Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Year XLI. VolumeThe LXXXII. Issue LXVII. Daily Free Presswww.dailyfreepress.com [ The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University ] Campus & City Sci Tuesday Sports WICKED WADE: Weather BREATHAL-EYES-ER: SHE’S NOT FAKING: Today: Sunny, High 45 Megan nets two tallies to New app measures Study says women feel more Tonight: Cloudy, Low 22 drunkeness by looking take team lead, send BU Tomorrow: 37/28 page 3 pain than men page 5 page 8 to championship at pupils Data Courtesy of weather.com Men’s hockey heads to Beanpot championship BU president calls By Arielle Aronson Daily Free Press Staff tuition costs and In a rematch of last year’s Beanpot con- solation game, the No. 1/2 Boston Univer- sity men’s hockey team exacted revenge fees unavoidable on Harvard University, earning a trip to the By Amanda Dowd title game via a 3-1 victory. The Terriers will Daily Free Press Staff fight for their 30th Beanpot championship College of Communication freshman Kel- against the Boston College next Monday. lyAnn Kirkpatrick’s scholarship from the Pos- Junior forward Wade Megan scored twice and se Foundation enabled her to enroll in Boston senior goaltender Kieran Millan made 29 saves University. Still, she said tuition costs are too in the win. high. Despite the victory, BU coach Jack “I probably wouldn’t have been able to Parker was not especially pleased continue my education [without Posse],” she with the level of play from either side. said. “I think financial ability is what’s stand- “We were fortunate – we didn’t play our best ing in a lot of people’s way to getting educa- game tonight, but I think we won because nei- tion on the next level, so hopefully we can do ther did Harvard,” Parker said. “Neither team something about it.” seemed to be that engaged. There were some Colleges may be at risk of losing federal pretty good plays made, there were some nice financial aid if they don’t lower their tuition goals scored, but in general, I thought until Har- costs, as President Barack Obama said in his vard really stormed us the last four or five min- State of the Union Address this month. While utes, I don’t know if it’s good for the Beanpot to BU’s tuition increases each year, officials said say it, but it was like sleepwalking.” containing the cost might be inevitable. Sophomore forward Matt Nieto gave BU an BU President Robert Brown said Obama’s early lead when, at 8:14 in the first period, he JUNHEE CHUNG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF appeal to colleges might not address the rela- tucked a wrap-around bid in between Crimson Senior goaltender Kieran Millan bears down in anticipation of a shot from Harvard tionship between tuition and academic quality. goaltender Steve Michalek and the right post. University during Monday’s Beanpot semifinals. BU topped Harvard, 3-1. “The premise seems to be that we can The goal stood as the lone tally in the first pe- as it failed to connect on passes and was con- the pad save. maintain our programs and our quality with- riod despite nearly four consecutive minutes of stantly regrouping after Harvard (7-7-9) clears. “It was a typical breakaway shorthanded,” out revenue increases,” Brown told The Daily power-play time for the Terriers (17-8-1, 13- Crimson freshman Colin Blackwell earned a Millan said. “The guy was coming in with a Free Press in an email interview. “This isn’t the 6-1 Hockey East) due to back-to-back penal- short-handed breakaway bid after the second lot of speed and he made a good move and he case.” ties on Harvard junior Marshall Everson. BU Everson penalty, but Millan was there to make If tuition and fees did not increase every struggled to find urgency on those power plays BEANPOT, see page 7 year, Brown said BU would have to cut class- es, faculty members and funding for need- based financial aid. “Holding tuition flat would diminish the Kotlikoff plans to stand out as third-party presidential candidate quality of our programs in the near term and, By Emily Overholt organization aims to nominate a candidate that way,” he said, “but I have to rely most likely, cause us to reduce financial aid, Daily Free Press Staff who responds to voters, rather than politi- on small contributions from people.” narrowing opportunities for students with the cal standards. Kotlikoff, however, said he will be able greatest need to attend Boston University,” he As a third-party candidate, Boston Uni- The candidate must have overwhelming to gain momentum by appealing to young said. versity Professor Laurence Kotlikoff said support throughout the country to become voters. Tuition