NEWS Dzhokhar Tsarmaev tweeted he “wanted to bring justice to his people” pg. 4
MUSE To Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell, laughter is the best medicine for even society’s ills. pg. 6
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THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015 THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY YEAR XLIV. VOLUME LXXXVIII. ISSUE IX.
Students, officials differ on effects of misconduct survey BY J.D. CAPELOUTO DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
BU,” she said. BU’s international applicant pool has grown faster than the overall applicant pool, which Walter said can be attributed to the United States’ position as the “gold standard” for higher education. “Since 2010, international applications have increased 156 percent. This year, we are planning on 24 percent of our class being international,” she said. “159 countries were represented in our applicant pool. That’s not quite the UN, but it’s pretty darn close.” The average SAT score of the incoming freshman class has increased by 75 points since 2010, with another 14-point increase since 2014. Several recently admitted students from the Class of 2019 said they look forward to the prospect of attending BU.
When the Boston University administration released a sexual misconduct climate survey on March 19, students were given the opportunity to share what they know about ways the university addresses sexual misconduct on campus. Mia*, who had been part of a sexual harassment case against another female student, opened the email and took the survey expecting to see questions and scenarios reflecting her own situation, but as she delved further into the survey, she soon learned that would not be happening. “That survey didn’t really apply to me. I thought there was a lot missing from it,” she said. “It was disappointing to see that sexual harassment wasn’t on there … There are a lot of different levels of sexual misconduct, and I thought that [the survey] didn’t really apply to all of them.” Mia said many of the survey questions specifically portrayed sexual misconduct as physical “sexual violence.” The definition of misconduct in the survey missed situations such as inappropriate staring, gestures or comments, she said. Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore said learning about students’ impressions of the prevalence of sexual assault on campus helps university officials improve the system and protect students. “We hope what we can do with the survey information is to make sure we continue to improve our policies, our approaches to how we handle sexual misconduct and also how we address education and communication about the topic,” he said. Steven Jarvi, the associate dean for student academic life in the College of Arts and Sciences, said based on results seen on other college campuses, the survey will have an impact at BU. “I do think it will be effective,” he said. “It’s proven to be effective at other institutions, people that have done this, [and] the questions are well formulated, directions are clear. With anything like this, you hope for a robust response rate so that you’re basing your decision on the majority of responses and not individual responses.” As of Tuesday, 1,025 of the 27,000 students who received the survey had completed it, BU spokesman Colin Riley said. Along with Peter Fiedler, vice president of administrative services, Elmore chaired a task force made of faculty and staff from various schools, departments and organizations to create the survey. The group had been working on the survey since July 2014, he said. Amie Grills, a clinical psychologist on the task force who works in the School of Education, said members focused on different sections of the survey and went over every question “item by item.” “We just really wanted to make sure that we were phrasing the questions in a way that everyone felt was the most effective, and a way that would be clear, and then we kind of went through that process once,” she said. About 200 students from various classes and organizations completed a pilot version of the survey to determine whether the language and questions were clear, concise and complete, Elmore said.
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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority trains are running at full service after winter weather related service interruptions, and refurbished Green Line trains will be released for service in April.
With end of winter, Green Line has service restored BY PAIGE SMITH DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority announced a number of updates to Boston train service over the past week. The MBTA announced a number of updates to the Green Line and Commuter Rail, including 86 refurbished Green Line trolleys, in a March 18 press release. The $104.4-million-dollar project expects half of the refurbished trolleys to return to service by next winter, while the other half will be reintroduced by the end of 2016, the release stated. “Systems are being replaced or upgraded while others are being overhauled. Some of the improvements include a replacement in the upgraded design HVAC, auxiliary lighting, flooring, seating and insulation,” the release stated. “The overhaul work addresses the structure, roof, exterior skin, door system, brake equipment, trucks and propulsion.” Despite the repairs, the MBTA’s rapid transit lines have been fully functional throughout the month of March, said MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo. However, repairs continue to
be made to the cars. “MBTA vehicle maintenance crews continue to work around the clock to repair subway cars and trolleys that were damaged during the snowiest winter in Boston history,” Pesaturo said in an email. “Vehicle maintenance crews have replaced or repaired hundreds of traction motors on subway cars. The motors, which are needed to power the trains, were crippled by heavy snow that accumulated in the cars’ undercarriages.” The updates follow crippling winter storms in January and February, as well as a change in management following the resignation of MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott. Scott formally announced she would be stepping down on Feb. 11, following several days of completely halted services. Frank DePaola, former Highway Administrator and MassDOT’s Chief Operating Officer, was named Interim General Manager in a Feb. 25 press release from MassDOT. The appointment officially took effect on March 4. The MassDOT Board of Directors has started a nationwide search for a permanent general manager, Pesaturo said. Mark Williams, a Boston University professor of finance and economics who penned
an article entitled “A priority list for fixing the MBTA” for The Boston Globe on Feb. 25, said he is concerned, rather than reassured, by the announced improvements. “I get concerned when they say ‘refurbished.’ On the Green Line, we have trolley cars that are almost 30 years old. On the Orange and Red Line, we have cars that are actually 40 years old,” Williams said. “The refurbish route sounds like the MBTA going on the cheap instead of doing the right thing, and that is buying new cars.” Despite the crippling nature of the storm, Williams said, it highlighted the flaws behind the region’s primary form of transportation. “There are 1.2 million people who ride the T to and from work everyday, so this transportation system needs to be dependable. I think it’s disingenuous though, for the head of the T to say, ‘In March, things are running on schedule, so it’s fine,’” Williams said. “It really exposed years and years of mismanagement, underfunding, poor training, bad systems, dilapidated cars, not enough investment and the basics to run something that a first-rate city like Boston deserves.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
Record-breaking number of applicants for Class of 2019 BY CHRIS FERGUS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
Boston University Admissions received 54,757 applications for spots in the Class of 2019, setting a record high for the university. The Class of 2019 had an acceptance rate of 33 percent and admitted students from all 50 U.S. states and 159 countries, said Kelly Walter, associate vice president and executive director of admissions. Applicants received decision notices on Saturday. “Every student wants to go to a name brand institution, and we have so many opportunities available for students, whether it is research or internships or double degrees,” she said. “Students can do all of those things here and do all of them in four
years. If you think about being ranked 37th in the world, BU is well-known whether you’re in China, Argentina, Germany or Iowa.” Although there was only a 1.1 percent increase from last year’s Class of 2018 applications, admissions still received a record-breaking number of applicants this year, reflecting potential students’ interest in the university, Walter said. The number of applicants has increased 43 percent between 2010 and 2015. Walter said the growth of the applicant pool and higher quality of applications has made admissions for BU more competitive. “We’ve gone from an admit rate of 58 percent [in 2010] to 32 percent [in 2015] in a short period of time, and that is quite impressive. Each year, it has become more and more difficult to gain admission to
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Metropolitan College celebrates 50th anniversary BY JESSICA DORFAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
Boston University’s Metropolitan College has reached its 50th anniversary after half a century of providing a variety of learning experiences for students. Celebrations, which will begin during the fall 2015 semester, will highlight some of the contributions and achievements of the school, said Lubomir Chitkushev, the assistant dean of MET. “Half a century is a major milestone,” he said. “The 50th anniversary will be an opportunity to thank and recognize many people who have contributed to MET excellence over all those years.” MET offers traditional and online classes geared toward working professionals with busy schedules, and differs from the typical university experience, Chitkushev said. “MET classes are mostly at graduate level, so the student population is mature, dedicated, engaged and usually with excellent professional experience,” he said. “MET has a very diverse student body which consists of mostly graduate students in professional programs, with almost half of them online, as well as with a number of international and undergraduate students.” Within the past decade, MET has established new programs of study that are part of the “latest educational trends” in multiple industries, Chitkushev said. “MET of today is more global than ever, serving larger and more diverse populations of students than ever and offering the cutting-edge academic programs through the latest innovative teaching technologies,” he
said. “All encompassed are great achievements for a college so new and so unique.” Chitkushev said the master’s program in criminal justice was the first full online degree at BU, followed by those in management and computer information systems, which have been named among the top online programs by U.S. News and World Report. Joseph Boskin, an emeritus professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences who has taught in MET, said he was surprised to hear that the school opened 50 years ago. “I didn’t know that MET was reaching its 50th anniversary, but I’ve been around since it started. I taught there for 41 years,” he said. “I had no idea it started only nine years before I came on there.” Boskin said he has enjoyed teaching in MET because of the students he has encountered and the learning that occurs in the school. “There is a different kind of arrangement because students come from a variety of places,” he said. “The Metropolitan College is an extraordinary college at the university because it fills in all the gaps in the university curriculum. What the other departments don’t do, MET does. It is also a highly innovative college because it does things that the rest of the university doesn’t do.” Having staff and researchers with practical experience contributes to the foundation of the learning environment at MET, Chitkushev said. “MET is all about innovation and exploration of new areas, programs and delivery methods, which makes it a very unique place for studying, teaching and
engaging in applied research,” he said. Several MET students said they were not aware about their school’s milestone, but expressed how being in MET has been a positive experience. Luis Cuello, a second-year student studying management studies, said he likes how he can continue pursuing an education to further his career with classmates who are doing the same. “I want to pursue consulting or a promotion in my current job to a management position,” he said. “Most of my classes are at night, like I have day classes and night. Most students are older … [and] a lot of them already have
jobs, so it’s cool to have classes with all of them.” Carmen Sotomayor, a second-year student who plans to apply to medical school, said she appreciates the “consistency” MET provides in its studies and the resources it makes available to students. “My intention is to be a pediatric oncologist in the future,” she said. “I very much like the flexibility that the Metropolitan College provides to students. It is kind of difficult to fit schedules of people who are working and have other backgrounds, but the advisers are really nice, and they try to help us get into our career changes.”
