are really irritating, I decide to take them out. I try not to ever let this happen, but the consequences are just as frustrating as painful eyeballs. In my current state of vision, I can barely see a thing more than a few feet away from me. Cars and buses are probably visible, but bicycles are definitely not. I’m at the point where it is barely safe to walk around without glasses or contacts, especially in a populated city. One of the more awkward disadvantages of not being able to see well is that I can’t tell if I know people around me in public, either on the sidewalks or in hallways, or anywhere else I might see friends or acquaintances. I’ve had friends who literally needed to grab me to get my attention, so it leaves me to wonder how many people I’ve ignored. Disorientation from poor sight is a strange feeling, one that I don’t enjoy experiencing. For anyone who relies on glasses or contacts to see, I’d suggest going somewhere in public and experiment with what it is like to live in a blurry world. Not only are logistics and social awkwardness issues that come with poor eyesight, but I think the general quality of life is majorly affected as well. There are few things better than walking out onto campus and seeing the Prudential building, the trees, the people and all of the environment’s other details in high definition. It’s difficult to imagine what life would be like without the availability of glasses, but I still take them for granted almost every second of life. Although glasses, or at least some sort of magnifiers, have existed for about two millennia, we can assume that they haven’t always been of the quality they currently are, and probably not as widely accessible either. There is no better time than the 20th century through the present for non20/20 people. Anyway, if you know me and I ever look like I’m avoiding you on the street, it’s actually just because I can’t see that you’re there – or I’m just avoiding you.
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Attitudes toward immigrants improving Advocacy group
requests more MRVP funding
By Kelsey Newell Daily Free Press Staff
Boston residents’ views toward immigrants have shown to be initially hostile and then decrease with continual exposure to immigrants, as depicted by a study that utilized public transit stations to analyze human behavior. Ryan Enos, assistant professor of government at Harvard University, published this study Monday. Enos said his research is important now that there is a lot of controversy over immigration policies in Boston. “There was a broad interest about the effects of diversity, mixing with other types of people, how it affects people’s attitudes and how it affects their behavior,” he said. “You can think about why this is important in a lot of contexts … but it’s especially important in situations like the U.S. right now, where the country becomes more and more diverse because international immigration happens at greater levels.” Enos said studies like this are difficult to conduct because it is impossible to randomly assign diversity, but train stations provided a good opportunity to collect data. People who looked and sounded
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in BU’s College of Arts and Sciences and SMG. “But to an extent, it all depends on how the individual performs. You can come out of Harvard, but if you have a 2.5 GPA, no one’s going to take you seriously.” Correa also said he felt his undergraduate education would train him aptly for a job in the future. “A lot of international students are sent abroad because, for us, an undergrad degree seems valuable,” he said. “I finally decided to go into the SMG field, and they allow you to look at all your options into the future. It does prepare you well.” Zach Hall, a CAS freshman, said the reputation of the school students attend could play an important role in securing them a job down the line. “I’ve heard from professors in the astronomy department that, having gone to BU astronomy, it looks good on your transcript,” he said. “It’s highly enough regarded that it will realistically help you get a job or go to grad school.” Jarvis Rodriguez, a junior in
In order to provide affordable housing for the increasing number of homeless people in Boston, Homes for Families, an advocacy group for homeless families in Boston, is requesting an increase to the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program’s budget. The MRVP assists low-income state residents with rent by offering two types of vouchers. Those in need can either apply for vouchers that allow them to choose their own housing or ones that are specifically for subsidized housing. Libby Hayes, the executive director of Homes for Families, said a $30 million increase to the MRVP could be a huge step toward reducing homelessness in Boston. The 52 percent increase would bring MRVP’s current budget of $57.5 million. The advocacy group brought this request forward to legislatures on Monday at the state house. “[The budget increase] would result in approximately 3,000 vouchers,” Hayes said. “We could assist 3,000 households in combatting homelessness.” The MRVP was once funded at over $120 million, and at that time, homelessness was not nearly quite the crisis that it has become in Boston today, Hayes said. “When the MRVP program was funded at $120 million the state had less than 1,000 homeless families,” she said. “Ever since we’ve stopped investing as much in the homeless we have over 4,500 homeless people living in Boston.” According to a statement released by Andrew Gornstein, undersecretary for the Department of Housing and Community Development, the MRVP has seen expansion for the first time in 20 years under the administration of Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. “The MRVP is one component of the administration’s comprehensive approach to address housing needs,” he said. “Under the Governor’s leadership, the program experienced its first significant expansion in 20 years by funding over 2,500 new vouchers over the past two fiscal years. The
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Homeless, see page 4
KATHRYN NEUHARDT/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR
A Harvard researcher recently conducted a study on several commuter rail platforms in the Boston area and found that mixing ethnically diverse people can influence social acceptance in a positive way.
like Latinos, who Enos called “confederates,” were planted throughout Boston-area train stations in communities that have not been affected by immigration. He then surveyed people about their attitudes toward immigration policies at two different points in time during their exposure. A control-group was also used and was surveyed before the planting of the confederates began. “After the shorter dose of expo-
sure, just three days, you see people … think there should be less immigration and they’re more likely to endorse things like English as an official language of the U.S.,” he said. “We measured again after 10 days, and what you see is that initial exclusionary attitude has diminished somewhat and it looks more like what people’s attitudes were in the beginning.” To read the rest of this story, please visit dailyfreepress.com.
