Special Housing Issue
The Daily Free Press Wednesday, March 19, 2014
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For gender-neutral housing, years of effort bring reward By Drew Schwartz Daily Free Press Staff
For years, the Boston University student body has been collaborating with Student Government, the Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism and other groups to advocate for gender-neutral housing on campus. The process had its ups and downs, its charges forward and its surprising snags, but now, for the first time during a spring housing selection, students have that option they have been requesting for so long. In August, BU President Robert Brown approved the gender-neutral housing proposal after the administration abruptly halted it in December 2012. Since then, students have taken advantage through direct room swaps, allowing them to live with any fellow student of any gender identification. “When I came onto the initiative freshman year, in pushing it, I received comments from students saying they wanted gender-neutral housing because they didn’t feel safe on campus, they had to hide their identities and they didn’t feel comfortable within BU’s residence halls,” said former Chair of the BUSG Advocacy Committee D.A. Whatley. Whatley, a junior in the School of Management, said SG had been “given a mandate” by the student body to bring gender-neutral housing to BU. “I felt as though as a member of the BU Student Government at the time and as a student in general that none of my fellow Terriers should feel that way at all,” he said. While students were only able to achieve
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Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences sophomore, Maya Inozemtseva (left) and Colleges of Arts and Sciences sophomore Daniel Smith (right) are the first two Boston University students to live in gender-neutral housing on campus.
gender-neutral housing in the 2013-14 academic year through a process of directly switching rooms, the option will be available as a choice in almost all residence halls for the 2014-15 school year. Warren Towers, Claflin, Rich and Sleeper Halls, The Towers and the Myles Annex will not offer gender-neutral housing. “For some students who moved off campus, it was because they wanted to live with someone of the opposite sex, and this certainly
makes that available [on campus],” said BU spokesman Colin Riley. “Ideally, you’re going to be in a living environment that is suitable to the way you live, suitable to your getting the most supportive academic and learning environment.” Whatley said the movement initially faced opposition from students and parents.
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Prosecutors file motion to restrict Tsarnaev BU to host women’s liberation conference By Kelsey Newell Daily Free Press Staff
Federal prosecutors working on the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing case filed a protective order Monday in hopes of preventing alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from being able to see autopsy photos of the bombing victims. By law, the defense team has the right to view all the evidence that is found by either the prosecutors or the defense lawyers during the discovery phase of the trial, but prosecutors want to keep Tsarnaev from unnecessarily seeing autopsy photos other than the ones that will be presented in court. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, the prosecutor who filed the motion, is arguing that Tsarnaev viewing the photos would be further hurting the families of the deceased. “Tsarnaev has no need to review personally the many photos that will not be used against him, and that allowing him to do so would vio-
late the victims’ rights to dignity and privacy and subject them to needless harm and suffering,” states the prosecutors’ motion. U.S. District Court Judge George O’Toole has set a trial date of Nov. 3 where it will be decided if the alleged Boston Marathon bomber will receive the death penalty or a lifetime prison sentence, as the bombings resulted in three deaths and over 260 injuries. The prosecutors said allowing the alleged bomber to view the photos of those who tragically died would be putting the families of the victims through more pain. “Allowing photos of the mutilated bodies of the victims to be viewed by the man accused of mutilating them would needlessly revictimize the family members in the same way that innocent children who are photographed pornographically are revictimized whenever those photos are seen by others,” said the prosecu-
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By Andrew Keuler Daily Free Press Staff
Boston University will host a three-day series of exhibitions to commemorate the women’s liberation movement of the mid20th century. The symposium, titled A Revolutionary Moment: Women’s Liberation in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s will run from March 27 to March 29 and will bring together scholars and artists in various disciplines, said Deborah Belle, the director of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at BU. “We really hope that the conversations we have at the conference, the information that’s exchanged, as well as simply being with each other and that energy, may allow us to do better work moving forward,” she said. The conference will feature various presentations of artistic and scholarly nature,
Belle said “We have two-and-a-half jam-packed days, over 50 panels, three full evenings of film of and about the era, one staged play, songs, poetry, photography, scholars and activists,” Belle said. Among the many events scheduled for the symposium are a staged interpretation of the play For Colored Girls, a showing of the feminist documentary Left on a Pearl and presentations from a variety of speakers, including distinguished women’s historian Linda Gordon, journalist Susan Faludi feminist writer Kathie Sarachild. Award-winning novelist Marge Piercy will give the convocation address, “The War on Women is Part of a Larger War,” in which she will read some of her poetry and give a talk. “I’m attending the conference because I was involved in the second wave of the
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BU students march in Students for Justice in Palestine protest at Northeastern By Jaime Bennis Daily Free Press Staff
About 200 protesters, including several Boston University students, gathered on the Krentzman Quadrangle at Northeastern University on Tuesday to protest Northeastern’s suspension of a pro-Palestine student group. Northeastern shut down the NU Students for Justice in Palestine, which advocates on behalf of Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and Israel, last week for allegedly violating the university’s Student Organization Resource Guide, according to several news outlets. Tuesday’s protest coincided with university hearings of two NUSJP members who are facing sanctions for distributing mock eviction notices around the university, a campaign designed to simulate how Palestinians
were allegedly removed from their homes by Israeli forces. “I know a lot of the supporters here [at the protest] do not particularly support our issue, but I think it is an issue of free speech,” said Manuela Uribe, a member of BU’s chapter of SJP who attended the protest. “These issues could happen anywhere. It’s very scary.” Uribe, a College of Arts and Sciences senior, said BUSJP has not conflicted with BU administration. Protesters picketed, chanted and marched from the Krentzman Quadrangle to the office of Northeastern President Joseph Aoun with a petition signed by more than 6,000 individuals. The petition demanded that the NUSJP be reinstated and that the administration’s charges against the two NUSJP members be dropped.
