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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University
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Year xli. Volume lxxxii. Issue xxx.
Campus & City
Solidarity:
Occupy Boston
movement protests
Oakland arrests
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Occupy Boston asks for funds to restore Greenway Redistricting plan
moves forward in
Mass. legislature
By Alex Diantgikis
Daily Free Press Staff
Occupy Boston movement members
have set up a WePay site asking people to
donate money to restore the Dewey Square
portion of the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway,
where protesters have set up their encampment.
The link to the online WePay site for
the Greenway Restoration Fund is on Occupy Boston’s website. So far, the fund has
raised nearly $685, which is less than 5 percent of its $15,000 goal.
The Greenway is covered with blue tarps
and tents of all colors and sizes. Blocks of
wood from picket signs litter the ground and
hay is strewn in various places. Cardboard
posters line the streets, and voices can be
heard across the square for more supplies.
Occupy Boston has formed its own community with kitchen, library and media tents.
Since the movement’s beginning, the
grass has withered into a mud floor, and
many of the bushes have been mangled by
the surplus of tents. The branches of the
bare trees are being used to support tents
and tarps. The activity has been harsh on
the environment in the Greenway, but Occupy Boston officials said they have plans
to clean up after themselves once they
leave.
By Lester Black
Daily Free Press Staff
Caine said that BU employs more than
10,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
Of those, 2,713 students, or about 30 percent,
hold work-study jobs, she said.
BU has received funding for work-study
jobs since the Federal Work-Study program
was established as part of the Economic Opportunity Act in 1964, according to the Campus Compact website.
Work-study is designed to provide students with part-time jobs to help finance “the
costs of postsecondary education,” according
Redistricting plans moved one step closer
to passage on Tuesday when the Special Joint
Committee on Redistricting shifted the plan
out of the committee room and onto the floor
of the Massachusetts House and Senate.
Minor changes were made to the original plan announced last week, which has
received praise for increasing minority representation in the Legislature. The plan would
establish 20 House and three Senate districts
where the majority of residents are part of an
ethnic minority.
Chairman Rep. Michael Moran, of Brighton, said that the committee had received
more than 160 phone calls and 100 email
comments since the plan was announced last
week, but both the House and Senate maps
remained largely the same.
A few precincts in Chelsea were moved
back to the second Suffolk district, and in
Western Massachusetts, a few towns were
shifted between the House’s first and second
Berkshire districts and the first Franklin district. There was also a reconfiguration of the
fourth Middlesex district.
Moran said the changes would keep Latinos together in Chelsea and would not affect
the majority status of Latinos in the first Essex district.
“We would like to keep the Latinos in
Chelsea more intact rather than splitting them
up,” Moran said. “And we believe it makes
the second Suffolk district stronger in regards
to Latino representation.”
Changes in the Senate plans were limited
to a few precincts being swapped between
the first and second Suffolk districts and the
Norfolk and Suffolk district in South Boston.
The support for the state’s redistricting
Work Study, see page 4
Redistricting, see page 4
PHOTO COURTESY/FRANK DEVITA
Occupy Boston has started a Greenway Restoration Fund to re-sod the Rose F.
Kennedy Greenway in downtown Boston and repair the damages made from the
protesters’ tent city.
“Cleaning up after ourselves and repairing what we damage is an important part
of modeling how we want our governments
and corporations to behave!” the Occupy
Boston Greenway Restoration Fund’s website said.
Nawontah Waters, who works in the logistics tent of the camp, said that the group
has plans for restoration.
“It will be a complete overhaul,” Waters
said. “Once we leave, we’re planning on
putting down new grass and repairing the
shrubs that have been damaged.”
He said that the fund is raising money
Restore Greenway, see page 4
For work-study students, the trick is organization
By Jasper Craven
Daily Free Press Staff
Since her freshman year, College of Fine
Arts senior Katrina Tamarro has held a job
on the side. While she has faced difficulties
at times, Tamarro said her work-study jobs
have helped her to become financially independent.
“You have to schedule out when you can
get your homework done, work your job and
have a social life,” Tamarro said. “It’s tough
at times but, in my opinion, work-study gives
you great experience to prepare you for the
real world.”
As the financial crisis has led many student toward work-study jobs to help pay for
college, students said they have learned to
juggle their work, academic and personal
schedules.
Work-study manager Rachel Caine said
that students who have retained a part-time
job have developed organizational skills.
“There have been several studies over the
years that show that students who work while
attending college tend to be more organized,
better at time management and ultimately
end up with higher grades,” Caine said in an
email interview.
Obituary: Daniel Davis, 70, a teacher of teachers at SED
By Jaime Lutz and Steph Solis
Daily Free Press Staff
There are many ways that teachers try to
reach students, but none, perhaps, are as effective as the illustrative example. Case in
point: Daniel F. Davis was teaching a class
where was trying to explain the crouch that
runners use to begin a race.
At first, Davis tried to describe the crouch.
Then, the 70-year-old went further: he broke
from the lesson and performed the crouch
himself, lowering to all fours.
“He was making a point, as a teacher,”
said Philip Tate, a colleague of Davis’s at
Boston University’s School of Education. “If
you’re demonstrating, you might as well go
all the way.”
Davis, a clinical assistant professor of
education, died on Oct. 19 of a heart attack in
Udaipur, India after teaching classes in Mum-
bai. He was 70 years old.
Described by colleagues and students as a
“compassionate,” “humble” and “humorous”
teacher, Davis grew up in Coney Island, New
York, according to a death notice published
in The Boston Globe. He received his bachelor’s degree at Owego University B.A., and
later received his master’s at Brooklyn College and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University.
For 30 years, Davis worked at Stoughton
High School in Massachusetts, teaching social studies and eventually becoming school
principal. He left the school eight years ago
to teach at BU, where he worked with “everybody from freshman advisees to doctoral
students,” Tate said.
“I personally will remember him as a passionate man constantly in the service of his
students, and of education in general,” said
Davis, see page 4
PHOTO COURTESY/SCOTT DELISLE
School of Education clinical assistant professor of education Daniel Davis with
some of his students.
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No Man is
an Island
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Selective Thinking
uesday at 9:25 a.m. At
this time, I will usually
be in the process of hurriedly evacuating my dorm room in
an attempt to get to my class, which
is practically right across the street,
and hopefully make it on time for
once.
There
isn’t anything
special about
this short journey of mine.
First I patiently tap my foot
MICHELLE
until the shiny
HUNTER
metal
contraption we call the elevator drops
me off by the entrance, then I go
through the double doors and navigate through the sea of people that
appear out of nowhere until I reach
the all too familiar Commonwealth
Avenue. Finally, I cross the street,
walking over the T tracks, skipping
the stoplight (it’s inevitable when
crossing that area. They might want
to reconsider the timing on those
pesky lights . . .), and making my
way into the building of my destination at what should be hopefully
9:30. After that, I forget about my
experience and focus on remembering everything that is being taught.
