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NEWS Local Veterans for Peace chapter files a complaint against the City of Boston for not responding to its request for a St. Patrick’s Day Parade. pg. 2

CATALYST As tech marches forward, so does its means of storing civilization’s collective knowledge. But what happens when past means become obsolete? pg. 5

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SPORTS Welcome to Mose-ly- Freshman Guard Cheddi Mosely has become a significant contributor on this year’s team. pg. 12

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BU dorms to remain open during Thanksgiving, spring breaks BY CAROLINE LORD DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

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Dean of Boston University’s College of Communication Thomas Fiedler speaks at a remembrance service for former Boston University professor and New York Times columnist David Carr.

BU faculty, students, community remembers David Carr BY MONIKA NAYAK DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In remembrance of David Carr, a former Boston University professor and New York Times media columnist who died on Feb. 12, members of the BU community gathered at a memorial service Wednesday afternoon. Carr died after collapsing in The Times newsroom. An autopsy cited complications from lung cancer as the cause of death, The Times reported on Saturday. About 50 students and faculty members came to the service, which was held in the COM 101 lecture hall in BU’s College of Communication building. As the first Andrew R. Lack professor, Carr joined the COM faculty in January 2014 and taught his first media criticism course called Press Play in the fall 2014 semester. Carr’s class for the spring

2015 semester was titled Just a Minute, The Daily Free Press reported. “This was absolutely the best of all possible worlds: to have David Carr teaching and David Carr still fully engaged in what he did,” said Thomas Fiedler, dean of COM, at the memorial. “He always looked to the moment and to the future, not to the past. Or in his words, he wanted us to live in the present future … let’s think about where we’re gonna go and move forward.” Rev. Robert Hill, dean of Marsh Chapel and chaplain of BU, took to the podium to lead a prayer and provided anecdotes about Carr. Christopher Daly, a professor of journalism in COM, said the university lost a committed faculty member who was equally able to balance his teaching and writing for his Times’ Media Equation column.

“What you are mainly doing as an editor is bringing along new people, cultivating new writers, encouraging different voices, so he had a lot of that in his background,” he said before the memorial. “He had spent a lot of time helping young people. That’s a great quality in a professor, so we knew it would be a great match.” Martin Nisenholtz, a digital communication professor in COM, said Carr had a standard of excellence and fairness, which was evident in his personality and his work. “That is a very important aspect of David’s personality, this notion of fairness,” he said. “If you look at the Brian Williams work [Carr’s final Media Equation column] that he did just two weeks ago … it was an example of fairness.” Nisenholtz said he and Carr discussed journalism and his former workplace, The CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

Boston awarded Cities of Service grant to benefit communities BY MIRIAM LELAH DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston was chosen as one of seven cities nationwide to be awarded the Love Your Block award and received $30,000, in addition to full-time AmeriCorps members as volunteers for community revitalization, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced in a Wednesday press release. Walsh will use the funds in low-income neighborhoods to strengthen community ties and help the under-represented neighborhoods in Boston build a safer and healthier environment. Funds will also go to support volunteers to help clean public areas and to make other renovations, the release stated. “In Boston, we applied to the Cities of Service City Hall VISTA Love Your Block program because we knew it would have a positive impact on our neighborhoods,” Walsh said in the release. “​ We

welcome AmeriCorps VISTA members here​ — the efforts put forth by Cities of Service will help Boston residents and local government work together to enhance public spaces​, improve ​t he health​and overall well-being​of local communities, ​a nd boost​ levels of ​civic ​engagement.”​ Myung Lee, executive director of Cities of Service, said in an email statement that the Love Your Block program has had an impact in the past and she is thrilled to continue with the efforts taken by local volunteers and residents to revitalize the city. “We’ve seen great success in cities already using impact volunteering and the Love Your Block model, and we’re excited to see promising city-led programs that thoughtfully engage residents in revitalizing their communities,” she said. “Thanks to our partners at the Corporation for National and Community Service, we get to see what happens when cities build on that

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initiative with human capital support from AmeriCorps VISTAs.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

All Boston University dormitory-style residences will remain open during the Thanksgiving and spring breaks beginning in the 2015-16 academic year, BU Housing Director Nishmin Kashyap announced Feb. 12 in an email to the student body. “This significant change in vacation housing policy is designed to address the needs of the students who find it impossible to travel home during break period and for those students who have commitments in the Boston area,” Kashyap said in the email. “It also provides greater f lexibility in making travel arrangements to return to campus at the end of these break periods.” Dining services for brunch and dinner will be available in one residence dining facility during Thanksgiving break, Kashyap said in the email. The Union Court in the George Sherman Union will have extended hours during the spring break. “We constantly review the Housing needs of our students and the services we provide,” said BU spokesman Colin Riley. “They [dorm residences] were closed to allow staff and employees time to spend with their families when the vast majority of students traveled home for Thanksgiving or left for spring recess.” The policy change is permanent, Riley said, and there will be no charge for staying on campus during the Thanksgiving or spring breaks. Shawna Altenburger, the assistant director of Residence Life for South Campus, said one reason the policy was changed was because more students have been opting to use vacation housing to stay on campus during vacations. “That was a clear indicator that we needed to open the dorms,” she said. “I also know that with a greater amount of international students every year, it can be very hard to get a f light out of the country, especially for fall recess. We’re just adjusting to the needs of the students. Students are going to be very excited to have this option, and I think we can expect to see a lot of people staying in the dorms in the coming breaks.” Altenburger said residence assistants will be on campus during the vacation periods. “We’ll definitely have some RA staff staying, and we’ll use a rotational on-call schedule like any other time,” she said. “If students need an RA, there will always be one. They can ask for help from the on-call RA like usual.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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Veterans group files complaint, seeks parade route

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Just over a month before the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, the local chapter of Veterans for Peace and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts filed a complaint on Feb. 12 against the City of Boston for allegedly not responding in a timely manner to the group’s application for an “inclusive, non-discriminatory” parade. This year is the fifth year the Veterans for Peace Chapter 9, also known as the Smedley D. Butler Brigade in honor of the deceased U.S. Marine Corps major general, has held their parade. Each year, they have applied to march at noon, one hour after the St. Patrick’s Day Road Race and one hour prior to the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council parade. However, they have always been denied, instead told to march one mile behind the AWV parade. For this year’s parade, scheduled for March 15, the VFP chapter applied for their noon parade permit in March 2014, and wrote in their application that they would not accept marching behind the AWV parade again, said Pat Scanlon, coordinator of Veterans for Peace Chapter 9. “By doing that, it really disenfranchises us, marginalizes us,” he said. “This year, we have the real opportunity, the possibility, of being at 12 noon, and then all 700,000 people [at the parade] will be able to see our messages of peace and inclusion in our parade.” Five years ago, the local VFP chapter applied to march in the AWV parade, but their application was denied because “they [AWV] did not want to have the word ‘peace’ associated with the word ‘veteran,’” Scanlon said. A 1995 U.S. Supreme Court decision made in Hurley v. Irish-Am. Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Grp. of Boston, allowed the AWV to exclude any group promoting a different message than their own, the complaint stated. VFP instead decided to create their own parade, “the only peace parade in the entire country,” Scanlon said, which has eight core issue areas. Their groups march to promote messages of peace and inclusion, he said. “There’s room for everyone on the street, and what has happened in the past, because of us being marginalized and put in the back, [is] the city has literally been choosing one message over another,” he said. “They are supposed to be neutral in the permitting process for the groups that are on the street, but they’re clearly show-

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The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department from Feb. 12 to Feb. 18. Phone stolen from room A 22-year-old female student reported on Feb. 12 that her cell phone was stolen from her room in Student Village 1 at 10 Buick St. The student told BUPD that there were several people in her room at the time of the theft, which occurred between 11:45 p.m. and 3 a.m. on Feb. 5-6. The cell phone was valued at $600. PHOTOS BY ERIN BILLINGS AND OLEG TEPLYUK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Veterans for Peace local chapter march in the St. Patrick’s Day Peace Parade last year.

ing a preference for the other two things [the Road Race and AWV parade].” Sarah Wunsch, deputy legal director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, said VFP has always applied nearly a year in advance for their St. Patrick’s Day parade permit, but the City of Boston has consistently not made their decision until the parade is approaching, at which point it gives the VFP chapter a permit for 4 p.m. With this year’s application, the ACLU of Massachusetts, along with a law firm they are working with, followed up with the City several times to ask about the status of the application, Wunsch said, and got no response. “This is wrong for the City of Boston to behave this way,” she said. “Parades are considered expressive, which get very important First Amendment protection.” VFP is asking the court to issue a preliminary injunction, Wunsch said, which would grant the noon permit for VFP and not interfere with the AWV parade. A scheduling hearing is planned for Thursday. “The city should, in the future, act promptly on parade permit applications, not just for Veterans for Peace but for any groups that apply,” she said. “Often, this is time-sensitive. There’s some specific reason to have a parade at a certain time, and the city shouldn’t delay. So this could affect and benefit more people.” A representative from Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s office did not respond to a request for comment. Several residents said the VFP local chapter should be allowed to hold their

own parade, and the City of Boston should be responding to applications in a more timely fashion. Franciseo Alejandro, 17, of Brighton, said the City should not be denying the VFP chapter from holding their parade at the time they requested, and a decision needs to be made sooner than it has been in the past. “It’s veterans. They fight for our country, so if they’re asking for one simple thing, just give it to them,” he said. “They don’t ask for much. They just ask for one simple parade. That’s it.” Matthew Culp, 26, a student in Boston University’s Metropolitan College, said he’s aware there’s been a controversy about which groups can and cannot participate in the parade in the past, but the City should be working to level the playing field. “There should be room to let people do what they want, even if it’s not wellliked or if there’s controversy around it because if there is controversy, people have the freedom to say what they want about it,” he said. Wendy Webber, 45, of Fenway, said the City should be required to respond to applicants within 30 days of the application being received. “They [the city] should have a timeframe of how long they take to respond,” she said. “They [VFP] have been having it [the parade] in the past, and they’re representing a particular group. If they have enough people in it that are willing to participate, why not?”