CRIME LOGS ANUSH SWAMINATHAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department from March 19 to March 26. Student approached by alleged scam artist A 26-year-old female student reported on March 19 at approximately 9:22 a.m. that a male individual approached her while she was on Brookline Avenue and asked for money to retrieve his car. The victim gave the person $40. A description of the suspect is not clear, but it is similar to that of a scam artist known to the target area. Laptop stolen from office A 24-year-old male not affiliated with the university reported at approximately 5:58 p.m. on March 19 that his laptop was missing from his office in the School of Management at 595 Commonwealth Ave. The office was left open during the time of the theft. No other items were reported missing. Employee reports criminal harassment Officers received a report about harassment on Friday at approximately 11:56 a.m. A 24-year-old female BU employee reported that a male not affiliated with the university threatened to send compromising photographs of her to her workplace. The address from where the employee reported the incident was not provided for confidentiality reasons.
Newly admitted students look forward to attending BU 2019, FROM PAGE 1
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Olivia Falcigno, an incoming freshman from Orange, Connecticut, said she likes the academic motivation she sees in students at BU. “I loved how BU was intimidating, but in a challenging academic way,” she said. “I’ve been on 42 college tours, and BU is the only one that I fell completely in love with.” Dawei Wang, a recently admitted student from Tilton, New Hampshire, said a visit to BU convinced him to apply early decision. “I know Boston has a lot of history, and BU, Harvard [University] and MIT [Massachusetts Institute for Technology] are all there,” he said. “I was really excited [to be accepted], and my parents were really proud of me. I feel like I can’t wait for September to get here.” Reem Ali, an accepted student from South Bend, Indiana, said her brother attended BU and spoke highly about his experience, which encouraged her to apply. She has yet to decide whether she will attend BU.
“My brother lived there for almost three years,” he said. “He really loved it, and he raved about it, so I was interested in that, especially the people he met and the relationships he developed. It really intrigued me, so that’s why I applied.” Kailynn Palaima, an incoming freshman from Marlboro, said she hopes BU will help her achieve her goal of becoming a lawyer. “I’ll probably end up studying political science,” she said. “BU is located in the city, so it will definitely help me get an internship. I hope to continue on to law school at BU. It’ll be good to get used to BU and build connections.” Ravn Skog, an incoming freshman from San Diego, said he will be the first member of his family to attend college. “My mom never graduated high school, and my dad never finished college,” he said. “My mom left Chile because of the political turmoil. For them to hear that I got into Boston University was great. It made them so proud. I was so proud, and we were all crying.”
Student found in possession of marijuana and alcohol Officers received a report of drug and underage alcohol possession Friday at approximately 11:41 p.m. at Claf lin Hall at 273 Babcock St. At the scene, they found a 19-year-old student with marijuana and alcohol. The student was referred to judicial affairs. Motorist and bicycle accident occurs on Commonwealth Avenue BUPD and the Boston Police Department responded to an accident Friday at approximately 5:08 p.m. that occurred at 635 Commonwealth Ave. An 18-year-old male driving a white Honda Accord struck an 18-yearold BU student on a bicycle. The student sustained injuries to the face and was transported to Brigham and Women’s Hospital for further treatment. The motorist has cooperated with law enforcement, and the accident is being investigated by BPD.
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Massachusetts welfare policy among worst in U.S. BY STEPHANIE PAGONES DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
Massachusetts has been deemed one of the states with the worst overall reform policies, according to national report released on March 19. The Commonwealth was one of only seven states in the nation to be given an “F” overall grade and was ranked 49 out of the 50 states for its welfare reform, the Heartland Institute determined in its 2015 Welfare Reform Report Card. “Massachusetts’s current set of welfare and anti-poverty programs disincentivizes work, trapping welfare recipients in long-term poverty,” wrote Logan Pike, the Heartland Institute’s state government relations manager and one of the report’s producers, in an email. “Legislators should reform Massachusetts’s welfare system by adopting policies that improve opportunities for upward mobility and self-sufficiency.” The conclusions were drawn by examining five aspects of each state’s welfare reform policy: service integration, or the way in which services are delivered to the public; work requirements; limits on eligibility; cash diversion programs, or the policies that allocate cash to applicants for short term needs; and sanctions to secure compliance, the document states, he said. The report was produced by Pike, Diane Bast, Matthew Glans and Gary MacDougal, all from the Heartland Institute, who, over a two-year period, compiled and analyzed data from each state’s department of social services, U.S. Census reports, state budget information and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Pike said. “Successful welfare reform can save lives and produce positive effects on multiple generations,” the report stated. “It can save taxpayers billions of dollars and help address such serious social maladies as crime, alcoholism and teenage pregnancy. And it can demonstrate that government programs can be successfully devolved from the national government to states.”
Massachusetts received an “F” grade for four of the five individual policies, excluding service integration, for which the Commonwealth received an “A.” Overall, the Commonwealth’s welfare reform conditions have deteriorated over time, according to the report. “Massachusetts fell 10 places from 2008 to 2015. Its grade for work requirements fell and the state has done little to change policies while other states have improved theirs,” Pike said. “Massachusetts should adopt work requirements, empower caseworkers with a cash diversion option, impose time lifetime limits on eligibility for aid and do more to enforce eligibility rules.” Other poor-performing states include Missouri, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington, according to the report. “Many states that earned an A or a B overall have adopted policies that move more people from dependency to self-sufficiency and incentivize work,” Pike said. “These states have immediate work requirements, a cash diversion program, strict sanctions in place, strong integration with other social services and have limited lifetime aid eligibility.” Pike said states’ welfare aid should include policies to help individuals become more independent. The most successful states, although each state is different, implement policies and integrate services that aid recipients in permanently transitioning into the workforce, Pike said. “Lawmakers should consider strengthening welfare work requirements, tightening lifetime limit eligibility requirements, providing a short-term cash diversion program, implementing strict sanctions and integrating other social services,” she said. The Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance assists individuals and families in need by working to meet their basic needs, increase their income and ultimately improve their quality of life, wrote DTA spokesman Thomas Mills in an email statement. In 2014, the legislature executed a
Students question impact SURVEY, FROM PAGE 1
Maureen Mahoney, director of the Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center, said the committee looked to other schools and groups to create a survey best fitted for BU. “We really developed the survey in a way that we felt asked questions that would resonate with Boston University students and give us information specially about the climate here at BU,” she said. BU opted out of a standardized nationwide sexual assault survey administered by the American Association of Universities to design its own survey that would be tailored to its population, The Daily Free Press reported on Jan. 22. In 2014, BU was named one of 55 colleges and universities under investigation by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for mishandling sexual violence and harassment complaints, the FreeP reported on May 1, 2014. Brown announced in a Feb. 23 email changes to university Title IX policies that aim to prevent discrimination by gender. They were updated to provide information about resources and outline disciplinary procedures.