Grads unprepared for workforce, poll suggests By Drew Schwartz Daily Free Press Staff
College graduates leaving institutions such as Boston University and entering the job market may not be prepared in the eyes of employers, according to a Gallup Poll survey released Tuesday. The survey found that only 14 percent of the American public and 11 percent of business leaders strongly agreed that college graduates have the necessary skillset to succeed in the workforce. Several students said though they found their undergraduate education important, pursuing opportunities outside of the classroom is crucial to preparing for the working world. “Just sitting in class and learning about different examples, it’s great, but it would be more educational to be able to go out and do something hands-on,” said Rachelle Ku, a sophomore in BU’s School of Management. Ku said she expects to struggle in her first few experiences on the job, and that her undergraduate experi-
ences likely have not prepared her fully for a job in her field. “I don’t think I’d be completely satisfied with my performance at first, but I would get there as more experience comes around,” she said. Rachel Pollard, a sophomore in Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, said it was important to pair college classes with real world experience. “I’ve had a lot of interaction with community service organizations, but I’ve kind of had to seek that out myself,” she said. “What really prepares you for those [job] experiences are being in the working world, going out there and shadowing or visiting businesses.” The survey also reported that 9 percent of business leaders said a candidate’s alma mater was very important when making a hiring decision, while 54 percent of business leaders felt it was not important. “If you do look at it statistically, all the top business leaders have come from Harvard, or Wharton, or really good colleges,” said Desmond Correa, a freshman double majoring
SAR researcher helps create app for cognitive disorder therapy By Taryn Ottaunick Daily Free Press Staff
Boston University will provide funding for an iPhone Operating System application that provides mobile therapy for patients with cognitive disorders developed from the research of a professor at Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. The app, dubbed Constant Therapy, was given funding from BU after officials discovered the potential to launch an enterprise from the successful research of SAR professor Swathi Kiran, said Managing Director at BU’s Office of Technology Development Vinit Nijhawan. “We figured out that it would be possible to take some of the research she was doing there, as well as the therapy they were conducting, and put it into a software system that would allow the patients to take the therapy they were doing at Sydney L. Shea is a senior in the SAR and take it home to do in beCollege of Arts and Sciences. She can tween visits,” Nijhawan said. be reached atslshea@bu.edu. As testing for the app returned
positive results, the company was able to receive funding from both the Coulter Award Program of BU’s biomedical engineering department and the Launch Award of BU’s Office of Technology Development, Nijhawan said. “Results [of testing] haven’t completely been tabulated, but they were pretty positive,” he said. “It then made sense to go start a company. We have gap funding programs at BU. The Coulter Foundation grant is one of them, but then we also have this thing called a Launch award, where if a company is formed as a BU spinoff, we have the ability to put a little bit of money in to allow the company to raise more money.” The app is designed to provide outpatient therapy through a mobile device for patients with cognitive disabilities, said Veera Anantha, Constant Therapy’s chief executive officer and co-founder. “Constant Therapy is a software solution that enables people with
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Boston University recently provided Constant Therapy some funding to help promote and expand their iPad application, which is geared toward recovering patients with traumatic brain injuries by helping them improve their cognitive and language skills.
cognitive language, communication and learning disorders to access science-based brain therapy at their fingertips,” Anantha said. “The program helps people who may have suffered a brain injury, stroke, head injury, dementia. It also helps kids
who have developmental or learning disabilities which lead to slower progress in school.” Anantha said Constant Therapy is groundbreaking in its ability to
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Federal student loans give option to defer Rising housing costs fuels homelessness Student Loans: From Page 1
“A potential advantage of federal loans is that they offer various options for reducing loan payments during times of low income,” he said. Some federal loans allow students to defer payments without accumulating interest while in school, Schmeider said. Families with low disposable incomes can select a repayment plan with minimal required payments, he said. Some students said private loans have potential benefits as well. Matthew Solomon, a junior in BU’s School of Management, said he receives private loans from the New England Federal Credit Union. “I think choice is the biggest reason why people [take out private loans],” Solomon said. “You can pick how you want to pay for it, how you want to refinance it.” Solomon also cited enhanced customer service as an advantage of private loans. “[With federal loans], it’s very hard to get
in contact with somebody,” he said. “With a private institution, you’re paying a bit more to get that culture and that atmosphere where you can just walk in to ask a question.” Private loans also allow students to cosign with another individual. Solomon’s federal loans, for example, are in his name, whereas his parents are helping to pay for his private loans. Natalie Rivera, a senior in CAS, takes out private loans from Sallie Mae, as did her older siblings. “They have conditions for the deferment of payments,” she said. “If they know I’m going to graduate school or law school within the next 18 months then they’ll defer the payment.” Rivera said Sallie Mae has become more lenient on collecting repayments since the recession of 2008. “What I experienced with my older siblings was that they were a bit more strict asking for repayments,” she said.
Repetitive therapy helpful for patients App: From Page 3
provide access to therapy at any given time or place, solving the previous issue of patients being unable to access therapy due to financial or disability-related reasons. “Because the software has such a broad set of tasks available in it, the patients are able to get very personalized and individualized care plans set up for them, either by their clinicians or through the system automatically,” he said. “The patient gets started with Constant Therapy when they work with their clinician. Then, the patient continues to use Constant Therapy on their iPad at home
independently and their clinician can monitor their progress.” Constant Therapy provides an ideal solution for patients who previously had no stable method of receiving therapy outside of rehabilitation centers, Kiran said. “In the long term, patients do not have a consistent way to continue their rehabilitation program due to physical and financial barriers and will experience communication deficits for the rest of their life,” she said. “Constant Therapy’s platform eliminates these important barriers to continue rehabilitation by providing therapy through iPads that patients can practice whenever and wherever they prefer.”