Grant will go toward revitalization of low-income communities GRANT, FROM PAGE 1

The award will last up to three years and will work to support the neighborhoods of Roxbury, Mattapan and Dorchester. The goal of the program is to create solutions to solving health and safety issues in these low-income neighborhoods, the release stated. “The City of Boston’s plan to concentrate its time and funding in neighborhoods most in need, and to include residents in decision making, is exactly what Cities of Service is about — engaging citizens in elevating and addressing priorities to achieve concrete results together with local government,” Lee said. “We are excited to have Mayor Walsh’s office as a partner in Love Your Block and future impact volunteering initiatives and look forward

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to working with them.” The other six cities awarded by Cities of Service are Birmingham, Alabama, Lansing, Michigan, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Richmond, California and Seattle, according to the Cities of Service website. Jordan Deasy, a coordinator for Boston Shines, an annual citywide cleanup event, said that civic engagement is a big part of using the grant and deciding which projects to move forward with. “We will be reaching out to other organizations, and they will be leading the charge of which projects to develop,” Deasy said. “We want to empower the residents to give us feedback.” Deasy said one of the conditions for the grant is that it benefits people in need, and he hopes the effects will eventually be more widespread.

“The grant is required to go to low-income neighborhoods and will be focusing on Roxbury, Mattapan and Dorchester, but we would love to see this in every neighborhood,” he said. Several residents said the initiative is a good one, but it may not be significant enough to make any real changes. Melissa Collins, 22, of South Boston, said she is enthusiastic for the initiatives taken to improve Boston and hopeful that the scope of the efforts will be widened. “It will be a great opportunity and should be used for neighborhoods like Roxbury and Mattapan,” she said. “I can appreciate that the mayor will be using volunteers and city residents to help out, and I hope they can expand it to most neighborhoods in Boston.” Jill Fiumrisa, 25, of South Boston, said

Roommates have dispute in brownstone BUPD responded to 81 Bay State Road at approximately 7 p.m. on Friday to a verbal dispute between roommates. The officers settled the argument. Noise complaint for party Officers responded to a noise complaint on Saturday at approximately 4 a.m. for a party held at 504 Park Drive. They found about 30 people and a large amount of alcohol at the South Campus apartment. No one was identified as underage, and BUPD broke up the party. Car accident, damage sustained A 23-year-old student operating a BU-owned automobile was involved in a motor vehicle accident Saturday at approximately 10 a.m. outside the School of Hospitality Administration at 928 Commonwealth Ave. The student struck a parked car’s side window, and both cars sustained damage. Burst pipe triggers fire alarm BUPD responded to a fire alarm at 785 Comm. Ave. on Sunday at approximately 11:39 p.m. A burst water pipe on the second floor triggered the alarm. The Boston Fire Department was on the scene with building and grounds members, who later took over the scene for clean up and repair. Student in vehicle assisted out of snow A 23-year-old student reported Monday at approximately 8:15 p.m. that she was stuck in the snow in her vehicle at the intersection of Buick Street and Commonwealth Avenue. BUPD had a cruiser get behind the student’s vehicle to push it out of the snow. The student’s car sustained some accidental damage to the rear bumper.

while many see the award as a good thing, the money is not enough to make a huge difference. “It [the money] should go to the MBTA. But I do think it’s a great thing. I don’t think thirty grand would help though,” she said. Kevin Green, 50, of South Boston, said he wishes the money would be used to benefit his neighborhood, though he also said the amount of money is not substantial. “It’s great. They should use it in my neighborhood,” he said. “But, realistically, thirty grand won’t go far.”

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Carr leaves lasting impression on students, colleagues

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1. Boston University professor Christopher Daly closes his eyes during a prayer at the end of a remembrance service for David Carr in the College of Communication on Wednesday 2. Former students of David Carr, (from left) Prim Chuwiruch (COM ’14) and Claire Giangravè (COM ’14), attend a remembrance service for Carr on Wednesday in the College of Communication 3. Boston University professor Martin Nisenholtz, who will teach David Carr’s class along with Ta-Nehisi Coates, speaks at a remembrance service for Carr on Wednesday in the College of Communication. CARR, FROM PAGE 1

Times. “He and I had many, many conversations over the years about the future of journalism and in particular the future of the New York Times,” he said. “Was our strategy right [or] wrong? The point is that we had these discussions often, and he was unique in his ability to do that.” Daly said Nisenholtz, former chief digital officer of The Times, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, a senior editor at The Atlantic, will take over as instructors for Carr’s class. “The students have lost immeasurably someone who had a lot to convey in class, but who also really wanted to go the extra mile for people and help them launch their careers,” Daly said

before the memorial. “I’m just trying to help make the transition here. I thought it was very important for students not to feel abandoned. I wanted them to have some sort of continuity and to know that the whole team at COM, we’re very concerned about them.” Continuing the class will be a “tribute to David,” rather than a replacement for Carr, Fiedler said at the memorial. At the memorial, students, alumni and faculty members were given the opportunity to speak about their memories and experiences with Carr. “It’s difficult to even sum up what David has done for any of us personally,” said Prim Chuwiruch, a January graduate of COM and a student in Carr’s first class. “He always had so much faith in all of us that we didn’t

have in ourselves. A lot of times, it was him working with each of us personally to try to channel that strength that he saw. I think that was one of the best things he contributed.” Jasper Craven, a senior in COM, also spoke as a student who is enrolled in his Media Criticism class for the spring 2015 semester. Carr had only been able to teach one lecture for the semester as inclement weather interrupted regularly scheduled classes. The memorial also included a video tribute commemorating Carr’s journalism and teaching career and an excerpt from Carr’s book “The Night of the Gun” read by Justin Joseph, a visiting lecturer in COM. Several students said Carr had an impact on the entire journalism community, inside and

outside of BU. Stevie Snow, a sophomore in COM, said she could not believe the news of Carr’s death and looked to the Times for confirmation of the truth. “Having someone that respectable on campus and someone that inspirational, not to say he was any more or less than any other professor, it was cool to know he had chosen our institution and chose to bring something to us,” she said. “His experience at BU was kind of gypped a little bit, and that’s kind of sad. What he had given us is great, but I’m just very shocked.” Caitlin Bawn, a graduate student in COM, said she attended the memorial to honor an incredible journalist and man. “He’s given BU a real sense of the future of journalism. Working outside of COM as well,

his relationship with The Times meant that he was so up-to-date and so current. He brought that to a lot of the professors but also the students here. It was like an inspiration of someone actually doing the work we are hoping to.” Sarah McCullough, a sophomore in COM and the College of Arts and Sciences, said Carr was a major influence and will remain in the minds of students. “I really believe that he was somebody who was really concerned with where journalism was going in the future, and that really serves to inspire students who may have been steered in the wrong direction by other figures in the field about where our profession is going,” she said. “He believed that even though journalism is changing, it isn’t any less serious or less important.”