No big deal . . . or is it?
Think of the amount of times
I found myself in a potentially
risky situation in that short span of
three to five minutes. We place a
great amount of trust in a machine
that moves us at great velocities
through very high buildings, and
crossing the street by mentally estimating the distance between you
and the closest car and comparing it
to the length of the road is certainly
not the safest way to get around. All
this happens in a span of not even
five minutes. What about the rest of
the day? Whether they are in houses or on streets, any appliances we
interact with daily (especially those
in the kitchen) can actually be quite
a threat. Just think of how many
things carry a label that claims they
must be kept away from the reach
of children.
Still, with all these potential
dangers, every morning I make it
to class without any of these worries passing through my mind for
even a second. Instead, my mind is
overwhelmed with smaller details
such as what grade I’ll get on the
next exam, whether it’ll get warmer
in the afternoon, or where I will sit
in the lecture hall. Those are little
details that do not directly affect
me at the moment, so in truth I am
navigating precariously through
the city with my mind lost in other
places. We cross the street, and yet
we don’t really think about it – it
happens so frequently that we take
it for granted.
Sometimes, we are truly greater
than we realize at surviving in what
many call the concrete jungle. Every day we cross streets and walk
into elevators, worrying about
getting to the right places on the
right time, and yet the most basic
things slip our minds because of it.
We prioritize the short-term, more
complex thoughts over the more
boring basic repetitive thoughts,
even if there’s danger involved. We
think selectively.
It makes me wonder just how
many day-to-day actions we’re carrying out in this same way of going
on autopilot, so to speak, and getting things done without thinking
Hunter, see page 4
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Protesters march to support Occupy Oakland Email warns
students about
Internet scams
By Kaylee Hill
Daily Free Press Staff
Occupy Boston demonstrators
led a march of solidarity for Occupy Oakland, which underwent
police raids that led to 85 arrests
in Oakland, Calif. on Tuesday.
In Oakland, more than 500
policemen arrested protesters before dawn on Tuesday because the
protesters were camping outside
of Frank Ogawa Plaza without a
permit. Police in full-riot armor
used flash grenades, tear gas and
rubber on “nonviolent” Occupy
Oakland protesters, according to
the Occupy Boston website.
Although the police intervened
at Occupy Oakland, other groups,
such as Occupy Boston, are taking action with marches and protests.
Beginning in Dewey Square,
about 100 people marched
through South Station with posters and flags in solidarity for Occupy Oakland.
About 30 tents are set up in
Dewey Square, which is part of
the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway.
Protesters sleep in their tents, sit
outside of their tents and pass out
flyers to people passing by.
In addition to raising awareness for the Occupy Oakland raid,
some demonstrators said they had
other agendas for protesting Wall
By Steph Solis
Daily Free Press Staff
SCOTT DELISLE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
Occupy Boston protesters march through the streets of downtown Boston on Friday, Oct. 7.
Street on Tuesday.
“I took part in the protest because I’m tired of being told that
there is not enough money for
schools,” said Amirah Holberg,
a public school teacher in Framingham.
“The goals of the Occupy Boston movement is to get a discussion going about why inequality
exists in our society and to instill
confidence back into our teachers,” Holberg said. “Other problems that need to be addressed are
poverty and the low standard of
living.”
Holberg said that Occupy Boston’s next steps should be getting
Occupy Oakland, see page 4
Bay State considers waiving No Child Left Behind
By Sydney Shea
Daily Free Press Staff
The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
voted Tuesday to request a waiver
from No Child Left Behind guidelines, as officials said that they were
not reasonable.
Former President George W.
Bush signed No Child Left Behind
into law in 2002, which focuses
on students in public schools from
kindergarten through high school,
according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website. Former
U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, from
Massachusetts, co-sponsored the
act.
The
government
supports
3
schools through federal grants, and
has the right to intervene if school
do not achieve adequate standardized test scores. Parents and guardians may have the right to transfer
their children out of schools that do
not meet adequate yearly progress,
or AYP, according to the site.
The State Education Board voted 8-0 in support of the bid for an
appeal.
“The federal system demands
perfection. It expects every school
and district to get 100 percent of its
students proficient,” said education
commissioner Mitchell Chester,
in an interview with The Boston
Globe. “Perfection is just not reasonable.”
The Bay State joins about 40
other states looking to apply for a
waiver from the law.
If accepted, Mass. would not
have to achieve 100 percent proficiency, as set by the federal education act. The Mass. Comprehensive
Assessment System or MCAS, is
the standardized test used throughout the state to help determine proficiency.
State education officials reported that 82 percent of Mass. schools
and 91 percent of Mass. school districts failed to meet standards in the
2010 - 11 school year, but Chester
said that results were “absolutely
misleading,” according to the article in The Globe.
“It’s been shown that adequate
yearly progress is a flawed measure,” said Gov. Deval Patrick in
NCLB, see page 4
Every day, students at Boston University fall prey to email scams that
compromise their accounts, an Information Security official said in an
email to students Tuesday.
In light of Information Security
Awareness Week, IT Executive Director Quinn Shamblin sent a series of
tips aimed to help students avoid getting scammed.
“Students are aware of this, that
faculty and staff are aware. It’s good to
remind people, particularly when there
are new or different types of phishing
going on,” said BU spokesman Colin
Riley. “And there are so many.”
Shamblin told students to be wary
of password requests. Students should
delete emails that ask for their passwords, which are common forms of
scamming, he wrote. The email also
told students to delete emails that mention financial accounts they don’t own
or have never seen.
Above all, Shamblin said that students should not click on any link in
emails that seem questionable. A dangerous link can be disguised as a web
address that’s as common as Google.
com and end up taking you to a completely different website, he said.
When it comes to deceptive links, he
said that students should type the address that shows up in the email.
Questionable emails can be sent to
[email protected], he said.
Riley said that students should
never reveal their passwords or other
personal information. BU never sends
requests for passwords or other information, he said.
Maddie Rosenberger, a sophomore
in the College of Arts and Sciences,
said the email benefited her by notifying her about phishing scams.
“I didn’t know what phishing
scams were before I got the email today,” she said. Other students said that the email
wouldn’t affect behavior much.
“Most people are smart enough not
to get phishing scams,” said John Cho,
a CAS sophomore. “Phishing scams
really work for older generations and
for the really younger people, but not
so much for college students.” Coffee and Conversation: Students debate Occupy Boston
MICHELLE OLSON/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
Boston University students discuss the Occupy movement with
others at Coffee and Conversation in the George Sherman Union
Tuesday.
By Dan Petersen
Daily Free Press Staff
Thirty Boston University students gathered at BU Central
Tuesday night to discuss Occupy
Boston’s efforts in what College
of Arts and Sciences junior Demarius Walker called “democracy
without the facade.”