While university officials express positivity about the survey’s impact, several BU students said they are not as confident that the survey will reveal or aid much in addressing the issue of sexual misconduct on campus. “If I see [emails] from BU, I kind of throw them away usually. Obviously, there’s students that aren’t going to take it … so who knows how many people are actually taking it,” said Madison Montgomery, a sophomore in CAS. Mia said although there is room for improvement beyond the survey, she appreciates that the university is tackling the issue genuinely. “It’s definitely good that BU is trying,” she said. “We do focus on sexual misconduct a lot as a community in a way that is helpful, but in order for progress to be made, there does have to be a few squeaky wheels.” Mina Corpuz contributed to the reporting of this article. *For purposes of confidentiality during on ongoing investigation, the name of this student has been changed.
welfare reform law to foster economic independence among low-income individuals. “[The 2014 welfare reform law] focuses on workforce training for DTA’s clients, among other issues. Since the law was signed, the Department has been meeting with stakeholders as we begin to implement the changes the law makes,” Mills said. “The Department plans to fully implement the law over the course of 2015. The Governor’s FY16 [2016 fiscal year] budget proposal supports the Department’s efforts to implement the law.” On March 4, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito proposed a fiscal year 2016 budget, which increased local aid by 3 percent, according to the budget overview. Later, on March 12, Baker signed an executive order to target chronic unemployment by establishing a task force dedicated to “economic opportunity for populations facing chronically high rates of unemployment.” The task force, a March 12 press release stated, is responsible for creating a strategic plan to combat the issue. Ed Walz, communications vice president at First Focus, a Washington, D.C.-based organization focused on child welfare, said there are other areas of welfare reform that should also be of concern to state legislators nationwide, especially child welfare. “The policies that were adopted in the mid-‘90s emphasize incentives for parents, the work incentives and lifetime caps, without ever really considering the potential harm to children,” he said. “I don’t think there is as much of a thoughtful conversation
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about ensuring that we can meet the needs of children and families … It’s an issue of concern for folks, but I don’t think that leaders are generating a thoughtful conversation about how to get there.” Several residents said Massachusetts should be doing better in welfare reform and those who are more privileged need to rethink those policies. Joe Corrigan, 39, of the South End, said those not affected by welfare policies tend to not think about them. “We live in a very privileged society, so our exposure to programs like that is limited, and frankly, people who are in that privileged position don’t take a lot of time to stop and take stock in how those programs are actually being affected and how those dollars are hitting the ground, so I suspect that there’s always need for improvement,”
he said. Natalie Wittenburg, 24, of Allston, said she was surprised by Massachusetts’ low grade. “I would think that Massachusetts would do pretty well, but overall, we could definitely do better with the homeless and providing homes,” she said. Cailtin Hemdal, 20, of Kenmore, said it is extraordinarily difficult to make a life in Boston while being paid minimum wage. “I work a minimum wage job, and I know others that work minimum wage jobs, and I know it’s really hard for them to make rent, especially living in the city,” she said. “It’s expensive to get places, it’s expensive to pay rent, so I think reexamining that could definitely be beneficial.”
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Electronic evidence, tweets presented to jury in Tsarnaev trial BY J.D. CAPELOUTO AND SAMANTHA GROSS DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
After 13 days of testimony and 86 witnesses, the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev continued Wednesday. Tsarnaev, a 21-year-old former University of Massachusetts Dartmouth student, is accused of placing two bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, killing three people and injuring more than 260. He has pled not guilty to the 30 counts he has been charged with. FBI Special Agent Kimberly Franks resumed her testimony from Tuesday, when she told the court about her investigation of Tsarnaev’s dorm room at UMass Dartmouth. Franks presented evidence recovered from Tsarnaev’s dorm room, which included a three-subject spiral notebook, a book titled “Soldiers of God,” a bag of BB’s and a Big Snow Mega-banger fireworks canister. During cross-examination, defense attorney Miriam Conrad highlighted the fact that this evidence did not definitely prove Tsarnaev had a gun in the dorm. “The receipt was for the BB gun,” Conrad said during cross-examination. “And you didn’t find any actual firearms in the room.” After Franks, the prosecution called upon Special FBI Agent Christopher Derks, who showed more than 100 pieces of physical evidence found at the apartment of Tsarnaev and his deceased brother and alleged co-conspirator Tamerlan. Derks was part of the team that investigated the scene and collected evidence from the Tsarnaevs’ apartment on April 19, 2013. “I was what we call the seizing agent. I saw every item that was seized. I saw it in place,” he said. Franks said the apartment was a three-bedroom, one-bathroom small apartment under 800 square feet on Norfolk Street in Cambridge. The attorneys showed Derks an interactive diagram of the apartment, and the
witness went through each section, detailing the evidence seized in each location. In the entrance to the room where Dzhokhar slept, Derks found a large black flag that resembled the jihadist black flag. He stood up, unraveled the flag and held it up for the court. Derks found two smaller versions of the flag in other areas of the house as well. Derks recovered a carbon dioxide-powered BB gun, gun cleaning equipment and a “small bullseye target just for target practice shooting BB guns” in the apartment. In the back room of the apartment, Derks’ team found the area most likely used to construct the pressure cooker bombs detonated at the marathon, he said. “It almost looked like a construction site. There were tools everywhere, lots of debris,” he said. “The [Evidence Response Team] members were there for a long time.” In the room, Derks’ team found tools used to make an explosive device, including a gray rubber pressure cooker gasket, a hobby fuse that acted as an igniter, a wire cutter and several types of tape. There was such a mix of tools and equipment that Derks said they had to mark it as one entire evidence item at the scene before examining the items individually in a lab. In order to tie Dzhokhar to the apartment and creation of the bombs, the prosecution also entered into evidence Dzhokhar’s immigration naturalization citizenship form, Internal Revenue Service tax forms in his name and his passport. Christian Fierabend, an FBI special agent on the violent crime squad, was questioned by the defense regarding the purchase of the pressure cookers from Macy’s department store, the only retailer that sells the type of pressure cooker that was used to make the bomb. Fierabend said the FBI used data also extracted from a GPS device, recovered from the Mercedes-Benz
‘T’ improvements essential MBTA, FROM PAGE 1
Williams also said the core of the T needs investment, rather than additional projects. “The T is broken right now. What truly needs to be done is that there needs to be an investment in infrastructure,” he said. “Once we stabilize the T, then we can start to think about how to expand capacity and where the T serves and how many bodies it can move in and out of the city of Boston.” If the T cannot currently handle its ridership, Williams said, its viability in the context of the U.S. bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics is questionable. “If we can’t even get through a snowstorm, how can we expect a transportation system that can meet the needs of the Olympics in 2024?” he said. “Over the two-week Olympic period, we’re going to have tens of millions of people being shuttled in and out of the city, and if we can’t even handle 1.2 million, then that’s a significant concern. But I think while looking at the Olympics, we’re going to have to invest in core projects, and that one core project is the MBTA.” Several residents said Boston should have a transportation system appropriate for its size and population, but complaints aren’t all necessarily justified.
Dan Ritchie, 26, of Charlestown said Boston needs an updated transportation system. “People talk about how cool it is that we have the first subway, and I really don’t care that we have the oldest subway in the world. I want a subway like D.C. or Chicago that’s brand new and works really well,” he said. Danica Rili, 26, of Charlestown, said Boston’s transportation system should reflect its status as a major city. “It’s a lot better now because it’s not shut down because of the snow,” she said. “The T has a long, long way to go. We are nowhere near the quality of public transportation we should be for a city as important as ours. Boston is a major city. We need transportation that fits those needs.” Roger McLaughlin, 24, of Brighton, said the complaints about the MBTA are uncalled for, and service has been increasing steadily. “It’s been so much better since the snowfall,” he said. “I wasn’t as upset as other people were about it. It’s a public transit service that doesn’t cost a million dollars to use and gets you from point A to point B in a reasonably fast and expedient amount of time. I’ve seen increased service on the bus. I take the bus and the Green Line, so I’ve seen increased service on that which has been helpful and reliable and I can’t really complain.”
the brothers allegedly stole following the bombings. That data revealed a March 6 trip to New Hampshire, where the brothers made stops for BB’s at two separate New Hampshire Wal-Mart stores. Also included was surveillance evidence of Tamerlan purchasing two backpacks from a Watertown Target store — pieces of which were found scattered at the sites of the two bombings on Boylston and Laurel Streets. The defense stressed the point again and again: it was Tamerlan who got the materials and it was Tamerlan who influenced Dzhokhar to perform the act of terrorism. Kenneth Benton, another FBI special agent, was called to the stand to describe his participation in the landfill search conducted the week of the bombings. His team of agents and hazardous response specialists combed through trash for three days until they found what they were looking for — Dzhokhar’s backpack. “I pulled it out, and it matched the description we were interested in,” Benton said. “After I pulled that white piece of paper out, what I saw was a crushed yellow and blue cardboard canister.” Photographs of the backpack’s contents, presented to the jury, included fireworks, a thumb drive and school papers from UMass Dartmouth. In the cross examination, Conrad responded in saying that it was Dzhokhar’s friend, Dias Kadyrbayev, who removed the backpack from Dzhokhar’s dorm room and placed it into the dumpster, wrapped in a black
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An image presented as evidence Wednesday in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev leaving a Target after purchasing the backpacks later used to carry the explosives.
plastic garbage bag. Next on the stand was Olga LaFond, an FBI linguist who translates Russian to English and vice-versa. She told the jury that she reads the documents for meaning first, and then translates the material. “We translate not word-forword but meaning-for-meaning,” LaFond said. “We go more with accuracy than the pretty stuff.” LaFond said she did not translate all the evidence presented, but reviewed them for court, as she does on a normal basis. One piece of evidence she translated was a file found on Dzhokhar’s computer called “Why Do We Hate Them?” Among other documents were strings of tweets — including “I wish your rigid heart could feel that hoodlum’s love is truly real” — as well as lyrics from Russian rap songs. After a quick cross-examination from defense attorney William Fick, Muna Shishani another linguist, was called
to the stand. Shishani translates Chechen and Arabic and confirmed that Arabic words and prayers are often sprinkled into conversation in Muslim countries, even when those people do not speak Arabic as a primary language. The last witness called was Heidi Williams, an FBI agent who role-played with prosecutor Aloke Chakravarty in reading text messages recovered from the defendant’s laptop computer, with profane language peppered throughout. In a cross-examination by Fick, the defense focused on a text in which Dzhokhar claims to be sober from drugs and alcohol for a month because of the positive influence of his older brother. In the text messages, Dzhokhar also talked with a friend about his future. The friend said he would make a good “sniper, pyro” or “engineer.” Dzhokhar responded, “I want to bring justice for my people.” Testimony is scheduled to continue on Thursday.