Walsh announces partnership with traffic app, Waze BY SAMANTHA GROSS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced a new data-sharing affiliation on Friday with Waze, an app owned by Google that allows those driving, cycling and walking in Boston to view real-time traffic conditions. Referred to broadly as the Connected Citizens program, the partnership will help improve traffic flow in Boston, according to a Friday release from the City of Boston. “It’s an opportunity for us to share information on expected road closures with all of the Waze users. In the Boston area, they have nearly half a million users, so it’s a great mechanism for us to provide real-time information to them,” said Gina Fiandaca, commissioner of the Boston Transportation Department. “We can share traffic reports through Waze users that we see in our traffic management center.” The affiliation does not only benefit Waze users, she said. By sharing collected information with the Traffic Management Center, the City traffic engineers will, in theory, benefit from the alliance by adjusting the city’s hundreds of intersections. “We have 550 signalized intersections that we can control remotely in our traffic management center. Now, we’re able to make those changes in response to traffic conditions that we note real-time,”

Fiandaca said. “That information can be pushed out to Waze, and they can make it available for their users.” Walsh’s Citywide Analytics Team, announced in the mayor’s State of the City address Jan. 13, works with city departments to improve services through information gained from data, the release stated, and the team supports the partnership with Waze. Paige Fitzgerald, manager of the Connected Citizens program, said in an email statement that Waze looks forward to this partnership for diminishing traffic jams and allowing reported incident data to go straight to officials who can deal with such occurrences. “The City of Boston has been at the forefront of innovation in government, and we are honored to work with them to leverage Waze data to reduce congestion and improve Boston’s transportation infrastructure,” Fitzgerald said. “Through this partnership, Waze users will be better able to avoid congestion by accessing the most up-to-date traffic information directly from the city. Also, Waze-reported incident data will also now go directly into the hands of officials who can address the reported incidents, whether they be a five car pile-up, a broken down vehicle or a pothole.” Although the partnership has plans to improve current traffic conditions, Julian Agyeman, a professor of urban and environmental policy

and planning at Tufts University, said this coalition is a short-term fix to a long-term problem. “We have a traffic problem in Boston that has been cruelly exposed in the last few weeks by the diminished capacity due to snow and snow banks. We have a real problem,” he said. “The data is going to be shared with the Traffic Management Center. What ‘traffic management’ is about is managing the amount of traffic we currently have in the city. If we were a real smart city and if we were a real world-class city, we would have a Traffic Reduction Center.” Agyeman said traffic reduction would be a better fix than that of traffic management, the system on which Boston is currently running under. He said especially with the recent weather taking a toll on the city, traffic reduction would be a better fix than a short-term fix — an app to help people get around. “I challenge Mayor Walsh to get really smart and to live up to Boston’s aspirations to be a worldclass city by renaming the Traffic Reduction Center and start looking at ways to reduce the amount of traffic coming into Boston,” Agyeman said. “That’s what a truly worldclass city does, and that’s the only way to introduce long-term thinking to Boston’s traffic problems that are only going to get worse. Let’s be proactive on this rather than reactive.” Several residents said the app could start to solve some traffic

problems, but there’s still more to be done. Adhi Fahadayna, 23, of Brighton, said while the app may be useful for viewing traffic conditions, it can’t fix them. “You know, sometimes weather is unpredictable,” he said. “The apps could help get around it.” Jared Bancroft, 30, of Brighton, said he has the app and uses it frequently. “We drive back and forth from New York a lot. It’s just good for finding ways around some of the traffic. It’s not that much different from Google maps and things like that. I’ve liked it when I’ve used it. You can keep your passenger en-

tertained because they can update things like when there’s a tire in the road,” he said. “It’s cool the City of Boston is partnering with them. It will get more data into [the app] and help you avoid traffic getting home.” Michael Steffany, 30, of the North End, said the app might help avoid traffic in a city as busy as Boston. “[Boston] is already a really congested city,” he said. “I know people have been having threehour commutes when it’s usually a half hour. I think [the partnership] would definitely be helpful. I wonder how Boston would be able to deliver it to the residents.”

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Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Friday that the city will partner with Waze, a traffic app, to enable drivers, cyclists and pedestrians to check traffic conditions in real-time.

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Students experience weather-related damage in rooms BY EMMA SANDS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston University students living in on-campus residences, including those in South Campus and along Bay State Road, have experienced mild to extreme room damage following Boston’s recent historic snowfall. Matt Crowley, a South Campus resident, said he has seen some damage and expressed concerns for student safety. “A few of my friends are genuinely worried that their roof is going to cave in from the snow,” wrote Crowley, a junior in the College of Communication, in an email. “I thought it was a bit

silly, but I saw one basement that was significantly damaged by the storm. The roof looked straightup dangerous.” As of Wednesday, Boston has received 96.3 inches of snowfall in the 2014-15 winter season, according to weather.com. This is equivalent to the snow total from winter of 1993-94 and only 11.3 inches less than the city’s all-time snowfall record of 107.6 inches. The month of February alone has seen 59.1 inches of snow, making it Boston’s snowiest month on record. In an email to the student body Friday, Woodrow Freese, associate director of Residence Life, assured students that BU has been ardently working to

rectify the damage. “The Facilities Management & Planning team has been working around the clock to clear snow and to make repairs to buildings experiencing weather-related challenges,” he wrote in the email. “FM&P crewmembers are working diligently in difficult conditions to provide short-term and long-term solutions to weather-related damages. In some cases, dispatch decisions are made in an ‘emergency room’ format.” Freese said he is appreciative of the work BU Facilities has done around campus following the weather damage. “I am incredibly proud of the time, effort and energy that

the Facilities Management & Planning staff has invested in taking care of Boston University students,” he wrote in the email. “Thank you for your patience and understanding when waiting for assistance.” BU spokesman Colin Riley shared a similar appreciation for the perseverance of BU Facilities. He said it is difficult to estimate the extent of the damage and the number of students affected thus far. “People are frustrated because Boston University is working to help everyone,” he said. BU has been using a large crane to remove snow off the roof of Agganis Arena, Riley said.

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Another South Campus resident, Annie Darst, a COM sophomore, said the worst damage she has heard of is power outages due to the storms. She said the damage to her apartment has been minor. “[There is] a little leaking but not really anything else,” she said. “Just leaking.” Shannon Keane, a junior in the School of Education, and Elizabeth Moretto, a COM junior, live together on the top f loor of a Bay State Road brownstone and said there has been a serious leak in their ceiling following the record-breaking storm. “[Facilities management] put a plastic tarp on our roof, and they took our light out,” Keane said. “They’ve been here a lot, and we’ve talked to them a bunch of times.” Keane also said the SED building has been continually plagued by water damage, while Moretto said the worst damage she had heard about was busted pipes and leaking roofs in the brownstones on Bay State Road. “The Facilities guy said they were having problems in every residence across Bay State,” Moretto said. Riley said the BU Facilities team is trying to plan ahead to prepare for more snow and other potential dangers associated with the winter weather. “It’s a very overwhelming situation for everyone,” he said. “It’s very important that people make sure they are being careful and take the weather seriously. It is dangerous driving and walking around the city.”

Buildings in Boston University’s South Campus and along Bay State Road have incurred weather damage from this winter’s multiple storms.

Students optimistic about vacation housing policy changes DORMS, FROM PAGE 1

Representatives from BU Dining Services and the Residence Hall Association declined to comment. A BU Facilities Management and Planning plumber who asked to remain anonymous per employee regulations said although the change could benefit international students, it might put a strain on employees. “I’m sure it’ll be great for students who want to stay, but there’s give and take for everyone on the issue,” he said. “Whoever bit the bullet on this issue was thinking more about students than workers. Workers get a break too when they’re scheduled off at Thanksgiving and spring break. If the dorms are open, that means some of us are going to have to be here too.” Several students said they’re happy to hear about the policy change and see how it can be helpful. Jay Ishimaru, a senior in the College of Engineering and an

international student, said the vacation housing change will make staying on campus easier for international students. “I’m really happy to hear they’re finally changing that,” he said. “I’m from Japan, so I could never go home during breaks. I actually moved off campus so I could stay in Boston during breaks. It can be really hard for international students to find somewhere to go, and not everyone can afford f lights every break.” Carlos Dilear, a senior in ENG, said he sees the potential for overworking BU employees. “I don’t think it would be fair to make BU dining staff to stay during breaks and miss holidays and time with their families,” he said. “As long as they kept the dorms open, they don’t have to keep dining open. There’s a lot of food in Boston, and it’s not normal school time. Maybe if they increased their vacation pay, it would be ok, but otherwise, they should close the dining halls.”

Angela Wang, a freshman in the College of General Studies, said she plans to take advantage of the future dorm accommodations.

“I’ll probably stay in the dorms for those shorter breaks since I’m from California,” she said. “It’s just not worth it going all the way there and coming

all the way back for just a few days, and it’s really expensive. As long as it’s not a lot extra to stay in the dorms, it’s a really good plan.”

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Boston University Housing announced Feb. 12 that dormitories will remain open during Thanksgiving and spring breaks beginning in the fall 2015 semester.