“This is an anthropological experience at the very least. These
people care,” Walker said. “We
are establishing open discussion
as a regular thing.”
Students met and formed a
discussion circle for “Coffee and
Convo Style Occupy Discussion,”
which students said was meant to
foster debate about the Occupy
Boston movement. CAS senior
Jonathan Senin said that while he
moderated the meeting, everyone
spoke freely.
Senin told students about his
role in Occupy the Hood, which
demonstrated on Saturday.
“I heard of people smearing feces and urine on the windows outside of Bank of America,” Senin
said.
Students began debating the
possibility of removing their accounts from Bank of America,
with some expressing skepticism
about the degree of corruption
that appears to have stemmed
from the larger banks.
Senin said that since students
tend to be unfamiliar with the
economics of their situations, the
next meeting could focus on demystifying the numbers surrounding their arguments.
“We should do the research,
and bring it to the next meeting,”
Senin said. “Maybe we could
bring a [School of Management]
friend.”
BU Occupies Boston plans to
hold meetings like the ‘Occupy
Discussion’ on a weekly basis,
Walker said. The meeting is not
like the large general assemblies
held by Occupy Boston at Dewey
Square, he said, but was more
flexible and less structured.
“This is way more important
than the general assemblies,” said
Tarif Ahmed, a CAS junior. “It’s
like Dumbledore’s Army, an intimate setting where people can
walk in and out.”
CAS junior Brandon Wood
said he saw about half a dozen
newcomers at the meetings. He
described their expressions as
“tired, angry faces.”
“There was a dark mood,”
Wood said.
Wood said that the voices of
the skeptics need to be heard so
that they can achieve true progress. In creating the forums, he
said he believed he had found
a great way to gain supporters.
He said he thinks a discussion
like this serves as a precursor to
a larger movement, but that it is
unclear where a discussion leads.
Although Wood said at the
start of the meeting that the group
should participate in an ongoing march, the group agreed that
Convo, see page 4
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Occupy Boston spokesman:
May take up to $12,000 to
restore Dewey, Greenway
Restore Greenway: From Page 1
for supplies, and the Occupy protesters plan to volunteer to come
back to the site to work on the
cleanup. He said they plan to do
all major replanting with the proceeds from the fund and to make
a donation to the Greenway fund.
“We’ll definitely redo the grass,
because as you can see, there isn’t
any left,” Waters said.
Devon Pendleton, an Occupy
Boston spokesman, said that it
might take $12,000 to restore the
site.
“I’ve been here for nearly three
and a half weeks and we try to do
little cleanups every so often,” he
said. “Everyone grabs a trash bag
and gets to it.”
Pendleton works in the camp’s
media tent. He said that the overwhelming support of neighboring
colleges was exhibited in the outcome of the general assemblies of
Colleges Occupy Boston.
Members of the Occupy Boston team said they are not discouraged about the movement’s prog-
ress. For now, they said they are
focused on raising supplies for the
fast-approaching winter because
they have no plans to leave yet,
and are concentrating their efforts
on obtaining donations to their
General Fund.
When protesters pack up, they
said they are prepared to leave
Dewey Square looking better than
ever to commemorate their cause.
“We’re going to leave this
place nicer than we found it,”
said a man, who wished to remain anonymous, as he wandered
through the masses of tents currently occupying Dewey Square.
“It’s going to put the rest of the
Greenway to shame.”
On the Occupy Boston Greenway Restoration Fund website,
people could leave comments.
“If government can clean up
Wall Street’s mess, why not Occupy Boston’s mess,” said Edmond
Hatfield in a comment on the website. “O[h] wait a minute, Occupy
Boston might want to take responsibility for their own action.”
Federal appeals court forced
Mass. to redraw 15 House
districts in 2004 redistricting
Redistricting: From Page 1
plans, which have received praise
from a variety of groups including
the New England branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the
citizen’s lobbying group Common
Cause, is a contrast to the outcome
that unfolded the last time the Bay
State redrew its districts.
A federal appeals court forced
Massachusetts to redraw 15 House
districts after it ruled in 2004 that
redistricting in 2001 had deprived
black voters of their constitutional
rights.
The former Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Rep.
Thomas Finneran, eventually plead
guilty to obstruction of justice after
he denied involvement in the redistricting process.
Plans for redistricting the U.S.
House of Representatives, which
have not yet been released by the
committee, are expected to draw
more controversy. Because of slow
population growth in Massachusetts, the committee will be forced
to reduce the number of U.S. House
districts from 10 to nine.
Work-study manager: Of 10,000 BU
student employees, 30 on work-study
Work-study: From Page 1
to a statement made by the Department of Education.
Students must show financial
need to participate in the workstudy job, Caine said. While Caine
said that BU offers a variety of jobs
to students, but that positions in offices and laboratories tend to fill up
the fastest, as well as jobs with af-
ternoon and evening hours.
Kamarro said she considers the
work-study program a “rewarding
experience.” She held a work-study
job for two years and now works
at BU dining services as a regular
employee.
“Having a job during college
also looks very good to future employers who will value a well organized employee,” she said.
Colleague: Davis leaves ‘truly
big hole’ in School of Education
Davis: From Page 1
former student Scott Delisle, SED
’13, in an email.
The coauthor of The United
States Since 1945 and A History of
the World, Davis never left his history teacher past behind. According
to his professional biography on
the SED website, Davis’ specialty
was “the development of concept
formation, critical thinking, and the
art of questioning as they relate to
the teaching of history and social
science.”
“I have known Professor Davis
for four years and he has impressed
me by the range his understanding
of history and his complete commitment to training his student
teachers who loved him,” said Hardin L. K. Coleman, SED dean, in
an email. “Most important, he was
incredibly caring.”
Though colleagues regarded
him highly, Tate said, Davis was a
humble man. He used to stop by the
offices of other professors almost
every day to say hello and ask for
advice.
“I used to think why is this expert teacher asking me for advice?”
Tate said. But whatever answer Tate
gave, he said, Davis would take seriously.
“He was very, very modest
about his accomplishments,” said
Thomas Cottle, a professor of education at SED and a close friend
of Davis. “He cared about education and about the education of the
young people.”
Cottle described Davis warmly,
saying that the pair would call each
other “darling” and “sweetie.”
Cottle recalled one speech he
gave several years ago that Davis
attended. After the speech, he said,
Davis gave Cottle a kiss on the
cheek and hugged him.
“He was a loving guy. I have
no problem revealing that,” Cottle
said.
Davis will not have his influence
end with the students he worked
with, Cottle said. Rather, his influential style will ripple onward.
“You teach people who then
teach people,” Cottle said. “In ten
years, he had about 500 students –
who later influence so many.”
“We’re all scrambling to figure
out how to replace him,” Tate said.
“He did so many things that we just
assumed that they’d be taken care
of. He leaves truly a big hole in our
School of Education.”