The protest was planned by a coalition of 30 organizations, including faith groups, feminist and LGBTQ groups and SJP chapters from other universities. Madeline Burrows, who spoke at the protest and is traveling with the PalestinianAmerican Ali Abunimah Book Tour, said the number of protesters who attended impressed her. “It’s Tuesday morning, it’s difficult for people to come by,” she said. “The fact that there are still so many people here speaks to the support for SJP at Northeastern.” Rabbi Joseph Berman, a member of the Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinical Council, also spoke at the protest. “JVP for Boston demands that Northeastern reinstate SJP, drop any disciplinary action against its members and become an institu-
tion of higher learning that supports freedom of speech for all of its students,” he said during his speech. Liza Behrendt, a JVP Boston organizer, said she was “disheartened” by Northwestern’s decision to suspend NUSJP. “Our hope is to put enough pressure on the Northeastern administration that they reinstate NUSJP and drop all charges against individual members,” she said. “We also want to send a message to administrations all over the nation that it is not acceptable to censor the speech of students, especially students who are simply calling for human rights.” Martin Federman, former Hillel Director at Northeastern, said he was upset by the re-
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Students agree GNH necessary for gender fluidity Writer: Women’s liberation history ‘lost, mythologized’ GNH: From Page 1
“I had discussions with students and parents saying that this isn’t acceptable, this wasn’t the way things were when I was in college,” Whatley said. “There were students that felt as though due to the sexual assaults that had been taking place recently on campus that men would force themselves upon young women. It was intense.” Whatley said students should thoroughly consider whether they wished to pursue such living situations. “There were a lot of concerns,” he said. “It wasn’t all roses, but the overall gains of providing this option to students outweighed the potential downsides.” Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences sophomore Maya Inozemtseva and College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Daniel Smith were the first students to swap into gender-neutral housing. The couple, who were long-time friends before they began dating,
have been living together in Danielsen Hall since Inozemtseva’s roommate vacated her residence in May. “I saw it as a trial period,” Inozemtseva said. “If it didn’t work out, we could always just switch rooms, but everything worked out fine.” The couple will be living in an off-campus residence next year. Riley said fewer than 10 students currently utilize gender-neutral housing, though that number is likely to increase as more students choose roommates for their spring housing selection appointments. “We have yet to see what the demand is, and we don’t anticipate that it will be unexpected or something we can’t meet,” Riley said. Several students said they felt this is an important housing option for BU to offer. “There are people who are gender-fluid, who don’t really fit into binaries, that would appreciate it,” said Francesca Riegler, a sophomore in CAS. “It’s important that you feel
comfortable where you’re living, and if you’re going to be here to learn, you should be able to have a safe space to go and study and live.” Sade Franco-Ogunleye, a sophomore in SMG, said she would not use gender-neutral housing for herself but supports its existence. “I don’t think it affects me personally, but for the people who have been fighting for gender neutral housing, it is an important resource,” she said. “If they identify with a different gender, they’d feel more comfortable living with the gender that they identify with.” Sabih Siddiqi, a junior in CAS, said it was a “great accomplishment” for the student government and student body. “If it’s being underused right now, I’m sure in the future it will be used as it was intended to,” he said. “If it’s only four students, it doesn’t matter. Even if it’s only one, that would be absolutely fine. That’s something I feel the student body should advocate.”
Prof.: Minimal legal standing for motion TSarNaev: From Page 1
tors in the motion. David Rossman, criminal law professor at Boston University, said he thinks the prosecutors do not have much basis in filing this motion because defendants have a legal right to participate in the preparation of their defense. “The only precedent for preventing defendants from getting the in-
formation that the lawyers have is on a public safety basis, so if you might be afraid that someone would be in danger if he had access to the information,” he said. “Just causing emotional distress would really extend the idea of restricting a defendant’s access to information that his lawyers think he needs way beyond what courts have already recognized … it’s a bit of a stretch.” Rossman said the defendants
have the right to see all the evidence. “Defense attorneys want to see everything that’s coming down, so that they’re not surprised,” he said. “I don’t know why the defense might use them, but it certainly bears on the question of whether the defendant deserves the death penalty because the manner by which he killed them is something the jury can take into account.”
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cent action taken against the SJP at Northeastern. “I don’t suspect that it [the protest] is going to achieve anything in terms of making the university change their decision, but the protest is important and needs to be publicized,” he said. Judy D. Rouse, a member of Local 26, a union of Massachusetts’s hospitality workers, also attended the protest. “They want the best students to come here, they want them to grow
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women’s movement from its inception and it was and is important in my life and my identity,” Piercy said in an email. “The history of our movement has been lost and mythologized and denied and distorted. This conference will attempt to set some of that straight.” Piercy will also be featured in a session on poetry called A Revolution of Poets, in which she and several others are going to read poetry, particularly that of women who have died and talk about the importance of this work, Belle said. Belle said the symposium will strive to reassess how the women’s liberation movement is perceived by the public in order to correct common misunderstandings that distort future scholarship. “The [women’s liberation] movement has been in public perception distorted, as well as forgotten and misremembered,” Belle said. “All of these concerns led me to think it would be good idea to have a conference … A lot of work that goes on today is based on understandings of what we learned from the past. We think some of those understandings are in error in fact or not as informed as they could be.” Geena Davis, an actress and women’s rights activist who graduated from BU in 1979, will be awarded the Bette Davis Founda-
tion Lifetime Achievement Award on the final night of the symposium, Belle said. “[Geena Davis] was obviously deeply affected by the women’s movement of that era, and as herself became an activist in creating her foundation Gender in the Media, which spotlights a lot of pressing problems and is very important today,” Belle said. “She will give a talk about her career and particularly her foundation. It really helps to bring us into the present day and make connections to the past.” Michael Merrill, Bette Davis’s son and the chairman of the Bette Davis Foundation, said Geena shares the values of feminism possessed by his illustrious actress mother. “[The award will] honor an actress with as distinguished career as well as a person who has exhibited similar attributes to my mother: hard work, dedication to family and career,” Merrill said. “Geena Davis exemplifies those values.” Belle said her hope is that the conference will provide an opportunity to use past events in the women’s liberation movement to better understand the present. “The poets, the novelists, the painters, the artists, all these people had tremendous impact in their different ways,” Belle said. “We want our conference to reflect everything that was the women’s movement in that era.”
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and aspire as a person and speak up and change the future,” she said. “They say we want these things for you, but you have to do it our way. I just don’t feel that that is right and I wouldn’t want that for my kids.” Rouse said the protest might eventually persuade Northeastern to reinstate NUSJP. “Progress doesn’t happen over night, but it’s going to build more awareness,” she said. “It’s going to get the administration to take a step back and think. Hopefully this will be a wake up call for them.”
Campus & City City Crime Logs March 11 to March 18 By Kelsey Newell and Mina Corpuz Daily Free Press Staff
The following crime reports were taken from the AllstonBrighton D-14 crime logs from March 11 to March 18. Suspect removes donation container from store At 3:16 a.m. on Wednesday, officers arrived at 1232 Commonwealth Ave. for a property damage call. Upon arrival, officers found the glass door shattered by a rock and a 3x5-inch donation box for the ASAT Education Center containing $50.00 stolen from the counter. No money was taken from the cash register and gift cards were left on the floor. Detectives will further investigate the incident. Suspect tries to flee after passing fraudulent check On Wednesday, police were called to Commerce Bank on 423 Washington St. The branch manager said that a teller had been verifying the suspect’s check and found it missing identifying symbols and logos. A call to the owner of the check confirmed that someone had forged the check. When being questioned by the officers, the suspect appeared agitated and tried to leave the bank. Officers restrained and arrested the suspect for forgery, larceny by check and uttering.