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Two Boston University teams traded hard work for success in the 12th annual CME Group Trading Challenge on March 9, where they competed as one of over 500 teams from 226 universities worldwide. Now, with prizes and bragging rights in hand, they’re headed to Chicago to attend the group’s invitation-only Market Education Conference. The two BU teams of School of Management Students, “Big Hero Five” and “Bull,” placed third and fifth respectively at the end of the month-long electronic trading competition, where the teams of undergraduate and graduate students traded a variety of products on a real-time, professional trading platform. “I’ve learned that the market is always right,” said Hannan Zheng, Big Hero Five’s team leader and an SMG graduate student studying financial mathematics. “So, don’t stick to the old opinions when the market goes the opposite way.” Zheng elaborated on Big Hero Five’s third place win, saying that “good money management” and the ability to “set limit loss and unlimited profit” were essential to his team’s success. By straying away from traditional techniques and taking key risks that helped increase their account balance, Big Hero Five’s final balance was $474,843.13, only $59,829.37 below the top-earning team, OzU Invest of Özyeğin University in Istanbul. “Trading involves market
exchanges of various financial instruments,” said SMG associate professor Jeff Furman. “Typically, the first thing one thinks of is equity or stock trading, which individuals can do through brokers or through online accounts.” The four teams with the highest final account balances at the conclusion of the challenge received a cash prize. Learning to make successful decisions in trading, Furman said, can be a huge asset for business students, especially if they know the right tools. Equity investments, for example, have higher long-term rates of return than many other financial instruments. “Some folks engage in trading with the hope of picking just the right stock at just the right moment, so that they can achieve exceptional rates of return — that is, to get wealthy by picking the right investment,” he said. “This can of course happen, but since stock prices typically reflect all information that is generally known about an investment’s expected long-term rate of return, such outcomes are more likely the result of serendipity than brilliant insight.” Furman said live competitions like the CME Challenge offer a unique opportunity for students to participate in real financial commitments with an element of reality, one that is often missing from competitions involving hypothetical investments. “In hypothetical trading, incentives may be greater to engage in high-risk strategies, since no actual money will be lost. Using real funds are more likely to lead
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To alum Musto, passion something worth fighting for BY NAVRAJ NARULA DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
Most people associate the idea of fitness with a traditional gym, including exercise machines and personal trainers. But for Jessica Musto, this sort of conventionality simply was not enough. On Tuesday, Musto, a 2014 graduate of Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences, opened up Boston’s first TITLE Boxing Club in the North End. The grand opening spanned both Tuesday and Wednesday. “[We’d] extended the grand opening to a second day because [we’d] had such a great response from those planning to attend Tuesday’s Power Hours,” Musto said. It’s success she couldn’t have imagined as Musto said she never thought she would end up opening a business. “Fitness has always been a passion, but I never really thought about it as a career,” she said. “In college, I tried to find my escape at the gym. FitRec [Boston University’s Fitness and Recreation Center] is great, but I had trouble motivating myself, and I was sick of sitting on a machine as my form of exercise.” One day in college, Musto decided to step out of her comfort zone and visit The Ring Boxing Club, near BU’s West Campus. After trying out a boxing class, she said, “I never went to a normal gym
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Attendees box during the first class at TITLE Boxing Club, which was opened Tuesday by Boston University alumna Jessica Musto.
again.” She’s not alone in finding peace in fighting. Jason Mleczko, a senior in the College of Communication and an avid wrestler, said the great thing about combat sports such as boxing or wrestling is that they help stimulate strategic parts of the brain. “Boxing and wrestling are just high intensity problem-solving,” Mleczko said. “Every opponent has their own style of fighting and their own way of moving or being offensive or defensive, and it’s a problem that you need to solve to win. To me, that’s fun.” He added, though, that while a self-defense factor is involved, com-
petition is not the main point. “I have never done combat sports with the intention of learning how to beat someone up,” he said. “But it’s nice to know that if you ever find yourself in a dangerous situation, you can take care of yourself.” Nina Gonzalez-Park, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and president of the Boston University Jiu-Jitsu Club, also practices self-defense in the form of martial arts, specifically Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai. Like Mleczko, she said her primary sport does not encourage the harshness of most other types of martial arts in today’s day and age. “It’s [nothing] as simple as
hitting an opponent. You need to think five steps ahead of your opponent and instinctively know how to submit,” she said. “It is a deceivingly calm [martial art sport] requiring patience and strategy.” At Musto’s TITLE Boxing Club, a similar philosophy prevails in their slogan: “Get fit, not hit!” “There’s no fighting or sparring,” Musto said. “And it’s kind of intimidating, especially for women.” Musto insists TITLE Boxing Club focuses on the individual person, regardless of their fitness level, and said the club has a lot to offer its visitors. “Classes take place in a group
setting, but our workout is an individual workout that welcomes both men and women of all fitness types and experience levels,” she said. “The ‘Power Hour’ workout guarantees results and takes place in a non-threatening environment.” Additionally, TITLE Boxing Club offers members a workout that combines aspects of intense cardio as well as regular boxing and kickboxing exercises. Overall, Musto is satisfied with what it took to make it happen. “There were definitely ups and downs. Because TITLE Boxing Club is a franchise, a good amount of the process opening a club was already outlined for us. But there was still a lot of work for my dad [Michael Musto] and I to do,” she said. “I would say the hardest part was finding the perfect location and the right staff. Once we got the location at 226 Causeway Street, everything started coming together. “It’s always a risk to open a new business, but it’s definitely a risk I’m glad my Dad and I took.” Of course, she’s excited for new visitors to experience all that TITLE has to offer, an incentive being that the first class is free. To BU fighters like Mleczko, it’s worth stepping into the ring. “To me, working my butt off for wrestling was the first time that I really saw the results of hard work,” he said. “I’ve noticed that combat sports in general just make people stronger, physically and mentally.”
MUSE THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015
INTERVIEW: Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart have comedy locked up BY JOE INCOLLINGO DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
A little over one-and-ahalf-million men and women lived in American state and federal prisons at the end of 2013. This statistic is comprised of almost 3 percent of the country’s black males and just 0.5 percent of its white males. In 2011 and 2012, 4 percent of U.S. prisoners reported having been sexually abused while imprisoned. In those same years, 6,704 of U.S. prisoners died in state prisons, while the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics has no data on how many prisoners died in federal prisons. “I don’t think there are any misconceptions about prison, because we have so much information out there,” said Will Ferrell in a conference call with The Daily Free Press. “The misconception would be that there’s any nice part of prison.” As they say, if you can’t laugh about it… Ferrell, along with Kevin
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Kevin Hart as Darnell Lewis and Will Ferrell as James King star in “Get Hard,” premiering Friday.