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‘Digital Dark Age’ may swallow civilization’s bytes, expert warns BY OLIVIA DENG DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Dark Age usually conjures thoughts of Western Europe during the Middle Ages: fumbling, stagnant, lost, without inspiration or hope. However, a modern Dark Age may be on the horizon, according to Vint Cerf, a vice president and chief internet evangelist at Google. In Cerf’s eyes, civilization is nearing the beginning of a Digital Dark Age. “It is a time when future members of society are unable to correctly interpret digital information created in the past for lack of access to software that can render previously recorded documents, programs, data, etcetera,” Cerf said in an email interview. On Friday, Cerf brought the issue to attention during the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Jose, California. The term, he said, is a reference to the period in Europe called the Dark Ages, from medieval times until the Renaissance. During this period, writing was largely inaccessible to the population except for religious orders that preserved and copied documents from the past, especially from the Greek and Roman times. Loss of old knowledge today, though, due to incompatibility with newer formats, is not an entirely new phenomenon, said Leonid Reyzin, a professor of computer science in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences. One entity that has fallen prey to uninterpretable files is the British Broadcasting Corporation. “The BBC Domesday Project is an example of formats going obsolete,” Reyzin said. “It was a collection of contemporary UK, I believe in the 1980s, and it was later obsolete, and there were no devices that could read the collection. This is definitely a concern.” Reyzin said the primary issue is in not preserving files in a way future generations will find valuable. “You should keep your files in formats you can read. But on a large scale, or university collection, those kind of things, they have

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Google Vice President Vint Cerf said at a meeting Friday that stored data may be lost as technology becomes obsolete.

protocol,” he said. “For physical things, offsite storage in case of fire. For digital things, formats that will be maintained and will be useful later.” With technology innovation, some industries have adopted digital means of keeping records. Though the impact of file loss varies for each situation, Cerf said the probability of file loss is equal for all industries. “I don’t think any industry is necessarily more vulnerable than another. We are all generally users of proprietary, commercial software, and if we cannot assure that the digital objects we create can be correctly understood by evolving software, [they] may someday no longer be useful if compilers for that source software are unavailable for new hardware,” he said. “We need a regime that offers privileges to organizations devoted to preserving bits, application programs, operating systems and hardware descriptions.” For example, a decade ago, the Storage Networking Industy Association brought up the idea of a 100-year archive. However, the ef-

fort has not gained much traction, Cerf said. To counter the loss of files, Cerf proposed what he called digital vellum. “Basically, one creates virtual machines capable of emulating older hardware and running older operating systems and applications,” he said. “As long as virtual machines can be created to run these emulations, they can run older operating systems and application software.” Cerf said that at the moment, Google has no role in accelerating the digital vellum, although other companies, such as Digital Preservation Network, have started to concoct their own methods of preservation. The DPN is a 2-year-old company that works with academic institutions to preserve scholarly work. “If you think about what has typically happened over the centuries with scholarly work, they have been widely available, and typically, they have been published. You can look at it 100 years later and understand what was actually written and interpret it,” said Dave

Pcolar, technical manager at DPN. “The problem with the digital world is the formats. If you lose access to scholarly work over time, you can’t verify if those works were correct or validate the hypothesis they put forward, and you can’t retest it the same way. You are basically relying on memory or other studies.” Though many discussions regarding file loss have been centered on large institutions, individuals are just as susceptible, Pcolar said. “We [lose] files when you move from one laptop to another. Music collections may be lost because they are misplaced and … there are complications with digital rights,” he said. “If you look at the Amazon Cloud, you are looking at a single vendor. So there are a lot of gray issues and moving parts that make it difficult to nail down, certainly more difficult than having a CD or DVD in your possession and being able to read that.” Andrea Goethals, manager of digital preservation and repository services at Harvard Library in Cambridge, is also working on finding solutions. At Harvard Library, Goethals said she uses two general strategies for preservation: migration and emulation. Migration is keeping content accessible through modern technology. Emulation is copying the functionality of an outdated system. While Goethals credited Cerf for raising public awareness on this issue, she said the situation is not exactly as Cerf made it seem. “It is definitely a problem, but he made it seem like nobody is doing anything about it,” Goethals said. “He gave one example of a Carnegie Mellon project, but there’s actually been different organizations working on this for at least 15 years.” That’s not to discount it, however. The future for digital preservation, Goethals said, lies in partnerships between commercial giants such as Google, smaller organizations such as DPN and research institutions such as BU. “If we don’t preserve files, we lose our culture, we lose our art, we lose our history,” she said. “There would be nothing left to research in the future if we didn’t preserve the content now.”

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Redstones see production prowess turned to prodigious projects BY SONIA RAO DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Sundance might be over for the year, but there is a new reason for film festival followers to rejoice — Boston University’s very own festival premieres later this month. The Redstones, presented by the College of Communication’s department of film and television, displays feature films created by graduate and undergraduate students in the spring and fall 2014 semester production classes. After student directors submit their films, seven finalists are chosen, judged and, if lucky, awarded from a variety of categories, including Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay and more. The festival, named for Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone, wasn’t always this

extensive, however. “The Redstones started fairly small,” said Paul Schneider, the chairman of the department of film and television. “There was just the screening in Boston. We only had a couple of awards, and they’ve expanded now … More people will get acknowledged, which is great.” The number of award categories isn’t all that has increased over the years. The festival also features films from a growing variety of topics and genres. From a romantic dramedy about two exes to a documentary about a female cab driver in Tianjin, China, the 2015 Redstones cover a lot of ground. “It’s an interesting film festival,” said Bryan Sih, a 2014 COM graduate and finalist in this year’s festival. His sub mission, “Winter/Spring,” follows the CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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Boston University will host The Redstones, the College of Communication’s student film festival, in the Tsai Performance Center on Feb. 25.

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delicate and troubled marriage of two immigrant farmhands. “There’s usually a variety of films, some documentaries that are pretty impressive, some comedies and dramas. Somehow, they’re all sort of bunched together. That leads to a pretty weird viewing experience. But it’s usually interesting work,” he said. The Redstones are held in Boston each February, followed by screenings in both New York and Los Angeles later in the

spring. The films are judged in both Boston and Los Angeles, and the winning students are rewarded with the latest film technology from the festival’s sponsors. “Instead of cash, Canon gives out cameras and lenses,” Schneider said. “Avid gives out their stuff too — Pro Tools, their editing systems and so on. And that’s great. The students are now getting cameras and accessories and all kinds of interesting software. The amount that Canon and Avid give us is quite a bit more than what we were ever able to give out in prizes before.”

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’ve had a few people come up to me after a few other screenings that I had and say that it meant something to them, so that’s huge.”

These tech prizes are meant to aid winners with their future film endeavors by providing tools to work with. However, the finalists were quick to express that even just attending the screenings is enough to help develop their careers as young filmmakers. “If you win the festival in Boston, it’s great because you get to travel around to L.A. and New York,” said Sara Doering, a finalist and second-year graduate student in COM. “It’s a great way to work with alumni from BU and to be in these cities, which is obviously amazing. So it doesn’t just end with the Boston Redstones.” Jack Garrett, another finalist and 2014 graduate of COM, said the value of a director being present for the screening of their film cannot be discounted. “When you’re in the audience and you can hear people laugh, you get immediate feedback,” Garrett said. “I’ve had a few people come up to me after a few other screenings that I had and say that it meant something to them, so that’s huge.” The Redstones have a history of helping student filmmakers, Schneider said, and

many past winners have gone on to become some of America’s most successful directors, screenwriters and producers. “The Redstones have been a terrific stepping stone for a lot of our students who have gone on to successful careers,” Schneider said. “I just got an email the other day from one of our alums, Chris Koch. He’s directed a lot of TV, including ‘Modern Family,’ and he now has a new show on ABC called ‘Galavant.’ He was one of the Redstone winners, way back.” While the Redstones benefit the students featured, the event’s organizers and the young filmmakers said they encourage the public to attend the screenings and enjoy the films as well. “People should come up and enjoy the festival,” Schneider said. “Each year, the films are so totally different that you never know what you’re going to see or get. I encourage everybody to show up.” The Redstones in Boston are on Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. at BU’s Tsai Performance Center.

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2024 Summer Olympics could leave less gold for local nonprofits BY SOPHIA LABAS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

As the possibility of hosting the Summer 2024 Olympics looms over Boston, not everyone is excited for the hundreds of thousands of tourists that could be drawn to the city and the costs of the biennial mega-event. “It is a concern because there’s only so many dollars to go around,” said Kelley Gossett, a co-chair of the organization No Boston Olympics, which works against the city’s Olympic bid. “We think it’s really important to keep this topic in the news and to provide an alternate view.” The United States Olympic Committee chose Boston as the U.S. bid for the Summer 2024 Olympics on Jan. 8, The Daily Free Press reported. The International Olympic Committee will choose a host city in 2017. Gossett and her colleagues are concerned the temporary Olympic bliss could offset major costs to the host city, especially in the nonprofit sector. The Boston games would be primarily privately funded, she said, hence the concerns that it could affect necessary nonprofit donations as more donors funnel funds toward the games. All that, she said, doesn’t look at the issues of sustainability and other long-term effects the games could have on Boston. Where would the Olympic park go? What would its use be after the games are finished? Would the surrounding neighborhoods be negatively affected? What’s more, Gossett said, is that “every Olympics goes over budget,” with taxpayers usually footing the bill. The last Summer Olympics cost the United Kingdom $14.6 billion, well beyond the initial budget of $4.4 billion, The Guardian reported on Oct. 23, 2012. “There’s so many worthy causes in this city and this region that deserve attention as well, but to raise private dollars for a three-week event that does not yield economic benefits … that’s unfortunate,” Gossett said. Rick Jakious, CEO of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, has a more positive outlook. “People flex to support things and rally around things,” he said. “There’s definitely

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Rick Jakious, the chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, speaks at the 2014 Nonprofit Awareness Day. Jakious expressed concerns that the 2024 Boston Olympics could divert money from local nonprofits.

elasticity in charitable giving. The question is whether there might be a redistribution of resources that are currently going to existing needs.” The Massachusetts Nonprofit Network represents the needs and interests of all nonprofits in Massachusetts, and Jakious said he intends to see it do so in all future talk of the Games. “Our primary concern is to make sure that nonprofit organizations have a seat at the decision-making table,” he said. The main issue, he said, is recognizing a donation drop could happen and then working to prevent it beforehand.