Money and personal papers taken from apartment A reported breaking and entering brought officers to 146 Chiswick Road Wednesday night. The victim said that upon arriving home, he found the front door deadbolt locked. He went around the back of the apartment and found the door unlocked and one window open. The victim reported cash, credit cards, personal papers and a watch missing. Suspect enters through unlocked door and robs About 5:50 p.m. on Saturday, officers arrived at 200 Corey Rd. for a breaking and entering report. The victim told officers that the suspect removed $1,200 from his apartment. Officers did not find signs of forced entry and believe that the victim might have left the door unlocked. Victim threatened and attacked at pub Officers received a report of an assault at 9:45 p.m. on Saturday. As he was exiting the restroom at the Bus Stop Pub at 252 Western Ave., the victim came into contact with the suspect standing in the doorway. The suspect threatened him before repeatedly punching and kneeing him in the groin. A bartender and patron ended the fight. Afterward, the victim went to the hospital to receive treatment. The victim said he knew the suspect. Detectives will further investigate the incident.
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BU set to offer full-year housing beginning in summer 2014 By Taryn Ottaunick Daily Free Press Staff
Boston University students have struggled for years in a mad scramble to find on-campus residences during non-academic periods, so as a solution, BU Housing announced a new residence option that lasts for a full 12-month cycle. The Year-Round Housing Option will be offered beginning in May, said BU Housing Director Nishmin Kashyap. Residences will be available exclusively between 90 and 92 Bay State Road, and the program will give students the opportunity to remain in the same residence during all vacations. “This option allows students to live on campus throughout the summer and academic year … in a dormitory-style residence and not have to move-out during break periods,” Kashyap said. “Approved applicants will reside at 90 to 92 Bay State Road continuously beginning with Summer Session 1 through the end of the academic year.” Students will be able to live in these rooms for Summer Sessions 1 and 2, the 2-week bridge period between the end of Summer Session 2 and the start of the school year, and all academic breaks including the Thanksgiving, winter and spring recesses. 90 to 92 Bay State Road contains brownstones in a small dormitorystyle residence. Although on-campus services such as dining halls will be closed during the break periods while year-round housing still functions, the building has features to combat the inconvenience. “This residence contains a common area kitchen for residents’ use during break periods when BU Dining [Services] is closed,” Kashyap said. “It should also be noted that apartment-style accommodations are open during academic year break periods.” Despite the on-site kitchen, students who sign up for year-round housing are still required to enroll in a traditional BU dining plan, Kashyap said.
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For the first time this year, students living on campus will have the option to apply for 12-month housing so they can live in the same location from the fall through summer terms.
The new housing option was developed to aid students who participate in Boston-area internships or take summer courses at BU but struggle to find housing during that time. “There have been requests by students to remain in their housing during breaks and summer terms,” Kashyap said. “This will give students the continuity they are looking for. We see this program benefiting all students who want to stay in the Boston area during break periods and the summer.” The rates for year-round housing will be charged in five increments, or one charge for each of the five sessions of the BU calendar: both summer sessions, bridge housing and the fall and spring semesters. “The basic room rate for this option also includes the cost of vacation housing,” Kashyap said. “As the demographics of our student body changes, we have to provide viable options. We also have to see if there is a real demand for Year-Round Housing.”
Some students at BU said living on-campus for an entire year would be convenient for fellow Terriers who struggle to locate suitable living situations during break periods. Micayla Freehan, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences freshman, said the 12-month housing option was a good alternative to the often-stressful Boston real estate market. “Even though I live close, I think it would be really cool,” Freehan said. “Housing is so hard to find these days, and it’s great that the school is making it so students don’t have go apartment-hunting or something just to keep an internship. Especially if people have an internship in Boston, they could live on campus and that would make it a lot easier to commute to it.” Andrew Velichansky, a School of Management sophomore, said while the 12-month housing option is good for students working for the school during the summer, having only one dormitory option is limiting.
“It would be really nice for those students who work at BU over the summer,” Velichansky said. “I know I have friends who work at the Student Activities Office and orientation. They’re living on-campus during the school-year, and it would be great for them not to have to move everything twice ... The downside is that if they don’t want to live at those select dorms, they’re not going to want to use the option.” Danielle Mendez, a junior in SAR, said the option is advantageous for students who do not want to transfer their possessions from one living space to another when the school year ends. “I think it would be great for people who have internships over the summer,” Mendez said. “It’s helpful for them because if they’re juniors planning on staying on campus, they can stay and leave all their stuff during the summer instead of having to move all of their stuff from one dorm to another, which is really annoying to have to do.”
Petitioners ask for affordable housing options in Boston neighborhoods By Felicia Gans Daily Free Press Staff
As Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s cabinet members settle into their new positions, over 100 leaders, activists and residents protested outside City Hall Tuesday and delivered a petition to the city’s leaders calling for the expansion of an Inclusionary Development Program to create more affordable housing in Boston. Led by the Chinese Progressive Association, the event brought together a coalition of community groups representing a variety of Boston’s neighborhoods, including Chinatown, Fenway and Dorchester. Together, the groups created a petition to ask the Walsh administration for a fair apportionment of housing resources, said Dharmena Downey, executive director of the Fenway Community Development Corporation. “There are 23,000 households in the city of Boston without subsidies, not counting people that have subsidies that are rent-burdened and paying more than 50 percent of their income for their housing expense,” she said. “What we’re here about is to deliver nearly 1,000 petitions which are asking the Walsh administration to direct inclusionary hous-
ing policy money toward where there is the deepest housing crisis.” Representing the Walsh administration and receiving the petition in the mayor’s absence were Sheila Dillon, director of the Department of Neighborhood Development; John Barros, chief of economic development; Felix Arroyo, chief of health and human services; and Joyce Linehan, chief of policy. As the petition was handed over to Dillon, Ann Stewart, president of Mass Senior Action, said they are requesting that Walsh make every effort to create affordable housing for residents who are elderly or on a fixed income. “For most seniors, affordable housing is a lifeline, especially for those who are on a fixed income or low income,” she said. “I remember a time when America’s goals were to increase jobs and to build housing for the men and women returning from World War II. It is a shame that today, we have to ask politicians to work with us to reinstate this as a priority.” Dillon, who has specialized in housing development in the City of Boston for several years, thanked the groups for their dedication and promised that their concerns would be taken seriously by the administra-
tion. “We are looking on the policy as we speak,” she said. “We really do look forward to working with representatives from each and every group represented here today to come up with a fair and effective housing policy for the City of Boston.” Barros said protests held by community groups and Boston residents are the best way for Walsh to hear the people’s voice and see what Bostonians care about. “Affordable housing [is] an issue our mayor cares dearly about, that I care dearly about as chief economic development,” he told The Daily Free Press at the conclusion of the event. “Protest is important. Even though we care about it, it doesn’t mean that these types of civic activities shouldn’t happen. We’re not here to say don’t protest. We’re here to say we want to listen to you as you protest.” Several attendees said they are looking forward to working with Boston’s leaders to create affordable housing and create policies that will benefit all of the city’s neighborhoods. Li Li, 60, of Chinatown, said her family has six months to move out of their current residence, and with
their low income, they don’t have anywhere else to go. “We’ve been trying to find a place to move to, but it’s very difficult because my husband is disabled, and we don’t make a lot of money,” she said. “I’m here today because I’m in need of housing, and I’m hoping the government can help us get housing.” Yongsheng Huang, 45, of Dorchester, said many Chinese people are being forced to move out of Chinatown because of the high rent, and the city needs to do something to keep these people in their homes. “It’s really about survival,” he said. “We need a place to live, and we only speak Chinese, so we can’t go somewhere else. We get used to living here. It’s a space of home, and we want to stay in our home.” Lenore Pereira, 67, of Mattapan, said the city government does not play a large enough role in helping veterans, disabled people and those with low incomes. “Myself, well I’m lucky to have a house and a home, but so many people don’t, and there are so many people getting pushed out of the neighborhoods that they live in because the rent is so high,” she said. “It’s a human right. Everybody should have a house.”