Hart, stars in the new film “Get Hard,” which will be released Friday. As such, they’ve been thinking a lot about prison, something not necessarily becoming for comedians. “I, unfortunately, don’t feel any more qualified or any more confident that I would survive in prison. So my best strategy would be to not go,” Ferrell said. “I would just have to act crazy
to keep people away from me, but they’ve seen that before.” In the film, Ferrell’s character is a shady hedge-fundma na ger -cu m-wh ite-col la r criminal, sentenced to 10 years behind bars. Forced to trade his leather massage chair and future with Alison Brie for what he can only assume is a decade of watching his back, he turns to his — incidentally straight-
laced — car-washer (Hart) to help him steel up for the stint. “Statistically, you definitely went to prison,” he reasons his employee. No, he didn’t. Yes, it’s a statement. Either way, it’s an unexpected sort of heav y, especially compared to Ferrell’s frat-pack filmography and Hart’s perpetual “feed” work. The film itself comes from pretty benign
comedy roots. First-time director Etan Cohen did his time already as a writer, on films such as “Tropic Thunder” and shows such as “King of the Hill.” He’s new to the job, but not to the work. “I think he’s just, in town, kind of on the short list of one of those guys who was next in line to direct a feature. When you talk to him about a script, in terms of his articulation on story, you could just tell he sounded like he was a director,” Ferrell said. “He was allowed to do what his strong point is, which is monitoring the comedy.” Hart agreed, adding, “We got lucky.” To Ferrell and Hart, working with a known quantity like Cohen ensures that “Get Hard” is funny first and moralistic dead last, with a lot in between. They do their part, too. Take, for example, their diligent preparation. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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CATALYST THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015
Researchers piece together alternatives to unclear biopsies BY BLAKE SNELLING DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
By current projections from the American Cancer Society, one out of every eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. Caught early, most forms of the disease are treatable, and to do so, oncologists have relied on biopsies, sampling tissues for cancerous cells. Researchers from the University of Washington, however, published the results of a study on March 17 to quantify the magnitude of diagnostic disagreement among pathologists when it comes to accurately categorizing biopsies and how well they work. As it turns out, they don’t. The study found that in one out of five cases, participating pathologists disagreed on the diagnosis of borderline cases of breast cancer. Now, cancer researchers are pressing in other directions to make up the ground it lost in the fight. “In the U.S. alone, 1.6 million women every year are undergoing breast biopsies,” said Joann Elmore, the author of the study and a professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of Washington. “These are challenging to interpret, and the goal of our study was to evaluate the accuracy of doctors when they’re interpreting these biopsied tissues.” Doctors in clinical practices from eight states interpreted slides of 60 breast biopsies that had been previously evaluated by a panel of highly qualified breast pathology experts. The 60 slides included a mixture of cases of varying prognoses. “When the case had invasive breast cancer, there was near perfect agreement on the diagnosis, so that was very reassuring,” Elmore said. “When we got into the diagnosis of DCIS [ductal carcinoma in situ], four out of five
1 in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer in their lives Around 60,290 cases of carcinoma in situ (earliest form of breast cancer) will be diagnosed in women in 2015. About 40,290 women will die from breast cancer in 2015.
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cases agreed to the diagnosis, but one out of five cases was either over or under-interpreted.” Elmore said even experienced doctors often misinterpret borderline cases like DCIS and atypia, both earlier, less severe forms of the cancer. Though the pathologists who participated in the study were able to agree on almost every case of invasive cancer, the incongruence of results regarding the less clear cases provided insight into the average accuracy of diagnoses in this difficult middle ground. Elmore said while typically a pathologist would look at many slides of the same biopsy before making a final decision, the study only provided one slide per case. After all, atypia and DCIS are often difficult to discern, even given expert knowledge and multiple biopsy slides. “Doctors are looking at the structure and organization of cells visually and trying to classify them into categories,” Elmore said. “There might just be some cases where we truly are not able to provide a single specific diagnosis, due to the underlying biol-
ogy.” Women diagnosed with atypia or DCIS do not need to rush into treatment, she said. Rather, they have time to learn more and often get a second opinion on the biopsy before proceeding. “We hope to study the impact of obtaining a second opinion on some or all of these cases,” she said. “We can now also digitize the images from the glass slides and send them over the Internet to experienced pathologists.” That ability for doctors to digitize biopsy slides to send them to experts for a second opinion bodes well for the diagnoses of borderline cases going forward. It’s not much, given how much pathologists have depended on biopsies up to now, but it’s a start. Until it’s perfected though, there are other means of diagnosis and monitoring, especially
from Boston institutions. At Boston University, researchers such as Darren Roblyer, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, are working toward better cancer monitoring with wearable devices. At Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, researchers across countless disciplines are attacking the disease from nearly every
angle. “In particular, our current research focus areas are developing nanotechnology-based cancer therapeutics, creating novel devices for detection and monitoring, exploring the molecular and cellular basis of metastasis, advancing personalized medicine by studying cancer pathways and drug resistance and engineering the immune system to fight cancer,” Kevin Leonardi, Koch Institute communications coordinator, wrote in an email. Of course, that’s just to name a few. In the case of biopsies, though Elmore’s study showed a lack of accuracy in DCIS and atypia cases, the high percentage of accuracy with invasive cases of breast cancer ref lected astute knowledge among the participating pathologists, even without providing multiple slides to reference. In most cases, that counts for more than one would think. “Every year, millions of women undergo breast biopsies,” Elmore said. “There is an art to medicine.” Olivia Deng contributed to the reporting of this story.
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“Get Hard” stays a little softer COMEDY, FROM PAGE 6
“I watched a lot of ‘M.A.S.K. and ‘Sanford and Son’, whichkind of put me in a position to where I was ready to come to set every day and not only work, but bring something to the table,” Hart said. “And I don’t know the last time you watched ‘M.A.S.K.,’ but that’s a show.” Ferrell, for his part, wasn’t nearly as ambitious. “I watched a lot of shows on the Cooking Channel. It didn’t help me at all,” he said. “In fact, it totally was a waste of time, and if I had to do it over again,
I wouldn’t have watched those shows.” There’s something about the way Ferrell and Hart seem to agree not to read into those themes more that speaks louder than the themes themselves. That’s not to say that they’re ignorant of them, not even close. “Get Hard,” they argue, knows exactly what it’s in for, and owns it. After all, mass incarceration and racial profiling aren’t laughing matters. Rather, the joke is on the people like Ferrell’s character: the bigots, the privileged, the people who still don’t get it. “As we explore our dif-
ferences, once you kind of get through the chatter, you realize how similar we all are,” Ferrell said. “Through that examining through the filter of comedy, you’re just able to point out how silly these attitudes are that seem to pop up from time to time.” “Well, I can’t say it better than that,” Hart said in agreement, just seriously enough.
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Boston paid parental leave good in theory, not yet in practice Boston took a progressive step Wednesday when it created an ordinance that would allow paid parental leave for all non-unionized city employees. This new law will allow mothers and fathers, including those in same-sex couples, six weeks of paid leave after the birth, adoption or stillbirth of a child. City Councilor Michelle Wu, who brings her son to City Hall every day to balance work and motherhood, along with Councilors Timothy McCarthy and Tito Jackson, proposed the ordinance, working closely with Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s administration. “This is long overdue. The ordinance as proposed is a major step forward for working parents,” Wu told The Boston Globe. “It’s our responsibility as a community, and also great for the city of Boston as an employer, to recruit and maintain a talented and productive workforce.” The ordinance would apply to employees who have worked in the city for at least a year and would give them descending pay the longer they are gone. For the first two weeks of their leave, they’ll get their full paycheck, for the second two weeks, they’ll get 75 percent and for the last two weeks, they’ll get 50 percent. However, if employees have extra vacation days or sick time, they could supplement their leave with that to get the full pay the entire time. “When it comes down to Boston residents and Boston families, I think it’s a
cost that should be and can be absorbed,” McCarthy, who has two teenaged children, told the Globe. “As a father of two boys, I know that bond that happens when those newborns are brought home. You only get that time once. It’s very important for the family unit.” He’s right: studies have shown that paid parental leave leads to improved health of children and, of course, stronger family bonds. It also increases the odds that mothers will return to their careers after giving birth, which is an important step to closing the gender-wage gap that still persists. However, it’s not all good news. This shiny new plan is limited to non-unionized employees, and about 90 percent of employees in Boston are part of a union. Unions negotiate pay and benefits, meaning this new ordinance won’t affect them, and the city can’t really do anything to change that. “It is my hope that businesses will consider taking the same action steps to ensure families are thriving and healthy,” Walsh said a Monday press release. Admittedly, while the press release is informative, it does its best to make the program look more widespread on the surface than it is in reality. The fact that this is only available to non-unionized employees is not mentioned anywhere in the press release by the mayor’s office. It says “eligible” employees, but unless someone did further research, they probably wouldn’t