covers about half the university’s he intends to stand out as a practical leader an Americans Elect candidate so the orga- “This is a campaign very much about total expenses, according to BU’s Common addressing the needs of the American pub- nization does not elect a fringe candidate, young people,” Kotlikoff said. “I’m an old Data set. lic. Kotlikoff said. candidate, but a young person’s old candi- The other half came from donations and “[Other third-party candidates] haven’t Each candidate needs a minimum of date.” been people who are actually representing 50,000 support clicks before April to get on In spite of Kotlikoff’s expectations, stu- TUITION, see page 2 the middle of the country,” he said. “We’ve the primary ballot, meaning at least 5,000 dents said they would likely not vote for never had a test of someone like me with from at least 10 different states. After two the third-party candidate. someone whose policies might work, runoff elections in April and one in May, Greg DeSocio, president of the College someone who’s sensible.” Americans Elect will choose one of six Republicans on campus, called a vote for a The economics professor entered his candidates to end up on the national ballot third-party candidate “wasted” and “sym- name to Americans Elect on Thursday, in November. bolic.” The School of Management senior along with hundreds of other candidates While Kotlikoff confirmed his run for said he leans toward Republican candidates and politicians. The website’s users vote the presidency, he said he will not stray far not because of a strict affiliation, but be- for a viable third-party candidate on the from BU’s campus throughout the race. cause he holds similar values as the party. presidential ballot. Anyone can sign onto “I wish I had a billion dollars and Americans Elect to join the ballot, he said. take leave from BU and spend money The Americans Elect website, states the to advertise and get people interested KOLIKOFF, see page 2 Mass. smokers cough up more for pack of cigarettes under proposed tax hike By Sydney L. Shea would grant the new revenue to the Com- consumption goes down,” Siegel said. Daily Free Press Staff monwealth Care Trust Fund. The estimat- But the extra fee is not worth it, he Bay State residents would have to pay ed $73 million would help cover part of said, if it goes toward ambiguous causes. an extra 50 cents in taxes for cigarettes the cost to allow legal immigrants to join “The more important question is what under Gov. Deval Patrick’s proposal that this subsidized health insurance plan. they are going to do with the money,” he would help generate $260 million in reve- As of the end of last year, 16.1 percent said. “In my opinion, the money should go nue for the Commonwealth’s new budget. of in-state adults identified as cigarette toward treatment.” Massachusetts currently has a $2.51 smokers, according to the Centers for Dis- Although the state’s extra tax on al- tax on each pack of cigarettes, so the pro- ease Control and Prevention. This puts cohol was removed, Siegel said it was posed law would increase the tax to $3.01. Massachusetts in ninth place compared to helpful to the state because revenue went The last tax hike came in 2008 when the the rest of the country with respect to a toward alcohol treatment. This, he said, Legislature increased the tax from $1.51 tobacco-consuming population. is what needs to happen with the tax pro- to $2.51 per pack. Professor Michael Siegel, a tobacco posal on tobacco. Senate President Therese Murray, who expert in Boston University’s School of Many tobacco smokers come from a would help determine if a cigarette tax Public Health, said a tax hike on tobacco lower income bracket, Siegel said, so a increase passes once initiated, declined products is beneficial if revenue is direct- hiked tax may further prevent them from to comment to The Daily Free Press on ed toward prevention and treatment pro- buying cigarettes habitually. He said if Monday. grams for tobacco addiction. these particular smokers are paying ex- “The Senate can’t initiate a tax,” she He said the proposed legislation would tra for every pack, they are harming both said in an interview with The Boston Her- have an impact on smokers cutting down their health and their finances. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY AUDREY FAIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF ald. “We’ll see what the House does as their tobacco habits. “If the money is going toward smok- Massachusetts may raise taxes on they prepare their budget.” “There’s very strong evidence that ing-related services,” he said, “then it’s cigarettes.