Davis leaves his wife of 48
years, Barbara; his son, Jeff Davis;
his daughter Jill Davis; his sister,
Gwendolyn; and four grandchildren.
Occupy Wall Street movement’s
Bank Transfer Day set for Nov. 5
Occupy Oakland: From Page 3
more unions to become actively
involved.
“Students should bring Occupy to their schools, which will
promote universities and protesters working together to achieve
a solution,” she said. “We are
teachers, lawyers, nurses, electrical engineers,” Holberg said. “. . .
Not homeless and unruly people.”
Mary Yi, a freshman in Boston
University’s School of Education,
said that seeing the tents at Dewey
Square is more eye opening than
hearing about Occupy Boston on
the news.
“I am shocked that people are
living in their tents as winter is
approaching,” she said.
Other demonstrators participating in Occupy Boston included
members of the Boston Teachers
Union, Massachusetts Teachers
Associations,
Communication
Workers Union, Jobs with Justice,
LGBTQ groups and immigrant
rights groups.
Occupy Boston continues to
raise awareness about the dissatisfaction with the American
economic and political systems.
An upcoming Occupy Wall Street
Student: Occupy Boston talk
‘like Dumbledore’s Army’
Convo: From Page 3
students would benefit more from
engaging in small discussions.
Ahmed, however, said that the
group should consider immediate
action instead of debating longterm and short-term goals.
“Let’s set up conversation now.
I know what I want. I don’t know
about you guys,” Ahmed said.
Nonetheless, Ahmed and other
students said that their main concern would be to understand concerns or ideas other students may
have considered – whether they
coincide with their own views or
not.
“I want people to think,”
Ahmed said. “If someone doesn’t
like what I have to say that’s fine.”
movement is Bank Transfer Day,
which will take place on Nov. 5.
A protester at the rally who
asked to remain anonymous said
that the movement is the future
for students, and “they better be
ready to fight to change the financial industry.”
“The sanitary issue in Oakland
is not considered a felony,” said
another protester who also asked
to remain anonymous. “As the
word about Occupy Wall Street is
spread, the organization is getting
bigger, which scares the financial
industry.”
MCAS used in
Mass. to judge
proficiency
NCLB: From Page 3
an interview with The Globe. “We
need to have measures that actually
capture what it is we are doing so
that we can make adjustments in
accordance with that reality and
that part of No Child Left Behind is
just not working.”
Last week, a Senate committee
voted to forward a bill to the Senate, which would revise No Child
Left Behind’s current academic
achievement requirements.
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about its most basic implications.
I’ve come to the conclusion that
there are far too many. We are like
our brains – our eyes see everything, but our brains only remember what’s most important, what is
necessary to remember and what
won’t drive us crazy by the end of
the day. What do you think about
when you cross the street?
SPOTLIGHT
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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Sit down and LevelUp!
A new mobile app makes it easy to pay, even if you forgot your money at home
By Asta Thrastardottir
Daily Free Press Staff
C
oupon Clipping has become a thing
of the past, but that doesn’t mean
saving money has become obsolete.
SCVNGR, “the game about going places,”
according to the company website, has added
a new product called LevelUp which combines SCVNGR’s game-like technique into a
mobile payment app.
“[SCVNGR and LevelUp] are two totally
separate products with the same dynamics
behind it, the same idea of making it fun to
be social in SVNGR and then fun to transact
in LevelUp,” said 2011 College of Communication graduate Alex Shuck, who helps with
marketing for LevelUp.
LevelUp was initially launched in March
with a daily deal model of buying $20 of credit for $15, but then creators switched the idea
around and created a new model, in which the
user would earn $5 when they spent $15 at
a location. This is called the “inverted deal”
because instead of buying a coupon and using
it later, a customer automatically acquires the
deal just by signing up.
The new LevelUp was made available for
download on July 14. Using the program is
simple - in order to get started, customers
download the free iPhone or Android app and
link it to a credit or debit card. The app then
generates a unique QR code for each customer, which can be scanned at most local businesses to make a payment and earn LevelUp
credit. The app also builds incentives for customers to return to a business - the more they
return to a business the more they level up
and earn better deals.
HOW CUSTOMERS BENEFIT
L
evelUp presents an easy way to save
money without the hassle of using
print-out coupons. The app allows
users to shop at new stores with $5, $10 or
$20 automatically included. It also allows
patrons to use their phones to pay for transactions.
“It’s a more fun way to pay because instead
of having to buy the deal, print out the deal
and bring the deal with you, you just have the
app on your phone and everything’s automatically taken care of. And you get to pay with
your phone, which is cool,” said Shuck.
“Redeem rewards from your phone and pay
by your phone. Everything is at your fingertips and it’s just incredibly easy to use,” said
Scott Sigel, who assists with business development for LevelUp.
LevelUp also has increased security benefits, Sigel explained.
“One of the things that we are still in the
process of teaching the public about is that
we are actually three times more secure than
paying with a debit card,” he said. “With LevelUp, the second you pay anywhere, you’ve
got a pop-up on your phone that tells you
what you just paid for. Plus, you’ve got an
email receipt.”
“LevelUp is great because if I know I’m going to a place that uses LevelUp I don’t even
need to take my wallet. I can grab my phone
and keys and be out the door,” said Elizabeth
Rubel, a sophomore in the College of Communication.
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
L
evelUp also emphasizes loyalty with
certain businesses. The app aims to
solve the problem many stores now
face - lack of returning customers - an issue
that similar companies such as Groupon and
Living Social also struggle with. With the
daily deal model, customers generally don’t
return unless they believe they can get a good
deal.
“On the retail side, which is where a lot of
the other daily deal sites failed miserably, the
number one is loyalty,” Sigel said, adding that
Groupon’s return rates are in the single digits.
“We are seeing around 40 percent return rate
to the exact location within 45 days.”
If they use LevelUp, businesses are also
privy to useful information about their customers.
“When restaurants use Groupon, they don’t
find anything out about the customer and
L
AMANDA SWINHART/daily free press staff
LevelUp enables users to get deals at businesses with the touch of a button.
usually they flash flood into the businesses.
There have been situations in which too many
people bought the Groupon and no one could
redeem their order in time,” said Shuck. “But
with us, we provide the merchants with data
about their customers such as the return rates,
the high peak times, the age break down, the
gender break down. We are trying to give
them all that data so that they can not only be
paying for loyal customers but also paying to
know more about their customers.”
LevelUp has also reduced credit card fees
on payments.
“On the transactional side, we are able to
do wonderful magical things on the back end
so the processing fees are much cheaper than
credit cards and they are going to keep going
down every single month,” Sigel said.
L
DEALS AROUND BU
evelUp works at 171 locations in
Boston alone. The app offers incentives such as $10 of credit at Kingston Station, a restaurant on Kingston Street,
customers that spend $150 earn $20 of credit.