“If it’s not part of the public dialogue, then the chances of that happening increase,” he said. Gossett also emphasized the need for an accessible, transparent and public discussion. The Boston 2024 website has posted information regarding public community meetings running that started in February and run until September, as well as video recordings of their “There’s just so many different wrinkles to it, and we just ask for a really transparent process,” Gossett said. Her organization’s website also strongly advocates for people to get involved and has listed the Boston 2024 public meeting times as well.

To move forward, Jakious said a public dialogue is essential because of how many factors are involved in this effort. “Again, I’m not presuming [the bid] will move forward, but that’s the best way to ensure that if it does move forward, that we have thought about and developed some sort of idea and ideally some sort of consensus on how to leverage the Olympics to benefit all those important areas,” he said. “At the end of the day, the Olympics are about spotlighting the amazing city that Boston is, but also about spotlighting the amazing city that Boston wants to be, and all of those discussions are critical parts of that.”

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The Expendables’ Raul Bianchi wants less snow, more surf BY EMILY EVANS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Expendables’ Winter Blackout Tour could not be more aptly named. In the midst of record-breaking snowfall in New England, the California-based band is hoping that the lessthan-ideal weather won’t keep fans from coming out and getting sweaty Sunday at the Paradise Rock Club. “Our most important thing is trying to put something down on record that the fans can enjoy,” said Raul Bianchi, the band’s lead guitarist, in an interview with The Daily Free Press. “What’s most important for us, especially with the live shows, is that the audience has a really good time, and that it’s a fun experience for people … and that they’re kind of lost in the concert.” Bianchi said while recording, the band makes every effort to recreate the kind of energy they give off in one of their shows, but it hasn’t always been easy. To create the best experience possible for both the band and the listeners, Bianchi said, The Expendables have crafted a unique recording process. The group recently purchased a warehouse in Santa Cruz, California and transformed it into a personal recording studio. Bass and drum recordings are done in professional studios, but the band tends to record everything else on their own. “It’s pretty big. It’s about 1,100 square feet, and we converted two small rooms into recording studios, so we now have our own full-time studios,” he said. “It’s really nice to have the freedom to record comfortably any time that you want and at any pace that you want.” To Bianchi and the band, that means recording independent from major studios. That recording process is a perfect example of the laid-back, California culture that The Expendables exude and credit much of their style to. Bianchi said their Santa Cruz beginnings have had a huge inf luence on the band, especially in their forma-

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Reggae group The Expendables will perform at Paradise Rock Club on Feb. 22.

tive years. He said their biggest inf luence was the reggae, punk and surf music that was popular at the time, as well as the surf culture of the town itself. “A lot of people feel that you can’t blend styles and genres,” Bianchi said, refusing to assign the band a genre. “As musicians, if it sounds good, we play it. We like a lot of different styles — punk rock, blues, reggae, jazz — and we write all kinds of different songs. Sometimes, they blend together. Sometimes, it’s a mixture, and sometimes it’s stand-alone pieces … If the song comes through, we play it.” Bianchi said the band is most popular in coastal towns, espe-

cially those in California and Florida, because the style of music tends to be more popular in those areas. Despite being more popular along the coast, he said they still have large numbers of fans in the Midwest and Northeast who come out to have fun and support the band, regardless of the weather conditions. The next few weeks will bring a few firsts for the band, as they make their way through the Northeast. They will be playing in Maine for the first time, marking their achievement of playing in all 50 states. Also, the concert at the Paradise Rock Club will be their first livestreamed show. Yahoo! Music

lot of people feel that you can’t blend styles and genres,” Bianchi said, refusing to assign the band a genre. “As musicians, if it sounds good, we play it.”

is partnering with The Expendables to provide a stream of the concert for those who cannot make it to the venue. All of it — the band’s new album and their tour — has Bianchi excited to see it unfold, and

he said he cannot wait to share the experience with fans, regardless of the method. “And if you like it, tell somebody and come to a show,” he said. “Because you will not be disappointed.”

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Two Saturday classes: Does it make up for lost time? Snow days are a rarity at Boston University. In a city with armies of snowplows, multiple forms of public transportation and thousands of ways to somehow make it work when the snow begins to fall, there is rarely a need for the administration to cancel even one measly day of classes. So when the “Snowpocalypse” of 2015 wiped out an unprecedented five days of classes in a three-week period, the BU administration was forced to cobble together an unpopular solution. To make up for the several missed school days, the BU Office of the Provost announced via email on Feb. 10 that BU has elected to designate two Saturdays — Feb. 28 and March 21 — as Monday and Tuesday class day schedules, respectively. Faculty are also permitted to hold evening classes over the course of the semester. “We understand that many faculty have already made adjustments for missed class time, and we appreciate the creativity and

flexibility that has gone into those efforts,” the email stated. “However, given the total number of class days that we have missed at this point, we want to offer a way for faculty and students in all Charles River Campus schools and colleges to make up two full class days as necessary.” Although these Saturday classes may have crushed some students’ wild Friday night parties or Saturday afternoon “dagers,” things could be far worse. Other rumored alternatives could have been canceling Spring Break or adding additional days to the year’s schedule. Or even worse, BU could have taken a tip from our neighbors at Northeastern University, who announced Tuesday they would be holding makeup classes on Patriot’s Day, also known as Marathon Monday, also known as the biggest and best all-day party in Boston. Considering all of that, sacrificing a couple of measly Saturdays really doesn’t seem so bad.

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student experience. Maybe Saturday classes are making the best of a bad situation, but there could be better alternatives. We may have missed two Mondays, two Tuesdays and one Wednesday, but we haven’t missed any Thursday or Friday classes. Switching a couple of Thursday and Friday schedules to Monday and Tuesday schedules could have been an effective way to even the playing field of missed classes without adding any extra days to the calendar. Or perhaps students could have been given the option to make up the classes on either Saturday or Sunday. In some religions, Saturday is a day designated for worship — not work — and attending class would violate that. Yet those students are probably just as eager to catch up with their classes as everyone else. Giving them an option to do so on Sunday as well seems more accommodating to the diverse student body of which BU is so boastful. It’s not BU’s fault that Mother Nature decided to pick on Boston this winter, but it is the university’s responsibility to recover the lost learning time that students pay such high tuition costs for. Saturday classes may be unpopular, but at least they show that BU’s administration and faculty value their students enough to lose a Saturday. Perhaps students could reciprocate the sentiment and straggle to Saturday classes as well. After all, we’re paying for it.

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A bad solution it isn’t, but will it be an effective one? Professors technically can’t mandate that their students attend, despite the fact that the professors must make the offer available. While many students at BU will value the chance to attend the classes they missed, let’s be real, a large portion of students will probably just skip the classes altogether, wasting both their tuition money and their professors’ time. Additionally, many professors have already adjusted their syllabi to reflect the days missed or found other creative solutions, such as posting online lectures or creating Blackboard discussion forums, to keep their students in virtual classrooms while the snow fell. These faculty members may see the Saturday classes as a waste of theirs and their students’ time, since they have already made up for the missed days. Not to mention the fact that Saturdays are primetime for student events. Several student organizations had rented campus classrooms and facilities through the Student Activities Office months in advance, only to find that their plans had been waylaid by Saturday class days. Most student groups are wary of the process of renting — and sometimes paying for — campus accommodations, so to find that they had lost the spaces for their carefully planned events was likely the icing on the cake of things ruined by Snowpocalypse. Classroom time should be a priority, but everyone knows that extracurricular activities are just as enriching to the

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Best Director: Splitting the honor Eddie Wang diversifies television