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Which Boston neighborhood is best for you? A guide to off-campus living Allston-Brighton
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By Brogan Calkins and Kelsey Newell Apartments in Allston-Brighton are in a neighborhood filled with young people and are also in the heart of many students’ favorite partying scene. Students can live close to bars, restaurants, food stores and shops as well as vibrant clubs and performance centers. Allston-Brighton is much less expensive than most other popular off-campus housing neighborhoods. Utilities range between $40 and $80, but some are included in the cost of rent. Most students in Allston-Brighton make more use of the T, so that is something to consider since it is further from classes than places like South Campus. Students who live in this neighborhood said they enjoy being able to eat at different restaurants without considering whether they were getting their money’s worth out of their meal-plan, while others said having no dining hall nearby was an inconvenience. Some students also called Allston “dark, sketchy and dirty,” and said they struggled dealing with negligent landlords, yet said they still enjoyed the freedom of not having to follow BU residential guidelines and having the ability to have guests over and host parties.
By Brogan Calkins and Kelsey Newell There are a variety of apartments scattered up and down Commonwealth Avenue, a perfect location for students who want the independence of living off-campus while still feeling connected to the BU community. Surrounded by food stores, restaurants, the partying scene and classes all at the same time, students find the area both fun and convenient. A downside of the area is apartments along Commonwealth Ave. tend to be on the higher end of off-campus apartments. Utilities prices range between $50 and $250 per month. Other expenses, such as groceries and transportation, range greatly. Some students spend as low as $300 per month cumulatively whereas others spend $700. Students living in these apartments said they appreciate the life experience of paying bills and dealing with landlords, while also saving a little bit of money compared to on-campus housing. Additionally, these apartments are more spacious than the on-campus housing in the same price range. However, students have said they do encounter problems such as negligent landlords, much like in the Allston-Brighton area. Many students also said they find budgeting difficult because it is their first time paying for these things in an expensive environment.
South Campus
By Alicia Winton and Felicia Gans Sandwiched between the hustle and bustle of Commonwealth Avenue and the small-town Brookline community, Boston University students find South to be an off-campus option that lends students the opportunity to live in a quieter setting with the geographical closeness of campus. While its off-campus location gives students a break from the busy campus lifestyle, its proximity to public transportation is a significant advantage. Both the B and C branches of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority green line are within walking distance of all South Campus housing. The availability of a kitchen in nearly every South Campus apartment is another factor that pulls students to the area, though many students joke that their cooking skills are only sub-par. Upperclassmen in South Campus also appreciate the separation from the younger social scene. While students can still go anywhere in the city for an exciting nightlife, their home base is peaceful and quiet. Some students said paying rent builds a sense of responsibility, but others said maintaining a reasonable budget can often be difficult when living in a South Campus apartment. On average, students spend about $100 a week on extraneous items. Students who enjoy downtown Boston also complain that the quiet South Campus neighborhood is too distant from the rest of the city. The BU Shuttle only travels to South Campus on the weekends, and many of the campus’ buildings, including the Fitness and Recreation Center, are closer to West Campus.
Fenway
By Alicia Winton and Felicia Gans Engrained in Red Sox spirit and built around an exciting nightlife, the Fenway neighborhood allows Boston University students to live in the heart of Boston while still being close enough to campus to attend class and be involved outside of the classroom. Like most off-campus residences, Fenway apartments include kitchens, giving students the opportunity to buy and cook their own food. Students enjoy living in the Fenway area for its cultural environment and spirited history. Lining the streets are restaurants, bars and places for entertainment, including the House of Blues, a movie theater and Fenway Park. The Fenway area also attracts musicians because of its proximity to Berklee College of Music and its variety of performance venues. Because some Fenway residences are further away from campus than most off-campus locations, students appreciate the opportunity to meet students from other schools, creating a sense of diversity that students said couldn’t be experienced in most other housing situations. Several students said the off-campus lifestyle can also be expensive, which is often difficult for students to handle. Weekly spending can range from $100 to $500 a week, depending on the student and their weekend plans. Students also said people who live in the Fenway area must be willing to spend more time walking to and from class before moving to the off-campus neighborhood.