Other businesses include $2 worth of credit at
Bon Me, $10 at Sel De La Terre, $5 at Johnny
Cupcakes, $15 at La Dolce Vita Salon and
Day Spa, $2 at Angora Café, and more.
WHAT’S NEXT?
evelUp is working on creating new
promotions and incorporating the
game-like features that SCVNGR is
known for. One of these is called “Make It
Rain,” in which businesses will offer higher
incentives to customers when it’s raining.
“We find that when it rains, people just don’t
want to go out as often. So when it’s raining,
certain merchants that have signed up will
automatically offer higher incentives to go to
the business,” said Shuck.
The app has 100,000 users in Boston and
Philadelphia and expanded to San Francisco
and New York on Oct. 12.
“We’ve got a lot on our plates. Our company moves fast so we don’t even really know
what’s next,” said Shuck. “It’s exciting.”
The company’s plan is simple - create an
even better way to pay. LevelUp strives to
be an easy tool for customers businesses and
the community as a whole. According to the
website, “LevelUp is like a Prius for your
wallet.”
“The whole thing is that we are a young
company that is Boston based. It’s great
working here because we want to be a company that is honest and truthful,” said Sigel.
“We want to be a fantastic tool for retailers
and customers. I can confidential say that everyone here believes in what we are doing because we have something that is better, more
fun, and easy to use,” Seigel said.
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A question of logic
A government medical panel on Tuesday recommended that the HPV vaccine
given to girls should also be administered
to boys to help prevent the spread of the
virus through sexual intercourse.
The proposal is seen by many as highly
controversial because it can protect against
anal cancer. Many conservative parents
feel as though their 11-12 year old sons
have no need to get the vaccine because
they’re ‘not gay’. The only other reason
boys would receive the vaccine would be
to protect girls from HPV, which does not
currently seem to be a particularly motivating factor for parents of these boys.
An HPV vaccine for boys should absolutely be readily available to both boys and
girls, if for no reason other than to level
the playing field between men and women.
If men are engaging in sexual intercourse
just as much as women, they should be
vaccinated against the disease for the sake
of both their own health and that of their
sexual partners.
Some conservatives believe that the
shot encourages promiscuity in general,
and that its administration to boys would
encourage homosexuality. All illogical
anti-gay sentiments aside, the shot is generally administered to pre-teens, pre-teens
who would hopefully have very little to no
involvement or even awareness about sex.
Most would not even fully understand the
implications of getting vaccinated, and as
such, would not magically become promiscuous after the needle enters the arm.
Boys have a responsibility to vaccinate as well as girls if only for the general health of the population. If a young
and healthy college student decided not
to get a flu shot and subsequently became
infected with the flu, perhaps it would not
aversely affect the student in particular, but
that student could hypothetically pass it on
to someone much older and more vulnerable. The same is true for the HPV vaccine
as it pertains to men and women. Vaccines
are about protecting the general public and
should be regarded as such.
It remains difficult to comprehend that
the debate as to whether or not to administer vaccines to boys is even making headlines, because it should not be a newsworthy step to take, but a natural one.
NCLB left behind
On Thursday, the Massachusetts Board
of Education voted to seek to waive the No
Child Left Behind program and replace it
with requirements of their own.
“The federal system demands perfection. It expects every school and district to
get 100 percent of its students proficient,”
Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester
said after the vote.
About 40 other states have sought a
waiver for similar reasons, as the 2002 law
set a goal for all public schools receiving
federal funding to have all their students
proficient in reading and math by 2014, a
goal deemed by most to be both unreasonable and unrealistic.
Although Massachusetts still wants to
replace NCLB with its own set of requirements, any measure that can be taken to
distance public education from the logistical train wreck of No Child Left Behind
is a step in the right direction. The program placed an unfair burden on teachers
to bring their students up to par, many of
whom lack the resources and opportunities
to improve the caliber of their education.
It is completely unfair to demand the same
standards of public schools that fall under
different demographics and work with dif-
ferent types of students.
What remains an issue is the nature of
the replacement program Massachusetts
is considering. Ideally, they should move
away from using standardized testing as
a method by which to measure student
achievement altogether. Testing should
not be the be-all, end-all measuring stick
for student progress; if anything, it should
only be a contributing factor. Students are
not defined by their test scores and should
not be reduced to a number on a score sheet
when the government attempts to measure
their progress.
States who have not taken the step toward waiving NCLB requirements should
follow Massachusetts’s example and take
the initiative to rid themselves of this burden on public education. The Obama administration, as much as they espouse concern for the flaws in the NCLB program,
have understandably placed the issue on
the political back burner in light of recent
events and problems with the economy and
foreign policy. For these reasons, states
need to take charge on this issue and remedy the problem created by the Bush administration.
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Men, Old and Young
I
had an opportunity this week that
I’ve been dying to tell you about. I
was asked on a date by a 45-yearold man while at Panera on Tuesday night.
His name was Henry, and all I could think
about was the horrifying age difference.
Here I am, a 21-year-old guy, (at my sexual peak, nonetheless), and here comes my
grandfather, spewing lines about how 45 is
the new 30! But, being the friendly (read:
horny) guy that I am, I went ahead and
gave him my phone number.
And this, dear readers, is where the
problems began. Students have grown up
in the age of technology. We have always
had iPods and MacBooks and cell phones
(oh my), and stories from dear ol’ Mom
and Dad are true: they really had black and
white television ‘in their day.’ Unfortunately, so did my geriatric gentleman friend,
Henry. It turns out he just got a new cell,
and ‘baby’s first iPhone’ comes with an unlimited texting plan of which he makes full
use. So, I had texts at 4 a.m. wishing me
good morning, 12 p.m. hoping I was having a great day and even 10 p.m. texts saying ‘good night.’ When did this guy sleep?
Or work? It’s exhausting just reading the
texts!
I have slowly been realizing that, not
only is this guy insane . . . but I am definitely enjoying the attention. Sure, I know
the relationship isn’t going anywhere; he is
50, after all! But with every message, picture or phone call I ignore, I just glow from
the excitement of being chased. For once,
I’m being wooed, courted, chased, etc.
When was the last time you were really
courted by a man? Someone who, from his
long poems and messages, seems like he is
genuinely interested, even though you don’t
really know him? It’s funny, this is what
dating used to be, before OkCupid, mutual
friends or frat parties. Just a handsome boy
approaching a beautiful girl at the general
store so he can ask her to accompany him
to the country fair that evening.
Henry will most likely never see me
again. But, I sometimes think about what
would happen if I picked up that call, or
made a definite plan to see him again (in
public, of course). We would absolutely
never get physical, not that I’m judging
your love of sex with the over-50 crowd;
it’s just not for me.