Homeless: From Page 3
Governor’s FY15 budget proposal not only sustains those increases but also funds additional vouchers for the upcoming fiscal year.” Homes for Families is very confident in the MRVP, and Hayes said the group believes the additional funding is crucial to solving the homelessness crisis “MRVP is a key tool that Massachusetts has to adjust our homeless crisis and the affordability crisis that the state is facing,” she said. Massachusetts Sen. James Eldridge is an advocate for more affordable housing and a supporter of the MRVP budget increase. “It’s very important because it is a true solution to keep working families in housing,” he said. “It covers most of the rent for poor families and it makes it realistic for people to get housing in Boston. It’s simple and it works very well.” Eldridge explained that the rising cost of housing in Boston is one of the primary reasons that the homeless population has grown so much over the last few years. “We have among the highest housing costs in the country, which makes it harder for working families to afford an apartment,” he said. “Even though we’ve had a relatively large economic recovery in Massachusetts, some people
still haven’t had a large enough recovery and can’t afford housing prices, which continue to go up.” Eldridge said Homes for Families definitely has a chance of getting their request granted because Massachusetts has the revenue and the MRVP is capable of helping people who need homes. “We saw a $20 million increase last year and state revenues in Massachusetts continue to be pretty solid,” he said. “We still have thousands of families in shelters and hotels. Increasing the MRVP program will help to reduce that number of families.” Some residents said homelessness is a prominent and growing issue in the city. “You can walk up and down any street in the city and see [multiple] homeless people,” said Courtney Tarleton, 23, of Allston. “I don’t think there’s any question about whether or not it’s an issue,” Aaron Gracci, 23, of Back Bay said that the budget increase would be beneficial, but it would not completely solve the issue of homelessness. “It would probably be beneficial to a lot of homeless people,” he said. “But where the government would get the money from might be another issue. In any case scenario it won’t be 100 percent effective.”
SMG student: Internships most valuable Workplace: From Page 3
SMG, said though undergraduate classes emphasize skills potential hires need, applicants should to gain hands-on practice to prepare for a career. “You need real-world experience,” he said. “I don’t think that you go from here into a workplace knowing everything. Having an internship gives you a real sense of, once you graduate, what a real job is going to be like.” The Gallup survey also found that 37 per-
cent of Americans believe online providers offer a high-quality education. Ku said though it may be advantageous for students to have a “brand-name” school on their résumés, employers often valued specific skill sets above a students’ alma mater. “Huge companies like Google, they don’t even look at that,” Ku said. “They sometimes think people that don’t even have college educations are more creative and bright than kids that do go to college.”
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by local breaking legend Xcel of ore than 20 individuals of Problemz Kru, an explosive dancer varying size, age and genwho has traveled the world thanks der breathed life into the to his impeccable sense of tempo squeaky-floored dance studio at the and body control. With more than Student Activities Office on Satur15 years of experience, the frayday evening, inhaling and exhaling tested, artist-turned-teacher showto the rhythm of hip-hop and stompcased power move after power ing feet. Despite a rather modest atmove before leading a panel distendance, Boston University Hipcussion that tackled the significance Hop’s inaugural “Pillar Event,” the behind breaking as well as its orifirst in a series of four this semester, gins. helped hip-hop fans jump into the “A beat boy is someone who unworld of “breaking,” commonly derstands the knowledge and histoknown as break dance, at the club’s ry of the dance, not just somebody B-boy Workshop and Panel. who can spin,” Xcel said. The workshop-panel spanned Though all four panelists shared two hilarious hours and aimed to an abundance of information (Nevinstill both a self-testing joy and a er touch your nose if you find yourheightened awareness of the legself in a breaking battle — it’s the endary style of street dance. Carl ultimate sign of disrespect), the Zhang aka “Zhango,” a Sargent most applicable statement of the College of Health and Rehabilitanight came much earlier, during the tion Sciences senior; Alejandro Raworkshop segment. mon aka “Jandro,” a Northeastern PHOTO COURTESY OF MARCI WOLFISH “Look in the mirror,” said Zhang University junior; and Robinson Le during a routine. “See how you look aka “Conan,” a University of Phoe- BU Hip-Hop hosted the first of four “Pillar Events” on Saturday, where break dance beginners and seasoned pros, like, then see how you want to look nix student spearheaded the event, like Northeastern student Alejandro Ramon pictured above, showed their stuff on dance floor of the Student Activilike.” guiding a mixed group of club ties Office. Zhang’s words summed up the members and guests through a short A crystalized bond intensified when event’s theme of advocating for the selfset of beginners’ moves. The trio taught with visually dissipated, and, in the midst of midconfidence, undoubtedly the result of years of term season, so did stress. One girl, initially Zhang, who has more than seven years of directed destruction of limits and comfort squirmy with a shy smile, voyaged to the cen- experience, led the encircled group in a side- zones. practice and dance-related battles. A similar principle led to the formation of First came the “up-top pop rock” (also ter of a cheerful dance circle at the friendly step movement. Synchronized and smooth, known as the top rock) followed by the “six urging of others — yet another moment of dry foreheads gave way to sweat as the BU Hip-Hop itself: The founders, who failed step,” a rotational roundabout requiring community and self-improvement that has sounds of moving bodies filled the room and to see what they wished for in a collegiate hoodies were discarded. Archaic soul jams environment, willed a vision into reality. In the spider-like crisscrossing of legs while come to define Boston University Hip-Hop. “It’s a lot about self-growth, and growing and new school Action Bronson tracks guid- a room brought to life by personal growth, crouched. A few attempts actually succeeded in completing the basic move, but all in at- with others around you,” said Ramon, who ed and complimented a more tangible, man- laughter and dance, the only marks of division in this expanding community are the potendance were more than willing to experi- has been breaking for more than two-and-a- made pulse. Later, the student instructors were joined sitioning lines on the gray gym floor. ment and risk toppling over. A fear of failure half years.