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Boiling down the numbers: A ʻdining planʼ for the off-campus resident buy. One of the smartest ways to get through a stressful week of dinners is with a Crock-Pot soup, stew or casserole, which can serve a student for less than $10. Crock-Pots can be found for around $20-40, and microwaves can be found for around $50. For the first few months, expect to spend another $50-100 adding to your kitchen appliances based on your own personal diet. Everyday Ingredients: approximately $100, 1-3 times each year
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Compared to paying for campus housing and dining hall plans, living off campus can be more cost-effective, in terms of money spent per month on food and other expenses. By Brooke Jackson-Glidden Daily Free Press Staff
The freedom of controlling your diet in an off-campus apartment is a blessing — but it can also be a hazard. Newly independent students often catch themselves halfway through the month with no money and nothing in the fridge, begging friends with dining plans for a quick dinner at the dining hall. But a comprehensive and detailed food budget can save any starving college student from, well, starving. It’s not difficult to break even in off-campus housing. With the minimum dining plan in the cheapest on-campus room, students pay $14,030, which breaks down to $1,753.75 per month. Living in the Allston-Brighton area, students can expect to spend $700-1,000 per month on rent (depending on the neighborhood, number of tenants, etc.). Apartments often climb in price as students enter city limits, ranging between $1,000-1,500 in the South Campus, Kenmore and Boylston neighborhoods. Students should expect to spend around $300-500 each month on food and supplies, factoring in an extra few hundred dollars to stock a kitchen. Splitting a budget into weekly and monthly grocery lists is a safe bet for any student worried about staying full without breaking the bank. Stocking your kitchen is hard to conceptualize in the beginning because we forget how frequently we use spices, oils and utensils that magically appeared in our childhood kitchens. There are companies that rent out appliances and furniture to college students for a nomi-
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nal fee, which might make sense for students on a tight budget. Even without borrowing your kitchen materials, hunting for bargains at Goodwill, on Craigslist and in grocery outlets like Super 88 can help students prepare for a year of cooking in a cost-effective way. Here are some smart appliances and everyday-ingredients to buy for your new apartment: Appliances and Utensils: approximately $200, once each year Mugs, plates, silverware, glasses and bowls: Don’t spend more than $50 on what you use to eat. You can find everything listed here and spend $30 if you shop cheaply, but you can even buy all of these new and spend under $50. You can buy beautiful ceramic plates once you have a $401(k). A coffee maker: A French press is a smart, cheap way to make the morning coffee for both you and your roommate. Only one caffeine addict in the apartment? Stick to a pour-over plastic coffee cone, which makes a smooth cup of coffee for $3 at Bed, Bath and Beyond. A skillet, a saucepan and a stock pot: Each of these range between $20-30 new, but can be found for around $10 at places like Goodwill. A spatula, ladle and three sharp knives: Knife sets can be found for less than $20 on Amazon, and ladles and spatulas can be scavenged for less than $5. A Crock-Pot and/or a microwave: A CrockPot is the smartest purchase a college chef can
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These purchases are made around once every three months, if that, but you use them constantly. They may change for each chef, but here some of the most important: Olive Oil: A good olive oil can go a long way. You would be shocked how often you use it. A one-liter bottle costs around $6 and will last you the entire year. Soy Sauce, Mirin and Sriracha: These three ingredients make quick and easy stir-fries and marinades for any given night. Every student should stock up on quick-and-dirty sauces at places like Super 88, which often cost less than $5 per bottle for dozens of dinners. Other recommended sauces include curry base, oyster sauce and sweet soy marinade Herbs and Spices: Shop at Trader Joe’s for the best prices on herbs. Depending on how frequently you cook, it might make sense to buy one jar of Herbs de Provence, a blend that packs tons of flavor for basic soups and sauces. Other classics include cumin, oregano, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, paprika and bay leaf. Don’t spend more than $20 on spices. Rice and dry pasta: Buy rice in bulk if possible, and pasta as well. If you stock up, one $20 purchase can work for an entire semester of meals. Canned Tomatoes and Beans: Canned tomatoes can be used in chicken dishes, soups,
curries and more, and they’re cheap and plentiful. Buy a few cans at the beginning of the year with a few cans of beans, a cheap form of protein to add to soup or rice. An ‘emergency’ drawer: Most likely, at one point in time, you will overspend and find your pantry empty. Buy a couple of sets of canned soup, some ramen and a few cans of beans, just in case. Monthly ingredients: Around $150, 1-2 times each month Set aside $100-150 each month on ingredients you buy infrequently but each month, at least. These ingredients include eggs, butter, chicken breasts (which you can freeze), snack items, cereal and so on. Depending on how you eat during the day, it’s smart to consider lunches in this expense (which, in all likelihood, a student will eat on the go — especially those students living in Allston or Brighton). Cereal bars, granola, nuts and dried fruit travel well and are fairly inexpensive if you shop at stores like Trader Joe’s or Super 88. Weekly ingredients: Around $50, four times each month Foods that perish or can be consumed quickly should factor in to your budget. These foods include milk, produce, meats and juice. Super 88 Market has remarkably inexpensive produce that, while rarely organic, can help students eat healthily for less than $10 each week. Any room in your budget can be reserved for your specific treat, whether that’s dinner out with friends, ice cream after dinner or pizza on Friday nights. While keeping your budget tight will keep you from going hungry, saving an extra $100 each month for other “fun” food expenses will keep you happy.
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It’s much more than just pictures Boston prosecutors filed a motion on Monday asking a federal judge to bar accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from viewing autopsy photos of victims, aside from those being used as evidence during the trial. The prosecutors argue that, although photos are standard procedure of all autopsies, it is unnecessary to allow Tsarnaev the unrestricted right to view all of the pictures. According to the motion, doing so would violate the victim’s families the right to dignity and privacy. “Specifically, allowing photos of the mutilated bodies of the victims to be viewed by the man accused of mutilating them would needlessly revictimize the family members in the same way that innocent children who are photographed pornographically are revictimized whenever those photos are seen by others,” the motion stated. However, in regards to his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial, it’s understandable why Tsarnaev’s defendants are refusing to accept any limitation on his right to see all of the evidence against him. Under the Sixth Amendment, defendants are permitted to inspect and copy any physical or medical examinations, including autopsy photos. But, at the same time, according to the motion, the court is allowed to “deny, restrict defer discovery or inspection, or grant other appropriate relief,” if “good cause” is shown. And, in this case, the motion defines “good cause” as a “particular factual demonstration of potential harm.” The prosecutors argue that it is not necessary for Tsarnaev to see any photos other than those used as evidence against him during the trial, and therefore the court has “good cause” to restrict this right. Although the prosecutors are acting in the interest of avoiding additional harm to the victim’s families, by arguing this case, they are pinning emotion against law. Although this is an honorable and sympathetic gesture, if we want to remain a country with a fair and equal criminal justice system, we need to grant everyone a fair trial — no matter who they are or what we are pretty sure they did. There is no denying that this bombing
caused extreme emotional and physical damage to the City of Boston and its residents. So naturally, we want to be as sympathetic toward fellow Bostonians as possible during this trial. However, to ensure everyone has the right to a fair trial, our justice system needs to uphold the “innocent until proven guilty” statute. And, as much as it pains people to accept, Tsarnaev is still innocent. Assuming Tsarnaev would get some sort of twisted pleasure or any sort of reaction from these photos carries the assumption that he is guilty for the bombings last April. Even though it has not been reported that Tsarnaev is specifically asking to see the photos, barring his access to them would imply that the court is directly biased against him. The judge needs to look at this case in the most objective way, and give Tsarnaev the fair trial he technically deserves — just as other criminals are expected to receive. Prosecutors argued last year that they would not have enough time to make a defense in time for November’s trial — so why are they wasting time on arguing this? This case has much wider implications than the simple fact of allowing Tsarnaev to see the autopsy photos or not. Rather, it seems this has become more about restricting Tsarnaev’s rights as much as possible, which is not a practice that should be perpetuated in our criminal justice system. The prosecution itself does not directly cite any murder cases in which defendants were denied the right to see such photos. Instead, it continually references child pornography cases. In no case should an alleged, senseless bombing be compared to the likes of child pornography. Yes, both are disgusting and tragic cases, but the implications of both are different. The only common thread, unfortunately, is the emotional damage for those affected. This is a case that has stemmed out of emotional rage. This rage is by no means unprecedented, but if we want to uphold the honor in our court system, we cannot let subjective emotions get in the way. Doing so would set dangerous precedents, which would allow cases with no logical or realistic basis to prevail on terms of emotional distress.