Later that evening, in a sudden attempt
to regain some semblance of a sex life with
anyone under 30, I donned my tightest
T-shirt and went out with some girls to a
frat party. (Not my first choice for evening
entertainment, but a little Natty Light is
good for the soul). Upon our arrival, however, I was surprised to see a ratio of men
to women that would make a lesbian jump
for joy. Where were the men? I understand
the point of limiting the amount of junk
in the room, especially since all these frat
guys have to get laid, but there’s nothing
wrong with a little competition, especially
with so many alpha males in one crowded
basement. Their reasoning for not inviting
more dudes to the party was some nonsense
about minimizing their risk, but I cry foul.
I paid my $10. Let me get a chance to get it
in, too! How are the gays supposed to find
love on Ashford Street?
Even clubs downtown understand the
need for random dudes. While ladies are
offered the keys to the kingdom with comp
passes and bottle service upgrades, us poor
guys have to wait in lines, shell out huge
cover charges and ultimately go home
alone.
But this has sexism has a larger impact
than just bros not getting laid, it also means
that girls can’t bring their boyfriends, gays
can’t meet up and drink and straight guys
that just want to hang out with girls can’t
just dance and have a good time.
Note to fraternities: I am in no way
claiming that you are homophobic, or hate
other guys. The last thing I want is a bunch
of angry letters from Pike telling me about
their one gay friend from home who they
always hang out with. All us non-bros out
here want is the opportunity to come over
to your house, pay for some crappy booze
and dance. After all, the girls that come to
your houses are not interested in having
sex with you. They’re interested in drinking your beer and looking hot.
So, loosen up a bit. Let more dudes in,
and you’ll get more girls, too. Besides,
men will pay for the opportunity, upwards
of $20 per dude, just to come in and drink
your Keystone.
Luke Pearson a weekly columnist for
The Daily Free Press. He can be reached
at [email protected]
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America East
Power
Men’s Soccer
1
Rankings
By Kevin Dillon
Boston University (8-7, 4-1)
The Terriers are tied for first place in the
America East Conference, and should be able
to win their two remaining games against the
University of New Hampshire and Binghamton University. Their stingy defense has helped
them win three 1-0 decisions in the America East, and if freshman forward Dominique Badji and senior forward Ben Berube
can score more consistently, BU should finish the season on top.
2
Univ. Md.-Baltimore Co. (7-5-3, 4-1)
Coming off a 3-1 loss to the University of
Hartford, the Retrievers have a tough schedule
ahead of them to end the season. By losing to
the Hawks, the Retrievers now have to face
two of the top-three offenses in the conference
in the University of Vermont and Stony Brook University. The
reigning America East Champion is second in the conference
in goals however, led by midfielder Andrew Bulls and forward
Pete Caringi, and knocked off BU 1-0 earlier in the season.
3
Stony Brook University (7-5-3, 3-1-1)
Stony Brook is second in the America East
in goals-against, and tied for third in goalsscored. The Seawolves’ only loss came in overtime to BU in a game that they only allowed
one shot on goal during regulation time. A win
over UMBC tonight would show that Stony Brook has the ability
to make a run in the America East tournament.
4
University of Verrmont (7-6-1, 2-2-1)
As the top offense in the conference, Vermont would be in a much better position in the
conference if its defense could prevent goals on
a more consistent basis. Vermont is sixth in the
league in goals-against-average, and its only
shutout in conference play it was against the worst offense in the
conference, Binghamton University.
5
University of Hartford(4-8-4, 1-2-2)
Hartford lost its first match in America East
play against BU, but then went on to earn points
in three out of the next four games. With its 3-1
win over UMBC on Saturday, the Hawks are
showing that they have the skill to compete
with the top teams in the Conference. However, the Hawks do
not have a shutout in conference play this year, and their goalsagainst-average is in the bottom three in the conference at 1.10.
6
Univ. of New Hampshire (6-7-2, 1-2-2)
UNH has had a tough time with tough teams
this season, losing to both UMBC and Stony
Brook so far. With BU on schedule tonight in
Boston, UNH could find itself with only one in
the win column with one game remaining. UNH
is an average team on both ends of the ball, and an average offense and an average defense are not going to win an America
East championship.
7
University at Albany (4-8-3, 0-2-3)
Other than their match with BU, the Great
Danes have played to the level of their opponent
so far this season. Albany tied three consecutive
conference games against Stony Brook, Hartford, and last-place Binghamton in the first half
of October, and is second-to-last in offense. While their final two
games against UVM and UNH leave them a chance to earn another
point or two, don’t expect Albany make a run at the championship.
8
Binghamton University (4-9-2, 0-4-1)
When a team has the worst goals-against average in the conference and the least goals per
game, it is hard to earn points in the standings.
Binghamton has only scored one goal this season in America East play, and has surrendered
nine. Ending the season against BU doesn’t give the Bearcats
much hope for a win this season, as Binghamton will almost surely finish last this season.
McCARTHY: NBA’s loss with
lockout is college basketball’s gain
McCarthy: From page 8
begin with. Over the last few years, the one-and-done
rule had allowed traditional powers like Duke University,
the University of Connecticut, the University of North
Carolina and the University of Kentucky to reaffirm their
dominance in the polls.
However, amazingly, Cinderella teams were still finding a way to make noise in March. Two years ago, Butler
University was a half of an inch of backboard away from
a title. Last year, Virginia Commonwealth University
made an inexplicable run to the Final Four. All in all, the
game had seemingly found the perfect balance between
elite talent and utter unpredictability.
Now, cue the lockout. While Simmons and other pundits argue incessantly over which professional sport has
the most to gain, everyone has seemingly forgotten the
most obvious beneficiary.
Last spring, when players such as Ohio State University’s Jared Sullinger and Kentucky’s Terrence Jones wrestled with the decision of whether or not to forgo their remaining years of eligibility and enter the NBA draft, they
dealt with an uncertainty that the classes prior to theirs
did not have to. It was no longer as simple as getting confirmation from scouts that their skill set was NBA ready.
Nor did the hunger for a national championship dominate
their thought process.
As the rumors began to swirl about a potentially lost
NBA season, the whispers were reaching a roar on colleges campuses across the country. Suddenly, they had to
7
weigh the pros and cons of leaving school against the possibility that there might not even be a season at the next
level.
The result? Sullinger and Jones, among many others,
stayed in school.
Now, thanks to the lockout, there is a level of talent
in the college ranks that hasn’t been seen since the Fab
Five were sagging their shorts and rocking black kicks.
In fact, if one looks at the top-five schools in the current
coaches poll, each teams carries at least one player on its
roster that would undoubtedly be in the NBA if not for
the lockout. Realistically, when Kentucky takes on North
Carolina in their hotly-anticipated December match-up,
both starting lineups could be in the NBA next year.
So, while some may mourn the temporary loss of professional basketball, I have resigned myself to waiting for
the games that might as well be pro ball.