Something Sweet for winter’s close: Cupcake cafe offers seasonal menu
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s February comes to an end, it’s hard not to look ahead to spring in anticipation. Even if you’re sick of the cold, you can still take advantage of what winter has to offer — without getting snow in your shoes. One of the best ways to revive your winter spirit is through the special flavors of the season. Sweet Cupcakes’ winter menu offers an array of these unique flavors and might just be the prefect remedy for your winter blues. Sweet Cupcakes’ winter menu, which runs through March 19, includes classic cupcake flavors like Angel Food and Cookies and Cream. More dominant, however, are those based on popular winter treats — like Half-Baked Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Chocolate Chip Pancake and Hot Cocoa. But do these seasonal cupcakes evoke memories of cozy winter days, or are these flavors overkill? The Half-Baked Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough cupcake features an immaculately piped swirl of chocolate chip sprinkled, fluffy buttercream frosting with a miniature chocolate chip cookie nestled with-
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in. This dollop sits atop a moist, spongy vanilla bean cake with a half-baked chocolate chip cookie dough bottom. Unfortunately, the cookie dough that rests at the bottom of the cake (and gives the cupcake its name) is so thin that it goes virtually unnoticed when paired with the more dominant buttercream and vanilla cake. Still, the fact that the halfbaked cookie dough can be overlooked is a testament to just how outstanding the rest of the cupcake is. The buttercream frosting is just sweet enough to satisfy your sweet tooth without sending your body into sugar shock, and the mini chocolate chip cookie is not only the perfect decorative addition, but also holds its own as a soft and chewy cookie that tastes fresh out of the oven. The Chocolate Chip Pancake cupcake is one of the most unique flavors that Sweet Cupcakes offers. It consists of a large mound of “maple infused buttercream” frosting perched atop a chocolate chip buttermilk base. A buttermilk pancake is inherently not the most flavorful food,
but this chocolate chip buttermilk cake is especially bland. It is also dry on the inside and firm on the outside, which makes it difficult to eat, and the payoff is not worth the struggle. In contrast, the maple buttercream frosting tastes just like the sugary maple syrup you love to pour all over your morning pancakes. This combination of maple and buttercream is a swift onetwo punch of sugar. Don’t get me wrong, this frosting is mouthwatering, but if you aren’t someone with an unyielding sugar addiction you will not be able to withstand more than a few bites. Of the three, Sweet Cupcakes’ Hot Cocoa cupcake remains the most faithful to its inspiration. The cake has an intensely rich dark chocolate flavor with a dark chocolate mousse filling, topped with light, airy whipped cream. The whipped cream is dusted with cocoa powder and topped off with a red stirrer straw. The dark chocolate cake is as heavenly as a cup of gourmet hot cocoa, and the whipped cream looks and tastes just the whipped
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With flavors like Chocolate Chip Pancake and Hot Cocoa, Sweet Cupcakes isn’t afraid to tackle winter favorites with its seasonal menu.
cream you would find floating at the top of your mug. The reference is unmistakable, yet ultimately, this is still a cupcake and whipped cream is simply no substitute for frosting. Your favorite sweet winter treats might not make for the most perfect
cupcakes, but no one can say the winter menu at Sweet Cupcakes is dull. These remain some of the most original cupcake flavors around — and for that, it’s worth giving them a taste.
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Let’s not get too excited
Arizona Senator Jan Brewer announced Wednesday evening that she vetoed Arizona Senate Bill 1062. If passed, this bill would have given Arizona businesses the right to deny service to gay and lesbian customers based on the religious beliefs of their owners. Supporters of SB 1062 said it was created with the intent of protecting religious freedom, and was not intended to insinuate any type of discrimination to gay and lesbian people. But, if that instead sounds like a roundabout way to justify discriminating against someone based on his or her sexual orientation, it’s because it essentially was. Since Brewer is no stranger to passing controversial bills, it was hard to trust she would make the right decision on this one as well. But after intense pressure from politicians and businesses that had their economic interests in mind, Brewer thankfully came to her senses and vetoed the bill. In her announcement on Wednesday, she said that SB 1062 would cause Arizona more harm than good. She called the bill “broadly worded,” and said it could have serious “unintended consequences.” And Brewer was right. Under SB 1062, if a gay couple walked into a store in Arizona where the owner didn’t agree with their sexual orientation, they would be legally justified to refuse them service. There was no way to look at this SB 1062 and not see the words “discrimination” written all over it. Yes, it is great that Brewer vetoed this bill, and we can all celebrate and say how progressive America and Arizona have become in terms of equality; however, the fact that this bill was even considered by Brewer should be enough to churn our stomachs. Bill supporters, such as Senator Steve Yarbrough, defended SB 1062 by saying it was, “about preventing discrimination against people who are clearly living out of their faith.” If this were the case, Mr. Yarbrough, then where in this bill would people of a contradicting faith be protected from such discrimination? It would be nice to believe that Brewer vetoed this bill based on ethical reasons. But, when this bill was in question, many speculated she wouldn’t pass it because of
the “economic harm” it would do to Arizona businesses. This leaves one to think how much ethics really played into her decision. After all, would she really want to jeopardize being able to host the 2015 Super Bowl in her state? Before Brewer made her decision to veto the bill, supporters of SB 1062 cited the 2006 case in which a New Mexico photographer was sued for refusing to take wedding pictures of a gay couple. Since our country was founded on the idea of religious freedom, people argued that penalizing people for not wanting to serve gays and lesbians goes against that right. Although many people may have supported SB 1062 just based on sheer homophobia, at the same time, there was some validity in their argument. If a priest does not want to marry two gay people, then he or she should not be forced to do so. If people disagree with gay marriage, it is their loss for being intolerant, but it is also in their First Amendment right to feel that way. If we are actually a country founded on religious freedom, we have to respect opposing points of view as well. Their prejudices, however, should not add more to Arizona’s second-class citizen status (looking at you, Arpaio). However, this argument goes so much further than priests and florists. If SB 1062 was passed, how far would the idea of legally justified discrimination spread? What would happen if a child was denied access to a school because they came from a family of two gay parents? Religion was created to give people a sense of order, not to be impressed upon others. Although Arizona SB 1062 was grounded on the idea of religious freedom, if this sort of freedom is used to hurt other people, then there is really no point in having it at all. Since Brewer vetoed SB 1062, it will be easy for our country to move on and completely forget about it. But this should not be the case. If anything, the proposed legislation of SB 1062 should come as a rude shock to our country about how much progress we still have to make in terms of tolerance for gays and lesbians.