I stir in my bed, slowly becoming aware of the world around me. Sunlight leaks in through a slit of cloth, the window to my right barely showing the break of day. I turn over in bed and check the time on my alarm. Having hit the sleep button a few times already, my half-awake mind decides that it is time enough to wake up. I throw myself out of bed with as much determination as I can muster and get dressed while staring out at a bright, smog-filled sky. I slowly tie my only tie around my neck, gathering my keys and phone while locking my door. Still wiping the sleep out of my eyes, I head out of my dormitory building and unlock my bike. I paused before hopping on my bike and took a deep breath — I need to wake up a little more before I take on the Shanghai streets. As I make my way through Shanghai’s Yangpu District, I swerve between a pair of electric motorcycles and look over my shoulder just in time to move out of the way of an oncoming bus. Though it is still only seven o’clock in the morning in Shanghai, the streets are bustling. I bicycle into the Fudan University campus and begin to dodge pedestrians — a relatively safe endeavor. As I pull out of the Fudan campus and into the center of Yangpu, I find a spot that looked relatively safe to park my bicycle —Shanghai is notorious for bicycle theft, and many locals will tell you that even using two locks is not enough. I’ve been lucky so far with only one, so I chance a theft by locking my bike up away in a fairly populous area. The sounds of car horns and pedestrian traffic surround me as I pull my headphones on and walk down into the subway stop. I shuffle in to the 10 line of Shanghai’s metro system and join the flow of human traffic. Despite wide, open halls that put Boston’s T stops to shame, the amount of people trying to get into Shanghai’s downtown fills up the underground maze. The stop, created along with the rest of the 10 line four years ago, is remarkably bright. I’ve become somewhat used to the intensity of Shanghai’s modernity, but the subway’s speed, efficiency and cleanliness never cease to amaze me. The throng of passengers I’ve somehow become ensconced in makes its way
through the stop. I press my backpack through a security checkpoint guarded by stern officials and clutch at my wallet, pressing my transit card onto the entrance gate. My fellow travelers and I make our way into the depths of the subway stop where we attempt to catch the train. In the typical, Confucian Chinese system of order and place, single-file lines form to board the train at every possible entrance. The train, nearly 10 times the length of a typical green line T trolley, pulls up. I push forward as quickly as possible in an attempt to press my way onto the already-crowded train; alas, the doors close before I can get near enough to the car and I content myself with enjoying the discomfort on the faces of the lucky passengers who made their way onto the crowded car. I’ll catch the next one. While on the train, I count my blessings and remain glad that I’m not claustrophobic. I’m pressed on all sides by a crowd, a horde of commuters all trying to do the same thing that I am: get to work. In a city of 21 million people, it sometimes feels like ALL 21 million people are crammed into the same train. As the tallest rider on the train I am blessed with the opportunity to breathe rare air — directly to my rear, however, an elderly woman elbows me in the back as she turns around to prepare to exit the train. Of course, getting off of the subway in Shanghai is just as much of an art as getting on. Passengers from the train flood (or trickle) off while boarding passengers wait patiently until there is sufficient room to load on. However, as soon as the boarding begins all bets are off as everyone mercilessly tries to shove their way onto the train. I transfer one line to another through a similar crowd, trying to temper my usually quick walking pace against the more methodical movements of the crowd around me. Patience is a virtue, I’ve heard. The next train I board is as packed as the first, so I’m thankful to reach my stop and head outside. The air may not be “fresh,” but I’ve made it through another morning commute downtown. Tate Gieselmann is a College of Arts and Sciences junior studying abroad in China. He can be reached at tateag@bu.edu.
Terrier Talk Reflections
In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, the Allied War Veteran’s Council held their annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston on Sunday. Even though Boston’s public opinion on different sexualities has drastically changed in the past few years, the LGBTQ community was still not allowed to openly express their identity during Sunday’s Parade. Even though St. Patrick’s Day is a religious holiday, The Daily Free Press wanted to know if students think it was fair to bar LGBT people from openly marching in the parade. Here’s what some of them said.
JOSH LEDESMA
HAMZA KHAN
“I think given we are a society pushing for equality of all people ... [the LGBT community] participating in a religious event shouldn’t be an issue and therefore, they should be allowed to participate.” -CAS sophomore
“I do believe that regardless of your sexual orientation you should have been included into the parade because that and religious beliefs shouldn’t be a problem.” - CAS senior
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MARIANNE WALTERS
“... That’s really wrong that they didn’t let gay people march in the parade even though it’s a religious holiday, because now it’s a lot more than that ... people don’t usually celebrate the religious aspects of it. I’m not even sure if people knew there were religious aspects to it.” - CGS sophomore
RACHEL GILL
“Well, I don’t know what religion St. Patrick’s Day is a holiday for, so it’s probably not fair that they weren’t allowed to march. But that’s of personal opinion. I don’t think sexuality should be discriminated against in any fashion.” -CAS sophomore
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Chipps: Go with ‘instincts,’ not ESPN when filling out bracket Chipps: From Page 8
Rule No. 4: Watch for No. 12, 11 seeds If there’s one rule one must follow, it’s this one. No. 12 and 11 seeds will usurp their opponents. History says there is a 32 percent chance that a No. 12 spot will beat a fifth-seeded team and there is also a 33 percent chance a No. 11 seed will beat its sixth-seeded opponent. Both Virginia Commonwealth University and George Mason University were No. 11 seeds when each team made their run to the Final Four in 2011 and 2006, respectively. Rule No. 5: Mid-majors in Sweet 16 It’s that time of year again when you hear the names of schools like Xavier University, Creighton University, La Salle University and any other odd-sounding mid-major school. These teams are bracket busters like
none other. Each year, there’s at least one mid-major team that makes it to the Sweet 16, and that trend will most certainly continue this year. La Salle made it to the Sweet 16 last season, as well as underdog Florida Gulf Coast University. Rule No. 6: Syracuse University always disappoints
Don’t pick Syracuse. Besides the fact that the Orangemen are 2-5 in their last seven games and look poised to get bounced in the first round, Syracuse almost always disappoints in the tournament. In his 37 seasons as Syracuse’s coach, Jim Boeheim has led Syracuse to just one national title and only four Final Four appearances. For comparison, Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski has won four national titles and has been to 11 Final Fours. Rule No. 7: Don’t trust ESPN
Our friends at ESPN will tell you they have your back when it comes to picking the perfect bracket, but they don’t. ESPN wants to confuse you by televising hours of “breakdown coverage” and entice you to fill out 10 different brackets. Keep your eyes off of Digger Phelps’ and Dick Vitale’s brackets. Turn off the TV and go with your instincts. Rule No. 8: Flip a coin Experts will tell you to really focus on the No. 8-9 seed matchups, but there is no reason to do such a thing. Statistically speaking, the eighth-seeded team wins just 51 percent of the time. So if a team is on the eight or nine lines, flip a coin. Rule No. 9: Experience matters “Diaper dandies” often live up to their
hype during the NCAA Tournament, but it’s the teams with the most experience make deep runs. Teams like Florida, Michigan State and the University of Louisville all have senior experience and coaches that have won the tournament before. If you’re deciding between a young University of Kentucky team or an experienced Arizona squad, pick the latter. Rule No. 10: Ten minutes or less I saved the most important rule for last. Some people think you should spend hours scouting each team and make informed decisions when filling out your bracket. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. The best brackets are the ones I have spent no more than 10 minutes filling out. Don’t overthink it. There’s a reason they call it March Madness. May the odds be in your favor.