BY ERIC MOOTS COLUMNIST

The year of 2014 brought so many amazing films to the world. From Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Birdman” to Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” to Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” 2014 was a great year for the world of cinema. This is a blessing, but also a curse when it comes time to decide who deserves the Academy Awards. With so many amazing films, the case can be made for any of these films to win Best Picture. Along with that, Iñárritu, Linklater and Anderson all have compelling cases for who deserves to win. It is for this reason the Academy needs to split the award for best director between the three of them. This is a ridiculous idea, I know, but it has happened in the past, albeit between two films instead of three directors. In 2013, “Zero Dark Thirty” shared the Best Sound Editing Oscar with “Skyfall.” This was the sixth time this incident had happened, most notably in 1969 when Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand shared the Best Actress award. There is a history that suggests, while my scenario is hugely improbable, it is still somewhat within the realm of possibilities. That being said, the reason I think the Academy should split the award three ways is because it is unthinkable to leave out any of these three directors for their accomplishments on their respective projects. Linklater might have the strongest case for best director. He did, after all, film a movie over 12 years. He worked for a couple weeks every year, requiring tremendous talent to keep the story organized enough to be coherent by the end. Almost nobody else could possibly match the effort or love that was put into the making of “Boyhood.” Linklater put all he had into this project, and he did something unique, which the Academy tends to favor when it comes time to pick who will go home with statues this upcoming Sunday. On the other hand, Iñárritu, in his fifth

feature film, directed what is considered by many as a masterpiece. He filmed the movie in a pseudo-continuous take, which required not only the technical aspects of the films to be perfect, but also the acting. He had the actors doing takes for 10 minutes on average, once peaking at 15 minutes. On top of this, he pieced the film together so it looked like the film had been shot all at once without any cutting. To do this requires tremendous skill. The most notable director to successfully do this was Alfred Hitchcock in his film “Rope.” Invoking the same level of mastery, Iñárritu pulls it off perfectly. To make the already competitive race even more complicated, Anderson turned in “The Grand Budapest Hotel” for this year’s Oscars. Anderson received his first best director nomination after making what is highly touted as one of the funniest films of the decade. This film is Wes Anderson doing what he does best. I am personally glad that he is finally receiving some recognition from the Academy past his writing for some of his previous films, along with being nominated for Best Animated Feature for “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” With all three directors coming into the Oscar’s on high tides, it is going to be a close race to see who is named best director. Many point to Linklater’s win at the Golden Globes as a sign of things to come. Others look at the Screen Actors Guild awarding “Birdman” with Best Ensemble cast as a nod toward Iñárritu’s directing. And then there are some who look at the fact that the Academy has finally nominated Anderson as foreshadowing to his win. The sad news is that only one faction here will be right. Or will it? While highly improbable, this year’s crop of directors deserve to have the award split between the three of them. All of them did something that is just as deserving of the award as the others, and it would not be fair to ignore the achievements of any two of them. Given the Academy’s lack of ties between nominees, it is ridiculous to believe that all three will receive the same number of votes this time around, which is rather unfortunate. In all likelihood, only one will win. Most likely, “Birdman” director Iñárritu will take home the statue while Linklater snags the Oscar for Best pPcture. At least that is what many pundits are predicting to happen on cinema’s holiest night. Who knows, though? The Oscars are known to be full of big surprises. I just hope this year, we will get the biggest surprise of them all.

BY MARIELA SANTOS-MUÑIZ COLUMNIST

Recently, there have been a handful of shows on television that have diversified the characters that are visible on the tube and garnered attention. “Fresh Off the Boat,” on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), is one of those shows. Based on chef and businessman Eddie Huang’s memoir, also titled “Fresh Off the Boat,” the show centers around 12-year-old Eddie and his family, after moving from Washington, D.C., to Orlando, Florida. The television show is the first time in 20 years that a television series features an Asian family as main characters. Actress and comedienne Margaret Cho’s show “All-American Girl,” which depicted a Korean-American family, was the last one, and it was canceled after one season. Thus far, “Fresh Off the Boat” (the show) has been the subject of praise. For Randall Park, who plays Eddie’s dad on the show, the chance to play this character was an exciting opportunity. Park told Vulture that he could relate to different experiences that are portrayed on the show and that working on the show has given him the opportunity to work on a show where the family looks like his. The show has also been subject to criticism, however. One of the major criticisms that the show has faced is that the characters that make up the Huang family are portrayed as stereotypes. To the contrary, Constance Wu, who plays Jessica Huang (Eddie’s mother), told TIME, “We shouldn’t be a voice for all Asians. We are such a varied group that there’s no one show that can be like, ‘This is what Asian America looks like!’ But we’re given that burden because we’re so rarely represented. If you see Tina Fey on television, you’re not like, ‘All white women are like Tina Fey.’ Yet people are like, ‘Oh, Jessica Huang’s not like my mother, but this show is supposed to be about Asians, so shouldn’t she be like my mother?’” Wu hit the nail on the head. The broader issue is, as Wu argues, that the television show is under the extra pressure of representing everyone because a show like “Fresh Off the

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Boat” is so rare. This is a show in which the Asian-American family are its stars, not part of the supporting cast. There are few shows on major networks that speak to and represent different ways of being when it comes to identity. The show also lasts a half hour, which is a limited time slot to address different profound topics and issues. It’s not realistic to expect one television show to represent all Asians, or all Asian Americans, when their experiences are all different. Not only are identities complex, so are international relations. There are many Asian countries that have had contentious and complicated relations with one another. To homogenize millions of people would be wrong and inappropriate. The specificity of the representations on the show will undoubtedly alienate some viewers, but as Wu argues, specificity is important in avoiding stereotypes. Having shows on television where the characters are stereotypical is a valid concern. Eddie Huang himself wrote an article in Vulture expressing his concern that in order to appeal to a wider audience, the show was being watered down. The alteration of specific moments in his life to fit the idea of a universal narrative often strays too much from the book, which the show is based on. Operating under the pressure to try to appeal to everyone may put the show in a position where it can’t connect with any audience. Viewers want to see themselves on screen, and they are right to want that. There are many powerful, funny and compelling stories that aren’t being told on television. Making groups of people appear invisible, excluded or stereotypical is a systematic issue that needs to change. A media environment that is open to telling stories that connect with more viewers is necessary. Maybe the way I see this is wrong. I do have an outsider’s perspective. My identity is different than Huang’s, and I haven’t experienced events that Huang has gone through. At the same time, it seems to me that the journey young (television) Eddie is on so far is: figuring out what he wants, how to get it and what he’s comfortable with. I can relate to the show because I watch as young Eddie Huang works to figure out how to negotiate his identity, while at the same time watching how his parents deal with their own identities. In my own life and in my own ways, that is something I have experienced. To my understanding, whatever flaws “Fresh Off the Boat” may have, the show is a step in the right direction, and it’s helping to have important conversations. It’ll be interesting to see how the show develops, and I hope it’s on television long enough to get the chance to.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh issued a public request Monday for residents to stop jumping out of their windows and into the snow piles around the city. We here at the ol’ Free Press were wondering what snow activities BU people might engage in that would anger the mayor.

SMG: Use the snow as an ashtray.

BU Athletics: Play the Beanpot on the Charles River.

SHS: It’s probably closed, so nothing.

SHA: Airbnb igloos without permits.

CFA: Sculpt nude snowmen.

President Brown: President Brown does not go outside.

ENG: Design snowball catapults to have the ultimate snowball fight.

FreeP: Order delivery during a travel ban because we’re too lazy to leave the office.

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Women’s basketball shows signs of improvement in loss to American BY JOE CALABRESE DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Looking to rebound from a two-game skid in consecutive road games, the Boston University women’s basketball team returned to Case Gym on Wednesday night for its penultimate home matchup of the 2014-15 season. Although the Terriers (5-21, 2-13 Patriot League) were able to put up a much better effort in this, their second time out against American University, the Eagles (18-8, 13-2 Patriot League) were still able to coast to a 58-50 victory. Last time against the Eagles, American outscored the Terriers by 30 points, with five separate Eagles each scoring 10 or more. While the Eagles were still the better team in this one, much can be said about the Terriers’ ability to stay with them throughout Many of American’s early points were the product of force and determination, utilizing crisp passing in the paint, showing why the Eagles are the number one team in the Patriot League this season. The Eagles’ passing was spot on throughout the first half. Every time they got the ball, they kept it moving quickly, keeping the Terriers on their toes and causing some confusion, resulting in wide-open jump shots on more than one occasion. The Eagles opened the half looking like they were going to run away with it. They started on a 7-0 run, during which the Terriers seemed to struggle to get their bearings. A 3-pointer from redshirt junior guard Troi Melton, her only one of the night, was the Terriers’ first field goal, but it didn’t come until nearly five minutes into the half. From that shot on, it was all Melton for the Terriers. Not only was her shot smooth all night, she was everywhere on the court. Immediately following her three, she hustled back on defense for a block on American guard

Jen Dumiak. Melton led the team in points in their previous game against University of Loyola Maryland, and in Wednesday’s matchup against the Eagles, she continued to build on what was working for her so well her last time out. BU Coach Katy Steding was truly impressed with Melton, on what ended up being a career night for her. “She was very aggressive,” she said. “When she gets her first shot, I think she does really, really well. That gives her a lot of confidence. [Eventually] we were trying to run a lot of stuff for her to the point where she was getting tired, and that hasn’t happened in a while for her. It was a nice night for her.” Overall though, the Terriers had to fight for every inch against American. They struggled to get into the paint, which is where they strived against the Greyhounds (7-19, 5-10 Patriot League). While it was a challenge, the Terriers refused to let up and continuously worked to chip away at the Eagles’ lead. American didn’t trail for one second in the half, but the Terriers were able to keep it manageable – within five to seven points – until the final minutes of the frame. The Eagles closed the half the same way they opened it: dominant. They finished riding an 8-0 run, of which Dumiak accounted for six, going 3-for-3. The Terriers went into the locker room down by a score of 32-21. The second half was much of the same. The Terriers fought for anything American would give them, Melton and Dumiak were unstoppable on offense and the Eagles didn’t give up the lead for one second. Melton versus Dumiak was the real showdown in the second half. While the Terriers battled ferociously, the Eagles were able to keep making shots as well, leading by as much as 14 at one point. Since American all but had the victory locked up in the second half, the