Life in the left lane
Obamacare is here to stay... for now SARA Ryan As I battle the plague from the confines of my virus-infested dorm room, I’ve been spending more time on the Internet lately. In between Netflix (OH MY GOD HOUSE OF CARDS) and Buzzfeed quizzes, I happened upon the most recent Obamacare numbers. According to a Time article from Tuesday, approximately 4 million Americans have used the healthcare website to sign up for insurance. There are about five weeks left until the end of open enrollment, which is when the fees start kicking in for those who don’t have health insurance. According to Kaiser Health News, approximately 48 million Americans were uninsured in 2012, which is the most recent data available. So while only 12 percent or so of the uninsured may be covered by The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), that’s still a giant step forward for plenty of Americans. The ACA has proved itself, for now, but if the political winds shift, the whole thing might come tumbling down. Don’t get me wrong. I am more than grateful for Obamacare and the initial consequences. For the first time in a while, several of my own family members have health insurance thanks to the ACA and the subsidies the Obama administration has provided. Before Obamacare, this was actually something that kept me up at night. Every time I go to the doctor’s office, I’m grateful that I have health insurance and realize just how lucky I am. But, this of course makes me angry because the angsty teen liberal inside me thinks that healthcare should be a right and not a privilege. However, what really scares me is what happens in 2016 or 2020, before all the kinks are worked out. If Americans elect a more conservative president and Republicans have a majority in Congress, I have a guess what will be the first thing on the chopping block. Then those 4 million American will lose the subsidies that could make healthcare affordable. I’m not saying that Republicans are cold, heartless vultures who will prey on failed liberal social welfare programs. No, seriously, that’s not sarcasm. I truly don’t think that they will intentionally steal affordable healthcare away from millions of Americans. However, I do think Republicans will naturally be a lot more critical of Obamacare in the early years. But this is when it really needs the political support – not supporting it now would be like my parents kicking me out of the house at the age of eight. I could barely reach the top shelf with the Lucky Charms, let alone be
independent. Obamacare is going to cause a lot of problems in the beginning, especially when the bills start rolling out for small businesses and individuals who haven’t signed up yet. An article from just days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the ACA relays some important statistics. A June 19 Huffington Post article found that 41 percent of small business owners froze hiring as a direct result of Obamacare. 19 percent planned to cut back employee hours to limit the number of employees they’d have to provide healthcare for. Forcing small businesses to comply with the ACA is going to cost individual small businesses in the short run, but the long run benefits definitely outweigh the costs. However, whether or not we get to the long run is up to the midterm elections in November and any upcoming federal elections. If small businesses fail to make it through the rough transition period, they will never see the economic benefits of having healthier employees. Yes, political pundits keep acting like Obamacare is the end of the world as we know it. Here’s a fun fact: Most developed nations have much more expansive universal healthcare laws than we do, and guess what? They’re still functioning, quite well if you ask me! I’m not pretending that I know the entire law backwards and forwards. I have Christianity reading to do for class! Also, as a math a public relations student – I mean, completely qualified doctor of economics – I clearly understand all of the impacts this will have on our economy. Note: that was a little sarcastic. However, I’m willing to give it a chance. I just hope our politicians are going into this with somewhat open minds. I’m not asking you or Marco Rubio to love Obamacare. I’m just asking you to give it a chance. We often forget how privileged we are to be able to go to the doctor for low costs or have a necessary surgery without worrying about how we’re going to foot the entire bill. Some 44 million people still don’t have those rights. Maybe we should start thinking of ways to make that happen, rather than how we can take those rights away from the 4 million who just got coverage. 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: Wichita State has offense, experience to make NCAA title run Chipps: From Page 8
University and Drake University. Skepticism arrives when you see the Shockers’ schedule includes all three of these teams, who are three of the bottom teams in the conference and together have a combined 17-34 record in conference play. To make matters more interesting, Wichita State has only one win against a team in the RPI top-25, and its two best wins this season were against bubble teams like Brigham Young University and the Saint Louis University. In comparison to No. 6 Duke University, who just knocked off thenNo.1 Syracuse this past Saturday 66-60, the Blue Devils have the third-toughest schedule in all of college basketball and have played eight teams inside the RPI top-25. The Shockers’ resume has its faults, and
you shouldn’t overlook their weak schedule because it may be their demise come March. But their formula for success is one built for title runs, not for shaking off the haters. First and foremost, the Shockers are a team built with balance, having four players averaging 10 points per game, a rarity in college basketball today. As a team, Wichita State is shooting a solid 45.5 percent from the field and 34 percent from the 3-point line. But it’s the Shocker defense that has been the staple behind the team’s undefeated season. Wichita State is in the top 10 in rebounding margin and 16th in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just over 60 points per game. While the numbers are impressive, the Shockers’ cohesiveness has put them in
contention for their first-ever NCAA title. Watching the Shockers play, you quickly notice coach Marshall’s imprint on his team. Wichita State only commits 10 turnovers per game, and the backcourt composed of guards Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker control the game fluidly. The Shockers are also unique in that they rely on their bench so heavily, with guys like forward Darius Carter and guard Nick Wiggins (Andrew Wiggins’ older brother) contributing with eight and five points per game, respectively. But above all, Wichita State’s greatest asset is its experience, which it will have to lean on heavily if it plans on making a return trip to the Final Four, and ultimately winning a national championship. The Shockers are the same team as they
were a year ago when no one knew what they were capable of accomplishing. With the underdog status lifted and all but assured number No. 1 seed come tourney time, the Shockers will have to prepare like they’re the team that’s being hunted and not the hunter. Can they repeat a run to the Final Four? On paper, the ruling says no. But then again, how often does the best team actually win the title? Winning the NCAA Tournament is about two things: matchups and being hot at the right time. Wichita State will undoubtedly cause matchup problems for any team they play in the tournament, and last time I checked the Shockers have been pretty hot all season. Smells like another Final Four to me.