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assume they weren’t eligible. Other cities throughout the nation already have paid family leave for non-union employees, and a few states have the same for state employees. A few states even have paid family leave for all workers, not just state employees. It’s about time more American cities started instating paid leave. Every other industrialized country in the world provides some kind of paid family leave, with the average being around 18 weeks. Generally speaking, this ordinance a really good step for Boston. It will attract strong workers who don’t have to be afraid that, if they have a child, their job will be on the line. Welcoming back the same worker after they just took paid leave is easier than hiring and having to train an entirely new employee. This new ordinance also gives men a chance to take paid time off, allowing them to have a bigger role in early childcare. Paid family leave is a really great thing, and it’s a concept that we can’t argue. However, we have to wonder why the United States is the only developed country to not adopt a federal paid parental leave program. Obviously, it looks really terrible on the surface, but maybe there’s a reason for that. Maybe it’s so expensive that passing it federally would be doing Americans a disservice, at least until we have an economy that can support the program the way it deserves to be supported. Maybe all the fighting that’s done in
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OPINION
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THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015
No more Cinderella stories, please Racial identity: From Drake to Japan
BY MANDY FREEBAIRN COLUMNIST
Many people often associate the idea of fitness with a traditional gym, including a number of exercise machines and personal trainers. For Jessica Musto, this sort of conventionality simply was not enough. On Tuesday, Musto, a 2014 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, opened up Boston’s first TITLE Boxing Club, in the North End. The grand opening spanned two days. “[We’d] extended the grand opening to a second day because [we’d] had such a great response from those planning to attend Tuesday’s Power Hours,” Musto said. It’s success she couldn’t have imagined. Musto herself never thought she would end up opening a business. “Fitness has always been a passion, but I never really thought about it as a career,” she said. “In college, I tried to find my escape at the gym. FitRec is great, but I had trouble motivating myself and I was sick of sitting on a machine as my form of exercise.” One day, Musto decided to step out of her comfort zone and visit The Ring Boxing Club, near BU’s West Campus. After trying out a boxing class, she said, “I never went to a normal gym again.” She’s not alone in finding peace in fighting. Jason Mleczko, a senior in the College of Communication and avid wrestler, said the great thing about combat sports such as boxing or wrestling is that they help stimulate strategic parts of the brain. “Boxing and wrestling are just high intensity problem-solving,” Mleczko said. “Every opponent has their own style of fighting and their own way of moving or being offensive or defensive, and it’s a problem that you need to solve to win. To me, that’s fun.” He added, though, that even though a self-defense factor is involved, competition is not the main point. “I have never done combat sports with the intention of learning how to beat someone up,” he said. “But it’s nice to know that if you ever find yourself in a dangerous situ-
ation, you can take care of yourself.” Nina Gonzalez-Park, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and president of the Boston University Jiu-Jitsu Club, also practices self-defense in the form of martial arts (specifically Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai). Like Mleczko, she said that her primary sport does not encourage the harshness of most other types of martial arts in today’s day and age. “It’s [nothing] as simple as hitting an opponent. You need to think five steps ahead of your opponent and instinctively know how to submit,” she said. “It is a deceivingly calm [martial art sport] requiring patience and strategy.” At Musto’s TITLE Boxing Club, a similar philosophy prevails in their slogan: “Get fit, not hit!” “There’s no fighting or sparring,” Musto explained. “And it’s kind of intimidating, especially for women.” Musto not only insists that TITLE Boxing Club focuses on the individual person regardless of their fitness level, but also believes that the club itself has a lot to offer its visitors. “Classes take place in a group setting, but our workout is an individual workout that welcomes both men and women of all fitness types and experience levels,” she said. “The ‘Power Hour’ workout guarantees results and takes place in a non-threatening environment.” Additionally, TITLE Boxing Club offers members a workout that combines aspects of intense cardio as well as regular boxing and kickboxing exercises. Overall, Musto is satisfied with what it took to make it happen. “There were definitely ups and downs. Because TITLE Boxing Club is a franchise, a good amount of the process opening a club was already outlined for us. But there was still a lot of work for my dad [Michael Musto] and I to do,” she said. “I would say the hardest part was finding the perfect location and the right staff. Once we got the location at 226 Causeway Street, everything started coming together.” “It’s always a risk to open a new business, but it’s definitely a risk I’m glad my Dad and I took,” she added. Of course, she’s excited for new visitors to experience all that TITLE has to offer, an incentive being that the first class is free. To BU fighters like Mleczko, it’s worth stepping into the ring. “To me, working my butt off for wrestling was the first time that I really saw the results of hard work,” he said. “I’ve noticed that combat sports in general just make people stronger; physically and mentally.
BY CHRISTOPHER REMILLARD COLUMNIST
Twenty-year-old Ariana Miyamoto is a lot of things. A stunningly beautiful model. The first ever mixed-race winner of Miss Universe Japan. A Nagasaki native and Japanese citizen. And, now, the victim of racism in one of the world’s most racially homogenous countries. Since winning her crown and making history, Miyamoto has been criticized by those in her home country for not being “Japanese enough.” This has sparked an important conversation around the world about a very specific type of racism experienced by mixed-race individuals in particular. Western audiences seem to understand why the criticism Miyamoto is facing is racism, yet it’s important to also realize that Western culture is still infected with a particular racism toward individuals who are mixed race. Canadian rapper Drake wrote personally about this very topic on his latest album “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.” The song “You and The 6” centers around a conversation between Drake and his mother, and speaking of the criticism Drake himself has experienced in regard to his ethnicity, he writes, “I used to get teased for being black / And now I’m here and I’m not black enough.” Drake is one of the only major rappers that has a reputation for being “soft” or overly sensitive, and these lines magnify the type of rejection mixed race individuals often feel from both or all of the communities they represent. In a country as racially diverse as the United States, we may find Miyamoto’s critics shocking, but it’s crucial that we use this as an opportunity to look into our own culture and the ways in which we treat our own mixed-race public figures. The most upsetting aspect of the racism Miyamoto is experiencing is that it comes in the face of such a historical moment for Japan and the beauty pageant industry. Miyamoto won her crown in a country that is 98 percent ethnically Japanese, in an industry that is notorious for favoritism of lighter skin. The modeling and pageant industries are plagued with racism and have contributed to the incorrect ideology that white skin is the global beauty standard. ThinkProgress reported just last
month that between 2008 and 2014, roughly 80 percent of the models hired for New York Fashion Week were white. The New York Times reported that only three major African-American designers were featured during Fashion Week this year. That’s out of 260. It’s clear the Miyamoto is breaking barriers where they most desperately need to be broken. Yet she is still forced to defend her Japanese heritage, despite the fact that she was born in Japan, lives there currently and speaks fluent Japanese. This type of rejection felt by mixed-race individuals is undoubtedly hurtful. People like Drake, who are half-white and half-black, often do not gain full acceptance or experience the same privileges individuals who are “fully white” do. The racism that whites have historically institutionalized puts people of color at a social disadvantage, whether or not a person is mixed- or single-race. Often, however, the African-American community rejects those who are mixed race as well. It’s a type of middle-ground erasure, where mixed-race individuals are stuck in between two communities that they rightfully belong to because of the historical implications white people have put on being a person of color. These people are often forced to reject half of their heritage in order to gain some semblance of acceptance into a community. Bisexual individuals have an experience that is markedly different — considering race and sexuality are so fundamentally different — but guided by the same principles. Because of the implications heterosexuals have put on being gay at all, bisexuals are often unable to gain acceptance by heterosexuals socially. Yet, LGBT groups can be just as bad at being accepting of bisexual individuals, saying they aren’t “gay enough” or trying to force them to “decide what they want.” Everything is a spectrum. Race and sexuality are no different. White heteronormative values seek to make us believe that everything is black or white, straight or gay, but that’s just not the case. In Japan, it’s the same way. The highly homogenous nature of the country has caused the overwhelming majority to feel as if being fully ethnically Japanese is the only way to be Japanese. The erasure and rejection that individuals who subvert compartmentalization feel is both harmful and prejudiced. It’s important for those of us who are a part of any type of social majority to examine and evaluate the values homogeneity can perpetuate and the effects these values can have on people who don’t fit neatly into the arbitrary groups we’ve created. Because, after all, Ariana Miyamoto is a beautiful representative for Japan, and, honestly, where would any of us be without Drake?
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In case you weren’t on social media at all on Wednesday, Zayn Malik, the best-looking and most important member of One Direction, announced that he has left the band. We here at the ol’ Free Press were wondering what BU people did in reaction to Malik’s departure?
CFA: Cut off their ears and sent them to Zayn.
ENG: 3-D print a new Zayn.
COM: Started writing #ZaynTogether on their Starbucks cups.
BU Athletics: Get Jack Eichel to replace him.
SMG: Buy him back.
President Brown: Cried into his moustache and raised tuition.
Tammy Vigil: Objectify him in her PowerPoint presentations.
FreeP: Eat our feelings in falafel (mostly Casey).