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Redshirt junior guard Troi Melton led BU with a career-high 23 points in the Terriers’ loss to American on Wednesday night.

main attention was on the scoring battle ensuing between the teams’ two guards. In the end, the two tied for scoring with 23 points, a career high for Melton. The duo also finished with nine combined rebounds. Dumiak recorded seven assists, and Melton had two blocks. Melton was also the only player on the Terriers to not turn the ball over on the game. Overall, Steding believes the Terriers’

improvement from their last game against the Eagles is the result of them fitting better into their roles. “We didn’t change all that much except our focus to finish plays out,” she said. “I think we’ve gotten better. The last time we played them was really the first time we tried to switch everybody so I thought we attacked that better. Our zone really came together [this time] and they stuck with it better.”

Sturdy defense aids men’s basketball in low-scoring win over American BY NICK FRAZIER DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

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Junior forward Nathan Dieudonne was one of three Terriers in double-digit points on Wednesday night as he posted 13 for BU.

Coming off a pivotal win at Agganis Arena on Saturday, the Boston University men’s basketball team picked up right where it left off Wednesday night, using a solid defensive performance to defeat American University by a score of 61-53 at Bender Arena. The victory keeps the Terriers (12-14, 8-7 Patriot League) at fourth place in Patriot League standings. The team has three games left in the season to try and improve its standing for next month’s Patriot League tournament. The Terriers relied on superb defensive play to beat the Eagles (14-13, 7-8 Patriot League) and knock them down to fifth place in the league standings. BU held American to 18-for-53 from the field and 7-of-26 from behind the 3-point line. BU also had four blocks and three steals. Offensively, sophomore guard Cedric Hankerson led the way for the Terriers with 14 points on 4-for-10 shooting. Junior forward Nathan Dieudonne and sophomore guard Eric Fanning chipped in with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Dieudonne also contributed a teamhigh seven rebounds on the night, almost matching the 7.7 rebounds per game he averages on the year. “I was pleased with our defensive effort,” said BU coach Joe Jones. “We’ve done a much better job as of late at defending, and I thought our guys were really focused. During our pre-game warm-ups, they were focused and ready to go. I was really happy about that. We did a really good job of that. I would rate this as one of the best defensive performances of the season.” The Terriers certainly didn’t wait until

the second half to get things going, as they held American to just 15 points in the first. The two teams went back and forth early on until a 12-3 run lit a fire under the Terriers. American was held to 24 percent shooting in the half. In the second half, it was more of the same, as American struggled to get open shots due to the Terriers’ swarming defense. The Eagles were able to climb to within five points of BU’s lead with 9:25 to play after a lay-up by guard Pee Wee Gardner. However, BU would respond a minute later with a 3-point shot by junior guard John Papale to push the lead back to a comfortable eight points. The game became close again with under two minutes to play when American guard Jesse Reed hit a 3-pointer to cut BU’s lead to seven with 1:31 to play. The Terriers responded by putting freshman guard Will Goff in the game to hit free throws. He ended up going 9-for-10 from the free throw line in the last minute-and-a-half of the game, preserving a win for the Terriers. “I was pretty pleased with him and him making some big foul shots down the stretch,” Jones said about Goff. “It was great to see. I’m very happy for him.” The Terriers now will look forward to their next game, an away matchup on Sunday with Bucknell University, who sits atop the Patriot League. With only three games left in the regular season, Jones said his team must continue to execute at a high level. “We just got to keep trying to get better at executing,” Jones said. “We got to do a better job of that on the offensive end. We’ve had too many turnovers. We also have to continue to work defensively and just keep trying to get better in that area. Those are the two things that we got to keep working on.”

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No. 6/7 women’s hockey closes out regular season with two-game series against top-ranked Boston College

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Freshman forward Victoria Bach has five points (2G 3A) in her last four games. BY JONATHAN SIGAL DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The No. 6/7 Boston University women’s hockey team will close out its 2014-15 regular season when it takes on a No. 1 Boston College side in a home-and-home series Thursday and Saturday. The Thursday encounter will see the Terriers (21-7-2, 15-4 Hockey East) travel

to Conte Forum to take on the Eagles (291-1, 19-0 Hockey East), while the Saturday affair has BU and BC facing off at Walter Brown Arena. These two rival teams met earlier in the season on Jan. 7, when BC narrowly edged out a 4-3 victory over the Terriers in Chestnut Hill. That Hockey East clash represented one of the only times a high-pow-

ered BC team was pushed to the brink and truly tested by a conference opponent. “I don’t know if [the loss] gives us an extra push because every game is a new chapter,” said BU coach Brian Durocher. “We are going to have to play a real sharp game. The kids know they can play with this team, but playing with a team and getting it done are sometimes two very different things. We don’t want to rely on moral victories, so we have to get over the hurdle and beat them in a regular season game.” While the Terriers suffered a loss in January, BU has been enjoying a rich run of form as of late. The team has played some of its best hockey during its four-game winning streak, tied for its longest of the year. Strong victories over the University of New Hampshire, Northeastern University and Providence College stand out, but the individual performances of several forwards have buoyed the Terriers as of late. Most notably, junior forward Sarah Lefort has found her scoring touch once again, as she has scored six goals and dished out three assists over her last three games. In a similar vein, freshman forward Victoria Bach has recorded three goals and two assists over the last four games. Although Lefort and Bach are on different lines, Durocher said the forwards have the potential to cause trouble for BC on Thursday and Saturday. “Victoria has been pretty steady all the way through the season, whereas Sarah had maybe a little bit of lull here,” he said. “That obviously has ended in grand fashion and timely fashion because she was the leading goal scorer in the country last year. She has got the size, the strength, the vision and most importantly the great shot. We need her to be on her game, so I’m glad she chose the next-to-last weekend to get back in her groove and get going.” As impressive as Lefort, Bach and several other BU forwards have been, the Eagles boast their own strong forward corps and offensive prowess. Home to eight of the top 16 scoring forwards in Hockey East and an eye-grabbing 5.29 goals a game, BC has the potential to find the back of the net early and often.

Although the Eagles possess four lines capable of scoring, they are led by a pair of stalwart forwards of their own. Juniors Alex Carpenter, who has 67 points to her name, and Haley Skarupa, who has 57 points, lead the charge. Carpenter and Skarupa alone present a serious threat for BU’s defense and goaltending duo of freshman Erin O’Neil and sophomore Victoria Hanson, but Durocher said he is aware of the dangers BC offers as a whole. “The two great players are Haley Skarupa and Alex Carpenter, but Emily Field, Dana Trivigno and Kenzie Kent are all national-level forwards,” he said. “It’s not just a small group of players for them. It’s beyond that. I really think that the biggest difference and what separates their team is that they have six really skilled, talented defensemen. They can go get the puck, turn up the ice and make a play so quickly, that it’s hard to pick your poison.” Adding to the plot of BU’s two final games is the prospect of postseason play. As of now, BU sits in second place in Hockey East and is guaranteed the number two seed in the impending Hockey East Tournament, regardless of their results against BC on Thursday and Saturday. How BU fares in its final two games could also have a massive impact on its place in the PairWise Rankings. Used as a barometer for the eight-team NCAA tournament, BU sits in sixth and is in danger of slipping out of the national picture. Looking to go far in postseason play and close out the season strongly, Durocher said he is pushing for strong showings against BC. “We will get to the tournament when we get to the tournament, but without a doubt, the PairWise Rankings have been a part of my conversations,” he said. “It has served as a subtle motivation for the kids, and thankfully, we have done a good job lately. As far as the BC games go, we have to go out and do the best that we can. If it’s a split, if it’s two wins, if it’s a loss and a tie, anything to grab points is going to be important.”

SHULMAN: USWNT has what it takes to make run in 2015 WWC SHULMAN, FROM PAGE 12

for the United States, and the teams will meet again this year for the fourth time in five tournaments in the group stage. In these matches, the United States is 3-0, outscoring Nigeria 13-1. New opponent Australia is currently No. 10 in the world. The United States Women have played the Matildas just thrice in the past four seasons and not at all since late 2013, winning all three times by a combined score of 12-3. Australia is a much-improved team since the two last played, placing in the top four of a competitive Asian Qualification Tournament.