Dearth records 6 points in 1st victory Men’s Lacrosse: From Page 8
BU’s offense improve as a whole, as the Terriers scored in double digits for the first time in their victory over the Leopards. The team still has a lot of room to grow on that side of the field, though. Right now BU is eighth in the Patriot League in offense, scoring an average of just seven goals per game. Dearth wins Patriot League Rookie of the Week For the second week in a row, the Terriers walked away with an honor from the Patriot League. During Spring Break, freshman attack Ryan Johnston was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week for his five-goal performance against No. 18 Colgate University on March 8. This week, it was freshman midfielder Cal Dearth took home the same honor, the Patriot League announced Monday. During BU’s first-ever win, Dearth led the offensive attack, recording four assists to go along with two goals in his six-point effort. His goal and assist in the fourth quarter helped BU seal the deal in the final minutes of the contest. So far in 2014, Dearth has tallied nine points off of four goals and five assists. In his seven games played he has complied 17 ground balls, good for second on the team. The freshman is also fourth on the team in
shooting percentage, sitting at .333 percent. Defense improving
In each of their last two games, the Terriers have allowed just seven goals to their opponents, a season-low number. After giving up at least nine goals in each of its first five games of the season, which includes a 17-goal thrashing from Mercer University in the team’s first game as a Division I program, BU’s recent defensive efforts have lowered its rate to allowing 10.45 goals per game, good for seventh in the Patriot League. The Terriers have also demonstrated an ability to be effectively aggressive while guarding their opponents. BU has forced 8.71 turnovers per game, including 14 against Colgate (6-2, 2-1 Patriot League) and 15 against Lafayette. The Terriers now sit at the second spot in the conference in the turnover category. Freshman goalkeeper Christian CarsonBanister has been a consistent playmaker on the defense all season, as the Dallas native leads the conference with 84 saves, and is second in the league with 12 stops per game In the game against Colgate, CarsonBanister showed off his abilities with a gamehigh 14 saves. “[Carson-Banister]’s had this confidence since he stepped onto campus,” said BU coach Ryan Polley on Feb. 25 after a loss to Providence College.
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Freshman attack Adam Schaal is second on the Terriers with 13 points in the 2014 season.
Rice, Abrams lead strong Illini backcourt Men’s Basketball: From Page 8
The Terriers frequently generate offense from their ability to make stops and get out in transition to create open scoring opportunities, mainly from Irving and sophomore guard Maurice Watson Jr. The lack of defensive stops coupled with poor passing against the Eagles diminished BU’s offensive opportunities. If the Terriers can play with strong defensive intensity like it has done in the past, Jones said the team it can pull the upset against the Fighting Illini. “Nothing can happen if we’re not getting stops, that’s the big thing,” Jones said. “We got to get stops first, rebound the ball, and if we can do that first, we’ll be in good shape.” Much like the Terriers, the strength of the Fighting Illini lies in their play of their guards. Juniors Rayvonte Rice and Tracy Abrams are the team’s leading scorers, dropping 15.5 and 11.0 points per game,
respectively. With a 6-foot-4, 235-pound frame in comparison to Watson, who stands at 5-foot-10, and Irving who is exactly six feet tall, Rice appears to cause a matchup problem for the Terriers. In order to limit Rice’s scoring and size advantage, Robinson, who is one of BU’s top defenders and stands at 6-foot-5, may see more playing time when the team does not use a zone defense. During this week at practice, Jones said he attempted to get his team to erase the disappointing performance against American from its collective memory and mentally prepare for the team’s final home game of the year against Illinois. “It was gut-wrenching, the first couple of days, guys were really hurting,” Jones said. Our practices have been pretty spirited, I wouldn’t think from being in practice we had just lost, especially [Monday’s] practice. They’ll be ready to go on Wednesday.”
@BOShockeyblog @BUbballblog Webber key to stout Holy Cross defense Women’s Lacrosse: From Page 8
Cross, starting all nine games so far this season. Webber made a combined 14 saves between the last two contests, just giving up a total of 16 goals in the span. Twice this season the senior has recorded more saves than goals against. This matchup against the Crusaders begins a stretch in which BU plays seven of its final 10 games versus Patriot League opponents. Robertshaw said the out-of-conference games early in the campaign provided tests
that will help BU transition to the conference portion of the schedule. “We need to take lessons learned from these tough games at the beginning of the season and move forward,” Robertshaw said. “If we take lessons learned and put them into practice in the games ahead, we’ll achieve the success we’re looking for. “As coaches, we understand the challenge of being a student-athlete and balancing school and practice. All we look to do is get better each and every day we’re out on the field.”
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Fish and Chipps BU welcomes Fighting Illini for NIT opener Schaal, Tenney March Madness 10 commandments
Isaac Chipps
Before March Madness officially begins this Thursday, I thought it would only be fair to give a little insight into my method on picking the perfect bracket. Rule No. 1: Never pick all No. 1 seeds This seems like an obvious rule, but to some it’s not. Since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985, only once have all four top seeds (2008) made it to the Final Four, when the University of Kansas claimed the title. With this year’s group of No. 1 seeds creating so much instability with inconsistent play, I am willing to bet my college tuition that at least one of these four teams (the University of Florida, the University of Virginia, the University of Arizona and Wichita State University) won’t make it to the Final Four. Rule No. 2: Big Ten Conference teams do not win the tournament The University of Michigan made it to the title game last year, but the sad truth is that teams from the Big Ten soar through the early rounds of the tournament, but then fall flat in the Final Four. No team from the conference has won the tournament since Michigan State University won it all in 2000 versus Florida. There’s a good chance one Big Ten squad will make it to the Final Four, but no team will win it all this year. Rule No. 3: In Obama we trust Whether or not you agree with Barack Obama’s politics, there’s no denying his bracket success since he’s been in office. The president has successfully picked a national champion during his presidential tenure (the University of North Carolina in 2009), and he’s had some of the best brackets year after year. He may be bending the rules with the help of those top aides, but don’t doubt the Commander-in-Chief’s basketball knowledge.