Russell, Connolly receive weekly awards Softball: From Page 8
strikeouts but just our presence and our confidence level — I was really impressed with that and how they took the field. “And for [sophomore pitcher Melanie] Russell to take the mound after not pitching for a year-and-a-half was a great boost for her and for the entire team because you always feed off the pitcher on the circle and how they carry themselves. And with all of our pitchers, that carried to the rest of the team.” The Terriers were powered in their strong performance in tournament by Russell and freshman third baseman Moriah Connolly. Both players were awarded the top Patriot League weekly awards — Connolly for Player of the Week and Russell for Pitcher of the Week. Russell was strong in her first games with the Terriers, throwing 17 innings during the weekend tournament. In those innings, Russell fanned 12 hitters and held batters to a .190 batting average. She started three games in the circle, posting a 2-1 record. “Melanie Russell was just very impressive on the mound,” Gleason said. “Her start after a layoff and to take the mound in South Carolina in a brand new facility, she was composing her time and she exuded confidence on the mound and I think that carried over to the rest of the team. I’m just so proud of how she took the mound for each game that she was involved in.” Connolly was a force at the plate all
weekend, going for 7-for-14 in the four games. The Florida native also collected 13 total bases and swiped three. Gleason said she has been impressed by Connolly’s speed and her team-first attitude so far this season. “Speed can do a lot of things, and Moriah has that,” Gleason said. “You can’t teach that. It’s just a part of her and Moriah has done everything we’ve asked her to do. She’s been very versatile and going between the infield and the outfield. “She really came in as an infielder with us and then in the fall we moved her to the outfield, and due to some roster changes we had to move her into the infield again. She’s an option everywhere, just a fun player to watch and I think she can do some big things here at BU.” To go along with Connolly’s strong performance, junior outfielder Mandy Fernandez contributed to the attack. Last season the outfielder struggled, hitting just .200 in 33 games. This year, she has gotten off to a hot start, recording five hits and four RBI through the first four contests. While getting off to a fast start was important for the Terriers, Gleason said it is good for the team not to get too high on its quick 3-1 jump out of the gate. “It’s always important, but like I said when the Patriot League preseason standings came out, it’s not where you start, it’s where you finish,” Gleason said. “It can do a lot for your confidence and that can definitely build.”
Robertshaw sees improvement in loss against top-ranked Minutewomen Women’s Lacrosse: From Page 8
team hard to play against. They have people who step up and they don’t just need one person in order to get the win.” BU finally ended the UMass run with a goal from Boarman that was assisted by junior attack Lindsay Weiner with just 1:06 remaining in the half. The first frame came to end with the Minutewomen leading 5-4, outshooting the Terriers 14-9. BU opened up the second half with a goal at the 28:45 mark from junior attack Kelsey Marafioti, tying up the game at five. The Minutewomen quickly answered the Terrier goal with two of their own from sophomore Kate Farnham and senior Katie Sheridan with 25:53 in the game. With 16:41 remaining in the game, UMass put two more marks on the board with goals from Rush and reigning Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year Katie Ferris to bring the score to 9-5. In an attempt to get back in the contest, Marafioti found the back of the net with help from Weiner, cutting BU’s deficit to three with 15:53 left. Weiner then scored a goal with just over 11 minutes remaining to bring the score to 9-7. The Minutewomen responded with two more goals — one from redshirt sopho-
more Katie Ott and the other from Eipp, who ended the game with four scores — to give the Minutewomen a cushion and an 11-7 lead with 6:00 of play remaining. With a little over two minutes left, Robbins added a goal for the Terriers, but it was not enough for BU to overcome the deficit, and the Minutewomen came away with the 11-8 win. Even though the Terriers lost the match, the early lead gave Robertshaw confidence that the team will have what it takes to compete against high-caliber squads for the rest of the season. “I believe [the team] can do it and the players believe they can do it,” Robertshaw said. “They just have to put in the work to get it done. It’s as simple as finishing a play and getting it to our attackers. They have it in them to play against big teams and get big wins” Robertshaw also said she saw improvements in the team and will look to use this better play next time out against Dartmouth College. “Our attack was much more composed today,” Robertshaw said. We were solid on defense. [Goalkeeper Caroline] Meegan was good in the cage with nine saves. All those things looked good. Hopefully we can learn a lot from today and keep getting better and win the next game.”