Did I temporarily mourn what looks to be a lost NBA
season? Absolutely. The image of Ray Allen’s smooth-assilk jumper is one that I take to my happy place. It will be
missed. However, it is time to move on and embrace what
might just end up being the greatest season in the history
of college basketball.
The NBA can continue to selfishly drag its feet over
revenue sharing and the mid level exception, but as they
do, they should be aware that true basketball fans are
more than willing to let college ball fill the void.
In fact, given the current crop of talent, most won’t
even notice the difference.
BU drops in polls after Holy Cross loss
Men’s Hockey: From page 8
tallied at least one point in every game dating back
to last season’s Hockey East quarterfinals against
Northeastern University.
Most recently against College of the Holy Cross on
Oct. 22, Chiasson scored two goals while his linemate
added another, bringing both of their season totals to
four.
Nieto joined senior forward Corey Trivino and freshman forward Evan Rodrigues as the only three players
Parker said played well that night, but he wasn’t nearly
as pleased with Chiasson’s play.
“Chiasson didn’t play well at all. He got two goals.
It’s nice to get goals. I don’t think he played well,”
Parker said. “He like everyone else, didn’t play hard
enough, didn’t play smart enough, didn’t play defense
first. Didn’t compete in our own end.”
Chiasson has very passive in his chance to rebut.
“I have to be a leader of this team and show the
younger guys how a BU hockey player should be,”
Chiasson said. “[Parker is] coaching me and wants me
to be a better player out there and I think have to be
better for the team.”
Polls at a glance
After the upset to Holy Cross, the Terriers fell to
their lowest rank of the season in the two major national polls when they were released on Monday.
BU is now ranked 13th in the country according to
U.S. Collegiate Hockey Online, down from its seasonbest seventh last week. In the USA Today/USA Hockey
poll, the Terriers are down to 12th, a big drop from
eighth the week before.
The only other two nationally ranked Hockey East
teams are Boston College and Merrimack College,
ranked first and ninth respectively in both polls.
Defense-less
BU’s defensemen have had much success in recent
years in terms of reaching the pros, but four games into
the season this year’s blueliners haven’t faired nearly
as well.
The defensive core – comprised of juniors Max
Nicastro and Sean Escobedo, sophomores Adam Clendening, Garrett Noonan and Patrick MacGregor and
freshman Alexx Privitera – have allowed an average of
3.2 goals per game, a number that would look much uglier if not for a season-opening 5-0 win over University
of New Hampshire.
Nicastro and Escobedo, the resident elder statesmen, in particular have not impressed Parker.
“They’ve been inconsistent as individuals and as a
pair,” Parker said. “They need to step up.”
BU should receive reinforcements when Ruikka returns. He had an impressive first-half last season before
injuries hampered his second half.
In his absence, one pleasant surprise in the defensive zone has been MacGregor, BU’s “most consistent
defensive defenseman,” according to Parker, and the
Terriers have several unofficial leaders stepping up.
“The two sophomore defensemen [Clendening and
Noonan] feel they get so much ice time and feel they’re
so important to the team that they push their teammates
pretty good,” Parker said. “And Ruikka’s a leader even
when he’s not in the lineup.”
‘All about the points’ for men’s soccer
UNH: From page 8
men that have never been through the rigors of a
down-to-the-wire college soccer season like this one.
“It’s all about the points, so they understand that,” Roberts said. “They wouldn’t
be at BU if they couldn’t figure that one out.
“They know where we stand and they know what we
need to do, so they’ve done pretty good taking it one game
at a time and not getting down after one game and being
able to bounce back and win games.”
Despite BU’s 6-2 away record and 2-5 mark at Nick-
erson, Roberts still wants his team – the defending regular
season champions and 2011 pre-season favorite – to earn
the home field advantage and first-round bye.
“We have played well on the road but I think eventually we’ll play well at home,” Roberts said. “The last
couple games against [Boston College on Oct. 18] and
even in the UMBC game [on Oct. 8] we mad a mistake
that cost us a goal, but really I thought we were playing
them and did a pretty good job finishing. Even though we
didn’t get the results we want for overall play, we have
been good at home.”
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True basketball
fans luck out in
midst of lockout
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
By Tim Healey
Daily Free Press Staff
T w o
MEN’S HOCKEY oft-injured
members
NOTEBOOK
In his column last week on
Grantland, Bill Simmons wrote
“two weeks (and counting) of canceled NBA games. And as we’re
finding out, nobody except die-hard
NBA junkies care. Everyone else?
They’re more than happy to keep
watching pro and college football
through the holidays.” This is certainly an astute and not entirely
inaccurate observation. However,
it is also a rare occasion in which
I don’t wholeheartedly agree with
The Sports
Guy.
McCarthy, see page 7
With just a few games remaining
in the regular season, staff writer
Kevin Dillon ranks the America East
men’s soccer teams, p. 7
Path to recovery underway for Terriers
The Gospel
N o w,
let me be
clear,
I’m
usually
on
board with
everything
Simmons
has to say.
ANDREW If he were
MCCARTHY to move to
Guyana and
start a cult, I’d be the first to step up
and drink the tainted Kool-Aid. That
being said, his analysis of the overall
apathy amongst basketball fanatics
regarding the lockout is off-base.
I’m not a lover scorned looking for a respectable rebound. Nor
am I filling the sizeable void left by
Charles Barkley with Jon Gruden’s
equally large ego. Sure, I’m a diehard Celtics fan. Yes, I find it unfathomable that Kobe won the Finals
MVP after going 6-for-24 from the
field and I absolutely want to egg
Danny Ainge’s house for trading
Kendrick Perkins.
However, those are things that
define my Celtics fandom -- they are
not the reason I watch NBA games,
and are most certainly not the crux of
my basketball fandom.
I watch basketball because the
competitiveness is so visibly tangible. Stars can take over offensively
just as easily as they can be suffocated defensively. It is also a game
in which a player can be totally transcendent in a split second of athletic
brilliance. It is, in my humble opinion, the ultimate spectator sport.
So, I agree with most of what
Bill has to say about the lockout…
as he says, it is undoubtedly “indefensible.” However, I for one am not
coping with the loss of the season by
simply jumping into football’s awaiting arms. As a basketball fan, the loss
of the NBA season is manageable for
one reason, and one reason only -there is still basketball to be played.
Lost amongst the chatter about
the lockout stunting the growth of the
game, and whether the NHL will fill
the gaping void, is the fact that college basketball is gearing up for what
might just be its most exciting season
in recent memory.
Lockout ramifications aside, this
season looked to be spectacular to
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Sophomore Matt Nieto, along with teammate Alex Chiasson,
both currently hold six-game point streaks.
of the No.
12/13 Boston University men’s
hockey team, red shirt freshman
forward Yasin Cisse and junior
defender Ryan Ruikka, have been
practicing with the team for weeks
but have yet to dress for a game this
season.