CHippS, see page 7
After a devastating 55-36 loss to American University in the Patriot League Tournament Championship Game that bumped it from NCAA Tournament consideration, the Boston University men’s basketball team will look to salvage what is left of its season when the Terriers take on the University of Illinois Wednesday night at Agganis Arena in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament. BU (24-10) earned an automatic bid into the NIT by winning the Patriot League regular season title. The Terriers earned a No. 7 seed from the committee, while Illinois (19-14) was given a No. 2 spot. Normally, the higher-seeded team would receive home-court advantage in the tournament, but because Illinois’ home court of State Farm Center is undergoing renovations, BU was awarded the opportunity to host an NIT contest for the first time. Since the start of the season, this year’s BU team looked to return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2010-2011 campaign, when the team defeated Stony Brook University in the America East Tournament to advance. The team’s seniors and tricaptains — forward Dom Morris, guard Travis Robinson and guard D.J. Irving — were freshmen the last time the team made the tournament, so this trio sought another berth to the big dance in their final year with the Terriers. Although BU and its seniors had an otherwise impressive 201314 campaign in its inaugural season in the Patriot League, the team did not attain its goal, falling just short. Even though Watson and Irving each put up strong seasons to earn Patriot League All-First Team and Second Team, respectively, the team could not solve American (20-12) during the title game.
M. Basketball vs. Illinois, 7 p.m.
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pletely stalled the BU offense right from the start of the game, forcing the Terriers to take long, low-percentage shots. The team also had difficulty playing as a cohesive unit with offensive flow, something that Jones has stressed all season. “We just didn’t pass the ball,” Jones said. “We had guys open, we just didn’t pass the ball to each other. That was just the most frustrating thing, we really pride ourselves on making the extra pass and playing together, but we got in the moment and really struggled to play together.” Come Wednesday, BU’s ability to play against a strong Big Ten opponent in Illinois will come down to tight defensive play leading to chances at the other end.
To start the season for the Boston University men’s lacrosse team, freshman attack Pat Myers was a lone bright spot for a team struggling in its inaugural year. Myers sits fifth in the Patriot League in assists with 1.33 per game as the rookie continues to lead the young Terriers (1-6, 1-2 Patriot League). Through six games played this year, the freshman has tallied eight assists to lead BU. However, Myers has suffered an injury that will keep him sidelined for the near future, forcing new faces to emerge to guide BU’s newlook offense. Freshman attack Adam Schaal has shown over the past few games that he can be an integral part of the team’s offense for the rest of the season. Schaal scored two goals and recorded three assists in the Terriers’ 12-7 win over Lafayette College this past Saturday. Schaal is second to Myers on the Terriers in assists and total points, with six and 13, respectively. In addition to Schaal’s stellar play, redshirt freshman attack Sam Tenney proved to be a threat to opposing defenses as he tallied four goals in the Terriers’ win over the Leopards (1-5, 1-3 Patriot League). Tenney is now tied for second on the team with Myers and freshman attack Ryan Johnston with seven goals on the season. He has also demonstrated offensive efficiency and is tied with Schaal for first on the squad with a .412 shot percentage. Overall, the wealth of production from new sources has helped
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Senior guard D.J. Irving will look to improve on his 1-for-10 performance he had in the Patriot League Tournament title game.
BU coach Joe Jones said despite the heartache the Terriers suffered last week against the Eagles, they will be ready to go against Illinois. “I think anytime you get a chance to play a program like Illinois from the [Big Ten Conference,] as a competitor you want that challenge, it’s a great challenge for us,” Jones said. “I think they really want the challenge of playing in this game.” Looking at the Terriers’ last game, the box score notes an uncharacteristically low field-goal percentage from the team, particularly the 1-of-17 mark from beyond the 3-point arc. For the season, BU averaged eight makes per game from 3-point land, falling well short of this mark against American. The Eagles’ zone defense com-
Women’s lacrosse set to host Holy Cross in 1st home game of campaign By Justin Pallenik Daily Free Press Staff
With the first victory of the season in hand, the Boston University women’s lacrosse team will look to continue its winning ways in the Patriot League Wednesday against the College of the Holy Cross. The Terriers (1-5, 1-0 Patriot League) will play at Nickerson Field for the first time this season following six consecutive road matchups to start off the 2014 campaign. “We’re certainly excited,” said BU coach Liz Robertshaw about the team’s first home game. “We’re glad we don’t have to travel for once and be stuck in the bus. We definitely feel more comfortable here in our own beds and we’re excited to wear white tomorrow.” Over Spring Break, BU earned its first win of the season against
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conference rival American University in a close 12-11 contest. The Terriers then made the short trek up from Washington D.C., to Baltimore to face No. 14 Johns Hopkins University. Although BU gave a valiant effort, the Blue Jays (9-0) rallied late in the second half to preserve an 11-8 victory. Like the Terriers, the Crusaders (4-5, 2-0 Patriot League) dropped their first four contests of the campaign, including one against No. 9 University of Massachusetts-Amherst, a team BU fell to Feb. 26. Holy Cross has turned its season around after the poor start with a 19-3 drubbing of Stetson University on March 2, which started a run of four wins in five games. Holy Cross boasts one of the top defenses in the country, having held seven out of its nine opponents to fewer than 10 goals
per game. Opposing teams convert a measly 41.5 percent of free-position shot attempts versus the Crusaders. In addition, Holy Cross only allows 74.7 percent of opposing clear attempts, a stark contrast with BU’s 93.4 percent rate. “The main thing we stressed is that we need to take chances,” Robertshaw said. “Today in practice, we as coaches challenged [the attack] to be more fearless around the net. “Oftentimes this season we’ve stalled ourselves. We’ve just tried to establish the mindset that everyone should want the ball. And especially we need some more scoring production to help out our defense, because it has struggled so far.” Offensively, Holy Cross is paced by senior Sara Hennessey. The Winchester native leads the team in goals (21) and points (26),
following up her Second Team All-Patriot League season in 2013. Midfielder Laura Ryan and attack Kaitlin Concilio facilitate the offense around Hennessey, as they have tallied a combined 16 assists in nine games for the Crusaders. “They have some great scorers over there at Holy Cross and they’re gaining confidence with each and every game,” Robertshaw said. “Our defense watched a lot of film today to get ready and we really stressed more communication out there. “We need to do a better job of limiting 1-on-1 looks and we need to play tighter crease defense. Overall what we’re looking for is really just consistent team defense.” Senior Sarah Webber has provided stability in net for Holy
Friday, March 21
Saturday, March 22
Sunday, March 23
Wrestling @ NCAA Championships, All Day
Softball @ Yale Invitational, 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. M. Lacrosse @ Bucknell, 1 p.m. W. Lacrosse @ Navy, 3 p.m.
WomeN’S LaCroSSe, see page 7
Softball @ Yale Invitational, 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m.