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Junior outfielder Mandy Fernandez has five hits through the Terriers’ first four games.
Papale drains 19 points in win over Army Men’s Basketball: From Page 8
fired a pass from the opposite foul line to under Army’s basket, where Alston laid the ball in to cut the lead to 6. The hot shooting of Papale continued, though, as the sophomore hit a 3-pointer from deep in the backcourt with 10:40 remaining in the game. Two minutes later, Papale converted another three in the corner that gave the Terriers a 54-53 lead, their first advantage since the 9:42 mark of the first half. Right out of a BU timeout with 4:40 left, Watson raised his level of performance on the offensive end. First, the point guard dribbled through three Army defenders in the paint to convert a left-handed layup to make the score and give the Terriers a three-point lead. On the next trip down, Watson received a tough pick from Morris, which gave the guard room to pull up and drain a deep 2-pointer. Yet for every move made by Watson, Wilson answered for the Black Knights. During that sequence, Wilson himself took a midrange jumper, and then followed that with a 3-pointer to bring the lead down to two. In the final seconds of the game, with BU
up 71-70, Army nearly pulled off a dramatic comeback. The Black Knights were given the ball with seven seconds left after Watson was called for a 5-second violation on an attempted inbounds play. After Wilson missed a midrange jumper, Army collected the rebound and managed to hit a prayer of a shot as the buzzer sounded. However, the referees reviewed the play that would have won the game for the Black Knights, and ruled that the shot took place after time had expired. Papale’s accurate shooting gave him 19 points on the night, which included a 5-for-6 performance from 3-point range. Irving delivered a strong all-around effort, contributing 9 points, 10 rebounds and three assists. “I was really pleased with the way we responded in the second half, but I thought in the first half we turned it over a ton,” Jones said. “And I really thought Army played with great passion from the start of the game.” “We responded in the second half, got loose balls, got rebounds, got stops. We got out in transition and made two huge plays down the stretch. It was a great team win.”
Black Knights control tempo of game Women’s hoops: From Page 8
Minato — en route to taking an 18-16 lead with 7:45 remaining. “Our plan was to not let Minato shoot, and I thought we did a great job on her,” Greenberg said. “We left some of their shooters open to get the ball out of her hands. I told my players, ‘if other players hit threes that’s on me.’ They still got to make them, and they did.” The Terriers did not go away, coming back to tie the game three separate times in the next
two minutes. The Knights then jumped back ahead 24-22 off of a layup from Johnson with 5:44 left in the first frame. Army stretched its edge out to seven points, but BU cut it right back to four off a trey from senior guard Danielle Callahan. Showing no regard for a Terrier comeback, Army extended its lead to eight points right before the first half came to a close. To read the rest of this story, please visit dailyfreepress.com
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Fish and Chipps BU clinches share of 1st place in Patriot League Black Knight Is Wichita State legitimate?
Isaac Chipps
If you are shocked that the Wichita State University is the only undefeated team left in college basketball this season, don’t be. At this time last season, the Shockers were virtually unknown to everyone north of the MasonDixon line. But a little madness in March forever changed the “Wichita State of mind.” Behind the leadership of their charismatic coach Gregg Marshall, the Shockers became America’s “Diaper Dandy,” and favorite underdog, miraculously usurping favorites like No. 1 seed Gonzaga University and powerhouse program Ohio State University to make it all the way to the Final Four, coming within four points of defeating the eventual champions, the University of Louisville. After their unprecedented run to the Final Four last season, critics were certain that Wichita State would fall into the typical lapse that most mid-major teams crumble to after their 15 minutes of fame: mediocrity. But this Wichita State team is not your average “one-and-done” underdog team. Their team motto, “play angry,” perfectly describes how this team has continued their unprecedented run of success this year. This season, the Shockers have once again shocked the college basketball world with their 30-0 record and their ascension to basketball glory. After Boston College’s upset over Syracuse University last week, Wichita States now claims the throne as top dog in college basketball, with the chance to become the first team since the 197576 Indiana Hoosiers to go undefeated over the course of an entire season. With the rise to power so quickly and that big fat zero in the loss column this season, many spectators have been critical of Wichita State’s worth come March, and with good reason. The Shockers play in the Missouri Valley Conference, a midmajor league with teams like the University of Evansville, Bradley
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The Boston University men’s basketball team came out with a narrow 71-70 victory against the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. Wednesday night. With this win, the Terriers (21-9, 14-3 Patriot League) clinched at least a share of first place in the conference. The Black Knights (13-15, 9-8 Patriot League), on the other hand, finish the regular season sitting in fifth place. The Terriers jumped out to a 9-4 lead in the opening five minutes with the help of senior forward Dom Morris, who made to early baskets near the rim. The two sides remained relatively close for the first 10 minutes, at which point Army held a 10-9 lead. After the Black Knights scored eight straight points, sophomore guard Maurice Watson Jr., scored on a fast break after junior forward Nathan Dieudonne got a steal in the backcourt and tossed the ball ahead to Watson. With 5:45 left in the first, Watson penetrated the Army defense and kicked a pass out to senior forward Travis Robinson, who nailed a 3-pointer. Guard Kyle Wilson, though, came right back, stroking a three that brought the Army lead to 23-18. Center Kevin Ferguson’s allaround play helped extend the Black Knights’ lead to 10 after he hit a pair of free throws and dished a pass to guard Josh Herbeck for a layup. Army’s 33-23 halftime lead was largely due to turnovers. The Terriers committed nine in the first half compared to the Black Knights’ three. Down but not out, sophomore guard John Papale led the Terriers back into the contest during the second with his 3-point shooting. Papale hit his first three 30 seconds into the half, and then another two minutes later to cut the lead to five.