Cisse has missed nearly two full
seasons due to a torn ankle tendon
after playing just 18 games with
the Des Moines Buccaneers of the
USHL in 2009-10. Then his freshman year at BU (2-2, 1-1 Hockey
East) ended for it really got started
when he re-tore the tendon in his
collegiate debut on Oct. 8.
The Westmount, Quebec native recovered from those injuries
in time for this season, but a preseason concussion delayed his
comeback, and according to BU
coach Jack Parker, the team will
take it slow while Cisse shakes off
the rust.
“[Cisse] has to get the feel of
the puck again to be able to play
again,” Parker said. “We won’t put
M. Soccer vs. New Hampshire, 7 p.m.
Men’s Hockey, see page 7
Tennis picks up victories at ITA regional
By Meredith Perri
Daily Free Press Staff
After three days of matches
at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Regional, the Boston
University women’s tennis team
came away with three singles victories and a doubles win in New
Haven, Conn. this past weekend.
Vivien Laszloffy led the Terriers as the junior made her way to
an appearance in the round of 32.
Laszloffy, who had a bye for
the initial round of 128, defeated
Natalie Allen of the United States
Military Academy 6-4, 6-3 in the
round of 64 before losing to Columbia University’s Nicole Bartnik 6-3, 6-1.
Junior Jessi Linero and senior
Monika Mical each went 1-1 during the tournament.
Linero defeated Fordham University’s Sarah Ali 6-1, 6-3 during
the round of 128 but fell to Harvard University’s Camille Jania
6-3, 6-4 in the next round.
Mical met a similar fate as she
defeated Jessica Podlofsky from
the University of Massachusetts
2-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the first round
before falling to Anna Rapoport
from Farleigh Dickinson University 6-2, 6-2.
Sophomore Leonie-Charlotte
Athanasiadis and freshman Sami
Lieb did not experience the same
success as both lost in their only
matches of the tournament.
After having a bye in the initial
round, Athanasiadis fell to Sylvia
Li from Harvard 7-5, 6-1.
Lieb did not make it out of
the first round as she lost to Annie Sullivan from Yale University
6-1, 6-3.
Athanasiadis
and
Linero
teamed up in doubles action to
ried quite the load on the field for
the Terriers this year, collecting four
goals – including three game-winners, both of which tie him for the
team lead – on 23 shots on goal, more
than twice that of any other Terrier.
With BU tied for first place in
America East Conference in the last
week of play, Knox will need to
keep this up against UNH (6-7, 1-22 America East) to give the Terriers
a better chance at capturing the first
seed and home-field advantage in the
America East tournament.
UNH might prove to be not much
of an obstacle for the Terriers, as the
Wildcats have thus far been an unimpressive team. They salvaged their
season after a 1-4 start, but still own
a sub-.500 record and have no clear
number-one offensive threat. Midfielder Steven Palumbo and forward
David Schlatter have each netted
three goals this year, and four other
players have scored two apiece.
The Wildcats have also endured a
tough schedule, including four dou-
ble overtime games – including their
two most recent games against College of the Holy Cross and University of Vermont – racking up a record
1-1-2 record in those contests
Still, Roberts does not anticipate
his athletes expecting themselves to
win easily or UNH to roll over.
“I don’t think there’s a chance for
that,” Roberts said of a possible mental letdown while facing a belowaverage UNH team. “I think it’s a
big game, [and] the points are important… It’s always a difficult game for
us and I’m sure there’s no chance the
kids won’t be ready for that.”
That “the points are important”
mentality is not an understatement.
University of Maryland-Baltimore
County, the team BU is tied with for
first place in the conference, will host
Stony Brook University while the
Terriers host the Wildcats. The combination of a BU win and a UMBC
loss means the Terriers would clinch
at least a tie for the regular season
title.
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Saturday, Oct. 29
defeat twins Adel and Renata Arshavskaia from Columbia 9-7 before losing to Lauren Frazier and
Gabby Sullivan from Cornell 8-4
in the round of 32.
Mical and Laszloffy also
paired up, but were unable to
make it to the round of 32 as they
lost to Rutgers University’s Jennifer Holzberg and Vanessa Petrini.
The Terriers continue on with
their fall schedule Nov. 4-6 when
they will participate in the Big
Green Invitational hosted by
Dartmouth College.
Now in first, men’s soccer to honor seniors vs. UNH
By Tim Healey
Daily Free Press Staff
During the long 2011 season, the
Boston University men’s soccer team
has experienced its fair share of ups
and downs, good times and bad, successful stretches and ugly ones.
But tonight should easily be one
of the highlights as the team (8-7, 4-1
America East) takes on University of
New Hampshire at Nickerson Field
at 7 p.m.
It is the final home game of the
regular season, meaning the team
will honor its five seniors, including
captain Stephen Knox – one of the
biggest reasons for those ups, good
times and successful stretches.
“Knoxy has been playing well
all year and he’s been pretty steady
for us,” said BU coach Neil Roberts.
“[He] is going a good job of keeping
everybody in line. He’s a quiet kid
but he kind of [shows everyone what
to do] just by his work ethic and what
he’s done.”
The forward/midfielder has car-
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Wednesday, Oct. 26
him out there until we feel comfortable.”
Similarly injury-plagued, Ruikka suffered another pre-season
injury – his third in four seasons at
BU – this time a hairline fracture
in his foot. Doctors cleared Ruikka
to skate several weeks ago, but the
team’s medical staff wants Ruikka
to take it slow, just like it prefers
with Cisse.
Even when he’s game-ready,
Parker said Ruikka won’t simply be
given a spot in the lineup, but likes
the chances of the junior finding his
way in there anyway.
“Ruikka has proven he can play
in this league and proven he can
give us solid minutes and proven
he’s a good team guy,” Parker said.
“I’m sure he’ll get in the lineup,
and probably stay there.”
Streaking Terriers
No one is running through Agganis Arena naked, but a pair of forwards are doing some streaking of
another kind: Sophomore Matt Nieto and junior assistant captain Alex
Chiasson will carry six-game point
streaks into this weekend’s homeand-home series with University of
Massachusetts. Both have both
Thursday, Oct. 27
No Games Scheduled
John Lackey will have Tommy John
surgery and miss all of 2012. Vegas’ odds
of the Sox winning it all just jumped.
W. Hockey @ Wisconsin, 3 p.m.
M. Hockey @ UMass, 7 p.m.
Field Hockey @ Fairfield, 2 p.m.
W. Hockey @ Wisconsin, 3 p.m.
M. Soccer @ Binghamton, 7 p.m.
M. Hockey vs. UMass, 7 p.m.
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Midfielder Stephen Knox.
The significance of home stretch
is not lost on the team’s many fresh
UNH, see page 7
Sunday, Oct. 30
W. Soccer vs. UNH/Binghamton, 1 p.m.
M. Crew @ Princeton Chase, All Day
W. Crew @ Princeton Chase, All Day