The United States should have no trouble advancing through the group stage, and depending on how they finish in the group, the matchups in the knockout rounds will vary. Should the United States win Group D, they will be pitted against one of the four teams finishing in third place of their group. However, if the USWNT finish second in Group D, they will likely face a potent Brazil team and may possibly be sent home early. A third place finish in the group and impending qualification for the knockout stage would mean a possible matchup with Germany, the World’s top team, or hosts Can-

ada, ranked No. 9 in the World. So what does all this mean? By winning the group, the United States secures an easier matchup in the knockout stages and potentially a guaranteed two victories to advance to a marquee semifinal match versus Germany. The United States and Germany have met just four times since the start of 2012, with the United States winning once and drawing three times. Germany, however, is also seeking a third trophy, as well as one to match their male counterparts. Led by recently crowned Women’s Player of the Year Nadine Keßler, the Germans

are ready to win. Can the USA really return to glory? There is no doubting it will be hard, but with the American women playing the way they traditionally have and currently are, the USWNT may once again hoist the Women’s World Cup trophy, which has eluded them for 16 years. A victory for the United States would not only elevate the program, but might be the elixir that U.S. Soccer has needed in order to bring the sport to the forefront of American athletics.

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FRIDAY, FEB. 20

SATURDAY, FEB. 21

SUNDAY, FEB. 22

MONDAY, FEB. 23

Men’s Lacrosse @ Lehigh Men’s Ice Hockey vs Notre Dame Women’s Hockey @ Boston College 7 p.m.

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7:30 p.m. Women’s Ice Hockey vs BC Women’s Lacrosse @ Vanderbilt 3 p.m.

3 p.m. Men’s Ice Hockey vs Notre Dame 7 p.m.

Men’s Basketball @ Bucknell 12 p.m.

Men’s Hockey vs Northeastern (TD Garden) 7:30 p.m.

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“I would rate this as one of the best defensive performances of the season,” said BU coach Joe Jones after his team’s 61-53 win over American University, pg. 10

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TAKING DOWN GOLIATH No. 6/7 women’s hockey attempts to knock off No.1 ranked Boston College, pg. 11

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Indirect Kick Can the USWNT get back on top?

BY DAN SHULMAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

When asked about international soccer’s best teams, the casual fan would answer with countries such as Germany, France, Brazil or Spain. However, one extremely large nation is missing from that list: The United States of America. While the United States Men’s National Team has struggled to gain notoriety, falling to No. 31 in the FIFA World Rankings, the Women’s National Team has been all the rage. Currently in a flipflop pattern with Germany for No. 1 in the world, the USWNT is preparing to etch its legacy into World Soccer lore by winning its third Women’s World Cup title. With the 2015 Women’s World Cup approaching fast, the USWNT is going through the final paces before entering the tournament. Historically, the USWNT has been a mainstay at the top of the World Rankings, winning the inaugural WWC in 1991 and again when the United States hosted the tournament in 1999. In every other WWC, the USWNT has finished in the top three, most recently finishing as runners-up following a heartbreaking defeat against Japan in the 2011 Final. Some of the best players have come from the United States, including Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly and Brandi Chastain. Even today, legends continue to be made, from Abby Wambach, to Christie Rampone, and now Alex Morgan. Going into this summer’s tournament, it’s safe to say there are huge expectations for the USWNT. But the real question is, can the USA return to glory? The answer is yes … but they’ll have to go through Germany. The last time the USWNT won the World Cup, the tournament was hosted in North America. With this summer’s edition in Canada, it essentially becomes the United States’ tournament to lose. In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the United States Men’s National Team was placed into the group of death with three of the best teams in the world. In FIFA’s ongoing quest to deny the United States any mercy, the women’s team has met a similar fate. The USWNT will play in Group D at the Women’s World Cup, along with Sweden, Australia and Nigeria. Sweden, a familiar foe in the group stage for the United States, sits in fifth place of the World Rankings. The United States and Sweden have met in the group stage in every tournament since 2003, with the United States going 2-1, but losing most recently in 2011. Nigeria, No. 32 in the world, is another common opponent in the group stages CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

Cheddi Mosely settling into specialist role BY MICHAEL JOSCELYN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

With 14:51 left in the first half of the Boston University men’s basketball team’s game against Colgate on Feb. 11, freshman guard Cheddi Mosely stole the ball from an opposing player, passed it to junior guard John Papale and ran the f loor to get a fast break 3-pointer. This is the type of play that has come to define Mosely in his freshman season. Mosely may be fifth on the Terriers (12-14, 8-7 Patriot League) in scoring with 9 points per game, but his role within the team is well-defined. “Right now, I feel like I’m in a happy spot,” Mosely said. “[BU coach Joe Jones] really has trust in me as a freshman, and I’m going to keep showing him that I can PHOTO BY JUSTIN HAWK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF play with anybody.” Freshman guard Cheddi Mosely is already making an impact for Of Mosely’s total shot at- the Terriers, averaging 9.0 points per game for fifth on the team tempts this season, 65.2 per- in scoring. cent have come from 3-point range, and he is connecting guard, but then I started to on Jan. 18. He had 23 points on 41.5 percent of them, a grow, and I got to the gym and shot 5-for-9 from 3-point team high for those who have and started shooting a lot range. For comparison, the more than 20 attempts. He more, so I like my 3-point rest of the Terriers went a also ranks fifth in the Patriot shot,” Mosely said. “When I combined 7-for-18. He made League in 3-point field goal played AAU back in middle almost as many 3-pointers as percentage. school, my dad told me, ‘Hey, his teammates, but with half Coming out of St. An- you can really shoot the ball,’ the number of shots. thony’s High School in Jersey so the coach put me off the A more standard MoseCity, New Jersey, Mosely was ball, and I fell into the role.” ly game occurred Saturday the state’s No. 7 prospect, That may be needed go- when BU took on the Greyaccording to NJHoops.com. ing forward on this Terrier hounds (10-16, 6-9 Patriot He received offers to play for team that lacks a pure point League) again. In a 73-60 BU College of the Holy Cross and guard. Thus far, BU has re- win, Mosely contributed 12 Quinnipiac University, but lied on Papale, a converted points on 4-for-8 shooting ultimately decided on BU. 3-point specialist, to step into from deep. Mosely was one of “I chose BU mainly be- this role, and he has grown four Terriers to reach double cause I fell in love with the increasingly comfortable as figures on the night. After city of Boston, and when I the season has worn on. the game, Jones said there is came here, Coach Jones made Papale leads the Terriers a great benefit to having a me feel at home,” Mosely said. with 95 assists on the year, wealth of proven scorers on “He told me that I could have compared to just 26 for Mose- the team. a major impact on the team ly, albeit in extremely differ“We have six guys that as a freshman, and the educa- ent roles for the Terriers. can put up double figures any tion part of it came into play Mosely has shown an night, so that gives Cheddi as well with my parents. I just ability to control the ball so much space to get shots fell in love with the coaching throughout the season, and off when so much attention staff and the city of Boston.” he said it is something he goes to guys like John and Mosely has always been would be comfortable doing Cedric [Hankerson], and I known for his ability to more of in the future. think Cheddi’s the one guy knock down the long-range “I could play it [point that, you can’t focus on evshot, with recruiting websites guard] because when I was erybody,” he said. citing the shot as his most little, I played point guard, so Mosely also takes far poignant asset, yet he said the I’m used to it,” Mosely said. fewer free throws than is first skill he learned was how The Jersey City, New customary for a player in his properly to handle the ball as Jersey native’s biggest game guard position. He has ata point guard. for the Terriers came against tempted the same number “As a kid, I was a point Loyola University Maryland of free throws as sophomore

center Blaise Mbargorba, who has played 328 fewer minutes than Mosely. Even on a team that has a dearth of veteran presences, as there are zero seniors on the roster, Mosely said he has found that there is a core of veteran leadership within the team. “Coach Jones has been amazing and telling us that, since we’re young, we have to play tougher than everybody, harder than everybody, so practice has mainly been about competing every day,” Mosely said. “I look up at John Papale, [junior forward] Justin [Alston] and [junior forward] Nate [Dieudonne] for leadership because they’ve been here and what it’s like to work under Coach Jones.” Mosely has been a contributor for the Terriers since the beginning of the season, after starting and scoring 12 points in the team’s first game against Northeastern University on Nov.16. However, his team was a bit more sluggish, dropping early-season games against Saint Peter’s University and the University of New Hampshire. “In the beginning of the season, we were a very raw team. We did not know the correct way to play defense, and our offense was very stagnant, but it’s been getting much better as the season progressed,” Mosely said. “As a team, I think our chemistry is real good. We get along real well in the locker room and on the court. There’s some scuff les here and there, but that’s just competition.” In the Terriers’ Wednesday game against American University, Mosely was out due to injury, but the team did get the win 61-53. Right now, the Terriers sit in fourth in the Patriot League standings, with an NCAA Tournament bid waiting for the winner of the conference tournament. Mosely said his team has what it takes to get there. “I can see the team making it to the NCAA Tournament,” he said. Whatever the outcome, Mosely will likely be watching from the 3-point line.

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