No Events Scheduled Carl Pavano announced his retirement yesterday. The Monument Park ceremony is set for the 2014 regular season.
By Emmanuel Gomez Daily Free Press Staff
and the backboard before falling in to make the score 41-33. Another trey by Wilson increased the lead to 11 — the largest of the game at that point — with 14 minutes left. The hustle of sophomore forward Justin Alston helped inch BU closer. After an Army field goal, Alston slipped behind the Black Knights’ defense, where Papale found him for a dunk that shook the backboard. After a steal on defense, Watson
With a chance to pick up a victory in the Patriot League, the Boston University women’s basketball team welcomed in the U.S. Military Academy Wednesday night at Case Gymnasium. The Terriers, beleaguered by second-half shooting issues, fell to the Black Knights, 75-48. “We played really good in the first half,” said BU coach Kelly Greenberg. “We played with really good energy, we rebounded the ball well. So we did a lot of great things in the first half. And unfortunately we couldn’t sustain it. “The start of the second half we had breakdowns, we gave up some layups — lack of communication. So it was things that we’re usually very good at defensively, and we just broke down.” The Black Knights (20-7, 12-4 Patriot League) got the scoring started with a jump shot from forward Brianna Johnson. They then extended their lead to five just moments later off of a 3-pointer from guard Jen Hazlett. Senior forward Rashidat Agboola answered with a jump shot to make the score 5-2. The Black Knights then expanded their lead to 9-2, but the Terriers came right back with a 7-0 run to tie up the game at nine with 12:34 left in the first half. BU (11-19, 6-11 Patriot League) then took the lead off of a layup from Agboola, and went up 16-13 just moments after with another Agboola make from inside the paint. After those points though, it all went downhill for the Terriers. The Black Knights got a triple from the highest scoring player in the Patriot League — guard Kelsey
men’s bAsketbAll, see page 7
Women’s Hoops, see page 7
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Sophomore guard John Papale scored 19 points in BU’s 71-70 win over Army.
“[Papale]’s unbelievable,” said BU coach Joe Jones. “I don’t know if I’ve ever coached a kid who’s capable of going on runs like that. It’s unbelievable what [he’s] been able to do. He’s done it time and time again in the last two years.” The Terriers then tried to capitalize by implementing a full-court press, which the Black Knights broke down easily, as they found Ferguson for a layup with 16 minutes to go. A minute later, Herbeck shot a 3-pointer that bounced off the rim
Terriers fall to No. 10/11 UMass Softball ventures to California By Gabbie Chartier Daily Free Contributor
Despite holding an early edge, the Boston University women’s lacrosse team fell 11-8 to the No. 10/11 University of Massachusetts-Amherst on the road Wednesday afternoon. “We knew what to expect with this team,” said BU coach Liz Robertshaw. “We felt really good about the game plan and executed it well, but we did not have the confidence to keep the game going in our favor.” The loss marks BU’s (0-3) third consecutive defeat of the season, all of which have been against ranked opponents. The Terriers hopped out to a quick lead in the first two minutes of play, with two goals coming from sophomore midfielder Sofia Robins. The first score was assisted by junior attack Jenna Boar-
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Thursday, Feb. 27
offense surges in 2nd half
By Alex Rozier Daily Free Press Staff
Friday, Feb. 28 Softball @ Santa Clara, 4 p.m. M. Hockey vs. Northeastern, 7 p.m. M & W Track @ TTC, All Day
man, while Robins’ second goal was unassisted. The Minutewomen (4-0) answered back with 25:37 left in the first with a tally from senior Sam Rush on an assist from senior Melissa Carell to make the game 2-1. Redshirt sophomore attack Mallory Collins put up another goal for BU about three minutes later, extending the Terrier lead to 3-1. But by the 19:58 mark, UMass notched its fourth goal in a row to take a 5-3 lead. The first score came from Rush. Sophomore Erika Eipp did the rest, following up the Rush goal with a hat trick, scoring the next three goals within six minutes of play. “Eipp stepped up huge today, she had a big day,” Robertshaw said. “That’s what makes this
Women’s lAcrosse, see page 7
Saturday, March 1
W. Basketball vs. Holy Cross, 1 p.m. M. Basketball @ Holy Cross, 2 p.m. W. Hockey vs. Providence, 3 p.m. M. Hockey @ Northeastern, 7 p.m.
By Joon Lee Daily Free Press Staff
The Boston University softball team heads out to warm Santa Clara, Calif., this weekend to compete in the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational after a strong start to the season, in which the Terriers took three out of four games in South Carolina. The Terriers (3-1) will be faced with the task of playing Seattle University, Santa Clara University and the University of California-Davis. BU put on a strong offensive performance at the Gamecock Invitational, outscoring its opponents 21-9. The Terriers will look to build off that strong all-around performance this weekend. “We started at a really good place,” said BU coach Kathryn Gleason. “As always, you have something to work on offensively
Sunday, March 2 Softball @ Santa Clara, 1 p.m. W & M Track @ TTC, All Day
and defensively and you try to focus on that in practice this week. “Our whole goal and focus from the very beginning is to trust the process and play the game and commit to it and we just have to commit to the whole thing, the fundamentals and the whole thing that we have to do to get better each and every single game.” Gleason said she believes the Terriers came out with a presence that intimidated opponents and ultimately contributed to the Terriers’ success. This confidence and presence ultimately stemmed from the strong pitching performances. “How we took the field and how we communicated and how we attacked at the plate, we were very aggressive,” Gleason said. “In the beginning, it caused some
softbAll, see page 7
Monday, March 3 W. Golf @ Kiawah Island Cl., All Day