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Women’s lacrosse can’t find offense in game against Yale
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Junior midfielder Ally Adams scored BU’s first goal of the game in its lost to Navy. BY MICHAEL JOSCELYN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
Unable to finish on its shot attempts, the Boston University women’s lacrosse team fell to Yale University 14-6 on Wednesday afternoon. The Terriers (4-5, 2-1 Patriot League) were at a disadvantage from the get-go as the Bulldogs (5-5) rocketed out to a 2-0 lead. Attack Kerri Fleishhacker was the star all day for Yale and had an assist and goal in that first span. She is the lead
Indirect Kick Revs Slowly Building
BY DAN SHULMAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
The New England Revolution opened its home schedule Saturday with a scoreless draw against the Montreal Impact. While it has kept a clean sheet and got its first point of the season, it also failed to score on last season’s league bottom feeder. And though it’s very easy for the Revs to have a negative prognosis for the season with a 0-2-1 record and a -5 goal differential, it is not the time to panic. As many diehard Revolution fans know, admittedly myself included, the same situation occurred for the Revs last season. New England lost the first two games by different scores but the same combined margin of 5-0. It returned home for the third game of the season to face a Canadian opponent and the previous season’s league-worst team in the Vancouver Whitecaps, playing to a scoreless draw. The fourth game was played in San Jose and ended in a 2-1 vic-
scorer for the Bulldogs with 24 points on the year, including 16 goals. Junior midfielder Ally Adams got one back for the Terriers before Yale rattled off another three consecutive goals. That was the theme of the day for BU, as every time it attempted to come back, it was stymied. Yale had four instances where it scored two or more unanswered goals, including a five-goal streak to start off the second half. The Terriers did keep it close at halftime as redshirt junior Mallory Collins’ goal cut the Bulldog lead to three before the break, a 6-3 game. The second half, though, was a rout. BU matched the same anemic offensive output it had in the first half, while Yale had a colossal eight goals. Scoring has been an issue for the Terriers of late. Their last double-digit scoring game came five outings ago when they put up 13 against American University. In that span, the team has been outscored 46-31, though this past loss was its worst of the season in terms of scoring margin. The Terriers’ average of 7.75 goals per game in that period of time is below their season average of nine goals per game, but as long as BU is letting up 10 goals a contest, it will be tough to achieve victory. Scoring against this Yale team was going to be a challenge regardless of how the Terriers played, as the Bulldogs rank 23rd nationally in scoring defense. They only let up 8.44 goals per game. Sophomore goalkeeper Caroline
tory for the Revs. Who do they play in the fourth game this year you ask? San Jose, this time at home. As the early part of last season continued, the Revs found their scoring and winning forms and by Mother’s Day, May 11, following a 5-0 beat down of the Seattle Sounders, the Revs sat atop the Eastern Conference. Just two months removed from a disastrous start to the season, New England was one of the league leaders. This year, the same can be expected. Here’s a typical Revs season condensed: takes four games to score, start scoring and winning, arrives at the top of the Eastern Conference at the end of May, doesn’t win again until the end of July, alternates wins and losses through August and finally makes a late season surge toward the playoffs. If the Revs can win in June and July along with having a decent August, there is no reason to say they cannot be the best team in the league, winning the Supporters’ Shield for the best record in the regular season. There are a few more factors that can explain the sloppy start this season. First off, the Revolution is playing without the services of both their designated players. Jerry Bengtson, a Honduras international, is currently on loan at Argentine club Belgrano until August. More notably, Jermaine Jones is out recovering from sports hernia surgery sustained while at U.S. National Team camp in January. Second, the injury bug has hit the Revs … hard. On top of the Jones injury, Lee Nguyen, despite playing in the second and third matches this season, is dealing with a nagging leg injury. Midfielder Teal Bunbury separated his shoulder in the opener at Seattle and is set to miss some time. Defender Kevin Alston injured himself against New York City FC in match two while José Gonçalves CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
Meegan let up 11 goals and made five saves, but Yale’s 16 goals on just 26 shots proved that the Bulldogs’ efficiency with their sticks was dominant enough to come away with the win. Even when Meegan was replaced by freshman Christine Laible, the goals did not stop coming. Laible let up three goals and saved two shots in 13:53 of action. Looking at the statistics, one would think the score should have been closer than it was. The Terriers only had three shots fewer than their opponent, only two more fouls, the same amount of turnovers and a better percentage on free-position shots. So far this season, one third of the Terriers’ goals scored have come on free-position shots, compared to opponents who have scored 25.56 percent of
their goals against BU via the free-position. The real difference was in the shots scored. BU scored on 26 percent of its shots, while Yale converted on an impressive 61.5 percent clip. The Bulldogs also had three players with hat tricks on the day. Freshman Maggie Pizzo had her first three goals of the season in this game on three shots and also picked up her first assist of the year. The Terriers have shot better than that so far this season, as they have a 40.9 shot percentage compared to an opponent percentage of 43.7. The Terriers will look to rebound in their return to Patriot League action on Saturday against Lafayette College. BU coach Liz Robertshaw could not be reached for comment.
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he Terriers’ average of 7.75 goals per game in that period of time is below their season average of nine goals per game, but as long as BU is letting up 10 goals a contest, it will be tough to achieve victory.
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BU Club Sports Roundup: Club soccer splits weekend series BY JUDY COHEN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
BU Club Sports Roundup: Club soccer falls to BC 3-0 in season opener, beats Northeastern next day The information in the following Boston University club sport highlights were taken from the BU Club Sports Event Calendar from March 18 to March 25. Saturday March 21 – Sunday March 22 BU men’s club soccer falls to BC 3-0 in season opener In its first game of the spring 2015 season, the Boston University men’s club soccer team lost
to Commonwealth Avenue rival Boston College by a score of 3-0. The Terriers had some issues finding their game in the tilt, failing to find the back of the net even once at Nickerson Field. BU women’s ultimate frisbee places eighth in weekend tournament The Boston University women’s ultimate team hit the road and found itself in southern New Jersey for a tournament against teams from the Boston area to Canada. On the first day, BU won two of its four games, bumping it to the fifth place bracket in the tourney for Sunday. After losing to Ottawa Ultimate 8-5, the Terriers fell to the seventh place
bracket where they jousted with Brown University and Brandeis University for seventh. The team was unable to win these games — though lost to Brandeis by just one point — but showed improvement as the day went on, progressively minimizing the point differentials. BU figure skating takes second place at the University of Delaware The Boston University figure skating team came in second place at Delaware on Sunday, effectively snatching the spot from rival Dartmouth College. The Terriers were losing to Delaware by just 5.5 points after Saturday, and though Sunday brought with
it some tough skates, it gave BU areas to work on for nationals in the coming weeks. Of the team, 80 percent placed first or second in his or her group.
fender and fired the ball into the netting with his weak foot for the contest’s sole marker. It would be enough, though, and BU picked up its first win of the season.
BU men’s club soccer shuts out Northeastern 1-0
Quick hits: Taken from @BU_ClubSports on Twitter
On a quick turnaround Sunday, the men’s club soccer team took the BC game in stride and shifted focus to crosstown rival Northeastern University. The Terriers were able to shut out the Huskies and, even though they only won by a goal, generated a number of chances throughout the game. In the second half, BU was able to break through. Senior forward Peter Luce forced a turnover at midfield, dodged a de-
The Boston University equestrian team went to Worcester State University and pieced together a showing good enough to have eight qualifiers for regionals. The Boston University cycling A team got going this weekend with a trip to Philadelphia for the Philly Phlyer Race in the third week of the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference.
New England Revolution capable of winning Supporters’ Shield SHULMAN, FROM PAGE 10
missed the Montreal match due to a red card suspension. Third, there is an issue at striker. Charlie Davies finished the year in exquisite form and led the Revs with four playoff goals. However, the Revs reacquired striker Juan Agudelo, who had left the season before for Utrecht in the Netherlands. Agudelo won the starting job in preseason. The only problem is that Agudelo hasn’t played reg-
ularly since leaving New England. Not only is he shaking off the rust, but he is also lazy and plays with a lack of urgency. Despite these major issues, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Jones, along with the other injured and suspended players, will be returning to the lineup soon. A reinvigorated Bengtson will be returning to help later in the season, offering another option at strik-
er. Finally, Agudelo, after getting regular playing time, will shake off the rust and could contend as one of the league’s best strikers if he plays unselfish, urgent soccer. If manager Jay Heaps changes the formation to a two-striker lineup, the addition of Davies would freshen up the team. With all these positives, wins are not impossible. Once the light is reached, the Revs will be one of the
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deepest teams in all of MLS. Their depth at backline passed the test against a volatile group of Montreal strikers and midfielders. At midfield, the depth continues to show and improve by battling through the many injuries it sustains. The striker depth is much less obvious, but will grow throughout the season. So the million-dollar question is, will the Revs perform to last year’s standards? As soon
as the key players return to the lineup, it is easy to say their form will improve. Last season, the Revs were one of the best teams in the league. They can do that again this year, in fact be even better, if and only if, they play urgent and unselfish soccer and stay healthy. With these two factors in play, the Revs will not only be competitive, but may even make a run at the Supporters’ Shield and the U.S. Open Cup.
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Quotable “People kind of overlook how good our defense is and has been playing, especially when we commit to a team defense, and not to mention our goalie, who I think is the best in the country,” said junior winger Danny O’Regan.
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No. 2 Terriers’ offense will be tested against stingy Yale defense BY CONOR RYAN DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
First Round
First Round March 27
GARDEN GARDEN No. 1 MSU-Mankato
No. 3 Boston U
NCAA NCAA Men’s Men’s Ice Ice Hockey Hockey Tournament Tournament
RIT MInnesota State University Mankato Record: 29-7-3 Team offense: 3.69 GPG (3) Team defense: 1.92 GAPG (3)
Rochester Institute of Technology Record: 19-14-5 Team offense: 3.13 GPG (13) Team defense: 2.39 GAPG (T-24)
University of Nebraska Omaha
Record: 25-7-5 Team offense: 3.89 GPG (1) Team defense: 2.27 GAPG (13)
Yale University
Record: 18-9-5 Team offense: 2.62 GPG (38) Team defense: 1.59 GAPG (1)
CHAMPIONSHIP April 11: Boston
Minnesota-Duluth
Omaha Harvard
Yale Boston University
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
March 28
March 29
Record: 18-12-6 Team offense: 2.67 GPG (35) Team defense: 2.36 GAPG (T-18)
Record: 20-15-3 Team offense: 2.87 GPG (22) Team defense: 2.45 GAPG (T-28)
University of Minnesota
Harvard University
Record: 23-12-3 Team offense: 3.58 GPG (5) Team defense: 2.47 GAPG (31)
Record: 21-12-3 Team offense: 3.33 GPG (8) Team defense: 2.44 GAPG (27)
Semifinals April 9: Boston
No. 4 Miami (Ohio)
Semifinals April 9: Boston
No. 2 North Dakota
Providence
Quinnipiac
University of Miami
Record: 25-13-1 Team offense: 3.21 GPG (12) Team defense: 2.38 GAPG (T-21)
University of North Dakota Record: 27-9-3 Team offense: 3.26 GPG (10) Team defense: 2.23 GAPG (10)
Providence College
Quinnipiac University
Record: 22-13-2 Team offense: 2.81 GPG (24) Team defense: 2 GAPG (4)
Denver Boston College
Minnesota University of Minnesota Duluth
Record: 23-11-4 Team offense: 2.76 GPG (T-26) Team defense: 2.24 GAPG (T-11)
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
March 28
March 29
University of Denver
Michigan Tech St. Cloud State Michigan Technological University
Record: 23-13-2 Team offense: 3.29 GPG (9) Team defense: 2.45 GAPG (T-28)
Record: 29-9-2 Team offense: 3.55 GPG (6) Team defense: 1.77 GAPG (2)
Boston College
St. Cloud State University
Record: 21-13-3 Team offense: 2.84 GPG (23) Team defense: 2.32 GAPG (15)
Record: 19-18-1 Team offense: 2.76 GPG (T-26) Team defense: 2.39 GAPG (T-24)
WEST: FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
EAST: PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
MIDWEST: SOUTH BEND, INdiana
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NORTHEAST: MAnCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
“Confident and excited” were the words that head coach David Quinn used to describe his No. 2 Boston University men’s hockey team Wednesday afternoon. It should come as no surprise, as the road to the Frozen Four — a potential sixth national championship — has officially been charted for the Terriers (25-7-5). The first step in that journey? A showdown with No. 17 Yale University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday afternoon in Manchester, New Hampshire. BU enters the national tournament for the 33rd time in program history and the first time since the 2011-12 campaign. Friday’s tilt against the Bulldogs (18-9-5) will stand as the first showdown between both clubs since Nov. 25, 2006, when the Terriers edged Yale in overtime, 2-1. The Terriers have had some luck during their time up north at the Verizon Wireless Arena. BU opened up the 2009 NCAA Tournament as the top seed up in Manchester, and eventually winning the national title that same year. With that in mind, the Terriers will be hoping for that same luck going into Friday’s game. “This tournament means a lot to us, BU hockey and all the alumni and everyone, so I think, especially us, my class has never been to the tournament, so it’s a big deal,” said junior goaltender Matt O’Connor. “This week has been a great, quick turnaround, moving on from regional play to the big stage, the big dance, so I think we’re ready to go.” Entering the NCAA Tournament on a roll, the Terriers have won their last five games, outscoring opponents by an impressive 26-7 margin. Last Saturday, BU bested the No. 14 University of Massachusetts Lowell, 5-3, in the Hockey East championship at TD Garden, securing the program’s eighth league title and top seed in the NCAA Northeast Regional. Leading the way for the Terriers against the River Hawks (21-126) was freshman center Jack Eichel, who notched two goals and an assist in the win. The MVP of the Hockey East Tournament, Eichel has been on fire as of late, recording 26 points during a 12-game game point-streak. While BU might have the frontrunner for the Hobey Bak-
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er Memorial Award in its ranks, Eichel and the rest of the Terriers will have their hands full against a formidable Bulldog team. Head coach Keith Allain boasts an experienced squad with national tourney experience, as Yale captured its first NCAA title after defeating Quinnipiac University in the 2013 national championship game. The bread and butter of Yale’s gameplan revolves around its stingy defense and goaltender Alex Lyon. The sophomore netminder has staked his claim as one of the top goalies in the nation this season, pacing the NCAA in both goalsagainst average (1.58), save percentage (.939) and shutouts (seven). In front of Lyon lies an imposing blueliner corps led by captain Tommy Fallen and Bruins prospect Rob O’Gara, who have helped the Bulldogs compile the best team defense in Division I hockey at 1.59 goals allowed per game. Yale rolls out a balanced — if not unspectacular — offense, with 10 skaters registering double-digit totals in points this season,
although the club’s leading scorers, O’Gara and forward Frankie DiChiara have only compiled 21 points on the year. For comparison, BU leads the country in scoring (3.89 goals per game) and possesses six skaters that have notched over 21 points on the season, led by Eichel, who has more than tripled DiChiara and O’Gara’s scoring output (66 points). “It’s certainly a sharp contrast in styles, and something’s got to give, and hopefully it’s their defense, because they’re real difficult to create scoring chances on,” Quinn said. “They don’t give much on the initial rush … We’re really going to have to be patient, similar to what we did against Merrimack [College]. Roll the sleeves up, get inside the dots, pay a price at the net front, be the aggressor.” While it seems as if all the focus on Friday’s game revolves around the nation’s top offense and defense squaring off against each other, junior forward Danny O’Regan was quick to point out that the Terriers are no slouch on defense and in net, either.
“That’s what the matchup is on paper, our offense versus their defense,” O’Regan said. “But I think people kind of overlook how good our defense is and has been playing, especially when we commit to a team defense, and not to mention our goalie, who I think is the best in the country, or has been playing like it as of late.” O’Connor has been an integral cog in BU’s success so far this season, posting a 22-3-4 record while tying for 14th in the NCAA in save percentage (.928). The Toronto native was especially huge during the Hockey East Tournament, stopping 54 of 58 shots during the conference semifinal and final en route to being named to the All-Tournament team. On defense, the Terriers have excelled at negating opposing teams’ scoring, despite having a defenseman grouping made up of four freshmen. Currently, the Terriers rank 13th in the nation in team defense, relinquishing 2.27 goals per game. The winner of Friday’s matchup will have little time to rest, facing off against the winner of the
No. 8 University of Minnesota and No. 7 University of Minnesota Duluth game on Saturday evening with a Frozen Four appearance on the line, but Quinn reiterated that the team is not yet looking ahead to any future matchups. With every game now shifting into a win-or-go-home scenario, Quinn said the Terriers cannot lose focus on the task at hand — defeating a tenacious Yale team. “It certainly adds a level of excitement, not that the national tournament isn’t exciting enough,” Quinn said of the one-game nature of the tournament. “But it certainly bodes well for maybe the lesser schools, but there’s no lesser schools in the hockey world. I’ve said this a lot: the [seeding] number next to the team doesn’t mean much. “If you’re the 14th seeded team in this tournament, you’re still a damn good hockey team and you can beat any other top-three or four team, and it wouldn’t be a fluke. That’s the case going up against Yale. They’re a really good hockey team, and we’ve got our hands full.”
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Men’s Lacrosse @ Navy 12 p.m.
New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin does not trust the iPhone’s Siri.
Men’s Hockey vs Yale (Manchester,
Women’s Lacrosse vs Lafayette 1 p.m.
New Hampshire) 2 p.m.
Coughlin’s Siri comments are compaHe said, “She never sends you the right way.”
Men’s Ice Hockey vs Minn./ Minn. Duluth (Manchester, New Hampshire) 5:30 p.m
rable to saying that you trust Eli Manning to lead a game-winning drive.